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Doctor m English (British, Archaic)
Middle English (in the senses "learned person" and "Doctor of the Church") via Old French from Latin doctor "teacher" (from docere "teach").

Dodd m English (American, Rare)
Transferred from the English surname, Dodd

Dodgen m English
Elaboration of Dodge.

Dodger m English (Rare), Literature, Popular Culture
From the English word dodger meaning "one who dodges; one who avoids, evades, or sidesteps". Traditionally a nickname, it is occasionally used as a given name. Fictional bearers include Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, a character from Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838) who befriends Oliver and entreats him to join Fagin's team of young pickpockets, as well as the title character in Terry Pratchett's 2012 novel Dodger (loosely based on Dickens' Dodger) and Mark 'Dodger' Savage, a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks (introduced 2011)... [more]

Dodi f & m English (Rare)
As a feminine name, it's a variant of Dodie. ... [more]

Do-good m English (Puritan, Rare)
An exhortatory puritanical name, hence it is very rarely seen.

Doll m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Doll.

Dollar f & m English (American, Rare)
From the English word for the US currency.... [more]

Dolphus m English (Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Truncated form of Adolphus.

Domanic m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dominic.

Domenick m English
Variant of Dominic.

Domi m & f English
Diminutive of names beginning with Domi including Dominic, Dominique and others.

Domina f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname of Domina.

Domini m English (Modern, Rare)

Dominiq m & f English (American, Rare), African American
Variant of Dominic and Dominique.

Dominyck m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Dominick, which itself is a variant of Dominic.

Dominyk m English (American, Rare), Lithuanian
Variant of Dominic or Dominykas.

Domonic m English (Modern)
Variant of Dominic.

Domonick m English (Rare)
Variant of Dominic.

Donatian m English
English form of Donatianus.

Donation m South African, English (Puritan)
From the word donation, meaning "an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution."

Donavan m English
Variant of Donovan.

Donavin m English
Variant of Donovan.

Donavon m English
Variant of Donovan.

Dondi m & f Popular Culture, English
From a comic strip first published in 1955. In this comicstrip, Dondi was an Italian orphan asking for his parents saying "dondi" all the time. In the comic strip this comes from people calling him dandy boy.

Donelson m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Donelson.

Donick m English (Rare)

Doniel m English
Combination of the names Donald and Daniel.

Doniel m English (American)

Donielle f & m African American, English
Unisex variant of Donal, Donald, Donnell, Donelle and other names containing the same sound.

Doniphon m English (American)
Most likely given in reference to any of a few American towns, or the character Tom Doniphon of the 1962 film "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vance".

Donivan m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Donavan.

Donley m English (American, Rare)
Transferred from the Irish surname, Donley.

Donmichael m English (Rare)
Combination of Don and Michael.

Donn m English (Rare)
Variant of Don.

Donnald m English (Rare)
Variant of Donald.

Donnatello m English (Rare)
Rare English variant of Donatello.

Donnell m English
Variant of Donal.

Donnelly m English (American), English (Canadian)
Transferred use from the surname Donnelly.

Donni f & m English (Rare)
Variation of Donnie

Donnovan m English (Rare)
Variant of Donovan.

Donold m English (Rare)
Variant of Donald.

Donrick m English (Rare)

Dònull m English
Form of Donald

Donyell m & f English (American), Dutch (Rare)
Variant form of Daniel (for men) and Danielle (for women), which was perhaps influenced by the name Don and its diminutive Donny... [more]

Doogie m English
Diminutive of Douglas. This is the name of the titular character of the American comedy-drama television series 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' (1989-1993) portrayed by actor Neil Patrick Harris.

Dooky m & f English (American, Rare)
Meaning as of yet unknown. This name is known to have been used as a nickname for both genders.

Dor m & f English (Modern)
Short form of Dorian, Doris and other names that starting with dor.

Dorald m Danish (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant spelling of Thorald in Denmark, but elsewhere (especially in the anglophone world), this name is most likely a combination of a name that contains the Greek element δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" (such as Dorus and Theodore) with a name that ends in -ald (such as Archibald, Gerald and Ronald).... [more]

Do-right m English (Puritan)
An exhortatory puritanical name, thus rarely used. See Do-good.

Dorman m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Dorman.

Dorr m English
Transferred use of the surname Dörr.

Dorsey m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dorsey.

Doss m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Doss.

Dothan m English (Rare)
English variant of Dotan.

Doud m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Doud.

Dow m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Dow.

Do-well m English (Puritan)
An exhortatory puritanical name, hence it is used rarely. See also Do-good.

Dowell m English
Transferred use of the surname Dowell.

Doyal m English (American)
Taken from the Irish surname, Doyal, unless used as a variant of Doyle, itself derived from a surname that is a variant of Doyal.

Draden m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Draedyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Draevyn m English (American)

Dragon m English
Ancient Greek δράκων, Latin draco "dragon; snake".

Drahcir m English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Richard spelled backwards.

Draiden m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Draik m English
Variant of Drake.

Dramaine m English (American, Rare)

Draper m English (American)
Used after the character Don Draper of Mad Men.

Dray m & f English
Variant of Dre.

Drayce m English (American, Modern, Rare)

Drayden m English (American, Modern)
Invented name using the sounds present in Brayden.

Draydon m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Drayke m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Drake.

Drayson m English (Rare)
Combination of Dray and the popular suffix -son.

Drayton m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Drayton.

Dreamer f & m English (Rare)
From the English word dreamer meaning "one who dreams; idler, daydreamer".

Dred m English (American), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Short form of (feminine) Etheldred. Dred Scott (c. 1799-1858) was an African American slave who unsuccessfully sued for his and his family's freedom before the Supreme Court of the United States in the landmark case Dred Scott v. Sandford... [more]

Dredyn m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Dree f & m English, American
Dree Hemingway is Mariel Hemingway's daughter. (Born Dree Crisman.)

Dresden f & m English, Popular Culture
From the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".

Drewe m English (British, ?)

Drexel m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Drexel.

Dreyden m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Drayden.

Dreyfus m English
Transferred use of the surname Dreyfus.

Dreyson m English (Rare)
Variant of Drayson.

Dreyton m English (Rare)
Variant of Drayton.

Dri m & f English, Brazilian
Short form of any name containing -dri-, such as Adrian or Adriana.

Dristan m English (Rare)
Variant of Tristan.

Drover m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Drover. It was used in the 2008 movie 'Australia' by Baz Luhrmann. The character Drover was played by Hugh Jackman.

Dru m English
Variant of Drew.

Drue m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Drew.

Drum m English
Diminutive of Drummond.

Drury m English
Transferred use of the surname Drury. Drury Lane is a famous street in London, home to the Theatre Royal, and well known as the nursery rhyme locale of The Muffin Man.

Dryden m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dryden.... [more]

Drysen m English (Modern)
Variant of Dryson.

Duaine m English
Variant of Duane.

Duard m English
A diminutive of Edward or Eduard.

Dub m & f English (American), Old Celtic
In North America the name Dub is most often used by men with a name beginning with the letter W, such as William and Walter.... [more]

Dublin f & m English (Modern)
From the English name of the capital city of Ireland, which derives from Gaelic Duiḃlinn. This is not used on Irish children.

Dubois m English
Transferred use of the surname Dubois.

Dubya m English
Nickname given to the former U.S. president George W. Bush (1946-) after the colloquial pronunciation of his middle initial.

Dud m English
Short form of Dudley.

Dude m English (American, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Dude.

Dudly m English
Variant of Dudley.

Dug m English (American)
Variant of Doug, used for the dog in the Disney film 'Up' (2009).

Duggie m English
Variant of Dougie.

Dukey m English
Diminutive of Duke.

Dukie m English, American (South)
Diminutive of Duke.

Dulie f & m English (?)
No known origin nor meaning. a person with this given name was Dulie Delic an athlete for the Geelong SC.

Dumaine m English, Literature
Dumaine, a character in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. Dumaine and DuMaine are surnames.

Dunbar m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Dunbar.

Dune m & f English
Early 17th century from Dutch duin, from Middle Dutch dūne, probably ultimately from the same Celtic base as down3.

Dunkan m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Duncan.

Dunston m English (Rare)
Variant of Dunstan.

Dunton m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Derived from the surname Dunton.

Duodecimus m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
The Latin word duodecimus means "twelfth".

Durand m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Durand.

Durant m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Durant.

Durek m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Derek, which was possibly influenced by the English pronunciation of Dirk.... [more]

Durell m English (Modern)
Variant of Durrell.

Durham m English (American)
Transferred use of the Surname Durham; also, the name of a city in the state of North Carolina

Durlan m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (Rare)

Durriken m Romani, English
Means "he who forecasts" in Romani.

Durwin m English (American)
Variant of Derwin.

Durwood m English
Transferred use of the surname Durwood.

Duryea m & f English (American, Rare)

Dusk m & f English (Rare)
From the word dusk, meaning "the darkest stage of daylight".

Dustan m English (Modern)
Variant of Dustin.

Dustee m & f English
Variant of Dusty.

Dusten m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dustin.

Duster m English (Rare)
Famous bearers of this name include the British singer and musician Duster Bennett (1946-1976), and American baseball player Duster Mails (1894-1974).

Dustey m English
Variant of Dusty.

Dusti f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Dusty.

Dustie m & f English
Variant of Dusty.

Dustii m English
Variant of Dusty.

Duston m English (Rare)
Variant of Dustin

Dustyn m & f English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Dustin.

Dutton m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dutton.

Duvall m English
Transferred use of the surname Duvall.

Dux m English (Rare)
Means “duke/leader” in Latin, making it a cognate of Duke.

Dwade m English (Modern)
Combination of Dwayne and Wade.

Dwane m English
Variant of Dwayne.

Dwier m English (American)

Dwyane m English
Variant of Dwayne.

Dwyer m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dwyer.

Dychaun m English (American)

Dykwan m English
Variant of Dykwon.

Dylann f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dylano m English, Dutch
Variant of Dylan, most likely influenced by Delano.

Dylen m English (American)
Variant of Dylan.

Dylin m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dyllan m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dyllon m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Dylan and Dillon. 100 boys in the USA were named Dyllon in 1992.

Dylon m English (Modern)
Variant of Dylan.

Dylyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dylan.

Dyrck m Medieval Dutch, English (Modern)
Medieval Dutch variant spelling of Dirck, as well as a modern English variant of Dirk.

Dyrk m English (Rare), German (Rare)
English and German variant spelling of Dirk. Also compare Dyrck.... [more]

Eachan m English (Rare)

Eaden m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Eden.

Eagan m English
Transferred use of the surname Eagan.

Eagle m English
From the English word eagle, ultimately from Latin aquila. Also from the surname Eagle, originally a nickname for a lordly or sharp-eyed man.

Eames m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Eames. Popularized after the surname of the artist, Eames.

Eamus m English

Eann m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ian. Eann was given to 10 boys in 2012.

Earlan m & f English (American, Rare), Caribbean (Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Earlbert m English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements eorl meaning "nobleman" and berht meaning "bright" or "famous."

Earlee f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Early.

Earley m English (American)
Variant of Early or a nickname for Earl.

Earlie m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Early and diminutive of Earline.

Earlwin m English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements eorl meaning "nobleman" and wine which translates to "friend".

Early m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Early.

Earlyn m & f English (American, Rare)

Earnie m & f English (American)
Variant of Ernie that is predominately masculine.

Earskin m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Erskine.

Earth f & m English (Rare), English (Puritan)
From the English word earth, referring to the planet, the soil, or the alchemical element. Ultimately from Old English eorthe.

Eason m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Eason.

East m & f English
From the English word, from the Old English ēast-, ultimately from the Proto-Germanic *aust- "east; toward the sunrise". It is also used as a short form of Easton.

Easten m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Easton.

Eastin m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Easton.

Eastley m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Eastley.

Eastwood m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Eastwood.

Eastyn m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Easton, sometimes used as a feminine form.

Eastynn f & m English (American)
Alternate spelling of Easton.

Eathen m English (Rare)
Variant of Ethan.

Eathon m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ethan. Eathon was given to 12 boys in 2007 according to the SSA.

Eaton m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Eaton.

Eaves f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Eaves.

Ebb m English
Diminutive of Ebenezer.

Ebbie m English
Diminutive of Ebenezer.

Ebed-meleck m English (Puritan)
Variant of Ebed-melech.

Ebeneezer m English (American)
Variant of Ebenezer.

Ebroin m English, History, Medieval Latin
Frankish/Latin form of Eberwin. Ebroin was the name of a 7th-century mayor of the palace of Neustria. a West Frankish kingdom.

Ecko f & m English
Variant of Echo.

Eclipse f & m English (Rare)
From the English word eclipse (derived from Latin eclipsis, ultimately from the Greek verb ἐκλείπω (ekleipô) meaning "to fail", i.e. fail to appear); a solar eclipse is when the sun and moon are aligned exactly so that the moon casts a great shadow over the Earth; a lunar eclipse is when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a bright slither of light... [more]

Edbert m English
English form of Eadberht.

Edden m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Edden.... [more]

Eddi m English (Rare), German
Variant of Eddie.

Edenn m & f English (American, Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Variant of Eden.

Ederic m English
Variant of Eadric.

Edger m English (Rare)
Variant of Edgar.

Edgerton m English
Transferred use of the surname Edgerton.

Edi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Eddie (Also, see Eddi)

Edin m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Eden.

Edler m English (?)
Transferred use of the surname Edler. A notable bearer is Elder Garnet Hawkins, the first African American to serve as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church.

Edmonn m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Edmond.

Edrian m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Adrian.

Edrick m English (Rare)
Variant of Edric.

Edrik m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Edric.

Edris m English
Variant of Idris 2.

Edson m Portuguese (Brazilian), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Edison or transferred use of the surname Edson. This was the name of Brazilian soccer player Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento), widely considered one of the greatest players of all time... [more]

Edwald m English
Contemporary English form of Eadwald. Like many native Anglo-Saxon names, this name fell out of use after the Norman conquest of England.

Edwardo m English
Variant of Eduardo.

Edwick m English (Rare)

Edwyne m & f English
Variant spelling of Edwin

Edyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Eden.

Edzel m English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare), Filipino
Variant of Edsel.

Efram m English (Rare)
Variant of Efraim

Egan m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Egan.

Egerton m English
Transferred use of the surname Egerton.

Eggbert m English
Variant of Egbert

Ehren m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ehren and a variant of Aaron.

Eian m English (American)
Variant of Ian.

Eidson m English
Possibly a variant of Addison.

Eisha m & f English
Possibly a variant of Aisha.

Eithrom m English (Australian, Modern, Rare)

Elan m English (Rare), Jewish
Anglicized form of Elon and Ilan.

Elbee m & f English (American, Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials LB.

Elbridge m English
A personal name of Teutonic origin, popular in various forms throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, meaning "illustrious."

Elby m English
English form of Ælfwig.

Eldee f & m English (American, Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials LD or a form of Elda.

Elden m English
Variant of Eldon or Alden.

Elder m English
Transferred use of the surname Elder.

Eldin m English (Rare)
Variant of Eldon. This spelling was used for the character 'Eldin Bernecky,' a philosophical painter in the television series 'Murphy Brown' (1988-1998). The role was portrayed by actor Robert Pastorelli.

Eldo m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Masculine variant of Elda.

Eldrage m English
Alternative spelling of Eldridge.

Eldrick m English (American)
Variant of Eldric.

Eldridge m English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name Eldric.

Eleaser m English
Alternate spelling of Eleazar

Elec m English (American)
A diminutive version of Alexander; alternative to Alec.

Elected m English (Puritan)
Referring to the Doctrine of Election.

Elegin m English

Elegy m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Elegy or from the word elegy, early 16th century from French élégie, or via Latin, from Greek elegeia, from elegos ‘mournful poem’.

Elendor f & m English (Rare)

Eleph m English (Puritan)
From a place name mentioned briefly in the Old Testament, namely in Joshua 18:28, where the town of Eleph (or Haeleph in newer translations) near Jerusalem is listed among the lot or inheritance of the Tribe of Benjamin, one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel... [more]

Eleven f & m Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the number 11, from Old English endleofon, itself from Proto-Germanic *ainalif meaning "one left (from ten)".

Elezar m English (Rare)
Variant of Eleazar

Elgie m English
Possibly from the initials LG.

Elgo m English (American)
I don't know, I just heard it.

Eli m English
Short form of Elijah, Elias, Elisha and Elihu.

Elial m English (Rare), Hebrew

Eliatha f & m English

Elick m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Elick.

Elicksander m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Alexander.

Elifeus m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Eligeh m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a phonetic spelling of Elijah reflecting certain dialects.

Eligh m English (American)
Variant of Eli 1

Eli-lama-sabachthani m English (Puritan)
From an Aramaic phrase meaning "my God, why have you forsaken me?" It is likely taken from Matthew 27:46 in the New Testament: 'And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?'

Elison m English
Variant of Ellison.

Eliu m English (Rare), Biblical
This name is used in some versions of the Bible. It is the name of one of the ancestors of Judith.... [more]

Elizah f & m English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Eliza or Elijah.

Elizander m Portuguese (Rare), English (Rare)
Masculine form of Elizandra.

Elizar m English (Puritan)
Variant of Eliezer.

Eljay m & f English
Phonetic spelling of the initials LJ.

Elkannah m English (Rare)
Variant of Elkanah.

Ell m English (American, Rare)
Masculine short form of Ellie.

Elladale m English
Possibly used in reference to Elladale Creek in Australia.

Eller m & f English
A short form of Ellery or Eleanor.

Ellerly f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Ellerly.

Ellesmere f & m English (British, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Ellesmere.

Ellias m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Elias.

Ellijah m English (Rare)
Variant of Elijah.

Ellingham m English
Transferred use of the surname Ellingham.

Elliotte f & m English
Variant or feminine form of Elliott. American actress Marla Sokoloff (b. 1980) named her first-born daughter this.

Ellisha f & m English (Rare), English (African, Rare)
Variant of Alicia. In the case of the African English masculine name that's occasionally used in Nigeria and rarely Zimbabwe, it's a rare variant of Elisha.

Ellison m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Ellison.

Elliston m English
Transferred use of the surname Elliston.

Ellix m English
Transferred use of the surname Ellix.

Ellory m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Ellery.

Ells f & m English
Short form of Ella, Elliott or other names containing Ell.

Ellsworth m English
Transferred from the surname Ellsworth.

Ellwood m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Elwood.

Ellwyn f & m English
Variant of Elwyn.

Ellyot m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Elliot.

Ellyott f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Elliott.

Ellys f & m English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Variant of Ellis.

Elm m Catalan, English
Catalan form of Elmo, as well as a short form of Elmer. The name may also be taken directly from the English word elm, a type of tree.

Elmon m English (American)
Of unknown origin and meaning.... [more]

Elmore m English
Transferred use of the surname Elmore.

Elmus m English (American, Rare)
Elmus Wicker, author of "Banking Panics of the Gilded Age", was one famous bearer of this name

Elnor m English
Abt 1917. Name of man in black community in rural Kentucky.

Elphinstone m English
Trasnferred use of the surname Elphinstone.

Elray m English (American, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Elroy.

Elrick m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Elric.

El-sean m English (American)
Being able to have fun. One whom attracts good fortune and a curse breaker!

Elsmere m English
Transferred use of the surname Elsmere.

Elster m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Elster.

Elston m English
Derived from the surname, Elston.

Elsworth m English
Variant of Ellsworth.

Eltun m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Elton.