This is a list of the usages (and origins) supported on this site.
Code | Usage Name | Origin Name | Lang. | Lang.Grp. | Nation | Region | Description |
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abz | Abazin | Abaza | y | Abazin names are used by speakers of Abaza in Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. | |||
abk | Abkhaz | Abkhaz | y | Abkhaz names are used by Abkhaz speakers in Abkhazia, a disputed region in Georgia. | |||
ace | Acehnese | Acehnese | y | Acehnese names are used in Aceh, Indonesia. | |||
ach | Acholi | Acholi | y | Acholi names are used by the Acholi people of South Sudan. | |||
ady | Adyghe | Adyghe | y | Adyghe names are used in the Republic of Adygea in Russia. | |||
afa | Afar | Afar | y | Afar names are used in the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia in eastern Africa. | |||
afg | Afghan | Afghan | y | Afghan names are used in the country of Afghanistan in central Asia. | |||
afi | Afizere | Afizere | y | Afizere names are used by the Afizere people of Nigeria. | |||
afr | African | African | y | African names are used on the continent of Africa, covering a wide number of languages. | |||
usa-b | African American | African American | These names are a subset of American names used more often by African Americans. | ||||
afr-myth | African Mythology | African Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the various peoples who inhabit Africa. | ||||
afk | Afrikaans | Afrikaans | y | Afrikaans names are used by Afrikaans speakers in the countries of South Africa and Namibia. | |||
amf-s | Afro-American (Slavery-era) | Afro-American (Slavery-era) | These names were used by African slaves in the Americas. | ||||
amf-myth | Afro-American Mythology | Afro-American Mythology | These names occur in the various mythologies and religions that developed in the Americas among African slaves. | ||||
agc | Agatu | Agatu | y | Agatu names are used in Nigeria. | |||
agh | Aghul | Aghul | y | Aghul names are used by the Aghul people of Dagestan, a republic of Russia. | |||
agr | Aguaruna | Aguaruna | y | Aguaruna or Awajún names are used by the Aguaruna people of Peru. | |||
ain | Ainu | Ainu | y | Ainu names are used by the Ainu people of Japan. | |||
aka | Akan | Akan | y | Akan names are used by the Akan people of Ghana and Ivory Coast. | |||
akk-anci | Akkadian | Akkadian | y | These names were used in ancient Akkad. | |||
alb | Albanian | Albanian | y | Albanian names are used in the country of Albania, as well as Kosovo and other Albanian communities throughout the world. | |||
alb-myth | Albanian Mythology | Albanian Mythology | These names occur in Albanian mythology. | ||||
ale | Aleut | Aleut | y | Aleut names are used by the Aleut people of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. | |||
alq | Algonquian | Algonquian | y | Algonquian names are used by the Algonquian peoples of Canada and the United States (not to be confused with Algonquin, a subgroup). | |||
alg | Algonquin | Algonquin | y | Algonquin names are used by the Algonquin people of Ontario and Quebec in Canada. | |||
als | Alsatian | Alsatian | y | Alsatian names are used in Alsace, eastern France, by speakers of Alsatian, an Upper German dialect. | |||
alt | Altai | Altai | y | Altai names are used by the Altai people of southern Siberia. | |||
alr | Alur | Alur | y | Alur names are used by the Alur people of Uganda. | |||
usa | American | American | y | American names are used in the United States. | |||
usa-h | American (Hispanic) | Hispanic American | These names are a subset of American names used more often by Hispanic Americans. | ||||
usa-s | American (South) | American (South) | These names are a subset of American names used more often in the American South. | ||||
amh | Amharic | Amharic | y | Amharic names are used in Ethiopia. | |||
ami | Amis | Amis | y | Amis names are used by the indigenous Amis people of Taiwan. | |||
ana | Anaang | Anaang | y | Anaang names are used by the Anaang people in southeastern Nigeria. | |||
anci | Ancient | Ancient | These names were used in various ancient regions. | ||||
arc-anci | Ancient Aramaic | Aramaic | y | These names were used by Aramaic speakers of the ancient Near East. | |||
arm-anci | Ancient Armenian | Classical Armenian | y | These names were used by ancient Armenian peoples. | |||
ass-anci | Ancient Assyrian | Ancient Assyrian | These names were used in ancient Assyria. | ||||
ber-anci | Ancient Berber | Ancient Berber | y | These names were used by the ancient Berber peoples of North Africa. | |||
dra-anci | Ancient Dravidian | Ancient Dravidian | y | These names were used by the ancient Dravidian peoples of India. | |||
egy-anci | Ancient Egyptian | Ancient Egyptian | y | These names were used in Ancient Egypt. | |||
gre-anci | Ancient Greek | Classical Greek | y | These names were used in ancient Greece. | |||
heb-anci | Ancient Hebrew | Classical Hebrew | y | These names were used by the ancient Israelites. | |||
nea-anci | Ancient Near Eastern | Ancient Near Eastern | These names were used in the ancient Near East. That is, by the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Canaanites, Phoenicians and others. Listed separately are Ancient Egyptian names and Ancient Persian names. | ||||
osc-anci | Ancient Oscan | Oscan | y | These names were used by the Oscan people of southern Italy. | |||
rom-anci | Ancient Roman | Latin | y | These names were used in ancient Rome and many parts of the Roman Empire. | |||
sem-anci | Ancient Semitic | Semitic | y | These names were used by ancient Semitic-speaking peoples, such as the Akkadians, Babylonians, Canaanites and Phoenicians. | |||
nrm-medi-e | Anglo-Norman | Anglo-Norman | y | Anglo-Norman names were used by medieval Anglo-Normans in England. | |||
eng-anci | Anglo-Saxon | Old English | y | Anglo-Saxon names were used by the Anglo-Saxons who inhabited ancient England. | |||
eng-myth | Anglo-Saxon Mythology | Anglo-Saxon Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Anglo-Saxon England. | ||||
sca-medi-b | Anglo-Scandinavian | Anglo-Scandinavian | These names were used by medieval Norse people who had settled in Britain. | ||||
ant | Antillean Creole | Antillean Creole | y | Antillean Creole names are used on the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. | |||
apa | Apache | Apache | y | Apache names are used by the Apache peoples of the southwestern United States. | |||
ara | Arabic | Arabic | y | Arabic names are used in the Arab world, as well as some other regions within the larger Muslim world. They are not necessarily of Arabic origin, though most in fact are. Compare also Persian names and Turkish names. | |||
ara-e | Arabic (Egyptian) | Egyptian Arabic | y | These names are a subset of Arabic names used more often in Egypt. | |||
ara-b | Arabic (Maghrebi) | Maghrebi Arabic | y | These names are a subset of Arabic names used more often in the Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya). | |||
ara-m | Arabic (Mashriqi) | Mashriqi Arabic | y | These names are a subset of Arabic names used more often in the Mashriq (Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen). | |||
arg | Aragonese | Aragonese | y | Aragonese names are used in Aragon in northeastern Spain by speakers of Aragonese. | |||
rki | Arakanese | Arakanese | y | Arakanese names are used in western Myanmar (Burma) by speakers of Arakanese, a language closely related to Burmese. | |||
arp | Arapaho | Arapaho | y | Arapaho names are used by the Arapaho peoples of Wyoming and Oklahoma. | |||
arm | Armenian | Armenian | y | Armenian names are used in the country of Armenia in western Asia, as well as in Armenian diaspora communities throughout the world. | |||
arm-e | Armenian (Eastern) | Eastern Armenian | y | These names are a subset of Armenian names used more often in Eastern Armenia. | |||
arm-w | Armenian (Western) | Western Armenian | y | These names are a subset of Armenian names used more often in Western Armenia. | |||
arm-myth | Armenian Mythology | Armenian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Armenian people. | ||||
lite-k | Arthurian Cycle | Arthurian Cycle | These names are from the medieval tales of King Arthur and his knights. | ||||
ash | Asháninka | Asháninka | y | Asháninka names are used by the Asháninka people of Peru. | |||
asm | Assamese | Assamese | y | Assamese names are used in Assam in eastern India. | |||
arc | Assyrian | Neo-Aramaic | y | Assyrian names are used by the Assyrian and Chaldean people who originate in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. | |||
astr | Astronomy | Astronomy | These names occur primarily in astronomy. They are not commonly given to real people. | ||||
ast | Asturian | Asturian | y | Asturian names are used in Asturias in northern Spain by speakers of Asturian. | |||
aty | Atayal | Atayal | y | Atayal names are used by the indigenous Atayal people of Taiwan. | |||
ava | Avar | Avar | y | Avar names are used by Avar speakers in Dagestan, a federal subject of Russia. | |||
ave-anci | Avestan | Avestan | y | Avestan names were used in central Asia by speakers of ancient Avestan. | |||
aym | Aymara | Aymara | y | Aymara names are used by the Aymara people of Bolivia and Peru. | |||
aze | Azerbaijani | Azerbaijani | y | Azerbaijani names are used by the Azeri people of Azerbaijan and northern Iran. | |||
nah-anci | Aztec | Classical Nahuatl | These names were used in the Aztec Empire. | ||||
nah-myth | Aztec and Toltec Mythology | Aztec and Toltec Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Toltecs, Aztecs and other related peoples. | ||||
bab-anci | Babylonian | Babylonian | These names were used in ancient Babylonia. | ||||
bah | Bahamian Creole | Bahamian Creole | y | Bahamian names are used in the Bahamas in the Caribbean. | |||
baj | Bajan | Bajan | y | Bajan names are used on the island nation of Barbados in the Caribbean. | |||
bal | Balinese | Balinese | y | Balinese names are used on the island of Bali, a part of Indonesia. | |||
blc | Balochi | Balochi | y | Balochi names are used by the Baloch people in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. | |||
blt | Baltic | Baltic | y | These names are used by Baltic peoples. | |||
blt-myth | Baltic Mythology | Baltic Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Baltic peoples. | ||||
bam | Bamileke | Bamileke | y | Bamileke names are used by the Bamileke people of Cameroon. | |||
bnt | Banat Swabian | Banat Swabian | These names are used by Banat Swabians, who are ethnic Germans from the historical region of Banat (straddling Romania, Serbia and Hungary). | ||||
bdl | Bandial | Bandial | y | Bandial names are used by speakers of Bandial in Senegal, western Africa. | |||
ban | Banjar | Banjar | y | Banjar names are used by the Banjar people of Indonesia. | |||
btu | Bantu | Bantu | y | These names are used by Bantu peoples. | |||
bao | Baoulé | Baoulé | y | Baoulé names are used by the Baoulé people of Ivory Coast. | |||
bar | Bariba | Bariba | y | Bariba (or Baatonum) names are used by the Bariba people of Benin and Nigeria. | |||
bsh | Bashkir | Bashkir | y | Bashkir names are used in Bashkortostan in Russia. | |||
bas | Basque | Basque | y | Basque names are used in the Basque Country (northern Spain and southern France) by speakers of Basque. | |||
bas-myth | Basque Mythology | Basque Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Basque people. | ||||
bat | Batak | Batak | y | Batak names are used on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia by speakers of the Batak languages. | |||
bel | Belarusian | Belarusian | y | Belarusian names are used in the country of Belarus in eastern Europe. | |||
blg | Belgian | Belgian | y | Belgian names are used in the country of Belgium in western Europe. | |||
bem | Bemba | Bemba | y | Bemba names are used by the Bemba people of Zambia. | |||
ben | Bengali | Bengali | y | Bengali names are used in Bangladesh and eastern India. | |||
ben-h | Bengali (Hindu) | Bengali (Hindu) | These names are a subset of Bengali names used more often by Bengali Hindus (mostly in the Indian state of West Bengal). | ||||
ben-i | Bengali (Muslim) | Bengali (Muslim) | These names are a subset of Bengali names used more often by Bengali Muslims (mostly in the country of Bangladesh). | ||||
ber | Berber | Berber | y | Berber names are used by the Berber (Amazigh) people of North Africa, including the Tuareg of the Sahara. | |||
bho | Bhojpuri | Bhojpuri | y | Bhojpuri names are used in northern India (in the state of Bhojpur). | |||
bhu | Bhutanese | Dzongkha | y | Bhutanese names are used in the country of Bhutan in southern Asia. | |||
eng-bibl | Biblical | Biblical English | These names occur in the English Bible. | ||||
bibl | Biblical (All) | Biblical | These names occur in the Bible (in any language). | ||||
dan-bibl | Biblical Danish | Biblical Danish | These names appear in Danish versions of the Bible. | ||||
dut-bibl | Biblical Dutch | Biblical Dutch | These names appear in Dutch versions of the Bible. | ||||
fin-bibl | Biblical Finnish | Biblical Finnish | These names appear in Finnish versions of the Bible. | ||||
fre-bibl | Biblical French | Biblical French | These names appear in French versions of the Bible. | ||||
ger-bibl | Biblical German | Biblical German | These names appear in German versions of the Bible. | ||||
gre-bibl | Biblical Greek | Biblical Greek | These names appear in the Greek Bible. | ||||
haw-bibl | Biblical Hawaiian | Biblical Hawaiian | These names appear in Hawaiian versions of the Bible. | ||||
heb-bibl | Biblical Hebrew | Biblical Hebrew | These names appear in the Hebrew Bible. | ||||
hun-bibl | Biblical Hungarian | Biblical Hungarian | These names appear in Hungarian versions of the Bible. | ||||
ita-bibl | Biblical Italian | Biblical Italian | These names appear in Italian versions of the Bible. | ||||
rom-bibl | Biblical Latin | Biblical Latin | These names appear in the Latin Bible (the Vulgate). | ||||
nor-bibl | Biblical Norwegian | Biblical Norwegian | These names appear in Norwegian versions of the Bible. | ||||
pol-bibl | Biblical Polish | Biblical Polish | These names appear in Polish versions of the Bible. | ||||
por-bibl | Biblical Portuguese | Biblical Portuguese | These names appear in Portuguese versions of the Bible. | ||||
rmn-bibl | Biblical Romanian | Biblical Romanian | These names appear in Romanian versions of the Bible. | ||||
spa-bibl | Biblical Spanish | Biblical Spanish | These names appear in Spanish versions of the Bible. | ||||
swe-bibl | Biblical Swedish | Biblical Swedish | These names appear in Swedish versions of the Bible. | ||||
bod | Bodo | Bodo | y | Bodo names are used by the Bodo people in Assam, India. | |||
bnc | Bontoc | Bontoc | y | Bontoc names are used in the northern Philippines. | |||
bos | Bosnian | Bosnian | y | Bosnian names are used by the Bosniak people. For additional names, see Serbo-Croatian names, Arabic names and Turkish names. | |||
brz | Brazilian | Brazilian | y | Brazilian names are used in the country of Brazil in South America. | |||
bre | Breton | Breton | y | Breton names are used in the region of Brittany in northwest France. | |||
bre-myth | Breton Legend | Breton Legend | These names occur in Breton legends. | ||||
brt-anci | Brythonic | Brythonic | y | These names were used by the Britons. See Old Celtic names for a broader list. | |||
bdd-myth | Buddhism | Buddhism | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Buddhism. | ||||
bug | Buginese | Buginese | y | Buginese names are used on the island of Sulawesi, a part of Indonesia. | |||
bul | Bulgarian | Bulgarian | y | Bulgarian names are used in the country of Bulgaria in southeastern Europe. | |||
bnn | Bunun | Bunun | y | Bunun names are used by the indigenous Bunun people of Taiwan. | |||
bur | Burmese | Burmese | y | Burmese names are used in Myanmar (Burma) in southeastern Asia. | |||
bry | Buryat | Buryat | y | Buryat names are used by the Buryat people of eastern Russia. | |||
crn-anci | Carian | Carian | y | Carian names were used by the ancient Carian people of Anatolia. | |||
car | Caribbean | Caribbean | y | Caribbean names are used on the islands of the Caribbean Sea. | |||
lite-c | Carolingian Cycle | Carolingian Cycle | These names are from the medieval tales of Charlemagne and his knights. | ||||
cat | Catalan | Catalan | y | Catalan names are used in Catalonia in eastern Spain, as well as in other Catalan-speaking areas including Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and Andorra. | |||
cat-b | Catalan (Balearic) | Balearic Catalan | These names are a subset of Catalan names used more often on the Balearic Islands. | ||||
cat-v | Catalan (Valencian) | Valencian Catalan | These names are a subset of Catalan names used more often in Valencia. | ||||
cau | Caucasian | Caucasian | These names are used by the various ethnic groups of the Caucasus, a region between Europe and Asia. | ||||
cau-myth | Caucasian Mythology | Caucasian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the various ethnic groups that inhabit the Caucasus, a region between Europe and Asia. | ||||
ceb | Cebuano | Cebuano | y | Cebuano names are used in the southern Philippines by speakers of Cebuano. | |||
cel | Celtic | Celtic | y | These names are used by Celtic peoples. | |||
cel-myth | Celtic Mythology | Celtic Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Celtic peoples. See Irish mythology and Welsh mythology for more specific lists. | ||||
afr-c | Central African | Central African | y | Central African names include those from Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equitorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. | |||
amc-c | Central American | Central American | y | Central American names include those from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. | |||
chg | Chaga | Chaga | y | Chaga names are used by the Chaga people of Tanzania. | |||
chm | Cham | Cham | y | Cham names are used by the Cham people of Cambodia and Vietnam. | |||
cha | Chamorro | Chamorro | y | Chamorro names are used by the Chamorro people of Guam and the Mariana Islands. | |||
crr | Charrúa | Charrúa | y | Charrúa names are used by the Charrúa peoples of Uruguay and Argentina. | |||
ctn | Chatino | Chatino | y | Chatino names are used by the Chatino people of southern Mexico. | |||
che | Chechen | Chechen | y | Chechen names are used in Chechnya, a federal subject of Russia. | |||
chk | Cherokee | Cherokee | y | Cherokee names are used by the Cherokee people of the United States. | |||
cew | Chewa | Chewa | y | Chewa names are used in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. | |||
chy | Cheyenne | Cheyenne | y | Cheyenne names are used by the Cheyenne people of the United States. | |||
chw | Chickasaw | Chickasaw | y | Chickasaw names are used by the Chickasaw people of the United States. | |||
chn | Chin | Chin | y | Chin names are used by the Chin people of western Myanmar (Chin State). | |||
chi | Chinese | Chinese | y | y | Chinese names are used in China and in Chinese communities throughout the world. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | ||
chi-c | Chinese (Cantonese) | Cantonese | y | Cantonese names are used in southeast China (including Hong Kong and Macau). Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
chi-h | Chinese (Hakka) | Hakka | y | Hakka names are used in southeast China. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
chi-f | Chinese (Hokkien) | Hokkien | y | Hokkien names are used in the Chinese province of Fujian and on Taiwan. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
chi-b | Chinese (Min Bei) | Min Bei | y | Min Bei names are used in parts of Fujian province in China. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
chi-d | Chinese (Min Dong) | Min Dong | y | Min Dong names are used in parts of Fujian province in China. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
chi-e | Chinese (Teochew) | Teochew | y | Teochew names are used in the Chinese province of Guangdong by speakers of Teochew, a dialect of Chaoshan. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
chi-w | Chinese (Wu) | Wu | y | Wu names are used in Shanghai and the surrounding provinces. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
chi-myth | Chinese Mythology | Chinese Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Chinese people. | ||||
chp | Chipewyan | Chipewyan | y | Chipewyan names are used by the Chipewyan people of northern Canada. | |||
cht | Choctaw | Choctaw | y | Choctaw names are used by the Choctaw people of Oklahoma and Mississippi. | |||
ckc | Chukchi | Chukchi | y | Chukchi names are used by the Chukchi people of northeastern Siberia. | |||
chu | Chuukese | Chuukese | y | Chuukese names are used on the island of Chuuk in Micronesia. | |||
chv | Chuvash | Chuvash | y | Chuvash names are used in Chuvashia, a federal subject of Russia. | |||
cir | Circassian | Circassian | y | Circassian names are used in Circassia, part of the Caucasus region of Russia, by speakers of the Circassian languages of Adyghe and Kabardian. | |||
may-anci | Classic Mayan | Classic Maya | y | These names were used by the ancient Maya people of Mexico and Central America. | |||
com | Comanche | Comanche | y | Comanche names are used by the Comanche people of the southern United States. | |||
cmr | Comorian | Comorian | y | Comorian names are used on the islands of Comoros off eastern Africa. | |||
coo | Cook Islands Maori | Cook Islands Maori | y | Cook Islands Maori or Rarotongan names are used by the indigenous people of the Cook Islands. | |||
cop | Coptic | Coptic | y | These names are used by Coptic Christians in Egypt. | |||
cop-b | Coptic (Bohairic) | Bohairic Coptic | These names were used by Bohairic-speaking Copts in Egypt. | ||||
cop-s | Coptic (Sahidic) | Sahidic Coptic | These names were used by Sahidic-speaking Copts in Egypt. | ||||
cor | Cornish | Cornish | y | Cornish names were used in southwest England in the region around Cornwall. | |||
crs | Corsican | Corsican | y | Corsican names are used on the French island of Corsica by speakers of Corsican (a language related to Italian). | |||
cre | Cree | Cree | y | Cree names are used by the Cree people of Canada. | |||
crk | Creek | Creek | y | Creek (or Muscogee) names are used by the Creek people of Florida and Oklahoma. | |||
crl | Creole | Creole | These names are used by speakers of creole languages. | ||||
crt | Crimean Tatar | Crimean Tatar | y | Crimean Tatar names are used by speakers of Crimean Tatar in Crimea. | |||
cro | Croatian | Croatian | y | Croatian names are used in the country of Croatia and other Croatian communities throughout the world. | |||
cum-medi | Cuman | Cuman | y | These names were used by the Cumans, a nomadic Turkic people. | |||
cze | Czech | Czech | y | Czech names are used in the Czech Republic in central Europe. | |||
dgb | Dagbani | Dagbani | y | Dagbani names are used by the Dagomba people in northern Ghana. | |||
dgs | Dagestani | Dagestani | y | Dagestani names are used in Dagestan, a federal subject of Russia. | |||
dam | Dambro | Dambro | y | Dambro names are used in southern Thailand. | |||
dan | Danish | Danish | y | Danish names are used in the country of Denmark in northern Europe. | |||
drg | Dargin | Dargin | y | Dargin names are used in Dagestan in Russia. | |||
per-d | Dari Persian | Dari Persian | y | Dari names are used in Afghanistan by speakers of Dari (the name for the Persian language in Afghanistan). | |||
dtg | Datooga | Datooga | y | Datooga names are used by the Datooga people of Tanzania. | |||
dhi | Dhivehi | Dhivehi | y | Dhivehi names are used by the Dhivehi people of the Maldives. | |||
din | Dinka | Dinka | y | Dinka names are used by the Dinka people of South Sudan. | |||
dog | Dogri | Dogri | y | Dogri names are used in northern India. | |||
dlg | Dolgan | Dolgan | y | Dolgan names are used by the Dolgan people of Siberia. | |||
dra | Dravidian | Dravidian | y | These names are used by Dravidian peoples. | |||
dun | Dungan | Dungan | y | Dungan names are used by the Dungan people of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. | |||
dut | Dutch | Dutch | y | Dutch names are used in the Netherlands and Flanders. | |||
dut-a | Dutch (Antillean) | Dutch (Antillean) | y | These names are a subset of Dutch names used more often on the Antilles Islands of the Caribbean. | |||
dut-s | Dutch (Surinamese) | Surinamese Dutch | y | These names are a subset of Dutch names used more often in Suriname. | |||
fri-e | East Frisian | East Frisian | y | East Frisian names are used in East Frisia in northwestern Germany. | |||
afr-e | Eastern African | Eastern African | y | Eastern African names include those from Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. | |||
edo | Edo | Edo | y | Edo names are used in Nigeria. | |||
efi | Efik | Efik | y | Efik names are used by the Efik people of southeast Nigeria | |||
egg | Eggon | Eggon | y | Eggon names are used in central Nigeria. | |||
egy-myth | Egyptian Mythology | Egyptian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of the Ancient Egyptians. | ||||
ela-myth | Elamite Mythology | Elamite Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Elamite people. | ||||
emr | Emilian-Romagnol | Emilian-Romagnol | y | These names are used in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy by speakers of the languages Emilian and Romagnol. | |||
eng | English | English | y | English names are used in English-speaking countries. | |||
eng-a | English (African) | African English | y | These names are a subset of English names used more often in Africa (in regions where English is spoken as a second language). | |||
eng-u | English (American) | American English | y | These names are a subset of English names used more often in America. | |||
eng-o | English (Australian) | Australian English | y | These names are a subset of English names used more often in Australia. | |||
eng-b | English (British) | British English | y | These names are a subset of English names used more often in Britain. | |||
eng-c | English (Canadian) | Canadian English | y | These names are a subset of English names used more often in Canada. | |||
eng-k | English (New Zealand) | New Zealand English | y | These names are a subset of English names used more often in New Zealand. | |||
eng-p | English (Puritan) | English (Puritan) | These names are a subset of English names that were used more often by the Puritans. | ||||
crl-e | English Creole | English Creole | y | English creole names are used by speakers of English-based creole languages. | |||
esa | Esan | Esan | y | Esan names are used in Nigeria. | |||
esp | Esperanto | Esperanto | y | Esperanto names are used by speakers of the planned language Esperanto. | |||
est | Estonian | Estonian | y | Estonian names are used in the country of Estonia in northern Europe. | |||
eth | Ethiopian | Ethiopian | y | Ethiopian names are used in the country of Ethiopia in eastern Africa. | |||
etr-anci | Etruscan | Etruscan | y | Etruscan names were used by the ancient Etruscan people of Italy. | |||
etr-myth | Etruscan Mythology | Etruscan Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Etruscans. | ||||
eve | Even | Even | y | Even names are used by the Even people of Siberia. | |||
evn | Evenki | Evenki | y | Evenki names are used by the Evenki people of Siberia and northern China. | |||
ewe | Ewe | Ewe | y | Ewe names are used by the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo. | |||
far-myth | Far Eastern Mythology | Far Eastern Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of eastern Asia. | ||||
fae | Faroese | Faroese | y | Faroese names are used on the Faroe Islands. | |||
fij | Fijian | Fijian | y | Fijian names are used on the island nation of Fiji. | |||
fil | Filipino | Filipino | y | Filipino names are used on the island nation of the Philippines. | |||
swe-f | Finland Swedish | Finland Swedish | y | These names are a subset of Swedish names used more often in Finland by speakers of Finland Swedish. | |||
fin | Finnish | Finnish | y | Finnish names are used in the country of Finland in northern Europe. | |||
fin-myth | Finnish Mythology | Finnish Mythology | These names occur in Finnish mythology. | ||||
fle | Flemish | Flemish | y | Flemish names are used in Flanders (the northern half of Belgium where Dutch is spoken). | |||
myth-f | Folklore | Folklore | These names occur in folklore and fairy tales. | ||||
frp | Franco-Provençal | Franco-Provençal | y | Franco-Provençal names are used in eastern France, northern Italy and western Switzerland. | |||
frk-anci | Frankish | Frankish | y | These names were used by the Franks, a Germanic people who settled in France and the Low Countries. | |||
fre | French | French | y | French names are used in France and other French-speaking regions. | |||
fre-n | French (Acadian) | Acadian French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in the province of New Brunswick in Canada. | |||
fre-a | French (African) | African French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in Africa (in regions where French is spoken as a first or second language). | |||
fre-b | French (Belgian) | Belgian French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in French-speaking southern Belgium. | |||
fre-j | French (Cajun) | Cajun French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in the American state of Louisiana by Cajuns. | |||
fre-c | French (Caribbean) | Caribbean French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in the French Caribbean. | |||
fre-e | French (European) | European French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in Europe (that is, in France as opposed to overseas French-speaking regions). | |||
fre-h | French (Huguenot) | French (Huguenot) | These names are a subset of French names that were used more often by French Protestants. | ||||
fre-q | French (Quebec) | Quebec French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in the province of Quebec in Canada. | |||
fre-s | French (Swiss) | Swiss French | y | These names are a subset of French names used more often in French-speaking regions of Switzerland. | |||
crl-f | French Creole | French Creole | y | French creole names are used by speakers of French-based creole languages. | |||
fri | Frisian | Frisian | y | Frisian names are used in Friesland in the northern Netherlands and in East and North Frisia in northwestern Germany. | |||
frl | Friulian | Friulian | y | Friulian names are used in the Friuli region of Italy by speakers of Friulian. | |||
ful | Fula | Fula | y | Fula names are used by the Fula people of western Africa. | |||
gaa | Ga | Ga | y | Ga names are used by the Ga people of Ghana. | |||
gag | Gagauz | Gagauz | y | Gagauz names are used by the Gagauz people of Moldova in eastern Europe. | |||
gal | Galician | Galician | y | Galician names are used in Galicia in northwestern Spain by speakers of Galician. | |||
glo | Gallo | Gallo | y | Gallo names are used in northwestern France by speakers of the language Gallo. | |||
gam | Gamilaraay | Gamilaraay | y | Gamilaraay names are used by the indigenous Gamilaraay people of eastern Australia. | |||
gan | Ganda | Ganda | y | Ganda names are used by the Ganda people of Uganda. | |||
gar | Garo | Garo | y | Garo names are used by the Garo people of India and Bangladesh. | |||
occ-b | Gascon | Gascon | y | Gascon names are a subset of Occitan names used in Gascony in southwestern France. | |||
gau-anci | Gaulish | Gaulish | y | These names were used in ancient Gaul (modern France) by Gaulish people. See Old Celtic names for a broader list. | |||
gau-myth | Gaulish Mythology | Gaulish Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Gauls, a Celtic people of continental Europe. | ||||
gay | Gayo | Gayo | y | Gayo names are used by the Gayo people on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. | |||
gee | Ge'ez | Ge'ez | y | Geez names are used by adherents of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Churches. | |||
geo | Georgian | Georgian | y | Georgian names are used in the country of Georgia in central Eurasia. | |||
geo-myth | Georgian Mythology | Georgian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Georgian people. | ||||
ger | German | German | y | German names are used in Germany and other German-speaking areas such as Austria and Switzerland. | |||
ger-t | German (Austrian) | Austrian German | y | These names are a subset of German names used more often in Austria. | |||
ger-b | German (Bessarabian) | Bessarabian German | These names are a subset of German names used more by Bessarabia Germans, who were German settlers in Bessarabia (modern Moldova and southern Ukraine). | ||||
ger-e | German (East Prussian) | East Prussian German | These names are a subset of German names used more by Germans from the historical region of East Prussia (now in Poland, Russia and Lithuania). | ||||
ger-p | German (Silesian) | Silesian German | y | These names are a subset of German names used by speakers of Silesian German in the region of Silesia, eastern Germany. It is distinct from the Slavic Silesian language or dialect spoken in Poland and the Czech Republic. | |||
ger-c | German (Sudeten) | Sudeten German | These names are a subset of German names used more by Sudeten Germans, who were Germans living in Bohemia and Moravia (modern Czechia). Most were expelled after the Second World War. | ||||
ger-s | German (Swiss) | Swiss German | y | These names are a subset of German names used more often in Switzerland. | |||
gmc-late | Germanic | Germanic | y | These names were used by speakers of Germanic languages in continental Europe (mainly Frankish, Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Old Frisian). | |||
gmc-myth | Germanic Mythology | Germanic Mythology | These names occur in Germanic mythologies and legends. Listed separately are Norse mythology names. | ||||
glk | Gilaki | Gilaki | y | Gilaki names are used by the Gilaki people in northern Iran. | |||
gno-myth | Gnosticism | Gnosticism | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Gnosticism. | ||||
gor | Gorani | Gorani | Gorani (or Goranski) names are used by the Gorani people of Kosovo and Albania. | ||||
grt | Gorontalo | Gorontalo | y | Gorontalo names are used by the Gorontalo people on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. | |||
got-anci | Gothic | Gothic | y | These names were used by the Goths, an eastern Germanic people. | |||
gre | Greek | Greek | y | Greek names are used in the country of Greece and other Greek-speaking communities throughout the world. | |||
gre-c | Greek (Cypriot) | Cypriot Greek | y | These names are a subset of Greek names used more often in Cyprus. | |||
gre-myth | Greek Mythology | Greek Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of ancient Greece. | ||||
grn | Greenlandic | Greenlandic | y | Greenlandic names are used by the indigenous people of Greenland. | |||
gnc | Guanche | Guanche | y | Guanche names are used by the indigenous Guanche people of the Canary Islands. | |||
gnc-myth | Guanche Mythology | Guanche Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of the aboriginal Guanche people of the Canary Islands. | ||||
gua | Guarani | Guarani | y | Guarani names are used by the Guarani people of South America. | |||
gue | Guernésiais | Guernésiais | y | Guernésiais names are used on the island of Guernsey between Britain and France by speakers of Guernésiais. | |||
guj | Gujarati | Gujarati | y | Gujarati names are used in western India (in the state of Gujarat). | |||
gur | Gurani | Gurani | y | Gurani (or Gorani) names are used by Kurdish speakers of Gorani in Iraq and Iran. | |||
gus | Gusii | Gusii | y | Gusii names are used by the Gusii people of Kenya. | |||
hda | Haida | Haida | y | Haida names are used on the island of Haida Gwaii, Canada. | |||
hai | Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole | y | Haitian Creole names are used on the island nation of Haiti in the Caribbean. | |||
hat-myth | Hattian Mythology | Hattian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the ancient Hattian people of Anatolia. | ||||
hau | Hausa | Hausa | y | Hausa names are used by the Hausa people of Nigeria and Niger. | |||
haw | Hawaiian | Hawaiian | y | Hawaiian names are used by the indigenous people of Hawaii. | |||
hay | Haya | Haya | y | Haya names are used in Tanzania by speakers of the Haya language. | |||
heb | Hebrew | Hebrew | y | These names are used by Hebrew speakers. | |||
hil | Hiligaynon | Hiligaynon | y | Hiligaynon names are used in the Philippines by speakers of Hiligaynon. | |||
hin | Hindi | Hindi | y | Hindi names are used in India by speakers of Hindi. | |||
ind-myth | Hinduism | Hinduism | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Hinduism. | ||||
hist | History | History | These names are used primarily to refer to historical persons. They are not commonly used by other people. | ||||
hist-s | History (Ecclesiastical) | History | These names are used primarily to refer to historical saints and other ecclesiastical figures. They are not commonly used by other people. | ||||
hit-anci | Hittite | Hittite | y | Hittite names were used by the ancient Hittite people who inhabited Anatolia. | |||
hit-myth | Hittite Mythology | Hittite Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the ancient Hittite people of Anatolia. | ||||
hmo | Hmong | Hmong | y | Hmong names are used by the Hmong people in southeastern Asia. | |||
hoo | Ho | Ho | y | Ho names are used in eastern India. | |||
hop | Hopi | Hopi | y | Hopi names are used by the Hopi people of Arizona. | |||
hui | Hui | Hui | Hui names are used by the Hui people of China, followers of Islam. | ||||
hun | Hungarian | Hungarian | y | Hungarian names are used in the country of Hungary in central Europe. | |||
hun-myth | Hungarian Mythology | Hungarian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Hungarian people. | ||||
hrk | Hunsrik | Hunsrik | y | Hunsrik names are used by speakers of Hunsrik German in Brazil. | |||
hur-anci | Hurrian | Hurrian | y | Hittite names were used by the ancient Hurrian people who inhabited northern Mesopotamia. | |||
hur-myth | Hurrian Mythology | Hurrian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of the Hurrian people. | ||||
iba | Iban | Iban | y | Iban names are used by the Iban people of Borneo. | |||
ibi | Ibibio | Ibibio | y | Ibibio names are used by the Ibibio people of Nigeria. | |||
ice | Icelandic | Icelandic | y | Icelandic names are used on the island nation of Iceland. | |||
ido | Idoma | Idoma | y | Idoma names are used by the Idoma people of Nigeria. | |||
igb | Igbo | Igbo | y | Igbo names are used by the Igbo people of Nigeria. | |||
igb-myth | Igbo Mythology | Igbo Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Igbo people of Nigeria. | ||||
ige | Igede | Igede | y | Igede names are used by the Igede people of Nigeria. | |||
ija | Ijaw | Ijaw | y | Ijaw names are used by the Ijaw people of Nigeria. | |||
ilo | Ilocano | Ilocano | y | Ilocano names are used in the northern Philippines by speakers of Ilocano. | |||
que-anci | Inca | Inca Quechua | y | These names were used in the Inca Empire. | |||
que-myth | Inca Mythology | Inca Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Inca of South America. | ||||
ind | Indian | Indian | y | Indian names are used in India and in Indian communities throughout the world. | |||
ind-c | Indian (Christian) | Indian (Christian) | These names are a subset of Indian names used more often by Indian Christians. | ||||
ind-i | Indian (Muslim) | Indian (Muslim) | These names are a subset of Indian names used more often by Indian Muslims. | ||||
ind-p | Indian (Parsi) | Indian (Parsi) | Parsi names are used by the Parsi people of India. | ||||
ind-s | Indian (Sikh) | Indian (Sikh) | These names are a subset of Indian names used more often by Sikhs. | ||||
ame | Indigenous American | Indigenous American | These names are or were used by the various indigenous peoples who inhabit North and South America. | ||||
aus | Indigenous Australian | Indigenous Australian | y | These names are used by the indigenous people of Australia, also called Aboriginal Australians. | |||
aus-myth | Indigenous Australian Mythology | Indigenous Australian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the various indigenous peoples of Australia. | ||||
tai | Indigenous Taiwanese | Formosan | y | These names are used by the indigenous people of Taiwan, also called Formosans or Taiwanese Aborigines. | |||
tas | Indigenous Tasmanian | Tasmanian | y | These names are used by the indigenous people of Tasmania, also called Aboriginal Tasmanians. | |||
ins | Indonesian | Indonesian | y | Indonesian names are used on the island nation of Indonesia in southeast Asia. | |||
ins-myth | Indonesian Mythology | Indonesian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the various peoples of Indonesia. | ||||
ing | Ingush | Ingush | y | Ingush names are used in Ingushetia, a federal subject of Russia. | |||
int | Interlingua | Interlingua | y | Interlingua names are used by speakers of the constructed language Interlingua. | |||
inu | Inuit | Inuktitut | y | Inuit names are used by the Inuit people of the North American Arctic. | |||
inu-myth | Inuit Mythology | Inuit Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Inuit peoples. | ||||
ipt | Inupiat | Inupiaq | y | Inupiat (or Inupiaq) names are used by the Inupiat people of northern Alaska. | |||
ira | Iranian | Iranian | y | Iranian names are used in the country of Iran in southwestern Asia. | |||
iri | Irish | Irish | y | Irish names are used on the island of Ireland as well as elsewhere in the Western World as a result of the Irish diaspora. | |||
iri-myth | Irish Mythology | Irish Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Ireland. | ||||
iro | Iroquois | Iroquoian | y | Iroquois names are used by the Iroquois people of the United States and Canada. | |||
isa | Isan | Isan | y | Isan names are used in northeastern Thailand. | |||
iso | Isoko | Isoko | y | Isoko names are used by the Isoko people of southern Nigeria. | |||
ist | Istriot | Istriot | y | Istriot names are used by speakers of Istriot in Croatia. | |||
ita | Italian | Italian | y | Italian names are used in Italy and other Italian-speaking regions such as southern Switzerland. | |||
ita-s | Italian (Swiss) | Swiss Italian | y | These names are a subset of Italian names used more often in Switzerland. | |||
ita-t | Italian (Tuscan) | Tuscan Italian | y | These names are a subset of Italian names used more often in Tuscany. | |||
jgh | Jagham | Jagham | y | Jagham names are used in Cameroon and Nigeria. | |||
jam | Jamaican Patois | Jamaican Patois | y | Jamaican Patois names are used on the island nation of Jamaica in the Caribbean. | |||
jap | Japanese | Japanese | y | Japanese names are used in Japan and in Japanese communities throughout the world. Note that depending on the Japanese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
jap-myth | Japanese Mythology | Japanese Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Japanese people. | ||||
jav | Javanese | Javanese | y | Javanese names are used on the island of Java, a part of Indonesia. | |||
jer | Jèrriais | Jèrriais | y | Jèrriais names are used on the island of Jersey between Britain and France by speakers of Jèrriais. | |||
jew | Jewish | Jewish | These names are used by Jews. For more specific lists, see Hebrew names and Yiddish names. | ||||
jew-k | Jewish (Ashkenazi) | Jewish (Ashkenazi) | Ashkenazi names are used by Ashkenazi Jews, who are Jews from Germany and Eastern Europe and their descendants in the diaspora. | ||||
jew-d | Jewish (Sephardic) | Jewish (Sephardic) | Sephardic names are used by Sephardic Jews, who are Jews from the Iberian Peninsula and their descendants in the diaspora. | ||||
jew-myth | Jewish Legend | Jewish Legend | These names occur in Jewish legends that are preserved outside of the Tanakh. | ||||
jol | Jola | Jola | y | Jola names are used in southern Senegal. | |||
jew-n | Judeo-Anglo-Norman | Judeo-Anglo-Norman | y | Judeo-Anglo-Norman names were used by Norman Jews who came to England following the Norman Conquest, until they were officially expelled in 1290. | |||
jew-a | Judeo-Arabic | Judeo-Arabic | y | Judeo-Arabic names were used by Jews living in the Arab world. | |||
jew-c | Judeo-Catalan | Judeo-Catalan | y | Judeo-Catalan names were used by Sephardic Jews living in Catalonia. | |||
chr-myth | Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend | Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend | These names occur in Jewish, Christian or Islamic legends. | ||||
jew-f | Judeo-French | Judeo-French | y | Judeo-French names were used by Zarphatic-speaking Jews of northern France. | |||
jew-g | Judeo-Greek | Judeo-Greek | y | Judeo-Greek (or Yevanic) names were used by Jews living in Greece. | |||
jew-i | Judeo-Italian | Judeo-Italian | y | Judeo-Italian names are used by Jews in Italy and Corfu. | |||
jew-p | Judeo-Provençal | Judeo-Provençal | y | Judeo-Provençal names were used by Jews in southern France. | |||
jew-v | Judeo-Slavic | Judeo-Slavic | y | Judeo-Slavic (or Knaanic) names were used by Ashkenazi Jews living in medieval Czechia and elsewhere in Slavic Europe. | |||
jew-s | Judeo-Spanish | Judeo-Spanish | y | Judeo-Spanish (or Ladino) names were used by Sephardic Jews living in Spain. | |||
jew-t | Judeo-Tat | Judeo-Tat | y | Judeo-Tat (or Juhuri) names are used by Jews of the Caucasus (mainly in Azerbaijan and southern Russia). | |||
kbd | Kabardian | Kabardian | y | Kabardian names are used in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia in Russia. | |||
kab | Kabyle | Kabyle | y | Kabyle names are used by the Kabyle Berber people of Algeria. | |||
kac | Kachin | Kachin | y | Kachin names are used by the Kachin people of northern Myanmar and southwestern China. | |||
kki | Kaguru | Kagulu | y | Kaguru names are used by the Kaguru people of Tanzania. | |||
kls | Kalasha | Kalasha | y | Kalasha names are used in northern Pakistan by the Kalasha people. | |||
kln | Kalenjin | Kalenjin | y | Kalenjin names are used by the Kalenjin peoples of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. | |||
kal | Kalmyk | Kalmyk | y | Kalmyk names are used in the Republic of Kalmykia, a part of Russia. | |||
kan | Kannada | Kannada | y | Kannada names are used in western India. | |||
kau | Kanuri | Kanuri | y | Kanuri names are used by the Kanuri people of Nigeria, Niger and Chad. | |||
kba | Karachay-Balkar | Karachay-Balkar | y | Karachay-Balkar names are used by Karachay-Balkar speakers, mainly in the Russian republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. | |||
krk | Karakalpak | Karakalpak | y | Karakalpak names are used by the Karakalpak people of Uzbekistan. | |||
kar | Karelian | Karelian | y | Karelian names are used in Karelia in northwestern Russia. | |||
krn | Karen | Karen | y | Karen names are used by the Karen people of Myanmar and Thailand. | |||
kas | Kashmiri | Kashmiri | y | Kashmiri names are used in northern India and Pakistan. | |||
ksh | Kashubian | Kashubian | y | Kashubian names are used in northern Poland. Kashubian is sometimes considered a dialect of Polish. | |||
ksn | Kassena | Kassena | y | Kassena names are used by the Kassena people of Ghana and Burkina Faso. | |||
kay | Kayapo | Kayapo | y | Kayapo names are used by the Kayapo people of Brazil. | |||
kaz | Kazakh | Kazakh | y | Kazakh names are used in the country of Kazakhstan in central Eurasia. | |||
kel | Kelabit | Kelabit | y | Kelabit names are used by the Kelabit people of Borneo. | |||
kyg | Kenyang | Kenyang | y | Kenyang names are used in Cameroon. | |||
ket | Ket | Ket | y | Ket names are used by the Ket people of Siberia. | |||
kha | Khakas | Khakas | y | Khakas names are used by the Khakas people of Siberia, mainly Khakassia. | |||
khn | Khanty | Khanty | y | Khanty names are used by the Khanty people of Siberia. | |||
khz-medi | Khazar | Khazar | y | These names were used by the Khazars, a Turkic people of Eurasia. | |||
khm | Khmer | Khmer | y | Khmer names are used in the country of Cambodia in southeastern Asia. | |||
kho | Khoekhoe | Khoekhoe | y | Khoekhoe names are used by the Nama, Damara and Haiǁom people of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. | |||
kig | Kiga | Kiga | y | Kiga names are used by the Kiga people of southwestern Uganda and northern Rwanda. | |||
kik | Kikuyu | Kikuyu | y | Kikuyu names are used by the Kikuyu people of Kenya. | |||
kom | Komi | Komi | y | Komi names are used by speakers of Komi in northern Russia. | |||
kon | Kongo | Kongo | y | Kongo names are used in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. | |||
knk | Konkani | Konkani | y | Konkani names are used in western India. | |||
kor | Korean | Korean | y | Korean names are used in South and North Korea. Note that depending on the Korean characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
kor-myth | Korean Mythology | Korean Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Korean people. | ||||
kry | Koryak | Koryak | y | Koryak names are used by the Koryak people of eastern Siberia. | |||
kos | Kosovar | Kosovar | y | Kosovar names are used by the people of Kosovo, a partially-recognized country in southeastern Europe. See also Albanian names. | |||
koy | Koyra Chiini | Koyra Chiini | y | Koyra Chiini names are used by speakers of this language in Mali. | |||
kum | Kumyk | Kumyk | y | Kumyk names are used by speakers of Kumyk in Dagestan in Russia. | |||
kur | Kurdish | Kurdish | y | Kurdish names are used by the Kurdish people of the Middle East. | |||
kut | Kutchi | Kutchi | y | Kutchi names are used in western India (in the Kutch region of Gujarat). | |||
kve | Kven | Kven | y | Kven names are used in northern Norway by the Kven people. | |||
kyr | Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz | y | Kyrgyz names are used in the country of Kyrgyzstan in central Eurasia. | |||
lad | Ladakhi | Ladakhi | y | Ladakhi names are used by speakers of Ladakhi in Kashmir, northern India. | |||
ldn | Ladin | Ladin | y | Ladin names are used in northern Italy by speakers of Ladin. | |||
lak | Lak | Lak | y | Lak names are used by Lak speakers in Dagestan, a republic of Russia. | |||
lao | Lao | Lao | y | Lao names are used in the country of Laos in southeastern Asia. | |||
gre-late | Late Greek | Late Greek | Late Greek names were used in the early Christian Byzantine Empire. They formed after Ancient Greek names. | ||||
rom-late | Late Roman | Late Latin | Late Roman names were used in the early Christian Roman Empire. They formed after Ancient Roman names. | ||||
lat | Latvian | Latvian | y | Latvian names are used in the country of Latvia in northern Europe. | |||
laz | Laz | Laz | y | Laz names are used by speakers of Laz in the country of Georgia. | |||
len | Lenape | Lenape | y | Lenape names are used by the Lenape (also called Delaware) people of the eastern United States. | |||
occ-l | Lengadocian | Lengadocian | y | Lengadocian names are a subset of Occitan names used by speakers of the Lengadocian dialect in southern France. | |||
lez | Lezgin | Lezgian | y | Lezgin names are used by Lezgian speakers in Dagestan, a republic of Russia. | |||
lig | Ligurian | Ligurian | y | Ligurian names are used in the Liguria region of northwestern Italy by speakers of Ligurian. | |||
lim | Limburgish | Limburgish | y | Limburgish names are used in the Limburg region, which straddles the border between Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. | |||
lin | Lingala | Lingala | y | Lingala names are used in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. | |||
lite | Literature | Literature | These names occur primarily in literature. They are not commonly given to real people. | ||||
lth | Lithuanian | Lithuanian | y | Lithuanian names are used in the country of Lithuania in northern Europe. | |||
liv | Livonian | Livonian | y | Livonian names are used by the Livonian people of Latvia. | |||
lom | Lombard | Lombard | y | Lombard names are used in northern Italy and southern Switzerland by speakers of the Romance language Lombard. | |||
lmc-anci | Lombardic | Lombardic | y | These names were used by the Lombards, a Germanic people who came to settle in northern Italy. | |||
lou | Louisiana Creole | Louisiana Creole | y | Louisiana Creole names are used in the southern United States by the Louisiana Creole people. | |||
sax | Low German | Low German | y | These names are used in northern Germany and the eastern Netherlands where Low German is spoken. See also German names. | |||
lub | Luba | Luba | y | Luba names are used by the Luba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | |||
luh | Luhya | Luhya | y | Luhya names are used by the Luhya people of western Kenya. | |||
lun | Lunda | Lunda | y | Lingala names are used in Zambia and Angola. | |||
luo | Luo | Luo | y | Luo names are used by the Luo people of Kenya. | |||
luw-anci | Luwian | Luwian | y | Luwian names were used by the ancient Luwian people who inhabited Anatolia. | |||
luw-myth | Luwian Mythology | Luwian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the ancient Luwian people of Anatolia. | ||||
lux | Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish | y | Luxembourgish names are used in the small European country of Luxembourg. | |||
mas | Maasai | Maasai | y | Maasai names are used by the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania. | |||
mac | Macedonian | Macedonian | y | Macedonian names are used in the country of North Macedonia in southeastern Europe. | |||
mdi | Madí | Madí | y | Madí (or Jamamadí) names are used by the Madí people of western Brazil. | |||
mdr | Madurese | Madurese | y | Madurese names are used on the island of Madura in Indonesia. | |||
mag | Maguindanao | Maguindanao | y | Maguindanao names are used in the Philippines by speakers of Maguindanao. | |||
mai | Maithili | Maithili | y | Maithili names are used in eastern India and Nepal. | |||
mak | Makassarese | Makassarese | y | Makassarese names are used by the Makassar people on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. | |||
mad | Malagasy | Malagasy | y | Malagasy names are used of the island nation of Madagascar on the eastern coast of Africa. | |||
mly | Malay | Malay | y | Malay names are used in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and Thailand. | |||
mlm | Malayalam | Malayalam | y | Malayalam names are used in southern India. | |||
mls | Malaysian | Malaysian | y | Malaysian names are used in the country of Malaysia in southeast Asia. | |||
mal | Maltese | Maltese | y | Maltese names are used on the island of Malta. | |||
mnc | Manchu | Manchu | y | Manchu names are used by the Manchu people of northern China. | |||
mdn | Mandaean | Mandaic | y | Mandaean names are used by the Mandaean people (followers of Mandaeism) who originate in Iraq and Iran. | |||
mde | Mande | Mande | y | Mande names are used by the Mandé peoples of western Africa. | |||
mnd | Manding | Manding | y | Manding names are used by speakers of Manding languages (including Bambara, Mandinka, Dyula and Maninka) in western Africa. | |||
mnp | Manipuri | Manipuri | y | Manipuri (or Meitei) names are used in northeastern India. | |||
mnj | Manjak | Manjak | y | Manjak names are used in Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. | |||
mns | Mansi | Mansi | y | Mansi names are used by the Mansi people of Siberia. | |||
man | Manx | Manx | y | Manx names are used on the Isle of Man. | |||
mna | Mao | Mao | y | Mao names are used in northeastern India. | |||
mao | Maori | Maori | y | Maori names are used by the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Maori. | |||
map | Mapuche | Mapudungun | y | Mapuche names are used by the Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina. | |||
mrn | Maranao | Maranao | y | Maranao names are used in the Philippines by speakers of Maranao. | |||
mrt | Marathi | Marathi | y | Marathi names are used by the Marathi people in western India. | |||
mar | Mari | Mari | y | Mari names are used by the Mari peoples of the Mari Republic in Russia. | |||
msh | Marshallese | Marshallese | y | Marshallese names are used on the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific. | |||
mau | Mauritian Creole | Mauritian Creole | y | Mauritian Creole names are used on the island nation of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. | |||
may | Mayan | Mayan | y | Mayan names are used by the Maya people of Mexico and Central America. | |||
may-myth | Mayan Mythology | Mayan Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Maya people. | ||||
mzn | Mazanderani | Mazanderani | y | Mazanderani names are used by the Mazanderani people in northern Iran. | |||
mba | Mbama | Mbama | y | Mbama names are used in the Republic of Congo and Gabon. | |||
mbu | Mbundu | Mbundu | y | Mbundu names are used in Angola by the Mbundu people. | |||
medi | Medieval | Medieval | These names were used in medieval times. | ||||
ara-medi | Medieval Arabic | Medieval Arabic | These names were used by medieval Arabs. | ||||
ara-medi-i | Medieval Arabic (Moorish) | Medieval Moorish Arabic | These names were used by medieval Moors in Iberia or North Africa. | ||||
blt-medi | Medieval Baltic | Medieval Baltic | y | These names were used by medieval Baltic peoples. | |||
bas-medi | Medieval Basque | Medieval Basque | y | These names were used by medieval Basque speakers. | |||
bre-medi | Medieval Breton | Medieval Breton | These names were used by medieval Breton peoples. | ||||
cat-medi | Medieval Catalan | Medieval Catalan | y | These names were used by medieval Catalan peoples. | |||
cor-medi | Medieval Cornish | Medieval Cornish | These names were used by medieval Cornish speakers. | ||||
crs-medi | Medieval Corsican | Medieval Corsican | These names were used by medieval Corsican peoples. | ||||
cro-medi | Medieval Croatian | Medieval Croatian | These names were used by medieval Croatian peoples. | ||||
cze-medi | Medieval Czech | Old Czech | These names were used by medieval Czech peoples. | ||||
dut-medi | Medieval Dutch | Medieval Dutch | y | These names were used by medieval Dutch peoples. | |||
eng-medi | Medieval English | Middle English | y | These names were used by medieval English peoples. | |||
fnc-medi | Medieval Finnic | Medieval Finnic | y | These names were used by medieval Finnic peoples. | |||
fin-medi | Medieval Finnish | Medieval Finnish | These names were used by medieval Finnish peoples. | ||||
fle-medi | Medieval Flemish | Medieval Flemish | These names were used by medieval Flemish peoples. | ||||
fre-medi | Medieval French | Old French | y | These names were used by medieval French peoples. | |||
gal-medi | Medieval Galician | Medieval Galician | These names were used by medieval Galician peoples. | ||||
geo-medi | Medieval Georgian | Medieval Georgian | These names were used by medieval peoples from the country of Georgia in central Eurasia. | ||||
ger-medi | Medieval German | Medieval German | y | These names were used by medieval German peoples. | |||
hun-medi | Medieval Hungarian | Old Hungarian | y | These names were used by medieval Hungarian peoples. | |||
iri-medi | Medieval Irish | Medieval Irish | These names were used by medieval Irish peoples. | ||||
ita-medi | Medieval Italian | Medieval Italian | These names were used by medieval Italian peoples. | ||||
ita-medi-t | Medieval Italian (Tuscan) | Medieval Tuscan Italian | These names were used by medieval Italian peoples in Tuscany. | ||||
jew-medi | Medieval Jewish | Medieval Jewish | These names were used by medieval Jewish peoples. | ||||
rom-medi | Medieval Latin | Medieval Latin | y | Medieval Latin names were used in the Middle Ages by users of Latin, which at this point was mainly a scholarly and liturgical language. | |||
sax-medi | Medieval Low German | Medieval Low German | y | These names were used by medieval Low German speakers. | |||
mon-medi | Medieval Mongolian | Medieval Mongolian | y | These names were used by medieval Mongolian peoples. | |||
occ-medi | Medieval Occitan | Medieval Occitan | y | These names were used by medieval Occitan speakers. | |||
pol-medi | Medieval Polish | Old Polish | y | These names were used by medieval Polish peoples. | |||
por-medi | Medieval Portuguese | Medieval Portuguese | These names were used by medieval Portuguese peoples. | ||||
rmn-medi | Medieval Romanian | Old Romanian | y | These names were used by medieval Romanian peoples. | |||
rsh-medi | Medieval Romansh | Medieval Romansh | y | These names were used by medieval Romansh peoples. | |||
rus-medi | Medieval Russian | Old Russian | y | These names were used by medieval Russian peoples. | |||
sar-medi | Medieval Sardinian | Medieval Sardinian | y | These names were used by medieval Sardinian peoples. | |||
sca-medi | Medieval Scandinavian | Medieval Scandinavian | These names were used by medieval Scandinavian peoples. | ||||
sco-medi | Medieval Scottish | Medieval Scottish | These names were used by medieval Scottish peoples. | ||||
ser-medi | Medieval Serbian | Medieval Serbian | These names were used by medieval Serbian peoples. | ||||
sla-medi | Medieval Slavic | Medieval Slavic | y | y | These names were used by medieval Slavic peoples. | ||
spa-medi | Medieval Spanish | Medieval Spanish | y | These names were used by medieval Spanish peoples. | |||
trc-medi | Medieval Turkic | Medieval Turkic | y | These names were used by medieval Turkic peoples. | |||
ukr-medi | Medieval Ukrainian | Old Ruthenian | y | These names were used by medieval Ukrainian peoples. | |||
wln-medi | Medieval Walloon | Medieval Walloon | y | These names were used by medieval Walloon peoples. | |||
wel-medi | Medieval Welsh | Medieval Welsh | These names were used by medieval Welsh peoples. | ||||
mel | Melanesian | Melanesian | These names are used in on the islands of Melanesia in the western Pacific Ocean. | ||||
mem | Memoni | Memoni | y | Memoni names are used in Gujarat in western India. | |||
men | Mende | Mende | y | Mende names are used by the Mende people of Sierra Leone. | |||
mni | Menominee | Menominee | y | Menominee names are used by the Menominee people from the state of Wisconsin in the United States. | |||
mer-anci | Meroitic | Meroitic | y | Meroitic names were used in the ancient Kingdom of Kush (modern Sudan). | |||
mer | Meru | Meru | y | Meru names are used by the Meru people of Kenya. | |||
mex | Mexican | Mexican | y | Mexican names are used in the country of Mexico in southern North America. | |||
mik | Mi'kmaq | Mi'kmaq | y | Mikmaq names are used by the Mikmaq people of eastern Canada and the United States. | |||
mic | Micronesian | Micronesian | y | These names are used in on the islands of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. | |||
per-late | Middle Persian | Middle Persian | y | These names were used in Persia during the Middle Persian era (the Sasanian Empire). | |||
mnh | Minahasan | Minahasan | y | Minahasan names are used by the Minahasan people on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. | |||
min | Minangkabau | Minangkabau | y | Minangkabau names are used on the island of Sumatra, a part of Indonesia. | |||
mng | Mingrelian | Mingrelian | y | Mingrelian names are used by speakers of Mingrelian in the country of Georgia. | |||
miw | Miwok | Miwok | y | Miwok names are used by speakers of Miwok languages in California. | |||
miz | Mizo | Mizo | y | Mizo names are used in the eastern Indian state of Mizoram and western Myanmar. | |||
modn | Modern | Modern | These names are used in a modern context. | ||||
moh | Mohawk | Mohawk | y | These names are used by the Mohawk (Kanienkehaka) people of New York, Ontario and Quebec. Mohawk children are traditionally given a name that is unique to their community, and it is not reused while the bearer is alive. It is considered inappropriate for outsiders to use these names. | |||
mol | Moldovan | Moldovan | y | Moldovan names are used in the country of Moldova in eastern Europe. | |||
mlc | Moluccan | Moluccan | y | Moluccan names are used by the Moluccan people on the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. | |||
mnw | Mon | Mon | y | Mon names are used by the Mon people of Myanmar and Thailand. | |||
mon | Mongolian | Mongolian | y | Mongolian names are used in the country of Mongolia in central Asia. | |||
mnt | Montenegrin | Montenegrin | y | Montenegrin names are used by the people of Montenegro, a country in southeastern Europe. See also Serbo-Croatian names. | |||
mor | Mordvin | Mordvin | y | Mordvin names are used by speakers of Mordvin languages (Erzya and Moksha) in Mordovia, Russia. | |||
mrr | Moriori | Moriori | y | Moriori names were used by the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands, part of New Zealand. | |||
morm | Mormon | Mormon | These names occur in the Book of Mormon. | ||||
mos | Mossi | Mossi | y | Mossi names are used by the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. | |||
isl | Muslim | Muslim | These names are used by Muslims. | ||||
mwa | Mwanga | Mwanga | y | Mwanga names are used by the Mwanga people of Zambia and Tanzania. | |||
mwe | Mwera | Mwera | y | Mwera names are used by the Mwera people of Tanzania. | |||
myth | Mythology | Mythology | These names occur in mythology and religion. | ||||
nah | Nahuatl | Nahuatl | y | Nahuatl names are used by the Nahua peoples of Mexico and Central America. | |||
nan | Nanai | Nanai | y | Nanai names are used by the Nanai people of eastern Russia. | |||
nar | Narragansett | Narragansett | y | Narragansett names are used by the Narragansett people of Rhode Island. | |||
nau | Nauruan | Nauruan | y | Nauruan names are used on the island nation of Nauru. | |||
nav | Navajo | Navajo | y | Navajo names are used by the Navajo people of the southwestern United States. | |||
nde | Ndebele | Ndebele | y | Ndebele names are used by the Ndebele people of South Africa and Zimbabwe. | |||
nap | Neapolitan | Neapolitan | y | Neapolitan names are a subset of Italian names used in southern Italy in the area around Campania. | |||
nea-myth | Near Eastern Mythology | Near Eastern Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of the Near East. That is, the mythologies of the Sumerians, Akkadians, Hittites, Babylonians, Phoenicians and others. Listed separately are Egyptian mythology names and Persian mythology names. | ||||
nen | Nenets | Nenets | y | Nenets names are used by the Nenets people of northern Russia. | |||
nep | Nepali | Nepali | y | Nepali names are used in the country of Nepal in southern Asia. | |||
ame-myth | New World Mythology | New World Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the various indigenous peoples who inhabited North and South America. | ||||
nwr | Newar | Newar | y | Newar names are used in the country of Nepal by the Newar people. | |||
ngn | Nganasan | Nganasan | y | Nganasan names are used by the Nganasan people of northern Siberia. | |||
ngi | Ngarrindjeri | Ngarrindjeri | y | Ngarrindjeri names are used by the indigenous Ngarrindjeri people of southern Australia. | |||
nga | Ngas | Ngas | y | Ngas names are used by the Ngas people of Nigeria. | |||
ngu | Nguni | Nguni | y | These name are used by speakers of Nguni languages. | |||
nia | Nias | Nias | y | Nias names are used on the island of Nias, a part of Indonesia. | |||
occ-n | Niçard | Niçard | y | Niçard names are a subset of Occitan names used in Nice in southern France. | |||
nig | Nigerian | Nigerian | y | Nigerian names are used in the country of Nigeria in western Africa. | |||
niv | Nivkh | Nivkh | y | Nivkh names are used by the Nivkh people of eastern Russia. | |||
nko | Nkore | Nkore | y | Nkore names are used by the Nkore people of southwestern Uganda. | |||
nob | Nobiin | Nobiin | y | Nobiin names are used by speakers of Nobiin in Egypt and Sudan. | |||
nog | Nogai | Nogai | y | Nogai names are used by speakers of Nogai in the Caucasus region of southwestern Russia. | |||
nrm | Norman | Norman | y | Norman names are used in Normandy in northeastern France and on the British Channel Islands by speakers of Norman (a language related to French). | |||
sca-myth | Norse Mythology | Norse Mythology | These names occur in Norse mythologies and legends. | ||||
fri-n | North Frisian | North Frisian | y | North Frisian names are used in North Frisia in northern Germany. | |||
afr-n | Northern African | Northern African | y | Northern African names include those from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. | |||
iri-n | Northern Irish | Northern Irish | y | Northern Irish names are used in Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom. | |||
tha-n | Northern Thai | Northern Thai | y | These names are used by speakers of the Northern Thai language. | |||
nor | Norwegian | Norwegian | y | Norwegian names are used in the country of Norway in northern Europe. | |||
nse | Nsenga | Nsenga | y | Nsenga names are used in Zambia and Mozambique. | |||
nue | Nuer | Nuer | y | Nuer names are used by the Nuer people of South Sudan. | |||
nuu | Nuu-chah-nulth | Nuu-chah-nulth | y | Nuu-chah-nulth names are used on Vancouver Island, Canada. | |||
nyy | Nyakyusa | Nyakyusa | y | Nyakyusa names are used in Tanzania and Malawi. | |||
nya | Nyamwezi | Nyamwezi | y | Nyamwezi names are used by the Nyamwezi people of Tanzania. | |||
nyo | Nyoro | Nyoro | y | Nyoro names are used by the Nyoro people of western Uganda. | |||
nyu | Nyungar | Nyungar | y | Nyungar names are used by the indigenous Nyungar people of western Australia. | |||
obsc | Obscure | Obscure | These names are very rare and cannot be said to "belong" to any one culture. They are put here because they cannot be categorized anywhere else. | ||||
occ | Occitan | Occitan | y | Occitan names are used in southern France and parts of Spain and Italy by speakers of Occitan. | |||
odi | Odia | Odia | y | Odia or Oriya names are used in eastern India (in the state of Odisha). | |||
ogo | Ogoni | Ogoni | y | Ogoni names are used by the Ogoni people of southern Nigeria. | |||
oji | Ojibwe | Ojibwe | y | Ojibwe names are used by the Ojibwe (or Chippewa) people of Canada and the United States. | |||
oki | Okinawan | Okinawan | y | Okinawan names are used on the Japanese island of Okinawa. | |||
cel-anci | Old Celtic | Old Celtic | y | These names were used by the Celtic peoples who occupied Europe and the British Isles. | |||
sla-bibl | Old Church Slavic | Old Church Slavic | y | These names appear in the Church Slavic Bible. | |||
dan-medi | Old Danish | Old Danish | These names were used by medieval Danish people. | ||||
dut-anci | Old Dutch | Old Dutch | y | These names were used by speakers of Old Dutch in the Low Countries. | |||
fri-anci | Old Frisian | Old Frisian | y | These names were used by speakers of Old Frisian in what is now the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany. | |||
gmc-anci | Old Germanic | Old Germanic | y | These names were used by the Germanic peoples of Europe. | |||
ger-anci | Old High German | Old High German | y | These names were used by speakers of Old High German in southern Germany. | |||
iri-anci | Old Irish | Old Irish | y | These names were used by speakers of Old Irish. See Old Celtic names for a broader list. | |||
nrm-medi | Old Norman | Old Norman | y | Old Norman names were used by the Normans in northwestern France. | |||
sca-anci | Old Norse | Old Norse | y | These names were used by speakers of Old Norse in Scandinavia and other places that the Norse settled. | |||
nor-medi | Old Norwegian | Old Norwegian | These names were used by medieval Norwegian people. | ||||
per-anci | Old Persian | Old Persian | y | These names were used in ancient Persia. | |||
sax-anci | Old Saxon | Old Saxon | y | These names were used by speakers of Old Saxon in the Low Countries. | |||
sla-anci | Old Slavic | Old Slavic | y | These names were used by the ancient Slavic peoples of Europe. | |||
swe-medi | Old Swedish | Old Swedish | These names were used by medieval Swedish people. | ||||
wel-anci | Old Welsh | Old Welsh | y | These names were used by speakers of Old Welsh. See Old Celtic names for a broader list. | |||
oma | Omaha-Ponca | Omaha-Ponca | y | Omaha-Ponca names are used by the Omaha and Ponca peoples of Oklahoma and Nebraska. | |||
one | Oneida | Oneida | y | Oneida names are used by the Oneida people of New York, Wisconsin and Ontario. | |||
oro | Oromo | Oromo | y | Oromo names are used in Ethiopia. | |||
oss | Ossetian | Ossetian | y | Ossetian names are used in Ossetia, which is a region split by Russia and Georgia. | |||
oss-myth | Ossetian Mythology | Ossetian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of the Ossetian people of the Caucasus. | ||||
tur-o | Ottoman Turkish | Ottoman Turkish | y | Ottoman Turkish names were used in the Ottoman Empire. | |||
ova | Ovambo | Ovambo | y | Ovambo names are used by the Ovambo people of Namibia and Angola (speakers of Ndonga and Kwanyama). | |||
pai | Paiute | Paiute | Paiute names are used by the Paiute people of the United States. | ||||
pwn | Paiwan | Paiwan | y | Paiwan names are used by the indigenous Paiwan people of Taiwan. | |||
pak | Pakistani | Pakistani | y | Pakistani names are used in the country of Pakistan in southern Asia. Compare also Indian names. | |||
pam | Pampangan | Pampangan | y | Pampangan names are used in the Philippines by speakers of Pampangan. | |||
pag | Pangasinan | Pangasinan | y | Pangasinan names are used in the Philippines by speakers of Pangasinan. | |||
ppm | Papiamento | Papiamento | y | Papiamento names are used on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. | |||
pap | Papuan | Papuan | y | Papuan names are used on the island of New Guinea and some of the surrounding islands. | |||
par | Pare | Pare | y | Pare names are used in Tanzania by speakers of the Pare language. | |||
pth-anci | Parthian | Parthian | y | These names were used in ancient Parthia. | |||
pas | Pashto | Pashto | y | Pashto names are used in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. | |||
paw | Pawnee | Pawnee | y | Pawnee names are used by the Pawnee people of Oklahoma. | |||
per | Persian | Persian | y | Persian names are used in the country of Iran, in southwestern Asia, which is part of the Muslim world. | |||
per-myth | Persian Mythology | Persian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Persia, including Zoroastrianism. | ||||
pets | Pet | Pet | These names are most commonly given to pets: dogs, cats, etc. | ||||
fil-myth | Philippine Mythology | Philippine Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends prevalent in the Philippines before the country was Christianized. | ||||
pho-anci | Phoenician | Phoenician | y | These names were used in ancient Phoenicia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, as well as in the Carthaginian Empire. | |||
pcd | Picard | Picard | y | Picard names are used in northern France by speakers of Picard (a language closely related to French). | |||
pic-anci | Pictish | Pictish | y | These names were used by the Picts of northern Britain. | |||
pid | Piedmontese | Piedmontese | y | Piedmontese names are used in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy by speakers of Piedmontese. | |||
pin | Pintupi | Pintupi | y | Pintupi names are used by the indigenous Pintupi people of central Australia. | |||
pit | Pitjantjatjara | Pitjantjatjara | y | Pitjantjatjara names are used by the indigenous Pitjantjatjara people of central Australia. | |||
plb | Polabian | Polabian | y | Polabian names were used in eastern Germany by the Polabian Slavs (who spoke a language that is now extinct). | |||
pol | Polish | Polish | y | Polish names are used in the country of Poland in central Europe. | |||
pac | Polynesian | Polynesian | y | These names are used on the various Polynesian islands of the Pacific. | |||
pac-myth | Polynesian Mythology | Polynesian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the various islands of the Pacific. | ||||
pom-medi | Pomeranian | Pomeranian | y | These names were used by medieval Pomeranian peoples. | |||
popu | Popular Culture | Popular Culture | These names occur primarily in popular culture and entertainment. They are not commonly given to real people. | ||||
por | Portuguese | Portuguese | y | Portuguese names are used in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking areas. | |||
por-a | Portuguese (African) | African Portuguese | y | These names are a subset of Portuguese names used more often in Africa (in regions where Portuguese is spoken as a first or second language). | |||
por-b | Portuguese (Brazilian) | Brazilian Portuguese | y | These names are a subset of Portuguese names used more often in Brazil. | |||
por-e | Portuguese (European) | European Portuguese | y | These names are a subset of Portuguese names used more often in Europe (that is, in Portugal as opposed to Brazil). | |||
crl-p | Portuguese Creole | Portuguese Creole | y | Portuguese creole names are used by speakers of Portuguese-based creole languages. | |||
pow | Powhatan | Powhatan | y | Powhatan names are used by the Powhatan people of the eastern United States. | |||
occ-p | Provençal | Provençal | y | Provençal names are a subset of Occitan names used in the region of Provence in southeast France. | |||
pru-medi | Prussian | Old Prussian | y | Prussian names were used by speakers of Old Prussian in Prussia, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. | |||
pun | Punjabi | Punjabi | y | Punjabi names are used in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. | |||
pnu | Punu | Punu | y | Punu names are used by the Punu people in Gabon. | |||
tar | Purépecha | Purépecha | y | Purépecha names are used by the Purépecha people of central Mexico. | |||
pyu | Puyuma | Puyuma | y | Puyuma names are used by the indigenous Puyuma people of Taiwan. | |||
que | Quechua | Quechua | y | Quechua names are used by the Quechua people of South America. | |||
rad | Rade | Rade | y | Rade names are used in the country of Vietnam in southeastern Asia. | |||
raj | Rajasthani | Rajasthani | y | Rajasthani names are used in western India (in the state of Rajasthan). | |||
rap | Rapa Nui | Rapa Nui | y | Rapa Nui names are used by the people of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island. | |||
rom-myth | Roman Mythology | Roman Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Romans. | ||||
rmi | Romani | Romani | y | Romani names are used by the Romani, a nomadic people who live mainly in Europe and the Americas. | |||
rmi-c | Romani (Caló) | Caló | y | These names are a subset of Romani names used more often by speakers of Caló in Spain and Portugal. | |||
rmn | Romanian | Romanian | y | Romanian names are used in the countries of Romania and Moldova in eastern Europe. | |||
rsh | Romansh | Romansh | y | Romansh names are used by Romansh speakers in eastern Switzerland. | |||
rot | Rotuman | Rotuman | y | Rotuman names are used on the island of Rotuma, a part of Fiji. | |||
run | Rundi | Rundi | y | Rundi names are used in Burundi by speakers of Rundi. | |||
rus | Russian | Russian | y | Russian names are used in the country of Russia and in Russian-speaking communities throughout the world. | |||
rsy | Rusyn | Rusyn | y | Rusyn names are used by speakers of the Rusyn language in Central and Eastern Europe. | |||
rut | Rutul | Rutul | y | Rutul names are used by the Rutul people of Dagestan, a republic of Russia. | |||
rwa | Rwandan | Rwandan | y | Rwandan names are used in Rwanda by speakers of Kinyarwanda. | |||
szy | Sakizaya | Sakizaya | y | Sakizaya names are used by the indigenous Sakizaya people of Taiwan. | |||
sal | Salishan | Salishan | y | Salishan names are used by the Salish people of the western United States and Canada. | |||
sma | Sama-Bajau | Sama-Bajau | Sama-Bajau names are used by the Sama-Bajau people of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. | ||||
smt | Samaritan | Samaritan | Samaritan names are used by the Samaritans, a small ethnoreligious group living in Israel and Palestine. | ||||
sam | Sami | Sami | y | Sami names are used by the Sami people who inhabit northern Scandinavia. | |||
sam-s | Sami (Skolt) | Skolt Sami | y | Skolt Sami names are used by the Skolts in northern Finland. | |||
sam-myth | Sami Mythology | Sami Mythology | These names occur in Sami mythology. | ||||
smn | Samoan | Samoan | y | Samoan names are used on the Samoan Islands. | |||
san-myth | San Mythology | San Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the San people of southern Africa. | ||||
ind-anci | Sanskrit | Sanskrit | y | Sanskrit names were used in ancient India by Sanskrit speakers. | |||
snt | Santali | Santali | y | Santali names are used in eastern India. | |||
sar | Sardinian | Sardinian | y | Sardinian names are used on the Italian island of Sardinia by speakers of Sardinian. | |||
sas | Sasak | Sasak | y | Sasak names are used by the Sasak people on the island of Lombok in Indonesia. | |||
sca | Scandinavian | Scandinavian | y | Scandinavian names are used in the Scandinavia region of northern Europe. For more specific lists, see Swedish names, Danish names and Norwegian names. | |||
sct | Scots | Scots | y | Scots names are used by speakers of the Scots language. | |||
sco | Scottish | Scottish | y | Scottish names are used in the country of Scotland as well as elsewhere in the Western World as a result of the Scottish diaspora. | |||
sco-g | Scottish Gaelic | Scottish Gaelic | y | These names are used by Scottish Gaelic speakers. | |||
scy-anci | Scythian | Scythian | y | Scythian names were used by the ancient Scythian peoples who inhabited the Eurasian steppe. | |||
see | Seediq | Seediq | y | Seediq names are used by the indigenous Seediq people of Taiwan. | |||
sel | Selkup | Selkup | y | Selkup names are used by the Selkup people of northern Siberia. | |||
sem-myth | Semitic Mythology | Semitic Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of the Semitic-speaking peoples of the ancient Near East. See also Near Eastern mythology names for a broader list. | ||||
sen | Seneca | Seneca | y | Seneca names are used by the Seneca people of New York, Oklahoma and Ontario. | |||
ser | Serbian | Serbian | y | Serbian names are used in the country of Serbia in southeastern Europe. | |||
sbc | Serbo-Croatian | Serbo-Croatian | y | These names are used in Serbia, Croatia, and other parts of the former Yugoslavia. For more specific lists, see Serbian names and Croatian names. | |||
srr | Serer | Serer | y | Serer names are used by the Serer people of Senegal. | |||
shn | Shan | Shan | y | Shan names are used by the Shan people of Myanmar. | |||
sha | Shawnee | Shawnee | y | Shawnee names are used by the Shawnee people of Oklahoma. | |||
shp | Shipibo-Conibo | Shipibo-Conibo | y | Shipibo-Conibo names are used by the Shipibo-Conibo people of Peru. | |||
sho | Shona | Shona | y | Shona names are used by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. | |||
shr | Shor | Shor | y | Shor names are used by the Shor people of the Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. | |||
shh | Shoshone | Shoshone | y | Shoshone names are used by the Shoshone people of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Idaho. | |||
shu | Shuar | Shuar | y | Shuar names are used by the Shuar people of Ecuador and Peru. | |||
sib | Siberian | Siberian | y | These names are or were used by the indigenous peoples of Siberia in northeastern Asia. | |||
sib-myth | Siberian Mythology | Siberian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the indigenous peoples who inhabit Siberia. | ||||
sic | Sicilian | Sicilian | y | These names are a subset of Italian names used more often by speakers of Sicilian. | |||
sid | Sidamo | Sidamo | y | Sidamo or Sidama names are used in Ethiopia by the Sidama people. | |||
sik | Siksika | Siksika | y | Siksika (or Blackfoot) names are used by the Blackfoot people of Alberta and Montana. | |||
sil | Silesian | Silesian | y | Silesian names are used in western Poland and the Czech Republic. Silesian is usually considered a dialect of Polish or Czech. It is distinct from German Silesian. | |||
snd | Sindhi | Sindhi | y | Sindhi names are used in the Sindh region of Pakistan, as well as in India. | |||
sin | Sinhalese | Sinhalese | y | Sinhalese names are used by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. | |||
sio | Sioux | Sioux | y | Sioux names are used by the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota) people of the central United States and Canada. | |||
sla | Slavic | Slavic | y | These names are used by Slavic peoples. | |||
sla-myth | Slavic Mythology | Slavic Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Slavic peoples. | ||||
slk | Slovak | Slovak | y | Slovak names are used in the country of Slovakia in central Europe. | |||
sln | Slovene | Slovene | y | Slovene names are used in the country of Slovenia in central Europe. | |||
som | Somali | Somali | y | Somali names are used in the countries of Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti in eastern Africa. | |||
sng | Songhai | Songhai | y | y | Songhai names are used by speakers of Songhai languages in Mali, Niger, and other countries of Western Africa. | ||
sor | Sorbian | Sorbian | y | Sorbian names are used in Lusatia in eastern Germany by speakers of Sorbian, a Slavic language. | |||
sot | Sotho | Sotho | y | Sotho names are used by the Sotho people of Lesotho and South Africa. | |||
rsa | South African | South African | y | These name are used in the Republic of South Africa. | |||
amc-s | South American | South American | y | South American names include those from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. | |||
sla-s | South Slavic | South Slavic | y | These names are used in regions that use South Slavic languages. | |||
afr-s | Southern African | Southern African | y | Southern African names include those from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. | |||
sov | Soviet | Soviet | y | Soviet names were used in the countries that were part of the Soviet Union. They were primarily used during its existence, which was from 1922 to 1991. | |||
spa | Spanish | Spanish | y | Spanish names are used in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries (such as those in South America). | |||
spa-a | Spanish (African) | African Spanish | y | These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often in Africa (in regions where Spanish is spoken as a first or second language, notably Equatorial Guinea). | |||
spa-y | Spanish (Canarian) | Canarian Spanish | y | These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often on the Canary Islands. | |||
spa-c | Spanish (Caribbean) | Caribbean Spanish | y | These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often in the Spanish Caribbean. | |||
spa-e | Spanish (European) | European Spanish | y | These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often in Europe (that is, in Spain as opposed to overseas Spanish-speaking regions). | |||
spa-s | Spanish (Latin American) | Latin American Spanish | y | These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often in Latin America. | |||
spa-n | Spanish (Mexican) | Mexican Spanish | y | These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often in Mexico. | |||
spa-f | Spanish (Philippines) | Filipino Spanish | y | These names are a subset of Spanish names used more often in the Philippines. | |||
sum-anci | Sumerian | Sumerian | y | These names were used in ancient Sumer. | |||
sum-myth | Sumerian Mythology | Sumerian Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies of the Sumerians, an ancient people of Mesopotamia. See also Near Eastern mythology names for a broader list. | ||||
sun | Sundanese | Sundanese | y | Sundanese names are used by the Sundanese people on the island of Java in Indonesia. | |||
sva | Svan | Svan | y | Svan names are used by speakers of Svan in the country of Georgia. | |||
swa | Swahili | Swahili | y | Swahili names are used by Swahili speakers in eastern Africa. | |||
swz | Swazi | Swazi | y | Swazi names are used by the Swazi people of Swaziland and South Africa. | |||
swe | Swedish | Swedish | y | Swedish names are used in the country of Sweden in northern Europe. | |||
swi | Swiss | Swiss | y | Swiss names are used in the country of Switzerland in central Europe. | |||
tab | Tabasaran | Tabasaran | y | Tabasaran names are used by the Tabasaran people of Dagestan, a republic of Russia. | |||
tag | Tagalog | Tagalog | y | Tagalog names are used in the Philippines. | |||
tah | Tahitian | Tahitian | y | Tahitian names are used in French Polynesia (part of which is the island of Tahiti). | |||
tno | Taíno | Taíno | y | Taíno names are used in the Caribbean. | |||
chi-t | Taiwanese | Taiwanese Hokkien | y | Taiwanese names are used in Fujian in China and Taiwan. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. | |||
taj | Tajik | Tajik Persian | y | Tajik names are used in the country of Tajikistan in central Asia. | |||
tly | Talysh | Talysh | y | Talysh names are used by the Talysh people of northern Iran and southern Azerbaijan. | |||
tam | Tamil | Tamil | y | Tamil names are used in southern India and Sri Lanka. | |||
tat | Tatar | Tatar | y | Tatar names are used in Tatarstan in Russia. | |||
tti | Tati | Tati | y | Tati names are used by the Tat people of northern Iran. | |||
tau | Tausug | Tausug | y | Tausug names are used in the Philippines by speakers of Tausug. | |||
tel | Telugu | Telugu | y | Telugu names are used in eastern India. | |||
tha | Thai | Thai | y | Thai names are used in the country of Thailand in southeastern Asia. | |||
tha-i | Thai (Muslim) | Thai (Muslim) | These names are a subset of Thai names used more often by Thai Muslims. | ||||
perf | Theatre | Theatre | These names occur primarily in plays, musicals and operas. They are not commonly given to real people. | ||||
theo | Theology | Theology | These names are used to refer to (Judeo-Christian-Islamic) deities. They are not bestowed upon real people. | ||||
thr-anci | Thracian | Thracian | y | Thracian names were used by the ancient Thracian people of southeastern Europe. | |||
tib | Tibetan | Tibetan | y | Tibetan names are used by the Tibetan people who live in the region of Tibet in central Asia. | |||
tig | Tigrinya | Tigrinya | y | Tigrinya names are used in Eritrea and Ethiopia. | |||
tiv | Tiv | Tiv | y | Tiv names are used by the Tiv people of Nigeria. | |||
tli | Tlingit | Tlingit | y | Tlingit names are used in southern Alaska and western Canada by the Tlingit people. | |||
dgr | Tłı̨chǫ | Tłı̨chǫ | y | Tłı̨chǫ (or Dogrib) names are used by the Tłı̨chǫ people of northern Canada. | |||
toc-anci | Tocharian | Tocharian | y | Tocharian names were used by the ancient Tocharian people who inhabited the Tarim Basin (now in western China). | |||
tng | Tonga | Tonga | y | Tonga names are used in Zambia and Zimbabwe. | |||
ton | Tongan | Tongan | y | Tongan names are used on the island nation of Tonga. | |||
too | Tooro | Tooro | y | Tooro names are used by the Tooro people of western Uganda. | |||
tri | Trinidadian Creole | Trinidadian Creole | y | Trinidadian Creole names are used on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. | |||
trp | Tripuri | Tripuri | y | Tripuri names are used by the Tripuri people in eastern India. | |||
tsa | Tsakonian | Tsakonian | y | Tsakonian names are used on the Peloponnese in Greece. | |||
tso | Tsonga | Tsonga | y | Tsonga names are used by the Tsonga people of South Africa and Mozambique. | |||
tsu | Tsou | Tsou | y | Tsou names are used by the indigenous Tsou people of Taiwan. | |||
tsw | Tswana | Tswana | y | Tswana names are used in Botswana and South Africa. | |||
tua | Tuareg | Tuareg | y | Tuareg names are used by the Tuareg people of the Sahara. | |||
tum | Tumbuka | Tumbuka | y | Tumbuka names are used in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania. | |||
tup | Tupi | Tupi | y | Tupi names are used by the Tupi people of Brazil. | |||
tur | Turkish | Turkish | y | Turkish names are used in the country of Turkey, which is situated in western Asia and southeastern Europe. Turkey is part of the larger Muslim world. | |||
tkm | Turkmen | Turkmen | y | Turkmen names are used in the country of Turkmenistan. | |||
tvl | Tuvaluan | Tuvaluan | y | Tuvaluan names are used on the island of Tuvalu in Polynesia. | |||
tuv | Tuvan | Tuvan | y | Tuvan names are used in Tuva, a federal subject of Russia. | |||
uby | Ubykh | Ubykh | y | Ubykh names are used by the Ubykh people, who were originally from the Caucasus but now live mostly in Turkey and the Middle East. | |||
udm | Udmurt | Udmurt | y | Udmurt names are used in Udmurtia in Russia. | |||
uga-myth | Ugaritic Mythology | Ugaritic Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the people from the ancient city of Ugarit (in modern Syria). | ||||
ukr | Ukrainian | Ukrainian | y | Ukrainian names are used in the country of Ukraine in eastern Europe. | |||
ger-u | Upper German | Upper German | y | These names are a subset of German names used more often in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. | |||
urd | Urdu | Urdu | y | Urdu names are used in Pakistan and India. | |||
urh | Urhobo | Urhobo | y | Urhobo names are used by the Urhobo people of Nigeria. | |||
ute | Ute | Ute | y | Ute names are used by the Ute people of Colorado and Utah. | |||
uyg | Uyghur | Uyghur | y | Uyghur names are used by the Uyghur people in western China. | |||
uzb | Uzbek | Uzbek | y | Uzbek names are used in the country of Uzbekistan in central Asia. | |||
vnd-anci | Vandalic | Vandalic | y | These names were used by the Vandals, an eastern Germanic people who migrated via Hispania to North Africa. | |||
vari | Various | Various | These names do not "belong" to any one culture. They are put here because they cannot be categorized anywhere else. | ||||
vnd | Venda | Venda | y | Venda names are used by the Venda people of northeastern South Africa and southern Zimbabwe. | |||
ven | Venetian | Venetian | y | Venetian names are used in the Veneto region of Italy by speakers of Venetian. | |||
vep | Veps | Veps | y | Veps names are used in northwestern Russia by the Veps people. | |||
vie | Vietnamese | Vietnamese | y | Vietnamese names are used in the country of Vietnam in southeastern Asia. | |||
vil | Vilamovian | Vilamovian | y | Vilamovian names are used in the town of Wilamowice in Poland. | |||
vla | Vlach | Vlach | Vlach names are used in Serbia and Bulgaria by speakers of Vlach, a Romanian dialect. | ||||
wln | Walloon | Walloon | y | Walloon names are used in southern Belgium by speakers of Walloon. | |||
wam | Wampanoag | Wampanoag | y | Wampanoag names are used by the Wampanoag people of Massachusetts. | |||
war | Warlpiri | Warlpiri | y | Warlpiri names are used by the indigenous Warlpiri people of central Australia. | |||
wel | Welsh | Welsh | y | Welsh names are used in the country of Wales in Britain. | |||
wel-myth | Welsh Mythology | Welsh Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of Wales. | ||||
fri-w | West Frisian | West Frisian | y | West Frisian names are used in Friesland in the northern Netherlands. | |||
afr-w | Western African | Western African | y | Western African names include those from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte dIvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. | |||
wyg | Western Yugur | Western Yugur | y | Western Yugur names are used in western China by the Yugur people. | |||
wir | Wiradjuri | Wiradjuri | y | Wiradjuri names are used by the indigenous Wiradjuri people of southeastern Australia. | |||
wol | Wolof | Wolof | y | Wolof names are used by the Wolof people of Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania. | |||
xho | Xhosa | Xhosa | y | Xhosa names are used by the Xhosa people of South Africa. | |||
ykm | Yakama | Yakama | y | Yakama names are used by the Yakama people who live in the American state of Washington. | |||
ykn | Yakan | Yakan | y | Yakan names are used on the island of Basilan in the Philippines by speakers of Yakan. | |||
yak | Yakut | Yakut | y | Yakut names are used by the Yakut (or Sakha) people of Siberia. | |||
yao | Yao | Yao | y | Yao names are used in Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique. | |||
yuf | Yavapai | Yavapai | y | Yavapai names are used by the Yavapai people who live in the American state of Arizona. | |||
yel | Yellowknife | Yellowknife | Yellowknife names are used by the Yellowknife people (Yellowknives) of northern Canada. | ||||
yii | Yi | Yi | y | Yi names are used by the Yi people of China. | |||
jew-y | Yiddish | Yiddish | y | These names are used by Yiddish-speaking Jews. | |||
yol | Yolngu | Yolngu | y | Yolngu names are used by the indigenous Yolngu people of northern Australia. | |||
yor | Yoruba | Yoruba | y | Yoruba names are used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. | |||
yor-myth | Yoruba Mythology | Yoruba Mythology | These names occur in the mythologies and legends of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. | ||||
may-y | Yucatec Maya | Yucatec Maya | y | Yucatec Maya names are used by the Maya people of the Yucatan Peninsula. | |||
yup | Yupik | Yupik | y | Yupik names are used by the Yupik people of Alaska and eastern Russia. | |||
zap | Zapotec | Zapotec | y | Zapotec names are used by the Zapotec people of southern Mexico. | |||
zhu | Zhuang | Zhuang | y | Zhuang names are used by the Zhuang people of southern China. | |||
zul | Zulu | Zulu | y | Zulu names are used by the Zulu people of South Africa. | |||
unkn | ? | ? | These names have not yet been assigned to a category. Some of them may be spurious. |