Aseretisacoolname's Personal Name List

Arek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: A-rehk
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Arkadiusz.
Arlo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-lo
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
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".
Bartel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: BAHR-təl
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Dutch diminutive of Bartholomeus.
Bate
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Medieval diminutive of Bartholomew.
Baz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: BAZ
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Chiefly British diminutive of Barry or Basil 1.
Ben 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: BEHN
Short form of Bernhard.
Bendy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Benedikt.
Bolek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: BAW-lehk
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Bolesław.
Bria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREE-ə
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Short form of Brianna, Gabriella and other names containing bri.
Cale
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAYL
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Short form of Caleb.
Chance
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHANS
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
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").
Chas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAZ
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Charles.
Chaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAZ
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of Charles.
Chip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHIP
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
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.
Cleo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEE-o
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Short form of Cleopatra, Cleon or Cleopas.
Col
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Medieval short form of Nicholas.
Cord
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: KAWRT
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
German contracted form of Conrad.
Cy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIE
Short form of Cyrus or Cyril.
Dai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Welsh diminutive of Dafydd.
Dand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scots [1]
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Scots diminutive of Andrew.
Davy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAY-vee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of David.
Dax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAKS
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
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.
Dewey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: DEEW-hee
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
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.
Dezi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DEHZ-ee
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Desmond and other names beginning with a similar sound.
Dora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, English, German, Dutch
Other Scripts: Ντόρα(Greek) Дора(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: DO-ra(Spanish, Croatian, Serbian) DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Short form of Dorothy, Theodora or Isidora.
Elea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
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.
Elise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Pronounced: eh-LEE-zə(German) eh-LEE-seh(Norwegian, Danish, Swedish) i-LEES(English) EE-lees(English)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Short form of Elizabeth.
Ella 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian
Pronounced: EHL-ə(English) EHL-lah(Finnish) EHL-law(Hungarian)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen 1 and other names beginning with El. It can also be a short form of names ending in ella.
Esta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHS-tə
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of Esther.
Fitz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FITS
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Short form of various given names that are derived from surnames beginning with Norman French fitz meaning "son of" (for example Fitzroy).
Flick
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FLIK
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Felicity. In some cases it can be a nickname from the English word flick.
Flip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FLIP
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Filip.
Fox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FAHKS
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
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.
Hal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAL
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Medieval diminutive of Harry. In Shakespeare's two historical plays about Henry IV, Prince Hal is the name of the future King Henry V.
Haze
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HAYZ
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Variant of Hayes, sometimes used as a short form of Hazel.
Herb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HURB
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Short form of Herbert.
Huey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HYOO-ee
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Variant of Hughie.
Jace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYS
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
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.
Jack
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
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.

Jax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAKS
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
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).
Jay 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAY
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
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.
Jere
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Croatian, English
Pronounced: YEH-reh(Finnish) JEHR-ee(English)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Finnish diminutive of Jeremias (usually used independently), as well as a Croatian diminutive of Jeronim and an English diminutive of Jerald or Jeremiah.
Jockel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Jakob, Jörg or Joachim.
Jody
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JO-dee
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
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.
Jonty
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: JAWN-tee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Jonathan.
Jory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Cornish form of George.
Judd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Medieval English
Pronounced: JUD(English)
Medieval diminutive of Jordan. Modern use of this name is inspired by the surname that was derived from the medieval name.
Julek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: YOO-lehk
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Juliusz or Julian.
Kai 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Pronounced: KIE(German, Swedish, Finnish, English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
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.
Kale
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Kaeel
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Variant of Kalen, name of irish origin, meaning "slender" or "little warrior,. or Kyle, which has two origins: from the gaelic "caol", that means "strait". And the second or maybe from the name fo the district of Kyle, in the Ayrshire, which the name has the same origin, (or it might be from the gaelic "coille", that means "wood").
Kit
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIT
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer.
Lars
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, German
Pronounced: LAHSH(Swedish, Norwegian) LAHS(Danish) LAHRS(Finnish, Dutch) LARS(German)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.
Lassie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: LAS-ee(English)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
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.
Launce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
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).
Law
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Medieval diminutive of Laurence 1.
Laz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Larry.
Lefty
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEHF-tee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From a nickname, in most cases given to a left-handed person.
Lias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Swedish short form of Elias.
Lockie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWK-ee(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Lachlan.
Luděk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: LOO-gyehk
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Ludvík and other names beginning with Lud.
Matty 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Martha.
Nat
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAT
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Short form of Nathan, Nathaniel, Natalie and other names beginning with Nat.
Ned
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NEHD
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
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.
Nell
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NEHL
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
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.
Noddy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Personal remark: Nicodemus
Noddy is a popular children's character made by Enid Blyton.
Noll
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Medieval diminutive of Oliver.
Obi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Obadiah.
Obie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: O-bee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of names that begin with Ob-, like Obadiah, Obed and Oberon.
Patch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Transferred use of the surname Patch or from the English word patch meaning "a piece of material used to mend or cover a hole or a weak spot".
Pika 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Hawaiian form of Peter.
Pika 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "dot" in Slovene. This is the Slovene name for Pippi Longstocking, Pika Nogavička.
Pim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: PIM
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Willem.
Pip
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PIP
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Philip or Philippa. This is the name of the main character in Great Expectations (1860) by Charles Dickens.
Rae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Short form of Rachel. It can also be used as a feminine form of Ray.
Romey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-mee
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Rosemary.
Rudy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-dee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Rudolf.
Rue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
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.
Sasha
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Other Scripts: Саша(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: SA-shə(Russian) SASH-ə(English) SAH-shə(English) SA-SHA(French)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
Satchel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SACH-əl
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
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.
Sly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SLIE
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Short form of Sylvester. The actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-) is a well-known bearer of this nickname.
Taffy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: TAF-ee(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Dafydd. It has been used as a slang term for a Welshman.
Tawny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAW-nee
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
From the English word, ultimately deriving from Old French tané, which means "light brown".
Tetty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Pronounced: TEHT-ee
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Elizabeth.
Tig
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Pet form of names beginning with T
Timée
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical French
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
French form of Timaeus.
Tino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: TEE-no
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Short form of Valentino, Martino and other names ending in tino.
Titty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TIT-ee
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Letitia. This is now a slang word for the female breast, and the name has subsequently dropped out of common use.
Tolly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Bartholomew.
Totty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAHT-ee
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Charlotte.
Trace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TRAYS
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Short form of Tracy.
Trey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TRAY
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From an English nickname meaning "three".
Val
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VAL
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Short form of Valentine 1, Valerie and other names beginning with Val.
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