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

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

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

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]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

BLAIR   m & f   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname meaning "plain, battlefield" in Gaelic.

BOBBIE   f & m   English
Variant and feminine form of BOBBY

BRETT   m & f   English
From a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton", referring to an inhabitant of Brittany.

BROOK   m & f   English
From an English surname which denoted one who lived near a brook.

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]

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

CARSON   m & f   Scottish, Irish, English
From a Gaelic surname of unknown meaning... [more]

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]

CASS   f & m   English
Short form of CASSANDRA, CASSIDY, and other names beginning with Cass.

CELESTE   f & m   Italian, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS... [more]

CELESTINE   f & m   English
English form of CAELESTINUS... [more]

CHARLEY   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES

CHARLIE   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES... [more]

CHEYENNE   f & m   English
Derived from the Dakota word shahiyena meaning "unintelligible speakers"... [more]

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

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

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

CORTNEY   f & m   English
Variant of COURTNEY

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]

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

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

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]

DARIAN   m & f   English
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN

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

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

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]

DUSTY   m & f   English
From a nickname originally given to a person who was perceived as being dusty... [more]

EDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.

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

EMERY   m & f   English
Norman form of Amalric (see EMMERICH)... [more]

EVELYN   f & m   English, German
From an English surname which was derived from the given name AVELINE... [more]

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]

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

FRANKIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of FRANK (1) or FRANCES

FRANNY   m & f   English
Diminutive of FRANCIS or FRANCES

FREDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of FREDERICK or FREDA

GABBY   m & f   English
Diminutive of GABRIEL or GABRIELLE

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)

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

GEORGIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of GEORGIA or GEORGE

GERRY   m & f   English
Diminutive of GERALD or GERALDINE

HADLEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "heather field" in Old English.

HARLEY   m & f   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare clearing" from Old English hara "hare" and leah "clearing".

HARPER   f & m   English
From an Old English surname which originally belonged to a person who played the harp or who made harps... [more]

HAVEN   f & m   English
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.

HAYDEN   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "hay valley", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley".

HILARY   f & m   English
Medieval English form of HILARIUS or HILARIA... [more]

HILDRED   f & m   English
Possibly from the Old English masculine name Hildræd, which was composed of the elements hild "battle" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

HOLLIS   m & f   English
From an English surname which was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees"... [more]

HUNTER   m & f   English
From an occupational English surname which was derived from Middle English huntere meaning "hunter"... [more]

INDIANA   f & m   English
From the name of the American state, which means "land of the Indians"... [more]

IZZY   m & f   English
Short form of ISIDORE, ISABEL, ISRAEL, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

JACKIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of either JACK or JACQUELINE

JAMIE   m & f   Scottish, English
Originally a Lowland Scots diminutive of JAMES... [more]

JERRY   m & f   English
Diminutive of JEREMY, JEROME, GERALD, GERALDINE, and other names beginning with the same sound.

JESS   m & f   English
Short form of JESSE or JESSICA

JEWEL   f & m   English
In part from the English word jewel, a precious stone, derived from Old French jouel, which was possibly related to jeu "game"... [more]

JEWELL   f & m   English
Variant of JEWEL

JIMMIE   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of JAMES

JOCELYN   f & m   English
From the Germanic masculine name Gautzelin, which was derived from the name of a Germanic tribe, the Gauts... [more]

JODY   f & m   English
Probably either a variant of JUDY or a diminutive of JOSEPH... [more]

JOHNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOHN, sometimes used as a feminine form.

JOHNNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOHN, sometimes used as a feminine form.

JOJO   m & f   English
Diminutive of JOSEPH, JOLENE, and other names that begin with Jo.

JOOLS   m & f   English
Diminutive of JULIAN or JULIA

JORDAN   m & f   English, Biblical
From the name of a river flowing between the countries of Jordan and Israel... [more]

JOSS   f & m   English
Short form of JOCELYN

JOYCE   f & m   English
From the (masculine) medieval name Josse, which was derived from the earlier Ioceus or Iodocus, Latinized forms of the Breton name Jodoc meaning "lord"... [more]

JULES (2)   f & m   English
Diminutive of JULIA or JULIAN

JUSTICE   m & f   English
From an occupational surname which meant "judge, officer of justice" in Old French... [more]

JUSTY   m & f   English
Diminutive of JUSTIN or JUSTINE

KASEY   m & f   English
Variant of CASEY

KELLEY   f & m   English
Variant of KELLY

KELLY   m & f   Irish, English
From the Irish given name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh... [more]

KELSEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which is of disputed meaning... [more]

KENDALL   m & f   English, Welsh
From a surname which comes from the name of a city in northwest England meaning "valley of the River Kent".

KENNEDY   f & m   English, Irish, Scottish
From the Gaelic name Cinnéidigh meaning "armoured head" or "misshapen head"... [more]

KENZIE   m & f   English
Short form of MACKENZIE

KERRY   m & f   English
From the name of the Irish county, called Chiarraí in Irish Gaelic, which means "CIAR's people".

KIM (1)   f & m   English
Short form of KIMBERLY... [more]

KIT   m & f   English
Diminutive of CHRISTOPHER or KATHERINE... [more]

KRIS   m & f   English, Danish
Short form of KRISTIAN, KRISTOPHER, and other names beginning with Kris.

LACEY   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy... [more]

LACY   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LACEY

LAUREN   f & m   English
Variant or feminine form of LAURENCE (1)... [more]

LAURIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of LAURA or LAURENCE (1)

LAVERN   m & f   English
Variant of LAVERNE

LAVERNE   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder"... [more]

LEE   m & f   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English leah "meadow"... [more]

LEIGH   f & m   English
From a surname which was a variant of LEE.

LENNIE   m & f   English, Swedish
Diminutive of LEONARD, LENNART or LENA

LESLEY   f & m   English
Variant of LESLIE

LESLIE   f & m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a Scottish place name, probably derived from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly"... [more]

LINDSAY   f & m   English, Scottish
From an English and Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name in Lincolnshire meaning "island of Lincoln" in Old English... [more]

LINDSEY   f & m   English, Scottish
Variant of LINDSAY

LINDY   m & f   English
Originally this was a masculine name, coming into use in America in 1927 when the dance called the Lindy hop became popular... [more]

LOGAN   m & f   Scottish, English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name meaning "little hollow" in Scottish Gaelic.

LOREN   m & f   English
Either a short form of LAURENCE (1) (masculine) or a variant of LAUREN (feminine).

LOU   f & m   English, French
Short form of LOUISE or LOUIS

LYNN   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Welsh llyn "lake"... [more]

MACKENZIE   f & m   English
From the Gaelic surname Mac Coinnich, which means "son of COINNEACH"... [more]

MADISON   f & m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of MAUD"... [more]

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARLYN   f & m   English
Feminine form or variant of MARLIN

MATTIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of MATILDA or MATTHEW

MEL   m & f   English
Short form of MELVIN, MELANIE, MELISSA, and other names beginning with Mel.

MEREDITH   m & f   Welsh, English
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord"... [more]

MERLE   f & m   English
Variant of MERRILL or MURIEL... [more]

MERLYN   m & f   English
Variant of MERLIN, sometimes used as a feminine form... [more]

MICKEY   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of MICHAEL... [more]

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

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

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

NICKY   m & f   English
Diminutive of NICHOLAS or NICOLE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RICKI   m & f   English
Masculine and feminine diminutive of RICHARD

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

ROBBIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ROBERT or ROBERTA

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

RONNIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of RONALD or VERONICA

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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]

STEPH   f & m   English
Short form of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

STEVIE   f & m   English
Diminutive of STEPHEN or STEPHANIE

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

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]

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

TIBBY   f & m   English
Diminutive of TABITHA or THEOBALD

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

WILLIE   m & f   English
Masculine or feminine diminutive of WILLIAM

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