Gloria
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/ˈɡlɔɹ.i.ə/ (English)
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/ˈɡlo.ɾja/ (Spanish)
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/ˈɡlɔ.rja/ (Italian)
Means "glory", from the Portuguese and Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary Maria da Glória and María de Gloria. Maria da Glória (1819-1853) was the daughter of the Brazilian emperor Pedro I, eventually becoming queen of Portugal as Maria II.The name was introduced to the English-speaking world by E. D. E. N. Southworth's novel Gloria (1891) and George Bernard Shaw's play You Never Can Tell (1898), which both feature characters with a Portuguese background [1][2]. It was popularized in the early 20th century by American actress Gloria Swanson (1899-1983). Another famous bearer is feminist Gloria Steinem (1934-). View Original Wilbur
Pronounced
/ˈwɪl.bəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈwɪl.bə/ (British English)
From an English surname that was originally derived from the nickname Wildbor meaning "wild boar" in Middle English. This name was borne by Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), one half of the Wright brothers, who together invented the first successful airplane. Wright was named after the Methodist minister Wilbur Fisk (1792-1839). A famous fictional bearer is the main character (a pig) in the children's novel Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White. View Original Orville
Pronounced
/ˈɔɹ.vɪl/ (American English)
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/ˈɔː.vɪl/ (British English)
This name was invented by the 18th-century writer Fanny Burney, who perhaps intended it to mean "golden city" in French. Orville Wright (1871-1948), together with his brother Wilbur, invented the first successful airplane. View Original Maurice
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/mɔ.ʁis/ (French)
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/mɔ.ˈɹis/ (American English)
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/ˈmɒɹ.ɪs/ (British English)
From the Latin name Mauritius or Mauricius [1][2], a derivative of Maurus. Saint Maurice was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Egypt. He and the other Christians in his legion were supposedly massacred on the orders of Emperor Maximian for refusing to worship Roman gods. Thus, he is the patron saint of infantry soldiers.This name was borne by a 6th-century Byzantine emperor. Another notable bearer was Maurice of Nassau (called Maurits in Dutch), a 17th-century prince of Orange who helped establish the Dutch Republic. The name has been used in England since the Norman Conquest, usually in the spelling Morris or Moris.
View Original Blossom
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/ˈblɑs.əm/ (American English)
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/ˈblɒs.əm/ (British English)
From the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm. It came into use as a rare given name in the 19th century. View Original Grosvenor
Pronounced
/ˈɡɹoʊv.ə.nəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈɡɹoʊv.nəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈɡɹəʊv.ə.nə/ (British English)
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/ˈɡɹəʊv.nə/ (British English)
From an English surname that meant "great hunter" in Norman French. View Original Bertrand
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/bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃/ (French)
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/ˈbɜɹ.tɹənd/ (American English)
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/ˈbɜː.tɹənd/ (British English)
Derived from the Old German elements beraht meaning "bright" and rant meaning "rim (of a shield)" [2][3][4]. From an early date it has been confused with Bertram and the two names have merged to some degree. Saint Bertrand was an 11th-century bishop of Comminges in France. Another famous bearer was the English philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970).
View Original Azura
Pronounced
/ə.ˈʒʊɹ.ə/ ()
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/ˈæʒ.ɹə/ ()
View Original Cornell
Pronounced
/kɔɹ.ˈnɛl/ (American English)
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/kɔː.ˈnɛl/ (British English)
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Cornelius.
View Original Emerson
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Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Feminine
Pronounced
/ˈɛm.əɹ.sən/ (American English)
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/ˈɛm.ə.sən/ (British English)
From an English surname meaning "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.
View Original Samuel
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שְׁמוּאֵל (Hebrew)
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ሳሙኤል (Amharic)
Pronounced
/ˈsæm.juː.əl/ (English)
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/ˈsæm.jəl/ (English)
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/sa.mɥɛl/ (French)
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/ˈzaː.mu̯eːl/ (German)
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/ˈsaː.my.ɛl/ (Dutch)
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/sa.ˈmwel/ (Spanish)
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/sɐ.mu.ˈɛɫ/ (European Portuguese)
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/sa.mu.ˈɛw/ (Brazilian Portuguese)
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/sa.ˈmu.ɛl/ (Polish)
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/ˈsa.mu.ɛl/ (Czech)
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SA-moo-ehl (Swedish)
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/ˈsɑ.mu.el/ (Finnish)
From the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemuʾel) meaning "name of God", from the roots שֵׁם (shem) meaning "name" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" [1][2][3][4]. Other interpretations have the first root being שָׁמַע (shamaʿ) meaning "to hear" leading to a meaning of "God has heard" [5]. As told in the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament, Samuel was the last of the ruling judges. He led the Israelites during a period of domination by the Philistines, who were ultimately defeated in battle at Mizpah. Later he anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel, and even later anointed his successor David.As a Christian name, Samuel came into common use after the Protestant Reformation. It has been consistently popular in the English-speaking world, ranking yearly in the top 100 names in the United States (as recorded since 1880) and performing similarly well in the United Kingdom.Famous bearers include English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), American inventor Samuel Morse (1791-1872), Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), and American actor Samuel L. Jackson (1948-). This was also the real name, Samuel Clemens, of the American author Mark Twain (1835-1910). View Original Harmon
Pronounced
/ˈhɑɹ.mən/ (American English)
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/ˈhɑː.mən/ (British English)
From a surname that was derived from the given name Herman.
View Original Colter
Pronounced
/ˈkoʊl.təɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈkəʊl.tə/ (British English)
From an English surname that was originally given to a keeper of horses, derived from Middle English colt. View Original Algar
Pronounced
/ˈæl.ɡɑɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈæl.ɡɑː/ (British English)
Means "elf spear" from Old English ælf "elf" and gar "spear" [1][2][3]. This Old English name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest, being absorbed by similar-sounding names and Norman and Scandinavian cognates. It was briefly revived in the 19th century. View Original Laureen
Pronounced
/ˈlɔɹ.in/ ()
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/lə.ˈɹin/ ()
View Original Ophelia
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Ancient Greek
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Ὠφελία (Ancient Greek)
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/oʊ.ˈfil.i.ə/ (English)
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/oʊ.ˈfil.jə/ (English)
Derived from Greek ὠφέλεια (opheleia) meaning "help, advantage" [2]. This was a rare ancient Greek name [1], which was either rediscovered or recreated by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a character in his poem Arcadia (1480). It was borrowed by Shakespeare for his play Hamlet (1600), in which it belongs to the daughter of Polonius and the potential love interest of Hamlet. She eventually goes insane and drowns herself after Hamlet kills her father. In spite of this negative association, the name has been in use since the 19th century. View Original Mia
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Slovene
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Croatian
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English
Pronounced
MEE-ah (Swedish)
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/ˈmi.aː/ (Dutch)
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/ˈmiː.a/ (German)
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/ˈmi.a/ (Italian)
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/ˈmiː.ə/ (English)
Diminutive of Maria [1]. It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [2]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.
View Original Marisa
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Italian
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Spanish
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Portuguese
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English
Pronounced
/ma.ˈri.za/ (Italian)
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/ma.ˈɾi.sa/ (Spanish)
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/mə.ˈɹɪs.ə/ (English)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of Maria and Luisa.
View Original September
Pronounced
/sɛp.ˈtɛm.bəɹ/ (American English)
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/sɛp.ˈtɛm.bə/ (British English)
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September. View Original Rosamund
Pronounced
/ˈɹoʊ.zə.mənd/ (English)
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/ˈɹɑz.ə.mənd/ (American English)
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/ˈɹɒz.ə.mənd/ (British English)
Derived from the Old German elements hros "horse" and munt "protection" [1][2][3]. This name was borne by the wife of the Lombard king Alboin in the 6th century. The Normans introduced it to England. It was subsequently interpreted as coming from Latin rosa munda "pure rose" or rosa mundi "rose of the world". This was the name of the mistress of Henry II, the king of England in the 12th century. According to legends she was murdered by his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. View Original Darius
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Biblical Latin
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Old Persian (Latinized)
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𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Old Persian)
Pronounced
/də.ˈɹaɪ.əs/ (English)
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/ˈdæɹ.i.əs/ (English)
Latin form of Greek Δαρεῖος (Dareios), from the Old Persian name 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎢𐏁 (Darayauš), shortened from 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 (Darayavauš). It means "possessing goodness", composed of 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹 (daraya) meaning "to possess, to hold" and 𐎺𐎢 (vau) meaning "good" [1]. Three ancient kings of Persia bore this name, including Darius the Great who expanded the Achaemenid Empire to its greatest extent. His forces invaded Greece but were defeated in the Battle of Marathon.It has never been very common as a given name in the English-speaking world, though it rose in popularity after the middle of the 20th century. In the United States it is frequently an African-American name. In Lithuania it may be given in honour of the Lithuanian-American aviator Steponas Darius (1896-1933), who died attempting to fly nonstop from New York to Lithuania. His surname was an Americanized form of the original Darašius. View Original Goddard
Pronounced
/ˈɡɑd.əɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈɡɒd.əd/ (British English)
From an English and French surname that was derived from the Old German given name Godehard.
View Original Regina
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Lithuanian
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Estonian
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/ɹɪ.ˈd͡ʒi.nə/ (English)
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/ɹɪ.ˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/ (English)
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/ʁe.ˈɡiː.na/ (German)
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/re.ˈd͡ʒi.na/ (Italian)
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/re.ˈxi.na/ (Spanish)
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/rʲɛ.ɡʲɪ.ˈnɐ/ (Lithuanian)
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/rɛ.ˈɡi.na/ (Polish)
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/ˈrɛ.ɡɪ.na/ (Czech)
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/rʲɪ.ˈɡʲi.nə/ (Russian)
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/ˈrɛ.ɡi.nɒ/ (Hungarian)
Means "queen" in Latin (or Italian). It was in use as a Christian name from early times, and was borne by a 2nd-century saint. In England it was used during the Middle Ages in honour of the Virgin Mary, and it was later revived in the 19th century. A city in Canada bears this name, in honour of Queen Victoria. View Original Coriander
Pronounced
/ˈkɔɹ.i.ˌæn.dəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˌkɔɹ.i.ˈæn.dəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˌkɒɹ.i.ˈæn.də/ (British English)
From the name of the spice, also called cilantro, which may ultimately be of Phoenician origin (via Latin and Greek). View Original Scott
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/ˈskɑt/ (American English)
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/ˈskɒt/ (British English)
From an English and Scottish surname that referred to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic [1]. It is derived from Latin Scoti meaning "Gael, Gaelic speaker", with the ultimate origin uncertain. View Original Lanford
Pronounced
/ˈlæn.fəɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈlæn.fəd/ (British English)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "long ford" in Old English. View Original Xavier
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Catalan
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Spanish
Pronounced
/ˈzeɪ.vjəɹ/ (American English)
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/ɪɡ.ˈzeɪ.vjəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈzeɪ.vjə/ (British English)
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/ɪɡ.ˈzeɪ.vjə/ (British English)
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/ɡza.vje/ (French)
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/ʃɐ.vi.ˈɛɾ/ (European Portuguese)
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/ʃa.vi.ˈɛh/ (Brazilian Portuguese)
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/ʃə.bi.ˈe/ (Catalan)
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/xa.ˈβjeɾ/ (Spanish)
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/sa.ˈβjer/ (Spanish)
Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house" [1], from etxe "house" and berri "new". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was born in a village by this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics. View Original Norton
Pronounced
/ˈnɔɹ.tən/ (American English)
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/ˈnɔː.tən/ (British English)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "north town" in Old English. View Original Salome
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Georgian
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Biblical Latin
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სალომე (Georgian)
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Σαλώμη (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced
/sə.ˈloʊ.mi/ (English)
From an Aramaic name that was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". According to the historian Josephus this was the name of the daughter of Herodias (the consort of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee). In the New Testament, though a specific name is not given, it was a daughter of Herodias who danced for Herod and was rewarded with the head of John the Baptist, and thus Salome and the dancer have traditionally been equated.As a Christian given name, Salome has been in occasional use since the Protestant Reformation. This was due to a second person of this name in the New Testament: one of the women who witnessed the crucifixion and later discovered that Jesus' tomb was empty. It is used in Georgia due to the 4th-century Salome of Ujarma, who is considered a saint in the Georgian Church. View Original Alfred
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Albanian
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/ˈæl.fɹəd/ (English)
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/al.fʁɛd/ (French)
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/ˈal.fʁeːt/ (German)
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/ˈal.frɛt/ (Polish)
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/ˈɑl.frət/ (Dutch)
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/əɫ.ˈfɾɛt/ (Catalan)
Means "elf counsel", derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel, advice" [1][2][3][4]. Alfred the Great was a 9th-century king of Wessex who fought unceasingly against the Danes living in northeastern England. He was also a scholar, and he translated many Latin books into Old English. His fame helped to ensure the usage of this name even after the Norman Conquest, when most Old English names were replaced by Norman ones. It became rare by the end of the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 18th century.Famous bearers include the British poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), the Swedish inventor and Nobel Prize founder Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), and the British-American film director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980). View Original Amaya
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English (Modern)
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/a.ˈma.ʝa/ (Spanish)
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/ə.ˈmaɪ.ə/ (English)
Variant of Amaia.In America, this name was popularized in 1999 by a contestant on the reality television series The Real World [1].
View Original Jacob
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Jewish
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Biblical
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/ˈd͡ʒeɪ.kəb/ (English)
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/ˈjaː.kɔp/ (Dutch)
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/ˈjɑː.kɔp/ (Swedish)
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YAH-kob (Danish)
From the Latin Iacob, which was from the Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakob), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿaqov). In the Old Testament Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac and Rebecca and the father of the twelve founders of the twelve tribes of Israel. He was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel, and his name is explained as meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter" [1][2], because he twice deprived his brother of his rights as the firstborn son (see Genesis 27:36). Other theories claim that it is in fact derived from a hypothetical name like יַעֲקֹבְאֵל (Yaʿaqovʾel) meaning "may God protect" [3].The English names Jacob and James derive from the same source, with James coming from Latin Iacomus, a later variant of the Latin New Testament form Iacobus. Unlike English, many languages do not have separate spellings for the two names.In England, Jacob was mainly regarded as a Jewish name during the Middle Ages [4], though the variant James was used among Christians. Jacob came into general use as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation. In America, although already moderately common, it steadily grew in popularity from the early 1970s to the end of the 1990s, becoming the top ranked name from 1999 to 2012.A famous bearer was Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), the German linguist and writer who was, with his brother Wilhelm, the author of Grimm's Fairy Tales. View Original Myrtle
Pronounced
/ˈmɜɹ.təl/ (American English)
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/ˈmɜː.təl/ (British English)
Simply from the English word myrtle for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek μύρτος (myrtos) [1]. It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined. View Original Kimberlyn
Pronounced
/ˈkɪm.bəɹ.lɪn/ (American English)
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/ˈkɪm.bə.lɪn/ (British English)
Elaboration of Kimberly using the popular name suffix lyn.
View Original Wilson
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Portuguese
Pronounced
/ˈwɪl.sən/ (English)
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/ˈwil.son/ (Spanish)
From an English surname meaning "son of William". The surname was borne by Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the American president during World War I.
View Original Kiefer
Pronounced
/ˈki.fəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈkiː.fə/ (British English)
From a German surname meaning either "pine tree" or "barrel maker". View Original Chester
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/ˈt͡ʃɛs.təɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə/ (British English)
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who came from Chester, an old Roman settlement in Britain. The name of the settlement came from Latin castrum "camp, fortress". View Original Briar
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/ˈbɹaɪ.əɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈbɹaɪ.ə/ (British English)
From the English word for the thorny plant. View Original Joshua
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יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Ancient Hebrew)
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/ˈd͡ʒɑʃ.u.ə/ (American English)
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/ˈd͡ʒɒʃ.uː.ə/ (British English)
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshuaʿ) meaning "Yahweh is salvation", from the roots יְהוֹ (yeho) referring to the Hebrew God and יָשַׁע (yashaʿ) meaning "to save" [1][2][3][4]. As told in the Old Testament, Joshua was a companion of Moses. He went up Mount Sinai with Moses when he received the Ten Commandments from God, and later he was one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan. After Moses died Joshua succeeded him as leader of the Israelites and he led the conquest of Canaan. His original name was Hoshea.The name Jesus comes from a Greek transcription of the Aramaic short form יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshuaʿ), which was the real name of Jesus. As an English name, Joshua has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.
View Original Roscoe
Pronounced
/ˈɹɑs.koʊ/ (American English)
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/ˈɹɒs.kəʊ/ (British English)
From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, itself derived from Old Norse rá "roebuck" and skógr "wood, forest". View Original Jefferson
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English
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Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced
/ˈd͡ʒɛf.əɹ.sən/ (American English)
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/ˈd͡ʒɛf.ə.sən/ (British English)
From the English surname Jefferson meaning "son of Jeffrey". It is usually given in honour of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third president of the United States and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
View Original Turner
Pronounced
/ˈtɜɹ.nəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈtɜː.nə/ (British English)
From the English surname Turner, which indicated a person who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin.
View Original Lowen
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Dutch (Modern)
Modern name, probably based on similar-sounding names such as Owen or Rowan, or possibly inspired by Cornish lowen "happy". View Original Darcy
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/ˈdɑɹ.si/ (American English)
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/ˈdɑː.si/ (British English)
From an English surname that was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from the town of Arcy in La Manche, France. This is the surname of a character, Fitzwilliam Darcy, in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813). View Original Gerard
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Dutch
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Catalan
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Polish
Pronounced
/d͡ʒɪ.ˈɹɑɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈd͡ʒɛɹ.əd/ (British English)
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/ˈɣeː.rɑrt/ (Dutch)
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/ʒə.ˈɾart/ (Catalan)
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/ˈɡɛ.rart/ (Polish)
Derived from the Old German element ger meaning "spear" combined with hart meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy" [1][2][3][4]. This name was borne by saints from Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Italy. The Normans introduced it to Britain. It was initially much more common there than the similar name Gerald [5], with which it was often confused, but it is now less common. View Original Edison
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Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Spanish (Latin American)
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Albanian
Pronounced
/ˈɛd.ɪ.sən/ (English)
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/ˈe.ði.son/ (Spanish)
From an English surname that meant either "son of Eda 2" or "son of Adam". A famous bearer of the surname was the American inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931).
View Original Carlisa
Pronounced
/kɑɹ.ˈli.sə/ (American English)
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/kɑː.ˈliː.sə/ (British English)
View Original Isaac
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English
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Catalan
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French
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Jewish
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Biblical
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Biblical Latin
Pronounced
/ˈaɪ.zək/ (English)
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/i.sa.ˈak/ (Spanish)
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/i.zak/ (French)
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/i.za.ak/ (French)
From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitsḥaq) meaning "he will laugh, he will rejoice", derived from צָחַק (tsaḥaq) meaning "to laugh" [1][2]. The Old Testament explains this meaning, by recounting that Abraham laughed when God told him that his aged wife Sarah would become pregnant with Isaac (see Genesis 17:17), and later Sarah laughed when overhearing the same prophecy (see Genesis 18:12). When Isaac was a boy, God tested Abraham's faith by ordering him to sacrifice his son, though an angel prevented the act at the last moment. Isaac went on to become the father of Esau and Jacob with his wife Rebecca.As an English Christian name, Isaac was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, though it was more common among Jews [3]. It became more widespread after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and the science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). View Original Festus
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/ˈfeː.stus/ (Latin)
Roman cognomen, possibly meaning "festival, holiday" in Latin. This was the name of a Roman official in the New Testament.At present it is most commonly used in English-speaking Africa. View Original Yolanda
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/ɟ͡ʝo.ˈlan.da/ (Spanish)
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/joʊ.ˈlɑn.də/ (American English)
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/jəʊ.ˈlɒn.də/ (British English)
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet" [1][2]. Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin [3][4][5].This name was borne by a 12th-century empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, who was originally from Flanders. It was also used by her descendants in the royal families of Hungary (spelled Jolánta) and Spain (sometimes spelled Violante). The Blessed Yolanda of Poland was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary who married a Polish duke. It was also borne by Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th-century countess from Luxembourg who joined a convent against her parents' wishes, later becoming the subject of medieval legend. Another notable bearer was a 15th-century duchess of Lorraine, the subject of the opera Iolanta (1892) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. View Original Stormy
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From the English word meaning "stormy, wild, turbulent", ultimately from Old English stormig. View Original Elihu
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אֶלִיהוּא (Ancient Hebrew)
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/ɪ.ˈlaɪ.hju/ (English)
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/i.ˈlaɪ.ˌhju/ (English)
Means "my God is he" in Hebrew, from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and הוּא (hu) meaning "he". This is the name of several characters in the Old Testament including one of the friends of Job. View Original