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

GUENDOLEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of GWENDOLEN

GUS (1)   m   English, Scottish
Short form of AUGUSTUS, ANGUS or GUSTAV

GUSSIE   f   English
Diminutive of AUGUSTA

GUY   m   English, French
Norman French form of WIDO... [more]

GWEN   f   Welsh, English
From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed"... [more]

GWENDA   f   Welsh, English
Derived from the Welsh elements gwen "white, fair, blessed" and da "good"... [more]

GWENDOLINE   f   Welsh, English (British), French
Variant of GWENDOLEN

GWENDOLYN   f   Welsh, English
Variant of GWENDOLEN

GWENEVERE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of GUINEVERE

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

GYLES   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GILES

GYPSY   f   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word Gypsy for the nomadic people who originated in northern India... [more]

GYTHA   f   English (Archaic)
From Gyða, an Old Norse diminutive of the name Guðríðr, derived from the Norse elements guð "god" and fríðr "beautiful"... [more]

HADLEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "heather field" in Old English.

HADYN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HAYDEN

HAILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAILEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAILIE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HAL   m   English
Medieval diminutive of HARRY

HALE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" in Old English.

HALEIGH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HALEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of HAYLEY

HALL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English heall "manor, hall", originally belonging to a person who lived or worked in a manor.

HALLAM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning either "at the rocks" or "at the nook" in Old English.

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).

HALLIE   f   English
Diminutive of HARRIET

HAMILTON   m   English
From a surname meaning "crooked hill" in Old English, which was originally taken from the name of a town in England (which no longer exists)... [more]

HAMMOND   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from either the Germanic given name Haimund which meant "home protection" or else from the Old Norse given name Hámundr which meant "high protection".

HAMNET   m   English (Archaic)
Diminutive of HAMO... [more]

HAMO   m   English (Archaic)
Norman form of the Germanic name Heimo, which was a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element heim meaning "home"... [more]

HAMON   m   English (Archaic)
Variant of HAMO

HANK   m   English
Originally a short form of Hankin which was a medieval diminutive of JOHN... [more]

HANNAH   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) which meant "favour" or "grace"... [more]

HAPPY   f & m   English (Rare)
From the English word happy.

HARDING   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name Heard, which was itself a short form of various Old English names containing the element heard meaning "brave, hardy"... [more]

HARDY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Middle English hardi "brave, hardy".

HARLAN   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English... [more]

HARLAND   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of HARLAN.

HARLEY   m & f   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare clearing" from Old English hara "hare" and leah "clearing".

HARMON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name HERMAN.

HARMONIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HARMONY

HARMONY   f   English
From the English word harmony, ultimately deriving from Greek ‘αρμονια (harmonia).

HAROLD   m   English
From the Old English name Hereweald meaning "leader of the army", derived from the elements here "army" and weald "leader, ruler"... [more]

HARPER   f & m   English
From an Old English surname which originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps... [more]

HARRIET   f   English
English form of HENRIETTE, and thus a feminine form of HARRY... [more]

HARRIETT   f   English
Variant of HARRIET

HARRIETTA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HARRIET

HARRIETTE   f   English
Variant of HARRIET

HARRIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name HARRY.

HARRISON   m   English
From an English surname which meant "son of HARRY"... [more]

HARRY   m   English
Medieval English form of HENRY... [more]

HARTLEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hart clearing" in Old English.

HARVE   m   English
Short form of HARVEY

HARVEY   m   English
From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy", from haer "battle" and viu "worthy"... [more]

HARVIE   m   English
Variant of HARVEY

HATTIE   f   English
Diminutive of HARRIET

HATTY   f   English
Diminutive of HARRIET

HAVEN   f & m   English
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.

HAYDEE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HAIDEE

HAYDEN   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "hay valley", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley".

HAYDN   m   English (British)
From a German surname meaning "heathen"... [more]

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

HAYWOOD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.

HAZE   f   English (Rare)
Short form of HAZEL

HAZEL   f   English
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel... [more]

HEADLEY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HEDLEY

HEATH   m   English
From an English surname which denoted one who lived on a heath... [more]

HEATHER   f   English
From the English word heather for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers which commonly grow in rocky areas... [more]

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

HECTOR   m   English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek ‘Εκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ‘εκτωρ (hektor) "holding fast", ultimately from εχω (echo) meaning "to hold, to possess"... [more]

HEDLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "leather clearing" in Old English.

HEIDI   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German diminutive of ADELHEID... [more]

HELEN   f   English, Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
English form of the Greek ‘Ελενη (Helene), probably from Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to σεληνη (selene) "moon"... [more]

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HELLEN   f   English
Variant of HELEN

HENDERSON   m   English
From a Scottish surname meaning "son of HENRY".

HENRIETTA   f   English
English form of HENRIETTE... [more]

HENRY   m   English
From the Germanic name Heimiric which meant "home ruler", composed of the elements heim "home" and ric "power, ruler"... [more]

HEPSIE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of HEPHZIBAH

HERB   m   English
Short form of HERBERT

HERBERT   m   English, German, French, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements heri "army" and beraht "bright"... [more]

HERBIE   m   English
Diminutive of HERBERT

HERMAN   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements heri "army" and man "man"... [more]

HERVEY   m   English
Variant of HARVEY

HESTER   f   English
Variant of ESTHER... [more]

HETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of HENRIETTA or HESTER

HEWIE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HUGHIE

HILARY   f & m   English
Medieval English form of HILARIUS or HILARIA... [more]

HILDA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Originally a Latinized short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle"... [more]

HILDRED   f & m   English
Possibly from the Old English masculine name Hildræd, which was composed of the elements hild "battle" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

HILLARY   f   English
Variant of HILARY... [more]

HIRAM   m   Biblical, English
Probably of Phoenician origin, though it could be from Hebrew meaning "exalted brother"... [more]

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

HOLLIE   f   English
Variant of HOLLY

HOLLIS   m & f   English
From an English surname which was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees"... [more]

HOLLY   f   English
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen.

HOMER   m   English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
From the Greek name ‘Ομηρος (Homeros), derived from ‘ομηρος (homeros) meaning "hostage, pledge"... [more]

HONEY   f   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig... [more]

HONOR   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HONOUR, using the American spelling.

HONORA   f   Irish, English
Variant of HONORIA... [more]

HONOUR   f   English (Rare)
From the English word honour, which is of Latin origin... [more]

HOPE   f   English
From the English word hope, ultimately from Old English hopian... [more]

HOPKIN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "son of Hob", Hob being a medieval diminutive of ROBERT.

HORACE   m   English, French
English and French form of HORATIUS, and the name by which the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus is commonly known those languages... [more]

HORATIO   m   English
Variant of HORATIUS... [more]

HORTENSE   f   French, English
French feminine form of Hortensius (see HORTENSIA).

HOWARD   m   English
From an English surname which can derive from several different sources: the Anglo-Norman given name Huard, which was from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and hard "brave, hardy"; the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Haward, from the Old Norse elements há "high" and varðr "guardian"; or the Middle English term ewehirde meaning "ewe herder"... [more]

HOWIE   m   English
Diminutive of HOWARD

HOYT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Middle English hoit "stick", originally a nickname for a thin person.

HUBERT   m   English, German, Dutch, French, Polish
Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and beraht "bright"... [more]

HUDSON   m   English
From a surname which meant "son of Hudde", Hudde being a medieval diminutive of HUGH or RICHARD... [more]

HUEY   m   English
Variant of HUGHIE

HUGH   m   English
From the Germanic element hug, meaning "heart, mind, spirit"... [more]

HUGHIE   m   English
Diminutive of HUGH

HUGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German
Latinized form of HUGH... [more]

HUMBERT   m   German, French, English (Rare)
Means "famous warrior", derived from the Germanic elements hun "warrior" and beraht "famous"... [more]

HUMPHREY   m   English
Means "peaceful warrior" from the Germanic elements hun "warrior" and frid "peace"... [more]

HUMPHRY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HUMPHREY

HUNTER   m & f   English
From an occupational English surname which was derived from Middle English huntere meaning "hunter"... [more]

HYACINTH (2)   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone which also bears this name), ultimately from Greek ‘υακινθος (hyakinthos).

HYLDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of HILDA

HYRAM   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HIRAM

IAN   m   Scottish, English
Modern Scottish form of JOHN

IBBIE   f   English
Diminutive of ISABEL

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

IDELLA   f   English
Elaboration of IDA

IDELLE   f   English (Rare)
Elaboration of IDA

IDONEA   f   English (Archaic)
Latinized form of IDONY

IDONY   f   English (Archaic)
Medieval English form of the Old Norse name Iðunnr, which was probably derived from Old Norse ið "again" and unna "to love"... [more]

IESHA   f   English (African American, Modern)
Variant of 'AISHA... [more]

IGGY   m   English
Diminutive of IGNATIUS

IKE   m   English
Diminutive of ISAAC... [more]

ILBERT   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name HILDEBERT.

ILEAN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EILEEN

ILEEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EILEEN

ILENE   f   English
Variant of EILEEN, probably inspired by the spelling of Irene.

IMOGEN   f   English (British)
The name of a princess in the play 'Cymbeline' (1609) by Shakespeare... [more]

IMOGENE   f   English
Variant of IMOGEN

INA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of names ending with ina.

INDIA   f   English
From the name of the country, which itself derives from the name of the Indus River.

INDIANA   f & m   English
From the name of the American state, which means "land of the Indians"... [more]

INDIGO   f & m   English (Rare)
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour... [more]

INGRAM   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name Engelram... [more]

INIGO   m   English (Rare)
English form of IÑIGO... [more]

IONA   f   English, Scottish
From the name of the island off Scotland where Saint Columba founded a monastery... [more]

IONE   f   Greek Mythology, English
From Greek ιον (ion) meaning "violet flower"... [more]

IRA (1)   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "watchful" in Hebrew... [more]

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

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRIS   f   Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, French
Means "rainbow" in Greek... [more]

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal"... [more]

IRVIN   m   English, Scottish
From a surname which was a variant of either IRVING or IRWIN.

IRVINE   m   English, Scottish
Variant of IRVING

IRVING   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name... [more]

IRWIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine, a cognate of ERWIN.

ISAAC   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitzchaq) which meant "he laughs"... [more]

ISABEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Medieval Provençal form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ISABELLA   f   Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

ISABELLE   f   French, English, German
French form of ISABEL

ISADOR   m   English (Rare)
Variant of ISIDORE

ISADORA   f   English
Variant of ISIDORA... [more]

ISADORE   m   English
Variant of ISIDORE

ISAIAH   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yesha'yahu) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"... [more]

ISBEL   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ISABEL

ISEBELLA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ISABELLA

ISIAH   m   English
Variant of ISAIAH

ISIDORA   f   Serbian, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Rare)
Feminine form of ISIDORE... [more]

ISIDORE   m   English, French, Jewish
From the Greek name Ισιδωρος (Isidoros) which meant "gift of Isis", from the name of the Egyptian goddess ISIS combined with Greek δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more]

ISOLDA   f   English (Rare)
Latinate form of ISOLDE

ISOLDE   f   English (Rare), German, Celtic Mythology
Possibly derived from a Welsh root meaning "beautiful"... [more]

ISSAC   m   English
Variant of ISAAC

ISSY   m   English
Diminutive of ISIDORE and other names beginning with Is.

IVAN   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Newer form of the old Slavic name Ioan, which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

IVONETTE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of YVONNE

IVOR   m   Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior"... [more]

IVORY   m & f   English (African American)
From the English word for the hard, creamy-white substance which makes up the tusks of elephants.

IVY   f   English
From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers... [more]

IZABELLE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ISABEL

IZZY   m & f   English
Short form of ISIDORE, ISABEL, ISRAEL, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

JACI   f   English
Diminutive of JACQUELINE

JACINDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JACINTA

JACINTH   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the orange precious stone, originating from the same source as HYACINTH (2)... [more]

JACK   m   English
Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of JOHN... [more]

JACKALYN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JACQUELINE

JACKI   f   English
Diminutive of JACQUELINE

JACKIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of either JACK or JACQUELINE

JACKLYN   f   English
Variant of JACQUELINE

JACKSON   m   English
From an English surname which means "son of JACK".

JACLYN   f   English
Contracted variant of JACQUELINE

JACOB   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Biblical
From the Latin Iacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov)... [more]

JACQUELINE   f   French, English
French feminine form of JACQUES, also commonly used in the English-speaking world.

JACQUELYN   f   English
Variant of JACQUELINE

JACQUETTA   f   English (British)
Feminine diminutive of JACQUES

JACQUI   f   English (British)
Short form of JACQUELINE

JADA (1)   f   English
Possibly an elaborated form of JADE... [more]

JADE   f   English
From the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings... [more]

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

JAE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of JAY (1)

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

JAIDEN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAIME (2)   f   English
Variant of JAMIE... [more]

JAIMIE   f   English
Variant of JAMIE

JAKE   m   English
Medieval variant of JACK... [more]

JAKI   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of JACQUELINE

JAKKI   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of JACQUELINE

JALEN   m   English (African American, Modern)
An invented name... [more]

JAMAAR   m   English (Rare)
Variant of JAMAR

JAMAR   m   English (African American)
Possibly a blend of JAMAL and LAMAR... [more]

JAMES   m   English, Biblical
English form of the Late Latin name Iacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov) (see JACOB)... [more]

JAMEY   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES

JAMI   f   English
Variant of JAMIE

JAMIE   m & f   Scottish, English
Originally a Lowland Scots diminutive of JAMES... [more]

JAMISON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of JAMES".

JAN (2)   f   English
Short form of JANET, JANICE, and other names beginning with Jan.

JANAE   f   English (Modern)
Elaborated form of JANE

JANCIS   f   English (Rare)
Combination of JAN (2) and FRANCIS

JANE   f   English
Medieval English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JANEKA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of JANE

JANEL   f   English
Variant of JANELLE

JANELE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JANELLE

JANELLA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JANELLE

JANELLE   f   English
Diminutive of JANE... [more]

JANENE   f   English
Variant of JANINE

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

JANET   f   English
Medieval diminutive of JANE

JANETTA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of JANET

JANETTE   f   English
Variant of JANET

JANEY   f   English
Diminutive of JANE

JANICE   f   English
Elaborated form of JANE, created by Paul Leicester Ford for his novel 'Janice Meredith' (1899).

JANIE   f   English
Diminutive of JANE

JANINE   f   English
English form of JEANNINE... [more]

JANIS (2)   f   English
Variant of JANICE

JANNA   f   Dutch, Swedish, English
Feminine form of JAN (1)... [more]

JANNAH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JANNA, influenced by HANNAH.

JANNETTE   f   English
Variant of JANET

JANNINE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of JANINE