Browse Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is rare.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Clet m French (Rare)
French form of Cletus.
Clodoveo m Italian (Tuscan), Emilian-Romagnol, Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Hlodwig, via a Latinized form Clodovæus or Chlodoveus. This was borne by Clodoveo Carrión Mora (1883-1957), an Ecuadorian palaeontologist and naturalist.
Clopton m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Clopton. A notable bearer was Clopton Havers (1657-1702), who became a Physician in England (via the Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians) in 1687 and wrote several books related to the study and structure of bones.
Cniht m Anglo-Saxon (Rare)
Derived from Old English cniht meaning "youth, servant, retainer".
Cobe m English (Modern, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Variant of Kobe 1 (Flemish) and Kobe 2/Coby (Modern English).
Cobi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Coby.
Cobra m English (American, Rare)
From Portuguese cobra from the latin colubra meaning "snake."
Cock m & f Dutch (Rare)
Short form of both Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women)... [more]
Cocky f & m Dutch (Rare)
Diminutive of Cock, which is a short form of Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women)... [more]
Coda m & f Various (Rare)
Variant of Koda.
Codru m Romanian (Rare)
Derived from Romanian codru "wood, forest".
Coe m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Coe.
Coffey m African American (Rare)
Possibly a form of Cuff. This is borne by American country and western singer-songwriter Coffey Anderson (1978-).
Colbe m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Colby.
Colden m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Colden.
Coleraine m Irish (Anglicized, Rare)
Coleraine is a town in Northern Ireland. It's meaning is "Nook of the ferns". It was once a title held by the Hanger family of Driffield, Gloucestershire, England. It was also a given name in the Vansittart family of Shottesbrooke, Berkshire, England.
Coleson m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Coleson.
Colga m Irish (Rare)
From Irish colg, meaning "thorn" or "sword".
Collard m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Collard.
Colley m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Colley.
Collinwood m American (Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Collinwood.
Colonel m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Colonel or as a first name could be an attempt by parents to give their child a higher status.
Coltrane m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Coltrane.
Commodore m English (Rare)
From the military rank of commodore, derived from French commandeur.
Confucio m Italian (Rare, ?), History (Hispanicized)
Italian and Spanish form of Confucius. This was borne by Italian politician Confucio Basaglia (1872-1944).
Conlaodh m Irish (Rare)
From the old Irish name Conláed (see Conleth).
Connolly f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Connolly as a given name.
Connop m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Connop. A notable bearer is Connop Thirlwall, a theologian and historian.
Conolly m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Conolly.
Constanzo m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Spanish form of Constantius, making it the masculine form of Constanza.
Conversión m & f Spanish (Rare)
Means "conversion" in Spanish, referring to the conversion of Saint Paul to Christianity.... [more]
Conyers m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Conyers.... [more]
Conyll m Manx (Rare)
Manx form of Conall.
Cooke m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cooke. Cooke Maroney is an art dealer and the husband of American actress, Jennifer Lawrence.
Cookie m & f English (American, Rare)
A nickname with meaning that can be particular to the bearer. Cookie can suggest someone who is sweet, or it can be a nickname for someone who cooks, as in the long running cartoon strip 'Beetle Bailey' where the camp cook is known as Cookie.
Cooter m American (Rare)
Possibly from the surname Cooter originating in Sussex, England. The American nickname became widely known in the United States with the character Cooter Davenport on the television series 'The Dukes of Hazzard' (1979-1985)... [more]
Copelyn f & m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Copeland using the popular name suffix -lyn.
Corb m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Corbin or Corbett. Noted bearer is Canadian musician Corb Lund.
Corinthian m & f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Corinthian is the most ornate of the classical orders (columns) of Greek and Roman architecture, characterized by fluted columns and elaborate capitals with intricate carvings. It has taken on the meaning of "ornate, luxurious" because of the typical traits of the namesake order... [more]
Corke f & m Dutch (Rare)
Diminutive of Cor as well as of the related names Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women).... [more]
Corliss f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Corliss.
Corneel m & f Dutch (Rare), Flemish
Short form of both Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women), but the name is most often encountered on men... [more]
Corneelke m & f Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Diminutive of Corneel as well as of the related names Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women).... [more]
Corneeltje f & m Dutch (Rare)
Diminutive of Corneel as well as of the related names Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women).... [more]
Cornelian m & f English (Rare)
Named for the deep red gemstone which is also known as a carnelian. The word comes from the Latin cornum, meaning "cornel cherry" - a flowering dogwood tree with small, dark red fruit.... [more]
Corpus f & m Spanish, American (Hispanic, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Borrowed from Latin corpus meaning "body," more specifically referring, in this case, to the Body of Christ (Corpus Christi). This name, sometimes used with the full name Corpus Christi, is usually given to children born on or around the feast day of Corpus Christi.
Corre m & f Dutch (Rare)
Short form of Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women).... [more]
Correke f & m Dutch (Rare)
Diminutive of Cor and Corre as well as of the related names Cornelis and Cornelius (for men) and Cornelia (for women).... [more]
Correy m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Corey.
Corrigan m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Corrigan.
Corto m French (Rare), Popular Culture
Means "short" in Italian and Spanish, from Latin curtus.
Corvin m English, German (Swiss, Rare), Romanian
English,German and Romanian form of Corvinus.
Costello m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred from the originally Irish surname Costello.
Coté f & m Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of José or sometimes Josefa. A famous bearer is Chilean-American television actress Coté de Pablo (1979-), whose birth name was María José.
Cotiso m Romanian (Rare), History
Cotiso was the name of a Dacian king (approximately 30 BC) who ruled the mountains between Banat and Oltenia (modern-day Romania).
Cougar m English (Rare)
From late 18th century, from French couguar, abbreviation of modern Latin cuguarcarana, from Guarani guaçuarana.
Couper m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cooper. Couper was given to 12 boys in 2015 according to the SSA.
Courage m & f English (Rare)
Borrowing from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin coraticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root.
Courtenay f & m English (Rare)
French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short").... [more]
Cove m & f English (Rare)
Either from the English surname Cove or else directly from the vocabulary word cove, which refers to a small coastal inlet.
Covid m & f Various (Modern, Rare)
Abbreviation of COronaVIrus Disease.
Cowan m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cowan.
Cowell m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cowell.
Cox m & f Dutch (Rare)
Short form of Cornelis (for men) and Cornelia (for women). Also compare Cokkie.... [more]
Coy m Dutch (Rare), Limburgish (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It might be a combination of Cornelis or Cornelius with a name that starts with J-, such as Jan 1... [more]
Coyce m English (American, Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be derived from the surname Choyce. Alternatively, it might be a combination of Coy with names like Boyce and Royce.
Coyote m & f American (Rare)
From the name of the small dog-like animal. Has been used rarely as a given name since the 1800s, though its use is steadily increasing since the 2000s.
Coysen m Indonesian (Rare)
This name is quite uncommon but it is found naturally in certain parts of Indonesia. Some indigenous tribes in Indonesia say that the name means (using rough translation) "Powerful Ancestors".
Cratea m Ancient Roman (Rare)
An irregular praenomen borne by Cratea Caecilius.
Crayton m English (Rare)
Either a variant of Creighton or transferred use of the surname Crayton.
Creature f & m Medieval English (Rare, Archaic)
From the English word meaning "living being", ultimately deriving from Late Latin creatura. In the parish registers of 16th-century England this was used to refer to infants, both male and female, who survived birth only just long enough to be baptized... [more]
Credence m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Creedence or simply from the English word meaning "belief or acceptance of something as true".
Crescence f & m French (Rare), French (African)
French feminine and masculine form of Crescentius.
Crescent m History (Ecclesiastical), Biblical Romanian, Biblical French, French (Rare), English (Rare)
French and Romanian form and English variant of Crescens. In the English-speaking world, it is now considered a nature name referring to the phase of the moon, derived from Old French creissant, ultimately from Latin crescere "come forth, spring up, grow, thrive".... [more]
Crescenzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Crescentius. A known bearer of this name was Crescenzio Gambarelli, a 17th-century Italian painter from Siena.
Cresent m English (Rare)
From the English-speaking word cresent, a face of the moon.
Cretão m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Creton.
Crimson f & m English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word for the purplish-red color. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose.... [more]
Crísley f & m Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)
Brazilian Portuguese borrowing of Christley.
Cristiney m & f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Brazilian elaborated form of Christine.
Croce f & m Italian (Rare)
Means "cross" in Italian, making it a cognate of Cruz.
Crockett m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Crockett.
Croí m & f Irish (Modern, Rare)
Means "heart; core; sweetheart" in Irish.
Cromwell m English (Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use from the surname Cromwell derived from the place name Cromwell.
Crosby f & m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Crosby.
Crosley m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Crosley.
Crow m & f English (Rare)
Derived from the small black bird. All in all, crows represent death, danger, misfortune, and illness but also rebirth, self-reflection, intelligence, and loyalty, and as such can be both good and bad omens, depending on the culture and beliefs.
Crowe m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Crowe.
Crucito m & f Spanish (Rare)
Rare diminutive of Cruz.
Ctislav m Czech (Rare)
Contracted form of Čestislav.
Cuinn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Quinn, taken from the Irish Gaelic surname Ó Cuinn (in which it is the genitive form of Conn).
Cuithbeart m Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Cuthbert.
Cully m & f English (American, Rare), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Cully.... [more]
Cumberland m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cumberland.
Cummins m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cummins.
Cumulus m English (Rare)
Derived from the English-speaking word cumulus, a type of cloud. Cumulus stems from the Latin word "cumulo", which means "pile, heap, or accumulate".
Cunibert m History (Ecclesiastical), German (Rare, Archaic)
English and French form and German variant of Kunibert.
Cuniberto m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Kunibert.
Cuper m Obscure (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Cooper.
Cupidon m Roman Mythology (Gallicized), Literature, French (African, Rare), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
French form of Cupid. It was mentioned in Marquis de Sade's novel 'The 120 Days of Sodom' (1785) as belonging to one of the male victims.
Curd m German (Rare)
Variant of Kurt. This name was borne by Curd Jürgens (13 December 1915 – 18 June 1982), a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens.
Curren m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Curren.
Curry m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use from the surname Curry.
Custodi f & m Spanish (Rare)
A diminutive of Custodio and Custodia or directly transferred from the Italian surname Custodi.
Cuyler m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cuyler.
Cvetan m Croatian (Rare), Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Cognate of Cvitan and Bulgarian variant transcription of Цветан (see Tsvetan).
Cvi m Hungarian (Rare)
Of Hebrew origin. Meaning unknown.
Cvjetislav m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from Croatian cvijet meaning "blossom, flower" and slava "glory".
Cyle m English (Rare)
Variant of Kyle.
Cymande m American (Rare)
From the name of the eponymous band consisting of Caribbean musicians living in London.... [more]
Cypress f & m American (Rare)
From the English word cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek kuparissos.
Cyr m French (Rare)
French form of Cyrus or Cyriacus.... [more]
Cyrelle m & f English (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Cyril influenced by -elle.
Cyriak m Czech, Polish (Rare), Slovak
Czech, Polish and Slovak form of Cyriacus.
Daam m Dutch (Rare)
Modern Dutch form of Daem.
Daaniel m Estonian (Rare)
Estonian variant of Daniel.
Daanyaal m Pakistani (Rare, Expatriate)
Form of Daniel used by Pakistanis living in the United Kingdom.
Daavi m Greenlandic (Rare)
Greenlandic form of David.
Dabi f & m Korean (Rare)
da, combinated with "bi" (비) meaning "rain"
Dacher m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dacher.
Dacoda m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dakota (See also Dacota and Dakoda)
Dadash m Georgian (Rare)
Apparently means "of the mother" in archaic Georgian. Compare modern Georgian დედა (deda) meaning "mother".... [more]
Dadrian m American (Modern, Rare)
Created from the name Adrian by adding an initial D.
Daelyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Dale and the popular name suffix lyn, probably based on similar-sounding names such as Kaylyn, Raelyn and Shaelyn.
Dagbjørn m Norwegian (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and bjǫrn "bear".
Dage m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Dag.
Dagfari m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dagr "day" and -fari "farer", from the verb fara "to go, to travel" (compare Náttfari and Sæfari).
Dagfinnur m Icelandic (Rare), Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Dagfinnr.
Daggeir m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic combination of dagr "day" and geirr "spear".
Dagmann m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse elements dagr meaning "day" and maðr meaning "person, man" (genitive manns).
Dagulv m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dagr "day" and ulfr "wolf".
Dagvard m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dagr "day" and varðr "guardian".
Dagvin m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dagr "day" and vinr "friend".
Dahntay m African American (Rare)
Variant of Dante. A notable bearer is the basketball player Dahntay Jones.
Daivyan m Indian (Rare)
"Miracle of Lord Krishna"
Daiyu f & m Chinese (Rare)
This name combines 代 meaning "replace, era, generation", 黛 meaning "blacken eyebrows, black" or 戴 meaning "wear on top, support" (dài) with 玉 (yù) meaning "jade, precious stone, gem."
Daiyu f & m Chinese (Rare)
Means "black jade".
Dalbert m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic combination of dalr "dale, valley" and bjartr "light, shining".
Dalbit f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
From native Korean 달빛 (dalbit) meaning "moonlight," from a combination of 달 (dal) meaning "moon" and Bit.
Dalbyeol f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
Means "satellite" from 달 (dal, “moon”) combined with 별 (byeol, “star”).
Dalewin m Polish (Rare)
An old Polish masculine name, composed of two parts: Dale- "far away", and -win, meaning "uncle". Therefore it means "one whose uncle is far away", "one whose mother's family is far away".
Dalgliesh m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dalgliesh.
Dalian m English (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. This name might be a masculinization of Dalia 1 or Dahlia, but it could also be a combination of Dale with either Ian or the English suffix -ian, which is ultimately derived from the Latin suffix -ianus.... [more]
Dalien m Hebrew (Rare)
Meaning unknown at this point in time.
Dalkiel m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend (Rare)
A demon first mentioned by Joseph Gikatilla ben Abraham (1248-1305) in his book "Baraita de Massachet Gehinnom".... [more]
Dallon m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dallon.
Dalmat m Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian dalmat "Dalmatian (member of the people)", ultimately going back to the name of the Dalmatae, a group of Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia.
Damarus f & m English (Rare)
As a feminine name, it may be a variant of Damaris.
Damasiu m Corsican (Rare)
Corsican form of Damasius.
Damaskinos m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Damaskenos.
Dameron m & f English (American, Rare)
Possibly from the surname Dameron.
Damiane m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Damianos (see Damian).
Dammis m Dutch (Rare, Archaic)
Dutch short form of Damasus.
Damone m English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Damon.
Dancell-Dallphebo-Marke-Antony-Dallery-Gallery-Cesar m Obscure (Rare)
Borne by Dancell-Dallphebo-Marke-Antony-Dallery-Gallery-Cesar Williams, baptized on 18 January 1676 at the parish church of Old Swinford in England, whose father also bore this name. The original bearer was likely born at around the time of the English Civil War (1642-1651) and his name appears to mock Puritan eccentricity.
Dandridge m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname.
Dane m Serbian (Modern, Rare)
Is the short form for Daniel,Danijel in serbia bosnia etc.. people Who are called Daniel uses the short variant Dane,Danko. Most used in ex Yougoslavia.
Danelíus m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Danelius.
Danelius m Norwegian (Rare)
Latinized form of Daniel.
Dangius m Lithuanian (Rare)
Derived from the Lithuanian noun dangus meaning "sky, heaven".
Danguolis m Lithuanian (Rare)
Literally means "little sky", derived from the Lithuanian noun dangus meaning "sky, heaven" combined with the masculine diminutive suffix -(u)olis. As such, one could consider this name to be a diminutive of the name Dangius.
Danijar m Bosnian (Rare), Kazakh (Rare)
Bosnian form and Kazakh variant transcription of Daniyar.
Daniko m Georgian (Rare)
Diminutive of Daniel and its short forms Dani 2 and Dano.
Danil m Russian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Variant of Daniil (Russian) or Danail (Bulgarian)
Danilko m Croatian (Rare)
An elaboration of Danilo.
Daníval m Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic variant of Danival.
Daniyaal m Urdu (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Danyal.