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Angello m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Angelo.

Anhel m American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Ángel.

Anias m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Anius.

Aniel m Biblical Greek, Dutch (Rare), Dutch (Surinamese, Rare), English (Rare), French (Modern), Spanish (Latin American)
Greek form of Hanniel and its variant Haniel, as it first appeared in the Septuagint.

Animus m English (Rare)
From the Latin animus meaning "the mind; the rational soul in man, intellect, will, courage, spirit, feeling, passion, pride, wrath, etc., the breath, life, soul". In Jungian psychology the animus is the masculine component of a feminine personality (see: Anima 2).

Aniston f & m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Aniston.... [more]

Anjel f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Angel.

Annesley f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Ansley.

Ant m English
Short form of Anthony.

Antario m African American (Rare)
Variant of Ontario.

Antawn m African American (Rare)
Variant of Anton.

Anthem m & f English (Modern)
From the English word anthem, "a rousing or uplifting song", ultimately from the Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), a call and response style of singing.

Anthone m English (Rare)
Variant of Anthony

Anthonee m English
Rare variant of Anthony.

Anthoney m English (Rare)
Variant of Anthony.

Anthonn m English (Modern, ?)
A variant of the name Anthony. This is the name of a character from the Webcomic Marionetta

Antione m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Antoine.

Antjuan m African American (Rare)
Variant of Antoine influenced by Juan 1.

Antoan m Croatian, Serbian, English
Variant of Anton.

Antone m Corsican, English (American, Archaic), Ladin
Corsican and Ladin form and English variant of Anthony.

Antravious m African American (Modern)

Antrel m African American (Modern, Rare)
A modern invented name of unknown meaning.

Antrome m American (Rare, ?)

Antuan m African American
Variant of Antoine.

Antwain m English (American)
Variant of Antoine.

Antwane m African American (Rare)
Variant of Antoine.

Antwon m African American (Modern)
Variant of Antoine.

Anzel m American
Variant of Ansel.

Aowyn f & m English
a variant Éowyn

Apache m English (Rare)
From Yavapai, 'epache, "people" and sometimes derived from Zuni apachu, "enemy."

Apex m English (Modern, Rare)
Meaning "the highest point" or "the climax".

Aphrah f & m English, English (Puritan)
From the biblical place Aphrah in the Book of Micah, meaning "dust." This name was used by Puritans, but has since become rare.

Apolinário m Portuguese (African), Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Portuguese and Louisiana Spanish form of Apollinaris.

Apolo m English, Spanish, Brazilian
Variant of Apollo.

Appleton m English
Transferred use of the surname Appleton.

Aquino m American (Hispanic, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Philippines), South American (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Aquino. Likely in some cases it has been used as a given name in honour of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas.

Aquintis m African American
Meaning unknown.

Aracelio m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Masculine form of Araceli.

Arbasure m American (South, Americanized)
American English regional name (Appalachian).

Arbie m English
Meaning unknown, perhaps a diminutive of Archibald.

Arbor m & f English
Middle English (also denoting a lawn or flower bed) from Old French erbier, from erbe ‘grass, herb’, from Latin herba. The phonetic change to ar- (common in words having er- before a consonant) was assisted by association with Latin arbor ‘tree’.

Arby m English (American)

Arcades m Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Louisiana Spanish form of Arcade.

Arcángelo m Louisiana Creole
Louisiana Spanish form of Archange.

Arch m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Archibald and other names beginning with the syllable Arch-.

Archibold m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Archibald, usually used as a surname.

Archilus m English (American)

Archulus m English (American, Anglicized, Modern)
Related to Archelaus

Ardel m English
Variant of Ardell or Ardal.

Ardell m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Ardell, from an unexplained first element and the common suffix of surnames, -ell (from Latin -elius)... [more]

Ardent m English
Middle English from Old French ardant from Latin ardens, ardent-, from ardere ‘to burn’.

Ardie f & m American (Rare)
Diminutive of Arden or names with the sound ard or perhaps a variant of Artie.

Ardoth f & m American (Rare, Archaic)

Arduin m English, French
English and French form of Hardwin via its latinized form Arduinus. Also see Arduino.... [more]

Ardus m English (Rare)

Areleous m English (American, Rare)
This is a rare (American) English given name, which might possibly be derived from Aurelius.

Aren m English

Argie m & f English

Argyle m Scottish (Archaic), English
Transferred use of the surname Argyle.

Arian m English, Croatian
Variation of Aryan, or from the English word referring to "someone whose star sign is Aries". Arian Foster (born 1986) is an American football player for the Houston Texans.

Arick m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Eric.

Ariell f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Ariel.

Arien m English

Ariez m & f American
Variant of Aries.

Arik m English (Rare)
Variant of Eric.

Ariovistus m History, English (American, Archaic)
Latinization of a Celto-Germanic given name, of which the original form and meaning are uncertain.... [more]

Aristile m Louisiana Creole

Aristille m Louisiana Creole
Variant of Aristile.

Ariyel f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ariel.

Ariyon m & f English

Arjay m English (Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials RJ.

Arkansas m & f English (Rare)
A French pronunciation (Arcansas) of a Quapaw (a related Kaw tribe) word, akakaze, meaning "land of downriver people" or the Sioux word akakaze meaning "people of the south wind".

Arkell m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Arkell, which in turn is derived from the Old Norse personal name Arnketill... [more]

Arkham m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the fictional place name Arkham Asylum from Batman video games and comic books, itself named for a fictional city in Massachusetts used regularly by author H. P. Lovecraft (see Arkham)... [more]

Arkie f & m English

Arlan m English
Variant of Arlen.

Arland m English

Arlandus m African American
Possibly a quasi-Latinization of Roland via variants like Orlando.

Arleigh f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Arlie.

Arley m English
Variant of Arlie.

Arlin m English
Variant of Arlen.

Arlington m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Arlington. Notable bearer the American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson received the name rather unusually when a man from Arlington, Massachusetts was selected to pull a name out of a hat to bestow his first name, Edwin.

Arlis m & f English (American)
Variant of Arliss.

Arliss m & f American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Arliss.

Arlon m English (Rare)
Variant of Arlen.

Arlow m & f English
Variant of Arlo.

Arlowe f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Arlo.

Arlyn f & m English
Possibly a variant of Arlen or Arline.

Armie m English
Diminutive of Armand. A known bearer of this name is American actor Armand "Armie" Hammer (b. 1986).

Arminn m English (Rare)
Variant of Armin.

Armistead m American
Reached it's peak populularty in 1800's United States

Armistice f & m Popular Culture, American (Rare)
From the English word armistice meaning "truce, ceasefire", ultimately derived from Latin arma "arms" and -stitium "stoppage". This is the name of a character on the HBO series 'Westworld'.

Armitage m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Armitage.

Armond m English
Possibly related to French Armand.

Armor m English (Modern, Rare)
The protection worn by knights, warriors and heroes for centuries.

Armstead m English (American)
Transferred use of surname Armstead.

Armstrong m American
Transferred use of the surname Armstrong.

Arna m Louisiana Creole, American (South)
A notable bearer of this name was the American writer Arna Bontemps (1902-1973), who was born into a Louisiana Creole family. By some accounts, his birth name was Arnaud.

Arnaz m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Arnaz.

Arnett m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Arnett.

Arnez m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Arnaz.

Arnish m English (American)

Arren m English
An occasionally-recorded variant spelling, perhaps influenced by Darren, with the perk of having Ren as a possible nickname.

Arril m & f English (Rare)

Arrin m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Aaron and Erin.

Arrison m & f American (Americanized, Modern, Rare)
Arrison is a modern, American name with no set meaning. It is a unisex variant of the masculine name, Harrison.

Arrow m & f English (Modern)
From the English word arrow, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- "bow, arrow".

Arson m American (Modern, Rare)
Probably a spelling variant of Arsen. It coincides with the English word arson meaning "the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property".

Arsyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Arsen.

Artemus m American, Portuguese (Brazilian)

Arthel m Louisiana Creole (Rare)

Arther m English
Variant of Arthur.

Arthor m English
Variant of Arthur.

Artis m English (Rare)
Possibly related to Arthur.

Artist m & f English (American, Rare)
Simply from the English word artist. First recorded as a name in 1916 (where it was given to five boys), this name has seen sporadic usage in the United States until 2017, where it began to rise. It was given to 89 American baby boys in 2021.

Artubald m English
Variant of Archibald.

Arty m English
Diminutive of Arthur.

Arvin m Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English (Archaic)
Either a Scandinavian form of Arwin (see Erwin) or a combination of the Old Norse name elements ari "eagle" and vinr "friend".

Arwin m English
Possibly a variant of Arwyn, the name of the wacky engineer on Disney Channel's 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody'

Aryel f & m English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Ariel.

Aryn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Erin or Aaron (See also Aaryn and Arin).

Asante m & f African American
Possibly derived from Swahili asante "thank you".

Asberry m American (Rare)
Variant of Asbury.

Asbury m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Asbury.

Ashawn m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix A- and the given name Shawn.

Ashby m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Ashby.

Ashford m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ashford, which itself is derived from the name of one of several places called Ashford in England... [more]

Ashie f & m English
Short form of Asher, Ashley and other names starting with ‘ash’

Ashland m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ashland.

Ashlay f & m English
Variant of Ashley.

Ashleah f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ashley.

Ashlin f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Ashlyn. Male usage may be transferred use of the surname Ashlin (see Ascelin).

Ashten m & f English
Variant of Ashton

Ashtian m English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Ashton. Ashtian was given to 6 boys in 2017 per the SSA.

Ashtin m & f English
Variant: Ashton

Aslie f & m English
Variant of Asley.... [more]

Ason m & f English (American, Modern), American (Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Ason.

Aspara m English

Astin m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Astin, which was itself derived from a contraction of the Anglo-Norman French given name Asketin, a diminutive of Old Norse Ásketill.

Astley m English

Astro m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Masculine form of Astra.

Atali f & m English
Unisex version of "Atalia".

Atari m English

Ataveon m African American (Rare)
Possibly an altered form of Octavian.

Atavi f & m American (Rare, ?)

Athan m & f English
English form of Tathan.

Athelaston m African American (Modern, Rare)
Either a combination of Athel and Aston or a variant of Athelston.... [more]

Athelston m Medieval English, English (Rare), Literature
Medieval variant of Æthelstan, which is still in use today. In literature, this is the name of the eponymous character of the Middle English verse romance Athelston (14th century), the author of which is unknown.... [more]

Athen m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Athen.

Athen m English (American, Americanized, ?)

Athens m & f English (American)
From Greek Athenai (plural because the city had several distinct parts), traditionally derived from Athena, but probably assimilated from a lost name in a pre-Hellenic language.

Ather m English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English name Æðelhere.

Atholl m English, Scottish
From a Scottish place name.

Atlantic m English
The term “Atlantic” was in the sixth century BC by a Greek poet, Atlantikôi pelágei or the “Sea of Atlas.”

Atlantis f & m English (Modern, Rare), South African (Rare)
Taken from the name of the mythological place of the Atlantis, derived from the Greek Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος meaning “island of Atlas.”

Atlee m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Atlee.

Atlus m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Atlas.

Attikai m English (Rare)

Attwell m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Attwell.

Atwater m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Atwater.

Atwell m English
Transferred use of the surname Atwell.

Atz m English (American, Modern, Rare)
In the case of Atz Kilcher, it is a short form of Attila.

Auben f & m English (Modern, Rare), South African (Rare)
Variant of Aubin.

Aubergine f & m English

Aubie m & f English

Aubron m English (Rare)
Variant of Auberon.

Auburn m & f English (Rare)

Auden m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Auden, which is derived from the Germanic given name Aldwin (its Old English equivalent is Ealdwine)... [more]

Audgen m American (Rare, Archaic)

Audi f & m English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the German car manufacturer (compare Ferrari and Porsche). Can also be considered a variant of Audie.... [more]

Audie m Irish (Anglicized), English
English rendering of a diminutive of Éadbhard.

Audin m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Auden.

Audr m & f English (Rare), Old Norse (Americanized, Rare)
Derived from the Norse name Auðr meaning “wealth, fortune”. It was americanized for easier understanding and writing.

Audrique m & f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant form of Audry.

Aufrey m Medieval French, English (Archaic), French (African, Rare)
Variant form of Aufroy. Also compare Geoffrey versus Geoffroy.

Auggie m English
Diminutive of August.

Augie m English
Diminutive of August.

Aundell m American (Rare)

Aundra f & m English (Modern), African American
Possibly a combination of the sounds found in names such as Andrea, Saundra and Audra... [more]

Aunic m American

Aurain m African American

Auren m English

Aurion f & m English (American), African American
Variant of Orion.

Aurthur m English (Rare)
Variant of Arthur.

Aurum m & f English (Rare)
Means "gold" in Latin.

Austian m English
Variant of Austin

Austine f & m American (Rare, Archaic)

Austyne f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Austin.

Austynn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Austin (See also Austyne).

Auther m English
Possibly a variant of Arthur.

Author m English (American, Rare)
From a misapprehension of the spelling of the name Arthur or from the occupation.

Authur m English (American, Archaic)

Autrey m English (Rare)
Variant of Autry.

Autry m & f English
Variant of Audrey.

Avail f & m American
Meaning, "to help; benefit."

Avandre m African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements a and von with the name Andre.

Avante m African American

Avary f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Avery.

Avashante m African American
Combination of the prefix av and Ashante.

Avedon m English

Aven m English
Transferred use of the surname Aven.

Avens m & f English

Aventurine f & m English
From the Italian phrase a ventura meaning "by chance". The name alludes to the fact that the gemstone that originally had the name aventurine - which was goldstone, a type of brownish colored glass flecked with gold and manufactured in Italy since the 17th century - was discovered by accident... [more]

Avenue m English
Early 17th century from French, feminine past participle of avenir ‘arrive, approach’, from Latin advenire, from ad- ‘towards’ + venire ‘come’.

Aveon m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Avon.

Averell m English
Variant of Averill.

Averett m English

Averey m & f English
Variant of Avery.

Avett m English

Avian m & f English (American, Rare)

Avie f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of male or female names beginning with Av- such as Ava 1, Avis, Avery, etc... [more]

Aviee f & m English (American, Americanized, Rare)

Avin m English
Strong

Avion m English, African American

Avon f & m English (Modern)
English variant of Afon.

Avonte m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements a, von and tay.

Avory f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Avery perhaps influenced by Ivory.

Avrey f & m English
Variant of Avery.

Avri m & f Hebrew, American (Rare)
Diminutive of Avraham.... [more]

Avrin m & f Hebrew, English

Avry f & m American (Rare)
Variant of Avery. In 2008, 30 boys and 24 girls were given the name AVRY. Also in 2018, 17 boys and 11 girls were named AVRY.

Awesome m & f English (American, Rare)
Taken directly from the English word awesome.

Awst m English
Variant of Augustus

Axeton m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Axton.

Axiom m English (Rare)
Meaning, "a statement (in mathematics often shown in symbolic form) that is so evident or well-established, that it is accepted without controversy or question."

Axle m English
Variant of Axel.

Axton m English
Transferred use of the surname Axton, meaning "Acca's stone", from the Old English given name Acca plus stān 'stone'.

Axzel m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Axel. According to the SSA, Axzel was given to 12 boys in 2011.

Aycen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ason or Ayson.

Aydin m English (Modern)
Variant of Aidan.

Aydn m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Aidan, the spelling perhaps influenced by that of Haydn.

Aydon m English
Variant of Aidan.

Aydrian m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Adrian.

Aynjel m & f African, African American, Jamaican Patois, Caribbean
A strongly phonetic spelling of the world "angel", especially used by those who speak Jamaican Patois and other English-based dialects of Caribbean Creole.

Aynslee m & f English
Variant of Ainsley.

Aynsley f & m English
Variant of Ainsley.

Ayron m English
Variant of the Hebrew name Aaron.

Ayrten m English
Variant of Ayrton.

Ayrton m English, Portuguese (Brazilian), Various
Transferred use of the surname Ayrton, which was originally taken from the place name Airton.... [more]

Aysen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ason or Ayson.

Ayson m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Either transferred use of the surname Ayson or a variant of Ason.

Aythe m English

Ayton m English
Transferred use of the surname Ayton.

Ayvan m English (Rare)
Perhaps a spelling variant of Evan.

Azair m American (Modern, Rare)
Modernized variant of Azaire.

Azaire m French (Cajun), American (South), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Extremely rare and archaic French form of Azariah.

Azariyah f & m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Azariah perhaps influenced by Aaliyah.

Azekial m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ezekiel.

Aziah m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Asaiah or Asia 1.

Azizi f & m African American (Rare), Swahili
Means "treasure, rarity, something valuable; lover" in Swahili, derived from Arabic عَزِيز‎ (ʕazīz); compare Aziz. A known (female) bearer is American model Azizi Johari (1948-), in whose case it is a pseudonym.

Aztlan m & f Aztec and Toltec Mythology, American (Hispanic, Rare), Mexican (Rare)
From the name of the legendary ancestral homeland of the Aztec peoples. Etymology uncertain, often said to mean "place of the herons", from Nahuatl aztatl "heron, snowy egret" and the locative suffix -tlan, though this doesn’t fit Nahuatl morphology... [more]

Baasha m English, Biblical Hebrew
Baasha of Israel is a king of Israel mentioned in Kings. Baasha of Ammon was a King of Ammon ruling in 853 BCE.

Babie f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Barbara.

Babylon m & f English (American, Rare)
From the place name.

Bach m English
Transferred use of the surname Bach.

Baileigh f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Bailey.

Bailem m English, Hebrew, Yiddish
means "he who watches over his siblings." This name is usually given to the first son. Bailem is somewhat connected to Bailey.

Baily f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bailey.

Bainbridge m English (Rare)

Baines m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Baines 2. This was the middle name of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Baird m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Baird.

Baldy m English
Diminutive of Archibald

Baleigh f & m English
Variant of Bailey.

Balentín m Louisiana Creole (Archaic)
Louisiana Spanish form of Valentín.

Baley f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Bailey.

Ballard m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ballard.

Ballington m English (Rare)
A notable bearer is Ballington Booth.

Balsir m English
Likely a variant of Balthasar

Balthazard m Louisiana Creole
Creole form of Balthazar.

Bam m Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a diminutive for any name starting with the letter B. Also an onomatopoeia word suggesting the sound of a "loud thud". ... [more]

Bama m & f American
Diminutive of Alabama, the names of American states being in occasional use as given names. A notable bearer is professional baseball player Carvel William "Bama" Rowell (1916-1993) who played in Boston and Philadelphia, but hailed from Alabama... [more]

Banastre m English (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Banastre. This was borne by the British officer and politician Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), known for fighting in the American War of Independence.

Bancroft m English (American, Rare)
A notable bearer is Bancroft Gherardi, and admiral of the United States Navy.

Bandy m & f American
Transferred use of the surname Bandy.

Banjamin m English
Variant of Benjamin.

Banjo m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Banjo. Occasionally used in homage to various persons using the byname, such as Australian poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson or American race car driver Edwin “Banjo” Matthews.

Banksy f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred used of the surname Banksy as a given name. It could also be used as a diminutive of the name Banks.

Bannack m & f English (American, Rare)

Banner m & f English (Rare)
A banner is a symbol-bearing flag.

Banning m English
Transferred use of the surname Banning.

Bannister m English
Transferred use of the surname Bannister.

Bannon m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred from the surname Bannon.

Banyan m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Banyan.

Barber m English
Transferred use of the surname Barber.

Barcklay m English (Rare)
Variant of Barclay.

Barden m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Barden.

Barker m English
From the surname Barker.

Barkevious m African American (Rare)
A modern invented name of unknown meaning.... [more]

Barkley m English
From a surname which is a variant of Barclay.

Barlow m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Barlow.

Barnabey m English
Variant of Barnaby.

Barnabus m English (Rare, ?)
Variant of Barnabas.

Barnett m English
Transferred use from the surname Barnett.

Barnie m American (Rare)
Variant of Barney.

Barny m English
Variant of Barney.

Baron m English
Middle English from Old French, from medieval Latin baro, baron- ‘man, warrior’, probably of Germanic origin.

Barr m English
Name often derived from the location Barr

Barre m English
Variant of Barry.

Barren m English (Rare)
Variant of Barron.

Barrick m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Barrick.