earthnut's Personal Name List

Name M/F Remark Rating
Zipporah f
63%(14 votes)
Zephyr m & f  76/24*; means "wind" 
47%(15 votes)
Xanthe f
45%(15 votes)
Verity f  English "truth"; nn Vera; ranked in UK but never in US 
66%(19 votes)
Vera 1 f  Latin "true", Russian "faith", Albanian "summer"; peak 0.3% in 1900's 
69%(17 votes)
Valerian m  means "strength"; name of medicinal herb 
45%(15 votes)
Tycho m  nn Tyke; Tycho Brahe, astronomer 
31%(15 votes)
Timothy m  Greek "honoring God"; Peaked 1.6% in 1967 
56%(16 votes)
Thalia f  Greek "to blossom"; peaked 0.04% in 1993 
76%(13 votes)
Sylvia f  Latin "forest", nn Sylvie; peaked 0.4% in 1937 
74%(15 votes)
Sylvester m
33%(11 votes)
Susannah f  Hebrew "lily" from Egyptian "lotus"; nn's Suzie & Sunshine; Susan B. Anthony, suffragette; Susanna peaked 0.03% in 1886 
78%(17 votes)
Sterling m
47%(15 votes)
Stella 1 f  Latin "star"; Stellaria is chickweed; peaked 0.5% in 1889, rising now 
68%(16 votes)
Solomon m  Hebrew "peace"; nn Sol; Solomon the Wise King; peaked 0.05% in 1911, rising now 
53%(16 votes)
Sky m & f  00/100 
58%(13 votes)
Silas m  Latin "forest"; most popular now 
61%(14 votes)
Sage m & f  32/68; the plant ultimately derives from "safe, whole" and the wise meaning ultimately derives from "good taste, nectar"; most popular now 
65%(14 votes)
Ruby f  Latin "red"; family name; Ruby Beach on Olympic peninsula; Ruby Bradley, nurse; peaked 0.8% in 1912 
66%(14 votes)
Robin m & f  10/90; Germanic "bright fame"; peaked 0.8% in 1961 for girls, now rising for boys 
51%(14 votes)
Robert m  Germanic "bright fame"; nn Robin; Robert Bunsen, inventor of chemical spectroscopy; Robert Hooke, microbiology and gravity; peaked at 5.7% in 1937, low #63 2015 
47%(15 votes)
River m & f  63/37 
48%(14 votes)
Ravenna f
62%(14 votes)
Peter m  Greek "stone", peaked at 0.5% in 1957. 
79%(15 votes)
Penelope f  Greek "thread, weft"+"face, eye"; most popular now 
58%(15 votes)
Opal f  rainbow/firey gemstone; Opal Seraphine 
55%(16 votes)
Ocean m & f  55/45; 70% of the earth's surface; Ocean Augustus, Ocean Meriwether, Ocean Socrates 
34%(14 votes)
Nicholas m  Greek "victory of the people"; Nicholas Copernicus, astronomer; Nicholas Culpeper, herbalist; nn Nicky & Cole; peaked at 1.4% in 1995, low #203 
63%(19 votes)
Morgan 1 m & f  10/90; Welsh "sea circle"; peaked 0.6% for girls and 0.06% for boys in 1995 
45%(15 votes)
Mirabelle f  means "wonderful"; variety of plum 
56%(15 votes)
Mirabel f  means "wonderful", older spelling; alt spelling Mirabelle 
59%(16 votes)
Mira 2 f  Slavic "peace", Sanskrit "ocean", Spanish "look" or "myrrh", Catalan "notable", Albanian "good", Japanese "mirror"; Miriam Makeba, civil rights; star in Cetus; most popular now 
51%(14 votes)
Melissa f  Greek "honeybee"; name of herb lemon balm; nn Meli & Liz; peaked at 2% in 1979 
44%(16 votes)
May f  Latin "great", goddess of spring; family name; peaked >0.5% before 1880 
67%(17 votes)
Margaret f  Greek "Pearl"; variant of family name; Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood; Margaret Haley, teacher union leader; nn Greta; peaked at 2.3% in 1916 
71%(17 votes)
Maia 2 f  C05; means "grow"; goddess of spring; star in Pleiades 
49%(16 votes)
Linnéa f
67%(14 votes)
Liana f
61%(15 votes)
Leo m  Latin "lion"; constellation; peaked 0.5% in 1903, rising again 
58%(16 votes)
Laurence 1 m  D01 
42%(15 votes)
Lance m
53%(12 votes)
Kai 3 m & f  89/11; Latin "rejoice", Hawaiian "sea", Japanese "forerunner", Chinese "triumphant", Navajo "willow" (unisex); short for Nicholas or Katherine; most popular now 
40%(17 votes)
Juniper f & m  From English word, ult. from Latin "ever youthful"; most popular now 
53%(16 votes)
Joy f  From English word, ult. from Latin; Peaked 0.2% in 1974 
55%(15 votes)
Jethro m
35%(12 votes)
Jessamine f  Persian "Jasmine", nn Jem, never ranked 
49%(17 votes)
Jasper m  Chaldean "treasurer", Hebrew "to polish"; old birthstone for March; nn Jazzy; also a name for wasps, from Old French guespe, ultimately from PIE *webh, to weave or move fast 
71%(15 votes)
Isaac m  Hebrew "he will laugh"; Isaac Newton; most popular now 
55%(13 votes)
Iris f  means "rainbow"; flower; color of eyes; goddess of the rainbow; last peaked at 0.08% in 1929. 
82%(22 votes)
Hypatia f  Greek "highest, supreme"; never ranked 
57%(14 votes)
Hugo m
41%(16 votes)
Grey m & f
38%(11 votes)
Greta f  D1 
49%(15 votes)
Gilbert m
45%(16 votes)
Gideon m  Hebrew "feller, hewer"; more popular now than ever 
61%(16 votes)
Flora f
62%(17 votes)
Fern f  From English word ult. from Sanskrit "feather"; peaked 0.2% in 1916 
48%(16 votes)
Felix m  means "Lucky"; Felix Hoffman, inventor of Aspirin; groundbreaking animation 
46%(16 votes)
Felicity f  Latin "happiness"; actress in Good Neighbors; nn Liz, Filly, Fizzy; most popular now 
75%(17 votes)
Fae f  means "fairy", from Latin "fate", from PIE "speech". Fae Zephyrine 
43%(12 votes)
Evander 1 m  Greek "good man"; briefly ranked 1895 
60%(15 votes)
Emma f  German "whole, universal"; Emmy Noether, mathematician; Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin; Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragist; peak of 2% in 1880, currently just over 1% 
51%(18 votes)
Douglas m  David Douglas, local botanist; Frederick Douglass, abolitionist & suffragist; means "dark water" 
45%(16 votes)
Cole m  Old English "charcoal", also short for Nicholas; peaked 0.3% in 2002 
60%(14 votes)
Clémentine f  Latin "merciful, gentle"; peaked at 0.2% in 1880's, rising now 
40%(14 votes)
Clara f  C 3 
68%(17 votes)
Carmine m  derived from Hebrew "garden", Latin "song", and Persian "red", ultimately from Sanskrit "worm" 
29%(16 votes)
Carmen f  Hebrew "garden" and Latin "song"; peaked 0.1% in 1968 
49%(17 votes)
Beatrix f  Beatrix Potter, naturalist; means "traveler" or "happy"; nn Bea & Trixie 
67%(18 votes)
Augustine 1 m & f  65/35; C03 
39%(16 votes)
August m  Latin "great, venerable"; peaked 0.2% in 1882, rising now 
68%(20 votes)
Arthur m  most likely meaning is from Celtic "bear king", possibly related to Arcturus, the brightest star in Ursa Major, or a Roman name possibly meaning "plowman" (though not likely); peaked 1.4% in 1880's 
54%(20 votes)
Artemisia f  Greek "safe" or "butcher"; goddess of moon and hunting; medicinal herb; Renaissance feminist painter, nn's Mizzy, Aria, Artsy, Temmy, Mimi; never ranked 
65%(18 votes)
Arden m & f  60/40; sounds similar to "ardent" and "garden"; forested areas in England and France; local placename; Mary Arden was the mother of Shakespeare 
48%(18 votes)
Apollonia f  C05; nn Apple & Pony 
54%(20 votes)
Amelia f  German "work", Amelia Earhart, pilot; Amelia Bloomer, feminist; most popular now 
82%(21 votes)
Amaryllis f  Greek "to sparkle"; never listed 
57%(19 votes)
Alexandra f  Greek "defending men"; variant of family name; nn Xandra & Xanna; peaked 0.5% in 1993 
72%(23 votes)
Alexander m  Greek "defending men"; family name; A. Fleming, disc'd penicillin, I wouldn't've been born w/o it; A. Graham Bell, inv'd telephone; A. Volta, inv'd batteries; peaked at just 1% in 1993; 4-233 
70%(25 votes)
Alex m & f  94/06; Greek "defending men"; see Alexander 
54%(20 votes)