Browse Names

Afon f & m Welsh (Rare)
Means "river" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.

Agda f Swedish (Rare)
Swedish variant form of Agatha.

Ågot f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant form of Agatha.

Alea f English (Rare)
Variant of Aaliyah.

Alte 1 f Yiddish (Rare)
Feminine form of Alter.

Alyx f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Alex.

Amor m & f Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Means "love" in Latin. This was another name for the Roman god Cupid. It also means "love" in Spanish and Portuguese, and as a feminine name it can be derived directly from this vocabulary word.

Arin f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Erin or Aaron.

Beck m & f English (Rare)
From a surname of English, German or Scandinavian origins, all derived from related words meaning "stream". As a feminine name, in some cases it is a short form of Rebecca. A noted bearer is the American rock musician Beck Hansen (1970-), born Bek David Campbell, who goes by the stage name Beck.

Blue m & f English (Rare)
From the English word for the colour, derived via Norman French from a Frankish word (replacing the native Old English cognate blaw). Despite the fact that this name was used by the American musicians Beyoncé and Jay-Z in 2012 for their first daughter, it has not come into general use in the United States.

Caja f Danish (Rare)
Variant of Kaja 1.

Cate f English (Rare)
Variant of Kate. A famous bearer is Australian actress Cate Blanchett (1969-).

Chou f Japanese (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 蝶 (see Chō).

Ciel f & m Various (Rare)
Means "sky" in French. It is not used as a given name in France itself.

Clio f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian (Rare)
Latinized form of Kleio.

Cloé f Portuguese (Rare), French
Portuguese form and French variant of Chloe.

Cove m & f English (Rare)
From the English vocabulary word cove, which refers to a small coastal inlet.

Cree m & f English (Rare)
From the name of a Native American tribe of central Canada. Their name derives via French from the Cree word kiristino.

Cyan f & m English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "greenish blue, cyan", ultimately derived from Greek κύανος (kyanos).

Daly f & m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Daley.

Dene m & f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Dean or Dena.

Dezi m & f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Desmond and other names beginning with a similar sound.

Ebba 2 f English (Rare)
From the Old English name Æbbe, meaning unknown, perhaps a contracted form of a longer name. Saint Ebba was a 7th-century daughter of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia and the founder of monasteries in Scotland. Another saint named Ebba was a 9th-century abbess and martyr who mutilated her own face so that she would not be raped by the invading Danes.

Elma f Dutch, English, German (Rare)
Short form of Wilhelmine or names ending in elma, such as Anselma. It has also been recorded as a combination of Elizabeth and Mary, as in the case of the 19th-century daughter of the Earl of Elgin, who was named using her mother's first and middle names.

Esti 1 f Basque (Rare)
Means "sweet, honey", from Basque ezti.

Euri f Basque (Rare)
Means "rain" in Basque.

Febe f Dutch, Italian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Phoebe.

Gray m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname meaning "grey", originally given to a person who had grey hair or clothing.

Haze m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Hayes, sometimes used as a short form of Hazel.

Hene f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Hannah.

Hode f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish short form of Hadassah.

Ildó f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian diminutive of Ildikó.

Ilma 1 f Finnish (Rare)
Means "air" in Finnish.

Ilmi f Finnish (Rare)
Variant of Ilma 1.

Indy 2 f English (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Variant of Indie.

Ivah f English (Rare)
Possibly from the name of the city of Ivah in the Old Testament.

Jaki f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Jacqueline.

July f & m English (Rare)
From the name of the month, which was originally named for Julius Caesar.

Kora f German (Rare)
German variant of Cora.

Lake m & f English (Rare)
From the English word lake, for the inland body of water. It is ultimately derived from Latin lacus.

Lala f Bulgarian (Rare)
From Bulgarian лале (lale) meaning "tulip" (of Persian origin).

Lark f English (Rare)
From the English word for the type of songbird.

Lile f Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Lily.

Luus f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant of Lucia.

Mave f Irish (Rare)
Variant of Maeve.

Moon 2 f & m English (Rare)
From the English word for Earth's natural satellite, ultimately from Old English mona.

Mora f English (Rare)
Variant of Maura 2.

Nona 2 f English, Ancient Roman (Rare)
Feminine form of Nonus. It was also used in 19th-century England, derived directly from Latin nonus "ninth" and traditionally given to the ninth-born child.

Oria f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Aurea.

Pene f English (Rare)
Short form of Penelope.

Quin m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Quinn.

Rain 1 f & m English (Rare)
Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.

Rica f English (Rare)
Short form of Frederica and other names ending in rica.

Rīta f Latvian (Rare)
Possibly derived from Latvian rīts meaning "morning". Alternatively it could be a Latvian variant of Rita.

Róis f Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Rose, or directly from the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (genitive róis; of Latin origin).

Sela f English (Rare)
From the name of a city, the capital of Edom, which appears in the Old Testament. It means "rock" in Hebrew.

Sera f English (Rare)
Either a variant of Sarah or a short form of Seraphina.

Sira f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Syrus.

Snow f English (Rare)
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.

Teal f English (Rare)
From the English word for the type of duck or the greenish-blue colour.

Teca f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Terézia.

Torø f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Tora.

Tria f English (Rare)
Perhaps a short form of Demetria and other names ending in a similar sound.

Vale f English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "wide river valley".

Zula 1 f Polish (Rare)
Polish diminutive of Zuzanna.

Zusa f Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.