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

AAREN   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of AARON

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

AINSLEY   f & m   Scottish, English (Modern)
From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire... [more]

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.

ASTON   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name which meant "east town" in Old English.

AUBREY   m & f   English
Norman French form of the Germanic name ALBERICH... [more]

AVERILL   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the feminine given name EOFORHILD.

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

BRAIDY   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of BRADY

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

BRIAR   m & f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the thorny plant.

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

CAELAN   m & f   English (Rare)
Anglicized form of CAOLÁN or CAOILFHIONN

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.

CASSIDY   f & m   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Caiside meaning "descendent of Caiside"... [more]

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

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

CHANNING   m & f   English (Modern)
From an English surname of uncertain origin.

CHARLEY   m & f   English
Diminutive or feminine form of CHARLES

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

CHEROKEE   f & m   English (Rare)
Probably derived from the Creek word tciloki meaning "people of a different speech"... [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.

CHRISTMAS   m & f   English (Rare)
From the name of the holiday, which means "Christ festival".

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]

DAKOTA   m & f   English (Modern)
Means "friend" in the Dakota language... [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.

DEVAN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

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]

DEVYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN

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]

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

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

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

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

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]

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

JACKIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of either JACK or JACQUELINE

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

JAIDEN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

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

JAYDEN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN

JAYLIN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of JALEN

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

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]

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".

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".

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

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

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

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.

LONDON   m & f   English (Modern)
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain... [more]

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

MEADE   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which indicated one who lived on a meadow (from Middle English mede) or one who sold or made mead (an alcoholic drink made from fermented honey; from Old English meodu).

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.

MONTANA   f & m   English (Modern)
From the name of the American state, which is derived from Latin montanus "mountainous".

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

MORGEN   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of MORGAN

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

OCEAN   m & f   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water... [more]

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".

PARRIS   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris (see PARIS (2)).

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.

PAYTON   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of PEYTON

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

PERLIE   m & f   English (Rare)
From an occupational surname derived from Middle English perle "pearl", originally given to a person who traded in pearls.

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

PHOENIX   m & f   English (Modern)
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird which appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology... [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]

PURDIE   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was derived from the Norman French expression pur die "by God"... [more]

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

RAIN   f & m   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.

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]

REILLY   m & f   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname which is derived from the given name Raghailleach, meaning unknown.

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

ROWAN   m & f   Irish, English (Modern)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin meaning "descendent of RUADHÁN"... [more]

SAGE   f & m   English (Modern)
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.

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]

SATCHEL   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname derived from Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag", referring to a person who was a bag maker.

SELBY   m & f   English (Rare)
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "willow farm" in Old Norse.

SEPTEMBER   f & m   English (Rare)
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.

SEQUOIA   f & m   English (Rare)
From the name of huge trees that grow in California... [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

SHAYE   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of SHAI or SHEA

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]

SKYLAR   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of SKYLER

SKYLER   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of SCHUYLER... [more]

SPARROW   m & f   English (Rare)
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.

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]

TAEGAN   f & m   English (Rare)
Variant of TEAGAN

TAYLER   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of TAYLOR

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]

TEAGAN   m & f   English (Modern)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Tadhgáin meaning "descendent of Tadhgán"... [more]

TEMPLE   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was associated with the Knights Templar, a medieval religious military order.

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]

TYLAR   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant of TYLER

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]

WALLIS   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of WALLACE... [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]

WISDOM   f & m   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".