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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

EAN   m   Manx
Manx form of JOHN

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]

EDSEL   m  
Variant of ETZEL

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

EIRAN   m   Jewish
Variant of ERAN

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]

ELARIO   m   ?
Variant of ILARIO

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]

ELOV   m   Swedish
Variant of ELOF

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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