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

DRAKE   m   English
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse personal name Draki or the Old English personal name Draca both meaning "dragon".

DRE   m   English
Short form of ANDRE

DREA   f   English
Short form of ANDREA (2)

DREW   m   English
Short form of ANDREW

DUANE   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Dubhán meaning "descendent of DUBHÁN".

DUDLEY   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English... [more]

DUKE   m   English
From the noble title duke, which was originally derived from Latin dux "leader".

DULCIE   f   English
From Latin dulcis meaning "sweet"... [more]

DUNCAN   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh meaning "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "warrior"... [more]

DURWARD   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "door guard" in Middle English.

DUSTIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn (see TORSTEN)... [more]

DUSTY   m & f   English
From a nickname originally given to a person who was perceived as being dusty... [more]

DWAIN   m   English
Variant of DUANE

DWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE

DWIGHT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DYAN   f   English
Variant of DIANE

DYLAN   m   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "tide, flow"... [more]

EARL   m   English
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior"... [more]

EARLE   m   English
Variant of EARL

EARLENE   f   English
Feminine form of EARL

EARLINE   f   English
Feminine form of EARL

EARNEST   m   English
Variant of ERNEST influenced by the spelling of the English word earnest.

EARNESTINE   f   English
Variant of ERNESTINE

EARTHA   f   English
Combination of the English word earth with the feminine name suffix a... [more]

EASTER   f   English
From the English name of the Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus... [more]

EBBA (2)   f   English
From the Old English name Æbbe, meaning unknown, perhaps a contracted form of a longer name... [more]

EBEN   m   English
Short form of EBENEZER

EBONY   f   English
From the English word ebony for the black wood which comes from the ebony tree... [more]

ED   m   English
Short form of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

EDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

EDDY   m   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

EDGAR   m   English, French
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and gar "spear"... [more]

EDIE   f   English
Diminutive of EDITH

EDISON   m   English
From an English surname which meant "son of EDWARD"... [more]

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]

EDMUND   m   English, German, Polish
Means "rich protector" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and mund "protector"... [more]

EDNA (1)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of EITHNE

EDWARD   m   English, Polish
Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and weard "guard"... [more]

EDWIN   m   English
Means "rich friend" from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and wine "friend"... [more]

EDWINA   f   English
Feminine form of EDWIN

EDYTHE   f   English
Variant of EDITH

EFFIE (1)   f   English
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA

EGBERT   m   English
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge of a sword" and beorht "bright"... [more]

EILEEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN... [more]

ELAINE   f   English, Welsh Mythology
From an Old French variant of HELEN... [more]

ELDON   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.

ELDRED   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from EALDRÆD.

ELEA   f   English
Short form of ELEANOR... [more]

ELEANOR   f   English
From the Old French form of the Provençal name Aliénor... [more]

ELEANORA   f   English
Latinate form of ELEANOR

ELEANORE   f   English
Variant of ELEANOR

ELENORA   f   English
Form of ELEANOR

ELFREDA   f   English
From the Old English name Ælfþryð meaning "elf strength" from the element ælf combined with þryð "strength"... [more]

ELFRIEDA   f   English
Variant of ELFREDA

ELI (1)   m   English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "ascension" in Hebrew... [more]

ELIAS   m   Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Cognate of ELIJAH... [more]

ELIJAH   m   English, Hebrew, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH"... [more]

ELINOR   f   English
Variant of ELEANOR

ELIOT   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT... [more]

ELISA   f   German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant), Biblical Latin
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELISE   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Short form of ELIZABETH

ELISSA (2)   f   English
Variant of ELISA

ELIZA   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELIZABETH   f   English, Biblical
From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance"... [more]

ELLA (1)   f   English
Norman form of the Germanic name Alia, which was a short form of names containing the Germanic element ali meaning "other"... [more]

ELLA (2)   f   English, Scandinavian
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El... [more]

ELLEN (1)   f   English
Medieval English form of HELEN... [more]

ELLERY   m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from the medieval masculine name HILARY.

ELLIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El.

ELLIOT   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.

ELLIOTT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the medieval name ELIAS.

ELLIS (1)   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name ELIJAH.

ELLY   f   English, Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH or an English variant of ELLIE.

ELMER   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English name ÆÐELMÆR... [more]

ELMIRA   f   English
Shortened form of EDELMIRA... [more]

ELMO   m   English, German, Italian
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element helm meaning "helmet, protection"... [more]

ELNORA   f   English
Contracted form of ELEANORA

ELOISE   f   English
From the Old French name Héloïse, which is probably from the Germanic name Helewidis, composed of the elements heil "hale, healthy" and wid "wide"... [more]

ELOUISE   f   English
Variant of ELOISE

ELROY   m   English
Altered form of LEROY, using the Spanish definite article el as opposed to the French le.

ELSA   f   English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of ELISABETH

ELSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH

ELTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town" in Old English... [more]

ELVIN   m   English
Variant of ALVIN

ELVINA   f   English
Variant of ALVINA

ELVIS   m   English
Meaning unknown... [more]

ELWIN   m   English
Variant of ALVIN

ELWOOD   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest" in Old English.

ELWYN   m   English
Variant of ALVIN

ELY   m   English
Variant of ELI (1)

ELYSE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH... [more]

EM   f   English
Short form of EMILY or EMMA

EMELIA   f   English
Variant of AMELIA

EMERSON   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "son of EMERY"... [more]

EMERY   m & f   English
Norman form of EMMERICH... [more]

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMILY   f   English
English feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL)... [more]

EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

EMMALINE   f   English
Variant of EMMELINE

EMMANUEL   m   Biblical, French, English
From the Hebrew name עִמָּנוּאֵל ('Immanu'el) meaning "God is with us"... [more]

EMMET   m   English
Variant of EMMETT

EMMETT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name EMMA.

EMMIE   f   English
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY

EMMY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY

EMORY   m   English
Variant of EMERY

ENOLA   f   English
Meaning unknown. This name first appeared in the late 19th century.

EPPIE   f   English
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA or HEPHZIBAH

ERIC   m   English, French, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler"... [more]

ERICA   f   English, Swedish
Feminine form of ERIC... [more]

ERICK   m   English
Variant of ERIC

ERICKA   f   English
Variant of ERICA

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Czech, Slovene, German, English
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, English
Feminine form of ERIK

ERIN   f   English, Irish
Anglicized form of EIREANN... [more]

ERLE (2)   m   English
Variant of EARL

ERMA   f   English
Variant of IRMA... [more]

ERN   m   English
Short form of ERNEST

ERNEST   m   English, French, Slovene
Derived from Germanic eornost meaning "serious"... [more]

ERNESTINE   f   French, German, English
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERNIE   m   English
Diminutive of ERNEST

ERROL   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name... [more]

ESMERALDA   f   English, Spanish
Means "emerald" in Spanish... [more]

ESSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ESTELLE or ESTHER

ESTA   f   English
Diminutive of ESTHER

ESTELLA   f   English
Latinate form of ESTELLE... [more]

ESTELLE   f   English, French
From an Old French name which was derived from Latin stella, meaning "star"... [more]

ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]

ETHAN   m   English, Hebrew (Anglicized), French, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew... [more]

ETHEL   f   English
Short form of names beginning with the Old English element æðel meaning "noble"... [more]

ETHELBERT   m   English
Medieval form of ÆÐELBEORHT... [more]

ETHELYN   f   English
Diminutive of ETHEL

ETTA   f   English
Short form of HENRIETTA and other names that end with etta... [more]

ETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of HENRIETTA and other names ending with etta or ette.

EUGENE   m   English
English form of Eugenius, the Latin form of the Greek name Ευγενιος (Eugenios) which was derived from the Greek word ευγενης (eugenes) meaning "well born"... [more]

EUGENIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE)... [more]

EULA   f   English
Short form of EULALIA

EULALIA   f   Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
From a Greek name meaning "to talk well" from ευ "good" and λαλεω (laleo) "to talk"... [more]

EUNICE   f   Biblical, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευνικη (Eunike) which meant "good victory"... [more]

EUSTACE   m   English
English form of Eustachius, a Latin form of the Greek name Ευσταχυς (Eustachys) meaning "fruitful"... [more]

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

EVALINE   f   English
Variant of EVELYN

EVALYN   f   English
Variant of EVELYN

EVAN   m   Welsh, English
Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN.

EVANDER (2)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of IOMHAR

EVANGELINA   f   Spanish, English
Latinate form of EVANGELINE

EVANGELINE   f   English
Means "good news" from Greek ευ "good" and αγγελμα (angelma) "news, message"... [more]

EVE   f   English, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chawah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live"... [more]

EVELINA   f   English, Italian, Swedish
Latinate form of AVELINE... [more]

EVELINE   f   English, French
Variant of EVELINA

EVELYN   f & m   English, German
From an English surname which was derived from the given name AVELINE... [more]

EVERETT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name EVERARD.

EVERETTE   m   English
Variant of EVERETT

EVETTE   f   English
Variant of YVETTE

EVIE   f   English
Diminutive of EVE or EVELYN

EVONNE   f   English
Variant of YVONNE

EVVIE   f   English
Diminutive of EVE or EVELYN

EWART   m   English
From an English and Scottish surname which was either based on a Norman form of EDWARD, or else derived from a place name of unknown meaning.

EZEKIEL   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name יְחֶזְקֵאל (Yechezqel) meaning "God strengthens"... [more]

EZRA   m   Biblical, English, Hebrew
Means "help" in Hebrew... [more]

FAE   f   English
Variant of FAY

FAITH   f   English
Simply from the English word faith, ultimately from Latin fidere "to trust"... [more]

FANNIE   f   English
Variant of FANNY

FANNY   f   English, Finnish
Diminutive of FRANCES... [more]

FARON   m   English
From a French surname which was derived from the Germanic given name Faro.

FARRELL   m   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fearghail meaning "descendent of FEARGHAL".

FAWN   f   English
From the English word fawn for a young deer.

FAY   f   English
Derived from Middle English faie meaning "fairy"... [more]

FAYE   f   English
Variant of FAY

FELICIA   f   English, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX... [more]

FELICITY   f   English
From the English word felicity meaning "happiness", which ultimately derives from Latin felicitas "good luck"... [more]

FELIX   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin... [more]

FEMIE   f   English
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA

FENTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "marsh town" in Old English.

FERDIE   m   English
Diminutive of FERDINAND

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements farði "journey" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

FERDY   m   English
Diminutive of FERDINAND

FERN   f   English
From the English word for the plant, ultimately from Old English fearn... [more]

FERNE   f   English
Variant of FERN

FLETCHER   m   English
From a surname meaning "maker of arrows" in Middle English, ultimately from Old French flechier.

FLICK   f   English
Diminutive of FELICITY

FLO   f   English
Short form of FLORENCE or FLORA

FLORA   f   English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower"... [more]

FLORENCE   f & m   English, French
From the Latin name Florentius or the feminine form Florentia, which were derived from florens "prosperous, flourishing"... [more]

FLORETTA   f   English, German (Rare)
Latinate diminutive of FLORA

FLORRIE   f   English
Diminutive of FLORENCE or FLORA

FLOSSIE   f   English
Diminutive of FLORENCE

FLOYD   m   English
Variant of LLOYD

FORD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ford" in Old English... [more]

FOREST   m   English
Variant of FORREST, or else directly from the English word forest.

FORREST   m   English
From an English surname meaning "forest", originally belonging to a person who lived near a forest... [more]

FOSTER   m   English
From an English surname which has several different origins... [more]

FRAN   f   English
Short form of FRANCES

FRANCES   f   English
Feminine form of FRANCIS... [more]

FRANCINE   f   French, English
Feminine diminutive of FRANÇOIS

FRANCIS   m & f   English, French
English form of the Late Latin name Franciscus which meant "Frenchman"... [more]

FRANK (1)   m   English, German, Dutch, French
From a Germanic name which referred to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks... [more]

FRANK (2)   m   English
Short form of FRANCIS... [more]

FRANKIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of FRANK (1) or FRANCES

FRANKLIN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Middle English frankelin "freeman"... [more]

FRANKLYN   m   English
Variant of FRANKLIN

FRANNIE   f   English
Diminutive of FRANCES

FRANNY   m & f   English
Diminutive of FRANCIS or FRANCES

FRAZIER   m   Scottish, English
Variant of FRASER

FRED   m   English, Dutch
Short form of FREDERICK... [more]

FREDA   f   English
Diminutive of names ending in freda or fred, such as WINIFRED and ALFREDA.

FREDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of FREDERICK or FREDA

FREDDY   m   English
Diminutive of FREDERICK

FREDERICA   f   Portuguese, English
Feminine form of FREDERICO or FREDERICK

FREDERICK   m   English
English form of a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace" and ric "ruler, power"... [more]

FREDRICK   m   English
Variant of FREDERICK

FREEMAN   m   English
From an English surname meaning "free man"... [more]

FRIEDA   f   German, English
Variant of FRIDA

FRONA   f   English
Diminutive of SOPHRONIA

FULTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "bird-catcher's town" in Old English.