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

ROB   m   English, Dutch
Short form of ROBERT

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

ROBBY   m   English
Diminutive of ROBERT

ROBERT   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Romanian
Means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ROBIN   m & f   English
Medieval diminutive of ROBERT... [more]

ROCKY   m   English
Diminutive of ROCCO, or else from a nickname referring to a tough person... [more]

ROD   m   English
Short form of RODERICK or RODNEY

RODDY   m   English
Diminutive of RODERICK or RODNEY

RODERICK   m   English
Means "famous power" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ric "power"... [more]

RODGE   m   English
Short form of RODGER

RODGER   m   English
Variant of ROGER

RODNEY   m   English
From a surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "Hroda's island" in Old English (where Hroda is a Germanic given name meaning "fame")... [more]

ROGER   m   English, French
Means "famous spear" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and ger "spear"... [more]

ROLAND   m   English, French, Polish
Means "famous land" from the Germanic elements hrod "fame" and land... [more]

ROLF   m   German, Scandinavian, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodwulf (see RUDOLF)... [more]

ROLLAND   m   English
Variant of ROLAND

ROLLO   m   English
Latinized form of Roul, the Old French form of ROLF... [more]

ROLY   m   English
Diminutive of ROLAND

RON (1)   m   English
Short form of RONALD

RONALD   m   Scottish, English
Scottish form of RAGNVALD, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders... [more]

RONNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of RONALD or VERONICA

RONNY   m   English
Diminutive of RONALD

ROOSEVELT   m   English
From a Dutch surname meaning "rose field"... [more]

ROSCOE   m   English
From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "doe wood" in Old Norse.

ROSS   m   Scottish, English
From a Scottish and English surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland... [more]

ROSWELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".

ROWLAND   m   English
Medieval variant of ROLAND

ROWLEY   m   English
Variant of ROLY

ROY   m   Scottish, English
Derived from Gaelic ruadh meaning "red"... [more]

ROYAL   m   English
From the English word royal, derived (via Old French) from Latin regalis, a derivative of rex "king"... [more]

ROYCE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from either the name of the flower or else from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of ROSE.

RUBE   m   English
Short form of REUBEN

RUDOLPH   m   English
English form of RUDOLF, imported from Germany in the 19th century... [more]

RUDY   m   English
Diminutive of RUDOLF

RUFUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, Biblical
Roman cognomen which meant "red-haired" in Latin... [more]

RUPERT   m   German, Dutch, English, Polish
Low German form of ROBERT... [more]

RUSS   m   English
Short form of RUSSELL

RUSSEL   m   English
Variant of RUSSELL

RUSSELL   m   English
From a surname which meant "little red one" in French... [more]

RUSTY   m   English
From a nickname which was originally given to someone with a rusty, or reddish-brown, hair colour.

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

SAL   f & m   English
Short form of SALLY, SALVADOR, and other names beginning with Sal.

SAM (1)   m & f   English
Short form of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMMIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of SAMUEL, SAMSON or SAMANTHA

SAMMY   m   English
Diminutive of SAMUEL or SAMSON

SAMPSON   m   English
From an English surname which was itself derived from a medieval form of the given name SAMSON.

SAMSON   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshon) which probably meant "sun"... [more]

SAMUEL   m   English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemu'el) which could mean either "name of God" or "God has heard"... [more]

SANDY   f & m   English
Originally a diminutive of ALEXANDER... [more]

SANFORD   m   English
From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "sand ford" in Old English.

SCHUYLER   m   English
From a Dutch surname meaning "scholar"... [more]

SCOT   m   English, Scottish
Variant form of SCOTT

SCOTT   m   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which meant "a Scotsman"... [more]

SCOTTIE   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SCOTTY   m   English, Scottish
Diminutive of SCOTT

SEAN   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SEBASTIAN   m   German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
From the Roman name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste" in Latin... [more]

SETH (1)   m   Biblical, English
Means "placed" or "appointed" in Hebrew... [more]

SEWARD   m   English
From a surname which was itself derived from an Old English personal name, itself derived from the elements sige "victory" and weard "guard".

SEYMOUR   m   English
From a Norman surname which originally belonged to a person coming from the French town of Saint Maur (which means "Saint MAURUS").

SHAD (2)   m   English
Either a variant of CHAD or a short form of SHADRACH

SHANE   m   Irish, English
Anglicized form of SEÁN... [more]

SHANNON   f & m   English
From the name of the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland... [more]

SHANON   f & m   English
Variant of SHANNON

SHAUN   m   English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SHAWN   m   English
Anglicized form of SEÁN

SHAYNE   m   English
Variant of SHANE

SHEL   m   English
Short form of SHELDON

SHELBY   m & f   English
From a surname, which was possibly a variant of SELBY... [more]

SHELDON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley with steep sides" in Old English... [more]

SHELLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English... [more]

SHELLY   f & m   English
Variant of SHELLEY

SHELTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "shelf town" in Old English.

SHERIDAN   m & f   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Sirideáin meaning "descendent of Sirideán"... [more]

SHERMAN   m   English
From a surname meaning "shear man" in Old English, originally denoting a person who cut cloth... [more]

SHERWOOD   m   English
From an English place name (or from a surname which was derived from it) meaning "bright forest"... [more]

SHIRLEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English... [more]

SID   m   English
Short form of SIDNEY

SIDNEY   m & f   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from various place names in England meaning "wide island", from Old English sid "wide" and eg "island"... [more]

SIGMUND   m   German, Scandinavian, English
Derived from the Germanic elements sigu "victory" and mund "protector" (or in the case of the Scandinavian cognate, from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and mundr "protector")... [more]

SILAS   m   English, Greek, Biblical
Short form of SILVANUS... [more]

SILVER   m   English
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.

SILVESTER   m   German, English, Slovene, Slovak
From a Roman name meaning "of the forest" from Latin silva "wood, forest"... [more]

SIMON   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Biblical
From the Greek form of the Hebrew name שִׁמְעוֹן (Shim'on) which meant "he has heard"... [more]

SLY   m   English
Short form of SYLVESTER... [more]

SMITH   m   English
From an English surname meaning "blacksmith", derived from Old English smitan "to smite, to hit"... [more]

SOLOMON   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh) which was derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) "peace"... [more]

SONNY   m   English
From a nickname which is commonly used to denote a young boy, derived from the English word son.

SPENCER   m   English
From a surname which meant "dispenser of provisions" in Middle English... [more]

STACEY   f & m   English
Variant of STACY

STACY   f & m   English
Either a short form of ANASTASIA, or else from a surname which was derived from Stace, a medieval form of EUSTACE... [more]

STAFFORD   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "landing-place ford" in Old English.

STAN   m   English
Short form of STANLEY... [more]

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

STANLEY   m   English
From a surname meaning "stone clearing" in Old English... [more]

STE   m   English
Short form of STEPHEN

STEPH   f & m   English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEPHEN   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Στεφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown"... [more]

STERLING   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning... [more]

STEVE   m   English
Short form of STEVEN

STEVEN   m   English
Medieval variant of STEPHEN... [more]

STEVIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEW   m   English
Short form of STEWART

STEWART   m   English
From a surname which was a variant STUART.

STU   m   English
Short form of STUART

STUART   m   English, Scottish
From an occupational surname originally belong to a person who was a steward... [more]

SULLIVAN   m   English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Súileabháin meaning "descendent of Súileabhán"... [more]

SYD   m   English
Short form of SYDNEY

SYDNEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of the surname SIDNEY... [more]

SYLVESTER   m   English
Medieval variant of SILVESTER... [more]

TAD   m   English
Short form of THADDEUS

TANNER   m   English
From an Enlgish surname meaning "one who tans hides".

TATE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name Tata, of unknown origin.

TAYLOR   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French taillur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut"... [more]

TED   m   English
Short form of EDWARD or THEODORE

TEDDY   m   English
Diminutive of EDWARD or THEODORE

TEL   m   English (British)
Short form of TERENCE or TERRY

TERANCE   m   English
Variant of TERENCE

TERENCE   m   English
From the Roman family name Terentius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TERRANCE   m   English
Variant of TERENCE

TERRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was probably derived from the Norman French nickname tirel "to pull", referring to a stubborn person... [more]

TERRENCE   m   English
Variant of TERENCE

TERRY   m & f   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval name Thierri, a Norman French form of THEODORIC... [more]

TEX   m   English
From a nickname which denoted a person who came from the state of Texas... [more]

THAD   m   English
Short form of THADDEUS

THADDEUS   m   English, Biblical
From Θαδδαιος (Thaddaios), the Greek form of the Aramaic name Thaddai... [more]

THEO   m   English, Dutch
Short form of THEODORE, THEOBALD, and other names that begin with Theo.

THEODORE   m   English
From the Greek name Θεοδωρος (Theodoros), which meant "gift of god" from Greek θεος (theos) "god" and δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more]

THOM   m   English
Short form of THOMAS

THOMAS   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin"... [more]

THORNTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "thorn town" in Old English.

TIBBY   f & m   English
Diminutive of TABITHA or THEOBALD

TIM   m   English, German, Dutch, Slovene
Short form of TIMOTHY

TIMMY   m   English
Diminutive of TIMOTHY

TIMOTHY   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honouring God", derived from τιμαω (timao) "to honour" and θεος (theos) "god"... [more]

TITUS   m   Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin titulus "title of honour"... [more]

TOBIAS   m   Biblical, German, Scandinavian, English
Greek form of TOBIAH... [more]

TOBIN   m   English
From an English surname which was itself derived from the given name TOBIAS.

TOBY   m & f   English
Medieval form of TOBIAS... [more]

TOD   m   English
Variant of TODD

TODD   m   English
From a surname meaning "fox", derived from Middle English todde.

TOM   m   English, Dutch
Short form of THOMAS... [more]

TOMMIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of THOMAS, sometimes used as a feminine form.

TOMMY   m   English
Diminutive of THOMAS

TONY   m   English
Short form of ANTHONY

TOPHER   m   English
Short form of CHRISTOPHER

TRACE   m   English
Short form of TRACY

TRACEY   f & m   English
Variant of TRACY

TRACY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was taken from a Norman French place name meaning "domain belonging to THRACIUS"... [more]

TRAVIS   m   English
From an English surname which originally denoted someone who collected tolls from people crossing a bridge, ultimately derived from Old French traverse meaning "to cross"... [more]

TRENT   m   English
From a surname which originally denoted someone who lived by the Trent River in England... [more]

TRENTON   m   English
From the name of a New Jersey city established in the 17th century by William Trent... [more]

TREV   m   Welsh, English
Short form of TREVOR

TREVOR   m   Welsh, English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "big village" from Welsh tref "village" and mawr "large".

TREY   m   English
From an English nickname meaning "three".

TRISTAN   m   Welsh, English, French, Celtic Mythology
From the Celtic name Drystan, which was probably derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult"... [more]

TRISTRAM   m   English (British)
Medieval English form of TRISTAN

TROY   m   English
From a surname that originally denoted a person from the city of Troyes in France... [more]

TRUMAN   m   English
From a surname which meant "trusty man" in Middle English... [more]

TY   m   English
Short form of TYLER, TYSON, TYRONE, and other names beginning with Ty.

TYE   m   English
From a surname meaning "pasture" in Middle English.

TYLER   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "tiler of roofs"... [more]

TYRON   m   English
Variant of TYRONE

TYRONE   m   English
From the name of a county in Northern Ireland which is derived from Irish Gaelic Tir Eoghain meaning "land of OWEN (2)"... [more]

TYSON   m   English
From an English surname which could be derived from a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French tison meaning "firebrand"... [more]

ULYSSES   m   Roman Mythology, English
Latin form of ODYSSEUS... [more]

VAL   m & f   English
Short form of VALENTINE (1), VALERIE, and other names beginning with Val.

VALENTINE (1)   m   English
From the Roman family name Valentinus which was from Latin valens "strong, vigourous, healthy"... [more]

VAN   m   English
Short form of IVAN or VANCE

VANCE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Old English fenn meaning "marsh, fen".

VAUGHN   m   Welsh, English
From a Welsh surname which was derived from Welsh bychan meaning "little".

VERE   m   English
From a Norman surname which was from a French place name, which was itself derived from a Gaulish word meaning "alder".

VERGIL   m   English
Variant of VIRGIL

VERN   m   English
Short form of VERNON

VERNON   m   English
From a Norman surname which was from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder".

VIC   m & f   English
Short form of VICTOR or VICTORIA (1)

VICTOR   m   English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin... [more]

VIN   m   English
Short form of VINCENT

VINCE   m   English, Hungarian
English short form and Hungarian normal form of VINCENT

VINCENT   m   English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was from Latin vincere "to conquer"... [more]

VINNIE   m   English
Diminutive of VINCENT

VINNY   m   English
Diminutive of VINCENT

VIRGIL   m   English, Romanian
From the Roman family name Vergilius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

VIVIAN   m & f   English
From the Roman name Vivianus which was derived from Latin vivus "alive"... [more]

WADE   m   English
From a surname which was derived either from the Old English place name wade meaning "a ford", or else from the Old English given name Wada, a derivative of the word wadan "to go".

WALDO   m   English, German
Originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element wald meaning "rule"... [more]

WALKER   m   English
From an English surname which referred to the medieval occupational of a walker, also known as a fuller... [more]

WALLACE   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which originally meant "Welsh" or "foreigner" in Norman French... [more]

WALLY   m   English
Short form of WALTER or WALLACE

WALT   m   English
Short form of WALTER

WALTER   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Polish
From a Germanic name meaning "ruler of the army", composed of the elements wald "rule" and heri "army"... [more]

WALTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "stream town".

WARD   m   English
From an occupational surname for a watchman, derived from Old English weard "guard".

WARDELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "watch hill" in Old English.

WARNER   m   English
From a Norman surname which was derived from the given name WERNER.

WARREN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy... [more]

WASHINGTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a town in England (which meant "town belonging to Wassa's people")... [more]

WAT   m   English
Medieval short form of WALTER

WAYLAND   m   English
From Weland, the Old English cognate of WIELAND.

WAYLON   m   English
Variant of WAYLAND... [more]

WAYNE   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "wagon maker", derived from Old English wægn "wagon"... [more]

WEBSTER   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "weaver", derived from Old English webba.

WELDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hill near a spring" in Old English.

WENDELL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name WENDEL.

WESLEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west meadow" in Old English.

WESTLEY   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of WESLEY.

WESTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west town" in Old English.

WHITNEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English... [more]

WIL   m   English
Short form of WILLIAM and other names beginning with Wil.

WILBUR   m   English
From a surname, which was originally derived from either the feminine given name Wilburg (composed of the Old English elements wil "will, desire" and burh "fortress") or the nickname Wildbor (meaning "wild boar" in Middle English)... [more]

WILBURN   m   English
From a surname which was probably originally derived from an unknown place name... [more]

WILEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived either from a place name meaning "temple clearing" in Old English or from a nickname meaning "wily, tricky" in Middle English.

WILF   m   English
Short form of WILFRED

WILFORD   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow ford" in Old English.

WILFRED   m   English
Means "desiring peace" from Old English wil "will, desire" and fred "peace"... [more]

WILFRID   m   English
Variant of WILFRED

WILKIE   m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a diminutive of the given name WILLIAM.

WILL   m   English
Short form of WILLIAM

WILLARD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English personal name Wilheard, composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and heard "brave, hardy".

WILLIAM   m   English
From the Germanic name Wilhelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection"... [more]

WILLIE   m & f   English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of WILLIAM

WILLIS   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Will, the diminutive of WILLIAM.

WILLY   m & f   English, German, Dutch
Diminutive of WILLIAM, WILHELM or WILLEM... [more]

WILMER   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a Germanic given name, itself composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and meri "famous".

WILSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of WILLIAM"... [more]

WILTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town on the River Wylye" in Old English... [more]

WINFRED   m   English
Means "friend of peace" from the Old English elements wine "friend" and frið "peace"... [more]

WINSTON   m   English
From a surname derived from an English place name, which was in turn derived from the Old English given name Wynnstan meaning "joy stone"... [more]

WINTHROP   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "WINE's village" in Old English.

WINTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "enclosure belonging to WINE" in Old English.

WOODROW   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "row of houses by a wood" in Old English... [more]

WOODY   m   English
Either a diminutive of WOODROW, or else from a nickname derived from the English word wood... [more]

WRIGHT   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "craftsman", ultimately from Old English wyrhta... [more]

WYATT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval given name Wyot, itself derived from an Old English name composed of the elements wig "war" and heard "brave, hardy"... [more]

XAVIER   m   English, French, Portuguese, Catalan
Derived from the Basque place name Etxaberri meaning "the new house"... [more]

YANCY   m   English
From a surname, which was an Americanized form of the Dutch surname Jansen meaning "JAN (1)'s son".

YORK   m   English
From a surname, which was derived from York, the name of a city in northern England... [more]

ZACH   m   English
Short form of ZACHARY

ZACHARIAH   m   English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ZECHARIAH... [more]

ZACHARY   m   English
Usual English form of ZACHARIAS... [more]

ZACHERY   m   English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZACK   m   English
Short form of ZACHARY or ISAAC

ZACKARY   m   English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZACKERY   m   English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZAK   m   English
Short form of ZACHARY or ISAAC

ZANE   m   English
From an English surname of unknown meaning... [more]

ZECHARIAH   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name זְכַרְיָה (Zekharyah) meaning "YAHWEH remembers"... [more]

ZED   m   English
Short form of ZEDEKIAH

ZEKE   m   English
Short form of EZEKIEL

ZEPH   m   English
Short form of ZEPHANIAH