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Afton f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Afton. It is also the name of a river in Scotland, and it coincides with the Swedish noun
afton meaning "evening".... [
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Alto m Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian, German, DutchDirectly taken from Latin
altus meaning "to raise, to make high, to elevate". As a musical term it refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range.... [
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Arian m & f EnglishVariation of
Aryan, or from the English word referring to "someone whose star sign is
Aries". Arian Foster (born 1986) is an American football player for the Houston Texans.
Bode m English (Modern)Popularized by American skier Bode Miller (1977-), born Samuel Bode Miller, in whose case it was inspired by the English word
bode meaning "to indicate by signs, as future events", according to his 2005 autobiography... [
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Ceylon m English (Rare)From the historical name of the British crown colony (present-day Sri Lanka), borrowed from Portuguese
Ceilão and ultimately derived from Sanskrit सिंहल
(simhala), literally meaning "lionlike" and composed of सिंह
(simha) meaning "lion" and the suffix -ल
(-la).
Champ m & f AmericanFrom the English word
champion, meaning "winner".
Chimere f & m African AmericanFrom the brand of perfume called Chimère, which was introduced by Prince Matchabelli in 1979. The French word
chimère means "chimera". This is the middle name of American R&B singer Ne-Yo (1979-), real name Shaffer Chimere Smith.
Chosen f & m English (Rare)From the past participle of
choose from Old English
cēosan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
kiezen.
Clarke m & f EnglishVariant of
Clark. As a feminine name it came into use in the early 1990s, influenced by the character Clarke Betancourt from the 1990 film
Mo' Better Blues... [
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Creed m EnglishFrom the English word "creed" meaning "that which is believed, a set of beliefs, particularly religious, or any set of principals adhered to; a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs; or the fact of believing, as in belief, faith"... [
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Curley m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Curley or else from an English surname of Norman origin, which may have been from a French place name or perhaps from a nickname meaning "curlew (a bird)" (see also
Curly)... [
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Danyell f & m English (Modern)Variant of
Danielle or
Daniel, which supposedly originated in the American state of Louisiana. In the USA it was given to 149 girls in 1974 and 32 boys in 1976.
Dewitt m EnglishDerived from a Dutch surname that was originally written as
De Witt (it is common for Dutch immigrants to an English-speaking country to write their surname as one 'word', to make it easier to write for the citizens of that particular English-speaking country), it literally means "the white one"... [
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Doctor m English (British, Archaic)Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’) via Old French from Latin
doctor ‘teacher’ (from
docere ‘teach’).
Elbridge m EnglishA personal name of Teutonic origin, popular in various forms throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, meaning "illustrious."
Elzy f & m AmericanVariant of
Elzie. Diminutive of names containing
Elz or
Els or similar sounds.
Eston m English (Rare)From a location name meaning "east town." Possibly transferred use of the name of the town of Eston in Yorkshire, England.
Gifford m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Gifford. Notable namesake is Gifford
Pinchot (1865 - 1946) first Chief of the United States Forest Service.
Golden m & f English, Romani (Archaic)Either from the English word
golden (from Old English
gyldan "made of gold") or the surname
Golden, originally given as a nickname to someone with blond hair... [
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Guilford m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Guilford. A known bearer was the husband of Lady Jane Grey, Lord Guilford (or Guildford) Dudley.
Halley f & m English, Portuguese (Brazilian)Transferred use of the surname
Halley. It peaked in popularity in 1986, when Halley's Comet was last spotted from Earth. It rose again in the US in the mid 1990's when similar-sounding names (like
Haley and
Hallie) were increasing in popularity.
Jiraiya m & f Japanese Mythology, Popular Culture, English (Modern)First used in the 1806 yomi-hon Jiraiya Monogatari (自来也説話) and then subsequently in the folklore Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑譚), published as a series from 1839 to 1868, belonging to the main character who uses shape-shifting magic to morph into a gigantic toad... [
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Jonnie m & f EnglishVariant spelling of
Jonny in the case of most males. For females, it will most often be a diminutive form of names such as
Joan 1 and
Joanie.
Karon m African AmericanCombination of the popular elements
ka and
ron. Famous bearers of this African-American name include the American football player KaRon Coleman (1978-) and American actor Karon Riley (1978-).
Kenai m & f English (Modern, Rare)Means "flat land" in the Dena'ina language. From the Dena'ina
ken 'big flat' and
ken'ey 'two big flats with a river cutback'.... [
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Kenley m & f English (American, Modern)Either from the English surname
Kenley which was derived from place names in Shropshire and Greater London (formerly Surrey) from the Old English name
Cena combined with
leah "woodland clearing"; or from the Scottish surname
Kenley, itself a reduced form of McKenley, a variant of
McKinley, derived from the Gaelic surname Mac Fionnlaigh, which means "son of
Finlay".
Kiel m English (American)Popularized by the American television actor Kiel Martin (1944-1990), who was named after the city of Kiel in Germany (see the place name
Kiel)... [
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Kolten m English (Modern)Variant of
Colton. Known bearers of this name include the American professional baseball player Kolten Wong (b. 1990) and the Canadian professional football player Kolten Solomon (b... [
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Kunta m Literature, African American (Rare)This name was popularized in the USA in the late 1970s by the character Kunta Kinte in Alex Haley's historical novel 'Roots' (1976) and the subsequent television miniseries based on the book (1977).
Lafayette m English (American, Rare)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).
Loyal m & f English, English (Puritan)From the English word meaning "firm in allegiance, faithful, to a person, cause, or institution", ultimately from Latin
lēgalis meaning "legal, law".
Nakia m & f Popular Culture, African AmericanBriefly charted on American popularity lists due to the short-lived television police drama series 'Nakia' (1974), which starred Robert Forster as a Navajo deputy sheriff. Since then, it has been used as an African-American name (both femenine and masculine), interpreted as a combination of the phonetic elements
na,
kee and
ya Norval m EnglishDerived from the surname
Norval, which is an Anglo-Scottish variant of
Norville, a Norman French surname that was brought to Great Britain during or after the Norman Conquest... [
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Rock m English (Rare)English form of
Rocco, traditionally used to refer to the 14th-century saint. Modern use of the name is probably influenced by the English surname
Rock and may also be inspired by the English word
rock... [
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