Ashanti f & m VariousFrom the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana. It possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.
Berlin f & m VariousFrom the name of the city in Germany, which is of uncertain meaning.
Ciel f & m VariousMeans
"sky" in French. It is not used as a given name in France itself.
Edsel m VariousVariant of
Etzel notably borne by Edsel Ford (1893-1943), the son of the American industrialist Henry Ford.
Ferrer m VariousFrom a surname that meant
"blacksmith" in Catalan. This name is often given in honour of Saint Vicente Ferrer, a 14th-century missionary who is the patron saint of builders.
Junípero m VariousThis was the name assumed by the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan monk Miguel José Serra, a missionary to California. He named himself after one of Saint Francis's companions, who was named from Latin
iuniperus "juniper".
Kaiser m VariousGerman form of the Roman title
Caesar (see
Caesar). It is not used as a given name in Germany itself.
Kobe 2 m VariousFrom the name of the city in Japan. The parents of basketball player Kobe Bryant (1978-2020) chose this name after seeing Kobe beef (which is from the Japanese city) on a menu.
Lux f & m VariousDerived from Latin
lux meaning
"light".
Mahershala m VariousFrom the longer name
Mahershalalhashbaz, which appears in the Old Testament at
Isaiah 8:1 in reference to Isaiah's symbolic son. It is written in Hebrew as
מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז, and is composed of the two-word phrases
מַהֵר שָׁלָל (maher shalal) and
חָשׁ בַּז (chash baz), which both mean
"hurry to the plunder". A famous bearer is the American actor Mahershala Ali (1974-), whose full name is Mahershalalhashbaz.
Monet f & m VariousFrom a French surname that was derived from either
Hamon or
Edmond. This was the surname of the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).
Omega m & f VariousFrom the name of the last letter in the Greek alphabet,
Ω. It is often seen as a symbol of completion.
Rio 1 m & f VariousMeans
"river" in Spanish or Portuguese. A city in Brazil bears this name. Its full name is Rio de Janeiro, which means "river of January", so named because the first explorers came to the harbour in January and mistakenly thought it was a river mouth.
Sarava m VariousFrom a phrase used by members of the Candomblé religion (an African religion that was taken to Brazil by African slaves), which means
"good luck".
Thelonius m VariousLatinized form of
Tielo (see
Till). A famous bearer was jazz musician Thelonious Monk (1917-1982).
Tivoli m & f VariousFrom the name of a picturesque Italian town, used as a summer resort by the ancient Romans.
Voltaire m VariousPen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), a French philosopher and writer, the author of
Candide. It is not known how Arouet devised his name. He may have reversed the syllables of Airvault, a town where his family owned property; it may have been an anagram of the Latin spelling of his surname
Arovet and
LI standing for
le jeune "the young"; or it may have come from French
volontaire "determined".