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Acennan m English (British)

Athel m English (British, Rare)

Athole m & f English (British), English (Canadian)
Variant of Athol... [more]

Atley m English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Atley.

Aylett m English (British)
In 1676 in Britain there was a lawyer named Aylett Sammes. Source - Blood and Mistletoe, The History of the Druids in Britain (2011) by Ronald Hutton on page 69.

Aython m English (British)

Ballington m English (British, Rare, ?)
Transferred use of the surname Ballington.... [more]

Barley m & f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Barley.

Beric m English (British), Literature, Popular Culture
Variant of Berrick. Beric Dondarrian is a character in 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as well as it's TV counterpart 'Game of Thrones', known for leading the Brotherhood without Banners and being repeatedly resurrected, though in his case, the name is a variant of Barak 1, as he is known as The Lightning Lord.

Bey m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bey.

Billyjo f & m American (South, Rare), English (British, Rare)
Variant of Billiejo or Billyjoe.

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

Bobbyjo f & m American (South, Rare), English (British, Rare, ?)
Variant of either Bobbijo or Bobbyjoe.

Bobbyjoe m American (South, Rare), English (British, Rare)
Combination of Bobby and Joe. Bobbijo is the feminine counterpart.

Boycie m English (British, Rare), English (New Zealand, Rare)
Diminutive of Boyce.

Brough m English (British)

Brynle m English (British)

Cadvan m English (British, Rare)
Anglicized form of Cadfan.

Caractacus m Old Celtic (Latinized), English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Caratacus.

Caradwg m English (British)
British form of Caractacus

Chadd m English (British)
Variant of Chad.

Chenai f & m English (British)
Likely derived from Chennai, an Indian city of 10 million.

Cianan m English (British, Rare)
Anglicized spelling of Cianán.

Clayborne m English (British)
Variant of Claiborne.

Cledith m English (British), Welsh (?)

Clopton m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Clopton. A notable bearer was Clopton Havers (1657-1702), who became a Physician in England (via the Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians) in 1687 and wrote several books related to the study and structure of bones.

Coner m English (British)

Connah m English (British)
Variant of Conor.

Cropley m English (British, Rare)

Cuddy m Medieval English, English (British, Rare)
Diminutive of Cuthbert.

Dannylee m English (British, Rare)
Combination of Danny and Lee.

De m English (British, Archaic), Cornish (Archaic)
Variant of Day.

Derrern m English (British)

Derwent m English (Australian), English (British)
From the name of multiple rivers in England, which comes from Celtic dwr-gent "clear water", or else a transferred use of the surname (see Derwent)... [more]

Digory m English (British, Rare), Medieval English, Cornish
Variant of Diggory, used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his 'Chronicles of Narnia' series.

Dingle m English (British)

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’).

Drewe m English (British, ?)

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

Ellesmere f & m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ellesmere.

Elyot m Medieval French, English (British, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare), Theatre
Old French diminutive of Elye or Élie. As an English name, it is derived from a surname that was a variant of Elliott... [more]

Emryn m & f Welsh, English (British), English (American, Modern)
In Welsh, "-yn" is the masculine suffix to create singular nouns and is used in creating the diminutive for masculine names.  Therefore,... [more]

Evershed m English (British, Rare)
The second given name of the theatre critic James Evershed Agate.

Finchie m English (British)

Finnlay m & f English (British)
Variant of Finlay.

Flyn m English (British, Rare)
Variant of Flynn.

Folantyne m English (British, Archaic)
Archaic variant of Valentine 1, possibly based on Welsh Folant.

Fraiser m English (British, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Fraser.

Gair m English (British)
Variant of Geir.

Gazza m English (British)
Diminutive of Gary.

Gerran m English (British)

Godolphin m English (British, Rare)
Transferred usage of a Cornish aristocratic surname.

Grayham m English (British, Modern, Rare), English (Australian, Modern, Rare), English (New Zealand, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Graham or an elaboration of Gray with the suffix -ham.

Greville m English (British)

Greyham m English (British, Modern, Rare), English (Australian), English (New Zealand)
Variant of Grayham.

Guelph m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Guelph.... [more]

Hazza m English (British, Modern, Rare), English (Australian, Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Harry

Healey m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Healey.

Hendo m English (British)
Short form and nickname for Henderson.

Iaian m Scottish (Rare), English (British, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Older form of Iain.

Isambard m English (British, Rare)
English form of a medieval French name appearing in various spellings such as Ysambart or Isembart, which were derived from Isanbert... [more]

Jahziah m English (British, Modern, Rare)

Jonjo m English (British, Modern, Rare)
A contraction of John and Joe.... [more]

Kai m & f Arthurian Cycle, English, English (British), Welsh
Variant of Kay 1.

Kalem m English (American, Modern, Rare), English (Canadian, Modern, Rare), English (British, Modern)
Possibly a variant of Calum.

Karac m English (British, Rare)
Comes from the name Caratācos and Caratacus which are also related to Caradog and Caradoc... [more]

Keiron m English (British, Rare)
Variant of Kieran.

Kerns f & m English (British)
It is an Anglicized version of Ó Céirín, a Gaelic naming means "son of the dark haired one". This is typically a last name.

Kieren m English (British)
Possibly a variant of Kieran.

Konradin m German (Rare), English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Diminutive form of Konrad.

Kye m English (Australian), English (British)
Variant of Kai 1.

Lorcan m English (British), Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Lorcán.

Loveday f & m English (African), English (British, Rare), Cornish (Rare), Medieval English, Literature
Medieval form of the Old English name Leofdæg, literally "beloved day". According to medieval English custom, a love day or dies amoris was a day for disputants to come together to try to resolve their differences amicably... [more]

Malin m English (British, Rare)
A rare masculine name from England's north; it means "little warrior". ... [more]

Malvern m English (British), English (American, Rare, Archaic)
From the name of the Malvern Hills in England, which is probably of Brythonic origin, meaning "bare hill" (from the equivalent to Welsh moelfryn "bald hill"). In Britain it was occasionally used as a personal name during the 20th century; 'earliest example noted is in 1912, but none recorded after 1951.'... [more]

Maricourt f & m English (British, Rare)
From the place name Maricourt, located in the Somme department in northern France, first used during the First World War and last used before the Second World War.

Marlo f & m English, English (British)
Variant of Marlowe.

Metellus m Ancient Roman, English (British, Rare)
A family name in the Roman gens Caecilia. It is derived from an originally Etruscan word meaning "hired servant".

Nev m English (British, Rare), Irish (Rare)
Short form of Neville (English), Nevan and Nevin (both Irish). Known bearers of this name include the American former sports broadcaster Nev Chandler (1946-1994) and the Australian former politician Nev Warburton (b... [more]

Nyall m English (British)

Olli m & f English (British, Modern)
Variant of Ollie, a diminutive of Oliver.

Oryon m English (British, Modern, Rare), Welsh (Modern, Rare)
Variant and possible welsh spelling of the name Orion.

Ottiwell m Anglo-Norman, English (British, Rare)
From Otuel, which was a diminutive of the Norman names Otoïs, meaning literally "wealth-wide" or "wealth-wood" (from the Germanic elements aud "wealth, fortune" and wid "wide" or witu "wood"), and Otewi, meaning literally "wealth-war" (in which the second element is wig "war")... [more]

Peniston m English (British, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Peniston.... [more]

Piercy m & f English (British, Rare)
A variant of Piers, a Middle English form of Peter. Peter is derived from the Greek petros, meaning "stone" or "rock".

Ralphy m English (British)
Diminutive of Ralph.

Ransley m English (British)
Ransley is a name and it’s used for a boy of Old English origin. It may derive from the Old English words hraefn (Raven) and leah (meadow), which combine to mean “Raven meadow”. Another possible meaning is “reed marsh fam”... [more]

Reiss m English (British)
Variant of Reese.

Renfield m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
From the raven's field.

Ros m Scottish (Rare), Irish (Rare), English (British, Rare)
Variant of Ross occasionally used in Ireland.

Sanders m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Sanders.

Shafto m English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Transferred from the surname Shafto.

Shorter m English (British, Rare, Archaic), English (Puritan, ?)
From the English word shorter. Charles W. Bardsley wrote in Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature (1880) that he found five instances of this name being given in English parish registers, citing two examples from 1689 and 1690, and compared it to Junior, Little and Young.

Somerset m English (British)
The name of an English county used as a personal name. It is derived from Old English and may mean “the people of the summer settlement” or “settlers by the sea-lakes”. It is often translated as "the land of the summer people".

Sorba m English (British)

Sou'wester m English (British, Rare), Obscure
From the English noun sou'wester, a contracted form of southwester which refers to a strong wind that blows from the southwest and brings warm air from the tropics to the British Isles, often causing rain as it cools while passing over the sea... [more]

Sulli m English (British)

Syer m English (British)
Possibly of Old French origin, Syer is a rare English given name primarily used as a secondary name within a longer compound name; e.g. Frederick Syer. It is particularly associated with the Eighteen family of Reading, Berkshire.

Sylvius m English (British), French (Rare), German (Rare)
Variant of Silvius. ... [more]

Tamblyn f & m English (British)
Transferred use of the surname Tamblyn.

Tell m English (British)
Variant of Tel.

Tell m English (British)
Meaning: of the sun or bright, warm light

Thorndike m English (British)
Transferred use of the surname Thorndike. From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "thorny bank" in Old English.

Thorold m English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare), Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman form of Þórvaldr via Norman Théroulde.

Topham m English (British, Rare)

Trigger m American (Rare), English (British, Rare)
Meaning can be particular to the bearer, such as "trigger of a gun" for someone noted for marksmanship. In the British television series 'Only Fools and Horses' (1981-1991) one character was called Trigger after the horse owned by Roy Rogers.

Twaine m English (British)

Undecimus m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
The latin word undecimus means "eleventh".

Uvedale m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname.

Verdun m & f English (British)
From the name of the city in France which derives from the Latin 'Verodunum', meaning "strong fort". This name was first used during the First World War when the city became well-known due to the Battle of Verdun (1916)... [more]

Vimy f & m English (British, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
From the name of Vimy in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, where the Battle of Vimy Ridge took place from 9 to 12 April 1917 during the First World War.

Vinney m English (British, Rare)
Variant of Vinny

Vyrell m English (British)

Warden m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Could be from the English word 'warden', or a transferred use of the surname

Wilbraham m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wilbraham.

Wynford m Welsh, English (British, Rare)
Variant of Gwynfor.