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

MO   f & m   English
Short form of MAUREEN, MAURICE, MORRIS, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

MOLLIE   f   English
Variant of MOLLY

MOLLY   f   English
Diminutive of MARY... [more]

MONA (1)   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT... [more]

MONICA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin... [more]

MONNA   f   English
Variant of MONA (1)

MOREEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of Móirín, a diminutive of MÓR... [more]

MORGAN   m & f   Welsh, English
From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle"... [more]

MURIEL   f   English, French, Irish
Anglicized form of MUIRGHEAL or its Breton cognate... [more]

MURPHY   m & f   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Murchadha meaning "descendent of MURCHADH".

MYRA   f   English
Created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville... [more]

MYRTIE   f   English
Diminutive of MYRTLE

MYRTLE   f   English
Simply from the English word myrtle for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek μυρτος (myrtos)... [more]

NADIA (1)   f   French, English, Italian
Variant of NADYA (1) used in the Western world... [more]

NAN   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1) and a short form of NANCY.

NANCY   f   English
Previously a medieval diminutive of ANNIS, though since the 18th century it has been a diminutive of ANNE (1)... [more]

NANETTE   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

NANNIE   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

NANNY   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

NAOMI (1)   f   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Na'omiy) meaning "pleasantness"... [more]

NARELLE   f   English (Australia and New Zealand)
Meaning unknown... [more]

NATALIE   f   French, English, German
From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini... [more]

NATASHA   f   Russian, English
Russian diminutive of NATALYA... [more]

NELDA   f   English
Possibly an elaboration of NELL using the popular name suffix da.

NELL   f   English
Medieval diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1) or HELEN... [more]

NELLA   f   English
Elaborated form of NELL

NELLE   f   English
Variant of NELL

NELLIE   f   English
Diminutive of NELL

NELLY   f   English
Diminutive of NELL

NENA   f   English
Variant of NINA (1)

NESSA (1)   f   English
Short form of VANESSA and other names ending in nessa.

NETTA   f   English
Short form of names ending in netta.

NETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of names ending in nette, such as ANNETTE and JEANETTE.

NEVA   f   English
Short form of GENEVA

NEVADA   f   English
From the name of the American state, which means "snow-capped" in Spanish.

NICHOLA   f   English (British)
Feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICHOLE   f   English
Variant of NICOLE

NICKY   m & f   English
Diminutive of NICHOLAS or NICOLE

NICOLA (2)   f   English (British)
Latinate feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICOLE   f   French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of NICHOLAS, commonly used in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century.

NIKKI   f   English
Diminutive of NICOLE

NIKOLE   f   English
Variant of NICOLE

NINA (1)   f   Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Polish, Slovene
Short form of names that end in nina, such as ANTONINA and GIANNINA... [more]

NITA (1)   f   English
Short form of ANITA and other names ending in nita.

NOELLE   f   English
English form of NOËLLE

NOLA   f   English, Irish
Diminutive of MAGNOLIA, FINOLA or other names containing a similar sound.

NONA (2)   f   English
Derived from Latin nonus meaning "ninth"... [more]

NONIE   f   English
Diminutive of IONE or NORA

NORA   f   Irish, English, Scandinavian, German
Diminutive of HONORA or ELEANOR... [more]

NORAH   f   Irish, English
Variant of NORA

NOREEN   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of NORA

NORENE   f   Irish, English
Diminutive of NORA

NORMA   f   English, Italian
Created by Felice Romani for the main character in his opera 'Norma' (1831)... [more]

NOVA   f   English
Derived from Latin novus meaning "new"... [more]

NYREE   f   English (Australia and New Zealand)
Anglicized form of NGAIRE... [more]

OCTAVIA   f   English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of OCTAVIUS... [more]

ODELIA   f   English
Form of ODILIA

ODELL   m & f   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "woad hill" in Old English... [more]

OLIVE   f   English
From the English word for the type of tree, ultimately derived from Latin oliva.

OLIVIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]

OLLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of OLIVER, OLIVE or OLIVIA

ONEIDA   f   English
From the name of a Native American tribe, perhaps meaning "standing rock".

OPAL   f   English
From the English word opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October... [more]

OPHELIA   f   English
Derived from Greek οφελος (ophelos) meaning "help"... [more]

ORA (1)   f & m   English
Perhaps based on Latin oro "to pray"... [more]

ORPHA   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Variant of ORPAH used in some translations of the Bible.

PAIGE   f   English
From an English surname meaning "servant, page" in Middle English... [more]

PAM   f   English
Short form of PAMELA

PAMELA   f   English
This name was invented in the late 16th century by the poet Sir Philip Sidney for use in his poem 'Arcadia'... [more]

PAMELIA   f   English
Elaborated form of PAMELA

PAMELLA   f   English
Variant of PAMELA

PANSY   f   English
From the English word for a type of flower, ultimately deriving from Old French pensee "thought".

PARKER   m & f   English
From an English occupational surname which meant "keeper of the park".

PAT   m & f   English
Short form of PATRICK or PATRICIA... [more]

PATIENCE   f   English
From the English word patience, ultimately from Latin patientia, a derivative of pati "to suffer"... [more]

PATRICIA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK)... [more]

PATSY   f & m   Irish, English
Variant of PATTY, also used as a diminutive of PATRICK.

PATTI   f   English
Variant of PATTY

PATTIE   f   English
Variant of PATTY

PATTY   f   English
Originally a variant of Matty, a 17th-century diminutive of MARTHA... [more]

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULETTA   f   English
Latinate feminine diminutive of PAUL

PAULINA   f   Spanish, Polish, Swedish, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PEARL   f & m   English
From the English word pearl for the concretions formed in the shells of some mollusks... [more]

PEARLE   f   English
Variant of PEARL

PEARLIE   f   English
Diminutive of PEARL

PEG   f   English
Short form of PEGGY

PEGGIE   f   English
Variant of PEGGY

PEGGY   f   English
Medieval variant of Meggie, a diminutive of MARGARET... [more]

PEN   f   English
Short form of PENELOPE

PENELOPE   f   Greek Mythology, English
Possibly derived from Greek πηνελοψ (penelops), a type of duck... [more]

PENNY   f   English
Diminutive of PENELOPE

PETA   f   English (Australia and New Zealand)
Feminine form of PETER

PETRA   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PEYTON   m & f   English
From a English surname, originally a place name meaning "Pœga's town"... [more]

PHEBE   f   English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of PHOEBE used in some translations of the New Testament.

PHEMIE   f   English
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA

PHEOBE   f   English
Variant of PHOEBE

PHILIPPA   f   English (British), German
Latiniate feminine form of PHILIP

PHILLIS   f   English
Variant of PHYLLIS

PHILOMENA   f   English, German
Means "friend of strength" from Greek φιλος (philos) "friend" and μενος (menos) "strength"... [more]

PHOEBE   f   English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοιβος (phoibos)... [more]

PHYLISS   f   English
Variant of PHYLLIS

PHYLLIS   f   Greek Mythology, English, German
Means "foliage" in Greek... [more]

PIPPA   f   English
Diminutive of PHILIPPA

POLLIE   f   English
Variant of POLLY

POLLY   f   English
Medieval variant of MOLLY... [more]

POPPY   f   English (British)
From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.

PORTIA   f   English
Feminine form of the Roman family name Porcius, meaning "pig", used by William Shakespeare for the heroine of his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596)... [more]

POSIE   f   English
Variant of POSY

POSY   f   English
Diminutive of JOSEPHINE... [more]

PRESLEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "priest clearing" (Old English preost and leah)... [more]

PRIS   f   English
Short form of PRISCILLA

PRISCILLA   f   English, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman name, a diminutive of PRISCA... [more]

PRISSY   f   English
Diminutive of PRISCILLA

PRU   f   English
Short form of PRUDENCE

PRUDENCE   f   English
Medieval form of Prudentia, a feminine form of PRUDENTIUS... [more]

PRUE   f   English
Short form of PRUDENCE

QUEEN   f   English
From an old nickname which was derived from the English word, ultimately from Old English cwen meaning "woman, wife".

QUEENIE   f   English
Diminutive of QUEEN

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

RACHAEL   f   English
Variant of RACHEL, the spelling probably influenced by that of Michael.

RACHEAL   f   English
Variant of RACHEL

RACHEL   f   English, Jewish, French, German, Biblical
Means "ewe" in Hebrew... [more]

RACHELLE   f   English
Variant of RACHEL influenced by the spelling of ROCHELLE.

RACQUEL   f   English
Variant of RAQUEL

RAE   f   English
Short form of RACHEL... [more]

RAMONA   f   Spanish, Romanian, English
Feminine form of RAMÓN... [more]

RANDI   f   English
Feminine form of RANDY, also used as a diminutive of MIRANDA.

RAVEN   f & m   English
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English hræfn... [more]

REAGAN   f & m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin meaning "descendent of Riagán"... [more]

REBA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REBEKAH   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Form of REBECCA used in some versions of the Bible.

REGAN   f   English
Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin... [more]

REGENA   f   English
Variant of REGINA

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

RENA   f   English
Latinate feminine form of RENÉ

RENAE   f   English
English variant of RENÉE

RENEE   f   English
English form of RENÉE

RENITA   f   English
Probably a feminine form of RENATUS... [more]

RETHA   f   English
Short form of MARGARETHA

RHIANNON   f   Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen"... [more]

RHODA   f   Biblical, English
Derived from Greek ‘ροδον (rhodon) meaning "rose"... [more]

RHONDA   f   English
Probably intended to mean "good spear" from Welsh rhon "spear" and da "good", but possibly influenced by the name of the Rhondda Valley in South Wales, which means "noisy"... [more]

RICHELLE   f   English
Feminine form of RICHARD using the popular suffix elle, probably influenced by the sound of MICHELLE.

RICKI   m & f   English
Masculine and feminine diminutive of RICHARD

RILEY   m & f   English
From a surname which is either a variant of REILLY or is derived from a place name meaning "rye clearing" in Old English.

RILLA   f   English
Meaning unknown, perhaps a short form of names ending in rilla.

RINA (1)   f   English, Italian
Short form of KATHERINA or CATERINA, as well as other names ending in rina.

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

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]

ROMY   f   German, English
Diminutive of ROSEMARY

RONA   f   English
Variant of RHONA

RONDA   f   English
Variant of RHONDA

RONI (2)   f   English
Diminutive of VERONICA

RONNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of RONALD or VERONICA

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)

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

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]

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

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

ROZANNE   f   English
Variant of ROSANNE

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

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

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

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

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]

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]