This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is English or American.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ABBOTT m EnglishFrom the English surname
ABBOTT, from Old English
abbot, ultimately from Latin
abbas "priest".
ABERDEEN f & m EnglishMeans "mouth of the Don (river)" in Scottish Gaelic. This is the name of the name of a city in northern Scotland, as well as several other cities worldwide named after the Scottish city.
ABIGAILE f EnglishVariant of
ABIGAIL. This name was given to 35 girls born in the United States in the year 2010.
ABLE m EnglishEither a variant of
ABEL, or from the English word
able, "having the power, skill, means, or opportunity to do something", ultimately from Latin
habere "to hold".
ABSOLOM m English (Rare)Variant of
ABSALOM, possibly influenced by its French form
ABSOLON. A known bearer of this name was Absolom M. West (1818-1894), an American Confederate general and state politician.
ABUNDANCE f English (Puritan, Rare)From the English word, ultimately from Latin
abundantia "fullness, plenty". This name was used in the 17th century by Puritans, referring to the abundance of God's blessings.
ABUSE-NOT f English (Puritan)In reference to 1 Corinthians 9:18, "What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my right in the gospel."
ACCALIA f Roman Mythology (?), English (Rare)According to questionable sources, such as baby name books and websites, this was another name for Acca, the human foster-mother of Romulus and Remus in Roman legend, also known as Acca Larentia (see
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ACHAEA f EnglishFrom a region of Greece that has existed since ancient times.
ACHSAH f Biblical, English (Puritan)Means "anklet, bangle" in Hebrew (presumably echoic of the click of a moving anklet). In the Old Testament, Achsah is the daughter of
CALEB. It has occasionally been used as an English Christian name since the Protestant Reformation.
ACONY f English (Rare)From the Hitchiti word
oconee meaning "water eyes of the hills", which lent itself to the name of a wildflower found in the Appalachians Mountains,
Acony Bell.
ACTON m English (Rare)From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "oak farm" in Old English.
ADAGIO m English (Modern, Rare)From the Italian
adagio meaning "slowly, at ease", a word to indicate a musical composition should be played slowly.
ADAIA f EnglishThe name is of Hebrew origins and means "Adornment of God"
ADAMANTINE f French, EnglishMeans "of unyielding quality" or "diamond like". From the Latin
adamantinus meaning 'incorruptible, inflexible', itself from the Greek
adamantinos (ἀδαμάντινος) of the same meaning, with the Greek or Latin suffix of -
ine meaning 'like', 'made of', or 'of the nature of'... [
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ADLER m EnglishMeans "eagle" in German. It is not used as a given name in Germany itself.
ADNIS m African AmericanMeaning unknown. It is the name of American rapper Jay-Z's father, about whom he wrote a song.