protobo998's Personal Name List

Zyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Obscure (Rare)
Zeph
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEHF
Short form of Zephaniah.
Zed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEHD
Short form of Zedekiah.
Zeb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEHB
Short form of Zebulun or Zebedee.
Zayne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZAYN
Variant of Zane 1.
Yuri 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Юрий(Russian) Юрій(Ukrainian) Юрый(Belarusian)
Pronounced: YOO-ryee(Russian)
Alternate transcription of Russian Юрий, Ukrainian Юрій or Belarusian Юрый (see Yuriy).
Yūna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優菜, 優奈, 柚菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-NA
From Japanese () meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or () meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or (na), a phonetic character. Other combinations of kanji are also possible.
Yui
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 結衣, 優衣, 結, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-EE
From Japanese (yu) meaning "tie, bind" or (yu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" combined with (i) meaning "clothing, garment". It can also come from stand-alone (yui) using a different nanori reading. This name can be formed of other kanji or kanji combinations as well.
Yōko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 陽子, 洋子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ようこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YO-KO
From Japanese () meaning "light, sun, male" or () meaning "ocean" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Ygraine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Variant of Igraine. This name was used in the BBC television series 'Merlin' (2008-2012).
Yessenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: gyeh-SEH-nya
Variant of Yesenia.
Xanthos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξάνθος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KSAN-TOS(Classical Greek)
From Greek ξανθός (xanthos) meaning "yellow". This is the name of several minor figures in Greek mythology, including kings of Pelasgia and Thebes.
Wolfgang
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VAWLF-gang(German) WUWLF-gang(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Old German elements wolf meaning "wolf" and gang meaning "path, way". Saint Wolfgang was a 10th-century bishop of Regensburg. Two other famous bearers of this name were Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and German novelist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Winslow
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WINZ-lo
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine". A famous bearer of this name was American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910).
Winoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Variant of Gwenneg.
Wilton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-tən
From a surname that was derived from the names of several English towns. The town names mean variously "willow town", "well town" or "town on the River Wylye" in Old English. The river name is itself of Celtic origin, possibly meaning "tricky".
Wilt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WILT
Short form of Wilton. This name was borne by basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999).
Wednesday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: WENZ-day(English)
From the name of the day of the week, which was derived from Old English wodnesdæg meaning "Woden's day". On the Addams Family television series (1964-1966) this was the name of the daughter, based on an earlier unnamed character in Charles Addams' cartoons. Her name was inspired by the popular nursery rhyme line Wednesday's child is full of woe.
Webster
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEHB-stər(American English) WEHB-stə(British English)
From an occupational surname meaning "weaver", derived from Old English webba.
Warren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWR-ən
From an English surname that was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy. This name was borne by the American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).
Warner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWR-nər(American English) WAW-nə(British English)
From a Norman surname that was derived from the given name Werner.
Warden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: WAR-dən(British English)
Could be from the English word 'warden', or a transferred use of the surname
Walter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Italian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: WAWL-tər(American English) WAWL-tə(British English) VAL-tu(German) VAL-tehr(Swedish, Italian)
From the Germanic name Waltheri meaning "power of the army", from the elements walt "power, authority" and heri "army". In medieval German tales (notably Waltharius by Ekkehard of Saint Gall) Walter of Aquitaine is a heroic king of the Visigoths. The name was also borne by an 11th-century French saint, Walter of Pontoise. The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Wealdhere.

A famous bearer of the name was the English courtier, poet and explorer Walter Raleigh (1552-1618). It was also borne by Walter Scott (1771-1832), a Scottish novelist who wrote Ivanhoe and other notable works.

Walt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWLT
Short form of Walter. A famous bearer was the American animator and filmmaker Walt Disney (1901-1966).
Vinal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "vine hall" in Middle English.
Vico
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: VEE-ko
Italian short form of Lodovico.
Vesper
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: WEHS-pehr(Latin) VEHS-pər(American English, Dutch) VEHS-pə(British English)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Latin cognate of Hesperos. This name was used by the British author Ian Fleming for a female character, a love interest of James Bond, in his novel Casino Royale (1953). She also appears in the film adaptations of 1967 and 2006.
Verona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.
Valor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From the English word valor meaning "bravery, courage". From the Latin valor "value".
Valiant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture, Dutch (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Pronounced: VAH-lee-ahnt(Dutch)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the English word valiant, which denotes a person who has and shows courage. The word is derived from Anglo-French vaillant "brave, strong, worthy", which itself is ultimately derived from Latin valens meaning "strong, vigorous, powerful". In literature, this is the name of the main character in the comic strip "Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur", created by Hal Foster (1892-1982). It was later adapted into an animated television series called "The Legend of Prince Valiant", which ran from 1991 to 1993. The comic and the animated series have inspired people in some countries to name their son Valiant. The Netherlands is one of those countries, as in 2010, there was a total of 26 bearers (of all ages) in the entire country. Also, in popular culture, Valiant is the name of a wood pigeon in the 2005 computer-animated film of the same name.
Uther
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: OOTH-ər(American English) YOOTH-ər(American English) OOTH-ə(British English) YOOTH-ə(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the Welsh name Uthyr, derived from Welsh uthr meaning "terrible". In Arthurian legend Uther was the father of King Arthur. He appears in some early Welsh texts, but is chiefly known from the 12th-century chronicles [1] of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Umeko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 梅子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) うめこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: OO-MEH-KO
From Japanese (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" (referring to the species Prunus mume) and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Tyvenel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Tyge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish (Rare)
Pronounced: TUY-ə
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Danish form of Tóki, an Old Norse diminutive of names containing the element Þórr, from the name of the Norse god Thor. This was the native name of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).
Tycho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History, Dutch
Pronounced: TUY-go(Danish) TIE-ko(English) TEE-kho(Dutch)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of Tyge. This name was used by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), who was born as Tyge.
Tybalt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: TIB-əlt(English)
The name of a cousin of Juliet killed by Romeo in William Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet (1596). The character earlier appears as Tebaldo, an Italian form of Theobald, in Luigi Da Porto's novella Giulietta e Romeo (1524), one of Shakespeare's sources. Shakespeare was also inspired by the character of Tybalt the Cat (from Thibault the French form of Theobald) in medieval fables of Reynard the Fox (evidenced by Mercutio calling Tybalt the "prince of cats").
Tulsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: TUL-sə(American English)
From the name of the city and county in the US state of Oklahoma which comes from Tallasi, meaning "old town" in the Creek.
Tuesday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TYOOZ-day, TOOZ-day, CHOOZ-day
From the English word for the day of the week, which derives from Old English tiwesdæg meaning "Tiw's day".
Tsubasa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) つばさ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TSOO-BA-SA
From Japanese (tsubasa) meaning "wing", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations with the same pronunciation.
Trafford
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TRA-fərd(American English) TRA-fəd(British English)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "fish-trap ford" in Old English.
Toyota
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Pronounced: toi-O-tə(English)
From the name of the Japanese car company (See Mercedes, Ferrari and Porsche).

From Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.

Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社, Hepburn: Toyota Jidōsha KK) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2017, Toyota's corporate structure consisted of 364,445 employees worldwide and, as of December 2019, was the tenth-largest company in the world by revenue. Toyota is the largest automobile manufacturer in Japan, and the second-largest in the world behind Volkswagen, based on 2018 unit sales.

Toshiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 敏子, 淑子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) としこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TO-SHEE-KO
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (toshi) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji characters can also form this name.
Torquil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of Torcall.
Torcall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Scottish Gaelic form of the Norse name Þórketill (see Torkel).
Tobin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bin
From an English surname that was itself derived from the given name Tobias.
Tīwaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology (Hypothetical)
Proto-Germanic reconstruction of Tyr and Tiw. The Romans identified this god with their god Mars.
Tiw
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Anglo-Saxon form of *Tīwaz (see Tyr).
Tierno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (African, Rare)
Possibly deriving from the Fula word cerno, an honorific title meaning "master".
Thursday
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (African), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Pronounced: THURZ-day(English)
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.
Þunor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Pronounced: THOO-nor(Old English)
Anglo-Saxon form of *Þunraz (see Thor).
Thorley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: THAWR-lee(American English) THAW-lee(British English)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.
Therapon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θεράπων(Ancient Greek)
Means "servant" or "worshipper" in Greek.
Thaddaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical
Other Scripts: Θαδδαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Usual Latin form of Thaddeus, as well as the form used in most English versions of the New Testament.
Thad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: THAD
Short form of Thaddeus.
Tethys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Τηθύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TEH-TUYS(Classical Greek) TEE-this(English) TEH-this(English)
Derived from Greek τήθη (tethe) meaning "grandmother". In Greek mythology this was the name of a Titan associated with the sea. She was the wife of Oceanus.
Tenley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TEHN-lee
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From an English surname, itself possibly from a place name derived from Old English tind "point" and leah "woodland, clearing". This name was popularized in 2010 by a contestant on the reality television series The Bachelor.
Tegwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Derived from the Welsh elements teg "beautiful, pretty" and gwen "white, blessed". This name was created in the 19th century [1].
Teal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TEEL
From the English word for the type of duck or the greenish-blue colour.
Tawny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAW-nee
From the English word, ultimately deriving from Old French tané, which means "light brown".
Tavish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of a Thàmhais, vocative case of Tàmhas. Alternatively it could be taken from the Scottish surname McTavish, Anglicized form of Mac Tàmhais, meaning "son of Tàmhas".
Tatum
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAY-təm
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "Tata's homestead" in Old English. It was brought to public attention by the child actress Tatum O'Neal (1963-) in the 1970s, though it did not catch on. It attained a modest level of popularity after 1996, when it was borne by a character in the movie Scream.
Tate
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAYT
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the Old English given name Tata.
Taliesin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: tal-YEH-sin(Welsh) tal-ee-EHS-in(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "shining brow", derived from Welsh tal "brow, head" and iesin "shining, radiant". This was the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century Welsh poet and bard, supposedly the author of the collection of poems the Book of Taliesin. He appears briefly in the Welsh legend Culhwch and Olwen and the Second Branch of the Mabinogi. He is the central character in the Tale of Taliesin, a medieval legend recorded in the 16th century, which tells how Ceridwen's servant Gwion Bach was reborn to her as Taliesin; how he becomes the bard for Elffin; and how Taliesin defends Elffin from the machinations of the king Maelgwn Gwynedd.
Takeo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 武夫, 武雄, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たけお(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TA-KEH-O
From Japanese (take) meaning "military, martial" combined with (o) meaning "man, husband" or (o) meaning "hero, manly". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Tai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: TIE
From Chinese (tài) meaning "very, extreme" or other characters pronounced in a similar way.
Syler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Syler.
Sunday
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-day
From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandæg, which was composed of the elements sunne "sun" and dæg "day". This name is most common in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
Sully
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUL-ee
Diminutive of Sullivan and other names with a similar sound.
Stewart
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: STOO-ərt(American English) STYOO-ərt(American English) STOO-ət(British English) STYOO-ət(British English)
From a surname that was a variant Stuart.
Steenie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scots [1]
Scots diminutive of Stephen.
Stan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STAN
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Short form of Stanley. A famous bearer was British comedian Stan Laurel (1890-1965).
Sorley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: SAWR-lee(American English) SAW-lee(British English)
Anglicized form of Somhairle.
Sora
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 空, 昊, etc.(Japanese Kanji) そら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SO-RA
From Japanese (sora) or (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Sona 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: सोना(Hindi)
Means "gold" in Hindi, derived from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) meaning literally "good colour".
Solana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Feminine form of Solano, a Spanish surname which is used as a given name in honour of Saint Francisco Solano (1549-1610).
Smoky
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: SMO-kee
Variant of Smokey. A famous bearer of this form is Major League Baseball pitcher, Smoky Joe Wood (1889–1985).
Smokey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, English
Pronounced: SMO-kee
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
The name of Smokey Bear, from the fire prevention campaigns.
Sly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SLIE
Short form of Sylvester. The actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-) is a well-known bearer of this nickname.
Skip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SKIP
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Short form of Skipper.
Siegfried
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: ZEEK-freet(German)
Derived from the Old German elements sigu "victory" and fridu "peace". Siegfried was a hero from German legend, the chief character in the Nibelungenlied. He secretly helped the Burgundian king Gunther overcome the challenges set out by the Icelandic queen Brunhild so that Gunther might win her hand. In exchange, Gunther consented to the marriage of Siegfried and his sister Kriemhild. Years later, after a dispute between Brunhild and Kriemhild, Siegfried was murdered by Hagen with Gunther's consent. He was stabbed in his one vulnerable spot on the small of his back, which had been covered by a leaf while he bathed in dragon's blood. He is a parallel to the Norse hero Sigurd. The story was later adapted by Richard Wagner to form part of his opera The Ring of the Nibelung (1876).
Sidonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Georgian
Other Scripts: სიდონია(Georgian)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Sidonius. This is the name of a legendary saint from Georgia. She and her father Abiathar were supposedly converted by Saint Nino from Judaism to Christianity.
Shon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAWN
Variant of Shawn.
Sholto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic sìoltaich meaning "sower, propagator". It has occasionally been used in the Douglas family since the 17th century, after David Hume of Godscroft claimed it was the name of the 7th-century founder of the clan [1].
Shirō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 四郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しろう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEE-RO
From Japanese (shi) meaning "four" and () meaning "son". This was traditionally a name for the fourth son. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Shenandoah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Oneida (Anglicized)
Pronounced: shehn-ən-DO-ə(English)
Variant of Skenandoa, or from the name of the Shenandoah River (names that may or may not be connected). The traditional American folk song Oh Shenandoah may refer to the Oneida chief Skenandoa or to the river; it is unclear.
Seumas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: SHEH-məs
Scottish Gaelic form of James.
Sergey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Сергей(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: syir-GYAY(Russian)
Russian and Bulgarian form of Sergius.
September
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sehp-TEHM-bər(American English) sehp-TEHM-bə(British English)
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.
Seòras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: SHAW-rəs
Scottish Gaelic form of George.
Seònaid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: SHAW-nat
Scottish Gaelic form of Janet.
Seoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Scottish Gaelic form of Jack.
Selina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: sə-LEEN-ə(English)
Variant of Celina or Selena. As an English name, it first came into use in the 17th century.
Seferine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Variant of Seferina.
Scout
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKOWT
From the English word scout meaning "one who gathers information covertly", which is derived from Old French escouter "to listen". Harper Lee used this name in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).
Saya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 沙耶(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SIE-YAH
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
This is a Japanese name which refers to a scabbard or sheath for a sword. Beyond being a simple noun, Saya connotes peace because of the image of a sword that remains in its scabbard.
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From 沙 (sa) "sand" and 耶 (ya), a kanji used exclusively in names meaning "question mark."
Sawney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scots [1]
Scots diminutive of Alexander.
Saturday
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (African), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Pronounced: SAT-ər-day(English) SA-tə-day(English)
From the English word for the day of the week, which derives from Old English sæterdæġ, meaning "Saturn's day".
Sachi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From Japanese kanji 幸 (sachi) meaning "happiness; good luck".
Ruarc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
From Old Irish Ruarcc. It was possibly an early borrowing from the Old Norse name Hrǿríkr. Alternatively it might be derived from Old Irish elements such as rúad "red" and arg "hero, champion". This was the name of a 9th-century king of Leinster.
Ruairi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Pronounced: RWU-ryi
Scottish Gaelic form of Ruaidhrí.
Ruaidrí
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Old Irish form of Ruaidhrí.
Ruadh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish [1], Medieval Scottish
Pronounced: RWU(Irish)
Irish and Scottish Gaelic byname meaning "red", often a nickname for one with red hair. This was the nickname of the Scottish outlaw Raibeart Ruadh MacGregor (1671-1734), known as Rob Roy in English.
Royston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: ROIS-tən
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "town of Royse". The given name Royse was a medieval variant of Rose.
Royle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ROIL
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and hyll "hill".
Rowen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-ən
Variant of Rowan.
Rowdy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: ROW-dee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
A nickname with synonyms such as boisterous or rambunctious. Notable namesake is US Olympic swimmer Rowdy Gaines.
Rover
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-vər(Middle English)
Diminutive of Robin.
Roswell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHZ-wehl(American English) RAWZ-wehl(British English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".
Rollo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHL-o(American English) RO-lo(American English) RAWL-o(British English)
Latinized form of Roul, the Old French form of Rolf. Rollo (or Rolf) the Ganger was an exiled Viking who, in the 10th century, became the first Duke of Normandy. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century.
Rolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Pronounced: RAWLF(German) ROLF(English)
From the Old German name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodulf (see Rudolf). The Normans introduced this name to England but it soon became rare. In the modern era it has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world as a German import.
Roland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Albanian, Georgian, Carolingian Cycle
Other Scripts: როლანდ(Georgian)
Pronounced: RO-lənd(English) RAW-LAHN(French) RO-lant(German) RO-lahnt(Dutch) RO-lawnd(Hungarian) RAW-lant(Polish)
From the Old German elements hruod meaning "fame" and lant meaning "land", though some theories hold that the second element was originally nand meaning "brave" [1].

Roland was an 8th-century military commander, serving under Charlemagne, who was killed by the Basques at the Battle of Roncevaux. His name was recorded in Latin as Hruodlandus. His tale was greatly embellished in the 11th-century French epic La Chanson de Roland, in which he is a nephew of Charlemagne killed after being ambushed by the Saracens. The Normans introduced the name to England.

Rogue
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From Breton rog (“haughty”) or Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre, Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”).
Roald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: ROO-ahl
Modern form of the Old Norse name Hróðvaldr or Hróaldr, composed of the elements hróðr "praise, fame" and valdr "ruler". This name was borne by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) and the British children's author Roald Dahl (1916-1990), who was born to Norwegian parents.
Rika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 理香, 梨花, 里香, 理花, 里佳, 利香, 梨加, 梨華, 理化, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: RYEE-KA
From Japanese 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear", 里 (ri) meaning "village", or 利 (ri) meaning "profit, benefit" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 花 or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower", 佳 (ka) meaning "good, beautiful", 加 (ka) meaning "increase", or 化 (ka) meaning "to change, to influence". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Riggs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Pronounced: RIGZ(American English)
Transferred use of the surname Riggs.
Rielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Short form of names ending in -rielle.
Ridge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIJ
From the English vocabulary word denoting a continuous elevated mountain crest, or from the English surname derived from the word.
Rhiston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Variant of Riston
Reverence
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Obscure
From the English word reverence meaning "deep respect".
Remedium
Gender: Masculine
Usage: 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).
Redd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: REHD
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Variant of Red.
Ransom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAN-sum
Possibly used in reference to the word ransom, meaning money paid or delivered in exchange for the release of something or someone.

Used most often in the 19th-century it has since fallen out of use. Notable bearers include L.A. city council member Ransom M. Callicott, writer Ransom Riggs, automobile businessman Ransom E. Olds (for whom Oldsmobile was named), and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Ransom Asa Moore.

The name has also been used for numerous fictional characters, from books such as C.S. Lewis' 'Out of the Silent Planet' and films such as 'Knives Out'.

Ramdas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Marathi, Hindi
Other Scripts: रामदास(Marathi, Hindi)
Means "servant of Rama" from the name of the Hindu deity Rama 1 combined with Sanskrit दास (dāsa) meaning "servant". This name was borne by a 17th-century Hindu holy man from Maharashtra.
Raiden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 雷電(Japanese Kanji) らいでん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: RA-EE-DEHN(Japanese)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (rai) meaning "thunder" and (den) meaning "lightning". This is a regional epithet of the Japanese god Raijin.
Rafferty
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAF-ər-tee(American English) RAF-ə-tee(British English)
From an Irish surname, itself derived from the given name Rabhartach meaning "flood tide".
Rafe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAYF
Variant of Ralph. This form became common during the 17th century, reflecting the usual pronunciation.
Radclyffe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RAD-klif
From a surname, a variant of Radcliff.
Quinlan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KWIN-lən
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caoindealbháin, itself from the given name Caoindealbhán (Old Irish Caíndelbán).
Pyrrhos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Πύρρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PUYR-ROS(Classical Greek)
Greek form of Pyrrhus.
Pyrrha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Feminine of Pyrrhos.

In Greek mythology, Pyrrha and her husband, Deucalion, built an arc to survive a great flood created by Zeus. When they reached land, they threw rocks over their shoulders, and the rocks became men and women.

Pryor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pryor.
Prometheus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Προμηθεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PRO-MEH-TEWS(Classical Greek) pro-MEE-thee-əs(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek προμήθεια (prometheia) meaning "foresight, forethought". In Greek myth he was the Titan who gave the knowledge of fire to mankind. For doing this he was punished by Zeus, who had him chained to a rock and caused an eagle to feast daily on his liver, which regenerated itself each night. Herakles eventually freed him.
Prisca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: PRIS-kə(English)
Feminine form of Priscus, a Roman family name meaning "ancient" in Latin. This name appears in the epistles in the New Testament, referring to Priscilla the wife of Aquila.
Porsche
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PAWR-shə(American English) PAW-shə(British English)
From the name of the German car company, which was founded by Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951).
Philomela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φιλομήλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: fil-ə-MEE-lə(English)
From Greek Φιλομήλη (Philomele), derived from φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend" and μῆλον (melon) meaning "fruit". The second element has also been interpreted as Greek μέλος (melos) meaning "song". In Greek myth Philomela was the sister-in-law of Tereus, who raped her and cut out her tongue. Prokne avenged her sister by killing her son by Tereus, after which Tereus attempted to kill Philomela. However, the gods intervened and transformed her into a nightingale.
Pepper
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PEHP-ər(American English) PEHP-ə(British English)
From the English word for the spice, which is prepared from the dried berries of the pepper plant. The word is derived from Latin piper, ultimately from an Indo-Aryan source. In popular culture, Pepper is the nickname of Virginia Potts from the Iron Man series of comic books and movies, created 1963.
Penny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEHN-ee
Diminutive of Penelope. It can also be given in reference to the copper coin (a British pound or an American dollar are worth 100 of them), derived from Old English penning.
Pellinore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Possibly from Welsh Beli Mawr meaning "Beli the Great". In Arthurian romance this was the name of a king of Listenois, a son of Pellehan who pursued the elusive Questing Beast and later joined Arthur's court. He first appears in the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
Pellehan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Possibly from Welsh Beli Hen meaning "Beli the Old". This was the name of a keeper of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend, the father of Pelles and Pellinore.
Pellam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Form of Pellehan used by Thomas Malory in his 15th-century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur.
Peigi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Scottish Gaelic form of Peggy.
Paz 2
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: פָּז(Hebrew)
Means "gold" in Hebrew.
Paisley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PAYZ-lee
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From a Scots surname, originally from the name of a town near Glasgow, maybe ultimately derived from Latin basilica "church". This is also a word (derived from the name of that same town) for a type of pattern commonly found on fabrics.
Pacífica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: pa-THEE-fee-ka(European Spanish) pa-SEE-fee-ka(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Spanish feminine form of the Late Latin name Pacificus meaning "peacemaker".
Oz 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWZ
Short form of Oswald, Osborn and other names beginning with a similar sound.
Oslo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, English (American, Modern)
Pronounced: AHZ-lo(American English)
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.
Osaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 修香, 修加, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: O-SAH-KAH
From Japanese 修 (osa) meaning "discipline, study" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Orrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Orna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Odharnait.
Ormond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AWR-mənd(American English) AW-mənd(British English)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Ruaidh, derived from the given name Ruadh.
Órlaith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: OR-lə(Irish)
Means "golden ruler", from Old Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess". This name was borne by several medieval Irish royals, including a sister of the king Brian Boru.
Orla 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: AWR-lə(American English) AW-lə(British English)
Anglicized form of Órlaith.
Oriol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: oo-ree-AWL
From a Catalan surname meaning "golden". It has been used in honour of Saint Joseph Oriol (1650-1702).
Orianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AW-RYAN
French form of Oriana.
Oriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: o-RYA-na
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from Latin aurum "gold" or from its derivatives, Spanish oro or French or. In medieval legend Oriana was the daughter of a king of England who married the knight Amadis.
Oria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Aurea.
Oran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O-rən(English)
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Onyx
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHN-iks(American English) AWN-iks(British English)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the gemstone (a variety of chalcedony), which can be black, red or other colours. It is derived from Greek ὄνυξ (onyx) meaning "claw, nail".
Omri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עָמְרִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AHM-rie(American English) AHM-ree(American English) AWM-rie(British English) AWM-ree(British English)
Possibly means "servant" in Hebrew (or a related Semitic language), from the root עָמַר (ʿamar) meaning "to bind" [2]. This was the name of a 9th-century BC military commander who became king of Israel. He appears in the Old Testament, where he is denounced as being wicked.
Olwyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Variant of Olwen.
Olwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: OL-wehn(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "white footprint" from Welsh ol "footprint, track" and gwen "white, blessed". In the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen she was a beautiful maiden, the lover of Culhwch and the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden. Her father insisted that Culhwch complete several seemingly impossible tasks before he would allow them to marry.
Olivier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Dutch, Carolingian Cycle
Pronounced: AW-LEE-VYEH(French) O-lee-veer(Dutch)
French and Dutch form of Oliver. This is also a French word meaning "olive tree".
Oli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHL-ee(American English) AWL-ee(British English)
Short form of Oliver.
Oksana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Оксана(Ukrainian, Russian)
Pronounced: uk-SA-nə(Russian)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Ukrainian form of Xenia.
Odran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Odhrán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: UW-ran
From Old Irish Odrán, derived from odar "dun-coloured, greyish brown, tan" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a saint who travelled with Saint Columba through Scotland.
October
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ahk-TO-bər(American English) awk-TO-bə(British English)
From the name of the tenth month. It is derived from Latin octo meaning "eight", because it was originally the eighth month of the Roman year.
Obadiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֹבַדְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: o-bə-DIE-ə(English)
Means "servant of Yahweh" in Hebrew, derived from עָבַד (ʿavaḏ) meaning "to serve, to worship" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets, the author of the Book of Obadiah, which predicts the downfall of the nation of Edom. This is also the name of several other biblical characters.
Nyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of an ancient town of Asia Minor where Saint Gregory was bishop in the 4th century. Nyssa is also the genus name of a type of tree, also called the Tupelo.
November
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: no-VEHM-bər, nə-VEHM-bə, no-VEHM-bə
From the Latin word novem, meaning "nine". November was the ninth month of the Roman calendar before January and February were added around 713 BC. It is now the eleventh month of the year.

This is the name of one of the main adult female characters in Catherynne M. Valente's adult fantasy novel "Palimpsest" (2009). In the novel November remembers having read a book called "The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making" when she was a child, and the heroine of that book was called September. Valente later wrote that book as a crowd-funded work. It became the first volume in her bestselling "Fairyland" series.

North
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Obscure
From the English word "north" referring to the direction north, or "up, above".

American socialite, Kim Kardashian, and American rapper and singer-songwriter, Kanye West, named their daughter North.

Noll
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Oliver.
Nix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
This is the name of masculine shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology, who apparently derive their name from Proto-Germanic nikwus or nikwis(i) "wash". See also Nixe for the female counterpart(s).
Niven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of Naomhán.
Ninian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
From the name of a 5th-century British saint, known as the Apostle to the Picts, who was apparently responsible for many miracles and cures. He first appears briefly in the 8th-century Latin writings of the historian Bede, though his name is only written in the ablative case Nynia [1]. This may represent a Brythonic name *Ninniau [2][3].
Nimue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: NIM-ə-way(English)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. In Arthurian legends this is the name of a sorceress, also known as the Lady of the Lake, Vivien, or Niniane. Various versions of the tales have Merlin falling in love with her and becoming imprisoned by her magic. She first appears in the medieval French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
Nicol 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Scottish
Medieval English and Scottish form of Nicholas. This was the middle name of a character in the novel Rob Roy (1817) by Walter Scott.
Nickel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Dutch, Medieval German, Dutch (Rare), German (Rare), English (Rare), Hunsrik
Pronounced: NIK-kəl(Medieval Dutch, Dutch) NEE-kəl(Hunsrik)
In Germany and the Netherlands, this name is a medieval short form of respectively Nicolaus and Nicolaas. In the case of the latter, it is via the medieval short form Nicol 1, of which Nickel is a variant.

In English-speaking countries, there are a few more possibilities for the origin and etymology of this name. There, it can be: a short form of Nicholas, a pet form of Nicholas' short form Nick and an anglicisation of the Scottish name Nichol. Very rarily will this name have been inspired by the coin or the metal, in which case nickel is ultimately derived from German nickel meaning "goblin, devil."

The name Nickel is still in use in the English-speaking world, Germany and the Netherlands to this day, albeit (very) rarely.

Nessa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NEHS-ə
Short form of Vanessa and other names ending in nessa.
Nero 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: NEH-ro(Latin) NIR-o(English)
Roman cognomen, which was probably of Sabine origin meaning "strong, vigorous". It was used by a prominent branch of the gens Claudia starting from the 3rd century BC. It was borne most famously by a Roman emperor of the 1st century, remembered as a tyrant. His birth name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, but after he was adopted as the heir of Claudius his name became Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus.
Nanami
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 七海, 菜々美(Japanese Kanji) ななみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NA-NA-MEE
From Japanese (nana) meaning "seven" and (mi) meaning "sea". It can also come from (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" duplicated and (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Nadine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, English, Dutch
Pronounced: NA-DEEN(French) na-DEE-nə(German, Dutch) na-DEEN(German, Dutch) nay-DEEN(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
French diminutive of Nadia 1.
Nadia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Надя(Russian, Bulgarian) Надія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: NA-DYA(French) NA-dya(Italian, Polish) NA-dhya(Spanish) NAD-ee-ə(English) NAHD-ee-ə(English) NA-dyə(Russian)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Variant of Nadya 1 used in Western Europe, as well as an alternate transcription of the Slavic name. It began to be used in France in the 19th century [1]. The name received a boost in popularity from the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci (1961-) [2].
Murdoch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: MUR-dahk(American English) MU-dawk(British English)
Anglicized form of Muireadhach.
Mostyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the name of a town in northern Wales, which is probably derived from Old English elements meaning "moss town".
Moss
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic), Jewish
Pronounced: MAWS(English)
Medieval form of Moses.
Morven
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: MAWR-vehn
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From the name of a region in western Scotland, also called Morvern or in Gaelic A' Mhorbhairne, meaning "the big gap". This is the location of Fingal's kingdom in James Macpherson's 18th-century poems.
Morgana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mawr-GAN-ə(American English) maw-GAN-ə(British English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Morgan 1.
Mordecai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: מָרְדֳּכַי, מָרְדְּכַי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAWR-də-kie(American English) MAW-də-kie(British English)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Means "servant of Marduk" in Persian. In the Old Testament Mordecai is the cousin and foster father of Esther. He thwarted a plot to kill the Persian king, though he made an enemy of the king's chief advisor Haman.
Monday
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: MUN-day
From the English word for the day of the week, which was derived from Old English mona "moon" and dæg "day". This can be given to children born on Monday, especially in Nigeria.
Miyu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美優, 美結, 実優, 美夕, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みゆ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-YOO
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" or (mi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth" combined with (yu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or (yu) meaning "tie, bind" or (yu) meaning "evening". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mitski
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: MEE-TSKEE
Variant of Mitsuki.
Mira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Мира(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MEE-ra(Polish)
Short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir (often the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world").
Minoru
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) みのる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-NO-ROO
From Japanese (minoru) meaning "to bear fruit", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations with the same pronunciation.
Miltiades
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Μιλτιάδης(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek μίλτος (miltos) meaning "red earth" and the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was the name of the general who led the Greek forces to victory against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon.
Miho 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美穂, 美保, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みほ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-HO
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" and (ho) meaning "grain" or (ho) meaning "protect, maintain". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Metis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μῆτις(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "wisdom, skill, cunning" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a Titan. Because it was prophesied that her children would be wiser than Zeus, he swallowed her after he had impregnated her. However, their daughter Athena eventually burst from his head fully grown.
Meryk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Mervi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEHR-vee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the name of a Finnish village (now a part of the municipality of Hattula).
Merton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-tən(American English) MU-tən(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.
Mercia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Latinate form of Mercy. This was also the name of an old Anglo-Saxon kingdom, though it has a different origin.
Mercedes
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: mehr-THEH-dhehs(European Spanish) mehr-SEH-dhehs(Latin American Spanish) mər-SAY-deez(American English) mə-SAY-deez(British English)
Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity" [1].
Meliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Derived from Latin melior meaning "better".
Melchior
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, French (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHL-kee-awr(American English) MEHL-kee-aw(British English) MEHL-KYAWR(French) MEHL-khee-awr(Dutch)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Possibly from the Hebrew roots מֶלֶךְ (meleḵ) meaning "king" and אוֹר (ʾor) meaning "light". This was a name traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. According to medieval tradition he was a king of Persia.
Mekhi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: meh-KIE
Meaning unknown, possibly an invented name. This name was popularized by the American actor Mekhi Phifer (1974-).
Maylis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAY-LEES, MA-EE-LEES
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From the name of a town in southern France, said to derive from Occitan mair "mother" and French lys "lily". It is also sometimes considered a combination of Marie and lys.
Maylene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Combination of May and the suffix lene.
Martie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-tee
Diminutive of Martin, Martina or Martha.
Marsaili
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: MAR-si-li
Scottish Gaelic form of Marcella, now also associated with Marjorie.
March
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the name of the month, which was derived from the name of the Roman god Mars.
Marcas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish Gaelic [1]
Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Marcus (see Mark).
Maoilios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Means "servant of Jesus" in Scottish Gaelic.
Malva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish (Rare), German, Danish, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: MAHL-vah(Finnish)
Short form of Malvina. It may be partly inspired by Latin, Swedish and Finnish malva "mallow, hollyhock (flower)".
Malakai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Fijian, Tongan, English (Modern)
Fijian and Tongan form of Malachi, as well as a modern English variant.
Maïwenn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Breton
Pronounced: MIE-WEHN(French)
Form of Maiwenn using French orthography.
Lyris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Lyris is occasionally listed among the Oceanids of Greek mythology. As such, the name first appears in Hyginus's Fabulae.
However, said text is corrupted in places, meaning that some of the names are only partially legible. Lyris is such a name and thus usually rendered as *lyris (with the * representing an unknown name element).
Lyall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname that was derived from the Old Norse given name Liulfr (which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf").
Lux
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: LUKS(English)
Derived from Latin lux meaning "light".
Lutz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LUWTS
German diminutive of Ludwig.
Lunete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Form of Eluned used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes in his poem Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. In the poem she is a servant of the Lady of the Fountain who aids the knight Yvain.
Ludwig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LOOT-vikh
From the Germanic name Hludwig meaning "famous in battle", composed of the elements hlut "famous, loud" and wig "war, battle". This was the name of three Merovingian kings of the Franks (though their names are usually spelled as Clovis) as well as several Carolingian kings and Holy Roman emperors (names often spelled in the French form Louis). Other famous bearers include the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) and the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), who contributed to logic and the philosophy of language.
Ludovico
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: loo-do-VEE-ko
Italian form of Ludwig.
Lucan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the Roman cognomen Lucanus, which was derived from the name of the city of Luca in Tuscany (modern Lucca). Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, commonly called Lucan, was a 1st-century Roman poet.
Lonnie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAHN-ee(American English) LAWN-ee(British English)
Short form of Alonzo and other names containing the same sound.
Lonán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: LUW-nan(Irish)
Means "little blackbird", derived from Old Irish lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early saints.
Loj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure (Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: LOY
Dialectal short form of Elochius found in an inscription on the altar of the St.-Ludwig chapel at Gehweiler (Wadern, Germany).
Lionesse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Variant of Lyonesse.
Linet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Variant of Lynet.
Lina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: لينا(Arabic)
Pronounced: LEE-na
Means "soft, tender" in Arabic, derived from لان (lāna) meaning "to be soft". It can also be from Arabic لينة (līna), a type of palm tree, likely derived from the same root.
Liliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, English
Pronounced: lee-LYA-na(Italian, Spanish, Polish) lil-ee-AN-ə(English) lil-ee-AHN-ə(English)
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Latinate form of Lillian.
Lightning
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: LIET-ning
From lightning (n.) visible discharge of energy between cloud and cloud or cloud and ground, late Old English, "lightning, flash of lightning," verbal noun from lightnen "make bright," or else an extended form of Old English lihting, from leht.
Lexa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEHK-sə
Short form of Alexandra or Alexa.
Lev 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лев(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LYEHF(Russian)
Means "lion" in Russian and Ukrainian, functioning as a vernacular form of Leo. This was the real Russian name of both author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940). This is also the name of the main character, Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, in the novel The Idiot (1868) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Lenyx
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lennox.
Lenae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: lə-NAY
Respelling of Linnaea influenced by the English pronunciation of Renée.
Legend
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LEHJ-ənd
From the English word, referring to a story about the past (or by extension, a heroic character in such a story), ultimately from Latin legere "to read".
Leafy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Diminutive of Relief.
Larkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Pronounced: LAHR-kin(American English) LAH-kin(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Medieval diminutive of Laurence 1.
Lancelot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: LAN-sə-laht(American English) LAN-sə-lawt(British English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Possibly an Old French diminutive of Lanzo (see Lance). In Arthurian legend Lancelot was the bravest of the Knights of the Round Table. He became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere, ultimately causing the destruction of Arthur's kingdom. His earliest appearance is in the works of the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes: briefly in Erec and Enide and then as a main character in Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart.
Kyou
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 協, 京, 郷, 杏, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きょう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KYO
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji or or or (see Kyō).
Kristien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Variant of Christian.
Koschei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology (?), Russian
Other Scripts: Коще́й(Church Slavic, Russian)
Personal remark: Nickname of The Master
A antagonistic figure from traditional Russian fairy tales. Known as “Koschei the Deathless”, he is portrayed as an evil and powerful wizard who cannot be killed by traditional means since his soul is hidden inside an object, often an egg nested inside other protective objects.
Kobalt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Americanized, Rare)
Variant of Cobalt
Kizzy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIZ-ee
Diminutive of Keziah. This particular spelling was repopularized in the late 1970s by a character in the book and miniseries Roots (1977).
Kia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: KEE-ah
Diminutive of Kristina.
Kenji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 健二, 研二, 賢二, 謙二, 健司, etc.(Japanese Kanji) けんじ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KEHN-JEE
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (ken) meaning "healthy, strong" or (ken) meaning "study, sharpen" combined with (ji) meaning "two". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.
Kellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHL-ən
Variant of Kellen. This particular spelling jumped in popularity after actor Kellan Lutz (1985-) appeared in the Twilight series of movies beginning 2008.
Kelila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: כְּלִילָה(Hebrew)
From Hebrew כְּלִיל (kelil) meaning "crown, wreath, garland" or "complete, perfect".
Kaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Polish, Lithuanian, Russian
Pronounced: KAZ(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Short form of Kazimieras, Kazimir, and other names beginning with Kaz.
Kay 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From the Welsh name Cai or Cei, possibly a form of the Roman name Gaius. Sir Kay was one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He first appears in Welsh tales as a brave companion of Arthur. In later medieval tales, notably those by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, he is portrayed as an unrefined boor.
Kanto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 完人, 完途, 寛人, 幹登, 貫人, 栞人, 煥図, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: KAHN-TO
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 完 (kan) meaning "perfect, completion, end", 寛 (kan) meaning "tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax, feel at home, be at ease, broadminded", 幹 (kan) meaning "tree trunk, main part, talent, capability", 貫 (kan) meaning "pierce, penetrate, brace", 栞 (kan) meaning "bookmark" or 煥 (kan) meaning "shine" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 途 (to) meaning "route, way, road" or 図 (to) meaning "map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kalidasa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sanskrit
Other Scripts: कालिदास(Sanskrit)
Means "servant of Kali" from the name of the Hindu goddess Kali 1 combined with Sanskrit दास (dāsa) meaning "servant". Kalidasa (or Kālidāsa) was a 4th-century Indian poet and dramatist, the author of the Abhijnanashakuntalam and other works.
Kalani
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: ka-LA-nee
Means "the heavens" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Kahili
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian, Popular Culture
From the name of Hawaiian feathered regalia used to symbolize the ali'i (nobility). It also coincides with the Hawaiian name of several plants, such as the crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), the kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerarium), and the red silky oak (Grevillea banksii). Like most pre-contact Hawaiian names, it is a unisex name, appearing on both men and women in 19th-century marriage records.

This name was used in Pokemon Sun and Moon as the name of a female Flying-type Elite Four member, in which case it is also derived from the name of a golf course located in Maui, Hawaii (fittingly enough, the character is a golfer).

Kaede
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) かえで(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-EH-DEH
From Japanese (kaede) meaning "maple" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Jun 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 淳, 潤, 純, 順, etc.(Japanese Kanji) じゅん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: JOON
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (jun) meaning "pure", (jun) meaning "moisture", (jun) meaning "pure, clean, simple", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
July
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: juw-LIE
From the name of the month, which was originally named for Julius Caesar.
Jinx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Popular Culture
Pronounced: JINGKS
Variant of Jynx, or else directly from the American English word meaning "a charm, a spell", which is ultimately derived from the same source (Greek iynx "wryneck", a bird used in witchcraft and divination). This was the name of Halle Berry's character in the James Bond film 'Die Another Day' (2002), in which case it was a diminutive of Giacinta.
Jerald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHR-əld
Variant of Gerald.
Jayce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYS
Variant of Jace.
Javor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Јавор(Serbian)
Means "maple tree" in South Slavic.
January
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAN-yoo-ehr-ee
From the name of the month, which was named for the Roman god Janus. This name briefly charted on the American top 1000 list for girls after it was borne by the protagonist of Jacqueline Susann's novel Once Is Not Enough (1973).
Jai 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAY, JIE
Variant of Jay 1. In some cases it is pronounced to rhyme with names such as Kai or Ty.
Jae 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: JAY
Variant of Jay 1.
Jace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYS
Short form of Jason, sometimes used independently. It was brought to limited attention in America by the lead character in the western television series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955-1958). Towards the end of the 20th century it began steadily increasing in popularity, reaching the 66th spot for boys in the United States in 2013.
Isolda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: i-SOL-də(English) i-ZOL-də(English)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Latinate form of Iseult.
Iseult
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: i-SOOLT(English) i-ZOOLT(English) EE-ZUU(French)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested. It is possible that the name is ultimately Germanic, from a hypothetical name like *Ishild, composed of the elements is "ice" and hilt "battle".

According to tales first recorded in Old French in the 12th century, Yseut or Ysolt was an Irish princess betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. After accidentally drinking a love potion, she became the lover of his nephew Tristan. Their tragic story, which was set in the Arthurian world, was popular during the Middle Ages and the name became relatively common in England at that time. It was rare by the 19th century, though some interest was generated by Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde (1865).

Iselin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: is-e-LEEN
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Norwegian adoption of an originally German short form of Old High German names containing the element isarn meaning "iron" (e.g., Isengard, Iselinde, Isburg), as well as an adoption of an obsolete German diminutive of Isa 2 and a Norwegian adoption and adaption of the Irish name Aisling (compare Isleen).
Irelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: IER-lən(American English) IER-lin(American English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Variant of Ireland using the popular name suffix lyn.
Ione
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἰόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ie-O-nee(English)
From Ancient Greek ἴον (ion) meaning "violet flower". This was the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, though perhaps based on the Greek place name Ionia, a region on the west coast of Asia Minor.
Igraine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, from Igerna, the Latinized form of Welsh Eigyr. In Arthurian legend she is the mother of King Arthur by Uther Pendragon and the mother of Morgan le Fay by Gorlois. The Welsh form Eigyr or Eigr was rendered into Latin as Igerna by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Idelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ie-DEHL, i-DEHL
Elaboration of Ida.
Hooper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Hooper.
Honey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HUN-ee
Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig. This was originally a nickname for a sweet person.
Holland
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, Romani (Archaic)
Pronounced: HAH-lənd(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of geographic places called Holland 1, or transferred usage of the surname Holland 1.
Hisahito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Hilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEEL-lah
Short form of names beginning with Hil. It also means "cloudberry" in Finnish.
Hestia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἑστία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHS-TEE-A(Classical Greek) HEHS-tee-ə(English)
Derived from Greek ἑστία (hestia) meaning "hearth, fireside". In Greek mythology Hestia was the goddess of the hearth and domestic activity.
Hera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἥρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEH-RA(Classical Greek) HEHR-ə(English) HIR-ə(English)
Uncertain meaning, possibly from Greek ἥρως (heros) meaning "hero, warrior"; ὥρα (hora) meaning "period of time"; or αἱρέω (haireo) meaning "to be chosen". In Greek mythology Hera was the queen of the gods, the sister and wife of Zeus. She presided over marriage and childbirth.
Hayato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 隼人, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はやと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-YA-TO
From Japanese (haya) meaning "falcon" (using a nanori reading) and (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can also make up this name.
Haruka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 遥, 春花, 晴香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はるか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-ROO-KA
From Japanese (haruka) meaning "distant, remote". It can also come from (haru) meaning "spring" or (haru) meaning "clear weather" combined with (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" or (ka) meaning "fragrance". Additionally, other kanji combinations can form this name.
Harry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Swedish, German
Pronounced: HAR-ee(English) HEHR-ee(English) HAH-ree(Dutch) HA-ree(German)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Medieval English form of Henry. In modern times it is used as a diminutive of both Henry and names beginning with Har. Famous bearers include the American president Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), who was named after his uncle Harrison, and the British royal Prince Harry (1984-), who is actually named Henry. It is also the name of the boy wizard in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.
Hapi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hypothetical)
Reconstructed Egyptian form of Apis.
Hans
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: HANS(German, Danish) HAHNS(Dutch)
German short form of Johannes, now used independently. This name has been very common in German-speaking areas of Europe since the late Middle Ages. From an early period it was transmitted to the Low Countries and Scandinavia. Two famous bearers were Hans Holbein (1497-1543), a German portrait painter, and Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), a Danish writer of fairy tales.
Hamlet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Armenian
Other Scripts: Համլետ(Armenian)
Pronounced: HAM-lət(English) hahm-LEHT(Eastern Armenian) hahm-LEHD(Western Armenian)
Anglicized form of the Danish name Amleth. Shakespeare used this name for the main character in his tragedy Hamlet (1600), which he based upon earlier Danish tales. In the play, Hamlet is a prince of Denmark seeking to avenge the death of his father (also named Hamlet) at the hands of his uncle Claudius.
Hall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAWL
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was derived from Old English heall "manor, hall", originally belonging to a person who lived or worked in a manor.
Gwydion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Probably means "born of trees" from Old Welsh guid "trees" and the suffix gen "born of". In the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi [1], Gwydion is the nephew of King Math of Gwynedd, and like him a powerful magician. In an elaborate plot to give his brother a chance to rape his uncle's footbearer, he arranged a war between Gwynedd and the neighbouring kingdom of Dyfed. Gwydion himself killed King Pryderi of Dyfed at the end of the war. In punishment for the rape, Math transformed Gwydion and his brother into different animals over the course of three years. Gwydion was the uncle of Lleu Llaw Gyffes, whom he fostered. Math and Gwydion fashioned Lleu a wife, Blodeuwedd, out of flowers and they later aided him after her betrayal. Gwydion also appears in older Welsh poetry such as the Book of Taliesin.
Gunther
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: GUWN-tu(German)
From the Old German name Gundahar, derived from the elements gunda "war" and heri "army" (making it a cognate of Gunnar). This was the name of a semi-legendary 5th-century Burgundian king. He appears in the medieval German saga the Nibelungenlied, which has him wooing the Icelandic queen Brunhild. He wins her hand in marriage with the help of the hero Siegfried. He ultimately betrays Siegfried, but Siegfried's widow Kriemhild (Gunther's sister) takes her revenge upon him.

This was also the name of an 11th-century saint who was a hermit in Bavaria and Bohemia.

Gilroy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, either Mac Giolla Ruaidh, which means "son of the red-haired servant", or Mac Giolla Rí, which means "son of the king's servant".
Gawain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: gə-WAYN(English) GAH-win(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain, from the Latin form Gualguainus used in the 12th-century chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth (appearing also as Walganus, Gwalguanus and other spellings in different copies of the text), where he is one of the knights who serve his uncle King Arthur. He can be identified with the earlier Welsh hero Gwalchmai, and it is possible that the name derives from Gwalchmai or a misreading of it.

Gawain was a popular hero in medieval tales such as those by Chrétien de Troyes, where his name appears in the French form Gauvain or Gauvains. He is the main character of the 14th-century anonymous poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in which he accepts a potentially fatal challenge from the mysterious Green Knight.

Gareth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English (British), Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: GAR-əth(British English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain. It appears in this form in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends Le Morte d'Arthur, in which the knight Gareth (also named Beaumains) is a brother of Gawain. He goes with Lynet to rescue her sister Lyonesse from the Red Knight. Malory based the name on Gaheriet or Guerrehet, which was the name of a similar character in French sources. It may ultimately have a Welsh origin, possibly from the name Gwrhyd meaning "valour" (found in the tale Culhwch and Olwen) or Gwairydd meaning "hay lord" (found in the chronicle Brut y Brenhinedd).
Galahad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: GAL-ə-had(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From earlier Galaad, likely derived from the Old French form of the biblical place name Gilead. In Arthurian legend Sir Galahad was the son of Lancelot and Elaine. He was the most pure of the Knights of the Round Table, and he was the only one to succeed in finding the Holy Grail. He first appears in the 13th-century French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
Friday
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: FRIE-day
From the English word for the day of the week, which was derived from Old English frigedæg meaning "Frig's day". Daniel Defoe used it for a character in his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). As a given name, it is most often found in parts of Africa, such as Nigeria and Zambia.
Franz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FRANTS
German form of Franciscus (see Francis). This name was borne by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828), the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and the Austrian-Czech author Franz Kafka (1883-1924), whose works include The Trial and The Castle. It was also the name of rulers of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire.
Ford
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWRD(American English) FAWD(British English)
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "ford" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).
Flavien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: FLA-VYEHN
French form of Flavian.
Flavian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
From the Roman family name Flavianus, which was derived from Flavius. This was the name of several early saints including a 5th-century patriarch of Constantinople who was beaten to death.
Flannán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Diminutive of Flann. This was the name of a 7th-century saint.
Flann
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1][2]
Pronounced: FLAN(Irish)
Means "blood red" in Irish. This was the name of a 9th-century high king of Ireland.
Fitz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FITS
Short form of various given names that are derived from surnames beginning with Norman French fitz meaning "son of" (for example Fitzroy).
Fionn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: FYIN(Irish) FYUWN(Irish) FYOON(Irish) FIN(English)
From the Old Irish name Finn, derived from finn meaning "white, blessed". It occurs frequently in Irish history and legends, the most noteworthy bearer being Fionn mac Cumhaill, the central character of one of the four main cycles of Irish mythology, the Fenian Cycle. Fionn was born as Deimne, and acquired his nickname because of his fair hair. He grew all-wise by eating an enchanted salmon, and later became the leader of the Fianna after defeating the fire-breathing demon Áillen. He was the father of Oisín and grandfather of Oscar.
Finnegan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FIN-ə-gən
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Fionnagáin, itself derived from the given name Fionnagán, a diminutive of Fionn. This is the surname of a relatively minor character in James Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake (1939), the title of which was based on a 19th-century Irish ballad called Finnegan's Wake.
Finnbar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: FIN-bahr(American English) FIN-bah(British English)
Variant of Finbar.
Finley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FIN-lee
Variant of Finlay. This is by far the preferred spelling in the United States, where it has lately been more common as a feminine name.
Fingal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Means "white stranger", derived from the Old Irish elements finn "white, blessed" and gall "foreigner, stranger". This was the name of the hero in the Scottish author James Macpherson's 1761 poem Fingal [1], which he claimed to have based on early Gaelic legends about Fionn mac Cumhaill.
Findlay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of Fionnlagh.
Finbar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: FIN-bahr(American English) FIN-bah(British English)
Anglicized form of Irish Fionnbharr, Old Irish Finnbarr, derived from finn "white, blessed" and barr "top, head". Saint Finbar of Cork was a 6th-century bishop who supposedly performed miraculous cures. The Isle of Barra off Scotland was (probably) named for him.
Filbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Eastern African
Possibly a form of Philibert. It is particularly used in Tanzania due to track star Filbert Bayi (1953-), who set a world record running the 1500 meter in 1974.
Ferrari
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ferrari. Ferrari is also the name of a company manufacturing luxury sports cars and Formula One racing cars.

A notable name bearer is a writer, editor, cultural critic, and artist 'Ferrari Sheppard', who was given the name 'Ferrari Elite Sheppard'.

February
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
The 2nd month of the year.
The name February comes from the Latin term "februum", meaning "purification". A purification ritual called Februa was held on February 15 in the Roman calendar.
Farley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FAHR-lee(American English) FAH-lee(British English)
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "fern clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer of this name was Canadian author Farley Mowat (1921-2014).
Fang
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 芳, 方, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: FANG
From Chinese (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful" or other characters with a similar pronunciation.
Ewan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: YOO-ən(English)
Anglicized form of Eòghann.
Evron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: עֶבְרוֹן(Hebrew)
From a biblical place name, also called עַבְדּוֹן (ʿAvdon) meaning "servile", for which it may be a clerical error.
Evert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish
Pronounced: EH-vərt(Dutch)
Dutch and Swedish form of Everard.
Eva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese, Romanian, Greek, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Εύα(Greek) Ева(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Church Slavic) ევა(Georgian) Էվա(Armenian)
Pronounced: EH-ba(Spanish) EH-va(Italian, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic, Greek) EE-və(English) EH-fa(German) EH-vah(Danish) YEH-və(Russian) EH-VAH(Georgian) EH-wa(Latin)
Form of Eve used in various languages. This form is used in the Latin translation of the New Testament, while Hava is used in the Latin Old Testament. A notable bearer was the Argentine first lady Eva Perón (1919-1952), the subject of the musical Evita. The name also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) belonging to the character Little Eva, whose real name is in fact Evangeline.

This is also an alternate transcription of Russian Ева (see Yeva).

Eurig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Derived from Welsh aur meaning "gold" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Ett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure (Rare)
Pronounced: ETT
The name of the German writer and comedian Ett Clyse.
Estelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ehs-TEHL(English) EHS-TEHL(French)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately derived from Latin stella. It was rare in the English-speaking world in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due to the character Estella Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).
Erie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: IR-ee(American English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Possibly a transferred use of the name of Lake Erie or of the famous Erie Canal. In rare use in the US from the late 1800s to the 1910s and again briefly in the 1960s and 1970s.
Eòin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: YAWN
Scottish Gaelic form of Iohannes (see John) used in the Bible.
Ennis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
From an Irish surname that was derived from inis meaning "island".
Enfys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHN-vis
Means "rainbow" in Welsh. This name was first used in the 19th century.
Emmerich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: EH-mə-rikh(German)
Germanic name, in which the second element is rih "ruler, king". The first element may be irmin "whole, great" (making it a relative of Ermenrich), amal "unceasing, vigorous, brave" (making it a relative of Amalric) or heim "home" (making it a relative of Henry). It is likely that several forms merged into a single name.
Elysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: i-LIZ-ee-ə(English) i-LIS-ee-ə(English) i-LEE-zhə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology.
Elwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-win
Variant of Alvin.
Elvio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Helvius.
Elroy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-roi
Altered form of Leroy, using the Spanish definite article el as opposed to the French le.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Elochius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure (Rare)
A variant of Eligius showing contamination from the name Eulogius.
Elm
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Catalan, English
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Catalan form of Elmo, as well as a short form of Elmer. The name may also be taken directly from the English word elm, a type of tree.
Elio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: EH-lyo
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Italian form of Aelius or Helios.
Elina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Swedish
Pronounced: EH-lee-nah(Finnish) eh-LEE-nah(Swedish)
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen.
Electra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἠλέκτρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEHK-trə(English)
Latinized form of Greek Ἠλέκτρα (Elektra), derived from ἤλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. Also in Greek mythology, this name was borne by one of the Pleiades, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
Eldred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-drid
From an English surname that was derived from Ealdræd.
Eithne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: EH-nyə(Irish)
Possibly from Old Irish etne meaning "kernel, grain". In Irish mythology Eithne or Ethniu was a Fomorian and the mother of Lugh Lámfada. It was borne by several other legendary and historical figures, including a few early saints.
Eirwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Masculine form of Eirwen.
Eirwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "white snow" from the Welsh elements eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed". This name was created in the early 20th century.
Eirian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Means "bright, beautiful" in Welsh [1].
Ein
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Eimhir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Emer.
Eilwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Perhaps means "white brow", derived from Welsh ael "brow" and gwen "white, blessed". This is a recently created Welsh name.
Èibhlin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Scottish Gaelic form of Aveline.
Eef
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: EHF
Personal remark: This one is random but I found it cute, it's from Unnus Annus (Markiplier and Crankgameplays)
Short form of names beginning with Ev, such as Eva or Evert.
Edom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אֱדוֹם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-dəm(English)
From Hebrew אָדֹם (ʾaḏom) meaning "red" [2]. According to the Old Testament, Esau, who is described as having red skin, was given this name because he traded his birthright for a helping of red broth. The bible goes on to tell that Esau was the founder of the ancient nation of Edom, located to the south of the kingdom of Judah.
Eavan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: EE-vən(English)
Anglicized form of Aoibheann.
Dulce
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: DOOL-theh(European Spanish) DOOL-seh(Latin American Spanish)
Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.
Dubhán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
From Old Irish Dubán meaning "little dark one", derived from dub "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a few early saints.
Drustan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pictish
Diminutive of Drust. This name was borne by a 7th-century Irish saint who was active among the Picts in Scotland.
Driskoll
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DRIS-kəl
Variant of Driscoll.
Drago
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Драго(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious".
Dorcas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English (African)
Other Scripts: Δορκάς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DAWR-kəs(American English) DAW-kəs(British English)
Derived from Greek δορκάς (dorkas) meaning "gazelle". This is the Greek translation of the name Tabitha in the New Testament (see Acts 9:36). At present it is most commonly used in English-speaking Africa.
Donagh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Donnchadh (see Duncan).
Domenico
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: do-MEH-nee-ko
Italian form of Dominicus (see Dominic). Domenico Veneziano was a Renaissance painter who lived in Florence.
Dom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHM(American English) DAWM(British English)
Short form of Dominic.
Dollar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: DAHL-ər(American English)
From the English word for the US currency.

From early Flemish or Low German daler, from German T(h)aler, short for Joachimsthaler, a coin from the silver mine of Joachimsthal (‘Joachim's valley’), now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic. The term was later applied to a coin used in the Spanish-American colonies, which was also widely used in the British North American colonies at the time of the American War of Independence, hence adopted as the name of the US monetary unit in the late 18th century.

Dior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
From a French surname, possibly from doré meaning "golden". As a given name it has been inspired by the French luxury fashion house Dior, founded by the designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).
Delwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
From Welsh del "pretty" combined with gwyn "white, blessed". It has been used as a given name since the start of the 20th century.
Delaney
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: di-LAYN-ee
From a surname: either the English surname Delaney 1 or the Irish surname Delaney 2.
Deirdre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: DIR-drə(American English) DIR-dree(American English) DEEY-drə(British English) DEEY-dree(British English) DYEHR-dryə(Irish)
From the Old Irish name Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from der meaning "daughter". This was the name of a tragic character in Irish legend who died of a broken heart after Conchobar, the king of Ulster, forced her to be his bride and killed her lover Naoise.

It has only been commonly used as a given name since the 20th century, influenced by two plays featuring the character: William Butler Yeats' Deirdre (1907) and J. M. Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows (1910).

December
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: dis-EM-bər, DEE-səm-bər
Derived from the Latin word decem, meaning "ten". December is the twelfth month on the Gregorian calendar. This name is used regularly in America, mostly on females.
Darin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ən
Variant of Darren. This was the adopted surname of the singer Bobby Darin (1936-1973), who was born Robert Cassotto and chose his stage name from a street sign.
Darach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Means "of oak" in Irish, from the genitive case of dair.
Dakim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Latinized, Rare)
Other Scripts: Даким(Russian)
Pronounced: Dak-EEm
Diminutive of Daniel.
Dáire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: DA-ryə(Irish)
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish. This name is borne by many figures in Irish legend, including the Ulster chief Dáire mac Fiachna who reneged on his promise to loan the Brown Bull of Cooley to Medb, starting the war between Connacht and Ulster as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Daichi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 大地, 大智, etc.(Japanese Kanji) だいち(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: DA-EE-CHEE
From Japanese (dai) meaning "big, great" combined with (chi) meaning "earth, land" or (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Cyrano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: SIR-ə-no(English)
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene, which was located in North Africa. Edmond Rostand used this name in his play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). He based his character upon a real person, the French satirist Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655).
Cyler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Variant of Syler.
Cuinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KWIN
Variant of Quinn, taken from the Irish Gaelic surname Ó Cuinn (in which it is the genitive form of Conn).
Croix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
French cognate of Cruz, possibly taken from the name of St. Croix, the largest of the Virgin Islands (which was originally Santa Cruz, "Holy Cross" in Spanish, the name given by Columbus).
Criseyde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Form of Criseida used by the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer in his 14th-century epic poem Troilus and Criseyde.
Corbin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAWR-bin(American English) KAW-bin(British English)
From a French surname that was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair. The name was probably popularized in America by actor Corbin Bernsen (1954-) [1].
Colum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Irish form of Columba. The Old Irish word columb or colum also means "dove", derived from Latin columba.
Colt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KOLT
From the English word for a young male horse or from the surname of the same origin. It may be given in honour of the American industrialist Samuel Colt (1814-1862) or the firearms company that bears his name. It was brought to public attention in 1981 by the main character on the television series The Fall Guy [1].
Clive
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLIEV
From an English surname derived from Old English clif meaning "cliff", originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.
Cleon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κλέων(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Κλέων (Kleon), a Greek name derived from κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory".
Clementine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-ən-teen, KLEHM-ən-tien
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
English form of Clémentine.
Cledwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Possibly derived from Welsh caled "rough, hard" and gwyn "white, blessed". This is the name of a small river (Cledwen) in Conwy, Wales.
Cinder
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: SIN-der(American English)
Representing the residue of combustion; ashes.
Chloris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χλωρίς(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek χλωρός (chloros) meaning "pale green". Chloris, in Greek mythology, was a minor goddess of vegetation.
Chico
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: SHEE-koo
Diminutive of Francisco.
Chevy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
A literary place name. There is a famous old poem called "The Ballad of Chevy Chase". A chase is a parcel of hunting land, and Chevy refers to the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border.

Comedian Chevy Chase took his name from this poem, which is mentioned in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.

Cherry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEHR-ee
Simply means "cherry" from the name of the fruit, derived from Latin cerasium, Greek κεράσιον (kerasion). It can also be a diminutive of Charity. It has been in use since the late 19th century.
Channary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Means "moon-faced girl" from Khmer ចន្ទ (chan) meaning "moon" and នារី (neari) meaning "woman, girl".
Cerise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SU-REEZ
Means "cherry" in French.
Celosia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Taken from the name of the flower, whose name is derived from Greek κηλος (kelos) "burned".
Cassiopeia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κασσιόπεια, Κασσιέπεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kas-ee-ə-PEE-ə(English)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiopeia) or Κασσιέπεια (Kassiepeia), possibly meaning "cassia juice". In Greek myth Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda. She was changed into a constellation and placed in the northern sky after she died.
Cassiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
From Hebrew קַפצִיאֵל (Qaftsiʾel), of uncertain meaning. Suggested meanings include "leap of God", "drawn together by God" or "wrath of God". This is the name of an angel in medieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic mysticism.
Cassia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KAS-see-a(Latin) KA-shə(English) KAS-ee-ə(English)
Feminine form of Cassius.
Cassander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάσσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek Κάσσανδρος (Kassandros), the masculine form of Cassandra. This was the name of a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon.
Cash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KASH
From an English occupational surname for a box maker, derived from Norman French casse meaning "case", from Latin capsa. It coincides with the English word cash meaning "money" (derived from the same French and Latin roots). A famous bearer of the surname was American musician Johnny Cash (1932-2003).
Carver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAHR-vər(American English) KAH-və(British English)
From an English surname that meant "wood carver".
Carolus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Pronounced: KA-ro-loos(Late Latin)
Latin form of Charles.
Caolán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEE-lan
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Irish caol meaning "slender" combined with the diminutive suffix -án.
Caius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: GA-ee-oos(Latin) KIE-əs(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Roman variant of Gaius.
Cain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: קָיִן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: KAYN(English)
From the Hebrew name קָיִן (Qayin) possibly meaning "acquired", from the root קָנָה (qana) meaning "to acquire, to purchase". In Genesis in the Old Testament Cain is the first son of Adam and Eve. He killed his brother Abel after God accepted Abel's offering of meat instead of his offering of plant-based foods. After this Cain was banished to be a wanderer.
Caeso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, that was probably derived from Latin caesius meaning "blue-grey". This praenomen was only used by a few families.
Caesar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KIE-sar(Latin) SEE-zər(American English) SEE-zə(British English)
From a Roman cognomen that possibly meant "hairy", from Latin caesaries "hair". Julius Caesar and his adopted son Julius Caesar Octavianus (commonly known as Augustus) were both rulers of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC. Caesar was used as a title by the emperors that came after them.
Caden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-dən
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Sometimes explained as deriving from the Irish surname Caden, which is an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Cadáin, itself from the given name Cadán (of unknown meaning). In actuality, the popularity of this name in America beginning in the 1990s is due to its sound — it shares its fashionable den suffix sound with other trendy names like Hayden, Aidan and Braden.
Burke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BURK(American English) BUK(British English)
From an English surname that was derived from Old English burg meaning "fortress".
Buck
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUK
From an English nickname meaning simply "buck, male deer", ultimately from Old English bucc.
Bronwyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Variant of Bronwen used in the English-speaking world (especially Australia and New Zealand).
Broen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Limburgish
Pronounced: BRHOON
Limburgish form of Bruno.
Brodie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRO-dee
Variant of Brody.
Briscoe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIS-ko
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "birch wood" in Old Norse.
Brion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIE-ən
Variant of Brian.
Briggs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
From a surname that was derived from Middle English brigge, Old English brycg meaning "bridge".
Breeze
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREEZ
From the English word "breeze" referring to "a light, gentle wind". From the Dutch bries 'breeze', from the Eastern Frisian brîse 'breeze', from brisen 'to blow fresh and strong'.
Braith
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Australian, Rare)
Pronounced: BRAYTH
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Welsh brith, braith meaning "speckled".
Braeden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRAY-dən
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Variant of Braden.
Boyd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BOID
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From a Scottish surname that was possibly derived from the name of the island of Bute (Bód in Gaelic).
Bowen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-ən
From a Welsh surname, derived from ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".
Boone
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BOON
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was either derived from Old French bon meaning "good" or from the name of the town of Bohon, France.
Bolt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, Pet
An animated dog being the title hero in the movie 'Bolt' (2008). The name comes from a lightning bolt mark on his side.
Biff
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BIF
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a nickname that was based on the English word biff, which means "punch, hit, strike".
Biden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname Biden.
Berwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "white top" from the Welsh elements barr "top, head" and gwyn "white, blessed". This is the name of a mountain range in Wales.
Beppe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: BEHP-peh
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Giuseppe.
Beck
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BEHK
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From a surname of English, German or Scandinavian origins, all derived from related words meaning "stream". As a feminine name, in some cases it is a short form of Rebecca. A noted bearer is the American rock musician Beck Hansen (1970-), born Bek David Campbell, who goes by the stage name Beck.
Baylor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BAY-lər(American English) BAY-lə(British English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From a surname, possibly an Americanized form of the German surname Beiler, derived from Middle High German beile meaning "measuring stick".
Barrett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAR-it, BEHR-it
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From a surname probably meaning "quarrelsome, deceptive" in Middle English, originally given to a quarrelsome person.
Baker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BAY-kər(American English) BAY-kə(British English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English occupational surname derived from Old English bakere meaning "baker".
Ayzere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айзере(Kazakh)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Айзере (see Aizere).
Ayako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩子, 綾子, 絢子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-KO
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (aya) meaning "colour", (aya) meaning "design" or (aya) meaning "brilliant fabric design, kimono design" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Ayaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩花, 彩華, 彩香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-KA
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (aya) meaning "colour" combined with (ka) or (ka) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Aveline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lien, AV-ə-leen
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the Norman French form of the Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of Avila. The Normans introduced this name to Britain. After the Middle Ages it became rare as an English name, though it persisted in America until the 19th century [1].
Ava 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və
Variant of Eve. A famous bearer was the American actress Ava Gardner (1922-1990). This name became very popular throughout the English-speaking world in the early 21st century, entering the top ten for girls in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It began to rise sharply after 1997, possibly inspired by the actress Heather Locklear and musician Richie Sambora when they used it for their baby daughter that year.
Aurea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name that was derived from aureus "golden". This was the name of a 3rd-century saint from Ostia (near Rome), as well as an 11th-century Spanish saint.
August
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English
Pronounced: OW-guwst(German) OW-goost(Polish, Norwegian) OW-guyst(Swedish) AW-gəst(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of Augustus. This was the name of three Polish kings.

As an English name it can also derive from the month of August, which was named for the Roman emperor Augustus.

Arwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "noble maiden" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Arwen was the daughter of Elrond and the lover of Aragorn.
Arvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Either a Scandinavian form of Arwin (see Erwin) or a combination of the Old Norse name elements ari "eagle" and vinr "friend".
Artair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: AHR-tər
Scottish Gaelic form of Arthur.
Armani
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ahr-MAHN-ee(American English) ah-MAHN-ee(British English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From an Italian surname meaning "son of Ermanno". It has been used as a given name due to the fashion company Armani, which was founded by the clothing designer Giorgio Armani (1934-).
Ares
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄρης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REHS(Classical Greek) EHR-eez(English)
Perhaps from either Greek ἀρή (are) meaning "bane, ruin" or ἄρσην (arsen) meaning "male". The name first appears as a-re in Mycenaean Greek writing. Ares was the bloodthirsty god of war in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Hera.
Arden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-dən(American English) AH-dən(British English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".
Arch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AHRCH
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Archibald and other names beginning with the syllable Arch-.
Arcadius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀρκάδιος(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Arkadios.
Apple
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AP-əl
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the fruit, derived from Middle English appel, Old English æppel. The American actress Gwenyth Paltrow and British musician Chris Martin gave this name to their daughter in 2004.
Apis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ἆπις(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Egyptian ḥjpw (reconstructed as Hapi), which is of unknown meaning. In Egyptian mythology he was a sacred bull, sometimes considered a son of Hathor. He was later fused with Osiris resulting in the figure of Serapis.
Aoi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 葵, 碧, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あおい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-O-EE
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (aoi) meaning "hollyhock, althea" or an adjectival form of (ao) meaning "green, blue". Other kanji with the same reading can form this name as well.
Anubis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνουβις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-NOO-bis(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of Ἄνουβις (Anoubis), the Greek form of Egyptian jnpw (reconstructed as Anapa and other forms), which coincided with a word meaning "royal child, prince". However, it might alternatively be derived from the root jnp meaning "to decay". Anubis was the Egyptian god who led the dead to the underworld. He was often depicted as a man with the head of a jackal. The Greeks equated him with their god Hermes.
Annalise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, English (Modern)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Combination of Anna and Lise.
Anima 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AN-i-mə
Means "soul, spirit" in Latin. In Jungian psychology the anima is an individual's true inner self, or soul.
Andromeda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀνδρομέδα, Ἀνδρομέδη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-DRO-MEH-DA(Classical Greek) an-DRAH-mi-də(American English) an-DRAW-mi-də(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) combined with one of the related words μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.
Andrei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Андрей(Russian, Bulgarian) Андрэй(Belarusian) Андреи(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: an-DRAY(Romanian) un-DRYAY(Russian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Romanian form of Andrew, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Андрей or Belarusian Андрэй (see Andrey).
Anabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-ə-behl
Variant of Annabel.
Amoura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of Amora (perhaps based on French amour).
Amias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Variant of Amyas.
Amelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Medieval French
Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə(English) ə-MEEL-yə(English) a-MEH-lya(Spanish, Italian, Polish)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Variant of Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.

This name experienced a rise in popularity at the end of the 20th century. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 2011 to 2015.

Alvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: AL-vin(English)
From a medieval form of any of the Old English names Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine. It was revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the Old English names. As a Scandinavian name it is derived from Alfvin, an Old Norse cognate of Ælfwine.
Alphius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of Alphaeus, or possibly from an Umbrian root meaning "white". This was the name of a 3rd-century saint who was martyred in Sicily.
Alphaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Ἀλφαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-FEE-əs(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Ἀλφαῖος (Alphaios), the Greek form of a Hebrew name that meant "exchange". In the New Testament this is the name of the fathers of the apostles James the Lesser and Levi.
Allister
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-is-ter
Anglicized form of Alistair.
Alli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHL-lee
Finnish diminutive of names beginning with Al. This is also the Finnish word for a type of duck.
Alix
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-LEEKS
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Medieval French variant of Alice, also sometimes used as a masculine name. This is the name of the hero (a young Gaulish man) of a French comic book series, which debuted in 1948.
Alina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovene, German, Italian, Spanish
Other Scripts: Алина(Russian) Аліна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: a-LEE-na(Romanian, Polish, German, Italian, Spanish) u-LYEE-nə(Russian) u-LYEE-nu(Ukrainian) a-LYEE-na(Belarusian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Short form of Adelina, Albina and names that end in alina.
Aliki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αλίκη(Greek)
Greek form of Alice. It also corresponds with the Greek word άλικη meaning "scarlet".
Alijah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LIE-zhə
Variant of Elijah.
Alf 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ALF
Short form of Alfred.
Alexey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).
Alexei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).
Aleksei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).
Albus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "white, bright" in Latin.
Albin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, French, English, Slovene, Polish
Pronounced: AL-bin(Swedish, English) AL-BEHN(French) AL-been(Polish)
Form of Albinus in several languages.
Alban
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, French, Albanian, English (Rare)
Pronounced: AL-ban(German) AL-BAHN(French) AL-bən(English) AWL-bən(English)
From the Roman cognomen Albanus, which meant "from Alba". Alba (from Latin albus "white") was the name of various places within the Roman Empire, including the city Alba Longa. This name was borne by Saint Alban, the first British martyr (4th century). According to tradition, he sheltered a fugitive priest in his house. When his house was searched, he disguised himself as the priest, was arrested in his stead, and was beheaded. Another 4th-century martyr by this name was Saint Alban of Mainz.

As an English name, Alban was occasionally used in the Middle Ages and was revived in the 18th century, though it is now uncommon.

Akiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 晶子, 明子, 秋子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-KO
From Japanese (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear" or (aki) meaning "autumn" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Aki 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 晶, 明, 秋, 亜希, 亜樹, 亜紀, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE
From Japanese (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear" or (aki) meaning "autumn". It can also come from (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with (ki) meaning "hope". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name too.
Akari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明里, 朱里, 朱莉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あかり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KA-REE
From Japanese (aka) meaning "bright" or (aka) meaning "vermilion red" combined with (ri) meaning "village" or (ri) meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Akane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) あかね(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KA-NEH
From Japanese (akane) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Aizere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айзере(Kazakh)
Means "golden moon" from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold".
Airi 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛莉, 愛梨, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-REE
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Ainhoa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: IE-no-a(Basque) ie-NO-a(Spanish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From the name of a town in southwestern France where there is a famous image of the Virgin Mary.
Ailis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: A-lish
Scottish Gaelic form of Alice.
Ahsoka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Created from an anagram of Ashoka, pitched by George Lucas after Ashoka the Great, the Indian Emperor of the Maurya Empire. Ahsoka Tano is a Jedi knight first introduced as Anakin Skywalker's Padawan apprentice in 'Star Wars: the clone Wars'.
Aeron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
From the name of the Welsh river Aeron, itself probably derived from the hypothetical Celtic goddess Agrona. Alternatively, the name could be taken from Welsh aeron meaning "berries".
Aelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: IE-lee-oos
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun". This was the family name of the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Adamis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Αδάμης(Greek)
Pronounced: a-DA-mis
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Adamantios.
Aaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: AH-ro(Finnish)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Finnish and Estonian form of Aaron.
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