SaveroftheFranks's Personal Name List

Abaddon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבַדּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-BAD-ən(English)
Means "ruin, destruction" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.
Abbès
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عباس(Arabic)
Pronounced: A-BEHS(French)
Variant of Abbes influenced by French orthography.
Abdelaziz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عبد العزيز(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد العزيز (see Abd al-Aziz) chiefly used in North Africa.
Abdelbaki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عبد الباقي(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الباقي (see Abd al-Baqi) chiefly used in North Africa.
Abdelhak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عبد الحقّ(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الحقّ (see Abd al-Haqq) chiefly used in North Africa.
Abdelhamid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عبد الحميد(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الحميد (see Abd al-Hamid) chiefly used in North Africa.
Abdelkader
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: عبد القادر(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘ab-dool-KA-deer(Arabic) AB-DEHL-KA-DEHR(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد القادر (see Abd al-Qadir) chiefly used in North Africa.
Abiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-bee-əl(English)
Means "God is my father" in Hebrew, from אָב (ʾav) meaning "father" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This was the name of the grandfather of Saul according to the Old Testament.
Achilleas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αχιλλέας(Greek)
Pronounced: a-khee-LEH-as
Modern Greek form of Achilles.
Adelchi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Lombardic (Italianized), Theatre
Pronounced: a-DEHL-kee(Italian)
Italian form of Adelgis. Adelchi was an associate king of the Lombards from August 759, reigning with his father, Desiderius, until their deposition in June 774. He is also remembered today as the hero of the play Adelchi (1822) by Alessandro Manzoni.
Adeodatus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Latin name meaning "given by God". This was the name of a son of Saint Augustine and two popes (who are also known by the related name Deusdedit).
Aderyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Adler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AD-lər
From a German surname meaning "eagle".
Aenor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized)
Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Agrafena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аграфена(Russian)
Pronounced: u-gru-FYEH-nə
Russian form of Agrippina.
Agrippa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Biblical
Pronounced: ə-GRIP-ə(English)
Roman cognomen of unknown meaning, possibly from a combination of Greek ἄγριος (agrios) meaning "wild" and ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse" or alternatively of Etruscan origin. It was also used as a praenomen, or given name, by the Furia and Menenia families. In the New Testament this name was borne by Herod Agrippa (a grandson of Herod the Great), the king of Israel who put the apostle James to death. It was also borne by the 1st-century BC Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
Ahmed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bosnian, Dhivehi, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
Other Scripts: އަޙްމަދު(Dhivehi) আহমেদ(Bengali) أحمد(Arabic) احمد(Urdu, Pashto)
Pronounced: ah-MEHD(Turkish) AH-mad(Arabic) UH-məd(Urdu)
Variant of Ahmad. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans.
Ajay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Other Scripts: अजय(Hindi, Marathi) અજય(Gujarati) অজয়(Bengali) అజయ్(Telugu) ಅಜಯ್(Kannada) അജയ്(Malayalam) அஜய்(Tamil)
Means "unconquered", from Sanskrit (a) meaning "not" and जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".
Alahis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
The name of a 7th-century Lombard king.
Aldona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Polish
Pronounced: ul-do-NU(Lithuanian) al-DAW-na(Polish)
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 14th-century Polish queen, the daughter of a Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Aldus
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval variant of Aldous.
Alexina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ik-SEE-nə
Feminine form of Alex, or a diminutive of Alexis.
Algernon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-jər-nən
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons "having a moustache", which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror. It was first used a given name in the 15th century (for a descendant of William de Percy). This name was borne by a character (a mouse) in the short story Flowers for Algernon (1958) and novel of the same title (1966) by the American author Daniel Keyes.
Aliénor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-LYEH-NAWR
French form of Eleanor.
Alienòr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Occitan
Occitan form of Eleanor.
Almut
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Younger form of Adalmut.
Aloara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lombardic
Etymology unknown. This was the name of a 10th-century princess regnant of Capua.
Alparslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
From Turkish alp meaning "brave" and arslan meaning "lion", referring to the 11th-century Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan, who expanded the Seljuk Empire into Anatolia.
Alpaslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Variant of Alparslan.
Altansarnai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Алтансарнай(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Means "golden rose" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and сарнай (sarnai) meaning "rose".
Alte 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element alt meaning "old".
Alter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: אַלטער(Yiddish) אלתר(Hebrew)
From Yiddish אַלט (alt) meaning "old". This name was traditionally given to a sickly newborn by Jewish parents in order to confuse the Angel of Death, in the hopes that he would go looking for somebody younger or somebody else.
Amel 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: آمال(Arabic)
Pronounced: a-MAL(Arabic) A-MEHL(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic آمال (see Aamaal) chiefly used in North Africa.
Amias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Variant of Amyas.
Amice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval name derived from Latin amicus meaning "friend". This was a popular name in the Middle Ages, though it has since become uncommon.
Amine 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: أمين(Arabic)
Pronounced: a-MEEN(Arabic) A-MEEN(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic أمين (see Amin) chiefly used in North Africa.
Amis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Medieval French
Medieval name, a masculine form of Amice. It appears in the medieval French poem Amis and Amiles, about two friends who make sacrifices for one another.
Anatole
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-NA-TAWL
French form of Anatolius.
Anatoli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Анатолий(Russian) Анатолій(Ukrainian) ანატოლი(Georgian)
Pronounced: u-nu-TO-lyee(Russian) u-nu-TAW-lyee(Ukrainian) A-NA-TAW-LEE(Georgian)
Alternate transcription of Russian Анатолий or Ukrainian Анатолій (see Anatoliy), as well as the Georgian form.
Ansoald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German form of Ansaldo.
Aretha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-REE-thə
Possibly derived from Greek ἀρετή (arete) meaning "virtue". This name was popularized in the 1960s by American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-2018).
Aries
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: A-ree-ehs(Latin) EHR-eez(English)
Means "ram" in Latin. This is the name of a constellation and the first sign of the zodiac. Some Roman legends state that the ram in the constellation was the one who supplied the Golden Fleece sought by Jason.
Aristocles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀριστοκλῆς(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀριστοκλῆς (Aristokles) meaning "the best glory", derived from ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the real name of the philosopher Plato.
Ariston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀρίστων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REES-TAWN
Derived from Greek ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "the best".
Arline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ahr-LEEN
Meaning unknown, possibly invented by Michael William Balfe for the main character in his opera The Bohemian Girl (1843).
Arsaces
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Latinized), Parthian (Latinized)
Other Scripts: 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣(Old Persian) 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊(Parthian)
Latinized form of Ἀρσάκης (Arsakes), the Greek form of Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎣 (Aršaka) or Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊 (Arshak), perhaps a diminutive of Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎴 (aršan) meaning "hero". This name was borne by two rulers of Parthia, including the first king (3rd century BC).
Arsames
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized), History
Other Scripts: Ἀρσάμης(Ancient Greek)
Hellenized form of Aršāma. This was the name of the paternal grandfather of Darius the Great, who possibly may briefly have been King of Persia.
Arslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Turkmen
Turkish variant and Turkmen form of Aslan.
Arslanbaatar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Арсланбаатар(Mongolian Cyrillic)
From Mongolian арслан (arslan) meaning "lion" and баатар (baatar) meaning "hero".
Arslanbek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Turkmen (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Арсланбек(Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Turkmen Cyrillic, Uzbek Cyrillic)
Derived from the Turkic noun arslan meaning "lion" (see Aslan) combined with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Notable bearers of this name include the Turkmen boxer Arslanbek Açilow (b. 1993) and Arslanbek Sultanbekov (b. 1965), a Nogai folk musician and poet.

Arushi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi
Other Scripts: अरुषी, आरुषी, आरुषि(Sanskrit, Hindi)
From Sanskrit अरुष (aruṣa) meaning "reddish, dawn", a word used in the Rigveda to describe the red horses of Agni. According to some traditions this was the name of the wife of the legendary sage Chyavana.
Asiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: آسيا, آسية(Arabic) آسیہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: A-see-ya(Arabic)
Possibly from Arabic أسي (ʾasiya) meaning "to be distressed, to be grieved" [1]. According to Islamic tradition this was the name of the wife of the pharaoh at the time of Moses. She took care of the infant Moses and later accepted monotheism.
Aşkin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "controlling, prevailing" or "dominant" in Turkish.
Aslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Literature
Other Scripts: Аслан(Kazakh, Chechen, Ossetian) Аслъан(Western Circassian) Аслъэн(Eastern Circassian)
Pronounced: as-LAN(Turkish)
From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.
Aslaug
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss meaning "god" and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".
Assia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: آسيا, آسية(Arabic)
Pronounced: A-see-ya(Arabic) A-SYA(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic آسيا or آسية (see Asiya) chiefly used in North Africa.
Asteria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀστερία(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Asterios (see Asterius). In Greek mythology Asteria was a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus.
Asterios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀστέριος(Ancient Greek) Αστέριος(Greek)
Greek form of Asterius.
Asterius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀστέριος(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Greek Ἀστέριος (Asterios) meaning "starry", a derivative of ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". This is the name of several figures from Greek mythology. It was also borne by a few early saints.
Astraea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀστραία(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek Ἀστραία (Astraia), derived from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". Astraea was a Greek goddess of justice and innocence. After wickedness took root in the world she left the earth and became the constellation Virgo.
Astride
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AS-TREED
French variant of Astrid.
Atkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Diminutive of Adam.
Atticus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀττικός(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AT-i-kəs(English)
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.
Auguste 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: O-GUYST
French form of Augustus. A notable bearer was the philosopher Auguste Comte (1798-1857).
Auriwandalo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic, History
Lombardic cognate of Earendel. The name is attested as the name of a historical Lombardic prince.
Austin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWS-tin
Medieval contracted form of Augustine 1. Modern use of the name is probably also partly inspired by the common surname Austin, which is of the same origin. This is also the name of a city in Texas.
Authari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
Possibly formed from elements which correspond to the Old High German words ot "wealth, riches" and heri "host, army". This was the name of a 6th-century Lombard king.
Avelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Diminutive of the Ancient Germanic names Avo and Avi (compare also Ava 1, Aveline and Evelyn).
Aveline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lien, AV-ə-leen
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].
Aviel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיאֵל(Hebrew)
Modern Hebrew form of Abiel.
Azrael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Variant of Azarel. This is the name of an angel in Jewish and Islamic tradition who separates the soul from the body upon death. He is sometimes referred to as the Angel of Death.
Barnaby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: BAH-nə-bee(British English) BAHR-nə-bee(American English)
English form of Barnabas, originally a medieval vernacular form.
Bartal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Pronounced: BAWR-tawl
Hungarian short form of Bertalan.
Bartel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: BAHR-təl
Dutch diminutive of Bartholomeus.
Bartol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Croatian form of Bartholomew.
Bartolo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian short form of Bartholomew.
Bartolomeo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: bar-to-lo-MEH-o
Italian form of Bartholomew.
Bartomeu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: bər-too-MEW
Catalan form of Bartholomew, most common on the Balearic Islands.
Bastet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Pronounced: BAS-teht(English)
From Egyptian bꜣstt, which was possibly derived from bꜣs meaning "ointment jar" and a feminine t suffix. In Egyptian mythology Bastet was a goddess of cats, fertility and the sun who was considered a protector of Lower Egypt. In early times she was typically depicted with the head of a lioness. By the New Kingdom period she was more associated with domestic cats, while the similar cat goddess Sekhmet took on the fierce lioness aspect.
Bate
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Bartholomew.
Bedivere
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
From the Welsh name Bedwyr, possibly from bedwen "birch" and gwr "man". In Arthurian legends Bedivere was one of the original companions of King Arthur. He first appears in early Welsh tales, and his story was later expanded by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century. He is the one who throws the sword Excalibur into the lake at the request of the dying Arthur.
Bekhan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chechen
Other Scripts: Бекхан(Chechen)
Variant transcription of Bekkhan.
Bekkhan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chechen, Ingush
Other Scripts: Бекхан(Chechen, Ingush)
Pronounced: byik-KHAN(Russian)
From the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" combined with the Turkic title khan meaning "ruler, leader".
Belarmino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Bellarmino, the original Italian surname of Saint Roberto Bellarmine (1542-1621), a cardinal who is regarded as a Doctor of the Church. His surname meant "well-armed" from Italian.
Benedet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Aragonese, Lombard
Aragonese and Lombard form of Benedict.
Ber
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: בער(Yiddish) בֶר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: BEHR
Means "bear" in Yiddish, a vernacular form of Dov.
Bercario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Berchar via Latinized form Bercharius.
Berchaire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Medieval French, History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Berchar via Latinized form Bercharius
Berk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "solid, firm, strong" in Turkish.
Berko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish, Yiddish
Pronounced: BEAR-ko(Jewish)
Bertalan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: BEHR-taw-lawn
Hungarian form of Bartholomew.
Bertarid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Longer form of Bertrid.
Bertók
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Pronounced: BEHR-tok
Hungarian diminutive of Bertalan and other names beginning with Bert.
Bertrid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with Anglo-Saxon ridan "to ride."
Bianka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Hungarian, Polish
Pronounced: bee-ANG-ka(German) BEE-awng-kaw(Hungarian) BYANG-ka(Polish)
German, Hungarian and Polish form of Bianca.
Björne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: BYUUR-neh
Diminutive of Björn.
Blanche
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: BLAHNSH(French) BLANCH(English)
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair-coloured". This word and its cognates in other languages are ultimately derived from the Germanic word *blankaz. An early bearer was the 12th-century Blanca of Navarre, the wife of Sancho III of Castile. Her granddaughter of the same name married Louis VIII of France, with the result that the name became more common in France.
Blanka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene
Pronounced: BLANG-ka(Czech, Slovak, Croatian) BLAN-ka(Polish) BLAWNG-kaw(Hungarian)
Form of Blanche in several languages.
Bohort
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
French form of Bors.
Bonaventura
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Catalan
Pronounced: baw-na-vehn-TOO-ra(Italian)
Means "good fortune" in Italian, from Latin bonus "good" and venturas "the things that will come, the future". Saint Bonaventura was a 13th-century Franciscan monk who is considered a Doctor of the Church.
Bonaventure
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, History (Ecclesiastical)
Pronounced: BAW-NA-VAHN-TUYR(French) bahn-ə-VEHN-chər(English)
French and English form of Bonaventura. As a French name it is most common in Francophone Africa, while as an English name it is mostly used in reference to the saint.
Bonnet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
French form of Bonitus.
Braden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAY-dən
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.
Bradford
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAD-fərd
From an English surname that originally came from a place name that meant "broad ford" in Old English.
Bradley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAD-lee
From an English surname that originally came from a place name meaning "broad clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the World War II American general Omar Bradley (1893-1981).
Brady
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAY-dee
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Brádaigh, itself derived from the byname Brádach. A famous bearer of the surname is the American football quarterback Tom Brady (1977-). It was also borne by a fictional family on the television series The Brady Bunch (1969-1974).
Branca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Galician
Pronounced: BRUN-ku(Portuguese) BRAN-ku(Galician)
Portuguese and Galician form of Blanche.
Brody
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRO-dee
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from a place in Moray, Scotland. It probably means "ditch, mire" in Gaelic.
Brooke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRUWK
Variant of Brook. The name came into use in the 1950s, probably influenced by American socialite Brooke Astor (1902-2007). It was further popularized by actress Brooke Shields (1965-).
Bryant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIE-ənt
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Brian.
Cahal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Cathal.
Callum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: KAL-əm
Variant of Calum.
Calum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Pronounced: KAL-əm
Scottish Gaelic form of Columba.
Calvino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: kal-VEE-no
Italian form of Calvin.
Caprice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kə-PREES
From the English word meaning "impulse", ultimately (via French) from Italian capriccio.
Carter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-tər
From an English surname that meant "one who uses a cart". A famous bearer of the surname is former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).
Chedorlaomer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: כְּדָרְלָעֹ֫מֶר‎(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "a handful of sheaves." He is a king of Elam in the book of Genesis.
Chester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEHS-tər
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".
Chetan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
Other Scripts: चेतन(Hindi, Marathi) ચેતન(Gujarati) ಚೇತನ್(Kannada)
From Sanskrit चेतन (cetana) meaning "visible, conscious, soul".
Chloë
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, English
Pronounced: KLO-ee(English)
Dutch form and English variant of Chloe.
Chrétien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Pronounced: KREH-TYEHN
Medieval French form of Christian. A famous bearer of this name was the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, known for his Arthurian romances.
Chrysa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Χρύσα(Greek)
Feminine form of Chrysanthos.
Ciar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KEER(Irish)
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.
Clair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLEHR
French form of Clarus (see Clara).
Claire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLEHR
French form of Clara. This was a common name in France throughout the 20th century, though it has since been eclipsed there by Clara. It was also very popular in the United Kingdom, especially in the 1970s.
Clare
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHR, KLAR
Medieval English form of Clara. The preferred spelling in the English-speaking world is now the French form Claire, though Clare has been fairly popular in the United Kingdom and Australia.

This is also the name of an Irish county, which was itself probably derived from Irish clár meaning "plank, level surface".

Cleph
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
6th-century Lombard king, the father of Authari.
Clodagh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KLAW-də
From the Clodiagh, a small river in County Waterford, Ireland. It was first used as a given name by Clodagh Beresford (1879-1957), daughter of the Marquess of Waterford.
Coleman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: KOL-mən(English)
Anglicized form of Colmán.
Colmán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Diminutive of Colm (see Colum). This was the name of a large number of Irish saints.
Colmane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
Manx form of Columban.
Cormac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Irish
From Old Irish Cormacc or Corbmac, of uncertain meaning, possibly from corb "chariot, wagon" or corbbad "defilement, corruption" combined with macc "son". This is the name of several characters from Irish legend, including the semi-legendary high king Cormac mac Airt who supposedly ruled in the 3rd century, during the adventures of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. This name was also borne by a few early saints.
Demelza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
Pronounced: də-MEHL-zə
From a Cornish place name meaning "fort of Maeldaf". It has been used as a given name since the middle of the 20th century. It was popularized in the 1970s by a character from the British television series Poldark, which was set in Cornwall.
Déodat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: DEH-O-DA
French form of Deodatus.
Deodato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese
Portuguese form of Deodatus.
Deodatus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Variant of Adeodatus or Deusdedit. This name was borne by several saints.
Deusdedit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Latin name meaning "God has given". This was the name of two popes (who are also known by the related name Adeodatus). This is a Latin translation of Theodore.
Devin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHV-in
From a surname, either the Irish surname Devin 1 or the English surname Devin 2.
Devon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHV-ən
Variant of Devin. It may also be partly inspired by the name of the county of Devon in England, which got its name from the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe.
Dietrich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: DEET-rikh
German form of Theodoric. The character Dietrich von Bern, loosely based on Theodoric the Great, appears in medieval German literature such as the Hildebrandslied, the Nibelungenlied and the Eckenlied.
Dieudonné
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: DYUU-DAW-NEH
Means "given by God" in French, used as a French form of Deusdedit. It is currently much more common in French-speaking Africa than it is in France.
Dimas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: DEE-mas(Spanish)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Dismas.
Diodato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Deodatus.
Diosdado
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: dyoz-DHA-dho
Spanish form of Deusdedit.
Ditmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), Silesian
Scandinavian variant and Silesian form of Dietmar.
Donat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, French (Rare)
Pronounced: DAW-nat(Polish) DAW-NA(French)
Polish and French form of Donatus (see Donato).
Driscoll
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DRIS-kəl
From an Irish surname that was an Anglicized form of Ó hEidirsceóil meaning "descendant of the messenger".
Drystan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Welsh form of Tristan.
Earendel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Old English cognate of the Germanic name Auriwandalo, from Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz, composed of *auzi "dawn" and *wandilaz "wandering, fluctuating, variable". Ēarendel occurs in the Old English poem Christ I as a personification of the morning star; the following couplet (from lines 104-5, translated from the Old English) influenced J. R. R. Tolkien's portrayal of Middle-earth and his character Earendil: "Hail Earendel brightest of angels, / over Middle Earth sent to men."
Edel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
In Ireland this name is given in honour of the Irish missionary Edel Quinn (1907-1944). She was named after the edelweiss flower (species Leontopodium alpinum), which is derived from German edel "noble" and weiß "white".
Ediva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old English name Eadgifu.
Egil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: EH-geel
From the Old Norse name Egill, a diminutive of names that began with the element agi "awe, fear". This was the name of a semi-legendary 10th-century Viking, described in the Icelandic Egill's Saga.
Eidel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: איידל(Yiddish)
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.
Eitan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֵיתָן(Hebrew)
Modern Hebrew form of Ethan.
Eivind
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Variant of Øyvind.
Elaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: i-LAYN(English) ee-LAYN(English)
From an Old French form of Helen. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur Elaine was the daughter of Pelles, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the publication of Alfred Tennyson's Arthurian epic Idylls of the King (1859).
Elysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: i-LIZ-ee-ə(English) i-LIS-ee-ə(English) i-LEE-zhə(English)
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology.
Engelbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: ENG-əl-behrt(German)
Old German name composed of either the element angil, from the name of the Germanic tribe of the Angles, or engil meaning "angel" combined with beraht meaning "bright". Saint Engelbert was a 13th-century archbishop of Cologne murdered by assassins.
Engelhard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of Angilhard.
Enide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Old French form of Enid.
Ephialtes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐφιάλτης(Ancient Greek)
Means "nightmare" in Greek; said to literally mean "he who jumps upon" due to its association with the verb ἐφάλλομαι (ephallomai) "to jump at, to throw oneself onto somebody" (itself from ἐπι- (epi-) "on, upon" and ἅλλομαι (hallomai) "to leap, to jump"), but possibly related to ἠπίαλος (epialos) meaning "ague, fever". In Greek mythology this is the name of a giant who is one of the Aloidae, a son of Aloeus and brother of Otus. Ephialtes also appears in Dante's Inferno (14th century), where he is chained in a great pit that separates the eighth and ninth circles of Hell.
Erebus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἔρεβος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-ə-bəs(English)
Latinized form of the Greek Ἔρεβος (Erebos), which means "nether darkness". Erebus was the personification of the primordial darkness in Greek mythology.
Eren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: eh-REHN
Means "saint, holy person" in Turkish.
Erfan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: عرفان(Persian)
Pronounced: ehr-FAWN
Persian form of Irfan.
Errol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHR-əl
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from village by this name in Perthshire. It was popularized as a given name by the Australian actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959).
Esmé
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
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.
Étienne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-TYEHN(European French) EH-TSYEHN(Quebec French)
French form of Stephen.
Eveline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Dutch
Pronounced: EHV-ə-leen(English) EHV-ə-lien(English) EHV-LEEN(French) eh-və-LEE-nə(Dutch) eh-və-LEEN(Dutch)
Variant of Evelina.
Evelyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: EHV-ə-lin(English) EEV-lin(British English) EEV-ə-lin(British English) EH-və-leen(German)
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Aveline. In the 17th century when it was first used as a given name it was more common for boys, but it is now regarded as almost entirely feminine, probably in part because of its similarity to Eve and Evelina.

This name was popular throughout the English-speaking world in the early 20th century. It staged a comeback in the early 21st century, returning to the American top ten in 2017.

Évelyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EHV-LEEN
French form of Evelina.
Even
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Variant of Øyvind.
Eysteinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1][2], Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey meaning "island" or "good fortune" and steinn meaning "stone".
Farah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)
Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic, from the root فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".
Farhad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: فرهاد(Persian)
Pronounced: far-HAWD
From Parthian 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕 (Frahat) meaning "gained, earned" [1]. This was the name of several rulers of the Parthian Empire. Their names are often spelled Phraates after the Hellenized form Φραάτης.
Farquhar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of Fearchar.
Ferhat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish form of Farhad.
Finley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FIN-lee
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.
Flandrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
A knight of Arthur’s court who fought against the rebellious kings and the Saxons.
Fleur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch, English (British)
Pronounced: FLUUR(French, Dutch) FLU(British English) FLUR(American English)
Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).
Foster 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWS-tər
English form of Vaast, referring to Saint Vedastus.
Frahat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Parthian
Other Scripts: 𐭐𐭓𐭇𐭕(Parthian)
Parthian form of Farhad.
Fraser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Rare)
Pronounced: FRAY-zər(English)
From a Scottish surname, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.
Friso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian
Refers to a member of the ethnic group, the Frisians, a Germanic tribe of northwestern Europe. Friesland in the Netherlands is named for them.
Frohmut
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: FROH-moot
The name is formed from the German word froh "glad; happy, merry" and the name element MUT "courage; valour; boldness". The name element MUT can be used both for masculine names (like Hartmut) and feminine names (like Almut).
Fromaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Frumar.
Fromental
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Pronounced: FRAW-MAHN-TAL
Derived from the French adjective fromental meaning "of wheat", which ultimately comes from the Latin adjective frumentalis meaning "of corn, of grain".

A notable bearer of this name was the French composer Fromental Halévy (1799-1862).

Fromolt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Archaic)
Variant of Frumwald.
Fromond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Fromund.
Fromundo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Fromund.
Fruma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: פֿרומאַ, פֿרומע(Yiddish)
From Yiddish פֿרום (frum) meaning "pious". This is the name of a character (appearing as a ghost) in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964).
Gaëtan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: GA-EH-TAHN
French form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).
Galahad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: GAL-ə-had(English)
From earlier Galaad, likely derived from the Old French form of the biblical place name Gilead. In Arthurian legend Sir Galahad was the son of Lancelot and Elaine. He was the most pure of the Knights of the Round Table, and he was the only one to succeed in finding the Holy Grail. He first appears in the 13th-century French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
Galasso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Variant form of Galeazzo. Known Italian bearers of this name include the military leader Galasso da Montefeltro (died in 1300), the painter Galasso Galassi (c. 1420-1473) and the architect Galasso Alghisi (1523-1573).
Galeazzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: ga-leh-AT-tso
Italian form of Galahad.
Galehaut
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Meaning unknown. However, like many given names from Arthurian legend, this name is probably of Celtic origin (either Breton or Welsh, to be precise). It was subsequently gallicized and due to this, it is sometimes thought to be connected to Middle French hault (which is haut in modern French) meaning "high, elevated".

In Arthurian legend, Galehaut was a knight (sometimes referred to as the High Prince) who was the son of a giantess. He was a good friend of Lancelot and loved him so dearly that he made many sacrifices for him, which ultimately led to his death.

Needless to say, Galehaut is not to be confused with Sir Galahad, even though their names are quite similar in appearance.

Galeotto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Italian form of Galehaut, as it appeared in the fifth canto of Dante Alighieri's Inferno (written between 1308 and 1320) and Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron (written between 1348 and 1353). Also compare the somewhat similar-looking name Galeazzo.

A known Italian bearer of this name was the medieval military leader Galeotto I Malatesta (1299-1385).

Gambara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lombardic
Possibly derives from the Old High German *gand-bera or gand-bara meaning "wand-bearer" (a term for seeresses or women that made prophecies). Another possible origin is from the Old High German gambar meaning "strenuous".
Gaston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: GAS-TAWN
Possibly from a Germanic name derived from the element gast meaning "guest, stranger". This is the usual French name for Saint Vedastus, called Vaast in Flemish. The name was also borne by several counts of Foix-Béarn, beginning in the 13th century.
Gastone
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ga-STO-neh
Italian form of Gaston.
Gauthier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: GO-TYEH
French form of Walter.
Ghisleno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: geez-LE-no
Italian form of Ghislain, used sporadically in central and northern Italy.
Ghyslain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: ZHEES-LEHN, GEE-LEHN
Variant of Ghislain.
Ghyslaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHEES-LEHN, GEE-LEHN
Variant of Ghislaine.
Giffard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GIF-ərd
From the English and French surname Giffard. Walter Giffard was one of the Norman companions of William the Conqueror.
Gilead
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: גִּלְעָד(Ancient Hebrew)
From an Old Testament place name meaning "heap of witness" in Hebrew. This is a mountainous region east of the Jordan River. Besides being a place name, it is also borne by people in the Bible.
Giles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIELZ
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αἰγίδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat". Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker who came to southern France from Greece. He is regarded as the patron saint of the crippled. In Old French the name Aegidius became Gidie and then Gilles, at which point it was imported to England. Another famous bearer was the 13th-century philosopher and theologian Giles of Rome (Egidio in Italian).
Gislenus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Gislin (see Ghislain).
Goddard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GAHD-ərd
From an English and French surname that was derived from the Old German given name Godehard.
Godehoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
Godehoc was a Lombardic king of the Lething Dynasty, during the 480s. He led the Lombards into modern-day Austria.
Gregor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Scottish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: GREH-go(German) GREH-gawr(Slovak)
German, Scottish, Slovak and Slovene form of Gregorius (see Gregory). A famous bearer was Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a Czech monk and scientist who did experiments in genetics.
Griffin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRIF-in
Latinized form of Gruffudd. This name can also be inspired by the English word griffin, a creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, ultimately from Greek γρύψ (gryps).
Gunnlaug
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Old Norse, Norwegian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements gunnr "battle, fight" and laug "to celebrate marriage, to swear a holy oath".
Guy 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: GIE(English) GEE(French)
Old French form of Wido. The Normans introduced it to England, where it was common until the time of Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), a revolutionary who attempted to blow up the British parliament. The name was revived in the 19th century, due in part to characters in the novels Guy Mannering (1815) by Walter Scott and The Heir of Redclyffe (1854) by C. M. Yonge.
Gwendolen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GWEHN-də-lin(English)
Possibly means "white ring", derived from Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" and dolen meaning "ring, loop". This name appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century chronicles, written in the Latin form Guendoloena, where it belongs to an ancient queen of the Britons who defeats her ex-husband in battle [1]. Geoffrey later used it in Vita Merlini for the wife of the prophet Merlin [2]. An alternate theory claims that the name arose from a misreading of the masculine name Guendoleu by Geoffrey [3].

This name was not regularly given to people until the 19th century [4][3]. It was used by George Eliot for a character in her novel Daniel Deronda (1876).

Gwendoline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English (British), French
Pronounced: GWEHN-də-lin(British English) GWEHN-DAW-LEEN(French)
Variant of Gwendolen.
Gyles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: JIELZ
Variant of Giles.
Gyuri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: GYOO-ree
Diminutive of György.
Habib
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: حبيب(Arabic) حبیب(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ha-BEEB(Arabic)
Means "beloved, darling" in Arabic.
Hadi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indonesian
Other Scripts: هادي(Arabic) هادی(Persian)
Pronounced: HA-dee(Arabic, Indonesian)
Means "leader, guide" in Arabic, from the root هدى (hadā) meaning "to lead the right way, to guide".
Hamid 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Uzbek, Malay, Bosnian
Other Scripts: حميد(Arabic, Pashto) حمید(Persian, Urdu) Ҳамид(Uzbek)
Pronounced: ha-MEED(Arabic, Persian)
Means "praiseworthy" in Arabic, from the root حمد (ḥamida) meaning "to praise". In Islamic tradition الحميد (al-Ḥamīd) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Hamoud
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: حمود(Arabic)
Derived from Arabic حَمِدَ (ḥamida) meaning "to praise, to commend". It is etymologically related to Muhammad, Ahmad, and Hamid 1.
Hayden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-dən
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.
Haydn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: HIE-dən
From a German surname meaning "heathen". It is used in honour of the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).
Hedda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: HEHD-dah
Diminutive of Hedvig. This is the name of the heroine of the play Hedda Gabler (1890) by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.
Heddwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Derived from Welsh hedd "peace" and gwyn "white, blessed". This name has been given in honour of the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans (1887-1917), who used Hedd Wyn as his bardic name [1].
Hédi 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: هادي(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic هادي (see Hadi) chiefly used in Tunisia (using French-influenced orthography).
Hedwig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: HEHT-vikh(German)
From the Old German name Hadewig, derived from the Old German elements hadu "battle, combat" and wig "war". This was the name of a 13th-century German saint, the wife of the Polish duke Henry the Bearded. It was subsequently borne by a 14th-century Polish queen (usually known by her Polish name Jadwiga) who is now also regarded as a saint.
Hengest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon cognate of Hengist.
Hevel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: הֶבֶל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: HEH-vehl(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Abel.
Higgin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Diminutive of Isaac.
Hila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: הִילָה(Hebrew)
Means "halo, aura" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine".
Hinata
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 日向, 陽向, 向日葵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひなた(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-NA-TA
From Japanese 日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place", 陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of 向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible. Because of the irregular readings, this name is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Hraban
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
From an Old German byname derived from hraban meaning "raven".
Hrafn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Pronounced: RAPN(Icelandic)
Means "raven" in Old Norse.
Hrefna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Pronounced: REHP-na(Icelandic)
Feminine form of Hrafn.
Huxley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HUKS-lee
From an English surname that was derived from the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer of the surname was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).
Huyændon Ældar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ossetian Mythology
Other Scripts: Хуыӕндон Ӕлдар(Ossetian)
Means "Lord of the Strait" in Ossetian, probably referring to the present-day Strait of Kerch. Huyændon Ældar is the Ossetian lord of fish and a great magician and spirit.
Igino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Hyginus.
İlhan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
From the Mongolian title il-Khan meaning "subordinate Khan", which was first adopted by Genghis Khan's grandson Hulagu, who ruled a kingdom called the Ilkhanate that stretched from modern Iran to eastern Turkey.
Ilyas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إلياس(Arabic)
Pronounced: eel-YAS
Arabic form of Elijah.
Imane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: إيمان(Arabic)
Pronounced: ee-MAN(Arabic) EE-MAN(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic إيمان (see Iman) chiefly used in North Africa.
Imani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Swahili, African American
Means "faith" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic إيمان (ʾīmān).
Imberg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lombardic, Medieval English
Reduced variant form of Ermenberga. This name was borne by a sister of Liutprand, King of the Lombards (8th century).
Imogen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: IM-ə-jehn
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.
Inna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, History (Ecclesiastical)
Other Scripts: Инна(Russian) Інна(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: EEN-nə(Russian)
Meaning unknown. This was the name of an early Scythian saint and martyr, a male, supposedly a disciple of Saint Andrew.
Iser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: איסר(Yiddish)
Yiddish variant of Israel.
Izan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Modern)
Pronounced: EE-than(European Spanish)
Spanish form of Ethan, reflecting the English pronunciation.
Jafar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: جعفر(Arabic, Persian)
Pronounced: JA‘-far(Arabic) ja-FAR(Persian)
Means "stream" in Arabic. Jafar ibn Abi Talib was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad who was killed fighting against Byzantium in the 7th century. Another notable bearer was Jafar al-Sadiq, the sixth Shia imam.
Jago
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Cornish form of Jacob.
Jasper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: JAS-pər(English) YAHS-pər(Dutch)
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.
Jesper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: YEHS-bu(Danish) YEHS-pehr(Swedish)
Danish form of Jasper.
Joakim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Јоаким(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: YOO-a-kim(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) YO-ah-keem(Finnish) YAW-a-keem(Macedonian)
Scandinavian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Joachim.
Joar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: YOO-ar(Swedish)
Modern form of the Old Norse name Jóarr.
Jordanes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
The name of a 6th-century Roman author of Gothic background, who wrote a history of the Goths. His name is probably derived from that of the Jordan River. However, some theories [1][2] suggest that it could contain a trace of the Germanic root *erþō meaning "earth" (Gothic airþa, Old Norse jǫrð).
Josse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), Medieval French
French form of Iudocus (see Joyce).
Jost
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: YOST
German form of Iudocus (see Joyce).
Jostein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Jósteinn, derived from the elements jór "horse" and steinn "stone".
Joyce
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOIS
From the medieval masculine name Josse, which was derived from the earlier Iudocus, which was a Latinized form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord". The name belonged to a 7th-century Breton saint, and Breton settlers introduced it to England after the Norman Conquest. It became rare after the 14th century, but was later revived as a feminine name, perhaps because of similarity to the Middle English word joise "to rejoice". This given name also became a surname, as in the case of the Irish novelist James Joyce (1882-1941).
Kaan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: KAN
Variant of Kağan.
Kader 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: قادر(Arabic)
Pronounced: KA-deer
Alternate transcription of Arabic قادر (see Qadir).
Kağan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ka-AN
From a Turkish title meaning "king, ruler", ultimately of Mongolian origin. The title is usually translated into English as Khan.
Kalani
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: ka-LA-nee
Means "the heavens" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Kay 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
From the Welsh name Cai or Cei, possibly a form of the Roman name Gaius. Sir Kay was one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He first appears in Welsh tales as a brave companion of Arthur. In later medieval tales, notably those by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, he is portrayed as an unrefined boor.
Keir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
From a surname that was a variant of Kerr.
Keiran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KEER-ən, KEER-awn
Variant of Kieran.
Kendal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHN-dəl
From a surname that was a variant of Kendall.
Kendall
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEHN-dəl
From an English surname that comes from the name of the city of Kendale in northwestern England meaning "valley on the river Kent". Originally mostly masculine, the name received a boost in popularity for girls in 1993 when the devious character Kendall Hart began appearing on the American soap opera All My Children.
Kerr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
From a Scots surname that was derived from a word meaning "thicket, marsh", ultimately from Old Norse kjarr.
Kerry
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEHR-ee
From the name of the Irish county, called Ciarraí in Irish Gaelic, which means "Ciar's people".
Kevork
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Գեւորգ(Armenian)
Pronounced: keh-VAWRK(Western Armenian)
Western Armenian transcription of Gevorg.
Khabib
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Avar (Russified), Lezgin (Russified), Dargin (Russified), Indonesian
Other Scripts: Хабиб(Russian)
Pronounced: khu-BYEEP(Russian)
Form of Habib used in Dagestan and Indonesia. A notable bearer is Dagestani UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov (1988-), who is an ethnic Avar.
Khan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Urdu, Pashto
Other Scripts: خان(Urdu, Pashto)
Pronounced: KHAN(Urdu)
From a title meaning "king, ruler". Its origin is probably Mongolian, though the word has been transmitted into many other languages.
Kiara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: kee-AHR-ə
Variant of Ciara 1 or Chiara. This name was brought to public attention in 1988 after the singing duo Kiara released their song This Time. It was further popularized by a character in the animated movie The Lion King II (1998).
Kiera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: KEER-ə(English)
Anglicized form of Ciara 1.
Knox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAHKS
From a Scots surname that was derived from various places named Knock, from Gaelic cnoc "round hill". It jumped in popularity after the actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had a baby by this name in 2008.
Kolman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: KAWL-man
Variant of Koloman.
Koloman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Slovak
Pronounced: KO-lo-man(German)
German and Slovak form of Colmán. Saint Koloman (also called Coloman or Colman) was an Irish monk who was martyred in Stockerau in Austria.
Konstanz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Archaic)
German form of Constantius.
Kordian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Coined by Polish writer Juliusz Słowacki for the title character of his drama Kordian (1833). Słowacki likely based the name on Latin cor "heart" (genitive cordis).
Krákr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Old Norse name and byname, from Old Norse krákr meaning "a kind of crow or raven".
Laertes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Λαέρτης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: LA-EHR-TEHS(Classical Greek) lay-UR-teez(English)
Means "gatherer of the people" in Greek. This is the name of the father of Odysseus in Greek mythology. It was later utilized by Shakespeare for a character in his tragedy Hamlet (1600), in which he is the son of Polonius. His ultimate duel with Hamlet leads to both of their deaths.
Lafayette
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: lə-fəy-ET(American English)
Transferred use of the surname Lafayette. In the US, it was first used in the late 1700s as a masculine given name in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, a hero of the American War of Independence (who also left his name in a city of west-central Indiana on the Wabash River northwest of Indianapolis).
Laïla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: ليلى(Arabic)
Pronounced: LIE-la(Arabic) LIE-LA(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ليلى (see Layla) chiefly used in North Africa (using French-influenced orthography).
Landenulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
Form of Landulf, using an extended form of the first element (cf. Pandenulf). Landenulf I was a 9th-century gastald (Lombard ruler) of Capua in Italy.
Lando
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic, Medieval Italian, German (Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: LAHN-do(German)
Variant of Lanzo; originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing Old High German lant, Old Saxon land meaning "land", or the same element used as an independent name. This was the name of a 10th-century pope.

Lando Calrissian is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.

Leanid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Леанід(Belarusian)
Pronounced: lyeh-a-NYEET
Belarusian form of Leonidas.
Lethuc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
First known Lombard king.
Lev 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Лев(Russian)
Pronounced: LYEHF
Means "lion" in Russian, functioning as a vernacular form of Leo. This was the real Russian name of both author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940).
Lev 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לֵב(Hebrew)
Means "heart" in Hebrew.
Levi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Dutch, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: לֵוִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: LEE-vie(English) LEH-vee(Dutch)
Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers Moses and Aaron were members. This name also occurs in the New Testament, where it is borne by a son of Alphaeus. He might be the same person as the apostle Matthew.

As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.

Leviticus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare), English (African, Rare), African American
Pronounced: lə-VI-ti-kəs(American English)
From the name of the book of the Old Testament, which means "of the Levites, of the tribe of Levi". Some parents in the United States view it as a full form or more formal version of the name Levi.
Lidwina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Dutch and German variant of Ludwina, a feminine variant of Leutwin. It was borne by Lidwina (or Lydwina) of Schiedam, a Dutch mystic and Roman Catholic saint of the 15th century.
Lindsay
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN-zee
From an English and Scottish surname that was originally derived from the name of the eastern English region of Lindsey, which means "Lincoln island" in Old English. As a given name it was typically masculine until the 1960s (in Britain) and 70s (in America) when it became popular for girls, probably due to its similarity to Linda and because of American actress Lindsay Wagner (1949-) [1].
Lior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means "my light" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אוֹר (ʾor) "light".
Liutprand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
Variant of Liutbrand. This was the name of an 8th-century king of the Lombards. Liutprand is often regarded as the most successful Lombard monarch, notable for the Donation of Sutri in 728, which was the first accolade of sovereign territory to the Papacy.
Llewelyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Variant of Llywelyn influenced by the Welsh word llew "lion".
Llywelyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: shəw-EH-lin(Welsh) loo-EHL-in(English)
Probably a Welsh form of an unattested old Celtic name *Lugubelinos, a combination of the names of the gods Lugus and Belenus, or a compound of Lugus and a Celtic root meaning "strong". Alternatively it may be derived from Welsh llyw "leader". This was the name of several Welsh rulers, notably the 13th-century Llywelyn the Great who fought against the English.
Love 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LUV
Simply from the English word love, derived from Old English lufu.
Lucien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LUY-SYEHN
French form of Lucianus.
Ludger
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LOOT-gu
From the Old German name Leutgar, which was derived from the elements liut "people" and ger "spear". Saint Ludger was an 8th-century Frisian Benedictine bishop who founded a monastery at Munster.
Ludivine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LUY-DEE-VEEN
Possibly from a feminine form of Leutwin. It was popularized in the 1970s by a character from the French miniseries Les Gens de Mogador.
Ludwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: LUYT-win(Dutch) LUYT-vin(Dutch)
This name is usually a form of Leutwin, but there are instances where the first element of the name can also be derived from Old High German hlûd "famous" (see Chlodomer).
Ludwina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German (Rare, Archaic), Polish, Flemish, Dutch (Antillean), Dutch (Surinamese)
Pronounced: luyt-WEE-nah:(Dutch) luyt-VEE-nah:(Dutch) luwd-VEE-na(German)
Feminine form of Ludwin.
Luella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: loo-EHL-ə
Variant of Louella.
Macaulay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: mə-KAW-lee
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh, itself derived from Amhalghadh, a given name of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of the surname was Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1861), a British Whig politician and noted historian. The given name is borne by the American former child actor Macaulay Culkin (1980-), who was named after the British politician.
Macauley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: mə-KAW-lee
Variant of Macaulay.
Macbeth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: mək-BETH(English)
Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic given name Mac Beatha meaning "son of life", implying holiness. This was the name of an 11th-century Scottish king who came to power after defeating and killing King Duncan in battle. Years later he was himself slain in battle with Duncan's son Malcolm. Shakespeare based his play Macbeth (1606) loosely on this king's life, drawing from the tales related in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587).
Mack 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAK
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.
Madeleine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, Swedish
Pronounced: MAD-LEHN(French) MAD-ə-lin(English) MAD-ə-lien(English) MAD-lin(English) mahd-eh-LEHN(Swedish)
French form of Magdalene.
Madelen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: mahd-eh-LEHN(Swedish)
Norwegian and Swedish variant of Madeleine.
Madeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAD-ə-lin, MAD-lin, MAD-ə-lien
English form of Madeleine. This is the name of the heroine in a series of children's books by the Austrian-American author Ludwig Bemelmans, first published 1939.
Máedóc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Meaning unknown. Saint Máedóc (also known as Áedán) of Ferns was a 7th-century Irish bishop.
Máel Máedóc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Means "disciple of Saint Máedóc" in Irish. Saint Máel Máedóc (also known as Malachy) was a 12th-century archbishop of Armagh.
Maeve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV(English)
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.
Magali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Occitan
Pronounced: MA-GA-LEE(French)
Occitan form of Magdalene.
Magne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Modern form of Magni as well as a variant of Magnus.
Mahdi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: مهدي(Arabic) مهدی(Persian)
Pronounced: MAH-dee(Arabic) mah-DEE(Persian)
Means "guided one" in Arabic, a derivative of هدى (hadā) meaning "to lead the right way, to guide".
Mahé
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
French form of Mazhe, the Breton form of Matthew.
Maire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: MIE-reh(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish mairea meaning "gushing, sugary".
Makaio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Matthew.
Makar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Макар(Russian)
Pronounced: mu-KAR
Russian form of Makarios (see Macario).
Makari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Макарий(Russian)
Alternate transcription of Russian Макарий (see Makariy).
Malachy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Máel Sechnaill or Máel Máedóc, influenced by the spelling of Malachi. Saint Malachy (in Irish, Máel Máedóc) was a 12th-century archbishop of Armagh renowned for his miracles.
Malaika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
Means "angel" in Swahili, derived from Arabic ملك (malak).
Malak
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ملك(Arabic)
Pronounced: MA-lak
Means "angel" in Arabic.
Malone
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mə-LON
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Maoil Eoin meaning "descendant of a disciple of Saint John".
Mandal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Мандал(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Means "rebirth, revival, prosperity" or "surface, outer layer" in Mongolian.
Mandla
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Zulu, Ndebele
Means "strength, power" in Zulu and Ndebele.
Manegold
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Variant of Managold.
Mannes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MAH-nəs
Dutch diminutive of Herman.
Måns
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: MAWNS
Swedish variant of Magnus.
Manu 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Kannada
Other Scripts: मनु(Sanskrit, Hindi) ಮನು(Kannada)
Means "thinking, wise" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief this is a title of Swayambhuva, the progenitor of the human race, as well as several of his descendants.
Manus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Irish form of Magnus.
Marko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Estonian, Basque
Other Scripts: Марко(Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MAHR-ko(Finnish)
Form of Mark in several languages.
Marmaduke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
Pronounced: MAH-mə-dook
Possibly derived from the Old Irish name Máel Máedóc. This name has been traditionally used in the Yorkshire area of Britain.
Marouane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: مروان‎(Arabic)
Pronounced: MA-RWAN(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic مروان‎ (see Marwan) chiefly used in North Africa.
Márton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: MAR-ton
Hungarian form of Martinus (see Martin).
Marwan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian
Other Scripts: مروان(Arabic)
Pronounced: mar-WAN(Arabic) MAR-wan(Indonesian)
Either derived from Arabic مرو (marw) meaning "flint, pebble" or from the name of a type of fragrant plant (see Marwa). This was the name of two Umayyad caliphs.
Matei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: ma-TAY
Romanian form of Matthew.
Mateu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: mə-TEW
Catalan form of Matthew.
Matevos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Մաթեւոս(Armenian)
Pronounced: mah-teh-VAWS
Armenian form of Matthew.
Matey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Матей(Bulgarian)
Bulgarian form of Matthew.
Maud
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Dutch, Swedish
Pronounced: MAWD(English) MOD(French) MOWT(Dutch)
Medieval English and French form of Matilda. Though it became rare after the 14th century, it was revived and once more grew popular in the 19th century, perhaps due to Alfred Tennyson's 1855 poem Maud [1].
Maude
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: MAWD(English) MOD(French)
Variant of Maud.
Mauno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MOW-no
Finnish form of Magnus.
Maunu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MOW-noo
Variant of Mauno.
Max
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Russian, French, Catalan
Other Scripts: Макс(Russian)
Pronounced: MAKS(German, English, Czech, Russian, French, Catalan) MAHKS(Dutch)
Short form of Maximilian or Maxim. In English it can also be short for Maxwell, and it coincides with the informal word max, short for maximum.

Famous bearers include the German intellectual Max Weber (1864-1920) and the German physicist Max Planck (1858-1947). This name is also borne by the title character in the Mad Max series of movies, starting 1979.

Maximin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAK-SEE-MEHN
French form of Maximinus.
Mehdi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Azerbaijani, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: مهدی(Persian) مهدي(Arabic)
Pronounced: mehh-DEE(Persian) MAH-dee(Arabic) MEH-DEE(French)
Persian, Azerbaijani and North African form of Mahdi.
Meuric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Variant of Meurig.
Michel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, German, Dutch
Pronounced: MEE-SHEHL(French) MI-khəl(German) MEE-shehl(Dutch)
French form of Michael. Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566), also known as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer who made predictions about future world events. Another famous bearer is the retired French soccer player Michel Platini (1955-). This is also the German diminutive form of Michael.
Milan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Dutch (Modern), German (Modern), French (Modern)
Other Scripts: Милан(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MI-lan(Czech) MEE-lan(Slovak, Serbian, Croatian) MEE-lahn(Dutch)
From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names that began with that element. It was originally used in Czech, Slovak, and the South Slavic languages, though it has recently become popular elsewhere in Europe.

A city in Italy bears this name, though in this case it originates from Latin Mediolanum, perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin meaning "middle of the plain". In some cases the city name may be an influence on the use of the given name.

Mitchell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MICH-əl
From an English surname, itself derived from the given name Michael or in some cases from Middle English michel meaning "big, large".
Mogens
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Danish form of Magnus.
Mona 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scandinavian short form of Monica.
Monika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Other Scripts: Моника(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: MO-nee-ka(German) MO-ni-ka(Czech) MAW-nee-ka(Slovak) maw-NYEE-ka(Polish)
Form of Monica used in various languages.
Monique
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, Dutch
Pronounced: MAW-NEEK(French) mə-NEEK(English) mo-NEEK(English, Dutch)
French form of Monica.
Mordred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
From Welsh Medraut, possibly from Latin moderatus meaning "controlled, moderated". In Arthurian legend Mordred was the illegitimate son (in some versions nephew) of King Arthur. Mordred first appears briefly (as Medraut) in the 10th-century Annales Cambriae [1], but he was not portrayed as a traitor until the chronicles of the 12th-century Geoffrey of Monmouth. While Arthur is away he seduces his wife Guinevere and declares himself king. This prompts the battle of Camlann, which leads to the deaths of both Mordred and Arthur.
Mouna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: منى(Arabic)
Pronounced: MOO-na(Arabic) MOO-NA(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic منى (see Muna) chiefly used in North Africa.
Mourad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: مراد(Arabic)
Pronounced: moo-RAD(Arabic) MOO-RAD(French)
Alternate transcription of Arabic مراد (see Murad) chiefly used in North Africa.
Munir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: منير(Arabic) منیر(Urdu)
Pronounced: moo-NEER(Arabic)
Means "bright, shining" in Arabic, related to the root نوّر (nawwara) meaning "to illuminate, to light".
Murad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Azerbaijani, Avar
Other Scripts: مراد(Arabic, Urdu) মুরাদ(Bengali) Мурад(Avar)
Pronounced: moo-RAD(Arabic)
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic. This name was borne by five Ottoman sultans.
Murat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bosnian
Pronounced: moo-RAT(Turkish)
Turkish and Bosnian form of Murad.
Nadège
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: NA-DEZH
French form of Nadezhda.
Nadezhda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Надежда(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nu-DYEZH-də(Russian)
Means "hope" in Russian and Bulgarian.
Naïma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: نعيمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: na-‘EE-ma(Arabic) NA-EE-MA(French)
Form of Naima used in North Africa and other French-influenced regions of the continent.
Napoléone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic)
French form of Napoleona. A known bearer of this name was Charlotte Bonaparte (1802-1839), a niece of the French emperor Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821). She carried the name as a middle name.
Nepomucenus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Nepomuk.
Neville
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: NEHV-əl(English)
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Norman French. As a given name it is chiefly British and Australian.
Nikias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Νικίας(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory". This was the name of an Athenian general who fought in the Peloponnesian war.
Nikon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Russian
Other Scripts: Νίκων(Ancient Greek) Никон(Russian)
Pronounced: NEE-KAWN(Classical Greek)
Derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory".
Nina 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Нина(Russian)
Pronounced: NYEE-nə
Russian form of Nino 2.
Nino 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ნინო(Georgian)
Meaning unknown, possibly from a Greek feminine form of Ninos. Saint Nino (sometimes called Nina) was a Greek-speaking woman from Asia Minor who introduced Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century.
Ninos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Assyrian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Νίνος(Ancient Greek)
Probably from the name of the ancient city of Nineveh in Assyria. According to Greek historians this was the name of the husband of Semiramis and the founder of Nineveh. In actuality he does not correspond to any known Assyrian king, and is likely a composite character named after the city.
Ninutsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ნინუცა(Georgian)
Diminutive of Nino 2. A known bearer of this name is the Georgian actress Nino "Ninutsa" Maqashvili (b. 1988).
Noureddine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: نور الدين(Arabic)
Pronounced: noo-rood-DEEN(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic نور الدين (see Nur ad-Din) chiefly used in North Africa.
Nutsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ნუცა(Georgian)
Contracted form of Ninutsa, which is a diminutive of Nino 2.

Notable Georgian bearers of this name include the actress Nutsa Chkheidze (1881-1963) and the film director Nutsa Gogoberidze (1903-1966).

Ode
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval English form of Odo.
Oistín
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Irish from of Austin
Olson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Olson.
Oren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֹרֶן(Hebrew)
Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.
Orfeas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ορφέας(Greek)
Modern Greek form of Orpheus.
Orpha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, English
Other Scripts: Ὀρφά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AWR-fə(English)
Form of Orpah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
Orpheus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὀρφεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: OR-PEWS(Classical Greek) AWR-fee-əs(English)
Perhaps related to Greek ὄρφνη (orphne) meaning "the darkness of night". In Greek mythology Orpheus was a poet and musician who went to the underworld to retrieve his dead wife Eurydice. He succeeded in charming Hades with his lyre, and he was allowed to lead his wife out of the underworld on the condition that he not look back at her until they reached the surface. Unfortunately, just before they arrived his love for her overcame his will and he glanced back at her, causing her to be drawn back to Hades.
Oswald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: AHZ-wawld(English) AWS-valt(German)
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "powerful, mighty". Saint Oswald was a king of Northumbria who introduced Christianity to northeastern England in the 7th century before being killed in battle. There was also an Old Norse cognate Ásvaldr in use in England, being borne by the 10th-century Saint Oswald of Worcester, who was of Danish ancestry. Though the name had died out by the end of the Middle Ages, it was revived in the 19th century.
Øystein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Norwegian form of Eysteinn.
Pandenulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
A longer form of Pandulf. Pandenulf was the name of a 9th-century count of Capua (Italy).
Parsedia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lombard
Pronounced: par-SE-dya
Lombard form of Praxedes.
Patel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian
Other Scripts: પટેલ(Gujarati) पटेल(Hindi)
From the Gujarati word પટેલ (paṭēl) meaning "chief, village headsman". This is the most common surname among Indian-Americans.
Paternian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Venetian, History (Ecclesiastical)
Venetian form of Paternianus.
Pavel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Macedonian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Павел(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: PA-vyil(Russian) PA-vehl(Czech)
Russian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Macedonian and Belarusian form of Paul.
Pavol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovak
Slovak form of Paul.
Perctarit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic, History
Variant of Bertarid. Perctarit was the name of a 7th-century king of the Lombards.
Perttu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHRT-too
Finnish form of Bartholomew.
Polonius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
From Latin Polonia meaning "Poland". In Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet (1600) this is the name of the counsellor to Claudius and the father of Laertes and Ophelia. He is accidentally murdered by Hamlet.
Prangarda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian, Lombardic
A Germanic dithematic name formed from the name elements brand "sword" and gard "enclosure, protected place".
Pumay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐤐𐤌𐤉(Phoenician)
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a relatively obscure Phoenician deity, possibly of Cypriot origin.
Qasim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: قاسم(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: KA-seem(Arabic)
Means "one who divides goods among people" in Arabic, derived from قسم (qasama) meaning "to divide, to distribute". This was the name of a son of the Prophet Muhammad who died while young.
Quincy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN-see
From an English surname that was derived (via the place name Cuinchy) from the personal name Quintus. A famous bearer was John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth president of the United States, who was born in the town of Quincy, Massachusetts. Both the town and the president were named after his maternal great-grandfather John Quincy (1689-1767). Another notable bearer is the American musician Quincy Jones (1933-).
Raisel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: רייזל(Yiddish)
Diminutive of Raisa 2.
Rayhana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ريحانة(Arabic)
Pronounced: rie-HA-na
Means "basil" in Arabic. This was the name of a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Rédouane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: رضوان(Arabic)
Pronounced: reed-WAN(Arabic) REHD-WAN(French)
Alternate transcription of Redouane chiefly used in Northern Africa.
Reyhan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Uyghur
Other Scripts: رەيھان(Uyghur Arabic)
Turkish and Uyghur form of Rayhana.
Rhona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Possibly derived from the name of either of the two Hebridean islands called Rona, which means "rough island" in Old Norse.
Rigmor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Scandinavian form of Ricmod, via the Old Danish form Rigmár.
Rihanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ريحانة(Arabic)
Pronounced: rie-HA-na(Arabic) ree-AN-ə(English)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ريحانة (see Rayhana). This name is borne by the Barbadian singer Robyn Rihanna Fenty (1988-), known simply as Rihanna. In the United States it jumped in popularity between the years 2005 and 2008, when Rihanna was releasing her first albums. It quickly declined over the next few years.
Rodelinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lombardic, Theatre, Spanish (Mexican)
Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and English form of Rodelind. Rodelinda (6th century) was a Lombard queen by marriage to king Audoin, and the mother of king Alboin. This name was also borne by Rodelinda (7th century), the wife of King Perctarit of Lombardy and title character of Händel's opera Rodelinda (1725).
Romain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: RAW-MEHN
French form of Romanus (see Roman).
Rothari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lombardic
Variant of Rothar. This name was borne by a 7th-century Lombard king of the house of Arodus.
Rowena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ro-EEN-ə
Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements hroð "fame" and wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements ron "spear" and gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).
Royston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: ROIS-tən
From a surname that was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "town of Royse". The given name Royse was a medieval variant of Rose.
Saad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Malay
Other Scripts: سعد(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA‘D(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic سعد (see Sa'd), as well as the usual Malay form.
Sadek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian), Bengali
Other Scripts: صادق(Arabic) সাদেক(Bengali)
Pronounced: SA-DEHK(French)
Arabic alternate transcription of Sadiq chiefly used in Northern Africa and Egypt as well as the Bengali form of the name.
Safouane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: صفوان(Maghrebi Arabic)
Maghrebi variant of Safwan (chiefly Moroccan).
Sagan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sa-GAN, say-GUN, say-GAN
Transferred use of the surname Sagan, usually used in reference to astronomer Carl Sagan.
Saïd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: سعيد(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-‘EED(Arabic) SA-EED(French) SIED(French)
Alternate transcription of Sa'id chiefly used in Northern Africa.
Saifeddine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: سيف الدين(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الدين (see Sayf ad-Din) chiefly used in Northern Africa.
Salaheddine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: صلاح الدين(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-la-had-DEEN(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic صلاح الدين (see Salah ad-Din) chiefly used in North Africa.
Samael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: סַמָּאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "venom of God" in Hebrew. This is the name of an archangel in Jewish tradition, described as a destructive angel of death.
Seraiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שְׂרָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "Yahweh is ruler" in Hebrew, from שָׂרָה (sara) meaning "to have power" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Ezra.
Serapión
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Spanish form of Serapion.
Sicco
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: SI-KO
Hypocoristic form of names containing the Germanic name element sigu "victory".

Historically, this name could be latinised to Sixtus.

Sigestan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Old English name composed of the elements sige "victory" and stan 1 "stone" (making it a cognate of Sigsteinn).
Silverio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: seel-VEH-ryo(Italian) seel-BEH-ryo(Spanish)
Italian and Spanish form of Silverius.
Sinjin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
Pronounced: SIN-jin
Phonetic variant of St John.
Sita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: सीता(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali)
Pronounced: SEE-tah(Sanskrit)
Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of Rama (and an avatar of Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. In this story Sita is abducted by the demon king Ravana, with her husband and his allies attempting to rescue her.
Siv
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: SEEV(Swedish)
From Old Norse Sif, which meant "bride, kinswoman". In Norse mythology she was the wife of Thor. After the trickster Loki cut off her golden hair, an angry Thor forced him to create a replacement.
Sixten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
From the Old Norse name Sigsteinn, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and steinn "stone".
Slate
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Pronounced: SLAYT(American English)
Derived from the surname Slate.
Slater
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SLAY-ter
Transferred use of the surname Slater.
Souad
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سعاد(Arabic)
Pronounced: soo-‘AD
Alternate transcription of Arabic سعاد (see Suad).
Sweeney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of Suibhne. In fiction, this name is borne by the murderous barber Sweeney Todd, first appearing in the British serial The String of Pearls: A Romance (1846-1847).
Talmai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: תַּלְמַי(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "furrowed" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name is borne by both a giant and also the father of King David's wife Maacah.
Tassilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Medieval German, Medieval Italian, Medieval French, Lombardic
Diminutive of Tasso. The Blessed Tassilo III (c. 741 – c. 796) was duke of Bavaria from 748 to 788, the last of the house of the Agilolfings. Modern-day bearers include Tassilo Thierbach (1956-), a German former pair skater, and Prince Tassilo Preslavski of Bulgaria (2002-).
Tayanita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
Means "young beaver" in Cherokee, derived from ᏙᏯ (doya) meaning "beaver".
Tederic
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gascon
Gascon form of Theodoric.
Teodato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodahad.
Teoman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bosnian (Rare)
Pronounced: TE-oh-mahn(Turkish)
Modern Turkish and Bosnian form of the Mongol name Tümen via its Chinese form Touman.

Notable bearers of this name include the Turkish rock singer Teoman (b. 1967), the Bosnian-Slovenian former basketball player Teoman Alibegović (b. 1967) and Teoman Kumbaracıbaşı (b. 1971), an Argentinian actor of Turkish descent.

Terence
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHR-əns
From the Roman family name Terentius, which is of unknown meaning. Famous bearers include Publius Terentius Afer, a Roman playwright, and Marcus Terentius Varro, a Roman scholar. It was also borne by several early saints. The name was used in Ireland as an Anglicized form of Toirdhealbhach, but it was not found as an English name until the late 19th century. It attained only a moderate level of popularity in the 20th century, though it has been common as an African-American name especially since the 1970s.
Terenti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian, Russian
Other Scripts: ტერენტი(Georgian) Терентий(Russian)
Pronounced: tyi-RYEHN-tyee(Russian)
Georgian form of Terentius (see Terence). It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Терентий (see Terentiy).
Tero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEH-ro
Either a Finnish form of Terentius or a short form of Antero.
Thales
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Portuguese (Brazilian)
Other Scripts: Θαλῆς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TA-LEHS(Classical Greek) THAY-leez(English) TA-leezh(Portuguese)
Derived from Greek θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". Thales of Miletus was a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mathematician.
Thelonius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Latinized form of Tielo (see Till). A famous bearer was jazz musician Thelonious Monk (1917-1982).
Theodolinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History, Lombardic (Latinized)
Variant of Theodelinda. (See also Teodolinda, Dietlinde.) This was borne by Finnish writer Theodolinda Hahnsson (1838-1919), known for being the first woman writing in Finnish. American mystery writer Rex Stout used it in his novel The Hand in the Glove (1937), where it belongs to private detective Theodolinda "Dol" Bonner.
Theodoric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: thee-AHD-ə-rik(English)
From the Gothic name *Þiudareiks meaning "ruler of the people", derived from the elements þiuda "people" and reiks "ruler, king". It was notably borne by Theodoric the Great, a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths who eventually became the ruler of Italy. By Theodoric's time the Ostrogoths were partially Romanized and his name was regularly recorded as Theodoricus. This was also the name of two earlier (5th century) Visigothic kings.
Thorstein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Norwegian variant form of Torsten.
Thorsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, German
Pronounced: TAWRS-tən(German)
Variant of Torsten.
Tihomir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Тихомир(Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: TEE-kho-meer(Croatian, Serbian) TEE-khaw-meer(Macedonian)
Derived from the Slavic elements tixŭ "quiet" and mirŭ "peace, world".
Tikhon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Тихон(Russian)
Pronounced: TYEE-khən
Russian form of Tychon.
Till
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: TIL
From Tielo, a medieval Low German diminutive of Dietrich and other names beginning with Old High German diota or Old Frankish þeoda meaning "people". Till Eulenspiegel is a trickster in German folklore.
Tilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: TEE-lo
Variant of Till.
Tolbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: TAHL-bərt, TOL-bərt
Transferred use of the surname Tolbert.
Tolliver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAHL-i-vur, TAHL-ə-vur
Variant of Taliaferro.
Tolly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Bartholomew.
Tonkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Diminutive of Antony.
Torstein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Norwegian form of Torsten.
Torsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, German
Pronounced: TOSH-tehn(Swedish) TAWRS-tən(German)
From the Old Norse name Þórsteinn, which meant "Thor's stone" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with steinn "stone".
Torsti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TORS-tee
Finnish form of Torsten.
Toussaint
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: TOO-SEHN
Means "all saints" in French. This is the name of a Christian festival celebrated on November 1 (All Saints' Day).
Tristram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: TRIS-trəm
Medieval English form of Tristan.
Trystan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Variant of Tristan.
Tuisto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: TUWS-to
The name of a Germanic Earth god mentioned once in the work of Tacitus. One manuscript of Tacitus provides the alternate name form Tuisco.
Tümen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Mongolian, Yakut
Other Scripts: Түмэн(Mongolian Cyrillic, Yakut) ᠲᠦᠮᠡᠨ(Traditional Mongolian)
Means "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" in Mongolian and Yakut, the attributive form of Mongolian түм (tüm). Among the Mongol and Turkic peoples, a tümen (tumen in English) was historically also a social and military unit of 10,000 households and soldiers.

A notable bearer of this name was the Mongolian khagan (emperor) Tümen Zasagt Khan (1539-1592).

Turlough
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Toirdhealbhach.
Tycho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History, Dutch
Pronounced: TUY-go(Danish) TIE-ko(English) TEE-kho(Dutch)
Latinized form of Tyge. This name was used by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), who was born as Tyge.
Tychon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Τύχων(Ancient Greek)
From Greek τύχη (tyche) meaning "chance, luck, fortune", a derivative of τυγχάνω (tynchano) meaning "hit the mark, succeed". This was the name of a minor deity associated with Priapus in Greek mythology. It was also borne by a 5th-century saint from Cyprus.
Ulyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Ульян(Russian)
Russian form of Iulianus (see Julian).
Upton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: UP-tən
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "upper town" in Old English. A famous bearer of this name was the American novelist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968).
Vaast
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Flemish, Norman, Picard
Flemish, Norman and Picard form of Vedastus.
Vagner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Transferred use of the surname Vagner.

Known bearers of this name include the Brazilian professional mixed-martial artist Vagner Rocha (b. 1982) and the Brazilian professional soccer player Vagner da Silva (b. 1986).

Varnava
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare), Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Варнава(Russian, Church Slavic)
Pronounced: vur-NA-və(Russian)
Russian form of Barnabas.
Vauquelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Old French form of the Norman name Walchelin, derived from Old Frankish walh or Old High German walah meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman" (Proto-Germanic *walhaz).
Vedast
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Variant of Vedastus.
Vedastus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic or Celtic name, possibly Germanic Widogast. This was the name of a 6th-century saint who helped to convert the Frankish king Clovis to Christianity. He is called Gaston in French and Vaast in Flemish.
Viking
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: VEE-king
From the Old Norse name Víkingr meaning "viking, raider", ultimately from vík "cove, inlet".
Vitige
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Witiges.
Vitigès
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Gallicized)
French form of Witiges.
Vlas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Влас(Russian)
Pronounced: VLAS
Russian form of Blaise.
Vonda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Variant of Wanda, reflecting the Polish pronunciation.
Wade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAYD
From an English surname, either Wade 1 or Wade 2.
Warren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWR-ən
From an English surname that was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy. This name was borne by the American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).
Warrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WAWR-ik
From a surname that was a variant of Warwick.
Warwick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WAWR-ik
From a surname that was derived from the name of a town in England, itself from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "settlement".
Werther
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements werd "worthy" and heri "army". Goethe used this name in his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).
Wilkie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-kee
From an English surname that was originally derived from a diminutive of the given name William.
Wilkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of William.
Winthrop
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIN-thrəp
From a surname that was originally taken from town names meaning either "Wine's village" or "Wigmund's village" in Old English.
Yelena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Елена(Russian)
Pronounced: yi-LYEH-nə, i-LYEH-nə
Russian form of Helen.
Younes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
Other Scripts: يونس(Arabic) یونس(Persian)
Pronounced: YOO-noos(Arabic) yoo-NEHS(Persian)
North African and Persian form of Yunus.
Zahir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: ظهير(Arabic) ظهیر(Persian) ظہیر(Shahmukhi, Urdu) জহির(Bengali)
Pronounced: dha-HEER(Arabic)
Means "helper, supporter" in Arabic, related to ظهر (ẓahara) meaning "to be visible, to be clear". This can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic زاهر (see Zaahir 1) or ظاهر (see Zaahir 2).
Zakhar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Захар(Russian)
Pronounced: zu-KHAR
Russian form of Zacharias.
Zdravko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Здравко(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZDRAF-kaw(Macedonian)
Derived from South Slavic zdrav meaning "healthy", ultimately from Old Slavic sŭdorvŭ.
Zénaïde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: ZEH-NA-EED
French form of Zenaida.
Zinedine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: زين الدين(Arabic)
Pronounced: zie-nood-DEEN(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين الدين (see Zayn ad-Din) chiefly used in North Africa. A famous bearer is the French soccer player Zinedine Zidane (1972-), who was born to Algerian parents.
Ziska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: TSIS-ka
Short form of Franziska.
Zoë
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, English
Pronounced: ZO-veh(Dutch) ZO-ee(English)
Dutch form and English variant of Zoe.
Zohra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: زہرہ(Urdu) زهرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZOOH-ra(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Urdu زہرہ (see Zuhra 1) or Arabic زهرة (see Zuhra 2).
Zorobabel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek, Biblical Portuguese, Biblical French, Biblical Spanish
Other Scripts: Ζοροβάβελ(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Zerubbabel.
Zoubida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: زبيدة(Arabic)
Pronounced: zoo-BIE-da(Arabic) ZOO-BEE-DA(French)
Form of Zubaida chiefly used in North Africa (using French-influenced orthography).
Zuhura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili, Dhivehi
Other Scripts: ޒުހުރާ(Dhivehi)
Means "Venus (planet)" in Swahili and Dhivehi. Both are borrowed from Arabic الزهرة (al-Zuhara), derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".
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