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

TED m English
Short form of EDWARD or THEODORE

TEDDY m English
Diminutive of EDWARD or THEODORE

TEL m English (British)
Short form of TERENCE or TERRY (1)

TERA f English
Variant of TARA (1)

TERANCE m English
Variant of TERENCE

TERENCE m English
From the Roman family name Terentius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TERESA f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TERI f English
Either a strictly feminine form of TERRY (1) or a diminutive of THERESA

TERRA f English
Variant of TARA (1), perhaps influenced by the Latin word terra meaning "land, earth".

TERRANCE m English
Variant of TERENCE

TERRELL m English
From an English surname which was probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel "to pull", referring to a stubborn person... [more]

TERRENCE m English
Variant of TERENCE

TERRI f English
Either a strictly feminine form of TERRY (1) or a diminutive of THERESA

TERRIE f English
Either a strictly feminine form of TERRY (1) or a diminutive of THERESA

TERRY (1) m & f English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of THEODORIC.

TERRY (2) m & f English
Diminutive of TERENCE or THERESA... [more]

TESS f English
Diminutive of THERESA... [more]

TESSA f English
Diminutive of THERESA

TESSIE f English
Diminutive of THERESA

TEX m English
From a nickname which denoted a person who came from the state of Texas... [more]

THAD m English
Short form of THADDEUS

THADDEUS m English, Biblical (Variant), Biblical Latin
From Θαδδαιος (Thaddaios), the Greek form of the Aramaic name Thaddai... [more]

THEA f German, Scandinavian, English
Short form of DOROTHEA or THEODORA

THELMA f English
This name was invented by British author Marie Corelli for the Norwegian heroine of her novel 'Thelma' (1887)... [more]

THEO m English, Dutch
Short form of THEODORE, THEOBALD, and other names that begin with Theo.

THEODORA f English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of THEODORE... [more]

THEODORE m English
From the Greek name Θεοδωρος (Theodoros), which meant "gift of god" from Greek θεος (theos) "god" and δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more]

THERESA f English, German, Scandinavian
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa... [more]

THOM m English
Short form of THOMAS

THOMAS m English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') which meant "twin"... [more]

THOMASINA f English
Medieval feminine form of THOMAS

THORNTON m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "thorn town" in Old English.

TIA f English
Short form of names ending with tia... [more]

TIANA f English
Short form of TATIANA or CHRISTIANA

TIBBY f & m English
Diminutive of TABITHA or THEOBALD

TIFFANI f English
Variant of TIFFANY

TIFFANY f English
Medieval form of THEOPHANIA... [more]

TILDA f English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA

TILLIE f English
Diminutive of MATILDA

TILLY f English
Diminutive of MATILDA

TIM m English, German, Dutch, Slovene
Short form of TIMOTHY

TIMMY m English
Diminutive of TIMOTHY

TIMOTHY m English, Biblical
From the Greek name Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honouring God", derived from τιμαω (timao) "to honour" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

TINA f English, Italian, Slovene, Dutch
Short form of CHRISTINA, MARTINA, and other names ending in tina... [more]

TITTY f English
Diminutive of LETITIA... [more]

TITUS m Ancient Roman, Biblical, English, Biblical Latin
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin titulus "title of honour"... [more]

TOBIAS m Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of TOBIAH... [more]

TOBIN m English
From an English surname which was itself derived from the given name TOBIAS.

TOBY m & f English
Medieval form of TOBIAS... [more]

TOD m English
Variant of TODD

TODD m English
From a surname meaning "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

TOM m English, Dutch
Short form of THOMAS... [more]

TOMMIE m & f English
Diminutive of THOMAS, sometimes used as a feminine form.

TOMMY m English
Diminutive of THOMAS

TONI (2) f English
Short form of ANTONIA

TONIA f English
Variant of TONYA

TONY m English
Short form of ANTHONY

TONYA f English
Short form of ANTONIA... [more]

TOPHER m English
Short form of CHRISTOPHER

TORI f English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

TORIA f English
Short form of VICTORIA (1)

TOTTIE f English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

TOTTY f English
Diminutive of CHARLOTTE

TRACE m English
Short form of TRACY

TRACEE f English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACEY f & m English
Variant of TRACY

TRACI f English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACIE f English
Feminine variant of TRACY

TRACY f & m English
From an English surname which was taken from a Norman French place name meaning "domain belonging to THRACIUS"... [more]

TRAVIS m English
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who collected tolls from people crossing a bridge, ultimately derived from Old French traverse meaning "to cross"... [more]

TRENT m English
From a surname which originally denoted someone who lived by the Trent River in England... [more]

TRENTON m English
From the name of a New Jersey city established in the 17th century by William Trent... [more]

TREV m Welsh, English
Short form of TREVOR

TREVOR m Welsh, English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "big village" from Welsh tref "village" and mawr "large".

TREY m English
From an English nickname meaning "three".

TRICIA f English
Short form of PATRICIA

TRINA f English
Short form of CATRINA

TRINITY f English
From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the Christian belief that God has three states of being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit... [more]

TRISH f English
Short form of PATRICIA

TRISHA f English
Short form of PATRICIA

TRISTA f English
Feminine form of TRISTAN

TRISTAN m Welsh, English, French, Celtic Mythology
Old French form of the Pictish name Drustan, a diminutive of DRUST... [more]

TRISTRAM m English (British)
Medieval English form of TRISTAN

TRIX f English
Short form of BEATRIX

TRIXIE f English
Diminutive of BEATRIX

TROY m English
From a surname that originally denoted a person from the city of Troyes in France... [more]

TRUDI f German, English
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUDIE f English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUDY f English, Dutch
Diminutive of GERTRUDE

TRUMAN m English
From a surname which meant "trusty man" in Middle English... [more]

TWILA f English
Meaning unknown... [more]

TWYLA f English
Variant of TWILA

TY m English
Short form of TYLER, TYSON, TYRONE, and other names beginning with Ty.

TYE m English
From a surname meaning "pasture" in Middle English.

TYLER m & f English
From an English surname meaning "tiler of roofs"... [more]

TYRON m English
Variant of TYRONE

TYRONE m English
From the name of a county in Northern Ireland which is derived from Irish Gaelic Tir Eoghain meaning "land of OWEN (2)"... [more]

TYSON m English
From an English surname which could be derived from a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison meaning "firebrand"... [more]

ULYSSES m Roman Mythology, English
Latin form of ODYSSEUS... [more]

URSULA f English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish, Late Roman
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

VAL m & f English
Short form of VALENTINE (1), VALERIE, and other names beginning with Val.

VALARIE f English
Variant of VALERIE

VALENTINE (1) m English
From the Roman family name Valentinus which was from Latin valens "strong, vigourous, healthy"... [more]

VALERIE f English
English form of VALERIA

VALORIE f English
Variant of VALERIE

VAN m English
Short form of IVAN or VANCE

VANCE m English
From an English surname which was derived from Old English fenn meaning "marsh, fen".

VANESSA f English
Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his peom 'Cadenus and Vanessa' (1726)... [more]

VAUGHN m Welsh, English
From a Welsh surname which was derived from Welsh bychan meaning "little".

VELDA f English
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of VALDA.

VELMA f English
Probably a variant of WILMA, based on the German pronunciation of that name... [more]

VELVET f English
From the English word for the soft fabric... [more]

VERA (1) f Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERE m English
From a Norman surname which was from a French place name, which was itself derived from a Gaulish word meaning "alder".

VERGIL m English
Variant of VIRGIL

VERN m English
Short form of VERNON

VERNA f English
Feminine form of VERNON, sometimes associated with the Latin word vernus "spring"... [more]

VERNON m English
From a Norman surname which was from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder".

VERONICA f English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman
Latin alteration of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image"... [more]

VEVA f English
Diminutive of GENEVIÈVE or GENOVEVA

VI f English
Short form of VIOLET

VIC m & f English
Short form of VICTOR or VICTORIA (1)

VICKI f English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICKIE f English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICKY f English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICTOR m English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin... [more]

VICTORIA (1) f English, Spanish, Romanian, Late Roman
Feminine form of VICTORIUS, though later it was regarded as coming directly from Latin victoria meaning "victory"... [more]

VIKKI f English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VIN m English
Short form of VINCENT

VINCE m English, Hungarian
English short form and Hungarian normal form of VINCENT

VINCENT m English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was from Latin vincere "to conquer"... [more]

VINNIE m English
Diminutive of VINCENT

VINNY m English
Diminutive of VINCENT

VIOLA f English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]

VIOLET f English
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola... [more]

VIRGEE f English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

VIRGIE f English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

VIRGIL m English, Romanian
From the Roman family name Vergilius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

VIRGINIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VIVIAN m & f English
From the Latin name Vivianus which was derived from Latin vivus "alive"... [more]

VONDA f English
Variant of WANDA, reflecting the Polish pronunciation.

WADE m English
From a surname which was derived either from the Old English place name wade meaning "a ford", or else from the Old English given name Wada, a derivative of the word wadan "to go".

WALDO m English, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element wald meaning "rule"... [more]

WALKER m English
From an English surname which referred to the medieval occupational of a walker, also known as a fuller... [more]

WALLACE m English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French... [more]

WALLY m English
Diminutive of WALTER or WALLACE

WALT m English
Short form of WALTER

WALTER m English, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and hari "army"... [more]

WALTON m English
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "stream town".

WANDA f English, Polish
Possibly from a Germanic name meaning "a Wend", referring to the Slavic people who inhabited eastern Germany... [more]

WARD m English
From an occupational surname for a watchman, derived from Old English weard "guard".

WARDELL m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "watch hill" in Old English.

WARNER m English
From a Norman surname which was derived from the given name WERNER.

WARREN m English
From an English surname which was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy... [more]

WASHINGTON m English
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a town in England (which meant "town belonging to Wassa's people")... [more]

WAT m English
Medieval short form of WALTER

WAYLAND m English
From Weland, the Old English cognate of WIELAND.

WAYLON m English
Variant of WAYLAND... [more]

WAYNE m English
From an occupational surname meaning "wagon maker", derived from Old English wægn "wagon"... [more]

WEBSTER m English
From an occupational surname meaning "weaver", derived from Old English webba.

WELDON m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill near a spring" in Old English.

WENDELL m English
From a surname which was derived from the given name WENDEL.

WENDI f English
Variant of WENDY

WENDY f English
In the case of the character from J... [more]

WESLEY m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west meadow" in Old English.

WESTLEY m English
From a surname which was a variant of WESLEY.

WESTON m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west town" in Old English.

WHITNEY f & m English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English... [more]

WIL m English
Short form of WILLIAM and other names beginning with Wil.

WILBUR m English
From a surname, which was originally derived from either the feminine given name WILBURH or the nickname Wildbor (meaning "wild boar" in Middle English)... [more]

WILBURN m English
From a surname which was probably originally derived from an unknown place name... [more]

WILDA f English
Meaning unknown, perhaps from a German surname, or perhaps from the English word wild... [more]

WILEY m English
From a surname which was derived either from a place name meaning "temple clearing" in Old English or from a nickname meaning "wily, tricky" in Middle English.

WILF m English
Short form of WILFRED

WILFORD m English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow ford" in Old English.

WILFRED m English
Means "desiring peace" from Old English wil "will, desire" and frið "peace"... [more]

WILFRID m English
Variant of WILFRED

WILHELMINA f Dutch, German, English
Dutch and German feminine form of WILHELM

WILKIE m English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a diminutive of the given name WILLIAM.

WILL m English
Short form of WILLIAM

WILLA f English
Feminine form of WILLIAM

WILLARD m English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English personal name WILHEARD.

WILLIAM m English
From the Germanic name Willahelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection"... [more]

WILLIE m & f English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of WILLIAM

WILLIS m English
From an English surname which was derived from Will, the diminutive of WILLIAM.

WILLY m & f English, German, Dutch
Diminutive of WILLIAM, WILHELM or WILLEM... [more]

WILMA f German, Dutch, English
Short form of WILHELMINA... [more]

WILMER m English
From an English surname which was derived from a Germanic given name, itself composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and meri "famous".

WILSON m English
From an English surname meaning "son of WILLIAM"... [more]

WILTON m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town on the River Wylye" in Old English... [more]

WINFRED m English
Means "friend of peace" from the Old English elements wine "friend" and frið "peace"... [more]

WINIFRED f Welsh, English
Anglicized form of GWENFREWI, the spelling altered by association with WINFRED... [more]

WINNIE f English
Diminutive of WINIFRED... [more]

WINNIFRED f Welsh, English
Variant of WINIFRED

WINONA f English, Native American
Means "firstborn daughter" in the Dakota language... [more]

WINSTON m English
From a surname derived from an English place name, which was in turn derived from the Old English given name Wynnstan meaning "joy stone"... [more]

WINTHROP m English
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "WINE's village" in Old English.

WINTON m English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "enclosure belonging to WINE" in Old English.

WOODROW m English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English... [more]

WOODY m English
Either a diminutive of WOODROW, or else from a nickname derived from the English word wood... [more]

WRIGHT m English
From an occupational surname meaning "craftsman", ultimately from Old English wyrhta... [more]

WYATT m English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval given name Wyot, itself derived from an Old English name composed of the elements wig "war" and heard "brave, hardy"... [more]

WYNONA f English
Variant of WINONA

XAVIER m English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish (Archaic)
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house"... [more]

YANCY m English
From a surname, which was an Americanized form of the Dutch surname Jansen meaning "JAN (1)'s son".

YOLANDA f Spanish, English
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was possibly a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet"... [more]

YOLONDA f English
Variant of YOLANDA

YORK m English
From a surname, which was derived from York, the name of a city in northern England... [more]

YVETTE f French, English
French feminine form of YVES

YVONNE f French, English
French feminine form of YVON... [more]

ZAC m English
Short form of ZACHARY

ZACH m English
Short form of ZACHARY

ZACHARIAH m English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ZECHARIAH... [more]

ZACHARY m English
Usual English form of ZACHARIAS... [more]

ZACHERY m English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZACK m English
Short form of ZACHARY

ZACKARY m English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZACKERY m English
Variant of ZACHARY