the etymology and history of first names
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EA (1) m Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown, perhaps from Sumerian meaning "house of water"... [more]
EACHANN m Scottish, Irish
Means "brown horse" from Gaelic each "horse" and donn "brown"... [more]
EADBERHT m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and beorht "bright"... [more]
EADBHÁRD m Irish
Irish form of EDWARD
EADWIG m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and wig "war"... [more]
EALDRÆD m Anglo-Saxon
From the Old English elements eald "old" and ræd "counsel"... [more]
EALLAIR m Scottish
From the older Gaelic name Ceallair, which was derived from Latin cella meaning "cellar"... [more]
EAMON m Irish
Variant of ÉAMONN... [more]
ÉAMONN m Irish
Irish form of EDMUND
ÉANNA m Irish
Possibly means "bird-like" in Irish... [more]
EANRAIG m Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of HENRY
EARL m English
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior"... [more]
EARLE m English
Variant of EARL
EARNEST m English
Variant of ERNEST influenced by the spelling of the English word earnest.
EBBE m German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar".
EBEN m English
Short form of EBENEZER
EBENEZER m Biblical
Means "stone of help" in Hebrew... [more]
EBER m Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR
EBERARDO m Spanish
Spanish form of EVERARD
EBERHARD m German
German form of EVERARD
EBRAHIM m Arabic, Iranian
Variant transcription of IBRAHIM
ECKBERT m German
German cognate of EGBERT
ECKEHARD m German
Variant of ECKHARD
ECKHARD m German
Derived from the Germanic elements eg "edge" and hard "brave, hardy".
ED m English
Short form of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
EDAN m Irish, Scottish
Variant of AIDAN
EDDIE m & f English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
EDDY m English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
EDELMIRO m Spanish
Spanish form of ADELMAR
EDER (1) m Biblical
Means "flock" in Hebrew... [more]
EDER (2) m Basque
Means "handsome, beautiful" in Basque.
EDGAR m English, French
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and gar "spear"... [more]
EDGARD m French
French form of EDGAR
EDGARDO m Spanish
Spanish form of EDGAR
EDI m Slovene
Slovene diminutive of EDVARD
EDISON m English
From an English surname which meant "son of EDWARD"... [more]
EDİZ m Turkish
Means "high" in Turkish.
EDMOND m French
French form of EDMUND... [more]
EDMONDO m Italian
Italian form of EDMUND
EDMUND m English, German, Polish
Means "rich protector" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and mund "protector"... [more]
EDMUNDO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDMUND
EDOARDO m Italian
Italian form of EDWARD
EDOM m Biblical
Means "red" in Hebrew... [more]
EDORTA m Basque
Basque form of EDWARD
ÉDOUARD m French
French form of EDWARD
EDRIC m English (Rare)
From Old English ead "rich, blessed" and ric "ruler"... [more]
EDUÁRD m Hungarian
Hungarian form of EDWARD
EDUARD m German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Catalan
Cognate of EDWARD
EDUARDO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDWARD
EDUARDS m Latvian
Latvian form of EDWARD
EDUR m Basque
Means "snow" in Basque... [more]
EDVÁRD m Hungarian
Hungarian form of EDWARD
EDVARD m Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD
EDVIN m Scandinavian, Finnish, Hungarian
Scandinavian, Finish and Hungarian form of EDWIN
EDWARD m English, Polish
Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and weard "guard"... [more]
EDWIN m English
Means "rich friend" from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and wine "friend"... [more]
EDWYN m English (Rare)
Variant of EDWIN
EELIS m Finnish
Finnish form of ELIJAH
EEMELI m Finnish
Finnish form of EMIL
EEMIL m Finnish
Finnish form of EMIL
EERIKKI m Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC
EERO m Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC... [more]
EETU m Finnish
Finnish form of EDWARD
EFISIO m Italian
From the Latin name Ephesius, which originally belonged to a person who was from the city of Ephesus in Ionia... [more]
EFRAIM m Jewish, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of EPHRAIM
EFRAÍN m Spanish
Spanish form of EPHRAIM
EFSTATHIOS m Greek
Modern Greek form of EUSTATHIOS
EGBERT m English
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge of a sword" and beorht "bright"... [more]
EGIDIO m Italian
Italian form of GILES
EGIL m Scandinavian
Old Norse diminutive of names that began with the element eg, which means "edge of a sword"... [more]
EGON m German
Medieval German name derived from the Germanic element eg, which means "edge of a sword".
EGUZKI m Basque
Means "sun" in Basque.
EHUD m Biblical, Jewish
Means "united" in Hebrew... [more]
ÉIBHEAR m Irish
Meaning unknown... [more]
ÉIBHIR m Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR
EIDEARD m Scottish
Scottish form of EDWARD
EIFION m Welsh
Meaning unknown... [more]
EILERT m Frisian, Scandinavian
Frisian and Scandinavian form of ECKHARD
ÉIMHÍN m Irish
Possibly means "swift, prompt" in Irish Gaelic.
EINAR m Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one" and arr "warrior"... [more]
EINION m Welsh
Means "anvil" in Welsh.
EINO m Finnish
Meaning unknown, possibly a Finnish form of a Scandinavian name.
EINRÍ m Irish
Irish form of HENRY
EIRIK m Norwegian
Norwegian form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).
EIRÍKR m Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of ERIC
EIRÍKUR m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).
EITAN m Jewish
Hebrew form of ETHAN
EKA m & f Indonesian
Means "first child" in Indonesian.
EKAIN m Basque
Means "June (the month)" in Basque.
EKAITZ m Basque
Means "storm" in Basque.
EKENE m & f Igbo
Means "praise" in Igbo.
EKENEDILICHUKWU m & f Igbo
Means "all praise to God" in Igbo.
EKEWAKA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EDWARD
EKKEHARDT m German
German form of ECKHARD
EKO m & f Indonesian
Javanese form of EKA
EKUNDAYO f & m Yoruba
Means "sorrow becomes joy" in Yoruba.
EKWUEME m Igbo
Means "he says, he does" in Igbo.
EL m Near Eastern Mythology
From a Semitic word meaning "god", perhaps originally derived from a root meaning "power"... [more]
ELADIO m Spanish
Spanish form of HELLADIUS
ELAM m Biblical
Possibly means "hidden" in Hebrew... [more]
ELBERT m Dutch
Dutch form of ADALBERT
ELDAD m Biblical
Means "God has loved" in Hebrew... [more]
ELDER m Portuguese
Variant of HELDER
ELDON m English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.
ELDRED m English
From an English surname which was derived from EALDRÆD.
ELEAZAR m Biblical
Means "my God has helped" in Hebrew... [more]
ELEFTHERIOS m Greek
Modern Greek form of Eleutherios (see ELEUTHERIUS).
ELEK m Hungarian
Hungarian form of ALEXIS
ELEUTERIO m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEUTHERIUS
ELEUTHERIUS m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ελευθεριος (Eleutherios) which meant "free"... [more]
ELI (1) m English, Jewish, Biblical
Means "ascension" in Hebrew... [more]
ELI (2) m Jewish
Means "my God" in Hebrew.
ELIA m Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH
ELIAKIM m Biblical
Means "God rises" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIÁN m Various
In the case of Elian Gonzalez it is a combination of ELIZABETH and JUAN, the names of his parents.
ÉLIÁS m Hungarian
Hungarian form of ELIJAH
ELÍAS m Spanish
Spanish form of ELIJAH
ELIAS m Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
Cognate of ELIJAH
ELIASZ m Polish
Polish form of ELIJAH
ÉLIE m French
French form of ELIJAH
ELIEZER m Biblical
Means "my God is help" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIGIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Late Latin name Eligius, which was derived from Latin eligere "to choose"... [more]
ELIGIUSZ m Polish
Polish form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).
ELIHU m Biblical
Means "my God is YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIJAH m English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH"... [more]
ELIOENAI m Biblical
Means "my eyes look to God" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIOR m Jewish
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.
ELIOT m English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT... [more]
ELIOTT m English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.
ELIPHALET m Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ELIPHELET
ELIPHELET m Biblical
Means "God is release" in Hebrew... [more]
ELISEO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELISHA
ELISHA m Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִישַׁע ('Elisha'), a contracted form of אֱלִישׁוּעַ ('Elishu'a) meaning "my God is salvation"... [more]
ELISUD m Welsh
Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind".
ELIUD m Biblical
Greek form of a Hebrew name meaning "God is grandeur"... [more]
ELIYAHU m Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of ELIJAH
ELJAS m Finnish
Finnish form of ELIJAH
ELKAN m Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELKANAH
ELKANAH m Biblical
Means "God has purchased" in Hebrew... [more]
ELLAR m Scottish
Anglicized form of EALLAIR
ELLERY m English
From an English surname which was originally derived from the medieval masculine name HILARY.
ELLIL m Near Eastern Mythology
Babylonian form of ENLIL
ELLIOT m English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.
ELLIOTT m English
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the medieval name ELIAS.
ELLIS (1) m English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name ELIJAH.
ELLIS (2) m Welsh
Anglicized form of ELISUD
ELMER m English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English name ÆÐELMÆR... [more]
ELMO m Italian
Means "helmet" or "protection" from Germanic... [more]
ELNATHAN m Biblical
Means "God has given" in Hebrew... [more]
ELOF m Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eileifr, which was derived from the elements ei "ever" and leifr "heir".
ELOI m French
French form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).
ELON m Biblical
Means "oak" in Hebrew... [more]
ELOY m Spanish
Spanish form of Eligius (see ELIGIO).
ELPIDIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS
ELPIDIUS m Late Roman
Late Latin form of the Greek name Ελπιδιος (Elpidios), which was derived from ελπις (elpis) "hope"... [more]
ELRIC m Medieval English
Medieval form of either of the Old English names Ælfric meaning "elf ruler" or Æðelric meaning "noble ruler"... [more]
ELROND m Literature
Means "star dome" in Sindarin... [more]
ELROY m English
Altered form of LEROY, using the Spanish definite article el as opposed to the French le.
ELSDON m English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Elli's valley" in Old English.
ELTON m English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town" in Old English... [more]
ELUF m Danish
Danish form of ELOF
ELVIN m English
Variant of ALVIN
ELVIS m English
Meaning unknown... [more]
ELWIN m English
Variant of ALVIN
ELWOOD m English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest" in Old English.
ELWYN m English
Variant of ALVIN
ELY m English
Variant of ELI (1)
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