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The names listed here were used in various ancient regions.

BEL-SARRA-USUR   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Akkadian form of BELSHAZZAR

BELSHAZZAR   m   Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical
From בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר (Belshatzzar), the Hebrew form of the Akkadian name Bel-sarra-usur meaning "BA'AL protect the king"... [more]

BERAHTHRABAN   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERTRAM, using an extended form of the second element.

BERAHTHRAM   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERTRAM

BERENICE   f   English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ancient Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φερω (phero) "to bring" and νικη (nike) "victory"... [more]

BERENIKE   f   Ancient Greek
Ancient Macedonian form of BERENICE

BERGLJÓT   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BERGLJOT

BERHTA   f   Ancient Germanic
Older form of BERTHA

BERHTOALD   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERTHOLD

BERINHARD   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BERNARD

BERNARD   m   English, French, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

BERNHARD   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERTHA   f   German, English, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element beraht meaning "bright, famous"... [more]

BERTRAM   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
Means "bright raven", derived from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with hramn "raven"... [more]

BERTRAND   m   French, English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements beraht meaning "bright" and rand meaning "rim (of a shield)"... [more]

BION   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name derived from βιος (bios) meaning "life".

BIRGIR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BIRGER

BJARNI   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse diminutive of BJÖRN and other names containing the element björn meaning "bear".

BJARTR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BJARTE

BJÖRN   m   Swedish, German, Ancient Scandinavian
From an Old Norse byname meaning "bear".

BLANDINA   f   Ancient Roman
Latin form of BLANDINE

BLANDINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of BLANDUS

BLANDUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "charming" in Latin.

BLASIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of BLAISE

BOADICEA   f   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of BOUDICCA

BOUDICCA   f   Ancient Celtic
Derived from British boud meaning "victory"... [more]

BRANDR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse byname meaning "sword".

BRÉANAINN   m   Ancient Irish
Old Irish form of BRENDAN

BRENNUS   m   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of a Celtic name (or title) that possibly meant either "king, prince" or "raven"... [more]

BRIAN   m   Irish, English, Ancient Irish
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the old Celtic element bre meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble"... [more]

BRICIUS   m   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latin form of BRICE, probably ultimately of Gaulish origin.

BRUNHILD   f   German, Germanic Mythology, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements brun "armour, protection" and hild "battle"... [more]

BRUNHILDE   f   German, Ancient Germanic
Variant of BRUNHILD

BRUNIHILD   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of BRUNHILD

BRUNO   m   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Derived from the Germanic element brun meaning "brown"... [more]

BRUTUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "heavy" in Latin... [more]

BRYNHILDR   f   Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse cognate of BRUNHILD

BRYNJA   f   Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Means "armour" in Old Norse.

BRYNJARR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BRYNJAR

BÚI   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of BO (1)

CADEYRN   m   Ancient Celtic
Means "battle king" from Welsh cad "battle" and teyrn "king, monarch"... [more]

CAECILIA   f   German, Ancient Roman
German form of CECILIA, as well as the original Latin form.

CAECILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original masculine form of CECILIA

CAELIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CAELIUS

CAELINA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CAELINUS

CAELINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was itself derived from the Roman family name CAELIUS.

CAELIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin caelum meaning "heaven".

CAESAR   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen which possibly meant "hairy", from Latin caesaries "hair"... [more]

CAIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman variant of GAIUS

CALLIAS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KALLIAS

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

CAMILLUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen, which is probably of Etruscan origin and unknown meaning... [more]

CARATACOS   m   Ancient Celtic
Derived from the Celtic element car meaning "love"... [more]

CARATACUS   m   Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Latinized form of CARATACOS

CARLMAN   m   Ancient Germanic
Germanic form of CARLOMAN

CARLOMAN   m   History, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name derived from karl (see CHARLES) and man "man"... [more]

CAROLUS   m   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latin form of CHARLES

CASSIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CASSIUS

CASSIAN   m   Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
From the Roman family name Cassianus, which was derived from CASSIUS... [more]

CASSIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was a derivative of CASSIUS.

CASSIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English
Roman family name which was possibly derived from Latin cassus "empty, vain"... [more]

CATO (1)   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "wise" in Latin... [more]

CELSUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "tall" in Latin... [more]

CERDIC   m   Anglo-Saxon
Earlier form of CEDRIC, possibly of British origin.

CHARIOVALDA   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HAROLD

CHARIS   f   Ancient Greek, English (Rare)
Derived from Greek χαρις (charis) meaning "grace, kindness"... [more]

CHARITON   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek χαρις (charis) meaning "grace, kindness"... [more]

CHARMION   f   Ancient Greek
Greek name derived from χαρμα (charma) meaning "delight"... [more]

CHLOE   f   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "green shoot" in Greek... [more]

CHRYSANTHE   f   Greek, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of CHRYSANTHOS

CHRYSANTHOS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Means "golden flower" from Greek χρυσος (chrysos) "golden" combined with ανθος (anthos) "flower"... [more]

CICERO   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "chickpea" from Latin cicer... [more]

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAUDIUS   m   Ancient Roman
From a Roman family name which was derived from Latin claudus meaning "lame, crippled"... [more]

CLEISTHENES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κλεισθενης (Kleisthenes), derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" and σθενος (sthenos) "strength"... [more]

CLEITUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KLEITOS

CLEON   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Κλεων (Kleon), a Greek name derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory".

CLEOPATRA   f   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Κλεοπατρα (Kleopatra) which meant "glory of the father", derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" combined with πατρος (patros) "of the father"... [more]

CLITUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KLEITOS

CLODOVICUS   m   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Hludowig (see LUDWIG)

CLOELIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLOELIUS

CLOELIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name of unknown meaning.

CLOTHILDIS   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of CLOTILDE

CLOVIS   m   Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Shortened form of Clodovicus, a Latinized form of Hludowig (see LUDWIG)... [more]

CNAEUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman variant of GNAEUS

CONIGUNDE   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of KUNIGUNDE

CONRAD   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements kuoni "brave" and rad "counsel"... [more]

CORINNA   f   English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοριννα (Korinna), which was derived from κορη (kore) "maiden"... [more]

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]

CORNELIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"... [more]

COSMAS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Κοσμας (Kosmas), which was derived from κοσμος (kosmos) meaning "order, decency"... [more]

CRISPINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of CRISPIN

CRISPUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which meant "curly-haired" in Latin.

CUNOBELINUS   m   Ancient Celtic
Possibly means "hound of Belenus" from the old Celtic element koun "hound" combined with the name of the god BELENUS... [more]

CYNEBURGA   f   Anglo-Saxon
Means "royal fortress" from Old English cyne "royal" and burg "fortress"... [more]

CYNEFRIÐ   m   Anglo-Saxon
Means "royal peace" from Old English cyne "royal" and frið "peace".

CYPRIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Roman form of CYPRIAN

CYRILLUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of KYRILLOS

CYRUS   m   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From Κυρος (Kyros), the Greek form of the Persian name Kūrush, which may mean "far sighted" or "young"... [more]

DAGNÝ   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of DAGNY

DAMIANOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of DAMIAN

DAMIANUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of DAMIANOS

DARAYAVAHUSH   m   Ancient Near Eastern
Persian form of DARIUS

DAREIOS   m   Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of DARIUS

DECIMA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of DECIMUS

DECIMUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman praenomen, or given name, meaning "tenth" in Latin.

DEMETRIA   f   Ancient Greek
Feminine form of DEMETRIUS

DEMETRIOS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of DEMETRIUS

DEMETRIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Δημητριος (Demetrios), which was derived from the name of the Greek goddess DEMETER (1)... [more]

DEMOCRITUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Δημοκριτος (Demokritos), a Greek name meaning "judge of the people" from the elements δημου (demou) "of the people" and κριτης (krites) "judge, critic"... [more]

DEMON   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name derived from δημος (demos) "the people".

DEMOSTHENES   m   Ancient Greek
Means "vigour of the people" from Greek δημου (demou) "of the people" and σθενος (sthenos) "vigour, strength"... [more]

DEMOSTRATE   f   Ancient Greek
Means "army of the people", derived from the Greek elements δημου (demou) "of the people" and στρατος (stratos) "army".

DIODOROS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of DIODORUS

DIODORUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Διοδωρος (Diodoros) which meant "gift of Zeus", derived from the elements Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS" and δωρον (doron) meaning "gift"... [more]

DIODOTOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of DIODOTUS

DIODOTUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Διοδοτος (Diodotos), a Greek name which meant "giver of Zeus" from Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS" and δοτης (dotes) meaning "giver".

DIOGENES   m   Ancient Greek
Means "born of Zeus" from Greek Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS" and γενης (genes) meaning "born"... [more]

DIOKLES   m   Ancient Greek
Means "glory of Zeus" from Greek Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS" and κλεος (kleos) meaning "glory".

DION   m   Ancient Greek, English
Short form of DIONYSIOS and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS"... [more]

DIONYSIOS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Greek personal name derived from the name of the Greek god DIONYSOS... [more]

DIONYSIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical
Latin form of DIONYSIOS... [more]

DIONYSODOROS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Dionysos" from the name of the god DIONYSOS combined with Greek δωρον (doron) "gift".

DOMITIA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of DOMITIUS

DOMITIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of DOMITIAN

DOMITILLA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name DOMITIUS... [more]

DOMITIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was probably derived from Latin domitus meaning "having been tamed".

DORIS   f   English, German, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
From the ancient Greek name Δωρις (Doris) which meant "Dorian woman"... [more]

DRACO   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Δρακων (Drakon) which meant "dragon, serpent"... [more]

DREST   m   Ancient Celtic
Variant of DRUST

DRUSA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of DRUSUS

DRUSILLA   f   Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name DRUSUS... [more]

DRUST   m   Ancient Celtic
Pictish name probably derived from Celtic drest meaning "riot" or "tumult"... [more]

DRUSTAN   m   Ancient Celtic
Older form of TRISTAN... [more]

DRUSUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name, also sometimes used as a praenomen, or given name, by the Claudius family... [more]

EADBERHT   m   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and beorht "bright"... [more]

EADBURGA   f   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and burg "fortress".

EADGAR   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of EDGAR

EADGYÐ   f   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of EDITH

EADMUND   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of EDMUND

EADWEARD   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of EDWARD

EADWIG   m   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and wig "war"... [more]

EADWINE   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of EDWIN

EALDGYÐ   f   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements eald "old" and gyð "battle".

EALDRÆD   m   Anglo-Saxon
From the Old English elements eald "old" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

EASTMUND   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of ESMOND

EBERHARD   m   German, Ancient Germanic
German form of EVERARD

EBURWIN   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic cognate of EOFORWINE

ECGBERHT   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of EGBERT

EGILHARD   m   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name derived from the elements agil "edge of a sword" and hard "brave, hardy".

EGILL   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of EGIL

EGNATIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Earlier form of IGNATIUS

EILEIFR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of ELOF

EIRENAIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of IRENEUS

EIRENE   f   Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of IRENE

EIRÍKR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of ERIC

EKKEBERT   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ECKBERT

EKKEHARD   m   German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ekka "edge" and hard "brave, hardy".

ELISEDD   m   Ancient Celtic
Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind"... [more]

ELPIS   f   Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "hope" in Greek... [more]

EMELRICH   m   Ancient Germanic
Variant of AMALRIC

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

EMMERICH   m   German, Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, in which the second element is ric meaning "power"... [more]

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

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

EOFORWINE   m   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements eofor "boar" and wine "friend"... [more]

EÓGAN   m   Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Older Irish form of EOGHAN

EPAPHRAS   m   Biblical, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Derived from Greek επαφρος (epaphros) meaning "foamy"... [more]

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

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

ERASMOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of ERASMUS

ERASTOS   m   Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Greek form of ERASTUS

ERCANBALD   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ARCHIBALD

ERLENDR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of ERLAND

ERLINGR   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of ERLING

ERMENDRUD   f   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and þruþ "strength".

ERMENRICH   m   Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and ric "power"... [more]

ERMINGARD   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of IRMINGARD

ERMINHILT   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of IRMHILD

ERMINIGILD   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of HERMENEGILDO

ERMINLINDA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ERMELINDA

ERNUST   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of ERNEST

ERWIN   m   German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic name Hariwini, composed of the elements hari "army" and win "friend"... [more]

EUARISTOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EVARISTUS

EUCLID   m   Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
From the Greek name Ευκλειδης (Eukleides), derived from Greek ευ "good" and κλεος (kleos) "glory"... [more]

EUDOCIA   f   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευδοκια (Eudokia) meaning "to seem well" from ευ "good, well" and δοκεω (dokeo) "to seem".

EUDOKIA   f   Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of EUDOCIA

EUDOXIA   f   Ancient Greek
Means "good fame" from Greek ευ "good" and δοξα (doxa) "fame, glory".

EUGENEIA   f   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek feminine form of EUGENE

EUGENIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE)... [more]

EUGENIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of EUGENE

EUGENIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Eugenios (see EUGENE).

EUKLEIDES   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUCLID

EULALIA   f   Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
From a Greek name meaning "to talk well" from ευ "good" and λαλεω (laleo) "to talk"... [more]

EUMELIA   f   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ευμελεια (eumeleia) meaning "melody".

EUNICE   f   Biblical, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευνικη (Eunike) which meant "good victory"... [more]

EUNIKE   f   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUNICE

EUPHEMIA   f   Ancient Greek
Means "to speak well", derived from Greek ευ "good" and φημι (phemi) "to speak"... [more]

EUPHEMIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Masculine form of EUPHEMIA

EUPHRANOR   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ευφραινω (euphraino) meaning "to delight"... [more]

EUPRAXIA   f   Ancient Greek
Greek form of YEVPRAKSIYA

EURIPIDES   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek elements ευ "good" and ‘ριπη (rhipe) "throw, swing"... [more]

EUSEBIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ευσεβης (eusebes) meaning "pious"... [more]

EUSEBIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of EUSEBIOS... [more]

EUSTACHIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized variant of Eustachys (see EUSTACE).

EUSTACHUS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUSTACE

EUSTATHIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ευσταθης (eustathes) meaning "well-built, stable".

EUSTORGIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUSTORGIO

EUSTORGIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Eustorgios (see EUSTORGIO).

EUTHALIA   f   Ancient Greek
Means "flower, bloom" in Greek.

EUTHYMIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUTHYMIUS

EUTHYMIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευθυμιος (Euthymios) which meant "in good spirits", derived from the word ευθυμος (euthymos), which was composed of the elements ευ "good" and θυμος (thymos) "soul, spirit"... [more]

EUTROPIA   f   Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Eutropios (see EUTROPIUS).

EUTROPIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUTROPIUS

EUTROPIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευτροπιος (Eutropios), which was derived from Greek ευτροπος (eutropos) "versatile".

EUTYCHIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUTYCHIUS

EUTYCHIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευτυχιος (Eutychios), a variant of Eutychos (see EUTYCHUS)... [more]

EUTYCHOS   m   Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of EUTYCHUS

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