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Ebenezer m Literature, English
From the name of a monument erected by Samuel in the Old Testament, from Hebrew אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר (ʾEven Haʿazer) meaning "stone of help". Charles Dickens used it for the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in his novel A Christmas Carol (1843). Currently the name is most common in parts of English-influenced Africa, such as Ghana.

Eberardo m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Everard.

Edelmira f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Adelmar.

Edelmiro m Spanish
Spanish form of Adelmar.

Edoardo m Italian
Italian form of Edward.

Eduardas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Edward.

Effimia f Greek
Modern Greek form of Euphemia.

Effrosyni f Greek
Modern Greek form of Euphrosyne.

Efigenia f Spanish
Spanish form of Iphigeneia.

Efstathios m Greek
Modern Greek form of Eustathios.

Efthymia f Greek
Modern Greek form of Euthymia.

Eguzkiñe f Basque
Feminine form of Eguzki.

Eleanora f English
Latinate form of Eleanor.

Eleazar m Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (ʾElʿazar) meaning "God has helped", derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and עָזַר (ʿazar) meaning "to help". In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the sons of Aaron. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to one of the ancestors of Jesus in the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew.

Elenora f English
Variant of Eleanor.

Eléonore f French
French form of Eleanor.

Eleuterio m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Eleutherius.

Eliana 1 f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English (Modern)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Éliane.

Elicia f English (Rare)
Variant of Alicia.

Eliezer m Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיעֶזֶר (ʾEliʿezer) meaning "my God is help", derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and עֵזֶר (ʿezer) meaning "help". This is the name of several characters in the Old Testament, including a servant of Abraham and one of the sons of Moses (see Exodus 18:4 for an explanation of the significance of the name). It also appears in the New Testament belonging to an ancestor of Jesus in the genealogy in the Gospel of Luke.

Eliphalet m Biblical
Variant of Eliphelet used in some versions of the Old Testament to refer to the son of David.

Eliphelet m Biblical
Means "my God is deliverance" in Hebrew, from the roots אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and פָּלַט (palaṭ) meaning "to deliver, to rescue". This is the name of several people in the Old Testament including a son of David.

Elisabet f Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, Spanish, Biblical Greek
Scandinavian and Finnish form of Elizabeth. It is also used in Spain alongside the traditional form Isabel.

Elisabete f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Elizabeth. This more recent form is used alongside the traditional Portuguese form Isabel.

Élisabeth f French
French form of Elizabeth.

Elisabeth f German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
German and Dutch form of Elizabeth. It is also a variant English form, reflecting the spelling used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament.

Elisavet f Greek
Modern Greek form of Elizabeth.

Eliseo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Elisha.

Elisheba f Biblical
Form of Elizabeth used in many versions of the Old Testament, where it belongs to the wife of Aaron.

Eliyahu m Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of Elijah.

Elizabet f Bulgarian, Hungarian
Variant form of Elizabeth.

Elizabete f Latvian, Portuguese
Latvian form of Elizabeth, as well as a Portuguese variant of Elisabete.

Elizabeth f English, Biblical
From Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾElishevaʿ) meaning "my God is an oath", derived from the roots אֵל (ʾel) referring to the Hebrew God and שָׁבַע (shavaʿ) meaning "oath". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.... [more]

Elliana f English (Modern)
Variant of Eliana 1.

Eloísa f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Eloise.

Eloisa f Italian
Italian form of Eloise.

Elysia f Various
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology.

Elyzabeth f English (Rare)
Variant of Elizabeth.

Emánuel m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Emmanuel.

Emanuel m Romanian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Form of Emmanuel in several languages.

Emelia f English
Variant of Amelia.

Emelina f Spanish
Spanish form of Emmeline.

Emeterio m Spanish
Spanish form of Emeterius.

Emília f Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Emilia f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Greek, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily). In Shakespeare's tragedy Othello (1603) this is the name of the wife of Iago.

Emiliana f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Emiliano.

Emiliano m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see Emil). This was the name of a 6th-century Spanish saint.

Emílie f Czech
Czech feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Emilie f German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech
German, Scandinavian and Czech feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Emilija f Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Emilios m Greek
Greek form of Aemilius (see Emil).

Emiliya f Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian
Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Russian feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Emmanouil m Greek
Greek form of Emmanuel.

Emmanuel m Biblical, French, English
From the Hebrew name עִמָּנוּאֵל (ʿImmanuʾel) meaning "God is with us", from the roots עִם (ʿim) meaning "with" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This was the foretold name of the Messiah in the Old Testament. It has been used in England since the 16th century in the spellings Emmanuel and Immanuel, though it has not been widespread. The name has been more common in continental Europe, especially in Spain and Portugal (in the spellings Manuel and Manoel).

Emmanuil m Russian
Russian form of Emmanuel.

Emperatriz f Spanish
Means "empress" in Spanish.

Encarnación f Spanish
Means "incarnation" in Spanish. This is given in reference to the Incarnation of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

Encarnita f Spanish
Diminutive of Encarnación.

Endellion f History (Ecclesiastical)
Anglicized form of Endelienta, the Latin form of a Welsh or Cornish name. It was borne by a 5th or 6th-century Cornish saint whose birth name is lost. According to some traditions she was a daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog (identifying her with Cynheiddon).

Endymion m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ἐνδύω (endyo) meaning "to dive into, to enter". In Greek mythology he was an Aeolian mortal loved by the moon goddess Selene, who asked Zeus to grant him eternal life. Zeus complied by putting him into an eternal sleep in a cave on Mount Latmos.

Enedina f Spanish
Spanish form of the (Latin?) name Henedina, of unknown meaning. This was the name of an early saint from Sardinia, martyred with her companions Justa and Justina.

Enriqueta f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Enrique.

Epifania f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Epiphanius.

Epifanio m Spanish, Italian
From the Latin name Epiphanius, which was from the Greek name Ἐπιφάνιος (Epiphanios), itself derived from the Greek word ἐπιφάνεια (epiphaneia) meaning "appearance, manifestation". This name was borne by a few early saints. It is associated with the event known in English as the Epiphany (Spanish Epifanía, Italian Epifania, Latin Epiphania), the coming of the three Magi to visit the infant Jesus.

Epiktetos m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name meaning "newly acquired". This was the name of a 1st-century Greek stoic philosopher.

Epiphany f English (Rare)
From the name of the Christian festival (January 6) that commemorates the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. It is also an English word meaning "sudden appearance" or "sudden perception", ultimately deriving from Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epiphaneia) meaning "manifestation".

Ereshkigal f Sumerian Mythology
Means "lady of the great earth", from Sumerian 𒊩𒌆 (ereš) meaning "lady, queen" combined with 𒆠 (ki) meaning "earth" and 𒃲 (gal) meaning "great, big". In Sumerian mythology she was the goddess of death and the underworld.

Ernestina f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Ernest.

Ernestine f French, German, English
Feminine form of Ernest.

Esmaralda f English (Rare)
Variant of Esmeralda.

Esmeralda f Spanish, Portuguese, English, Albanian, Literature
Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), in which Esmeralda is the Romani girl who is loved by Quasimodo. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since that time.

Esperança f Portuguese, Catalan
Portuguese and Catalan cognate of Esperanza.

Esperanta f Esperanto
Means "hoping" in Esperanto.

Esperanza f Spanish
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from spero "to hope".

Espiridión m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Spyridon.

Estíbaliz f Spanish
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Estíbaliz, meaning "Our Lady of Estíbaliz". Estíbaliz is a sanctuary in Álava, Spain. It may be derived from Latin aestivalis "pertaining to the summer", a derivative of aestas "summer". Folk etymology connects it to Basque ezti "honey" and balitz "as if it were".

Etelvina f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Adalwin.

Eugenia f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of Eugenius (see Eugene). It was borne by a semi-legendary 3rd-century saint who escaped persecution by disguising herself as a man. The name was occasionally found in England during the Middle Ages, but it was not regularly used until the 19th century.

Eugenija f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Eugenia.

Eugenijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Eugenius (see Eugene).

Eugenios m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of Eugene.

Eulàlia f Catalan
Catalan form of Eulalia.

Eulalia f Spanish, Italian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek εὔλαλος (eulalos) meaning "sweetly-speaking", itself from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and λαλέω (laleo) meaning "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century saint and martyr from Mérida in Spain. Another martyr by this name, living at the same time, is a patron saint of Barcelona. These two saints might be the same person.

Euphemia f Ancient Greek, English (Archaic)
Means "to use words of good omen" from Greek εὐφημέω (euphemeo), a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and φημί (phemi) meaning "to speak, to declare". Saint Euphemia was an early martyr from Chalcedon.

Euphrosyne f Greek Mythology
Means "mirth, merriment, cheerfulness" in Greek, a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and φρήν (phren) meaning "mind, heart". She was one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites) in Greek mythology.

Euripides m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek Εὔριπος (Euripos), referring to the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was the name of a 5th-century BC Greek tragic poet.

Eurydice f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Εὐρυδίκη (Eurydike) meaning "wide justice", derived from εὐρύς (eurys) meaning "wide" and δίκη (dike) meaning "justice, custom, order". In Greek myth she was the wife of Orpheus. Her husband tried to rescue her from Hades, but he failed when he disobeyed the condition that he not look back upon her on their way out.

Eurydike f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Eurydice.

Eusebius m Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Eusebios. This was the name of a 4th-century historian of the Christian church.

Evangeline f English
Means "good news" from Greek εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄγγελμα (angelma) meaning "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1847 epic poem Evangeline. It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.

Evaristo m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Evaristus.

Evdokia f Greek
Modern Greek form of Eudocia.

Evdokiya f Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian form of Eudocia, and an alternate transcription of Russian Евдокия (see Yevdokiya).

Eveliina f Finnish
Finnish form of Evelina.

Evelína f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Evelina.

Evelina f English, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Latinate form of Aveline. It was revived by the author Fanny Burney for the heroine of her first novel Evelina (1778). It is often regarded as a variant of the related name Evelyn or an elaboration of Eve.

Eveline f English, French, Dutch
Variant of Evelina.

Everardo m Spanish
Spanish form of Everard.

Evgenia f Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Modern Greek form of Eugenia. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Евгения (see Yevgeniya) or Bulgarian Евгения (see Evgeniya).

Evgenios m Greek
Modern Greek form of Eugene.

Evgeniya f Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian form of Eugenia and an alternate transcription of Russian Евгения (see Yevgeniya).

Evpraksiya f Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Евпраксия (see Yevpraksiya).

Evridiki f Greek
Modern Greek form of Eurydice.

Evženie f Czech
Czech form of Eugenia.

Ewelina f Polish
Polish form of Evelina.

Ezekiel m Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name יְחֶזְקֵאל (Yeḥezqel) meaning "God will strengthen", from the roots חָזַק (ḥazaq) meaning "to strengthen" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". Ezekiel is a major prophet of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Ezekiel. He lived in Jerusalem until the Babylonian conquest and captivity of Israel, at which time he was taken to Babylon. The Book of Ezekiel describes his vivid symbolic visions that predict the restoration of the kingdom of Israel. As an English given name, Ezekiel has been used since the Protestant Reformation.