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Eutimio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Euthymius.

Eutropio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Eutropius.

Evangeliya f Bulgarian (Rare)
Bulgarian feminine form of Evangelos.

Eveleen f English (Rare)
Either a diminutive of Eve or a variant of Evelyn.

Everard m English (Rare)
From Everardus, the Latinized form of Eberhard. The Normans introduced it to England, where it joined the Old English cognate Eoforheard. It has only been rarely used since the Middle Ages. Modern use of the name may be inspired by the surname Everard, itself derived from the medieval name.

Everitt m English (Rare)
Variant of Everett.

Évike f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian diminutive of Eve.

Evlogi m Bulgarian (Rare)
Bulgarian form of Eulogius.

Evpraksiya f Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Евпраксия (see Yevpraksiya).

Evron m Hebrew (Rare)
From a biblical place name, also called עַבְדּוֹן (ʿAvdon) meaning "servile", for which it may be a clerical error.

Ewart m English (Rare)
From an English and Scottish surname that was either based on a Norman form of Edward, or else derived from a place name of unknown meaning.

Eztebe m Basque (Rare)
Basque form of Stephen.

Fabó m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Fábián.

Faddei m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Фаддей (see Faddey).

Faddey m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Thaddeus.

Faigel f Yiddish (Rare)
From Yiddish פֿויגל (foigl) meaning "bird", a vernacular form of Zipporah.

Fairuza f Arabic (Rare)
Variant of Fayruz.

Faithe f English (Rare)
Variant of Faith.

Faivish m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish form of Phoebus, apparently used as a translation of Shimshon (see Samson).

Fancy f English (Rare)
From the English word fancy, which means either "like, love, inclination" or "ornamental". It is derived from Middle English fantasie, which comes (via Norman French and Latin) from Greek φαίνω (phaino) meaning "to show, to appear".

Fane m Romanian (Rare)
Diminutive of Ștefan.

Faolán m Irish (Rare)
Means "little wolf", derived from Old Irish fáel "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an Irish saint who did missionary work in Scotland.

Farley m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "fern clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer of this name was Canadian author Farley Mowat (1921-2014).

Fayvel m Yiddish (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Yiddish פֿייװל (see Feivel).

Feardorcha m Irish (Rare)
Means "dark man" from Old Irish fer "man" and dorchae "dark".

Febe f Dutch, Italian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Phoebe.

Fedelma f Irish (Rare)
Variant of Fidelma.

Fedora f Russian (Rare), Italian
Russian form of Theodora. This was the name of an 1898 opera by the Italian composer Umberto Giordano (who based it on an 1882 French play).

Feidhlimidh m Irish (Rare)
Modern Irish Gaelic form of Feidlimid.

Feivel m Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Faivish.

Feivush m Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Faivish.

Felicie f German (Rare)
German form of Felicia.

Felicitás f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Felicitas.

Felicyta f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Felicitas.

Feliu m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Felix.

Femie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Euphemia.

Feodora f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Theodora.

Feodosiy m Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Theodosius.

Feodosiya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Theodosia.

Feofilakt m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Theophylaktos.

Ferapont m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Therapon.

Ferkó m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Ferenc.

Fiacre m French (Rare)
French form of Fiachra.

Fife m Scottish (Rare)
From a Scottish place name that was formerly the name of a kingdom in Scotland. It is said to be named for a Pictish kingdom called Fib.

Filat m Russian (Rare)
Short form of Feofilakt.

Filimon m Romanian (Rare)
Romanian form of Philemon.

Filipina f Polish (Rare)
Polish feminine form of Filip.

Filippus m Dutch (Rare)
Official Dutch form of Philip, used on birth certificates but not commonly in daily life.

Fillin m Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Faolán.

Finnbar m Irish (Rare)
Variant of Finbar.

Fionnbarra m Irish (Rare)
Variant of Fionnbharr.

Fionnbharr m Irish (Rare)
Modern Irish Gaelic form of Finbar.

Fionola f Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Fionnuala.

Fioralba f Italian (Rare)
Combination of Italian fiore "flower" (Latin flos) and alba "dawn".

Firenze f Various (Rare)
From the name of an Italian city, commonly called Florence in English.

Fishke m Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Fishel.

Fitz m English (Rare)
Short form of various given names that are derived from surnames beginning with Norman French fitz meaning "son of" (for example Fitzroy).

Fitzroy m English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "son of the king" in Old French, originally given to illegitimate sons of monarchs.

Flanagan m English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Flannagáin, itself from the given name Flannagán, which was derived from Irish flann "blood red" and a diminutive suffix.

Flannery f English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Flannghaile, derived from the given name Flannghal meaning "red valour". A famous bearer was American author Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964).

Flavienne f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Flavian.

Fleurette f French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Diminutive of Fleur.

Flick f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Felicity. In some cases it can be a nickname from the English word flick.

Floella f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Flo.

Florentin m Romanian, French, German (Rare)
Romanian, French and German form of Florentinus.

Florette f French (Rare)
French diminutive of Flora.

Florianne f French (Rare)
Variant of Floriane.

Floro m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Florus.

Flower f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word flower for the blossoming plant. It is derived (via Old French) from Latin flos.

Foka m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Phocas.

Folami m & f Yoruba (Rare)
Means "respect and honour me" in Yoruba.

Folant m Welsh (Rare)
Welsh form of Valentine 1.

Fortunata f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of Fortunato.

Fortune m & f French, English (Rare)
Simply from the word fortune, ultimately from Latin fortuna, a derivative of fors "luck".

Francene f English (Rare)
English variant of Francine.

Fraser m Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.

Frediano m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman name Frigidianus, which was derived from Latin frigidus "cold". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish bishop who made a pilgrimage to Rome and settled as a hermit on Mount Pisano.

Fredo m Italian (Rare)
Short form of Federico, Alfredo or Goffredo.

Freyde f Yiddish (Rare)
From Yiddish פֿרייד (freid) meaning "joy".

Friedhold m German (Rare)
Means "peaceful power", derived from the Old German elements fridu "peace" and walt "power, authority".

Fritiof m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Fritjof.

Fritjof m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Friðþjófr meaning "thief of peace", derived from the elements friðr "peace" and þjófr "thief".

Frona f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Sophronia.

Fryderyka f Polish (Rare)
Polish feminine form of Frederick.

Fulgenzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Fulgentius (see Fulgencio).

Fúlvio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Fulvius (see Fulvio).

Fyfe m Scottish (Rare)
Variant of Fife.

Fyokla f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Thekla.

Gae f English (Rare)
Variant of Gay.

Gaila f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Gail.

Galeazzo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Galahad.

Galilea f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Modern)
Feminine form of Galileo.

Galileo m Italian (Rare)
Medieval Italian name derived from Latin galilaeus meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".... [more]

Gallagher m English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Gallchobhair, derived from the given name Gallchobhar.

Galvão m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Gawain.

Gardenia f English (Rare)
From the name of the tropical flower, which was named for the Scottish naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791).

Garnette f English (Rare)
Variant of Garnet 1.

Gasparo m Italian (Rare)
Italian variant form of Jasper.

Gaubert m French (Rare)
French form of Gautbert or Waldebert.

Gaultier m French (Rare)
French variant form of Walter.

Gavrel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Gabriel.

Gayelord m English (Rare)
Variant of Gaylord.

Gazbia f Arabic (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Arabic جاذبيّة (see Jazibiyya).

Gazbiyya f Arabic (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Arabic جاذبيّة (see Jazibiyya).

Gazsi m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Gáspár.

Gearalt m Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Gerald.

Geena f English (Rare)
Variant of Gina.

Geevarghese m Malayalam (Rare)
Malayalam form of George, used by Saint Thomas Christians in the Indian state of Kerala (mainly when referring to the saint).

Geffrey m English (Rare)
Variant of Geoffrey.

Generosa f Late Roman, Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Generosus. This name was borne by Generosa of Scillium, a martyr and saint from the 2nd century.

Generoso m Italian, Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Generosus.

Genette f English (Rare)
Variant of Jeannette.

Genevra f Various (Rare)
Variant of Ginevra.

Genís m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Genesius.

Genista f Various (Rare)
From the Latin name of the broom plant.

Gennadiya f Russian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gennadiy.

Gerfried m German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements ger "spear" and fridu "peace".

Gerhold m German (Rare)
German variant form of Gerald.

Gerlach m Dutch (Rare), Germanic
Derived from the Old German element ger "spear" combined with (possibly) lahhi "doctor, healer". Saint Gerlach was a 12th-century Dutch soldier who became a hermit.

Germogen m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Hermogenes.

Gerolf m German (Rare)
German form of Gerulf.

Gerolt m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Gerald.

Gerrard m English (Rare)
Variant of Gerard.

Gertruida f Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Geertruida.

Gervase m English (Rare)
English form of Gervasius. The Normans introduced this name to England in the Middle Ages, though it has since become rare.

Gerwazy m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Gervasius.

Gethsemane f Various (Rare)
From a biblical place name, the garden where Jesus was arrested, located on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem. It is derived from Γεθσημανί (Gethsemani), the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning "oil vat". It is very rarely used as a given name.

Ghyslain m French (Rare)
Variant of Ghislain.

Gia f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Gianna.

Giacobbe m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Iacob (see Jacob).

Giffard m English (Rare)
From the English and French surname Giffard. Walter Giffard was one of the Norman companions of William the Conqueror.

Gilberta f Spanish (Mexican), Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gilberto.

Gilchrist m Scottish (Rare)
Anglicized form of the medieval Gaelic name Gille Críst, or from the surname that was derived from it.

Gillespie m Scottish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Gilleasbuig.

Gillis m Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Swedish and Dutch form of Gilles.

Gilroy m English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, either Mac Giolla Ruaidh, which means "son of the red-haired servant", or Mac Giolla Rí, which means "son of the king's servant".

Giorgino m Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Giorgio.

Giosetta f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Josette.

Giotto m Italian (Rare)
Possibly from Ambrogiotto, a diminutive of Ambrogio, or Angiolotto, a diminutive of Angiolo. This name was borne by Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337), an Italian painter and architect.

Giovannetta f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Giovanna.

Giraldo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Gerald.

Gladwin m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Glædwine.

Gladwyn m English (Rare)
Variant of Gladwin.

Glanville m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was taken from a Norman place name, which possibly meant "domain of (a person named) Gland" in Old French.

Glauco m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish (Rare)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Glaucus.

Glika f Yiddish (Rare)
From Yiddish גליק (glik) meaning "luck".

Glikeriya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Glykeria.

Gloriana f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Latin gloria meaning "glory". In Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590) this was the name of the title character, a representation of Queen Elizabeth I.

Glory f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.

Glukel f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Glika.

Gobán m Irish (Rare)
From Old Irish Gobbán, derived from gobae "smith" and a diminutive suffix. It could also be a derivative of the name of the Irish smith god Goibniu (from the same root). This was the name of a few early saints, such as a 7th-century abbot of Killamery. In later folklore, the smith god and the saints seem to have conflated into the legendary figure Gobán Saor ("Gobán the builder"), a master architect and builder of churches.

Gobnet f Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Gobnait.

Goddard m English (Rare)
From an English and French surname that was derived from the Old German given name Godehard.

Godofredo m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Godfrey.

Gonçal m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Gonzalo.

Goodwin m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Godwine.

Gore m English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "triangular" (from Old English gara), originally referring to someone who lived on a triangular piece of land. A famous bearer was American writer Gore Vidal (1925-2012).

Gotam m Hindi (Rare)
Modern form of Gotama.

Gotthilf m German (Rare)
Derived from German Gott "God" and hilf "help". This name was created in the 17th century.

Gotthold m German (Rare)
Derived from German Gott "God" and hold "gracious, graceful, loyal". This name was created in the 17th century.

Gottlieb m German (Rare)
German form of Goteleib.

Gottlob m German (Rare)
Derived from German Gott "God" and lob "praise". This name was created in the 17th century.

Gracília f Portuguese (Rare)
Elaboration of Graça.

Granya f Irish (Rare)
Variant of Grania.

Gratia f Dutch (Rare)
Means "grace" in Latin.

Gray m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "grey", originally given to a person who had grey hair or clothing.

Greer f & m English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname that was derived from the given name Gregor.

Gregers m Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Danish and Norwegian form of Gregorius (see Gregory).

Gregoria f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gregorius (see Gregory).

Grenville m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Granville.

Gresham m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "grazing homestead" in Old English.

Grier f & m English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname that was derived from the given name Gregor.

Grimaldo m Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Grimwald.

Grosvenor m English (Rare)
From an English surname that meant "great hunter" in Norman French.

Gruffud m Welsh (Rare)
Variant of Gruffudd.

Gualberto m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Waldebert.

Gualterio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Walter.

Guenièvre f French (Rare)
French form of Guinevere.

Guifré m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Vilifredus, a Latinized form of Willifrid (or perhaps a Visigothic cognate). This was the name of a 9th-century count of Barcelona.

Gulbadan f Urdu (Rare)
Means "having a body like a rose" in Persian. This was the name of a daughter of the Mughal emperor Babur.

Gulbrand m Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Gulbrandr, a variant of Guðbrandr (see Gudbrand).

Gunhilda f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Gunhild.

Gunne m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element gunnr "war".

Gustava f Swedish (Rare), German (Rare)
Feminine form of Gustav.

Gwenevere f English (Rare)
Variant of Guinevere.

Gwenfrewi f Welsh (Rare)
Derived from Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" combined with another element of uncertain meaning. It could possibly be Welsh ffreu meaning "stream, flow" or the obscure word ffrewi meaning "pacify, quell, reconcile". This may be the original form of Winifred. In any case, it is the Welsh name for the saint.

Gyles m English (Rare)
Variant of Giles.

Gypsy f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word Gypsy for the nomadic people who originated in northern India. The word was originally a corruption of Egyptian. As an ethnic term it is sometimes considered offensive.

Hadewych f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant of Hedwig.

Hadyn m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Hayden.

Halcyon f Various (Rare)
From the name of a genus of kingfisher birds, derived from Greek ἀλκυών (from the same source as Alcyone).

Hallam m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning either "at the rocks" or "at the nook" in Old English.

Halldor m Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Haldor.

Halle 1 m Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Halli, a diminutive of names containing the element hallr meaning "rock".

Halsten m Swedish (Rare)
Old Swedish form of Hallsteinn (see Hallstein).

Halvar m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Halvard.

Halvdan m Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Halfdan.

Hammond m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from either the Norman given name Hamo or the Old Norse given name Hámundr.

Hanke f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch diminutive of Johanna.

Happy f & m English (Rare)
From the English word happy, derived from Middle English hap "chance, luck", of Old Norse origin.

Haralamb m Romanian (Rare)
Romanian form of Charalampos.

Harmonie f English (Rare)
Variant of Harmony.

Harrietta f English (Rare)
Variant of Harriet.

Hartley m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Hartmann m German (Rare)
Means "brave man", derived from the Old German element hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy" combined with man.

Hartwin m German (Rare), Germanic
Means "brave friend" from the Old German elements hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy" and wini "friend".

Haskel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Ezekiel.

Haul m Welsh (Rare)
Means "sun" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

Havel m Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Czech and Slovak form of Gallus.

Havryil m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Gabriel.

Haydée f Spanish, French (Rare)
Spanish and French form of Haidee, from Lord Byron's Don Juan (1819). It was later used by Alexander Dumas for a character in The Count of Monte Cristo (1844).

Haze m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Hayes, sometimes used as a short form of Hazel.

Headley m English (Rare)
Variant of Hedley.

Hedley m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "heather clearing" in Old English.

Heilwig f German (Rare), Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements heil "healthy, whole" and wig "war".

Heinrike f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Heinrich.

Hélier m French (Rare)
French form of Helier.

Helmfried m German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements helm "helmet" and fridu "peace".

Hemming m Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from Old Norse hamr "shape", and possibly originally a nickname for a person believed to be a shape changer.

Henda f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Hannah.

Hendel f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Hannah.

Hene f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Hannah.

Henrika f Lithuanian, Swedish (Rare)
Lithuanian and Swedish feminine form of Henrik.

Henye f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Hannah.

Hepsie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Hephzibah.

Herberto m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Herbert.

Heriberto m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Herbert.

Herk m Various (Rare)
Short form of Hercules or other similar names.

Herleif f & m Old Norse, Norwegian (Rare)
Old Norse feminine form and modern Scandinavian masculine form of Herleifr.

Hermenegild m German (Rare)
German form of Hermenegildo.

Heshel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Yehoshua.

Hewie m English (Rare)
Variant of Hughie.

Hiacynt m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Hyacinthus.

Higini m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Hyginus.

Hilbert m German (Rare)
Variant of Hildebert.

Hildebert m German (Rare)
Means "bright battle" from the Old German elements hilt "battle" and beraht "bright". This name was borne by four early Frankish kings, usually called Childebert.

Hildegarde f French (Rare)
French form of Hildegard.

Hildegunde f German (Rare)
Variant of Hildegund.

Hipolit m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Hippolytos.

Hipólita f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Hippolyte 1.

Hode f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish short form of Hadassah.

Hodel f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Hode. This is the name of Tevye's second daughter in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on late 19th-century stories by Sholem Aleichem.

Honey f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig. This was originally a nickname for a sweet person.

Honor f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Honour, using the American spelling.

Honour f & m English (Rare)
From the English word honour, which is of Latin origin. This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century. It can also be viewed as a form of Honoria or Honorata, which are ultimately derived from the same source.

Hristofor m Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian (Rare)
Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Christopher.

Hug m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Hugh.

Humbert m French, German (Rare), English (Rare), Germanic
Derived from the Old German elements hun "bear cub" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to England, though it has always been uncommon there. It was the name of a 7th-century Frankish saint who founded Maroilles Abbey. It was also borne by two kings of Italy (called Umberto in Italian), who ruled in the 19th and 20th centuries. A notable fictional bearer is Humbert Humbert from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita (1955).

Humphry m English (Rare)
Variant of Humphrey.

Huriya f Arabic (Rare)
Means "nymph, heavenly maiden" in Arabic, referring to the houris, who are beautiful maidens who dwell in the Islamic afterlife.

Huriyyah f Arabic (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حوريّة (see Huriya).

Husniya f Arabic (Rare)
Feminine form of Husni.

Hyacinth 2 f English (Rare)
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone that also bears this name), ultimately from Greek hyakinthos (see Hyacinthus).

Hylda f English (Rare)
Variant of Hilda.

Hyram m English (Rare)
Variant of Hiram.

Hyrum m English (Rare)
Variant of Hiram. This name was borne by Hyrum Smith (1800-1844), an early leader within the Mormon Church.

Iantha f Various (Rare)
Variant of Ianthe.

Iarfhlaith m Irish (Rare)
Variant of Iarlaithe.

Iarlaith m Irish (Rare)
Variant of Iarlaithe.

Idalia f Germanic (Latinized), Greek Mythology, Polish (Rare)
Probably from a Germanic name derived from the element idal, an extended form of id possibly meaning "work, labour". Unrelated, this was also an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, given because the city of Idalion on Cyprus was a center of her cult.... [more]

Idelle f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Ida.

Iefan m Welsh (Rare)
Older Welsh form of Ifan.

Ieronim m Romanian (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Romanian and Russian form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).

Ignaas m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Ignatius.

Ignacja f Polish (Rare)
Polish feminine form of Ignatius.

Ignatiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Ignatius.

Ignatz m German (Rare)
German form of Ignatius.

Ignaz m German (Rare)
German form of Ignatius.

Igon m Basque (Rare)
Masculine form of Igone.

IJsbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements is "ice" and brant "fire, torch, sword".

Ilarion m Bulgarian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Hilarion.

Ilariy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Hilarius.

Ildó f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian diminutive of Ildikó.

Ilean f English (Rare)
Variant of Eileen.

Ileen f English (Rare)
Variant of Eileen.

Illarion m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Hilarion.

Ilma 1 f Finnish (Rare)
Means "air" in Finnish.

Ilmi f Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Ilma 1.

Immaculata f Irish (Rare)
Latin form of Inmaculada.

Immanuel m Hebrew, German (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Form of Emmanuel used in most translations of the Old Testament. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher of the Enlightenment who is sometimes called the father of modern philosophy.

Indy 2 f English (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Variant of Indie.

Ingomar m German (Rare), Germanic
From the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with Old German mari "famous", making it a cognate of Ingemar. Ingomar (or Inguiomer) was a 1st-century leader of the Cherusci, a Germanic tribe.

Ingram m Germanic, English (Rare)
Germanic name composed of either the element angil, from the name of the Germanic tribe of the Angles, or engil meaning "angel" combined with hram meaning "raven". This name was brought to England by the Normans, though it died out after the medieval era. These days it is usually inspired by the surname that was derived from the medieval name.

Inigo m English (Rare)
English form of Íñigo. It became well-known in Britain due to the English architect Inigo Jones (1573-1652). He was named after his father, a Catholic who was named for Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

Ioane m Georgian (Rare)
Older Georgian form of John.

Iolanta f Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Yolanda.

Iolanthe f Various (Rare)
Probably a variant of Yolanda influenced by the Greek words ἰόλη (iole) meaning "violet" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This name was (first?) used by Gilbert and Sullivan in their comic opera Iolanthe (1882).

Iolyn m Welsh (Rare)
Diminutive of Iorwerth.

Ipati m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Ипатий (see Ipatiy).

Ipatiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of the Greek name Ὕπατος (Hypatos), the masculine form of Hypatia.

Ippolita f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Hippolyte 1.

Irinei m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Ириней (see Iriney).

Iriney m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Irenaeus.

Irmengard f German (Rare)
German form of Ermengard.

Irmingard f German (Rare)
German form of Ermengard.

Irmtrud f German (Rare)
Variant of Irmtraud.

Isaak m Greek, Russian (Rare), German (Rare), Biblical Greek
Greek, Russian and German form of Isaac.

Isabeau f Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Medieval French variant of Isabel. A famous bearer of this name was Isabeau of Bavaria (1385-1422), wife of the French king Charles VI.

Isac m Romanian (Rare), Swedish
Romanian form of Isaac, as well as a Swedish variant form.

Isador m English (Rare)
Variant of Isidore.