From a surname that was derived from an English place name meaning "Bryni's town". Bryni was an Old English name meaning "fire".
Ebony
Gender:Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced:EHB-ən-ee(English)
Rating:44% based on 13 votes
From the English word ebony for the black wood that comes from the ebony tree. It is ultimately from the Egyptian word hbnj. In America this name is most often used in the black community.
From the Roman cognomenFabianus, which was derived from Fabius. Saint Fabian was a 3rd-century pope.
Holly
Gender:Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced:HAHL-ee
Rating:54% based on 12 votes
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen. Holly Golightly is the main character in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) by Truman Capote.