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

BIDDY   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of BRIDGET

BILL   m   English
Short form of WILLIAM... [more]

BILLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of BILL... [more]

BILLY   m   English
Diminutive of BILL... [more]

BINDY   f   English
Diminutive of BELINDA

BISHOP   m   English
Either from the English occupational surname, or else directly from the English word... [more]

BLAINE   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name Bláán, which meant "yellow" in Gaelic... [more]

BLAIR   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "plain, battlefield" in Gaelic.

BLAKE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English blæc "black" or blāc "pale"... [more]

BLANCH   f   English
Variant of BLANCHE

BLANCHE   f   French, English
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair"... [more]

BLOSSOM   f   English
From the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm... [more]

BOB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT... [more]

BOBBI   f   English
Feminine form of BOBBY

BOBBIE   f & m   English
Variant and feminine form of BOBBY

BOBBY   m   English
Diminutive of BOB... [more]

BONITA   f   English
Means "pretty" in Spanish... [more]

BONNIE   f   English
Means "pretty" from the Scottish word bonnie, which was itself derived from Middle French bon "good"... [more]

BOOKER   m   English
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books"... [more]

BOYCE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old French bois "wood".

BRAD   m   English
Short form of BRADLEY, BRADFORD, and other names beginning with Brad.

BRADEN   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Bradáin meaning "descendent of Bradan"... [more]

BRADFORD   m   English
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad ford" in Old English.

BRADLEY   m   English
From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad clearing" in Old English... [more]

BRADY   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Brádaigh meaning "descendent of Brádach"... [more]

BRAM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ABRAHAM... [more]

BRANDE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDEE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDEN   m   English
Variant of BRANDON

BRANDI   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDIE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill covered with broom" in Old English... [more]

BRANDT   m   English
From a surname, a variant of BRANT.

BRANDY   f   English
From the English word brandy for the alcoholic drink... [more]

BRANNON   m   English
From the Irish surname Mac Branain, which means "descendent of BRAN (1)".

BRANT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse name Brandr meaning "sword".

BRAXTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from an Old English place name meaning "Bracca's town".

BRENDA   f   English
Possibly a feminine form of the Old Norse name Brandr, meaning "sword", which was brought to Britain in the Middle Ages... [more]

BRENDAN   m   Irish, English
From Brendanus, the Latinized form of the Irish name Bréanainn which was derived from a Welsh word meaning "prince"... [more]

BRENDEN   m   English
Variant of BRENDAN

BRENDON   m   English
Variant of BRENDAN

BRENNA   f   English
Possibly a variant of BRENDA or a feminine form of BRENNAN.

BRENNAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname derived from Ó Braonáin meaning "descendent of Braonán"... [more]

BRENT   m   English
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, derived from a Celtic word meaning "hill".

BRENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name which meant "Bryni's town"... [more]

BRET   m   English
Variant of BRETT

BRETT   m & f   English
From a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton", referring to an inhabitant of Brittany.

BRIAN   m   Irish, English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the old Celtic element bre meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble"... [more]

BRIANA   f   English
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRIANNA   f   English, Irish
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRICE   m   French, English
From the name Bricius, which was probably a Latinized form of a Welsh name derived from brych meaning "speckled"... [more]

BRIDGET   f   Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid which means "exalted one"... [more]

BRIDGETTE   f   English
Variant of BRIDGET

BRIDIE   f   English
Anglicized diminutive of BRÍD

BRION   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRITTANY   f   English
From the name of the region in the northwest of France, called in French Bretagne... [more]

BRITTON   m   English
Derived from a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton".

BROCK   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English brocc meaning "badger".

BRODY   m   Irish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ditch" in Gaelic.

BROOK   m & f   English
From an English surname which denoted one who lived near a brook.

BROOKE   f   English
Variant of BROOK... [more]

BROOKS   m   English
From an English surname, a variant of BROOK.

BRUCE   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France... [more]

BRYAN   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRYANT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name BRIAN.

BRYCE   m   English
Variant of BRICE

BRYON   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

BRYSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of BRICE".

BUCK   m   English
From an English nickname meaning simply "buck, male deer", ultimately from Old English bucc.

BUD   m   English
Short form of BUDDY

BUDDY   m   English
From the English word meaning "friend"... [more]

BUFFY   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH, from a child's pronunciation of the final syllable... [more]

BUNNY   f   English
Diminutive of BERENICE

BURKE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Old English burh meaning "fortress".

BURT   m   English
Short form of BURTON

BURTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "fortified town"... [more]

BUSTER   m   English
Originally a nickname denoting a person who broke things, from the word bust... [more]

BYRON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "place of the cow sheds" in Old English... [more]

CADE   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a nickname meaning "round" in Old English.

CAITLIN   f   English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN

CAL   m   English
Short form of CALVIN

CALE   m   English
Short form of CALEB

CALEB   m   English, Biblical
Means "dog" in Hebrew... [more]

CALISTA   f   English, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of CALLISTUS

CALLA   f   English
From the name of a type of lily... [more]

CALLAHAN   m   English
From a surname, the Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Ceallachain, which means "descendent of Ceallachan"... [more]

CALLIE   f   English
Short form of CAROLINE, or sometimes of CALLISTA and other names beginning with Cal.

CALVIN   m   English
Derived from the French surname Chauvin, which was derived from chauve "bald"... [more]

CAM (2)   m & f   English
Short form of CAMERON

CAMERON   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

CAMMIE   f   English
Diminutive of CAMILLA

CANDACE   f   English, Biblical (Variant)
From the hereditary title of the queens of Ethiopia, as mentioned in Acts in the New Testament... [more]

CANDI   f   English
Variant of CANDY

CANDICE   f   English
Variant of CANDACE

CANDIDA   f   Late Roman, English
Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning "white"... [more]

CANDIS   f   English
Variant of CANDACE

CANDY   f   English
Short form of CANDACE... [more]

CANDYCE   f   English
Variant of CANDACE

CARA   f   English
From an Italian word meaning "beloved", or possibly from Irish meaning "friend"... [more]

CAREN   f   English
Variant of KAREN (1)

CAREY   m & f   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendent of Ciardha"... [more]

CARI   f   English
Variant of CARRIE

CARINA (1)   f   English, German
Elaborated form of CARA... [more]

CARISSA   f   English
Variant of CHARISSA

CARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English
German form of CHARLES... [more]

CARLA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CARLENE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of CARL

CARLETON   m   English
Variant of CHARLTON

CARLIE   f   English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLISLE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "city belonging to Lugovalos" in Welsh... [more]

CARLTON   m   English
Variant of CHARLTON

CARLY   f   English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLYLE   m   English
Variant of CARLISLE

CARLYN   f   English
Contracted variant of CAROLINE

CARMEL   f   English, Biblical
From the title of the Virgin Mary Our Lady of Carmel... [more]

CARMELLA   f   English
Latinized form of CARMEL

CARMEN   f   Spanish, English, Romanian
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song"... [more]

CAROL (1)   f & m   English
Short form of CAROLINE... [more]

CAROLINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS... [more]

CAROLINE   f   French, English
French feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLYN   f   English
Variant of CAROLINE

CARRIE   f   English
Diminutive of CAROLINE

CARRY   f   English
Diminutive of CAROLINE

CARSON   m & f   Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning... [more]

CARTER   m   English
From a surname which meant "one who uses a cart" in Middle English.

CARY   m & f   English
Variant of CAREY

CARYL   f   English
Variant of CAROL (1)

CARYN   f   English
Variant of KAREN (1)

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

CASH   m   English
From an English occupational surname for a box maker, derived from Norman French casse meaning "case"... [more]

CASIMIR   m   English
English form of the Polish name Kazimierz, derived from the Slavic element kazic "to destroy" combined with mir "peace" (or possibly the older element mer "great")... [more]

CASS   f & m   English
Short form of CASSANDRA, CASSIDY, and other names beginning with Cass.

CASSANDRA   f   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), which possibly meant "shining upon man", derived from κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to shine" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

CASSIE   f   English
Diminutive of CASSANDRA and other names beginning with Cass.

CASSIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English
Roman family name which was possibly derived from Latin cassus "empty, vain"... [more]

CATHARINE   f   English
Variant of KATHERINE

CATHERINE   f   French, English
French form of KATHERINE, and also a common English variant.

CATHLEEN   f   Irish, English
Variant of KATHLEEN

CATHRYN   f   English
Variant of KATHERINE

CATHY   f   English
Diminutive of CATHERINE

CECELIA   f   English
Variant of CECILIA

CECIL   m   English
From the Roman name Caecilius (see CECILIA)... [more]

CECILIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

CECILY   f   English
English form of CECILIA... [more]

CEDRIC   m   English
Invented by Sir Walter Scott for a character in his novel 'Ivanhoe' (1819)... [more]

CELESTE   f & m   Italian, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS... [more]

CELESTINE   f & m   English
English form of CAELESTINUS... [more]

CELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius (see CELIO)... [more]

CHAD   m   English
From the Old English name Ceadda which is of unknown meaning, possibly based on Welsh cad "battle"... [more]

CHADWICK   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "dairy farm belonging to CHAD" in Old English.

CHANCE   m   English
Originally a diminutive of CHAUNCEY... [more]

CHANDLER   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "candle seller" in Middle English, ultimately from Old French.

CHANEL   f   English
From a French surname which meant "pipe"... [more]

CHANTAL   f   French, English, Dutch
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony"... [more]

CHANTEL   f   English
Variant of CHANTAL

CHANTELLE   f   English
Variant of CHANTAL

CHARISSA   f   English
Elaborated form of CHARIS... [more]

CHARISSE   f   English
From a French surname of unknown meaning... [more]

CHARITY   f   English
From the English word charity, ultimately derived from Late Latin caritas meaning "generous love", from Latin carus "dear, beloved"... [more]

CHARLA   f   English
Feminine form of CHARLES

CHARLEEN   f   English
Variant of CHARLENE

CHARLENE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of CHARLES

CHARLES   m   English, French
From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man"... [more]

CHARLEY   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES

CHARLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES... [more]

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CHARLTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "settlement of free men" in Old English.

CHARMAINE   f   English
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of CHARLOTTE, CHARLENE or the English word charm with the aine suffix from LORRAINE... [more]

CHAS   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES

CHASE   m   English
From a surname meaning "chase, hunt" in Old French, originally a nickname for a huntsman.

CHASITY   f   English
Variant of CHASTITY

CHASTITY   f   English
From the English word chastity, which is ultimately from Latin castus "pure"... [more]

CHAUNCEY   m   English
From a Norman surname of unknown meaning... [more]

CHAZ   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES

CHELLE   f   English
Diminutive of MICHELLE

CHELSEA   f   English
From the name of a district in London, originally derived from Old English and meaning "landing place for chalk or limestone"... [more]

CHER   f   English
Short form of CHERYL... [more]

CHERI   f   English
Variant of CHERIE

CHERIE   f   English
Derived from French chérie meaning "darling"... [more]

CHERILYN   f   English
Combination of CHERYL and the popular name suffix lyn.

CHERISE   f   English
Variant of CHARISSE

CHERISH   f   English
From the English word meaning "to treasure".

CHERRY   f   English
Simply means "cherry" from the name of the fruit... [more]

CHERYL   f   English
Elaboration of CHERIE, perhaps influenced by BERYL... [more]

CHESLEY   m   English
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "camp meadow" in Old English.

CHESTER   m   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who came from Chester, an old Roman settlement in Britain... [more]

CHET   m   English
Short form of CHESTER

CHEYENNE   f & m   English
Derived from the Dakota word shahiyena meaning "unintelligible speakers"... [more]

CHIP   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES or CHRISTOPHER... [more]

CHLOE   f   English, Biblical, Greek Mythology
Means "green shoot" in Greek... [more]

CHRIS   m & f   English
Short form of CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTINE, and other names that begin with Chris.

CHRISSIE   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISSY   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTA   f   German, Danish, English
Short form of CHRISTINA

CHRISTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL

CHRISTI   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTIAN   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian
From the Medieval Latin name Christianus meaning "a Christian" (see CHRISTOS)... [more]

CHRISTIANA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of CHRISTIAN

CHRISTIE (1)   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
French form of CHRISTINA, used as a variant in other languages.

CHRISTOPHER   m   English
From the Late Greek name Χριστοφορος (Christophoros) meaning "bearing Christ", derived from Χριστος (Christos) combined with φερω (phero) "to bear, to carry"... [more]

CHRISTY (1)   f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTINE

CHRYSTAL   f   English
Variant of CRYSTAL

CHUCK   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES... [more]

CICELY   f   English
Medieval variant of CECILY

CINDI   f   English
Diminutive of CYNTHIA

CINDY   f   English
Diminutive of CYNTHIA

CISSY   f   English
Variant of SISSY