Val

“Vals are everywhere,” Miss Zappa said the other afternoon in a telephone interview from the Zappas' Hollywood Hills home. She also reported that Vals are “jealous of Brooke Shields and secretly want to go to New York.”

1982 September 15, Moon Zappa, quotee, “They're Clothes Crazy, Fer Sure; Valley Girls aren't just in California”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


Valentine

en-proper noun

Valentine (countable and uncountable, plural Valentines)

From Latin Valentinus, from valeō (“I am strong, healthy”).

A male given name from Latin in quiet but steady use since the 16th century.

A female given name from Latin occasionally borrowed from French.

An English and Scottish surname derived from the male given name.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona.

An unincorporated community in Johnson Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.


Winter

Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)


Jessie

A clipping or hypochoristic form of Jessica.

A diminutive of the female given name Jessica.


Jessie

A hypochoristic form of Jane, Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of lassie or -ess and -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.


Jessie

Variant of Jesse, from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).

(US, eye dialect) A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jesse.


Sharon

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

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My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.

1927, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 183:

The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.

2001, Deborah Cameron, Working With Spoken Discourse, SAGE, →ISBN, page 157:

A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.


Ariah

From Hebrew אַרְיֵה (“God has promised. Also, lion of God”).


Christie

A diminutive of the female given name Christine and of its variant forms; fairly common as a formal female given name in the 20th century.


Ashley

en-proper noun

Ashley (countable and uncountable, plural Ashleys)

From Old English *Æsċlēah, composed of æsċ (“ash tree”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to Ash + -ley.

'There now, Scarlett! You admit it is true. What would you be doing with a husband like Ashley? 'Tis moonstruck they all are, all the Wilkes.'

1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter III, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC:

A male given name transferred from the surname.

But when Krystal McConnell and Ashley Flynn were named deep in the heart of the '80s the thing was cuteness, feminine delicacy raised to an aesthetic paradigm. --- And everyone named according to a particular version of the pedigree fantasy. Ashley : transplanted Southern privilege, a destiny lying in sorority mixers and a marriage of health club memberships, state-of-the-art appliances and night courses in nouvelle cuisine.

1999, Andrew Pyper, chapter 10, in Lost Girls:

I discovered that her full name was Margaret Lowell. I wasn't an expert on Earth names, but I still knew this was wildly inappropriate. She should have been called Lana Bellcurve or Ashley Brainsex or something.

2013, Matt Haig, The Humans, Canongate, →ISBN, page 832:

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Nat

Nat (countable and uncountable, plural Nats)

Coordinate term: Nate

Nathan was one of the tiniest, tottering along, holding on to the hand of a much older girl. Nat. Small like a gnat.

2008, Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 27:

A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel, Nathan

A diminutive of the female given name Natasha, Natalie, Natalia


Kyle

Kyle (countable and uncountable, plural Kyles)

From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”).

Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me. Guys with names like Dale, Brock, Kevin, Kyle. Guys with names nothing like Wally.

2005, Joyce Carol Oates, Missing Mom, Ecco, →ISBN, page 110:

A male given name transferred from the surname.

(uncommon) A female given name transferred from the surname.

A census-designated place in South Dakota, United States

A placename
A city in Texas, United States


Mackenzie

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter yogh confused with Z. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

compound

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage, also in the form Makenzie.

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

A river in the Northwest Territories, the longest in Canada, running from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea.

Fraser-Fort George
Fraser-Fort George#English

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A district municipality in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, central British Columbia, Canada.

St. Louis County
St. Louis County#English

An unincorporated community in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.


Karen

From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized via African-American Vernacular English.

Left you a lover in that far land, / O Karen sad, that you pine so long! / Would I could unravel and understand / That sorrowful, sweet Norwegian song!

1878 Celia Thaxter, Drift-Weed, Houghton, Osgood,1878, page 28 ("Karen")

I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother. So much for our family affairs.

1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen, W.Collins, 1918, page 12


Karen

From Parthian 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉 (krny /Kārēn/), from Old Iranian. The Armenian name is from Armenian Կարեն (Karen), from the same Parthian name.

Կարեն Կարեն#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Կարեն (Karen).


Leslie

From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).

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'Leslie with an "ie",' she had to tell everyone in England because they spelt it with a 'y'. 'Really?' Dominic's mother said, as if Leslie herself was a spelling mistake.

2010, Kate Atkinson, Started Early, took My Dog, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 19:

A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Searcy County, Arkansas.

A township and city therein, in Ingham County, Michigan.

Greenbrier County
Greenbrier County#English

An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.


Leslie

a unisex given name transferred from the surname


Robbie

A diminutive of the female given name Roberta


Shannon

Captain Samuel Shannon is frequently mentioned in the public records, and he had something more than a local reputation. He must have been very popular, as the name "Shannon" as a Christian name is so common throughout the valley as to be noticeable.

1896, Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, C.M.Busch, state printer, page 283:

Everything in my life is okay except I have this terrible problem with my sister Shannon. I'm spelling her name the way most people would. She spells it Sionna ever since the priest told us that's the real Irish way to spell it. It's the name of a river and a goddess. Shanny doesn't think she's a river. She's really Shannon Marie.

2005, Andrew M. Greeley, Mary G. Durkin, The Book of Love, Macmillan, →ISBN, pages 193–194:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname or place name (from the river); first used in the USA in early 20th century, and only recently in Ireland.


Meredith

en-proper noun

Meredith (countable and uncountable, plural Merediths)

What was his name now? Literary sort of name - I've got it. Meredith. Meredith Blake. Don't know whether he's alive or not.

1942, Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs, HarperCollins, published 1994, →ISBN, page 26:

"What did I hear you say her name was?"
"Meredith. Mary and Edith. Names from both sides of the family."
"Meredith," he repeated softly. "I like it."

2004, Jo Goodman, Forever In My Heart, Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 412:

A female given name from Welsh; sometimes mistaken for a combination of Mary and Edith.

An unincorporated community in Pitkin County, Colorado.

An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Clare County, Michigan.

A township in Wake County, North Carolina, mostly occupied by portions of Raleigh.


Sid

Alternative form of Syd (“unisex given name”).


Jesse

From Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).

Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man, / He robbed the Glendale train. / He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor, / He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

We had decided to change the spelling of our names. Mine was to become Jesse instead of Jessie, and hers was to be Meribeth, not MaryBeth. We signed these names to the test papers we turned in at school.
The teacher waved my paper in the air. "I can't give a mark to this person, because I don't know who this person is," she said. "Who is this Jesse?" She spelled the name out loud. "That is a boy's name. Does anybody here know a boy named Jesse?"

1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987, →ISBN:


Emerson

A male given name transferred from the surname.

(rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.


Dakota

Dakota (countable and uncountable, plural Dakotas)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Dakota.wav

'Montana?' I said. 'You can't call a kid Montana'―these friends of mine were going to call their new baby girl Montana and I tried to talk them out of it, because I'm sick of Australians naming their kids after American placenames, I'm sick of all these Montanas and Delawares and Indianas and Dallases. You'd never hear it the other way around; you're not going to hear about an American kid called Warrnambool or Kooweerup― [- - -] and they said,'Okay okay, we won't call her Montana.' So they called her Dakota.

2002, Danny Katz, Dork Geek Jew, Allen & Unwin, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12:

A unisex given name transferred from the place name.


Frenchy

Franchelle "Frenchie" Davis
w:Frenchie Davis

A short form of various names: Francine, Franchelle, Francoise, etc., e.g. Franchelle "Frenchie" Davis.


Dani

a diminutive of the male given name Daniel


Dani

a diminutive of the female given name Daniela


Marshall

* As an English surname, from the noun marshal.
* As a French surname, variant of Mercier.
* As a German surname, variant of Marschall.

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.


Leidy

(rare) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Savior

مُنْقِذ

(Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah

(uncommon) A male given name from English


Tristan

Old French, the name of a knight, lover of Iseult in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, from Celtic Drystan derived from drest meaning "riot" or "tumult".

After the first son had been properly named after the grandfather, the second caught the brunt of her few impulses, being named "Tristan", gleaned from medieval lore from her years at Wellesley.

1978, Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall, Dell, published 1994, →ISBN, page 201:

'His name is Tristan, by the way.' 'Tristan?' 'Yes. Oh, I should have told you. You must have wondered about my own queer name. It was my father. Great Wagnerian. It nearly ruled his life. It was music all the time – mainly Wagner.'

2012 May 17, James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

A male given name from the Celtic languages.

Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha#English


Theo

Short form of Theodore, or of the rare given names Theobald, Theophilus or Theodoric, or of Theodora.

He has three teeth and two names: Theodore, which is what health visitors call him, and Theo, which is what I call him.

2010, Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, →ISBN, page 341:

A male given name from Ancient Greek and nickname.

(less common) A diminutive of the female given name Theodora.


Julian

Julian Zelizer, a Princeton University history professor and CNN analyst, agreed.

2020 May 8, Oliver Darcy, “Meet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Trump keeps promoting”, in CNN:

A male given name from Latin Iulianus, from Iulius.

A female given name from Latin, of medieval English usage, variant of Gillian.

San Diego County
San Diego County#English

A census-designated place in San Diego County, California; named for early settler Mike Julian.


Georgie

/ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒi/

A diminutive of the male given name George.

A diminutive of the female given name Georgina


Forbes

A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.


Ariel

General American, Mary–marry–merry merger

Alexander Pope
Ariel
John Herschel
The Rape of the Lock
The Tempest
William Lassell
William Shakespeare

From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”).
* (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of William Lassell, though it is uncertain if Herschel devised the names, or if Lassell did so and then sought Herschel’s permission. Ariel is the name of the leading sylph in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and also the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 8:16:

All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality.

Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy / The Atheist crew, but with redoubl’d blow / Ariel and Arioc, and the violence / Of Ramiel scorcht and blasted overthrew.

1667, John Milton, “Book CLX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, / A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.

1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:

You don't look like a Daniel (your pre-chosen name). There's something fierce and tawny about you. You're the Lion! You're Ariel: God's Lion. You'll be my father Leon's namesake — and for your father, you'll have a Hebrew name.
I dub thee Ariel, faery spirit of my tempest. You'll be my Jerusalem...

1979, Phyllis Chesler, With Child, Crowell, →ISBN, page 121:

A male given name from Hebrew, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.

"I'm going to name her Ariel," Laura said, ignoring them completely as she stared down at the baby. "The boys like the name because it's the same as the girl in the Little Mermaid movie. And I like it, because it's pretty."

1992, Kristina Logan, The Right Man for Loving, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 190:

All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come.

2018, Jen Kim, Love and…: Bad Boys, “The One” & Other Fun Ways to Sabotage Your Relationship, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

A female given name from Hebrew, used mainly since the 1980s.


Ariel

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Ariel


Stacy

A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred from the surname.

A female given name from Ancient Greek derived from the surname, popular in the 1970s.


Stacey

An English surname transferred from the given name derived from a medieval diminutive of Eustace.

A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred back from the surname.

It was just a brief kiss, one that even Bernadine would have thought entirely appropriate between an uncle and niece had she happened to see it. But its briefness wasn’t the whole story. In that scant second that his lips claimed hers, Stacey felt herself suffused with warmth as a most unniecely heat flooded her body.

1990, Candace Schuler, Wildcat, Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 194:

A female given name from Ancient Greek popular in the 1970s, from the surname, sometimes also explained as a short form of Anastasia.


Robby

Robby is contemplating macramé.

2020 October 19, Thunderbox Entertainment, Tsuro - The Game of The Path:

A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.


Jude

en-proper noun

Jude (countable and uncountable, plural Judes)

Short form of Judas, used in an attempt to distinguish the Apostle Judas Thaddaeus from Judas Iscariot. From Old Testament Judah, Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá), said to mean “praised”.


Parker

Parker (countable and uncountable, plural Parkers)

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Gabby

A diminutive form of the male given name Gabriel.


Ника

Ни́ка (canonical)
Níka (romanization)
Ни́ки (genitive)
Ни́ка (nominative singular)
Ни́ки (genitive singular)
Ни́ке (dative singular)
Ни́ку (accusative singular)
Ни́кой (instrumental singular)
Ни́кою (instrumental singular)
Ни́ке (prepositional singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē).


Murphy

From Irish Ó Murchadha (“descendant of Murrough”), Mac Murchaidh (“Son of Murrough”), etc. See Muircath.

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Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London.

2012, Louise Erdrich, The Round House, Corsair, published 2013, →ISBN, page 178:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.


Ellis

en-prop

Ellis (countable and uncountable, plural Ellises)

* As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French form of Elias. Compare Elijah, Lias, Ely. Also sometimes from the Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth.
* As a Welsh surname, shortened from the personal name Elisse, Elisedd, from the archaic elus (“benevolent, kind”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Sonny

'I was christened "Sonny"', the boy said with a protective formality which was clearly of some years' growth. ' It seems to have been all right then. Fashionable, you know. Now, of course, it's ghastly. Everyone calls me Sinclair, even Mother.'

1938, Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds, page 136:

Sonny had had to change his mind about so many things, as his life changed, as the very meaning of his ridiculous name changed - first a hangover from sentimental parents, then a nickname to reassure the crowds at rallies that he was one of them, then an addendum to his full names in a prison dossier: 'also known as Sonny'. A common criminal with aliases.

1990, Nadine Gordimer, My Son's Story, page 55:


Clare

The anglicized spelling of Irish Clár, from Old Irish clár (“plank, board”), from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”).


Bryn

From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”) or, in the Greater Manchester place-name, Cumbric brinn (“hill”).

A female given name from Welsh in occasional modern use.

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester#English

A suburb of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5700).


Sasha

Borrowed from the Slavic diminutive form of Alexander and Alexandra; in English mostly from Russian Са́ша (Sáša), a diminutive form for both Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr, “Alexander, male”) and Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra, “Alexandra, female”).

Са́ша

very common form of name for both men and women


Saša

Sȁša (canonical feminine masculine)
Са̏ша (Cyrillic)
Saša (nominative singular)
Saše (nominative plural)
Saše (genitive singular)
Saša (genitive plural)
Saši (dative singular)
Sašama (dative plural)
Sašu (accusative singular)
Saše (accusative plural)
Sašo (singular vocative)
Saše (plural vocative)
Saši (locative singular)
Sašama (locative plural)
Sašom (instrumental singular)
Sašama (instrumental plural)


Chandler

/ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/


Chandler

Unadapted borrowing from English Chandler.

ubor

A surname and unisex given name in English


Micah

From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”).

Miga

Biblical character: minor prophet and author

"We will call the boy Micah," he announced at last.
"I had thought of some sweeter name, perhaps David," she suggested.
"We will call him Micah," Abner replied.

1959, James Michener, Hawaii, Corgi Books, published 1981, →ISBN, page 308:

A unisex given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]

A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century.

A female given name from Hebrew, of modern American usage.


Tracey

Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours —

2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 102:

A female given name transferred from the surname, of popular British usage, variant of Tracy.


Cameron

en-proper noun

Cameron (countable and uncountable, plural Camerons)

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.


Jonah

From English Jonah, from Hebrew יוֹנָה (yonáh, “dove”).


Aidan

Name of an Irish saint, Anglicized from Irish Aodhán and Scottish Gaelic Aodhan, diminutives of Aodh (literally "fire", the name of a Celtic sun god).

(rare) A female given name from Irish of modern usage.


Riley

Riley (countable and uncountable, plural Rileys)

* From Ryley in Lancashire, from Old English ryge (“rye”) + leah (“clearing, meadow”). Equivalent to rye + -ley (“lea”).
* Variant of Reilly, from Irish Ó Raghallaigh (see O'Reilly).

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.

A female given name from surname, of 1990s and later usage.

A town in Riley Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States


Allie

A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, or Alexander or other names beginning with Al-, from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek


Campbell

* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”).
* As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell.
* As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above.
* (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s and later usage.


Glenn

An unincorporated community in Glenn County, California, United States.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Heard County, Georgia, United States.

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Illinois, United States.

An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Missouri, United States.

The Glen was the prettiest place she knew, so pretty she thought she ought to name her first baby after it. With another "n" added "to make it look more like a name", she called him Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The middle name was taken from the town itself, or its first settler, Lazarus Hammond.
The whimsy of naming her son after a local landmark was typical of Lua Curtiss. Then too a name like Glenn Hammond Curtiss has sweep and resonance, was much less commonplace than Harry or Jim or Charlie; or Frank, like his father.

1937, Clara Studer, Sky storming Yankee, Stackpole sons, 1937, page 19:

Of course Crake wasn't Crake yet, at that time; his name was Glenn. Why did it have two n's instead of the usual spelling? "My dad liked music," was Crake's explanation, once Jimmy got around asking him about it, which had taken a while. "He named me after a dead pianist, some boy genius with two n's."

2003, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Virago, published 2004, →ISBN, page 80:

A male given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Cassidy

From the Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Caiside (“descendant of Caiside”), from cas (“curly-haired”).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern American usage.

Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island#English

A community in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.


Quinn

Quinn (countable and uncountable, plural Quinns)

The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

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As a junior at Lawndale High School, Daria isn't popular (unlike the shallow Quinn, whom others adore), but she actually prefers not to be popular.

2011, David Mansour, From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century:

A female given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 1990s and later usage.

A ghost town in Macomb County, Michigan.


Kimberly

en-proper noun

Kimberly (countable and uncountable, plural Kimberlys)

What was her name? Kimberly. ( - - - ) Jesus, everybody was named Kimberly, four in her class. Three guys named Sean. Kimberly with her soap opera name tried to fix herself, punched all those holes in her ears trying to look pretty, trying to decorate herself.

1988, Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs, page 210:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.


Blake

Blake (countable and uncountable, plural Blakes)

A surname derived from either English black, from Old English blæc (“black”) or from Old English blāc (“pale, fair, shining, white”), or as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Bláthmaic.

der

(rather rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.

An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.


Jamie

"Let's choose something simple. Children with simple names are never embarrassed with them. How about Jamie?"
Matthew looked doubtful. "Jamie's fine," he said. "But if he's called Jamie he's going to end up being a particular sort, if you know what I mean. He'll play rugby, he'll go to New Town bars after the international matches. Being called Jamie signs you up to an awful lot of Scottish upper-middle-class stuff."

2010, Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance of Being Seven, Polygon, →ISBN, page 112:

A diminutive of the male given name James, from English and Scottish, also used as a formal given name.

A female given name from Hebrew derived from James, of modern American usage.

A unisex given name
Alternative form of Jaime


Perry

en-prop

Perry (countable and uncountable, plural Perrys or Perries)

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

A diminutive of the unisex given name Peregrine.


Aly

A diminutive of the female given name Alison, Alyssa, or Alexandra.

A male given name from Arabic, a variant spelling of the Muslim Ali.


Cary

"You'll laugh when I tell you my name. All I can say is, nobody consulted me."
"Why, what's your name?" Laughing now as he stepped past her into the hall.
"Cary," he told her. "After the actor. Only I've never managed to be quite so suave."

1999, Ian Rankin, Dead Souls, →ISBN, page 246:

A male given name transferred from the surnames.

"My sister gave it me,—my only sister, Cary. Would that your aunt Caroline had lived to see her niece!"

1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The West Wind Blows”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 40:

A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.

Aroostook County
Aroostook County#English

A number of places in the United States:

An unorganised township in Aroostook County, Maine.

A town in Wake County, Chatham County and Durham County, North Carolina.


Kiran

From Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa, “ray of light”).

A male given name from Sanskrit used by Hindus and Jains.

A female given name from Sanskrit used by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs.


Marion

Marion (countable and uncountable, plural Marions)

From Middle English Marion, from Old French Marion, a diminutive of Marie, used in England since the Middle Ages.

The name of the captain of the sloop was Captain Maryon, and therefore it was no news to hear from Mrs. Belltott, that his sister, the beautiful young unmarried English lady, was Miss Maryon. The novelty was, that her Christian name was Marion too. Marion Maryon. Many a time I have run off those two names in my thoughts, like a bit of verse. O many, and many, and many, a time.

1857, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in The Perils of Certain English Prisoners:

"And the name was Marion. Not Mary or Marie or anything similar? You're absolutely certain about that?" Stacey nodded. "It's not a common name," she said. "I mean I know two Maries and even a Mary though she's older than me. But Marion. I don't think I've ever met a Marion. So I know I've got it right."

1998, Jane Adams, Fade to Grey, page 132:

"I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.

2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 81:

(chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname, or by folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Mary.


Audrey

From Old English Æðelþryð (from æþele (“noble”) + þryþ (“strength”)).

inh

Touchstone. Come, sweet Audrey, / We must be married, or we must live in bawdry.

c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

She hates her name. What was wrong with the name Audrey? It may not have been something Elise would choose now, but she'd been eighteen when her daughter was born, and the name had seemed pretty damn cool.

(very rare) A male given name from Old English.


Audrey

(very rare) a unisex given name from English


Sawyer

en-proper noun

Sawyer (countable and uncountable, plural Sawyers)

* As an English occupational surname, from sawyer (“one who saws”). Senses loaned from various languages include Jewish/German Seger and Sager, Slovene Žagar.
* As a French surname, variant of Seguin.


Keiran

A male given name from Irish. An Irish spelling of the name Kieran or Kieron.


Augusta

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Augusta.wav

From Latin Augusta, feminine of Augustus. The places are mostly named for British royalty.

August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.

1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:

(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.


Evelyn

Medieval English form of the Old French female name Aveline, diminutive of the Germanic root *avi-, of uncertain meaning, possibly “desired, wished for“ (compare Latin aveo (“to wish for”)), or aval “strength”. By folk etymology the name Eve is seen as a diminutive of the female given name. Doublet of Eileen. Also compare Ava.

Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead! / Sit and watch by her side an hour.

"I don't wear flowers," Evelyn Lilith said, and tossed the unwanted chain into the air, spearing it before it fell with a pellet from her unerring Daisy air-pistol. Destroying flowers with a Daisy, she served notice that she was not to be manacled, not even by a necklace: she was our capricious, whirligig Lill-of-the-Hill. And also Eve. The Adam's-apple of my eye.

1980, Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children, Alfred A.Knopf, published 1981, →ISBN, page 179:

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Evelyn Waugh

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Charley

A unisex given name. Alternative form of Charlie

A male given name. diminutive of Charles.

A female given name. diminutive of Charlotte or Charlene.


Ashton

From Old English æsc (“ash (tree species)”) + tūn (“enclosure, settlement”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Kennedy

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) + éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) + aideach (“ugly”). Compare Kenneth and Irish eitigh (“refuse, reject”).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern American usage.

(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.


Tyler

Tyler (countable and uncountable, plural Tylers)

From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).

However, the whippet-like appearance of most Tyler Corp. executives suggests what McKinney really wants is a spring-legged crew that can run its competitors into the ground. - - - It's no coincidence, either, that his seven-year-old son is named Tyler.

1930, Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune, Time, inc:

"Yeah, I guess. I'm part Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth - on paper."
Zermatt sucked his teeth, still dubious. "I thought Cobb was Tyrus."
"Sounded too foreign for my mom or something. And there was some Scottish rebel named Tyler - maybe a cousin, so they compromised. It's kind of presidential, too, I guess. And my middle name is for - da-dum! - George Herman Ruth."

1977, Peter Tauber, The Last Best Hope, →ISBN, page 78:

(uncommon relative to the male given name) A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later usage.

An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri; named for lumber businessman H. A. Tyler.

A city, the county seat of Smith County, Texas; named for John Tyler, 10th president of the United States.

An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.


Jody

Variant of Judy, diminutive of Judith, q.v.


Jody

From a blend of Jo or Joe with Jody or Judy. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in relation to most derivations of Jo as a female name.


Paige

en-proper noun

Paige (countable and uncountable, plural Paiges)

Variant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions".

der

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of American usage.


Beverly

en-proper noun

Beverly (countable and uncountable, plural Beverlys)

Everybody in Washington's social and diplomatic circles admired the beautiful Beverly Calhoun.

1904, George Barr McCutcheon, Beverly of Graustark, Kissinger Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 6:

Mama had chosen the name Lark. - - - Papa had wanted to call me Beverly Mary; Mary after the Blessed Virgin. Mama said she wouldn't hang a name like Beverly Mary on a pet skunk.

1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, →ISBN, page 2:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname

A female given name transferred from the surname. Popular in the 1930s to the 1950s in the U.S., partly because of its association with Beverly Hills (where the stars live).

Having a name some people thought of as feminine had turned Beverly Lamartine to building up his muscles in his youth, and they still bulged, hard as ingots in some places, now lost in others.

1984, Louise Erdrich, Love medicine, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 74:


Spencer

Spencer (countable and uncountable, plural Spencers)

An occupational surname from Middle English Spenser, Spencer, Spensier, from the common noun spenser (“spencer”), denoting someone who works in a spense (“spence”), or as a butler or steward.

Speiser

surnames derived from the equivalent of “spencer”

A male given name transferred from the surname, of general 19th century and later usage.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Rio

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand / Just like that river twisting through a dusty land

1982, Duran Duran (lyrics and music), “Rio”, in Rio:

An unincorporated community in Spalding County, Georgia, United States.

Albemarle County
Albemarle County#English

An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.


Hayley

Localities in England, from Old English hēg (“hay”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hay + -ley (“lea”).

A habitational surname from Old English. (More often spelled Haley.)

A male given name transferred from the surname; rare compared to the female name.

A female given name transferred from the surname. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.


Elsie

From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth.

Elsie Marley is so neat, / 'Tis hard for one to walk the street / But every lad a lass they meet, / Cries do you ken Elsie Marley, honey?

1784, R. Christopher, The Bishopric Garland, or, Durham Minstrel, Stockton, page 22:

"And did he not speak of me, Heyward?" demanded Alice, with jealous affection; "surely, he forgot not altogether his little Elsie?"

1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans/Chapter 6:

"Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years."

2001, Susan Kelly, Killing the Fatted Calf, Allison & Busby, →ISBN, page 34:


Elsie

From a Scottish diminutive of Alexander.

(rare, obsolete) A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.


Madison

Madison (countable and uncountable, plural Madisons)

From Middle English Madde (“Maud”) + -son.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash.


Nicky

A diminutive of the female given names Nicola, Nichola, or Nicole.

A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.


Chelsea

From Old English Celchyth, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

A unisex given name transferred from the place name.

A female given name transferred from the place name.

(rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.


Jocelyn

/ˈd͡ʒɒsəlɪn/

From the Middle English male given name from Old French Joscelin, German Gautzelin, diminutive of names beginning with the tribal name Gaut (“a Geat, a Goth”), the root form of which probably comes from Proto-Germanic *Gautalinþiz (from *gautaz + *linþaz); also used as a diminutive form of the Breton name Josse (= Joyce). It survived as a surname and was revived as a given name in the nineteenth century.
* Jocelyn is currently popular among U.S. Hispanics, and in the Philippines, by folk etymology explained as a feminine diminutive form of José (Joseph).

der

(dated) A male given name from the Germanic languages.

I drove Dorothy immediately to King George V Hospital and two hours later she delivered a beautiful baby daughter. We named her Jocelyn.

2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 34:

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Shelley

From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".

A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.

Shelley Berman

(rare) A diminutive of the male given name Sheldon.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, also explained as a variant of Shirley or Michelle.

Shelley Berkley

A diminutive of the female given name Rochelle.

A city in Bingham County, Idaho, United States.


Lou

en-proper noun

Lou (countable and uncountable, plural Lous)

A diminutive of the male given name Louis.

A diminutive of the female given names Louisa or Louise; often also used as a middle name.


Lou

A Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.


Lou

a diminutive of the male given name Louis

a diminutive of the female given name Louise


Kendal

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".

Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness#English

A town and civil parish with a town council in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5192).

A habitational surname from Old English, also as a variant of Kendall.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Sammie

A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, also used as a formal given name.

A diminutive of the female given name Samantha, also used as a formal given name.


Dominique

Borrowed from Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Dominus (“Lord”).

a male given name, equivalent to English Dominic


Dominique

a female given name, masculine equivalent Dominic


Vaughn

Vaughn (countable and uncountable, plural Vaughns)

A variant of Vaughan, from Welsh bychan (“small”).

(rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.

A census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, named after Robert Vaughn (Montana rancher).

An unincorporated community in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.


Vivian

Early saints' name from Latin Vīviānus, and of its feminine form Vīviāna, probably from vīvus (“alive”).

Of the you're-going-to-get-it-anyway faction was a young Australian on board by the name, so help me, of Vivian Nankervis. - - - And he was beautiful, even with a name like Vivian; moreover, he had never been ill a day in his life.

1942, Caroline Mytinger, Headhunting in the Solomon Islands, Macmillan, page 13:

'What's your name?' 'Vivian.' 'Isn't that one of the names that mean something?' She said, 'It means my mother used to go to the movies.'

1990, Paul Theroux, Chicago Loop, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, →ISBN, page 70:


Hilary

From Latin Hilarius (“cheerful, happy”), name of a fourth-century saint and from its feminine form Hilaria.


Jules

A male given name A nickname for Julian or Julius.

A female given name A nickname for Julia or Julie.


Aad

a diminutive of the male given name Adriaan [=Adrian]


Aad

(now less common) a female given name. Short form of Adriana, the Dutch equivalent of Adrienne.


Aad

a male given name. Short form of Adriaan, the Dutch equivalent of Adrian

a male given name. Variant of Frisian Ade, short form for names beginning with Adal- or Adal- (= noble)

a female given name. Short form of Adriana, the Dutch equivalent of Adrienne

a female given name. short form for names beginning with Adal- or Adal- (= noble)


Aiden

A male given name from Irish, variant of Aidan.


Clem

A diminutive of the male given name Clement.

A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.


Mickey

A diminutive of the female given name Michaela


Micky

"What's yor name?" "Micky." "That's a name for a boy or a mouse. So it's probably Michelle. Most women your age are named Michelle or Heather or Courtney." "My age?" "No offense meant." "It's Michelina."

2001, Dean Ray Koontz, One Door Away from Heaven, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 3:

A diminutive of the female given name Michaela or Michelle.


Alby

From place names in England. Variant: Albee.

A habitational surname from Old English.


Alby

Anglicized from Irish Ailbhe, name of an Irish saint also anglicized as Albert, and name of heroines in Irish legend.

A female given name from Irish mainly used in Ireland.


Harley

From Old English hær (“rock”) or hara (“hare”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to hare + -ley (“lea”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Ashleigh

"You never asked us," replied Ashleigh, his vexation vanishing, [...]

1879, Stephen Watson Fullom, The man of the world; or, Vanities of the lay, page 132:

"Ashleigh!" her mother called. "Could you bring me a wrap for Slewette's leg from the feed room?" "Okay!" Ashleigh let herself out of Wanderer's stall. She'd check back in a little while to see if the mare had finally eaten anything.

1995, Joanna Campbell, Ashleigh's Diary, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 22:

She simply smiled and squeezed Gina's arm, her fingers lingering, burning her skin. “Thanks.” Gina couldn't speak. She just nodded. She finally released Ashleigh, her hands falling away from her.

2010, Gerri Hill, Love Waits, Bella Books, →ISBN:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Ashley.


Courtney

Courtney (countable and uncountable, plural Courtneys)

Variant of Courtenay, an aristocratic Norman surname derived from place names in Normandy, from Latin Curtenus, a personal name from curtus (“short”).

A male given name transferred from the surname.

"One girl ten, another one eight. Courtney and Ashley. I'd have named 'em something else. Sara and Diane, Patti and Jill, something like that. I don't even understand girls.

1985, Sue Grafton, B is for Burglar, Macmillan, published 2005, →ISBN, page 125:

A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Missouri.

An unincorporated community in South Liberty Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina.

Washington County
Washington County#English

A village in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.


悉尼

/siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ²⁴/

/ɕiɪʔ³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ nĩ²⁴/

/ɕiɪʔ³³ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency

世界人名翻译大辞典 w:zh:世界人名翻译大辞典

A transliteration of the English surname and unisex given name Sydney or Sidney


Sheridan

A female given name transferred from the surname, of uncommon modern usage.

A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.

A town in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.


Việt

Sino-Vietnamese word from 越 (“Yue; Viet”). Doublet of vượt.

vi-etym-sino

a unisex given name from Chinese; predominantly male


Carson

Could originate from the Gaelic name "Carr" or "Carra", meaning "rock" or "fort," combined with "son", thus "son of Carr.".

A female given name transferred from the surname.

Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County#English

A city in Los Angeles County, California.


Aai

a male given name. Short form for names beginning with Agi- (= sword) or Adel-(= noble)

a female given name . Short form for names beginning with Agi- (= sword) or Adel-(= noble)


Aaie

a female given name. Short form for names beginning with Agi- (= sword) or Adel-(= noble)


Aaike

a male given name. Short form for names beginning with Agi- (= sword) or Adal-(= noble)

a female given name. Short form for names beginning with Agi- (= sword) or Adal-(= noble)


Quincy

A Norman surname of Old French origin, from a place name Quincy or Quincey in France, ultimately from Latin Quintus (“fifth [born]”).
Use in reference to toilets derives from President John Quincy Adams, who was the first to have one installed at the White House.

(US) A male given name transferred from the surname

Any of a number of places in the US named after people with the surname, including:

A census-designated place, the county seat of Plumas County, California. Originally named Quinsy.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A city, the county seat of Gadsden County, Florida.


Lesley

From a placename in Aberdeenshire, originally Lesslyn, Scottish Gaelic lios cuileann (“garden of hollies”).

der

A female given name transferred from the surname, used since the 18th century. Popular in the U.K. in the mid-20th century.

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Monroe

From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

inh

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Carroll

A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Carol.


Kieran

A unisex given name from Irish, an anglicized form of Ciarán.

A unisex given name from Sanskrit, an anglicized form of किरण (kiraṇa).


Ciaran

‘What's your name?’ I asked. ‘Ciaran,’ he said, and then, as though having read my mind, ‘though it's only my father who's Irish–I'm Danish.’

2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House, →ISBN:


Nellie

"Then we will call her Matilda," said he, "as it is a maxim of mine never to spoil children by giving them pet names."
"But you call your daughter Nellie," suggested the little widow, and in her soft, blue eye there shone a mischievous twinkle, as if she fancied she had beaten him in his own argument. - - -
"That is sister Kelsey's idea, and as she is very fond of Nellie I do not interfere.

1860, Mary Jane Holmes, Cousin Maude, BiblioBazaar,LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 14:

"Eleanor, that's kind of an old lady name. I like Nellie better. Nellie Kincaid, that's got a nice ring to it. It sounds like you're a singer or something.

2007, Rachel M. Harper, Brass Ankle Blues, Simon&Schuster, →ISBN, page 88:

A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor or Helen; popular as a formal given name at the turn of the 20th century.

(rare) A diminutive of the female given name Chanel.

(rare) A diminutive of the male given name Nelson.


Germaine

A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Germain.

A male given name from Latin, in modern use transferred back from the surname.

A female given name from Latin transferred from the surname or borrowed from modern French.


Dion

From English Dion, borrowed from Ancient Greek Δίων (Díōn). Also from English Dione, from Latin Dionē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”). The male and female names are often confused. Also a clipping of Dionisio.


Sina

Anglicization of Irish Síne and Scottish Gaelic Sìne. Doublet of Jane.

A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic.


真実

ja-pos

真(ま)実(さね) or 真(ま)実(ざね) • (Masane or Mazane)

真実 (canonical)
真実 (canonical)
Masane (romanization)
Mazane (romanization)

The sane reading for 実 changes to zane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


Alexis

From French Alexis, from Latin Alexis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις (Álexis, “helper, defender”).

der

To the maid of his choice, / With a heart palpitating, / Comes Alexis the brave.

1877 W. S. Gilbert - Arthur Sullivan, The Sorcerer, Act I

He wondered how parents who had named their daughter Alexis could possibly have known she'd turn out to be such a beauty.

1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 120:

A female given name from Ancient Greek, transferred from the male name and used since the 1940s.


Quentin

From Old French. The name of a third century French martyr, from Latin Quīntīnus, a derivative of the Roman praenomen Quīntus, from quīntus (“fifth”). It was brought to England by the Normans, but never became particularly popular.

Quentin Barry had always wished that he had been called Sean or Brian. It was hard to be called Quentin at a Christian Brothers school in the 1970s. But that was the name they had wanted, his beautiful mother Sara Barry had wanted, she who had always lived in a dream world far more elegant that the one she really lived in.

2003, Maeve Binchy, Quentins, Orion, →ISBN, page 79:

A female given name from Latin occasionally used.


Elisha

From Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (Elisha').

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, in quiet use since the 17th century.

A female given name from Hebrew in occasional use, apparently confused with Elizabeth or Alicia.


Rhian

Uncertain; possibly a modern spelling variant of Ryan.


Imtenan

From Arabic إِمْتِنَان (ʔimtinān, “gratitude”).


Aubrey

From Middle English Aubrey, Aubry, from Norman Auberi, Alberi, from Latin Alberīcus, Latinized form of Old High German Alberich, from Proto-Germanic *Albirīks, from *albiz (“elf, fairy”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”). Possibly influenced by Gaulish Albiorīx (literally "ruler of the world").
Cognates include German Alberich and Italian Alberico.

compound

Call him my king, by whose injurious doom / My elder brother, the Lord Aubrey Vere, / Was done to death?

c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

A male given name from the Germanic languages or transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.


Carmen

From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet. The male name is from Italian Carmine.

Not all of them looked "Spanish", but, no doubt, all of them were Spanish, even the blue-eyed, white, sylph-like creature, dressed in pale blue and white, who looked much more like a Murillo Madonna than like Carmen, but who danced like a Carmen, with a lithe, luring body entirely without stays[...]

1914, Keith Clark, The Spell of Spain, The Page Company, published 1914, page 223:

"But your Mom won," Carmen said, "and named you after a movie star. Moms get away with murder. Mine, you probably think, named me after the girl in the opera."
"Tell you the truth," Wayne said, "I never thought about it."
"She didn't. She named me after Guy Lombardo's brother, Carmen Lombardo, he sang with the band.

1988, Elmore Leonard, Killshot, Arbor House, published 1989, →ISBN, page 145:

A female given name from Spanish in the nineteenth century.

(dated, rare) A male given name from Italian.


Kimberley

English place name "wood or clearing of Kyneburga (a seventh century female saint)", from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”) + lēah (“leigh, clearing”).

A male given name transferred from the surname or place name (site of a battle in the Boer Wars).


Matty

A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.


Bernie

* (male): From Bernard + -ie.
* (female): From Bernadette + -ie or Bernice + -ie.

A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.

1992, Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 18–19:

A diminutive of the male given name Bernard, also used as a formal given name.

To catch a nearer view of the coming ship, now much larger than the mere speck it had at first appeared, little Bernice, or Bernie, as she was most lovingly called at home, had moved far in advance of her mother, till now she stood quite near to the edge of the wharf.

1864 Mary Andrews Denison, Out of Prison, Graves and Young (1864), pages 21-22

A diminutive of the female given names Bernice or Bernadette.


Camille

From French Camille (“Camilla”). Doublet of Camilla.

- - - homecoming weekend at Colgate was frat parties like this, wild earsplitting drunken and not for sensitive girls like Camille, even her name was sensitive, delicate, Camille was to Lionel the most beautiful name he'd ever spoken, like music, - - -

2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, Fourth Estate, published 2002, →ISBN, page 88:


Camille

(male): From Latin Camillus
:(female): From Latin Camilla


Billie

A male or female given name from the Germanic languages derived from Bill, the diminutive of William.


خورشید

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خورشید • (xoršid)

fa-proper noun

خورشید • (xoršid)

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭫(𐭧)𐭱𐭩𐭲 (xwar(x)šēd, “sun”), from Proto-Iranian *huHarxšaytah. Compare Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆-𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀- (huuarə-xšaēta-, “bright sun (an epithet)”).
The first part is cognate with خراسان (xorâsân), the name of a province in eastern Iran (since the sun rises in the east), and the second part (equivalent to شید (“bright”) in modern Persian) with Old Armenian աշխէտ (ašxēt).

cog

𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀

𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆-𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀-


Winnie

Ŭinjo

A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.

Minnie and Winnie
Slept in a shell.
Sleep, little ladies!
And they slept well.

1880, Alfred Tennyson, Minnie and Winnie:

And I became Winnie, which Jimmy Louie said was a lively and lucky-sounding name. "Win, win, win," he said.

1991, Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife, Vintage Books, →ISBN:

Mrs Conchita Warren is an unusual name, I thought as I cycled towards Limehouse. Most local women were Doris, Winnie, Ethel (pronounced Eff) or Gertie.

2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix, →ISBN, page 127:

A diminutive of the female given name Winifred or, less often, of Winona.

A diminutive of the male given name Winston.

Ŭinĉjo

A census-designated place in Chambers County, Texas, United States, named after Fox Winnie, a railroad contractor.

An unincorporated community in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.


Hailey

From Old English hīeġ (“hay”) + lēah (“clearing”).

en:Hailey (given name)
en:Hailey (surname)

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Haley

en-prop

Haley (countable and uncountable, plural Haleys)

Variant of Hayley, from Old English. Literally, “hay field”

“Their fauxmance?” I asked. “What are you talking about?"
“Fake romance,” Lee said. “Haley and Kevin are both Monica's clients. She had them fake-date for publicity. And it worked, their pictures are everywhere.”
[…]
My head was whirling. I'd been set up to take that picture. Haley and Kevin were only fake-dating and I'd broken their fauxmance on Princess of Gossip. And it hit me. Princess of Gossip was based on a lie.

2008, Sabrina Bryan, Julia DeVillers, Princess of Gossip, page 307:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Hayley

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Hayley, popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s.

A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Hayley.


Mallory

From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).


Carey

en-proper noun

Carey (countable and uncountable, plural Careys)

* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring.
* As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew.
* As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”).
* As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

(countable) A unisex given name
A female given name, variant of Cary.


Kelsey

Kelsey (countable and uncountable, plural Kelseys)

From Old English cēol (“ship”) + siġe (“victory”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname

A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1990s.


Laurie

Laurie (countable and uncountable, plural Lauries)

"I’m not Mr. Laurence, I’m only Laurie."
"Laurie Laurence, what an odd name."
"My first name is Theodore, but I don’t like it, for the fellows called me Dora, so I made them say Laurie instead."

1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 3, in Little Women:

A diminutive of the male given name Laurence; alternative form of Lawrie; a pet form of the male given name Laurence.


Lindsey

Lindsey (countable and uncountable, plural Lindseys)

From Old English Lindesege, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”) (as in Lincoln) + Old English ēġ (“island (of land)”).


Robyn

A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin


Shelby

From a medieval name, of obscure origin, yet likely an alteration of Middle English Selby, Salibi (“dweller of the willow place”), from salwe (“willow, sallow”) + -by (“settlement, farm”).

unk

obscure

As they walked, Shelby reached down and gently took Alan's hand to hold. They warmly exchanged a smile with each other just before Shelby looked down and Alan blushed. Whenever she was with Alan he made her feel like an innocent girl again.

2008, Raymond Smith II, An American Odyssey, →ISBN, page 70:

A female given name transferred from the surname.

A city, the county seat of Toole County, Montana, United States.


Tracy

en-proper noun

Tracy (countable and uncountable, plural Tracys or Tracies)

A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa.

A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 19th century and later usage.

"That's her real name, you know. I mean, a lot of girls working the topless joints, they take exotic, sexy names...well, Tiffany Carter, for example...but that was the name Tracy was born with."

1985, Ed McBain, Snow White and Rose Red, page 130:

Her name was Theresa (often Tracy) Oldenburg and she had eyes only for another young man, Richard Puls.

1993, Wayne C. Lee, Bad Men and Bad Towns, Caxton Press, →ISBN, page 144:

A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and 1970s.


Dylan

From Welsh mythology; possibly from Celtic for "son of the sea" or "born from the ocean." Unrelated to the name Dillon, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.


Asher

Pottawatomie County
Pottawatomie County#English

A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.


نور

نُور (canonical)
nūr (romanization)
نُور (definite informal singular triptote)
نُورٌ (definite nominative singular triptote)
نُورًا (accusative definite singular triptote)
نُورٍ (definite genitive singular triptote)
نُور (definite diptote informal singular triptote)
نُورُ (definite diptote nominative singular triptote)
نُورٌ (definite diptote nominative singular triptote)
نُورَ (accusative definite diptote singular triptote)
نُورًا (accusative definite diptote singular triptote)
نُورَ (definite diptote genitive singular triptote)
نُورٍ (definite diptote genitive singular triptote)

Gulf Arabic: نور (nūr)

→ Persian: نور (nur)

The “light” noun is inherited from Proto-Semitic *nūr-.


نور

ur-proper noun

نور • (nūr) m or f by sense (Hindi spelling नूर)

Borrowed from Classical Persian نُور (nūr), from Arabic نُور (nūr). Compare Bengali নূর (nur).


Corey

An English surname from Old Norse from the Old Norse given name Kóri, itself perhaps from Old Irish Cuire, from cuire (“troop, host, company”), from Proto-Celtic *koryos (“army, tribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”).

Miss Carroll's popularity doesn't end with her on-screen performances in the show which co-stars young Marc Copage as her precocious six-year-old son, Corey Baker, whose father Capt. Baker was killed in Vietnam.

1968 October 17, Jet, volume 35, number 2, page 61:

"I'm Millicent Banning and —" she pushed Corey forward "— this is my daughter Catherine, but we all call her Corey."

1996, Barbara Bretton, Guilty Pleasures, Mira Books, →ISBN, page 156:

(rare) A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Cori.


Devin

* As an Irish, English, and French surname, spelling variant of Devine. Also see Devon.
* Also as a French surname, from devin (“fortuneteller”).
* As a Russian surname, from дева (deva, “maiden”).

A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, or a variant of Devon.


Ayden

A male given name from Irish, a new American spelling variant of Aidan.


Avery

From Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.

A male given name from Old French or transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Montmorency County
Montmorency County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A township in Montmorency County, Michigan.

Red River County
Red River County#English


Daryl

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Darrell.


Dara

An Irish saint's name, from Irish Dáire. Also a Persian male name equivalent to Darius.


Goldie

A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn

A male or female given name from English for a golden-colored dog or bird


Beverley

en-proper noun

Beverley (countable and uncountable, plural Beverleys)

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

(countable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Camryn

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron.


Jayden

Invented at the end of the 20th century by American parents who wanted to combine the initial "J" with the fashionable sound of Aidan, Braden, Caden and Hayden. It has been unisex from the very beginning because it resembles both Jay and Jade.

A unisex given name originating as a coinage.


Jaden

A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.


Caden

Invented by American parents in the 1990s to rhyme with the equally fashionable Aidan, Braden, Hayden and Jayden.

A male given name originating as a coinage.

(rare) A female given name originating as a coinage.


Hayden

Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, in general use since the 1990s.

A town in Gila County and Pinal County, Arizona.

A place in the United States:
A town in Routt County, Colorado.

A place in the United States:
A city in Kootenai County, Idaho.

A census-designated place in Spencer Township, Jennings County, Indiana.


Brady

From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.


Patsy

From the clipping of Patricia or Patrick + -sy (hypocoristic suffix).

A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.

A diminutive of the male given name Patrick.

A diminutive of the female given name Martha.


Ronnie

Shortening of Ronald or Veronica, + -ie.

A diminutive of the male given name Ronald.

A diminutive of the female given name Veronica.


Jaime

They call you "Jim", don't they?' 'No,' I replied, hiding my irritation. 'I prefer James. My father named me Jaime, but no one ever seemed to pronounce it right, so I changed it to James. Not legally,' I added.

1971, Charles Willeford, The Burnt Orange Heresy, page 220:

A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James.

A few minutes later, Jaime stood and rubbed her shoulders. "You okay?" I asked. She made a noncommittal noise […]

2004, Kelley Armstrong, Industrial Magic, page 134:

A unisex given name
A female given name, variant of Jamie.

A unisex given name
Alternative form of Jamie


Darcy

Originally from Bois-d'Arcy, Yvelines in Northern France. Related to archaic French ardre (“to burn, consume”).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly mid-20th century and later American usage.


Darcy

a unisex given name of Brazilian usage, equivalent to English Darcy


Jada

A female given name, a 2000s variant of Jade.

(biblical) A male given name, David's second cousin five times removed according to 1 Chronicles 2.


Jada

A local government area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.


Jordyn

A female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Jordan.

A male given name from Hebrew, a rare modern spelling variant of Jordan.


Hollie

(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.


Keeley

Reduced Anglicized from Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“descendant of Caollaidhe”), a personal name based on the adjective caol (“slender, graceful”).

der

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of recent usage.


Lacey

"Where'd you get a prissy name like Lacey from, anyway?"
"I don't know," Cash tells Alice, keeping his hands on the wheel and his eye trained ahead. "It was Alma thought of it. I think she liked the TV show with the lady cops. Lacey and somebody."

1993, Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs in Heaven, →ISBN, page 322:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname

A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage.

Lacey Thrush died last night. Isn't that a name? Her mother was a Lacey. They were an old family here, but she was the last of the Laceys, and the Thrushes went on to California.

2009, Marilynne Robinson, Gilead: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

A township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.


Maddison

en-proper noun

Maddison (countable and uncountable, plural Maddisons)

From Madde (a medieval diminutive of Maud and Magdalene) + -son.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly British usage, variant of Madison.

A male given name transferred from the surname, less common than the female name today.


Nikita

From the Russian Ники́та (Nikíta), a male given name, from Ancient Greek Νικήτας (Nikḗtas, “conqueror”) also a male given name (and name of various saints). The Greek word derives from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). Made known in the West by Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Union leader in 1953–1964. It was reanalyzed as a form of Nicholas and taken up as a girls' name first in French and then in English.

der

Ники́та Никита#Russian

A male given name from Russian, from Russian Ники́та (Nikíta).

Ники́та Никита#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ники́та (Nikíta).


Ollie

From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.

A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic]

A diminutive of the female given names Olivia or Olive, from Latin [in turn from Etruscan, in turn from Greek]

A diminutive of the female given name Olwen, from Welsh

To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series.

1994, Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 1995, →ISBN, page 429:


Rylee

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Riley.

A male given name transferred from the surname, also a modern spelling of Riley.


Payton

Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

A habitational surname from Old English.


Peyton

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

(uncountable) A placename, from the surname:

A census-designated place in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.


Shelly

A surname from Old English, variant of Shelley.

A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly pre-1930 usage.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1930s and later usage, variant of Shelley.


Schuyler

Dutch surname "scholar, student", from German Schüler; brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants.

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.

A city, the county seat of Colfax County, Nebraska, United States.


Skylar

Phonetic spelling of Schuyler used since the 1980s.

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Skyler

Phonetic spelling of Schuyler, used since the 1980s.

It is a catchy name isn't it? Skyler: sky. A name specifically chosen by my father, who'd expected great things from me, his firstborn child, and male. A name, my father Bix Rampike believed, to set its bearer apart from the merely commonplace.

2008, Joyce Carol Oates, My Sister, My Love, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 4:

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Stacie

A unisex given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Stacey.


Lacy

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey

A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage, variant of Lacey.

Caught a glimpse of Lacy squatted like she was pissing […].

2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Lacey.


Esme

A unisex given name from French
A male given name from French.

A unisex given name from French
A female given name from French.


Esme

A diminutive of the female given name Esmeralda


Esmé

First recorded as a male given name in Scotland in the sixteenth century, probably from French esmé (“esteemed”), or confused with Aimé / Aimée.

unk

probably

A female given name from French, simplified spelling of the feminine form Esmée


Keegan

Borrowed from Irish Mac Aodhagáin (“son of Aidan”).


Kendall

From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Miami-Dade County
Miami-Dade County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida.


Leigh

From the nominative case of Old English lēah (“wood, meadow”), 'dweller by the wood or clearing'.

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

(UK) A female given name, female equivalent of Lee.


Reese

A male given name from Welsh, derived from the surname or directly from Rhys.

During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.

2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later American usage.


Reagan

Audio (US)

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Riagáin "descendant of Riagán", a personal name possibly derived from ríodhgach "impulsive, furious".

Of the administration of Ronald Reagan, U.S. President from 1981–1989.

A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later American usage.


Regan

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname or from the name of the evil daughter of King Lear. William Shakespeare may have got the name from the ultimately same Irish source.

A minor city in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.


Rory

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Ruairidh and Irish Ruairí (“red-haired king”), from Old Irish Ruaidrí (“red king”).

A unisex given name
A male given name from Irish


Syd

en-proper noun

Syd (countable and uncountable, plural Syds)

(countable) A diminutive of the unisex given name Sydney.


Vic

A diminutive of the male given name Victor

A diminutive of the female given name Victoria


Lennon

From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).

der

descendant of Lover (<i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">Leannán</i>)

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Delaney

From a Norman baronial surname, from a place in France, Old French del aunaie (“from the alder grove”). In Ireland an anglicization of Irish Ó Dubhshláine (descendant of Black (dubh) + Challenge (slán)).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

An unincorporated community in Madison County, Arkansas, United States.

An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.


Rylan

Possibly a variant of Ryland, meaning "rye field" and from Old English.


Darian

A 20th-century invention, possibly based on Darius or Dorian.

A unisex given name originating as a coinage.


Viv

A diminutive of the unisex given name Vivian.


Mika

* (Japanese given name): Borrowed from Japanese みか (Mika).
* (Hebrew given name): From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)

A unisex given name
A female given name from Japanese.

A unisex given name from Hebrew, variant of Micah


Ellery

An English surname transferred from the given name, variant of Hilary or Eulalie.

Chautauqua County
Chautauqua County#English

A town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States.

An unincorporated community in Edwards County and Wayne County, Illinois, United States.


Tatu

a unisex given name (given to the third born)


Nicki

A diminutive of the female given name Nicola and Nicole.

A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas


Lindsay

en-proper noun

Lindsay (countable and uncountable, plural Lindsays)

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

A unisex given name transferred from the surname

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1940s and later usage.

A number of places in the United States:


Loren

A male given name from German Lorenz, Spanish Lorenzo, or Italian Lorenzo, equivalent to English Laurence, all in turn derived from Latin Laurentius (“Lawrence”).

A female given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Lauren.


ירדן

יַרְדֵּן (canonical)
yardén (romanization)

Uncertain:
* Likely, from a Proto-Semitic root denoting “to descend”, “to go or come down”, “to stream down”, “to come down to water”, “a place descending to water”, “a watering place”; cognates found Arabic وَرَدَ (warada, “to go down or come upon water”), Hebrew יָרַד (yāráḏ, “to go down”), Aramaic ירד (yreḏ, “stream”), and Ge'ez ወረደ (wärädä, “fall down, go down, drain off, pour down”), and Akkadian 𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (warādum, “to go down to lower ground, to come ashore, to go downhill or downstream”).
* Dubiously, Ludwig Köhler has affirmed as a final interpretation a compound from Proto-Iranian *yáHr̥ (“year”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHr̥, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year”) (compare Avestan 𐬫𐬁𐬭𐬆 (yār^ə, “year”)) and Proto-Iranian *dānu (“river”) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu < Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu) (compare Ossetian дон (don, “river”), Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”)), according to which the Jordan is the “year-river” because of its water level being consistent the whole year, backing this derivation by the theory that the name of the Orontes is of “certain” Iranian origin, although also found attested earlier. This is however unlikely, as the name “Yārdon” is found attested at the period of Ramesses II in the Papyrus Anastasi I, making the Semitic origin much more probable.

cog

a unisex given name, Yarden, equivalent to English Jordan


Sacha

A unisex given name from French, equivalent to English Sasha.


Hillary

From Latin Hilarius or Hilaria, from hilare (“cheerfully”) (compare English hilarious).

A unisex given name from Latin
A female given name from Latin Hilaria.

A male given name from Latin Hilarius, variant of Hilary.


Maddy

A diminutive of the unisex given name Madison.


Gerry

A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine.


Toni

"I'm not Toni any more. I'm Antonia." Sophy burst out laughing. "And I'm Sophia."

1979, William Golding, Darkness Visible, page 134:

A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.


Leighton

Various place names in England, Old English leac (“leek”) + tun (“settlement”), also in the sense of a herb garden.

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Marty

A diminutive of the female given name Martha, or less often, of Martina.


忠実

忠実 (canonical)
Tadazane (romanization)
忠実 (canonical)
Tadami (romanization)
忠実 (canonical)
Tadamitsu (romanization)
忠実 (canonical)
Chūjitsu (romanization)

Probably an alteration of 真 (ma, “real, true”) + 実 (mi, “body, content; fruit, results”).


Jewell

Medieval/Middle English form of a Breton saint's name, from Old Breton Judicaël "lord" + "generous." The second element is from hael (“generous, bountiful”) and identical to Welsh hael (“generous”) (see that entry for details).

A male given name from the Celtic languages transferred back from the surname.

A female given name from English, of rare usage, variant of Jewel.

An unincorporated community in Marin County, California.

An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.


Jonty

A diminutive of the male given name Jonathan.


Matija

Màtija (canonical masculine)
Ма̀тија (Cyrillic)
Matija (nominative singular)
Matije (nominative plural)
Matije (genitive singular)
Matija (genitive plural)
Matiji (dative singular)
Matijama (dative plural)
Matiju (accusative singular)
Matije (accusative plural)
Matijo (singular vocative)
Matije (plural vocative)
Matiji (locative singular)
Matijama (locative plural)
Matijom (instrumental singular)
Matijama (instrumental plural)

From Latin Matthias, from Hebrew מתיתיהו (Matityahu, “gift of Yahweh”).


Marin

The county was either named after Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok tribe, or derived from the Spanish name of its eastern bay known as Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775.

‘But youʼre going down to Ventura and Marin to find out for sure?’

1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 278:

The place name of a county of 252,409 in northern California (see Marin County).


Marin

From Serbo-Croatian Marin, from Latin Marinus, from marinus.


Darien

A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Darian.

(rare) A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Darian.

A city, the county seat of McIntosh County, Georgia, United States.


Olly

A diminutive of the female given name Olivia.

A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.


Angell

a unisex given name from angell (“arm, leg, limb”)


Görkem

a unisex given name which means "glory", "flamboyance", "grandeur"


Selçuk

Selçuk (nominative singular)
Selçuklar (nominative plural)
Selçuk'lar (nominative plural)
Selçuk'u (accusative singular)
Selçukları (accusative plural)
Selçuk'ları (accusative plural)
Selçuk'a (dative singular)
Selçuklara (dative plural)
Selçuk'lara (dative plural)
Selçuk'ta (locative singular)
Selçuklarda (locative plural)
Selçuk'larda (locative plural)
Selçuk'tan (ablative singular)
Selçuklardan (ablative plural)
Selçuk'lardan (ablative plural)
Selçuk'un (genitive singular)
Selçukların (genitive plural)
Selçuk'ların (genitive plural)
Selçuk'um (first-person singular)
Selçuklarım (first-person singular)
Selçuk'larım (first-person singular)
Selçuk'un (second-person singular)
Selçukların (second-person singular)
Selçuk'ların (second-person singular)
Selçuk'u (singular third-person)
Selçukları (singular third-person)
Selçuk'ları (singular third-person)
Selçuk'umuz (first-person plural)
Selçuklarımız (first-person plural)
Selçuk'larımız (first-person plural)
Selçuk'unuz (plural second-person)
Selçuklarınız (plural second-person)
Selçuk'larınız (plural second-person)
Selçuk'u (plural third-person)
Selçukları (plural third-person)
Selçuk'ları (plural third-person)

From Ottoman Turkish سلچوق (Selçuk) as the name of Seljuk Bey and his dynasty. Compare the form سلجوق (Selcuk), source of English Seljuk.

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Seljuk


Özgür

Özgür (nominative singular)
Özgürler (nominative plural)
Özgür'ler (nominative plural)
Özgür'ü (accusative singular)
Özgürleri (accusative plural)
Özgür'leri (accusative plural)
Özgür'e (dative singular)
Özgürlere (dative plural)
Özgür'lere (dative plural)
Özgür'de (locative singular)
Özgürlerde (locative plural)
Özgür'lerde (locative plural)
Özgür'den (ablative singular)
Özgürlerden (ablative plural)
Özgür'lerden (ablative plural)
Özgür'ün (genitive singular)
Özgürlerin (genitive plural)
Özgür'lerin (genitive plural)
Özgür'üm (first-person singular)
Özgürlerim (first-person singular)
Özgür'lerim (first-person singular)
Özgür'ün (second-person singular)
Özgürlerin (second-person singular)
Özgür'lerim (second-person singular)
Özgür'ü (singular third-person)
Özgürleri (singular third-person)
Özgür'leri (singular third-person)
Özgür'ümüz (first-person plural)
Özgürlerimiz (first-person plural)
Özgür'lerimiz (first-person plural)
Özgür'ünüz (plural second-person)
Özgürleriniz (plural second-person)
Özgür'leriniz (plural second-person)
Özgür'ü (plural third-person)
Özgürleri (plural third-person)
Özgür'leri (plural third-person)

a unisex given name which means "free, unobstructed, independent"


Jahan

جهان جهان#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian unisex given name جهان (jahân).


Carrol

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Emery

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

A surname transferred from the given name.

A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.


Miki

A unisex given name
diminutive of Michael
Alternative form of Mickey


Miki

Borrowed from Japanese 三木 (Miki), 三鬼 (Miki) or みき (Miki).


Kelley

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


喬丹

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tän⁵⁵/

/kʰiːu̯²¹ taːn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tän⁵⁵/

/kʰiːu̯²¹ taːn⁵⁵/

A transliteration of the English unisex given name and surname Jordan


Kirby

en-proper noun

Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbys)

Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".


Սևան

Sewan (romanization)
Սևան (nominative singular singular-only)
Սևանի (dative singular singular-only)
Սևանից (ablative singular singular-only)
Սևանով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Սևանում (locative singular singular-only)
Սևանը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Սևանն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Սևանին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Սևանս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Սևանիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Սևանիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Սևանովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Սևանումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Սևանդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևանիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևանիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևանովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Սևանումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Սևանները/Սևաններն

there is an alternative dative singular <i class="Armn mention" lang="hy">Սեւանա</i> (Sewana), a fossilized remain of Old Armenian a-type declension

a unisex given name from the name of the lake, of modern, chiefly Armenian diasporan usage, Sevan


Satvinder

A unisex given name from India, of Punjab usage.


Seljuk

Book of Dede Korkut
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Mahmud al-Kashgari
Seljuk (warlord)

From Ottoman Turkish سلجوق (Selcuk), ultimately from Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (Selcuk) attested in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (Selcuk) attested in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. Compare modern Turkish Selçuk.
Pelliot & al. favored derivation via Arabic سَلْجُوق (Saljūq) from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (*Sälčük), following some accounts taking the name from Proto-Turkic *sāl (“raft”) + *-čük (“-ock, -let: forming diminutives”) from the warlord's supposed birth on a raft on the Syr Darya. There are other early Persian and Arabic transcriptions, however, including سلجوك (Saljūk), سلچوق (Salčūq), and سلجق (Saljuq). Some sources take the original form of the name to have been *Salçuğ or *Salçığ with the meaning "one who fights", "disputes", or "struggles". Some arguing for an original pronunciation of [Term?] (*Selčük) or [Term?] (*Selčuk) would derive it from an early borrowing of Persian سیل (seyl, “flood”) + *-čük (“-ock, -let: forming diminutives”); others from *Sel as an earlier name of the Muztagh Ata in the Eastern Pamirs. Caferoğlu and Gedikli argue for derivation from a modified borrowing of Old Uyghur clean, pure (sil) + Proto-Turkic *-čük.


Lani

Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.

1940, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, v.109, July-December 1940, page 106:

(chiefly US) A female given name from Hawaiian.

Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. […] Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?

2002, Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page XI:


Lani

An indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.


Kalani

Kalani Wright, a 24-year old^([sic]) from Mississippi, wanted to have Lipo 360, a procedure that removes fat from all areas of the midsection, and a B.B.L. last year.

2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:


Harper

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Keri

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kerry.


Anmol

From Hindi अनमोल (anmol, literally “priceless”).

bor

A unisex given name from Hindi used in India among the followers of Hinduism, particularly in the northern part of the country.


Rae

CHUCK. Joyce Mathews! I see and this girl's name is Rae Edwards. What does Rae stand for?
CHRIS. Rae, Rae!
CHUCK. Rachel? That's what I'm trying to find out; Sugar Ray? Rae doesn't mean too much to me. Hooray, Sugar Ray, etc. So her name is Rachael H? I see.

1965, Lewis Yablonsky, The Tunnel Back: Synamon, Macmillan, page 204:

A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, also used as a formal given name, mostly as a middle name.

Although the name on his birth certificate was spelled "Ray", Ray said he was originally given the name "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side.

2005, Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, William Morrow, →ISBN, page 12:

A male given name; possible variant of Ray.


Izzy

From the /ɪz-/ root of the names + -y. The common noun derives from Isaac and Israel, male given names of Hebrew origin, popular among Jewish people, the latter also being the name of the self-defined Jewish state.

"I approve of anything you desire to do, Izzy," said Henchard huskily.

1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge:

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel, Isobel, Isabelle, Isabella, Elizabeth, Isidora, Isra, Izebel, Ismara and Isobelle.

“Geez, Cecil, you sound just like Izzy Benet,” Patrick said. “We don’t need two Izzies. Nobody needs two Izzies.”

2012 [2011], R. M. Meluch, The Ninth Circle: A Novel of the U.S.S. Merrimack (Tour of the Merrimack; 5), New York, NY: DAW Books, →ISBN, page 367:

A diminutive of the male given name Israel, Isaac, Isambard, Isidore, Ismail, Chreistus, Chreistos, Isaiah, Isiah, Izzet, Isarn, Ismail and Isam.


נגה

he-proper noun

נוגה / נֹגַהּ • (nógah) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

נוגה (canonical)
נֹגַהּ (canonical)
nógah (romanization)

Root
 נ־ג־הּ (n-g-hּ)
 0 terms
From the root נ־ג־הּ (n-g-h).


Keanu

From ke (“the”) + anu (“coolness”); coolness is a symbol of happiness and romance in the warm Hawaiian climate. Also used as a short form for compound given names beginning thus.


Moana

en-proper-noun

Moana (countable and uncountable, plural Moanas)

From Hawaiian Moana (“sea, ocean”), Maori moana, and other Polynesian languages.

A unisex given name from Polynesian
(US) A unisex given name from Hawaiian

A unisex given name from Polynesian
A unisex given name from Hawaiian


Kaʻena

ka (“the”) + ʻena (“heat”). Also a short form of compound names beginning thus.


Royce

Derived from the Middle English given name Rose. See English Rose.


ثریا

Turkish: Süreyya

Borrowed from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).


བྱང་ཆུབ

/t͡ɕʰaŋ˩˨.t͡ɕʰu˥˨/

བྱང (byang, “purified, perfected”) + ཆུབ (chub, “pervasively realized”).


བྱམས་པ

/t͡ɕʰam˩˨ pa˥˥/

Semantic loan from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya, “friendly, benevolent”).


ཟླ་བ

/nda˩˧.ɣɑ˥˥/

ཟླ (zla) + བ (ba), the former from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“moon, month”). The name is often given to children born on a Monday.


དཀོན་མཆོག

/kø̃˥˥.t͡ɕo(k̚)ˀ˥˨/

From དཀོན (dkon, “rare”) + མཆོག (mchog, “excellent”)


Ananda

Transliteration of Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda) or Pali ānanda.


Linden

* As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, plural form of Linde.
* As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from several placenames called Linden or Lienden. Also shortened from Vanderlinden.
* As a Swedish surname, from lind (“lime tree”). Compare Lindeen.
* As an English surname, variant of Lindon.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McLinden, itself a variant of McClinton.

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, or for the linden tree.


انتصار

ar-proper noun

اِنْتِصَار • (intiṣār) m or f

اِنْتِصَار (canonical)
intiṣār (romanization)
اِنْتِصَار (definite informal singular triptote)
اِنْتِصَارٌ (definite nominative singular triptote)
اِنْتِصَارًا (accusative definite singular triptote)
اِنْتِصَارٍ (definite genitive singular triptote)
اِنْتِصَار (definite diptote informal singular)
اِنْتِصَارُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
اِنْتِصَارَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
اِنْتِصَارَ (definite diptote genitive singular)

ar-decl-noun

اِنْتِصَار:tri

اِنْتِصَار:di

Verbal noun of اِنْتَصَرَ (intaṣara), from the root ن ص ر (n ṣ r).

ar-root

ن ص ر (n ṣ r)


Կարին

Karin (romanization)
Կարին (nominative singular singular-only)
Կարինի (dative singular singular-only)
Կարինից (ablative singular singular-only)
Կարինով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Կարինում (locative singular singular-only)
Կարինը (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Կարինն (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Կարինին (dative definite singular singular-only)
Կարինս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Կարինիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Կարինիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Կարինովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Կարինումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Կարինդ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կարինիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կարինիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կարինովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Կարինումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Կարինը/Կարինն

Կարինները/Կարիններն

The genitive can also be <i class="Armn mention" lang="hy">Կարնո</i> (Karno)

Կարիններումս

Կարիններումդ

a unisex given name transferred from the place name, of modern, chiefly Armenian diasporan usage, Karin, Garin


Anh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 英. As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 英國 /英国 (Anh quốc, “United Kingdom”), from Chinese 英 (Anh) (as in Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, Anh Cát Lợi, “England”) or 英格蘭 /英格兰 (Yīnggélán, Anh Cách Lan, “England”)) + 國 /国 (quốc, “country”).

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<i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">Anh quốc</i>

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Presley

The English surname is usually a variant of Priestley, from Old English prēost (“priest”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to priest + -ley (“lea”).
The place-name in Scotland may be from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh prys (“bush”) + Welsh lle (“place”).

بْرِيسْلِي

transliterations of the English name "Presley"


Darby

en-proper noun

Darby (countable and uncountable, plural Darbys)

From the English place name Derby, from Old Norse djúr (“deer”) + býr (“settlement”).

The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.

2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, . Cork University Press., →ISBN, page 8:

A male given name transferred from the surname.

"You could always pick names, Thomas. I remember women you turned down because you didn't like their names. Gorgeous, hot women, but with flat names. Darby. Has a nice, erotic touch to it. What a name.

1992, John Grisham, The Pelican Brief, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 52:

A number of places in the United States:

Three townships in Ohio, in Madison County, Pickaway County and Union County.


ချစ်

Inherited from Old Burmese ချတ် (khyat) or Old Burmese ခေတ် (khet), ultimately inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kri(k/ŋ) (“to love”). Cognate with Zaiwa zhvit (“to love”), Tibetan སྐྱིད་པ (skyid pa, “happy”), Old Chinese 吉 (OC *klid, “auspicious”) (Hill 2019, p. 228).


Rowan

Anglicised from the Irish saints' name Ruadhán (“little red one”), or as a surname from Ó Ruadháin (“descendant of Ruadhán”).

A unisex given name from English of modern usage, often associated with the rowan tree.