Lady_Skywalker's Personal Name List

Zoya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Зоя(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ZO-yə(Russian)
Rating: 42% based on 11 votes
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Bulgarian form of Zoe.
Zinnia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZIN-ee-ə
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.
Zephaniah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: צְפַנְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zeh-fə-NIE-ə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
From the Hebrew name צְפַנְיָה (Tsefanya) meaning "Yahweh has hidden", derived from צָפַן (tsafan) meaning "to hide" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Zephaniah.
Zedekiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: צִדְקִיָּהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehd-ə-KIE-ə(English)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
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.
Zebedee
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Ζεβεδαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZEHB-ə-dee(English)
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
From Ζεβεδαῖος (Zebedaios), the Greek form of Zebadiah used in the New Testament, where it refers to the father of the apostles James and John.
Zebadiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זְבַדְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehb-ə-DIE-ə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Means "Yahweh has given" in Hebrew, derived from זָבַד (zavaḏ) meaning "to give" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of several Old Testament characters.
Zane 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZAYN
Rating: 51% based on 15 votes
From an English surname of unknown meaning. It was introduced as a given name by American author Zane Grey (1872-1939). Zane was in fact his middle name — it had been his mother's maiden name.
Winifred
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Welsh
Pronounced: WIN-ə-frid(English)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From Latin Winifreda, possibly from a Welsh name Gwenfrewi (maybe influenced by the Old English masculine name Winfred). Saint Winifred was a 7th-century Welsh martyr, probably legendary. According to the story, she was decapitated by a prince after she spurned his advances. Where her head fell there arose a healing spring, which has been a pilgrimage site since medieval times. Her story was recorded in the 12th century by Robert of Shrewsbury, and she has been historically more widely venerated in England than in Wales. The name has been used in England since at least the 16th century.
Will
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL
Personal remark: Nickname for William
Rating: 66% based on 23 votes
Short form of William and other names beginning with Will. A famous bearer is American actor Will Smith (1968-), whose full name is Willard.
Wilhelmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German (Rare), English
Pronounced: vil-hehl-MEE-na(Dutch, German) wil-ə-MEEN-ə(English) wil-hehl-MEEN-ə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Dutch and German feminine form of Wilhelm. This name was borne by a queen of the Netherlands (1880-1962).
Whitley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: WIT-lee(American English)
Personal remark: Like it for boys only.
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Whitley.
Whitaker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIT-ə-kər(American English) WIT-ə-kə(British English)
Rating: 32% based on 9 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "white field" in Old English.
Whit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIT, WHIT
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Possibly from the English word "white" or a diminutive of Whitney or other names beginning with Whit.
Weston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEHS-tən
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself from Old English west "west" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Wednesday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: WENZ-day(English)
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From the name of the day of the week, which was derived from Old English wodnesdæg meaning "Woden's day". On the Addams Family television series (1964-1966) this was the name of the daughter, based on an earlier unnamed character in Charles Addams' cartoons. Her name was inspired by the popular nursery rhyme line Wednesday's child is full of woe.
Waverly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAY-vər-lee(American English) WAY-və-lee(British English)
Personal remark: Boy's name only
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
From the rare English surname Waverley, derived from the name of a place in Surrey, itself possibly from Old English wæfre "flickering, wavering" and leah "woodland, clearing".

The surname was borne by the title character in the novel Waverley (1814) by Walter Scott. Streets in New York and San Francisco have been named Waverly after the novel, and a female character in Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club (1989) is named after the San Francisco street. The name received a small boost in popularity for girls after the 1993 release of the novel's movie adaptation, and it rose further after the debut of the television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-2012).

Virginia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Greek, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Βιργινία(Greek)
Pronounced: vər-JIN-yə(American English) və-JIN-yə(British English) veer-JEE-nya(Italian) beer-KHEE-nya(Spanish)
Rating: 41% based on 13 votes
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius or Virginius, which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin". According to a legend, it was the name of a Roman woman killed by her father so as to save her from the clutches of a crooked official.

This was the name of the first English baby born in the New World: Virginia Dare in 1587 on Roanoke Island. Perhaps because of this, the name has generally been more popular in America than elsewhere in the English-speaking world, though in both Britain and America it was not often used until the 19th century. The baby was named after the Colony of Virginia, which was itself named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen. A more recent bearer was the English novelist Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).

Valens
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Roman cognomen (see Valentine 1). This name was borne by a 4th-century Roman emperor.
Valencia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: ba-LEHN-sya(Latin American Spanish) ba-LEHN-thya(European Spanish) və-LEHN-see-ə(English)
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
From the name of cities in Spain and Venezuela, both derived from Latin valentia meaning "strength, vigour".
Tynan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Australian, Rare), Irish
Pronounced: TIE-nin(Australian English)
Personal remark: My other cat's name
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Variation of the transferred use of the surname Tuíneán.
Tuesday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TYOOZ-day, TOOZ-day, CHOOZ-day
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From the English word for the day of the week, which derives from Old English tiwesdæg meaning "Tiw's day".
Tristram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: TRIS-trəm
Rating: 34% based on 12 votes
Medieval English form of Tristan.
Torin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 40% based on 12 votes
Meaning unknown. It has been suggested that it is of Irish origin, though no suitable derivation can be found.
Tilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: TIL-də(English) TEEL-dah(Finnish)
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Short form of Matilda.
Thorsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, German
Pronounced: TAWRS-tən(German)
Rating: 40% based on 13 votes
Variant of Torsten.
Thorley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: THAWR-lee(American English) THAW-lee(British English)
Rating: 32% based on 9 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.
Thorleif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: TOOR-layf(Swedish)
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Variant of Torleif.
Thorin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Germanic Mythology, German (Modern), Popular Culture
Pronounced: THOR-in(Literature) TO-reen(German)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
German male name representing the Germanic god Thor.

Used by JRR Tolkien as the name of a dwarf, Thorin Oakensheild, who is the main dwarf in 'The Hobbit'. Tolkien took the name from the Dvergatal "Catalogue of Dwarves" in the Völuspá, a part of the Poetic Edda.

Thorfinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Scandinavian, Medieval Scottish, Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
Form of Þórfinnr. Famous bearers include Thorfinn "Skull-splitter", a 10th-century earl of Orkney; Thorfinn Sigurdsson, an 11th-century earl of Orkney; and Thorfinn of Hamar, a 13th-century Norwegian saint.
Thora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish
Rating: 41% based on 16 votes
Modern form of Þóra.
Thor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: THAWR(American English) THAW(British English) TOOR(Norwegian, Swedish) TOR(Danish)
Rating: 36% based on 18 votes
From the Old Norse Þórr meaning "thunder", ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. In Norse mythology Thor is a god of storms, thunder, war and strength, a son of Odin. He is portrayed as red-bearded, short-tempered, armed with a powerful hammer called Mjölnir, and wearing an enchanted belt called Megingjörð that doubles his strength. During Ragnarök, the final battle at the end of the world, it is foretold that Thor will slay the monstrous sea serpent Jörmungandr but be fatally poisoned by its venom.
Thomasina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: tahm-ə-SEE-nə(American English) tawm-ə-SEE-nə(British English)
Rating: 44% based on 12 votes
Medieval feminine form of Thomas.
Theron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θήρων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TEH-RAWN(Classical Greek) THEHR-ən(English)
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Derived from Greek θηράω (therao) meaning "to hunt".
Thera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: TEH-ra
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Theresia.
Theon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Literature, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: Θέων(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Meaning uncertain. This name could be derived from the Greek noun θεός (theos) meaning "god", but it can also easily be derived from the Greek verb θέω (theo) meaning "to run fast, to fly" as well as "to shine, to gleam".

Notable bearers of this name include the Greek philosopher and mathematician Theon of Smyrna (2nd century AD) and the Greek scholar and mathematician Theon of Alexandria (4th century AD).

In modern literature, this name is best known for being the name of Theon Greyjoy, a character from the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels written by the American author George R. R. Martin (b. 1948). He also appears in Game of Thrones (2011-2019), a television series based upon the novels.

Theda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Personal remark: Thee-duh
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
Short form of Theodora. A famous bearer was actress Theda Bara (1885-1955), who was born Theodosia Goodman.
Thea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
Pronounced: TEH-a(German) THEE-ə(English)
Personal remark: Thee-uh
Rating: 60% based on 14 votes
Short form of Dorothea, Theodora, Theresa and other names with a similar sound.
Thane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: THAYN
Rating: 60% based on 10 votes
From the Scottish and English noble title, which was originally from Old English thegn.
Thalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Greek
Other Scripts: Θάλεια(Greek)
Pronounced: THAY-lee-ə(English) thə-LIE-ə(English)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
From the Greek name Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).
Thackeray
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname Thackeray, often inspired by the English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray.
Tessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: TEHS-ə(English) TEH-sa(Dutch)
Rating: 61% based on 14 votes
Contracted form of Theresa.
Temperance
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHM-prəns, TEHM-pər-əns
Rating: 53% based on 9 votes
From the English word meaning "moderation" or "restraint". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century. It experienced a modest revival in the United States during the run of the television series Bones (2005-2017), in which the main character bears this name.
Teagan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TEE-gən
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name.
Rating: 39% based on 16 votes
Variant of Tegan. It also coincides with a rare Irish surname Teagan. This name rose on the American popularity charts in the 1990s, probably because of its similarity to names like Megan and Reagan.
Tamsin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: TAM-zin
Rating: 54% based on 14 votes
Contracted form of Thomasina. It was traditionally used in Cornwall.
Svenja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: SVEHN-ya
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
German feminine form of Sven.
Svea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: SVEH-ah
Rating: 39% based on 8 votes
From a personification of the country of Sweden, in use since the 17th century. It is a derivative of Svear, the Swedish name for the North Germanic tribe the Swedes. The Swedish name of the country of Sweden is Sverige, a newer form of Svear rike meaning "the realm of the Svear".
Sutton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SUT-ən
Personal remark: Boy's name only
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
From a surname, itself derived from the name of numerous English towns, of Old English origin meaning "south town".
Sunniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 36% based on 18 votes
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.
Stellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: STEHL-lan
Rating: 39% based on 13 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
Spencer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SPEHN-sər(American English) SPEHN-sə(British English)
Rating: 51% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that meant "dispenser of provisions", derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry". A famous bearer was American actor Spencer Tracy (1900-1967). It was also the surname of Princess Diana (1961-1997).
Sorsha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: SOR-shə
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
The name of a character in Ron Howard's movie "Willow" (1988). In it, she is a princess, the daughter of the evil Queen Bavmorda. She ends up betraying her mother to serve the cause of good. George Lucas, who wrote the story for the movie, may have based Sorsha's name on either Sorcha or Saoirse.
Søren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Pronounced: SUUW-ən
Rating: 44% based on 12 votes
Danish form of Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.
Soraya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Other Scripts: ثریا(Persian)
Pronounced: so-ra-YAW(Persian) so-RA-ya(Spanish)
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.
Sophronia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Σωφρονία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Sophronius. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580), in which it is borne by the lover of Olindo.
Snow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SNO
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.
Sloane
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SLON
Rating: 29% based on 13 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Sluaghadháin, itself derived from the given name Sluaghadhán.
Skyler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE-lər(American English) SKIE-lə(British English)
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 45% based on 15 votes
Variant of Schuyler, based on the pronunciation of the surname but respelled as if it was a blend of the English word sky with names such as Tyler. It was rare before 1980, and first gained popularity as a name for boys. It is now more common for girls, though it is more evenly unisex than the mostly feminine variant Skylar.
Skylar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE-lər(American English) SKIE-lə(British English)
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 46% based on 16 votes
Variant of Skyler. Originally more common for boys during the 1980s, it was popularized as a name for girls after it was used on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1989 and the movie Good Will Hunting in 1997 [1]. Its sharp rise in the United States in 2011 might be attributed to the character Skyler White from the television series Breaking Bad (2008-2013) or the singer Skylar Grey (1986-), who adopted this name in 2010 after previously going by Holly Brook.
Skye
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Personal remark: Like as a boy's name.
Rating: 40% based on 11 votes
From the name of the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. It is sometimes considered a variant of Sky.
Sky
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Personal remark: Boy's name only
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse ský "cloud".
Siri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: SEE-ree(Swedish, Norwegian)
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
Short form of Sigrid.
Sigyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish
Pronounced: SEE-gin
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Means "victorious girl-friend" from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and vinr "friend" (feminine vina). In Norse mythology Sigyn was the wife of the trickster god Loki. When he was chained to a rock by the other gods, Sigyn stayed by her husband's side, holding a basin over his face to catch the venom dripping from a serpent that Skaði had fastened above him; still a few drops fell onto Loki, causing him to writhe in pain so violently that he caused earthquakes. According to Cleasby-Vigfusson this is the source of the Old Norse name Signý. It was used by Norwegian author Olav Duun in his novel 'Sigyn' (1913).
Signy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Norwegian variant form of Signý.
Signý
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Old Norse name that was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and nýr "new". In Norse legend she was the twin sister of Sigmund and the wife of Siggeir.
Shiloh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שִׁלוֹ, שִׁילֹה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHIE-lo(English)
Personal remark: Like it as a BOYS name ONLY.
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
From an Old Testament place name possibly meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew. It is also used prophetically in the Old Testament to refer to a person, often understood to be the Messiah (see Genesis 49:10). This may in fact be a mistranslation.

This name was brought to public attention after actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave it to their daughter in 2006.

Shay 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHAY(English)
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of Séaghdha, sometimes used as a feminine name.
Shane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: SHAYN(English)
Rating: 37% based on 12 votes
Anglicized form of Seán. It came into general use in America after the release of the western movie Shane (1953).
Sephora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Greek, English
Other Scripts: צִפוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Greek form of Zipporah.
Seeley
Usage: English
Personal remark: M
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
Variant of Sealy.
Scott
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: SKAHT(American English) SKAWT(British English)
Rating: 48% based on 21 votes
From an English and Scottish surname that referred to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic. It is derived from Latin Scoti meaning "Gael, Gaelic speaker", with the ultimate origin uncertain.
Scarlett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SKAHR-lit(American English) SKAH-lit(British English)
Rating: 59% based on 15 votes
From an English surname that denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth, possibly derived from Persian سقرلاط (saqrelāṭ)). Margaret Mitchell used it for the main character, Scarlett O'Hara, in her novel Gone with the Wind (1936). Her name is explained as having come from her grandmother. Despite the fact that the book was adapted into a popular movie in 1939, the name was not common until the 21st century. It started rising around 2003, about the time that the career of American actress Scarlett Johansson (1984-) started taking off.
Sariah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mormon
Pronounced: sə-RIE-ə(English)
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Possibly from an alternate reading of Hebrew שׂריה (see Seraiah). In the Book of Mormon this is the name of Lehi's wife.
Saria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Variant of Sara.
Sari 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-ree
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
Finnish variant of Saara.
Sarai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew [1], Spanish
Other Scripts: שָׂרָי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SEHR-ie(English) sə-RIE(English)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Means "my princess" in Hebrew, a possessive form of שָׂרָה (sara) meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman". In the Old Testament, this was Sarah's name before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).
Sapphira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Σαπφείρη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: sə-FIE-rə(English)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
From the Greek name Σαπφείρη (Sappheire), which was from Greek σάπφειρος (sappheiros) meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir)). Sapphira is a character in Acts in the New Testament who is killed by God for lying.
Saphira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Literature, Various
Pronounced: sə-FIE-rə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
English variant and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Sapphira. This is the name of Eragon's dragon in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of books.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Personal remark: SEER-sha
Rating: 69% based on 10 votes
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Samuel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Jewish, Amharic, Biblical
Other Scripts: שְׁמוּאֵל(Hebrew) ሳሙኤል(Amharic)
Pronounced: SAM-yoo-əl(English) SAM-yəl(English) SA-MWEHL(French) ZA-mwehl(German) SA-muy-ehl(Dutch) sa-MWEHL(Spanish) su-moo-EHL(European Portuguese) sa-moo-EW(Brazilian Portuguese) sa-MOO-ehl(Polish) SA-moo-ehl(Czech, Slovak, Swedish) SAH-moo-ehl(Finnish)
Rating: 71% based on 25 votes
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemuʾel) meaning "name of God", from the roots שֵׁם (shem) meaning "name" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". Other interpretations have the first root being שָׁמַע (shamaʿ) meaning "to hear" leading to a meaning of "God has heard". As told in the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament, Samuel was the last of the ruling judges. He led the Israelites during a period of domination by the Philistines, who were ultimately defeated in battle at Mizpah. Later he anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and even later anointed his successor David.

As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. It has been consistently popular in the English-speaking world, ranking yearly in the top 100 names in the United States (as recorded since 1880) and performing similarly well in the United Kingdom.

Famous bearers include English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), American inventor Samuel Morse (1791-1872), Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), and American actor Samuel L. Jackson (1948-). This was also the real name, Samuel Clemens, of the American author Mark Twain (1835-1910).

Sam 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAM
Personal remark: Nickname for Samuel
Rating: 63% based on 24 votes
Short form of Samuel, Samson, Samantha and other names beginning with Sam. A notable fictional bearer is Sam Spade, a detective in Dashiell Hammett's novel The Maltese Falcon (1930). In J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 novel The Lord of the Rings (1954) this is a short form of Samwise.
Saffira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Latin form of Sapphira.
Ruthie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-thee
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Ruth 1.
Ruth 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Spanish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: רוּת(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ROOTH(English) ROOT(German, Spanish)
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
From the Hebrew name רוּת (Ruṯ), probably derived from the word רְעוּת (reʿuṯ) meaning "female friend". This is the name of the central character in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. She was a Moabite woman who accompanied her mother-in-law Naomi back to Bethlehem after Ruth's husband died. There she met and married Boaz. She was an ancestor of King David.

As a Christian name, Ruth has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. In England it was associated with the archaic word ruth meaning "pity, compassion" (now only commonly seen in the word ruthless). The name became very popular in America following the birth of "Baby" Ruth Cleveland (1891-1904), the daughter of President Grover Cleveland.

Rupert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: ROO-pehrt(German) ROO-pərt(American English) ROO-pət(British English)
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
German variant form of Robert, from the Old German variant Hrodperht. It was borne by the 7th century Saint Rupert of Salzburg and the 8th-century Saint Rupert of Bingen. The military commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a nephew of Charles I, introduced this name to England in the 17th century. A notable bearer is the Australian-American businessman Rupert Murdoch (1931-).
Rosine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: RO-ZEEN
Rating: 36% based on 13 votes
French diminutive of Rose.
Rosina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ro-ZEE-na
Rating: 44% based on 14 votes
Italian diminutive of Rosa 1. This is the name of a character in Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville (1816).
Rosie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zee
Rating: 82% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Rose.
Rosette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: RO-ZEHT
Rating: 43% based on 13 votes
French diminutive of Rose.
Rosetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ro-ZEHT-ta
Rating: 56% based on 14 votes
Italian diminutive of Rosa 1.
Rosemary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZ-mə-ree, ROZ-mehr-ee
Rating: 66% based on 14 votes
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.
Rosemarie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: ROZ-mə-ree(English) ROZ-mehr-ee(English) RO-zə-ma-ree(German)
Rating: 48% based on 15 votes
Variant of Rosemary.
Roselle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 45% based on 13 votes
Diminutive of Rose. This is the name of a type of flowering shrub (species Hibiscus sabdariffa) native to Africa but now grown in many places, used to make hibiscus tea.
Rosella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 45% based on 13 votes
Italian diminutive of Rosa 1.
Rosanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English
Pronounced: ro-ZAN-na(Italian) ro-ZAN-ə(English)
Rating: 52% based on 9 votes
Combination of Rosa 1 and Anna.
Rosamund
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-zə-mənd(English) RAHZ-ə-mənd(American English) RAWZ-ə-mənd(British English)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Derived from the Old German elements hros "horse" and munt "protection". This name was borne by the wife of the Lombard king Alboin in the 6th century. The Normans introduced it to England. It was subsequently interpreted as coming from Latin rosa munda "pure rose" or rosa mundi "rose of the world". This was the name of the mistress of Henry II, the king of England in the 12th century. According to legends she was murdered by his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Rosamond
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zə-mənd(English) RAHZ-ə-mənd(American English) RAWZ-ə-mənd(British English)
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Variant of Rosamund, in use since the Middle Ages.
Rosalyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zə-lin(English) RAHZ-ə-lin(American English) RAWZ-ə-lin(British English)
Rating: 65% based on 6 votes
Variant of Rosaline. It can also be considered an elaboration of Rose with the common name suffix lyn.
Rosaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zə-leen(English) RAHZ-ə-lin(American English) RAHZ-ə-lien(American English) RAWZ-ə-lin(British English) RAWZ-ə-lien(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 13 votes
Medieval variant of Rosalind. This is the name of characters in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost (1594) and Romeo and Juliet (1596).
Rosalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: raw-zu-LEE-nu(European Portuguese) ho-za-LEE-nu(Brazilian Portuguese) ro-sa-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
Latinate form of Rosaline.
Rosalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Dutch, English
Pronounced: RAW-ZA-LEE(French) ro-za-LEE(German, Dutch) RO-sa-lee(Dutch) ro-sa-LEE(Dutch) RO-za-lee(Dutch) RO-zə-lee(English)
Rating: 61% based on 25 votes
French, German and Dutch form of Rosalia. In the English-speaking this name received a boost after the release of the movie Rosalie (1938), which was based on an earlier musical.
Rosaleen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Irish
Pronounced: RO-zə-leen(English) RAHZ-ə-lin(American English) RAHZ-ə-lien(American English) RAWZ-ə-lin(British English) RAWZ-ə-lien(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Variant of Rosaline. James Clarence Mangan used it as a translation for Róisín in his poem Dark Rosaleen (1846).
Rory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, English
Pronounced: RAWR-ee(English)
Rating: 77% based on 12 votes
Anglicized form of Ruaidhrí. Typically a masculine name, it gained some popularity for girls in the United States after it was used on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007), in this case as a nickname for Lorelai. Despite this, the name has grown more common for boys in America, especially after 2011, perhaps due to Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy (1989-).
Rorie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAWR-ee
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
Variant of Rory.
Romy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, French, English
Pronounced: RO-mee(German, Dutch, English)
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of Rosemarie, Rosemary, and names beginning with Rom.
Romilly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the name of various Norman towns, themselves from the given name Romilius.
Róisín
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ro-SHEEN
Personal remark: ROSH-een
Rating: 73% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.
Roe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Roe.
Riley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIE-lee
Personal remark: BOY'S NAME ONLY!
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From a surname that comes from two distinct sources. As an Irish surname it is a variant of Reilly. As an English surname it is derived from a place name meaning "rye clearing" in Old English.

Before 1980, this was an uncommon masculine name in America. During the 1980s and 90s this name steadily increased in popularity for both boys and girls, and from 2003 onwards it has been more common for girls in the United States. Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, such as the United Kingdom and Australia, it has remained largely masculine.

Riagán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: REEY-gan
Rating: 43% based on 13 votes
From Old Irish Riacán, probably derived from "king" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Rhiannon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: ri-AN-awn(Welsh) ree-AN-ən(English)
Rating: 47% based on 15 votes
Probably derived from an unattested Celtic name *Rīgantonā meaning "great queen" (Celtic *rīganī "queen" and the divine or augmentative suffix -on). It is speculated that Rigantona was an old Celtic goddess, perhaps associated with fertility and horses like the Gaulish Epona. As Rhiannon, she appears in Welsh legend in the Mabinogi [1] as a beautiful magical woman who rides a white horse. She was betrothed against her will to Gwawl, but cunningly broke off that engagement and married Pwyll instead. Their son was Pryderi.

As an English name, it became popular due to the Fleetwood Mac song Rhiannon (1976), especially in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Rémy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: REH-MEE
Personal remark: My Guinea pig's name
Rating: 39% based on 14 votes
French form of the Latin name Remigius, which was derived from Latin remigis "oarsman, rower". Saint Rémy was a 5th-century bishop who converted and baptized Clovis, king of the Franks.
Rémi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: REH-MEE
Rating: 41% based on 13 votes
Variant of Rémy.
Reilly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-lee
Personal remark: BOY'S NAME ONLY!
Rating: 46% based on 9 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Raghailligh, derived from the given name Raghailleach, meaning unknown.
Reagan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RAY-gən
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 43% based on 13 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Riagáin, derived from the given name Riagán. This surname was borne by American actor and president Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).

As a given name, it took off in popularity during the 1990s. It has been more common for girls in the United States probably because of its similarity to other names such as Megan, Morgan and Regan.

Raleigh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAW-lee, RAH-lee
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning either "red clearing" or "roe deer clearing" in Old English. A city in North Carolina bears this name, after the English courtier, poet and explorer Walter Raleigh (1552-1618).
Ragnar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Estonian
Pronounced: RAHNG-nahr(Swedish) RAK-nar(Icelandic)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Modern Scandinavian form of Ragnarr.
Rachel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, French, Dutch, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: רָחֵל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: RAY-chəl(English) RA-SHEHL(French) RAH-khəl(Dutch) RA-khəl(German)
Rating: 56% based on 22 votes
From the Hebrew name רָחֵל (Raḥel) meaning "ewe". In the Old Testament this is the name of the favourite wife of Jacob. Her father Laban tricked Jacob into marrying her older sister Leah first, though in exchange for seven years of work Laban allowed Jacob to marry Rachel too. Initially barren and facing her husband's anger, she offered her handmaid Bilhah to Jacob to bear him children. Eventually she was herself able to conceive, becoming the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

The name was common among Jews in the Middle Ages, but it was not generally used as a Christian name in the English-speaking world until after the Protestant Reformation. It was moderately popular in the first half of the 20th century, but starting in the 1960s it steadily rose, reaching highs in the 1980s and 90s. The character Rachel Green on the American sitcom Friends (1994-2004) may have only helped delay its downswing.

Notable bearers include American conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964), British actress Rachel Weisz (1970-), and Canadian actress Rachel McAdams (1978-).

Quinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN
Rating: 64% based on 16 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Cuinn, itself derived from the given name Conn. In the United States it was more common as a name for boys until 2010, the year after the female character Quinn Fabray began appearing on the television series Glee.
Quin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KWIN
Rating: 45% based on 15 votes
Variant of Quinn.
Presley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PREHS-lee
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 29% based on 13 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "priest clearing" (Old English preost and leah). This surname was borne by musician Elvis Presley (1935-1977).
Poppy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHP-ee(American English) PAWP-ee(British English)
Rating: 42% based on 17 votes
From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.
Pepper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PEHP-ər(American English) PEHP-ə(British English)
Rating: 52% based on 9 votes
From the English word for the spice, which is prepared from the dried berries of the pepper plant. The word is derived from Latin piper, ultimately from an Indo-Aryan source. In popular culture, Pepper is the nickname of Virginia Potts from the Iron Man series of comic books and movies, created 1963.
Penelope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Πηνελόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-NEH-LO-PEH(Classical Greek) pə-NEHL-ə-pee(English)
Rating: 63% based on 23 votes
Probably derived from Greek πηνέλοψ (penelops), a type of duck. Alternatively it could be from πήνη (pene) meaning "threads, weft" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In Homer's epic the Odyssey this is the name of the wife of Odysseus, forced to fend off suitors while her husband is away fighting at Troy.

It has occasionally been used as an English given name since the 16th century. It was moderately popular in the 1940s, but had a more notable upswing in the early 2000s. This may have been inspired by the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz (1974-), who gained prominence in English-language movies at that time. It was already rapidly rising when celebrities Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their baby daughter in 2012.

Palmer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAH-mər(American English) PAH-mə(British English)
Rating: 28% based on 8 votes
From an English surname meaning "pilgrim". It is ultimately from Latin palma "palm tree", since pilgrims to the Holy Land often brought back palm fronds as proof of their journey.
Owen 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: O-in(English)
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Owain.
Orrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Orianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AW-RYAN
Rating: 33% based on 10 votes
French form of Oriana.
Oriane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AW-RYAN
Rating: 33% based on 9 votes
French form of Oriana.
Oriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: o-RYA-na
Rating: 39% based on 10 votes
Possibly derived from Latin aurum "gold" or from its derivatives, Spanish oro or French or. In medieval legend Oriana was the daughter of a king of England who married the knight Amadis.
Oran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O-rən(English)
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Ollie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHL-ee(American English) AWL-ee(British English)
Personal remark: Nickname for Olivia
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Oliver, Olivia or Olive.
Nyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
From the name of an ancient town of Asia Minor where Saint Gregory was bishop in the 4th century. Nyssa is also the genus name of a type of tree, also called the Tupelo.
North
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
From the English word "north" referring to the direction north, or "up, above".

American socialite, Kim Kardashian, and American rapper and singer-songwriter, Kanye West, named their daughter North.

Niven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of Naomhán.
Nina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Нина(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian) Ніна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: NYEE-nə(Russian) NEE-na(Italian, German, Dutch, Slovak) NEE-nə(English) NEE-NA(French) NEE-nah(Finnish) nyi-NU(Lithuanian) NYEE-na(Polish) NI-na(Czech)
Rating: 48% based on 10 votes
Short form of names that end in nina, such as Antonina or Giannina. It was imported to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century. This name also nearly coincides with the Spanish word niña meaning "little girl" (the word is pronounced differently than the name).

A famous bearer was the American jazz musician Nina Simone (1933-2003).

Niall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: NYEEYL(Irish)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Irish form of Neil.
Nia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: NEE-a
Rating: 37% based on 12 votes
Welsh form of Niamh. The Welsh poet T. Gwynn Jones used it in his long poem Tir na n-Óg (1916), referring to the lover of Oisín.
Nessa 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NEHS-ə(English)
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
Anglicized form of Neasa.
Natasha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian, English
Other Scripts: Наташа(Russian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: nu-TA-shə(Russian) nə-TAHSH-ə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 23 votes
Russian diminutive of Natalya. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace (1865). It has been used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.
Natalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: NAT-ə-lee(English) NA-ta-lee(German, Dutch)
Rating: 60% based on 24 votes
From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini. This was the name of the wife of the 4th-century martyr Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. She is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church, and the name has traditionally been more common among Eastern Christians than those in the West. It was popularized in America by actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981), who was born to Russian immigrants.
Naomi 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts: נָעֳמִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: nay-O-mee(English) nie-O-mee(English)
Rating: 56% based on 17 votes
From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Naʿomi) meaning "my pleasantness", a derivative of נָעַם (naʿam) meaning "to be pleasant". In the Old Testament this is the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. After the death of her husband and sons, she returned to Bethlehem with Ruth. There she declared that her name should be Mara because of her misfortune (see Ruth 1:20).

Though long common as a Jewish name, Naomi was not typically used as an English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer is the British model Naomi Campbell (1970-).

Morgana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mawr-GAN-ə(American English) maw-GAN-ə(British English)
Rating: 51% based on 12 votes
Feminine form of Morgan 1.
Morgan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English, French
Pronounced: MAWR-gən(American English) MAW-gən(British English) MAWR-GAN(French)
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 68% based on 14 votes
From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle". Since the 1980s in America Morgan has been more common for girls than boys, perhaps due to stories of Morgan le Fay or the fame of actress Morgan Fairchild (1950-).
Mirabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (African), English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Medieval Italian, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Pronounced: MEE-RA-BEHL(French) MIR-ə-behl(English)
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Derived from Old French mirable "wonderful; admirable", ultimately from Latin mirabilis "wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, amazing" (compare Mirabelle).
Minna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Archaic), Finnish, Swedish
Pronounced: MI-na(German) MEEN-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. It is also used as a short form of Wilhelmina. This is the name of the title character in the play Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Mina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: MEE-nə(English) MEE-na(Dutch)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Short form of Wilhelmina and other names ending in mina. This was the name of a character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker.
Millie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-ee
Personal remark: Nickname for Camille/Camilla
Rating: 50% based on 25 votes
Diminutive of Mildred, Millicent and other names containing the same sound.
Mellie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEL-ee
Rating: 49% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of names like Melissa, Melinda, Permelia and Melanie.
Mellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHL-ən(English)
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Anglicized form of Meallán.
Melina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek
Other Scripts: Μελίνα(Greek)
Pronounced: mə-LEE-nə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 13 votes
Elaboration of Mel, either from names such as Melissa or from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". A famous bearer was Greek-American actress Melina Mercouri (1920-1994), who was born Maria Amalia Mercouris.
Meallán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: MYA-lan
Personal remark: Mel-Awn
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
From Old Irish Mellán, derived from mell meaning either "pleasant, delightful" or "lump, ball" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a few early saints.
Maxine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mak-SEEN
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Max. It has been commonly used only since the beginning of the 20th century.
Mattaniah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מַתַּנְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
Means "gift of Yahweh" in Hebrew, derived from מַתָּן (mattan) meaning "gift" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This was the original name of Zedekiah, a king of Judah, in the Old Testament.
Mathayus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: mə-THIE-əs
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Mathayus is the Akkadian warrior who becomes the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns and the Scorpion King film series.
Marguerite
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAR-GU-REET
Rating: 49% based on 13 votes
French form of Margaret. This is also the French word for the daisy flower (species Leucanthemum vulgare).
Margot
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAR-GO
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
French short form of Margaret.
Margo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-go(American English) MAH-go(British English)
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Variant of Margot.
Margarete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: mar-ga-REH-tə
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
German form of Margaret.
Mara 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1], Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Other Scripts: מָרָא(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAHR-ə(English) MAR-ə(English) MEHR-ə(English) MA-ra(Spanish)
Personal remark: Mar-uh
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
Means "bitter" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is a name that Naomi calls herself after the death of her husband and sons (see Ruth 1:20).
Mallory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-ree
Personal remark: Like as a boy's name.
Rating: 33% based on 9 votes
From an English surname was derived from Old French maleüré meaning "unfortunate" [1]. It first became common in the 1980s due to the American sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989), which featured a character by this name.
Malachi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: מַלְאָכִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-kie(English)
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
From the Hebrew name מַלְאָכִי (Malʾaḵi) meaning "my messenger" or "my angel", derived from a possessive form of מַלְאָךְ (malʾaḵ) meaning "messenger, angel". This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Malachi, which some claim foretells the coming of Christ. In England the name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
Maja 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Other Scripts: Маја(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MA-ya(German, Polish)
Rating: 46% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Maria.
Maitland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
From an English surname that was from a Norman French place name possibly meaning "inhospitable".
Màiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: MA-ryi
Rating: 69% based on 7 votes
Scottish Gaelic form of Maria (see Mary). The form Moire is used to refer to the Virgin Mary.
Mairéad
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: MA-ryehd, ma-RYEHD
Personal remark: mah-RAYD
Rating: 53% based on 12 votes
Irish form of Margaret.
Magnus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: MANG-nuys(Swedish) MAHNG-noos(Norwegian) MOW-noos(Danish) MAG-nəs(English)
Rating: 50% based on 17 votes
Late Latin name meaning "great". It was borne by a 7th-century saint who was a missionary in Germany. It became popular in Scandinavia after the time of the 11th-century Norwegian king Magnus I, who was said to have been named after Charlemagne, or Carolus Magnus in Latin (however there was also a Norse name Magni). The name was borne by six subsequent kings of Norway as well as three kings of Sweden. It was imported to Scotland and Ireland during the Middle Ages.
Magdalene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Μαγδαληνή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: mak-da-LEH-nə(German) MAG-də-lin(English)
Rating: 65% based on 6 votes
From a title meaning "of Magdala". Mary Magdalene, a character in the New Testament, was named thus because she was from Magdala — a village on the Sea of Galilee whose name meant "tower" in Hebrew. She was cleaned of evil spirits by Jesus and then remained with him during his ministry, witnessing the crucifixion and the resurrection. She was a popular saint in the Middle Ages, and the name became common then. In England it is traditionally rendered Madeline, while Magdalene or Magdalen is the learned form.
Magdalena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Lithuanian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, English
Other Scripts: Магдалена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: mag-da-LEH-na(Polish) mak-da-LEH-na(German) mahgh-da-LEH-na(Dutch) magh-dha-LEH-na(Spanish) məg-də-LEH-nə(Catalan) MAG-da-leh-na(Czech) mag-də-LAY-nə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Latinate form of Magdalene.
Maeve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV(English)
Rating: 67% based on 10 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband Ailill fought against the Ulster king Conchobar and the hero Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Mack 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAK
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
From a surname, originally a shortened form of various Irish and Scottish surnames beginning with Mac or Mc (from Irish mac meaning "son"). It is also used as a generic slang term for a man.
Luke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: LOOK(English)
Rating: 59% based on 9 votes
English form of Latin Lucas, from the Greek name Λουκᾶς (Loukas), probably a shortened form of Λουκανός (Loukanos) meaning "from Lucania", Lucania being a region in southern Italy. Luke was a doctor who travelled in the company of the apostle Paul. According to tradition, he was the author of the third gospel and Acts in the New Testament. He was probably of Greek ethnicity. He is considered a saint by many Christian denominations.

Due to the saint's renown, the name became common in the Christian world (in various spellings). As an English name, Luke has been in use since the 12th century alongside the Latin form Lucas. Both forms became popular throughout the English-speaking world towards the end of the 20th century. A famous fictional bearer was the hero Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars movies, beginning in 1977.

Lucius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Pronounced: LOO-kee-oos(Latin) LOO-shəs(English) LOO-si-əs(English)
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light". This was the most popular of the praenomina. Two Etruscan kings of early Rome had this name as well as several prominent later Romans, including Lucius Annaeus Seneca (known simply as Seneca), a statesman, philosopher, orator and tragedian. The name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament belonging to a Christian in Antioch. It was also borne by three popes, including the 3rd-century Saint Lucius. Despite this, the name was not regularly used in the Christian world until after the Renaissance.
Lucian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian, English
Pronounced: LOO-chyan(Romanian) LOO-shən(English)
Rating: 58% based on 9 votes
Romanian and English form of Lucianus. Lucian is the usual name of Lucianus of Samosata in English.
Lucas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: LOO-kəs(English) LUY-kahs(Dutch) LUY-KA(French) LOO-kush(European Portuguese) LOO-kus(Brazilian Portuguese) LOO-kas(Spanish, Swedish, Latin)
Rating: 58% based on 11 votes
Latin form of Greek Λουκᾶς (see Luke), as well as the form used in several other languages.

This name became very popular in the second half of the 20th century. It reached the top ten names for boys in France (by 1997), Belgium (1998), Denmark (2003), Canada (2008), the Netherlands (2009), New Zealand (2009), Australia (2010), Scotland (2013), Spain (2015) and the United States (2018).

Lorin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-ən
Rating: 48% based on 9 votes
Variant of Loren.
Loren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-ən
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 37% based on 11 votes
Either a short form of Laurence 1 (masculine) or a variant of Lauren (feminine).
Lorelei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: LAWR-ə-lie(English)
Rating: 63% based on 10 votes
From German Loreley, the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. It is of uncertain meaning, though the second element is probably old German ley meaning "rock" (of Celtic origin). German romantic poets and songwriters, beginning with Clemens Brentano in 1801, tell that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures boaters to their death with her song.

In the English-speaking world this name has been occasionally given since the early 20th century. It started rising in America after the variant Lorelai was used for the main character (and her daughter, nicknamed Rory) on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).

Lonán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: LUW-nan(Irish)
Rating: 36% based on 13 votes
Means "little blackbird", derived from Old Irish lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early saints.
Loki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Pronounced: LO-kee(English)
Rating: 43% based on 15 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Germanic root *luką meaning "lock". In Norse mythology Loki was a trickster god associated with magic and shape shifting. Loki's children include the wolf Fenrir, the sea serpent Jörmungandr, and the queen of the dead Hel. After he orchestrated the death of Balder, the other gods tied him to a rock below a snake that dripped venom onto his face. It is told that he will break free during Ragnarök, the final battle, and slay and be slain by Heimdall.
Livvy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIV-ee
Personal remark: Nickname for Olivia
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Olivia.
Livia 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIV-ee-ə
Personal remark: Nickname for Olivia
Rating: 51% based on 25 votes
Short form of Olivia.
Liv 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIV
Personal remark: Nickname for Olivia
Rating: 57% based on 9 votes
Short form of Olivia.
Liliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, English
Pronounced: lee-LYA-na(Italian, Spanish, Polish) lil-ee-AN-ə(English) lil-ee-AHN-ə(English)
Rating: 59% based on 23 votes
Latinate form of Lillian.
Lila 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIE-lə
Rating: 63% based on 9 votes
Variant of Leila.
Liana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English, Georgian
Other Scripts: ლიანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: LYA-na(Italian)
Rating: 43% based on 25 votes
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.
Líadan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: LYEEY-dən
Rating: 53% based on 12 votes
Possibly from Old Irish líath meaning "grey". According to an Irish tale this was the name of a poet who became a nun, but then missed her lover Cuirithir so much that she died of grief. The name was also borne by a 5th-century saint, the mother of Saint Ciarán the Elder.
Leyton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LAY-tən
Rating: 25% based on 12 votes
From a surname that was a variant of Layton.
Lenore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: lə-NAWR(American English) lə-NAW(British English)
Rating: 44% based on 20 votes
Short form of Eleanor. This is the name of the departed love of the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven (1845).
Lenora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 52% based on 13 votes
Short form of Elenora.
Leland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
From a surname, originally from an English place name, which meant "fallow land" in Old English. A famous bearer was the politician, businessman and Stanford University founder Leland Stanford (1824-1893).
Lela 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 39% based on 10 votes
Variant of Leila.
Leif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: LAYF
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.
Leela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: लीला(Hindi) లీలా(Telugu) ಲೀಲಾ(Kannada) லீலா(Tamil) ലീലാ(Malayalam)
Rating: 42% based on 10 votes
Alternate transcription of Lila 1.
Layton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAY-tən
Rating: 28% based on 11 votes
From a surname that was originally derived from the name of English towns meaning "town with a leek garden" in Old English. Like similar-sounding names such as Peyton and Dayton, this name began rising in popularity in the 1990s.
Lavinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Romanian, Italian
Pronounced: la-WEE-nee-a(Latin) lə-VIN-ee-ə(English) la-VEE-nya(Italian)
Rating: 56% based on 10 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of Aeneas, and the ancestor of the Roman people. According to the legend Aeneas named the town of Lavinium in honour of his wife.
Lander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Flemish
Pronounced: LAHN-dər
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Meaning uncertain. This name could be a modern form of a Germanic name starting with Land- (such as Landerik), but it could also possibly be a contracted form of Alexander or even a variant form of Leander.
Lana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Russian, Croatian, Slovene, Georgian
Other Scripts: Лана(Russian) ლანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: LAHN-ə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 8 votes
Short form of Alana (English) or Svetlana (Russian). In the English-speaking world it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995), who was born Julia Jean Turner.
Laelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: LIE-lee-a
Rating: 35% based on 10 votes
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning. This is also the name of a type of flower, an orchid found in Mexico and Central America.
Keturah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: קְטוּרָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: kə-TOO-rə(English)
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
From the Hebrew name קְטוּרָה (Qeṭura) meaning "incense". In the Old Testament she is Abraham's wife after Sarah dies.
Kester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 29% based on 15 votes
Diminutive of Christopher.
Kenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 42% based on 25 votes
Feminine form of Kenneth.
Keller
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: Keh-ler(American) KEH-ler(English)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname Keller. Used in L. J. Smith's 'Night World' series.
Kelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Possibly derived from Old Norse kildr meaning "a spring".
Kegan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Variant of Keegan.
Keegan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEE-gən
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Aodhagáin, which was derived from the given name Aodhagán, a double diminutive of Aodh.
Keavy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: KEE-vee(English)
Rating: 33% based on 13 votes
Anglicized form of Caoimhe.
Kaya 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KIE-ə
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Possibly from the Scandinavian name Kaia, or simply an invented name based on the sounds found in other names such as Maya.
Katya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Катя(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: KA-tyə(Russian)
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Russian diminutive of Yekaterina.
Katja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Slovene, Croatian
Pronounced: KAT-ya(German) KAHT-ya(Dutch)
Personal remark: Kaht-Ya
Rating: 53% based on 18 votes
Form of Katya in various languages.
Katia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Катя(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: KA-tya(Italian) KA-TYA(French) KA-tyə(Russian)
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Italian and French form of Katya, as well as an alternate transcription of the Slavic name.
Kathleen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN(English)
Rating: 63% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Caitlín.
Katherine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KATH-ə-rin, KATH-rin
Rating: 69% based on 22 votes
From the Greek name Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from an earlier Greek name Ἑκατερινη (Hekaterine), itself from ἑκάτερος (hekateros) meaning "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess Hecate; it could be related to Greek αἰκία (aikia) meaning "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". In the early Christian era it became associated with Greek καθαρός (katharos) meaning "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.

The name was borne by a semi-legendary 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on a spiked wheel. The saint was initially venerated in Syria, and returning crusaders introduced the name to Western Europe. It has been common in England since the 12th century in many different spellings, with Katherine and Catherine becoming standard in the later Middle Ages. To this day both spellings are regularly used in the English-speaking world. In the United States the spelling Katherine has been more popular since 1973.

Famous bearers of the name include Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic, and Catherine de' Medici, a 16th-century French queen. It was also borne by three of Henry VIII's wives, including Katherine of Aragon, and by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great.

Katherina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German
Pronounced: kath-ə-REE-nə(English) kə-THREE-nə(English) ka-teh-REE-na(German)
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
Latinate form of Katherine. This is the name of the woman whom Petruchio marries and tries to tame in Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1593).
Kateri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
Rating: 42% based on 12 votes
From the Mohawk pronunciation of Katherine. This was the name adopted by the 17th-century Mohawk saint Tekakwitha upon her baptism.
Karsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Low German, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: KAR-stən(Low German) KAS-dən(Danish)
Rating: 43% based on 10 votes
Low German form of Christian.
Kaiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: カイヤ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: K-IE-y-AH
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
Kaiya means Forgiveness.
Kai 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Pronounced: KIE(German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.
Julitta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Julia. This was the name of a 4th-century saint who was martyred in Tarsus with her young son Quiricus.
Juliette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHUY-LYEHT
Rating: 59% based on 21 votes
French diminutive of Julie.
Julietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Polish (Rare), Hungarian
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Polish and Hungarian form and English elaboration of Juliet.
Julienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHUY-LYEHN
Rating: 44% based on 19 votes
French feminine form of Iulianus (see Julian).
Julianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: joo-lee-AN
Rating: 54% based on 22 votes
Feminine form of Iulianus (see Julian). It can also be considered a combination of Julie and Anne 1.
Julianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, Polish, English
Pronounced: YOO-lee-awn-naw(Hungarian) yoo-LYAN-na(Polish) joo-lee-AN-ə(English) joo-lee-AHN-ə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 23 votes
Feminine form of Iulianus (see Julian). It can also be considered a combination of Julia and Anna.
Judah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְהוּדָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JOO-də(English)
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה (Yehuḏa), probably derived from יָדָה (yaḏa) meaning "praise". In the Old Testament Judah is the fourth of the twelve sons of Jacob by Leah, and the ancestor of the tribe of Judah. An explanation for his name is given in Genesis 29:35. His tribe eventually formed the Kingdom of Judah in the south of Israel. King David and Jesus were among the descendants of him and his wife Tamar. This name was also borne by Judah Maccabee, the Jewish priest who revolted against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BC, as told in the deuterocanonical Books of Maccabees.

The name appears in the New Testament with the spellings Judas and Jude.

Josiane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHO-ZYAN
Rating: 36% based on 21 votes
Diminutive of Joséphine.
Josiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: יֹאשִׁיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jo-SIE-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 19 votes
From the Hebrew name יֹאשִׁיָהוּ (Yoshiyahu) meaning "Yahweh supports", from אָשְׁיָה (ʾashya) meaning "support" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah famous for his religious reforms. He was killed fighting the Egyptians at Megiddo in the 7th century BC. In England this name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
Josephine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: JO-sə-feen(English) yo-zeh-FEE-nə(German)
Rating: 67% based on 11 votes
English, German and Dutch form of Joséphine.
Josephina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: jo-sə-FEEN-ə
Rating: 52% based on 11 votes
Latinate variant of Joséphine.
Jethro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִתְרוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JETH-ro(English)
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
From the Hebrew name יִתְרוֹ (Yiṯro), which was derived from the Hebrew word יֶתֶר (yeṯer) meaning "abundance" [1]. According to the Old Testament, Jethro was a Midianite priest who sheltered Moses when he fled Egypt. He was the father of Zipporah, who became Moses's wife. A famous bearer of the name was Jethro Tull (1674-1741), an English inventor and agriculturist.
Jesse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Finnish, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשַׁי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHS-ee(English) YEH-sə(Dutch) YEHS-seh(Finnish)
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
From Ἰεσσαί (Iessai), the Greek form of the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishai). This could be a derivative of the word שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" or יֵשׁ (yesh) meaning "existence". In the Old Testament Jesse is the father of King David. It began to be used as an English given name after the Protestant Reformation.

A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.

Jesina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Archaic), Afrikaans (Archaic)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Jesiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English (American, Modern)
Other Scripts: יֹאשִׁיָשׁ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jə-ZIE-ə(American English)
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
From Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָשׁ (Yishshiyah) meaning "Yahweh will lend", from יִשֶּׁה (yishah) meaning "he will lend" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of various characters in the Old Testament. Although originally it was strictly masculine, this name has also been used as a feminine name in modern times.
Jeriah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְרִיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 36% based on 12 votes
Means "taught by Yahweh" in Hebrew, from יָרָה (yara) meaning "to teach" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament, Jeriah is a descendant of Hebron.
Jeremy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JEHR-ə-mee(English) JEHR-mee(American English)
Rating: 57% based on 12 votes
English form of Jeremiah, originally a medieval vernacular form. This is the spelling used in some English versions of the New Testament.
Jasper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: JAS-pər(American English) JAS-pə(British English) YAHS-pər(Dutch)
Rating: 68% based on 22 votes
From Latin Gaspar, perhaps from the Biblical Hebrew word גִּזְבָּר (gizbar) meaning "treasurer" [1], derived from Old Persian ganzabarah. This name was traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages. The name can also be given in reference to the English word for the gemstone.
Janie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAY-nee
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Jane.
Jane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYN
Rating: 70% based on 27 votes
Medieval English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see John). This became the most common feminine form of John in the 17th century, surpassing Joan. In the first half of the 20th century Joan once again overtook Jane for a few decades in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Famous bearers include the uncrowned English queen Lady Jane Grey (1536-1554), who ruled for only nine days, British novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817), who wrote Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, British primatologist Jane Goodall (1934-), and American actress Jane Fonda (1937-). This is also the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847), which tells of Jane's sad childhood and her relationship with Edward Rochester.

Jack
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK
Rating: 66% based on 24 votes
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.

Isobel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 63% based on 16 votes
Anglicized form of Iseabail.
Ísmey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Modern)
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Combination of the Old Norse name elements íss "ice" (compare Icelandic ís) and mǣr "little girl; virgin, unmarried girl" or mær "daughter" or mėy "girl".
Iselina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Latinate form of Iselin.
Isabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish
Pronounced: EE-ZA-BEHL(French) IZ-ə-behl(English) ee-za-BEH-lə(German, Dutch)
Rating: 52% based on 23 votes
French form of Isabel.
Isabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, German, English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Romanian
Pronounced: ee-za-BEHL-la(Italian) ee-za-BEH-la(German, Dutch) iz-ə-BEHL-ə(English) is-a-BEHL-la(Swedish) EE-sah-behl-lah(Finnish)
Rating: 51% based on 22 votes
Latinate form of Isabel. This name was borne by many medieval royals, including queens consort of England, France, Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire and Hungary, as well as the powerful ruling queen Isabella of Castile (properly called Isabel).

In the United States this form was much less common than Isabel until the early 1990s, when it began rapidly rising in popularity. It reached a peak in 2009 and 2010, when it was the most popular name for girls in America, an astounding rise over only 20 years.

A famous bearer is the Italian actress Isabella Rossellini (1952-).

Isabeau
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Medieval French variant of Isabel. A famous bearer of this name was Isabeau of Bavaria (1385-1422), wife of the French king Charles VI.
Irina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Georgian, Finnish, Estonian
Other Scripts: Ирина(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) ირინა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-RYEE-nə(Russian) EE-ree-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 64% based on 8 votes
Form of Irene in several languages.
Imogene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IM-ə-jeen
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
Variant of Imogen.
Imogen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: IM-ə-jehn
Rating: 63% based on 8 votes
The name of the daughter of King Cymbeline in the play Cymbeline (1609) by William Shakespeare. He based her on a legendary character named Innogen, but it was printed incorrectly and never emended. Innogen is probably derived from Gaelic inghean meaning "maiden". As a given name it is chiefly British and Australian.
Ian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: EE-ən(English)
Rating: 60% based on 9 votes
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Iain, itself from Latin Iohannes (see John). It became popular in the United Kingdom outside of Scotland in the first half of the 20th century, but did not begin catching on in America until the 1960s.
Iain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: EE-an
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Scottish Gaelic form of Iohannes (see John).
Hollis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-is(American English) HAWL-is(British English)
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name.
Rating: 53% based on 13 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees". It was originally given to a person who lived near a group of those trees.
Holden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HOL-dən
Rating: 30% based on 11 votes
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Holden Caulfield.
Hezekiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חִזְקִיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: hehz-ə-KIE-ə(English)
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
From the Hebrew name חִזְקִיָהוּ (Ḥizqiyahu), which means "Yahweh strengthens", from the roots חָזַק (ḥazaq) meaning "to strength" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This name was borne by a powerful king of Judah who reigned in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Also in the Old Testament, this is the name of an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah.
Hettie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HEHT-ee
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Henrietta or Hester.
Helena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene, Croatian, Sorbian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἑλένη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEH-leh-na(German, Czech) heh-LEH-na(German, Dutch) heh-LEH-nah(Swedish, Danish, Norwegian) i-LEH-nu(European Portuguese) eh-LEH-nu(Brazilian Portuguese) ə-LEH-nə(Catalan) kheh-LEH-na(Polish) HEH-leh-nah(Finnish) HEHL-ə-nə(English) hə-LAYN-ə(English) hə-LEEN-ə(English)
Rating: 61% based on 15 votes
Latinate form of Helen. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well (1603).
Hazel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-zəl
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.
Hayden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-dən
Rating: 48% based on 23 votes
From an English surname that was derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill". Its popularity at the end of the 20th century was due to the sound it shared with other trendy names of the time, such as Braden and Aidan.
Haven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-vən
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name.
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.
Hattie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAT-ee
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Harriet.
Hartley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HAHRT-lee(American English) HAHT-lee(British English)
Rating: 34% based on 14 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".
Harrison
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAR-i-sən, HEHR-i-sən
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
From an English surname that meant "son of Harry". This was the surname of two American presidents, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and his grandson Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901). As a given name it reached a low point in America in 1977 before it was revived by the career of actor Harrison Ford (1942-), who starred in such movies as Star Wars in 1977 and Indiana Jones in 1984.
Harper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-pər(American English) HAH-pə(British English)
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name.
Rating: 51% based on 13 votes
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who played or made harps (Old English hearpe). A notable bearer was the American author Harper Lee (1926-2016), who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. It rapidly gained popularity in the 2000s and 2010s, entering the American top ten for girls in 2015.
Harmony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-mə-nee(American English) HAH-mə-nee(British English)
Rating: 39% based on 8 votes
From the English word harmony, ultimately deriving from Greek ἁρμονία (harmonia).
Halina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Галіна(Belarusian)
Pronounced: kha-LEE-na(Polish) gha-LYEE-na(Belarusian)
Rating: 45% based on 8 votes
Polish and Belarusian form of Galina.
Hadriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of Hadrianus.
Hadrian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: HAY-dree-ən(English)
Rating: 51% based on 15 votes
From the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was the name of two Roman settlements. The first (modern Adria) is in northern Italy and was an important Etruscan port town. The second (modern Atri) is in central Italy and was named after the northern town. The Adriatic Sea is also named after the northern town.

A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain. His family came from the town of Atri in central Italy.

Hadley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAD-lee
Rating: 37% based on 15 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "heather field" in Old English.
Gus 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GUS
Rating: 46% based on 11 votes
Short form of Augustus or Angus.
Günther
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: GUYN-tu
Rating: 43% based on 13 votes
Variant of Gunther. It was especially popular in Germany in the 1920s and 30s.
Günter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: GUYN-tu
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Variant of Gunther.
Gunnar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: GUYN-nar(Swedish, Icelandic) GOON-nahr(Norwegian)
Rating: 51% based on 14 votes
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr, which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and herr "army, warrior" (making it a cognate of Gunther). In Norse legend Gunnar was the husband of Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law Sigurd murdered based on his wife's false accusations that Sigurd had taken her virginity.
Greyson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAY-sən
Rating: 45% based on 23 votes
Variant of Grayson.
Grey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAY
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Variant of Gray.
Grayson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAY-sən
Rating: 47% based on 23 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward". It became common towards the end of the 20th century because of its similarity to popular names like Jason, Mason and Graham.
Grady
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAY-dee
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From an Irish surname, itself derived from the byname Gráda meaning "noble, illustrious".
Gracelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAYS-lin
Rating: 63% based on 11 votes
Elaboration of Grace using the popular name suffix lyn.
Grace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYS
Rating: 70% based on 25 votes
From the English word grace, which ultimately derives from Latin gratia. This was one of the virtue names created in the 17th century by the Puritans. The actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) was a famous bearer.

This name was very popular in the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century. Though it declined in use over the next 100 years, it staged a successful comeback at the end of the 20th century. The American sitcom Will and Grace (1998-2006) may have helped, though the name was already strongly rising when it premiered. It was the top name for girls in England and Wales in 2006.

Godfrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAHD-free(American English) GAWD-free(British English)
Rating: 37% based on 9 votes
From the Germanic name Godefrid, which meant "peace of god" from the Old German elements got "god" and fridu "peace". The Normans brought this name to England, where it became common during the Middle Ages. A notable bearer was Godfrey of Bouillon, an 11th-century leader of the First Crusade and the first ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Gloriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: glawr-ee-AN-ə
Rating: 50% based on 9 votes
Elaborated form of Latin gloria meaning "glory". In Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590) this was the name of the title character, a representation of Queen Elizabeth I.
Genevieve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHN-ə-veev
Personal remark: JEN-ə-veev
Rating: 69% based on 14 votes
English form of Geneviève.
Gemma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch
Pronounced: JEHM-ma(Italian) ZHEHM-mə(Catalan) JEHM-ə(British English) GHEH-ma(Dutch)
Rating: 60% based on 17 votes
Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone". It was borne by the wife of the 13th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
Frigga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of Frigg. It has occasionally been used as a Swedish given name (first documented in 1834), sometimes as a diminutive of Fredrika (compare Fricke).
Friday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: FRIE-day
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
From the English word for the day of the week, which was derived from Old English frigedæg meaning "Frig's day". Daniel Defoe used it for a character in his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). As a given name, it is most often found in parts of Africa, such as Nigeria and Zambia.
Freya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern), German
Pronounced: FRAY-ə(English) FRAY-a(German)
Rating: 65% based on 18 votes
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This is the name of a goddess associated with love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claims half of the heroes who are slain in battle and brings them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she is one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg.

This is not the usual spelling in any of the Scandinavian languages (in Sweden and Denmark it is Freja and in Norway it is Frøja) but it is the common spelling of the goddess's name in English. In the 2000s it became popular in Britain.

Frederick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREHD-ə-rik, FREHD-rik
Rating: 58% based on 13 votes
English form of an Old German name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from fridu "peace" and rih "ruler, king". This name has long been common in continental Germanic-speaking regions, being borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Prussia. Notables among these rulers include the 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and crusader Frederick I Barbarossa, the 13th-century emperor and patron of the arts Frederick II, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great.

The Normans brought the name to England in the 11th century but it quickly died out. It was reintroduced by the German House of Hanover when they inherited the British throne in the 18th century. A famous bearer was Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.

Frederica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, English
Pronounced: fri-di-REE-ku(European Portuguese) freh-deh-REE-ku(Brazilian Portuguese) frehd-ə-REE-kə(English) frehd-REE-kə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
Feminine form of Frederico or Frederick.
Freddie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREHD-ee
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of Frederick or Freda. A noteworthy bearer was the musician Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), born Farrokh Bulsara, the lead vocalist of the British rock band Queen.
Fletcher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLECH-ər(American English) FLECH-ə(British English)
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
From a surname meaning "maker of arrows" in Middle English, ultimately from Old French flechier.
Fisher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FISH-ər(American English) FISH-ə(British English)
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
From an English surname meaning "fisherman".
Finn 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1], Irish, English, Dutch, German
Pronounced: FIN(English, Dutch, German)
Rating: 74% based on 18 votes
Old Irish form of Fionn, as well as the usual Anglicized spelling (with the Irish hero's name Anglicized as Finn McCool). As a surname it is borne by Huckleberry Finn, a character in Mark Twain's novels.
Finley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FIN-lee
Rating: 50% based on 16 votes
Variant of Finlay. This is by far the preferred spelling in the United States, where it has lately been more common as a feminine name.
Finlay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: FIN-lee(English)
Rating: 47% based on 16 votes
Anglicized form of Fionnlagh. This spelling is more common in Scotland, though in England and Wales the variant Finley has been more popular since 2007.
Fergus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: FUR-gəs(American English) FU-gəs(British English)
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
Means "man of vigour", derived from the Old Irish elements fer "man" and guss "vigour, strength, force". This was the name of several early rulers of Ireland and Dál Riata, as well as many characters from Irish legend. Notably it was borne by the hero Fergus mac Róich, who was tricked into giving up the kingship of Ulster to Conchobar. However, he remained loyal to the new king until Conchobar betrayed Deirdre and Naoise, at which point he defected to Connacht in anger. The name was also borne by an 8th-century saint, a missionary to Scotland.

This is the Old Irish form of the name, as well as the usual Anglicized form of Modern Irish Fearghas or Fearghus.

Fenrisúlfr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Derived from Fenris, an Old Norse genitive case of Fenrir, combined with úlfr "wolf". The Prose Edda sometimes refers to the monstrous wolf Fenrir as Fenrisúlfr.
Fenris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Literature
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Short form of the Old Norse Fenrisúlfr (literally "Fenrir-wolf"). The form Fenris Ulf was used for a talking wolf (originally named Maugrim) in the now defunct American edition of C. S. Lewis' 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.
Fenrir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
From Old Norse fen meaning "marsh, fen". In Norse mythology Fenrir was a ferocious wolf, one of the offspring of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. Because it was foretold he would bring about disaster, the gods bound him with a magical fetter, though in the process Tyr's hand was bitten off. At the time of Ragnarök, the end of the world, it is told that he will break free and kill Odin.
Felix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: FEH-liks(German, Dutch, Swedish) FEE-liks(English) FEH-leeks(Latin)
Rating: 66% based on 9 votes
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-century BC Roman general Sulla. It also appears in the New Testament belonging to the governor of Judea who imprisoned Saint Paul.

Due to its favourable meaning, this name was popular among early Christians, being borne by many early saints and four popes. It has been used in England since the Middle Ages, though it has been more popular in continental Europe. A notable bearer was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Fallon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name.
Rating: 40% based on 14 votes
From an Irish surname that was an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Fallamháin, itself derived from the given name Fallamhán meaning "leader". It was popularized in the 1980s by a character on the soap opera Dynasty.
Faith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAYTH
Rating: 62% based on 10 votes
Simply from the English word faith, ultimately from Latin fidere "to trust". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Fáelán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Personal remark: Fway-Lawn
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Old Irish form of Faolán.
Ezra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts: עֶזְרָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EHZ-rə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 22 votes
Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.
Evolet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English
Pronounced: EV-o-let(Popular Culture)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
It has been suggested that the name was created from an elaboration of love as a palindrome, or from the backwards spelling of t(h)e love with the h omitted for the sake of aesthetics, or from evolve as an incomplete anagram. It could also be used as a combination of the names Eve and Violet.

The name of a prehistoric woman in the 2008 film 10,000 B.C. directed by Roland Emmerich, meaning "the promise of life" in the fictitious language spoken by the character's adopted tribe, the Yaghal.

Evey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EE-vee
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Variant of Evie. Borne by the character Evey Hammond in graphic novel, "V for Vendetta", who was portrayed by Natalie Portman in the film adaption.
Evelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Εβελίνα(Greek) Эвелина(Russian) Евелина(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ehv-ə-LEE-nə(English) eh-veh-LEE-na(Italian, Swedish)
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Latinate form of Aveline. It was revived by the author Fanny Burney for the heroine of her first novel Evelina (1778). It is often regarded as a variant of the related name Evelyn or an elaboration of Eve.
Esmeray
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Derived from Turkish esmer "dark" and ay "moon".
Esmé
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French. It was first recorded in Scotland, being borne by the first Duke of Lennox in the 16th century. It is now more common as a feminine name.
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)
Rating: 60% based on 14 votes
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.
Era
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 37% based on 13 votes
Derived from Albanian erë meaning "wind".
Emmerich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: EH-mə-rikh(German)
Rating: 61% based on 13 votes
Germanic name, in which the second element is rih "ruler, king". The first element may be irmin "whole, great" (making it a relative of Ermenrich), amal "unceasing, vigorous, brave" (making it a relative of Amalric) or heim "home" (making it a relative of Henry). It is likely that several forms merged into a single name.
Emery
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-ree
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Norman French form of Emmerich. The Normans introduced it to England, and though it was never popular, it survived until the end of the Middle Ages. As a modern given name, now typically feminine, it is likely inspired by the surname Emery, which was itself derived from the medieval given name. It can also be given in reference to the hard black substance called emery.
Emerson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ər-sən(American English) EHM-ə-sən(British English)
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.
Elsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Pronounced: EHL-za(German) EHL-sah(Finnish) EHL-sa(Italian, Spanish) EHL-sə(English)
Rating: 57% based on 24 votes
Short form of Elisabeth, typically used independently. In medieval German tales Elsa von Brabant was the lover of the hero Lohengrin. Her story was expanded by Richard Wagner for his opera Lohengrin (1850). The name had a little spike in popularity after the 2013 release of the animated Disney movie Frozen, which featured a magical princess by this name.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 54% based on 13 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Eloise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-o-eez, ehl-o-EEZ
Rating: 75% based on 10 votes
From the Old French name Héloïse, which was probably from the Germanic name Helewidis, composed of the elements heil meaning "healthy, whole" and wit meaning "wide". It is sometimes associated with the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" or the name Louise, though there is no etymological connection. This name was borne by the 12th-century French scholar and philosopher Héloïse. Secretly marrying the theologian Peter Abelard at a young age, she became a nun (and eventually an abbess) after Abelard was violently castrated by order of her uncle Fulbert.

There was a medieval English form of this name, Helewis, though it died out after the 13th century. In the 19th century it was revived in the English-speaking world in the form Eloise.

Ellery
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə-ree
Rating: 41% based on 14 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from the medieval masculine name Hilary.
Elle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHL
Rating: 70% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Eleanor and other names beginning with El. This name can also be given in reference to the French pronoun elle meaning "she".

Already growing in popularity due to Australian model Elle Macpherson (1964-), this name received a boost in the United States after the release of the 2001 movie Legally Blonde featuring the main character Elle Woods. In the United Kingdom the name was already fairly common at the time the movie came out, and it actually started declining there shortly afterwards. A famous bearer is American actress Elle Fanning (1998-).

Elizabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: i-LIZ-ə-bəth(English)
Rating: 72% based on 14 votes
From Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾElishevaʿ) meaning "my God is an oath", derived from the roots אֵל (ʾel) referring to the Hebrew God and שָׁבַע (shavaʿ) meaning "oath". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.

Among Christians, this name was originally more common in Eastern Europe. It was borne in the 12th century by Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, a daughter of King Andrew II who used her wealth to help the poor. In medieval England it was occasionally used in honour of the saint, though the form Isabel (from Occitan and Spanish) was more common. It has been very popular in England since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. In American name statistics (as recorded since 1880) it has never ranked lower than 30, making it the most consistently popular name for girls in the United States.

Besides Elizabeth I, this name has been borne (in various spellings) by many other European royals, including a ruling empress of Russia in the 18th century. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011).

Elisha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אֱלִישַׁע(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: i-LIE-shə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
From the Hebrew name אֱלִישַׁע (ʾElishaʿ), a contracted form of אֱלִישׁוּעַ (ʾElishuaʿ) meaning "my God is salvation", derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and יָשַׁע (yashaʿ) meaning "to save, to deliver". According to the Old Testament, Elisha was a prophet and miracle worker. He was the attendant of Elijah and succeeded him after his ascension to heaven.
Elijah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts: אֱלִיָּהוּ(Hebrew)
Pronounced: i-LIE-jə(English) i-LIE-zhə(English)
Rating: 73% based on 25 votes
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ (ʾEliyyahu) meaning "my God is Yahweh", derived from the roots אֵל (ʾel) and יָהּ (yah), both referring to the Hebrew God. Elijah was a Hebrew prophet and miracle worker, as told in the two Books of Kings in the Old Testament. He was active in the 9th century BC during the reign of King Ahab of Israel and his Phoenician-born queen Jezebel. Elijah confronted the king and queen over their idolatry of the Canaanite god Ba'al and other wicked deeds. At the end of his life he was carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and was succeeded by Elisha. In the New Testament, Elijah and Moses appear next to Jesus when he is transfigured.

Because Elijah was a popular figure in medieval tales, and because his name was borne by a few early saints (who are usually known by the Latin form Elias), the name came into general use during the Middle Ages. In medieval England it was usually spelled Elis. It died out there by the 16th century, but it was revived by the Puritans in the form Elijah after the Protestant Reformation. The name became popular during the 1990s and 2000s, especially in America where it broke into the top ten in 2016.

Elia
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: eh-LEE-a
Rating: 43% based on 23 votes
Italian form of Elijah.
Eli 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1], Biblical Hebrew [2]
Other Scripts: עֵלִי(Hebrew) Ἠλί, Ἡλί(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-lie(English)
Personal remark: Nickname for Elias/Elijah/Elia
Rating: 51% based on 22 votes
Means "ascension" in Hebrew, a derivative of עָלָה (ʿala) meaning "to ascend". In the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament he is a high priest of the Israelites. He took the young Samuel into his service and gave him guidance when God spoke to him. Because of the misdeeds of his sons, Eli and his descendants were cursed to die before reaching old age.

Eli has been used as an English Christian given name since the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was the American inventor of the cotton gin Eli Whitney (1765-1825).

Elettra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: eh-LEHT-tra
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Italian form of Electra.
Elenora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ehl-ə-NAWR-ə
Rating: 72% based on 6 votes
Variant of Eleanor.
Elektra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠλέκτρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-LEHK-TRA(Classical Greek)
Rating: 66% based on 8 votes
Greek form of Electra.
Electra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἠλέκτρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEHK-trə(English)
Rating: 65% based on 8 votes
Latinized form of Greek Ἠλέκτρα (Elektra), derived from ἤλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. Also in Greek mythology, this name was borne by one of the Pleiades, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
Eleazar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: אֶלְעָזָר(Ancient Hebrew) Ἐλεάζαρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ehl-ee-AY-zər(American English) ehl-ee-AY-zə(British English)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
From the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (ʾElʿazar) meaning "God has helped", derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and עָזַר (ʿazar) meaning "to help". In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the sons of Aaron. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to one of the ancestors of Jesus in the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew.
Eisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Means "glowing embers" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology this was the name of the daughter of Logi and Glut.
Eira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: AY-rah(Swedish)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Modern form of Eir.
Einmyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: ien-MIR-ee-ə
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Form of Eimyrja. In Norse mythology this was the name of the daughter of Logi and Glut. Her sister was Eisa.
Einar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish, Danish, Estonian
Pronounced: IE-nahr(Norwegian) AY-nar(Icelandic, Swedish)
Personal remark: Ay-Nar
Rating: 57% based on 11 votes
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements einn "one, alone" and herr "army, warrior". This name shares the same roots as einherjar, the word for the slain warriors in Valhalla.
Dresden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
From the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".
Drea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Personal remark: Nickname for Andrea
Rating: 31% based on 20 votes
Short form of Andrea 2.
Donovan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHN-ə-vən(American English) DAWN-ə-vən(British English)
Rating: 63% based on 8 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Donndubháin, itself derived from the given name Donndubán. This name is borne by the Scottish folk musician Donovan Leitch (1946-), known simply as Donovan.
Dmitri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Дмитрий(Russian)
Pronounced: DMEE-tree
Rating: 66% based on 7 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Дмитрий (see Dmitriy).
Devlin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DEV-lin
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Devlin.
Della
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHL-ə
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Adela or Adelaide. A famous bearer was American actress and singer Della Reese (1931-2017).
Delia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Δηλία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEE-lee-ə(English) DEH-lya(Italian, Spanish) DEH-lee-a(Romanian)
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Means "of Delos" in Greek. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, given because she and her twin brother Apollo were born on the island of Delos. The name appeared in several poems of the 16th and 17th centuries, and it has occasionally been used as a given name since that time.
Deegan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEE-guhn
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Deegan.
Declan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: DEHK-lən(English)
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, Old Irish Declán, which is of unknown meaning. Saint Declan was a 5th-century missionary to the Déisi peoples of Ireland and the founder of the monastery at Ardmore.

In America, this name received boosts in popularity from main characters in the movies The Jackal (1997) and Leap Year (2010).

Dawson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAW-sən
Rating: 34% based on 12 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of David". As a given name, it was popularized in the late 1990s by the central character on the television drama Dawson's Creek (1998-2003). In the United States the number of boys receiving the name increased tenfold between 1997 and 1999. It got another boost in 2014 after it was used for a main character in the movie The Best of Me.
Davinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Modern)
Pronounced: da-BEE-nya(Spanish)
Rating: 29% based on 14 votes
Probably an elaboration of Davina. About 1980 this name jumped in popularity in Spain, possibly due to the main character on the British television series The Foundation (1977-1979), which was broadcast in Spain as La Fundación.
Davina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: də-VEE-nə
Rating: 34% based on 23 votes
Feminine form of David. It originated in Scotland.
Davida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 32% based on 13 votes
Feminine form of David.
Davenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American, Jamaican Patois, South African
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Dathan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: דָּתָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Personal remark: DAY-thən
Rating: 36% based on 13 votes
Possibly means "fountain" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the conspirators against Moses.
Darcy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHR-see(American English) DAH-see(British English)
Rating: 51% based on 20 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from the town of Arcy in La Manche, France. This is the surname of a character, Fitzwilliam Darcy, in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813).
Dalton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAWL-tən
Rating: 31% based on 12 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English. A notable bearer of the surname was John Dalton (1766-1844), the English chemist and physicist who theorized about the existence of atoms.
Dallas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAL-əs
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
From a surname that could either be of Old English origin meaning "valley house" or of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "meadow dwelling". A city in Texas bears this name, probably in honour of American Vice President George M. Dallas (1792-1864).
Dakota
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: də-KO-tə
Rating: 38% based on 18 votes
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-).

Daisy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAY-zee
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye". It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined.

This name was fairly popular at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The American author F. Scott Fitzgerald used it for the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (1925). The Walt Disney cartoon character Daisy Duck was created in 1940 as the girlfriend of Donald Duck. It was at a low in popularity in the United States in the 1970s when it got a small boost from a character on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard in 1979.

Dahlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DAL-yə, DAHL-yə, DAYL-yə
Rating: 61% based on 9 votes
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
Dagur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Icelandic form of Dag.
Cyler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Variant of Syler.
Cullen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KUL-ən
Rating: 33% based on 13 votes
From a surname, either Cullen 1 or Cullen 2. It jumped a little in popularity as a given name after Stephenie Meyer's novel Twilight (2005), featuring a vampire named Edward Cullen, was adapted into a movie in 2008.
Crispin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KRIS-pin
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
From the Roman cognomen Crispinus, which was derived from the name Crispus. Saint Crispin was a 3rd-century Roman who was martyred with his twin brother Crispinian in Gaul. They are the patrons of shoemakers. They were popular saints in England during the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since that time.
Crispian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Medieval variant of Crispin.
Cornelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Romanian, Italian, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: kawr-NEH-lya(German) kor-NEH-lya(Italian) kawr-NEH-lee-a(Dutch) kawr-NEEL-ee-ə(American English) kaw-NEE-lee-ə(British English) kor-NEH-lee-a(Latin)
Rating: 40% based on 24 votes
Feminine form of Cornelius. In the 2nd century BC it was borne by Cornelia Scipionis Africana (the daughter of the military hero Scipio Africanus), the mother of the two reformers known as the Gracchi. After her death she was regarded as an example of the ideal Roman woman. The name was revived in the 18th century.
Coriolanus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, History, Theatre
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Roman cognomen which was derived from Corioli, the name of an ancient but now lost Volscian city. Although derived from the Volscian language, it is not known what the meaning of the city's name was in Volscian. A known bearer of this name was Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, a Roman general from the 5th century BC. He is also featured in one of William Shakespeare's plays.
Corbeau
Usage: French
Personal remark: M
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Coraline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, French
Pronounced: KAWR-ə-lien(English) KAW-RA-LEEN(French)
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Created by the French composer Adolphe Adam for one of the main characters in his opera Le Toréador (1849). He probably based it on the name Coralie. It was also used by the author Neil Gaiman for the young heroine in his novel Coraline (2002). Gaiman has stated that in this case the name began as a typo of Caroline.
Coralie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KAW-RA-LEE
Rating: 51% based on 15 votes
Either a French form of Koralia, or a derivative of Latin corallium "coral" (see Coral).
Cora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κόρη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAWR-ə(English) KO-ra(German)
Rating: 53% based on 15 votes
Latinized form of Kore. It was not used as a given name in the English-speaking world until after it was employed by James Fenimore Cooper for a character in his novel The Last of the Mohicans (1826). In some cases it may be a short form of Cordula, Corinna and other names beginning with a similar sound.
Conrí
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Rating: 39% based on 22 votes
Means "king of hounds" in Irish.
Connor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAHN-ər(American English) KAWN-ə(British English)
Rating: 65% based on 26 votes
Variant of Conor, based on the usual spelling of the surname that is derived from the name. This is currently the most common way of spelling it in the English-speaking world, apart from Ireland.
Colum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Irish form of Columba. The Old Irish word columb or colum also means "dove", derived from Latin columba.
Colin 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: KAHL-in(American English) KOL-in(American English, British English) KAWL-in(British English)
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Anglicized form of Scottish Cailean.
Clayton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAY-tən
Rating: 38% based on 8 votes
From a surname that was originally derived from various English place names, all meaning "clay settlement" in Old English.
Clarity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KLAR-i-tee, KLEHR-i-tee
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Simply means "clarity, lucidity" from the English word, ultimately from Latin clarus "clear".
Cicely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIS-ə-lee
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Medieval variant of Cecily.
Ciarán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KYEEY-ran(Irish)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Ciar. This was the name of two 6th-century Irish saints: Ciarán the Elder, the founder of the monastery at Saighir, and Ciarán the Younger, the founder of the monastery at Clonmacnoise.
Ciar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KEEYR(Irish)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Derived from Irish ciar meaning "black". In Irish legend Ciar was a son of Fergus mac Róich and Medb, and the ancestor of the tribe of the Ciarraige (after whom County Kerry is named). As a feminine name, it was borne by an Irish nun (also called Ciara) who established a monastery in Tipperary in the 7th century.
Chester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEHS-tər(American English) CHEHS-tə(British English)
Rating: 35% based on 13 votes
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who came from Chester, an old Roman settlement in Britain. The name of the settlement came from Latin castrum "camp, fortress".
Chesley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: CHEHS-lee
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "camp meadow" in Old English.
Celia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish
Pronounced: SEEL-yə(English) SEE-lee-ə(English) THEHL-ya(European Spanish) SEHL-ya(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 67% based on 10 votes
Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius. Shakespeare used it in his play As You Like It (1599), which introduced the name to the English-speaking public at large. It is sometimes used as a short form of Cecilia.
Cecilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Romanian, Finnish
Pronounced: seh-SEE-lee-ə(English) seh-SEEL-yə(English) cheh-CHEE-lya(Italian) theh-THEE-lya(European Spanish) seh-SEE-lya(Latin American Spanish) seh-SEEL-yah(Danish, Norwegian) sə-SEE-lee-a(Dutch)
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus meaning "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.

Due to the popularity of the saint, the name became common in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans brought it to England, where it was commonly spelled Cecily — the Latinate form Cecilia came into use in the 18th century.

Cavan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
Either from the name of the Irish county, which is derived from Irish cabhán "hollow", or else from the Irish surname Cavan.
Catrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, German
Pronounced: KAT-rin(Welsh) ka-TREEN(German)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Welsh form of Katherine, as well as a German short form of Katharina.
Cathleen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN(English)
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
Variant of Kathleen.
Catherina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kath-ə-REE-nə, ka-THREE-nə
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Variant of Katherine.
Cateline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French
Rating: 39% based on 7 votes
Medieval French form of Katherine.
Cate
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAYT
Rating: 63% based on 8 votes
Variant of Kate. A famous bearer is Australian actress Cate Blanchett (1969-).
Carter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-tər(American English) KAH-tə(British English)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
From an English surname that meant "one who uses a cart". A famous bearer of the surname is former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).
Carrie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAR-ee, KEHR-ee
Rating: 40% based on 22 votes
Diminutive of Caroline. This name declined in use shortly after the 1976 release of the horror movie Carrie, which was based on a 1974 novel by Stephen King.
Camilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: kə-MIL-ə(English) ka-MEEL-la(Italian) kah-MEEL-lah(Danish) KAH-meel-lah(Finnish) ka-MI-la(German)
Rating: 58% based on 25 votes
Feminine form of Camillus. This was the name of a legendary warrior maiden of the Volsci, as told by Virgil in the Aeneid. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Fanny Burney's novel Camilla (1796).
Callithyia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καλλίθυια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Derived from kαλλι meaning "beautiful" and likely θυία (thuia) referring to the Juniperus foetidissima plant or θύον (thuon) meaning "cypress-pine".
Caleb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: כָּלֵב(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: KAY-ləb(English)
Rating: 67% based on 20 votes
Most likely related to Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kelev) meaning "dog" [1]. An alternate theory connects it to Hebrew כֹּל (kol) meaning "whole, all of" [2] and לֵב (lev) meaning "heart" [3]. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Canaan. Of the Israelites who left Egypt with Moses, Caleb and Joshua were the only ones who lived to see the Promised Land.

As an English name, Caleb came into use after the Protestant Reformation. It was common among the Puritans, who introduced it to America in the 17th century.

Calder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Transferred use of the surname Calder.
Caius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: GA-ee-oos(Latin) KIE-əs(English)
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Roman variant of Gaius.
Cairenn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Pronounced: Care-in
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
In medieval Irish legends, this name was borne by the mother of Niall of the Nine Hostages, a concubine of King Eochu (or Eochaid). She was treated harshly by his jealous wife Queen Mongfind, but later rescued by her son.
Cai 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Variant of Kai 1.
Cadence
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-dəns
Personal remark: Like as a boy's name only.
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
From an English word meaning "rhythm, flow". It has been in use only since the 20th century.
Bryony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
From the name of a type of Eurasian vine, formerly used as medicine. It ultimately derives from Greek βρύω (bryo) meaning "to swell".
Brynja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse
Pronounced: PRIN-ya(Icelandic)
Personal remark: Bryn-Ya
Rating: 68% based on 8 votes
Means "armour" in Old Norse.
Bryndís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements brynja "armour" and dís "goddess".
Bronwyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Variant of Bronwen used in the English-speaking world (especially Australia and New Zealand).
Bronwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: BRAWN-wehn
Rating: 48% based on 14 votes
Seemingly derived from Welsh bron "breast" and gwen "white, blessed", though it has sometimes occurred as a variant spelling of the legendary name Branwen [1]. It has been used as a given name in Wales since the 19th century. It is borne by a character in Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel How Green Was My Valley, as well as the 1941 movie adaptation.
Brogán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Personal remark: Boy's name only
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
From the Old Irish name Broccán, derived from bróc "shoe, sandal, greave" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several Irish saints, including Saint Patrick's scribe.
Britton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIT-ən
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Derived from a Middle English surname meaning "a Briton" (a Celt of England) or "a Breton" (an inhabitant of Brittany). Both ethnonyms are related to the place name Britain.
Briony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Variant of Bryony.
Brennan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREHN-ən
Rating: 40% based on 24 votes
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Braonáin) that was derived from the byname Braonán, itself from Irish braon meaning "rain, moisture, drop" combined with a diminutive suffix. As a given name, it has been used since the 1960s as an alternative to Brendan or Brandon, though it has not been as popular as them.
Brendan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English, Breton
Pronounced: BREHN-dən(English) BREHN-dahn(Breton)
Rating: 46% based on 8 votes
From Brendanus, the Latinized form of the Old Irish name Bréanainn, which was derived from Old Welsh breenhin meaning "king, prince". Saint Brendan was a 6th-century Irish abbot who, according to legend, crossed the Atlantic and reached North America with 17 other monks.
Brayden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRAY-dən
Rating: 27% based on 25 votes
Variant of Braden. This is currently the more popular spelling of the name.
Branwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: BRAN-wehn(Welsh)
Rating: 44% based on 15 votes
Means "white raven" from Old Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "white, blessed". According to the Second Branch of the Mabinogi [1] she was the daughter of Llŷr. After she was mistreated by her husband Matholwch, the king of Ireland, she managed to get a message to her brother Brân, the king of Britain. Brân launched a costly invasion to rescue her, but she died of grief shortly after her return.
Braiden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRAY-dən
Rating: 27% based on 26 votes
Variant of Braden.
Braden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAY-dən
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Bradáin, which was in turn derived from the byname Bradán. Like other similar-sounding names such as Hayden and Aidan, it and its variant Brayden became popular in America at the end of the 20th century.
Bradán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Pronounced: BRA-dan(Irish)
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Means "salmon" in Irish. It could also be formed from Irish brad "thief" and a diminutive suffix.
Bowman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Bowman.
Bowen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-ən
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
From a Welsh surname, derived from ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".
Booker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUWK-ər(American English) BUWK-ə(British English)
Rating: 39% based on 7 votes
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books". A famous bearer was Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), an African-American leader.
Bodie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BO-dee
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Short form of Boden.

Famous namesake: Bodie James Olmos (b. 1975), American actor who starred in the "Battleship Galactica" TV series. He was named after the Californian ghost town of Bodie, which was named after prospector W.S. Bodey. His surname is a variant of Body, which is from the Old Norse for "messenger".

Boden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-dən
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Likely a variant of Beauden.
Björn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Icelandic, German
Pronounced: BYUUN(Swedish) PYUURTN(Icelandic) BYUURN(German)
Rating: 59% based on 8 votes
From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn meaning "bear".
Bjørn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: BYUUN(Norwegian) BYUURN(Danish)
Rating: 58% based on 8 votes
Danish and Norwegian form of Björn.
Billy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BIL-ee
Personal remark: Nickname for William
Rating: 40% based on 24 votes
Diminutive of Bill. A notable bearer was the American outlaw Billy the Kid (1859-1881), whose real name was William H. Bonney. Others include filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002), actor Billy Crystal (1948-), and musician Billy Joel (1949-).
Bianca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Romanian
Pronounced: BYANG-ka(Italian, Romanian) bee-AHNG-kə(English) bee-ANG-kə(English)
Rating: 47% based on 15 votes
Italian cognate of Blanche. Shakespeare had characters named Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (1593) and Othello (1603). The German singer Freddy Breck's 1973 song Bianca boosted the name's popularity elsewhere in Europe.
Betsy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHT-see
Rating: 61% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Elizabeth.
Benton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHN-tən
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name, composed of Old English beonet "bent grass" and tun "enclosure".
Benson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHN-sən
Rating: 31% based on 12 votes
From an English surname that originally meant "son of Benedict".
Benoni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish
Other Scripts: בֶּן־אוֹנִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
From the Hebrew name בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-'oniy) meaning "son of my sorrow". This was the original name of Benjamin ("son of the right hand"), whose father, Jacob, renamed him in Genesis 35:18 (the name Benoni having been given by his mother, Rachel).
Bennett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHN-it
Rating: 54% based on 14 votes
Medieval form of Benedict. This was the more common spelling in England until the 18th century. Modern use of the name is probably also influenced by the common surname Bennett, itself a derivative of the medieval name.
Benji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHN-jee
Personal remark: Nickname for Benjamin
Rating: 39% based on 24 votes
Diminutive of Benjamin.
Benj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BENJ
Personal remark: Nickname for Benjamin
Rating: 27% based on 23 votes
Short form of Benjamin.
Benedict
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHN-ə-dikt
Rating: 63% based on 8 votes
From the Late Latin name Benedictus, which meant "blessed". Saint Benedict was an Italian monk who founded the Benedictines in the 6th century. After his time the name was common among Christians, being used by 16 popes. In England it did not come into use until the 12th century, at which point it became very popular. This name was also borne by the American general Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), who defected to Britain during the American Revolution.
Ben 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: BEHN
Personal remark: Nickname for Benjamin
Rating: 60% based on 23 votes
Short form of Benjamin, Benedict and other names beginning with Ben. A notable bearer was Ben Jonson (1572-1637), an English poet and playwright.
Beckett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BEHK-it
Rating: 50% based on 11 votes
From an English surname that could be derived from various sources, including from Middle English bec meaning "beak" or bekke meaning "stream, brook".
Baldric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Pronounced: BAWLD-rik
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Derived from the Old German elements bald "bold, brave" and rih "ruler, king". It was borne by a 7th-century Frankish saint, the founder of the monastery of Montfaucon. The Normans introduced this name to Britain, and it was common in the Middle Ages.
Azalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
Rating: 47% based on 15 votes
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Avery
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və-ree, AYV-ree
Personal remark: Like it as a boys name only.
Rating: 53% based on 15 votes
From an English surname that was itself derived from the Norman French form of the given names Alberich or Alfred.

As a given name, it was used on the American sitcom Murphy Brown (1988-1998) for both the mother and son of the main character. By 1998 it was more popular as a name for girls in the United States, perhaps further inspired by a character from the movie Jerry Maguire (1996).

Aven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Anglicized)
Personal remark: Boy's name only
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Anglicization of Aoibheann.
Aveline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lien, AV-ə-leen
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
From the Norman French form of the Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of Avila. The Normans introduced this name to Britain. After the Middle Ages it became rare as an English name, though it persisted in America until the 19th century [1].
Avelina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Avila.
Ava 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Variant of Eve. A famous bearer was the American actress Ava Gardner (1922-1990). This name became very popular throughout the English-speaking world in the early 21st century, entering the top ten for girls in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It began to rise sharply after 1997, possibly inspired by the actress Heather Locklear and musician Richie Sambora when they used it for their baby daughter that year.
Audren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton Legend, Medieval Breton, Breton (Modern)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Medieval Breton form of Aodren which was revived in the 1970s. While this name was strictly masculine in medieval times, in modern times it is used on men and women alike.
In Breton legend, this name was borne by Saint Audren, a son of the legendary Breton king Salomon I.
Auden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-dən
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Auden, which is derived from the Germanic given name Aldwin (its Old English equivalent is Ealdwine). Also compare Alden, which is a surname-turned-given name that has the same etymological origins. The surname Auden was probably formed during the time of the Norman French occupation of England, as Germanic names containing -al- usually became -au- in Norman French. Examples of this are Auberon and Aubrey (both of which came from Alberich), but also the medieval French names Baudry (ultimately from Baldric) and Gaudry (ultimately from Walderic).

The use of Auden as a given name probably started in the 20th century, in honour of the famous English poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973). A known bearer of Auden as a given name is the American climate activist and businessman Auden Schendler (probably born sometime in the 1970s).

Atticus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀττικός(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AT-i-kəs(English)
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of Greek Ἀττικός (Attikos) meaning "from Attica", referring to the region surrounding Athens in Greece. This name was borne by a few notable Greeks from the Roman period (or Romans of Greek background). The author Harper Lee used the name in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) for an Alabama lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Athelstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Modern form of Æðelstan. This name was revived in Britain the latter half of the 19th century.
Astrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English
Pronounced: AS-strid(Swedish) AHS-tri(Norwegian) AS-trit(German) AS-TREED(French) AS-trid(English)
Rating: 64% based on 20 votes
Modern Scandinavian form of Ástríðr. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of Pippi Longstocking. It was also borne by a Swedish princess (1905-1935) who became the queen of Belgium as the wife of Leopold III.
Asher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ASH-ər(American English) ASH-ə(British English)
Rating: 61% based on 9 votes
Means "happy, blessed" in Hebrew, derived from אָשַׁר (ʾashar) meaning "to be happy, to be blessed". Asher in the Old Testament is a son of Jacob by Leah's handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in Genesis 30:13.
Asa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אָסָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-sə(English)
Rating: 48% based on 16 votes
Possibly means "healer" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.
Artemas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Biblical, Polish (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Ἀρτεμᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Presumably a short form or contraction of Artemidoros (compare Zenas, Alexas, Phileas). This name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament, in Saint Paul's letter to Titus. According to George Rippey Stewart in American Given Names (1979): 'It is chiefly remembered from General Artemas Ward, of the Revolution (born 1727). But there are other examples. In the mid-19th century the humorist C. F. Browne took Artemus (thus spelled) as his pseudonym.'
Arlo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-lo(American English) AH-lo(British English)
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Meaning uncertain. It was perhaps inspired by the fictional place name Arlo Hill from the poem The Faerie Queene (1590) by Edmund Spenser. Spenser probably got Arlo by altering the real Irish place name Aherlow, meaning "between two highlands".
Areli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אַרְאֵלִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-REE-lie(English)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Possibly means "lion of God, hero" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Gad in the Old Testament.
Ardon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Arden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-dən(American English) AH-dən(British English)
Rating: 52% based on 15 votes
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".
Ara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian, Armenian Mythology
Other Scripts: Արա(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-RAH(Armenian)
Personal remark: Like it as a girls name.
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly of Sumerian origin. In Armenian legend this was the name of an Armenian king who was so handsome that the Assyrian queen Semiramis went to war to capture him. During the war Ara was slain.
April
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-prəl
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
From the name of the month, probably originally derived from Latin aperire "to open", referring to the opening of flowers. It has only been commonly used as a given name since the 1940s.
Aoife
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fyə(Irish)
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
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.

Anya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Аня(Russian)
Pronounced: A-nyə(Russian) AN-yə(English)
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Russian diminutive of Anna.
Anthony
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-thə-nee(American English) AN-tə-nee(British English)
Rating: 58% based on 12 votes
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. The most notable member of the Roman family was the general Marcus Antonius (called Mark Antony in English), who for a period in the 1st century BC ruled the Roman Empire jointly with Augustus. When their relationship turned sour, he and his mistress Cleopatra were attacked and forced to commit suicide, as related in Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra (1606).

The name became regularly used in the Christian world due to the fame of Saint Anthony the Great, a 4th-century Egyptian hermit who founded Christian monasticism. Its popularity was reinforced in the Middle Ages by the 13th-century Saint Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of Portugal. It has been commonly (but incorrectly) associated with Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower", which resulted in the addition of the h to this spelling in the 17th century.

Anthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-thee-ə(English)
Rating: 34% based on 14 votes
From the Greek Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.
Annora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 57% based on 14 votes
Medieval English variant of Honora.
Annika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Estonian, German, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-ni-ka(Swedish) AH-nee-ka(Dutch) AHN-nee-kah(Finnish) A-nee-ka(German) AN-i-kə(English) AHN-i-kə(English)
Rating: 64% based on 22 votes
Swedish diminutive of Anna.
Anniina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-nee-nah
Rating: 37% based on 11 votes
Finnish diminutive of Anna.
Annie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Dutch
Pronounced: AN-ee(English) A-NEE(French) AH-nee(Dutch)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Anne 1.
Annelinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: ahn-nə-LIN-də
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Combination of Anne 1 and Linde.
Anneliese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: A-nə-lee-zə(German) ah-nə-LEE-sə(Dutch)
Rating: 66% based on 16 votes
Combination of Anne 1 and Liese.
Annalisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 48% based on 26 votes
Combination of Anna and Lisa.
Annabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AN-ə-beth
Rating: 50% based on 14 votes
Combination of Anna and Beth.
Anna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Faroese, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1], Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Άννα(Greek) Анна(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Church Slavic) Աննա(Armenian) Ἄννα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-ə(English) AN-na(Italian, Polish, Icelandic) A-na(German, Swedish, Danish, Greek, Czech) AH-na(Dutch) AHN-nah(Norwegian, Finnish, Armenian) AWN-naw(Hungarian) AN-nə(Russian, Catalan) ahn-NAH(Armenian)
Rating: 69% based on 27 votes
Form of Hannah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary.

In England, this Latin form has been used alongside the vernacular forms Ann and Anne since the late Middle Ages. Anna is currently the most common of these spellings in all English-speaking countries (since the 1970s), however the biblical form Hannah is presently more popular than all three.

The name was borne by several Russian royals, including an 18th-century empress of Russia. It is also the name of the main character in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina (1877), about a married aristocrat who begins an ultimately tragic relationship with Count Vronsky.

Anina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: a-NEE-na
Rating: 37% based on 11 votes
Diminutive of Anna.
Anika 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Slovene
Pronounced: A-nee-ka(German, Dutch)
Rating: 53% based on 18 votes
Diminutive of Anna or Ana.
Andi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-dee
Personal remark: Nickname for Andrea
Rating: 41% based on 27 votes
Diminutive of Andrea 2.
Amos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1], Biblical Hebrew [2]
Other Scripts: עָמוֹס(Hebrew) Ἀμώς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-məs(English)
Rating: 58% based on 15 votes
From Hebrew עָמַס (ʿamas) meaning "load, burden" [3]. Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Amos, which speaks against greed, corruption and oppression of the poor. Written about the 8th century BC, it is among the oldest of the prophetic books. As an English name, Amos has been used since the Protestant Reformation, and was popular among the Puritans.
Alydia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), South African (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Altheda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare), Literature
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Possibly a blend of Althea and Theda.
This is the name a character in the "Harry Potter" series written by J.K. Rowling.
Althea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλθαία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 53% based on 12 votes
From the Greek name Ἀλθαία (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek ἄλθος (althos) meaning "healing". In Greek myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son.
Alithia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AL-i-thee-uh
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Variant of Alethea or of Alicia (Spanish pronunciation with English spelling)
Alithea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Variant of Alethea. This is the name of a character in William Wycherley's Restoration comedy 'The Country Wife' (1675).
Alister
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: AL-i-stər(American English) AL-i-stə(British English)
Rating: 38% based on 13 votes
Anglicized form of Alasdair.
Alistair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: AL-i-stər(American English) AL-i-stə(British English)
Rating: 69% based on 11 votes
Anglicized form of Alasdair.
Aline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Portuguese (Brazilian), English
Pronounced: A-LEEN(French) a-LEE-nee(Portuguese) ə-LEEN(English)
Rating: 41% based on 13 votes
Medieval short form of Adeline. As an English name, in modern times it has sometimes been regarded as a variant of Eileen. This was the name of a popular 1965 song by the French singer Christophe.
Alina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovene, German, Italian, Spanish
Other Scripts: Алина(Russian) Аліна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: a-LEE-na(Romanian, Polish, German, Italian, Spanish) u-LYEE-nə(Russian) u-LYEE-nu(Ukrainian) a-LYEE-na(Belarusian)
Rating: 56% based on 16 votes
Short form of Adelina, Albina and names that end in alina.
Alexis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English, Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Αλέξης(Greek) Ἄλεξις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE(French) ə-LEHK-sis(English) a-LEHK-sees(Spanish)
Personal remark: Boy's name only
Rating: 68% based on 10 votes
From the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Ἀλέξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors.

In the English-speaking world this name is more commonly given to girls. This is due to the American actress Alexis Smith (1921-1993), who began appearing in movies in the early 1940s. It got a boost in popularity in the 1980s from a character on the soap opera Dynasty.

Alexei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Rating: 68% based on 8 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).
Aletta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish (Archaic), Afrikaans, Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Hungarian
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Archaic Swedish diminutive of Alhet and Dutch variant of Aleida as well as a Hungarian adoption of the Dutch name. In the Netherlands this name was borne by the country's first female physician, Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929).
Alethea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ə-THEE-ə, ə-LEE-thee-ə
Rating: 39% based on 12 votes
Derived from Greek ἀλήθεια (aletheia) meaning "truth". This name was coined in the 16th century.
Alby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 30% based on 15 votes
Anglicized masculine form of Ailbhe.
Albert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, French, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Germanic [1]
Other Scripts: Альберт(Russian)
Pronounced: AL-bərt(American English) AL-bət(British English) AL-behrt(German, Polish) AL-BEHR(French) əl-BEHRT(Catalan) ul-BYEHRT(Russian) AHL-bərt(Dutch) AL-bat(Swedish) AWL-behrt(Hungarian)
Rating: 46% based on 16 votes
From the Germanic name Adalbert meaning "noble and bright", composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was common among medieval German royalty. The Normans introduced it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Æþelbeorht. Though it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was repopularized in the 19th century by the German-born Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

This name was borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium. Other famous bearers include the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus (1913-1960), a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.

Alathea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: al-ə-THEE-ə, ə-LAY-thee-ə
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Variant of Alethea
Alastríona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ə-ləs-TRYEE-nə, A-ləs-tryee-nə
Rating: 48% based on 16 votes
Feminine form of Alastar.
Alastar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: A-lə-stər
Rating: 45% based on 15 votes
Irish form of Alexander.
Alastair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: AL-i-stər(American English) AL-i-stə(British English)
Rating: 71% based on 16 votes
Anglicized form of Alasdair.
Alasdair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Rating: 56% based on 15 votes
Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander.
Alannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə(English)
Rating: 48% based on 10 votes
Variant of Alana. It has been influenced by the affectionate Anglo-Irish word alannah, from the Irish Gaelic phrase a leanbh meaning "O child".
Alana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Breton
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə(English) a-LAHN-a(Breton)
Rating: 59% based on 10 votes
Feminine form of Alan.
Aisling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ASH-lyən
Personal remark: Ash-Ling
Rating: 63% based on 18 votes
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.
Aira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-rah
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Variant of Airi 2.
Áine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: A-nyə(Irish)
Personal remark: Awn-ya
Rating: 63% based on 9 votes
Means "radiance, brilliance" in Irish. This was the name of a goddess of love and fertility in Irish legend, thought to dwell at the hill of Cnoc Áine in Limerick. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Anne.
Aina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: IE-nah(Finnish) IE-na(Swedish)
Personal remark: Eye-nuh
Rating: 60% based on 9 votes
Variant of Aino. It also means "always" in Finnish.
Aimery
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Old French form of Aimeric.
Ailstreena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Manx (Rare)
Pronounced: ahl-STREE-nə
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Manx form of Alastríona.
Ailsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: AYL-sə(English)
Personal remark: Ayl-sa?
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
From Ailsa Craig, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland, which is of uncertain derivation.
Adia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igede, Swahili
Pronounced: A-dee-ya(Igede)
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Means "queen" in Igede and "(valuable) gift" in Swahili, from Hausa adia "gift".
Aderyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Rating: 48% based on 14 votes
Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Adelila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Variant of Adelaila.
Adamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ad-ə-MEEN-ə
Rating: 38% based on 13 votes
Feminine form of Adam.
Adam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Catalan, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Georgian, Malay, Indonesian, Dhivehi, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1], Biblical Hebrew [2]
Other Scripts: Адам(Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Macedonian) Αδάμ, Άνταμ(Greek) אָדָם(Hebrew) آدم(Arabic) ადამ(Georgian) އާދަމް(Dhivehi) Ἀδάμ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AD-əm(English) A-DAHN(French) A-dam(German, Polish, Czech, Arabic, Indonesian) A-dahm(Dutch) AH-dam(Swedish) u-DAM(Russian, Ukrainian) ə-DHAM(Catalan)
Rating: 60% based on 11 votes
This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם (ʾaḏam) meaning "to be red", referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Akkadian adamu meaning "to make".

According to Genesis in the Old Testament Adam was created from the earth by God (there is a word play on Hebrew אֲדָמָה (ʾaḏama) meaning "earth"). He and Eve were supposedly the first humans, living happily in the Garden of Eden until they ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As a result they were expelled from Eden to the lands to the east, where they gave birth to the second generation, including Cain, Abel and Seth.

As an English Christian name, Adam has been common since the Middle Ages, and it received a boost after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Scottish economist Adam Smith (1723-1790).

Adaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Uh-DARE-uh
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Adair.
Adair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-DEHR(American English) ə-DEH(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Edgar.
Ada 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AY-də(English) A-dha(Spanish) A-da(Dutch, Polish) AH-dah(Finnish)
Rating: 57% based on 16 votes
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning "noble". Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
Abbott
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: A-but
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
From the English surname Abbott, from Old English abbot, ultimately from Latin abbas "priest".
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