Impala1729's Personal Name List

Abilene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ἀβιληνή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AB-i-leen, ab-i-LEE-nee
Rating: 43% based on 15 votes
From a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament. It is probably from Hebrew אָבֵל ('avel) meaning "meadow, grassy area". It has occasionally been used as a given name in modern times.
Ace 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AYS
Rating: 25% based on 13 votes
From the English word meaning "highest rank". More commonly a nickname, it is occasionally used as a given name.
Acelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 27% based on 12 votes
Variant of Aceline.
Aceline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Medieval English
Rating: 22% based on 13 votes
Feminine form of Acelin.
Addie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AD-ee
Rating: 33% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Adelaide, Adeline, Addison and other names containing the same sound.
Adelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Аделина(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: a-deh-LEE-na(Italian) a-dheh-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 67% based on 20 votes
From a Germanic name that was derived from the element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).
Adeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-DU-LEEN(French) AD-ə-lien(English)
Rating: 58% based on 19 votes
French and English form of Adelina.
Adilyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Archaic)
Rating: 31% based on 13 votes
Variant of Adelyn.
Áine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: A-nyə(Irish)
Rating: 42% based on 13 votes
Means "radiance, brilliance" in Irish. This was the name of a goddess of love and fertility in Irish legend, thought to dwell at the hill of Cnoc Áine in Limerick. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Anne.
Alaysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American), African American
Pronounced: uh-LAY-zha(American English)
Rating: 29% based on 13 votes
Possibly a variant of Alysia or Malaysia.
Alexandria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ig-ZAN-dree-ə
Rating: 53% based on 16 votes
Feminine form of Alexander. Alexander the Great founded several cities by this name (or renamed them) as he extended his empire eastward. The most notable of these is Alexandria in Egypt, founded by Alexander in 331 BC.
Alice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Czech, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Pronounced: AL-is(English) A-LEES(French) u-LEE-si(European Portuguese) a-LEE-see(Brazilian Portuguese) a-LEE-cheh(Italian) a-LEES(German) A-li-tseh(Czech)
Rating: 75% based on 19 votes
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see Adelaide). This name became popular in France and England in the 12th century. It was among the most common names in England until the 16th century, when it began to decline. It was revived in the 19th century.

This name was borne by the heroine of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871).

Allegra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (Rare)
Pronounced: al-LEH-gra(Italian) ə-LEHG-rə(English)
Rating: 48% based on 14 votes
Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian. It was borne by a short-lived illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron (1817-1822).
Allora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern)
Pronounced: Uh- Laura, uh-lor-uh
Rating: 28% based on 12 votes
This is apparently either a variant of Alora or Allura or else an American combination of Alice and Lora.
It coincides with the Italian word allora "then; thus; so". Note that this name is not used in Italy.
Allura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: ə-LUR-ə, ə-LAWR-ə
Rating: 23% based on 10 votes
Apparently based on the English word allure. This was the name of a princess in the 1980s anime television show 'Voltron'.
Allyriane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 26% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Allyre.
Alyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 13 votes
Alys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-is
Rating: 28% based on 12 votes
Variant of Alice.
Alyse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LEES, AL-is
Rating: 29% based on 11 votes
Variant of Alice.
Alysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ee-ə
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
Variant of Alicia.
Alyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ə
Rating: 24% based on 9 votes
Variant of Alicia. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek (a), a negative prefix, combined with λύσσα (lyssa) meaning "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.
Amalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Αμαλία(Greek)
Pronounced: a-MA-lya(Spanish, German) a-MA-lee-a(Dutch)
Rating: 48% based on 14 votes
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal. This element means "unceasing, vigorous, brave", or it can refer to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali (derived from the same root).

This was another name for the 7th-century saint Amalberga of Maubeuge.

Amyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Muslim, Indian (Muslim)
Rating: 28% based on 12 votes
Variant transcription of Arabic Amira 1.
Anastasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αναστασία(Greek) Анастасия(Russian) Анастасія(Ukrainian, Belarusian) ანასტასია(Georgian) Ἀναστασία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-na-sta-SEE-a(Greek) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yə(Russian) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yu(Ukrainian) a-na-sta-SYEE-ya(Belarusian) an-ə-STAY-zhə(English) a-na-STA-sya(Spanish) a-na-STA-zya(Italian) A-NA-STA-SEE-A(Classical Greek)
Rating: 63% based on 19 votes
Feminine form of Anastasius. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Due to her, the name has been common in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (in various spellings). As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer was the youngest daughter of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II, who was rumoured to have escaped the execution of her family in 1918.
Angelica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Romanian
Pronounced: an-JEHL-i-kə(English) an-JEH-lee-ka(Italian)
Rating: 58% based on 18 votes
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger". The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their Orlando poems (1483 and 1532), where it belongs to Orlando's love interest. It has been used as a given name since the 18th century.
Angelika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Polish, Hungarian
Pronounced: ang-GEH-lee-ka(German) ang-geh-LYEE-ka(Polish) AWNG-geh-lee-kaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 37% based on 16 votes
Form of Angelica in several languages.
Angelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Armenian
Other Scripts: Ангелина(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian) Αγγελίνα(Greek) Անգելինա(Armenian)
Pronounced: ang-jeh-LEE-na(Italian) an-jə-LEE-nə(English) un-gyi-LYEE-nə(Russian) ang-kheh-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 59% based on 16 votes
Latinate diminutive of Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
Angeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AHN-ZHU-LEEN, AHN-ZHLEEN
Rating: 39% based on 14 votes
French diminutive of Angela.
Anna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Faroese, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Άννα(Greek) Анна(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Church Slavic) Աննա(Armenian) Ἄννα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-ə(English) AN-na(Italian, Polish, Icelandic) A-na(German, Swedish, Danish, Greek, Czech) AH-na(Dutch) AHN-na(Norwegian) AHN-nah(Finnish) AWN-naw(Hungarian) AN-nə(Russian, Catalan)
Rating: 73% based on 15 votes
Form of Channah (see Hannah) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary.

In England, this Latin form has been used alongside the vernacular forms Ann and Anne since the late Middle Ages. Anna is currently the most common of these spellings in all English-speaking countries (since the 1970s), however the biblical form Hannah is presently more popular than all three.

The name was borne by several Russian royals, including an 18th-century empress of Russia. It is also the name of the main character in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina (1877), about a married aristocrat who begins an ultimately tragic relationship with Count Vronsky.

Annabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AN-ə-behl(English)
Rating: 63% based on 14 votes
Variant of Annabel. It can also be interpreted as a combination of Anna and French belle "beautiful".
Annalee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-ə-lee
Rating: 32% based on 13 votes
Combination of Anna and Lee.
Anneliese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: A-nə-lee-zə(German) ah-nə-LEE-sə(Dutch)
Rating: 53% based on 17 votes
Combination of Anne 1 and Liese.
Anya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аня(Russian)
Pronounced: A-nyə
Rating: 52% based on 13 votes
Russian diminutive of Anna.
Aphrodisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀφροδισία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 41% based on 14 votes
Feminine form of Aphrodisios.
Ariadne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀριάδνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REE-AD-NEH(Classical Greek) ar-ee-AD-nee(English)
Rating: 67% based on 13 votes
Means "most holy", composed of the Greek prefix ἀρι (ari) meaning "most" combined with Cretan Greek ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy". In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur, but was later abandoned by him. Eventually she married the god Dionysus.
Ariah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AHR-ee-ə
Rating: 23% based on 10 votes
Variant of Aria 1.
Arianny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Pronounced: ar-ee-AHN-ee(American English)
Rating: 24% based on 9 votes
Apparently a form of Arianna. This name was popularized in the early 2010s by American ring girl Arianny Celeste (1985-), born Penelope López Márquez, in whose case it is reportedly derived from a nickname she had as a child.
Ariel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)
Rating: 36% based on 11 votes
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew, from אֲרִי ('ari) meaning "lion" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film The Little Mermaid (1989).
Arista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-RIS-tə(English)
Rating: 23% based on 9 votes
Means "ear of grain" in Latin. This is the name of a star, also known as Spica, in the constellation Virgo.
Aristea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Spanish (Mexican), English (American, Modern, Rare, ?)
Other Scripts: Αριστέα(Greek)
Pronounced: a-rees-TEH-a(Spanish)
Rating: 21% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Aristeo (Spanish). As a Greek name, it is a feminine form of names beginning with the element ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best". Aristea is also a genus of purple/lilac flowers of African origin; the species Aristea ecklonii is known under the common names blue flies, blue stars, blue-eyed iris, or blue corn-lily.
Aristeia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αριστεια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 22% based on 9 votes
Derived from Greek αριστος (aristos) "best".
Asha 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Other Scripts: आशा(Hindi, Marathi) ಆಶಾ(Kannada) ആശാ(Malayalam)
Rating: 37% based on 12 votes
Derived from Sanskrit आशा (asha) meaning "wish, desire, hope".
Ashlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ASH-lin
Rating: 38% based on 13 votes
Combination of Ashley and the popular name suffix lyn.
Ashlynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ASH-lin
Rating: 23% based on 13 votes
Variant of Ashlyn.
Astraia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀστραία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Greek form of Astraea.
Athena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἀθηνᾶ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TEH-NA(Classical Greek) ə-THEE-nə(English)
Rating: 61% based on 15 votes
Meaning unknown. Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of the city of Athens in Greece. It is likely that her name is derived from that of the city, not vice versa. The earliest mention of her seems to be a 15th-century BC Mycenaean Greek inscription from Knossos on Crete.

The daughter of Zeus, she was said to have sprung from his head fully grown after he impregnated and swallowed her mother Metis. Athena is associated with the olive tree and the owl.

August
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English
Pronounced: OW-guwst(German) OW-goost(Polish) OW-guyst(Swedish) AW-gəst(English)
Rating: 42% based on 11 votes
German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of Augustus. This was the name of three Polish kings.

As an English name it can also derive from the month of August, which was named for the Roman emperor Augustus.

Autumn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-təm
Rating: 65% based on 15 votes
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.
Avalon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lahn
Rating: 56% based on 12 votes
From the name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.
Avia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 28% based on 11 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Abijah.
Avianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 27% based on 11 votes
Variant of Aviana.
Avis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-vis
Rating: 33% based on 10 votes
Probably a Latinized form of the Germanic name Aveza, which was derived from the element awi, of unknown meaning. The Normans introduced this name to England and it became moderately common during the Middle Ages, at which time it was associated with Latin avis "bird".
Aviva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיבָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-VEE-vah
Rating: 48% based on 11 votes
Feminine variant of Aviv.
Avory
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 31% based on 10 votes
Variant of Avery perhaps influenced by Ivory.
Azra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: عذراء(Arabic) عذرا(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘adh-RA(Arabic)
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Means "virgin, maiden" in Arabic.
Azzie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AZ-zee
Rating: 17% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Azalea and other names containing -az-.
Azzy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: Az-zee
Rating: 14% based on 11 votes
Diminutive of Azalea or other names beginning in -az.
Bay
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, English
Pronounced: BAY(Middle English)
Rating: 20% based on 11 votes
From the Middle English personal name Baye, from Old English Beaga (masculine) or Beage (feminine).

A diminutive of Baylee, or any name containing the element or sound -bay-.

May also be given in reference to the English word "bay," from the Middle English baye, from the Old English beġ 'berry', as in beġbēam 'berry-tree'.

Baylor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BAY-lər
Rating: 7% based on 12 votes
From a surname, possibly an Americanized form of the German surname Beiler, derived from Middle High German beile meaning "measuring stick".
Bella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHL-ə
Rating: 42% based on 14 votes
Short form of Isabella and other names ending in bella. It is also associated with the Italian word bella meaning "beautiful". It was used by the American author Stephenie Meyer for the main character in her popular Twilight series of novels, first released 2005, later adapted into a series of movies beginning 2008.
Bellatrix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: bə-LAY-triks(English) BEHL-ə-triks(English)
Rating: 35% based on 12 votes
Means "female warrior" in Latin. This is the name of the star that marks the left shoulder of the constellation Orion.
Belle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHL
Rating: 48% based on 11 votes
Short form of Isabella or names ending in belle. It is also associated with the French word belle meaning "beautiful". A famous bearer was Belle Starr (1848-1889), an outlaw of the American west, whose real given name was Maybelle.
Beulah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Other Scripts: בְּעוּלָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: BYOO-lə(English)
Rating: 36% based on 13 votes
Means "married" in Hebrew. The name is used in the Old Testament to refer to the land of Israel (Isaiah 62:4). As an English given name, Beulah has been used since the Protestant Reformation.
Bly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Bo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 17% based on 9 votes
Variant of Beau or diminutive of Robert, Beaufort, Beauregard, Bonita or Bonnie.
Brennan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREHN-ən
Rating: 22% based on 9 votes
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Braonáin) that was derived from the byname Braonán, itself from Irish braon meaning "rain, moisture, drop" combined with a diminutive suffix. As a given name, it has been used since the 1960s as an alternative to Brendan or Brandon, though it has not been as popular as them.
Briar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIE-ər
Rating: 48% based on 13 votes
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Briarly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 23% based on 11 votes
Variant of Brierley.
Brier
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIE-ər
Rating: 28% based on 9 votes
Variant of Briar.
Brierley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 12% based on 12 votes
Transferred use of the surname Brierley.
Briony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
Rating: 35% based on 13 votes
Variant of Bryony.
Britta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Rating: 39% based on 14 votes
Scandinavian short form of Birgitta.
Bronwyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 34% based on 13 votes
Variant of Bronwen used in the English-speaking world (especially Australia and New Zealand).
Bryony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
Rating: 33% based on 12 votes
From the name of a type of Eurasian vine, formerly used as medicine. It ultimately derives from Greek βρύω (bryo) meaning "to swell".
Buffy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUF-ee
Rating: 14% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of Elizabeth, from a child's pronunciation of the final syllable. It is now associated with the main character from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003).
Buttercup
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: BUT-ər-kup(English)
Rating: 28% based on 12 votes
From the English word for the yellow flower (genus Ranunculus). Author William Goldman used it for Princess Buttercup in his book The Princess Bride (1973) and the subsequent film adaptation (1987).
Caledonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Canadian, Rare)
Pronounced: kal-ə-DO-nee-ə(Canadian English)
Rating: 31% based on 13 votes
From the Latin name of Scotland, which may be derived from Caledones, the Latin name of a tribe that inhabited the region during the Roman era, which is of unknown origin, though some Celtic roots have been suggested; it is possible that the exonym means "tough person" from Brythonic caled "hard, tough" and a suffix (unknown to me) meaning either "great" or "person". The name Caledonia has been applied poetically to Scotland since the 18th century.
Calliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-LIE-ə-pee(English)
Rating: 49% based on 11 votes
Latinized form of Kalliope.
Calpurnia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 39% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of Calpurnius. This was the name of Julius Caesar's last wife.
Carter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-tər
Rating: 16% based on 10 votes
From an English surname that meant "one who uses a cart". A famous bearer of the surname is former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).
Cataleya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
Variant of cattleya, a genus of orchids native to Central and South America, which were named for the British horticulturist William Cattley. This name was popularized by the main character from the movie Colombiana (2011).
Catalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Corsican
Pronounced: ka-ta-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 49% based on 14 votes
Spanish and Corsican form of Katherine.
Caterina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Catalan
Pronounced: ka-teh-REE-na(Italian) kə-tə-REE-nə(Catalan)
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Italian and Catalan form of Katherine.
Cherry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEHR-ee
Rating: 18% based on 9 votes
Simply means "cherry" from the name of the fruit. It can also be a diminutive of Charity. It has been in use since the late 19th century.
Clancy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KLAN-see
Rating: 13% based on 10 votes
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Mac Fhlannchaidh), derived from the given name Flannchadh meaning "red warrior".
Clara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: KLA-ra(German, Spanish, Italian) KLA-ru(Portuguese) KLA-RA(French) KLEHR-ə(American English) KLAR-ə(American English) KLAH-rə(British English)
Rating: 67% based on 14 votes
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus, which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few early saints. The feminine form was popularized by the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called Chiara in Italian), a friend and follower of Saint Francis, who left her wealthy family to found the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares.

As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages, originally in the form Clare, though the Latinate spelling Clara overtook it in the 19th century and became very popular. It declined through most of the 20th century (being eclipsed by the French form Claire in English-speaking countries), though it has since recovered somewhat.

Claria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Medieval Occitan
Rating: 31% based on 8 votes
Elaboration of Clara.
Clarie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Gascon
Rating: 34% based on 8 votes
French and Gascon form of Claria.
Claris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Rare)
Pronounced: CLAH-riss(Middle English)
Rating: 20% based on 8 votes
Variant of Clarice.
Clary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 9 votes
English diminutive form of Clara and Clarissa as well as an adoption of the name of the clary sage (salvia sclarea in Latin).
As a Swedish name, Clary is both an adoption of the English name as well as an adoption of the surname Clary which was first introduced by 19th-century Swedish queen Desideria who was born Désirée Clary.
Claudia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KLAW-dee-ə(English) KLOW-dya(German, Italian, Romanian) KLOW-dee-a(Dutch, Latin) KLOW-dhya(Spanish)
Rating: 55% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of Claudius. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the 16th century.
Clear
Usage: English
Rating: 6% based on 9 votes
Clementine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-ən-teen, KLEHM-ən-tien
Rating: 74% based on 12 votes
English form of Clémentine.
Cordelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: kawr-DEE-lee-ə(English) kawr-DEEL-yə(English)
Rating: 69% based on 12 votes
From Cordeilla, a name appearing in the 12th-century chronicles [1] of Geoffrey of Monmouth, borne by the youngest of the three daughters of King Leir and the only one to remain loyal to her father. Geoffrey possibly based her name on that of Creiddylad, a character from Welsh legend.

The spelling was later altered to Cordelia when Geoffrey's story was adapted by others, including Edmund Spenser in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590) and Shakespeare in his tragedy King Lear (1606).

Cove
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KOV
Rating: 33% based on 9 votes
Either from the English surname Cove or else directly from the vocabulary word cove, which refers to a small coastal inlet.
Covie
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 18% based on 8 votes
Dalya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דַּלְיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Alternate transcription of Hebrew דַּלְיָה (see Dalia 3).
Damaris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Δάμαρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DAM-ə-ris(English)
Rating: 43% based on 8 votes
Probably means "calf, heifer, girl" from Greek δάμαλις (damalis). In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul.
Danica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Macedonian, English
Other Scripts: Даница(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: DA-nee-tsa(Serbian, Croatian) DA-nyee-tsa(Slovak) DAN-i-kə(English)
Rating: 41% based on 11 votes
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus". This name occurs in Slavic folklore as a personification of the morning star. It has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
Danika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 39% based on 11 votes
Variant of Danica.
Daphne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Other Scripts: Δάφνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DA-PNEH(Classical Greek) DAF-nee(English) DAHF-nə(Dutch)
Rating: 57% based on 11 votes
Means "laurel" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a nymph turned into a laurel tree by her father in order that she might escape the pursuit of Apollo. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the end of the 19th century.
Daria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Russian, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Дарья(Russian) Δαρεία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DA-rya(Italian, Polish) DAR-ya(Romanian) DAHR-ee-ə(English) DAR-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 24% based on 8 votes
Feminine form of Darius. Saint Daria was a 3rd-century woman who was martyred with her husband Chrysanthus under the Roman emperor Numerian. It has never been a particularly common English given name. As a Russian name, it is more commonly transcribed Darya.
Darling
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, Spanish (Latin American), Filipino
Rating: 19% based on 8 votes
Transferred use of the surname Darling, or else derived directly from the word.
Deladis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 8 votes
Transferred use of the surname Deladis.
Delia 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 39% based on 10 votes
Short form of Adelia or Bedelia.
Delilah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Other Scripts: דְּלִילָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: di-LIE-lə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 10 votes
Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she is the lover of Samson, whom she betrays to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which is the source of his power. Despite her character flaws, the name began to be used by the Puritans in the 17th century. It has been used occasionally in the English-speaking world since that time.
Delysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 8 votes
Variant of Delicia.
Denny
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHN-ee
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Dennis.
Dexanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
Combination of Dex and Anna.
Dimity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian, Rare)
Rating: 21% based on 8 votes
The name given to a type of lightweight sheer cotton fabric used for bed upholstery and curtains, used as a female given name mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Divya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Other Scripts: दिव्या(Hindi, Marathi) ದಿವ್ಯಾ(Kannada) திவ்யா(Tamil) దివ్యా(Telugu) ദിവ്യ(Malayalam)
Rating: 36% based on 10 votes
Means "divine, heavenly" in Sanskrit.
Echo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠχώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-ko(English)
Rating: 26% based on 10 votes
From the Greek word ἠχώ (echo) meaning "echo, reflected sound", related to ἠχή (eche) meaning "sound". In Greek mythology Echo was a nymph given a speech impediment by Hera, so that she could only repeat what others said. She fell in love with Narcissus, but her love was not returned, and she pined away until nothing remained of her except her voice.
Edelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Norman (Latinized), Medieval French (Latinized), Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Philippines)
Rating: 27% based on 10 votes
Medieval variant of Adelina.
Edeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Anglo-Norman, French, Haitian Creole
Rating: 27% based on 10 votes
Old French variant of Adelina. It was borne by Edeline Thwenge, a 14th-century heiress of Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire, England. The Edeline Islands of Western Australia are named for Lady Edeline Sackville-West (1870-1918), the wife of Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland.
Eden
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֵדֶן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-dən(English)
Rating: 59% based on 14 votes
Possibly from Hebrew עֵדֶן ('eden) meaning "pleasure, delight", or perhaps derived from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they were expelled.
Edie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EE-dee
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
Diminutive of Edith.
Edith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: EE-dith(English) EH-dit(German, Swedish)
Rating: 56% based on 13 votes
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "wealth, fortune" and guð "battle". It was popular among Anglo-Saxon royalty, being borne for example by Saint Eadgyeth;, the daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful. It was also borne by the Anglo-Saxon wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. The name remained common after the Norman Conquest. It became rare after the 15th century, but was revived in the 19th century.
Eevee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: Ee-vee(American English)
Rating: 17% based on 11 votes
Variant of Evie.
Eilonwy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 27% based on 10 votes
From Welsh eilon meaning "deer, stag" or "song, melody". This name was used by Lloyd Alexander in his book series The Chronicles of Prydain (1964-1968) as well as the Disney film adaptation The Black Cauldron (1985).
Ekaterina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Other Scripts: Екатерина(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian)
Pronounced: yi-kə-tyi-RYEE-nə(Russian) i-kə-tyi-RYEE-nə(Russian)
Rating: 30% based on 10 votes
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Katherine, and an alternate transcription of Russian Екатерина (see Yekaterina).
Elara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐλάρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHL-ə-rə(English)
Rating: 29% based on 10 votes
Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Eli 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֵלִי(Hebrew) Ἠλί(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-lie(English)
Rating: 36% based on 10 votes
Means "ascension" in Hebrew. In the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament he is a high priest of the Israelites. He took the young Samuel into his service and gave him guidance when God spoke to him. Because of the misdeeds of his sons, Eli and his descendants were cursed to die before reaching old age.

Eli has been used as an English Christian given name since the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was the American inventor of the cotton gin Eli Whitney (1765-1825).

Elisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese (Brazilian), German (Bessarabian)
Rating: 17% based on 6 votes
Variant of Elysia or Elisa.
Ellery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə-ree
Rating: 23% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from the medieval masculine name Hilary.
Elodie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 66% based on 14 votes
English form of Élodie.
Elora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English (Modern)
Rating: 47% based on 11 votes
Probably an invented name. This is the name of an infant girl in the fantasy movie Willow (1988). Since the release of the movie the name has been steadily used, finally breaking into the top 1000 in the United States in 2015.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 63% based on 12 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Elvie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-vee
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Elvira, Elvina, Elva, and other names beginning with Elv.
Elvy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 17% based on 9 votes
Swedish short form of Elvira.
Elysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: i-LIZ-ee-ə(English) i-LIS-ee-ə(English) i-LEE-zhə(English)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology, which means "blissful".
Emée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Picard
Rating: 22% based on 9 votes
Picard form of Aimée.
Emily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-lee
Rating: 67% based on 12 votes
English feminine form of Aemilius (see Emil). In the English-speaking world it was not common until after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century; the princess Amelia Sophia (1711-1786) was commonly known as Emily in English, even though Amelia is an unrelated name.

This name was moderately popular through most of the 20th century, and became very popular around the turn of the 21st century. It was the highest ranked name for girls in the United States from 1996 to 2007, attaining similar levels in other English-speaking countries around the same time.

Famous bearers include the British author Emily Brontë (1818-1848), known for the novel Wuthering Heights, and the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).

Emmarie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 16% based on 8 votes
English variant of Norman Emery. Possibly also a portmanteau of Emma and Marie.
Emmeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-leen, EHM-ə-lien
Rating: 62% based on 13 votes
From Old French Emeline, a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element amal meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave". The Normans introduced this name to England.
Emmy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Swedish, Dutch, German
Pronounced: EHM-ee(English)
Rating: 39% based on 11 votes
Diminutive of Emma or Emily.
Enid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: EH-nid(Welsh) EE-nid(English)
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
Probably derived from Welsh enaid meaning "soul, spirit, life". In Arthurian tales she first appears in the 12th-century French poem Erec and Enide by Chrétien de Troyes, where she is the wife of Erec. In later adaptations she is typically the wife of Geraint. The name became more commonly used after the publication of Alfred Tennyson's Arthurian poem Enid in 1859, and it was fairly popular in Britain in the first half of the 20th century.
Erika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Pronounced: eh-REE-kah(Swedish, Norwegian) EH-ree-kah(Finnish) EH-ree-ka(German, Slovak) EH-ree-kaw(Hungarian) EHR-i-kə(English)
Rating: 46% based on 13 votes
Feminine form of Erik. It also coincides with the word for "heather" in some languages.
Eris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἔρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-is(English)
Rating: 20% based on 8 votes
Means "strife, discord" in Greek. In Greek mythology Eris was the goddess of discord. She was the sister and companion of Ares.
Esme
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
Rating: 49% based on 11 votes
Variant of Esmé.
Esmé
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
Rating: 40% based on 11 votes
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French. It was first recorded in Scotland, being borne by the first Duke of Lennox in the 16th century. It is now more common as a feminine name.
Esmee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British), Dutch
Pronounced: EHZ-may(English) EHZ-mee(English) ehs-MEH(Dutch)
Rating: 29% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of Esmé.
Esmeray
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 27% based on 9 votes
Derived from Turkish esmer "dark" and ay "moon".
Esmeree
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Romance
Rating: 22% based on 10 votes
Perhaps derived from Old French esmer meaning "to like, love, respect". This was the name of an enchanted queen of Wales in Le Bel Inconnu (ca. 1185-90), an Old French Arthurian poem by Renaut de Bâgé. In the poem, Blonde Esmeree is transformed from a serpent back into a maiden by the hero Guinglain, also known as the Fair Unknown.
Esmie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ez-mee
Rating: 17% based on 10 votes
Variant of Esmee.
Etherea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 6% based on 7 votes
Ethereal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 14% based on 10 votes
From the English word ethereal, meaning "celestial, heavenly".
Everlee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər-lee
Rating: 20% based on 10 votes
Variant of Everly.
Everly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər-lee
Rating: 35% based on 12 votes
From an English surname that was from a place name, itself derived from Old English eofor "boar" and leah "woodland, clearing". Notable bearers of the surname were the musical duo the Everly Brothers, Don (1937-2021) and Phil (1939-2014).

This name began rising on the American popularity charts in 2008, slowly until 2012 and then rapidly after that. This might have been triggered by the folk band Everly (not associated with the Everly Brothers), which had music featured on the television series One Tree Hill in that period. It also might have simply been inspired by similar-sounding names like Everett, Evelyn and Beverly.

Evie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EE-vee, EHV-ee
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of Eve or Evelyn.
Évodie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical French, French (Rare), French (African), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 16% based on 10 votes
French form of Euodia via its latinized form Evodia.
Evolet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English
Pronounced: EV-o-let(Popular Culture)
Rating: 32% based on 10 votes
It has been suggested that the name was created from an elaboration of love as a palindrome, or from the backwards spelling of t(h)e love with the h omitted for the sake of aesthetics, or from evolve as an incomplete anagram. It could also be used as a combination of the names Eve and Violet.

The name of a prehistoric woman in the 2008 film '10,000 B.C.' directed by Roland Emmerich, meaning "the promise of life" in the fictitious language spoken by the character's adopted tribe, the Yaghal.

Evvie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EE-vee, EHV-ee
Rating: 14% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of Eve or Evelyn.
Fiona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: fee-O-nə(English)
Rating: 67% based on 12 votes
Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as Fióna.
Freya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern), German
Pronounced: FRAY-ə(English) FRAY-a(German)
Rating: 64% based on 14 votes
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This is the name of a goddess associated with love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claims half of the heroes who are slain in battle and brings them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she is one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg.

This is not the usual spelling in any of the Scandinavian languages (in Sweden and Denmark it is Freja and in Norway it is Frøja) but it is the common spelling of the goddess's name in English. In the 2000s it became popular in Britain.

Geneva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: jə-NEE-və
Rating: 28% based on 9 votes
Possibly a shortened form of Genevieve. It could also be inspired by the name of the city in Switzerland. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century.
Gibb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: gib
Rating: 8% based on 8 votes
Variant of Gib.
Gibbs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: gibs, GIBS
Rating: 15% based on 8 votes
Diminutive form of Gilbert.
Graham
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: GRAY-əm(English) GRAM(English)
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
From a Scottish surname, originally derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham [1]. A famous bearer of the surname was Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor who devised the telephone. A famous bearer of the given name was the British author Graham Greene (1904-1991).

During the 20th century, Graham was more common in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada than it was in the United States. However, it has been rising on the American charts since around 2006.

Grey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAY
Rating: 18% based on 9 votes
Variant of Gray.
Guinevere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: GWIN-ə-vir(English)
Rating: 63% based on 12 votes
From the Norman French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar meaning "white phantom", ultimately from the old Celtic roots *windos meaning "white" (modern Welsh gwen) and *sēbros meaning "phantom, magical being" [1]. In Arthurian legend she was the beautiful wife of King Arthur. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, she was seduced by Mordred before the battle of Camlann, which led to the deaths of both Mordred and Arthur. According to the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, she engaged in an adulterous affair with Sir Lancelot.

The Cornish form of this name, Jennifer, has become popular in the English-speaking world.

Guthrie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Rating: 17% based on 9 votes
Transferred use of the surname Guthrie, borne by the jazz musician Guthrie Govan.
Haven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-vən
Rating: 60% based on 10 votes
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.
Haze
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HAYZ
Rating: 28% based on 8 votes
Variant of Hayes, sometimes used as a short form of Hazel.
Hazel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-zəl
Rating: 60% based on 13 votes
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.
Honey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HUN-ee
Rating: 21% based on 8 votes
Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig. This was originally a nickname for a sweet person.
Hunter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HUN-tər
Rating: 24% based on 8 votes
From an English occupational surname for a hunter, derived from Old English hunta. A famous bearer was the eccentric American journalist Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005).
Imelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: ee-MEHL-da
Rating: 30% based on 10 votes
Italian and Spanish form of Irmhild. The Blessed Imelda Lambertini was a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.
Immy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Rating: 14% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Imogen.
Imogen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: IM-ə-jehn
Rating: 65% based on 10 votes
The name of the daughter of King Cymbeline in the play Cymbeline (1609) by William Shakespeare. He based her on a legendary character named Innogen, but it was printed incorrectly and never emended. Innogen is probably derived from Gaelic inghean meaning "maiden". As a given name it is chiefly British and Australian.
India
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-dee-ə(English) EEN-dya(Spanish)
Rating: 52% based on 11 votes
From the name of the country, which is itself derived from the name of the Indus River. The river's name is ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (Sindhu) meaning "body of trembling water, river". India Wilkes is a character in the novel Gone with the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell.
Indie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-dee
Rating: 39% based on 10 votes
Possibly a diminutive of India or Indiana, but also likely inspired by the term indie, short for independent, which is typically used to refer to media produced outside of the mainstream.
Indji
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Инджи(Bulgarian)
Rating: 10% based on 8 votes
Variant transliteration of Инджи (see Indzhi).
Indy 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-dee(English)
Rating: 38% based on 10 votes
Variant of Indie.
Inga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Polish, Russian, Old Norse [1][2], Germanic [3]
Other Scripts: Инга(Russian)
Pronounced: ING-ah(Swedish) ING-ga(German) EENG-ga(Polish) EEN-gə(Russian)
Rating: 51% based on 8 votes
Strictly feminine form of Inge.
Isabeau
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
Medieval French variant of Isabel. A famous bearer of this name was Isabeau of Bavaria (1385-1422), wife of the French king Charles VI.
Isabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, German, English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Romanian
Pronounced: ee-za-BEHL-la(Italian) ee-za-BEH-la(German, Dutch) iz-ə-BEHL-ə(English) is-a-BEHL-la(Swedish) EE-sah-behl-lah(Finnish)
Rating: 50% based on 12 votes
Latinate form of Isabel. This name was borne by many medieval royals, including queens consort of England, France, Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire and Hungary, as well as the powerful ruling queen Isabella of Castile (properly called Isabel).

In the United States this form was much less common than Isabel until the early 1990s, when it began rapidly rising in popularity. It reached a peak in 2009 and 2010, when it was the most popular name for girls in America, an astounding rise over only 20 years.

A famous bearer is the Italian actress Isabella Rossellini (1952-).

Isalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Louisiana Creole (Archaic), American (South, Archaic), French (Acadian), French (Rare)
Rating: 13% based on 8 votes
Iseult
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: i-SOOLT(English) i-ZOOLT(English) EE-ZUU(French)
Rating: 23% based on 9 votes
The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested. It is possible that the name is ultimately Germanic, from a hypothetical name like *Ishild, composed of the elements is "ice" and hilt "battle".

According to tales first recorded in Old French in the 12th century, Yseut or Ysolt was an Irish princess betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. After accidentally drinking a love potion, she became the lover of his nephew Tristan. Their tragic story, which was set in the Arthurian world, was popular during the Middle Ages and the name became relatively common in England at that time. It was rare by the 19th century, though some interest was generated by Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde (1865).

Ismene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰσμήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EEZ-MEH-NEH(Classical Greek) is-MEE-nee(English)
Rating: 17% based on 9 votes
Possibly from Greek ἰσμή (isme) meaning "knowledge". This was the name of the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek legend.
Isolde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: ee-ZAWL-də(German) i-SOL-də(English) i-ZOL-də(English) i-SOLD(English) i-ZOLD(English) EE-ZAWLD(French)
Rating: 39% based on 10 votes
German form of Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.
Issy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 18% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Isidore, Isabella and other names beginning with Is.
Ithaca
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 17% based on 7 votes
This name comes from the name of a Greek island, a legendary home of Odysseus, located in the Ionian Sea.

The etymology is uncertain, but the first element is, perhaps, derived from Phoenician I meaning "island."

Jasper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: JAS-pər(English) YAHS-pər(Dutch)
Rating: 34% based on 10 votes
From Latin Gaspar, perhaps from the Biblical Hebrew word גִּזְבָּר (gizbar) meaning "treasurer", derived from Persian ganzabara. This name was traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages. The name can also be given in reference to the English word for the gemstone.
Jaymes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAYMZ
Rating: 13% based on 8 votes
Variant of James.
Jem
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Variant of Gem and a short form of Jemima or possibly Jerrica. This name was used for the name of the title character in the 80s American animated TV series: JEM.

Jem is the leader of the Holograms where she provides the lead vocals. She is the alter-ego of Jerrica Benton, owner of Starlight Music and a foster home for girls known as "Starlight House" (later called "Starlight Mansion").

A real bearer of this name is a musical singer: Jem Cooke.

Jemima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: יְמִימָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jə-MIE-mə(English)
Rating: 66% based on 10 votes
Means "dove" in Hebrew. This was the oldest of the three daughters of Job in the Old Testament. As an English name, Jemima first became common during the Puritan era.
Jenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Finnish
Pronounced: JEHN-ə(English) YEHN-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 40% based on 8 votes
Variant of Jenny. Use of the name was popularized in the 1980s by the character Jenna Wade on the television series Dallas [1].
Jericho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Other Scripts: יְרִיחוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHR-i-ko
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
From the name of a city in Israel that is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The meaning of the city's name is uncertain, but it may be related to the Hebrew word יָרֵחַ (yareach) meaning "moon", or otherwise to the Hebrew word רֵיחַ (reyach) meaning "fragrant".
Jeyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
Probably intended as a variant of Jane, this name is borne by Jeyne Westerling, a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.
Jill
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIL
Rating: 26% based on 7 votes
Short form of Gillian.
Jillian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIL-ee-ən
Rating: 50% based on 11 votes
Variant of Gillian.
Jillie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIL-ee
Rating: 17% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Jill.
Jolene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: jo-LEEN
Rating: 50% based on 9 votes
Formed from Jo and the common name suffix lene. This name was created in the early 20th century. It received a boost in popularity after the release of Dolly Parton's 1973 song Jolene.
Jovian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
Rating: 20% based on 7 votes
From Latin Iovianus, a Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Iovis (see Jove). This was the name of a 4th-century Roman emperor.
Joviana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Joviano.
Jovie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Modern), Popular Culture
Pronounced: JO-vee
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
Inspired by the English word jovial meaning "merry; cheerful and good-humored", which is itself derived from the name of the god Jove. Zooey Deschanel played a character by this name in the popular 2003 Christmas movie Elf.

In some cases, it could be a diminutive of Jovan or Jovana or a variant of Jovi.

Jovien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Gallicized)
Rating: 21% based on 7 votes
French form of Jovian.
Juliet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: joo-lee-EHT, JOOL-yət
Rating: 83% based on 12 votes
Anglicized form of Giulietta or Juliette. This spelling was used for the ill-fated lover of Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet (1596) by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare based his story on earlier Italian tales such as Giulietta e Romeo (1524) by Luigi Da Porto.
June
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOON
Rating: 70% based on 10 votes
From the name of the month, which was originally derived from the name of the Roman goddess Juno. It has been used as a given name since the 19th century.
Kai 3
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: KIE
Rating: 27% based on 9 votes
Means "sea" in Hawaiian.
Kalliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAL-LEE-O-PEH(Classical Greek)
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
Means "beautiful voice" from Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "voice". In Greek mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
Katarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Sorbian
Other Scripts: Катарина(Serbian)
Pronounced: ka-ta-REE-na(Swedish, German)
Rating: 41% based on 11 votes
Form of Katherine in several languages.
Katrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Estonian
Pronounced: ka-TREEN(German) kah-TREEN(Swedish)
Rating: 45% based on 10 votes
German, Swedish and Estonian short form of Katherine.
Katrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: kə-TREE-nə(English)
Rating: 48% based on 11 votes
Anglicized form of Caitrìona.
Katya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Катя(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: KA-tyə(Russian)
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Russian diminutive of Yekaterina.
Keeley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEE-lee
Rating: 23% based on 7 votes
Variant of Keely.
Kiara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: kee-AHR-ə
Rating: 39% based on 11 votes
Variant of Ciara 1 or Chiara. This name was brought to public attention in 1988 after the singing duo Kiara released their song This Time. It was further popularized by a character in the animated movie The Lion King II (1998).
Kira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEER-ə
Rating: 62% based on 13 votes
Variant of Ciara 1.
Kyrie 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: KIE-ree
Rating: 24% based on 8 votes
Invented name, based on the sounds found in names such as Tyree and Kyle. It was popularized as a masculine name by American basketball player Kyrie Irving (1992-).
Lamya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: لمياء(Arabic)
Pronounced: lam-YA
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
Means "having beautiful dark lips" in Arabic.
Landon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAN-dən
Rating: 39% based on 8 votes
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge"). Use of the name may have been inspired in part by the actor Michael Landon (1936-1991).
Lara 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Other Scripts: Лара(Russian)
Pronounced: LAHR-ə(English) LA-ra(German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch) LA-RA(French) LA-ru(Portuguese) LAW-raw(Hungarian)
Rating: 68% based on 12 votes
Russian short form of Larisa. It was introduced to the English-speaking world by a character from Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago (1957) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1965). Between 1965 and 1969 it increased by almost 2,000 percent in the United States, however it is currently much more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Portugual, Italy, and Germany. Another famous fictional bearer is Lara Croft, first appearing in video games in 1996 and movies in 2001.
Laryn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 7 votes
Variant of Lauren.
Lawson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAW-sən
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of Laurence 1".
Layla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, English
Other Scripts: ليلى(Arabic)
Pronounced: LIE-la(Arabic) LAY-lə(English)
Rating: 46% based on 11 votes
Means "night" in Arabic. Layla was the love interest of the poet Qays (called Majnun) in an old Arab tale, notably retold by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi in his poem Layla and Majnun. This story was a popular romance in medieval Arabia and Persia. The name became used in the English-speaking world after the 1970 release of the song Layla by Derek and the Dominos, the title of which was inspired by the medieval story.
Leocadia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Late Roman
Pronounced: leh-o-KA-dhya(Spanish)
Rating: 46% based on 10 votes
Late Latin name that might be derived from the name of the Greek island of Leucadia or from Greek λευκός (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white" (which is also the root of the island's name). Saint Leocadia was a 3rd-century martyr from Spain.
Leonie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: LEH-o-nee(German) leh-o-NEE(Dutch)
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
German and Dutch feminine form of Leonius.
Lewis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LOO-is
Rating: 38% based on 9 votes
Medieval English form of Louis. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This was also the surname of C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), the author of the Chronicles of Narnia series.
Libby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIB-ee
Rating: 50% based on 9 votes
Originally a medieval diminutive of Ibb, itself a diminutive of Isabel. It is also used as a diminutive of Elizabeth.
Liberty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIB-ər-tee
Rating: 39% based on 10 votes
Simply from the English word liberty, derived from Latin libertas, a derivative of liber "free". Interestingly, since 1880 this name has charted on the American popularity lists in three different periods: in 1918 (at the end of World War I), in 1976 (the American bicentennial), and after 2001 (during the War on Terrorism) [1].
Lila 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIE-lə
Rating: 79% based on 14 votes
Variant of Leila.
Lilac
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LIE-lək
Rating: 42% based on 11 votes
From the English word for the shrub with purple or white flowers (genus Syringa). It is derived via Arabic from Persian.
Lilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LEE-lya(Spanish) LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 76% based on 12 votes
Spanish and Italian form of Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).
Liliya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian, Bulgarian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 39% based on 11 votes
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of Lily.
Lily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee
Rating: 74% based on 15 votes
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).
Lilya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).
Lilyanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 39% based on 8 votes
Variant of Liliana.
Lissy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Rating: 20% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Elisabeth and Melissa.
Liv 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIV
Rating: 63% based on 8 votes
Short form of Olivia.
Locaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Galician form of Leocadia.
Loke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: LOH-ke
Rating: 7% based on 7 votes
Hawaiian form of Rose.
Lorren
Usage: English
Rating: 11% based on 7 votes
Loxley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAHKS-lee
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname Loxley.
Lozen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Apache
Rating: 10% based on 7 votes
Legendary warrior of the Apache.
Lucaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Variant of Locaia.
Lucky
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Indian, Hindi
Other Scripts: लकी(Hindi)
Pronounced: LUK-ee(English)
Rating: 13% based on 7 votes
From a nickname given to a lucky person. It is also sometimes used as a diminutive of Luke. A famous bearer was the Italian-American gangster "Lucky" Luciano (1897-1962).
Lue
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LOO
Rating: 22% based on 6 votes
Short form of Lucy or Luella. Also a variation of Lou.
Luli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Pronounced: LOO-LEE
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Means "dewy jasmine," from (露) lu "dew, essence," and (莉) li "white jasmine."
Lulie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American, English
Pronounced: LOO-lee(American)
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
Diminutive for names starting with Lu-.
Lumen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
This is the name of a fictional character from the television series "Dexter".
Lux
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: LUKS(English)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Derived from Latin lux meaning "light".
Luxaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure (Rare)
Rating: 24% based on 8 votes
Lyanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 17% based on 6 votes
Created by author George R. R. Martin for a character in his series A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019). In the story Lyanna was the sister of Ned Stark. Her abduction and subsequent death was the cause of the civil war that toppled the Targaryens.
Lydia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Λυδία(Ancient Greek) Лѷдіа(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: LID-ee-ə(English) LUY-dya(German)
Rating: 69% based on 14 votes
Means "from Lydia" in Greek. Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor, said to be named for the legendary king Lydos. In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. In the modern era the name has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.
Lyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: LIE-rə(English)
Rating: 66% based on 11 votes
The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).
Marie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: French, Czech, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Albanian
Pronounced: MA-REE(French) MA-ri-yeh(Czech) ma-REE(German) mə-REE(English)
Rating: 63% based on 11 votes
French and Czech form of Maria. It has been very common in France since the 13th century. At the opening of the 20th century it was given to approximately 20 percent of French girls. This percentage has declined steadily over the course of the century, and it dropped from the top rank in 1958.

A notable bearer of this name was Marie Antoinette, a queen of France who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. Another was Marie Curie (1867-1934), a physicist and chemist who studied radioactivity with her husband Pierre.

In France it is occasionally used as a masculine name in pairings such as Jean-Marie.

Marielene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Rating: 21% based on 7 votes
Combination of Marie and Lene.
Maris 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHR-is, MAR-is
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
Means "of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary, Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea".
Marnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-nee
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
Possibly a diminutive of Marina. This name was brought to public attention by Alfred Hitchcock's movie Marnie (1964), itself based on a 1961 novel by Winston Graham.
Mary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: MEHR-ee(English) MAR-ee(English)
Rating: 76% based on 11 votes
Usual English form of Maria, the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριάμ (Mariam) and Μαρία (Maria) — the spellings are interchangeable — which were from Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam), a name borne by the sister of Moses in the Old Testament. The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love".

This is the name of several New Testament characters, most importantly Mary the mother of Jesus. According to the gospels, Jesus was conceived in her by the Holy Spirit while she remained a virgin. This name was also borne by Mary Magdalene, a woman cured of demons by Jesus. She became one of his followers and later witnessed his crucifixion and resurrection.

Due to the Virgin Mary this name has been very popular in the Christian world, though at certain times in some cultures it has been considered too holy for everyday use. In England it has been used since the 12th century, and it has been among the most common feminine names since the 16th century. In the United States in 1880 it was given more than twice as often as the next most popular name for girls (Anna). It remained in the top rank in America until 1946 when it was bumped to second (by Linda). Although it regained the top spot for a few more years in the 1950s it was already falling in usage, and has since dropped out of the top 100 names.

This name has been borne by two queens of England, as well as a queen of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots. Another notable bearer was Mary Shelley (1797-1851), the author of Frankenstein. A famous fictional character by this name is Mary Poppins from the children's books by P. L. Travers, first published in 1934.

The Latinized form of this name, Maria, is also used in English as well as in several other languages.

Maryrose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 33% based on 9 votes
Combination of Mary and Rose.
Maxine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mak-SEEN
Rating: 52% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of Max. It has been commonly used only since the beginning of the 20th century.
Megara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: Μεγάρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: meg-AH-rah(Greek Mythology) MEG-AH-RA(Greek Mythology)
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
Either a variant of Megaera or derived from either the Ancient Greek city Megara in West Attica, Greece, or the Ancient Greek colony in Sicily Megara Hyblaea, both derived from megaron, from megas 'large, great, marvelous', referring to a large hall.

In Greek mythology, Megara was the oldest daughter of Creon, king of Thebes. In reward for Heracles' defending Thebes from the Minyans at Orchomenus in single-handed battle, Creon offered his daughter Megara to Heracles. She bore him a son and a daughter, whom Heracles killed when Hera struck him with temporary madness. In some sources Heracles slew Megara too, in others, she was given to Iolaus when Heracles left Thebes forever.

In the Disney animated film Hercules, Megara, also called Meg, is a young woman who was a pawn for the Lord of the Underworld, Hades. Sometime during the events of Hercules, Meg went to Hades and sold her soul to revive a lover of hers who had died. Hades agreed on the condition that she serve him forever, which she accepted. However, shortly after her lover was revived, he fell in love with someone else and ungratefully left Meg locked in servitude to Hades. This background story of the character alludes to the myth of Alcestis, who dies by proxy for her husband Admetus.

Melora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: mə-LAWR-a(English)
Rating: 30% based on 8 votes
Probably a variant of Meliora. This name was (first?) used in the Arthurian romance The Adventures of Melora and Orlando (1696).
Minka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: min-ka, meen-ka, ming-ka
Rating: 17% based on 7 votes
Variant of Minke.
Minnow
Usage: English
Rating: 16% based on 9 votes
Possibly derived from the English word "minnow", a small fish.
Minxie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: MINKS-ee
Rating: 28% based on 8 votes
Derived from Michelle
Mira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Polish
Other Scripts: Мира(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: MYEE-ra(Polish)
Rating: 39% based on 9 votes
Short form of names containing the Slavic element miru meaning "peace" or "world".
Mirabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), English (Rare)
Rating: 44% based on 10 votes
Derived from Latin mirabilis meaning "wonderful". This name was coined during the Middle Ages, though it eventually died out. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.
Mishelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
Variant of Michelle.
Missandei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: mis-AN-dey(Literature)
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Missandei is the name of a freed slave character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former.
Being a recent invention for a fictious world resembling Medieval Europe, no actual or alleged etymology is known.
Mithian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
Of unknown origin and meaning, this name is likely taken from the town of Mithian (Mydhyan) in Cornwall. This was the name of a princess in the BBC series Merlin.
Morley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MAWR-lee
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
From a surname that was originally from an Old English place name meaning "marsh clearing".
Nadezhda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Надежда(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nu-DYEZH-də(Russian)
Rating: 7% based on 6 votes
Means "hope" in Russian and Bulgarian.
Nadia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Italian, Spanish, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Надя(Russian, Bulgarian) Надія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: NA-DYA(French) NAD-ee-ə(English) NAHD-ee-ə(English) NA-dyə(Russian)
Rating: 61% based on 10 votes
Variant of Nadya 1 used in western Europe, as well as an alternate transcription of the Slavic name. It began to be used in France in the 19th century [1]. The name received a boost in popularity from the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci (1961-) [2].
Nadica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Надица(Serbian)
Rating: 10% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Nada 2.
Nava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נָאוָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 28% based on 8 votes
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.
Navi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
From the companion fairy character from the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Nessa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NEHS-ə
Rating: 38% based on 9 votes
Short form of Vanessa and other names ending in nessa.
Nessa 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NEHS-ə(English)
Rating: 33% based on 9 votes
Anglicized form of Neasa.
Nessarose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: NEHS-ə ROZ
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
Combination of Nessa 1 and Rose. This is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East in Gregory Maguire's "Wicked" and its musical adaptation. In the novel, she's born without arms and she is deeply religous, then goes mad with power.
Nesta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: NEHS-ta
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
Medieval Welsh diminutive of Agnes.
Niamh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NYEEW(Irish) NYEEV(Irish)
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
Means "bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god Manannán mac Lir in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet Oisín, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill. It has been used as a given name for people only since the early 20th century.
Noa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Biblical
Other Scripts: נוֹעָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-a(Spanish)
Rating: 34% based on 8 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Noah 2, the daughter of Zelophehad in the Bible. It is also the form used in several other languages, as well as the spelling used in some English versions of the Old Testament.
Noel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NOL, NO-əl
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
English form of Noël or Noëlle (rarely). It was fairly popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in the middle of the 20th century. It is occasionally written with a diaeresis, like in French. A famous bearer is British musician Noel Gallagher (1967-).
Noelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: no-EHL
Rating: 56% based on 11 votes
English form of Noëlle.
Nova
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: NO-və(English) NO-va(Swedish)
Rating: 45% based on 13 votes
Derived from Latin novus meaning "new". It was first used as a name in the 19th century.
Novalee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 38% based on 10 votes
Elaboration of Nova using the popular name suffix lee. It was used for the central character in the novel Where the Heart Is (1995), as well as the 2000 film adaptation.
Novie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Pronounced: NO-vee
Rating: 10% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Nova.
Nym
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
Variant of Nim.
Nymeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: nie-MEE-ree-ə
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
Nymeria is a feminine name that is used several times in the book series, 'A song of Ice and Fire' by George R R Martin. Queen Nymeria of the Rhoynar was a great warrior. Later Arya Stark names her direwolf Nymeria after Queen Nymeria. Nymeria Sand is a 'sand snake' one of the bastard daughters of Oberyn Martell, she is extremely skilled with blades.
Oakley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: OK-lee
Rating: 11% based on 8 votes
From an English surname that was from various place names meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).
Oaklyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: OK-lin
Rating: 19% based on 7 votes
Variant of Oakley using the popular name suffix lyn.
Oceia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), English
Pronounced: O-SHAY-U(American English)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Possibly an elaboration from the word ocean.
Octavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ahk-TAY-vee-ə(English) ok-TA-bya(Spanish) ok-TA-wee-a(Latin)
Rating: 57% based on 10 votes
Feminine form of Octavius. Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony and the sister of the Roman emperor Augustus. In 19th-century England it was sometimes given to the eighth-born child.
Paige
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAYJ
Rating: 46% based on 9 votes
From an English surname meaning "servant, page" in Middle English. It is ultimately derived (via Old French and Italian) from Greek παιδίον (paidion) meaning "little boy".

As a given name for girls, it received some public attention from a character in the 1958 novel Parrish and the 1961 movie adaptation [1]. It experienced a larger surge in popularity in the 1980s, probably due to the character Paige Matheson from the American soap opera Knots Landing.

Penelope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Πηνελόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-NEH-LO-PEH(Classical Greek) pə-NEHL-ə-pee(English)
Rating: 55% based on 10 votes
Probably derived from Greek πηνέλοψ (penelops), a type of duck. Alternatively it could be from πήνη (pene) meaning "threads, weft" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In Homer's epic the Odyssey this is the name of the wife of Odysseus, forced to fend off suitors while her husband is away fighting at Troy.

It has occasionally been used as an English given name since the 16th century. It was moderately popular in the 1940s, but had a more notable upswing in the early 2000s. This may have been inspired by the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz (1974-), who gained prominence in English-language movies at that time. It was already rapidly rising when celebrities Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their baby daughter in 2012.

Peri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Turkish form of Pari.
Perry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEHR-ee
Rating: 23% based on 6 votes
From a surname that is either English or Welsh in origin. It can be derived from Middle English perrie meaning "pear tree", or else from Welsh ap Herry, meaning "son of Herry". A famous bearer of the surname was Matthew Perry (1794-1858), the American naval officer who opened Japan to the West.
Persephone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περσεφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHR-SEH-PO-NEH(Classical Greek) pər-SEHF-ə-nee(English)
Rating: 60% based on 9 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek πέρθω (pertho) meaning "to destroy" and φόνος (phonos) meaning "murder". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She was abducted to the underworld by Hades, but was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year. The result of her comings and goings is the changing of the seasons. With her mother she was worshipped in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which were secret rites practiced at the city of Eleusis near Athens.
Phaedra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φαίδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FEED-rə(English) FEHD-rə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 8 votes
From the Greek Φαίδρα (Phaidra), derived from φαιδρός (phaidros) meaning "bright". Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and the wife of Theseus in Greek mythology. Aphrodite caused her to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytos, and after she was rejected by him she killed herself.
Philippa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British), German
Pronounced: FI-li-pə(English)
Rating: 79% based on 9 votes
Latinate feminine form of Philip. As an English name, it is chiefly British.
Piper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PIE-pər
Rating: 50% based on 8 votes
From an English surname that was originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute). It was popularized as a given name by a character from the television series Charmed, which debuted in 1998 [1].
Pippa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PIP-ə
Rating: 43% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of Philippa.
Poppy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHP-ee
Rating: 36% based on 9 votes
From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.
Primrose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PRIM-roz
Rating: 77% based on 10 votes
From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin prima rosa "first rose".
Prudence
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: PROO-dəns(English) PRUY-DAHNS(French)
Rating: 44% based on 9 votes
Medieval English form of Prudentia, the feminine form of Prudentius. In France it is both the feminine form and a rare masculine form. In England it was used during the Middle Ages and was revived in the 17th century by the Puritans, in part from the English word prudence, ultimately of the same source.
Prue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PROO
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Short form of Prudence.
Rachel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, French, Dutch, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: רָחֵל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: RAY-chəl(English) RA-SHEHL(French) RAH-khəl(Dutch) RA-khəl(German)
Rating: 59% based on 9 votes
From the Hebrew name רָחֵל (Rachel) meaning "ewe". In the Old Testament this is the name of the favourite wife of Jacob. Her father Laban tricked Jacob into marrying her older sister Leah first, though in exchange for seven years of work Laban allowed Jacob to marry Rachel too. Initially barren and facing her husband's anger, she offered her handmaid Bilhah to Jacob to bear him children. Eventually she was herself able to conceive, becoming the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

The name was common among Jews in the Middle Ages, but it was not generally used as a Christian name in the English-speaking world until after the Protestant Reformation. It was moderately popular in the first half of the 20th century, but starting in the 1960s it steadily rose, reaching highs in the 1980s and 90s. The character Rachel Green on the American sitcom Friends (1994-2004) may have only helped delay its downswing.

Notable bearers include American conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964), British actress Rachel Weisz (1970-), and Canadian actress Rachel McAdams (1978-).

Rebecca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, German, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: רִבְקָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: rə-BEHK-ə(English) reh-BEHK-ka(Italian)
Rating: 60% based on 11 votes
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), probably from a Semitic root meaning "join, tie, snare". This is the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament. It came into use as an English Christian name after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular with the Puritans in the 17th century. It has been consistently used since then, becoming especially common in the second half of the 20th century.

This name is borne by a Jewish woman in Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe (1819), as well as the title character (who is deceased and unseen) in Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca (1938).

Rebekah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: רִבְקָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: rə-BEHK-ə(English)
Rating: 58% based on 10 votes
Form of Rebecca used in some versions of the Bible.
Reed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REED
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Old English read meaning "red", originally a nickname given to a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion. Unconnected, this is also the English word for tall grass-like plants that grow in marshes.
Reiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 玲子, 礼子, 麗子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REH-KO
Rating: 31% based on 8 votes
From Japanese (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade" or (rei) meaning "ceremony" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.
Remee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 23% based on 8 votes
Variant of Remy.
Remington
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REHM-ing-tən
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, itself meaning "settlement on the Riming stream". It may be given in honour of the American manufacturer Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) or his sons, founders of the firearms company that bears their name.
Rey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Rating: 36% based on 9 votes
Variant of Ray. More commonly used for boys, it began being used for girls following the release of 'Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens'.
Rhiannon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: ree-AN-awn(Welsh) ree-AN-ən(English)
Rating: 53% based on 12 votes
Probably derived from an unattested Celtic name *Rīgantonā meaning "great queen" (Celtic *rīganī "queen" and the divine or augmentative suffix -on). It is speculated that Rigantona was an old Celtic goddess, perhaps associated with fertility and horses like the Gaulish Epona. As Rhiannon, she appears in Welsh legend in the Mabinogi [1] as a beautiful magical woman who rides a white horse. She was betrothed against her will to Gwawl, but cunningly broke off that engagement and married Pwyll instead. Their son was Pryderi.

As an English name, it became popular due to the Fleetwood Mac song Rhiannon (1976), especially in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Rhosyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
Means "rose" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Riley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIE-lee
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
From a surname that comes from two distinct sources. As an Irish surname it is a variant of Reilly. As an English surname it is derived from a place name meaning "rye clearing" in Old English.

Before 1980, this was an uncommon masculine name in America. During the 1980s and 90s this name steadily increased in popularity for both boys and girls, and from 2003 onwards it has been more common for girls in the United States. Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, such as the United Kingdom and Australia, it has remained largely masculine.

Riva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: רִיבָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 30% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Rivka.
Rivanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 16% based on 8 votes
River
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIV-ər
Rating: 60% based on 11 votes
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank".
Rivka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: רִיבְקָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 63% based on 10 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Rebecca.
Rogue
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 14% based on 8 votes
From Breton rog (“haughty”) or Middle French rogue (“arrogant, haughty”), from Old Northern French rogre, Old Norse hrokr (“excess, exuberance”).
Rohese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
Norman French form of Hrodohaidis.
Rohesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Latinized)
Rating: 37% based on 9 votes
Latinized form of the medieval name Rohese (see Rose).
Róisín
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ro-SHEEN
Rating: 26% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.
Romilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Rating: 31% based on 8 votes
Means "famous battle" from the Germanic elements hruom "fame, glory" and hilt "battle".
Rosalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Dutch, English
Pronounced: RAW-ZA-LEE(French) ro-za-LEE(German) RO-zə-lee(English)
Rating: 80% based on 14 votes
French, German and Dutch form of Rosalia. In the English-speaking this name received a boost after the release of the movie Rosalie (1938), which was based on an earlier musical.
Rosaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zə-leen, RAHZ-ə-lin, RAHZ-ə-lien
Rating: 59% based on 14 votes
Medieval variant of Rosalind. This is the name of characters in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost (1594) and Romeo and Juliet (1596).
Rose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ROZ
Rating: 82% based on 14 votes
Originally a Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis meaning "famous type", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and heit "kind, sort, type". The Normans introduced it to England in the forms Roese and Rohese. From an early date it was associated with the word for the fragrant flower rose (derived from Latin rosa). When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably with the flower in mind.
Rosée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Quebec, Rare)
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
Means "dew" in French, presumably a French equivalent of Rocío.
Roseline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ROZ-LEEN
Rating: 54% based on 12 votes
French form of Rosalind. Saint Roseline of Villeneuve was a 14th-century nun from Provence.
Roselyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zə-lin, RAHZ-ə-lin, ROZ-lin
Rating: 52% based on 12 votes
Variant of Rosalyn.
Rosewyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 7 votes
Probably an Anglicized form of Rhoswen.
Rosey
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zee
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Rosa 1, Rose and of compound names that start with Ros-, such as Rosaline.

For men, this name is typically a diminutive of Roosevelt.

Rosheen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Róisín.
Rosie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zee
Rating: 56% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of Rose.
Rosina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ro-ZEE-na
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
Italian diminutive of Rosa 1. This is the name of a character in Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville (1816).
Rosine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: RO-ZEEN
Rating: 42% based on 12 votes
French diminutive of Rose.
Roslin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZ-lin
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
Derived from the place name Roslin belonging to a village in Scotland.
Roslyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHZ-lin
Rating: 43% based on 8 votes
Variant of Rosalyn.
Rowan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-ən(English)
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ruadhán. As an English name, it can also be derived from the surname Rowan, itself derived from the Irish given name. It could also be given in reference to the rowan tree, a word of Old Norse origin (coincidentally sharing the same Indo-European root meaning "red" with the Irish name).
Ruby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-bee
Rating: 70% based on 11 votes
Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century [1].
Rumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 留美, 瑠美, 流美, etc.(Japanese Kanji) るみ(Japanese Hiragana) ルミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: ROO-MYEE
Rating: 31% based on 8 votes
From Japanese 留 (ru) meaning "detain, fasten", 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli", or 流 (ru) meaning "current, flow" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ryder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-dər
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
From an English occupational surname derived from Old English ridere meaning "mounted warrior" or "messenger". It has grown in popularity in the 2000s because it starts with the same sound found in other popular names like Ryan and Riley.
Ryla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 9 votes
Rylan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-lən
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Possibly a variant of Ryland, though it could also be an invented name inspired by other names like Ryan and Riley.
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".
Sailor
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAY-lər
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
Transferred use of the surname Sailor or directly from the English vocabulary word sailor, denoting one who works on a ship.
Salene
Usage: English
Rating: 33% based on 8 votes
Samara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 37% based on 9 votes
Possibly derived from the name of the city of Samarra (in Iraq) or Samara (in Russia). The former appears in the title of the novel Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O'Hara, which refers to an ancient Babylonian legend about a man trying to evade death. Alternatively, this name could be derived from the word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.

The name received a boost in popularity after it was borne by the antagonist in the horror movie The Ring (2002).

Sammie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAM-ee
Rating: 31% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of Samuel, Samson or Samantha.
Sammy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAM-ee
Rating: 26% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Samuel, Samson or Samantha.
Sansa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Invented by the author George R. R. Martin for the character of Sansa Stark in his series A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019).
Sarah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: שָׂרָה(Hebrew) سارة(Arabic)
Pronounced: SEHR-ə(English) SAR-ə(English) SA-RA(French) ZA-ra(German) SA-ra(Danish, Dutch) SA-rah(Arabic)
Rating: 65% based on 8 votes
Means "lady, princess, noblewoman" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of Abraham's wife, considered the matriarch of the Jewish people. She was barren until she unexpectedly became pregnant with Isaac at the age of 90. Her name was originally Sarai, but God changed it at the same time Abraham's name was changed (see Genesis 17:15).

In England, Sarah came into use after the Protestant Reformation. It was consistently popular in the 20th century throughout the English-speaking world, reaching the top of the charts for England and Wales in the 1970s and 80s.

Notable bearers include Sarah Churchill (1660-1744), an influential British duchess and a close friend of Queen Anne, and the French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).

Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
Rating: 40% based on 8 votes
From the Old German element sahso meaning "a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Savi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAW-vee
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Savannah.
Saylor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAY-lər
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Old French sailleor meaning "acrobat, dancer". As a modern English given name it could also come from the homophone vocabulary word sailor.
Schuyler
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SKIE-lər
Rating: 40% based on 8 votes
From a Dutch surname meaning "scholar". Dutch settlers brought the surname to America, where it was subsequently adopted as a given name in honour of the American general and senator Philip Schuyler (1733-1804) [1].
Sera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEHR-ə
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Either a variant of Sarah or a short form of Seraphina.
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
Rating: 68% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.

This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.

Seren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SEH-rehn
Rating: 58% based on 9 votes
Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.
Serena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Late Roman
Pronounced: sə-REEN-ə(English) seh-REH-na(Italian)
Rating: 64% based on 10 votes
From a Late Latin name that was derived from Latin serenus meaning "clear, tranquil, serene". This name was borne by an obscure early saint. Edmund Spenser also used it in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590). A famous bearer from the modern era is tennis player Serena Williams (1981-).
Sevara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Other Scripts: Севара(Uzbek)
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
Means "love" in Uzbek.
Seven
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SEHV-ən
Rating: 23% based on 8 votes
From the English word for the number, derived from Old English seofon (from an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem and Greek ἑπτά (hepta)).
Severina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: seh-veh-REE-na(Italian)
Rating: 36% based on 9 votes
Feminine form of Severinus.
Sévérine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 7 votes
Variant of Séverine.
Séverine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEH-VREEN
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
French feminine form of Severinus.
Shianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: shie-AN
Rating: 4% based on 5 votes
Variant of Cheyanne.
Shreya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Other Scripts: श्रेया(Hindi, Marathi) শ্রেয়া(Bengali) શ્રેયા(Gujarati)
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Means "superior, best" in Sanskrit.
Sidda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Rating: 20% based on 7 votes
Obsolete German short form of Sidonia.
Siddalee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: SID-ə-lee(Literature) sid-ə-LEE(Literature)
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Either a combination of Sidda and Lee or a variant of Sidalie. This name was used by American author Rebecca Wells for a character in her novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (1996).
Sidonie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEE-DAW-NEE
Rating: 18% based on 5 votes
French feminine form of Sidonius.
Sidony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 12% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Sidonius. This name was in use in the Middle Ages, when it became associated with the word sindon (of Greek origin) meaning "linen", a reference to the Shroud of Turin.
Silva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Силва(Bulgarian)
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
Short form of Silviya or Silvija.
Silver
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SIL-vər
Rating: 32% based on 9 votes
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.
Síofra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-frə
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
Means "elf, sprite" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.
Siya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare), South African
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
As an English feminine name, it is likely a modern respelling of Sia.

In South Africa, however, this name seems to be exclusively masculine.

Skadi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 33% based on 7 votes
Variant of Skaði.
Skylah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian, Modern, Rare), English (New Zealand, Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
Variant of Skyla.
Skylee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE-lee
Rating: 8% based on 6 votes
Elaboration of Sky using the popular name suffix lee (though it could also be viewed as a feminine variant of Skyler, blending it with Kylie). Also compare Skyla and Skylynn. This name was used by the band Blink-182 for their unreleased song Skylee's With Me.
Skyley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 8% based on 6 votes
Variant of Skylee.
Skylie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE-lee
Rating: 5% based on 6 votes
Variant of Skylee.
Snow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SNO
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.
Sophronia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Late Greek
Other Scripts: Σωφρονία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 8 votes
Feminine form of Sophronius. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580), in which it is borne by the lover of Olindo.
Soraia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Portuguese variant of Soraya.
Soraya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Other Scripts: ثریا(Persian)
Pronounced: so-ray-YAW(Persian) so-RA-ya(Spanish)
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.
Sosie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Meaning uncertain. Actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick used it for their daughter Sosie Bacon (1992-). It was perhaps inspired by French sosie "lookalike", derived from Latin Sosia, the name of a character in Plautus' play 'Amphitryon', itself from Greek Σωσίας (Sosias) meaning "savior" from σως (sos) "safe, whole, unwounded" (compare Sostrate, Sose). Alternatively it may be a variant of Susie.
Spencer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SPEHN-sər
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
From an English surname that meant "dispenser of provisions", derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry". A famous bearer was American actor Spencer Tracy (1900-1967). It was also the surname of Princess Diana (1961-1997).
Star
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STAHR
Rating: 34% based on 8 votes
From the English word for the celestial body, ultimately from Old English steorra.
Starley
Usage: English
Rating: 6% based on 7 votes
Variant of Sterley.
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr.
Stormy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWR-mee
Rating: 31% based on 8 votes
From the English word meaning "stormy, wild, turbulent", ultimately from Old English stormig.
Summer
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUM-ər
Rating: 66% based on 9 votes
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor. It has been in use as a given name since the 1970s.
Sunday
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-day
Rating: 46% based on 8 votes
From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandæg, which was composed of the elements sunne "sun" and dæg "day". This name is most common in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
Sunnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 10% based on 6 votes
Variant of Sunny.
Sunny
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-ee
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
From the English word meaning "sunny, cheerful".
Suri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: שרה(Yiddish)
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
Yiddish form of Sarah.
Suvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-vee
Rating: 18% based on 5 votes
Means "summer" in Finnish.
Sylva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: SIL-va
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
Czech form of Silvia.
Sylver
Usage: African
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Sylvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Pronounced: SIL-vee-ə(English) SUYL-vee-ah(Finnish)
Rating: 64% based on 9 votes
Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
Sylvie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Czech
Pronounced: SEEL-VEE(French) SIL-vi-yeh(Czech)
Rating: 61% based on 9 votes
French and Czech form of Silvia.
Tahnee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TAW-nee
Rating: 9% based on 7 votes
Variant of Tawny.
Tala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: طلا(Persian)
Rating: 23% based on 6 votes
Means "gold" in Persian.
Talya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טַלְיָה, טַלְיָא(Hebrew)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Alternate transcription of Hebrew טַלְיָה or טַלְיָא (see Talia 1).
Tamara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Hungarian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Lithuanian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Тамара(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian) თამარა(Georgian)
Pronounced: tu-MA-rə(Russian) TA-ma-ra(Czech, Slovak) tan-MA-ra(Polish) TAW-maw-raw(Hungarian) tə-MAR-ə(English) tə-MAHR-ə(English) TAM-ə-rə(English) ta-MA-ra(Spanish, Italian) tu-mu-RU(Lithuanian) TA-MAR(Georgian)
Rating: 49% based on 10 votes
Russian form of Tamar. Russian performers such as Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), Tamara Drasin (1905-1943), Tamara Geva (1907-1997) and Tamara Toumanova (1919-1996) introduced it to the English-speaking world. It rapidly grew in popularity in the United States starting in 1957. Another famous bearer was the Polish cubist painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980).
Tate
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAYT
Rating: 19% based on 7 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the Old English given name Tata, of unknown origin.
Tatum
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAY-təm
Rating: 20% based on 7 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "Tata's homestead" in Old English. It was brought to public attention by the child actress Tatum O'Neal (1963-) in the 1970s, though it did not catch on. It attained a modest level of popularity after 1996, when it was borne by a character in the movie Scream.
Tawnee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TAW-nee
Rating: 11% based on 7 votes
Variant of Tawny.
Tawny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAW-nee
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
From the English word, ultimately deriving from Old French tané, which means "light brown".
Teddie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHD-ee
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Edward or Theodore, sometimes a feminine form.
Temperance
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHM-prəns, TEHM-pər-əns
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
From the English word meaning "moderation" or "restraint". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century. It experienced a modest revival in the United States during the run of the television series Bones (2005-2017), in which the main character bears this name.
Tess
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: TEHS
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
Short form of Theresa. This is the name of the main character in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles (1891).
Thea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
Pronounced: TEH-a(German) THEE-ə(English)
Rating: 61% based on 8 votes
Short form of Dorothea, Theodora, Theresa and other names with a similar sound.
Theia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θεία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 36% based on 8 votes
Possibly derived from Greek θεά (thea) meaning "goddess". In Greek myth this was the name of a Titan goddess of light, glittering and glory. She was the wife of Hyperion and the mother of the sun god Helios, the moon goddess Selene, and the dawn goddess Eos.
Thena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Theodosia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Greek
Other Scripts: Θεοδοσία(Greek)
Pronounced: TEH-O-DO-SEE-A(Classical Greek) thee-ə-DO-see-ə(English) thee-ə-DO-shə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Theodosius.
Thessaly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Thessaly is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. This name is borne by Thessaly Lerner, American stage, film and voice actress.
Thylane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Allegedly derived from Vietnamese Thùy, Thủy or Thy and Lan 1. This name was apparently first used in 2001 by French child model Thylane Léna-Rose Blondeau.
Topanga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, Indigenous American
Pronounced: TOPAYNGAH(Indigenous American)
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Place name of an area in western Los Angeles County, California. The area was originally named by the Tongva people and may mean "a place above."

In the American television show 'Boy Meets World' (1993-2000), one of the protagonists is named Topanga.

Tristan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: TRIS-tən(English) TREES-TAHN(French)
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Probably from the Celtic name Drustan, a diminutive of Drust, which occurs as Drystan in a few Welsh sources. As Tristan, it first appears in 12th-century French tales, probably altered by association with Old French triste "sad". According to the tales Tristan was sent to Ireland by his uncle King Mark of Cornwall in order to fetch Iseult, who was to be the king's bride. On the way back, Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a potion that makes them fall in love. Later versions of the tale make Tristan one of King Arthur's knights. His tragic story was very popular in the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since then.
Troian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern)
Rating: 2% based on 5 votes
Possibly a transferred use of the surname.
Twila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TWIE-lə
Rating: 51% based on 9 votes
Meaning unknown. Perhaps based on the English word twilight, or maybe from a Cajun pronunciation of French étoile "star" [1]. It came into use as an American given name in the late 19th century.
Twyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TWIE-lə
Rating: 66% based on 8 votes
Variant of Twila.
Vada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Pronounced: VAY-də(English) VAH-də(English) VA-də(English)
Rating: 33% based on 8 votes
Meaning unknown. Possibly a variant of Veda or Valda or short form of Nevada.
It was used for the heroine of the American film My Girl (1991).
Vaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Βαΐα(Greek)
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
From the Egyptian word referring to the palm branch.

It is celebrated on Palm Sunday (Κυριακή των Βαΐων), which is the Sunday before Easter.
Vale
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: VAYL
Rating: 22% based on 6 votes
From the English word meaning "wide river valley".
Valkyrie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: VAL-ki-ree(English)
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser". In Norse myth the Valkyries were maidens who led heroes killed in battle to Valhalla.
Vana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Macedonian
Other Scripts: Вана(Macedonian)
Rating: 22% based on 6 votes
Short form of Ivana or Jovana.
Vanna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: VAN-na
Rating: 22% based on 6 votes
Short form of Giovanna.
Vaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Βάγια(Greek)
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Variant form of Greek Βάια (also spelled Βάϊα, Βαΐα; see Vaia).
Vega 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
The name of a star in the constellation Lyra. Its name is from Arabic الواقع (al-Waqi') meaning "the swooping (eagle)".
Veruca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: və-ROO-kə
Rating: 21% based on 8 votes
Created by Roald Dahl for a character in his book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, published in 1964. He based the name on the Italian and Latin word verruca, meaning "wart", used in English to refer to the plantar wart.
Vessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VES-sah, VYE-sah
Rating: 21% based on 7 votes
Possibly a shortened form of Vanessa or a variant of Vesa 2.
Vianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 21% based on 7 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.
Vianney
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French, Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Pronounced: VYA-NEH(French) bya-NAY(Spanish)
Rating: 10% based on 8 votes
From the surname of Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French saint. His surname was allegedly derived from the given name Vivien 1 (see Vianney). While it is considered (mostly) masculine in France, Belgium and Francophone Africa, usage in Latin America (excluding Brazil) and Hispanic communities in the United States is primarily feminine.

Use of the name in Mexico (where its variant Vianey is the more popular spelling) might be influenced by the home decor retail company Vianney.

Victoriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Spanish, Provençal
Rating: 30% based on 9 votes
Feminine form of Victorianus.
Vienna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: vee-EHN-ə
Rating: 37% based on 11 votes
From the name of the capital city of Austria, Vienna.
Viola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: vie-O-lə(English) vi-O-lə(English) VIE-ə-lə(English) VYAW-la(Italian) vi-OO-la(Swedish) VEE-o-la(German) vee-O-la(German) VEE-o-law(Hungarian) VI-o-la(Czech) VEE-aw-la(Slovak)
Rating: 60% based on 12 votes
Means "violet" in Latin. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1602). In the play she is the survivor of a shipwreck who disguises herself as a man named Cesario. Working as a messenger for Duke Orsino, she attempts to convince Olivia to marry him. Instead Viola falls in love with the duke.
Violet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIE-lit, VIE-ə-lit
Rating: 66% based on 14 votes
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola. It was common in Scotland from the 16th century, and it came into general use as an English given name during the 19th century.
Viveca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 23% based on 8 votes
Swedish form of Vibeke.
Wendy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEHN-dee
Rating: 51% based on 11 votes
In the case of the character from J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904), it was created from the nickname fwendy "friend", given to the author by a young friend. However, the name was used prior to the play (rarely), in which case it could be related to the Welsh name Gwendolen and other names beginning with the element gwen meaning "white, blessed". The name only became common after Barrie's play ran.
Willa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-ə
Rating: 41% based on 10 votes
Feminine form of William.
Willodean
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Pronounced: WIL-lo-deen, wil-lo-DEEN
Rating: 24% based on 9 votes
Willow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIL-o
Rating: 63% based on 14 votes
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
Winifred
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Welsh
Pronounced: WIN-ə-frid(English)
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
From Latin Winifreda, possibly from a Welsh name Gwenfrewi (maybe influenced by the Old English masculine name Winfred). Saint Winifred was a 7th-century Welsh martyr, probably legendary. According to the story, she was decapitated by a prince after she spurned his advances. Where her head fell there arose a healing spring, which has been a pilgrimage site since medieval times. Her story was recorded in the 12th century by Robert of Shrewsbury, and she has been historically more widely venerated in England than in Wales. The name has been used in England since at least the 16th century.
Winnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIN-ee
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Diminutive of Winifred. Winnie-the-Pooh, a stuffed bear in children's books by A. A. Milne, was named after a real bear named Winnipeg who lived at the London Zoo.
Wylla
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Pronounced: WIL-ə(American English)
Rating: 29% based on 8 votes
In the United States, this name is a variant spelling of the feminine name Willa.

In Brazil, this name is a unisex name that is most likely a short form of given names starting with Wil-, Wyl- and perhaps even Guil- (such as Guilherme).

Xanadu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Literature
Pronounced: ZAN-ə-doo(English)
Rating: 10% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Shangdu (meaning "Upper Capital"), the summer capital of Kublai, the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. The city, famously visited by Marco Polo in 1275, came into Western popular culture in the early 19th century via the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem "Kubla Khan."
Zazie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZAH-ZEE
Rating: 11% based on 7 votes
French diminutive of Isabelle. The French author Raymond Queneau used this for the title character of his novel 'Zazie dans le métro' (1959; English: 'Zazie in the Metro'), which was adapted by Louis Malle into a film (1960).
Zephyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ζέφυρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZEHF-ər(English)
Rating: 9% based on 7 votes
From the Greek Ζέφυρος (Zephyros) meaning "west wind". Zephyros was the Greek god of the west wind.
Zephyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Zephyr.
Zephyrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZEF-ə-rin, ZEF-reen
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of Zéphyrine.
Zoë
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, English
Pronounced: ZO-ee(English)
Rating: 40% based on 10 votes
Dutch form and English variant of Zoe.
Zoée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Variant of Zoé.
Zoey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZO-ee
Rating: 40% based on 11 votes
Variant of Zoe.
Zoi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ζωή(Greek)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Modern Greek transcription of Zoe.
Zoie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZO-ee
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Variant of Zoe.
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