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Portwood m English
Transferred use of the surname Portwood.

Praise-God m English (Puritan)
From the English phrase praise God, referring to giving God glory. A known bearer was Praise-God Barebone (or Barbon; c. 1598-1679), an English preacher and Fifth Monarchist after whom Barebone's Parliament of 1653 was named... [more]

Preserved m & f English (Puritan)
Name given to a child when spared from certain death during childbirth.

Prodigy m English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word prodigy.

Purdey f & m English (Rare), French (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname, a variant of Purdie.... [more]

Purdy m & f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Purdie.

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

Quaden m English (Australian, Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Quade using the popular phonetic suffix den.

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

Quandale m English (American, Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Quandale Dingle is a cultural idol for teenage guys

Quayd m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Quade.

Radcliffe m English (Rare), Jamaican Patois
From a surname, a variant of Radcliff.

Raddix m & f English (American, Modern, Rare), Obscure (Modern)
Used by American actress Cameron Diaz for her daughter born 2019. It might be inspired by Latin radix meaning "root", which is the source of the English word radical, or the similar name Maddox.... [more]

Radford m English
Transferred use of the surname Radford.

Radiance f & m English
From Latin radiare + -ance. From the English word, defined as "the light or heat as emitted or reflected by something" or "great happiness", occasionally used as a given name.

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

Radium m & f English (Rare)
From Latin radius ray + -ium.

Radlee m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
variant of Radley

Radleigh m English (Rare)
Variant of Radley.

Radley m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Radley.

Radlyn f & m English (Rare)

Radolph m English
English form of Ráðúlfr.

Raeden m & f English
A variant spelling of Rayden.

Raedyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Rayden and Raiden.

Raeford m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Rayford.

Raford m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Reford.

Raiden m English (Modern), Popular Culture
An invented name, combining the popular phonetic element ray with the den suffix sound found in names such as Braden, Jaden, Hayden and Aidan... [more]

Raider m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Simply from the English word raider meaning "person who raids, plunderer, pirate". It also coincides with a surname (see Raider)... [more]

Raiford m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Rayford.

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

Rainsford m English
Transferred use of the surname Rainsford.

Ralden m & f English (American)
Possibly a variation of the English name Alden.

Ramoth-gilead m English (Puritan)
Meaning "heights of Gilead," it was a Levitical city and city of refuge east of the Jordan river in the Hebrew Bible, also called "Ramoth in Gilead" (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:38) or "Ramoth Galaad" in the Douay-Rheims Bible... [more]

Randalph m English (Rare)
Variant of Randolph.

Rande m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Randy.

Randee f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Randy or Randi 1.

Randen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Randon.

Randie f & m English
Variant of Randy.

Randle m English
Variant of Randall.

Randol m English
Variant of Randall.

Randolphe m English
Variant of Randolph.

Random m & f English, Literature
From the English word "random".... [more]

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

Randsom m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Extremely rare variant of Ransom, which was originally an East Anglian patronym derived from the personal name Rand (or Rande), a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element rand meaning "rim (of a shield)".

Randulph m English
Cognate of Randolph.

Rayfield m English
Transferred use of the surname Rayfield.

Raynold m English
Variant of Reynold.

Redden m English
Transferred use of the surname Redden.

Redeem m & f English (American, Rare)

Redeemed m & f English (Puritan, Anglicized)
Meaning, "compensate for the faults or bad aspects of (something)." Referring to being redeemed from sin. See also Redemptus, the Latinized variation used by Puritans prior to evolving to the use of the Anglicized variation.

Redemptus m & f English (Puritan, Latinized)
Variant of Redeemed.

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

Redge m English
Variant of Reg.

Redgie m English (Rare)
Variant of Reggie.

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

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

Redvers m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Redvers, originally largely given in honor of Sir Redvers Buller (1839-1908), the general responsible for the "Relief of Ladysmith", which was considered a huge victory for the British, during the Second Boer War.

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

Regard m English (Puritan)
In addition to the puritan usage, it has also seen usage as a diminutive of Beauregard.

Reginauld m English (Rare)
Variant of Reginald.

Reginold m English (Rare)
Variant of Reginald.

Reide m English

Remedium m English (Rare, Archaic), Obscure
Directly from the Latin word remedium meaning "remedy, cure; aid", used as a given name according to the English historian William Camden (1551-1623).

Remedy f & m English (American, Rare)
From the English word, perhaps intended to be an English equivalent of Remedios.

Renewed f & m English (Puritan, Anglicized)
Referring to being "born again." See also Renata, the Latinized form originally used by Puritans before switching to the Anglicized variant.

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

Rennard m English
Transferred use of the surname Rennard.

Resolved m English (Puritan)
Meaning, "firmly determined to do something."

Reverend m English (American, Archaic)
Derived from Reverend, an English honorific title for certain Christian clergy and ministers.... [more]

Rexander m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Rexford m English
Transferred use of the surname Rexford.

Reymond m Swedish, Norwegian, English, Filipino
Variant of Raymond.

Reynald m English
Variant of Reynold.

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

Reynolds m & f English
English

Rhapsody f & m English (Modern, Rare)

Rhoderick m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Roderick. A known bearer of this name was Sir Rhoderick McGrigor (1893-1959), a senior officer of the British Royal Navy.

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

Rhyder m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ryder.

Rhyland m & f English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Rylan. According to the SSA, 5 girls and 16 boys were named Rhyland in 2018.

Richards m English
Transferred use of the surname Richards.

Richardson m English
Transferred use of the surname Richardson.

Richmond m English
English place name used as a first name. Richmond is a historic town in North Yorkshire. Its name comes from the town of Richemont in Normandy; its name means "rich hill" in Old French.

Rickland m English (Canadian)
This is my real name. When I was a child my parents told me they had made it up so I would have a unique name. Birth Certificate available if you want to confirm.

Riddick m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Riddick. A famous fictional bearer of the surname was the (anti)hero Richard B. Riddick from the 'Chronicles of Riddick' movies.

Rider m English (Modern)
From a surname that was a variant of Ryder. This name was borne by the British novelist Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), generally known as H. Rider Haggard or Rider Haggard.

Ridgely m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Ridgely.... [more]

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

Ridon m English (Rare)
Anglo-Saxon in origin. It is a product of their having lived in Roydon, places found in Essex and Norfolk. The place-name Roydon is derived from the Old English elements rygen, which means "rye", and dun, which means "hill"... [more]

Rigden m English

Ritchard m English (Rare)
Variant of Richard.

Rockmond m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Rockmond. A known bearer of this name is the American actor Rockmond Dunbar (b. 1973).

Rodan m Czech, English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Rodan.

Roddie m English
Variant of Roddy.

Rodgers m English
Transferred use of the surname Rodgers.

Rodgie m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Rodger.

Rodin m & f French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Originally a pet form of given names containing the Germanic element hrod "fame". Usage of this name nowadays is probably mainly inspired by the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), whose surname has the same etymological origin.

Rodman m English (American, Modern)
A possible variation on Rod, Rodney, and other names starting with ROD-. Two well known bearers are Rodman Philbrick (1951-), who wrote the young adult novel "Freak the Mighty", and Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (1924-1975), a television writer known for the classic "Twilight Zone" series.

Rodolphus m Literature, English (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Latinized form of Rudolf. This was used for a character (the husband of Bellatrix Lestrange) in the 'Harry Potter' series.

Rodric m English, Welsh, Gascon
Gascon form of Roderick as well as an English and Welsh variant of this name.

Rodriquez m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred from the surname, Rodriquez.

Rody m English (Rare), Dutch
English variant of Roddy as well as a Dutch cognate of the name. However, in Dutch it is usually a diminutive of Roderick and Roderik - not typically of Rodney.

Ronard m English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)

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

Ronnald m English (Rare)
Variant of Ronald.

Ronold m English (Rare)
Variant of Ronald.

Ronvald m English (American)
Form of Ragnvald.

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

Rosegold m English (Modern, Rare)
Derived from English rose gold, the name of a gold-copper alloy which is sometimes also used to describe a colour that is golden yet somewhat reddish.... [more]

Rosewood m English
The name Rosewood is boy's name meaning "rose wood".

Roswald m English (Rare)
From hros "horse" and weald "power, ruler", meaning "powerful horse".

Royd m English
Transferred use of the surname Royd. A known bearer of this name is Royd Tolkien (b. 1969), a great-grandson of the English writer J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973).

Royden m English (Rare)
Variant of Roydon.

Ruddy m English, French
Diminutive of Rodolphe, Rudolph or Rudolf.

Rudolff m English
Variant of Rudolf.

Rutherford m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Rutherford. Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States.

Rutherfurd m English
Transferred use of the surname Rutherfurd.

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

Rydell m English
Transferred use of the surname Rydell.

Rydyr m English (Canadian)
Variant of Ryder.

Rykard m English
Two elements: "ryc" meaning "ruler" or "king" and "hard" meaning "strong" or "brave"

Rylend m English (American)
Variant of Ryland.

Rylind m English
Form of Ryland. ... [more]

Rylund m English (American)
Transferred use from the surname Rylund or a variant of Ryland.

Rymond m English (African, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Raymond.

Rynard m & f English
Based off of surname, or Reynard.

Saddy m & f English (Australian, Americanized, Rare)

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

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

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

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

Sanderson m English
Transferred use of the surname Sanderson.

Sandey m & f English
Variant of Sandy.

Sandhurst m Trinidadian Creole (Rare), English (Rare)
From the name of multiple cities in England, Australia and South Africa.... [more]

Sandi f & m English
Variant of Sandy.

Sandler m English
Transferred use of the surname Sandler

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

Sardis m & f English (Rare)

Saturday m & f English (African), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
From the English word for the day of the week, which derives from Old English sæterdæġ, meaning "Saturn's day".

Saunder m English (American)

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

Scotland m & f English
From the name of the country Scotland, meaning "land of the Scots", from Latin Scoti meaning "Gaelic speaker".

Scottland m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Scotland.

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

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

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

Sedric m English
Variant of Cedric. Known bearers of this name include the American basketball players Sedric Toney (b. 1962) and Sedric Webber (b. 1977).

Sedrick m English
Variant spelling of Cedric via Sedric. Also compare Cedrick. A known bearer of this name is the American retired football player Sedrick Ellis (b... [more]

Seek-wisdom f & m English (Puritan)
See also Learn-wisdom.

Seldon m English
Means "from the house on the hill" or "from the willow valley".

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.

Shaden f & m English
Variant of Shayden.

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.

Shadow m & f English (Rare), Pet
Transferred use of the surname Shadow or simply from the English word shadow.

Shadrack m English (Puritan), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Shadrach.

Shadreck m English (African), Southern African
Variant of Shadrach. It is particularly popular in Southern African countries.

Shayd m English (New Zealand)

Shayden m & f English (Rare)
An invented name, blending Shay 1 with the popular aden suffix sound found in such names as Aidan, Hayden, Brayden, Caden and Jaden.

Shaydon m English
Variant of Shayden.

Shedree m English (American)

Shedrick m English
Transferred use of the surname Shedrick.

Sheffield m English
Most likely the place a family member was originally from and then used as a name.

Sheldyn f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sheldon.

Shepard m English
Variant of Shepherd.

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

Sheridyn f & m English
Variant of Sheridan.

Sherrard m English
Transferred use of the surname Sherrard.

Sherrinford m English
Original name of Sherlock Holmes. Sherringford was originally paired with the last name 'Hope'. It was then changed to Sherrinford Holmes, this was then discarded for Sherlock Holmes. It is now used to refer to the proposed elder brother of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes.

Sherrod m English
Variant of Sherrard. Americanized form of French Cherot 'wagoner' (see Shero). This is the name of Ohio senator Sherrod Brown, as well as football figure Sherrod Martin.

Shields m English (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly from the surname Shields. Shields Green (1836-1859) was an escaped Afro-American slave who was one of the leaders in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and was sentenced by hanging.

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

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

Sidrach m English (Puritan)
Variant of Shadrach.

Sidrick m English
Possibly a variant of Sitric (see Sithric).

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

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

Skandar m Arabic, English
Short form of Iskandar. A well-known bearer of this name is the British actor Skandar Keynes.

Skyden m English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Sky and the -den suffix used in names such as Jaden and Aidan... [more]

Smedley m English
Transferred use of the surname Smedley.

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

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

Sodde m English (American)

So-loved m English (Puritan)
From John 3:16 of the New Testament of the Holy Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."

Sondro m English (Modern)
Variant of Sandro.

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

Spedford m English (American)

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

Speedy m English
"Speedy" is an English adverb used to describe someone fast or to do something quickly

Spotswood m English (American)
Spotswood Washington was a descendent of President George Washington.

Stamford m English
Stamford means "stone ford" and comes from Old English.

Standfast m English (Puritan)
Transferred use of the English surname Standfast, or simply means "to stand firm, to stand one's ground"; compare the English word steadfast meaning "firm or unwavering in purpose, resolution or faith" and the name Stand-fast-on-high.

Stand-fast-on-high m & f English (Puritan)
Referencing putting your full trust in God.

Standish m English
Transferred use of the surname Standish.

Stannard m English
From the surname Stannard

Steadfast m & f English (Puritan)
Meaning, "resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering." Used in reference to God's steadfastness or in reference to one's steadfastness to faith.

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.

Stedman m English
Transferred use of the surname Stedman.... [more]

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

Steveland m African American (Rare), English (Rare)

Stevland m African American (Rare), English (Rare)
Variant of Steveland. This is the birth name of American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder (b. 1950).

Steward m & f English

Stockard m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use from the surname Stockard.... [more]

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

Strider m English (Rare), Literature, Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Strider. In J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Strider is the alias of Aragorn... [more]

Stryder m English
Variant of Strider.

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

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

Summerfield m English
Transferred use of the surname Summerfield.

Summerlad m English
Folk etymologically altered form of Somerled.

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]

Sundown f & m English (American, Rare)
From the English word meaning "sunset". The 1974 song Sundown by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot caused this name to be given to 13 babies (7 girls and 6 boys) born in the United States in 1974, as well as 5 US-born girls in 1976.

Sutherland m & f Scottish (Rare), English (Rare)
Scottish regional name that described a person who came from the former county by this name, which got its name from Old Norse suðroen "southern" and land "land". It was called the South Land because it was south of Scandinavia and south of the Norse colonies of Orkney and Shetland Islands.

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

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

Sydny m & f English
Variant spelling of Sydney.

Tadd m English
Diminutive of names beginning in tadd- or tad-.... [more]

Taddei m English (African)
Tanzanian English variant of Thaddeus.

Taddy m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Teddy and diminutive of Thaddeus and Thaddea

Taden m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayden.

Taedon m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Tayden.

Talmadge m English
Transferred use of the surname Talmadge.

Tandy f & m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Tandy.

Tedd m English (American)
Variant of Ted.

Teddi f & m English
Variant of Teddy.

Tedford m English
Rare name used in English speaking countries. Possibly borrowed from the surname which may ultimately come from the name Theudefrid.... [more]

Tedi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Teddy.... [more]

Tedmund m English (Rare)
Variant of Edmund, incorporating the diminutive Ted.

Tedric m English
Variant of Tedrick.

Thadeus m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Thaddeus.

Thayden m English

Theadore m English (American)
Variant of Theodore.

Thedore m English
Variant of Theodore.

Thelford m English (American, Rare)

The-Lord-Is-Near m English (Puritan)
Referring to multiple scriptures that state "the day of the Lord is near."

Thelred m English
"Noble Counsel"

Theobold m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Theobald, usually used as a surname.

Theodis m English (American), Greek
Possibly a variant of Theodore.

Theodoris m Greek, English (Rare)

The-Peace-of-God m & f English (Puritan)
Referring to Colossians 3:15, "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful."

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.

Thunder f & m English, English (American, Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
From the English word thunder meaning "a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air’ from Old English thunor.

Thurgood m English
A contraction of the Puritan name Thoroughgood. A famous bearer is Thurgood Marshall (Born: July 2, 1908, Died: January 24, 1993), an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.... [more]

Thurmond m English
Transferred from the surname, Thurmond (see Thurman)

Thursday m & f English (African), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English þunresdæg meaning literally "Thor's day". A known bearer of this name was Thursday October Christian (1790-1831), the first son of the HMS Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian and his Tahitian wife Mauatua, who was born on a Thursday in October.

Tilden m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tilden.

Toddrick m English (Rare)
Possibly a combination of the names Todd and Frederick or a transferred use of the surname Todrick.

Toddy m English
Diminutive of Todd.

Todhunter m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Todhunter. In the case of Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller "Tod", this is a family surname (her grandmother was Mary Todhunter Sill, and great-grandmother, Jane Todhunter).

Todrick m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Todrick, also a variant of Toddrick.

Toledo f & m English (American, Archaic)
Transferred use of Toledo, the name of a city in Spain which is the namesake for Toledo, Ohio.

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

Tronden m English (American, Rare)

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

Tundra m & f English
Late 16th century from Lappish, tundra.

Tweedy m English (Rare)
Transferred from the surname Tweedy. Some famous bearers of this name are American rapper Tweedy Bird Loc (1967-2020) and English doctor Tweedy John Todd (1789-1840).

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

Tydus m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Titus.

Tysander m English (Rare)

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

Unfeigned m English (Puritan)
Meaning, "genuine; sincere." Referring to being unfeignedly thankful for the blessings of God.

Unless-christ-had-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned m English (Puritan)
A variant of If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned.

Unless-jesus-christ-had-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned m English (Puritan)
A variant of If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned.

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

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

Vanderley m Portuguese (Brazilian), English (American, Rare)
From a Brazilian surname, itself derived from the Dutch surname Van Der Leij. One bearer of this name is Brazilian professional footballer or soccer player Vanderley Dias Marinho (1987-), also known as Derley.... [more]

Vayden m English (Rare)
Variant of Vaden.

Verdell m & f English (American)
Derived from the Spanish verde, meaning "green," combined with the suffix -ell. A notable bearer is Native American singer Verdell Primeaux (1966-).

Verdi m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Verdi. A famous person with the surname is Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. A famous namesake is Australian Olympic weightlifter Verdi "Vern" Barberis, who is in the AWF Hall of Fame.

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

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]

Vernard m English
Likely a variant of Bernard.

Vigdor m English

Voyd m English (Archaic)
Variant of Boyd.

Wadsworth m English
Transferred use of the surname Wadsworth.

Waldon m English (Rare)
Variant of Walden.

Waldorf m English
This name is used in The Muppets Christmas Carol 1992.

Waldy m & f German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English, Polish (Rare), South American
Variant of Waldi. This name is more commonly used on men than on women.... [more]

Walfred m English (Rare)
Variant of Waldfrid.

Wando m English (Modern, Rare), Germanic
Masculine form of Wanda. A fictional bearer was Wando from The Fairly OddParents, when Wanda was temporarily turned into a man.... [more]

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

Waveland m & f English (American)
Transferred usage of the surname Waveland.

Wayde m English
Variant of Wade.

Waydell m English (Rare)

Wayden m English (Modern, Rare)
Probably an invented names with the -ayden trend in names such as Jayden, Brayden, and Hayden

Waymond m English (American)

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

Weedon m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Weedon. This was borne by the English actor and writer Weedon Grossmith (1854-1919), full name Walter Weedon Grossmith... [more]

Welford m English (Rare)
Variant of Wilford.

Wendall m & f English

Weyland m English (Rare)
Variant of Wayland.

What-God-will m English (Puritan)
English translation of Latin quod vult Deus meaning "whatever God wants", referring to the will of God. Also see Quodvultdeus.

Whitfield m English
Transferred use of the surname Whitfield. A known bearer of this surname as a first name is the American cryptographer Whitfield Diffie (b... [more]

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

Wild m English
Transferred use of the surname Wild.

Wilde m English
Transferred use of the surname Wilde.

Wilden m English
Transferred use of the surname Wilden.

Wilferd m English (Rare)
Variant of Wilford.

Willford m English (Rare)
Variant of Wilford.