English Submitted Names

Drover m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Drover. It was used in the 2008 movie 'Australia' by Baz Luhrmann. The character Drover was played by Hugh Jackman.

Dru m English
Variant of Drew.

Dru f English (American, Archaic)
Short form of Drusilla.

Drucilla f English
Variant of Drusilla.

Drucille f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Drusille.

Drue m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Drew.

Druella f English, Literature
Feminine version of the masculine abbreviated form of Andrew, Drew. It is also the name of Druella Black (née Rosier) –wife of Cygnus Black, mother of Bellatrix, Andromeda and Narcissa Black - out of the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling.

Drum m English
Diminutive of Drummond.

Drury m English
Transferred use of the surname Drury. Drury Lane is a famous street in London, home to the Theatre Royal, and well known as the nursery rhyme locale of The Muffin Man.

Druscilla f English (African, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Drusilla.

Drusella f English (Archaic)
Variant of Drusilla.

Dryden m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dryden.... [more]

Drysen m English (Modern)
Variant of Dryson.

Duaine m English
Duane

Duard m English
A diminutive of Edward or Eduard.

Duayna f English (American, Rare)

Dub m & f English (American), Old Celtic
In North America the name Dub is most often used by men with a name beginning with the letter W, such as William and Walter.... [more]

Dublin f & m English (Modern)
From the English name of the capital city of Ireland, which derives from Gaelic Duiḃlinn. This is not used on Irish children.

Dubois m English
Transferred use of the surname Dubois.

Dubya m English
Nickname given to the former U.S. president George W. Bush (1946-) after the colloquial pronunciation of his middle initial.

Duchess f English (American, Rare)
Old French from medieval Latin ducissa, from Latin dux, duc- (see Duke).

Dud m English
Short form of Dudley.

Dude m English (American, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Dude.

Dudly m English
Variant of Dudley.

Dug m English (American)
Variant of Doug, used for the dog in the Disney film 'Up' (2009).

Duggie m English
Variant of Dougie.

Dukey m English
Diminutive of Duke.

Dukie m English, American (South)
Diminutive of Duke.

Dulcy f English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Dutch (Surinamese)
Variant of Dulcie.

Dulie f & m English (?)
No known origin nor meaning. a person with this given name was Dulie Delic an athlete for the Geelong SC.

Dulsabell f English
Form of Dousabel

Dumaine m English, Literature
Dumaine, a character in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Dumaine and DuMaine are surnames.

Dunbar m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Dunbar.

Dune m & f English
Early 17th century from Dutch duin, from Middle Dutch dūne, probably ultimately from the same Celtic base as down3.

Dunkan m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Duncan

Dunlap m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Dunlap.

Dunston m English (Rare)
Variant of Dunstan.

Duodecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Femine form of Duodecimus.

Duodecimus m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
The Latin word duodecimus means "twelfth".

Durek m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Derek, which was possibly influenced by the English pronunciation of Dirk.... [more]

Durell m English (Modern)
Variant of Durrell.

Durham m English (American)
Transferred use of the Surname Durham; also, the name of a city in the state of North Carolina

Durlan m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (Rare)

Durriken m Romani, English
Means "he who forecasts" in Romani.

Durwood m English
Of Old English Origin, meaning "Gatekeeper"

Duryea m & f English (American, Rare)

Dusky f English

Dust f English (Puritan)
Simply from the English word, apparently used as an English translation of Hebrew Aphrah (see Aphra) from the biblical passage: 'Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust' (Micah 1:10)... [more]

Dustan m English (Modern)
Variant of Dustin.

Dustee m & f English
Variant of Dusty.

Dusten m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dustin.

Dustey m English
Variant of Dusty.

Dusti f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Dusty.

Dustie m & f English
Variant of Dusty.

Dustii m English
Variant of Dusty.

Dustina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dustin.

Duston m English (Rare)
Variant of Dustin

Dustyn m & f English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Dustin.

Dutton m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dutton.

Duvall m English
Transferred use of the surname Duvall.

Dux m English (Rare)
Means “duke/leader” in Latin, making it a cognate of Duke.

Dwade m English (Modern)
Combination of Dwayne and Wade.

Dwaina f English
Feminine form of Dwain.

Dwan f English (American)
From the 1976 King Kong. This is an anagram of Dawn.

Dwane m English
Variant of Dwayne.

Dwier m English (American)

Dwyane m English
Variant of Dwayne.

Dwyer m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dwyer.

Dyamon f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Diamond.

Dyana f English
Variant of Diana.

Dyandra f English (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Diandra.

Dyane f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Diane.

Dyann f English (American)
Variant of Diane.

Dyanna f English (Modern)
Variant of Diana.

Dyanne f English (American)
Variant of Diane.

Dyantha f English
Variant of Diantha.

Dychaun m English (American)

Dykwan m English
Variant of Dykwon.

Dylah f English (Rare)
Variant of Dyla.

Dylana f English, Dutch
Feminine form of Dylan.

Dylanda f English
Combination of the Welsh name, Dylan, meaning “born of the ocean”, and the Latin name, Amanda, meaning “worthy of love”.

Dylann f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dylanne f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Dylan.

Dylano m English, Dutch
Variant of Dylan, most likely influenced by Delano.

Dylen m English (American)
Variant of Dylan.

Dylin m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dyllan m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dyllis f English
Variant of Dilys.

Dyllon m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dylan and Dillon. 100 boys in the USA were named Dyllon in 1992.

Dylon m English
Variant of Dylan.

Dylyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Dylan

Dymond f English (American)
Variant of Diamond.

Dyna f English
Variant of Dina 2.

Dynel f English (American, Modern, Rare)

Dynver f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Denver.

Dyrck m Medieval Dutch, English (Modern)
Medieval Dutch variant spelling of Dirck, as well as a modern English variant of Dirk.

Dyrk m English (Rare), German (Rare)
English and German variant spelling of Dirk. Also compare Dyrck.... [more]

Dystiny f English
Variant of Destiny.

Dzire f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Desire.

Dzyre f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Desire.

Eachan m English (Rare)

Eaddy f English (American, Rare, ?)
Variant of Edie, influenced by the surname Eaddy. Compare Eadie.

Eadelyn f English
Elaborated version of Eadlyn.

Eaden m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Eden.

Eadie f English
Variant of Edie.

Eadith f English (Rare)
Variant of Edith.

Eadka f English (American)
Possibly an elaboration or diminutive of Eada.

Eadlin f English (Rare)
Possibly derived from an English surname that was derived from the given name Adeline.

Eadlyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Eadlin.

Eagan m English
Transferred use of the surname Eagan.

Eagle m English
From the English word eagle, ultimately from Latin aquila. Also from the surname Eagle, originally a nickname for a lordly or sharp-eyed man.

Eames m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Eames. Popularized after the surname of the artist, Eames.

Eamus m English

Eann m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ian. Eann was given to 10 boys in 2012.

Eanna f English (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly a female variant of Ean or a variant of Ianna. Eanna was given to 6 girls in 2014 according to the Social Security Administration.

Earla f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Earl

Earlan m & f English (American, Rare), Caribbean (Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Earldene f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Earl.

Earlean f English (American)
Variant of Earlene.

Earlee f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Early.

Earlena f English
Latinate form of Earline; variant of Erlena and Earleen.

Earletta f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Earl using the name suffix etta.

Earlette f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Earl using the name suffix ette.

Earley m English (American)
Variant of Early or a nickname for Earl.

Earlie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Early and diminutive of Earline.

Earlina f English
Variant of Earline.

Early m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Early.

Earlyn m & f English (American, Rare)

Earlyne f English (American)
Alternate spelling of Earline. A known bearer of this name was the American mystic and author Earlyne Chaney (1916-1997).

Earskin m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Erskine.

Earth f & m English (Rare), English (Puritan)
From the English word earth, referring to the planet, the soil, or the alchemical element. Ultimately from Old English eorthe.

Earyn f English (American)
Alternate spelling of Erin.

Eason m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Eason.

East m & f English
From the English word, from the Old English ēast-, ultimately from the Proto-Germanic *aust- "east; toward the sunrise". It is also used as a short form of Easton.

Easten m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Easton.

Easther f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Easter.

Eastin m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Easton.

Eastley m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Eastley.

Eastlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare), Trinidadian Creole
Combination of east and the popular name suffix lyn.

Eastyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Easton, sometimes used as a feminine form.

Eastynn f & m English (American)
Alternate spelling of Easton.

Eathel f English
Variant of Ethel.

Eathen m English (Rare)
Variant of Ethan.

Eathon m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ethan. Eathon was given to 12 boys in 2007 according to the SSA.

Eaton m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Eaton.

Eaves f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Eaves.

Eavie f English
alternative spelling of Evie

Eavonne f English (Rare)

Ebb m English
Diminutive of Ebenezer.

Ebbie m English
Diminutive of Ebenezer.

Ebbie f English (African, Rare)
Diminutive of Ebba 2 or Ebony.

Ebbye f English
Variant spelling of Ebbie.

Ebed-meleck m English (Puritan)
Variant of Ebed-melech.

Ebeneezer m English (American)
Variant of Ebenezer.

Ebeny f English
Variant of Ebony.

Ebilea f English (Rare, Archaic)

Ebone f English (Modern, Rare), African American
Variant of Ebony.

Ebonie f English
Variant of Ebony.

Ebroin m English, History
English form of Eberwin. Ebroin was the name of a 7th-century mayor of the palace of Neustria.

Echoe f English (Rare)
Variant of Echo.

Ecko f & m English
Variant of Echo.

Eclipse f & m English (Rare)
From the English word eclipse (derived from Latin eclipsis, ultimately from the Greek verb ἐκλείπω (ekleipô) meaning "to fail", i.e. fail to appear); a solar eclipse is when the sun and moon are aligned exactly so that the moon casts a great shadow over the Earth; a lunar eclipse is when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a bright slither of light... [more]

Ecru f English (American, Rare)
From the English word ecru, the color of unbleached silk or linen, which is from the French écru, meaning "raw" or "unbleached".

Ecstasy f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the drug ecstasy.

Edaline f English (Rare)
Variant of Edeline.

Edbert m English
English form of Eadberht.

Edberta f English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Edbert

Edbertine f English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Edbert

Edd m English
Variant of Ed.

Eddalyn f English (?)

Edden m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Edden.... [more]

Eddi m English (Rare), German
Variant of Eddie.

Eddye f English

Edee f English
Possibly a diminutive of Edith

Edel f German, German (Austrian), Danish, English, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian, Sami, Swedish
Short form of names that begin with or end in the element "Edel-" meaning "noble", for example Edeltraud, Edelgard.... [more]

Edelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Adelyn.

Edenn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Eden.

Ederic m English
Variant of Eadric.

Edevie f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning.... [more]

Edgarda f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), English (Rare)
Feminine form of Edgardo.

Edgarine f French (African, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Edgar.

Edgenie f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Meaning unknown, possibly an anglicized form of Eugénie.

Edgerton m English
Transferred use of the surname Edgerton.

Edi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Eddie (Also, see Eddi)

Edia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)

Edin m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Eden.

Edler m English (?)
Transferred use of the surname Edler. A notable bearer is Elder Garnet Hawkins, the first African American to serve as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church.

Edlina f English (Rare)
Possibly either a contracted form of Edelina (compare Edeline) or an elaborated or diminutive form of Edla.

Edlyn f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Edelyn.

Edmondia f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the name of the plant.

Edmonia f English, Haitian Creole, Louisiana Creole, French (Cajun)
Feminine form of Edmond.

Ednah f English (African)
Variant of Edna.

Edny f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Edna.

Edora f English
Variant of Eudora.

Edra f English (American, Rare)
Allegedly coined as a feminine form of Edric.

Edrea f English (Rare)

Edrian m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Adrian.

Edriana f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Adriana.

Edrianna f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Adriana.

Edrick m English
Variant of Edric.

Edrie f English
Possibly a diminutive of Edris.

Edris m English
Variant of Idris 2.

Edris f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Edric. This was the birth name of Anglo-Irish ballet dancer Ninette de Valois (1898-2001).

Edson m Portuguese (Brazilian), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Edison or transferred use of the surname Edson. This was the name of Brazilian soccer player Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento), widely considered one of the greatest players of all time... [more]

Eduene f English
Meaning unknown. The name of Joan Didion's mother. Possibly from ead "rich" with a diminutive suffix.

Edwald m English
Contemporary English form of Eadwald. Like many native Anglo-Saxon names, this name fell out of use after the Norman conquest of England.

Edwarda f English (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Edward.

Edwardiana f English (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)

Edwardina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Edward.

Edwardine f English, German
Feminine form of Edward.

Edwardo m English
Variant of Eduardo.

Edwerdina f English (American, Rare)
Variant spelling of Edwardina

Edwick m English (Rare)

Edwilda f English (American, Rare)
Technically, it is possible that this given name is derived from Eadwild, which is a corruption or misspelling of the Anglo-Saxon name Eadhild, but this is very unlikely, seeing as Eadwild has only been encountered once in that particular capacity so far... [more]

Edwinetta f English
Elaborated form of Edwina.

Edwinette f English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Edwin.

Edwinna f English (American)
Variant of Edwina possibly influenced by the ehd-WIN-uh pronunciation.

Edy m & f South American, English (Rare), German
Variant of Eddy or Edie.

Edyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Eden.

Edynn f English (American, Modern)
Variant of Eden.

Edyth f English (Rare)
Variant of Edith, in use in the English-speaking world since the 1200s.

Edzel m English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare), Filipino
Variant of Edsel.

Eevee f English (American)
Variant of Evie.

Effa f English
Variant of Aoife.

Effaline f English (American, Archaic)

Effemy f English (Rare), Medieval English
Medieval English vernacular form of Euphemia.

Effy f English (Archaic), Scottish (Archaic)
Variant of Effie.

Effye f English
Variant of Effie.

Efram m English (Rare)
Variant of Efraim

Egan m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Egan.

Egbertine f Dutch (Rare), German (Rare, Archaic), English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Egbert.

Egerton m English
Transferred use of the surname Egerton.

Eggbert m English
Variant of Egbert

Eglantyne f English (Rare)
Variant of Eglantine.

Ehlani f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Alani.

Ehren m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ehren and a variant of Aaron.

Eidson m English
Possibly a variant of Addison.

Eila f English, Scottish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Eily.

Eilean f English (Rare)
Variant of Eileen.

Eileene f English (Rare)
Variant of Eileen.

Eilena f English (Rare)
Latinized form of Eilene.

Eilleen f English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Variant of Eileen.

Eilyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Eileen, using the popular name suffix lyn.

Éire f English (Modern), Irish (Modern, Rare)

Eiria f English
Possibly a transferred use of the surname Eiria.... [more]

Eisele f English (American)
Transferred use of the German surname Eisele.

Eisha m & f English
Possibly a variant of Aisha.

Eisla f English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Isla.

Eisleigh f English (Modern)
Variant of Eisley.

Eithel f English
Variant of Ethel.

Elah f English (Rare)
Variant of Ella 1 or Ella 2. This name was given to 33 girls born in the United States in 2015.

Elainah f English (Rare)
Variant of Elaina.

Elaiyah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Alayah.

Elan m English (Rare), Jewish
Anglicized form of Elon and Ilan.

Elana f English, Jewish
Feminine form of Elan.

Elana f English (Rare)
Variant of Elena or Alana

Elani f English (Australian)

Elania f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Elana or Elane.

Elanna f English (Rare)

Elaria f English, Medieval English
A medieval English form of Eulalia. ... [more]

Elarica f English (Rare)

Elarra f English (Rare)
Variant of Elara.

Elayna f English (American)
Variant of of Elaina.

Elayne f English
Variant of Elaine.

Elbee m & f English (American, Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials LB.

Elberta f English (American, Rare), Dutch
Feminine form of Elbert.

Elbertha f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Elberta.

Elbertina f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Elbert.

Elbertine f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Feminine form of Elbert.

Elbridge m English
A personal name of Teutonic origin, popular in various forms throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, meaning "illustrious."

Elby m English
English form of Ælfwig.

Eldee f & m English (American, Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials LD or a form of Elda.

Elden m English
Variant of Eldon or Alden.

Elder m English
Transferred use of the surname Elder.

Eldin m English (Rare)
Variant of Eldon. This spelling was used for the character 'Eldin Bernecky,' a philosophical painter in the television series 'Murphy Brown' (1988-1998). The role was portrayed by actor Robert Pastorelli.

Eldinea f English (American, Rare)

Eldora f English (American, Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Perhaps a combination of Elnora and Dora. This is the name of a small former mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States, which was originally named El Dorado.

Eldoris f English (American, Rare)

Eldrage m English
Alternative spelling of Eldridge.

Eldrick m English (American)
Variant of Eldric.

Eldridge m English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name Eldric.

Ele f English (Modern)
Short form of Ellen 1, Elizabeth, Helen and other similar-looking names... [more]

Eleania f English

Eleanour f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Eleanor. This name was borne by Eleanour Sophy Sinclair Rohde (1881–1950), a British gardener, garden designer, and horticultural writer.

Elease f English
Variant of Elise.

Elec m English (American)
A diminutive version of Alexander; alternative to Alec.

Elecia f English (Rare)
Variant of Alicia.

Electa f English
Taken from the word “elected” meaning "chosen". ... [more]

Elected m English (Puritan)
Referring to the Doctrine of Election.

Electia f English (Rare)

Elee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ellie.

Eleesa f English (Australian, Rare)

Eleese f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Elise.

Eleesha f English (Rare)
Variant of Alicia.

Elegin m English

Elegy m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Elegy or from the word elegy, early 16th century from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos ‘mournful poem’.

Elenah f English
Variant of Elena. This name was given to 5 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Elenda f English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Ellender.

Elendor f & m English (Rare)