This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is English; and the length is 6.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Abbott m EnglishFrom the English surname
Abbott, from Old English
abbot, ultimately from Latin
abbas "priest".
Adagio m English (Modern, Rare)From the Italian
adagio meaning "slowly, at ease", a word to indicate a musical composition should be played slowly.
Aelian m English, HistoryEnglish form of
Aelianus. A bearer of this name was Claudius Aelianus - often called Aelian in English - a Roman author and philosopher from the 3rd century AD.
Aerial f & m English (American, Modern)Variant of
Ariel. The spelling is apparently influenced by the English adjective
aerial meaning "pertaining to the air; ethereal" (ultimately from Greek ἀήρ
(aer) "air").
Albion m EnglishFrom the ancient name of Great Britain, which is said to have been inspired by the White Cliffs of Dover. The word is ultimately of Celtic origin (of which the meaning is not entirely certain), but it is etymologically related to Latin
albus "white".
Aldwyn m EnglishModern form of
Ealdwine and/or
Æðelwine. A known bearer of this name is Aldwyn Sappleton (b. 1981), a Jamaican track and field athlete.
Alpine m EnglishLate Middle English from Latin
Alpinus, from
Alpes ‘Alps.’
Altham m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Altham. A locational name from the parish and village of Altham on the river Henburn in North East Lancashire.
Alured m Manx, EnglishThis is a Manx name, said to be a cognate of
Alfred via its latinized form
Aluredus, a variant of
Alvredus.... [
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Amazon m English (Rare)After the Amazon River and/or Rainforest, which is known as the "Rio Amazonas" in Spanish and Portuguese. "Amazonas" is derived from an ancient Greek myth about a tribe of mighty female warriors.
Amoris m & f English (Rare, Archaic)From the Latin word
amoris meaning "of love" (the genitive singular of
amor), used as a given name according to the English historian William Camden (1551-1623).
Amyris m & f Ancient Greek, English (Rare)Both a personal name and the name of a resin, it is derived from the Greek word
αμυρων (amyron), which means "intensely scented" and refers to the resin's strong, aromatic odor.
Anchor m EnglishThe name is either a masculine form of
Anchoretta (finally going back to the Welsh name
Angharad) or used with the literal meaning "anchor".
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).
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.
Apache m English (Rare)From Yavapai,
'epache, "people" and sometimes derived from Zuni
apachu, "enemy."
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.
Ardell m & f EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Ardell, from an unexplained first element and the common suffix of surnames, -
ell (from Latin -
elius)... [
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Ardent m EnglishMiddle English from Old French
ardant from Latin
ardens,
ardent-, from
ardere ‘to burn’.
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)... [
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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.
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.
Avenue m EnglishEarly 17th century from French, feminine past participle of
avenir ‘arrive, approach’, from Latin
advenire, from
ad- ‘towards’ +
venire ‘come’.
Aylett m English (British)In 1676 in Britain there was a lawyer named Aylett Sammes. Source - Blood and Mistletoe, The History of the Druids in Britain (2011) by Ronald Hutton on page 69.
Baasha m English, Biblical HebrewBaasha of Israel is a king of Israel mentioned in Kings. Baasha of Ammon was a King of Ammon ruling in 853 BCE.
Becket m EnglishFrom a surname which was a variant of the surname
Beckett. In some cases it might be given in honour of the English saint Thomas Becket (1118-1170).
Bendor m English (Rare)In the case of Dr Bendor Grosvenor, art historian, the name Bendor is derived from the Grosvenor family's medieval heraldic shield, a
bend or, a golden bend (diagonal stripe), which they used until 1389 when it was claimed instead by the Scrope family, in the case Scrope v Grosvenor... [
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Beriah m English, Hebrew, BiblicalProbably derived from a Hebrew root meaning "to make noise", or another Hebrew root meaning "in evil". This is the name of multiple people in the Bible.
Bonamy m & f EnglishTransferred use of the surname. This name was borne by British literary scholar Bonamy Dobrée (1891-1974), who was given the name because it was a family surname.
Boreal m & f English (Rare)From the Boreal Forest, which was named after the Greek god Boreas, who was a purple-winged god of the North Wind in Greek mythology.
Brazen m English (Rare)From the English word meaning "bold, shameless, obvious" or "made of brass, of brass colour".
Breeze f & m EnglishFrom the English word "breeze" referring to "a light, gentle wind". From the Dutch
bries 'breeze', from the Eastern Frisian
brîse 'breeze', from
brisen 'to blow fresh and strong'.
Bronco m EnglishDerived from the English-speaking word bronco, which describes a wild horse.
Bronze m & f EnglishBronze is a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin. It is a modern first name. In the US, 5 girls and 9 boys were given this first name in 2018.
Button m EnglishThe name of Button Gwinnett, one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence.
Cagney m & f EnglishGardener and kind friend in "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birdsall (National Book Award winner).... [
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Calico m EnglishFrom the English word "calico" referring to something "having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth, a kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern." From Calicut, in India, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam
കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭ, 'Kozhikode'), from
koyil 'palace' +
kota 'fort', "fortified palace", with ‘y’ replaced by interchangeable ‘zh’.... [
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Caligo m English, Popular CulturePossibly related to the name for the genus of the "owl butterfly" or the Latin word meaning "darkness, mist." Name of a faerie in the game 'Lovestruck.'