This is a list of submitted names in which the language is English.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Oriole m & f EnglishFrom the English word "oriole" referring to "any of various colorful passerine birds, the New World orioles from the family Icteridae and the Old World orioles from the family Oriolidae (typically yellow in color)"... [
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Orison m English (Rare, Archaic)Directly taken from the archaic word meaning "prayer", which is derived from Anglo-Norman
oreison and ultimately from Latin
oro (via Latin
oratio) "to beg; to beseech".... [
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Orlantha f EnglishPossibly a female variant of Orlando or a variant of Iolanthe.
Orlayna f EnglishOrlayna is irregularly used as a name and is derived from French origins.... [
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Orma f African American, EnglishAllegedly from a Kenyan word meaning "free men." The Orma people live in Eastern Kenya along the lower Tana River. However, this name may be a feminine form of
Ormond.
Orme m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Orme. A known bearer of Orme as a given name is Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (b. 1929), who carries it as a middle name - as did his father John Orme Plummer (1894-?) before him... [
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Osa f EnglishMeaning unknown. This was the name of American explorer and documentary filmmaker Osa Johnson (1894-1953). In the case of Danish actress Osa Massen (1914-2006) it was apparently an Anglicized form of
Aase, her birth name, a variant of
Åse.
Oslo m Popular Culture, English (American, Modern)From the name of the capital city of Norway (see
Oslo). It was used for a character in the 2017 television series
Money Heist (original Spanish title
La casa de papel), about a team of nine robbers who adopt city names as pseudonyms for anonymity.
Ossawa m English (Modern)Derived from the town of Osawatomie, Kansas. A famous bearer was the artist Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Othoniel m Biblical, Biblical LatinForm of
Othniel used in the Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610), the Clementine Vulgate (1592) and the Nova Vulgata ("Neo-Vulgate", 1979). The latter two are respectively the former and current official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.
Otter m & f English (Modern, Rare)From the English word
otter, a semi-aquatic mammal. The word
otter is derived from Old English
otor or
oter, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European
*wódr̥ "water".
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")... [
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Owl m English (American, Rare)From Middle English
owle, from Old English
ūle, from Proto-Germanic
*uwwalǭ (compare West Frisian
ûle, Dutch
uil, Danish and Norwegian
ugle, German
Eule)... [
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Owlet m EnglishOld English
ūle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
uil and German
Eule, from a base imitative of the bird's call, with
-et signifying a diminutive of
Owl.
Ozem m BiblicalMeans "strong" in Hebrew. This name appears on two characters in the Bible.
Ozni m BiblicalPossibly means "my hearing" from Hebrew אֹ֫זֶן
('ozen) "ear". In the Old Testament this name belonged to a son of
Gad.
Ozriel m Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical GreekForm of
Azriel used in the Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610) and the Clementine Vulgate (1592). The latter was the official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church for nearly four centuries: from the year it was published until 1979.... [
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Paarai m BiblicalVariant transcription of
Naarai, using the
p to transcribe the נ (
n). This form is used in the New Living Translation of the Bible.
Pada m EnglishPossibly coming from the Old English word
pad, meaning "toad".
Pagiel m Biblical, HebrewMeans "encounter with God" or "event of God" in Hebrew, derived from Hebrew
paga "to encounter, to meet, to approach" combined with
el "God". In the bible, this is the name of a man from the tribe of
Asher.
Pahath-moab m Biblical, Biblical HebrewMeans "governer of Moab, prefect of Moab" from Hebrew
פַּחַת (
pāḥaṯ) which comes from Akkadian
𒉺𒄩𒌅 (
pāḫātu), which means "district" or "governorate" and the biblical place name and personal name
Moab which is a derivative of
אָב (
ʾav) meaning "father"... [
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Pandorea f English (Australian)A genus of climbing vines native to Australasia. Named after
Pandora from Greek mythology, because the plant's tightly packed seed pod recalls the myth of "Pandora's box".
Papaya f EnglishFrom the fruit papaya, which is a large, yellow, melonlike fruit of a tropical American shrub or small tree, Carica papaya, eaten raw or cooked.
Paradise f English (Rare)From the English word meaning "heaven, the garden of Eden", ultimately from Avestan
pairidaēza "enclosure, park" (compare the cognate
Firdaus).
Parmenas m Ancient Greek, BiblicalDerived from the Greek verb παρμένω
(parmeno), which is a poetic form of the Greek verb παραμένω
(parameno) meaning "to stay beside" or "to stand fast, to stand one's ground"... [
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Parrish m English"Parrish" is a novel by Mildred Savage that was published in 1958.
Parshandatha m BiblicalParshandatha was one of the ten sons of
Haman. He was an antisemite like his father. He was killed by a Jew or Jews (the Bible is unclear) and
Esther had his corpse impaled.
Parson m EnglishTransferred from the surname
Parson which came from the title meaning rector or viscar.
Passion f English (Rare)First recorded as a given name in the 16th century, the name Passion was originally used by Christian parents in reference to the "Passion of Christ", a term denoting the suffering of Jesus. The word itself is derived from Latin
passio "suffering", ultimately from Latin
patior "to suffer; to endure" and was originally used to describe any suffering or pain concerning the body... [
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Pastel f EnglishFrom mid 17th century: via French from Italian
pastello, diminutive of
pasta ‘paste’.
Patchouli f Popular Culture, English (Rare)Patchouli comes from the bushy herb of the mint family and bears tiny pink-white flowers. A bearer of this name is Patchouli Knowledge, a character from the Touhou Project.
Patina f English (Modern, Rare)Patina is a thin layer that variously forms on the surface of stone, on copper, bronze and similar metals, on wooden furniture or any such acquired change of a surface through age and exposure.
Pavia f English (Rare), Medieval EnglishMedieval English name of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Old French
pavie "peach" and a derivation from Old French
Pavie "woman from
Pavia", a historic city in Italy... [
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Paw f EnglishPaw refers to the soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot. It is a modern name in the US and first appeared in the name records in 2008.
Peaceable m English (Puritan)From Anglo-Norman
pesible, peisible, Middle French
paisible, from
pais (“peace”) +
-ible; Meaning, "free from argument or conflict; peaceful."
Peach f English (Modern), Popular CultureDerived from the name of the fruit, which itself derived its name from Late Latin
persica, which came from older Latin
malum persicum meaning "Persian fruit." In popular culture, this is the name of the Nintendo video game character Princess Peach, whom Mario often rescues from the evil Bowser.
Peaches f English (Rare)Literally derived from the English word
peaches, which is the plural form of
peach, the fruit. It is derived from Late Middle English from Old French
pesche, from medieval Latin
persica, from Latin
persicum, meaning "Persian apple".
Peanut m & f English (Rare)Back-formation from
pease, originally an uncountable noun meaning "peas" that was construed as a plural, combined with Middle English
nute, note, from Old English
hnutu, from Proto-Germanic
*hnuts (“nut”) (compare West Frisian
nút, Dutch
noot, German
Nuss, Danish
nød, Swedish
nöt, Norwegian
nøtt), from Proto-Indo-European
*knew- (compare Irish
cnó, Latin
nux (“walnut”), Albanian
nyç (“a gnarl”)).
Pearlette f English (Rare)Anglicized form of
Perlette. A known bearer of this name is Pearlette Louisy (b. 1946), the Governor-General of the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia.
Pebbles f Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare)Pebbles Flintstone is a character in the classic American cartoon series
The Flintstones (1960-1966). The series and the character are largely responsible for the occasional use of this name from the latter 20th century onwards.
Pedahel m BiblicalPedahel Prince of the tribe of
Naphtali; one of those appointed by
Moses to superintend the division of Canaan amongst the tribe (Num... [
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Pedaiah m BiblicalMeans "redemption of
Yahweh" or "he upgrades to the standard of Yahweh." The name of several men in the Bible, including a Levite in the time of
Nehemiah... [
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Pekahiah m BiblicalFrom the Hebrew name פְּקַחְיָה (Pəqaḥya) meaning "
Yahweh has opened the eyes" from פֶּקַח (
peqah) "open" and יָה (
yah) referring to the Hebrew God... [
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Pelatiah m BiblicalPelatiah, meaning "Refugee of God" Ezekiel 11:1, son of
Benaiah, a prince of the people, among the 25 Ezekiel saw at the East Gate; he fell dead upon hearing the prophecy regrarding Jerusalem.