Cypress
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: SIE-pris
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
From the English word cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek kuparissos.
Juniper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JOON-i-pər(American English) JOON-i-pə(British English)
Rating: 71% based on 14 votes
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.
Onyx
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHN-iks(American English) AWN-iks(British English)
Rating: 59% based on 13 votes
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".
Peridot
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PER-i-do, PER-i-daht
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Taken from the name of the gemstone, whose name is of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory, however, derives it from Anglo-Norman
pedoretés, ultimately from Greek
paiderôs (via Latin
paederos):
pais "child" and
erôs "love".
As a given name, it has found occasional usage in the English-speaking world from the late 19th century onwards.
Schuyler
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SKIE-lər(American English) SKIE-lə(British English)
Rating: 51% based on 14 votes
From a Dutch surname meaning
"scholar". Dutch settlers brought the surname to America, where it was subsequently adopted as a given name in honour of the American general and senator Philip Schuyler (1733-1804)
[1].
Sterling
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STUR-ling(American English) STU-ling(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 14 votes
From a Scots surname that was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning. The name can also be given in reference to the English word sterling meaning "excellent". In this case, the word derives from sterling silver, which was so named because of the emblem that some Norman coins bore, from Old English meaning "little star".