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This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is English; and the pattern is *s* or v*.
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Abastenia f English (Canadian, Rare), French (Huguenot, ?)
Borne by the American sculptor, social activist and suffragist Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (1878-1942), who was the daughter of Canadian parents.
Abisha m English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Abishai. This was borne by Abisha Woodward (1752-1809), an early American lighthouse builder.
Abs f English
A shortening that derives from Abigail.
Absolom m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
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.
Abstinence f English (Puritan, Rare)
From the English word abstinence, referring to the act of abstaining from sin. This name was used by the Puritans.
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."
Abyssinia f English (American, Rare)
Transferred used of the former name of Ethiopian Empire as a given name. Cited from Wiktionary, it is derived from New Latin Abissini, of Abissīnus (“Abyssinian, Ethiopian”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة‎ (al-ḥabaša), and from حَبَش‎ (ḥabaš), means "to collect, to earn, to reap".
Acerbus m English (American, Rare)
Means "Sarcastic, sardonic" in Latin.
Achsa f Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, English (American, Archaic)
Variant of Achsah used in some versions of the Old Testament, including the Vulgate and the Douay-Rheims Bibles. It was borne by American spiritualist Achsa W. Sprague (1827-1862), a popular trance medium lecturer in the 1850s.
Achsia f English (American, Archaic)
Possibly an elaboration of Achsah.
Acts-Apostles m English (Puritan)
From Acts of the Apostles, the title of the fifth book of the New Testament. A man named Acts-Apostles Pegden (1795-1865), nicknamed 'Actsy', had four older brothers named Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Adamaris f Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), English
Either a combination of Ada 1 and Maris 2, or a combination of the prefix a with Damaris, or from Latin adamō meaning "I love truly, earnestly, deeply or greatly; covet".
Adams m English
Transferred use of the surname Adams.
Adamus m Hebrew (Latinized), Medieval Latin, Dutch (Rare), English (Archaic), German (Archaic)
Latinized form of Adam, used primarily as a baptismal name or as an official name on birth certificates. In western Europe, this name was especially common in the medieval period.
Adastra f English (Rare)
From the Latin phrase ad astra "to the stars". It may have been inspired by the similar name Adrasta (see Adrasteia).
Addessa f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Likely an invented name combining the popular sounds ad found in names such as Adelyn and Addison, and the popular suffix essa... [more]
Addson m & f English
Contracted form of Addison.
Adelisa f English (Archaic)
Variant of Adeliza, recorded in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Adison m & f English
Variant of Addison, though it is also possible that this name is a variant of Edison in some cases.
Adysyn f English (Modern)
Variant spelling of Addison.
Aegis m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the mythological device called the Aegis. In the Iliad, the Aegis is a device worn by Greek gods Athena and Zeus, resembling an animal skin or a shield and sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon.
Aeris f Popular Culture, English
Variant of Aerith, due to translation confusion. It may also be considered a variant of Eris.
Agliss f English (Rare)
Derived from the English-speaking words "a glistening," meaning shining or glittering.
Agness f English
Variant of Agnes.
Agnetis f Dutch (Rare), English (Archaic), German (Archaic)
From Latin Agnetis, which is the genitive of the third declension of Agnes, the latinized form of the Greek name Hagne.... [more]
Agustin m Piedmontese, English (American), Lengadocian, Provençal
Piedmontese, Languedocian and Provençal form of Augustin and Anglicized variant of Agustín.
Agustine m Spanish, English
Variant of Augustine 1. Mexican army general and politician Augustine I of Mexico (1783 - 1824) is a notable bearer.
Aieslynn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
An English interpretation of Aisling.
Ailisa f English (American)
Probably a combination of the prefix ai- and Lisa.
Ailse f English
Variant speling of Alice
Ainsly f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Ainsley.
Aisi m Tongan, English (Australian)
Means "ice" in Tongan.
Aisley f & m English
Variant of Isley.
Aisli f English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Asli or Aisling.
Aislyn f English (Modern)
Anglicized form of Aisling.
Aislynn f English (American, Modern), English (Canadian, Modern)
Variant of Aislinn. The pronunciation usually differs from the original Irish pronunciation of Aislinn or Aisling.
Alanson m English
Meaning "son of Alan."
Alaska f English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the name of the American state of Alaska, which is ultimately derived from Aleut alaxsxaq "mainland". A famous bearer of the name was Alaska P. Davidson (1868-1934), an American law enforcement officer known for being the first female special agent in the FBI.
Alastrina f English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Alastríona.
Alawisha f English
Variation of Aloysia.
Albertson m English
Transferred use of the surname Albertson.
Aleesia f English
Variant of Alicia.
Aleesya f English (Modern)
Preppy variant of the name Alicia.
Aleishia f English
Variant of Alicia.
Aleister m English
Variant of Alister. According to Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, this is "the Gaelic form of Alexander".
Alesa f English (Rare)
Variation of Alisa.
Aleshanee f English (American, Modern, Rare), Coos (?), Iroquois (?)
Possibly means "she plays all the time" in Coos or Iroquois.
Alexsis f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Alexis.
Alexxis f & m English
Variant of Alexis. Alexxis was given to 14 girls in 2017 per the SSA.
Aleysha f English
Variant of Alicia.
Aleysia f English
Variant of Alicia.
Alfonse m English
Variant of Alphonse.
Alias m English (Modern)
Variant of Elias. It coincides with the English alias meaning "a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name".
Aliese f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Alice or possibly Elise (See also Alesia).
Aliesha f English
Variant of Alicia.
Alisande f English (American, Rare, ?)
Demoiselle Alisande a la Carteloise is a medieval character in Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. She is nicknamed "Sandy" in the novel.
Alisanne f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Alison probably influenced by the name Anne 1 (or possibly Lisanne, Alisander/Alexane) or else a blend of Alice and Anne 1.
Aliscia f English
Variant of Alicia.
Alishya f English
Variant of Alicia.
Aliss f English
Variant of Alice.
Alistar m English (Rare)
Likely a variant of Alistair.
Aliysia f English
Variant of Alicia.
Allexis f English, English (American)
Variant of Alexis. Allexis was given to 5 girls in 2014.
Allexus f English, English (American)
Variant of Alexis that was given to 7 girls in 2006.
Allister m English
Anglicized form of Alistair.
Allswell m & f Western African (Rare), English (African, Rare, ?)
Presumably from the English phrase all's well.
Allysha f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Alisha and Alicia (See also Allycia).
Allysson f English
Variant of Alison.
Alston m English
Transferred use of the surname Alston.
Alyas m & f English (American)
Variant of Alias.
Alysandra f English (American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Alexandra, probably influenced by the name Alysa.
Alyshia f English
Variant of Alicia.
Alyss f English
Variant of Alice.
Alyssabeth f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Elizabeth influenced by Alyssa and Beth, or a combination of both.
Alyssan f English (Rare)
Variant of Allison influenced by Alyssa.
Alysson f & m English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Alison influenced by Alyssa. It caught on as a masculine name in Brazil.
Alyssum f & m English (Rare)
From the flowering plant native to the Mediterranean. The name alyssum actually comes from the Greek word 'lyssa', meaning “rage” or “madness” and the 'a', meaning “against” giving it its meaning today, “without madness”, since it was believed to cure madness.
Alyssya f English
Variant of Alicia.
Alysyn f English
Variant of Alison.
Alysynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Alysyn. Possibly influenced by names such as Adysynn or Madysynn
Amaris f & m Spanish (Latin American), English (American)
Elaboration of Amara using the popular suffix -is. It coincides with the Latin word amāris meaning "you are loved".
Amarisa f English (Modern)
Variant of Marisa, influenced by the name Amara.
Amarise f English (Modern)
Variant of Marise, influenced by the spelling of Amara.
Amarisse f Spanish (Latin American), English (American)
Variant spelling of Amaris, which is a variant of Amara.
Ambers m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Ambers.
Ambrosina f English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Elaboration of Ambrosia. May be an elaboration of French Ambrosine, a feminization of Ambrose.
Ames m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Ames.
Amherst m English
Transferred use of the surname Amherst.
Amnesty f English (Rare)
from the word amnesty.
Amoris m & f English (Rare, Archaic)
From the Latin word amoris meaning "of love" (the genitive singular of amor), used as a given name according to the English historian William Camden (1551-1623).
Amphillis f English (British, Archaic), Medieval English
A form of Amphelise. On this name Richard Stephen Charnock wrote in 1882: 'Found as a Christian name in the parish register of Northrepps Hall, Norwich, and also in those of North Benfleet, Essex... [more]
Amphyllis f English (Archaic)
Variant of Amphelise, perhaps influenced by Phyllis. This name was borne by Amphyllis Twigden Washington (1601-1655), an ancestress of George Washington.
Amplias f English (Archaic)
English vernacular form of Amphelisia (see also Ampflise), which as an English name survived until the 19th century mainly as Amplias, also as Amphillis, Amphlis... [more]
Amyris m & f Ancient Greek, English (Rare)
Both a personal name and the name of a resin, it is derived from the Greek word αμυρων (amyron), which means "intensely scented" and refers to the resin's strong, aromatic odor.
Anais f English, Galician, Spanish, Catalan (Rare)
English and Galician form of Anaïs and Spanish and Catalan variant of Anaís.
Analisse f English (American)
Variant of Analise that was given to 18 girls in 2017.
Anasia f English (American, Modern, Rare), African American (Modern)
Likely a combination of the phonetic elements a and nay and Asia 1, also possibly influenced by Anaya.
Anastasiana f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Anastasia.
Anastatia f English (Rare), South African
Variant of Anastasia. Apparently, this name is most prevalent in South Africa and Ireland.
Anastazia f Danish (Modern, Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare), Sicilian, English (Modern, Rare), Czech
Danish, Swedish, Sicilian and English modern variant of Anastasia as well as a traditional Czech variant of Anastázie.
Andersen m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Anderson or a transferred use of the surname Andersen.
Andersson m Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern), English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Andersson, or a variant of Anderson.
Andersyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Anderson.
Andrews m English
Transferred use of the surname Andrews.
Anelis f English (American, Rare), Luxembourgish
English and Luxembourgish cognate of Anneliese as well as a Luxembourgish contraction of Anna - Elisabeth.
Angelisa f English, Italian (Rare)
Combination of Angela and Lisa.
Angelise f English
Variant of Angelina or Ángeles, possibly blending it with Anneliese.
Angelista f English (African, Rare)
Possibly a short form of Evangelista. This is used mainly in Tanzania.
Animus m English (Rare)
From the Latin animus meaning "the mind; the rational soul in man, intellect, will, courage, spirit, feeling, passion, pride, wrath, etc., the breath, life, soul". In Jungian psychology the animus is the masculine component of a feminine personality (see: Anima 2).
Anistasia f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Anastasia. Anistasia was given to 5 girls in 2014 according to the SSA.
Aniston f & m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Aniston.... [more]
Annalouisa f English
Combination of Anna and Louisa.
Annalouise f English (Rare)
Combination of Anna and Louise.
Annarose f English
Combination of Anna and Rose.
Annasofia f English (Modern)
A combination of Anna and Sofia.
Annasophia f English (Modern)
Combination of Anna and Sophia. A famous bearer of this name is American actress Annasophia Robb.
Annastacia f English (Rare)
Variation of Anastasia or a blend of Anna and Stacia.
Annastacie f English (Modern, Rare)
Apparently an Anglicized form of Anastasie. (See also Annastacia.) It can also be taken as a combination of Anna and Stacie.
Annastasia f English (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Romansh (Rare)
Variant of Anastasia. As a Romansh name, it is also a contraction of Anna and Stasia.
Annesley f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Ansley.
Anniesse f English (Rare, ?), French (African)
Perhaps a variant of Agnès, reflecting the French pronunciation.
Anniston f English (Modern)
Derived from the name of the city of Anniston in the state of Alabama. The city was founded in the late 19th century by Samuel Noble and Daniel Tyler, who named the city after the latter's daughter-in-law, Annie Tyler... [more]
Anslie f English
Variant of Ansley.
Anslyn f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Anslyn.
Anstice f English (British, Rare), Medieval English
Transferred use of the surname Anstice, which was derived from the medieval given name Anastase or Anastayse (from Latin Anastasius), or from its feminine equivalent Anastasie (from Latin Anastasia).
Antipas m Biblical, English (Puritan)
Form of Antipatros (see Antipater).
Antissa f English
Antissa (Ancient Greek: Ἄντισσα) was a city of the island Lesbos (Lesvos).
Anyssa f English
Variant of Anisa.
Aravis f English (Rare), Literature
Aravis is a main character in C.S. Lewis' The Horse and his Boy. She is a Tarkheena, a female member of the ruling class of the fictional empire of Calormen, located far to the south of Narnia.... [more]
Arbutus f English (American)
From the name of trailing arbutus (species Epigaea repens), a fragrant flowering plant also known as the mayflower. It is the state flower of Massachusetts in the United States, as well as the official provincial flower of Nova Scotia in Canada.
Ardisia f English (Rare)
From the name of the genus of flowering plants that is also called coralberry or marlberry.
Ardys f English (American)
Variant of Ardis, with the spelling perhaps influenced by Gladys.
Areleous m English (American, Rare)
This is a rare (American) English given name, which might possibly be derived from Aurelius.
Ariovistus m History, English (American, Archaic)
Latinization of a Celto-Germanic given name, of which the original form and meaning are uncertain.... [more]
Aristea f Greek, Spanish (Mexican), English (American, Modern, Rare, ?)
Feminine form of Aristeo (Spanish). As a Greek name, it is a feminine form of names beginning with the element ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best"... [more]
Arlissa f English
Strickly feminine form of Arlis.
Arlys f English (American)
Feminine variant of Arlis.
Armista f English (Rare)
From the word, armistice, meaning "an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce." See also the name Armistice.
Armstead m English (American)
Transferred use of surname Armstead.
Arsen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Likely an invented name based on the phonetic elements ar (cf. Arjay, Arshawn) and son.
Arson m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Probably a spelling variant of Arsen. It coincides with the English word arson meaning "the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property".
Artis m English (Rare)
Possibly related to Arthur.
Artist m & f English (American, Rare)
Simply from the English word artist. First recorded as a name in 1916 (where it was given to five boys), this name has seen sporadic usage in the United States until 2017, where it began to rise. It was given to 89 American baby boys in 2021.
Asagao f English (American, Japanized, Rare)
Asagao, first introduced in the Heian period in Japan, blooms in summer. As its name suggests, this flower blooms only in the morning and on cold days. Asagao comes in a variety of colors, but an intense yellow... [more]
Asbury m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Asbury, commonly used in America, possibly in honour of British-American Methodist minister Francis Asbury (1745-1816)... [more]
Asella f Late Roman, Dutch (Rare), English (Rare), German (Archaic), Italian (Archaic)
Derived from the Latin noun asella meaning "little she-ass". It is the feminine version of asellus, which is a diminutive of Latin asinus meaning "ass, donkey".... [more]
Ashael m English (Puritan)
Puritan variant of Asahel.
Ashalee f English
Variant of Ashley.
Ashayla f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the prefix a and Shayla.
Ashbelle f English (Rare)
Combination of Ash and Belle
Ashby m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Ashby.
Ashe f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Ash. In the case of American singer Ashe, it is short for Ashlyn.