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

ROB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

ROBBY   m   English
Diminutive of ROBERT

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ROBERTA   f   English, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ROBERT

ROBIN   m & f   English
Medieval diminutive of ROBERT... [more]

ROBYN   f   English
Feminine variant of ROBIN

ROCHELLE   f   English
From the name of the French city La Rochelle, meaning "little rock"... [more]

ROCKY   m   English
Diminutive of ROCCO, or else from a nickname referring to a tough person... [more]

ROD   m   English
Short form of RODERICK or RODNEY

RODDY   m   English
Diminutive of RODERICK or RODNEY

RODERICK   m   English
Means "famous power" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ric "power"... [more]

RODGE   m   English
Short form of RODGER

RODGER   m   English
Variant of ROGER

RODNEY   m   English
From a surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is a Germanic given name meaning "fame")... [more]

ROGER   m   English, French
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear"... [more]

ROLAND   m   English, French, Polish
Means "famous land" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and land... [more]

ROLF   m   German, Scandinavian, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodwulf (see RUDOLF)... [more]

ROLLAND   m   English
Variant of ROLAND

ROLLO   m   English
Latinized form of Roul, the Old French form of ROLF... [more]

ROLY   m   English
Diminutive of ROLAND

ROMY   f   German, English
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

RON (1)   m   English
Short form of RONALD

RONA   f   English
Variant of RHONA

RONALD   m   Scottish, English
Scottish form of RAGNVALD, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders... [more]

RONDA   f   English
Variant of RHONDA

RONI (2)   f   English
Diminutive of VERONICA

RONNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of RONALD or VERONICA

RONNY   m   English
Diminutive of RONALD

ROOSEVELT   m   English
From a Dutch surname meaning "rose field"... [more]

ROS   f   English
Short form of ROSALIND, ROSAMUND, and other names beginning with Ros.

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

ROSALIND   f   English
Derived from the Germanic elements hros "horse" and linde "soft, tender"... [more]

ROSALINE   f   English
Medieval variant of ROSALIND... [more]

ROSALYN   f   English
Variant of ROSALINE using the popular name suffix lyn.

ROSAMOND   f   English
Variant of ROSAMUND, in use since the Middle Ages.

ROSANNA   f   Italian, English
Combination of ROSA (1) and ANNA

ROSANNE   f   English
Combination of ROSE and ANNE (1)

ROSCOE   m   English
From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "doe wood" in Old Norse.

ROSE   f   English, French
Originally a Norman form of a Germanic name, which was composed of the elements hrod "fame" and heid "kind, sort, type"... [more]

ROSEANN   f   English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROSEANNE   f   English
Variant of ROSANNE

ROSELYN   f   English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSEMARY   f   English
Combination of ROSE and MARY... [more]

ROSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ROSE

ROSLYN   f   English
Variant of ROSALYN

ROSS   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish and English surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland... [more]

ROSWELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".

ROSY   f   English
Diminutive of ROSE

ROWENA   f   English
Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic name derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wynn "joy"... [more]

ROWLAND   m   English
Medieval variant of ROLAND

ROWLEY   m   English
Variant of ROLY

ROXANA   f   English, Spanish, Romanian
Latin form of Ρωξανη (Roxane), the Greek form of the Persian or Bactrian name Roshanak which possibly meant "bright" or "dawn"... [more]

ROXANE   f   French, English
French and English form of ROXANA... [more]

ROXANNA   f   English
Variant of ROXANA

ROXANNE   f   English, French
Variant of ROXANE

ROXIE   f   English
Diminutive of ROXANA

ROXY   f   English
Diminutive of ROXANA

ROY   m   Scottish, English
Derived from Gaelic ruadh meaning "red"... [more]

ROYAL   m   English
From the English word royal, derived (via Old French) from Latin regalis, a derivative of rex "king"... [more]

ROYCE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from either the name of the flower or else from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of ROSE.

ROZ   f   English
Short form of ROSALIND, ROSAMUND, and other names beginning with the same sound.

ROZANNE   f   English
Variant of ROSANNE

RUBE   m   English
Short form of REUBEN

RUBY   f   English
Simply means "ruby" from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the birthstone of July... [more]

RUBYE   f   English
Variant of RUBY

RUDOLPH   m   English
English form of RUDOLF, imported from Germany in the 19th century... [more]

RUDY   m   English
Diminutive of RUDOLF

RUE   f   English
From the name of the bitter medicinal herb, ultimately deriving from Greek ‘ρυτη (rhyte)... [more]

RUFUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Biblical
Roman cognomen which meant "red-haired" in Latin... [more]

RUPERT   m   German, Dutch, English, Polish
Low German form of ROBERT... [more]

RUSS   m   English
Short form of RUSSELL

RUSSEL   m   English
Variant of RUSSELL

RUSSELL   m   English
From a surname which meant "little red one" in French... [more]

RUSTY   m   English
From a nickname which was originally given to someone with a rusty, or reddish-brown, hair colour.

RUTH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]

RUTHIE   f   English
Diminutive of RUTH

RYAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Riain meaning "descendent of Rian"... [more]

SABRINA   f   English, Italian, German
Latinized form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn... [more]

SADIE   f   English
Diminutive of SARAH

SAL   f & m   English
Short form of SALLY, SALVADOR, and other names beginning with Sal.

SALINA   f   English
Perhaps an invented name based on similar-sounding names such as SELINA.

SALLIE   f   English
Diminutive of SARAH

SALLY   f   English
Diminutive of SARAH

SALOME   f   English, German, Biblical
From an Aramaic name which was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace"... [more]

SAM (1)   m & f   English
Short form of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMANTHA   f   English
Perhaps intended to be a feminine form of SAMUEL, using the popular name suffix antha... [more]

SAMMIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMMY   m   English
Diminutive of SAMUEL or SAMSON

SAMPSON   m   English
From an English surname which was itself derived from a medieval form of the given name SAMSON.

SAMSON   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshon) which probably meant "sun"... [more]

SAMUEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard"... [more]

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SANDY   f & m   English
Originally a diminutive of ALEXANDER... [more]

SANFORD   m   English
From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "sand ford" in Old English.

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SARAH   f   English, French, German, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew... [more]

SAVANNAH   f   English
From the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taino (Native American) word zabana... [more]

SCARLETT   f   English
From a surname which denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth, ultimately derived from Persian saqirlat)... [more]

SCHUYLER   m   English
From a Dutch surname meaning "scholar"... [more]

SCOT   m   English, Scottish
Variant form of SCOTT

SCOTT   m   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which meant "a Scotsman"... [more]

SCOTTIE   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SCOTTY   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SEAN   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin... [more]

SELINA   f   English
Possibly a variant of CÉLINE or SELENE... [more]

SELMA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [more]

SERENA   f   English, Italian
From a Late Latin name which was derived from Latin serenus meaning "clear, tranquil, serene"... [more]

SERINA   f   English
Variant of SERENA

SETH (1)   m   Biblical, English
Means "placed" or "appointed" in Hebrew... [more]

SEWARD   m   English
From a surname which was itself derived from an Old English personal name, itself derived from the elements sige "victory" and weard "guard".

SEYMOUR   m   English
From a Norman surname which originally belonged to a person coming from the French town of Saint Maur (which means "Saint MAURUS").

SHAD (2)   m   English
Either a variant of CHAD or a short form of SHADRACH

SHAN   f   English
Anglicized form of SIÂN

SHANA   f   English
Variant of SHANNA

SHANE   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SEÁN... [more]

SHANNA   f   English
Short form of SHOSHANNAH... [more]

SHANNON   f & m   English
From the name of the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland... [more]

SHANON   f & m   English
Variant of SHANNON

SHANTEL   f   English
Variant of CHANTEL

SHARI   f   English
Diminutive of SHARON

SHARLA   f   English
Variant of CHARLA

SHARLEEN   f   English
Variant of CHARLENE

SHARLENE   f   English
Variant of CHARLENE

SHARON   f   English, Biblical
From an Old Testament place name meaning "plain" in Hebrew, referring to the fertile plain near the coast of Israel... [more]

SHARRON   f   English
Variant of SHARON

SHARYL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHARYN   f   English
Variant of SHARON

SHAUN   m   English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SHAUNA   f   English
Feminine form of SHAUN

SHAVONNE   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SIOBHAN

SHAWN   m   English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SHAWNA   f   English
Feminine form of SHAWN

SHAWNDA   f   English
Variant of SHONDA

SHAYLA   f   English
Variant of SHEILA, influenced by the spelling and sound of KAYLA (1).

SHAYNE   m   English
Variant of SHANE

SHEENA   f   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of SÌNE... [more]

SHEILA   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SÍLE

SHEL   m   English
Short form of SHELDON

SHELBY   m & f   English
From a surname, which was possibly a variant of SELBY... [more]

SHELDON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley with steep sides" in Old English... [more]

SHELIA   f   English
Variant of SHEILA

SHELL   f   English
Short form of MICHELLE or SHELLEY... [more]

SHELLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English... [more]

SHELLY   f & m   English
Variant of SHELLEY

SHELTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "shelf town" in Old English.

SHEREE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY... [more]

SHERI   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERIDAN   m & f   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Sirideáin meaning "descendent of Sirideán"... [more]

SHERIE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERILYN   f   English
Variant of CHERILYN

SHERMAN   m   English
From a surname meaning "shear man" in Old English, originally denoting a person who cut cloth... [more]

SHERRI   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERRIE   f   English
Variant of SHERRY

SHERRY   f   English
Possibly from the French word chérie meaning "darling", or the English word sherry, a type of fortified wine named from the Spanish town of Jerez... [more]

SHERWOOD   m   English
From an English place name (or from a surname which was derived from it) meaning "bright forest"... [more]

SHERYL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHERYLL   f   English
Variant of CHERYL

SHIRLEE   f   English
Variant of SHIRLEY

SHIRLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English... [more]

SHONDA   f   English
Probably a blend of SHONA and RHONDA

SIBYL   f   English
From Greek Σιβυλλα (Sibylla), meaning "prophetess, sibyl"... [more]

SID   m   English
Short form of SIDNEY

SIDNEY   m & f   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island"... [more]

SIGMUND   m   German, Scandinavian, English
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and mund "protector" (or in the case of the Scandinavian cognate, from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and mundr "protector")... [more]

SILAS   m   English, Greek, Biblical
Short form of SILVANUS... [more]

SILVER   m   English
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.

SILVESTER   m   German, English, Slovene, Slovak
From a Roman name meaning "of the forest" from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)... [more]

SIMON   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Biblical
From the Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard"... [more]

SISSIE   f   English
Variant of SISSY

SISSY   f   English
Diminutive of CECILIA, FRANCES or PRISCILLA... [more]

SLY   m   English
Short form of SYLVESTER... [more]

SMITH   m   English
From an English surname meaning "blacksmith", derived from Old English smitan "to smite, to hit"... [more]

SOLOMON   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh) which was derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace"... [more]

SONDRA   f   English
Variant of SAUNDRA... [more]

SONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

SONNY   m   English
From a nickname which is commonly used to denote a young boy, derived from the English word son.

SONYA   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of SOPHIA... [more]

SOPHIA   f   English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Means "wisdom" in Greek... [more]

SOPHIE   f   French, English, German, Dutch
French form of SOPHIA

SPENCER   m   English
From a surname which meant "dispenser of provisions" in Middle English... [more]

SPRING   f   English
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English springan "to leap, to burst forth".

STACEY   f & m   English
Variant of STACY

STACI   f   English
Feminine variant of STACY

STACIA   f   English
Short form of ANASTASIA or EUSTACIA

STACIE   f   English
Feminine variant of STACY

STACY   f & m   English
Either a short form of ANASTASIA, or else from a surname which was derived from Stace, a medieval form of EUSTACE... [more]

STAFFORD   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "landing-place ford" in Old English.

STAN   m   English
Short form of STANLEY... [more]

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

STANLEY   m   English
From a surname meaning "stone clearing" in Old English... [more]

STAR   f   English
From the English word for the celestial body, ultimately from Old English steorra.

STARLA   f   English
Elaborated form of STAR

STARR   f   English
Variant of STAR

STE   m   English
Short form of STEPHEN

STELLA   f   English
Means "star" in Latin... [more]

STEPH   f & m   English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEPHANIA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANIE   f   English, German
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHANY   f   English
Feminine form of STEPHEN

STEPHEN   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown"... [more]

STERLING   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning... [more]

STEVE   m   English
Short form of STEVEN

STEVEN   m   English
Medieval variant of STEPHEN... [more]

STEVIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEW   m   English
Short form of STEWART

STEWART   m   English
From a surname which was a variant STUART.

STU   m   English
Short form of STUART

STUART   m   English, Scottish
From an occupational surname originally belong to a person who was a steward... [more]

SUE   f   English
Short form of SUSANNA

SUELLEN   f   English
Contraction of SUSAN and ELINOR... [more]

SUKIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSANNA

SULLIVAN   m   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendent of Súileabhán"... [more]

SUMMER   f   English
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor... [more]

SUNDAY   f   English
From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandæg, which was composed of the elements sunne "sun" and dæg "day".

SUNNY   f   English
From the English word meaning "sunny, cheerful".

SUNSHINE   f   English
From the English word, ultimately from Old English sunne "sun" and scinan "shine".

SUSAN   f   English
English variant of SUSANNA... [more]

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SUSIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SUZAN   f   English
Variant of SUSAN

SUZANNA   f   English
Variant of SUSANNA

SUZANNE   f   French, English
French form of SUSANNA

SUZIE   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SUZY   f   English
Diminutive of SUSAN

SYBIL   f   English
Variant of SIBYL... [more]

SYBILLA   f   English, German
Variant of SIBYLLA

SYD   m   English
Short form of SYDNEY

SYDNEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of the surname SIDNEY... [more]

SYLVESTER   m   English
Medieval variant of SILVESTER... [more]

SYLVIA   f   English, Scandinavian, German
Variant of SILVIA... [more]

TABATHA   f   English
Variant of TABITHA

TABBY   f   English
Diminutive of TABITHA

TABITHA   f   English, Biblical
Means "gazelle" in Aramaic... [more]

TAD   m   English
Short form of THADDEUS

TAMARA   f   Russian, English
Russian form of TAMAR... [more]

TAMEKA   f   English
Variant of TAMIKA

TAMELA   f   English
Probably a combination of TAMARA and PAMELA... [more]

TAMERA   f   English
Variant of TAMARA

TAMI   f   English
Variant of TAMMY

TAMIKA   f   English
Variant of TAMIKO, inspired by the American jazz singer Tamiko Jones (1945-) or the American movie 'A Girl Named Tamiko' (1963).

TAMMI   f   English
Variant of TAMMY

TAMMIE   f   English
Variant of TAMMY

TAMMY   f   English
Short form of TAMARA and other names beginning with Tam.

TAMRA   f   English
Contracted form of TAMARA

TAMSIN   f   English (British)
Contracted form of THOMASINA... [more]

TAMSYN   f   English (British)
Variant of TAMSIN

TANIA   f   English
Variant of TANYA

TANNER   m   English
From an Enlgish surname meaning "one who tans hides".

TANYA   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of TATIANA... [more]

TARA (1)   f   English
Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means "elevated place" in Gaelic... [more]

TARYN   f   English
Probably a feminine form of TYRONE... [more]

TASHA   f   Russian, English
Short form of NATASHA

TATE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name Tata, of unknown origin.

TATIANA   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TAYLOR   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French taillur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut"... [more]