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

ABBEY   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

ABBI   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

ABBIE   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

ABBY   f   English
Diminutive of ABIGAIL

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

ADA   f   English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian
Short form of ADELAIDE... [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
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble"... [more]

ADELAIDE   f   English
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
German, English and Italian form of ADÈLE

ADELIA   f   English, Spanish
Elaborated form of ADELA

ADELLE   f   English
Variant of ADELE

ADRIA   f   English
Short form of ADRIANA

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
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

AILEEN   f   Scottish, Irish, English
Variant of EILEEN

ALANA   f   English
Feminine form of ALAN

ALANNA   f   English
Feminine form of ALAN

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

ALEASE   f   English
Possibly a variant of ALICIA

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

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, 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, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help"... [more]

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

ALICE   f   English, French, Portuguese, Italian
From the Old French name Alis, 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 Alis (see ALICE)... [more]

ALISSA   f   English
Variant of ALYSSA

ALLIE   f   English
Diminutive of ALISON

ALLISON   f   English
Variant of ALISON

ALLY   f   English
Diminutive of ALISON

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]

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

ALVENA   f   English
Feminine form of ALVIN

ALVINA   f   English
Feminine form of ALVIN

ALWILDA   f   English
Anglicized form of ALFHILD

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, Finnish
Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love"... [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]

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German
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

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, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ANASTASIUS... [more]

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.

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

ANGELIA   f   English
Elaborated form of ANGELA

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

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

ANGIE   f   English
Diminutive of ANGELA

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

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, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

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

ANNABELLE   f   English
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]

ANTONETTE   f   English
Diminutive of ANTONIA

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

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
Elaborated form of Arabel, a medieval Scottish variant of ANNABEL, perhaps altered by association with Latin orabilis meaning "invokable".

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]

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

ARLEEN   f   English
Variant of ARLINE

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, probably invented by Michael William Balfe for the main character in his opera 'The Bohemian Girl' (1843).

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

AUDRA (2)   f   English
Variant of AUDREY, used since the 19th century.

AUDREY   f   English
Medieval diminutive of ÆÐELÞRYÐ... [more]

AUGUSTA   f   German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English
Feminine form of 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]

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
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.

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
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BARBIE   f   English
Diminutive of BARBARA

BARBRA   f   English
Variant of BARBARA

BEA   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX

BEATRICE   f   Italian, English
Italian form of BEATRIX... [more]

BEATRIX   f   English, German, Dutch
From Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller"... [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

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]

BERENICE   f   English, Italian
Ancient Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φερω (phero) "to bring" and νικη (nike) "victory"... [more]

BERNADINE   f   English
Feminine form of BERNARD

BERNETTA   f   English
Diminutive of BERENICE

BERNICE   f   English, Biblical
Contracted form of BERENICE... [more]

BERNIE   m & f   English
Short form of BERNARD, BERNADETTE, and other names beginning with Bern.

BERNIECE   f   English
Variant of BERNICE

BERTHA   f   German, English
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

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
Means "house of figs" in Hebrew, from a biblical place name... [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]

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]

BIDDY   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of BRIDGET

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

BINDY   f   English
Diminutive of BELINDA

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

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]

BOBBI   f   English
Feminine form of BOBBY

BOBBIE   f & m   English
Variant and feminine form of BOBBY

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]

BRANDE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDEE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDI   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

BRANDIE   f   English
Variant of BRANDY

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

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]

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

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

BRIANA   f   English
Feminine form of BRIAN

BRIANNA   f   English, Irish
Feminine form of BRIAN

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

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

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

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

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

BUNNY   f   English
Diminutive of BERENICE

CAITLIN   f   English
Anglicized form of CAITLÍN

CALISTA   f   English, Portuguese, Spanish
Feminine form of CALLISTUS

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

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

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

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

CARLENE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of CARL

CARLIE   f   English
Feminine form of CARL

CARLY   f   English
Feminine form of CARL

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]

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]

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.

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