American Submitted Names

Brynnly f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brynlee.

Brynton m English
Variant of Brinton, influenced by the name Bryn.

Bryona f English
Variant of Briana.

Bryonia f English (Rare)
From the Latin name for bryony, the wild twining plant (see Bryony).

Bryonie f English (Rare)
Variant of Bryony.

Bryonna f English
Variant of Briana.

Bryor m English
Variant of Briar.

Brysan m English
Variant of Bryson.

Bryse m English
Variant of Brice.

Brysen m English
Variant of Bryson.

Brysha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements bry and sha.

Bryshon m African American (Modern, Rare)

Brystal f English (Modern)
Variant of Bristol, the spelling influenced by that of Crystal.

Brystol f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bristol.

Bryston m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Bryson influenced by other names ending in ton or ston.

Brysun m English
Variant of Bryson.

Brysyn m English
Variant of Bryson.

Brytani f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bryte f American (Modern)

Bryten m & f English
Variant spelling of Bryton.

Brytneigh f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Brittany.

Brytney f English (American)
Variant of Britney.

Brytni f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bryton m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Britton.

Bryttani f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bryttany f English (Modern)
Variant of Brittany.

Bubba m English, Popular Culture
From the nickname, a Southern U.S. corruption (nursery form?) of the word brother. This is a derogatory slang term meaning "Southern white hick", originally used in the Southern states to indicate "brother".

Bubbah m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Bubba.

Bubby m English (Rare)

Buchanan m Scottish, English (American, Rare)
From the surname Buchanan. A fictional bearer is the Marvel Comics character James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes.

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

Bucklee m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Buckley.

Buckley m English
Transferred use of the surname Buckley 1.

Buckminster m English (American)
Transferred use from the placename Buckminster in England.... [more]

Buckner m American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Buckner.

Bucky m Popular Culture, American
Diminutive of Buck, Buckminster, or Buchanan.... [more]

Budd m English (American)
Short form of Buddy. In American culture Bud, Budd, and Buddy were often as a nickname for a son named for his father to avoid name confusion. It later became used as an independent name.

Buddi m English (American, Modern)
A variation of Buddy and Buddie

Buddie m American (Rare)
Variant of Buddy.

Buel m English
Variant of Buell.

Buelah f English
Variant of Beulah.

Buell m English
Transferred use of the surname Buell.

Buffi f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Buffy.

Buford m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Buford.

Bug m & f English
A popular unisex nickname between 1920-1935, based on the slang term "bugsy" meaning "crazy."

Bugafer f & m English (American, Americanized, Rare, ?)
The name Bugafer refers to a very obscure legend called "Keeper of the silver-eyed crow"... [more]

Bula f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Beulah.

Bulah f American
Variant of Beulah.

Bumblebee m & f Popular Culture, English (Rare)
The name of several fictional characters, including a Marvel comics superhero, Transformers character, and The Simpsons character.

Bumper m American (Modern, Rare)
From the English word “bumper”. A famous bearer of this name is American football player, Bumper Pool.

Bunk m English
Transferred use of the surname Bunk.

Bunker m English
Transferred from the surname Bunker.

Bunnie f English
Variant of Bunny.

Bunnye f English
Variant spelling of Bunny.

Bunty f Scots, English
Originally an English and Scottish term of endearment derived from Scots buntin "plump, short and stout" referring to a plump child (possibly with the intended meaning of "good healthy baby" or "dear little one")... [more]

Burchell m English (Rare), Popular Culture (Modern)
From the English surname Burchell, which is derived from the village of Birkehill (also known as Biekel or Birtle). It means "birch hill".

Burchett m English (American)

Burdessa f English (American, Rare)

Burdette m & f English (Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of Bernadette or a variant of the traditionally French and English surname Burdette derived from a pet form of the Old French personal name Burdo.

Burdie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Birdie.

Burdine f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Possibly derived from the English surname Burdine. A famous bearer of this name is Burdine Maxwell from the Bratz TV series which ran from 2005 to 2008... [more]

Burdo m American (South, Archaic)

Buren m English
Transferred use of the place name Buren.

Burgess m English
Transferred use of the surname Burgess.

Burk m American
Variant of Burke.

Burkely m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Berkeley.

Burkley m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Berkeley.

Burl m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Burl. Notable namesake is actor and singer Burl Ives.

Burla f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Burl.

Burleigh m English
Variant of Burley.

Burley m English
Transferred use of the surname Burley.

Burma f English (American)
This name was sporadically used in the American South in the early 20th-century. Perhaps it is just a transferred use of the place name.

Burn m English (Rare)

Burnell m English
Transferred use of the surname Burnell.

Burnett m English
Transferred use of the surname Burnett.

Burnetta f English (American, Rare)
Feminine form of Burnett.

Burnette f & m English (American)
Feminine form and variant of Burnett.

Burney m American
Variant of Bernie or transferred use of the surname Burney.

Burnice m & f English (American)
Variant of Berenice.

Burnie m English
Variant of Burney.

Burnita f American
Variant of Bernita. Notable namesake is Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews (1894-1988), the first woman appointed to serve on a US district court.

Burns m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Burns 1.

Burny m English, Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Berny (in which case the spelling is more phonetical) and Burney.... [more]

Burr m English (Rare)

Burrel m English
Variant of Burrell.

Burrell m English
Transferred use of the surname Burrell.

Burtie m English
Diminutive of Burton.

Burty m English
Short form of Burton.

Bush m English
Transferred use of the surname Bush.

Bushrod m English (American)
Given name from surname of Medieval English origin—locational from a so called 'lost' village, likely to have been situated in Dorset, England. Surname Bushrod derives from the Old English 'bysc', a bushy thicket, with 'rod', a clearing in a forest.

Butch m English (American)

Butler m English
From the surname Butler.

Butterfly f English (Modern)
Used to invoke the brilliantly-colored winged insect, which is widely seen as a symbol of metamorphosis, renewal, and rebirth, as well as one of youth and beauty. This is the birth name of a noted Australian folk singer, Butterfly Boucher, among others.

Button m English
The name of Button Gwinnett, one of the signatories (first signature on the left) on the United States Declaration of Independence.

Butts m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Butts or a nickname with meaning particular to the bearer. Notable namesake, professional baseball player, Albert "Butts" Wagner was the older brother of baseball great Honus Wagner.

Buzzie m English (American)
Variant of Buzzy.

Buzzy m American
A name that can be formed as an onomatopoeia, a word based on sound, or a nickname for someone with a short haircut. ... [more]

Byard m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Byard.

Byllie f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Billie, or a diminutive of Sibyl.

Byndi f English (American)
Variant of Bindi.

Byntli f English (American)
Alternate Spelling of Bentley

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

Byra f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Byron. This was borne by Byra Louise 'Puck' Whittlesey (1922-1988), the wife of Jack Hemingway, daughter-in-law of Ernest Hemingway and mother of actresses Mariel Hemingway and Margaux Hemingway.

Byran m English
Variant of Byron.

Byrd f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Bird or transferred use of the surname Byrd.

Byrda f American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Latinate form of Byrd and Byrdie.

Byrdene f English (American, Archaic)
Elaborated form of Byrd.

Byrdie f American (South)
Variant of Birdie.

Byren m English
Variant of Byron.

Byrn m English (Rare)
Variant of Byrne.

Byront m English
Likely a variant of Byron

Byrony f English

Byrum m English (Rare)
Transferred from the surname "Byrum."

Byryn m English
Variant of Byron.

Bysor m English (American)
Seen as a first name in Southern Missouri. Also has been seen as a last name. ... [more]

Bytha f American (South, Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Bitha.

Cab m African American (Rare)
Short form of Cabell. A notable bearer is jazz musician and band leader Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (1907-1994).

Cabela f English (Rare)

Cabell m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Cabell. A notable bearer is jazz musician and bandleader Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (1907-1994).

Cabella f English (Rare)

Cable m American
Transferred use of the surname Cable.

Cabot m English (Rare)
The name 'Cabot' comes from the fifteenth century Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto who was commissioned by the Kingdom of England to discover North America. When Caboto arrived in England is name was changed to John Cabot to sound more English... [more]

Cacee f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Casey.

Cacey f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Casey (See also Kacey).

Cache m & f English (American)

Cacie f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Casey.

Cadance f English
Variant of Cadence.

Cadbury m Welsh, English
Transferred from the surname Cadbury.

Caddie f English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Caroline. This name is borne by the titular character of Carol Ryrie Brink's children's historical fiction novel Caddie Woodlawn.

Caddy f & m English (Rare), Literature
Variant of Caddie. Fictional bearers include Caddy Jellyby, a character in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House (1853), and Candace "Caddy" Compson, a character in William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury (1929).

Cadela f English (Rare)

Cadella f English (Rare)

Cademon m English (Rare)
Possibly a variation of Caedmon

Cadense f & m English (American)
Alternative and gender neutral spelling of the name Cadence; meaning tempo or rhythm.

Cadenza f & m American (Rare)
An "ornamental passage near the close of a song or solo," 1780, from Italian cadenza "conclusion of a movement in music." See also Cadence.

Cadey f English (Rare)
Variant of Cady.

Cadia f English (Rare)

Cadie f & m English
Variant of Cady.

Cadin m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Cadince f American
Variant of Cadence.

Cadon m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden influenced by the spelling of Jadon.

Cadrian m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Adrian

Cady f & m English (Modern, Rare)
While nowadays generally considered a phonetic spelling of Katie or a diminutive of Cadence, Cady was originally derived from a surname which was either a variant of Cade or an Anglicized form of Ó Ceadaigh ("descendant of Ceadach"), with Ceadach being a byname derived from Irish ceadach "talkative".... [more]

Cadyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caed m English (Modern)
Variant of Cade.

Caeda f English
Derived from the English word ‘cadence’ meaning melody, music. Caeda is a symbol of the sky, and also an expert Pegasus Knight.

Caeden m English (Modern)
Variant of Caden.

Caedence f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cadence

Caedon m & f English (American, Americanized, Modern)
Variant of Caden

Caedyn m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Cael m English

Caela f English (Rare)
Variant of Kayla, also used as a short form of Micaela.

Caelah f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kayla.

Caelea f English (Rare)
Most likely a variant of Kaylee, although in some cases it might be a variant of Caelia.

Caeleah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caelea.

Caeleb m English (Modern)
Variant of Caleb

Caelee f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caeleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee.

Caelen m English
Variant of Caelan.

Caeley f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caeli f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caelian m English, Dutch
English form of Caelianus. The name has also been used in The Netherlands just a handful of times; the variant form Celian has been used a little bit more often there.

Caelin f English
Variant of Caelyn.

Caelleigh f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caelli f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caellie f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caelly f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caely f English (Modern)
Variant of Kaylee.

Caelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylyn.

Caelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylyn.

Caeman m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Cayman.

Caemlyn f American (Modern, Rare)
The name of a city in the book series, The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan. Likely a derivative of Camelot.

Caesare m & f English (American)
Variant of Cesare, boosted in popularity in the 1980s by the movie The Idolmaker.

Caeson m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Cason.

Caetlyn f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 6 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caety f English (Rare)
Variant of Katie.

Caeylin f English
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Caeylyn f English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Caferana f English

Caffrey m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Caffrey.

Cage m English
Transferred use of the surname Cage.... [more]

Cager m English
Diminutive of Micajah used in the 18th century.

Caggie f English
Diminutive of Catherine or Caroline.

Cagney m & f English
Gardener and kind friend in "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birdsall (National Book Award winner).... [more]

Cahlia f English (Modern, Rare)
Allegedly a modern coinage based on Carla.

Caid m English (Rare)
Variant of Cade.

Caidan m English (Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caide m English (Modern)
Variant of Cade.

Caidin m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caidy f English
Variant of Cady.

Caidyn f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caden.

Caige m English
Variant of Cage

Caighlee f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caighleigh f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caighley f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caighli f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caighlie f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caila f English (Modern)
Variant of Kayla.

Cailah f English
Variant of Kayla.

Cailan m & f English
Variant of Caelan.

Cailea f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailee f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailen f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Caelan.

Cailey f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caili f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailie f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caillea f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailleah f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caillee f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailleigh f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailley f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailli f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailum m Scottish (Modern, Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Callum.

Caily f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Cailynn f English
Anglicized form of Caoilfhionn.

Caine m Irish (Anglicized), English
Variant of Cain.

Caira f English
Variant of Cara and Kyra.

Caiseal m & f Irish (Modern), English (Modern)
From Irish caiseal meaning "great stone fort" or "castle". A notable bearer of the name is the Australian Sci-Fi and fantasy novelist, artist and musician Caiseal Mór. This is a modern Irish word name and not commonly used in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Caisen m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Cason.

Caisey m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Casey.

Caislín f Irish (Modern), English (Modern)
Supposed to mean "little castle" from Irish caiseal meaning "castle" combined with the Irish diminutive of ín. It also coincides with the rare Irish word caislín meaning "chat" (a type of bird)... [more]

Caison m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Cason.

Caisyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Cason.

Cait f English
Diminutive of Caitlin and Catherine.

Caitano m Aragonese, Louisiana Creole (Rare)
Aragonese and Louisiana Spanish form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

Caite f English (Modern)
Diminutive of Caitlyn or Caitlin.

Caitee f English
Variant of Katie.

Caitelyn f English
Variant of Caitlin.

Caithlyn f English
Variant of Cathleen.

Caitie f Irish, English, Scottish
Variant of Katie.

Caitlan f English
A modern version of the name Caitlin occasionally used in Scotland.

Caitland f English (Rare)
Variant of Caitlin influenced by the spelling of Maitland.

Caitlen f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caitlin.

Caitlinn f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 7 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caitlund f English (Rare)

Caitlyne f English
Variant of Caitlin.

Caitlynn f English (Modern)
Variant of Caitlin.

Caitlynne f English
Variant of Caitlin. This name was given to 5 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Caitriona f English
Anglicized form of Caitríona.

Caity f English
Variant of Katie.

Cake m & f English
From the English word, a sweet dessert food, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *gog "ball-shaped object".

Cala f English
Variation of Calla using the Italian word, cala, meaning "cove." Also a nickname for the Greek Kalas.

Calam m Irish, English
Meaning uncertain. Among anglophone bearers from outside Ireland, there might possibly be cases where the name is derived from the surname Calam, which is ultimately of Scottish origin.... [more]

Calamity f English (American, Rare)
From the English word calamity.

Calandra f American (Rare)

Calandria f American (Rare)
Elaboration of Calandra.

Calantha f English (Rare)
Variant of Calanthe.

Calaya f African American (Rare)
Variant of Kaliyah.

Calbraith m English (Rare)
A notable bearer Matthew C. Perry (American naval officer who opened Japan to the West) who has this as a middle name.

Calder m American
Transferred use of the surname Calder.

Caldonia f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Possible variation of the name Caledonia.

Caldwell m English
Transferred use of the surname Caldwell.

Calea f English
Variant of Kaylee or Kalea.

Caleah f English
Variant of Kaylee.

Caledon m American (Rare, Archaic)
Most likely a masculine form of Caledonia. This name is probably best known from the 1997 film "Titanic", where it was the name of one of the main characters (namely Caledon Hockley, who went by Cal in daily life).

Caleena f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Calina.

Calem m English (Rare)
Most likely a variant of Callum.

Calen m & f English (Rare)

Calendula f English (Rare)
The scientific name for a genus of flowers, comprised of several kinds of marigolds. From the Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass".

Caletta f American (Rare)

Caley f & m English
From the English surname, Caley, meaning "jackdaw clearing" or from an Irish surname which is an altered form of Macauley... [more]

Caleya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kalea.

Calhen m American (Rare, Archaic)

Calhoun m American
Transferred use of the surname Calhoun.

Calia f American (Rare)

Caliah f English (Rare)
Variant of Kaliyah.

Calian m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Caelan.

Caliana f English
Variant of Kaliana. This name was given to 20 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Calianna f English
Variant of Kaliana. This name was given to 12 girls born in the USA in 2010.

Calice f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Calise, which might be based on Calista. It coincides with the French noun calice meaning "chalice"... [more]

Calicia f English (American, Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)

Calico m English
From 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’.... [more]

Calidora f English (Rare)

Calie f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Kaylee.

California f English
From the name of the American state, whose name probably derives from the fictional Island of California ruled by Queen Calafia in the 16th century novel Las sergas de Esplandián by García Ordóñez de Montalvo.

Caligo m English, Popular Culture
Possibly 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.'

Calin m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Callan and Kellan.

Calina f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare)

Calinta f English (Rare)
Variant of Callinta.

Calise f English (American)

Calissa f American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly an alteration of Calista, formed using the popular name suffix issa.

Calistia f English (American, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)

Calitee f English (Rare)

Calix m English (Rare, Archaic)
Short form of Calixtus.

Calixa f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Calix.

Caliya f English (Rare)
Variant of Kaliyah.

Caliyah f English (Rare)
Variant of Kaliyah.

Callaia f English (Rare)

Callam m English
Variant of Callum.

Callander m English (Rare)

Callandra f English (Rare)

Callandre f American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Callandre.

Callandrea f American (Modern, Rare)

Callandria f English (Rare)

Callasandra f English (Modern)

Callaway m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Callaway, in which itself, it is a variant of Calloway.

Calleen f English (Rare)
Variant of Colleen.

Callen m English
Variant of Callan.

Callender m English (Rare)

Calley f English
Variant of Callie.