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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English (Rare)
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German (Rare)
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Georgian
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Biblical
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Biblical Latin
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Biblical Greek
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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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French
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Swedish
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Norwegian
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Danish
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German
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Polish
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Dutch
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Catalan
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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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Basque
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Spanish
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English (Modern)
Pronounced
/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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English
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Dutch
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Swedish
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Norwegian
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Danish
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Jewish
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Biblical
Pronounced
/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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English
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Spanish (Latin American)
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Portuguese
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/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
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/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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Masculine
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Feminine
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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)
Pronounced
/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
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/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
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/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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English (Modern)
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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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Feminine
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Masculine
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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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English
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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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English
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Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Spanish (Latin American)
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Albanian
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/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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Spanish
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Portuguese
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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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Ancient Roman
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Biblical Latin
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Biblical
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English (African)
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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
Pronounced
/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
Pronounced
/ˈstɔɹ.mi/ (American English)
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/ˈstɔː.mi/ (British English)
From the English word meaning "stormy, wild, turbulent", ultimately from Old English stormig. View Original Elihu
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Biblical
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Biblical Hebrew
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English (Archaic)
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אֶלִיהוּא (Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced
/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 Joseph
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English
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French
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German
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Biblical
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יוֹסֵף (Ancient Hebrew)
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ജോസഫ് (Malayalam)
Pronounced
/ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sɪf/ (American English)
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/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.zɪf/ (British English)
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/ʒo.zɛf/ (French)
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/ˈjoː.zɛf/ (German)
From Ioseph, the Latin form of Greek Ἰωσήφ (Ioseph), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add" [1], from the root יָסַף (yasaf) meaning "to add, to increase" [2]. In the Old Testament Joseph is the eleventh son of Jacob and the first with his wife Rachel. Because he was the favourite of his father, his older brothers sent him to Egypt and told their father that he had died. In Egypt, Joseph became an advisor to the pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled with his brothers when they came to Egypt during a famine. This name also occurs in the New Testament, belonging to Saint Joseph the husband of Mary, and to Joseph of Arimathea.In the Middle Ages, Joseph was a common Jewish name, being less frequent among Christians. In the late Middle Ages Saint Joseph became more highly revered, and the name became popular in Spain and Italy. In England it became common after the Protestant Reformation. In the United States it has stayed within the top 25 names for boys since 1880, making it one of the most enduringly popular names of this era.This name was borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Portugal. Other notable bearers include Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), the founder of Mormonism Joseph Smith (1805-1844), Polish-British author Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (1878-1953). View Original Fern
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/ˈfɜɹn/ (American English)
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/ˈfɜːn/ (British English)
From the English word for the plant, ultimately from Old English fearn. It has been used as a given name since the late 19th century. View Original Liberty
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Feminine
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Masculine
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/ˈlɪb.əɹ.ti/ (American English)
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/ˈlɪb.ə.ti/ (British English)
Simply from the English word liberty, derived from Latin libertas, a derivative of liber "free". Interestingly, since 1880 this name has charted on the American popularity lists in three different periods: in 1918 (at the end of World War I), in 1976 (the American bicentennial), and after 2001 (during the War on Terrorism) [1]. View Original Sterling
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/ˈstɜɹ.lɪŋ/ (American English)
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/ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/ (British English)
From a Scots surname that was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning. The name can also be given in reference to the English word sterling meaning "excellent". In this case, the word derives from sterling silver, which was so named because of the emblem that some Norman coins bore, from Old English meaning "little star". View Original Allegra
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Italian
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English (Rare)
Pronounced
/al.ˈlɛː.ɡra/ (Italian)
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/ə.ˈlɛɡ.ɹə/ (English)
Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian. It was borne by a short-lived illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron (1817-1822). View Original Porter
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/ˈpɔɹ.təɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈpɔː.tə/ (British English)
From an occupational English surname meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta. View Original Bernard
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Dutch
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Polish
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Croatian
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Slovene
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Czech
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Germanic
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[1]
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/bəɹ.ˈnɑɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈbɜː.nəd/ (British English)
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/bɛʁ.naʁ/ (French)
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/ˈbɛr.nɑrt/ (Dutch)
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/ˈbɛr.nart/ (Polish)
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/ˈběr.nard/ (Croatian)
Derived from the Old German element bern "bear" combined with hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy" [1][2]. The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Beornheard [3]. This was the name of several saints, including Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include the Irish playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), the British World War II field marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) and the French cyclist Bernard Hinault (1954-). View Original Eleanor
Pronounced
/ˈɛl.ə.nɔɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈɛl.ə.nɔː/ (British English)
From the Old French form of the Occitan name Alienòr. Among the name's earliest bearers was the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was the queen of Louis VII, the king of France, and later Henry II, the king of England. Reportedly she was named after her mother Aenor using the Latin phrase alia Aenor meaning "the other Aenor" [1]. However, there appear to be examples of bearers prior to Eleanor of Aquitaine. It is not clear whether they were in fact Aenors who were retroactively recorded as having the name Eleanor, or whether there is an alternative explanation for the name's origin.The popularity of the name Eleanor in England during the Middle Ages was due to the fame of Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as two queens of the following century: Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I. More recently, it was borne by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
View Original Margaret
Pronounced
/ˈmɑɹ.ɡɹɪt/ (American English)
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/ˈmɑɹ.ɡə.ɹɪt/ (American English)
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/ˈmɑː.ɡɹɪt/ (British English)
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/ˈmɑː.ɡə.ɹɪt/ (British English)
Derived from the Latin name Margarita, which was from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites) meaning "pearl" [1][2], a word that was probably ultimately a borrowing from an Indo-Iranian language [3]. Saint Margaret, the patron of expectant mothers, was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century. Later legends told of her escape from a dragon, with which she was often depicted in medieval art. The saint was popular during the Middle Ages, and her name has been widely used in the Christian world.As an English name it has been very popular since the Middle Ages. It was the top name for girls in England and Wales in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, but it declined in the latter half of the 20th century.Other saints by this name include a queen of Scotland and a princess of Hungary. It was also borne by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in the 14th century. Famous literary bearers include American writer Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), the author of Gone with the Wind, and Canadian writer Margaret Atwood (1939-). Others include American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013). View Original Gareth
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Welsh
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English (British)
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Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced
/ˈɡæɹ.əθ/ (British English)
Meaning uncertain. It appears in this form in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends Le Morte d'Arthur, in which the knight Gareth (also named Beaumains) is a brother of Gawain. He goes with Lynet to rescue her sister Lyonesse from the Red Knight. Malory based the name on Gaheriet or Guerrehet, which was the name of a similar character in French sources. It may ultimately have a Welsh origin, possibly from the name Gwrhyd meaning "valour" (found in the tale Culhwch and Olwen) or Gwairydd meaning "hay lord" (found in the chronicle Brut y Brenhinedd). View Original Cassandra
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English
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French
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Greek Mythology (Latinized)
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Κασσάνδρα (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced
/kə.ˈsæn.dɹə/ (English)
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/kə.ˈsɑːn.dɹə/ (English)
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/ka.sɑ̃.dʁa/ (French)
From the Greek name Κασσάνδρα (Kassandra), possibly derived from κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to surpass" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) [1][2][3][4]. Another theory connects the first element to κασσύω (kassyo) meaning "to stitch up a plot" [5][6]. In Greek myth Cassandra was a Trojan princess, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but when she spurned his advances he cursed her so nobody would believe her prophecies.In the Middle Ages this name was common in England due to the popularity of medieval tales about the Trojan War. It subsequently became rare, but was revived in the 20th century. View Original Blanche
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/blɑ̃ʃ/ (French)
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/ˈblænt͡ʃ/ (American English)
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/ˈblɑːnt͡ʃ/ (British English)
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair-coloured". This word and its cognates in other languages are ultimately derived from the Germanic word *blankaz. An early bearer was the 12th-century Blanca of Navarre, the wife of Sancho III of Castile. Her granddaughter of the same name married Louis VIII of France, with the result that the name became more common in France. View Original Courtney
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Masculine
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/ˈkɔɹt.ni/ (American English)
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/ˈkɔːt.ni/ (British English)
From the aristocratic English surname Courtney, which was derived either from the French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short") or else from a Norman nickname meaning "short nose".Originally an uncommon unisex name in America, it became more popular for girls in the mid-1960s. It began rapidly increasing after 1973, possibly due to a character (played by Natalie Wood) in the television movie The Affair. It reached an apex in the United States ranked 17th in 1990, though it has quickly fallen away since then.
View Original Chantal
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French
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English
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Dutch
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/ʃɑ̃.tal/ (French)
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/ʃɑn.ˈtɑl/ (English)
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/ʃɑn.ˈtæl/ (English)
From a French surname that was derived from a place name meaning "stony". It was originally given in honour of Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, the founder of the Visitation Order in the 17th century. It has become associated with French chant "song". View Original Chandler
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Masculine
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Feminine
Pronounced
/ˈt͡ʃænd.ləɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈt͡ʃænd.lə/ (British English)
From an occupational surname that meant "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately from Latin candela via Old French. It surged in popularity after the 1994 debut of the American sitcom Friends, featuring a character by this name. View Original Rayner
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/ˈɹeɪ.nəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈɹeɪ.nə/ (British English)
From the Germanic name Raginheri, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and heri "army" [1][2][3][4]. Saint Rainerius was a 12th-century hermit from Pisa. The Normans brought this name to England where it came into general use, though it was rare by the end of the Middle Ages. View Original Howard
Pronounced
/ˈhaʊ.əɹd/ (American English)
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/ˈhaʊ.əd/ (British English)
From an English surname that can derive from several different sources: the Anglo-Norman given name Huard, which was from the Germanic name Hughard; the Anglo-Scandinavian given name Haward, from the Old Norse name Hávarðr; or the Middle English term ewehirde meaning "ewe herder". This is the surname of a British noble family, members of which have held the title Duke of Norfolk from the 15th century to the present. A famous bearer of the given name was the American industrialist Howard Hughes (1905-1976).
View Original Fisher
Pronounced
/ˈfɪʃ.əɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈfɪʃ.ə/ (British English)
From an English surname meaning "fisherman". View Original Curly
Pronounced
/ˈkɜɹ.li/ (American English)
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/ˈkɜː.li/ (British English)
From a nickname, typically given to a person with curly hair. View Original Capri
Pronounced
/ˈkæp.ɹi/ ()
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/kə.ˈpɹiː/ ()
From the name of the picturesque Italian island of Capri. It is likely from Greek κάπρος (kapros) meaning "wild boar", though it could also be of Etruscan origin or from Latin capri meaning "goats". View Original Maria
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Italian
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Portuguese
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Catalan
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Occitan
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German
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Swedish
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Norwegian
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Danish
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Faroese
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Dutch
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Frisian
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Greek
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Polish
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Romanian
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English
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Finnish
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Estonian
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Corsican
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Sardinian
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Basque
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Armenian
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Russian
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Bulgarian
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Ukrainian
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Biblical Greek
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Biblical Latin
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Old Church Slavic
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Μαρία (Greek)
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Մարիա (Armenian)
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Мария (Russian)
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Марія (Ukrainian)
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Маріа (Church Slavic)
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/ma.ˈri.a/ (Italian)
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/mɐ.ˈɾi.ɐ/ (European Portuguese)
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/ma.ˈɾi.ɐ/ (Brazilian Portuguese)
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/mə.ˈɾi.ə/ (Catalan)
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/ma.ˈʁiː.a/ (German)
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/ma.ˈriː.a/ (Swedish)
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/mɑ.ˈriː.ɑ/ (Norwegian)
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/mɑ.ˈʁiː.æ/ (Danish)
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/maː.ˈri.aː/ (Dutch)
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/ma.ˈɾi.a/ (Greek)
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/ˈmar.ja/ (Polish)
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/mə.ˈɹiː.ə/ (English)
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/ˈmɑ.ri.ɑ/ (Finnish)
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/mɐ.ˈrʲi.jə/ (Russian)
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/mɐ.ˈrʲi.jɐ/ (Ukrainian)
Latin form of Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see Mary). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European languages, as well as a secondary form in other languages such as English (where the common spelling is Mary). In some countries, for example Germany, Poland and Italy, Maria is occasionally used as a masculine middle name [2].This was the name of two ruling queens of Portugal. It was also borne by the Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), whose inheritance of the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, began the War of the Austrian Succession.
View Original Avery
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Feminine
Pronounced
/ˈeɪ.və.ɹi/ ()
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/ˈeɪv.ɹi/ ()
From an English surname that was itself derived from the Norman French form of the given names Alberich or Alfred [1][2].As a given name, it was used on the American sitcom Murphy Brown (1988-1998) for both the mother and son of the main character. By 1998 it was more popular as a name for girls in the United States, perhaps further inspired by a character from the movie Jerry Maguire (1996).
View Original Cherie
Pronounced
/ˈʃɛɹ.i/ ()
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/ʃə.ˈɹi/ ()
Derived from French chérie meaning "darling". In America, Cherie came into use shortly after the variant Sherry, and has not been as common. View Original Juniper
Pronounced
/ˈd͡ʒun.ɪ.pəɹ/ (American English)
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/ˈd͡ʒuːn.ɪ.pə/ (British English)
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus. View Original