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Anderson m English
From a surname meaning "son of Andrew".

Banu f Turkish
From Persian بانو (banu) meaning "lady".

Bryant m English
From a surname that was derived from the given name Brian.

Charissa f English
Elaborated form of Charis. Edmund Spencer used it in his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590).

Dana 1 f Romanian, Czech, Slovak, German, Hebrew
Feminine form of Daniel or Dan 1.

Elita f Latvian
Meaning unknown.

Errol m English
From a surname that was originally derived from a Scottish place name. It was popularized as a given name by the Australian actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959).

Gabe m English
Short form of Gabriel.

Germaine f French
French feminine form of Germain. Saint Germaine was a 16th-century peasant girl from France.

Greta f German, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian, Polish, English
Short form of Margareta. A famous bearer of this name was the Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990).

Gwendolyn f Welsh, English
Variant of Gwendolen.

Hallie f English
Diminutive of Harriet.

Hunter m & f English
From an occupational English surname for a hunter, derived from Old English hunta. A famous bearer was the eccentric American journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005).

Isagani m Filipino, Tagalog
Possibly from Tagalog masaganang ani meaning "bountiful harvest". This is the name of a character in the novel El Filibusterismo (1891) by José Rizal.

Jamal m Arabic, African American
Means "beauty" in Arabic.

Johana f Czech, Spanish (Latin American)
Czech form of Iohanna (see Joanna). This form is also used in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Lesley f & m English
Variant of Leslie.

Lester m English
From a surname that was derived from the name of the city of Leicester, originally denoting a person who was from that place. The city's name is derived from the river name Ligore combined with Latin castra "camp".

Mehdi m Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Persian and North African form of Mahdi.

Morley m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally from an Old English place name meaning "marsh clearing".

Muriel f English, French, Irish
Medieval English form of a Breton name that was probably related to the Irish name Muirgel. The Normans brought it to England from Brittany. In the modern era it was popularized by a character from Dinah Craik's novel John Halifax, Gentleman (1856).

Shaquille m English (Modern)
Variant of Shakil. This name is borne by basketball player Shaquille O'Neal (1972-).

Soledad f Spanish
Means "solitude" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, María de Soledad, meaning "Mary of Solitude".

Sorrel f English (Rare)
From the name of the sour tasting plant, which may ultimately derive from Germanic sur "sour".

Stone m English (Modern)
From the English vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English stan.

Tucker m English (Modern)
From an occupational surname for a cloth fuller, derived from Old English tucian meaning "offend, torment". A fuller was a person who cleaned and thickened raw cloth by pounding it.

Yoshiko f Japanese
From Japanese 良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable", 芳 (yoshi) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful" or 悦 (yoshi) meaning "joy, pleased" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". This name can be formed from other kanji combinations as well.