The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. Modern spelling variations of traditional names are not included. See also about English names.

AARON   m   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן ('Aharon) which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin... [more]

ABBEY   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

ABBI   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

ABBIE   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

ABBY   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

ABE   m   English, Hebrew
Short form of ABRAHAM

ABEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath"... [more]

ABIGAIL   f   English, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy"... [more]

ABNER   m   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "my father is a light" in Hebrew... [more]

ABRAHAM   m   English, Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude"... [more]

ACE   m   English
From the English word meaning "highest rank"... [more]

ADA   f   English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian
Short form of ADELAIDE and other names beginning with the same sound... [more]

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADDIE   f   English
Diminutive of ADELAIDE

ADDISON   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "son of ADAM".

ADDY   f   English
Diminutive of ADELAIDE

ADELA   f   English, Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble"... [more]

ADELAIDE   f   English, Italian
From the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and heid "kind, sort, type"... [more]

ADELE   f   German, English, Italian, Finnish
Form of ADÈLE

ADELIA   f   English, Spanish
Elaborated form of ADELA

ADELINE   f   French, English
Diminutive of ADÈLE

ADELLE   f   English
Variant of ADELE

ADOLPH   m   English
English form of ADOLF, rarely used since World War II.

ADRIA   f   English
Short form of ADRIANA

ADRIAN   m   English, Romanian, Polish, German, Russian
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN)... [more]

ADRIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN

ADRIANNA   f   English, Polish
Feminine form of ADRIAN

ADRIANNE   f   English
Feminine form of ADRIAN

AGATHA   f   English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αγαθη (Agathe), derived from Greek αγαθος (agathos) meaning "good"... [more]

AGGIE   f   English
Diminutive of AGNES or AGATHA

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

AILEEN   f   Scottish, Irish, English
Variant of EILEEN

AISHA   f   English
English form of 'AISHA... [more]

AL   m   English
Short form of ALBERT and other names beginning with Al.

ALAN   m   English, Scottish, Breton
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

ALANA   f   English
Feminine form of ALAN

ALANNA   f   English
Feminine form of ALAN

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBERTA   f   English, Italian, Polish
Feminine form of ALBERT... [more]

ALDEN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine meaning "old friend".

ALEASE   f   English
Possibly a variant of ALICIA

ALEC   m   English
Short form of ALEXANDER

ALECIA   f   English
Variant of ALICIA

ALENE   f   English
Variant of ALINE

ALESIA   f   English
Possibly a variant of ALICIA, or maybe from the ancient Gaulish city of Alesia.

ALETA   f   English
Possibly a variant of ALETHEA

ALETHA   f   English
Variant of ALETHEA

ALETHEA   f   English
Derived from Greek αληθεια (aletheia) meaning "truth"... [more]

ALEX   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.

ALEXA   f   English
Short form of ALEXANDRA

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXANDRIA   f   English
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXINA   f   English
Diminutive of ALEXIS

ALEXIS   m & f   German, French, English, Greek, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help"... [more]

ALF (2)   m   English
Short form of ALFRED

ALFIE   m   English
Diminutive of ALFRED

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALFREDA   f   Polish, German, Italian, English
Feminine form of ALFRED

ALGER   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name ALGAR.

ALGERNON   m   English
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons "having a moustache", which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror... [more]

ALICE   f   English, French, Portuguese, Italian
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE)... [more]

ALICIA   f   Spanish, English
Latinized form of ALICE

ALINE   f   French, English
Medieval short form of ADELINE... [more]

ALISHA   f   English
Variant of ALICIA

ALISON   f   English, French
Norman French diminutive of Aalis (see ALICE)... [more]

ALISSA   f   English
Variant of ALYSSA

ALLAN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALLEN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALLIE   f   English
Diminutive of ALISON

ALLISON   f   English
Variant of ALISON

ALLY   f   English
Diminutive of ALISON

ALLYN   m   English
Variant of ALAN

ALLYSON   f   English
Variant of ALISON

ALMA   f   English, Spanish
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France... [more]

ALMIRA   f   English
Variant of ELMIRA... [more]

ALOYSIUS   m   English, German, Dutch, Provençal (Latinized)
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

ALPHA   f & m   English
From the name of the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Α.

ALPHONSO   m   English
Variant of ALFONSO

ALTON   m   English
From an Old English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town at the source of the river".

ALVA (2)   m   English
Variant of ALVAH... [more]

ALVENA   f   English
Feminine form of ALVIN

ALVIN   m   English
From a medieval form of both the Old English names ÆLFWINE and ÆÐELWINE... [more]

ALVINA   f   English
Feminine form of ALVIN

ALYCE   f   English
Variant of ALICE

ALYCIA   f   English
Variant of ALICIA

ALYS   f   English
Variant of ALICE

ALYSIA   f   English
Variant of ALICIA

ALYSON   f   English
Variant of ALISON

ALYSSA   f   English
Variant of ALICIA... [more]

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]

AMBER   f   English, Dutch
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour... [more]

AMBROSE   m   English
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal"... [more]

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin... [more]

AMERICA   f   English
In the English-speaking world, this name is usually given in reference to the United States of America (see AMERIGO)... [more]

AMI (2)   f   English
Variant of AMY

AMIE   f   English
Variant of AMY

AMOS   m   Biblical, English, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "carried" in Hebrew... [more]

AMY   f   English
English form of the Old French name Amée meaning "beloved" (modern French aimée), a vernacular form of the Latin Amata... [more]

ANASTACIA   f   English
Variant of ANASTASIA

ANASTASIA   f   Greek, English, Russian, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ANASTASIUS... [more]

ANDERSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of ANDREW".

ANDI   f   English
Diminutive of ANDREA (2)

ANDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ANDREW or ANDREA (2)

ANDRA   f   English
Feminine form of ANDREW, used only since the 20th century.

ANDRE   m   English
English form of ANDRÉ

ANDREA (2)   f   English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREW   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which was derived from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros) "of a man")... [more]

ANDY   m & f   English
Diminutive of ANDREW or sometimes ANDREA (2)... [more]

ANGEL   m & f   English, Bulgarian
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word αγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger")... [more]

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELIA   f   English
Elaborated form of ANGELA

ANGELICA   f   English, Italian, Romanian, Literature
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger"... [more]

ANGELINA   f   Italian, English, Russian, German, Polish, Spanish
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA

ANGIE   f   English
Diminutive of ANGELA

ANGUS   m   Scottish, Irish, English
Anglicized form of AONGHUS

ANISSA   f   English
Combination of ANNA and the popular name suffix issa... [more]

ANITA   f   Spanish, Finnish, English
Spanish and Finnish diminutive of ANA

ANN   f   English
English form of ANNE (1)... [more]

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [more]

ANNABEL   f   English, Dutch
Variant of AMABEL influenced by the name ANNA... [more]

ANNABELLE   f   English, French
Variant of ANNABEL... [more]

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNETTE   f   French, English
French diminutive of ANNE (1)... [more]

ANNICE   f   English
Variant of ANNIS

ANNIE   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

ANNIS   f   English
Medieval English form of AGNES

ANNMARIE   f   English
Combination of ANN and MARIE

ANONA   f   English
Meaning unknown... [more]

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

ANSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of AGNES".

ANTHONY   m   English
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin... [more]

ANTONETTE   f   English
Diminutive of ANTONIA

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONY   m   English
Variant of ANTHONY... [more]

APRIL   f   English
From the name of the month, probably originally derived from Latin aperire "to open", referring to the opening of flowers... [more]

ARABELLA   f   English
Medieval Scottish name, probably a variant of ANNABEL... [more]

ARCHIBALD   m   Scottish, English
Derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold"... [more]

ARCHIE   m   Scottish, English
Diminutive of ARCHIBALD... [more]

ARDEN   m & f   English
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".

ARETHA   f   English
Possibly derived from Greek αρετη (arete) meaning "virtue"... [more]

ARIA   f   English
Means "song" or "melody" in Italian... [more]

ARIC   m   English
Variant of ERIC

ARIEL   m & f   Biblical, Hebrew, English, French, Biblical Greek
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

ARLEEN   f   English
Variant of ARLINE

ARLEN   m   English
Meaning unknown, possibly from a surname.

ARLENE   f   English
Variant of ARLINE

ARLIE   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "eagle wood" in Old English... [more]

ARLINE   f   English
Meaning unknown, possibly invented by Michael William Balfe for the main character in his opera 'The Bohemian Girl' (1843).

ARN   m   English
Short form of ARNOLD

ARNIE   m   English
Diminutive of ARNOLD

ARNOLD   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name meaning "eagle power", derived from the elements arn "eagle" and wald "power"... [more]

ARRON   m   English
Variant of AARON

ART   m   English
Short form of ARTHUR

ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Welsh Mythology
The meaning of this name is unknown... [more]

ARVEL   m   English
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of ARWEL.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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]

BABS   f   English
Diminutive of BARBARA

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

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

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, Croatian, Late Roman
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BARBIE   f   English
Diminutive of BARBARA

BARBRA   f   English
Variant of BARBARA

BARNEY   m   English
Diminutive of BARNABAS, BERNARD or BARNABY

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.

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]

BECCA   f   English
Short form 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 and other names beginning with B.

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

BERNY   m & f   English
Variant of BERNIE

BERRY (1)   m   English
Variant of BARRY

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.

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]

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]