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Rhune m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Rune

Rhye m English (Rare)

Rhylee f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Reilly.

Rhyme m & f English (American)
Comes from the word rhyme which means “words that sound similar”

Rhyse m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Rhys.

Rice m English (Rare, Archaic)
English form of the Welsh name Rhys.

Ricke m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Rick.

Rilee f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Riley.

Riverine f & m English (Australian, Rare)

Rockie m English (Rare)
Variant of Rocky.

Roddie m English
Variant of Roddy.

Rodgie m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Rodger.

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

Rogie m English
Diminutive of Roger.

Rogue f & m English
From Breton rog (“haughty”) or Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre, Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”).

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

Rokee f & m English
I created this name for myself and I feel that other people should be able to see and use it!

Romance m English (Rare)
From the English word “romance” this was given to 9 baby boys in the USA in 2014.

Rome m & f English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the capital city of Italy (see Rome). This is also a diminutive of Roman.

Rommie m English

Ronlee m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Means "Ron's clearing". Combination of the name Ron 1, a short form of Ronald, and the name Lee, means "clearing".

Rookie m English (American, Modern, Rare)

Roone m English
A name of Irish origin meaning red-haired. A noticeable bearer is the American sports and news broadcasting executive Roone Arledge (1931-2002)

Rosedale m English
A variant of Rosendale . habitational name from Rosedale (North Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ with an uncertain first element either hross ‘horse’ (genitive plural hrossa) or the Old Norse personal name Russi Ross

Rossie f & m English
A variant of the surname Rossi, a variant of Rosie or diminutive of Ross.

Rowe f & m English
Diminutive of Rowan, Roland, or Rhoda.

Rowie f & m English
A short form of names such as Rowan, Rowena, or Rowanne

Ruee m English
Diminutive of Reuben.

Rufe m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Rufus.

Ruffie m English
Variant of Ruffy.

Rumble f & m English (American)
From rumble (v.). Slang noun meaning "gang fight" is from 1946. Meaning "backmost part of a carriage" is from 1808 (earlier rumbler, 1801), probably from the effect of sitting over the wheels; hence rumble seat (1828).

Russelle m & f English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Russell.

Russie m English
Variant of Russy.

Rustie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Rusty.

Rydale m English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly an Appalachian form of Rydell, used a given name.

Rye m & f English
Transferred use of the English surname Rye.... [more]

Ryelee f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Riley. The USA Social Security Administration has recorded 12 girls and 6 boys with the name Ryelee in 2014.

Ryeme m English

Ryle m English (American)

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

Ryze m English (American)

Sabe m English
Diminutive of Sabellius.

Safe-deliverance m & f English (Puritan)
Referring to being delivered from evil by God.

Safe-on-highe m English (Puritan)
Often given to children expected to perish. References the safety of a child in Heaven versus earth.

Sagie f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of the name Sage.

Samee m & f Urdu, English (Rare)
As an Urdu masculine name, means "one who hears." It is a convention to use either a prefix Abdus or a suffix Ullah along the name, which gives meanings of the servant of All Hearing or hearer of God respectively.... [more]

Samie m & f English (American)
Variant of Sammy.

Sammee f & m English
Variant spelling of Sammy.

Sammye f & m English
Alternate spelling of Sammy.

Sande f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sandy.

Sandrie f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Pet form of Alexandra, Alexander, Sandra, Sander

Sarchie f & m English

Satie f & m English (Rare)

Science m English (American, Rare)
Middle English (denoting knowledge) from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire ‘know.’

Seabrooke m English
Transferred use of the surname Seabrooke.

Sebbie f & m English
Diminutive of Sebastiane or Sebastian.

Sedge m & f English
A swordsman. Related names are Sedgley(from the meadow of the swordsman), and Sedgwick(from the place of sword grass).

Seemore m English (Archaic)
Variant of Seymour.

Sevvie m English
Diminutive of Severus.

Shade m & f English
From the English word shade or transferred use of the surname Shade, which may be a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary (from the Old English scead "boundary") or a nickname for a thin man, (from the Middle English schade, "shadow", "wraith") or an Americanized spelling of the German and Dutch surname Schade.

Shadoe m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Shadow. It was brought to limited public attention in 1988 by Shadoe Stevens (real name Terry Ingstad), who hosted the radio program American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995.

Shakespeare m English
Transferred use of the surname Shakespeare first borne as a forename of William Shakespeare’s grandson Shakespeare Quiney.

Shanne f & m English (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form and variant of Shane.

Shaquelle m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant and feminine form of Shaquille.

Shaquile m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Shaquille.

Sharlie f & m English
Elaboration of Shar.

Shatone m English (American)

Shaunie m & f English
Masculine and Feminine diminutive of Shaun

Shawnie f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Shawnee.

Shaylie f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Shaylee.

Shaynne m English
Variant of Shane. This is the middle name of Darrel "Darry" Curtis Jr. in S.E. Hinton's coming of age novel, The Outsiders.

Shedree m English (American)

Sheyne f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Shane.

Shine f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Either from the English word shine or transferred use of the surname Shine 1.

Shyne m & f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Shine.

Sidnee f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Sidney.

Sidnie f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Sidney.

Sience m English (American, Americanized, Rare)
Variant of Science.

Silence m & f English (African), English (Puritan), Romani (Archaic)
Simply from the English word silence, from Middle English from Old French, from Latin silentium, from silere "be silent". A popular virtue name amongst the Puritans in the 17th century, it was usually given to girls (very occasionally to boys), ultimately taken from the admonition of Saint Paul: "Let the women learn in silence, with all subjection." Translated into Latin it became Tace, which "in its turn developed into Tacey"... [more]

Sin-denye f & m English (Puritan)
Used in reference to denying sin and turning to God.

Skippie m English
Diminutive of Skipper and Skipton.

Slate m English (American, Modern)
Derived from the surname Slate.

Slone m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Sloane.

Small-hope m & f English (Puritan)

Snake m English
From Proto-Germanic *snakon, source also of Old Norse snakr "snake," Swedish snok, German Schnake "ring snake"), from PIE root *sneg- "to crawl, creeping thing" (source also of Old Irish snaighim "to creep," Old High German snahhan "to creep").

Sodde m English (American)

Solace f & m English (American, Rare), English (African, Rare)
From the English word, solace.

Sollie m & f English
Pet form of Solomon or Saul (when borne by a male) and variant spelling of Soli (when borne by a female).

Solstice f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Latin solsticium and thus ultimately from sol "sun" and stito "to stand still". The English word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.... [more]

Spence m English
Short form of Spencer.

Sphere m English (Rare)
Probably from the English word sphere, ultimately from Greek σφαῖρα (sphaira) meaning "globe, ball". Two famous bearers of this name are American jazz pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk (1917-1982) and his son Thelonious Sphere "T... [more]

Spire m English (Rare)
From Old French spirer, and its source, Latin spīrō (“to breathe”). Possible relation to Spiro.

Sprague m English (Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Sprague, itself a variant of the English word sprack meaning "lively".

Spruce m English (American)
An English word referring to a type of evergreen tree; also a synonym of dapper. Both originally referring to imports, an alternation of Pruce "from Prussia".

Squire m English (Rare)
Either from the English occupational surname (see Squire), or else directly from the English word. It is derived from Old French esquier, escuier "squire", literally "shield-bearer" (from Latin scutarius, a derivative of scutum "shield").

Stange m English (Rare)

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

Stanlee m English
Variant of Stanley.

Stanlie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Stanley.

Starrie f & m English

Starshine f & m English, Popular Culture
Popularized by the song "Good Morning, Starshine" from the 1967 anti-war, counter-culture, rock musical Hair.

Steade m English
English- A famous Brittish pirate had this name

Steadfast-love f & m English (Puritan)
Popular Puritan name, derived from the repeated phrase present in the Psalms.

Stede m English (Archaic, ?)
Possibly from an English surname that was derived from Old English stēda meaning "stallion; stud-horse" or Old English stede "place; position". This was most notably borne by Stede Bonnet (1688-1718), known as the 'Gentleman Pirate' because he was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados.

Steele m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred form the surname Steele.

Stevee m English
Variant of Stevie.

Stewie m Popular Culture, English
Diminutive of Stewart. In popular culture, this name is best known for being the name of Stewie Griffin, one of the main characters of the American animated television series Family Guy.

St George m English (Rare)
Anglicized version of the French Saint-Georges. It is possibly used in honor of Saint George of Lydda.

Storme m & f Greenlandic, English
Greenlandic form of Storm, as well as an English variant.

Stormee f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Stormy.

Stormie f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Stormy.

Stowe m English
Transferred usage of the surname Stowe.

Stue m & f English
Variant of Stu.

Stuie m English
Diminutive of Stuart.

Suade m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Swade.

Sublime f & m English (African, Rare)
Taken from the English word sublime.

Suede m & f English
The word comes from the French Suède, which literally means "Sweden".

Sundance m & f English (American, Rare)
The Sundance Kid was the nickname of American outlaw Harry Longabaugh (1867-1908), in whose case it was taken from Sundance, Wyoming, the only town that ever jailed him, where he was incarcerated for eighteen months for horse thievery at the age of 15... [more]

Sunrise m & f English (Rare)
From the English word sunrise, referring to a time in the morning when the sun appears.

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

Swayde m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Swade.

Swayze f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Swayze as a given name. Usage of the name is likely due to popular American actor Patrick Swayze (1952-2009).

Sycamore m English (Rare)
From the English word sycamore for various types of trees, ultimately from Greek συκόμορος (sūkomoros) meaning "fig-mulberry".

Taige m English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Tadhg.

Tajae m English (American, Modern, Rare)

Tallie f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Tally, a diminutive of Natalie.... [more]

Talmadge m English
Transferred use of the surname Talmadge.

Talmage m English
Variant of Talmadge.

Tamlane m Scottish (Rare, ?), English (Rare)

Taniele m English (Australian)
Variant of Taniel

Tannie f & m English (American)

Tarrance m English
Variation of Terence

Taye m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tay.

Tayte f & m English (Modern)
Unisex variant of Tate. Also used as a diminutive of Tatum.

Tennelle f & m English
Variant of Tenille.

Tennessee f & m English (American)
From the name of the state located in the Southeastern region of the United States, possibly derived from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean "winding river", which was originally the name of a village in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee... [more]

Terre f & m English (American)
Variant of Terry 1.

Terrelle m English (Rare)
Variant of Terrell.

Texlee m & f English (American)

Thayne m English (Modern)
Variant of Thane.

Theadore m English (American)
Variant of Theodore.

Thedore m English
Variant of Theodore.

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.

Thorne m English
Transferred use of the surname Thorne. Derived from the Old English word for "thorn." This was the name of a letter in the Old English alphabet, as well as the name of a character from the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Thoyce m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly an alternative to Royce. Used in the south eastern USA at least as early as 1940.

Three m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word for the number 3.

Thwaite m English (Rare)
Meaning, "clearing in a wooded area." May be used on its own, but may also be seen in combination with Medieval English and Old German personal names.

Thyme f & m English (Rare)
From Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).

Tille f & m English (American, Archaic)
For men most likely use of the surname Tille as a given name for women a nickname of Matilda or a variation of Tilly is also possible.

Time m English (Rare)
Either transferred use of the surname Time or from the word time.

Timmie m English, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Timmy.

Timothie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Timothy.

Timothye m & f English, English (Puritan)
Variant of Timothy, notably the name of theologian William Perkins' wife.

Tirese m English (American, Rare)
Masculine variant of Therese.

Tobe m English (Rare)
Variant of Toby.

Tollie m English (Rare)
Variant of Tolly.

Tommye m & f English
Variant of Tommie.

Tonee f & m English
Variant of Toni 2 or Tony.

Tonie m & f English
Variant of Tony and Toni 2.

Torie f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Tory or Tori.

Torrance m English (Rare)
Variant of Torrence.

Torrence m African American (Modern, Rare), English
Transferred use of the surname Torrence or variation of Terrance.

Trae m English (Modern)
Variant of Trey.

Trance m English (American, Rare, ?)

Traverse m English
Virtue name after the vocabulary word traverse, to suggest a journey (through life) or transferred use of the surname Traverse.

Trayce m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Trace or Tracy.

Treelore m English (Rare)
Probably a variant of Treloar, this was the name of Aibileen Clark’s son, in Stockett’s ‘the help’

Trevore m English
Variant of Trevor.

Treyce m English
Variant of Trace

Trinite m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Trinity.

Troye m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Troy, sometimes used as a feminine form. A known bearer is South African-born Australian singer-songwriter and actor Troye Sivan (1995-).... [more]

True m & f English (American, Modern)
From the English word true, itself from Old English trīewe meaning "trusty, faithful".

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

Twaine m English (British)

Tyle m English (Rare)
Short form of Tyler.

Tylee f & m English (African, Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ty and lee.

Tymothee m English
Variant of Timothy.

Tyrice m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tyrese.

Tyrie m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tyree.

Tyrise m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tyrese.

Tyronne m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tyrone

Tysoe m English

Ugene m English (Rare)
Variant of Eugene.

Ulyssie m & f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Diminutive of Ulysses which was occasionally used as a feminine form of this name.

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

Valentyne m Medieval English, English (Archaic)
Medieval English form of Valentine 1.

Valiance f & m English (Rare, Archaic)

Vee f & m English (American)
Short form of names beginning with V.

Verlaine f & m French (Rare), English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Likely given in honour of French poet Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Usage in France is feminine.

Verne m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Vern, or transferred use of the surname Verne.

Vernie f & m English
Diminutive of Veronica and names containing vern, such as Vernon, Verna or Laverne.

Versace f & m Various, English (Rare)
Transferred use of the Italian surname Versace as a given name, possibly used in reference to the Italian luxury fashion company Versace.

Verve f & m English
Variant of Virve.

Vessie m & f English
Short form of Vesta, Vespa, Sylvester, and other names containing Ves-.

Viete m English (Canadian)

Vinie f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Vinnie.

Virge m English
Diminutive of Virgil.

Virgle m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Virgil.

Volante m & f English (Rare)

Vollie m English
Either a diminutive of Valentine 1 or a variant of the surname Volley. ... [more]

Vyctorye m & f English (Puritan)
Puritan variant of Victory, in reference to Christ's victory over sin and death.

Waine m English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Wayne.

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

Wallie m English
Diminutive for Wallace and other names containing wall- in them.

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

Wanye m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Wanya or Waynie.

Wave f & m English (Rare)
From Old English wafian (verb), from the Germanic base of waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English wawe ‘(sea) wave’.

Wayde m English
Variant of Wade.

Welcome m & f English, English (Puritan)
The origin of Welcome is the English language. Derived literally from the common word 'welcome'. It represents the transferred use of the vocabulary word as a given name.

Wellie m English

Weslee m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant and feminine form of Wesley.

Westlee m & f English
Variant of Westley.

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

Whitsuntide m English (Puritan)
Name given in relation to Whitsuntide, referring to the time around Pentecost.

Wholesome m English (Puritan)
Meaning, "conducive to or promoting moral well-being."

Wibbie m & f English (Rare, Archaic)

Wilberforce m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wilberforce. British author P. G. Wodehouse used it for the middle name of his famous fictional character Bertie Wooster.

Wilbie m English
Diminutive of Wilbert and Wilbur.

Wilbure m English
Variant of Wilbur.

Wilde m English
Transferred use of the surname Wilde.

Wilfie m English
Diminutive of names beginning with Wilf-, like Wilfred.

Willowe f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Willow.

Willye m English
Variant of Willy.

Wilsie f & m English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Possibly a feminine diminutive form and masculine diminutive of Wilson.

Winkie m & f English (Rare)
Either a diminutive for names starting with W or ending with the -ine sound, or its transferred use of the surname Winkie.

Winnee m English
Diminutive of Winfred.

Winstone m English (Rare)
Variant of Winston, reflecting the word stone.

Wintie m English
Diminutive of Winthrop.

Wolfie m English (Rare), German (Rare)
Nickname for names containing the element Wolf-, such as Wolf, Wolfe, Wolfgang etc... [more]

Woodbridge m English
American motion picture director Woodbridge Strong "Woody" Van Dyke, Jr. (Born: March 21, 1889, Died: February 5, 1943) is a famous bearer of this name.

Woodroe m English (American)
Variant of Woodrow.

Woodrove m English
Transferred use of the surname Woodrove.

Worthie m English (American, Rare)
Variant spelling of Worthy.

Wraye m English
Transferred use of the surname Wraye.

Wyatte m English
Variant of Wyatt

Wyette m English
Variant of Wyatt.

Wylee m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Wiley.

Wylie m & f English
Variant of Wiley.

Wythe m English
Transferred use of the surname Wythe.

Xandie m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Alexander or Alexandra.

Xane m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zane 1.

Xave m English
Short form of Xavier.

Yance m English
Variant of Yancy and Yancey.

Yarde m English
Transferred use of the surname Yarde.

Yeoville m English (Rare)

Yorke m Scottish, English
Variant of York and transferred usage of the surname Yorke.

Yule m English
Transferred use of the surname Yule, given for someone who was born on Christmas Day or had some other connection with this time of year, from Middle English yule ‘Christmastide’ (Old English geol, reinforced by the cognate Old Norse term jól).

Zabe m English (Modern)

Zace m English (Modern)

Zacherie m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zachery.

Zachie m English (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Zach.

Zackerie m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zackery.

Zackie m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Zachary.

Zade m English (Rare)

Zae m English, African American

Zage m English (Modern, Rare)
An invented name, probably based on the sounds found in names such as Zane, Zayden, Sage and Gage... [more]

Zaide m & f English
Variant of Zade or Zayde and short form of Zaiden

Zaine m English
Variant of Zane 1.

Zakarie m English, Hebrew, French

Zale m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Zale. In recent years it has seen a slight boost in popularity, possibly influenced by the phonetic element zay.

Zandie m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Zandy.

Zayde m English
Variant of Zade and short form of Zayden

Zee m & f English (American)
Short form of names beginning with Z.

Zeeke m English (Rare, ?)
Variant of Zeke.

Zhane m & f Popular Culture, English (Rare), African American (Modern)
Variant of Zane 1. This was the name of the Silver Ranger in the TV series 'Power Rangers in Space'.

Zierre m & f English
Variant of Zaire.

Zollie m English (Modern)
Variant of Sollie.

Zye m English (American, Modern, Rare)