EvlalemGeorgian (Archaic) Georgian form of Eulalos. This name was borne by two Catholicoi of Caucasian Iberia: the first lived in the 6th century AD, the other in the 7th century AD.
Excellencem & fEnglish (African, Rare) From the English word excellence meaning "The quality of being excellent; brilliance" or "An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue".... [more]
ExercisefEnglish (Puritan) Simply from the English word exercise, occasionally used as a given name in early New England. The only biblical text upon which it can be based is I Timothy 4:7, "Exercise thyself rather unto godliness."
Experiencem & fEnglish (Puritan, Rare), Literature From the English word "experience", from the Latin experientia, from experīrī meaning "to try, test". A name occasionally used by Puritans.
Ezéliem & fFrench (Rare) French form of Ezelias, which is a variant spelling of Eselias, the hellenized form of the Biblical Hebrew given name Atsalyahu... [more]
Fablem & fEnglish Derived from the word for a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities, and that illustrates a moral lesson.... [more]
FaileubefFrankish Faileube was the wife of Childebert II, a Merovingian king of Austrasia.
FainchefIrish (Rare), Irish Mythology Derived from Irish fuinche meaning "scald-crow" or "black fox". It occurs in Irish myth as the name of the daughter of Dáire Derg and mother of the three Fothads by a warrior called Mac Nia... [more]
FáinnefIrish Means "circle" or "ring" in Irish. This name was coined during the Gaelic revival, at which time it referred to a ring-shaped pin badge (introduced in 1911) worn to designate fluent Irish speakers and thus gained popularity as a political-cultural statement.
FalatrudefMedieval French Derived from Old High German falco meaning "falcon" and Proto-Germanic *þrūþ meaning "strength" or Proto-Germanic *trut meaning "maiden".
FarorefPopular Culture This is the name of a goddess in The Legend of Zelda series of video games. The goddess of courage, earth and life, her name supposedly means "life" or "courage" in the ancient Hylian language.
Fatem & fEnglish, English (American), English (African) Either a direct derivation of the English word fate or a diminutive of Lafayette. The latter is what led the name to being used as a majority masculine name in the 19th and 20th centuries in the United States.
FauvefFrench (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare) Derived from French fauve. As a noun, fauve means "tawny-coloured animal" and, by extension, " big cat (such as a lion or lynx); beast, wild animal (especially fierce, aggressive, or predatory)"... [more]
Fayettem & fEnglish (Rare), Dutch (Rare) Short form of Lafayette, or else from a surname ultimately derived from Old French faie "beech", which originally denoted a person who lived in or by a beech wood, or who was from any of various places in France named with the word.
FeefDutch, German As a full name it is derived directly from the German and Dutch word Fee meaning "fairy". It is also used as a nickname for Felicitas or Felicia... [more]
FeefEnglish Nickname for Fiona or other names that start with this sound.
FeithfailgefLiterature Used by Anna Johnston McManus (pen name Ethna Carbery; 1864-1902) in her poem Feithfailge, about a beautiful woman named Feithfailge. It is composed of Irish feith "honeysuckle (genus Lonicera)" and failge "ringlet".
FeixuefChinese From the Chinese 菲 (fēi) meaning "fragrant, luxuriant" and 雪 (xuě) meaning "snow".
FeiyuefChinese From the Chinese 菲 (fēi) meaning "fragrant, luxuriant" or 霏 (fēi) meaning "falling of snow and rain" and 悦 (yuè) meaning "pleased, contented" or 月 (yuè) meaning "moon".
FélonisefFrench (Quebec, Archaic) Possibly a feminization of the French surname Félon, which is derived from the medieval French legal term félon "perjured", ultimately from Latin fallere "to deceive; to cheat; to disappoint; to fail".... [more]
FemmekefWest Frisian Strictly feminine form of Femme, where the diminutive suffix ke has been added to the name.
FendiefChinese From the Chinese 芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, perfume" and 蝶 (dié) meaning "butterfly".
FengxuefChinese From the Chinese 风 (fēng) meaning "wind, air; manners" and 雪 (xuě) meaning "snow".
Fengyef & mChinese From Chinese 枫, 楓 (fēng) meaning "maple" or 凤, 鳳 (fèng) meaning "phoenix" combined with 叶, 葉 (yè) meaning "leaf" or 业, 業 (yè) meaning "business, trade, merits, achievements". Other characters combinations are also possible.
FengyuefChinese From the Chinese 风 (fēng) meaning "wind, air; manners" and 月 (yuè) meaning "moon".
FenimoremEnglish Transferred use of the surname Fenimore, an English surname which was originally a nickname derived from Old French fin "fine, splendid" and amour "love".
FenisefArthurian Cycle In Durmart le Gallois, the Queen of Ireland, Sir Durmart fell in love with her after hearing of her great beauty. At the city of Landoc, Durmart won a sparrowhawk tournament and presented the prize to Fenise without knowing her identity.... [more]
Fenkem & fEast Frisian (Archaic) Variant of Fenne recorded in the 19th and 20th centuries for men and from the 16th to 21th centuries for women in East Frisia
FerrantemMedieval Italian Variant form of Ferrando. Some sources state that aside from this particular derivation, (there where instances where) the name Ferrante could also be directly derived from the medieval French given name Ferrand (also found spelled as Ferrant), which would then essentially make Ferrante an italianization of a French name... [more]
FeyrefLiterature Based on fayre the old fashioned spelling of the English word fair meaning "fair, beautiful", ultimately from Old English fæġer. This name was created for the series 'A Court of Thorns and Roses' by author Sarah J. Maas... [more]