DALE "[dweller by the] dale" (Teu: OE)
From a surname.

DAMIAN "to tame" (Gre)
A saint martyred with his brother COSMO.

DAN short form of DANIEL or "he judged" (Gre)
In the Old Testament Dan was one of the twelve sons of JACOB.

DANA female form of DAN or DANIEL
Possibly from a surname.

DANIEL "God has judged" (Heb)
An Old Testament prophet during the captivity in Babylon.

DANIELLE French feminine form of DANIEL

DAPHNE "laurel" (Gre)
A nymph that was turned into laurel in Greek mythology.

DARRELL form of DARIUS or "darling" (Teu)

DARREN form of DARIUS

DARIA female form of DARIUS

DARIUS "one who possesses wealth" (Per)
Darius was a king of Persia.

DAVE short form of DAVID

DAVID "friend" or "beloved" (Heb)
The biblical David was a king of Israel. Jesus was supposedly descended from him.

DAWN "dawn" (Eng)
Related to Aurora, the Roman goddess of morning.

DEAN "[dweller in a] valley" (Teu: OE) or "dean" (Lat)

DEANNA form of DIANA or female form of DEAN

DEBBIE short form of DEBORAH

DEBORAH "bee" (Heb)
The name of the nurse of REBECCA in the Old Testament. Also in the Old Testament, the name of a heroine who led the Israelites in defeating the Canaanites.

DEBRA short form of DEBORAH

DEMETRIUS "of Demeter" (Gre)
Demeter was a Greek goddess.

DENIS "of Dionysos" (Gre)
Dionysos was the Greek god of wine. See DION and DWIGHT.

DENISE feminine form of DENIS

DENZEL "of Denzell" (Cel)
From a surname. Denzell was a place name in Cornwall.

DEREK Dutch short form of THEODORIC

DESMOND "man from south Munster" (Cel)
From a surname.

DEXTER "one who dyes" (Tesu: OE) or "right-handed" or "skilled" (Lat)
From a surname.

DIANA (Gre)
Diana was the Roman name of the Greek moon goddess Artemis. See also PHOEBE and CYNTHIA.

DIANE form of DIANA

DICK short form of RICHARD

DIEGO possibly a Latinized form of an Iberian name.

DIMITRI short Russian form of DEMETRIUS

DINAH "judged" or "vindicated" (Heb)
The daughter of JACOB and LEAH in the Old Testament.

DION "divine" (Gre) or short form of Dionysos
Dionysos was the Greek god of wine. See DENIS and DWIGHT.

DMITRIshort Russian form of DEMETRIUS

DOLORES "sorrows" (Spa)
From the title 'MARIA de los Dolores' meaning 'MARY of Sorrows'.

DOMINIC "of the Lord" or "the Lord's day" (Lat)
The name traditionally given to a child born on Sunday. From Latin 'Dominus' meaning the Lord. Saint Dominic founded the Dominican order of monks.

DOMINIQUE French female/male form of DOMINIC

DONALD "world rule" or "great chief" (Cel)
From a Scottish surname.

DONNA "lady" (Ita) or female form of DONALD

DORES form of DORIS or Portuguese form of DOLORES

DORIAN form of DARIUS or male form of DORIS

DORIS "Dorian woman" or "sacrificial knife" (Gre)
The Dorians were a tribe of ancient Greece. Doris was a minor Greek goddess of the sea.

DOROTHEA "gift of God" (Gre)
This is the name THEODORA with the elements reversed.

DOROTHY form of DOROTHEA

DOUG short form of DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS "dark blue" (Cel)
From a Scottish surname. Douglas was originally a river name.

DREW short form of ANDREW or "skillful" (Teu)

DUANE form of DWAYNE

DUNCAN "brown warrior" or "dark chief" (Cel)
From a surname.

DWAYNE "dark" or "black" (Cel: Gae)
From the Gaelic name 'Dubhan' containing the root 'dubh' meaning dark, black.

DWIGHT form of Dionysos
Dionysos was the Greek god of wine. See DENIS and DION.

DYLAN "of the sea" or "son of the waves" (Cel)
The name of the Welsh god of the sea.

EARL "intelligence" (Teu) or "nobleman" (ME)

EARNEST "earnest" (Teu)
From German 'Ernst'.

EBONY "ebony" (Eng)
From the name of the black wood.

ED short form of EDMUND, EDWARD or EDWIN

EDITH "happy" or "blessed" (Teu)

EDMUND "blessed peace" or "happy peace" or "rich peace" (Teu: OE)
A ninth century king of the East Angles.

EDWARD "blessed guard" or "happy guard" or "rich guard" (Teu: OE)
The name of eight English kings.

EDWIN "happy friend" or "blessed friend" or "rich friend" (Teu: OE)

EILEEN form of HELEN

ELAINE French form of HELEN

ELAIS form of ELIJAH

ELEANOR form of HELEN

ELI "offering" or "high" (Heb)
A high priest of Israel and a teacher of SAMUEL in the Old Testament.

ELIJAH "Yahweh is God" (Heb)
A prophet in the Old Testament.

ELINOR form of HELEN

ELIZABETH "oath of God" (Heb)
The wife of AARON in the Old Testament. The mother of JOHN the Baptist in the New Testament. The name of two English queens.

ELLEN English form of HELEN

ELLIOT form of ELAIS
From a surname.

ELMER "noble famous" (Teu)

ELMO "helmet" or "protection" (Teu)

ELSIE form of ALICE

ELVIS meaning unknown (??) or possibly form of ELWIN
Made popular by the singer Elvis Presley.

ELWIN "beloved by all" or "elf friend" (Teu)

EMIL male form of EMILY

EMILY "to excel" (Lat) or a pet form of EMMA
Possibly from a Roman family name 'Aemilius' meaning rival.

EMMA "whole" or "universal" or "nurse" or "busy" (Teu)
Mother of EDWARD the Confessor.

EMMANUEL "God is with us" (Heb)
The foretold name of the Messiah in the Old Testament.

EMMET male form of EMMA

ERIC "king" or "ruler" (Teu: Sca)
Erik the Red was a 10th century navigator and explorer.

ERICA "heather" (Lat) or feminine form of ERIC

ERIN "peace" or "Ireland"? (Cel)

ERWIN form of IRWIN

ESTELLE form of ESTHER

ESTHER "star" (Per) or "secret" (Heb)
Esther was a heroine of the Old Testament. The name is possibly a Hebrew form of 'Ishtar', a Persian goddess.

ETHEL "noble" (Teu)

EUGENE "well born" (Gre)

EVAN form of JOHN

EVANDER "good man" (Gre) or form of IVOR

EVE "life-giving" (Heb)
Eve and ADAM of the Old Testament were supposedly the first people.

EVELYN possibly "bird" (Lat)
From 'Aveline', which is from 'Avila', which may be from 'avis' meaning bird in Latin.

FABIAN "bean" (Lat)
From the prominent Roman family name 'Fabius' which was from 'fab' meaning bean.

FABIA female form of FABIAN

FABIO Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of FABIAN

FAE form of FAY

FAITH "faith" (Eng)

FAY "fairy" (ME)

FELIX "happy" or "lucky" (Lat)
The name of many early saints.

FIONA "fair" or "white" (Cel)

FLORA "flower" (Lat)
Flora was the name of the Roman goddess of flowers and spring.

FLORENCE "of Florence" or "prosperous" (Lat)

FLOYD form of LLOYD or "will" (Cel)

FORREST "[dweller by the] forest" (Fre)
From a surname.

FRANCESCO "a Frenchman" (Lat)

FRANCIS form of FRANCESCO

FRANK short form of FRANCIS

FRASER meaning unknown (Cel)
From a Scottish surname.

FRED short form of FRED

FREDERICK "peaceful ruler" or "rich peace" (Teu)
Rulers of Prussia, Denmark and the Holy Roman Empire have borne this name.

FRITZ German form of FREDERICK

GABE short form of GABRIEL

GABRIEL "strong man of God" (Heb)
One of the four archangels mentioned in the Bible.

GABRIELLE female form of GABRIEL
Visit a web page devoted to the name Gabrielle.

GAIL short form of ABIGAIL

GALE form of GAIL or "gale" (Eng)

GARETH Welsh form of GERONTIUS

GARY short form of GERALD or GARETH

GAVIN form of GAWAIN

GAWAIN "white hawk" (Cel)
A character in 'The Tales of King Arthur'. He was a knight of the Round Table.

GAYLE form of GAIL

GEFFREY form of GEOFFREY

GEMMA "gem" (Ita) or female form of JAMES
The 'gem' form is from a nickname.

GENEVIEVE "white wave" (Cel) or form of GUINEVERE or form of WINIFRED

GEOFFREY "God's peace" or "glad peace" (Teu)
Possibly from 'Godfrey'.

GEORGE "farmer" (Gre)
Saint George was the name of the patron saint of England. Six English kings have had this name as well as two kings of Greece.

GEORGINA femine form of GEORGE

GERALD "spear rule" or "firm spear" (Teu)

GERONTIUS "old man" (??)

GERTRUDE "all truth" or "amiable" or "spear strength" (Teu)
The name of two famous thirteenth century nuns.

GILES "young goat" (Gre) or "companion" (Teu)

GILLIAN "girl" (Teu) or English feminine form of JULIAN

GINA short form of GEORGINA

GLADYS meaning unknown (Cel) or form of CLAUDIA
From Welsh 'gwladus'.

GLEN "[dweller in the] valley" (Cel)
From a surname.

GLENN form of GLEN

GLORIA "glorius" (Lat)
The name first appears in GEORGE BERNARD Shaw's play 'You Never Can Tell'. The name was not used before the twentieth century.

GORDON "great hill" or "hero" (Cel)
From a surname. Gordon is a place name in England.

GRACE "grace" (Eng) or (Lat)

GRAEME form of GRAHAM

GRAHAM "from the gray home" (Teu: OE)
From a surname.

GRANT "great" (Fre)
From a surname.

GREGORY "to be watchful" (Gre)
The name of 16 popes.

GUINEVERE "fair wife" (Cel)
A character in 'The Tales of King Arthur'. She was the wife of King ARTHUR.

GUS short form of AUGUST, ANGUS or GUSTAV

GUSTAV "Gautr staff" (Teu)
Gautr was a tribal name. This name has been borne by kings of Sweden.

GUY meaning unknown (Teu: Ger) or "a guide" (Fre)

GWENDOLYN "beautiful" (Cel)

GWENETH "bliss" or "favorite" (Cel) or form of GWYNETH

GWYNETH "of Gwynedd" (Cel)
Gwynedd was a region in Wales.

HAMID form of MUHAMMAD

HANNAH "gracious" or "God has favored me" (Heb)
The mother of SAMUEL the prophet in the Old Testament. This is the origin of the name ANNA.

HANS Danish form of JOHN

HAROLD "leader of the army" (Teu)
The name of two kings of England and three kings of Norway.

HARRIET femine form of HARRY

HARRY form of HENRY

HARVEY "battle worthy" (Fre)
From a surname.

HAYLEY "hay clearing" (Teu: OE)
From a last name which was from the place name 'Hailey'.

HAZEL "one that sees God" (Heb) or "hazel" (Eng)
The Hebrew name is generally male while the English name is generally female.

HEATHER "heather" (Eng)

HEIDI German short form of ADELAIDE

HELEN "the bright one" (Gre)
The name of the legendary woman whose kidnapping by PARIS was the cause of the Trojan War. Also, the famous mother of emperor Constantine. Greek 'helios' means sun.

HENRY "ever rich" or "honorable" or "home ruler" (Teu)
The name of eight kings of England and four kings of France.

HERBERT "glory of the army" or "expert soldier" (Teu)
Introduced to Britain by the Normans.

HERMAN "general of an army" (Teu)
Herman Melville was the famous writer who penned 'Moby Dick'.

HERON "heron" (Eng)
From the name of the bird.

HILDA short form of names containing 'hild' meaning battle

HILLARY "cheerful" (Gre) or "protector" (Teu)

HOLLY "holly" (Eng)
From the name of the tree.

HOMER "pledge" (Gre)
A Greek epic poet.

HOPE "hope" (Eng)

HORACE "good eyesight" (Lat)
From the Latin 'Horatius'. The name of a Roman poet.

HOWARD "heart brave" or "high warden" or "ewe herder" (Teu)
Originally the surname of an English noble family.

HUGH short form of HERBERT or "intelligent" or "high" or "exalted" (Teu)

HUGO form of HUGH

HUMPHREY "house peace" (Teu: OE)

IAN Gaelic form of JOHN

IDA form of EDITH or "work" (Teu)
Possibly connected with Mount Ida in Crete.

IHAB "gift" (Arb)

IKE form of ISAAC

ILANA "tree" (Heb)

ILENE form of HELEN or form of IRENE

IMMANUEL form of EMMANUEL

IONA "island" (Cel)
From the name of the island off Scotland where Saint COLUMBIA founded a monastery.

IONE "from Ionia" (Gre)
Ionia is an island near Greece.

IRA "city watch" or "heap of vision" (Heb)

IRENE "peace" (Gre)
The Greek island of Santorini is named for Saint Irene.

IRIS "rainbow" (Gre) or "faith" (Lat)
The rainbow signifies faith.

IRMA form of EMMA

IRVIN form of IRVING

IRVINE form of IRVING

IRVING (Cel)
From a Scottish surname which was in turn form a Scottish place name.

IRWIN "boar friend" (Teu)

ISAAC "laughter" (Heb)
The biblical Isaac was the son of ABRAHAM and the father of JACOB.

ISABEL Spanish form of ELIZABETH

ISAIAH "salvation of the Lord" (Heb)
A major prophet from the Old Testament.

ISHMAEL "God will hear" (Heb)
A son of ABRAHAM.

ISRAEL "he who wrestles with God" (Heb)
The biblical Israel (formerly called JACOB) wrestled with an angel. The modern state of Israel takes it's name from him.

IVAN Russian or Croatian form of JOHN

IVOR "bow warrior" (Teu: Sca)

IVY "ivy" (Eng)
From the plant name.