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The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

ASH   m & f   English
Short form of ASHLEY... [more]

ASHER   m   Biblical, Hebrew, English, Biblical Hebrew
Means "happy" or "blessed" in Hebrew... [more]

ASHLEA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of ASHLEY

ASHLEE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of ASHLEY

ASHLEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of ASHLEY

ASHLEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ash tree clearing" in Old English... [more]

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

ASHTON   m & f   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name which meant "ash tree town" in Old English.

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

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

ASTON   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name which meant "east town" in Old English.

ASTOR   m   English (Rare)
From a surname derived from Provençal astur meaning "hawk".

ASTRA   f   English (Rare)
Means "star", ultimately from Greek αστηρ (aster)... [more]

AUBERON   m   English (Rare)
Norman French derivative of a Germanic name, probably ALBERICH.

AUBREE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of AUBREY

AUBREY   m & f   English
Norman French form of the Germanic name ALBERICH... [more]

AUBRIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of AUBREY

AUDIE   f   English
Diminutive of AUDREY

AUDLEY   m   English
From a surname which was taken from a place name meaning "EALDGYÐ's clearing" in Old English.

AUDRA (2)   f   English
Variant of AUDREY, used since the 19th century.

AUDREA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of AUDREY

AUDREY   f   English
Medieval diminutive of ÆÐELÞRYÐ... [more]

AUGUST   m   German, Polish, Scandinavian, English
German, Polish and Scandinavian form of AUGUSTUS

AUGUSTA   f   German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS... [more]

AUGUSTINE (1)   m   English
From the Roman name Augustinus, itself derived from the Roman name AUGUSTUS... [more]

AURA   f   English
From the English word aura (derived from Latin) for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.

AUREOLE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "radiant halo", ultimately derived from Latin aureolus "golden".

AURORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin... [more]

AUSTEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AUSTIN

AUSTIN   m   English
Medieval contracted form of AUGUSTINE (1)... [more]

AUSTYN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AUSTIN

AUTUMN   f   English
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus... [more]

AVA (1)   f   English
Variant of EVE... [more]

AVALINE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of AVELINE

AVALON   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death... [more]

AVELINE   f   English (Rare)
From the Norman French form of the Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of AVILA... [more]

AVERILL   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the feminine given name EOFORHILD.

AVERY   m & f   English
From a surname which was itself derived from the Norman French form of the given names ALBERICH or ALFRED.

AVICE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of AVIS

AVILA   f   English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired"... [more]

AVIS   f   English
Probably a Latinized form of the Germanic name Aveza, which was derived from the element avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired"... [more]

AVRIL   f   French (Rare), English (Rare)
French form of APRIL

AYDAN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AIDAN

AYDEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of AIDAN

AYLMER   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of ELMER.

AZALEA   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Greek αζαλεος (azaleos) "dry".

AZURA   f   English (Rare)
Elaboration of AZURE

AZURE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word that means "sky blue"... [more]

BABS   f   English
Diminutive of BARBARA

BAILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BAILEY

BAILEY   m & f   English
From a surname derived from Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", originally denoting one who was a bailiff.

BALDRIC   m   English (Archaic)
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and ric "power, rule"... [more]

BALDWIN   m   English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and win "friend"... [more]

BALFOUR   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname, originally from various place names, which meant "village pasture" in Gaelic.

BAMBI   f   English
Derived from Italian bambina meaning "young girl"... [more]

BARB   f   English
Short form of BARBARA

BARBARA   f   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Late Roman
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BARBIE   f   English
Diminutive of BARBARA

BARBRA   f   English
Variant of BARBARA

BARCLAY   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was likely derived from the English place name Berkeley, meaning "birch wood" in Old English.

BARNABAS   m   German, English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of an Aramaic name... [more]

BARNABY   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval English form of BARNABAS

BARNEY   m   English
Diminutive of BARNABAS, BERNARD or BARNABY

BARRET   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of BARRETT

BARRETT   m   English
From a surname meaning "dispute" in Middle English, originally given to a quarrelsome person.

BARRIE   m   Irish, English
Variant of BARRY

BARRY   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of BAIRRE... [more]

BART   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BARTHOLOMEW... [more]

BARTHOLOMEW   m   English, Biblical
From Βαρθολομαιος (Bartholomaios), which was the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning "son of תַּלְמַי (Talmay)"... [more]

BASIL (1)   m   English
From the Greek name Βασιλειος (Basileios) which was derived from βασιλευς (basileus) meaning "king"... [more]

BAXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "(female) baker" in Old English.

BAYLEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BAILEY

BEA   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

BEATRICE   f   Italian, English
Italian form of BEATRIX... [more]

BEATRIX   f   English, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"... [more]

BEAU   m   English
Means "beautiful" in French... [more]

BEAUMONT   m   English (Rare)
From a French surname meaning "beautiful mountain".

BEAUREGARD   m   English (Rare)
From a French surname meaning "beautiful outlook".

BECCA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECCI   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of REBECCA

BECKA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECKAH   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

BECKY   f   English
Diminutive of REBECCA

BEE   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

BEKKI   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of REBECCA

BELINDA   f   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

BELLA   f   English
Short form of ISABELLA and other names ending in bella... [more]

BELLE   f   English
Short form of ISABELLA or names ending in belle... [more]

BEN (1)   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT... [more]

BENEDICT   m   English
From the Late Latin name Benedictus which meant "blessed"... [more]

BENJ   m   English
Short form of BENJAMIN

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

BENJI   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN

BENJY   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN

BENNETT   m   English
Medieval form of BENEDICT... [more]

BENNIE   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

BENNY   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

BENSON   m   English
From a surname which originally meant "son of BENEDICT".

BENTLEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "clearing covered with bent grass" in Old English... [more]

BENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town near bent grass" in Old English.

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]

BERNADETTE   f   French, English
French feminine form of BERNARD... [more]

BERNADINE   f   English
Feminine form of BERNARD

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

BERNETTA   f   English
Diminutive of BERENICE

BERNICE   f   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Contracted form of BERENICE... [more]

BERNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of BERNARD, BERNADETTE, and other names beginning with Bern.

BERNIECE   f   English
Variant of BERNICE

BERRY (1)   m   English
Variant of BARRY

BERRY (2)   f   English (Rare)
From the English word referring to the small fruit... [more]

BERT   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

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

BERTIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ALBERT, HERBERT, and other names containing bert (often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright").

BERTINA   f   English
Feminine form of BERT

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]

BERYL   f   English
From the English word for the clear or pale green precious stone, ultimately deriving from Sanskrit... [more]

BESS   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BESSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETH   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH, or sometimes BETHANY.

BETHANIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of BETHANY

BETHANY   f   English, Biblical
From the name of a biblical town, possibly derived from Hebrew בֵּית־תְּאֵנָה (beit-te'enah) meaning "house of figs"... [more]

BETHNEY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of BETHANY

BETONY   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the minty medicinal herb.

BETSY   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTY   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

BETTYE   f   English
Variant of BETTY

BEULAH   f   Biblical, English
Means "married" in Hebrew... [more]

BEV   f   English
Short form of BEVERLY

BEVERLEY   f   English
Variant of BEVERLY

BEVERLY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "beaver stream" in Old English... [more]

BEVIS   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which is possibly derived from the name of the French town Beauvais.

BIDDY   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of BRIDGET

BIFF   m   English (Rare)
From a nickname which was based on the English word biff, which means "punch, hit, strike".

BILL   m   English
Short form of WILLIAM... [more]

BILLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of BILL... [more]

BILLY   m   English
Diminutive of BILL... [more]

BINDY   f   English
Diminutive of BELINDA

BISHOP   m   English
Either from the English occupational surname, or else directly from the English word... [more]

BLAINE   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name Bláán, which meant "yellow" in Gaelic... [more]

BLAIR   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "plain, battlefield" in Gaelic.

BLAKE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English blæc "black" or blāc "pale"... [more]

BLANCH   f   English
Variant of BLANCHE

BLANCHE   f   French, English
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair"... [more]

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

BLONDIE   f   English (Rare)
From a nickname for a person with blond hair... [more]

BLOSSOM   f   English
From the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm... [more]

BLYTHE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which meant "cheerful" in Old English.

BOB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT... [more]

BOBBI   f   English
Feminine form of BOBBY

BOBBIE   f & m   English
Variant and feminine form of BOBBY

BOBBY   m   English
Diminutive of BOB... [more]

BONIFACE   m   French, English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Bonifatius, which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate"... [more]

BONITA   f   English
Means "pretty" in Spanish... [more]

BONNIE   f   English
Means "pretty" from the Scottish word bonnie, which was itself derived from Middle French bon "good"... [more]

BOOKER   m   English
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books"... [more]

BOYCE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old French bois "wood".

BRAD   m   English
Short form of BRADLEY, BRADFORD, and other names beginning with Brad.

BRADEN   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Bradáin meaning "descendent of Bradan"... [more]

BRADFORD   m   English
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad ford" in Old English.

BRADLEY   m   English
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad clearing" in Old English... [more]

BRADY   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendent of Brádach"... [more]

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

BRAIDY   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of BRADY

BRAM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ABRAHAM... [more]

BRAND   m   English (Rare)
From a surname, a variant of BRANT.

BRANDA   f   English (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of BRANDY or a feminine form of BRAND.

BRANDE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDEE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDEN   m   English
Variant of BRANDON

BRANDI   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDIE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English... [more]

BRANDT   m   English
From a surname, a variant of BRANT.

BRANDY   f   English
From the English word brandy for the alcoholic drink... [more]

BRANNON   m   English
From the Irish surname Mac Branain, which means "descendent of BRAN (1)".

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

BRANT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse name Brandr meaning "sword".

BRAXTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from an Old English place name meaning "Bracca's town".

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

BRENDA   f   English
Possibly a feminine form of the Old Norse name Brandr, meaning "sword", which was brought to Britain in the Middle Ages... [more]

BRENDAN   m   Irish, English
From Brendanus, the Latinized form of the Irish name Bréanainn which was derived from a Welsh word meaning "prince"... [more]

BRENDEN   m   English
Variant of BRENDAN

BRENDON   m   English
Variant of BRENDAN

BRENNA   f   English
Possibly a variant of BRENDA or a feminine form of BRENNAN.

BRENNAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname derived from Ó Braonáin meaning "descendent of Braonán"... [more]

BRENT   m   English
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".

BRENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name which meant "Bryni's town"... [more]

BRET   m   English
Variant of BRETT

BRETT   m & f   English
From a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton", referring to an inhabitant of Brittany.

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]

BRIANA   f   English
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRIANNA   f   English, Irish
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRIANNE   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRIAR   m & f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the thorny plant.

BRICE   m   French, English
From the name Bricius, which was probably a Latinized form of a Gaulish name meaning "speckled"... [more]

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

BRIDGET   f   Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one"... [more]

BRIDGETTE   f   English
Variant of BRIDGET

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

BRIGHAM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from place names meaning "bridge settlement" in Old English.

BRION   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRIONY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of BRYONY

BRISCOE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "birch wood" in Old Norse.

BRISTOL   m   English (Rare)
From the name of the city in southwest England which means "the site of the bridge".

BRITANNIA   f   English (Rare)
From the Latin name of the island of Britain, in occasional use as an English given name since the 18th century... [more]

BRITNEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTANI   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTANIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTANY   f   English
From the name of the region in the northwest of France, called in French Bretagne... [more]

BRITTNEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTNY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of BRITTANY

BRITTON   m   English
Derived from a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton".

BROCK   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English brocc meaning "badger".

BRODIE   m   Irish, English (Modern)
Variant of BRODY

BRODY   m   Irish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ditch" in Gaelic.

BRONTE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh meaning "descendent of Proinnteach"... [more]

BROOK   m & f   English
From an English surname which denoted one who lived near a brook.

BROOKE   f   English
Variant of BROOK... [more]

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

BROOKS   m   English
From an English surname, a variant of BROOK.

BRUCE   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France... [more]

BRYAN   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRYANA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRYANNA   f   English (Modern)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRYANNE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRYANT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name BRIAN.

BRYCE   m   English
Variant of BRICE

BRYNN   f   English (Modern)
Feminine variant of BRYN

BRYNNE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine variant of BRYN

BRYON   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRYONY   f   English (Rare)
From the name of a type of Eurasian vine, formerly used as medicine... [more]

BRYSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of BRICE".

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