protobo998's Personal Name List
Apollo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀπόλλων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-PAHL-o(English)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From Greek
Ἀπόλλων (Apollon), which is of unknown meaning, though perhaps related to the Indo-European root *
apelo- meaning
"strength". Another theory states that Apollo can be equated with Appaliunas, an Anatolian god whose name possibly means
"father lion" or
"father light". The Greeks later associated Apollo's name with the Greek verb
ἀπόλλυμι (apollymi) meaning
"to destroy". In Greek
mythology Apollo was the son of
Zeus and
Leto and the twin of
Artemis. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. Later he also became the god of the sun and light.
Atlas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄτλας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TLAS(Classical Greek) AT-ləs(English)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Possibly means
"enduring" from Greek
τλάω (tlao) meaning "to endure". In Greek
mythology he was a Titan punished by
Zeus by being forced to support the heavens on his shoulders.
Attikus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: αττικός(Greek)
Pronounced: AH-ti-kus
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Original spelling of the name
Atticus. This name come from the Greek Ἀττικός
Attikos means "from Attika" and was popularly used for Greek nobles.
Bandit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Popular Culture (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the English word, ultimately from the late Latin
bannire "to proclaim". Used by My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way and Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z for their daughter.
The name of the character in the Australian Cartoon "Bluey".
Bandit is a secondary character and the mate/husband of
Chilli,
Bluey and
Bingo’s father, Uncle Stripe’s older brother and Socks and Muffin‘s uncle.
Banks
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BANGKS
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that that was given to a person who lived near a hillside or a bank of land.
Bodhi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-dee
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From a term referring to enlightenment in Buddhism, derived from Sanskrit
बोधि (bodhi).
Briggs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from Middle English brigge, Old English brycg meaning "bridge".
Briscoe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIS-ko
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "birch wood" in Old Norse.
Buck
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUK
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
From an English nickname meaning simply "buck, male deer", ultimately from Old English bucc.
Buster
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUS-tər
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Originally a nickname denoting a person who broke things, from the word bust, a dialectal variant of burst. A famous bearer was the silent movie star Buster Keaton (1895-1966).
Cash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KASH
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From an English occupational surname for a box maker, derived from Norman French casse meaning "case", from Latin capsa. It coincides with the English word cash meaning "money" (derived from the same French and Latin roots). A famous bearer of the surname was American musician Johnny Cash (1932-2003).
Chet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEHT
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Chip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHIP
Rating: 33% 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.
Cohen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KO-ən
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From a common Jewish surname that was derived from Hebrew
כֹּהֵן (kohen) meaning
"priest". This surname was traditionally associated with the hereditary priests who claimed descent from the biblical
Aaron.
Cole
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KOL
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
From an English surname, itself originally derived from either a medieval short form of
Nicholas or the byname
Cola. A famous bearer was the songwriter Cole Porter (1891-1964), while a bearer of the surname was the musician Nat King Cole (1919-1965).
This name got more popular in the early 1980s, then got a boost in 1990 when it was used by the main character in the movie Days of Thunder.
Colorado
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Likely given in reference to the state of Colorado in the United States. The state was named for the Colorado River, which Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy (in Spanish, colorado, or 'colored red') silt the river carried from the mountains.
Colt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KOLT
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
From the English word for a young male horse or from the surname of the same origin. It may be given in honour of the American industrialist Samuel Colt (1814-1862) or the firearms company that bears his name. It was brought to public attention in 1981 by the main character on the television series
The Fall Guy [1].
Colter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KOL-tər
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was originally given to a keeper of horses, derived from Middle English colt.
Crew
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Either from a surname that was derived from the English town of Crewe (from Old Welsh criu meaning "weir"), or from the English vocabulary word for a group of people.
Dallas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAL-əs
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From a surname that could either be of Old English origin meaning "valley house" or of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "meadow dwelling". A city in Texas bears this name, probably in honour of American Vice President George M. Dallas (1792-1864).
Dane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAYN
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was either a variant of the surname
Dean or else an ethnic name referring to a person from Denmark.
Dash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DASH
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Probably inspired by the English word
dash meaning "run, sprint". In some cases it can be a short form of
Dashiell, as in the animated movie
The Incredibles (2004) where it belongs to a speedy young superhero.
Dax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAKS
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
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.
Dayton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAY-tən
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was derived from places named
Deighton, meaning
"ditch town" in Old English. Dayton is also the name of a city in Ohio. As a given name, it gained a bit of popularity in the 1990s, probably because it shares a similar sound with names such as
Peyton and
Clayton.
Denver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHN-vər
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was from a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English. This is the name of the capital city of Colorado, which was named for the politician James W. Denver (1817-1892).
Digby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DIG-bee
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from the name of an English town, itself derived from a combination of Old English dic "dyke, ditch" and Old Norse byr "farm, town".
Elias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Dutch, Greek, Amharic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ηλίας(Greek) ኤልያስ(Amharic) Ἠλίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEE-ush(European Portuguese) eh-LEE-us(Brazilian Portuguese) eh-LEE-as(German) EH-lee-ahs(Finnish) i-LIE-əs(English) ee-LIE-əs(English) EH-lee-yahs(Dutch)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Form of
Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek
New Testament, as well as some English translations.
Enzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, French
Pronounced: EHN-tso(Italian) EHN-ZO(French)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
The meaning of this name is uncertain. In some cases it seems to be an old Italian form of
Heinz, though in other cases it could be a variant of the Germanic name
Anzo. In modern times it is also used as a short form of names ending in
enzo, such as
Vincenzo or
Lorenzo.
A famous bearer was the Italian racecar driver and industrialist Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988).
Erik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, English, Spanish
Pronounced: EH-rik(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, German, Dutch) EH-reek(Finnish, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Spanish) EHR-ik(English)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Scandinavian form of
Eric. This was the name of kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. King Erik IX of Sweden (12th century) is the patron
saint of that country.
Faron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic), English
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
French form of
Faro. As an English name, it is probably from a French surname that was derived from the given name.
Fraser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Rare)
Pronounced: FRAY-zər(English)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
From a Scottish surname, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.
Frazier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRAY-zhər
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Gunnar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: GUYN-nar(Swedish, Icelandic) GOON-nahr(Norwegian)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse name
Gunnarr, which was derived from the elements
gunnr "war" and
herr "army, warrior" (making it a
cognate of
Gunther). In Norse legend Gunnar was the husband of
Brynhildr. He had his brother-in-law
Sigurd murdered based on his wife's false accusations that Sigurd had taken her virginity.
Houston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HYOO-stin
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From a Scottish surname meaning "
Hugh's town". The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow, but this is also the name of a city in Texas, named after the Texas president Sam Houston (1793-1863).
Hudson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HUD-sən
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
From an English surname meaning
"son of Hudde". A famous bearer of the surname was the English explorer Henry Hudson (1570-1611).
Hunter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HUN-tər
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From an English occupational surname for a hunter, derived from Old English hunta. A famous bearer was the eccentric American journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005).
Huxley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HUKS-lee
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English
leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be
hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer of the surname was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).
Ike
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IEK
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of
Isaac. This was the nickname of the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), based on the initial sound of his surname.
Jesse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Finnish, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשַׁי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHS-ee(English) YEH-sə(Dutch) YEHS-seh(Finnish)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
From
Ἰεσσαί (Iessai), the Greek form of the Hebrew name
יִשַׁי (Yishai). This could be a derivative of the word
שַׁי (shai) meaning
"gift" or
יֵשׁ (yesh) meaning
"existence". In the
Old Testament Jesse is the father of King
David. It began to be used as an English given name after the
Protestant Reformation.
A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.
Jett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JEHT
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the English word jet, which denotes either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).
Kaiser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Various
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
German form of the Roman title
Caesar (see
Caesar). It is not used as a given name in Germany itself.
Knox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAHKS
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From a Scots surname that was derived from various places named Knock, from Gaelic cnoc "round hill". It jumped in popularity after the actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had a baby by this name in 2008.
Lance
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LANS
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From the Germanic name
Lanzo, originally a short form of names that began with the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element
land, Old High German
lant meaning
"land" (Proto-Germanic *
landą). During the Middle Ages it became associated with Old French
lance meaning "spear, lance". A famous bearer is American cyclist Lance Armstrong (1971-).
Leonidas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Λεωνίδας(Greek)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek
λέων (leon) meaning "lion" combined with the patronymic suffix
ἴδης (ides). Leonidas was a Spartan king of the 5th century BC who sacrificed his life and his army defending the pass of Thermopylae from the Persians. This was also the name of a 3rd-century
saint and martyr, the father of Origen, from Alexandria.
Lionel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: LYAW-NEHL(French) LIE-ə-nəl(English) LIE-nəl(English)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
French
diminutive of
Léon. It appears in Arthurian legend in the 13th-century
Lancelot-Grail Cycle, belonging to a knight who was the brother of Sir
Bors. A notable modern bearer is the Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi (1987-).
Magnus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: MANG-nuys(Swedish) MAHNG-noos(Norwegian) MOW-noos(Danish) MAG-nəs(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name meaning
"great". It was borne by a 7th-century
saint who was a missionary in Germany. It became popular in Scandinavia after the time of the 11th-century Norwegian king Magnus I, who was said to have been named after
Charlemagne, or Carolus Magnus in Latin (however there was also a Norse name
Magni). The name was borne by six subsequent kings of Norway as well as three kings of Sweden. It was imported to Scotland and Ireland during the Middle Ages.
Major
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-jər
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was originally derived from the given name Mauger, a Norman French form of the Germanic name Malger meaning "council spear". The name can also be given in reference to the English word major.
Maverick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAV-ə-rik
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from the English word maverick meaning "independent". The word itself is derived from the surname of a 19th-century Texas rancher who did not brand his calves.
Memphis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHM-fis
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the name of an important city of ancient Egypt, or the city in Tennessee that was named after it. It is derived from a Greek form of Egyptian mn-nfr meaning "enduring beauty".
Midas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μίδας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MEE-DAS(Classical Greek) MIE-dəs(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. In Greek
myth Midas was a king of Phrygia in Asia Minor. He was granted a wish by the god
Dionysos — that everything he touch be turned to gold.
Montana
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: mahn-TAN-ə
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the name of the American state, which is derived from Latin montanus "mountainous".
Nash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: NASH
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the Middle English phrase
atten ash "at the ash tree". A famous bearer of the surname was the mathematician John Nash (1928-2015).
As a given name for boys, it gained some popularity in the mid-1990s after the debut of the American television series Nash Bridges. It got more exposure beginning 2005 when a character by this name started appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live.
Odin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern)
Pronounced: O-din(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Old Norse
Óðinn, which was derived from
óðr meaning
"inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from Proto-Germanic *
Wōdanaz. The name appears as
Woden in Anglo-Saxon sources (for example, as the founder of several royal lineages in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and in forms such as
Wuotan,
Wotan or
Wodan in continental Europe, though he is best known from Norse sources.
In Norse mythology Odin is the highest of the gods, presiding over war, wisdom and death. He is the husband of Frigg and resides in Valhalla, where warriors go after they are slain. He is usually depicted as a one-eyed older man, carrying two ravens on his shoulders who inform him of all the events of the world. At the time of Ragnarök, the final battle, it is told that he will be killed fighting the great wolf Fenrir.
Owain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: O-wien(Welsh)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an Old Welsh name (
Ougein,
Eugein and other spellings), which was possibly from the Latin name
Eugenius. Other theories connect it to the Celtic roots *
owi- "sheep", *
wesu- "good" or *
awi- "desire" combined with the Old Welsh suffix
gen "born of". This is the name of several figures from British history, including Owain mab Urien, a 6th-century prince of Rheged who fought against the Angles. The 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes adapted him into
Yvain for his Arthurian romance
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. Regarded as one of the Knights of the Round Table, Yvain or Owain has since appeared in many other Arthurian tales, typically being the son of King
Urien of Gore, and the errant husband of
Laudine, the Lady of the Fountain.
Other notable bearers include Owain the Great, a 12th-century king of Gwynedd, and Owain Glyndwr, a 14th-century leader of the Welsh resistance to English rule.
Percival
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, English
Pronounced: PUR-si-vəl(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem
Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chrétien may have derived the name from Old French
perce val "pierce the valley", or he may have based it loosely on the Welsh name
Peredur [1]. In the poem Perceval is a boy from Wales who hopes to become a knight under King
Arthur. Setting out to prove himself, he eventually comes to the castle of the Fisher King and is given a glimpse of the Grail.
Percy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PUR-see
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the name of a Norman town
Perci, which was itself perhaps derived from a Gaulish given name that was Latinized as
Persius. The surname was borne by a noble English family, and it first used as a given name in their honour. A famous bearer was Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), an English romantic poet whose works include
Adonais and
Ozymandias. This name can also be used as a short form of
Percival.
Perseus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περσεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHR-SEWS(Classical Greek) PUR-see-əs(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from Greek
πέρθω (pertho) meaning
"to destroy". In Greek
mythology Perseus was a hero who was said to have founded the ancient city of Mycenae. He was the son of
Zeus and
Danaë. Mother and child were exiled by Danaë's father Acrisius, and Perseus was raised on the island of Seriphos. The king of the island compelled Perseus to kill the Gorgon
Medusa, who was so ugly that anyone who gazed upon her was turned to stone. After obtaining winged sandals and other tools from the gods, he succeeded in his task by looking at Medusa in the reflection of his shield and slaying her in her sleep. On his return he defeated a sea monster in order to save
Andromeda, who became his wife.
Pierce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEERS
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the given name
Piers. In America this name slowly started to grow in popularity in 1982 when actor Pierce Brosnan (1953-) began starring on the television series
Remington Steele.
Pierre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Swedish
Pronounced: PYEHR(French)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
French form of
Peter. This name has been consistently popular in France since the 13th century, but fell out of the top 100 names in 2017. It was borne by the philosopher and theologian Pierre Abélard (1079-1142), the scholar Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827), the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), and Pierre Curie (1859-1906), a physicist who discovered radioactivity with his wife Marie.
Ragnar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Estonian
Pronounced: RAHNG-nahr(Swedish) RAK-nar(Icelandic)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Modern Scandinavian form of
Ragnarr.
Rainier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: REH-NYEH
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Ranger
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: RAYN-jər(American English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname
Ranger.
Ransom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAN-sum
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Possibly used in reference to the word ransom, meaning money paid or delivered in exchange for the release of something or someone.
Used most often in the 19th-century it has since fallen out of use. Notable bearers include L.A. city council member Ransom M. Callicott, writer Ransom Riggs, automobile businessman Ransom E. Olds (for whom Oldsmobile was named), and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Ransom Asa Moore.
The name has also been used for numerous fictional characters, from books such as C.S. Lewis' 'Out of the Silent Planet' and films such as 'Knives Out'.
Reiner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: RIE-nu(German)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Remington
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REHM-ing-tən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, itself meaning "settlement on the Riming stream". It may be given in honour of the American manufacturer Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) or his sons, founders of the firearms company that bears their name.
Remy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
English form of
Rémy, occasionally used as a feminine name.
Rene
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: rə-NAY
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Reno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Popular Culture, Spanish
Pronounced: REH-noh(Italian, Spanish) ree-no(Popular Culture)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Short form of
Moreno and other names ending in -reno.
Ridge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIJ
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the English vocabulary word denoting a continuous elevated mountain crest, or from the English surname derived from the word.
Riggs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIGZ
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Riggs.
Riot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: RIE-ət
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the English word
riot which refers to an uproar, tumult or unrestrained behaviour. The word derives from Old French
riote meaning "dispute, quarrel, chattering, argument". This name was used by Barbadian singer
Rihanna for her son born 2023.
Ripley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RIP-lee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was derived from the name of various English towns, from Old English
rippel "grove, thicket" and
leah "clearing". A famous fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley (usually only called by her surname) from the
Alien series of movies, beginning 1979.
Rocky
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHK-ee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of
Rocco and other names beginning with a similar sound, or else a nickname referring to a tough person. This is the name of the boxer Rocky Balboa (played by Sylvester Stallone) in the movie
Rocky (1976) and its sequels.
Ronan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, Irish, French, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-nahn(Breton) RAW-NAHN(French) RO-nən(English)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Breton and Anglicized form of
Rónán.
Roper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-pər
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname
Roper.
Rudy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-dee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Rush
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: RUSH(American English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From French
rousse, meaning "red hair." May also be transferred use of the surname
Rush.
Ryker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-kər
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Possibly a variant of the German surname
Riker, a derivative of Low German
rike "rich". As a modern English name, it has become popular because it shares the same trendy sounds found in other names such as
Ryan and
Ryder.
Savage
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Sawyer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SOI-ər, SAW-yər
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname meaning
"sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
Very rare as an American given name before 1980, it increased in popularity in the 1980s and 90s. It got a boost in 2004 after the debut of the television series Lost, which featured a character by this name.
Scout
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKOWT
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From the English word scout meaning "one who gathers information covertly", which is derived from Old French escouter "to listen". Harper Lee used this name in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).
Shooter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
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Likely transferred use of the surname
Shooter or from the English word
shooter.
Slade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SLAYD
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From an English surname that was derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".
Spike
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SPIEK
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From a nickname that may have originally been given to a person with spiky hair.
Sterling
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STUR-ling
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From a Scots surname that was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning. The name can also be given in reference to the English word sterling meaning "excellent". In this case, the word derives from sterling silver, which was so named because of the emblem that some Norman coins bore, from Old English meaning "little star".
Stetson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: STEHT-sən
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From an English surname that was originally derived from the name of the village of Stidston in Devon, meaning "Stithweard's town". This is a type of wide-brimmed hat, originally made by the John B. Stetson Company.
Strider
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature, Popular Culture
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Transferred use of the surname
Strider. In J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Strider is the alias of
Aragorn. Strider Hiryu is the lead protagonist of game studio Capcom's 'Strider' game series.
Stryker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Of uncertain origin. Possibly a transferred use of the surname
Stryker. Alternately, from the Norwegian words
stryker meaning "stretcher" or from
stryke (“use a bow”) +
-er or from
stryker, indefinite plural
strykere, meaning a string player (musician who plays a string instrument).
Sven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: SVEHN(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Tennessee
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Other Scripts: ᏔᎾᏏ(Cherokee)
Pronounced: tehn-ə-SEE(English) TEHN-i-see(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of the state located in the Southeastern region of the United States, possibly derived from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean "winding river", which was originally the name of a village in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee. Alternatively, it could be derived from Yuchi Tana-tsee-dgee, meaning "place of brother waters" or "where the waters meet".
Tex
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHKS
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From a nickname denoting a person who came from the state of Texas. A famous bearer was the American animator Tex Avery (1908-1980), real name Frederick, who was born in Texas.
Thatcher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: THACH-ər
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that referred to a person who thatched roofs by attaching straw to them, derived from Old English þæc "thatch". The surname was borne by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013).
Titus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: TEE-toos(Latin) TIE-təs(English) TEE-tuws(German)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Roman
praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin
titulus "title of honour". It is more likely of Oscan origin, since it was borne by the legendary Sabine king Titus Tatius.
This name appears in the New Testament belonging to a companion of Saint Paul. He became the first bishop of Crete and was the recipient of one of Paul's epistles. This was also the praenomen of all three Roman emperors of the 1st-century Flavian dynasty, and it is the name by which the second of them is commonly known to history. Shakespeare later used it for the main character in his tragedy Titus Andronicus (1593). As an English name, Titus has been occasionally used since the Protestant Reformation.
Walker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWK-ər
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that referred to the medieval occupational of a walker, also known as a fuller. Walkers would tread on wet, unprocessed wool in order to clean and thicken it. The word ultimately derives from Old English wealcan "to walk".
Wolfe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WUWLF
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Variant of
Wolf, influenced by the spelling of the surname (which is also derived from the animal).
Wrangler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: wrang-lur
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
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