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Osheen m Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Oisín.

Osmond m English (Rare)
From the Old English elements os "god" and mund "protection". During the Anglo-Saxon period a Norse cognate Ásmundr was also used in England, and another version was imported by the Normans. Saint Osmund was an 11th-century Norman nobleman who became an English bishop. Though it eventually became rare, it was revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given name.

Otávia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Octavia.

Ottone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Otto.

Otýlie f Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Odilia.

Ovidia f Ancient Roman, Spanish (Rare), Romanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ovidius (see Ovid).

Ožbalt m Slovene (Rare)
Slovene form of Oswald.

Pamila f English (Rare)
Variant of Pamela.

Parris m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that originally denoted a person who came from the French city of Paris (see Paris 2).

Paškal m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Pascal.

Patton m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from a diminutive of Patrick. A notable bearer of the surname was the American World War II general George S. Patton (1885-1945), who played an important part in the allied offensive in France.

Pearce m English (Rare)
Variant of Pierce.

Perele f Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Perle.

Perlie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Pearl.

Petula f English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, created in the 20th century. The name is borne by the British singer Petula Clark (1932-), whose name was invented by her father.

Phelan m Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Faolán.

Phemie f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Euphemia.

Philis f English (Rare)
Variant of Phyllis.

Placid m English (Rare)
English form of Placidus (see Placido).

Poncio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Pontius.

Ponzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Pontius.

Priita f Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Brita.

Purdie m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the Norman French expression pur die "by God". It was perhaps originally a nickname for a person who used the oath frequently.

Quanna f African American (Rare)
Elaboration of the phonetic element quan.

Rachyl f English (Rare)
Variant of Rachel.

Raisel f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Raisa 2.

Rastus m English (Rare)
Short form of Erastus.

Reenie f English (Rare)
Either a variant of Renée or a diminutive of names ending in reen.

Regana f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Regan, influenced by Regina.

Régulo m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Regulus.

Renard m French (Rare)
French form of Reynard. Because of the medieval character Reynard the Fox, renard became a French word meaning "fox".

Rexana f English (Rare)
Variant of Rexanne.

Rhetta f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Rhett.

Rhosyn f Welsh (Rare)
Means "rose" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

Riagán m Irish (Rare)
From Old Irish Riacán, probably derived from rí "king" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Ridley m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was originally derived from various place names meaning either "reed clearing" or "stripped clearing" in Old English.

Ripley f & m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from the name of various English towns, from Old English rippel "grove, thicket" and leah "clearing". A famous fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley (usually only called by her surname) from the Alien series of movies, beginning 1979.

Robena f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Robin.

Robina f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Robin. It originated in Scotland in the 17th century.

Rochus m German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Rocco, used in occasionally German and Dutch.

Rodolf m German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
German form of Rudolf.

Roldão m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Roland.

Romána f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian feminine form of Romanus (see Roman).

Romein m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Romanus (see Roman).

Romola f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Romulus.

Rowina f English (Rare)
Variant of Rowena.

Royale f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Royal.

Roydon m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill", from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill".

Rubina f Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Derived from Portuguese rubi or Italian rubino meaning "ruby", ultimately from Latin ruber "red".

Rufino m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Rufinus.

Rustik m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Rusticus.

Ruuben m Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Finnish and Estonian form of Reuben.

Ryanne f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Ryan.

Sailor f English (Rare)
Variant of Saylor. This is the less common spelling.

Salome f English (Rare), German (Rare), Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From an Aramaic name that was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". According to the historian Josephus this was the name of the daughter of Herodias (the consort of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee). In the New Testament, though a specific name is not given, it was a daughter of Herodias who danced for Herod and was rewarded with the head of John the Baptist, and thus Salome and the dancer have traditionally been equated.... [more]

Salomè f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Salome.

Salvio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Salvius.

Sancha f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Feminine form of Sancho.

Sarava m Various (Rare)
From a phrase used by members of the Candomblé religion (an African religion that was taken to Brazil by African slaves), which means "good luck".

Sárika f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian diminutive of Sarah.

Sarolt f Hungarian (Rare)
From the Old Hungarian name Saroldu, probably of Turkic origin meaning "white weasel, ermine". This was the wife of the 10th-century Hungarian grand prince Géza.

Seanna f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Seán.

Sefton m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "town in the rushes" in Old English.

Selwyn m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally derived from an Old English given name, which was formed of the elements sele "manor" and wine "friend".

Seppel m German (Rare)
German diminutive of Joseph.

Sévère m French (Rare)
French form of Severus.

Sharia m Arabic (Rare)
Means "divine law, noble law" in Arabic, from the root شرع (sharaʿa) meaning "to go, to enact".

Sheard m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.

Sheine f Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Shayna.

Shevon f English (Rare)
Variant of Shavonne.

Sieger m Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements sigu "victory" and heri "army".

Silver m & f English (Rare)
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.

Šimona f Czech (Rare)
Czech variant of Simona.

Sinjin m English (British, Rare)
Phonetic variant of St John.

Síomha f Irish (Rare)
Modern Irish form of Síthmaith.

Slàine f Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Sláine.

Sofron m Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Sophron.

Sonnie m English (Rare)
Variant of Sonny.

Sorrel f English (Rare)
From the name of the sour tasting plant, derived from Old French sur "sour", a word of Frankish origin.

Sosimo m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Zosimus.

Spirit f English (Rare)
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath, energy", a derivative of spiro "to blow, to breathe".

Stacee f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Stacy.

St John m English (British, Rare)
From the title and name of Saint John the Baptist or Saint John the Evangelist (see John).

Suzume f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雀 (suzume) meaning "sparrow", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations that are pronounced the same way.

Tácito m Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Portuguese and Spanish form of Tacitus.

Tacito m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tacitus.

Taddeo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Thaddeus.

Taegan f English (Rare)
Variant of Tegan.

Tafari m Amharic (Rare)
Possibly means "he who inspires awe" in Amharic. This name was borne by Lij Tafari Makonnen (1892-1975), also known as Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia. Rastafarians (Ras Tafari meaning "king Tafari") revere him as the earthly incarnation of God.

Tahnee f English (Rare)
Variant of Tawny.

Talbot m English (Rare)
From an English surname, of Norman origin, possibly derived from an unattested Germanic given name composed of the elements dala "to destroy" and bod "message".

Tallak m Norwegian (Rare)
Variant of Tollak.

Tamsen f English (Rare)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamzen f English (Rare)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tarben m Danish (Rare)
Danish variant of Torben.

Tarina f English (Rare)
Perhaps an elaborated form of Tara 1.

Tatton m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "Tata's town" in Old English.

Tawnee f English (Rare)
Variant of Tawny.

Tawnie f English (Rare)
Variant of Tawny.

Teigue m Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Tadhg.

Temple m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who was associated with the Knights Templar, a medieval religious military order.

Tércia f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese feminine form of Tertius.

Tércio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Tertius.

Thecla f Dutch (Rare), Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Thekla.

Thekla f German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek
From the ancient Greek name Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεός (theos) meaning "god" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 1st-century saint, appearing (as Θέκλα) in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. The story tells how Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.

Thyrza f Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Thirza.

Tiborc m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Tiburtius (see Tiburcio).

Tikhon m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Tychon.

Tivoli m & f Various (Rare)
From the name of a picturesque Italian town, used as a summer resort by the ancient Romans.

Tollak m Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Þórleikr, which meant "Thor's play" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with leikr "play, game (involving weapons)".

Tomila f Russian (Rare)
Possibly from Slavic tomiti meaning "to torment". In some cases communist parents may have derived it from the phrase торжество Маркса и Ленина (torzhestvo Marksa i Lenina) meaning "victory of Marx and Lenin".

Trecia f English (Rare)
Variant of Tricia.

Tresha f English (Rare)
Variant of Tricia.

Tressa f English (Rare)
Contracted form of Theresa. It may also be associated with the English word tress meaning "long lock of hair".

Trifon m Bulgarian, Russian (Rare)
Bulgarian and Russian form of Tryphon.

Trofim m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Trophimus.

Tudful f Welsh (Rare)
Welsh form of Tydfil.

Tudwal m Welsh (Rare)
From the Old Welsh and Breton name Tutgual, derived from tut "people, country" and gual "ruler, leader". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton saint.

Tullus m Ancient Roman (Rare)
Roman praenomen, or given name, of unknown meaning. This was a rare praenomen.

Tündér f Hungarian (Rare)
Means "fairy" in Hungarian.

Ulrihs m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Ulrich.

Ulyssa f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Ulysses.

Uriasz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Uriah.

Úrsula f Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Ursula.

Ursule f French (Rare)
French form of Ursula.

Valary f English (Rare)
Variant of Valerie.

Vancho m Macedonian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Macedonian Ванчо (see Vančo), as well as the usual Bulgarian transcription.

Varlam m Georgian, Russian (Rare)
Variant of Varlaam.

Vasuda f Hindi (Rare)
Means "granting wealth" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the earth.

Velvel m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "little wolf" in Yiddish, a diminutive of װאָלףֿ (volf) meaning "wolf". This is a vernacular form of Zeev.

Vérène f French (Rare)
French form of Verena.

Vester m Danish (Rare)
Short form of Sylvester.

Vianne f English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.

Vibius m Ancient Roman (Rare)
Roman praenomen and family name of unknown meaning, probably of Etruscan origin.

Vienne f Various (Rare)
From the French name for Vienna, the capital city of Austria.

Vivyan f English (Rare)
Variant of Vivian.

Vlasiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Blaise.

Wallis m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Wallace. Wallis Simpson (1895-1986) was the divorced woman whom Edward VIII married, which forced him to abdicate the British throne.

Wendel m & f Dutch (Rare), German (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil meaning "a Vandal". The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and North Africa in the 5th century. Their tribal name, which may mean "wanderer", has often been confused with that of the Wends, a Slavic people living between the Elbe and the Oder.... [more]

Wenona f English (Rare)
Variant of Winona.

Wetzel m German (Rare)
Diminutive of Werner.

Wigand m German (Rare), Germanic
Derived from the Old German word wigant meaning "warrior".

Wisdom f & m English (Rare)
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".

Wisław m Polish (Rare)
Contracted form of Witosław.

Wystan m English (Rare)
From the Old English name Wigstan, composed of the elements wig "battle" and stan "stone". This was the name of a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon saint. It became rare after the Norman Conquest, and in modern times it is chiefly known as the first name of the British poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973).

Xavior m English (Rare)
Variant of Xavier.

Yachna f Hebrew (Rare)
Perhaps a feminine form of Yochanan.

Yefrem m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Ephraim.

Yorath m Welsh (Rare)
Anglicized form of Iorwerth.

Yossel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Joseph.

Yrjänä m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Jurian.

Yseult f French (Rare)
French form of Iseult.

Zhubin m Persian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of چوبین (see Chobin).

Zinnia f English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.

Zsazsa f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zusman m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.