Aseretisacoolname's Personal Name List

Alternate transcription of Russian Юрий or Belarusian Юрый (see Yuriy).

Alternate transcription of Russian Юрий, Ukrainian Юрій or Belarusian Юрый (see Yuriy).

Short form of Valentine 1, Valerie and other names beginning with Val.

From a surname meaning "pasture" in Middle English.

Meaning unknown. Perhaps based on the English word twilight, or maybe from a Cajun pronunciation of French étoile "star" [1]. It came into use as an American given name in the late 19th century.

Perhaps a short form of Demetria and other names ending in a similar sound.

From an English nickname meaning "three".

Short form of Tracy.

Diminutive of Charlotte.

Slang diminutive of Anatoly.

Diminutive of Bartholomew.

Diminutive of Theresa and occasionally of Elizabeth.

Diminutive of Letitia. This is now a slang word for the female breast, and the name has subsequently dropped out of common use.

Short form of Valentino, Martino and other names ending in tino.

French form of Timaeus.

Pet form of names beginning with T

Diminutive of Elizabeth.

From the English word, ultimately deriving from Old French tané, which means "light brown".

Anglicized form of Dafydd. It has been used as a slang term for a Welshman.

Nickname for an irascible, unpredictable or petty person, derived from Middle English squibbe meaning "firework, firecracker". A famous bearer is the American actress June Squibb (1929-).

Short form of Sylvester. The actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-) is a well-known bearer of this nickname.

Either a variant of Sarah or a short form of Seraphina.

From an English surname derived from Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag", referring to a person who was a bag maker. A famous bearer was the American baseball player Satchel Paige (1906-1982). In his case it was a childhood nickname acquired because he sold bags.

Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.

From the name of the bitter medicinal herb, ultimately deriving from Greek ῥυτή (rhyte). This is also sometimes used as a short form of Ruth 1.

Diminutive of Rudolf.

Diminutive of Rosemary.

Short form of Lorenz

Short form of Rachel. It can also be used as a feminine form of Ray.

Limburgish short form of Pitter.

Diminutive of Philip or Philippa. This is the name of the main character in Great Expectations (1860) by Charles Dickens.

Diminutive of Willem.

Hawaiian form of Peter.

Means "dot" in Slovene. This is the Slovene name for Pippi Longstocking, Pika Nogavička.

Diminutive of Penelope. It can also be given in reference to the copper coin (a British pound or an American dollar are worth 100 of them), derived from Old English penning.

Short form of Patrick, coming from how the sequence ⟨tr⟩ is pronounced like ⟨ch⟩ in many dialects of American English.

A notable bearer is content creator Patrick "Patch" Lacey, better known as TierZoo.

Finnish form of Basil 1.

Diminutive of Pavel.

Diminutive of names that begin with Ob-, like Obadiah, Obed and Oberon.

Diminutive of Obadiah.

Medieval diminutive of Oliver.

Noddy is a popular children's character made by Enid Blyton.

Medieval diminutive of names beginning with El, such as Eleanor, Ellen 1 or Helen. It may have arisen from the medieval affectionate phrase mine El, which was later reinterpreted as my Nel.

Diminutive of Edward or Edmund. It has been used since the 14th century, and may have had root in the medieval affectionate phrase mine Ed, which was later reinterpreted as my Ned.

Short form of Nathan, Nathaniel, Natalie and other names beginning with Nat.

Finnish short form of Mikael.

Medieval diminutive of Martha.

Diminutive of Élisabeth. It is also the French word for "lily".

Diminutive of Ludvík and other names beginning with Lud.

Diminutive of Lachlan.

Swedish short form of Elias.

From a nickname, in most cases given to a left-handed person.

Diminutive of Larry.

Medieval diminutive of Laurence 1.

Short form of Launcelot, a variant of Lancelot. This was the name of a clownish character in Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594).

From a diminutive of the northern English word lass meaning "young girl", a word probably of Norse origin. This name was used by the author Eric Knight for a collie dog in his novel Lassie Come-Home (1940), later adapted into a popular film and television series.

Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.

Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer.

Hawaiian form of Charles.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.

Diminutive of Juliusz or Julian.

Medieval diminutive of Jordan. Modern use of this name is inspired by the surname that was derived from the medieval name.

Cornish form of George.

Diminutive of Jonathan.

Diminutive of Josephine, Joseph, Joanna and other names beginning with Jo. It was popularized by the young hero (a boy) in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' novel The Yearling (1938) and the subsequent film adaptation (1946). As a feminine name, it probably received an assist from the similar-sounding name Judy, which was at the height of its American popularity when Jody was rising.

Diminutive of Jakob, Jörg or Joachim.

Finnish diminutive of Jeremias (usually used independently), as well as a Croatian diminutive of Jeronim and an English diminutive of Jerald or Jeremiah.

Short form of names beginning with the sound J, such as James or Jason. It was originally used in America in honour of founding father John Jay (1749-1825), whose surname was derived from the jaybird.

Short form of Jackson. It appeared in the video game Mortal Kombat II in 1993. It first registered as a given name in the United States in 1995 (when it was used only five times) but steadily grew in popularity for two decades, probably inspired by similar names like Max and Dax and helped by a character of this name on the American television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014).

Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of John [1]. There could be some early influence from the unrelated French name Jacques [2]. It is often regarded as an independent name. During the Middle Ages it was very common, and it became a slang word meaning "man", as seen in the terms jack-o'-lantern, jack-in-the-box, lumberjack and so on. It was frequently used in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, such as Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, Little Jack Horner, and Jack Sprat.

American writers Jack London (1876-1916) and Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) were two famous bearers of this name. It is also borne by the actor Jack Nicholson (1937-) and the golfer Jack Nicklaus (1940-). Apart from Nicklaus, none of these famous bearers were given the name Jack at birth.

In the United Kingdom this form has been bestowed more frequently than John since the 1990s, being the most popular name for boys from 1996 to 2008.

Short form of Jason, sometimes used independently. It was brought to limited attention in America by the lead character in the western television series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955-1958). Towards the end of the 20th century it began steadily increasing in popularity, reaching the 66th spot for boys in the United States in 2013.

Variant of Hughie.

Short form of Herbert.

Variant of Hayes, sometimes used as a short form of Hazel.

Medieval diminutive of Harry. In Shakespeare's two historical plays about Henry IV, Prince Hal is the name of the future King Henry V.

Either from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname. The surname was borne by George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of the Quakers.

Diminutive of Filip.

Diminutive of Felicity. In some cases it can be a nickname from the English word flick.

Short form of various given names that are derived from surnames beginning with Norman French fitz meaning "son of" (for example Fitzroy).

Originally a Frisian short form of Ferdinand (and other names starting with the Old German element fridu "peace" and a second element beginning with n [1]).

Short form of Eulalia.

Diminutive of Esther.

Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen 1 and other names beginning with El. It can also be a short form of names ending in ella.

Short form of Elizabeth.

Short form of Eleanor. This was also the name of an ancient Italian town (modern Velia) that is well known for being the home of the philosopher Parmenides and his student Zeno of Elea, who was famous for his paradoxes.

Diminutive of Dorothy.

Short form of Dorothy, Theodora or Isidora.

Slang diminutive of Dmitriy.

Diminutive of Desmond and other names beginning with a similar sound.

Diminutive of Deuteronomy, the title of a Bible book meaning "the second law". This is the name od one of Donald Duck's nephews, who is always mentioned in the middle, between Huey and Louie.

Short form of Dennis.

Possibly a short form of Adelma.

From an English surname, which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning). The name was brought to public attention by the main character in the 1966 novel The Adventurers and its 1970 movie adaptation. It became popular in the 2010s due to its similarity to other names like Max and Jax.

Diminutive of David.

Scots diminutive of Andrew.

Welsh diminutive of Dafydd.

Short form of Cyrus or Cyril.

German contracted form of Conrad.

Medieval short form of Nicholas.

Short form of Cleopatra, Cleon or Cleopas.

Diminutive of Charles or Christopher. It can also be from a nickname given in reference to the phrase a chip off the old block, used of a son who is similar to his father.

Diminutive of Charles.

Diminutive of Charles.

Originally a diminutive of Chauncey. It is now usually given in reference to the English word chance meaning "luck, fortune" (ultimately derived from Latin cadens "falling").

Diminutive of Caroline.

Short form of Caleb.

Diminutive of Berenice.

Short form of Brianna, Gabriella and other names containing bri.

Diminutive of Bolesław.

Diminutive of Benedikt.

Short form of Bernhard.

Chiefly British diminutive of Barry or Basil 1.

Medieval diminutive of Bartholomew.

Dutch diminutive of Bartholomeus.

Meaning uncertain. It was perhaps inspired by the fictional place name Arlo Hill from the poem The Faerie Queene (1590) by Edmund Spenser. Spenser probably got Arlo by altering the real Irish place name Aherlow, meaning "between two highlands".

Diminutive of Arkadiusz.