OCTAVIA "eighth" (Lat)

OLIVER "olive tree" (Fre)
From the Latin 'oliva'. The Olive tree was an emblem of peace.

OLIVIA feminine form of OLIVER

OMAR "populous" or "flourishing" (Arb)
A strong supporter of MUHAMMAD and the second caliph of the Muslims. Considered to be one of the great founders of the Muslim state.

ORLANDO form of ROLAND

OSCAR "devine spear" or "deer friend" (Teu: Sca)
A king of Sweden.

OTTO "wealthy" (Teu)
Otto the Great was the founder of the Holy Roman Empire.

OWEN Welsh form of EUGENE or form of EVAN

PABLO Spanish form of PAUL

PAMELA "all sweetness" (Gre)

PARIS meaning unknown (Gre)
He kidnapped HELEN and began the Trojan War.

PAT short form of PATRICK or PATRICIA

PATRICK "nobleman" (Lat)
The patron saint of Ireland.

PATRICIA feminine form of PATRICK

PAUL "small" or "humble" (Lat)
From Latin 'paulus'. Paul was an important leader of the early Christian church mentioned in Acts in the New Testament (originally named Saul). That same man also authored most of the epistles in the New Testament. Also the name of six popes.

PAVEL Russian form of PAUL

PEARL "pearl" (Eng)
From the concretions formed in the shells of some mollusks.

PEDRO Spanish form of PETER

PENELOPE "penelope" (Gre)
Penelopes were a kind of bird with a purple neck. The name first appears belonging to the wife of Ulysses.

PER Scandinavian form of PETER

PERCIVAL "pierce valley" (ME) or meaning unknown (Cel)
A character in 'The Tales of King Arthur'. He was added to the tales later.

PERCY short form of PERCIVAL or from a Norman place name
From a surname. Percy Bysshe SHELLEY was a famous poet.

PERRY "traveller" or "pilgrim" (Lat)
From Latin 'Peregrine'.

PETER "rock" (Gre)
The biblical apostle SIMON was called Peter by Jesus because he was to be the rock upon which the Christian church was to be built. Peter the Great was a czar of Russia.

PHILIP "horse lover" (Gre)
Saint Philip was an early figure in the Christian church. He is mentioned in Acts in the New Testament. The name was also borne by five kings of Spain and six kings of France.

PHILLIS "dear" (Gre)

PHOEBE "light" or "radiant" (Gre)
Phoebe was an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis. See also CYNTHIA and DIANA.

PIERCE form of PIERS

PIERRE French form of PETER

PIERS Middle English form of PETER

POLLY form of MOLLY

PRISCA "ancient" (Gre)
From 'Priscus', a Roman family name.

PRISCILLA pet form of PRISCA

QUINCY "[estate belonging to] Quintus" (Fre)
From a surname.

QUINTIN "fifth" (Lat)
Traditionally given to the fifth child born.

RACHEL "ewe" (Heb)
She was the favorite wife of JACOB in the Old Testament and the mother of JOSEPH and BENJAMIN.

RALPH short form of RUDOLPH

RANDALL form of RANDOLF

RANDOLF "shield wolf" (Teu)

RANDY short form of RANDALL, RANDOLF or MIRANDA

RAPHAEL "healing of God" (Heb)
One of the four archangels mentioned in the Bible.

RAY "wise" (Teu)

RAYMOND "wise protection" (Teu)

REBECCA "a snare" or "fat and full" (Heb)
The wife of ISAAC in the Old Testament.

REGINA "queen" (Lat) or female form of REGINALD

REGINALD form of REYNOLD

REUBEN "renewer" or "son of vision" (Heb)
In the Old Testament he was the first son of JACOB.

REUEL "friend of God" (Heb)

REVA an anagram of VERA

REX "king" (Lat)

REYNOLD "advice ruler" or "powerful might" (Teu)

RHEA meaning unknown (Lat)
The mother of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, was Rhea SILVIA. Also the name of a Roman goddess.

RHONDA "good spear" (Cel) or ROSE + ANNA
Possibly influenced by Rhondda River and Valley in South Wales. Rhondda means "the noisy one".

RIA short form of MARIA or VICTORIA or form of RHEA

RICHARD "stern ruler" (Teu)
The name of three kings of England including Richard the Lion-hearted.

RICK short form of RICHARD, RODERICK or THOEDORIC

RIDLEY "reed clearing" or "cleared wood" (Teu: OE)
From a surname.

ROBERT "fame bright" (Teu)

ROBERTA female form of ROBERT

ROBIN short form of ROBERT

RODERICK "fame power" (Teu)

RODGER form of ROGER

RODNEY "Hroda's island" (Teu: OE)
From a surname.

RODOLPH "fame wolf" or "counsel help" (Teu)

RODRIGO Spanish form of RODERICK
The name of the last Visigothic king of Spain (eighth century).

ROGER "fame spear" or "quiet" (Teu)
A Roger conquered Sicily from the Arabs. His son, also Roger, ruled Sicily as king.

ROLAND "counsel for the land" (Teu)
The name of a legendary Frankish hero.

ROLO short form of RODOLPH or ROLAND

ROMAN "Roman" (Lat)
From the Roman family name 'Romanus'. The name derives from the name 'Romulus', the legendary founder of Rome.

RON short form of RONALD or VERONICA

RONALD Scottish form of REYNOLD

ROSA "rose" (Lat)

ROSALIND "horse serpent" (Teu) or "lovely rose" (Lat) or a form of ROSA
The name of characters in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Love's Labour Lost'.

ROSALYN form of ROSALIND

ROSANNE ROSE + ANNE
Influenced by the name ROXANNE.

ROSE "rose" (Eng)

ROSEMARY "ROSE MARY"

ROSS "[dweller at the] promontory" (Cel)
From a surname.

ROXANNE "dawn" (Per)
The wife of ALEXANDER the Great.

ROY "red" (Cel)

RUDOLF "counsel help" (Teu)
The name of Holy Roman Emperors and rulers of Austria.

RUPERT Old German form of ROBERT
The name was brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the nephew of CHARLES I. He was a military commander.

RUSSEL "red" (Fre)
From a surname.

RUTH "satisfied" (Heb)
A woman of the Old Testament who was an ancestor of king DAVID.

RYAN possibly "a king" (Cel)
From a surname.

SALAL "salal" (Eng)
From the plant name.

SALLY short form of SARAH

SAM short form of SAMSON, SAMUEL, SAMANTHA

SAMANTHA "listener" (Ara)

SAMSON "his ministry" (Heb)
A hero of the Old Testament.

SAMUEL "name of God" (Heb)
A judge in the Old Testament.

SANDRA short form of ALEXANDRA or CASSANDRA

SARAH "lady" or "princess" (Heb)
The wife of ABRAHAM in the Old Testament. Her name was originally Sarai (see Genesis 17:15).

SCOTT "a Scot" (Teu: OE)

SEAN Irish form of JOHN

SEBASTIAN "reverend" (Gre)
Related to the Latin 'Augustus' (see AUGUST).

SELMA form of THELMA

SERENA "tranquil" (Lat)
The name of an early saint.

SETH "placed" or "appointed" (Heb)
A son of ADAM and EVE in the Old Testament.

SHANE Irish form of JOHN

SHANNON (Cel)
From the Shannon River in Ireland.

SHARON "plain" (Heb)
The name of a fertile plain in the Old Testament.

SHAUN Anglicized form of SEAN

SHAUNA female form of SHAUN

SHEA "majestic" (Cel: Gae)

SHEENA Scottish Gaelic form of JANE

SHEILA Irish form of CECILIA

SHELDON "of Sheldon" (Teu: OE)
From a surname. Sheldon is the name of several English locations.

SHELLEY "clearing on a bank" (Teu: OE)
From a place name or a surname.

SHIRLEY "bright clearing" (Teu: OE)
From a place name or a surname.

SIBYL "counsel of God" (Gre)
The name of a group of pagans who followed Apollo.

SIDNEY from "Saint Denys" or meaning unknown (Teu: OE)
Saint DENIS.

SIGMUND "victory shield" (Teu: Ger)

SILVESTER "woodman" (Lat)

SILVIA "wood" or "belonging to the forest" (Lat)
RHEA Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome.

SIMEON older form of SIMON
In the Old Testament he was the second son of JACOB.

SIMON "obedient" (Heb)
In the New Testament, Simon was the most important of Jesus' apostles. He was called PETER by Jesus.

SLY short form of SILVESTER

SONIA Russian form of SOPHIA

SOPHIA "wisdom" (Gre)

SPENCER "dispenser of provisions" (Fre)

STACEY short form of ANASTASIA or "prosperous" (Lat)
Possibly from the Latin word 'stacius'.

STANLEY "stone clearing" (Teu: OE)

STELLA "star" (Lat)

STEPHEN "crown" (Gre)
Saint Stephen was an early Christian martyr mentioned in Acts in the New Testament.

STEPHENIE feminine form of STEPHEN

STEVE short form of STEVEN

STEVEN form of STEPHEN

STEWART "keeper of the estate" (Teu)

STUART form of STEWART

SUSAN short form of SUSANNAH

SUSANNAH "lily" (Heb)
A woman falsely accused of adultery in the Old Testament.

SYBIL form of SIBYL

SYLVIA form of SILVIA

TABITHA "roe-buck" (Heb)
A woman in the New Testament who was restored to life by Saint PETER. The name in Greek is 'Dorcas'.

TAD short form of THADDEUS

TAMARA "date palm" (Heb)
The daughter-in-law of JUDAH in the Old Testament. Also in the Old Testament, a daughter of DAVID.

TAMID form of MUHAMMAD

TAMIKA meaning unknown (??)
Possibly a made-up name.

TAMMY Cornish short feminine form of THOMAS

TANYA short form of TATIANA

TARA "to throw" or "to carry" (Ara) or "a measurement" (Arb) or short form of ASTAROTH

TASHA short form of NATASHA or LATASHA

TATIANA meaning unknown (Rus)
A Russian saint.

TAYLOR "a cutter of cloth" (Teu)
From a surname.

TED short form of EDWARD or THEODORE

TERENCE "tender" or "good" or "gracious" (Lat)

TERESA "reaper" (Gre)

TERRY short form of TERENCE or French short form of THEODORIC

THADDEUS meaning unknown (Lat) or possibly Latinized form of THEODORE
A name of the apostle Judas, the son of JAMES (not the apostle Judas Iscariot).

THELMA "nursling" or "infant" (Gre)
The name carries a connotation of youth.

THEO short form of THEOBALD, THEODORIC, or THEODORE

THEOBALD "bold over the people" (Teu)

THEODORA female form of THEODORE
This name means the same as DOROTHEA with the elements reversed.

THEODORE "gift of God" (Gre)

THEODORIC "ruler of the people" (Teu)
A king of the Ostrogoths.

THOMAS "twin" or "of two hearts" (Ara)
Called 'of two hearts' because he was the biblical character who doubted the resurrected Jesus.

THORBURN "[dweller by] Thor's stream" (Teu)
Thor was the Norse god of strength and thunder.

TIFFANY "manifestation of God" (Gre)
From Greek 'Theophania'.

TIM short form of TIMOTHY, TIMON, or TIMEUS

TIMEUS "perfect" (Gre)

TIMON "worthy" (Gre)

TIMOTHY "honored by God" (Gre)
A companion of Saint PAUL on his missionary journeys. The recipient of two epistles from Saint PAUL in the New Testament.

TINA short form of CHRISTINA

TOBIAS "Jehovah is good" (Heb)
A hero in the Old Testament.

TOBY short form of TOBIAS or Welsh short form of THOMAS

TODD "fox" or "fox hunter" (ME?)

TOM short form of THOMAS

TONY short form of ANTHONY

TONYA short form of ANTONIA

TOR "Thor" (Teu: Sca)
Thor was the Norse god of strength and thunder.

TORA female form of TOR

TORI short form of VICTORIA

TRACEY short form of TERESA or from a French place name or "path" or "road" (Fre)

TRAVIS "toll collector" (ME)
From a surname.

TRENT "[dweller by the] Trent" (Teu: OE)
The Trent is a river in England.

TREVOR "big village" (Cel)
From a surname.

TRICIA short form of PATRICIA

TRISHA form of TRICIA

TRISTAN "sad" (Lat)
The hero of a Celtic legend. The name was originally 'Tristram' from Latin 'tristus'.

TROY "from Troyes" (Fre)
From a surname.

TRUDY short form of GERTRUDE

URSULA "little bear" (Lat)
Ursula was the virgin saint of Britain who was martyred under Attila the Hun.

VALERIE "strong" (Lat)
From a Roman family name. The name of an early saint.

VANESSA "a butterfly" (Gre)
The name was invented by JONATHAN Swift.

VERA "truth" (Lat) or "faith" (Rus)

VERN short form of VERNON or form of WARREN

VERNON "alder tree" (Fre)
From a surname.

VERONICA "truthful" (Lat) or form of BERNICE

VICKY short form of VICTORIA

VICTOR "victor" (Eng) or (Lat)

VICTORIA "victory" (Lat)
A queen of England.

VINCENT "conquering" (Lat)

VIOLET "violet" (Eng)
From the flower.

VIRGIL meaning unknown (Lat)
Roman poet.

VIRGINIA "chaste" (Lat)
According to legend, she was a Roman woman killed by her father so as to keep her a virgin.

VIVIAN "lively" (Lat)

VLADIMIR "to rule with peace" (Rus)
The Russian form of the Ukranian name 'Wolodymyr'. A prince of Kiev.

WALDO short form of Germanic names containing 'Wald' as an element
'Wald' means rule.

WALTER "master of wood" (Teu)

WARREN "enclosure" (Teu) or "from La Varenne" (Fre)
From a surname.

WAYNE "wagon maker" (Teu: OE)
From a surname.

WENDY short form of GWENDALINE, GENEVIEVE, JENNIFER or GUINEVERE

WESLEY "west meadow" (Teu: OE)
From a surname.

WIL short form of WILBUR, WILFRED, WILLEM or WILLIAM

WILBUR "bright resolve" (Teu)

WILFRED "much peace" (Teu: OE)

WILL form of WIL

WILLARD form of WILLIAM

WILLEM Dutch form of WILLIAM

WILLIAM "many shield" or "guilded helm" (Teu)
From German 'Wilhelm'. The name has belonged to rulers of England, Prussia and Germany.

WINIFRED "friend of peace" (Teu: OE)

XAVIER "bright" (Arb) or "new house" (Bas)
Saint FRANCIS Xavier was the missionary who popularized the name.

YOLANDA "violet flower" (Gre)
From Greek 'ion' violet and 'anthos' flower.

YURI Russian form of GEORGE

YVES "yew" (Teu)

YVONNE feminine form of YVES

ZACHARY "the memory of the Lord" (Heb)
A prophet of the Old Testament.

ZAK short form of ZACHARY or ISAAC

ZAVIER form of XAVIER

ZEKE short form of Zechariach (see ZACHARY)

ZOE "life" (Gre)
Saint Zoe was a third century martyr.