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

HUBERT   m   English, German, Dutch, French, Polish
Means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and beraht "bright"... [more]

HUDSON   m   English
From a surname which meant "son of Hudde", Hudde being a medieval diminutive of HUGH or RICHARD... [more]

HUEY   m   English
Variant of HUGHIE

HUGH   m   English
From the Germanic element hug, meaning "heart, mind, spirit"... [more]

HUGHIE   m   English
Diminutive of HUGH

HUGO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, English, Dutch, German
Latinized form of HUGH... [more]

HUMBERT   m   German, French, English (Rare)
Means "famous warrior", derived from the Germanic elements hun "warrior" and beraht "famous"... [more]

HUMPHREY   m   English
Means "peaceful warrior" from the Germanic elements hun "warrior" and frid "peace"... [more]

HUMPHRY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HUMPHREY

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

HYRAM   m   English (Rare)
Variant of HIRAM

IAN   m   Scottish, English
Modern Scottish form of JOHN

IGGY   m   English
Diminutive of IGNATIUS

IKE   m   English
Diminutive of ISAAC... [more]

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

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

INDIGO   f & m   English (Rare)
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour... [more]

INGRAM   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Germanic given name Engelram... [more]

INIGO   m   English (Rare)
English form of IÑIGO... [more]

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

IRVIN   m   English, Scottish
From a surname which was a variant of either IRVING or IRWIN.

IRVINE   m   English, Scottish
Variant of IRVING

IRVING   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name... [more]

IRWIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine, a cognate of ERWIN.

ISAAC   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitzchaq) which meant "he laughs"... [more]

ISADOR   m   English (Rare)
Variant of ISIDORE

ISADORE   m   English
Variant of ISIDORE

ISAIAH   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yesha'yahu) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"... [more]

ISIAH   m   English
Variant of ISAIAH

ISIDORE   m   English, French, Jewish
From the Greek name Ισιδωρος (Isidoros) which meant "gift of Isis", from the name of the Egyptian goddess ISIS combined with Greek δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more]

ISSAC   m   English
Variant of ISAAC

ISSY   m   English
Diminutive of ISIDORE and other names beginning with Is.

IVAN   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Newer form of the old Slavic name Ioan, which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

IVOR   m   Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior"... [more]

IVORY   m & f   English (African American)
From the English word for the hard, creamy-white substance which makes up the tusks of elephants.

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

JACK   m   English
Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of JOHN... [more]

JACKIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of either JACK or JACQUELINE

JACKSON   m   English
From an English surname which means "son of JACK".

JACOB   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Biblical
From the Latin Iacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov)... [more]

JADEN   m & f   English (Modern)
An invented name, using the popular aden suffix sound which is found in such names as BRADEN or AIDAN... [more]

JADYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of JAY (1)

JAIDEN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAKE   m   English
Medieval variant of JACK... [more]

JALEN   m   English (African American, Modern)
An invented name... [more]

JAMAAR   m   English (Rare)
Variant of JAMAR

JAMAR   m   English (African American)
Possibly a blend of JAMAL and LAMAR... [more]

JAMES   m   English, Biblical
English form of the Late Latin name Iacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov) (see JACOB)... [more]

JAMEY   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES

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

JAMISON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of JAMES".

JAQUAN   m   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name elements Ja and quan.

JARED   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יָרֶד (Yared) or יֶרֶד (Yered) meaning "descent"... [more]

JAROD   m   English
Variant of JARED

JARON   m   English (Modern)
Invented name, probably based on JARED and DARREN.

JARRED   m   English
Variant of JARED

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

JARROD   m   English
Variant of JARED

JARVIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name GERVAIS.

JASON   m   English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical
From the Greek name Ιασων (Iason), which was derived from Greek ιασθαι (iasthai) "to heal"... [more]

JASPER   m   English, Judeo-Christian Legend
Means "treasurer" in Persian... [more]

JAXON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JACKSON

JAY (1)   m   English
Short form of names beginning with the sound J, such as JAMES or JASON... [more]

JAYCOB   m   English (Rare)
Variant of JACOB

JAYDEN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAYDON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAYLEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JALEN

JAYLIN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JALEN

JAYLON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JALEN

JAYMES   m   English (Modern)
Variant of JAMES

JAYSON   m   English
Variant of JASON

JEB   m   English
Sometimes a diminutive of JACOB... [more]

JED   m   English
Short form of JEDIDIAH

JEFF   m   English
Short form of JEFFREY

JEFFERSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of JEFFREY"... [more]

JEFFERY   m   English
Variant of JEFFREY

JEFFREY   m   English
Medieval variant of GEOFFREY... [more]

JEFFRY   m   English
Variant of JEFFREY

JEM   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval form of JAMES

JEMMY   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval diminutive of JAMES

JEP   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval diminutive of GEOFFREY

JEPSON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "son of JEP".

JEPTHA   m   English (Archaic)
Variant of JEPHTHAH

JERALD   m   English
Variant of GERALD

JERE   m   Finnish, English
Diminutive of JEREMIAH

JEREMIAH   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) which meant "YAHWEH has uplifted"... [more]

JEREMY   m   English, Biblical (Variant)
Medieval English form of JEREMIAH, and the form used in some versions of the New Testament.

JERMAINE   m   English
Variant of GERMAIN... [more]

JEROLD   m   English
Variant of GERALD

JEROME   m   English
From the Greek name ‘Ιερωνυμος (Hieronymos) meaning "sacred name"... [more]

JERRARD   m   English (Rare)
Variant of GERARD

JERRED   m   English (Rare)
Variant of JARED

JERROD   m   English
Variant of JARED

JERROLD   m   English
Variant of GERALD

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

JERVIS   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of JARVIS.

JESS   m & f   English
Short form of JESSE or JESSICA

JESSE   m   English, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishay) which possibly meant "gift"... [more]

JESSIE (2)   m   English
Variant of JESSE

JETT   m   English (Modern)
From the English word jet, which denotes either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).

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

JIM   m   English
Medieval diminutive of JAMES

JIMI   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES... [more]

JIMMIE   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of JAMES

JIMMY   m   English
Diminutive of JAMES

JOBY   m   English (Rare)
Diminutive of JOB

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]

JOE   m   English
Short form of JOSEPH... [more]

JOEL   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yo'el) meaning "YAHWEH is God"... [more]

JOEY   m   English
Diminutive of JOSEPH

JOHN   m   English, Biblical
English form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "YAHWEH is gracious"... [more]

JOHNATHAN   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN

JOHNATHON   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN

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.

JOHNNY   m   English
Diminutive of JOHN

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

JOLYON   m   English (Rare)
Medieval form of JULIAN... [more]

JON (2)   m   English
Short form of JONATHAN, or sometimes a variant of JOHN.

JONAH   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יוֹנָה (Yonah) meaning "dove"... [more]

JONATHAN   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)) meaning "YAHWEH has given"... [more]

JONATHON   m   English
Variant of JONATHAN

JONNY   m   English
Diminutive of JONATHAN

JONTY   m   English (British)
Diminutive of JONATHAN

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]

JORDON   m   English
Variant of JORDAN

JOSEPH   m   English, French, German, Biblical
From Iosephus, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφος (Iosephos), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add"... [more]

JOSH   m   English
Short form of JOSHUA

JOSHUA   m   English, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"... [more]

JOSIAH   m   Biblical, English
Means "YAHWEH supports" in Hebrew... [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]

JUDD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from a diminutive of the given name JORDAN.

JUDE   m   English, Biblical
Variant of JUDAS... [more]

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

JULIAN   m   English, Polish, German
From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from JULIUS... [more]

JULIUS   m   Ancient Roman, English, German
From a Roman family name which was possibly derived from Greek ιουλος (ioulos) "downy-bearded"... [more]

JULYAN   m   English (Rare)
Medieval variant of JULIAN

JUNIOR   m   English
From a nickname which was originally used for a boy who had the same name as his father.

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

JUSTIN   m   English, French, Slovene
From the Roman name Iustinus, which was derived from JUSTUS... [more]

JUSTY   m & f   English
Diminutive of JUSTIN or JUSTINE

KADE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CADE

KADEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CADEN

KALEB   m   English (Modern), German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
English variant of CALEB... [more]

KAM   m   English (Modern)
Short form of KAMERON

KAMERON   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CAMERON

KASEY   m & f   English
Variant of CASEY

KEATON   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "shed town" in Old English.

KEEFE   m   Irish, English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caoimh meaning "descendent of Caomh"... [more]

KEEGAN   m   Irish, English
From the Gaelic surname Mac Aodhagáin, which means "descendent of Aodhagán"... [more]

KEGAN   m   Irish, English (Modern)
From a surname which was a variant of KEEGAN.

KEIR   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of KERR.

KEIRAN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of KIERAN

KEITH   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name, itself probably derived from British cet meaning "wood"... [more]

KELCEY   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of KELSEY

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]

KELVIN   m   English
From the name of a Scottish river, perhaps meaning "narrow water"... [more]

KEMP   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which meant "warrior, champion, athlete" in Old English.

KEN (1)   m   English
Short form of KENNETH

KENDAL   m & f   English (Modern), Welsh
From a surname which was a variant of KENDALL.

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".

KENDRICK   m   English
From a surname which has several different origins... [more]

KENELM   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English name Cenhelm, which was composed of the elements cene "bold, keen" and helm "helmet"... [more]

KENITH   m   English (Rare)
Variant of KENNETH

KENNARD   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given names Cyneweard or Cyneheard, composed of the element cyne "royal" combined with weard "guard" or heard "brave, hardy".

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

KENNETH   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of both COINNEACH and CINÁED... [more]

KENNITH   m   English
Variant of KENNETH

KENNY   m   Scottish, English
Diminutive of KENNETH

KENRICK   m   English (Rare)
Variant of KENDRICK

KENT   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from Kent, the name of a county in England, which may be derived from a British word meaning "coastal district".

KENTON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name meaning either "town on the River Kenn" or "royal town" in Old English.

KENYON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an English place name, of uncertain meaning.

KENZIE   m & f   English
Short form of MACKENZIE

KERMIT   m   English
From the Irish surname Mac Dhiarmaid, which means "son of DIARMAID"... [more]

KERR   m   Scottish, English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "rough wet ground" in Old Norse.

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

KESHAUN   m   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAUN.

KESHAWN   m   English (African American, Modern)
Combination of the popular name prefix Ke and SHAWN.

KEVIN   m   English, Irish, French
Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Coemgen, composed of the Old Irish elements coem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth"... [more]

KEVYN   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of KEVIN

KIAN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CIAN

KIARAN   m   English (Rare)
Anglicized form of CIARÁN

KIEFER   m   English (Modern)
From a German surname meaning "barrel maker".

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

KIMBALL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from either the Welsh given name Cynbel meaning "chief war" or the Old English given name Cynebald meaning "royal boldness".

KING   m   English
From a nickname which derives from the English word king, ultimately from Old English cyning.

KINGSLEY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "king's wood" in Old English.

KIP   m   English
From a nickname, probably from the English word kipper meaning "male salmon".

KIPLING   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "Cybbel's cottage"... [more]

KIRBY   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "church settlement" in Old Norse.

KIRK   m   English
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "church" from Old Norse kirkja, ultimately from Greek... [more]

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

KNOX   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Old English cnocc "round hill".

KODEY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of CODY

KODY   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CODY

KOLBY   m   English (Modern)
Variant of COLBY

KOLE   m   English (Modern)
Variant of COLE

KONNOR   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CONNOR

KORBIN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of CORBIN

KOREY   m   English
Variant of COREY

KORY   m   English
Variant of COREY

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

KRISTOPHER   m   English
Variant of CHRISTOPHER

KURTIS   m   English
Variant of CURTIS

KYLE   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".

KYLER   m   English (Modern)
Probably a variant of KYLE, blending it with TYLER... [more]

KYNASTON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "CYNEFRIÐ's town" in Old English.

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

LAIRD   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname meaning "landowner".

LAKE   m   English (Rare)
From the English word lake, for the inland body of water... [more]

LAMAR   m   English
From a French and English surname, originally from a place name in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare meaning "the pool".

LAMBERT   m   German, Dutch, French, English
Derived from the Germanic elements land "land" and beraht "bright"... [more]

LAMONT   m   English
From a Scottish surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Logmaðr meaning "law man".

LANCE   m   English
From the Germanic name Lanzo, originally a short form of names that began with the element land meaning "land"... [more]

LANDON   m   English
From a surname which was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge").

LANE   m   English
From a surname meaning "lane, path" which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane.

LANFORD   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "long ford" in Old English.

LANGDON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of the surname LANDON.

LANNY   m   English
Diminutive of LANCE, LANDON, and other names beginning with Lan.

LARKIN   m   English
From a surname which was itself originally derived from the given name LAURENCE (1).

LARRIE   m   English
Short form of LAURENCE (1)

LARRY   m   English
Short form of LAURENCE (1)

LASHAWN   f & m   English (African American)
Combination of the popular prefix La with the name SHAWN.

LASHAY   m   English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the popular name prefix La and SHAY (1).

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

LAURENCE (1)   m   English
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum"... [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]

LAWRENCE   m   English
Variant of LAURENCE (1)... [more]

LAWRIE   m   English
Diminutive of LAWRENCE

LAWSON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "son of LAURENCE (1)".

LAYNE   m   English
Variant of LANE

LAYTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement with a leek garden" in Old English.

LAZ   m   English
Diminutive of LARRY