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

CRAIG   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag" or "rocks"... [more]

CRAWFORD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "crow ford" in Old English.

CULLEN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old French form of Cologne, the name of a city in Germany.

CURT   m   English
Either a variant of KURT or short form of CURTIS

CURTIS   m   English
From an English surname which originally meant "courteous" in Old French.

CY   m   English
Short form of CYRUS or CYRIL

CYRIL   m   English, Czech, Slovak
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord"... [more]

CYRUS   m   English, Biblical
From Κυρος (Kyros), the Greek form of the Persian name Kûrush, which may mean "far sighted" or may be related to the Persian word khur "sun"... [more]

DALE   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale or valley.

DALLAS   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "meadow dwelling"... [more]

DALTON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English... [more]

DAMIAN   m   English, Polish
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) "to tame"... [more]

DAMION   m   English
Variant of DAMIAN

DAMON   m   Greek Mythology, English
Derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) meaning "to tame"... [more]

DAN (2)   m   English, Romanian
Short form of DANIEL

DANA (2)   m & f   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish... [more]

DANE   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of DEAN.

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DANNY   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL

DARBY   m & f   English
From an English surname, originally a place name, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.

DARCY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from Arcy in France... [more]

DARELL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DAREN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARIAN   m & f   English
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN

DARIEN   m   English
Variant of DARIAN

DARIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN... [more]

DARIUS   m   English, Lithuanian, Biblical
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dârayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good"... [more]

DARNELL   m   English
From a surname, possibly derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass... [more]

DARREL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.

DARREN   m   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]

DARRIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN

DARRYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DARWIN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"... [more]

DARYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL

DAVE   m   English
Short form of DAVID

DAVEY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DAVIE   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAVIN   m   English
Possibly a variant of DEVIN influenced by DAVID.

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

DAVY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID

DAWSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID"... [more]

DAX   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).

DAYTON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.

DEAN   m   English
From a surname which means either "valley" from Middle English dene or else "dean" from Middle English deen (ultimately from Latin decanus meaning "chief of ten")... [more]

DEE   f & m   English
Short form of names beginning with D... [more]

DEFOREST   m   English
From a French surname meaning "from the forest"... [more]

DELBERT   m   English
Short form of ADELBERT... [more]

DELL   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who lived in a dell or valley.

DELMAR   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond".

DEN   m   English
Short form of DENNIS

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovene
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DENNIS   m   English, German, Dutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS

DENNY   m   English
Diminutive of DENNIS

DENTON   m   English
From a surname, originally from a place name, which meant "valley town" in Old English.

DENVER   m   English
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English... [more]

DENZIL   m   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person from Denzell in Cornwall... [more]

DEON   m   English
Variant of DION

DEREK   m   English
From a Low German form of THEODORIC... [more]

DERICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK

DERRICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK

DES   m   English
Short form of DESMOND

DESMOND   m   English, Irish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Gaelic Deas-Mhumhan meaning "from south Munster (in Ireland)".

DEVIN   m & f   English, Irish
From an Anglicized Irish surname derived from either of the Irish surnames Ó Damháin (from the given name Damhán meaning "fawn") or Ó Dubháin (from the given name Dubhán meaning "little black one").

DEVON   m & f   English
Variant of DEVIN... [more]

DEWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE

DEXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "one who dyes" in Old English... [more]

DICK (1)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of RICHARD... [more]

DILLON   m   English
Variant of DYLAN based on the spelling of the surname Dillon, which has an unrelated origin.

DION   m   Ancient Greek, English
Short form of DIONYSIOS and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS"... [more]

DIRK   m   Dutch, German, English
Short form of DIEDERIK... [more]

DIXON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "DICK (1)'s son".

DOLPH   m   English
Short form of ADOLPH

DOM   m   English
Short form of DOMINIC

DOMENIC   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC

DOMINIC   m   English
From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord"... [more]

DOMINICK   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC

DON   m   English
Short form of DONALD

DONALD   m   Scottish, English
From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule"... [more]

DONNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD

DONNY   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD

DORIAN   m   English, French
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young... [more]

DOUG   m   English
Short form of DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, which meant "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more]

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

DREW   m   English
Short form of ANDREW

DUANE   m   English, Irish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhan which means "little and dark", derived from dubh "dark, black" combined with a diminutive suffix.

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".

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, Irish
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]

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

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

EBEN   m   English
Short form of EBENEZER

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]

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

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

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]

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

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

ELIAS   m   Greek, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
Cognate of ELIJAH

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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)

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

EMERY   m & f   English
Norman form of Amalric (see 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".

EMMANUEL   m   Biblical, French, English
Means "God is with us" in Hebrew... [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.

EMORY   m   English
Variant of EMERY

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

ERICK   m   English
Variant of ERIC

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

ERLE (2)   m   English
Variant of EARL

ERN   m   English
Short form of ERNEST

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

ERNIE   m   English
Diminutive of ERNEST

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

ETHAN   m   Jewish, English, French, Biblical
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew... [more]

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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 יְחֶזקֵאל (Yechezqel) meaning "God strengthens"... [more]

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

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

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
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements frið "peace" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

FERDY   m   English
Diminutive of FERDINAND

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

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

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]

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

FRANK (1)   m   English, German, Dutch
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

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]

FREDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of FREDERICK or FREDA

FREDDY   m   English
Diminutive of 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]

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

GABBY   m & f   English
Diminutive of GABRIEL or GABRIELLE

GABE   m   English
Short form of GABRIEL

GABRIEL   m   French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "strong man of God"... [more]

GALE (2)   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Middle English gaile "jovial".

GALEN   m   English
Modern form of the Greek name Γαληνος (Galenos), which meant "calm" from Greek γαληνη (galene)... [more]

GARETH   m   Welsh, English (British)
Meaning unknown... [more]

GAREY   m   English
Variant of GARY

GARFIELD   m   English
From a surname meaning "triangle field" in Old English... [more]

GARLAND   m   English
From a surname meaning "triangle land" from Old English gara and land... [more]

GARNET (2)   m & f   English
From an occupational English surname which referred either to a person who made hinges (Old French carne) or who sold pomegranates (Old French pome grenate).

GARNETT   m & f   English
Variant of GARNET (2)

GARRET   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of GARRETT.

GARRETT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name GERALD or GERARD... [more]

GARRICK   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a given name meaning "spear power" from Germanic ger "spear" and ric "power".

GARRY   m   English, Scottish
Either a variant of GARY or from the name of a Scottish river.

GARTH   m   English
From a surname meaning "garden" in Old Norse, originally denoting one who lived near or worked in a garden.

GARY   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Norman given name, which was itself originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ger, gar meaning "spear"... [more]

GAVIN   m   English, Scottish
Medieval form of GAWAIN... [more]

GAYLE   f & m   English
Variant of GAIL or GALE (2)

GAYLORD   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Old French gaillard "high-spirited, boistrous"... [more]

GENE   m   English
Short form of EUGENE

GEOFF   m   English
Short form of GEOFFREY

GEOFFREY   m   English
From a Norman French form of a Germanic name... [more]

GEORDIE   m   English
Diminutive of GEORGE

GEORGE   m   English, Romanian
From the Greek name Γεωργιος (Georgios) which was derived from the Greek word γεωργος (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements γη (ge) "earth" and εργον (ergon) "work"... [more]

GEORGIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of GEORGIA or GEORGE

GERALD   m   English, German
From a Germanic name meaning "rule of the spear", from the elements ger "spear" and wald "rule"... [more]

GERARD   m   English, Dutch
Derived from the Germanic element ger "spear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

GERMAN (1)   m   English
English form of Germanus (see GERMAIN).

GERRY   m & f   English
Diminutive of GERALD or GERALDINE

GIB   m   English
Medieval short form of GILBERT

GIDEON   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "feller" or "hewer" in Hebrew... [more]

GIL (2)   m   English
Short form of GILBERT and other names beginning with Gil.

GILBERT   m   English, French, Dutch, German
Means "bright pledge", derived from the Germanic elements gisel "pledge, hostage" and beraht "bright"... [more]

GILES   m   English
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αιγιδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat"... [more]

GLEN   m   Scottish, English
Variant of GLENN

GLENN   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic gleann "valley"... [more]

GODFREY   m   English
From the Germanic name Godafrid, which meant "peace of god" from the Germanic elements god "god" and frid "peace"... [more]

GORD   m   English
Short form of GORDON

GORDEN   m   English
Variant of GORDON

GORDIE   m   English
Diminutive of GORDON... [more]

GORDON   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "great hill"... [more]

GORDY   m   English
Diminutive of GORDON

GRADY   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Grádaigh meaning "descendent of Grádaigh"... [more]

GRAHAM   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from an English place name which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English... [more]

GRANT   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Norman French grand meaning "great, large"... [more]

GRANVILLE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Norman place name meaning "large town" in Old French.

GRAY   m   English
From an English surname meaning "gray", originally given to a person who had gray hair or clothing.

GREG   m   English
Short form of GREGORY

GREGG   m   English
Short form of GREGORY

GREGORY   m   English
English form of Latin Gregorius, which was from the late Greek name Γρηγοριος (Gregorios), derived from γρηγορος (gregoros) meaning "watchful, alert"... [more]

GRIFFIN   m   English
Latinized form of GRUFFYDD... [more]

GROVER   m   English
From a surname meaning "grove of trees" from Old English graf... [more]