EBBA
f
Usage: English, German
Contracted form of EADBURGA. Saint Ebba was a 9th-century abbess and
martyr who mutilated her own face so that she would not be raped by the
invading Danes.
EBENEZER
m
Usage: Biblical, English
Pronounced: e-be-NEE-zur
Means "stone of help" in Hebrew. This was the name of a monument erected
by Samuel in the Old Testament. Ebenezer Scrooge was a miserly character
in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'.
EBONY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EB-u-nee
Means simply "ebony" from the English word for the black wood which comes
from the ebony tree. This name is often used by black parents.
ED
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED
Short form of EDWARD, EDMUND and other names beginning with ed.
EDDIE
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED-ee
Pet form of EDWARD, EDMUND and other names beginning with ed.
EDDY
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED-ee
Pet form of EDWARD, EDMUND and other names beginning with ed.
EDEN
f
Usage: Biblical, English
Pronounced: EE-den
Means "place of pleasure" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament the Garden of
Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they
were expelled.
EDGAR
m
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ED-gahr (English), ed-GAR (French)
Derived from the Old English element ead "rich, blessed" combined with gar
"spear". This was the name of a Saxon king of Wessex who was also a saint.
The name was rarely used after the Norman conquest. Famous bearers
include author and poet Edgar Allan Poe and the French impressionist painter
Edgar Degas.
EDIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED-ee
Pet form of EDITH
EDISON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED-i-sun
From a surname which meant "son of EDWARD". A famous bearer of the
surname was the inventor Thomas Edison.
EDITH
f
Usage: English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Pronounced: EE-dith
Derived from the Old English element ead "rich, blessed" combined with gyæ
"war". This Old English name remained popular after the Norman conquest.
EDMUND
m
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: ED-mund
Means "rich protector" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and mund
"protector". Saint Edmund was a 9th-century king of East Anglia who,
according to tradition, was shot to death with arrows after refusing to divide his
Christian kingdom with an invading pagan Danish leader. This Old English
name remained in use after the Norman conquest.
EDRIC
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED-rik
Means "rich ruler" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and ric "ruler". After
the Norman conquest this Old English name was not commonly used.
EDWARD
m
Usage: English, Polish
Pronounced: ED-wurd
Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed"
and weard "guard". Saint Edward the Confessor was the king of England
shortly before the Norman Conquest. Because of his popularity this name
remained in use after the conquest (most other Old English names were
replaced by Norman ones), and was even the name of eight subsequent kings
of England. Edward is also one of the few Old English names to be used
throughout Europe.
EDWEENA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ed-WEEN-a
Variant of EDWINA
EDWENA
f
Usage: English
Variant of EDWINA
EDWIN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED-win
Means "rich friend" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" combined with wine
"friend". This was the name of a 7th-century king of Northumbria. After the
Norman conquest the name was not popular but was eventually revived in the
19th century. A notable modern bearer was the astronaut Edwin Aldrin, also
known as Buzz, the second man to walk on the moon.
EDWINA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ed-WEEN-a, ed-WIN-a
Feminine form of EDWIN
EDWYN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ED-win
Variant of EDWIN
EDWYNA
f
Usage: English
Variant of EDWINA
EDYTHA
f
Usage: English
Elaborated form of EDITH
EDYTHE
f
Usage: English
Variant of EDITH
EFFIE
f
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: EF-ee
Either an Anglicized form of OIGHRIG or a pet form of EUPHEMIA
EGBERT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EG-burt
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge of a sword" and
beorht "bright". This was the name of kings of Kent and Wessex as well as two
English saints. The name was rarely used after the Norman conquest but was
revived in the 19th century.
EGLANTINE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EG-lan-teen
From the English word for the flower which is also known as sweetbrier. It was
first used as a given name by Chaucer in 'The Prioress's Tale'.
EILEEN
f
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: ie-LEEN, ay-LEEN
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN
EIREANN
f
Usage: English, Irish
From Eirinn, the dative case of Gaelic Eire, meaning "Ireland".
EIREEN
f
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: ie-REEN
Irish form of IRENE
ELAINE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ee-LAYN, i-LAYN
Old French form of HELEN. In Arthurian legend Elaine was the daughter of
Pelleas, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad.
ELDON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-dun
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old
English.
ELDRED
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-dred
Means "old counsel" from Old English eald "old" and ræd "counsel". This
name was rarely used after the Norman conquest.
ELDREDA
f
Usage: English
Feminine form of ELDRED
ELEA
f
Usage: English
Short form of ELEANOR. This was a town in ancient Italy, though the name
derived from a different source. It was the home of the philosopher
Parmenides, as well as his student Zeno of Elea, who was famous for his
paradoxes.
ELEANOR
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-en-or
From the French form of the Provençal name Alienor, which is most likely a
Germanic name of unknown meaning, though it is possibly a form of HELEN.
This name was borne by Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), the wife of both
Louis VII, the king of France, and Henry II, the king of England. More recently
it was borne by the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
ELEANORA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-en-or-a
Latinate form of ELEANOR
ELEANORE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-en-or
Variant of ELEANOR
ELENORA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-en-or-a
Form of ELEANOR
ELEONOR
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-en-or
Variant of ELEANOR
ELFLEDA
f
Usage: English
From the Old English name Æðelflæd which means "noble beauty" from æðel
"noble" combined with flæd "beauty". Æðelflæd was a 10th-century queen of
Mercia. The use of this name was revived in the 19th century.
ELFREDA
f
Usage: English
Means "elf strength" from the Old English element ælf combined with þryð
"strength". The use of this name was revived in the 19th century.
ELFRIDA
f
Usage: English
Variant of ELFREDA
ELI
m
Usage: Jewish, English, Biblical
Pronounced: EE-lie
Means "height" or "ascension" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he was the
high priest of Israel and the teacher of Samuel.
ELICIA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: e-LISH-a
Variant of ALICIA
ELIJAH
m
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: ee-LIE-zha
From the Hebrew name Eliyahu meaning "my God is YAHWEH". Elijah was a
Hebrew prophet of the 9th century BC, during the reign of King Ahab and his
queen, Jezebel. The two Books of Kings in the Old Testament tell of his
exploits, which culminate with him being carried to heaven in a chariot of fire.
ELINOR
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-in-or
Variant of ELEANOR
ELIOT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-ee-ut
Variant of ELLIOT. A famous bearer of the surname was T. S. Eliot, an
Anglo-American poet and dramatist, the writer of 'The Waste Land'.
ELIOTT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-ee-ut
Variant of ELLIOT
ELISA
f
Usage: English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of ELISABETH
ELISABETH
f
Usage: English, German, French, Scandinavian, Biblical (Variant)
Pronounced: ee-LIZ-a-beth (English), e-lee-za-BET (French)
Variant English form of ELIZABETH, as well as the German and French
normal form, reflecting the spelling used in the Authorized Version of the New
Testament.
ELISE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: e-LEES, e-LEEZ
Short form of ELIZABETH
ELISSA (2)
f
Usage: English
Short form of ELIZABETH
ELIZA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ee-LIE-za
Short form of ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH
f
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: ee-LIZ-a-beth
From Elisabet, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Elisheba meaning "God is
my oath". In the New Testament this is the name of the mother of John the
Baptist. It was also borne by the 12th-century Saint Elizabeth, a daughter of
King Andrew II of Hungary who became a Franciscan nun and lived in poverty.
It was also the name of a ruling queen of England and an empress of Russia.
Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II and actress
Elizabeth Taylor.
ELLA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-a
Short form of Germanic names containing the element ali meaning "other".
This name is also used as a short form of ELLEN.
ELLE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL
Short form of ELLEN. This name can also be given in reference to the French
pronoun elle meaning "she".
ELLEN
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-en
Medieval English form of HELEN
ELLERY
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-ur-ee
From a surname which was originally derived from the first name HILARY.
ELLIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-ee
Short form of ELEANOR and other names beginning with el.
ELLIOT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-ee-ut
From a medieval Norman surname that derived from the first name ELIAS.
ELLIOTT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-ee-ut
Variant of ELLIOT
ELLIS (1)
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-is
From a surname which was derived from the first name ELIJAH.
ELLY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-ee
Variant of ELLIE
ELMER
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-mur
From the Old English name Æðelmær meaning "noble and famous",
composed of the elements æðel "noble" and mær "famous". The name was
rarely used after the Norman conquest, but it was revived in the 19th century.
ELMIRA
f
Usage: English
Variant of ALMIRA
ELNORA
f
Usage: English
Contracted form of ELEONORA
ELOISE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-o-eez
From the Old French Héloïse, which is of unknown meaning. It is possibly
related to Greek helios "sun". Saint Eloise was the wife of the French
theologian Peter Abelard. She became a nun after her husband was castrated
by her uncle.
ELOUISE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-o-eez
Variant of ELOISE
ELRIC
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-rik
From either the Old English name Ælfric meaning "elf ruler" or the Old English
name Æðelric meaning "noble ruler". Both of these names were rarely used
after the Norman conquest.
ELROY
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-roi
Altered form of LEROY
ELSA
f
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: EL-sa
Short form of ELISABETH
ELSDON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ELS-dun
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning
"Elli's valley" in Old English.
ELSIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-see
Pet form of ELIZABETH
ELSPET
f
Usage: English, Scottish
Short form of ELIZABETH
ELSPETH
f
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: EL-speth
Short form of ELIZABETH
ELTON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-tun
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Ella's
town" in Old English. A famous bearer of this name is musician Elton John.
ELVIN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-vin
Variant of ALVIN
ELVIS
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-vis
Meaning unknown. It is possibly a form of ALVIS or ELWIN or it might be
derived from the surname Elwes. This name was made popular by the singer
Elvis Presley.
ELWIN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-win
From the Old English name Ælfwine (see ALVIN).
ELWOOD
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-wuwd
From a surname which perhaps means "elf wood" in Old English.
ELWYN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-win
Variant of ELWIN
EM
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM
Short form of EMILY
EMELINA
f
Usage: English, Spanish
Feminine form of EMIL
EMELY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-e-lee
Variant of EMILY
EMERALD
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ur-awld
From the name of the green precious stone, which is the birthstone of May.
The emerald supposedly imparts love to the bearer.
EMERSON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ur-sun
From a surname meaning "son of EMERY". The surname has been borne by
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a 19th-century American poet and author who wrote
about transcendentalism.
EMERY
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ur-ee
Either a pet form of EMERIC, or else "emery" from the English word for the
hard black substance.
EMILEE
f
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY
EMILY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-i-lee
Medieval feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL). The British writer Emily
Bronte, author of 'Wuthering Heights', and the American poet Emily Dickinson
are two famous bearers of this name.
EMMA
f
Usage: English, French, Italian, Finnish
Pronounced: EM-a
Derived from Germanic ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". This was the
name of the mother of Edward the Confessor. This is also the name of the
central character in Jane Austen's novel 'Emma'.
EMMALINE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-a-leen
Variant of EMMELINE
EMMANUEL
m
Usage: Biblical, French, English
Pronounced: e-man-WEL (French), e-MAN-yoo-el (English)
Means "God is with us" in Hebrew. This was the foretold name of the Messiah
in the Old Testament.
EMMELINE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-e-leen
Medieval pet form of EMMA
EMMERSON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ur-sun
Variant of EMERSON
EMMET
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-et
From a surname that was derived from the feminine first name EMMA
EMMETT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-et
Variant of EMMET
EMMIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ee
Pet form of EMMA or EMILY
EMMY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ee
Pet form of EMMA or EMILY
EMORY
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EM-ur-ee
Variant of EMERY
ENOLA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: e-NO-la
Meaning unknown. This name first appeared in the 20th century.
EPIPHANY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: e-PI-fa-nee
From the name of the Christian festival (January 6) which commemorates the
visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. It is also an English word meaning
"sudden appearance" or "sudden perception", ultimately deriving from Greek
epiphaneia "manifestation".
EPPIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EP-ee
Pet form of EUPHEMIA
ERIC
m
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ER-ik (English), er-EEK (French)
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler". Danish
invaders first brought the name to England. A famous bearer was Eiríkr inn
Rauda (Eric the Red in English), a 10th-century navigator and explorer who
discovered Greenland. This was also the name of kings of Denmark, Sweden
and Norway.
ERICA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ER-i-ka
Feminine form of ERIC. It also means "heather" in Latin.
ERICK
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ER-ik
Variant of ERIC
ERICKA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ER-i-ka
Variant of ERICA
ERIN
f
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: ER-in
Anglicized form of EIREANN
ERLE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: URL
Variant of EARL
ERMINTRUDE
f
Usage: English
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and þruþ
"strength".
ERN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: URN
Short form of ERNEST
ERNEST
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: UR-nest
Derived from Germanic eornost meaning "seriousness". The American author
and adventurer Ernest Hemingway was a famous bearer of this name. Also,
this name was used by Oscar Wilde in his comedy 'The Importance of Being
Earnest'.
ERNESTA
f
Usage: Italian, Spanish, English
Feminine form of ERNEST or ERNESTO
ERNESTINE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: UR-nus-teen
Feminine form of ERNEST
ERNIE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: UR-nee
Pet form of ERNEST
ERROL
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: ER-ul
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name.
ERSKINE
m
Usage: Scottish, Irish, English
Pronounced: UR-skin
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name
meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic. A famous bearer of the name was the
Irish novelist Erskine Childers.
ERYKAH
f
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ER-i-ka
Variant of ERICA
ERYN
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ER-in
Variant of ERIN
ESMARALDA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ez-mu-RAL-da
Variant of ESMERALDA
ESMERALDA
f
Usage: Spanish, English
Pronounced: es-may-RAHL-dah (Spanish), ez-mu-RAL-da (English)
Means "emerald" in Spanish. In Victor Hugo's novel 'The Hunchback of Notre
Dame' Esmeralda is the Gypsy girl who is loved by Quasimodo.
ESMOND
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EZ-mund
Derived from the Old English elements east "grace" and mund "protection".
This Old English name was rarely used after the Norman conquest but was
revived in the 19th century.
ESMUND
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EZ-mund
Variant of ESMOND
ESSENCE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ES-ents
From an English word meaning either "odour, scent" or else "fundamental
quality". Ultimately it derives from Latin esse "to be".
ESSIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ES-ee
Pet form of ESTELLE or ESTHER
ESTA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ES-ta
Pet form of ESTHER
ESTELLA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: es-TEL-a
Latinate form of ESTELLE
ESTELLE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: es-TEL
From an Old French name which was derived from Latin stella, meaning
"star".
ESTHER
f
Usage: English, Jewish, French, Biblical
Pronounced: ES-tur (English), es-TER (French)
Possibly means "star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a Hebrew form of
ISHTAR, the name of a Persian goddess. The Book of Esther in the Old
Testament tells of Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the king of Persia, who
saves many Jews from persecution.
ETHALYN
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ETH-a-lin
Pet form of ETHEL
ETHAN
m
Usage: Jewish, English, Biblical
Pronounced: EE-than
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew. This is the name of a wise man in the Old
Testament.
ETHEL
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ETH-ul
Old short form of names beginning with the Old English element æðel
meaning "noble".
ETTA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ET-a
Short form of names that end with etta.
ETTIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: ET-ee
Pet form of names ending with etta or ette.
EUDORA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: yoo-DOR-a
Modern name meaning "good gift", constructed using the ancient Greek
elements eu "good" and doron "gift".
EUGENE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: YOO-jeen
From the Greek name Eugenios which was derived from the Greek word
eugenes meaning "well born", composed of the elements eu "good, well" and
genes "born". This was the name of several saints and four popes. Other
famous bearers include Eugene of Savoy, an 18th-century general who
served the Austrian Empire, and the American playwright Eugene O'Neill.
EUGENIA
f
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, English
Pronounced: yoo-JEE-nee-a (English), yoo-JEEN-ya (English), ay-oo-HAY-nyah
(Spanish)
Feminine form of EUGENE
EULA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: YOO-la
Short form of EULALIA
EULALIA
f
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: yoo-LAY-lee-a (English)
From a Greek name meaning "to talk well" from eu "good" and lalein "to talk".
This was the name of an early 4th-century saint and martyr from Merida in
Spain. She is the patron saint of Barcelona.
EUNICE
f
Usage: Biblical, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Pronounced: YOO-nees
Latin form of the Greek name Eunike which meant "good victory". The New
Testament mentions her as the mother of Timothy.
EUPHEMIA
f
Usage: Ancient Greek, English
Pronounced: yoo-FEM-ee-a (English)
Means "to speak well", derived from Greek eu "good" and phenai "to speak".
Saint Euphemia was an early martyr who was burnt at the stake.
EUSTACE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: YOO-stas
Derived from Greek eustachus meaning "fruitful". Saint Eustace was a
2nd-century martyr, a Roman general who became a Christian after seeing a
vision of a cross between the antlers of a stag he was hunting. He was burned
to death for refusing to worship the Roman gods. He is the patron saint of
hunters.
EVA
f
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Russian,
Czech
Pronounced: EE-va, AY-vah (Italian, Spanish)
Latinate form of EVE
EVALINE
f
Usage: English
Variant of EVELYN
EVALYN
f
Usage: English
Variant of EVELYN
EVAN
m
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: EV-an
Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN. It can also be used as a short
form of EVANGELOS.
EVANDER (2)
m
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: e-VAN-dur
Anglicized form of IOMHAR
EVANGELINA
f
Usage: English, Bulgarian
Pronounced: e-VAN-je-lee-na
Latinate form of EVANGELINE
EVANGELINE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: e-VAN-je-leen
Means "good news" from Greek eu "good" and angelma "news, message".
EVE
f
Usage: English, French, Biblical
Pronounced: EEV
From the Hebrew name Chavvah, which was derived from the Hebrew word
chavah "to breathe" or the related word chayah "to live". According to the Old
Testament Book of Genesis Eve and Adam were the first humans. She gave
the forbidden fruit to Adam, causing their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.
EVELEEN
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EV-e-leen
Variant of EVELYN
EVELIA
f
Usage: English, Spanish
Elaborated form of EVE
EVELINA
f
Usage: English, Italian
Latinate form of EVELYN
EVELINE
f
Usage: English
Variant of EVELYN
EVELYN
f,m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EV-e-lin, EV-lin
From a surname which was originally derived from the name AVILA.
EVERARD
m
Usage: English
Means "brave boar", derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar"
and hard "brave, hardy".
EVERETT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EV-ur-et
From a surname which was derived from the first name EVERARD.
EVERETTE
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EV-ur-et, ev-u-RET
Variant and feminine form of EVERETT
EVERITT
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: EV-ur-it
Variant of EVERETT
EVETTE
f
Usage: French, English
Variant of YVETTE
EVIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: EE-vee
Pet form of EVE
EWART
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: YOO-art
From a surname which was either based on a Norman French form of
EDWARD, or else derived from a place name of unknown meaning.
EZEKIEL
m
Usage: Biblical, English
Pronounced: e-ZEE-kee-ul, e-ZEE-kyul
From the Hebrew name Yechezqel meaning "God strengthens". Ezekiel was
a major prophet of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Ezekiel. He
lived in Jerusalem until the Babylonian conquest and captivity of Israel, at
which time he was taken to Babylon. The Book of Ezekiel describes his vivid
symbolic visions which predict the restoration of the kingdom of Israel.
EZRA
m
Usage: Biblical, English, Jewish
Pronounced: EZ-ra
Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra was a prophet of the Old Testament and the
author of the Book of Ezra. The American poet Ezra Pound was a famous
bearer of this name.
FABIAN
m
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Polish
Pronounced: FAY-bee-an
From the Roman family name Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS.
FAE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY
Variant of FAY
FAITH
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAYTH
Simply means "faith" from the English word. This was one of the virtue names
favoured by the Puritans.
FAITHE
f
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of FAITH
FANCY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FANT-see
Perhaps a form of FANNY influenced by the English word fancy.
FANNIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAN-ee
Pet form of FRANCES
FANNY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAN-ee
Pet form of FRANCES
FARLEY
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAHR-lee
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "fern
clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer of this name is Canadian author
Farley Mowat.
FARON
m
Usage: English
Variant of FARRAN
FARRAN
m
Usage: English
From a surname that was derived from the first name FERDINAND.
FARRELL
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAHR-ul
From the Irish surname Ó Fearghail, which means "descendent of
FEARGHAL".
FAWN
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWN
Means simply "fawn" from the English word for a young deer.
FAY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY
Derived from Middle English faie meaning "fairy". It appears in Geoffrey of
Monmouth's Arthurian legends in the name of Morgan le Fay.
FAYE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY
Variant of FAY
FELICIA
f
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian
Pronounced: fe-LEE-sha, fay-LEE-see-a
Feminine form of FELIX
FELICITY
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: fe-LIS-i-tee
From the English word that means "happiness", which ultimately derives from
Latin felicitas "good luck".
FELIX
m
Usage: English, German, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Pronounced: FEE-liks
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. This was the
name of many early saints and four popes. Another notable bearer was the
19th-century German composer Felix Mendelsohnn.
FEMIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FEM-ee
Pet form of EUPHEMIA
FENTON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FEN-tun
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning
"marsh town" in Old English.
FERDIE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FUR-dee
Pet form of FERDINAND
FERDINAND
m
Usage: English, German, French, Czech
Pronounced: FUR-di-nand (English), FER-di-nahnt (German)
Possibly means "ready to journey" from Gothic fardi "journey" and nand
"ready". This was the name of several rulers of Spain, Portugal and the Holy
Roman Empire. Also, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was the
leader of the first expedition to sail around the earth.
FERDINANDA
f
Usage: Italian, German, Czech, English
Feminine form of FERDINAND
FERDY
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FUR-dee
Pet form of FERDINAND
FERN
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FURN
Short form of FERNANDA. This name can also simply be derived from the
English word for the plant.
FERNE
f
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FURN
Variant of FERN
FIDO
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FIE-do
Means "I am faithful" in Latin. This name is commonly given to dogs.
FINA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FEE-na
Short form of SERAPHINA
FINNEGAN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FIN-e-gan
From the Irish surname Ó Fionnagáin, which means "descendent of
Fionnagán". The name Fionnagán is a pet form of FIONN.
FITZ
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FITS
Short form of FITZROY
FITZROY
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FITS-roi
From a surname meaning "son of the king" in Old French, originally given to
illegitimate sons of monarchs.
FLETCHER
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLECH-ur
From a surname meaning "maker of arrows" in Middle English, ultimately from
Old French.
FLEUR
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLUR
Means "flower" in French. This was the name of a character in John
Galsworthy's novel 'The Forsyte Saga'.
FLEURETTA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: flu-RET-a
Pet form of FLEUR
FLICK
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLIK
Pet form of FELICITY
FLIP
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLIP
Pet form of PHILIP
FLO
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLO
Short form of FLORENCE or FLORA
FLOELLA
f
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: flo-EL-a
Elaborated form of FLO
FLORA
f
Usage: English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FLOR-a
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower". Flora was the Roman goddess of
flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind.
FLORENCE
f,m
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: FLOR-ents (English), flo-RAWNS (French)
From the masculine Roman name Florentius which was derived from Latin
florens "prosperous, flourishing". The name can also be given in reference to
the city in Italy, as in the case of Florence Nightingale. She was a nurse in
British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the
founder of modern nursing.
FLORENTINA
f
Usage: Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Florentinus, itself derived from the
Roman name Florentius (see FLORENCE).
FLORINDA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLOR-in-da, flo-RIN-da
Combination of FLORA and the popular name suffix inda.
FLORRIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLOR-ee
Pet form of FLORENCE or FLORA
FLOSSIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLAWS-ee
Pet form of FLORENCE
FLOWER
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLOW-ur
Means simply "flower" from the English word for the blossoming plant.
FLOYD
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLOID
Variant of LLOYD
FLYNN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLIN
From the Irish surname Ó Floinn, which means "descendent of FLANN".
FORD
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FORD
From a surname meaning "ford" in Old English.
FOREST
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FOR-est
Variant of FORREST
FORREST
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FOR-est
From a surname meaning "forest" in Old French, originally belonging to a
person who lived near a forest.
FORTUNE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FOR-chun
Simply means "fortune" from the English word.
FOSTER
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWS-tur
From a surname which has several different origins: "foster-child" or
"foster-parent" (Old English); "shearer" (Old French); "forester" (Old French);
"saddle-tree maker" (Old French).
FOX
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAHKS
Simply means "fox" from the English word. This was originally a surname,
which was borne for example by George Fox, the founder of the Quakers in
the 17th century.
FRAN
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRAN
Short form of FRANCES
FRANCE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANTS
This name is either a short form of FRANCIS or else means "France" from the
name of the country.
FRANCENE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: fran-SEEN
English variant of FRANCINE
FRANCES
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRAN-ses
Feminine form of FRANCIS. Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was an American
social worker, the first American to be canonized.
FRANCINE
f
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: fran-SEEN
Feminine pet form of FRANÇOIS
FRANCIS
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRAN-sis
From the Late Latin name Franciscus which meant "Frenchman". Saint
Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan order of friars, was the son of
a wealthy merchant who renounced his father's wealth and devoted his life to
the poor. Later in his life Francis apparently received the stigmata. Another
saint of this name was Saint Francis Xavier, a missionary to eastern Asia. Two
other famous bearers were philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon, and
explorer and admiral Sir Francis Drake. This name is occasionally used for
girls.
FRANK
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK
Refers to a member of the Germanic tribe, the Franks. The Franks settled in
the regions now called France and the Netherlands in the 3rd and 4th century.
They derived their tribal name from the name of a type of spear that they
used.
FRANKIE
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK-ee
Pet form of FRANK or FRANCES
FRANKLIN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK-lin
From a surname which was derived from Middle English frankeleyn "freeman".
A famous bearer of the surname was Benjamin Franklin, an American
statesman, inventor, scientist and philosopher.
FRANKLYN
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK-lin
Variant of FRANKLIN
FRANNIE
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRAN-ee
Pet form of FRANCES
FRASER
m
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: FRAY-zur
From a Scottish surname which possibly means either "a Frisian" or else
"strawberry" in Norman French. A famous bearer of the surname was Simon
Fraser, a Canadian explorer.
FRAZIER
m
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: FRAY-zhur
Variant of FRASER
FRED
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRED
Short form of FREDERICK. A famous bearer of this name was Fred Astaire,
the American actor and dancer.
FREDA
f
Usage: Jewish, English
Pronounced: FREE-da
Either a variant of FREYDE or else a short form of names ending in freda.
FREDDIE
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRED-ee
Pet form of FREDERICK or FREDERICA
FREDDY
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRED-ee
Pet form of FREDERICK
FREDERICA
f
Usage: English, Portuguese
Pronounced: fred-u-REE-ka (English), fred-REE-ka (English)
Feminine form of FREDERICK
FREDERICK
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRED-ur-ik, FRED-rik
From a Germanic name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from frid "peace"
and ric "ruler, power". Several rulers of Prussia, Germany and the Holy
Roman Empire have borne this name, including the 13th-century patron of the
arts Frederick II of Germany, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia,
known as Frederick the Great. Another famous bearer was Frederick
Douglass, an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.
FREDRICK
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRED-rik
Variant of FREDERICK
FREEMAN
Usage: English
m
Pronounced: FREE-man
From a surname meaning "free man" in Old English.
FRIEDA
f
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREE-da
Variant of FRIEDE or FREDA
FULK
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FULK
English form of FOLKE
FULKE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FULK
English form of FOLKE
FULTON
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: FUL-tun
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "filthy place"
in Old English.
GABBY
m,f
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAB-ee
Pet form of GABRIEL or GABRIELLE
GABE
m
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYB
Short form of GABRIEL