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

ABE   m   English, Hebrew
Short form of ABRAHAM

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

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

ABRAHAM   m   English, Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
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, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

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

ADOLPH   m   English
English form of ADOLF, rarely used since World War II.

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... [more]

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalberht, 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
Short form of ALEXANDER

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

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), 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, Greek, 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, Provençal (Latinized)
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.

ALPHONSO   m   English
Variant of ALFONSO

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, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
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, Hebrew, English, French, Biblical Greek
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, Ancient Germanic
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, Hebrew, English, Biblical Hebrew
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, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements bald "bold, brave" and win "friend"... [more]

BARNEY   m   English
Diminutive 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 BAIRRE... [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 תַּלְמַי (Talmay)"... [more]

BASIL (1)   m   English
From the Greek name Βασιλειος (Basileios) which was derived from 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 בִּנְיָמִין (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, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

BERNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive 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, Ancient Germanic
Means "bright raven", derived from the Germanic element beraht "bright" combined with hramn "raven"... [more]

BERTRAND   m   French, English, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements beraht meaning "bright" and rand meaning "rim (of a shield)"... [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, Ancient Irish
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 Gaulish name 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 Ceallacháin, which means "descendent of CEALLACHÁN".

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 the name of a city in northern England... [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 mer "great" or mir "peace"... [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]

CEADDA   m   English
Old English form of CHAD

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
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 Col, a short form of NICHOLAS.

COLLIN   m   English
Variant of COLIN (2)

CONOR   m   Irish, English
Variant of CONNOR

CONRAD   m   English, German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements kuoni "brave" 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 the given name 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]