The names listed here are used in English-speaking countries. For more information see about English names.

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]

ELIOTT   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.

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.

ELSDON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Elli's valley" in Old English.

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]

EMMERSON   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EMERSON

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]

ERSKINE   m   Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a Scottish town meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic... [more]

ESMOND   m   English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements east "grace" and mund "protection"... [more]

ESMUND   m   English (Rare)
Variant of ESMOND

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

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

ETHELRED   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval form of ÆÐELRED... [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]

EVERARD   m   English (Rare)
Means "brave boar", derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

EVERETT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name EVERARD.

EVERETTE   m   English
Variant of EVERETT

EVERITT   m   English (Rare)
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]

FARLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "fern clearing" in Old English... [more]

FARON   m   English
From a French surname which was derived from the Germanic given name Faro.

FARRAN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from Old French ferrant meaning "iron grey".

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

FINNEGAN   m   Irish, English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendent of Fionnagán"... [more]

FITZ   m   English (Rare)
Short form of various given names which are derived from surnames beginning with Norman French fitz meaning "son of" (for example FITZROY).

FITZROY   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "son of the king" in Old French, originally given to illegitimate sons of monarchs.

FLANAGAN   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Flannagáin meaning "descendent of Flannagán"... [more]

FLANNERY   f & m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Flannghaile meaning "descendent of Flannghal"... [more]

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

FLYNN   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Floinn meaning "descendent of FLANN".

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]

FOX   m   English (Rare)
Either from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname... [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

FRASER   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which is of unknown meaning... [more]

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]

FULK   m   English (Archaic)
From the Norman name Fulco, a short form of various Germanic names beginning with the element folc "people"... [more]

FULKE   m   English (Archaic)
Variant of FULK

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]

GAGE   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname meaning "measure" in Middle English, originally denoting one who was an assayer... [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]

GALLAGHER   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Gallchobhair meaning "descendent of Gallchobhar"... [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]

GAYELORD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GAYLORD

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]

GEFFREY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GEOFFREY

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).

GERRARD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GERARD

GERRY   m & f   English
Diminutive of GERALD or GERALDINE

GERVASE   m   English (Rare)
English form of GERVASIUS... [more]

GIB   m   English
Medieval short form of GILBERT

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

GIFFARD   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name GEBHARD.

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]

GLADWIN   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from an Old English given name, itself derived from the Old English elements glæd "bright" and wine "friend".

GLADWYN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GLADWIN

GLANVILLE   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was taken from a Norman place name which possibly meant "domain of (a person named) Gland" in Old French.

GLEN   m   Scottish, English
Variant of GLENN

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

GODDARD   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the Germanic given name Godhard, from the elements god "god" and heard "hardy, brave".

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

GOODWIN   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the given name GODWINE.

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

GORE   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "triangular" (from Old English gara), originally referring to someone who lived on a triangular piece of land... [more]

GOSSE   m   English (Rare)
From an English and French surname which was originally derived from the Norman given name Gosse, a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element god "god".

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

GRAEME   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of GRAHAM.

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]

GRAHAME   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of GRAHAM.

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.

GRAYSON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname meaning "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward".

GREER   f & m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the given name GREGOR.

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]

GRENVILLE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of GRANVILLE.

GRESHAM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "grazing homestead" in Old English.

GREY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GRAY

GREYSON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of GRAYSON

GRIER   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the given name GREGORY.

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

GROSVENOR   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "great hunter" in Norman French.

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

GUS (1)   m   English, Scottish
Short form of AUGUSTUS, ANGUS or GUSTAV

GUY   m   English, French
Norman French form of WIDO... [more]

GYLES   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GILES

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

HADYN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HAYDEN

HAL   m   English
Medieval diminutive of HARRY

HALE   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" in Old English.

HALL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Old English heall "manor, hall", originally belonging to a person who lived or worked in a manor.

HALLAM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning either "at the rocks" or "at the nook" in Old English.

HAMILTON   m   English
From a surname meaning "crooked hill" in Old English, which was originally taken from the name of a town in England (which no longer exists)... [more]

HAMMOND   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from either the Germanic given name Haimund which meant "home protection" or else from the Old Norse given name Hámundr which meant "high protection".

HAMNET   m   English (Archaic)
Diminutive of HAMO... [more]

HAMO   m   English (Archaic)
Norman form of the Germanic name Heimo, which was a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element heim meaning "home"... [more]

HAMON   m   English (Archaic)
Variant of HAMO

HANK   m   English
Originally a short form of Hankin which was a medieval diminutive of JOHN... [more]

HAPPY   f & m   English (Rare)
From the English word happy.

HARDING   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name Heard, which was itself a short form of various Old English names containing the element heard meaning "brave, hardy"... [more]

HARDY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from Middle English hardi "brave, hardy".

HARLAN   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English... [more]

HARLAND   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of HARLAN.

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

HARMON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name HERMAN.

HAROLD   m   English
From the Old English name Hereweald meaning "leader of the army", derived from the elements here "army" and weald "leader, ruler"... [more]

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

HARRIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name HARRY.

HARRISON   m   English
From an English surname which meant "son of HARRY"... [more]

HARRY   m   English
Medieval English form of HENRY... [more]

HARTLEY   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "hart clearing" in Old English.

HARVE   m   English
Short form of HARVEY

HARVEY   m   English
From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy", from haer "battle" and viu "worthy"... [more]

HARVIE   m   English
Variant of HARVEY

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".

HAYDN   m   English (British)
From a German surname meaning "heathen"... [more]

HAYWOOD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "fenced wood" in Old English.

HEADLEY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HEDLEY

HEATH   m   English
From an English surname which denoted one who lived on a heath... [more]

HECTOR   m   English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek ‘Εκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ‘εκτωρ (hektor) "holding fast", ultimately from εχω (echo) meaning "to hold, to possess"... [more]

HEDLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "leather clearing" in Old English.

HENDERSON   m   English
From a Scottish surname meaning "son of HENRY".

HENRY   m   English
From the Germanic name Heimiric which meant "home ruler", composed of the elements heim "home" and ric "power, ruler"... [more]

HERB   m   English
Short form of HERBERT

HERBERT   m   English, German, French, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements heri "army" and beraht "bright"... [more]

HERBIE   m   English
Diminutive of HERBERT

HERMAN   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements heri "army" and man "man"... [more]

HERVEY   m   English
Variant of HARVEY

HEWIE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HUGHIE

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]

HIRAM   m   Biblical, English
Probably of Phoenician origin, though it could be from Hebrew meaning "exalted brother"... [more]

HOLDEN   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English... [more]

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

HOMER   m   English, Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
From the Greek name ‘Ομηρος (Homeros), derived from ‘ομηρος (homeros) meaning "hostage, pledge"... [more]

HOPKIN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "son of Hob", Hob being a medieval diminutive of ROBERT.

HORACE   m   English, French
English and French form of HORATIUS, and the name by which the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus is commonly known those languages... [more]

HORATIO   m   English
Variant of HORATIUS... [more]

HOWARD   m   English
From an English surname which can derive from several different sources: the Anglo-Norman given name Huard, which was from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and hard "brave, hardy"; the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Haward, from the Old Norse elements há "high" and varðr "guardian"; or the Middle English term ewehirde meaning "ewe herder"... [more]

HOWIE   m   English
Diminutive of HOWARD

HOYT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Middle English hoit "stick", originally a nickname for a thin person.