SaveroftheFranks's Personal Name List

Zsombor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: ZHOM-bor
Possibly of Turkic origin meaning "bison, wisent".
Zsinett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Hungarian borrowing of Ginette.
Zoltán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian, Slovak
Pronounced: ZOL-tan(Hungarian) ZAWL-tan(Slovak)
Possibly related to the Turkish title sultan meaning "king, sultan". This was the name of a 10th-century ruler of Hungary, also known as Zsolt.
Zilpa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1], Biblical Spanish, Biblical French, Biblical Italian, Biblical Dutch
Other Scripts: זִלְפָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Biblical Hebrew form of Zilpah, as well as the form in several other languages.
Zerina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zarina.
Zedekiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: צִדְקִיָּהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehd-ə-KIE-ə(English)
From the Hebrew name צִדְקִיָּהוּ (Tsiḏqiyyahu) meaning "Yahweh is righteousness", from צֶדֶק (tseḏeq) meaning "justice, righteousness" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of the last king of Judah.
Zarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: Зарина(Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik) زرینہ(Urdu)
From Persian زرین (zarīn) meaning "golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.
Zander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZAN-dər
Variant of Xander.
Zabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Զաբել(Armenian)
Pronounced: zah-BEHL(Eastern Armenian) zah-PEHL(Western Armenian)
Armenian form of Isabel. A 13th-century ruling queen of Cilician Armenia bore this name.
Yuzuki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 柚希, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆずき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-ZOO-KYEE
From Japanese (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and (ki) meaning "hope". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Yuriy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Юрий(Russian) Юрій(Ukrainian) Юрый(Belarusian)
Pronounced: YOO-ryee(Russian, Ukrainian) YOO-riy(Belarusian)
Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of George. This name was borne by Yuriy Dolgorukiy, a 12th-century grand prince of Kyiv. The Soviet cosmonaut Yuriy (or Yuri) Gagarin (1934-1968), the first man to travel to space, was another famous bearer of this name.
Yuri 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Юрий(Russian) Юрій(Ukrainian) Юрый(Belarusian)
Pronounced: YOO-ryee(Russian)
Alternate transcription of Russian Юрий, Ukrainian Юрій or Belarusian Юрый (see Yuriy).
Yuhanna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: يوحنّا(Arabic)
Pronounced: yoo-HAN-na
Arabic form of Greek Ioannes (see John).
Yeshak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), Coptic
Form of Isaac borne by a Coptic martyr saint.
Yegor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Егор(Russian)
Pronounced: yi-GOR, i-GOR
Russian form of George.
Yaraklas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: Ⲓⲉⲣⲁⲕⲗⲁⲥ(Coptic)
Coptic form of Heraklas. Saint Heraclas (born Yaraklas) was a 3rd century pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
Yakup
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish form of Jacob.
Yakim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Яким(Russian)
Pronounced: yu-KYEEM
Russian form of Joachim.
Xeni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ξένη(Greek)
Pronounced: KSEH-nee
Modern Greek transcription of Xene.
Xanthia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Modern elaborated form of Xanthe.
Xanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KSAN-TEH(Classical Greek)
Derived from Greek ξανθός (xanthos) meaning "yellow, blond, fair-haired". This was the name of a few minor figures in Greek mythology.
Wulmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish, History (Ecclesiastical)
A Benedictine abbott born near Boulogne, Picardy, France, he was actually married but was separated from his wife and entered the Benedictines as a lay brother at Haumont, in Hainault. He was eventually ordained and was the founder of the rnonastery of Samer near Boulogne, which he served as abbot. The abbey was named Saint-Vulmaire in his honor.
Winter
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIN-tər
From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.
Wendelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VEHN-deh-leen(German)
Old diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil (see Wendel). Saint Wendelin was a 6th-century hermit of Trier in Germany.
Wendel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), German (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: VEHN-dəl(Dutch, German)
Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil meaning "a Vandal". The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and North Africa in the 5th century. Their tribal name, which may mean "wanderer", has often been confused with that of the Wends, a Slavic people living between the Elbe and the Oder.

This is another name for Saint Wendelin.

Waldebert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Germanic name composed of the elements walt "power, authority" and beraht "bright". This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish saint from Luxeuil (called Valbert or Gaubert in French).
Wace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norman
Norman form of Wazo. This name was borne by a 12th-century Norman poet from the island of Jersey.
Vlasis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Βλάσης(Greek)
Greek form of Blaise.
Virgo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: WEER-go(Latin) VUR-go(English)
Means "maiden, virgin" in Latin. This is the name of a constellation and the sixth sign of the zodiac.
Villum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Danish variant of Vilhelm.
Villem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of William.
Vilhelmi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: VEEL-hehl-mee
Finnish form of William.
Vilhelm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: VIL-helm(Swedish) VEEL-helm(Finnish)
Scandinavian and Finnish form of William.
Viktor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Greek
Other Scripts: Виктор(Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian) Віктор(Ukrainian) Βίκτωρ(Greek)
Pronounced: VIK-to(German) VEEK-tor(Hungarian) VIK-tor(Czech) VEEK-tawr(Slovak) VYEEK-tər(Russian)
Form of Victor used in various languages.
Venla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEHN-lah
Finnish feminine form of Wendel.
Vendela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: VEHN-deh-la
Swedish feminine form of Wendel.
Vendel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: VEHN-dehl
Hungarian form of Wendel.
Veiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Veikko.
Vega 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
The name of a star in the constellation Lyra. Its name is from Arabic الواقع (al-Wāqiʿ) meaning "the swooping (eagle)".
Vane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: ⲃⲁⲛⲉ, فانا
Derived from Demotic bne, itself from Proto-Semitic *ban- meaning "son".
Valto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHL-to
Finnish short form of Valdemar and other names containing vald.
Valter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Swedish, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian
Pronounced: VAL-tehr(Italian, Swedish)
Form of Walter used in several languages.
Valbona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
From Valbona (or Valbonë), the name of a mountain valley and river in northern Albania.
Valbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Waldebert.
Usire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Coptic form of Osiris.
Ursmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, Frankish, History (Ecclesiastical), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), German (Rare)
Derived from Latin ursus meaning "bear" combined with Germanic mari meaning "famous".

A notable bearer of this name was the Frankish saint Ursmar of Lobbes (644-713).

Urmas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: OOR-mahs
Possibly from the dialectal Estonian word urm meaning "frost" or "catkin".
Uno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Estonian
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly from the Old Norse name Uni. It could also come from Latin unus "one".
Uhtræd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements uhta "pre-dawn" and ræd "counsel".
Ubirajara
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tupi
Pronounced: oo-bee-ra-ZHA-ru(Portuguese)
Means "lord of the spear" in Tupi, from ybyra "wood, stick, spear" and îara "lord, master". This is the name of an 1874 novel by José de Alencar.
Topaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TO-paz
From the English word for the yellow precious stone, the traditional birthstone of November, ultimately derived from Greek τόπαζος (topazos).
Toivo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TOI-vo(Finnish)
Means "hope" in Finnish.
Timo 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: TEE-mo(Finnish, German, Dutch)
Finnish, Estonian, German and Dutch short form of Timotheus (see Timothy).
Tiidrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian (Archaic)
Estonian form of Theodoric.
Theudebod
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element þeud "people" combined with Gothic biutan "to offer" or Old High German boto "bid, offer."
Theudebert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, History
Means "bright people", derived from the Germanic element þeud "people" combined with Old High German beraht "bright." Theudebert I was a 6th-century Merovingian king, grandson of Clovis I through his father Theuderic I.
Teutonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
From the name for the land of the Teutons. The Teutons (Latin: Teutones, Teutoni) were a Germanic tribe or Celtic people. According to a map by Ptolemy, they originally lived in Jutland. Rather than relating directly to this tribe, the broad term, Teutonic peoples or Teuton in particular, is used now to identify members of a people speaking languages of the Germanic branch of the language family generally, and especially, of people speaking German.
Teutomatos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Celtic
The first element of this name is derived from Celtic teuta or touta "people, tribe" (see also Theudebert). The second element is derived from mat(i) "good, kind" or matu "bear."
Teutobod
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (?), Old Celtic (?)
This was the name of a king of the Teutones who lived in 2nd-century BC Europe. The historical tribe the Teutones (or Teutoni) are generally classified as Germanic, though some ancient writers called them Celts. This name may be a variant of Theudebod, the first element presumably derived from Gaulish teuta or touta "people, tribe" (a cognate of *þeudō). It has also been suggested that the second element could be from Celtic boduus or boduo(s) "crow".
Teutates
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Celtic Mythology, Popular Culture
Derived from Proto-Celtic teutā- meaning "people" or "tribe", likely inferring he was a protector of a people or tribe.

In Celtic mythology he was a god worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain. Today, he is best known under the name Toutatis, through the Gaulish oath/catchphrase 'By Toutatis!', invented for the Asterix comics by Goscinny and Uderzo. The spelling Toutatis, however, is authentic and attested by about ten ancient inscriptions. Teutates was one of three Celtic gods mentioned by the Roman poet Lucan in the 1st century AD. Some scholars attest he was a cognate of Mercury, while others say that each tribe had its own toutatis.

Teuta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Other Scripts: Τεύτα(Ancient Greek)
Possibly from an Illyrian word or title meaning "queen, lady of the people". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Illyrian queen. After the death of her husband Agron, she ruled as the regent for his young son Pinnes.
Taurus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: TOW-roos(Latin) TAW-rəs(English)
Means "bull" in Latin. This is the name of a constellation and the second sign of the zodiac.
Tauno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TOW-no(Finnish)
Means "peaceful, modest" in Karelian Finnish.
Tarmo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: TAHR-mo(Finnish)
Means "vigour, energy, drive" in Estonian and Finnish.
Tanel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Daniel.
Taimo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
From Estonian taim meaning "plant".
Taesis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: 𓏏𓄿𓊨𓏏(Hieroglyphs) Θαήσις, Ταησις(Ancient Greek)
From Egyptian tꜣ-Ꜣs.t meaning "she of Isis" or "belonging to Isis", derived from tꜣ "the aforementioned; the; she of" combined with the name of the goddess Isis.
Tadeu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese
Portuguese form of Thaddeus.
Tabassum
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: تبسّم(Arabic)
Pronounced: ta-BAS-soom
Means "smiling" in Arabic.
Symphronios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Probably derived from Greek σύμφρων (symphron) meaning "of one mind, brotherly; favouring, propitious" or συμφρονέω (symphroneo) "to agree, think with, be in harmony; notice, understand", both derived from σῠν- (syn-) meaning "with, together" and φρήν (phren) "mind, heart, emotions".
Symphony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SIM-fə-nee
Simply from the English word, ultimately deriving from Greek σύμφωνος (symphonos) meaning "concordant in sound".
Sven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: SVEHN(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch)
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Suada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian feminine form of Suad.
Straton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Στράτων(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek στρατός (stratos) meaning "army". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek philosopher.
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)
From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.
Sten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Estonian
Derived from the Old Norse name Steinn meaning "stone".
Soini
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOI-nee
Finnish form of Sven.
Siward
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Variant of Sigiward.
Sivert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: SEE-vat(Swedish)
Norwegian and Swedish form of Sievert.
Sirius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: SIR-ee-əs(English)
The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek σείριος (seirios) meaning "burning".
Sievert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Low German (Rare)
Low German form of Sigiward, the Germanic cognate of Sigurd.
Sidhom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
The meaning of this name is still unknown to me at this time. A bearer of this name was Sidhom Bishay, a 19th-century Coptic saint.
Servaas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: sehr-VAS
Dutch form of the Late Latin name Servatius, derived from servatus "saved, redeemed". This was the name of a 4th-century saint who helped spread Christianity to the Low Countries.
Séphora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEH-FAW-RA
French form of Zipporah.
Senne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: SEH-nə
Possibly a Dutch diminutive of Sebastian or Sander.
Scorpius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: SKAWR-pi-əs(English)
From a Latin variant of Scorpio. This is the name of a zodiacal constellation said to have the shape of a scorpion. According to Greek and Roman legend it was the monster that was sent to kill Orion.
Scholastique
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: SKAW-LAS-TEEK
French form of Scholastica. It is more common in French-speaking Africa than France.
Scholasticus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Masculine form of Scholastica. This name was borne by an 8th-century exarch of Ravenna.
Scholastica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
From a Late Latin name that was derived from scholasticus meaning "rhetorician, orator". Saint Scholastica was a 6th-century Benedictine abbess, the sister of Saint Benedict of Nursia.
Samet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish form of Samad.
Samed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Variant of Samet.
Samat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir, Tatar
Other Scripts: Самат(Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir, Tatar)
Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Bashkir and Tatar form of Samad.
Samad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: صمد(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA-mad
Means "eternal" in Arabic.
Rudolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Dutch, Russian, Armenian
Other Scripts: Рудольф(Russian) Ռուդոլֆ(Armenian)
Pronounced: ROO-dawlf(German, Slovak) ROO-dolf(Czech, Hungarian) RUY-dawlf(Dutch)
From the Germanic name Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements hruod meaning "fame" and wolf meaning "wolf". It was borne by three kings of Burgundy and a king of West Francia, as well as several Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. Anthony Hope used this name for the hero in his popular novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894).
Rosemary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZ-mə-ree, ROZ-mehr-ee
Combination of Rose and Mary. This name can also be given in reference to the herb, which gets its name from Latin ros marinus meaning "dew of the sea". It came into use as a given name in the 19th century.
Romein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: ro-MAYN
Dutch form of Romanus (see Roman).
Roman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian, German, English
Other Scripts: Роман(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: ru-MAN(Russian) RAW-man(Polish, Slovak) RO-man(Czech, German) RO-mən(English)
From the Late Latin name Romanus meaning "Roman". This name was borne by several early saints including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen, as well as medieval rulers of Bulgaria, Kyiv and Moldavia.
Rojina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: روژینا(Persian)
Pronounced: ro-ji-naah
Similar to Rojin, the name’s meaning can be “light” (the more metaphorical meaning), “daylight”, “glimmering”, “shining”, or all of those combined. The ‘J’ in the name is pronounced the way it is in Jacques.
Rogier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ro-GHEER
Dutch form of Roger (via Old French).
Roelof
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ROO-lawf
Dutch form of Rudolf.
Rodolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-dawlf(German)
German form of Rudolf.
Rochus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Germanic (Latinized)
Pronounced: RAW-khuws(German) RAW-khuys(Dutch)
Latinized form of Rocco, used in occasionally German and Dutch.
Robin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, French, Dutch, Swedish, Czech
Pronounced: RAHB-in(American English) RAWB-in(British English) RAW-BEHN(French) RAW-bin(Dutch) RO-bin(Czech)
Medieval English diminutive of Robert, now usually regarded as an independent name. Robin Hood was a legendary hero and archer of medieval England who stole from the rich to give to the poor. In modern times it has also been used as a feminine name, and it may sometimes be given in reference to the red-breasted bird.
Risto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Macedonian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Ристо(Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: REES-to(Finnish)
Finnish, Estonian, Macedonian and Serbian short form of Christopher.
Rigel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: RIE-jəl(English)
Derived from Arabic الرجل (al-Rijl) meaning "foot". This is the name of the star that forms the left foot of the constellation Orion.
Rex
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REHKS
From Latin rex meaning "king". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century.
Rembrandt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: REHM-brahnt
From a Germanic name that was composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and brant "fire, torch, sword". This name belonged to the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).
Reinier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ray-NEER
Dutch form of Rayner.
Reiner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: RIE-nu(German)
German form of Rayner.
Reine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: REHN
Means "queen" in French, ultimately from Latin regina.
Rein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch, Estonian
Pronounced: RAYN(Frisian, Dutch)
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element regin meaning "advice, counsel, decision" (Proto-Germanic *raginą).
Reigo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Gregory.
Regulus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Astronomy
Pronounced: REH-goo-loos(Latin)
Roman cognomen meaning "prince, little king", a diminutive of Latin rex "king". This was the cognomen of several 3rd-century BC consuls from the gens Atilia. It was also the name of several early saints. A star in the constellation Leo bears this name as well.
Régulo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Pronounced: REH-ghoo-lo(Spanish)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Regulus.
Regine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Norwegian
Pronounced: reh-GEE-nə(German)
German and Norwegian form of Regina.
Rayner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Pronounced: RAY-nər
From the Germanic name Raginheri, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and heri "army". Saint Rainerius was a 12th-century hermit from Pisa. The Normans brought this name to England where it came into general use, though it was rare by the end of the Middle Ages.
Rajendra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Nepali
Other Scripts: राजेन्द्र(Hindi, Nepali, Sanskrit) राजेंद्र(Marathi) રાજેન્દ્ર(Gujarati) రాజేంద్ర(Telugu)
Means "lord of kings", derived from Sanskrit राज (rāja) meaning "king" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra, used here to mean "lord". This was the name of two 11th-century rulers of the Chola Empire in southern India.
Raivo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly a diminutive of Raimond or it could be related to the Old Estonian word raivo meaning "fury, rage".
Ragnar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Estonian
Pronounced: RAHNG-nahr(Swedish) RAK-nar(Icelandic)
Modern Scandinavian form of Ragnarr.
Radboud
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: RAHT-bowt
Derived from the Old German elements rat meaning "counsel, advice" and bot meaning "command, order". This was the name of a 7th-century king of the Frisians.
Quinten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: KWIN-tən(English)
Variant and Dutch form of Quentin.
Pythios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Πύθιος(Ancient Greek)
From the Greek place name Πυθώ (Pytho), an older name of the city of Delphi, which was probably derived from Greek πύθω (pytho) meaning "to rot". This was an epithet of Apollo.
Pythagoras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Πυθαγόρας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PUY-TA-GO-RAS(Classical Greek) pi-THAG-ər-əs(English)
Derived from Pythios, a name of Apollo, combined with Greek ἀγορά (agora) meaning "assembly, marketplace". This was the name of a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mathematician from Samos. He was the founder of a school of philosophy whose members believed that numbers described the universe.
Publius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: POO-blee-oos(Latin) PUWB-lee-əs(English)
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "public" in Latin. This was among the more common of the Roman praenomina, being borne by (among others) the emperor Hadrian and the poet Virgil.
Publio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Galician, Italian, Spanish
Galician, Italian and Spanish form of Publius.
Prokhor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Прохор(Russian)
Pronounced: PRO-khər
Russian form of Prochorus.
Pollux
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: POL-looks(Latin) PAHL-əks(English)
Roman form of Greek Πολυδεύκης (Polydeukes) meaning "very sweet", from Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "much" and δευκής (deukes) meaning "sweet". In mythology he was the twin brother of Castor and a son of Zeus. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Pleun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: PLUUN
Diminutive of Apollonius, now commonly used as a feminine name.
Pishoy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: ⲡⲓϣⲱⲓ(Coptic) ⲡϣⲁⲓ(Akhmimic) ⲡϣⲟⲓ(Sahidic) ابشاي(Arabic)
From Egyptian pꜣ-šꜣj meaning "the fate", derived from pꜣ "the aforementioned; the; he of" combined with šꜣ "to put in order, establish, decree". This name was borne by a Coptic saint from the 5th century AD.
Pigol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
The meaning of this name is still unknown to me at this time. This name was borne by a Coptic saint from the 5th century AD.
Phyllis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Φυλλίς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FIL-is(English)
Means "foliage" in Greek. In Greek mythology this was the name of a woman who killed herself out of love for Demophon and was subsequently transformed into an almond tree. It began to be used as a given name in England in the 16th century, though it was often confused with Felicia.
Photine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Φωτίνη(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek φῶς (phos) meaning "light" (genitive φωτός (photos)). This is the name traditionally given to the Samaritan woman Jesus met at the well (see John 4:7). She is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Church.
Philologos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Φιλόλογος(Ancient Greek)
Derived from the Greek adjective φιλόλογος (philologos) meaning "fond of words, talkative". It consists of the Greek noun φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover" combined with the Greek noun λόγος (logos) meaning "word, speech" as well as "reason, consideration, computation".
Philolaos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Φιλόλαος(Ancient Greek)
Means "friend of the people", derived from Greek φιλος (philos) "friend, lover" combined with Greek λαος (laos) "the people."
Philibert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: FEE-LEE-BEHR(French)
Early variant of Filibert altered by association with Greek φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover". A famous bearer was Philibert de l'Orme (1510-1570), a French Renaissance architect.
Philbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
Variant of Philibert.
Philadelphia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: fil-ə-DEHL-fee-ə
From the name of a city in Asia Minor mentioned in Revelation in the New Testament. The name of the city meant "brotherly love" from Greek φιλέω (phileo) meaning "to love" and ἀδελφός (adelphos) meaning "brother". It is also the name of a city in the United States.
Petronio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Galician, Venetian
Italian, Venetian and Galician form of Petronius.
Petephre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲫⲣⲏ(Coptic) بادبرا(Arabic) Πετεφρή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: pə-təp-REH
Coptic form of Egyptian Padipare.
Percival
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, English
Pronounced: PUR-si-vəl(English)
Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chrétien may have derived the name from Old French perce val "pierce the valley", or he may have based it loosely on the Welsh name Peredur [1]. In the poem Perceval is a boy from Wales who hopes to become a knight under King Arthur. Setting out to prove himself, he eventually comes to the castle of the Fisher King and is given a glimpse of the Grail.
Perceval
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Old French form of Percival used by Chrétien de Troyes.
Pennouti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic (Bohairic)
Other Scripts: ⲡⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϯ(Coptic)
Means "our God" in Coptic. The name ultimately derives from Egyptian pen "our" combined with Egyptian nuti "God".
Paxton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PAK-stən
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "Pœcc's town". Pœcc is an Old English given name of unknown meaning.
Patapios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Πατάπιος(Ancient Greek)
Hellenized form of Patape. Saint Patapios of Egypt was an early Christian desert hermit and thaumaturge. He is venerated by Orthodox Church on December 8th.
Patape
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: ⲡⲁⲧⲁⲡⲏ(Coptic)
From Egyptian pꜣ-dj-ḥp meaning "given by Apis" or "given by Hapi", derived from pꜣ "the; he of" combined with‎ dj "given" and the name of either Apis, the sacred bull, or Hapi, god of the Nile river's annual flooding.
Pashonti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲧⲉ(Sahidic) ⲡⲓϣⲉⲛϯ(Bohairic) بشندي(Arabic)
Pronounced: pa-SHON-tə
Means "one of the acacia tree", derived from the masculine possessive prefix ⲡⲁ- (pa-) combined with ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti) "acacia, thorn tree".
Pascal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, German, Dutch
Pronounced: PAS-KAL(French) pas-KAL(German) pahs-KAHL(Dutch)
From the Late Latin name Paschalis, which meant "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha "Easter", which was in turn from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ) meaning "Passover" [1]. Passover is the ancient Hebrew holiday celebrating the liberation from Egypt. Because it coincided closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the same Latin word was used for both. The name Pascal can also function as a surname, as in the case of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), the French philosopher, mathematician and inventor.
Parzival
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Form of Percival used by the 13th-century German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach.
Pambo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Coptic
Other Scripts: ⲡⲁⲙⲃⲱ(Coptic) ⲡⲁⲛⲃⲱ(Sahidic) Παμβώ(Ancient Greek) بموا(Arabic)
Means "the one of Ombos", derived from the possessive masculine prefix ⲡⲁ- (pa-) combined with Ombos, the name of several cities in ancient Egypt. Saint Pambo of Nitria was a 4th-century hermit, disciple of St. Anthony. He is venerated by both Catholic and Orthodox Churches on 18 July.
Otwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare)
German form of Audowin.
Otávio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Octavius.
Östen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Swedish form of Eysteinn.
Orrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Orion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὠρίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AW-REE-AWN(Classical Greek) o-RIE-ən(English)
Meaning uncertain, but possibly related to Greek ὅριον (horion) meaning "boundary, limit". Alternatively it may be derived from Akkadian Uru-anna meaning "light of the heavens". This is the name of a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter who was killed by a scorpion sent by the earth goddess Gaia.
Oran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O-rən(English)
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Olev
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Olaf.
Odin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern)
Pronounced: O-din(English)
Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn, which was derived from óðr meaning "inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. The name appears as Woden in Anglo-Saxon sources (for example, as the founder of several royal lineages in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and in forms such as Wuotan, Wotan or Wodan in continental Europe, though he is best known from Norse sources.

In Norse mythology Odin is the highest of the gods, presiding over war, wisdom and death. He is the husband of Frigg and resides in Valhalla, where warriors go after they are slain. He is usually depicted as a one-eyed older man, carrying two ravens on his shoulders who inform him of all the events of the world. At the time of Ragnarök, the final battle, it is told that he will be killed fighting the great wolf Fenrir.

Odd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse oddr meaning "point of a sword".
Octave
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AWK-TAV
French form of Octavius.
Océane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AW-SEH-AN
Derived from French océan meaning "ocean".
Ocean
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: O-shən
Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos), the name of the body of water thought to surround the Earth.
Norbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: NAWR-behrt(German, Polish, Slovak) NAWR-bərt(English, Dutch) NAWR-BEHR(French) NOR-behrt(Hungarian)
Derived from the Old German elements nord meaning "north" and beraht meaning "bright". This was the name of an 11th-century German saint who made many reforms within the Church.
Nikolay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Николай(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nyi-ku-LIE(Russian)
Russian and Bulgarian form of Nicholas. A notable bearer was the Russian-Ukrainian novelist Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852).
Nicol 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Scottish
Medieval English and Scottish form of Nicholas. This was the middle name of a character in the novel Rob Roy (1817) by Walter Scott.
Nero 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: NEH-ro(Latin) NIR-o(English)
Roman cognomen, which was probably of Sabine origin meaning "strong, vigorous". It was used by a prominent branch of the gens Claudia starting from the 3rd century BC. It was borne most famously by a Roman emperor of the 1st century, remembered as a tyrant. His birth name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, but after he was adopted as the heir of Claudius his name became Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus.
Nermin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bosnian, Turkish, Arabic (Egyptian)
Other Scripts: نرمين(Arabic)
From Persian نرم (narm) meaning "soft, gentle". It is typically masculine in Bosnian, and feminine in Turkish and Arabic.
Nardwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish, Medieval German
Pronounced: NAHRD-ween
Variant of Narduin.
Naftali
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: נַףְתָלִי(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Naphtali.
Myrddin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Welsh
Original Welsh form of Merlin. It is probably ultimately from the name of the Romano-British settlement Moridunum, derived from Celtic *mori "sea" and *dūnom "rampart, hill fort". Prefixed with Welsh caer "fort", this town has been called Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen in English) from medieval times. It is thought that Caerfyrddin may have mistakenly been interpreted as meaning "fort of Myrddin", as if Myrddin were a personal name instead of a later development of Moridunum [1].

Myrddin appears in early Welsh poems, as a prophet who lives in the Caledonian Forest after being driven insane witnessing the slaughter of his king Gwenddoleu and his forces at the Battle of Arfderydd. His character seems to be based on the North Brythonic figure Lailoken, and perhaps also the Irish figure Suibhne. Geoffrey of Monmouth adapted him into Merlin in the 12th century.

Mustafa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu, Kazakh, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: مصطفى(Arabic) مصطفی(Urdu) Мұстафа(Kazakh)
Pronounced: MOOS-ta-fa(Arabic) moos-ta-FA(Turkish)
Means "chosen" in Arabic, derived from اصطفا (iṣṭafā) meaning "to choose". This is an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad. It was borne by four Ottoman sultans. Another famous bearer was Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938), also known as Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.
Moustaphe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African
West African variant of Mustafa.
Mostafa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Bengali, Arabic
Other Scripts: مصطفی(Persian) মোস্তফা(Bengali) مصطفى(Arabic)
Pronounced: mos-ta-FAW(Persian) MOOS-ta-fa(Arabic)
Persian and Bengali form of Mustafa, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.
Moisey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Моисей(Russian)
Pronounced: mə-i-SYAY
Russian form of Moses.
Moira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, English
Pronounced: MOI-rə(English)
Anglicized form of Máire. It also coincides with Greek Μοῖρα (Moira) meaning "fate, destiny", the singular of Μοῖραι, the Greek name for the Fates. They were the three female personifications of destiny in Greek mythology.
Misha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Миша(Russian)
Pronounced: MYEE-shə
Russian diminutive of Mikhail.
Mischa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: MEE-sha
Dutch and German form of Misha. It is occasionally used as a feminine name in Dutch.
Merwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch (Rare), Dutch (Antillean, Rare), Dutch (Surinamese, Rare)
Variant of Mervyn.
Mervyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: MUR-vin(English)
Welsh variant of Merfyn, as well as the usual Anglicized form.
Mervin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-vin
Variant of Mervyn or Marvin.
Meroveus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish (Latinized)
Latinized form of Merovech.
Merlyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-lin
Variant of Merlin, sometimes used as a feminine form. It has perhaps been influenced by the Welsh word merlyn meaning "pony".
Merlin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, English
Pronounced: MUR-lin(English)
Form of the Welsh name Myrddin used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century chronicle. Writing in Latin, he likely chose the form Merlinus over Merdinus in order to prevent associations with French merde "excrement".

Geoffrey based parts of Merlin's character on Myrddin Wyllt, a legendary madman and prophet who lived in the Caledonian Forest. Other parts of his life were based on that of the historical 5th-century Romano-British military leader Ambrosius Aurelianus (also known as Emrys Wledig). In Geoffrey's version of the tales and later embellishments Merlin is a magician and counselor for King Arthur.

Merdocay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Medieval Spanish
Medieval Judeo-Spanish form of Mordecai.
Menno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MEH-no
Diminutive of Meine.
Melvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: MEHL-vin(English)
From a Scots surname that was a variant of Melville. This name has been used in America since the 19th century. It became popular in the early 20th century and reached a peak in the late 1920s, but has steadily declined since then (closely mirroring the similar-sounding but unrelated names Marvin and Alvin).
Melville
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHL-vil
From a Scots surname that was originally from a Norman French place name Malleville meaning "bad town". A famous bearer of the surname was the American author Herman Melville (1819-1891), who wrote several novels including Moby-Dick.
Melody
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHL-ə-dee
From the English word melody, which is derived (via Old French and Late Latin) from Greek μέλος (melos) meaning "song" combined with ἀείδω (aeido) meaning "to sing".
Mélodie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MEH-LAW-DEE
French cognate of Melody.
Melle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MEH-lə
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element mahal meaning "meeting, assembly, court" (Proto-Germanic *maþlą).
Meint
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MAYNT
Variant of Meine.
Meine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch
Pronounced: MAY-nə(Dutch)
Originally a Frisian short form of names beginning with the Old German element megin meaning "power, strength" (Proto-Germanic *mageną).
Meindert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MAYN-dərt
Dutch form of Meginhard.
Meinard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: MAY-nahrt
Dutch variant form of Meginhard.
Maurits
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MOW-rits
Dutch form of Maurice.
Maura 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: MAWR-ə(English)
Anglicized form of Máire. It has also been associated with Irish mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish martyr.
Mattis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, German
Pronounced: MA-tis(German)
Norwegian, Swedish and German variant of Matthias.
Mats
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: MATS(Swedish)
Swedish and Norwegian short form of Matthias.
Mathias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: MA-TYAS(French) ma-TEE-as(German)
Variant of Matthias.
Mateus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: mu-TEWSH(European Portuguese) ma-TEWS(Brazilian Portuguese)
Portuguese form of Matthew.
Marwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: MAR-vin(German) MAHR-vin(Dutch)
German and Dutch variant of Marvin.
Marvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-vin(English, Dutch) MAR-vin(German)
From an English surname that was derived from the Welsh given name Merfyn or the Old English name Mærwine. As an American given name, it steadily rose in popularity through the beginnings of the 20th century and peaked in the early 1930s (closely mirroring the similar-sounding but unrelated name Melvin). A famous bearer was the American musician Marvin Gaye (1939-1984).
Marten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-tən
Dutch form of Martinus (see Martin).
Mart
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHRT
Short form of Martin.
Marnix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-niks
From a Dutch surname, derived from the name of a village in Savoy, France. It is given in honour of the Flemish and Dutch statesman Philips of Marnix (1540-1598), also a notable writer.
Marlowe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAHR-lo
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "remnants of a lake" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593).
Marloes
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: mahr-LOOS
Combination of Maria and Loes.
Marlies
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: mahr-LEES(Dutch)
Combination of Maria and Lies.
Markus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: MAR-kuws(German) MAR-kuys(Swedish) MAHR-koos(Finnish)
German, Scandinavian, Finnish and Estonian form of Marcus (see Mark).
Margus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: MAWR-gus
Estonian form of Marcus (see Mark).
Marek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak, Estonian
Pronounced: MA-rehk(Polish, Czech, Slovak)
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.
Marculus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
This given name is either a diminutive of Marcus (as it contains the Latin masculine diminutive suffix -ulus) or it is an independent name on its own, in which case it is derived from Latin marculus meaning "small hammer".

This name was borne by the 4th-century Donatist bishop and martyr Marculus of Bagai (located in what was then Numidia, but is now Algeria). He is regarded as a saint by some, and his feast day is on the 25th or 29th of November.

Marculf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
The first element of this name is derived from either Celtic marca meaning "horse" (which is marah in Old High German) or from Germanic marka meaning "border." The second element comes from Gothic vulfs meaning "wolf".

This was the name of a 6th-century Frankish missionary and saint, who is better known under the French names Marcou, Marcouf and Marcoul. He is said to have had the power of healing skin diseases (especially scrofula), which he later bestowed upon the Frankish king Childebert I (c. 496-558).

Marcule
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Marculus.
Marcoul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Pronounced: MAR-KOOL(Old French)
Variant form of Marcoulf, which is the original French form of Marculf. Also compare the similar-looking name Marcule.

This given name is no longer in use in France, but it still survives there as a patronymic surname (albeit barely, as the surname is extremely rare there nowadays).

Last but not least, Marcoul is one of the names by which the 6th-century Frankish missionary and saint Marculf is known in France.

Marcouf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French, French (Rare)
Pronounced: MAR-KOOF(Old French, French)
Variant form of Marcoulf, which is the original French form of Marculf. This given name is barely in use in France today, so it mostly survives there as a patronymic surname (albeit barely, as the surname is extremely rare there as well).

Last but not least, Marcouf is one of the names by which the 6th-century Frankish missionary and saint Marculf is known in France.

Marcou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French, French, Walloon
Pronounced: MAR-KOO(Old French, French)
French diminutive of Marc (as -ou is a French masculine diminutive suffix) as well as a variant form of Marcoulf (perhaps via Marcoul), which is the original French form of Marculf.

This given name has been in use since medieval times, which is evidenced by the fact that Marcou is also a patronymic surname in France.

Last but not least, Marcou is one of the names by which the 6th-century Frankish missionary and saint Marculf is known in France.

Marcel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German
Pronounced: MAR-SEHL(French) mər-SEHL(Catalan) mar-CHEHL(Romanian) MAR-tsehl(Polish, Czech, Slovak) mahr-SEHL(Dutch) mar-SEHL(German)
Form of Marcellus used in several languages. Notable bearers include the French author Marcel Proust (1871-1922) and the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).
Marc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Catalan, Welsh
Pronounced: MARK(French, Catalan)
French, Catalan and Welsh form of Marcus (see Mark). This name was borne by the Russian-French artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985).
Mads
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Pronounced: MAS
Danish short form of Mathias.
Madis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Short form of Mattias.
Mackey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: MAH-KEE
Transferred from the surname "Mackey". A short version for any name starting with Mac-.
Macdha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Means "virile" or "manly" in Gaelic.
Lyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: LIE-rə(English)
The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).
Ludolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: LOO-dawlf(German)
From the Old German name Hludolf, which was composed of the elements hlut meaning "famous, loud" and wolf meaning "wolf". Saint Ludolf (or Ludolph) was a 13th-century bishop of Ratzeburg.
Ludo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Flemish
Pronounced: LUY-do
Short form of Ludovicus or Ludolf.
Llŷr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Means "the sea" in Welsh. According to the Mabinogi he was the father of Brân, Branwen and Manawydan. His name is cognate with Irish Ler, and it is typically assumed that Llŷr may have originally been regarded as a god of the sea. He might also be the basis for the legendary King Leir of the Britons.
Lir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Pronounced: LEER(English)
Possibly from the patronymic Manannán mac Lir, in which case Lir is the genitive case of the name Ler. The medieval Irish legend the Children of Lir tells how Lir of the Tuatha Dé Danann had his children transformed into swans by his third wife Aoife. The legendary characters Lir and Ler seem to be distinct.
Lilian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, French, Romanian
Pronounced: LIL-ee-ən(English) LEE-LYAHN(French)
English variant of Lillian, as well as a French and Romanian masculine form.
Liana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English, Georgian
Other Scripts: ლიანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: LYA-na(Italian)
Short form of Juliana, Liliana and other names that end in liana. This is also the word for a type of vine that grows in jungles.
Leodegarius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish (Latinized)
Latinized form of Leutgar. This was borne by a 7th-century martyr and bishop of Autun, also known as Léger.
Léger
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), Haitian Creole
French form of Leutgar. Saint Léger, Bishop of Autun was a 7th-century Frankish martyr.
Leanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: lee-AN-ə
Probably this was originally a variant of Liana. It is now often considered a combination of Lee and Anna [1].
Lauri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: LOW-ree(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).
Landolin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, German
This name is a pet form of names beginning with the Germanic element "land-", such as Landfrid and Landolf.
Lailoken
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
From medieval Latin Laloecen, possibly related to Welsh llallo meaning "brother, friend". This name appears in medieval tales about Saint Kentigern, borne by a prophetic madman at the court of Rhydderch Hael. He may form a basis for Myrddin, who is addressed as llallogan by his sister Gwenddydd in the Red Book of Hergest.
Labhrás
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: LUW-ras
Irish form of Laurence 1.
Kristo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian, Estonian
Short form of Kristofor (Albanian) or Kristjan (Estonian). Saint Kristo the Gardiner (also called Christos) was an Albanian martyred in Constantinople in 1748.
Kristo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ქრისტო(Georgian)
In Georgia, it is a short form of Kristesia and/or Kristepore for men, and of Kristine for women.
Kohen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KO-ən
Variant of Cohen.
Klaos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Limburgish
Pronounced: KLAWS
Limburgish short form of Nicholas.
Kerman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: kehr-MAN
Basque form of Germanus.
Kastor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κάστωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-TAWR(Classical Greek)
Greek form of Castor.
Kaspar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Estonian
Pronounced: KAS-par(German)
German and Estonian form of Jasper.
Karel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Pronounced: KA-rəl(Dutch, Slovene) KA-rehl(Czech)
Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of Charles.
Kanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 栞菜, 環那, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かんな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KAN-NA
From Japanese (kan) meaning "bookmark" and (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Kalevi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KAH-leh-vee(Finnish)
Variant of Kaleva.
Kaleva
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KAH-leh-vah(Finnish)
From the name of the mythological ancestor of the Finns, which is of unknown meaning. The name of the Finnish epic the Kalevala means "the land of Kaleva".
Kalev 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Kaleva. This is the name of a character (the father of Kalevipoeg) in the Estonian epic poem Kalevipoeg.
Kalev 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: כָּלֵב(Ancient Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Caleb.
Julian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Polish, German
Pronounced: JOO-lee-ən(English) JOOL-yən(English) YOO-lyan(Polish) YOO-lee-an(German)
From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from Julius. This was the name of the last pagan Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (4th century). It was also borne by several early saints, including the legendary Saint Julian the Hospitaller. This name has been used in England since the Middle Ages, at which time it was also a feminine name (from Juliana, eventually becoming Gillian).
Juhana
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOO-hah-nah
Finnish form of Iohannes (see John).
Jone 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Fijian, Norwegian
Fijian form of John, as well as a Norwegian variant form.
John
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Biblical
Pronounced: JAHN(American English) JAWN(British English, Dutch) YAWN(Swedish, Norwegian)
English form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Ἰωάννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yoḥanan). It means "Yahweh is gracious", from the roots יוֹ (yo) referring to the Hebrew God and חָנַן (ḥanan) meaning "to be gracious". The Hebrew form occurs in the Old Testament (spelled Johanan or Jehohanan in the English version), but this name owes its popularity to two New Testament characters, both highly revered saints. The first is John the Baptist, a Jewish ascetic who is considered the forerunner of Jesus. He baptized Jesus and was later executed by Herod Antipas. The second is the apostle John, who is traditionally regarded as the author of the fourth gospel and Revelation. With the apostles Peter and James (John's brother), he was part of the inner circle of Jesus.

This name was initially more common among Eastern Christians in the Byzantine Empire, but it flourished in Western Europe after the First Crusade. In England it became extremely popular, typically being the most common male name from the 13th to the 20th century (but sometimes outpaced by William). During the later Middle Ages it was given to approximately a fifth of all English boys. In the United States it was the most common name for boys until 1923.

The name (in various spellings) has been borne by 21 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as rulers of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary. It was also borne by the poet John Milton (1608-1674), philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), American founding father and president John Adams (1735-1826), and poet John Keats (1795-1821). Famous bearers of the 20th century include author John Steinbeck (1902-1968), assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), and musician John Lennon (1940-1980).

The forms Ian (Scottish), Sean (Irish) and Evan (Welsh) have also been frequently used in the English-speaking world, as has the medieval diminutive Jack.

Johan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: YOO-an(Swedish) YUW-hahn(Norwegian) YO-hahn(Dutch)
Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes (see John). A famous bearer was the Dutch soccer player Johan Cruyff (1947-2016).
Jock
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish [1]
Pronounced: JAHK(English)
Scots form of Jack. Among the English, this is a slang term for a Scotsman.
Jeroen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: yə-ROON
Dutch form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).
Jelle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch
Pronounced: YEH-lə(Dutch)
Originally a Frisian short form of names beginning with the Old German element gelt meaning "payment, tribute, compensation". It can also be a Dutch diminutive of Willem.
Jaques
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: JAY-kweez(English)
Variant of Jacques used by Shakespeare for a character in his play As You Like It (1599).
Janek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian, Polish, Czech
Pronounced: YA-nehk(Polish, Czech)
Estonian, Polish and Czech diminutive of Jaan or Jan 1.
James
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAYMZ(English)
English form of the Late Latin name Iacomus, a variant of the Biblical Latin form Iacobus, from the Hebrew name Yaʿaqov (see Jacob). This was the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded under Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus.

This name has been used in England since the 13th century, though it became more common in Scotland where it was borne by several kings. In the 17th century the Scottish king James VI inherited the English throne, becoming the first ruler of all Britain, and the name grew much more popular. In American name statistics (recorded since 1880) this name has never been out of the top 20, making it arguably the era's most consistently popular name. It was the top ranked name for boys in the United States from 1940 to 1952.

Famous bearers include the English explorer James Cook (1728-1779), the Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819), and the Irish novelist and poet James Joyce (1882-1941). This name has also been borne by six American presidents. A notable fictional bearer is the British spy James Bond, created by author Ian Fleming in 1953.

Jakov
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Јаков(Serbian, Macedonian)
Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian form of Jacob (or James).
Jakob
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Pronounced: YA-kawp(German, Icelandic, Dutch) YAH-kawp(Swedish, Norwegian) YAH-kob(Danish)
Form of Jacob (or James) used in several languages.
Jakes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: YA-kehs
Basque form of Jacob (or James).
Jacques
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHAK
French form of Iacobus, the New Testament Latin form of James.
Jackson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK-sən
From an English surname meaning "son of Jack". A famous bearer of the surname was American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).
Jack
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK
Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of John [1]. There could be some early influence from the unrelated French name Jacques [2]. It is often regarded as an independent name. During the Middle Ages it was very common, and it became a slang word meaning "man", as seen in the terms jack-o'-lantern, jack-in-the-box, lumberjack and so on. It was frequently used in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, such as Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, Little Jack Horner, and Jack Sprat.

American writers Jack London (1876-1916) and Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) were two famous bearers of this name. It is also borne by the actor Jack Nicholson (1937-) and the golfer Jack Nicklaus (1940-). Apart from Nicklaus, none of these famous bearers were given the name Jack at birth.

In the United Kingdom this form has been bestowed more frequently than John since the 1990s, being the most popular name for boys from 1996 to 2008.

Jachin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יָכִין(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAY-kin(English)
Means "he establishes" in Hebrew, derived from כּוּן (kun) meaning "to establish". This was the name of a son of Simeon in the Old Testament. It was also the name of one of the two pillars that stood outside Solomon's Temple, Boaz being the other.
Ivar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian
Pronounced: EE-var(Swedish) EE-vahr(Norwegian)
Scandinavian form of Ivor.
Isoard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish, Old High German
Derived from Old Saxon, Old High German isarn "iron" and Old High German wart "guard, ward".
Isbrand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German form of IJsbrand.
Isarn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French, Frankish
From Old Saxon, Old High German isarn meaning "iron".
Inkeri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EENG-keh-ree
Finnish form of Ingrid or Inger.
Ingrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: ING-rid(Swedish) ING-ri(Norwegian) ING-grit(German) ING-greet(German) ING-ghrit(Dutch)
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with fríðr "beautiful, beloved". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).
Ingerman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish
Ingerman (c. 750-818), was a Frankish noble and Count of Hesbaye, son of Sigram of Hesbaye and grandson of Sigramnus of Hesbaye. Ingerman married Rotrude, of unknown parentage. Ingerman and Rotrude had one daughter, Ermengarde, who married into the Frankish royal family, the Carolingians, and was the first wife of King Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne.
Inger
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Originally a variant of Ingrid or Ingegerd.
Inga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Polish, Russian, Old Norse [1][2], Germanic [3]
Other Scripts: Инга(Russian)
Pronounced: ING-ah(Swedish) ING-ga(German) EENG-ga(Polish) EEN-gə(Russian)
Strictly feminine form of Inge.
Indra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali, Indonesian
Other Scripts: इन्द्र(Sanskrit, Nepali) इन्द्र, इंद्र(Hindi)
Pronounced: IN-drə(English) EEN-dra(Indonesian)
Means "possessing drops of rain" from Sanskrit इन्दु (indu) meaning "a drop" and (ra) meaning "acquiring, possessing". Indra is the name of the ancient Hindu warrior god of the sky and rain, frequently depicted riding the elephant Airavata. He is the chief god in the Rigveda.
Ilmarinen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: EEL-mah-ree-nehn(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish ilma meaning "air". Ilmarinen is an immortal smith in Finnish mythology, the creator of the sky and the magic mill known as the Sampo. He is one of the main characters in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.
Ilmari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEL-mah-ree
Short form of Ilmarinen.
Ilmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Ilmarinen.
Ilarion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Иларион(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Hilarion.
Ilari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-lah-ree
Finnish form of Hilarius.
Idunn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Norwegian
Norwegian variant form of Iðunn.
Idun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian
Modern Scandinavian form of Iðunn.
Idonea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Medieval English name, probably a Latinized form of Iðunn. The spelling may have been influenced by Latin idonea "suitable". It was common in England from the 12th century [1].
Hyrum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HIE-rəm
Variant of Hiram. This name was borne by Hyrum Smith (1800-1844), an early leader within the Mormon Church.
Hydra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὕδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HIE-drə(English)
Means "water serpent" in Greek, related to ὕδωρ (hydor) meaning "water". In Greek myth this was the name of a many-headed Lernaean serpent slain by Herakles. It is also the name of a northern constellation, as well as a moon of Pluto.
Hubert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, French, Polish, Czech, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: HYOO-bərt(English) HOO-behrt(German) HUY-bərt(Dutch) UY-BEHR(French) KHOO-behrt(Polish)
Means "bright heart", derived from the Old German elements hugu "mind, thought, spirit" and beraht "bright". Saint Hubert was an 8th-century bishop of Maastricht who is considered the patron saint of hunters. The Normans brought the name to England, where it replaced an Old English cognate Hygebeorht. It died out during the Middle Ages but was revived in the 19th century [2].
Hiram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: חִירָם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HIE-rəm(English)
From Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤌 (Ḥirom) meaning "exalted brother". This was the name of a king of Tyre according to the Old Testament. He may have reigned in the 10th century BC. As an English given name, Hiram came into use after the Protestant Reformation. In the 17th century the Puritans brought it to America, where it gained some currency.
Himerius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Himerius of Immertal (d. ca. 620 AD) was a monk, hermit, and missionary in the Swiss Jura.
Hilderic
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Derived from the Old German elements hilt "battle" and rih "ruler, king". Hilderic was a 6th-century king of the Vandals. This name was also borne by three early Merovingian Frankish kings, though their name is usually spelled as Childeric.
Herta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: HEHR-ta
Variant of Hertha.
Herodias
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἡρῳδιάς, Ἡρωδιάς(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Herod. This was the name of a member of the Herodian ruling family of Judea, a sister of Herod Agrippa and the wife of Herod Antipas. She appears in the New Testament, where she contrives to have her husband Antipas imprison and execute John the Baptist.
Herodes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἡρῴδης, Ἡρώδης(Ancient Greek)
Latin form of Herod, as well as the usual Biblical Greek transcription of Ἡρῴδης: after the classical period, the ι in the sequence ωι (often written as a subscript like ) was not pronounced.
Hermanus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Germanic (Latinized)
Pronounced: hehr-MA-nuys(Dutch)
Latinized form of Herman. As a Dutch name, it is used on birth certificates, with the form Herman typically used in daily life.
Hermanni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHR-mahn-nee
Finnish form of Herman.
Herbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Czech, Swedish, French
Pronounced: HUR-bərt(English) HEHR-behrt(German) HEHR-bərt(Dutch) HAR-bat(Swedish) EHR-BEHR(French)
Derived from the Old German elements heri "army" and beraht "bright". It was borne by two Merovingian Frankish kings, usually called Charibert. The Normans introduced this name to England, where it replaced an Old English cognate Herebeorht. In the course of the Middle Ages it became rare, but it was revived in the 19th century.

This name was borne by a few medieval saints, including a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon priest and an 11th-century archbishop of Cologne.

Henryka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: khehn-RI-ka
Polish feminine form of Heinrich (see Henry).
Henrika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Swedish (Rare)
Pronounced: hehn-REE-kah(Swedish)
Lithuanian and Swedish feminine form of Henrik.
Henriett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: HEHN-ree-eht
Variant of Henrietta.
Henk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: HENGK
Dutch short form of Hendrik.
Hendrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: hehn-DREE-na
Feminine form of Hendrik.
Hendrika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: hehn-DREE-ka
Feminine form of Hendrik.
Heino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: HIE-no(German) HAY-no(Finnish)
German form of Haimo (see Hamo).
Heiki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian [1]
Pronounced: HAY-kee
Estonian form of Heinrich (see Henry).
Heaven
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HEHV-ən
From the English vocabulary word meaning "paradise". It is derived via Middle English hevene from Old English heofon "sky".
Hauke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, German
Frisian short form of Old German given names containing the element hugu meaning "mind, thought, spirit".
Harriette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAR-ee-it, HEHR-ee-it
Variant of Harriet.
Harriet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAR-ee-it, HEHR-ee-it
English form of Henriette, and thus a feminine form of Harry. It was first used in the 17th century, becoming very common in the English-speaking world by the 18th century. Famous bearers include the Americans Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the abolitionist Harriet Tubman (1820-1913).
Harold
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAR-əld, HEHR-əld
From the Old English name Hereweald, derived from the elements here "army" and weald "powerful, mighty". The Old Norse cognate Haraldr was also common among Scandinavian settlers in England. This was the name of five kings of Norway and three kings of Denmark. It was also borne by two kings of England, both of whom were from mixed Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon backgrounds, including Harold II who lost the Battle of Hastings (and was killed in it), which led to the Norman Conquest. After the conquest the name died out, but it was eventually revived in the 19th century.
Harm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: HAHRM
Dutch short form of Herman.
Harald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German
Pronounced: HAH-rahl(Norwegian, Danish) HA-ralt(German)
Scandinavian and German cognate of Harold, from the Old Norse elements herr and valdr and the Old German elements heri and walt. This was the name of several kings of Norway and Denmark.
Hans
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: HANS(German) HAHNS(Dutch)
German short form of Johannes, now used independently. This name has been very common in German-speaking areas of Europe since the late Middle Ages. From an early period it was transmitted to the Low Countries and Scandinavia. Two famous bearers were Hans Holbein (1497-1543), a German portrait painter, and Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a Danish writer of fairy tales.
Hank
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HANGK
Originally a short form of Hankin, which was a medieval diminutive of John. Since the 17th century in the United States this name has also been used as a diminutive of Henry, probably under the influence of the Dutch diminutive Henk. A famous bearer is the American former baseball player Hank Aaron (1934-2021).
Hamnet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Hamo. This was the name of a son of Shakespeare who died in childhood. His death may have provided the inspiration for his father's play Hamlet.
Halle 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Halli, a diminutive of names containing the element hallr meaning "rock".
Halle 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HAL-ee
In the case of American actress Halle Berry (1966-), it is from the name of a department store in Cleveland where she was born (the store was founded by brothers bearing the German surname Halle, a cognate of Hall).
Hall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAWL
From a surname that was derived from Old English heall "manor, hall", originally belonging to a person who lived or worked in a manor.
Gundemar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, History
Means "famous war", derived from Old High German gund "war" combined with Old High German mâri "famous." Gundemar I was a 7th-century king of the Visigoths in Hispania.
Gummarus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish (Latinized), Germanic (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Latinization of the Germanic name Gummar, of which the first element is either gumô meaning "man" or gunda meaning "battle, war" (compare Gundemar). In addition to these, one source also connects the first element to got meaning "god" and guot meaning "good". The second element of the name consists of mari meaning "famous".

This name was notably borne by a Frankish saint from the 8th century AD. He lived near what is now the city of Lier in Flanders (Belgium) and is also the patron saint of that city.

Guarniero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: gwar-NYEH-ro
Italian form of Werner.
Grendel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon Mythology
The name of monster from Old English heroic epic poem "Beowulf".
Godfried
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: GHAWT-freet
Dutch cognate of Godefrid (see Godfrey).
Gladwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GLAD-win
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Glædwine.
Giso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish, German (Rare), Medieval English
Pronounced: GEE-zo(German)
Derived from Proto-Germanic *gaisa, *gaiza meaning "arrow". It is also used in modern German as a short form of names that begin with Gis- such as Gisbert. This was borne by Giso or Gisa of Lorraine (died 1088), a medieval bishop of Wells in England.
Gillespie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Gilleasbuig.
Gideon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, English, Dutch
Other Scripts: גִּדְעוֹן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: GID-ee-ən(English) GHEE-deh-awn(Dutch)
From the Hebrew name גִּדְעוֹן (Giḏʿon) meaning "feller, hewer", derived from גָּדַע (gaḏaʿ) meaning "to cut, to hew" [1]. Gideon is a hero and judge of the Old Testament. He led the vastly outnumbered Israelites against the Midianites, defeated them, and killed their two kings. In the English-speaking world, Gideon has been used as a given name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.
Gerulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Derived from Old German ger meaning "spear" and wolf meaning "wolf". This was the name of an 8th-century saint and martyr from Drongen, Belgium.
Gerrit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Frisian
Pronounced: GHEH-rit(Dutch)
Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard.
Gerolt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: GHEH-rawlt
Dutch form of Gerald.
Germanus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "brother" in Latin. This was the name of several early saints.
Germanicus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman name derived from Germania, traditionally the area north of the Roman Empire inhabited by early Germanic tribes. This was the agnomen of the Roman general Decimus Claudius Drusus, given posthumously because of his victories in Germania in the 1st century BC. It was also given to his young son, Germanicus Julius Caesar, later a successful general in his own right, who is known to history as simply Germanicus.
German
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Герман(Russian)
Pronounced: GYEHR-mən
Russian form of Germanus (or sometimes of Herman).
Germain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHEHR-MEHN
French form of Germanus.
Gerlof
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: GHEHR-lawf
Dutch form of Gerulf.
Gerlach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: GHEHR-lahkh(Dutch)
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.
Gerben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: GHEHR-bən
Derived from the Germanic elements ger meaning "spear" and bern meaning "bear".
Gerasimos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Γεράσιμος(Greek)
Derived from Greek γέρας (geras) meaning "honour, gift". Saint Gerasimus was a 5th-century hermit who lived near the Jordan River.
Gerasim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Герасим(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Gerasimos.
Geneviève
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHU-NU-VYEHV, ZHUN-VYEHV
From the medieval name Genovefa, which is of uncertain origin. It could be derived from the Germanic elements *kunją "clan, family, lineage" and *wībą "wife, woman". Alternatively it could be of Gaulish origin, from the related Celtic element *genos "kin, family" combined with a second element of unknown meaning. This name was borne by Saint Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris, who inspired the city to resist the Huns in the 5th century.
Genadi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Генади(Bulgarian) გენადი(Georgian)
Bulgarian and Georgian form of Gennadius.
Gemini
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Astronomy
Pronounced: GEH-mee-nee(Latin) JEHM-i-nie(English)
Means "twins" in Latin. This is the name of the third sign of the zodiac. The two brightest stars in the constellation, Castor and Pollux, are named for the mythological twin sons of Leda.
Ganizani
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chewa
Pronounced: gah-nee-ZAH-nee
Means "think" in Chewa.
Ganix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: GA-neesh
Basque variant form of John.
Fynn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Modern)
German variant of Finn 1 or Finn 2.
Fulko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish (Rare)
Frits
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FRITS
Dutch diminutive of Frederik.
Frederik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: FREDH-rehg(Danish) FREH-də-rik(Dutch)
Danish and Dutch form of Frederick. This was the name of nine kings of Denmark over the past 500 years, alternating each generation with the name Christian.
Frans
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Pronounced: FRAHNS(Dutch, Finnish)
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see Francis).
Fotis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Φώτης(Greek)
Modern Greek variant of Photios.
Fotini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Φωτεινή(Greek)
Modern Greek form of Photine.
Floris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FLO-ris
Dutch form of Florentius (see Florence).
Fitzhugh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Fitzhugh.
Finn 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, German
Pronounced: FIN(Danish)
From the Old Norse name Finnr, which meant "Sámi, person from Finland".
Filiz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: fee-LEEZ
Means "sprout, shoot" in Turkish (borrowed from Greek φυλλίς (phyllis)).
Filip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Other Scripts: Филип(Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: FEE-lip(Dutch) FI-lip(Czech) FEE-leep(Slovak, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Finnish)
Form of Philip in various languages.
Filiberto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: fee-lee-BEHR-to
Italian and Spanish form of Filibert.
Filbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Eastern African
Possibly a form of Philibert. It is particularly used in Tanzania due to track star Filbert Bayi (1953-), who set a world record running the 1500 meter in 1974.
Filadelfo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Philadelphos.
Fiacre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
French form of Fiachra.
Ewout
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: EH-vowt
Dutch form of Ewald.
Ewald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: EH-valt(German) EH-vahlt(Dutch)
From an Old German name that was composed of the elements ewa "law, custom" and walt "power, authority". This name was borne by two 7th-century saints from Northumbria who were martyred in Saxony.
Everwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Possibly a variant of Eoforwine.
Evander 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: ee-VAN-dər(English) ə-VAN-dər(English)
Anglicized form of Iomhar.
Etzel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Form of Attila used in the medieval German saga the Nibelungenlied. In the story Etzel is a fictional version of Attila the Hun.
Etele
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EH-teh-leh
Probably a Hungarian form of Etzel.
Ervin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian, Albanian, Croatian, Estonian
Pronounced: EHR-veen(Hungarian)
Hungarian, Albanian, Croatian and Estonian form of Erwin.
Ernst
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: EHRNST(German, Dutch) ANSD(Danish) EHRNSHT(Swedish)
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of Ernest.
Erik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, English, Spanish
Pronounced: EH-rik(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, German, Dutch) EH-reek(Finnish, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Spanish) EHR-ik(English)
Scandinavian form of Eric. This was the name of kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. King Erik IX of Sweden (12th century) is the patron saint of that country.
Enos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: אֱנוֹשׁ(Ancient Hebrew) Ἐνώς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-nahs(English)
Form of Enosh used in some versions of the Bible (including the King James Version).
Endla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian [1]
Pronounced: ENT-lah
From the name of an Estonian lake, which often appears in folk poetry. The lake's name is ultimately derived from the medieval personal name Ent or Endo.
Endel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian [1]
Pronounced: EHN-dehl
Masculine form of Endla.
Emrys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-ris
Welsh form of Ambrose. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. Tales of his life were used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth to help shape the early character of Merlin, whom he called Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin.
Emiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: eh-MEEL
Dutch form of Aemilius (see Emil).
Emerenz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Upper German (Rare)
Variant of Emerenzius.
Emerens
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Emerentius.
Elvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Icelandic form of Alvar.
Elspeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: EHLS-peth
Scottish form of Elizabeth.
Ellar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of Ealar.
Elizaveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Елизавета(Russian)
Pronounced: yi-lyi-zu-VYEH-tə, i-lyi-zu-VYEH-tə
Alternate transcription of Russian Елизавета (see Yelizaveta).
Eldarion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Means "son of the Eldar" or "son of the Elves". In J.R.R. Tolkien's appendixes within 'The Return of the King', Eldarion is the son of Aragorn and Arwen. He succeeds Aragorn as 'High King' of the two realms his father reunited.
Eldari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ელდარი(Georgian)
Form of Eldar with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი (-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Eldar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Georgian
Other Scripts: Элдар(Kyrgyz) Эльдар(Kazakh) ელდარ(Georgian)
From Turkic el meaning "country, society" combined with the Persian suffix دار (dār) meaning "possessor".
Egori
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Егор(Russian)
Pronounced: ye-GOR
Variant transcription of Yegor.
Egor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Егор(Russian)
Pronounced: ye-GOR
Russian variant transcription of Yegor.
Egbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: EHG-bərt(English) EKH-bərt(Dutch)
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge, blade" and beorht "bright". This was the name of kings of Kent and Wessex as well as two English saints. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest but was revived in the 19th century.
Edwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: EHD-win(English) EHT-vin(Dutch)
Means "rich friend", from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and wine "friend". This was the name of a 7th-century Northumbrian king, regarded as a saint. After the Norman Conquest the name was not popular, but it was eventually revived in the 19th century. A notable bearer was the astronaut Edwin Aldrin (1930-), also known as Buzz, the second man to walk on the moon.
Edwick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ED-wik
Edvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian
Pronounced: EHD-vin(Swedish) EHD-veen(Finnish, Hungarian)
Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian form of Edwin.
Ecbertus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Latinized form of Egbert, Ecbert and variant of Egbertus
Dutch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUCH
From a nickname given to Americans of German descent (though nowadays it refers to a person from the Netherlands). It is related to deutsch, the German word meaning "German".
Duke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DOOK
From the noble title duke, which was originally derived from Latin dux "leader".
Dugald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Scottish variant of Dougal.
Dougal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Dubhghall meaning "dark stranger", from Old Irish dub "dark" and gall "stranger". This name was borne by a few medieval Scottish chiefs.
Doruk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: do-ROOK
Means "mountaintop" in Turkish.
Dirk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Low German, German, English
Pronounced: DIRK(Dutch, German) DURK(English)
Dutch and Low German short form of Diederik. This name was borne by several counts of Frisia and Holland, beginning in the 10th century. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by actor Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), who had some Dutch ancestry. This is also the Scots word for a type of dagger.
Diederik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: DEE-də-rik
Dutch form of Theodoric.
Delyth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
From an elaboration of Welsh del "pretty". This is a recently created name.
Deidre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEE-drə
Variant of Deirdre.
Daley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: DAY-lee(English) DEH-lee(Dutch)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Dálaigh, itself derived from the given name Dálach. Its recent popularity in the Netherlands can be attributed to the Dutch soccer player Daley Blind (1990-).
Dakota
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: də-KO-tə
From the name of the Native American people of the northern Mississippi Valley, or from the two American states that were named for them: North and South Dakota (until 1889 unified as the Dakota Territory). The tribal name means "allies, friends" in the Dakota language.

It was rare as an American given name before 1975. In the mid-1980s it began growing in popularity for boys after a character by this name began appearing on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. It is now more common as a feminine name, probably due to the fame of the actress Dakota Fanning (1994-).

Criou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Pronounced: KREE-OO(Old French)
Variant form of Cariou, which is a short form of Carioulf, itself a variant form of Charioulf, which is the original French form of Chariulf. Alternatively, this name is a short form of Crioult, which is a variant form of the aforementioned Carioulf.

This is one of the names by which the obscure 6th-century Frankish saint Chariulf (often found written as Cariulf) is known in France. He was a disciple of the Frankish missionary and saint Marculf (better known under the French names Marcou, Marcouf and Marcoul), who died either on the same day as he did, or several days afterwards. As a result, they were buried together (along with an other disciple of Marculf's) in the same tomb in the abbey of Nanteuil, which was located in the diocese of Coutances in the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy.

Cosmo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, English
Pronounced: KAWZ-mo(Italian) KAHZ-mo(English)
Italian variant of Cosimo. It was introduced to Britain in the 18th century by the second Scottish Duke of Gordon, who named his son and successor after his friend Cosimo III de' Medici. On the American sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998) this was the seldom-used first name of Jerry's neighbour Kramer.
Constant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAWN-STAHN(French) KAWN-stahnt(Dutch) KAHN-stənt(English)
From the Late Latin name Constans. It was also used by the Puritans as a vocabulary name, from the English word constant.
Cohen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KO-ən
From a common Jewish surname that was derived from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen) meaning "priest". This surname was traditionally associated with the hereditary priests who claimed descent from the biblical Aaron.
Chauncey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAWN-see
From a Norman surname of unknown meaning. It was used as a given name in America in honour of Harvard president Charles Chauncey (1592-1672).
Chase
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAYS
From an English surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Middle English, originally a nickname for a huntsman.
Chariulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish
Frankish form of Hariulf. Also compare the similar-looking names Garulf and Gerulf, which can easily get confused with this name and vice versa.

This name was borne by a 6th-century Frankish nobleman as well as by an obscure saint, who was one of the disciples of the Frankish missionary and saint Marculf (c. 490-558). The disciple in question is better known under the French names Cariulphe and Criou.

Chance
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHANS
Originally a diminutive of Chauncey. It is now usually given in reference to the English word chance meaning "luck, fortune" (ultimately derived from Latin cadens "falling").
Castor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάστωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-tər(English)
From the Greek name Κάστωρ (Kastor), possibly related to κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κέκαστο). Alternatively it could be derived from the Greek word κάστωρ (kastor) meaning "beaver", though the legends about Castor do not mention beavers, which were foreign animals to the Greeks. In Greek myth Castor was a son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Casper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: KAHS-pər(Dutch) KAHS-pehr(Swedish) KAS-bu(Danish)
Dutch and Scandinavian form of Jasper. This is the name of a friendly ghost in an American series of cartoons and comic books (beginning 1945).
Caroline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: KA-RAW-LEEN(French) KAR-ə-lien(English) KAR-ə-lin(English) ka-ro-LEE-nə(German, Dutch) ka-ro-LEEN(Dutch)
French feminine form of Carolus.
Cariulphe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Pronounced: KA-REE-UYLF(Old French)
French form of Cariulphus, which is the latinized form of both Chariulf and its variant form Cariulf.

This is one of the names by which the obscure 6th-century Frankish saint Chariulf (often found written as Cariulf) is known in France. He was a disciple of the Frankish missionary and saint Marculf (better known under the French names Marcou, Marcouf and Marcoul), who died either on the same day as he did, or several days afterwards. As a result, they were buried together (along with an other disciple of Marculf's) in the same tomb in the abbey of Nanteuil, which was located in the diocese of Coutances in the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy.

Carel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: KA-rəl
Dutch form of Charles.
Caelestis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly", a derivative of Latin caelum "heaven, sky".
Brecht
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: BREKHT
Short form of names containing brecht, often derived from the Old German element beraht meaning "bright".
Bram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: BRAM(English) BRAHM(Dutch)
Short form of Abraham. This name was borne by Bram Stoker (1847-1912), the Irish author who wrote Dracula.
Brádach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish [1]
Pronounced: BRA-dəkh(Irish)
Irish byname, possibly derived from bradach meaning "thieving, roguish, spirited".
Boyne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BOIN
Transferred use of the surname Boyne.
Boyd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BOID
From a Scottish surname that was possibly derived from the name of the island of Bute (Bód in Gaelic).
Boyce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BOIS
From an English surname that was derived from Old French bois "wood".
Bowie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-ee(English) BOO-ee(English)
From a Scottish surname, derived from Gaelic buidhe meaning "yellow". It has been used as a given name in honour of the British musician David Bowie (1947-2016), born David Robert Jones, who took his stage name from the American pioneer James Bowie (1796-1836), though with a different pronunciation.
Boutros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Coptic
Other Scripts: بطرس(Arabic)
Pronounced: BOOT-roos(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بطرس (see Butrus).
Boso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish
Germanic given name of uncertain meaning. Some sources state that it is a short form of Germanic given names that contain the element boto meaning "bid, offer" (such as Bodegisel - also compare Bode), whilst others state that it is a short form of Germanic given names that contain the element burg meaning "protection", such as Burghard (see Burchard). Also compare somewhat similar names, such as Anso, Gero and Odo, all of which are short forms of Germanic given names that start with a certain element.

Other sources derive the name from Old High German bôsi meaning "evil", which ultimately comes from Proto-Germanic *bausuz meaning "bad" as well as "inflated, swollen" and "proud, arrogant" (compare the English verb to boast). One source has even linked the name to ancient Greek φόως (phoos) meaning "(to) the light (of day)", but that seems to be a bit of a stretch.

With that said, a known bearer of this name was the 6th-century Frankish duke Bodegisel (also found written as Bodogisel), who is said to have been known by the nicknames Boggis and Boso. Other bearers include the Frankish nobleman and king Boso of Provence (9th century AD) and the German bishop Boso of Merseburg (10th century AD).

Bors
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: BAWRZ(English)
From French Bohort, probably from Old French behort or bohort meaning "jousting" or "jousting lance" [1][2]. First appearing in the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail Cycle, Bors was one of Arthur's knights who quested for the Holy Grail. His father, the king of Gaunnes, was also named Bors.
Boro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Боро(Serbian)
Diminutive of Borislav, Boris, and other names starting with Bor.
Borko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Борко(Serbian, Macedonian)
Diminutive of Borislav, Borivoje, and other names starting with Bor. It is sometimes used independently.
Booker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUWK-ər
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books". A famous bearer was Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), an African-American leader.
Bono
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Italian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Masculine form of Bona.
Bonafilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Judeo-Spanish (Archaic), Judeo-Provençal (Archaic), Judeo-Catalan (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Derived from Latin bona, the feminine form of the adjective bonus, "good; kind; noble" and filia "daughter".
Due to its meaning, Bonafilia was used as an amuletic name.
Boaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: בֹּעַז(Hebrew)
Pronounced: BO-az(English) BO-ahz(Dutch)
Means "swiftness" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the man who marries Ruth. This was also the name of one of the two pillars that stood outside Solomon's Temple (with Jachin).
Boann
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Possibly from Old Irish "cow" and finn "white, blessed". In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess of the River Boyne, which is named for her. She was the wife of Nechtan and the father of Aonghus (by Dagda).
Blaze
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BLAYZ
Modern variant of Blaise influenced by the English word blaze.
Blai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: BLIE
Catalan form of Blasius (see Blaise).
Beryl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHR-əl
From the English word for the clear or pale green precious stone, ultimately deriving from Sanskrit. As a given name, it first came into use in the 19th century.
Bernadeta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: behr-na-DEH-ta
Polish form of Bernadette.
Berendina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Feminine form of Bernhard.
Berend
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: BEH-rənt
Variant of Bernhard.
Bercharius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized), Frankish (Latinized)
Latinized form of Berchar. Used by a 7th century saint.
Bellatrix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: bə-LAY-triks(English) BEHL-ə-triks(English)
Means "female warrior" in Latin. This is the name of the star that marks the left shoulder of the constellation Orion.
Bele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Judeo-French
Derived from Old French bele, the feminine form of the adjective biau, bel "graceful, elegant, courteous; noble; handsome; beautiful".
Beau
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: BO
Means "beautiful, handsome" in French. It has been used as a given name since the middle of the 20th century. In Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind (1936) this is the name of Ashley and Melanie's son.

Although this is a grammatically masculine adjective in French, it is given to girls as well as boys in Britain and the Netherlands. In America it is more exclusively masculine. It is not commonly used as a name in France itself.

Basseva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-French, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-French and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Batsheva.
Barend
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: BA-rənt
Variant of Bernhard.
Azra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: عذراء(Arabic) عذرا(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘adh-RA(Arabic)
Means "virgin, maiden" in Arabic.
Azalaïs
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Occitan
Occitan form of Adelais.
Attila
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History, Hungarian, Turkish
Pronounced: ə-TIL-ə(English) AW-teel-law(Hungarian)
Probably means "little father" from Gothic atta "father" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 5th-century leader of the Huns, a nomadic people from Central Asia who had expanded into Eastern Europe by the 4th century. Attila was likely the name given to him by his Gothic-speaking subjects in Eastern Europe; his real name may have been Avitohol.
Atli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Old Norse form of Attila, used in the Norse Völsungasaga to refer to a fictional version of Attila the Hun.
Atle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Norwegian form of Atli.
Atilla
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish variant of Attila.
Atila
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish variant of Attila.
Astore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Derived from the Italian noun astore meaning "goshawk", which effectively makes this name an Italian cognate of Astor.

A known bearer of this name was the Italian trumpeter and composer Astore Pittana (1912-2010).

Asser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Finnish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Judeo-Catalan
Pronounced: AHS-ser(Biblical Finnish)
Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-Anglo-Norman and Finnish form of Asher.
Arvo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: AHR-vo(Finnish)
Means "value, worth" in Finnish and Estonian.
Arnout
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: AHR-nowt
Dutch form of Arnold.
Arminius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of a Germanic name, possibly derived from the element *ermunaz meaning "whole, universal". Other theories claim that it is related to Herman, or that it is not Germanic at all. Arminius was a 1st-century chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci. Raised in Rome as a hostage, he eventually became a citizen and joined the army. However, he turned against the Empire, leading the Germans in a surprise attack in the Teutoburg Forest and driving the Romans from Germania.
Armand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Catalan
Pronounced: AR-MAHN(French) ər-MAN(Catalan)
French and Catalan form of Herman.
Arjan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: AHR-yahn
Dutch form of Adrian.
Arista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-RIS-tə(English)
Means "ear of grain" in Latin. This is the name of a star, also known as Spica, in the constellation Virgo.
Aris 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Άρης(Greek)
Modern Greek form of Ares. It is also used as a short form of Aristotelis.
Arioald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic (Latinized)
From Arioaldus, a Latin form of Hariwald. This was the name of a 7th-century king of the Lombards.
Ares
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄρης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REHS(Classical Greek) EHR-eez(English)
Perhaps from either Greek ἀρή (are) meaning "bane, ruin" or ἄρσην (arsen) meaning "male". The name first appears as a-re in Mycenaean Greek writing. Ares was the bloodthirsty god of war in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Hera.
Arcturus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Other Scripts: Ἀρκτοῦρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ahrk-TYUWR-əs(English) ark-TOO-roos(Latin)
From Ancient Greek Ἀρκτοῦρος (Arktouros), the name of the fourth brightest star in the sky, part of the constellation Boötes. It means "guardian of the bear", derived from ἄρκτος (arktos) meaning "bear" and οὖρος (ouros) meaning "guardian", referring to the star's position close to the constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major.
Archibald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: AHR-chi-bawld
Derived from the Germanic name Ercanbald, composed of the elements erkan meaning "pure, holy, genuine" and bald meaning "bold, brave". The first element was altered due to the influence of Greek names beginning with the element ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master". The Normans brought this name to England. It first became common in Scotland in the Middle Ages (sometimes used to Anglicize the Gaelic name Gilleasbuig, for unknown reasons).
Apolline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-PAW-LEEN
French form of Apollonia.
Apollinaire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
French form of Apollinaris. It was adopted as a surname by the Polish-French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), who based it on his Polish middle name Apolinary.
Aoife
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fyə(Irish)
From Old Irish Aífe, derived from oíph meaning "beauty" (modern Irish aoibh). This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a woman at war with Scáthach (her sister in some versions). She was defeated in single combat by the hero Cúchulainn, who spared her life on the condition that she bear him a child (Connla). Another legendary figure by this name appears in the Children of Lir as the jealous third wife of Lir.

This name is sometimes Anglicized as Eve or Eva.

Antares
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: an-TEHR-eez(English)
From Greek Ἀντάρης (Antares), traditionally said to mean "opposing Ares". This is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.
Andrus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Andrew.
Andries
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: AHN-drees
Dutch form of Andrew.
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Alyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ə
Variant of Alicia. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek (a), a negative prefix, combined with λύσσα (lyssa) meaning "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.
Alwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-veen(German) AHL-vin(Dutch)
Contracted form of Adalwin.
Alvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: AL-vin(English)
From a medieval form of any of the Old English names Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine. It was revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the Old English names. As a Scandinavian name it is derived from Alfvin, an Old Norse cognate of Ælfwine.
Alvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Estonian
From the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements alfr "elf" and herr "army, warrior".
Aludra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Derived from Arabic العذراء (al-ʿadhrāʾ) meaning "the maiden". This is the name of a star in the constellation Canis Major.
Altair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: al-TEHR(English)
Means "the flyer" in Arabic. This is the name of a star in the constellation Aquila.
Altadonna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Italian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Derived from Italian alta, the feminine form of the adjective alto, meaning "high; deep; big; towering; elevated" and, when used in a poetic context, "grand; sublime; noble" and donna "woman; lady".
Allard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: AH-lahrt
Dutch form of Adalhard.
Allan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Scottish, Danish, Swedish, Estonian
Pronounced: AL-ən(English)
Variant of Alan. The American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) got his middle name from the surname of the parents who adopted him.
Alfons
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Catalan
Pronounced: AL-fawns(German) AHL-fawns(Dutch)
German, Dutch and Catalan form of Alfonso.
Alexey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).
Alemande
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-French, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Derived from Old French alemande, the feminine form of the adjective alemant "German". This name might originally have been given to someone of German ancestry or to someone whose ancestors came from the town of Allemagne in Normandy (present-day Fleury-sur-Orne).
Aleksy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: a-LEH-ksi
Polish form of Alexius.
Aleksi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Bulgarian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Алекси(Bulgarian) ალექსი(Georgian)
Pronounced: AH-lehk-see(Finnish)
Finnish, Bulgarian and Georgian form of Alexius.
Aleksey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Russian form of Alexius. This name was borne by a 14th-century Metropolitan of Kiev who is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church. It was also the name of a 17th-century tsar of Russia.
Aleksander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Slovene, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: a-lehk-SAN-dehr(Polish)
Form of Alexander in several languages.
Aleixo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Pronounced: u-LIE-shoo(European Portuguese) a-LAY-shoo(Brazilian Portuguese) a-LAY-shuw(Galician)
Portuguese and Galician form of Alexius.
Aldous
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AWL-dəs
Probably a diminutive of names beginning with the Old English element eald "old". It has been in use as an English given name since the Middle Ages, mainly in East Anglia [1]. The British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was a famous bearer of this name.
Aldert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch
Pronounced: AHL-dərt(Dutch)
Frisian form of a Germanic name, either Aldhard or Adalhard.
Aksana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Аксана(Belarusian)
Belarusian form of Xenia.
Aivar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Ivar.
Ain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Possibly an Estonian short form of Hendrik.
Aigar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Possibly from the Finnic root aika meaning "time" (Estonian aeg).
Ahti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: AHH-tee(Finnish)
Meaning unknown. This is the name of the Finnish god of the ocean, rivers and fishing.
Agron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Other Scripts: Ἄγρων(Ancient Greek)
Probably of Illyrian origin, maybe related to Albanian ag meaning "dawn". Alternatively it might be connected to Greek ἀγρός (agros) meaning "field". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Illyrian king, the husband of Teuta.
Adzia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: AH-jah
Diminutive of Ada 1.
Adhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-DEHR-ə(English)
Derived from Arabic عذارى (ʿadhārā) meaning "maidens". This is the name of the second brightest star (after Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.
Abelone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish (Rare)
Danish form of Apollonia.
Aapeli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-peh-lee
Finnish form of Abel.
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