Phinehas

From Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās), from Egyptian pꜣ-nḥsj (literally “the Nubian”), from pꜣ + nḥsj.

der

(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek, Hebrew, or Egyptian of biblical origin.


Phineas

From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew. See Phinehas.

And when Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of Aaro the preast sawe it he rose vp out of the companye and toke a wepon in his hande

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, xxv:[7]:

And we'll rub up our old Latin, and dip into modern poetry—great rubbish, I fear! Nobody like our old friend Will of Avon, or even your namesake, worthy Phineas Fletcher.

1857, Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Chapter XL


Abrahan

From American Spanish Abrahán. Doublet of Abraham.


Floy

Then he would turn his head, and watch the child away, and say to Florence, 'We don't want any others, do we? Kiss me, Floy.'

1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Dombey and Son: Chapter 8”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

A diminutive of the female given name Florence


Pouyan

From Persian پویان (puyân, literally “runner, seeker, persistent”). It has the same root as in Pouya, Pooya. Common in Iran (Persia).

bor

پویان پویان#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian male given name پویان (puyân).


Oprah

From Oprah Winfrey, a very influential talk show host, originally named Orpah after the Biblical figure, via metathesis.

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


Alyshia

One of the modern variations of Alicia meaning of noble kind.

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Natali

A fanciful respelling of female given name from Latin Natalie.


Trixie

A diminutive of the female given name Beatrix or Beatrice.


Nic

A diminutive of the female given name Nicola, Nichola, and Nicole.


Zeno

Via Latin Zēnō, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Modern scientific and philosophical use derives from Zeno of Elea, poser of Zeno's paradoxes.


Marybeth

He began to tell me that Marybeth is accused or it is alleged she is one of the dur in Crooked Tree.

2023 June 13, Jules Vasquez, “Who Put Marybeth's Fraudulent Approval on Chester's Desk?”, in 7 News Belize:

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Arfie

A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.


Kimi

A diminutive of the female given name Kimberley, variant of Kimmy


Miko

A transliteration of a female given name from Japanese.


Eliel

From Hebrew אֱלִיאֵל ('ĕlī'ēl, “El is my lord”).

(rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Evadne

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐάδνη (Euádnē).

A noble gentleman of Rhodes, on his marriage with Evadne, discovers' that the marriage had been brought about by the king, her paramour...

1837, Sir Richard Phillips, The Monthly Magazine, or, British Register, page 215:

"My dear boy," said Lady Adeline, "You mustn't call Mrs. Colquhoun by her Christian name." "Christian!" jeered Diavolo. "Now, that is a good one! There's nothing Christian about Evadne. - - - Evadne - classical Evadne - was noted for her devotion to her husband, and distinguished herself finally on his funeral pyre - she ex-pyred there."

1893, Sarah Grand, The Heavenly Twins, University of Michigan Press, published 1992, →ISBN, page 603:

'Unusual name, Evadne Platt.' 'You think so?' Barnaby could afford to sound superior.

1999, Caroline Graham, A Place of Safety, G. K. Hall, published 2000, →ISBN, page 192:


Divya

From Sanskrit दिव्या (divyā́), feminine of दिव्य (divyá, “divine,charming, heavenly”).


Rihanna

From Arabic رَيْحَانَة (rayḥāna, singulative of رَيْحَان (rayḥān, “basil; myrtle”)).

singulative of <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">رَيْحَان</i> (rayḥān, “basil; myrtle”)


Yair

Transliteration of Hebrew יַאִיר, meaning "he will light up".

der

Hebrew יַאִיר


Kymber

(rare) A female given name from Old English.


Rastus

Thought to be derived from Erastus. Despite paucity of actual usage, the name became associated with African-American men because of a character in the first Uncle Remus book by Joel Chandler Harris.


Erastus

From Ancient Greek ἐραστός (erastós, “lovable”).

uder

(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek of biblical derivation.


Theckla

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Thecla.


Thecla

From the name of an apocryphal early Christian martyr, Ancient Greek Θεοκλεία (Theokleía), (from θεός (theós, “god”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”)).


Janna

Clever little sister Janna. Correction, Jane. She wasn't going to call me Janna, Jane it was and Jane it will be, to the end. How many times I have said to her, Georgie, no one calls me Jane, no one, I want to be Janna. I can't remember to, says she, making a point, and that's that. She thinks Janna is a smart little name to go with a smart little job.

1984, Doris Lessing, The Diaries of Jane Somers, Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 64:

A female given name from Hebrew, a fanciful modern variant of Jane.


Janette

"Is Janette Lisle Miss Lisle, Walter?" "Yes, Vinnie; the eldest Miss Lisle. Janette is her name. Very pretty name, don't you think?"

1885, Justin McCarthy, Camiola. A Girl With a Fortune, Chatto and Windus, published 1885, page 149:

"Janette Marie de la Beauville," he said softly. "It's a good name. Did you see it on the ad? It sounds much more important than Harry Winston."

1981, Harold Robbins, Goodbye, Janette, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 190:

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Janet.


Luana

American 18th/19th century coinage, a fanciful spelling of Louanna, from Lou + Anna.

Young Eagle, with a proud heart, led Luana forth to the mossy bank of the river,

1845 Lowell Offering, Misses Curtis and Farley, Vol.4, page 250 ("Nepomiwassit" by "J.L.B")

The Bird of Paradise, by Mr Richard Walton Tully, is more pictorial than decorative. […] One of these characters, an American physician named Paul Wilson, sinks from civilisation to savagery because he marries a native princess named Luana […]

1912, The Bookman, volume 35, Dodd, Mead and Company, page 168:

Luana Patten, a former Disney child star, was cast as the level-headed romantic interest.

2011, R. Serge Denisoff, William D. Romanowski, Risky Business: Rock in Film:


Luci

A modern nonstandard spelling of Lucy, from Lucia, from the Latin feminine form of the Latin praenomen Lucius, from lux "light".

"Have you named your new doll?" "I shall call her Luci," Violet said. "Luci." "Why do you spell it like that?" "I didn't spell it, Mama. It's the way Luci spells her name."

2004, Arelo C. Sederberg, Dead Night on the Beat: and Other Stories, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 98:


Stevie

A diminutive of the male given names Stephen and Steven.

A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.


Peleg

en-proper noun

Peleg (countable and uncountable, plural Pelegs)


Shaniqua

Those people are not Africans. They don’t know a damned thing about Africa— with names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mohammed, and all that crap, and all of them are in jail.

2008 May 1, Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoting Bill Cosby, “‘This Is How We Lost to the White Man’”, in The Atlantic:

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.


Ewart

A male given name from Old French from the Norman French for Edward


Kimber

* From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburh, from Old English cyne- (“royal”) + burh (“fortress”).
* English: probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from Old English cempa (“warrior”) (or the Old English personal name Cempa) + bearn (“grove/wood”). It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kinberg.

When Brin Ohmsford had come into Darklin Reach three hundred years earlier, Hearthstone had been the home of Cogline and the child he claimed as his granddaughter, Kimber Boh.

1990, Terry Brooks, The Scions of Shannara, Ballantine Books, page 14:

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


Ananda

Transliteration of Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda) or Pali ānanda.


Demosthenes

From Latin Dēmosthenēs, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).

An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek, famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.


Coleman

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Colman

From the Irish saints' name Colmán, diminutive of Colm, from Latin columba (“dove”).


Chagatai

/ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ/

Transliteration of Russian Чагата́й (Čagatáj), from Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay), from Chagatai جغتای (jağatāy), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ (čaɣatay).

transliteration

A male given name of historical usage, most famously borne by the Mongol ruler Chagatai Khan (1183–1242), second son of Genghis Khan and first khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a medieval Mongol and later Turkicized khanate of Central Asia (divided after the 14th century).


Shlomo

Transliteration of Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šəlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālôm, “peace”). Doublet of Solomon.

a Jewish male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Shulamith, equivalent to English Solomon


Madi

A diminutive of the female given name Madeleine

A diminutive of the female given name Madison


Andres

en-proper noun

Andres (countable and uncountable, plural Andreses)

Patronymic surname, borrowed from Spanish Andrés.

A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Andrew.


Tessy

A female given name, diminutive of Theresa.


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.


Gardner

Gardner (countable and uncountable, plural Gardners)


Shyla

A 20th-century coinage, possibly inspired by Sheila.

- - - the malignant ache I felt every time Shyla's name was mentioned. The word Shyla itself became a land mine. That sweet-sounding word was merciless and I could not bear to hear it.

1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5:

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Leyla

A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila


Inna

Transliteration of Russian И́нна (Ínna), of uncertain origin. (One suggestion is Ancient Greek ἴννα (ínna), from ἴννην (ínnēn, “little girl”).)

И́нна Инна#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name И́нна (Ínna).


Yitzchak

uder

Hebrew יִצְחָק


Yehuda

Transliteration of Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judah and Judas.


Louanne

A female given name originating as a coinage, a combination of Lou and Anne.


Luanne

A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Louanne.


Bathshua

(rare) A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Eda

From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.

Your name is Eda Morton, is it not? Mine is Edith, or Eda M'Kenzie, and I rather suspect you are my name-daughter, therefore I have a title to your friendship.

1848, Letitia Mary M. Bell, Eda Morton and her Cousins, or, School-room Days, John Ollivier, published 1848, page 142:


Livia

From Latin Livia, feminine form of Livius, name of a plebeian Roman gens.

Some nobler token I have kept apart / For Livia and Octavia, to induce / Their mediation; […]

c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:


Urias

(rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Uriah

From Biblical Hebrew אוּרִיָּה ('ūriyyā, literally “God is my light”).

but the thing that struck me most, was, that with the evidences of his native superiority still upon him, he should submit himself to that crawling impersonation of meanness, Uriah Heep.

1869, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter XXXV:

(rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.


Bathsheba

From Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).

af

'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.' He turned to look at me. 'That's one of them Bible names.'

1996, Martha Grimes, “Hotel Paradise”, in Headline, →ISBN, page 172:

(uncommon) A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Rahul

Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula)


Brunhild

From German Brunhilde, from Middle High German Briunhilde, from Old High German *Brunnīhilta, from Proto-Germanic *Brunjōhildiz (from *brunjǭ (“breastplate”) + *hildiz (“battle, fight”)).

der

Unlike some contemporary queens who converted their husbands to orthodox belief, Brunhild was an Arian Christian who was converted to orthodoxy when she married Sigebert.

2013, Theresa Earenfight, Queenship in Medieval Europe, page 58:

One of the rare women who came to great power in the early medieval world was Brunhild, daughter of the Visigothic king Athanagild and reputedly a girl of mesmerising beauty.

2014, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 104:

In the Histories, Brunhild and Fredegund appear as political adversaries and moral opposites. Gregory encouraged his audience to compare the two queens by emphasising their differences. He said nothing bad of Brunhild, yet he accused Fredegund of a great many crimes, including murder, sacrilege, witchcraft and treason.

2015, E. T Dailey, Queens, Consorts, Concubines, page 119:

(historical) Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia, wife of Sigebert I, who later ruled Austrasia and Burgundy as regent.


Jelena

Borrowed from Russian Еле́на (Jeléna), from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Helen and Ellen.

Еле́на Елена#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Еле́на (Jeléna), equivalent to Helen.


Caren

A female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Karen.


Gianluca

From Italian Gianluca (literally “John-Luke”).


Jez

Jez San, in common with other computer games entrepreneurs, got into computers early. His father worked in import-export, and bought him a home computer in the US before they were available here.

2001, Charles Leadbeater, Kate Oakley, Surfing the Long Wave: Knowledge Entrepreneurship in Britain:

A diminutive of the male given name Jeremy.


Scarlet

It's not just Ribbons either. It's - get ready for this - Scarlet Ribbons. From an old Harry Belafonte record my mom had when she was about ten or something. When she grew up she was going to have a little girl and call her Scarlet Ribbons.

1979, Joseph Hansen, Skinflick, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, →ISBN, page 96:

A female given name from English, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.


Moishy

A diminutive of the male given name Moshe


Moshe

Transliteration of Hebrew משה, sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian msj (“to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’.


Mitzi

Borrowed from German Mitzi in the 20th century.

"Helen," he called, "is this Mitzi?" and held out the burnt blackened doll. The child seized it with a scream of joy. "Mitzi! Mitzi!" she cried.

1922, Claude Carlos Washburn, The Lonely Warrior, Harcourt, Brace and company, page 245:


Emmeline

Medieval English form of Old French Ameline, diminutive form of Amélie, cognate to English Amelia.

With no notice from her father's family, Emmeline had attained her twelfth year.

1788, Charlotte Turner Smith, Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle, White, Wogan, published 1789, page 4:

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Shloime

A diminutive of the male given name Shlomo


Shimshon

Transliteration of Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן. Doublet of Samson.


Shimon

Transliteration of Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shimon).


Xenia

From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.

der

A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.


Willa

Derived from Wilhelmina and recoined in the 19th century in America based on the male given names Will and William.

Even though Miss Cather's father clearly wrote that Willa was named after our "little sister", Miss Lewis' text reads: "They named Willa after ... William Lee Boak, who was killed in the Civil War".

1974, Bernice Slote, Virginia Faulkner, The Art of Willa Cather, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, →ISBN, page 198:


Shaz

A diminutive of the female given name Sharon.

A diminutive of the female given name Shazia


Reuven

uder

Hebrew רְאוּבֵן


Avraham

der

Hebrew אַבְרָהָם


Stanislaus

From the Latin form of a Slavic name, Станисла́в (Stanisláv) in Russian and Станислав (Stanislav) in Bulgarian, famous in the history of Poland, from the Proto-Slavic elements *stati (“to stand, become”) + *slàva (“glory”).

A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Estanislao

male given name- the standard or most popular form


Stavros

From Greek Σταύρος (Stávros), from σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”).

Σταύρος Σταύρος#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Σταύρος (Stávros).


Jair

/d͡ʒəˈɪə̯(r)/

From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρ (Iáïr), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Jairus.


Thyrza

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Tirzah.


Thirza

Borrowed from the German variant of Tirzah through 18th-century literature.

What, tell me, my Thirza, provokes thee to speak, / In high-sounding phrases, our Mordecai's name?

1817 Robert Patterson, Recluse: The Art of Domestick Happiness: and other poems, page 182


Seraphine

Anglicized spelling of French Séraphine.

By the time I carried tea and toast back through to Ruth, the baby was asleep, the umbilical cord tied off, and Ruth was stroking the tiny face with one finger. 'I'm going to call her Seraphine,' she said. 'She looks like an angel.'

2018, Emma Rous, The Au Pair: A spellbinding mystery full of dark family secrets, Hachette UK, →ISBN:


Seraphina

From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim.

I breathed out the name Seraphina into the moonlight in an increasing transport. "Seraphina! Seraphina! Seraphina!" The repeated beauty of the sound intoxicated me.

1903, Joseph Conrad, Romance, Babylon Dreams, →ISBN, page 196:


Tirzah

Borrowed from Hebrew תִּרְצָה (tirtsáh), meaning "pleasant" or "she is my delight".

A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Suze

A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, or Susanna.


Isolde

Borrowed from the German Isolde, German form of Iseult.

A female given name from the Celtic languages or the Germanic languages


Iseult

Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).

Just as he finished, the daughter came in, Iseult. A name out of the past, a darkly Celtic presence: jet-black hair, the same as Minogue had had, tall.

1988, John Brady, A Stone of the Heart, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 9:


Pouria

پوریا پوریا#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian male given name پوریا (puriyâ).


Sarabeth

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


Cajetan

/ˈkæd͡ʒətən/

From the Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint.

A male given name from Latin, of historical use.


Dade

Anglicised from an Irish equivalent of David.


Carissa

Carissa gave him a sideways glance and smiled ruefully.

2009, Ethan Fowler, Mardene Fowler, Brushed Back: The Story of Trevor Bullock, page 94:

“Wow,” said Carissa. “I guess activism runs in the family.”

Before they could go, Carissa stepped out behind them. She had been listening from inside the door.

2019, Michael G. Manning, Transcendence and Rebellion:


Krissie

Kristin Lund. Krissie sounded closer to home and just as beautiful. Krissie Lund. It rolled off the tongue like a balalaika riff.

1990, Ed McBain, Vespers, Mandarin, published 1991, →ISBN, page 35:

A diminutive of the female given name Kristina and of its variant forms.


Jo-Anne

A female given name from Hebrew, one of the 20th century spelling variants of Joanne.


Cecie

A diminutive of the female given name Cecily.


Nyssa

Claire would have wagered there was nothing in life that could make her like Nyssa.
But Claire had not counted on Nyssa herself. Nyssa's aim in life seemed to be to do whatever she wanted whenever she wanted to do it.

1992, Jude Deveraux, The Duchess, page 276:

“What?” Nyssa asks, in shock.
Bejine hurries from the area with his daughter in his arms. Barry, Nyssa and the rest quickly follow.
Bejine stops outside of the portal. He is about to enter it when Nyssa stops him.
“You said 'only on this world'?" Nyssa remarks. "What did you mean by that?"

2009, Benjamin W. Schenk, The Immortals: Eternal War, page 583:

Bliss gasped, and Nyssa could not help the little giggle that escaped her. It was not often that someone could set her aunt back on her heels so firmly and neatly.

2012, Bertrice Small, Love, Remember Me, page 100:


Rilla

His pet name for her was Rilla-my-Rilla - a little pun on her real name, Marilla. She had been named after Aunt Marilla of Green Gables, but Aunt Marilla had died before Rilla was old enough to know her very well, and Rilla detested the name as being horribly old-fashioned and prim.

1921, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside, Echo Library, published 2006, →ISBN, page 12:

A diminutive of the female given name Marilla.


Steenie

"Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."

And now the murder is out, and I stand before you as Stephen Broadfoot, or "Little Steenie", as I used to be called when attending Edinburgh College.

1852, William Harrison Ainsworth, “Tale of a Carpet-Bag”, in Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 21, page 17:

(Scotland) A diminutive of the male given name Stephen.


Blanch

That daughter there of Spain, the Lady Blanch, / Is near to England: look upon the years / Of Lewis the Dauphin and the lovely maid. / If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, / Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch?

A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.


Marilla

Oh, Marilla, it was heartrending. Mr. Phillips made such a beautiful farewell speech beginning, ‘The time has come for us to part.’ It was very affecting. And he had tears in his eyes too, Marilla.

1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page & Company, published August 1909 (11th printing), →OCLC:

She had been named after Aunt Marilla of Green Gables, but Aunt Marilla had died before Rilla was old enough to know her very well, and Rilla detested the name as being horribly old-fashioned and prim.

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Maria.


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"


Brose

Take poor Brose, who was actually christened Ambrose. A thing like that could simply warp a person's life, if he wasn't a good enough fighter to make the other kids start calling him by some nickname at an early age.

1951, Rosamond Du Jardin, Class Ring, Lippincott, page 140:

A diminutive of the male given name Ambrose.


Zelophehad

From Hebrew צְלָפְחָד (ts'lofchád, “Zelophehad”).

bor

And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

(very rare outside the Bible) A male given name from Hebrew.


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

A number of places in the United States:

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


Danica

From Slavic female given name, from the Slavic name for the Morning Star (an aspect of the planet Venus).

A female given name from the Slavic languages


Anabel

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


Clarabel

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


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.


Lazar

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Lazar, ultimately from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Hebrew אלעזר (ʼElʻāzār).

The Servians have a legend, which gives a terrible picture of this national virtue:
“Day departs, and the moon shines upon the white fields of snow. A stranger enters the dwelling of poor Lazar.

1857 May, “Life in Servia”, in The Young Men’s Magazine, volume 1, number 1, page 15:

It was on the morning after the arrival of the Mussulman forces upon the plain of Kossova, that a herald, accompanied by a small escort, demanded an interview with the Sultan Murad, on the part of his master, Lazar, the King of Servia.

1861, George W. M. Reynolds, “The Death of Murad”, in The Young Fisherman, and Other Stories, London: John Dicks, page 88:

A Serbian male given name from Serbo-Croatian


Karlyn

(rare) A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Carolyn or Carlene.


Sergey

Transliteration of Russian Серге́й (Sergéj), from Latin Sergius.

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Серге́й Сергей#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj).


Eneas

The three brothers, Jack, Tom, and Eneas. Oh, yes. In the west of Ireland by the way Eneas is three syllables, En-ee-as. In Cork I fear it is two, and sounds more like a person's backside than anything else.

2008, Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 33:

A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Aeneas.


Clarah

A female given name from Latin, a rare nonstandard spelling of Clara.


Claribel

/ˈklɛəɹəbɛl/

A fanciful variant of Clara, inspired by names like Annabel, Christabel or Isabel.

Methinks, our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of the king's fair daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis.

(rather rare) A female given name from Latin.


Lana

Short form of Alana, or from Russian Лана (Lana), diminutive of several names including Светла́на (Svetlána).

Mervyn LeRoy, the boyish cigar-smoking director who signed her, didn't like her name Julia. So she thought awhile and said, "What about Lana?" For no reason at all it became Lana - pronounced Lah-nah.

1942 September 5, Irving Wallace, “The Loves of Lana Turner”, in Liberty magazine:

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:


Carlene

A 20th-century coinage from Carl and the ending -ene, -lene, as in Marlene and Charlene.

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Kia

Irene's conversation with Christina “Kia” Strömborg brought nothing new.

2014, Helene Tursten, The Fire Dance, →ISBN:

I owe to my wife, Anna Christina (Kia) De Ozorio Nobre, not only a life full of love, but also the initial idea of dedicating more attention [...]

2014, Luciano Floridi, The Fourth Revolution, →ISBN:

A diminutive of the female given name Christina


Stephie

A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.


Dereck

A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.


Conleth

Anglicised from Irish Conlao, Conlaodh, from Old Irish Conláed. Saint Conláed was an Irish hermit and the first Bishop of Kildare.

This was the main lesson imparted the other evening by Sean Campion and Conleth Hill, the two amiable Irish stage actors who have been performing for the last three and a half months in the comedy Stones in His Pockets at the Golden Theater on West 45th Street.


Conley

Anglicization of Irish Ó Conghalaigh and Ó Conghaile, patronyms of Conghalach. Doublet of Connolly

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


Og

And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 31:4:

(very rare, outside the Bible) A male given name from Hebrew


Dorinda

An 18th-century coinage from Dora or Dorothy, + -inda.

Every child in the Square at once hurried and thrust and scrambled and pushed a way through the crowd, and in less than a minute Dinah and Dorinda were entirely surrounded by fifty or sixty boys and girls, all shouting […]

1944, Eric Linklater, The Wind on the Moon:


Jennalyn

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Jennica

Blend of Jennifer + Jessica, a 20th-century coinage.

When we were twenty minutes from the airport, he said: “Jennica, we're almost there.” He wanted to talk.

2009, Rudolph Delson, Maynard and Jennica, page 230:


Kayley

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


Norville

English and Scottish surname of Norman origin meaning "northern town," shortened from Normanville, equivalent to Norman + -ville.


Vanya

Romanization of Russian Ва́ня (Vánja, “Johnny”), a diminutive of Ива́н (Iván, “John”)

Ива́н Иван#Russian

A transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian Ива́н (Iván).

Aditi introduced him to Vanya, her five-year-old daughter. He could not meet her yesterday as she had gone for her drawing classes at that time. Vanya, dropping the crayons that she was busy coloring with, looked up at him and[…]

2018 October 12, THE UNPLANNED, Onlinegatha, →ISBN, page 136:

Nia looked at Vanya, her brown eyes searching her sister-in-law's face.

2020 October 24, Milla Holt, Lessons Learned in Love, Reinbok Limited, →ISBN:

Allison's words of warning to her sister Vanya express a common and everyday concern for many women.

2021 November 2, Lisann Anders, The Force of The Umbrella Academy: Essays on Voices and Violence in the Comics and Netflix Series, McFarland, →ISBN, page 152:


Ricki

From Richard. As a female name also from Erica.

A diminutive of the male given name Richard, more often spelled Rickie or Ricky.

A female given name from the Germanic languages and a nickname of modern usage, also spelled Rikki.


Mendy

A diminutive of the female given name Melinda.


Garth

Welsh garth probably has its influence on Welsh place names.

A male given name from Welsh, shortened form of Gareth


Kearney

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


Sutton

en-proper noun

Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname


Hayleigh

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


Herbie

A diminutive of the male given name Herbert.


Elaina

I shrugged. "I know our alleged computer specialist Tera is your daughter Elaina Tera Cameron," I said.

1999, Timothy Zahn, The Icarus Hunt, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 262:

A female given name from Ancient Greek, of modern usage, variant of Elaine.


Lucilla

From Latin Lūcilla, feminine diminutive form of the praenomen Lūcius.

- - - She was called Lucy and I was called Lucilla, after her, which is just a shade of difference. Lucy is more lovable than Lucilla, don't you think?" "Lucilla is a charming name," said Richard.

1966, L. P. Hartley, The Betrayal, H. Hamilton, page 54:


Gerrard

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


Florrie

A shortened form of the female given names Flora and Florence.


Jenafer

(rare) A female given name from Welsh, a modern nonstandard variant of Jennifer.


Jenefer

A female given name from Welsh, of rare usage, variant of Jennifer.


Kourtney

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


Chico

A diminutive of the male given name Francisco, from Portuguese.


Khloé

A fanciful spelling variant of Chloe, made known in the 2000s by an American TV personality.

A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.


Khloe

Variant of Khloé, a fanciful spelling variant of Chloe, made known in the 2000s by American TV personality Khloé Kardashian.


Stanhope

The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).

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


Conan

From Middle Irish Conán, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ (conann), a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kū (“dog”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.


Teagan

* (male): A diminutive of the Irish male name Tadhg, from tadhg (“poet”)
* (female): A variant of Tegan, from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”)

A female given name from Welsh, variant of Tegan.

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


Tegan

* (female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”).
* (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname.
* (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.

Janet Fielding's Tegan also says goodbye to Doctor Who in "Resurrection of the Daleks," and her farewell has an abrupt air to it.[…]Tegan simply has a temper tantrum and says she has seen too much violence. She then runs off into a warehouse and disappears.

1999, John Kenneth Muir, A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television, page 339:

The lad felt most honoured when Tegan called him her best friend.

2007, Christine Jones, Mariard, Volume 1: The Gifting, page 68

Canadian indie-rock duo Tegan and Sara Quin have spent a lifetime answering the question: "So which one of you is which?"

2007 August, Barry Walters, “How To Tell Tegan From Sara”, in Spin, page 44:

Following a restless and difficult day, Tegan, who is 11 weeks old, falls asleep cuddled up with her mother Carys on the sofa.

2011, Catherine Powell, Safeguarding And Child Protection For Nurses, Midwives And Health Visitors, page 126:

'But,' Tegan prompted, pulling Elise toward him like he wanted something firm to hold onto. 'But it was empty.'

2008, Lara Adrian, Midnight Awakening, published 2013, unnumbered page:

A male given name from Irish. Alternative form of Teagan.


Abood

Variation of Abboud, from Arabic عَابُّود (ʕābbūd).


Digby

Digby (countable and uncountable, plural Digbies)

From Old English dīc (“dyke”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”).
The town in Nova Scotia is named after admiral Robert Digby (1732 - 1815).


Janey

From Jane + -y, q.v.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

doublet

A diminutive of the female given name Jane.


Dickon

Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold,
 For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.

c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

Dickon stood rubbing his rusty-red head with a rather puzzled look. "It's a secret garden sure enough," he said, "but seems like some one besides th' robin must have been in it since it was shut up ten year' ago."

1911, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden:

(dated) A diminutive of the male given name Richard.


Cordelia

/kɔːˈdiːlɪə/

Shakespeare's spelling of a historical British name appearing as Cordeilla, etc., possibly derived from the Latin saint's name Cordula.

What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent.

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

"I don't believe I've ever run into a Delia before." "Well, it's Cordelia, really. My father named me that." "And are you one?" "Am I one what?" "Are you your father's Cordelia?"

1995, Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years, Knopf, →ISBN, page 8:


Boniface

A male given name from Latin of mainly historical use.


Bonifatius

From Late Latin Bonifātius, from bonus (“good”) + fātum (“fate”). See also Boniface.

A male given name from Latin of mainly historical use in English.


Xanthe

From Ancient Greek Ξανθή (Xanthḗ, literally “blond-haired”), from ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”).

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"So that was Xanthe," she said in a musing tone.
"You're thinking it's a misnomer ,aren't you," Liam said.
"What?"
"Xanthe. It means 'golden'."
"Well, I'm sure she's very pleasant as a rule."
Liam had been referring to Xanthe's coloring―her brown hair and level dark eyebrows.

2009, Anne Tyler, Noah's Compass, Vintage, →ISBN, page 165:

Maura looked at her in bafflement. What had this to do with her? She knew no one called Xanthe. What sort of name was that, anyway?

2012, Anna Jacobs, The Trader's Dream, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.


Isadore

A non-standard variant of Isidore, possibly inspired by the well-known feminine variant Isadora of Isidora.


Albina

From Latin Albina (name of a third-century martyr), feminine form of the Roman cognomen Albīnus, derivative of Latin albus (“white”).


Kez

She grabbed Kerry by the shoulders. Kez was still screaming. Vicki shook her. “Kerry, it's not real,” she whispered.

2003, Sue Simpson, Keepers of the Quantum: Lizard's Leap Two:

She doesn't like the way he orders Kerry around either. 'Kez'll make ya one,' he'd said automatically when Madeline said she'd love a nice cup of tea.

2004, Margaret Metz, Live by the Bottle:

A diminutive of the female given name Kerry.


Wenceslas

Good King Wenceslas look'd out, On the Feast of Stephen; / When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and e-ven: / Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cru-el, / When a poor man came in sight, Gath'ring win-ter fu-el.

1854, John Mason Neale, “Good King Wenceslas”, in J. M. Neale, T. Helmore, Carols for Christmas-tide: The Condensed Vocal Parts, London: Novello, →OCLC, page 37:

A male given name from the Slavic languages.


Wenceslaus

Latinization of a Slavic (Old Czech) name, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ (from *vęťьjь (“greater, more”) + *slava (“fame, glory”)). Doublet of Vyacheslav.


Leora

Possibly a variant of the modern Israeli name transliterated as Liora, from Hebrew "my light", or an American contraction of Leonora.

"No, they're— What do they call you?"
"Me? Oh, it's an idiotic name—Leora Tozer."

1925, Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith, chapter 6, section 3:


Yasmine

Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names.


Makedonka

From Macedonian Македонка (Makedonka, “Macedonian girl”).

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Македонка Македонка#Macedonian

A transliteration of the Macedonian female given name Македонка (Makedonka)


Blasius

From Late Latin Blasius, name of a 3rd-4th century Armenian saint, possibly from Latin blaesus (“stammering”), or Latinized from an Ancient Greek name. Doublet of Blaise.


Blaise

Borrowed from Old French Blaise in the Middle Ages and revived partly due to the modern French equivalent, from Latin Blasius. Doublet of Blasius.


Milo

Stevie didn't care. At least he didn't have an oddball name like Milo and he never had to get up for church on Sunday.

1989, Pat Cadigan, Patterns, Ursus Imprints, →ISBN, page 12:

Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo.
Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?

2011, Ali Smith, There but for the, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 191:

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Junior

A male given name, from a nickname for someone with the title [[Jr.] (junior).


Kimothy

An American 20th century coinage. Blend of Kim + Timothy?

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


Cayden

A male given name originating as a coinage.


Kayden

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

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


Staci

"Giselle? That's not the name on the documents — "
"Oh no." Bob gave her a sad smile. "Her real name was Staci, but she once studied ballet, and Jeb thought she was so graceful, with her big brown eyes. Like Bambi. So the pet name went from Gazelle to Giselle. - - -

1995, Sharyn McCrumb, If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him, page 85:

A unisex given name from Ancient Greek, a 20th-century spelling variant of Stacy.


Sawney

Sawney Bean

But Sawney grew weary, and fain would be civil, / Being auld, and unfeary, and fail'd of his strength

1812, John Bell, Rhymes of Northern Bards, page 185:

A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, of Scots origin.


Terah

And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

(very rare) A male given name from Hebrew


Judd

From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan.

"Judd" was a name associated with a certain measure of sternness, sobriety, though in fact we Mulvaney children were rarely scolded and even more rarely punished: "Judson Andrew" which is my baptismal name was a name of such dignity and aspiration I never came to feel it could be mine, only something borrowed like a Hallowe'en mask.

1996, Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys, Harper Perennial, published 2007, →ISBN, page 4:

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


Blaine

en-proper noun

Blaine (countable and uncountable, plural Blaines)

A male or unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Octavian

From Latin Octavianus, derivative of Octāvius.

(historical) A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Augustus (Caesar) between 44 and 27 BCE


Judson

From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan + son.

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Sita

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”).

It is only this late in the day, and possibly only in Willesden, that you can find best friends Sita and Sharon, constantly mistaken for each other because Sita is white (her mother liked the name) and Sharon is Pakistani (her mother thought it best — less trouble).

2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, pages 282–283:

A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.


Sheba

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 20:1:


Sheba

(dated, slang) A flapper (daring young woman of the Jazz Age).


Sheba

'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.'

1996, Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, →ISBN, page 172:


Padma

Borrowed from Sanskrit पद्म (padma, “lotus”), which the river was named for. Doublet of Pema.

bor+

A female given name from Sanskrit in India.


Jennabeth

His secretary-administrative assistant, also a new Consortium staff member, is Jennabeth Ward, a recent graduate of the University of Texas.

1969, The San Francisco Consortium, Quarterly Newsletter, volumes 1-3, page 8:

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Wren

Originally a nickname from Middle English wrenne (“wren”).

"What's ironic," Alexandra said, "is that Mother named her Wren because as a newborn she reminded Mother of a shy bird. Little did she know."

2000, Rebecca Wade, A Wanted Woman, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 53:

(rare) A male or female given name from English from the noun wren.


Rach

A diminutive of the female given name Rachel.


Reuel

These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 36:10:


Jyothis

/ˈd͡ʒoːt̪ɪs/

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्योतिस् (jyotis, literally “light”).


Jaz

A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine

I know, from picking up the post from the hall in the mornings, that Jaz has a mother in Northumbria who thinks her daughter's name is Janette. That jaunty z is but a wedge of lemon stuck into a bottle of beer.

1995, Shena Mackay, The Orchard on Fire, Heinemann, published 1996, →ISBN, page 5:

A diminutive of the female given name Janet or Janette


Unity

Hitler, it seemed, had two engagements in Munich that day; one was a visit with Unity Mitford, a Nazi sympathizer belonging to the well-known British Mitford family, who was recovering in a Munich hospital from an attempted suicide.

1996, John H. Waller, The Unseen War in Europe:


Korey

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


Kori

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


Cori

(rare) A female given name, masculine equivalent Corey.


Augie

A diminutive of the male given name Augustus, from Latin.


Agesilaus

From Ancient Greek Ἀγησίλαος (Agēsílaos).

A male given name from Ancient Greek of certain historical persons.


Xan

A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.

A diminutive of the female given name Alexandra.


Ike

A diminutive of the male given name Isaac.


Marnie

Possibly a contraction of Marina or a diminutive of Marian.

"Marnie?" she said slowly, reading the name on the cover. "But how did you know? Marian was always called Marnie-"

1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 250:

A female given name from Latin or Hebrew.


Saffy

A female given name, diminutive of Saffron.


Lettie

A diminutive of the female given name Letitia or Lettice.


Baruch

Borrowed from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ (Barukh, “blessed”). Cognate with Arabic بَارَك (bārak, “Barak”).


Undine

From German Undine (“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th-century operas based on the book.

The child, on the contrary, would by no means listen to this, declaring she had been called Undine by her parents, and Undine she would still be called. Now this seemed to me a Pagan name, which stood in no calendar, and therefore I took counsel of a priest in the city.

1818 Translation by George Soane of Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, W.Simpkin and R. Marshall, pages 24-25

(rare outside fiction) A female given name from Latin.


Gershom

From Hebrew גֵּרְשֹׁם (gershóm, “Gershom”), found in Exodus.

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 2:21-22:


Mannie

A diminutive of the male given name Emmanuel.


Vyomesh

From Sanskrit [Term?]. Derived from two independent words vyom (space, universe) and esh (god, master). The combined meaning indicates Mahavishnu or Shiva.

A male given name from Sanskrit used in Hindu communities.


Pleasance

From an Old French female given name Plaisance, from plaisance (“pleasance”). The surname is partly matronymic, partly habitational from the Italian town of Piacenza.

Similarly, the verse at the close of Through the Looking Glass is an acrostic for Alice Pleasance Liddell.

2008, Sherry L. Ackerman, Behind the Looking Glass, page 32:


Shamika

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.


Kaiden

A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden or Kayden.


Vikram

From Hindi विक्रम (vikram), from Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama).


Nigella

A 19th-century flower name from nigella. Compare also the male given name Nigel.

Sarah asked if Nigella's momma was a poet because she certainly had a lyrical ear for a name.

2005, Renee W. Campoy, Case Study Analysis in the Classroom, SAGE, →ISBN, page 165:

(rare) A female given name from English.


Myfanwy

Myvanwy

see commons:Category:Myvanwy (given name)


Jaya

Borrowed from Sanskrit जय (jaya, literally “victory”).

(India) A female given name from Sanskrit.


Clay

en-proper noun

Clay (countable and uncountable, plural Clays)

From a Middle English occupational name for a clay worker, or a habitational name, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).

When he was about five years old some kids asked Clay why his mother had called him that. And he did not know. But began to wonder.

1968, Patrick White, “Clay”, in The Burnt Ones, Penguin Books, page 114:

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A diminutive of the male given name Clayton.


Kip

A diminutive of the male given name Kipling.


Ambers

A diminutive of the male given name Ambrose, from Ancient Greek.


Chuckie

A diminutive of the male given name Chuck.


Audie

The Haney Lees, the Snow Warrens, and the Jake Bowens always referred to him by his middle name. He had asked the Haney Lees to call him "Leon", as he thought that "Audie sounded like a girl's name".

1975 Harold B. Simpson, Audie Murphy, American Soldier, Hill Jr. College Press, page 22


Audie

I am joined in congratulating the Murillo's by their own children, Lynn "Nay" Valbuena, Audrey "Audie" Martinez, and George "Boy" Murillo, - - -

2002 (U.S.) Congressional Record, V.148, Pt.3, March 11, 2002 to April 10, 2002, page 3877

A diminutive of the female given name Audrey.


Chucky

A diminutive of the male given name Chuck, related to Charles.


Chet

Chet (countable and uncountable, plural Chets)

(countable) A diminutive of the male given name Chester.


Dima

From Russian Ди́ма (Díma), a diminutive of the male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij, “Demetrius”).

Ди́ма Дима#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name diminutive Ди́ма (Díma).

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name diminutive Діма (Dima).


Elbie

A diminutive of the male given name Elbert.


Ebbie

A diminutive of the male given names Ebenezer and Eben.


Ged

A diminutive of the male given name Gerard.


Gordy

A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.


Dunky

A diminutive of the male given name Duncan.


Camp

A diminutive of the male given name Campbell.


Dore

* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”).
* Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghràdh, from dubh + gràdh).
* As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais.
* As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).

A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.


Gil

A diminutive of the male given name Gilbert.


Huffie

A diminutive of the male given name Humphrey.


Julianne

A 19th/20th century variant of Juliana. Can also be interpreted as a combination of Julia + Anne.


Goddard

* As an English surname of Norman origin, name of a 10th-11th-century German saint, from Old High German got (“God”) + harti,herti (“hard, strong”). Brought to England by Normans. Compare Gothard, Godard.
* As a French surname, variant of Gaudet.

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Ladislaus

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ladislaus, Latinization of a Slavic royal name *Voldislavъ, from the elements Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”) (see *volděti) and Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”). Doublet of Laszlo and Vladislav.

A male given name from the Slavic languages.


Alvis

It was not easy growing up with a first name like Alvis. Every year on the first day of school when the teacher would read off her seating chart, Alvis, all the snotty little kids in my class would laugh.

2010 December 15, David Moon, “The Lunar Report”, in The Herald:

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Alexandrina

Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina perhaps the most euphonious.
*George IV., who, whatever his faults, had a true British spirit and sentiments, declared both to be anti-British, and expressed himself in no measured terms at the time about giving the royal infant such unEnglish names.

1838 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign, pages 512–513:


Alexandrine

Whoever will drink of an unadulterated stream must go to the fountain-head. This, Miss Laura Alexandrine Smith has done, and that she has drunk deeply, is easy to be seen from the spirit and enthusiasm with which she writes.

1887 June, R. M. Ballantyne, “Introductory Note”, in Laura Alexandrine Smith, The Music of the Waters. […], London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., […], published 1888, page ix:

Alexandrine Ave., named for Alexandrine M. Willis, the wife of B. Campau, land owner (1863)

2008, Kristin Palm, The Straits, Palm Press, →ISBN, page 21:

He teamed up with Amin and Iksander, named, Iksander said, for Alexander the Great. / Cool, John said. I read somewhere that the year he died, children all over the world were named for him. Alexander, Alexandrine, Alexandra.

2010, Pearl Abraham, American Taliban, Random House, →ISBN, page 194:


Durga

A female given name from Sanskrit, common in India. Another name of Parvati


Nastia

Transliteration of Russian На́стя (Nástja), diminutive of Анастаси́я (Anastasíja, “Anastasia”).

When he got to their nary, Olga was hysterical, clutching Anastasia to her bosom. All he was able to make out, between Olga's sobs and cries was, “Oh, My God, Nastia is dead!!!”

2005, Anatole Kurdsjuk, The Long Walk Home with Miracles Along the Way:

На́стя Настя#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name diminutive На́стя (Nástja).


Sveta

From Russian Све́та (Svéta), an informal pet form of Светла́на (Svetlána, “Svetlana”).

Then one evening Katya approached a girl named Svetlana.
“Sveta, you have such beautiful hair,” she said. “Where did you get your permanent?”

2008, Ellen Bailey, Katya's Gold: What Will Her Dreams Cost?, page 53:

A female given name from Russian, diminutive of Svetlana


Svetlana

Transliteration of Russian Светла́на (Svetlána), from свет (svet, “light”). Made up by Alexander Vostokov in 1802, later borrowed into English and other languages.

translit

Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity

A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.


Terrianne

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Bee

A diminutive of the female given name Beatrice.


Kyleigh

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee or Kylie.


Nun

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.


Zinaida

Borrowed from Russian Зинаи́да (Zinaída), cognate with the English historical name Zenaida, from Ancient Greek Ζηναΐς (Zēnaḯs), meaning "belonging to Ζεύς (Zeús)". Name of a first century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Doublet of Zenaida.

Зинаи́да Зинаида#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Зинаи́да (Zinaída).


Antonina

Borrowed from Latin Antonina, feminine form of Antoninus, derivative of Antonius.
Name of obscure early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

A female given name from Latin of mainly historical use English.


Amal

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal, “hope”).


Oksana

Окса́на Оксана#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Окса́на (Oksána).


Sergei

Серге́й Сергей#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj), equivalent to Sergius.


Huda

Borrowed from Arabic هُدًى (hudan, “guidance”)


Aleksandr

Borrowed from Russian Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr).

Алекса́ндр Александр#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr)


Juba

(historical) A male given name from Latin, notably borne by kings of Numidia.


Faizan

From Arabic فَيْضَان (fayḍān); compare فَيْض (fayḍ, “grace, favor”).


Alvina

Consequently Alvina, or Vina as she was called, understood only the explicit mode of good-humoured straightforwardness.

1920, D. H. Lawrence, The Lost Girl, Echo Library, published 2008, →ISBN, page 19:

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Irenæus

From Latin Irenaeus, from Ancient Greek Εἰρηναῖος (Eirēnaîos), from εἰρηναῖος (eirēnaîos, “peaceful”), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).

The book of Judith is a most interesting topic. We shall never believe, with John of Antioch, that it was written by Irenæus, nor, with the Pseudo‐Philo de Temporibus, by Joachim, successor of Joshua the high‐priest.

1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, page 12:

(archaic) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Zeshan

A male given name from Arabic, variant of Zeeshan or Zishan


Judæus

Spinoza was rejected by his contemporaries from the congregation of Israel; Philo‐Judæus was neglected by the generations that followed him.

1910, Norman De Mattos Bentwich, Philo‐Judæus of Alexandria, preface, page 7:

(history) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Ptolemæus

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos, “warlike”).

uder

Since Tischendorf lays so much stress upon pseudo-Tertullian and Philastrius making Ptolemæus appear immediately after Valentinus, this explanation is after his own principle.

1874, Walter Richard Cassels, chapter X, in Supernatural Religion, volume II, page 219:

(archaic) Alternative form of Ptolemaeus: a male given name from Ancient Greek: Ptolemy.


Brontë

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”), used as a rendering of Prunty, an Anglicization of the Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of a person named Proinnteach (“Generous”)”).

der

descendant of a person named <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">Proinnteach</i> (“Generous”)

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Charmaine

20th century variant of Charmian, or coinage from the noun charm with the -aine ending as in Elaine and Germaine.

I wonder why you keep me waiting / Charmaine, my Charmaine / Rise in vain

1926, Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack (lyrics and music), “Charmaine”:


Roscoe

From a place in Lancashire, from Old Norse rá (“roebuck”) + skógr (“forest”).


Kiki

A pet form of several female given names beginning with K.


Frankie

Before arriving in Miami, he was known by his real name of Frankie King. Not Frank but Frankie; his mother had named him after the singer Frankie Laine.

1991, Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, Knopf, →ISBN, page 62:

A diminutive of the male given name Frank, Francisco, Francis or Franklin.

A diminutive of the female given name Frances or Francesca.

(humorous) A diminutive of the surname Frankenstein, used as a given name for a similar monster or mad scientist.


Miley

Popularised as a female name by American pop singer Miley Ray Cyrus (nicknamed Miley from "smiley").


Amir

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira.


Mile

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Миле (Mile)


Orrin

During the press conference, Orrin Hatch and the others spoke very graciously about our extraordinary efforts in getting this bill passed […]

2008, Diana DeGette, Daniel Paisner, Sex, science, and stem cells: inside the right wing assault on reason, page 110:

On June 3, 1931, she married Orrin Frink, Jr., who had joined the mathematics faculty at Penn State in 1928 as an assistant professor.

2009, Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke, Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's:

A male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.


Elysse

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Elise.


Bethy

“I'll settle Bethy's troubles, and then I'll tell you mine. They are not very wearing, so they'll keep,” and Jo stitched away, with a wise nod which set her mother's heart at rest about her for the present at least.

1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


Buffy

A pet form of Elizabeth (cf. Bethy), based on a child's unsuccessful attempts to pronounce the name. Popularized by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.


Tabby

A diminutive of the female given name Tabitha.

A diminutive of the female given name Tabetha.


Xandra

A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a short form of Alexandra.


Basheer

From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”)


Bashir

From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).


Johannah

I can't reconcile myself to being called Miss Silver. I can't realise the character. It's like an affectation, like making-believe. Directly I relax my vigilance, I forget, and sink back into Johannah Rothe. I'm always Johannah Rothe when I'm alone.

1897 Henry Harland, Comedies and Errors, Ayer Publishing (reprint), page 284


Rachelle

20th-century variant of Rachel, from French Rachelle, or possibly coined independently of it.


Kiyoshi

Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, known for his courage to challenge the U.S. government policy to evacuate, relocate, and intern all persons of Japanese ancestry during the Pacific War, was born in Seattle on April 23, 1918.

1983, Hyung-chan Kim, Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 113:


Leia

From the name of a princess in the American fantasy film Star Wars (1977).

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Blair

en-proper noun

Blair (countable and uncountable, plural Blairs)

From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).

(countable) A unisex given name
A male given name

(countable) A unisex given name
A female given name


Zillah

ON the fifth morning, or rather afternoon, a different step approached - lighter and shorter; and, this time, the person entered the room. It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow-basket swung to her arm.

1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:


Rochelle

French: Nouvelle-Rochelle

Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle diminutive form of roche (“rock”).

She was a modern woman. "Rochelle!" I hear my grandma's taunt. "Imagine Rochelle!" And then in Yiddish: "Rachel is not good enough for her."

1971, E. L. Doctorow, The Book of Daniel, Random House, published 2007, →ISBN, page 42:

A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century usage.


Paulie

A diminutive of the male given name Paul.


Kazuyoshi

Borrowed from Japanese かずよし (Kazuyoshi).


Akira

A female given name from Japanese (uncommon)


Toshimitsu

Borrowed from Japanese としみつ (Toshimitsu).


Kacee

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


Mozela

A native of Nansemond County, Va., he was the widower of Mrs. Mozela Holliman Ashe and a son of the late Bennie and Meddie Ann Lawrence Ashe.

1968 December 2, “Lonnie Ashe”, in Suffolk News-Herald, volume 46, number 290, page 10:

Addie Mozela Sneed, daughter of Sherman and Inez Ross, was born on June 28, 1933.

2018 April 14, “Sneed, Addie Mozela”, in Chicago Tribune, page 2-6:

Aunt Luella Bailey was Grandpa and Grandma’s oldest living daughter. The oldest daughter, named Mozella, died in infancy.

2020, Joice Christine Bailey Lewis, My Ancestral Voices, →ISBN:


Hidemitsu

Borrowed from Japanese ひでみつ (Hidemitsu).


Yasutoshi

Borrowed from Japanese やすとし (Yasutoshi).


Izumi

Borrowed from Japanese 泉 (izumi, “spring; fountain”).


Nattie

A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.


Zuleika

After all, Zuleika does mean 'The Magnificent One'.

2001, Bernardine Evaristo, The Emperor's Babe, Penguin Essentials (2020), page 117:


Gaz

A nickname of the given name Gareth or Gary.


Rodders

A nickname of the given name Rodney or Roderick.


Markie

A diminutive of the male given name Mark.


Robbo

A diminutive of the given name Robert or Robin.


Emmabeth

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


Katsura

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (Katsura) or かつら (Katsura).


Gazza

From Gareth (or any personal name starting Ga-) + -zza.


Nats

[…]We had lots of good times together at school - Nats was always happy and bubbly and would make anyone's bad day a good one, putting a smile on your face.' Natalie's teachers remember her well, of course.

2006, Tracey Hawthorne, Natalie Du Toit: tumble turn, page 67:

A diminutive of the female given name Natalie


Uma

A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.


Shion

* (given name): Transliteration of Japanese しおん.

Shion Takeuchi, b. 1988


Masaru

Japanese: マサル (reimportation to Japanese as foreign)

From Japanese Masaru (Masaru), from まさる, from various (優/勝/将/將/賢/真申).

ja-l/helper

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申

ja-l

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申


Takaki

Borrowed from Japanese 高木 (Takaki) or たかき (Takaki).


Taira

Borrowed from Japanese 平 (Taira) or Japanese 平良 (Taira).


Marley

From several different places in England, from Old English mære (“boundary”) or myrig (“pleasant”) or mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). In the first case, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + -ley (“lea”).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.

(chiefly British) A male given name transferred from the surname.

(chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.


Toshiharu

Borrowed from Japanese としはる (Toshiharu).


Toshikatsu

Borrowed from Japanese としかつ (Toshikatsu).


Norichika

Borrowed from Japanese のりちか (Norichika).


Hiromitsu

Borrowed from Japanese ひろみつ (Hiromitsu).


Corydon

From Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”).

der

They give voice to Corydon′s passion; they confront in their own culture the constraints that hedge his passion in.

1994, Bruce R. Smith, Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics, page 92:

Byron shocked regency England by citing it^([Virgil's second eclogue]) in the opening canto of Don Juan, and Andre Gide gave the title Corydon to the controversial defense of homosexuality he published in 1924.
Virgil depicts Corydon’s passion with psychological realism and a touch of wry irony.

2006, Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization, page 92:

The harlequinade ceases for the moment, and a two-character tragedy begins with the shepherds Thyrsis and Corydon, whose names derive from ancient pastoral poetry.

2008, Bernard F. Dick, Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty, page 18:

(literary) A male given name from Greek, notably used as a stock name for a shepherd in pastorals, in particular a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in Virgil's Eclogues.


Mitsuyuki

Borrowed from Japanese みつゆき (Mitsuyuki).


Yoshihisa

Borrowed from Japanese よしひさ (Yoshihisa).


Rollo

en-proper noun

Rollo (countable and uncountable, plural Rollos)

Latinization of the Old French equivalent of the English Rolf.

There was always a conflict in Rollo Martins ― between the absurd Christian name and the sturdy Dutch (four generations back) surname.

1950, Graham Greene, The Third Man, Heinemann, published 1964, page 15:

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Corrine

A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant of Corinne.


Cormack

From the Old Irish given name Cormac.
The town in Newfoundland is named after explorer and entrepreneur William Epps Cormack (1796 - 1868).


Crusoe

Perhaps from French Crusiaux, a topographic surname from a diminutive of creux (“hollow”), or alternatively a variant of Croiseau, a habitational surname.


Creighton

Creighton (countable and uncountable, plural Creightons)


Cullen

Cullen (countable and uncountable, plural Cullens)


Bond

Bond (countable and uncountable, plural Bonds)

An occupational surname, from bond ("peasant," "farmer").


Emmitt

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.


Emmett

A male or unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Athelstan

An Anglo-Saxon male given name derived from Old English æþele (“noble”) and stān (“stone”), meaning "Gem". Old English variants are Æþelstān and Æðelstān. In modern English it is also found as Æthelstan, Athelstane, Addleston, Athelston, Athelstone and Ethelstone, usually surnames or place names. It is akin to the Dutch noun edelsteen and German noun and surname Edelstein and the Icelandic male given name Aðalsteinn.


Layton

Layton (countable and uncountable, plural Laytons)

* (perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.


Clœlius

(chiefly history) A male given name from Latin.


Kimball

Kimball (countable and uncountable, plural Kimballs)

From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.

The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim’s mother’s sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O’Hara, a young color-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment.

1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 1, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:

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


Zacchaeus

From Late Latin Zacchaeus, from Ancient Greek Ζακχαῖος (Zakkhaîos), from Hebrew זכי (zakkay), literally "pure, innocent", which came from זכה (zacha, “be clean, pure”).

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 19:8:


Mila

From a diminutive in many Slavic languages (Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Bulgarian, etc.) of female given names containing the element Mil-, -mila ("grace, beloved"), such as Ludmila, Milena, Milica, and of the cognates of Emily. Also from Spanish Mila.

At the end of the evening―and remember it was a sad occasion―Auntie Fanny says, 'Shoiley, do me a favour, ask Myla'―she never called her Mila―'for the recipe.'

1992, Sally Armstrong, Mila, Macmillan Canada, →ISBN, page 59:

My name is Mila. Mila is the name others gave me. The ones who found me. Mila is miracle.

1996, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, Scholastic Inc., published 1998, →ISBN, page 52:

And she persisted in calling me Mila after I had decreed that people should now use my full name: Sharmila.

2003, Dina Mehta, Mila in Love, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 4:

A female given name from the Slavic languages.


Vick

A diminutive of the male given name Victor


Saz

A nickname of the given name Sarah or Sally.


Bet

A diminutive of the female name Elizabeth.


Temperance

From temperance. A virtue name first used by Puritans in the 16th century.


Zenobia

From Latin Zenobia, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía), name of a third century Queen of Palmyra. Ostensibly from Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), but also suggested to be a rendering of the Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, “Zaynab”). First recorded as an English given name in Cornwall in 1586.

"I shall always think," said Zenobia, "that Lord Liverpool went much too far, though I never said so in his time; for I always uphold my friends."

This Zenobia ("Nobby") Hopwood was old Worplesdon's ward, as I believe it is called. A pal of his, just before he stopped ticking over some years previously, had left him in charge of his daughter.

1946, P. G. Wodehouse, Joy in the Morning, Overlook Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12:


Maybel

It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.

2010, Margaret Forster, Isa & May, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 5:


Isa

Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.

1885, Arthur's Home Magazine, volume 53, page 165:

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.


Isa

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.


Jacquie

A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline and of its variant spellings.


Zemfira

Transliteration of Russian Земфи́ра (Zemfíra), name of the heroine in Pushkin's poem Цыга́ны (Cygány, “The Gypsies (1827)”). Possibly of Romani origin.

transliteration

Земфи́ра Земфира#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфи́ра (Zemfíra).


Ramsay

"Ramsay!" Adrian repeated to himself. He sighed again―or no, this time he was laughing. "I bet you live in Roland Park," he told Delia. "Well, yes, I do." "I knew it! Everybody in Roland Park has a last name for a first name." "So?" she said, stung. "What's wrong with that?"

1995, Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years, Knopf, →ISBN, pages 10–11:


Tecumseh

Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain.

1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 271:


Adie

"My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.

1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245:

A diminutive of the male given names Adam, Adrian, or Aidan, from Hebrew, Latin, or Irish

"I'd like if you call me Adie. It is short for Adele."

2010, Mary Carnaghan, Adie, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33:

A diminutive of the female given names Adele, Adriana, or Adrienne, from the Germanic languages, Latin, or French

The journalist Kate Adie was born in 1945.

A surname transferred from the given name derived from Adam.


Clemmy

A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.


Vyacheslav

Transliteration of Russian Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv). Cognate with English Wenceslaus.

Вячесла́в Вячеслав#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv).


Talitha

From Aramaic טליתא (ṭalyəṯāʾ, “female child, girl, maiden”). From a passage in the New Testament (Gospel of Mark) in which Jesus restores to life a little girl.

der

Talitha Bateman

Talitha Getty

Talitha Washington

A female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.


Cephas

Borrowed from Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

Aramaic כֵּיפָא

A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.


Tammi

A female given name, a spelling variant of Tammy.


Keara

A female given name from Irish, variant of Keira.


Dulcie

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) in the 19th century, probably inspired by earlier names like Dowsabel and Spanish Dulcinea.

Three green bonnets at church one day / Dulcie and Daisy and Dorothy May / Three green bonnets that nod in a row/ Each bonnet tied with a green ribbon bow.

1904 Al Harris - Guy d'Hardelot, Three Green Bonnets (a song)

"Probably most people hate the name they've got," she said. "Take Dulcie."
"It's not bad," he said slowly. "It's sort of exotic."
That was a word he had decided to adopt.
"No, it isn't. It's awful, really. It means 'sweet'. And Dulcie's a plump girl with fair hair and blue eyes. A complexion."

1966, Patrick White, The Solid Mandala, Avon Books, published 1975, →ISBN, page 88:


Tibbie

Her brothers call Mary Poor Mary, and indeed the meagreness and timidity of many of the women in their family has caused that word to be attached to the names they were given at their christening ― names that were themselves altered into something less substantial and graceful. Isabel became Poor Tibbie, Margaret, Poor Maggie, Jane, Poor Jennie.

2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 36:

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel.


Tay

en-proper noun

Tay (countable and uncountable, plural Tays)

A diminutive of the unisex given name Taylor.


Haidée

Coined by Byron for his poem Don Juan (1824).

He had an only daughter, call'd Haidée, / The greatest heiress of the Eastern Isles; / Besides, so very beautiful was she, / Her dowry was as nothing to her smiles:

1824 Lord Byron, Don Juan/Canto the Second:CXXVIII

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Hamza

From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ-m-z).

bor

The Muslim Sahabi Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib.


Erdoğan

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Erdoğan.


Lucretius

From Latin Lucretius, name of a patrician and plebeian Roman gens, possibly from lucrum (“profit”).

A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.


Sera

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (sará, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

A female given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage.


Esti

A diminutive of the female given name Esther


Sams

A diminutive of the female given name Samantha, variant of Sam.

A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, variant of Sam.


Ems

From the clipping of Emma or Emily + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

A diminutive of the female given names Emma or Emily.


Sian

An anglicization of Welsh Siân, ultimately from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

doublet

A female given name from Welsh [in turn from Hebrew].


Kenan

* Borrowed from Hebrew קֵינָן (qēnå̄n).
* Alternatively, possibly a variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Timur

From Turkish Timur and other languages, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”).


Clelia

Clelia: the name, at first hearing, was so uncannily like Clara that Clara dispensed with the notion that she might have misheard the initial consonant, and that the girl might be supposed to be called Dahlia.

1967, Margaret Drabble, Jerusalem the Golden, Popular Library, published 1979, →ISBN, page 16:


Dottie

She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.

1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, →ISBN, page 60:

A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dotty, and sometimes also used as a formal given name.


Sayan

Transliteration of Bengali সায়ন (śaẏon).


Nerys

From Welsh, probably derived from Old Welsh Generys (literally “white lady”).


Tobit

From the Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), from Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”).

I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 1:3:


Phillida

While he dressed he sang an ancient ballad, at the top of his voice, to an air he improvised.
Phillida was a fair maid / As fresh as any flower; / Whom Harpalus the herd-man praide / To be his paramoure. / Harpalus and eke Corin, / Were herd-men both ysere; / And Phillida would twist and spinne, / And thereto sing ful clere.
"Phyllis!" cried John. "Can you hear in the bedroom? I sing of thee!" "I thought her name was Phillida," said Phyllis, setting the bedroom door ajar. "Phillida is Old English for Phyllis," he explained.

1914 Munson Aldrich Havens, Old Valentines, Chapter X


Phillipa

"Well, you know when a father's name is Paul and they name the baby girl, Paulette?" "Or Paula." "That's right. Or his name is Philip and they name her Phyllis?" "Or Phillipa. Don't forget Phillipa. I love the name Phillipa."

2002, Patricia McCune Irvine, A Tinkling Cymbal, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 183:


Taryn

A 20th-century coinage, apparently from Tara combined with names like Karen. In the case of the American actress Taryn Power, derived from her father's given name Tyrone.


Batu

A Mongolian male given name, notably borne by Batu Khan, a Mongol ruler.


Nobby

Nobby Stiles
Norbert is a moniker one normally doesn't associate with one of the game's most intimidating midfielders, but "Nobby" provided the steel for the England side that prevailed in the 1966 World Cup, and his gap-toothed visage would have earned him a guest spot in the movie Halloween.

2009, Jeff Carlisle, Soccer's Most Wanted II, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 234:

A diminutive of the male given name Norbert.

There's Nobby, now―here he indicates Zenobia with his pipe―"as has 'ad a whole cartload o' troubles, besides me a riding on the shafts, an' that's bad enough, an't it, Nobby?"

1855, Watts Phillips, The Wild Tribes of London, page 49:

A diminutive of the female given name Zenobia.


Waldo

English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). Compare Walthall, Waldie.

He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'

2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 217:

A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.


Vinny

A diminutive of the male given name Vincent.

A diminutive of the female given name Lavinia.


Appian

A Roman male given name from Latin, notably borne by Appian of Alexandria (c. 95 – c. 165), a Roman historian of Greek descent


Neill

Variant spelling of Neil, anglicised form of Goidelic/Irish Niall.

A male given name from Irish, variant of Neil.


Goodwin

From Old English gōd (“good”) + wine (“friend”).

A medieval male given name from Old English, rare today.


Howell

en-proper noun

Howell (countable and uncountable, plural Howells)

From Welsh Hywel. Doublet of Huell and Powell.

(countable) A male given name from Welsh.


Kendrick

From Middle English Cenric, Kendrich, of several origins:
* From Old English Cyneric, from cyne- (“royal”) + ric (“power”),
* Borrowed from Middle Welsh Cynwrig (“greatest champion”), from cynt (“before, first”) + gwr (“man”) + -ig
* Borrowed from Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh via Enright, in which case also a doublet of Hanratty

bor

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Karan

A female given name of North American usage, variant of Karen.


Zac

A diminutive of the male given names Zachariah or Zachary


Ellison

en-proper noun

Ellison (countable and uncountable, plural Ellisons)

Ellison D. Smith

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Ellison Barber

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Amyas

From Old French Amis, a given name and nickname, from Latin amīcus (“friend”). Later interpreted as a masculine form of Amy.

The morrow next about the wanted howre, / The Dwarfe cald at the doore of Amyas, / To come forthwith unto his Ladies bowre.

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 59:

Because there was fellow-feeling of old in merry England, in county and in town; and these are Devon men, and men of Bideford, whose names are Amyas Leigh of Burrough, John Staveley, Michael Heard, and Jonas Marshall of Bideford, and Thomas Braund of Clovelly: and they, the first of all English mariners, have sailed round the world with Francis Drake, and are come hither to give God thanks.

1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, Macmillan and Co., published 1871, page 17:

She was an admirer of Kingsley. That's why she called her son Amyas. His father scoffed at the name - but he gave in.

1942, Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs, HarperCollins, published 1994, →ISBN, page 39:

(literary, rare) A male given name from Latin.


Berry

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry.

1930 P. G. Wodehouse, Big Money, Colliers' Weekly, Vol.86, page 110

Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name.

1979, Berry Gordy, Movin' Up. Pop Gordy Tells His Story, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 9:

A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.


Berry

From berry; also a pet form of Beryl, Berenice, or Berinthia.

"I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said.

2002, James Hadley Chase, Not My Thing, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 152:

"What's with your dad calling you 'Berry' anyway? What kind of name is 'Berry'?" "Oh, it's short for Huckleberry," she replied, as if that explained everything.

2005, Sandra-Kay Austin, The Old Man's Secret, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:

(rare) A female given name from English.


Tibby

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth


Petre

From a medieval spelling variant of Peter.

(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek, mostly transferred back from the surname.


Alanis

A feminine form of Alan best known for the Canadian singer Alanis Morissette whose father was named Alan.

A female given name from the Celtic languages.


Huw

A male given name from Welsh, equivalent to English Hugh


Hero

You hear, Count Claudio: I can be secret as a dumb man; I would have you think so; but on my allegiance mark you this, on my allegiance: he is in love. With who? now that is your Grace's part. Mark how short his answer is: with Hero, Leonato's short daughter.

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek of English-speakers.


Porscha

Probably from the luxury car brand Porsche.

But when her second child, Porscha, was still in diapers, Apryll's husband, a delivery driver, began to change.

2003, Working Mother, volume 26, number 5, page 48:

The Woman's Guide to Money will ask you to not only take responsibility for your life as Porscha did in chapter three of her autobiography, but it will also ask you to entertain the possibility of a chapter four and five in your life.

2008, Kelley Keehn, The Woman's Guide to Money, page 12:

Then Porscha sees Ramone standing in line behind two of the Newnan High girls at the snack bar. He was talking and laughing with them.

2010, Tamala Callaway, Super Natural: New Beginnings, page 81:

A female given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th century African-American usage.


Wilkie

Wilkie (countable and uncountable, plural Wilkies)

From a Scottish diminutive of Wilk, a back-formation from Wilkin.

(countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.


Clancy

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh (“descendant of a person named Red Warrior”), from flann (“blood-red”).


Radhi

bor

Arabic رَاضِي (rāḍī)


Suky

An 18th-century pet form of Susan and Susanna.


Dobby

A male given name (See Dobby (disambiguation); it lists several real persons with the given name Dobby.)


Hob

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robin, and separately as a French diminutive of Robert.

(archaic) A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; (later) the devil


Dobie

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.


Townsend

en-proper noun

Townsend (countable and uncountable, plural Townsends)

From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”).


Daffy

The name Daffy stuck, and to make it worse, Tony added "Duck" as an afterthought. For weeks, he led all the other kids in a chorus of quacks whenever Daphne appeared, but she ignored them.

1983, Mary Downing Hahn, Daphne's Book, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 5:

A diminutive of the female given name Daphne

"Call me Daffy," Daffodil interrupted with a demure smile.

1997, Emily Dalton, Wake Me With a Kiss, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 11:

A diminutive of the female given name Daffodil


Becks

A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca


Parry

Anglicised from Welsh ap Harri, "son of Henry".


Addy

My name is Addison Jane Dawson, but you can call me Addy; everyone else does.

2009, J. Scott Romig, The Lookout Tree, Author House, →ISBN, page 1:

A diminutive of the female given names Adelaide, Adeline, Adrienne, or Addison, from the Germanic languages or French or transferred from the surname.

"Let be, Addy, let be. Ben will be joking. Why, he's i' the right to laugh at me--I canna help laughing at myself." "I shan't loose him till he promises to let the door alone," said Adam.

1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Adam Bede/Chapter I”, in Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

A diminutive of the male given name Adam, from Hebrew.


Hectour

(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek


Victour

(rare) Obsolete spelling of Victor.: a male given name.


Manny

A diminutive of the male given name Emmanuel.

A diminutive of the male given name Manfred.


Eftychia

From Greek Ευτυχία (Eftychía), from Ancient Greek εὐτυχία (eutukhía, “good luck”).

der

A female given name from Ancient Greek, meaning happiness or good luck (archaic).


Euthemia

/ɛfˈθiːmɪ.ə/

From Ancient Greek Εὐθυμία (Euthumía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + θυμός (thumós, “disposition”).

affix

A female given name from Ancient Greek, meaning "of a good disposition".


Thom

A male given name of less common usage, variant of Tom


Sofana

From Arabic سُفَانَة (sufāna). The name was famously borne by a daughter of the poet Hatim al-Tai.


Teague

From the Irish first name Tadhg. Cognate with English taig (“A Catholic”). Compare Mick and Paddy.


Caz

A diminutive of the female given name Carol


Ros

A diminutive of the female given name Rosalind.

A diminutive of the female given name Rosamund.


Lawanda

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.


Xav

A diminutive of the male given name Xavier.


Varuzhan

Վարուժան Վարուժան#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Վարուժան (Varužan).


Ashby

From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).


Bobby Joe

A compound male given name originating as a coinage.


Billy Jean

A compound female given name originating as a coinage.


Beej

From how the letters b and j are pronounced together as a word.


Zev

A male given name from Hebrew found in the Jewish demographic


Muhammed

A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad


Dickboy

Richard Bryant (the noted "DICKBOY") was of this gang, as were Ben. Kayford and Geo. Ward (alias DAGGER) and some others, all hanged at Gloucester, Bristol, Salisbury, and Ilchester.

1881, Henry Ellacombe, History of the parish of Bitton, in the county of Gloucester, Volume 1, page 212:

Also I give the use of my Negro Dickboy to my daughter Mary Womack during her life and after her death I give and bequeath the said Negro Dickboy to my son Francis Farley and his heirs forever.

1943, Jesse Farley, Paul Hardman, Twelve generations of Farleys, page 34:

And then there was Dickboy Cheney leading him around like a pig with a ring.

2008, Richard Grossinger, The Bardo of Waking Life, page 322:

(sometimes offensive) A diminutive of the male given name Richard.


Billyjean

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Cormick

From Scottish Gaelic or from Irish Cormac, from Old Irish Cormac, Corbmac, from corb ("chariot") + mac ("son"). Many books also connect the name to an Irish word for "raven".


Yael

Rendering of the modern Israeli Hebrew יעל.


Nessa

A female given name, nickname of Vanessa.


Radney

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


Cyndi

A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia.


Theodoros

Transliteration of Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódoros), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. Cognate with English Theodore.

Θεόδωρος Θεόδωρος#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Θεόδωρος (Theódoros).


Stephani

Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Stephani, a Latinized patronymic surname from the personal name Stephanus.
* Variant spelling of Italian Stefani.

Stephani Victor, b. 1969


Angele

A female given name from French, anglicized by Angèle


Angelos

From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of Angel.


Petros

Transliteration of Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. The Armenian name is from Armenian Պետրոս (Petros), from the same Greek name. Cognate with English Peter.

Πέτρος Πέτρος#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Πέτρος (Pétros).

Պետրոս Պետրոս#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Պետրոս (Petros).


Georgios

Transliteration of Greek Γεώργιος (Geórgios), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. Cognate with English George.

Γεώργιος Γεώργιος#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Γεώργιος (Geórgios).


Yaya

The male name is ultimately from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā); likely throughout a West African language.


Lolly

Louise Bergeret (Lolly) was a year older than Enid;[…].

1982, Dorothea Straus, Under the Canopy, page 50:

He could see it all, with that certificate before him reading “Alice Louise Cameron” — Lolly.

1991, Gene Stratton-Porter, The Keeper of the Bees, page 481:

“Lolly, huh? Short for Louise no doubt.”

2010, Harry Hughes, Horseshoes, unnumbered page:

A diminutive of the female given names Laura or Louise.


Richy

A diminutive of the male given name Richard. Alternative form of Richie


Nola

From Finola, from Irish Fionnghuala. In the US, also under the influence of the male name Nolan (which see).

"What kind of name is Nola?"
"My grandmother's," she said and sighed. "The kind of name no one ever just picks out."
"Excuse me?"
"You get named a name like Nola," she said. "Because of someone else. That someone else was my grandmother."

2011, Bebe Wilde, The Weaker Sex, page 33


Lavern

(chiefly US) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


La Vergne

From the French surname Lavergne. Variant of Laverne.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Kipling

en-proper noun

Kipling (countable and uncountable, plural Kiplings)


Alora

From Botswana, it means "my dream" in the Bantu languages.

A female given name from the Bantu languages of African origin.


La Toya

Possibly a combination of the prefix La- + Toya, a Spanish pet form of Victoria.

A female given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th-century African-American usage.


Constant

(rare) A male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Constance


Firmin

From Latin Firminus, name of early Christian saints, derivative of firmus (“firm”).


Xiaomin

Borrowed from Mandarin 晓敏 (Xiǎomǐn), probably originally 小敏 (Xiǎomǐn), diminutive of 敏 (Mǐn).


Justin

Name of early saints, Latin Iūstīnus, from Iūstus + -īnus, from iūstus (“just”).

What is there, I wonder, about the name Justin that gives its bearer the quality of leadership? Justin Morrill was a leader of men. Justin Morgan was a leader of horses.

1892, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook, Outlook Publishing Co., published 1925, page 43:

'It says here his name was Justin Summers. Now, if that ain't the whitest white-guy name of all time, then I don't know what. It's just a damn shame.'

1996, Sherman Alexie, Indian Killer, →ISBN, page 102:

A male given name from Latin. Popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.