moosetex's Personal Name List
Agrafena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аграфена(Russian)
Pronounced: u-gru-FYEH-nə
Personal remark: Russian 'wild horse'; nickname AGGIE
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
Aspen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AS-pən
Personal remark: English
Rating: 46% based on 12 votes
From the English word for a variety of deciduous trees in the genus Populus, derived from Old English æspe. It is also the name of a ski resort in Colorado.
Audie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-ee
Personal remark: Old English 'little noble strong one'
Rating: 27% based on 11 votes
In the case of the famed American soldier Audie Murphy (1925-1971), it is of uncertain meaning. As a feminine name, it can be a
diminutive of
Audrey.
Austin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWS-tin
Personal remark: Medieval English 'venerable'
Rating: 58% based on 12 votes
Medieval contracted form of
Augustine 1. Modern use of the name is probably also partly inspired by the common surname
Austin, which is of the same origin. This is also the name of a city in Texas.
Benjamin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Biblical
Other Scripts: בִּנְיָמִין(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: BEHN-jə-min(English) BEHN-ZHA-MEHN(French) BEHN-ya-meen(German) BEHN-ya-min(Dutch)
Personal remark: English 'son of the south', 'son of the right hand' from Biblical Hebrew, nickname: BEN
Rating: 69% based on 17 votes
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).
As an English name, Benjamin came into general use after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American statesman, inventor, scientist and philosopher.
Booker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUWK-ər
Personal remark: English 'maker of books'
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books". A famous bearer was Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), an African-American leader.
Brock
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAHK
Personal remark: Old English 'badger'
Rating: 48% based on 12 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Old English brocc meaning "badger".
Cadence
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-dəns
Personal remark: English 'rhythm, flow'
Rating: 51% based on 13 votes
From an English word meaning "rhythm, flow". It has been in use only since the 20th century.
Cassidy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAS-i-dee
Personal remark: Irish 'curly haired'
Rating: 59% based on 16 votes
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic
Ó Caiside), which is derived from the byname
Caiside. Very rare as a given name before the 1970s, it established itself in the 80s and then surged in popularity during the 90s.
Cheyenne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: shie-AN
Personal remark: English from the Dakota 'unintelligible speakers'
Rating: 52% based on 13 votes
Derived from the Lakota word šahiyena meaning "red speakers". This is the name of a Native American people of the Great Plains. The name was supposedly given to the Cheyenne by the Lakota because their language was unrelated to their own. As a given name, it has been in use since the 1950s.
Clayton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAY-tən
Personal remark: Old English 'clay settlement', nickname: CLAY
Rating: 42% based on 9 votes
From a surname that was originally derived from various English place names, all meaning "clay settlement" in Old English.
Clinton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLIN-tən
Personal remark: Old English 'settlement on the summit', nickname: CLINT
Rating: 32% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from towns named Glinton, of uncertain meaning, or Glympton, meaning "settlement on the River Glyme". A famous bearer of the surname is former American president Bill Clinton (1946-).
Cody
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KO-dee
Personal remark: Irish Gaelic 'son of fortune'
Rating: 46% based on 11 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of both Irish Gaelic
Ó Cuidighthigh meaning
"descendant of the helpful one" and
Mac Óda meaning
"son of Odo". A famous bearer of the surname was the American frontiersman and showman Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917).
Colton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KOL-tən
Personal remark: English
Rating: 41% based on 10 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning
"Cola's town". It started being used as a given name in the 1980s. Likely in some cases it was viewed as an elaborated or full form of
Cole or
Colt.
Cooper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KOO-pər
Personal remark: Middle English 'barrel maker'
Rating: 42% based on 9 votes
From a surname meaning "barrel maker", from Middle English couper.
Dale
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAYL
Personal remark: English
Rating: 31% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale or valley.
Dallas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAL-əs
Personal remark: Scottish 'meadow dwelling'
Rating: 47% based on 11 votes
From a surname that could either be of Old English origin meaning "valley house" or of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "meadow dwelling". A city in Texas bears this name, probably in honour of American Vice President George M. Dallas (1792-1864).
Doug
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUG
Personal remark: Scots Gaelic 'dark river'
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Dwight
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DWIET
Personal remark: English
Rating: 39% based on 11 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval feminine name
Diot, a
diminutive of
Dionysia, the feminine form of
Dionysius. In America it was sometimes given in honour of Yale president Timothy Dwight (1752-1817). A famous bearer was the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969).
Everett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHV-ə-rit, EHV-rit
Personal remark: English 'brave boar'
Rating: 68% based on 12 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the given name
Everard.
Frankie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK-ee
Personal remark: English; honoring Grandma
Rating: 55% based on 10 votes
Gage
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GAYJ
Personal remark: Middle English 'measure'
Rating: 53% based on 10 votes
From an English surname of Old French origin meaning either "measure", originally denoting one who was an assayer, or "pledge", referring to a moneylender. It was popularized as a given name by a character from the book Pet Sematary (1983) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1989).
Haidee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: HAY-dee(English)
Personal remark: Literature 'modest, reverent' from Greek
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Perhaps intended to derive from Greek
αἰδοῖος (aidoios) meaning
"modest, reverent". This name was created by Lord Byron for a character (written as
Haidée) in his 1819 poem
Don Juan [1].
Hale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAYL
Personal remark: Old English 'nook, retreat'
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" from Old English healh.
Hank
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HANGK
Personal remark: English 'YAHWEH is gracious' from Biblical Hebrew
Rating: 48% based on 9 votes
Originally a short form of
Hankin, which was a medieval
diminutive of
John. Since the 17th century in the United States this name has also been used as a diminutive of
Henry, probably under the influence of the Dutch diminutive
Henk. A famous bearer is the American former baseball player Hank Aaron (1934-2021).
Heck
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Personal remark: Scottish 'holding fast'
Rating: 16% based on 9 votes
Scottish short form of
Hector.
Howie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HOW-ee
Personal remark: English 'little high guardian'
Rating: 22% based on 9 votes
Hoyt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HOIT
Personal remark: Middle English 'stick'
Rating: 10% based on 10 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Middle English hoit "stick", originally a nickname for a thin person.
Jake
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYK
Personal remark: English 'may God protect' from Hebrew
Rating: 63% based on 12 votes
Medieval variant of
Jack. It is also sometimes used as a short form of
Jacob.
Jane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYN
Personal remark: English feminine form of JOHN, middle name: Clemency (English 'merciful'); nickname: Calam(ity)
Rating: 80% based on 12 votes
Medieval English form of
Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of
Iohannes (see
John). This became the most common feminine form of
John in the 17th century, surpassing
Joan. In the first half of the 20th century
Joan once again overtook
Jane for a few decades in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
Famous bearers include the uncrowned English queen Lady Jane Grey (1536-1554), who ruled for only nine days, British novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817), who wrote Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, British primatologist Jane Goodall (1934-), and American actress Jane Fonda (1937-). This is also the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847), which tells of Jane's sad childhood and her relationship with Edward Rochester.
Jayne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYN
Personal remark: English, feminine form of JOHN
Rating: 37% based on 10 votes
Jeb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHB
Personal remark: English
Rating: 22% based on 9 votes
Sometimes a
diminutive of
Jacob. This name may have also resulted from a nickname of James Ewell Brown Stuart (1833-1864), a Confederate general in the American Civil War, which was formed from the initial letters of his three given names.
Jed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHD
Personal remark: Biblical 'beloved of YAHWEH'
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Jethro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִתְרוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JETH-ro(English)
Personal remark: Biblical 'abundance'
Rating: 56% based on 10 votes
From the Hebrew name
יִתְרוֹ (Yitro), which was derived from the Hebrew word
יֶתֶר (yeter) meaning
"abundance". According to the
Old Testament, Jethro was a Midianite priest who sheltered
Moses when he fled Egypt. He was the father of
Zipporah, who became Moses's wife. A famous bearer of the name was Jethro Tull (1674-1741), an English inventor and agriculturist.
Joella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: jo-EHL-ə
Personal remark: Hebrew 'YAHWEH is God'; nickname: JO, JOEY, ELLA
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
Judd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Medieval English
Pronounced: JUD(English)
Personal remark: English 'flow down' from Biblical Hebrew
Rating: 34% based on 10 votes
Medieval
diminutive of
Jordan. Modern use of this name is inspired by the surname that was derived from the medieval name.
Katey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAY-tee
Personal remark: English
Rating: 22% based on 9 votes
Mack 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAK
Personal remark: Gaelic 'son'
Rating: 51% based on 9 votes
From a surname, originally a shortened form of various Irish and Scottish surnames beginning with Mac or Mc (from Irish mac meaning "son"). It is also used as a generic slang term for a man.
Millaray
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mapuche
Personal remark: Native American (Mapuche) 'golden flower', nicknames: MILLIE, RAY
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Means "golden flower" in Mapuche, from milla "gold" and rayen "flower".
Pace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PAYS
Personal remark: Middle English 'peace'
Rating: 23% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the Middle English word pace meaning "peace".
Paden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PAY-dən
Personal remark: diminutive of PADRAIG
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
From a surname, itself probably a derivative of the given name
Pate, a short form of
Patrick. It was an obscure given name in America until 1985, when it appeared in the western movie
Silverado. Its modest usage after that can probably be attributed to the fact that it ends in the popular
den sound found in more-popular names such as
Braden,
Hayden and
Aidan.
Paget
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PAJ-it
Personal remark: English 'little page'
Rating: 51% based on 9 votes
From a French and English surname that meant
"little page" (see
Paige).
Parker
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHR-kər
Personal remark: English 'keeper of the park'; Hardison Parker (nickname: Hardy)
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
From an English occupational surname that meant "keeper of the park".
Pete
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEET
Personal remark: Biblical Greek 'stone'
Rating: 51% based on 10 votes
Sam 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Literature
Pronounced: SAM(English)
Personal remark: Biblical 'God has heard'
Rating: 66% based on 12 votes
Short form of
Samuel,
Samson,
Samantha and other names beginning with
Sam. This is the name of a detective in Dashiell Hammett's novel
The Maltese Falcon (1930). In J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 novel
The Lord of the Rings (1954) this is a short form of
Samwise.
Sawyer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SOI-ər, SAW-yər
Personal remark: English 'sawer of wood'
Rating: 57% based on 9 votes
From an English surname meaning
"sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).
Very rare as an American given name before 1980, it increased in popularity in the 1980s and 90s. It got a boost in 2004 after the debut of the television series Lost, which featured a character by this name.
Tanner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAN-ər
Personal remark: English 'one who tans hides'
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
From an English surname meaning "one who tans hides".
Tommy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAHM-ee(American English) TAWM-ee(British English)
Personal remark: English 'little twin' from the Biblical Greek
Rating: 44% based on 10 votes
Travis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TRAV-is
Personal remark: English
Rating: 51% based on 11 votes
From the English surname
Travis (a variant of
Travers). It was used in America in honour of William Travis (1809-1836), the commander of the Texan forces at the Battle of the Alamo.
Trevor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: TREHV-ər(English)
Personal remark: Welsh 'large village'
Rating: 55% based on 11 votes
From a Welsh surname, originally taken from the name of towns in Wales meaning
"big village", derived from Middle Welsh
tref "village" and
maur "large". As a given name it became popular in the United Kingdom in the middle of the 20th century, then caught on in the United States in the 1960s.
Tucker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TUK-ər
Personal remark: English
Rating: 57% based on 11 votes
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.
Wilder
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Personal remark: female character in 'Young James Bond' series
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
From an English surname meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled", from Old English wilde.
Wyatt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIE-ət
Personal remark: Old English 'brave and hardy in war'
Rating: 57% based on 10 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval given name
Wyard or
Wyot, from the Old English name
Wigheard. Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) was an American lawman and gunfighter involved in the famous shootout at the OK Corral.
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