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EM   f   English
Short form of EMILY

EMA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Cognate of EMMA

EMALEE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EMILY

EMÁNUEL   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of EMMANUEL

EMANUEL   m   Scandinavian, German, Romanian
Scandinavian, German and Romanian form of EMMANUEL

EMANUELE   m   Italian
Italian form of EMMANUEL

EMEKA   m   Igbo
Means "great deeds" in Igbo... [more]

EMEL   f   Turkish
Means "desire" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin, making this name a relative of AMAL (2).

EMELIA   f   English
Variant of AMELIA

EMELIE   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMELINA   f   Spanish
Latinate form of Ameline (see EMMELINE).

EMELINE   f   French
French form of Ameline (see EMMELINE).

EMELY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY

EMEM   m & f   Western African
Means "peace" in Ibibio.

EMER   f   Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly from Gaelic eimh "swift"... [more]

EMERALD   f   English (Modern)
From the word for the green precious stone, which is the birthstone of May... [more]

EMERIC   m   French
French form of EMMERICH

EMERSON   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "son of EMERY"... [more]

EMERY   m & f   English
Norman form of Amalric (see EMMERICH)... [more]

EMESE   f   Hungarian
Possibly derived from Finno-Ugric eme meaning "mother"... [more]

EMI   f   Japanese
From Japanese 恵 (e) "blessing, favour" or 絵 (e) "picture" combined with 美 (mi) "beautiful".

EMIDGIA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Emygdius (see EMIDIO).

EMIDGIO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Emygdius (see EMIDIO).

EMIDIO   m   Italian
From the Late Latin name Emygdius, which was possibly a Latinized form of a Gaulish name (of unknown meaning)... [more]

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

ÉMILE   m   French
French form of Aemilius (see EMIL)... [more]

EMILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY

EMÍLIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EMILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of EMILIANO

EMILIANO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of the Roman family name Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see EMIL).

ÉMILIE   f   French
French feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMÍLIE   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ÉMILIEN   m   French
French form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EMILIJA   f   Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIYA   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILY   f   English
English feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL)... [more]

EMİN   m   Turkish
Means either "trustworthy" or "confident" in Turkish.

EMİNE   f   Turkish
Feminine form of EMİN

EMİR   m   Turkish
Turkish form of AMIR (1)

EMLYN   m   Welsh
Meaning unknown, perhaps a Breton form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

EMMALINE   f   English
Variant of EMMELINE

EMMANOUIL   m   Greek
Greek form of EMMANUEL

EMMANUEL   m   Biblical, French, English
Means "God is with us" in Hebrew... [more]

EMMANUELLE   f   French
French feminine form of EMMANUEL

EMMELINE   f   English (Archaic)
From the medieval name Ameline, a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal meaning "work"... [more]

EMMERICH   m   German
From the Germanic name Amalric, derived from the elements amal meaning "work, labour" and ric meaning "power"... [more]

EMMERSON   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EMERSON

EMMET   m   English
Variant of EMMETT

EMMETT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name EMMA.

EMMIE   f   English
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY

EMMY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY

EMORY   m   English
Variant of EMERY

EMPERATRIZ   f   Spanish
Means "empress" in Spanish.

EMRE   m   Turkish
Means "friend" in Turkish.

EMRYS   m   Welsh
Welsh form of AMBROSE

EMYR   m   Welsh
Means "king" in Welsh.

ENA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

ENCARNA   f   Spanish
Short form of ENCARNACIÓN

ENCARNACIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "incarnation" in Spanish... [more]

ENCARNITA   f   Spanish
Diminutive of ENCARNACIÓN

ENDA   m   Irish
Anglicized form of ÉANNA

ENDER   m   Turkish
Means "very rare" in Turkish.

ENDIKA   m   Basque
Basque form of HENRY

ENDRE   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANDREW

ENDYMION   m   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ενδυειν (endyein) meaning "to dive into, to enter"... [more]

ENDZELA   f   Georgian
Means "snowdrop" in Georgian.

ENÉAS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of AENEAS

ENEKO   m   Basque
Possibly derived from the old Basque name Ennecus (of unknown meaning)... [more]

ENFYS   m & f   Welsh
Means "rainbow" in Welsh.

ENGEL   m   German
Means "angel" in German.

ENGELBERT   m   German
From a Germanic name composed of the elements Angil "Angle" (the name of Germanic tribe) and beraht "bright"... [more]

ENGİN   m   Turkish
Means "vast" in Turkish.

ENID   f   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul" or "life"... [more]

ENIKŐ   f   Hungarian
Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century... [more]

ENIOLA   f & m   Yoruba
Means "person of wealth" in Yoruba.

ENITAN   m   Yoruba
Means "person of story" in Yoruba.

ENKI   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Sumerian en-ki "lord of the earth" (though maybe originally from en-kur "lord of the underworld")... [more]

ENLIL   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Derived from Sumerian en-lil "lord of the wind"... [more]

ÉNNA   m   Irish
Variant of ÉANNA

ENNI   f   Finnish
Feminine form of EINO

ENNIO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Ennius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

ENNIS   f & m   Irish
From the name of a town in Ireland.

ENOCH   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name חֲנוֹך (Chanokh) which meant "dedicated"... [more]

ENOK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ENOCH

ENOLA   f   English
Meaning unknown. This name first appeared in the late 19th century.

ENOS   m   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ENOSH

ENOSH   m   Biblical
Means "human being" in Hebrew... [more]

ENRIC   m   Catalan
Catalan form of HENRY

ENRICA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HENRY

ENRICO   m   Italian
Italian form of HENRY... [more]

ENRIQUE   m   Spanish
Spanish form of HENRY

ENSIO   m   Finnish
Derived from Finnish ensi "first".

ENU   m & f   Western African
Means "fifth born child" in Akan.

ENYA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

ENYINNAYA   m   Igbo
Means "his father's friend" in Igbo.

ENYO   f   Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

ENZO   m   Italian, French
The meaning of this name is uncertain... [more]

EOFORHILD   f   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements eofor "boar" and hild "battle"... [more]

EOGHAN   m   Irish, Scottish
Possibly means "born from the yew tree" in Old Celtic... [more]

EOIN   m   Irish, Scottish
Gaelic form of JOHN

EOS   f   Greek Mythology
Means "dawn" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the dawn.

EOWYN   f   Literature
Means "horse lover" in Old English... [more]

EPAPHRAS   m   Biblical, Ancient Greek
Possibly a contracted form of EPAPHRODITOS... [more]

EPAPHRODITOS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "lovely, charming", derived from Greek επι (epi) "on" combined with the name of the Greek love goddess APHRODITE.

EPHRAIM   m   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name אֶפְרָיִם ('Efrayim) which meant "fruitful"... [more]

EPHRATH   f   Biblical
Means "fruitful place" in Hebrew... [more]

EPIFANIO   m   Spanish
From the Late Latin word epiphania which was derived from Greek επιφανεια (epiphaneia) meaning "appearance, manifestation"... [more]

EPIKTETOS   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name meaning "newly acquired"... [more]

EPIMETHEUS   m   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek επιμηθεια (epimetheia) meaning "hindsight, hindthought"... [more]

EPIPHANY   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the Christian festival (January 6) which commemorates the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus... [more]

EPONA   f   Celtic Mythology
Derived from Gaulish epos meaning "horse"... [more]

EPONINE   f   Literature
Meaning unknown... [more]

EPPIE   f   English
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA or HEPHZIBAH

ERA   f   Albanian
Derived from Albanian erë "wind".

ERAN   m   Biblical
Means "watchful, vigilant" in Hebrew... [more]

ERASMUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Derived from Greek ερασμιος (erasmios) meaning "beloved"... [more]

ERASTUS   m   Biblical
Derived from Greek εραστος (erastos) meaning "beloved"... [more]

ERATO   f   Greek Mythology
Means "lovely" in Greek... [more]

ERCILIA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of HERSILIA

ERCOLE   m   Italian
Italian form of HERCULES

ERCWLFF   m   Welsh
Welsh form of HERCULES

ERDEM   m   Turkish
Means "virtue" in Turkish.

ERDMANN   m   German
Altered form of HARTMANN

EREBUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Ερεβος (Erebos) which means "nether darkness"... [more]

EREN   m   Turkish
Means "saint" in Turkish.

ERESHKIGAL   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "lady of the great earth" in Sumerian... [more]

EREZ   m   Jewish
Means "cedar" in Hebrew.

ERHARD   m   German
Means "honour and bravery", derived from the Germanic elements era "honour, respect" and hard "brave, hardy".

ERIC   m   English, French, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler"... [more]

ÉRICA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ERICA

ERICA   f   English, Swedish
Feminine form of ERIC... [more]

ERICH   m   German
German form of ERIC... [more]

ERICK   m   English
Variant of ERIC

ERICKA   f   English
Variant of ERICA

ÉRICO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ERIC

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Czech, Slovene, German, English
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, English
Feminine form of ERIK

ERIN   f   English, Irish
Anglicized form of EIREANN... [more]

ERIS   f   Greek Mythology
Means "strife" in Greek... [more]

ERKKI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC

ERLAND   m   Swedish, Danish
Derived from Old Norse örlendr meaning "foreigner".

ERLANTZ   m   Basque
Means "glow, shine" in Basque.

ERLE (1)   f   Norwegian
Feminine form of JARL

ERLE (2)   m   English
Variant of EARL

ERLEA   f   Basque
Means "a bee" in Basque.

ERLEND   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ERLAND

ERMA   f   English
Variant of IRMA... [more]

ERMANNO   m   Italian
Italian form of HERMAN

ERMELINDA   f   Italian
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and linde "soft, tender".

ERMENEGILDE   m   French
French form of HERMENEGILDO

ERMENEGILDO   m   Italian
Italian form of HERMENEGILDO

ERMENTRUD   f   German (Archaic)
German form of ERMINTRUDE

ERMETE   m   Italian
Means "of Hermes", derived from Hermetis, the Latin genitive form of HERMES, the name of the Greek messenger god.

ERMINIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HERMINIUS

ERMINIO   m   Italian
Italian form of HERMINIUS

ERMINTRUDE   f   English (Archaic)
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and þruþ "strength"... [more]

ERMOLAI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of YERMOLAI

ERN   m   English
Short form of ERNEST

ERNA   f   German
German feminine form of ERNEST

ERNEST   m   English, French, Slovene
Derived from Germanic eornost meaning "serious"... [more]

ERNESTA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTINA   f   Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTINE   f   French, English
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ERNEST

ERNIE   m   English
Diminutive of ERNEST

ERNO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ERNEST

ERNŐ   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ERNEST

ERNST   m   German, Dutch
German and Dutch form of ERNEST

EROL   m   Turkish
Means "brave" in Turkish.

EROS   m   Greek Mythology
Means "love" in Greek... [more]

ERRAMUN   m   Basque
Basque form of RAYMOND

ERROL   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name... [more]

ERSILIA   f   Italian
Italian form of HERSILIA

ERSKINE   m   Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a Scottish town meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic... [more]

ERVIN   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ERWIN

ERVINS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of ERWIN

ERWAN   m   Breton
Breton form of YVES

ERWIN   m   German, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar" and win "friend"... [more]

ERYKAH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ERICA

ERYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ERIN

ERZSÉBET   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ELIZABETH

ERZSI   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of ERZSÉBET

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