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Here is a list of names and meanings. Use the list and chose your fav names and meanings to CAF. (I'll only judge the first 10 if that many plays.)

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ALESSANDRA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ahl-e-SAHN-drah
Italian feminine form of ALEXANDER

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BASIL (1)
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAZ-ul
Derived from Greek βασιλευς (basileus) meaning "king". Saint Basil the Great was a 4th-century bishop who was one of the fathers of the early Christian church. This was also the name of two Byzantine emperors.

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BRIGID
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology

Variant of BRIGHID

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CALE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English

Short form of CALEB

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CECILIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Scandinavian
Pronounced: se-SEE-lee-a, se-SEEL-ya, chay-CHEE-lyah (Italian), se-SEE-lyah (Spanish), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish)
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". According to legend, Saint Cecilia was a 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she had her head chopped off. She is the patron saint of music and musicians.

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CHANDLER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAND-lur
From an occupational surname which meant "candle seller" in Middle English, ultimately from Old French.

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CHARLINE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French

French feminine pet form of CHARLES

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CORALIE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English

Pet form of CORAL

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CRUZ
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: KROOS, KROOTH
Means "cross" in Spanish, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

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DATHAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: דָתָן (Hebrew)

Possibly means "fountain" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the conspirators against Moses.

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DELAIAH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: דְלָיָהוּ (Hebrew)
Pronounced: de-lay-IE-a
Means "YAHWEH has drawn" in Hebrew. This is the name of several Old Testament characters.

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EDEN
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: עֵדֶן (Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-den
Means "place of pleasure" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they were expelled.

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EMERSON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ur-sun
From a surname meaning "son of EMERY". The surname has been borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a 19th-century American poet and author who wrote about transcendentalism.

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FAWN
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWN
Means simply "fawn" from the English word for a young deer.

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FOSTER
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWS-tur
From a surname which has several different origins: "foster-child" or "foster-parent" (Old English); "shearer" (Old French); "forester" (Old French); "saddle-tree maker" (Old French).

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GISELLE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: zhee-ZEL (French), ji-ZEL (English)
Derived from the Germanic element gisel meaning "hostage" or "pledge". This is the name of a well-known ballet by Adolphe Adam.

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GREY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAY
Variant of GRAY

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GREYSON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAY-sun
Variant of GRAYSON

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GUNNAR
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scandinavian, Norse Mythology

From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior". It is thus a cognate of GÜNTHER. Gunnar was a character in Norse legend, the husband of Brynhild.

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IRIS
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ιρις (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: IE-ris
Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow. This name can also be given in reference to the English word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the name of the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.

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JAMISON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAY-mi-sun
From a surname meaning "son of JAMES".

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JETT
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JET
From the English word jet, which denotes either a black coal-like mineral or an intense black colour, derived ultimately from the name of the Greek city of Gagas in Asia Minor.

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JUDE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JOOD
Variant of JUDAS. This name is associated with the second apostle named Judas (not Judas Iscariot). He was supposedly the author of the Epistle of Jude.

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JULIA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Pronounced: JOO-lee-a (English), YOO-lee-ah (German), HOO-lyah (Spanish), ZHOO-lee-ah (Portuguese)
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS. This was borne by a few early saints and martyrs and was also used by Shakespeare in his play 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'.

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JUSTICE
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JUS-tis
From an occupational surname which meant "judge, officer of justice" in Old French. This name can also be given in direct reference to the English word justice.

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JUSTUS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: JUS-tus
Roman family name which meant "just" in Latin. This name was borne by at least eight saints.

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KEAVY
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish
Pronounced: KEE-vee
Anglicized form of CAOIMHE

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KENDRICK
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEN-drik
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but there are several possibilities: "royal power" from the Old English name Cyneric, "bold power" from Old English Ceneric, "high hill" from Welsh Cynwrig, or "son of HENRY" from the Gaelic surname Mac Eanraig.

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KIPLING
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIP-ling
Means "one who cures salmon or herring", derived from Middle English kypre "salmon". This was originally a surname, as in the case of Rudyard Kipling, a British novelist born in India who wrote 'The Jungle Book' and other works.

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KLEIO
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κλειω (Ancient Greek)

Derived from Greek κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory". In Greek mythology she was the muse of history and heroic poetry. She was said to have introduced the alphabet to Greece.

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LACEY
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAY-see
From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name which was Latinized as Lascius.

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LALEH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Iranian

Means "tulip" in Persian.

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LAYLA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ليلى (Arabic)
Pronounced: LAY-la
Means "night" in Arabic. This is the name of the central character in poems by the 7th-century Arab poet known as Qays.

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LILITH
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Near Eastern Mythology
Pronounced: LIL-ith
Derived from Assyrian lilitu meaning "of the night". This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish and Islamic tradition she was Adam's first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.

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LIRON
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Other Scripts: לִירוֹן (Hebrew)

Means "my song" or "my joy" in Hebrew.

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LIV
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scandinavian
Pronounced: LEEV
Derived from Old Norse hlif meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".

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LONÁN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish

Means "little blackbird", derived from Irish Gaelic lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix.

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LORELEI
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: lor-e-LIE, LOR-e-lie
From a Germanic name meaning "luring rock". This is the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. Legends say that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures fishermen to their death with her song.

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MAGDALENE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English, Biblical
Pronounced: MAG-da-len, MAG-da-leen
From a title which meant "of Magdala". Mary Magdalene, a character in the New Testament, was named thus because she was from Magdala - a village on the sea of Galilee whose name meant "tower" in Hebrew. She was cleaned of evil spirits by Jesus and then remained with him during his ministry, witnessing the crucifixion and the resurrection.

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MARGARET
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-gret, MAHR-gur-et
Derived from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites) meaning "pearl". Saint Margaret was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century. She is the patron saint of expectant mothers. Another famous bearer was Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in the 14th century. The name was also borne by Margaret Mitchell, author of 'Gone with the Wind'.

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MOSS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish

Medieval form of MOSES

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MYKOLAS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian

Lithuanian form of MICHAEL

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NICO
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian

Italian short form of NICHOLAS or NICODEMUS

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PHOEBE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical
Pronounced: FEE-bee
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos). Phoibe was an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis. A moon of Saturn bears this name in her honour. This name was also borne by a female minister in the church at Cenchreae mentioned in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament.

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PIERCE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEERS
Variant of PIERS

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PREBEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish

Modern Danish form of the name Pridbjørn, which was a medieval Scandinavian form of the Slavic name Pritbor, which was derived from Slavic prid "first" and bor "battle".

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REARDEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish

Anglicized form of RÓRDÁN

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RHETT
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RET
From a surname, an Anglicized form of the Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel". This name was used by Margaret Mitchell for the character Rhett Butler in her novel 'Gone with the Wind'.

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RIO
Gender: Masculine

Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese. A city in Brazil bears this name. Its full name is Rio de Janeiro, which means "river of January", so named because the first explorers came to the harbour in January and mistakenly thought it was a river mouth.

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RIORDAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish

Anglicized form of RÓRDÁN

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RÓNÁN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: RON-awn
Means "little seal", derived from Irish rón "seal" combined with a diminutive suffix.

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RÓRDÁN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish

From the older Irish name Ríoghbhardán, which meant "little poet king" from Irish Gaelic ríogh "king" combined with bard "poet" and a diminutive suffix.

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ROMAN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Роман (Russian, Ukrainian)

From the Roman cognomen Romanus which meant "Roman" in Latin.

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RONEN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish
Other Scripts: רוֹנֶן (Hebrew)

Derived from Hebrew רוֹן (ron) meaning "song, joy".

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ROSS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: RAWS
From a surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross, an Antarctic explorer.

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ROWAN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-an
Means "little red one", derived from Gaelic ruadh "red" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name can also be given in reference to the tree.

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SAGE
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAYJ
From the English word, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.

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SALOME
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Biblical
Pronounced: sa-LO-mee
From an Aramaic name which was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". According to the historian Josephus this was the name of the daughter of Herodias (the consort of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee). In the New Testament, though a name is not given, it was a daughter of Herodias who danced for Herod and was rewarded with the head of John the Baptist. Also in the New Testament, this was the name of a woman who witnessed the crucifixion.

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SCOUT
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SKOWT
Means simply "scout" in English. This name was used by Harper Lee in her novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.

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SIDNEY
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SID-nee
Either from a French place name which was a contraction of "Saint DENIS", or from an Old English surname which meant "wide island". A famous bearer of the surname was Sir Philip Sidney, an English poet and statesman of the 16th century.

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SLADE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SLAYD
From a surname which meant "valley" in Old English.

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STAVROS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Σταυρος (Greek)

Means "cross" in Greek, referring to the cross of the crucifixion.

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TEMPERANCE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEM-prants, TEM-pur-ants
From the English word meaning "moderation" or "restraint".

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THERON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Θηρων (Ancient Greek)

Means "hunter" in Greek.

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TOBIN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bin
From a surname which was itself derived from the first name TOBIAS.

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TORIN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish

Means "chief" in Irish Gaelic.

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TRENTON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TREN-tun
Means "TRENT's town", from the name of a New Jersey city established in the 17th century by William Trent.

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TREVOR
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: TRE-vur
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "big village" from Welsh tref "village" and mawr "large".

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VIOLET
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIE-let, VIE-o-let
Means simply "violet" from the English word for the purple flower. It is ultimately derived from Latin viola.

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WESTON
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WES-tun
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west town" in Old English.

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ZACHARY
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZAK-a-ree
Usual English form of ZECHARIAH

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ZEBADIAH
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זְבַדְיָה (Hebrew)
Pronounced: ze-ba-DIE-a
Means "YAHWEH has bestowed" in Hebrew. This is the name of several Old Testament characters.

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