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

COBY   m & f   English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of JACOB

CODIE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

CODY   m   English, Irish
From the Gaelic surname Mac Óda, which means "son of OTTO"... [more]

COLBERT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Germanic name composed of the elements col, possibly meaning "helmet", and beraht, meaning "bright".

COLBY   m   English
From a surname, originally from various English place names, derived from the Old Norse nickname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "town".

COLE   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from the Old English nickname Cola "charcoal", denoting a person with a dark features.

COLEEN   f   English
Variant of COLLEEN

COLEMAN   m   English, Irish
Variant of COLMÁN

COLENE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of COLLEEN

COLIN (1)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of CAILEAN

COLIN (2)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of Col, a short form of NICHOLAS.

COLLEEN   f   English
Derived from the Irish word cailín meaning "girl"... [more]

COLLIN   m   English
Variant of COLIN (2)

COLLYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of COLLEEN

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]

COLUMBINE   f   English (Rare)
From the name of a variety of the flower... [more]

COMFORT   f   English (Rare)
From the English word comfort, ultimately from Latin confortare "to strengthen greatly", a derivative of fortis "strong"... [more]

CONNELL   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Conaill meaning "descendent of CONALL".

CONNER   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CONNOR

CONNIE   f   English
Diminutive of CONSTANCE

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

CONOR   m   Irish, English
Variant of CONNOR

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

CONSTANCE   f   English, French
Medieval form of CONSTANTIA... [more]

CONSTANT   m   French, English (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Constans, which meant "constant, steadfast"... [more]

CONWAY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the name of the River Conwy, which possibly means "holy water" in Welsh.

COOPER   m   English
From a surname meaning "barrel maker" in Middle English.

CORA   f   English
Created by James Fenimore Cooper for his novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826)... [more]

CORAL   f   English
From the English word coral for the underwater skeletal deposits which can form reefs... [more]

CORBIN   m   English
From a French surname which was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair... [more]

CORDELIA   f   English
From Cordeilla, possibly a Celtic name of unknown meaning... [more]

CORDELL   m   English
From a surname meaning "maker of cord" or "seller of cord" in Middle English.

COREEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CORINNE

CORETTA   f   English
Diminutive of CORA... [more]

COREY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Kori, of unknown meaning... [more]

CORI   f   English
Feminine form of COREY

CORIANDER   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the spice, also called cilantro, which may ultimately be of Phoenician origin.

CORIE   f   English
Variant of CORRIE

CORINA   f   English, German, Romanian
Variant of CORINNA

CORINE   f   English
Variant of CORINNE

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

CORINNE   f   French, English
French form of CORINNA... [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]

CORNELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name CORNELIUS.

CORRIE   f   English
Diminutive of CORINNA, CORA, and other names starting with Cor... [more]

CORRINA   f   English
Variant of CORINNA

CORRINE   f   English
Variant of CORINNE

CORTNEY   f & m   English
Variant of COURTNEY

CORWIN   m   English
From an English surname, perhaps derived from Old French cordoan "leather".

CORY   m   English
Variant of COREY

CORYNN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of CORINNE

COSMO   m   English
English form of COSMAS... [more]

COTY   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

COURTNEY   f & m   English
From an aristocratic English surname which was derived either from the French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short") or else from a Norman nickname meaning "short nose"... [more]

CRAIG   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks"... [more]

CRAWFORD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "crow ford" in Old English.

CREE   m   English (Rare)
From the name of a Native American tribe of central Canada... [more]

CREIGHTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name, originally from Gaelic crioch "border" combined with Old English tun "town".

CRISPIAN   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval variant of CRISPIN

CRISPIN   m   English (Rare)
From the Roman cognomen Crispinus which was derived from the name CRISPUS... [more]

CRISTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL

CRISTEN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of KRISTIN

CROFTON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town with a small enclosed field" in Old English.

CRYSTAL   f   English
From the English word crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone... [more]

CULLEN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old French form of Cologne, the name of a city in Germany.

CURT   m   English
Either a variant of KURT or short form of CURTIS

CURTIS   m   English
From an English surname which originally meant "courteous" in Old French.

CUTHBERT   m   English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements cuæ "famous" and beorht "bright"... [more]

CY   m   English
Short form of CYRUS or CYRIL

CYAN   f   English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "greenish blue", ultimately derived from Greek κυανος (kyanos).

CYBILL   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SIBYL... [more]

CYDNEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of SYDNEY

CYMONE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SIMONE (1)

CYNDI   f   English
Short form of CYNTHIA

CYNTHIA   f   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Κυνθια (Kynthia) which means "woman from Kynthos"... [more]

CYRIL   m   English, Czech, Slovak
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord"... [more]

CYRILLA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of CYRIL

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]

DACRE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name in Cumbria, of British origin meaning "trickling stream".

DAFFODIL   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Dutch de affodil meaning "the asphodel".

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

DAISY   f   English
Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye"... [more]

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

DALE   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale or valley.

DALEY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"... [more]

DALIA (1)   f   Spanish (Latin American), English (Hispanic)
Spanish form of DAHLIA... [more]

DALLAS   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "meadow dwelling"... [more]

DALTON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English... [more]

DALY   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DALEY.

DAMIAN   m   English, Polish
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) "to tame"... [more]

DAMION   m   English
Variant of DAMIAN

DAMON   m   Greek Mythology, English
Derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) meaning "to tame"... [more]

DAN (2)   m   English, Romanian, Czech
Short form of DANIEL

DANA (2)   m & f   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish... [more]

DANE   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of DEAN.

DANETTE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL

DANI (1)   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE

DANICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, English
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star"... [more]

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELLA   f   English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELLE   f   French, English
French feminine form of DANIEL... [more]

DANIKA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DANICA

DANITA   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL

DANNI   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE

DANNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DANNY   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DAPHNE   f   Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Means "laurel" in Greek... [more]

DAQUAN   m   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Da and quan.

DARBY   m & f   English
From an English surname, originally a place name, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.

DARCEY   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DARCY

DARCY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from Arcy in France... [more]

DARDEN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname of unknown meaning, possibly from a place name.

DARELL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DAREN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARIA   f   Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Late Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of DARIUS... [more]

DARIAN   m & f   English
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN

DARIEN   m   English
Variant of DARIAN

DARIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN... [more]

DARION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DARIAN

DARIUS   m   English, Lithuanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dārayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good"... [more]

DARLA   f   English
Short form of DARLENE

DARLEEN   f   English
Variant of DARLENE

DARLENE   f   English
From the English word darling combined with the popular name suffix lene... [more]

DARNELL   m   English
From a surname, possibly derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass... [more]

DARREL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.

DARREN   m   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

DARRIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARRYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARWIN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"... [more]

DARYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DASHIELL   m   English (Rare)
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.

DAVE   m   English
Short form of DAVID

DAVENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA

DAVEY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DAVIDA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DAVID

DAVIE   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVIN   m   English
Possibly a variant of DEVIN influenced by DAVID.

DAVINA   f   English (British)
Feminine form of DAVID... [more]

DAVINIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA

DAVIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name DAVID... [more]

DAVY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAWN   f   English
From the English word dawn, ultimately derived from Old English dagung.

DAWSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID"... [more]

DAX   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).

DAYNA   f   English
Feminine variant of DANA (2)

DAYTON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.

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").

DEAN   m   English
From a surname which means either "valley" from Middle English dene or else "dean" from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten")... [more]

DEANA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEANDRE   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANDRE

DEANGELO   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and ANGELO

DEANNA   f   English
Either a variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN... [more]

DEANNE   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEB   f   English
Short form of DEBORAH

DEBBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DEBBIE   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DEBBY   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DEBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH

DEBORAH   f   English, Hebrew, Biblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew... [more]

DEBRA   f   English
Variant of DEBORAH

DEDRICK   m   English (African American)
From a surname which was derived from the given name DIETRICH.

DEE   f & m   English
Short form of names beginning with D... [more]

DEEANN   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEEMER   m   English (Rare)
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "judge", from Old English demere.

DEENA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA

DEFOREST   m   English
From a French surname meaning "from the forest"... [more]

DEFORREST   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEFOREST

DEIDRA   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE

DEIDRE   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE

DEION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DION

DEIRDRE   f   English, Irish, Irish Mythology
From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"... [more]

DEITRA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DEIRDRE

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

DELBERT   m   English
Short form of ADELBERT... [more]

DELIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Greek Mythology
Means "of Delos" in Greek... [more]

DELICE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DELICIA

DELICIA   f   English (Rare)
Either from Latin deliciae "delight, pleasure" or a variant of the English word delicious... [more]

DELIGHT   f   English (Rare)
Means simply "delight, happiness" from the English word.

DELILAH   f   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew... [more]

DELL   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who lived in a dell or valley.

DELLA   f   English
Diminutive of ADELA or ADELAIDE... [more]

DELMA   f   Irish, English
Short form of FIDELMA

DELMAR   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond".

DELORA   f   English
Altered form of DOLORES

DELORES   f   English
Variant of DOLORES

DELORIS   f   English
Variant of DOLORES

DELPHIA   f   English
Possibly from the name of the Greek city of Delphi, the site of an oracle of Apollo, which is possibly related to Greek δελφις (delphis) "dolphin"... [more]

DELROY   m   English (Rare)
Possibly an alteration of LEROY

DELTA   f   English
From the name of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet, Δ... [more]

DEMELZA   f   English (British)
From a Cornish place name meaning "fort of Maeldaf"... [more]

DEN   m   English
Short form of DENNIS

DENA   f   English
Possibly a short form of names ending with dena... [more]

DENE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEAN

DENHOLM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "valley island" in Old English.

DENICE   f   English
Variant of DENISE

DENIECE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DENISE

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DENISE   f   French, English
French feminine form of DENIS

DENNIS   m   English, German, Dutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS

DENNY   m   English
Diminutive of DENNIS

DENTON   m   English
From a surname, originally from a place name, which meant "valley town" in Old English.

DENVER   m   English
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English... [more]

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

DENZIL   m   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person from Denzell in Cornwall... [more]

DEON   m   English
Variant of DION

DEONNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DIONNE

DEONTE   m   English (African American, Modern)
Blend of DEON and DANTE

DERBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DARBY.

DEREK   m   English
From a Low German form of THEODORIC... [more]

DERICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK

DERREN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARREN

DERRICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK

DERRYL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARRELL

DERYCK   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEREK

DES   m   English
Short form of DESMOND

DESHAUN   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and SHAUN.

DESHAWN   m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular name prefix De and SHAWN.

DESIRAE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESIREE

DESIREE   f   English
English form of DÉSIRÉE... [more]

DESMOND   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Gaelic Deas-Mhumhan meaning "from south Munster (in Ireland)".

DESTINEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESTINY

DESTINY   f   English
Means simply "destiny, fate" from the English word, ultimately from Latin destinare "to determine", a derivative of stare "to stand"... [more]

DETTA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of names that end in detta.

DEVAN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEVEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEVEREUX   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname, of Norman French origin, meaning "from Evreux"... [more]

DEVIN   m & f   English, Irish
From an Anglicized Irish surname derived from either of the Irish surnames Ó Damháin (from the given name Damhán meaning "fawn") or Ó Dubháin (from the given name Dubhán meaning "little black one").

DEVON   m & f   English
Variant of DEVIN... [more]

DEVYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

DEWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE

DEXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "one who dyes" in Old English... [more]

DEZIREE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DÉSIRÉE