protobo998's Personal Name List

Abélard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare, Archaic)
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Contracted form of Adalhard.
Abelart
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, Niçard
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Niçard form of Abélard.
Abelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, Niçard
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Niçard diminutive of Abel.
Acaire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, Niçard
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Niçard form of Acarius.
Acarius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frankish (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical)
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Variant of Acharius. Saint Acarius (died 14 March 642) was bishop of Doornik and Noyon, which today are located on either side of the Franco-Belgian border. He was especially attentive to the poor and afflicted, whose needs he enjoyed relieving and calming their suffering.
Achilles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀχιλλεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-KIL-eez(English) a-KEEL-lehs(Latin)
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From the Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Achilleus), which is of unknown meaning, perhaps derived from Greek ἄχος (achos) meaning "pain" or else from the name of the Achelous River. This was the name of a warrior in Greek legend, one of the central characters in Homer's Iliad. The bravest of the Greek heroes in the war against the Trojans, he was eventually killed by an arrow to his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body.

This name was sometimes used as a personal name, and was borne by a few early saints, including a Roman soldier martyred with Nereus in the 1st century.

Achilou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, Niçard
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Niçard form of Achilles.
Adalart
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, Niçard
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Niçard form of Adalhard.
Adalhard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
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Derived from the Old German elements adal "noble" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". Saint Adalhard or Adalard was a cousin of Charlemagne who became an abbot of Corbie.
Adonis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄδωνις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-DAW-NEES(Classical Greek) ə-DAHN-is(English) ə-DO-nis(English)
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From Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾadon) meaning "lord, master". In Greek myth Adonis was a handsome young shepherd killed while hunting a wild boar. The anemone flower is said to have sprung from his blood. Because he was loved by Aphrodite, Zeus allowed him to be restored to life for part of each year. The Greeks borrowed this character from Semitic traditions, originally Sumerian (see Dumuzi).
Aegidius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
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Original Latin form of Giles.
Aerie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ER-ee, EE-ree
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Diminutive of names beginning with Aer, coinciding with the English word aerie, "a bird of prey's nest".
Agilulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
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Old German name derived from the elements agil meaning "edge, blade" and wolf meaning "wolf". This name was borne by a 6th-century king of the Lombards and by an 8th-century saint (a bishop of Cologne).
Aika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛華, 愛花, 愛香, 愛加, 愛歌, 愛嘉, 藍花, 藍香, 藍加, 藍華, 藍嘉, 藍歌(Japanese Kanji) あいか(Japanese Hiragana) アイカ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: AH-EE-KAH
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This name combines 愛 (ai, ito.shii, o.shimu, kana.shii, mana, me.deru) meaning "affection, love" or 藍 (ran, ai) meaning "indigo" with 華 or 花 (ka, ke, hana) which both mean "flower," 香 (kyou, kou, ka, kao.ri, kao.ru) meaning "incense, perfume, smell", 加 (ka, kuwa.eru, kuwa.waru) meaning "add, include, join", 歌 (ka, uta, uta.u) meaning "sing, song, poem" or 嘉 (ka, yoi, yomi.suru) meaning "applaud, esteem, praise."
Aimery
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
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Old French form of Aimeric.
Aimon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lengadocian, Provençal, Medieval Walloon
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Medieval Walloon, Languedocian and Provençal form of Haimo.
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Pronounced: ie-NA-ra
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Variant of Enara.
Ajax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αἴας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-jaks(English)
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From the Greek name Αἴας (Aias), perhaps deriving from Greek αἰαστής (aiastes) meaning "mourner" or αἶα (aia) meaning "earth, land". In Greek mythology this was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War: the son of Telamon and the son of Oileus. When the armour of the slain hero Achilles was not given to Ajax Telamonian, he became mad with jealousy and killed himself.
Ákos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: A-kosh
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Possibly of Turkic origin meaning "white falcon". This was the name of a medieval Hungarian clan.
Aksel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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Variant of Axel.
Akseli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHK-seh-lee
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Finnish form of Axel.
Alari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
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Provençal form of Hilarius.
Alaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AL-ə-rik(English)
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From the Gothic name *Alareiks meaning "ruler of all", derived from the element alls "all" combined with reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
Alastair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: AL-i-stər(English)
Anglicized form of Alasdair.
Alderic
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, Provençal, Niçard
Ancient Germanic variant of Aldric and Niçard form of Aldéric.
Aldo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-do(Italian)
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element alt meaning "old" (Proto-Germanic *aldaz), and sometimes also with adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).
Aldric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-DREEK(French)
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From a Germanic name, derived from the elements alt "old" and rih "ruler, king". Saint Aldric was a 9th-century bishop of Le Mans.
Aleks
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Polish, Armenian
Other Scripts: Алекс(Russian, Ukrainian) Ալեքս(Armenian)
Pronounced: A-lyiks(Russian) A-lehks(Polish)
Short form of Aleksey, Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
Alèssì
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, Niçard
Niçard form of Alexis.
Alik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алик(Russian)
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Diminutive of Aleksandr, Albert and other names beginning with the same sound.
Alin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Possibly a Romanian masculine form of Alina. Alternatively it may derive from Romanian alina "to soothe".
Alphard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Derived from Arabic الفرد (al-fard) "the solitary one". Alphard is the brightest star in the constellation Hydra, with no other bright stars near it.
Alphonse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AL-FAWNS
French form of Alfonso.
Alucard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: AH-loo-kard
The name Dracula spelled backwards. Though regularly featured in (animated) films, notably 'Son of Dracula' (1943), it is perhaps best known in more recent times from Kouta Hirano's 'Hellsing' manga and the 'Castlevania' video games.
Amadeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ahm-ə-DAY-əs(English) ahm-ə-DEE-əs(English)
Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God". A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was actually born Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. This name was also assumed as a middle name by the German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who took it in honour of Mozart.
Amadieu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Provençal form of Amadeus.
Amaterasu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 天照(Japanese Kanji) あまてらす(Japanese Hiragana) アマテラス(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: A-MA-TEH-RA-SOO(Japanese)
Means "shining over heaven", from Japanese (ama) meaning "heaven, sky" and (terasu) meaning "shine". This was the name of the Japanese sun goddess, the ruler of the heavens. She was born when Izanagi washed his left eye after returning from the underworld. At one time the Japanese royal family claimed descent from her.
Ambroży
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: am-BRAW-zhi
Polish form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).
Amphelise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Meaning unknown. It is attested from the 12th century in the Latin form Amphelisia and the vernacular form Anflis.
Anastasi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lengadocian, Provençal, Niçard
Languedocian, Provençal and Niçard form of Anastasius.
Anaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-NIE-ə, ə-NAY-ə
Meaning unknown, possibly from the Spanish surname Anaya (itself from the name of a Spanish town), used because of its similarity to Amaya [1].
Andor 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Arnþórr, derived from the element ǫrn "eagle" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor).
Aneurin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: a-NAY-rin
Modern form of Aneirin.
Angelus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Latin form of Angel.
Anicet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-NEE-SEH
French form of Anicetus.
Anna-Liisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-nah-lee-sah
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Combination of Anna and Liisa.
Annelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish
Pronounced: A-nə-lee(German)
German diminutive of Anna or short form of Anneliese.
Anselm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AN-zelm(German) AN-selm(English)
Derived from the Old German elements ansi "god" and helm "helmet, protection". This name was brought to England in the late 11th century by Saint Anselm, who was born in northern Italy. He was archbishop of Canterbury and a Doctor of the Church.
Anso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element ansi meaning "god" (Proto-Germanic *ansuz).
Antero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-teh-ro
Finnish form of Andrew.
Antoni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Catalan
Pronounced: an-TAW-nyee(Polish) ən-TAW-nee(Catalan)
Polish and Catalan form of Antonius (see Anthony). A notable bearer was the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926).
Aodhán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
From the Old Irish name Áedán meaning "little fire", a diminutive of Áed (see Aodh). This name was borne by a 6th-century king of Dál Riata. It was also the name of a few early Irish saints, including a 6th-century bishop of Ferns and a 7th-century bishop of Lindisfarne.
Aras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Means "eagle" in Lithuanian (a poetic word).
Archander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Archandros.
Arild
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Possibly a variant of Harald or Arnold.
Arman 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Արման(Armenian)
Pronounced: ahr-MAHN
Variant of Armen.
Armand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Catalan
Pronounced: AR-MAHN(French) ər-MAN(Catalan)
French and Catalan form of Herman.
Árni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Arne 1.
Arsenios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀρσένιος(Ancient Greek)
Means "virile" in Greek. Saint Arsenius was a 5th-century deacon who was tutor to the two sons of the Roman emperor Theodosius. The two sons, Arcadius and Honorius, divided the empire into eastern and western halves upon their father's death.
Ásdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Pronounced: OWS-tees(Icelandic)
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss "god" and dís "goddess".
Aslak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish (Rare), Old Danish, Old Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: AHS-lahk(Finnish)
Younger form of Áslákr, derived from Old Norse áss "god" and leikr "game, play".
Áslákr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Áslakr.
Atilius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of Attilio.
Atréju
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Created by German author Michael Ende for the hero of his fantasy novel 'Die unendliche Geschichte' (1979; English: 'The Neverending Story'). The character is a boy warrior whose name is explained as meaning "son of all" in his fictional native language, given to him because he was raised by all of the members of his village after being orphaned as a newborn.
Attilio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: at-TEE-lyo
Italian form of the Roman family name Atilius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. Marcus Atilius Regulus was a Roman consul and hero of the First Punic War.
Beckett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BEHK-it
From an English surname that could be derived from various sources, including from Middle English bec meaning "beak" or bekke meaning "stream, brook".
Birk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: BIRK(German)
Short form of Burkhard. This is the name of a character in Astrid Lindgren's book Ronia the Robber's Daughter (1981).
Bleddyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: BLEDH-in
From Welsh blaidd "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an 11th-century king of Gwynedd and Powys.
Brancai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Variant of Brancaci.
Briseis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Βρισηΐς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: brie-SEE-is(English)
Patronymic derived from Βρισεύς (Briseus), a Greek name of unknown meaning. In Greek mythology Briseis (real name Hippodameia) was the daughter of Briseus. She was captured during the Trojan War by Achilles. After Agamemnon took her away from him, Achilles refused to fight in the war.
Bronwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: BRAWN-wehn
Seemingly derived from Welsh bron "breast" and gwen "white, blessed", though it has sometimes occurred as a variant spelling of the legendary name Branwen [1]. It has been used as a given name in Wales since the 19th century. It is borne by a character in Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel How Green Was My Valley, as well as the 1941 movie adaptation.
Brynhildur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Icelandic form of Brynhildr.
Brynja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse
Pronounced: PRIN-ya(Icelandic)
Means "armour" in Old Norse.
Caelestis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly", a derivative of Latin caelum "heaven, sky".
Caesonius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman family name that was derived from the praenomen Caeso.
Calendau
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Pronounced: ka-lehn-DOW
Derived from Provençal calendau "(of) Christmas", ultimately derived from Latin calendalis. Calendau is the name of the hero of Mistral’s poem Calendau (1867).
Calico
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the English word calico referring to something having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, specially the tri-coloured cat, resembling the color of calico cloth, a kind of rough cloth often printed with a bright pattern. Derived from Calicut, an Anglicized form of Kozhikode (from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭ), koyil "palace" combined with kota "fort, fortified palace"), the name of a city in southwestern India from where the cloth was originally exported.

A noted bearer is John Rackham (1682 – 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century, his nickname derived from the calico clothing he wore.

Callahan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-ə-han
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Ceallacháin, itself from the given name Cellachán.
Camillo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ka-MEEL-lo
Italian form of Camillus.
Cass
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAS
Short form of Cassandra, Cassidy and other names beginning with Cass.
Castor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάστωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-tər(English)
From the Greek name Κάστωρ (Kastor), possibly related to κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κέκαστο). Alternatively it could be derived from the Greek word κάστωρ (kastor) meaning "beaver", though the legends about Castor do not mention beavers, which were foreign animals to the Greeks. In Greek myth Castor was a son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Cecilio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: theh-THEE-lyo(European Spanish) seh-SEE-lyo(Latin American Spanish) cheh-CHEE-lyo(Italian)
Spanish and Italian form of Caecilius.
Celio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: CHEH-lyo(Italian) THEHL-yo(European Spanish) SEHL-yo(Latin American Spanish)
Italian and Spanish form of Caelius.
Celsus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman family name meaning "tall" in Latin. This was the name of a 2nd-century philosopher who wrote against Christianity. It was also borne by an early saint martyred with Nazarius in Milan.
Cénéric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norman
Norman form of Céneri.
Cepheus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κηφεύς(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek Κηφεύς (Kepheus), which is of unknown meaning. In Greek legend he was a king of Ethiopia, the husband of Cassiopeia. After he died he was made into a constellation and placed in the sky.
Cherise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: shə-REES
Variant of Charisse.
Chesley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: CHEHS-lee
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "camp meadow" in Old English.
Chizuru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千鶴(Japanese Kanji) ちづる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHEE-ZOO-ROO
From Japanese (chi) meaning "thousand" and (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)". A Japanese legend says that a person who folds a thousand origami cranes within one year will be granted a wish.
Chrysanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Χρυσάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Chrysanthos.
Chrysanthi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Χρυσάνθη(Greek)
Modern Greek feminine form of Chrysanthos.
Chrysanthos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Χρύσανθος(Greek)
Means "golden flower" from Greek χρύσεος (chryseos) meaning "golden" combined with ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This name was borne by a semi-legendary 3rd-century Egyptian saint.
Ciel
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Means "sky" in French. It is not used as a given name in France itself.
Cipriano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: chee-PRYA-no(Italian) chee-pree-A-no(Italian) thee-PRYA-no(European Spanish) see-PRYA-no(Latin American Spanish)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).
Constantijn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: kawn-stahn-TAYN
Dutch form of Constantinus (see Constantine).
Cornelio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: kor-NEH-lyo
Spanish and Italian form of Cornelius.
Crestian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Crestian variant of Cristian.
Crowley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: KRAW-lee(English)
Transferred use of the surname Crowley.
Cyneric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and ric "ruler, king".
Cyprien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEE-PREE-YEHN
French form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).
Cyriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Flemish
Dutch (Flemish) form of Cyril.
Daedalus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Δαίδαλος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEHD-ə-ləs(English) DEED-ə-ləs(English)
Latinized form of the Greek Δαίδαλος (Daidalos), which was derived from δαιδάλλω (daidallo) meaning "to work cunningly". In Greek myth Daedalus was an Athenian inventor who was banished to Crete. There he designed the Labyrinth for King Minos, but he and his son Icarus were eventually imprisoned inside it because he had aided Theseus in his quest against the Minotaur. Daedalus and Icarus escaped using wings fashioned from wax, but Icarus fell from the sky to his death.
Daiki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 大輝, 大樹, 大貴, etc.(Japanese Kanji) だいき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: DA-EE-KYEE
From Japanese (dai) meaning "big, great" combined with (ki) meaning "brightness", (ki) meaning "tree" or (ki) meaning "valuable". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.
Danièu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Provençal variant of Danièl.
Danís
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gascon, Provençal
Gascon and Provençal form of Denis.
Decker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (South), English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Decker. This was used for a character on the American soap opera General Hospital: Decker Moss, a character that debuted on the show in 1989.
Denzel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: dehn-ZEHL
Possibly a variant of Denzil. This spelling of the name was popularized by American actor Denzel Washington (1954-), who was named after his father.
Dermot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Diarmaid.
Dew
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Doo
Rare name from english word “dew”.
Dewi 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: DEW-i
Possibly from Dewydd, an Old Welsh form of David. Saint Dewi, the patron saint of Wales, was a 6th-century bishop of Mynyw. A later Welsh form of David was Dafydd, which was more common in the medieval period. Dewi was revived in the 19th century.
Dex
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHKS
Short form of Dexter.
Dian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: DEE-an
Means "candle" in Indonesian.
Diede
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: DEE-də
Short form of names beginning with the Old High German element diota (Old Frankish þeoda) meaning "people".
Diodato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Deodatus.
Dionysius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical
Other Scripts: Διονύσιος(Ancient Greek)
Latin form of Dionysios. Dionysius the Areopagite, who is mentioned in the New Testament, was a judge converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. This was also the name of many other early saints, including a 3rd-century pope.
Django
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: JANG-go(English)
The name of Romani-French musician Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), whose real name was Jean. It is possibly from a Romani word meaning "I awake", though it might in fact be derived from the name Jean 1. This is the name of the title character in the Italian western movie Django (1966), as well as numerous subsequent films.
Dominicus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman, Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: do-MEE-nee-kuys(Dutch)
Original Latin form of Dominic. This is also the official Dutch form, used on birth certificates but not typically in daily life.
Donato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: do-NA-to(Italian, Spanish)
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given". Several early saints had this name. The name was also borne by two Renaissance masters: the sculptor Donato di Niccolo di Bette Bardi (also known as Donatello), and the architect Donato Bramante.
Dragan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Драган(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Derived from the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious".
Eero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: EH-ro(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of Eric. A famous bearer was the architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961).
Elden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Variant of Eldon or Alden.
Elian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: EH-lee-yahn
Dutch variant of names beginning with Eli, such as Elijah or Elisabeth.
Eliander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
This given name is predominantly used in South America. In the Spanish-speaking countries of that continent, it is probably a combination of a name starting with Eli- (such as Elisa) with a name ending in -ander (such as Alexander). After all, it is fairly common in especially Latin-American countries for parents to give their child a name that is a combination of their own names. Also compare Elián and Eliandro.

As for Brazil: Eliander is usually a short form of Elianderson there, though of course the explanation described above is possible in Brazil as well.

Elin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Welsh
Pronounced: EH-lin(Swedish, Norwegian, Welsh)
Scandinavian and Welsh form of Helen.
Emilian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian, Polish
Pronounced: eh-MEE-lyan(Polish)
Romanian and Polish form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).
Emrys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-ris
Welsh form of Ambrose. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. Tales of his life were used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth to help shape the early character of Merlin, whom he called Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin.
Ennio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: EHN-nyo
Italian form of the Roman family name Ennius, which is of unknown meaning. Quintus Ennius was an early Roman poet.
Eos
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠώς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-AWS(Classical Greek) EE-ahs(English)
Means "dawn" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the dawn.
Ephesius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Latin form of Efisio.
Ephraim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֶףְרָיִם(Hebrew) Ἐφραίμ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EEF-ree-əm(English) EEF-rəm(English)
From the Hebrew name אֶףְרָיִם (ʾEfrayim) meaning "fruitful". In the Old Testament Ephraim is a son of Joseph and Asenath and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This name was also borne by two early saints: Ephraim or Ephrem the Syrian, a 4th-century theologian, and Ephraim of Antioch, a 6th-century patriarch of Antioch.
Erato
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐρατώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-RA-TAW(Classical Greek) EHR-ə-to(English)
Means "lovely" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, the muse of lyric poetry.
Eryx
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἔρυξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ERIKS
Derived from the Greek verb ἐρύκω (eruko) or (eryko) meaning "to keep in, to curb, to hold back, to restrain". This is the name of several characters in Greek mythology, one of them being a king of the Elymian people from Sicily. A mountain and city in Sicily were named after him, but are now called Erice.
Eske
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Modern Danish form of Esger.

Eske Willerslev (born 1971) is a Danish evolutionary geneticist.

Eskender
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: እስክንድር(Amharic)
Amharic form of Alexander.
Esperanza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ehs-peh-RAN-tha(European Spanish) ehs-peh-RAN-sa(Latin American Spanish)
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from sperare "to hope".
Evgeny
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Евгений(Russian)
Pronounced: yiv-GYEH-nyee, iv-GYEH-nyee
Alternate transcription of Russian Евгений (see Yevgeniy).
Ezio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: EHT-tsyo
Italian form of Aetius.
Fabrice
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: FAB-REES
French form of the Roman family name Fabricius, which was derived from Latin faber meaning "craftsman". Gaius Fabricius Luscinus was a 3rd-century BC Roman general and statesman.
Fáelán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Old Irish form of Faolán.
Falco
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman, Italian, German
Means "hawk" in Italian. It derives from Late Latin falco, ultimately from Latin falx meaning "scythe" referring to the raptor's claws.
Fargo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: FAR-go(American English)
Transferred use of the surname Fargo.
Fenris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Literature
Short form of the Old Norse Fenrisúlfr (literally "Fenrir-wolf"). The form Fenris Ulf was used for a talking wolf (originally named Maugrim) in the now defunct American edition of C. S. Lewis' 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.
Ferenc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: FEH-rents
Hungarian form of Francis. This is the Hungarian name of the composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886).
Ferox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Pet
Pronounced: FEHROKS(Latin)
Personal remark: Entry says "pet name" but this might make a cool boy name.
Roman cognomen which was derived from the Latin adjective ferox meaning "wild, bold, ferocious." In his work De re rustica, the 1st-century Roman writer Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella recommends this as a good name for dogs.
Fiera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: fee-EH-ra
Means "proud" in Esperanto.
Fillin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Faolán.
Fiore
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: FYO-reh
Means "flower" in Italian. It can also be considered an Italian form of the Latin names Flora and Florus.
Fiorello
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Diminutive of Fiore.
Flæmingr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Old Norse form of Flemming.
Flavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: FLA-vya(Italian) FLA-bya(Spanish) FLA-wee-a(Latin)
Feminine form of Flavius.
Floris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FLO-ris
Dutch form of Florentius (see Florence).
Floro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Pronounced: FLAW-ro(Italian) FLO-ro(Spanish)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Florus.
Freyde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: פֿריידע(Yiddish)
From Yiddish פֿרייד (freid) meaning "joy".
Friede
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FREE-də
Variant of Frida 1.
Gaius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical
Pronounced: GA-ee-oos(Latin) GIE-əs(English)
Roman praenomen, or given name, of uncertain meaning. It is possibly derived from Latin gaudere "to rejoice", though it may be of unknown Etruscan origin. This was a very common Roman praenomen, the most famous bearers being Gaius Julius Caesar, the great leader of the Roman Republic, and his adopted son Gaius Octavius (later known as Augustus), the first Roman emperor. This name also appears in the New Testament belonging to a bishop of Ephesus who is regarded as a saint.
Gale 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYL
Personal remark: See this name as unisex but male first. "Gail" is the female name of it to me.
Variant of Gail. It also coincides with the English word gale meaning "storm".
Genesius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
From Greek γένεσις (genesis) meaning "birth, origin". This was the name of various early Christian saints, notably Genesius of Rome, the patron saint of actors.
Gratian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: GRAY-shən(English)
From the Roman name Gratianus, which meant "grace" from Latin gratus. Saint Gratian was the first bishop of Tours (4th century). This was also the name of a Roman emperor.
Graysen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAY-sən
Variant of Grayson.
Guðrún
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1][2], Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Old Norse form of Gudrun, as well as the modern Icelandic form.
Gwaine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Arthurian Cycle
Variant of Gawain. Gwaine is a character on the BBC television series 'Merlin', meant to represent the Gawain of Arthurian legend.
Helga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech, Portuguese, Old Norse [1]
Pronounced: HEHL-ga(German) HEHL-gha(Dutch) HEHL-gaw(Hungarian) EHL-gu(European Portuguese) EW-gu(Brazilian Portuguese)
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Feminine form of Helge.
Helgi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Helge.
Hildegarde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: EEL-DU-GARD
French form of Hildegard.
Hlynur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Means "maple" in Icelandic.
Hogan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Transferred use of the surname Hogan.
Hylo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: HIE-lo
Nickname given to bluegrass singer and guitarist Frank "Hylo" Brown, Jr. (1922-2003) due to his broad vocal range.
Hypatia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ὑπατία(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek ὕπατος (hypatos) meaning "highest, supreme". Hypatia of Alexandria was a 5th-century philosopher and mathematician, daughter of the mathematician Theon.
Iago
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Galician, Portuguese
Pronounced: YA-gaw(Welsh) ee-AH-go(English) YA-ghuw(Galician)
Welsh and Galician form of Iacobus (see James). This was the name of two early Welsh kings of Gwynedd. It is also the name of the villain in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello (1603).
Iñaki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-NYA-kee
Basque form of Ignatius.
Indriði
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: IN-tri-dhi
Icelandic form of Eindride.
Inga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Polish, Russian, Old Norse [1][2], Germanic [3]
Other Scripts: Инга(Russian)
Pronounced: ING-ah(Swedish) ING-ga(German) EENG-ga(Polish) EEN-gə(Russian)
Strictly feminine form of Inge.
Ingvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Yngvarr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god Yngvi combined with herr meaning "army, warrior".
Ishtar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒈹, 𒌋𒁯(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: ISH-tahr(English)
From the Semitic root ʿṯtr, which possibly relates to the Evening Star. Ishtar was an Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess who presided over love, war and fertility. She was cognate with the Canaanite and Phoenician Ashtoreth, and she was also identified with the Sumerian goddess Inanna. Her name in Akkadian cuneiform 𒀭𒈹 was the same as the Sumerian cuneiform for Inanna.
Isidro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ee-SEE-dhro
Spanish variant of Isidore.
Ivaylo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ивайло(Bulgarian)
Perhaps derived from an old Bulgar name meaning "wolf". This was the name of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. It is possible that this spelling was the result of a 15th-century misreading of his real name Vulo from historical documents.
Jaakko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHK-ko
Finnish form of Jacob (or James).
János
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: YA-nosh
Hungarian form of John.
Jasmin 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Finnish, English
Pronounced: yas-MEEN(German) YAHS-meen(Finnish) JAZ-min(English)
German and Finnish form of Jasmine, as well as an English variant.
Jaxon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAK-sən
Variant of Jackson.
Jaylin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern), English (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: JAY-lən(English)
Variant of Jalen (masculine) or Jaylynn (feminine).
Jenessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: jə-NEHS-ə
Combination of Jen and the popular name suffix essa.
Jeremias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Portuguese, Finnish, Biblical
Pronounced: yeh-reh-MEE-as(German) YEH-reh-mee-ahs(Finnish)
German, Portuguese and Finnish form of Jeremiah. It is also the form used in some English translations of the New Testament.
Jethro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִתְרוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JETH-ro(English)
From the Hebrew name יִתְרוֹ (Yiṯro), which was derived from the Hebrew word יֶתֶר (yeṯer) meaning "abundance" [1]. According to the Old Testament, Jethro was a Midianite priest who sheltered Moses when he fled Egypt. He was the father of Zipporah, who became Moses's wife. A famous bearer of the name was Jethro Tull (1674-1741), an English inventor and agriculturist.
Jip
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch
Pronounced: YIP(Dutch)
Originally a Frisian short form of names beginning with the Old German element geba meaning "gift". This is the name of a boy in the Dutch children's book series Jip and Janneke, first published 1952.
Joakim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Јоаким(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: YOO-a-kim(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) YO-ah-keem(Finnish) YAW-a-keem(Macedonian)
Scandinavian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Joachim.
Jolian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Provençal form of Julian.
Joni 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YO-nee
Finnish form of John.
Jovian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
From Latin Iovianus, a Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Iovis (see Jove). This was the name of a 4th-century Roman emperor.
Jovien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Gallicized)
French form of Jovian.
Judikael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Breton form of Judicaël.
Judoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, Medieval Breton
Breton form of Iudocus (see Joyce).
Juho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOO-ho
Finnish short form of Juhani, now used independently.
Jurian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Low German
Medieval Low German form of George.
Kace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: KAYS
Variant of Case.
Kae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAY
Variant of Kay 1.
Kaelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-lin
Variant of Kaylyn.
Kaourintin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Breton form of Corentin.
Karine 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KA-REEN
French form of Carina 1. It can also function as a short form of Catherine, via Swedish Karin.
Kasper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: KAHS-pər(Dutch) KAS-bu(Danish) KAHS-pehr(Swedish)
Dutch and Scandinavian form of Jasper.
Keir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
From a surname that was a variant of Kerr.
Kieron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: KEER-ən(English) KEER-awn(English)
Anglicized form of Ciarán.
Kinley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KIN-lee
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Fhionnlaigh, itself derived from the given name Fionnlagh.
Kirby
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KUR-bee
From an English surname that was originally from a place name meaning "church settlement" in Old Norse. This name briefly spiked in popularity for American girls in 1982 after the character Kirby Anders Colby was introduced to the soap opera Dynasty.
Kolbein
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Variant of Kolbeinn.
Kora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: KO-ra
German variant of Cora.
Kóri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Old Norse name of unknown meaning.
Kristoffer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scandinavian form of Christopher.
Kylan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KIE-lən
Invented name based on the sounds found in other names such as Kyle and Rylan.
Kyllian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
French variant of Killian.
Landulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German name derived from the elements lant meaning "land" and wolf meaning "wolf". This name was borne by several Lombard nobles.
Laz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Diminutive of Larry.
Lelio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: LEH-lyo
Italian form of Laelius (see Laelia).
Leonid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Леонид(Russian) Леонід(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: lyi-u-NYEET(Russian)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Leonidas.
Lilou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEE-LOO
Either a diminutive of French names containing the sound lee or a combination of Lili and Louise.
Linnéa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.
Lio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: LEE-yo(Dutch)
Variant of Leo.
Lionç
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Variant of Leonç.
Lissandrou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal (Archaic), Niçard (Archaic)
Niçard short form of Alessandrou.
Llewellyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: loo-EHL-in(English)
Variant of Llewelyn.
Longinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from Latin longus "long". According to Christian legend Saint Longinus was the name of the Roman soldier who pierced Jesus' side with a spear, then converted to Christianity and was martyred. The name was also borne by the 3rd-century Greek philosopher Cassius Longinus.
Louisiane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
French form of Louisiana.
Lucien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LUY-SYEHN
French form of Lucianus.
Lucious
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Variant of Lucius.
Lucrèce
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LUY-KREHS
French form of both Lucretia and its masculine form Lucretius.
Ludovicus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1], Dutch
Pronounced: luy-do-VEE-kuys(Dutch)
Latinized form of Hludwig (see Ludwig). This form is also used as a baptismal name by Dutch and Flemish speakers, though it is commonly rendered Lodewijk in daily life.
Ludoviko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: loo-do-VEE-ko
Esperanto form of Ludwig. This is the Esperanto name of the philologist Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917), the creator of the Esperanto language.
Ludvík
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: LOOD-veek
Czech form of Ludwig.
Lukyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Лукьян(Russian) Лук'ян(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: luw-KYAN(Russian)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Lucianus.
Lupus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of Loup.
Macari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan, Gascon, Provençal
Catalan, Provençal and Gascon form of Macarius (see Macario).
Macsen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: MAK-sehn(Welsh)
Welsh form of Maximus. Magnus Maximus (known as Macsen Wledig in Welsh) was a 4th-century co-ruler of the Western Roman Empire. In Wales he was regarded as the founder of several royal lineages. He appears in the medieval Welsh tale The Dream of Macsen.
Mael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Breton form of Maël.
Magnar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse elements magn "power, strength" and herr "army, warrior". This name was coined in the 19th century [1].
Magni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology
Derived from the Old Norse element magn meaning "power, strength". In Norse mythology this name is borne by a son of Thor and the giant Járnsaxa.
Maissemin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Provençal form of Maximinus.
Maïus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Meaning unknown. It has been in use in Provence since at least the late nineteenth century.
Maixent
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Provençal
Poitevin and Provençal form of Maxence.
Makai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: mah-KIE, mə-KIE
Makai is an adverb in the Hawaiian language combining the directional particle ma with Hawaiian kai meaning "ocean". It literally means "toward or by the sea, seaward". It is sometimes used as a given name, particularly within the Hawaiian Islands but is also found within the continental United States.
Maks
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Макс(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: MAKS(Russian)
Short form of Maksim, Maksym or Maksimilijan.
Maksim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Максим(Russian, Macedonian, Ukrainian) Максім(Belarusian)
Pronounced: muk-SYEEM(Russian)
Russian, Belarusian and Macedonian form of Maximus, as well as an alternate transcription of Ukrainian Максим (see Maksym).
Malik 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greenlandic
Means "wave, sea" in Greenlandic [1].
Malo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Means "bright pledge", derived from Old Breton mach "pledge, hostage" and lou "bright, brilliant". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint, supposedly a companion of Saint Brendan on his trans-Atlantic journey. He later went to Brittany, where he founded the monastic settlement of Saint-Malo.
Mannix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of Mainchín.
Mārcis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Originally a short form of Mārtiņš, now used independently.
Mari 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish, Welsh, Breton, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Georgian, Armenian
Other Scripts: მარი(Georgian) Մարի(Armenian)
Pronounced: MAH-ree(Finnish) MAW-ree(Hungarian) mah-REE(Swedish)
Estonian, Finnish, Welsh and Breton form of Maria, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of Mária. It is also a Scandinavian, Georgian and Armenian form of the French name Marie.
Marie-Ève
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-REE-EHV
Combination of Marie and Ève.
Mariot
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Norman, Medieval English, Medieval French, Medieval Scottish, Manx (Archaic), Cornish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Diminutive of Maria.
Marnix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-niks
From a Dutch surname, derived from the name of a village in Savoy, France. It is given in honour of the Flemish and Dutch statesman Philips of Marnix (1540-1598), also a notable writer.
Martijn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: mahr-TAYN
Dutch form of Martin.
Marzio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: MAR-tsyo
Italian form of Marcius.
Masaki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 正樹, 政樹, 真樹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まさき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-SA-KYEE
From Japanese (masa) meaning "right, proper" and (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of kanji having the same reading.
Matvey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Матвей(Russian)
Pronounced: mut-VYAY
Russian form of Matthew.
Matxin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ma-CHEEN
Diminutive of Mattin.
Mátyás
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: MA-kyash
Hungarian form of Matthias. This was the name of two Hungarian kings.
Maxen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: MAK-sən(English)
Anglicized form of Macsen.
Maybellene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture (Rare)
Variant of Maybelline, used by Chuck Berry in his 1955 song by this name.
Mazarine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Usage of this still relatively new French given name first started with Mazarine Pingeot (b. 1974), the illegitimate daughter of former French president François Mitterrand (1916-1996) and his mistress Anne Pingeot (b. 1943), whose existence was only brought to light in 1994 or 1995. Her parents' love of books is said to have inspired them to name their daughter after the Bibliothèque Mazarine, the oldest public library in France. The library itself was named after the 17th-century cardinal Jules Raymond Mazarin, who had been born in Italy as Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino. He came from a family that was originally from Sicily and had taken their surname from their ancestral town, Mazzarino.

The town's name is said to have been derived from Mazzara, which either originates from Arabic mazari or mazar meaning "shrine", or is a corruption of Mactorium, the name of a town that had existed in the area in ancient times. That town had been founded by ancient Greek colonists, who had called it Μακτώριον (Maktorion). It is uncertain what the town's name meant in Greek, but it is possibly related to the Greek noun μακτήριον (makterion) meaning "food". Also compare Μαιμακτηριών (Maimakterion), which is the name of one of the lunar months of the Hellenic calendar used in ancient Attica. Alternatively, an etymological relation with the Greek adjective μακτός (maktos) meaning "kneaded" is also possible. This word is ultimately derived from the Greek verb μάσσω (masso) meaning "to knead, to press into a mould".

With that said, the given name Mazarine is quite rare in France today. It was virtually unknown in the country, until the existence of Mitterrand's illegitimate daughter was revealed in 1994 or 1995. The name gained quite a bit of exposure after that, which made it possible for prospective parents to take a liking to the name and bestow it upon their daughters. This clearly shows in the available statistics for the name Mazarine: it suddenly appeared on the radar in the mid-1990s and has remained on it ever since, whereas in previous decades, the name was not used on a noteworthy scale at all (as was to be expected, since this name was more or less "invented" as a given name).

Mephisto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: mə-FIS-to(English)
Variant of Mephistopheles.
Mephistopheles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: meh-fi-STAHF-i-leez(English)
Meaning uncertain. It might be based on Hebrew מֵפִיץ (mefits) "scatterer, disperser" and טָפַל (ṭafal) "liar", or on Greek μή (me) "not", φῶς (phos) "light" and φίλος (philos) "friend, lover". Many other etymologies have been proposed. In a German legend, notably retold by Goethe, this is the name of a demon who makes a deal with Faust to exchange his soul for magical powers.
Merethe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish
Variant of Merete.
Meridian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: mə-RID-ee-ən
From the English word, which is directly from Latin meridianus meaning "of midday, of noon, southerly, to the south". It was used by Alice Walker for the heroine of her novel 'Meridian' (1976).
Merrin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Although the exact origin and meaning of this name are unknown, many modern-day academics believe this name to be the (possibly Anglicized) Cornish form of Morien.

Its variant Merryn was the name of a Cornish saint.

In the English-speaking world, all forms have been occasionally used from the 19th century onwards.

Merryn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Meaning unknown. This was the name of an early Cornish (male) saint.
Micolau
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Provençal cognate of Nicolau.
Mika 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美香, 美加, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-KA
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with (ka) meaning "fragrance" or (ka) meaning "increase". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Mikael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Breton
Pronounced: MEE-ka-ehl(Swedish, Norwegian) MEE-kal(Danish) MEE-kah-ehl(Finnish)
Scandinavian, Finnish and Breton form of Michael.
Mikelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: mee-KEH-lo
Modern Esperanto form of Michael.
Miklós
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: MEEK-losh
Hungarian form of Nicholas.
Miku
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美空, 美久, 未来, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みく(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-KOO
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with (ku) meaning "sky" or (ku) meaning "long time". It can also come from a nanori reading of 未来 (mirai) meaning "future". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
Minik
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Means "seal oil" in Greenlandic [1]. A notable bearer was the Inughuit boy Minik (1890-1918), who was among a group brought by the explorer Robert Peary from Greenland to New York in 1897.
Misha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Миша(Russian)
Pronounced: MYEE-shə
Russian diminutive of Mikhail.
Mishka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Мишка(Russian)
Pronounced: MYEE-shkə
Russian diminutive of Mikhail.
Mocha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pet
Pronounced: MO-kə
This meaning of this name is Chocolate-coffee flavored because the coffee flavor "Mocha" originated in Yemen. There's also a town in Yemen called Mocha.
Mochán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Derived from Irish moch meaning "early" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Montague
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MAHN-tə-gyoo
From an aristocratic English surname meaning "sharp mountain", from Old French mont agu. In Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1596) this is the surname of Romeo and his family.
Myrto
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1], Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μυρτώ(Greek)
From Greek μύρτος (myrtos) meaning "myrtle". This was the name of a few characters from Greek mythology, including one of the Maenads.
Nerine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afrikaans (Rare), English (Rare)
Nic
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIK
Short form of Nicholas, or sometimes Dominic.
Nicodemus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Νικόδημος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: nik-ə-DEE-məs(English) nee-ko-DEH-moos(Latin)
From the Greek name Νικόδημος (Nikodemos) meaning "victory of the people", derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people". This is the name of a character in the New Testament who helps Joseph of Arimathea entomb Jesus.
Nicolau
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Pronounced: nee-koo-LOW(Portuguese, Catalan)
Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of Nicholas.
Niilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: NEE-lo
Finnish form of Nicholas.
Nikandr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Никандр(Russian) Нікандр(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: nyi-KANDR(Russian)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Nikandros.
Nikodem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: nyee-KAW-dehm
Polish form of Nicodemus.
Nikodim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Никодим(Russian)
Russian form of Nicodemus.
Noey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Possibly derived as a diminutive of Noah 1 or Noe.
Oaklynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: OK-lin
Variant of Oaklyn.
Orin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, English (Rare)
Pronounced: OR in
Used by Eugene O'Neill in Mourning Becomes Electra as a deliberate link, it has been suggested, with Greek Orestes.

More often spelt Orrin when used in modern times. Oren also occurs, and there may be confusion with Oran. George Bernard Shaw invented the feminine name Orinthia in The Apple Cart, two years before O'Neill's play. In the 17th century the poet Cowley made use of another feminine name which appears to belong to the same group, Orinda (though this may have been a shortening of Dorinda). (Source: Dunkling & Gosling, 1983)

Orrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ORIK
Transferred use of the surname Orrick.
Orris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Scottish
Pronounced: AWR-is
Transferred use of the surname Orris.
Orso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: OR-so
Italian form of Ursus (see Urs).
Ǫrvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of Orvar.
Osric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon, English (Rare), Literature
Derived from Old English os "god" and ric "power, rule". This name was borne by several Anglo-Saxon kings, one of the earliest being Osric of Deira (7th century AD).

In literature, Osric is the name of a courtier in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

Oswin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AHZ-win
From the Old English elements os "god" and wine "friend". Saint Oswin was a 7th-century king of Northumbria. After the Norman Conquest this name was used less, and it died out after the 14th century. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.
Otello
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: o-TEHL-lo
Italian form of Othello. This was the name of an 1887 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on Shakespeare's play.
Óðinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Odin.
Ovid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: AHV-id(English)
From the Roman family name Ovidius, which was possibly derived from Latin ovis "a sheep". Alternatively, it could have a Sabellic origin. Publius Ovidius Naso, better known as Ovid, was a 1st-century BC Roman poet who is best known as the author of the Metamorphoses. He was sent into exile on the coast of the Black Sea by Emperor Augustus for no apparent reason.
Pacian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, History (Ecclesiastical, Anglicized)
English and Provençal form of Pacianus.
Perrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: PEH-REEN
French feminine form of Perrin, a diminutive of Pierre.
Petronilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Late Roman
From a Latin name, a diminutive of Petronia, the feminine form of Petronius. This was the name of an obscure 1st-century Roman saint, later believed to be a daughter of Saint Peter.
Pierrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
Breton diminutive of Pierre.
Pippin 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German form of Pepin. The 1972 musical Pippin is loosely based on the life of Charlemagne's eldest son Pepin the Hunchback.
Plinio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: PLEE-nyo
Italian and Spanish form of Plinius (see Pliny).
Pollux
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: POL-looks(Latin) PAHL-əks(English)
Roman form of Greek Πολυδεύκης (Polydeukes) meaning "very sweet", from Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "much" and δευκής (deukes) meaning "sweet". In mythology he was the twin brother of Castor and a son of Zeus. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Pyotr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Пётр(Russian)
Pronounced: PYUYTR
Russian form of Peter. A famous bearer was the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).
Pythagoras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Πυθαγόρας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PUY-TA-GO-RAS(Classical Greek) pi-THAG-ər-əs(English)
Derived from Pythios, a name of Apollo, combined with Greek ἀγορά (agora) meaning "assembly, marketplace". This was the name of a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mathematician from Samos. He was the founder of a school of philosophy whose members believed that numbers described the universe.
Quinto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: KWEEN-to
Italian form of Quintus.
Radley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Radley.
Ragna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Old Norse [1]
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".
Ragnall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish [1]
Medieval Irish form of Ragnvaldr.
Raivo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly a diminutive of Raimond or it could be related to the Old Estonian word raivo meaning "fury, rage".
Randel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Randolf and other names beginning with the Germanic element rant meaning "rim (of a shield)".
Rayner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Pronounced: RAY-nər
From the Germanic name Raginheri, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and heri "army". Saint Rainerius was a 12th-century hermit from Pisa. The Normans brought this name to England where it came into general use, though it was rare by the end of the Middle Ages.
Reilly
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-lee
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Raghailligh, derived from the given name Raghailleach, meaning unknown.
Renat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Ренат(Russian)
Russian form of Renatus. In some cases communist parents may have bestowed it as an acronym of революция наука техника (revolyutsiya nauka tekhnika) meaning "revolution, science, technics" or революция наука труд (revolyutsiya nauka trud) meaning "revolution, science, labour".
Rene
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: rə-NAY
English form of René or Renée.
Reverie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: REHV-ə-ree
From the English word meaning "daydream, fanciful musing", derived from Old French resverie, itself from resver meaning "to dream, to rave".
Rheia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ῥεία(Ancient Greek)
Variant of Rhea.
Rie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Danish, Limburgish
Pronounced: RHEE(Dutch, Limburgish)
Dutch, Danish and Limburgish short form of Maria and Marie.
Riku 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: REE-koo
Finnish short form of Richard.
Ringo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Japanese
Pronounced: RIN-go(English) RIN-GO(Japanese)
Transferred use of the surname Ringo. A famous bearer of this name was Beatles drummer Richard Starkey (1940), who was nicknamed Ringo due to the many rings he would wear. He ultimately adopted this nickname into a stagename, Ringo Starr, with Starr being an abbreviated form of his surname.

This name can also be Japanese for "apple" or "peace be with you".

Rino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: REE-no
Short form of names ending in rino.
Rivalen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Medieval form of Rhiwallon used in the early German versions of the Tristan legend, where it belongs to Tristan's father, the king of Parmenie.
Riven
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: RIV-ən(English)
Possibly a blend of River with the popular name suffix en. It coincides with an English adjective meaning "split, torn apart", related to Old Norse rífa "to scratch, to rive".
Roffe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Swedish diminutive of Rolf.
Rohesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Latinized)
Latinized form of the medieval name Rohese (see Rose).
Rollie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-lee
Diminutive of Roland.
Romulus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Romanian
Pronounced: RO-moo-loos(Latin) RAHM-yuw-ləs(English)
From Roma, the Latin name of the city of Rome, combined with a diminutive suffix. In Roman legend Romulus and Remus were the twin sons of Rhea Silvia and the god Mars. Romulus killed his brother when they argued about where to found Rome. According to the tale he gave the city its name, though in reality it was likely the other way around.
Rúna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic, Faroese
Pronounced: ROO-na(Icelandic)
Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese feminine form of Rune.
Rurik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Рюрик(Russian)
Russian form of the Old Norse name Hrǿríkr. This was the name of a 9th-century Varangian ruler of Novgorod.
Ruvim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Рувим(Russian) Рувім(Ukrainian)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Reuben.
Saffron
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SAF-rən
From the English word that refers either to a spice, the crocus flower from which it is harvested, or the yellow-orange colour of the spice. It is derived via Old French from Arabic زعفران (zaʿfarān), itself probably from Persian meaning "gold leaves".
Saforian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lengadocian, Provençal
Languedocian and Provençal form of Symphorianus.
Samo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene, History
Meaning uncertain. This was the name of a 7th-century ruler of the Slavs, who established a kingdom including parts of modern Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. He was possibly of Frankish origin.
Sanctius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Latin form of Sancho.
Sander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Estonian, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: SAHN-dər(Dutch)
Dutch, Estonian, Danish and Norwegian short form of Alexander.
Sanni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAHN-nee
Finnish diminutive of Susanna.
Santeri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAHN-teh-ree
Finnish short form of Alexander.
Santino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: san-TEE-no
Diminutive of Santo.
Santo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SAN-to
Means "saint" in Italian, ultimately from Latin sanctus.
Saornin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal
Provençal form of Saturninus.
Savino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VEE-no
Italian variant form of Sabinus (see Sabina).
Sébire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norman
Norman form of Sibyl.
Senn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: SEHN
Meaning unknown, possibly related to Senne.
Settimo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Septimus.
Shai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁי(Hebrew)
Either from Hebrew שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" or else a Hebrew diminutive of Isaiah.
Sibyl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIB-əl
From Greek Σίβυλλα (Sibylla), meaning "prophetess, sibyl". In Greek and Roman legend the sibyls were female prophets who practiced at different holy sites in the ancient world. In later Christian theology, the sibyls were thought to have divine knowledge and were revered in much the same way as the Old Testament prophets. Because of this, the name came into general use in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans imported it to England, where it was spelled both Sibyl and Sybil. It became rare after the Protestant Reformation, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps helped by Benjamin Disraeli's novel Sybil (1845).
Sidòni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon
Languedocian, Provençal and Gascon form of Sidonius.
Siim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: SEEM
Estonian form of Simon 1, originally a short form but now used independently.
Silvander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: sil-VAN-də, sil-VAN-der
Derived from Silvanus. Used as a literary name in the 17th and 18th centuries; one example is the character of Silvander in Thomas Killigrew's play "Claricilla" (c 1641).
Silvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, German, Dutch, English, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: SEEL-vya(Italian) SEEL-bya(Spanish) SEEL-vyu(European Portuguese) SEEW-vyu(Brazilian Portuguese) ZIL-vya(German) SIL-vee-ya(Dutch) SIL-vee-ə(English)
Feminine form of Silvius. Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. This was also the name of a 6th-century saint, the mother of the pope Gregory the Great. It has been a common name in Italy since the Middle Ages. It was introduced to England by Shakespeare, who used it for a character in his play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594). It is now more commonly spelled Sylvia in the English-speaking world.
Simo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Serbian
Other Scripts: Симо(Serbian)
Pronounced: SEE-mo(Finnish)
Finnish and Serbian form of Simon 1.
Sìne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: SHEE-nyə
Scottish Gaelic form of Jeanne or Jane.
Siôn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SHON
Welsh form of John.
Sirius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: SIR-ee-əs(English)
The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek σείριος (seirios) meaning "burning".
Sky
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse ský "cloud".
Skylynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SKIE-lin
Elaboration of Sky using the popular name suffix lyn.
Solveig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: SOOL-vie(Norwegian) SOOL-vay(Swedish)
From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (1876).
Sǫlvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1][2]
From Old Norse sǫlr meaning "yellow, pale, sallow".
Spark
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Originally a transferred use of the surname Spark. It is now used as an adoption of the English word (which is derived from Old English spearca via Middle English sparke "spark").
Spartak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Спартак(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian) Սպարտակ(Armenian) სპარტაკ(Georgian)
Pronounced: spur-TAK(Russian) spahr-TAHK(Eastern Armenian) sbahr-DAHG(Western Armenian)
Form of Spartacus in several languages.
Spiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Σπύρο(Greek)
Anglicized form of Spyros.
Spyro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Σπύρο(Greek)
Anglicized form of Spyros.
Steinunn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Derived from the Old Norse elements steinn "stone" and unnr "wave".
Sulo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-lo
Means "charm, grace" in Finnish.
Sun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SUN
Directly taken from the English word sun which is ultimately derived from Middle English sunne. From Old English sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥.

In the USA, 14 boys and 5 girls were named SUN in 2018.

Suni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
From Old Norse sunr meaning "son".
Svana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Short form of Svanhildur.
Svanhildr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology
Old Norse form of Svanhild.
Sveinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1][2]
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Sven.
Tadeo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ta-DHEH-o
Spanish form of Thaddeus.
Taki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Danish
Old Danish form of Tage.
Tangi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Pronounced: TAHN-gee, TAHN-jee
Breton form of Tanguy.
Tapani
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-pah-nee
Finnish form of Stephen.
Tarja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAHR-yah
Finnish form of Daria.
Teemu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TEH-moo
Finnish form of Nicodemus.
Tenney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Denis.
Terzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: TEHR-tso
Italian form of Tertius.
Tetsuya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 哲也, 徹也, etc.(Japanese Kanji) てつや(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TEH-TSOO-YA
From Japanese (tetsu) meaning "philosophy" combined with (ya) meaning "to be". Other combinations of kanji with the same reading can form this name as well.
Þóra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1][2], Icelandic
Either a feminine form of Þórr (see Thor) or else a short form of the various Old Norse names beginning with the element Þór. In Norse myth Thora was the wife of the Danish king Ragnar Lodbrok.
Thunder
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, English (American, Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: THUN-der(English)
From the English word thunder meaning "a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air’ from Old English thunor.
Þýri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Old Norse form of Tyra.
Tiberius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: tee-BEH-ree-oos(Latin) tie-BEHR-ee-əs(English)
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "of the Tiber" in Latin. The Tiber is the river that runs through Rome. Tiberius was the second Roman emperor, the stepson of Emperor Augustus. He was born Tiberius Claudius Nero, but was renamed Tiberius Julius Caesar after he was designated as the heir of Augustus.
Tielo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval German
Earlier form of Till.
Tilen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene
Pronounced: TEE-lehn
Slovene form of Aegidius (see Giles).
Titas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Titus.
Tito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: TEE-to(Italian, Spanish)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Titus.
Tófi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Short form of Þórfreðr or Þórfastr.
Tóki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Old Norse form of Tyge.
Tollak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Þórleikr, which meant "Thor's play" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with leikr "play, game (involving weapons)".
Topi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TO-pee
Finnish short form of Tobias.
Trivia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin trivium meaning "a place where three roads meet, a crossroads". In Roman mythology this was the name of a goddess of the night and crossroads, usually associated with witchcraft and sorcery as well as ghosts and childbirth. She was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Hecate (who was called in Greek Ἑκάτη Τριοδῖτις (Hekate Trioditis) "Hecate of the crossroads", from τρίοδος (triodos) "a meeting of three roads").
Tullio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: TOOL-lyo
Italian form of the Roman family name Tullius, derived from the praenomen Tullus, which is of unknown meaning. A famous bearer was Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman orator and author.
Twyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TWIE-lə
Variant of Twila.
Tyrian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TIE-ree-ən
Derived from Latin Tyrianus "of Tyre", an ancient city which is located in modern-day Lebanon. The name of the city itself is said to be derived from a Semitic word meaning "rock".

In ancient times, the city was famous for the purple-red dye named Tyrian purple (also known as "royal purple", "imperial purple" or "imperial dye").

Tytus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: TI-toos
Polish form of Titus.
Uffe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Variant of Ulf.
Úlfur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Icelandic form of Ulf.
Ulric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: UWL-rik
Middle English form of the Old English name Wulfric. When it is used in modern times, it is usually as a variant of Ulrich.
Ùna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Pronounced: OO-nə
Scottish Gaelic form of Úna.
Uni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Probably from Old Norse una meaning "to enjoy".
Vaast
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Flemish, Norman, Picard
Flemish, Norman and Picard form of Vedastus.
Valko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Вълко(Bulgarian)
Derived from Bulgarian вълк (valk) meaning "wolf".
Valtteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHLT-teh-ree
Finnish form of Walter.
Vašek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: VA-shehk
Diminutive of Václav.
Vasiliy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Василий(Russian)
Pronounced: vu-SYEE-lyee
Russian form of Basil 1.
Vedastus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic or Celtic name, possibly Germanic Widogast. This was the name of a 6th-century saint who helped to convert the Frankish king Clovis to Christianity. He is called Gaston in French and Vaast in Flemish.
Veikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAYK-ko
From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".
Ventura
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: behn-TOO-ra
Truncated form of Buenaventura.
Victorian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), Provençal
English and Provençal form of Victorianus. This name was borne by two obscure saints, from the 5th and 6th centuries AD.
Victorin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VEEK-TAW-REHN
French form of Victorinus.
Vidau
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gascon, Provençal
Gascon and Provençal form of Vitalis.
Vikentiy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Викентий(Russian)
Pronounced: vyi-KYEHN-tyee
Russian form of Vincent.
Vilmos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: VEEL-mosh
Hungarian form of William.
Viridian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Various (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the blue-green pigment, which is derived from Latin viridis, meaning "green".
Vissarion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Archaic), Greek
Other Scripts: Виссарион(Russian) Βησσαρίων(Greek)
Russian form and Modern Greek transcription of Bessarion.
Volkan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: vol-KYAN
Means "volcano" in Turkish.
Vuk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Вук(Serbian)
Pronounced: VOOK
Means "wolf" in Serbian.
Vukašin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Вукашин(Serbian)
Derived from Serbian vuk meaning "wolf". This was the name of a 14th-century Serbian ruler.
Webb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Webb.
Winton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIN-tən
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "enclosure belonging to Wine" in Old English.
Wrangler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: wrang-lur
Wrenley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: REHN-lee
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Elaboration of Wren using the popular name suffix ley.
Wymond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Middle English form of the Old English name Wigmund, composed of the elements wig "battle" and mund "protection".
Xenos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ξενος(Greek)
Derived from Greek ξενος (xenos) meaning "stranger, foreigner".
Xinyi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 欣怡, 心怡, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHEEN-EE
From Chinese (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with () meaning "joy, harmony". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Yakov
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Other Scripts: יַעֲקֹב(Hebrew) Яков(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: YA-kəf(Russian)
Russian and Bulgarian form of Jacob (or James), and an alternate transcription of Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (see Yaakov).
Yann
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: YAN
Breton form of John.
Yannick
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: YA-NEEK(French)
Diminutive of Yann or Yanna 2.
Yasha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Яша(Russian)
Russian diminutive of Yakov.
Yijun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 怡君, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: EE-CHUYN
From Chinese () meaning "joy, harmony" combined with (jūn) meaning "king, ruler". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Ylva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".
Yūji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 祐二, 雄二, 裕司, 祐司, 裕治, 裕二, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうじ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-ZHEE
From Japanese () meaning "divine intervention, protection", () meaning "hero, manly", or () meaning "abundant" combined with (ji) meaning "two" or (ji) meaning "officer, boss". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.
Zaxon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Rhyming variant of Jaxon.
Zebadiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זְבַדְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehb-ə-DIE-ə(English)
Means "Yahweh has given" in Hebrew, derived from זָבַד (zavaḏ) meaning "to give" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of several Old Testament characters.
Zétény
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: ZEH-tehn
Possibly from the Old Slavic root zętĭ meaning "son-in-law".
Zia
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: ضياء(Arabic) ضیاء(Urdu) জিয়া(Bengali)
Pronounced: dee-YA(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء (see Ziya), as well as the usual Urdu and Bengali transcription.
Zinnia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZIN-ee-ə
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.
Zoilos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ζωΐλος(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Zoilus.
Zoraida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: tho-RIE-dha(European Spanish) so-RIE-dha(Latin American Spanish)
Perhaps means "enchanting" or "dawn" in Arabic. This was the name of a minor 12th-century Spanish saint, a convert from Islam. The name was used by Cervantes for a character in his novel Don Quixote (1606), in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.
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