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The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. These are modern spelling variations of more traditional English names. See also about English names.

AALIYAH   f   Arabic, English (Modern)
Feminine form of AALI... [more]

ABIGAYLE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ABIGAIL

ADEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AIDAN

AIDAN   m   Irish, Scottish, English (Modern)
Anglicized form of AODHÁN

AIDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AIDAN

AINSLEY   f & m   Scottish, English (Modern)
From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire... [more]

ALAINA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of of ALANA, probably influenced by ELAINE.

ALANNAH   f   English (Modern), Irish
Variant of ALANA... [more]

ALAYNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALAINA

ALESHA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALICIA

ALEXANDREA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALEXANDRIA

ALEXIA   f   English (Modern), German
Feminine form of ALEXIS

ALEXUS   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALEXIS

ALIVIA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of OLIVIA

ALYSA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALICIA

ALYSE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALICE

ALYSHA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALICIA

ALYSSIA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ALICIA

ANJELICA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ANGELICA

ANNABELLA   f   Italian, English (Modern)
Latinate form of ANNABEL... [more]

ANNIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANSLEY   f   English (Modern)
From a surname which was a variant of AINSLEY.

ARIANA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ARIANNA

ARYANA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ARIANA

ASHLEA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of ASHLEY

ASHLEE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of ASHLEY

ASHLEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of ASHLEY

ASHLIE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of ASHLEY

ASHLYN   f   English (Modern)
Combination of ASHLEY and the popular name suffix lyn.

ASHLYNN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ASHLYN

ASIA (1)   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the continent, which is perhaps derived from Assyrian asu, meaning "east".

ASPEN   f   English (Modern)
From the English word for the tree, derived from Old English æspe... [more]

AUBREE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of AUBREY

AUBRIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of AUBREY

AUSTEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AUSTIN

AUSTYN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AUSTIN

AYDAN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AIDAN

AYDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AIDAN

BAILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BAILEY

BAYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BAILEY

BECCI   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of REBECCA

BEKKI   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of REBECCA

BLAZE   m   English (Modern)
Modern variant of BLAISE influenced by the English word blaze.

BRAEDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of BRADEN

BRAELYN   f   English (Modern)
A recently created name, formed using the popular name suffix lyn.

BRAIDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of BRADEN

BRANSON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which meant "son of Brando"... [more]

BRAYDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of BRADEN

BREANA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BREANN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BREANNA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BREANNE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRIANNE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRIDGER   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which originally indicated a person who lived near or worked on a bridge.

BRIELLE   f   English (Modern)
Short form of GABRIELLE... [more]

BRITNEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTANI   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTNEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTNY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRODIE   m   Irish, English (Modern)
Variant of BRODY

BROOKLYN   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the borough of New York City, originally derived from Dutch Breukelen meaning "broken land"... [more]

BROOKLYNN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BROOKLYN

BRYANA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRYANNA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRYNN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of BRYN

CADEN   m   English (Modern)
Possibly from the Gaelic surname Mac Cadáin, which means "son of Cadán"... [more]

CADENCE   f   English (Modern)
From an English word meaning "rhythm, flow"... [more]

CAILYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLYN

CAITLYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CAITLIN

CALEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KAYLEE

CAMDEN   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was from a place name perhaps meaning "enclosed valley" in Old English... [more]

CAMRON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CAMERON

CAMRYN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of CAMERON

CARLEY   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of CARL

CASSIDY   f & m   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caiside meaning "descendent of Caiside"... [more]

CHANELLE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CHANEL

CHANNING   m & f   English (Modern)
From an English surname of uncertain origin.

CHANTÉ   f   English (Modern)
Means "sung" in French.

CHARLIZE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of CHARLES... [more]

CHELSEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CHELSEA

CHELSIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CHELSEA

CHEYANNE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CHEYENNE

CHINA   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the Asian country, ultimately derived from Qin, the name of a dynasty that ruled there in the 3rd century BC.

CHYNA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of CHINA

CIERA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SIERRA

CIERRA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SIERRA

CODIE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

COLTEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of COLTON

COLTON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Cola's town"... [more]

CONNER   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CONNOR

CONNOR   m   Irish, English (Modern), Irish Mythology
From the Gaelic name Conchobhar which means "dog lover" or "wolf lover"... [more]

COTY   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

CRISTEN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KRISTIN

CYDNEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SYDNEY

DAHLIA   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

DAKOTA   m & f   English (Modern)
Means "friend" in the Dakota language... [more]

DANIKA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DANICA

DARION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DARIAN

DEACON   m   English (Modern)
Either from the occupational surname Deacon or directly from the vocabulary word deacon, which refer to a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten").

DELANEY   f   English (Modern)
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French de l'aunaie meaning "from the alder grove".

DENZEL   m   English (Modern)
From a surname, either a variant of DENZIL or else derived from German tanzer "dancer"... [more]

DESIRAE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESIREE

DESTINEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESTINY

DEVAN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEVEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEVYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DIAMOND   f   English (Modern)
From the English word diamond for the clear colourless precious stone, the birthstone of April... [more]

EDEN   f   Biblical, English (Modern)
Means "place of pleasure" in Hebrew... [more]

ELLE   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of ELEANOR and other names beginning with El... [more]

EMELY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY

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

EMILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY

ERYKAH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ERICA

ERYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ERIN

ESSENCE   f   English (Modern)
From the English word essence which means either "odour, scent" or else "fundamental quality"... [more]

FALLON   f   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendent of Fallamhan"... [more]

FINNEGAN   m   Irish, English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendent of Fionnagán"... [more]

GAGE   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname meaning "measure" in Middle English, originally denoting one who was an assayer... [more]

GENESIS   f   English (Modern)
Means "birth" in Greek... [more]

GISELLE   f   French, English (Modern)
Derived from the Germanic word gisel meaning "hostage" or "pledge"... [more]

GISSELLE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of GISELLE

GRAYSON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname meaning "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward".

GREYSON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of GRAYSON

GWYNETH   f   Welsh, English (Modern)
Probably derived from Welsh gwynaeth "happiness"... [more]

HAILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAILEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAILIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HALEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HALEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HALLE (2)   f   English (Modern)
In the case of American actress Halle Berry (1966-), it is from the name of a department store in Cleveland where she was born (the store was founded by brothers bearing the German surname Halle, a cognate of HALL).

HAYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAYLEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAYLEY   f   English (Modern)
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of an English town (meaning "hay clearing" from Old English heg "hay" and leah "clearing")... [more]

HAYLIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HEAVEN   f   English (Modern)
From the English vocabulary word meaning "paradise".

HOLDEN   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English... [more]

IRELAND   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the European island country, derived from Irish Gaelic Éire.

IZABELLE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ISABEL

JADEN   m & f   English (Modern)
An invented name, using the popular aden suffix sound which is found in such names as BRADEN or AIDAN... [more]

JADYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAIDA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADA (1)

JAIDEN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JANAE   f   English (Modern)
Elaborated form of JANE

JANESSA   f   English (Modern)
Elaborated form of JANE, influenced by VANESSA.

JAQUELINE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JACQUELINE

JARON   m   English (Modern)
Invented name, probably based on JARED and DARREN.

JASMYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JASMINE

JAXON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JACKSON

JAYDA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADA (1)

JAYDE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADE

JAYDEN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAYDON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAYLA   f   English (Modern)
Combination of JAY (1) and the popular name suffix la.

JAYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Combination of JAY (1) and LEE.

JAYLEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JALEN

JAYLIN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JALEN

JAYLON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JALEN

JAYLYN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of JALEN

JAYMES   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JAMES

JAZLYN   f   English (Modern)
Modern name, a combination of the popular name elements Jaz and lyn.

JAZMIN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JASMINE

JAZMINE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JASMINE

JAZMYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JASMINE

JENI   f   English (Modern)
Short form of JENNIFER

JESSI   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JESSIE (1)

JESSIKA   f   German, English (Modern)
German form and English variant of JESSICA

JETT   m   English (Modern)
From the English word jet, which denotes either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).

JOI   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JOY

JORDYN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of JORDAN

JORJA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of GEORGIA

JOSELYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of JOCELYN

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