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

AARON   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן ('Aharon) which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin... [more]

ABE   m   English, Jewish
Short form of ABRAHAM

ABEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Biblical
From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath"... [more]

ABNER   m   English, Biblical
Means "my father is a light" in Hebrew... [more]

ABRAHAM   m   English, Jewish, Dutch, Biblical
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude"... [more]

ACE   m   English
From the English word meaning "highest rank"... [more]

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Jewish, Arabic, Biblical
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADDISON   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "son of ADAM".

ADRIAN   m   English, Romanian, Polish, German, Russian
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN)... [more]

AL   m   English
Short form of ALBERT and other names beginning with Al.

ALAN   m   English, Scottish, Breton
The meaning of this name is not known for certain, though it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton... [more]

ALBERT   m   English, French, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALDEN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine meaning "old friend".

ALEC   m   English
Diminutive of ALEXANDER

ALEX   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

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]

ALF (2)   m   English
Short form of ALFRED

ALFIE   m   English
Diminutive of ALFRED

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALGER   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name ALGAR.

ALGERNON   m   English
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons "having a moustache", which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror... [more]

ALLAN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALLEN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALLYN   m   English
Variant of ALAN

ALOYSIUS   m   English, German, Dutch
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

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

ALTON   m   English
From an Old English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town at the source of the river".

ALVA (2)   m   English
Variant of ALVAH... [more]

ALVIN   m   English
From a medieval form of both the Old English names ÆLFWINE and ÆÐELWINE... [more]

AMBROSE   m   English
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal"... [more]

AMOS   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "to carry" in Hebrew... [more]

ANDERSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of ANDREW".

ANDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ANDREW or ANDREA (2)

ANDRE   m   English
English form of ANDRÉ

ANDREW   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which was derived from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros) "of a man")... [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]

ANGUS   m   Scottish, Irish, English
Anglicized form of AONGHUS

ANSEL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name ANSELM... [more]

ANSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of AGNES".

ANTHONY   m   English
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin... [more]

ANTONY   m   English
Variant of ANTHONY... [more]

ARCHIBALD   m   Scottish, English
Derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold"... [more]

ARCHIE   m   Scottish, English
Diminutive of ARCHIBALD... [more]

ARDEN   m & f   English
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".

ARIC   m   English
Variant of ERIC

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

ARLEN   m   English
Meaning unknown, possibly from a surname.

ARLIE   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "eagle wood" in Old English... [more]

ARN   m   English
Short form of ARNOLD

ARNIE   m   English
Diminutive of ARNOLD

ARNOLD   m   English, German
From a Germanic name meaning "eagle power", derived from the elements arn "eagle" and wald "power"... [more]

ARRON   m   English
Variant of AARON

ART   m   English
Short form of ARTHUR

ARTHUR   m   English, French, German, Welsh Mythology
The meaning of this name is unknown... [more]

ARVEL   m   English
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of ARWEL.

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

ASHER   m   Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "happy" or "blessed" in Hebrew... [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]

AUDLEY   m   English
From a surname which was taken from a place name meaning "EALDGYÐ's clearing" in Old English.

AUGUST   m   German, Polish, Scandinavian, English
German, Polish and Scandinavian form of AUGUSTUS

AUGUSTINE (1)   m   English
From the Roman name Augustinus, itself derived from the Roman name AUGUSTUS... [more]

AUSTIN   m   English
Medieval contracted form of AUGUSTINE (1)... [more]

AVERY   m & f   English
From a surname which was itself derived from the Norman French form of the given names ALBERICH or ALFRED.

BAILEY   m & f   English
From a surname derived from Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", originally denoting one who was a bailiff.

BALDWIN   m   English
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and wine "friend"... [more]

BARNEY   m   English
Short form of BARNABAS, BERNARD or BARNABY

BARRETT   m   English
From a surname meaning "dispute" in Middle English, originally given to a quarrelsome person.

BARRIE   m   Irish, English
Variant of BARRY

BARRY   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of the Irish name Bairre, which is a diminutive of FIONNBHARR... [more]

BART   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BARTHOLOMEW... [more]

BARTHOLOMEW   m   English, Biblical
From Βαρθολομαιος (Bartholomaios), which was the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning "son of תַלְמַי (Talmay)"... [more]

BASIL (1)   m   English
Derived from Greek βασιλευς (basileus) meaning "king"... [more]

BAXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "(female) baker" in Old English.

BEAU   m   English
Means "beautiful" in French... [more]

BEN (1)   m   English, Dutch
Short form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT... [more]

BENEDICT   m   English
From the Late Latin name Benedictus which meant "blessed"... [more]

BENJ   m   English
Short form of BENJAMIN

BENJAMIN   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand"... [more]

BENJI   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN

BENJY   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN

BENNETT   m   English
Medieval form of BENEDICT... [more]

BENNIE   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

BENNY   m   English
Diminutive of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT

BENSON   m   English
From a surname which originally meant "son of BENEDICT".

BENTLEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "clearing covered with bent grass" in Old English... [more]

BENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town near bent grass" in Old English.

BERNARD   m   English, French, Polish
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

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

BERRY (1)   m   English
Variant of BARRY

BERT   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".

BERTIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ALBERT, HERBERT, and other names containing bert (often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright").

BERTRAM   m   English, German
Means "bright raven", derived from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with hramn "raven"... [more]

BERTRAND   m   French, English
French form of BERTRAM... [more]

BEVERLY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "beaver stream" in Old English... [more]

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

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

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

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]

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

BOBBIE   f & m   English
Variant and feminine form of BOBBY

BOBBY   m   English
Diminutive of BOB... [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]

BRANDEN   m   English
Variant of BRANDON

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.

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".

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

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]

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

BRION   m   English
Variant of BRIAN

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.

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]

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.

CAL   m   English
Short form of CALVIN

CALE   m   English
Short form of CALEB

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

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

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".

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

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

CARLETON   m   English
Variant of CHARLTON

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

CARLYLE   m   English
Variant of CARLISLE

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

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

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.

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

CECIL   m   English
From the Roman name Caecilius (see 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]

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.

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]

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

CHAS   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES

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

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

CHAZ   m   English
Diminutive of CHARLES

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]

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

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

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]

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

CLAIR   m   French, English
French form of Clarus (see CLARA).

CLARENCE   m   English
From the Latin title Clarensis which belonged to members of the British royal family... [more]

CLARK   m   English
From a surname meaning "cleric" or "scholar" in Middle English... [more]

CLAUD   m   English
Variant of CLAUDE

CLAUDE   m & f   French, English
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLAY   m   English
From an English surname meaning "clay", originally referring to a person who lived near or worked with a source of clay... [more]

CLAYTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "clay settlement".

CLEM   m   English
Short form of CLEMENT

CLEMENT   m   English
English form of the Late Latin name Clemens (or sometimes of its derivative Clementius) which meant "merciful, gentle"... [more]

CLETUS   m   English
Short form of ANACLETUS... [more]

CLEVE   m   English
Short form of CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hilly land"... [more]

CLIFF   m   English
Short form of CLIFFORD or CLIFTON

CLIFFORD   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "ford by a cliff" in Old English.

CLIFTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement by a cliff" in Old English.

CLINT   m   English
Short form of CLINTON... [more]

CLINTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from an Old English place name meaning "settlement on the summit"... [more]

CLIVE   m   English
From a surname meaning "cliff" in Old English, originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.

CLYDE   m   English
From the name of the River Clyde in Scotland, which is of unknown origin... [more]

COBY   m & f   English, Dutch
Masculine or feminine diminutive of JACOB

CODY   m   English, Irish
From the Gaelic surname Mac Óda, which means "son of OTTO"... [more]

COLBERT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Germanic name composed of the elements col, possibly meaning "helmet", and beraht, meaning "bright".

COLBY   m   English
From a surname, originally from various English place names, derived from the Old Norse nickname Koli (meaning "coal, dark") and býr "town".

COLE   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from the Old English nickname Cola "charcoal", denoting a person with a dark features.

COLEMAN   m   English, Irish
Variant of COLMÁN

COLIN (1)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of CAILEAN

COLIN (2)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of Colle, a French and Norman form NICHOLAS.

COLLIN   m   English
Variant of COLIN (2)

CONOR   m   Irish, English
Variant of CONNOR

CONRAD   m   English, German
Derived from the Germanic elements kuon "bold" and rad "counsel"... [more]

CONWAY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the name of the River Conwy, which possibly means "holy water" in Welsh.

COOPER   m   English
From a surname meaning "barrel maker" in Middle English.

CORBIN   m   English
From a French surname which was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair... [more]

CORDELL   m   English
From a surname meaning "maker of cord" or "seller of cord" in Middle English.

COREY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Kori, of unknown meaning... [more]

CORNELIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn"... [more]

CORNELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Anglicized form of Corneille, the medieval French form of CORNELIUS.

CORTNEY   f & m   English
Variant of COURTNEY

CORWIN   m   English
From an English surname, perhaps derived from Old French cordoan "leather".

CORY   m   English
Variant of COREY

COSMO   m   English
English form of COSMAS... [more]

COURTNEY   f & m   English
From an aristocratic English surname which was derived either from the French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short") or else from a Norman nickname meaning "short nose"... [more]