Browse Names

Abd ar-Rashid m Arabic
Means "servant of the rightly guided" from Arabic عبد ('abd) meaning "servant" combined with رشيد (rashid) meaning "rightly guided".

Amenemhat m Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian jmn-m-ḥꜣt meaning "Amon is foremost". This was the name of four Egyptian pharaohs, including Amenemhat I the founder of the 12th dynasty in the 20th century BC.

Amir 2 m Hebrew
Means "treetop" in Hebrew.

Ayman m Arabic
Means "right-handed, blessed, lucky" in Arabic.

Bairrfhionn m Irish (Rare)
Means "fair-haired", derived from Old Irish barr "top, head" and finn "white, blessed".

Benjamin m English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) meaning "son of the south" or "son of the right hand", from the roots בֵּן (ben) meaning "son" and יָמִין (yamin) meaning "right hand, south". Benjamin in the Old Testament was the twelfth and youngest son of Jacob and the founder of one of the southern tribes of the Hebrews. He was originally named בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-'oni) meaning "son of my sorrow" by his mother Rachel, who died shortly after childbirth, but it was later changed by his father (see Genesis 35:18).... [more]

Berwyn m Welsh
Means "white top" from the Welsh elements barr "top, head" and gwyn "white, blessed". This is the name of a mountain range in Wales.

Cadfan m Old Welsh
From an Old Welsh name, recorded in Latinized forms such as Catamanus, meaning "battle peak" from cat "battle" and bann "peak". Saint Cadfan, from Brittany, was a 6th-century missionary to Wales.

Chandrashekhar m Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Odia
Means "crown of the moon", derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (chandra) meaning "moon" and शेखर (shekhara) meaning "crest, peak, crown". This is an epithet of the Hindu god Shiva.

Colobert m Germanic
Old German name composed of (possibly) the element kollo meaning "head, peak" and beraht meaning "bright".

Dejen m Amharic
Means "foundation, support" in Amharic.

Dexter m English
From an occupational surname meaning "one who dyes" in Old English. It also coincides with the Latin word dexter meaning "right-handed, skilled".

Dong-Geun m Korean
From Sino-Korean 東 (dong) meaning "east" and 根 (geun) meaning "root, foundation", as well as other hanja character combinations.

Doruk m Turkish
Means "mountaintop" in Turkish.

Faruq m Arabic
Means "person who can tell right from wrong" in Arabic. This was the name of the last king of Egypt (1920-1965).

Finbar m Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Fionnbharr, Old Irish Finnbarr, derived from finn "white, blessed" and barr "top, head". Saint Finbar of Cork was a 6th-century bishop who supposedly performed miraculous cures. The Isle of Barra off Scotland was (probably) named for him.

Furqan m Arabic, Urdu
Means "criterion between right and wrong" or "proof" in Arabic. This is the name of the 25th chapter (surah al-Furqan) of the Quran.

Gagik m Armenian
Possibly derived from Armenian գագաթ (gagat) meaning "summit, peak, top". This was the name of two kings of Armenia.

Goemon m History
Meaning unknown. His name is composed of the kanji 五 (go) meaning "five", 右 (not pronounced) meaning "right-hand, west", 衛 (e) meaning "guard, protect", and 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door". This was the name of a semi-legendary 16th-century samurai who stole from the rich to give to the poor. After a failed assassination attempt on the daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he was boiled alive.

Gwendal m Breton
Derived from Breton gwenn meaning "white, blessed" and tal meaning "brow, forehead".

Hatshepsut f Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian ḥꜣt-špswt meaning "foremost of noble women". This was the name of a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (15th century BC), among the first women to take this title.

Huda f Arabic
Means "right guidance" in Arabic.

Huitzilopochtli m Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Means "left side of the hummingbird" or "southern hummingbird" in Nahuatl, derived from huitzilin "hummingbird" and ōpōchtli "left, south". In Aztec mythology he was the god of the sun and war. He was a patron deity of the city of Tenochtitlan (at the site of modern Mexico City).

Jamin m Biblical
Means "right hand" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Simeon.

Jeong f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 靜 (jeong) meaning "quiet, still, gentle" or 貞 (jeong) meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name.

Jeong-Ho m Korean
From Sino-Korean 正 (jeong) meaning "right, proper, correct" combined with 好 (ho) meaning "good, excellent" or 浩 (ho) meaning "great, numerous, vast". This name can be formed by other hanja character combinations as well.

Jeong-Hui f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 正 (jeong) meaning "right, proper, correct" or 靜 (jeong) meaning "quiet, still, gentle" combined with 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty" or 熙 (hui) meaning "bright, splendid, glorious". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.

Jeong-Hun m Korean
From Sino-Korean 正 (jeong) meaning "right, proper, correct" and 勛 (hun) meaning "meritorious deed, rank", as well as other hanja character combinations.

Jeong-Suk f Korean
From Sino-Korean 貞 (jeong) meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal" or 正 (jeong) meaning "right, proper, correct" combined with 淑 (suk) meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming". Other hanja combinations are possible.

Katar f Armenian
Means "summit, crest" in Armenian.

Kian 1 m Persian
Means "king, foundation, symbol of pride" in Persian.

Klah m Navajo
From Navajo tł'aaí meaning "left-handed".

Lefty m English
From a nickname, in most cases given to a left-handed person.

Lungile f & m Zulu, Ndebele
Means "correct, right, good" in Zulu and Ndebele.

Masaharu m Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" or 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" combined with 治 (haru) meaning "govern, administer" or 春 (haru) meaning "spring (the season)". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.

Masahiko m Japanese
From Japanese 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". This name can be formed from other kanji combinations as well.

Masaki m Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" and 樹 (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of kanji having the same reading.

Masako f Japanese
From Japanese 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Masako (1963-) is the current empress consort of Japan. This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji.

Masami f & m Japanese
From Japanese 成 (masa) meaning "become" or 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji.

Masao m Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" or 政 (masa) meaning "government" combined with 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly" or 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband". This name can be formed from other kanji combinations as well.

Masashi m Japanese
From Japanese 政 (masa) meaning "government" or 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" combined with 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose". Many other kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Masato m Japanese
From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper", 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or 真 (masa) meaning "real, genuine, true" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation can also form this name.

Monroe m & f English
From a Scottish surname meaning "from the mouth of the Roe". The Roe is a river in Northern Ireland. Two famous bearers of the surname were American president James Monroe (1758-1831) and American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962).... [more]

Munro m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Monroe.

Munroe m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Monroe.

Nkiruka f Igbo
Means "that to come is greater" in Igbo.

Olanrewaju m Yoruba
Means "wealth goes forward" in Yoruba.

Preben m Danish, Norwegian
Modern Danish form of the name Pridbjørn, which was an old Scandinavian form of the Slavic (Wendish) name Predbor or Pridbor, which was possibly derived from Slavic perdŭ "first, in front of" and borti "to fight". It was imported into Danish via the medieval Putbus family, who were Slavic nobles from Rügen in Pomerania.

Quyền m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 權 (quyền) meaning "power, right, authority".

Rushd m Arabic
Means "following the right path" in Arabic, from the root رشد (rashada) meaning "to be on the right path".

Scevola m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman cognomen Scaevola, which was derived from Latin scaevus "left-handed". The first bearer of this name was Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who acquired it, according to legend, after he thrust his right hand into a blazing fire in order to intimidate the Etruscan king Porsenna, who was blockading the city of Rome.

Sekar m Tamil
Tamil form of Shekhar.

Sekhar m Telugu, Bengali
Telugu and Bengali form of Shekhar.

Shekhar m Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati
Means "crest, peak" in Sanskrit.

Sheldon m English
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "valley with steep sides" in Old English. Sheldon is the name of several locations in England.

Shikha f Hindi
Means "crest, peak" in Sanskrit.

Tadashi m Japanese
From Japanese 正 (tadashi) meaning "right, correct, true" or 忠 (tadashi) meaning "loyalty, devotion", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations that result in the same pronunciation.

Talfryn m Welsh
From a Welsh place name meaning "front hill", derived from Welsh tal "front, extremity" and bryn "hill".

Taliesin m Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "shining brow", derived from Welsh tal "brow, head" and iesin "shining, radiant". This was the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century Welsh poet and bard, supposedly the author of the collection of poems the Book of Taliesin. He appears briefly in the Welsh legend Culhwch and Olwen and the Second Branch of the Mabinogi. He is the central character in the Tale of Taliesin, a medieval legend recorded in the 16th century, which tells how Ceridwen's servant Gwion Bach was reborn to her as Taliesin; how he becomes the bard for Elffin; and how Taliesin defends Elffin from the machinations of the king Maelgwn Gwynedd.

Teman m Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "right hand" or "south" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament this was the name of a grandson of Esau for whom the town of Teman in Edom was named.

Thaksin m Thai
Means "south, right hand" in Thai.

Topsy f English (Rare)
From a nickname that is of unknown meaning, perhaps deriving from the English word top. This is the name of a young slave in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).

Tuğçe f Turkish
Derived from Turkish tuğ meaning "banner, crest", referring to a type of banner made of horse hairs used in the Ottoman Empire, ultimately from Chinese 纛 (dào).

Wickaninnish m Nuu-chah-nulth (Anglicized)
Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.

Yōsuke m Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (yō) meaning "light, sun, male" or 洋 (yō) meaning "ocean" combined with 介 (suke) meaning "help, assist". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.

Zheng m & f Chinese
From Chinese 正 (zhèng) meaning "right, proper, correct" or 政 (zhèng) meaning "government", as well as other hanja characters with a similar pronunciation.