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JASPER   m   English, Judeo-Christian Legend
Means "treasurer" in Persian... [more]
JAY (1)   m   English
Short form of names beginning with the sound J, such as JAMES or JASON... [more]
JAYE   f   English
Feminine variant of JAY (1)
JAYME   f   English
Variant of JAMIE
JAYNE   f   English
Variant of JANE
JAYNIE   f   English
Diminutive of JAYNE
JAYSON   m   English
Variant of JASON
JEAN (2)   f   English, Scottish
Medieval English variant of Jehanne (see JANE)... [more]
JEANA   f   English
Variant of GINA, probably influenced by JEAN (2).
JEANE   f   English
Variant of JEAN (2)
JEANETTE   f   French, English
Variant of JEANNETTE
JEANIE   f   English
Diminutive of JEAN (2)
JEANINE   f   French, English
Variant of JEANNINE
JEANNA   f   English
Variant of GINA, probably influenced by JEAN (2).
JEANNE   f   French, English
Modern French form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]
JEANNETTE   f   French, English
Diminutive of JEANNE
JEANNIE   f   English
Diminutive of JEANNE
JEANNINE   f   French, English
Diminutive of JEANNE
JEB   m   English
Sometimes a diminutive of JACOB... [more]
JED   m   English
Short form of JEDIDIAH
JEFF   m   English
Short form of JEFFREY
JEFFERSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of JEFFREY"... [more]
JEFFERY   m   English
Variant of JEFFREY
JEFFREY   m   English
Medieval variant of GEOFFREY... [more]
JEFFRY   m   English
Variant of JEFFREY
JEMIMA   f   Biblical, English
Means "dove" in Hebrew... [more]
JEN   f   English
Short form of JENNIFER
JENA   f   English
Diminutive of JENNIFER
JENELLE   f   English
Combination of JEN and the popular name suffix elle.
JENIFER   f   English
Variant of JENNIFER
JENN   f   English
Short form of JENNIFER
JENNA (1)   f   English
Variant of JENNY... [more]
JENNI (2)   f   English
Variant of JENNY
JENNIE   f   English
Variant of JENNY... [more]
JENNIFER   f   English
From a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar (see GUINEVERE)... [more]
JENNY   f   English
Originally a medieval diminutive of JANE... [more]
JERALD   m   English
Variant of GERALD
JERE   m   Finnish, English
Diminutive of JEREMIAH
JEREMIAH   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) which meant "YAHWEH has uplifted"... [more]
JEREMY   m   English, Biblical
Medieval English form of JEREMIAH, and the form used in some versions of the New Testament.
JERI   f   English
Variant of JERRY
JERMAINE   m   English
Variant of GERMAIN... [more]
JEROLD   m   English
Variant of GERALD
JEROME   m   English
From the Greek name ‘Ιερωνυμος (Hieronymos) meaning "sacred name"... [more]
JERRI   f   English
Variant of JERRY
JERRIE   f   English
Variant of JERRY
JERROD   m   English
Variant of JARED
JERROLD   m   English
Variant of GERALD
JERRY   m & f   English
Diminutive of JEREMY, JEROME, GERALD, GERALDINE, and other names beginning with the same sound.
JESS   m & f   English
Short form of JESSE or JESSICA
JESSA   f   English
Diminutive of JESSICA
JESSE   m   English, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishay) which possibly means "gift"... [more]
JESSICA   f   English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian
This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596), where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock... [more]
JESSIE (1)   f   Scottish, English
Originally a Scottish diminutive of JEAN (2)... [more]
JESSIE (2)   m   English
Variant of JESSE
JESSYE   f   English
Variant of JESSIE (1)
JEWEL   f & m   English
In part from the English word jewel, a precious stone, derived from Old French jouel, which was possibly related to jeu "game"... [more]
JEWELL   f & m   English
Variant of JEWEL
JILL   f   English
Short form of GILLIAN
JILLIAN   f   English
Variant of GILLIAN
JILLIE   f   English
Diminutive of JILL
JILLY   f   English
Diminutive of JILL
JIM   m   English
Medieval diminutive of JAMES
JIMI   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES... [more]
JIMMIE   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of JAMES
JIMMY   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES
JINNY   f   English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA
JO   f & m   English, German, Dutch
Short form of JOAN (1), JOANNA, JOSEPHINE, or other names that begin with Jo... [more]
JOAN (1)   f   English
Medieval English form of Johanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]
JOANIE   f   English
Diminutive of JOAN (1)
JOANN   f   English
Variant of JOAN (1)
JOANNA   f   English, Polish, Biblical
English and Polish form of Latin Iohanna, which was derived from Greek Ιωαννα (Ioanna), the feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]
JOANNE   f   English
Variant of JOAN (1)
JOCELYN   f & m   English, French
From the Germanic masculine name Gautselin, which was derived from the name of a Germanic tribe, the Gauts... [more]
JODI   f   English
Feminine variant of JODY
JODIE   f   English
Feminine variant of JODY
JODY   f & m   English
Probably either a variant of JUDY or a diminutive of JOSEPH... [more]
JOE   m   English
Short form of JOSEPH... [more]
JOEL   m   English, Swedish, Finnish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yo'el) meaning "YAHWEH is God"... [more]
JOELLA   f   English
Feminine form of JOEL
JOELLE   f   English
Feminine form of JOEL
JOETTA   f   English
Elaborated form of JO
JOEY   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOSEPH... [more]
JOHANNA   f   German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Latinate form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).
JOHN   m   English, Biblical
English form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious"... [more]
JOHNATHAN   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN
JOHNATHON   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN
JOHNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOHN, sometimes used as a feminine form.
JOHNNA   f   English
Feminine form of JOHN
JOHNNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOHN, sometimes used as a feminine form.
JOHNNY   m   English
Diminutive of JOHN
JOJO   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOSEPH, JOLENE, and other names that begin with Jo.
JOLEEN   f   English
Variant of JOLENE
JOLENE   f   English
Formed from JO and the popular name suffix lene... [more]
JOLIE   f   English, Various
Means "pretty" in French... [more]
JON (2)   m   English
Short form of JONATHAN, or sometimes a variant of JOHN.
JONAH   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹנָה (Yonah) meaning "dove"... [more]
JONATHAN   m   English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)) meaning "YAHWEH has given"... [more]
JONATHON   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN
JONI (1)   f   English
Diminutive of JOAN (1)
JONIE   f   English
Diminutive of JOAN (1)
JONNY   m   English
Diminutive of JONATHAN
JOOLS   m & f   English
Diminutive of JULIAN or JULIA
JORDAN   m & f   English, Macedonian
From the name of the river which flows between the countries of Jordan and Israel... [more]
JORDON   m   English
Variant of JORDAN
JORIE   f   English
Short form of MARJORIE
JOSEPH   m   English, French, German, Biblical
From Ioseph, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφ (Ioseph), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add"... [more]
JOSEPHINE   f   English, German
English and German form of JOSÉPHINE
JOSH   m   English
Short form of JOSHUA
JOSHUA   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"... [more]
JOSIAH   m   Biblical, English
Means "YAHWEH supports" in Hebrew... [more]
JOSIE   f   English
Short form of JOSEPHINE
JOSS   f & m   English
Short form of JOCELYN
JOY   f   English
Simply from the English word joy, ultimately derived from Norman French joie, Latin gaudia... [more]
JOYCE   f & m   English
From the medieval masculine name Josse, which was derived from the earlier Iudocus, which was a Latinized form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord"... [more]
JOYE   f   English
Variant of JOY
JUDD   m   English, Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of JORDAN... [more]
JUDE   m   English, Biblical
Variant of JUDAS... [more]
JUDI   f   English
Diminutive of JUDITH
JUDIE   f   English
Diminutive of JUDITH
JUDITH   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel... [more]
JUDY   f   English
Diminutive of JUDITH... [more]
JULES (2)   f & m   English
Diminutive of JULIA or JULIAN
JULIAN   m   English, Polish, German
From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from JULIUS... [more]
JULIANA   f   Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN)... [more]
JULIANNA   f   Hungarian, Polish, English
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).
JULIANNE   f   English
Feminine form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).
JULIE   f   French, English
French form of JULIA... [more]
JULIET   f   English
Anglicized form of JULIETTE or GIULIETTA... [more]
JULIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, German
From a Roman family name which was possibly derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) "downy-bearded"... [more]
JUNE   f   English
From the name of the month, which was originally derived from the name of the Roman goddess Juno... [more]
JUNIOR   m   English
From a nickname which was originally used for a boy who had the same name as his father.
JUSTICE   m & f   English
From an occupational surname which meant "judge, officer of justice" in Old French... [more]
JUSTIN   m   English, French, Slovene
From the Latin name Iustinus, which was derived from JUSTUS... [more]
JUSTINA   f   English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).
JUSTINE   f   French, English, Dutch, German
French feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN)... [more]
JUSTY   m & f   English
Diminutive of JUSTIN or JUSTINE
KALISHA   f   African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ka and LISHA.
KALLIE   f   English
Variant of CALLIE
KANDI   f   English
Variant of CANDY
KARA   f   English
Variant of CARA
KAREN (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German, English
Danish short form of KATHERINE... [more]
KARIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Swedish short form of KATHERINE
KARINA   f   Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, German, Russian, English
Elaborated form of KARIN
KARISSA   f   English
Variant of CHARISSA
KARL   m   German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES... [more]
KARLENE   f   English
Variant of CARLENE
KAROLYN   f   English
Variant of CAROLINE
KARRIE   f   English
Variant of CARRIE
KARYN   f   English
Variant of KAREN (1)
KASEY   m & f   English
Variant of CASEY
KAT   f   English
Diminutive of KATHERINE
KATE   f   English, Croatian
Diminutive of KATHERINE... [more]
KATEY   f   English
Diminutive of KATE
KATHARINE   f   English, German
English variant of KATHERINE and German variant of KATHARINA... [more]
KATHARYN   f   English
Variant of KATHERINE
KATHERINE   f   English
From the Greek name Αικατερινη (Aikaterine)... [more]
KATHERYN   f   English
Variant of KATHERINE
KATHI   f   English
Diminutive of KATHERINE
KATHIE   f   English
Diminutive of KATHERINE
KATHLEEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN
KATHLYN   f   English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN
KATHRYN   f   English
Contracted form of KATHERINE
KATHY   f   English
Diminutive of KATHERINE
KATIE   f   English
Diminutive of KATE
KATY   f   English
Diminutive of KATE
KAY (1)   f   English
Short form of KATHERINE and other names beginning with K.
KAYE   f   English
Variant of KAY (1)
KAYLA (1)   f   English
Combination of KAY (1) and the popular name suffix la... [more]
KEEGAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Aodhagáin, which means "descendent of Aodhagán"... [more]
KEELY   f   English
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caolaidhe meaning "descendent of Caoladhe"... [more]
KEISHA   f   African American
Recent coinage, possibly invented, possibly based on KEZIAH.
KEITH   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name, itself probably derived from the Brythonic element cet meaning "wood"... [more]
KELLEY   f & m   English
Variant of KELLY
KELLI   f   English
Variant of KELLY
KELLIE   f   English
Variant of KELLY
KELLY   m & f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of the Irish given name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh... [more]
KELSEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which is derived from town names in Lincolnshire... [more]
KELVIN   m   English
From the name of a Scottish river, perhaps meaning "narrow water"... [more]
KEN (1)   m   English
Short form of KENNETH
KENDALL   m & f   English
From a surname which comes from the name of the city of Kendale in northwest England meaning "valley on the river Kent".
KENDRA   f   English
Feminine form of KEN (1) or KENDRICK
KENDRICK   m   English
From a surname which has several different origins... [more]
KENNARD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given names CYNEWEARD or CYNEHEARD.
KENNEDY   f & m   English, Irish
From an irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cinnéidigh meaning "descendent of CENNÉTIG"... [more]
KENNETH   m   Scottish, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Anglicized form of both COINNEACH and CINÁED... [more]
KENNITH   m   English
Variant of KENNETH
KENNY   m   Scottish, English
Diminutive of KENNETH
KENT   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from Kent, the name of a county in England, which may be derived from a Brythonic word meaning "coastal district".
KENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name meaning either "town on the River Kenn" or "royal town" in Old English.
KENYA (2)   f   English, African American
From the name of the African country... [more]
KENYON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name, of uncertain meaning.
KENZIE   m & f   English
Short form of MACKENZIE
KERI   f   English
Feminine variant of KERRY
KERMIT   m   English
From a Manx surname, a variant of the Irish surname MacDermott meaning "son of DIARMAID"... [more]
KERRI   f   English
Feminine variant of KERRY
KERRIE   f   English
Feminine variant of KERRY
KERRY   m & f   English
From the name of the Irish county, called Ciarraí in Irish Gaelic, which means "CIAR's people".
KESHAUN   m   African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAUN.
KESHAWN   m   African American (Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAWN.
KESHIA   f   African American
Probably a variant of KEISHA
KEV   m   English
Short form of KEVIN
KEVIN   m   English, Irish, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Cóemgein, composed of the Old Irish elements cóem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"... [more]
KIANA (2)   f   African American
Variant of QIANA
KIKI   f   English, German, Greek
Diminutive of names beginning with or containing the sound K.
KILEY   f   English
Variant of KYLIE
KIM (1)   f & m   English
At the present it is usually considered a short form of KIMBERLY, but it in fact predates it as a given name... [more]
KIMBALL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from either the Welsh given name CYNBEL or the Old English given name CYNEBALD.
KIMBERLEE   f   English
Variant of KIMBERLY
KIMBERLEY   f   English
Variant of KIMBERLY
KIMBERLY   f   English
From the name of the city of Kimberley in South Africa, which was named after Lord KIMBERLEY (1826-1902)... [more]
KIMMIE   f   English
Diminutive of KIMBERLY or KIM (1)
KIMMY   f   English
Diminutive of KIMBERLY or KIM (1)
KING   m   English
From a nickname which derives from the English word king, ultimately from Old English cyning.
KIP   m   English
From a nickname, probably from the English word kipper meaning "male salmon".
KIRA (2)   f   English
Variant of CIARA (1)
KIRBY   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "church settlement" in Old Norse.
KIRK   m   English
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "church" from Old Norse kirkja, ultimately from Greek... [more]
KIRSTEN   f   Danish, Norwegian, English
Danish and Norwegian form of CHRISTINA
KISHA   f   African American
Variant of KEISHA
KIT   m & f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTOPHER or KATHERINE... [more]
KITTY   f   English
Diminutive of KATHERINE
KIZZIE   f   English
Diminutive of KEZIAH
KIZZY   f   English
Diminutive of KEZIAH... [more]
KNOX   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Old English cnocc "round hill".
KOREY   m   English
Variant of COREY
KORI   f   English
Feminine form of COREY
KORY   m   English
Variant of COREY
KRIS   m & f   English, Danish
Short form of KRISTIAN, KRISTOFFER, and other names beginning with Kris.
KRISTA   f   German, English, Finnish
Short form of KRISTINA
KRISTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL
KRISTEN (2)   f   English
Variant of KRISTIN
KRISTI   f   English
Variant of KRISTY
KRISTIE   f   English
Variant of KRISTY
KRISTIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, English
Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA
KRISTOPHER   m   English
Variant of CHRISTOPHER
KRISTY   f   English
Short form of CHRISTINA
KRYSTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL
KURTIS   m   English
Variant of CURTIS
KYLA   f   English
Feminine form of KYLE
KYLE   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".
KYLEE   f   English
Variant of KYLIE
KYLIE   f   English
This name arose in Australia, where it is said to mean "boomerang" in an Australian Aboriginal language... [more]
KYRA   f   English
Variant of KIRA (2), sometimes considered a feminine form of CYRUS.
LACEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LACY
LACI (2)   f   English
Variant of LACY
LACY   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy... [more]
LADONNA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name DONNA.
LAGINA   f   African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name GINA.
LAILA (1)   f   Arabic, English
Variant of LAYLA
LAKEISHA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KEISHA.
LAKESHIA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KESHIA.
LAKISHA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name KISHA.
LAMAR   m   English, African American
From a French and English surname, originally from a place name in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".
LAMBERT   m   German, Dutch, French, English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements land "land" and beraht "bright"... [more]
LAMONT   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Logmaðr meaning "law man".
LANA   f   English, Russian, Croatian
Short form of ALANA (English) or SVETLANA (Russian)... [more]
LANCE   m   English
From the Germanic name Lanzo, originally a short form of names that began with the element land meaning "land"... [more]
LANDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge")... [more]
LANE   m   English
From a surname meaning "lane, path" which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane.
LANEY   f   English
Diminutive of ELAINE
LANNY   m   English
Diminutive of LANCE, LANDON, and other names beginning with Lan.
LARAINE   f   English
Variant of LORRAINE
LARISSA   f   English
Variant of LARISA... [more]
LARRIE   m   English
Diminutive of LAURENCE (1)
LARRY   m   English
Diminutive of LAURENCE (1)
LASHAWN   f & m   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHAWN.
LASHAY   m   African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix La and SHAY (1).
LASHONDA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHONDA.
LATANYA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TANYA.
LATASHA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TASHA.
LATISHA   f   African American
Variant of LETITIA
LATONYA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TONYA.
LATOYA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name TOYA.
LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]
LAUREEN   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA
LAUREL   f   English
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.
LAUREN   f & m   English
Variant or feminine form of LAURENCE (1)... [more]
LAURENCE (1)   m   English
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum"... [more]
LAURENE   f   English
Diminutive of LAURA
LAURIE   f & m   English, Dutch
Diminutive of LAURA or LAURENCE (1)
LAVERN   m & f   English
Variant of LAVERNE
LAVERNE   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder"... [more]
LAVINA   f   English
Variant of LAVINIA
LAVONNE   f   English
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name YVONNE
LAWANDA   f   African American
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name WANDA.
LAWRENCE   m   English
Variant of LAURENCE (1)... [more]
LAWRIE   m   English
Diminutive of LAWRENCE
LAWSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of LAURENCE (1)".
LAYLA   f   Arabic, English
Means "night" in Arabic... [more]
LAYNE   m   English
Variant of LANE
LAYTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement with a leek garden" in Old English.


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