Sunday, July 27, 2014

Meaning for your Name - E

EARL   m   English
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior"... [more]
EARLE   m   English
Variant of EARL
EARLEEN   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of EARL
EARLENE   f   English
Feminine form of EARL
EARLINE   f   English
Feminine form of EARL
EARNEST   m   English
Variant of ERNEST influenced by the spelling of the English word earnest.
EARNESTINE   f   English
Variant of ERNESTINE
EARTHA   f   English
Combination of the English word earth with the feminine name suffix a... [more]
EASTER   f   English
From the English name of the Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus... [more]
EASTON   m   English (Modern)
From an English surname which was derived from place names meaning "east town" in Old English.
EBBA (2)   f   English
From the Old English name Æbbe, meaning unknown, perhaps a contracted form of a longer name... [more]
EBEN   m   English
Short form of EBENEZER
EBONY   f   English
From the English word ebony for the black wood which comes from the ebony tree... [more]
ED   m   English, Dutch
Short form of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
EDDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
EDDY   m   English
Diminutive of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
EDEN   f & m   Hebrew, English (Modern)
Means "place of pleasure" in Hebrew... [more]
EDGAR   m   English, French
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and gar "spear"... [more]
EDIE   f   English
Diminutive of EDITH
EDISON   m   English
From an English surname which meant either "son of EDA (2)" or "son of ADAM"... [more]
EDITH   f   English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "rich, blessed" and gyð "war"... [more]
EDMUND   m   English, German, Polish
Means "rich protector" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and mund "protector"... [more]
EDNA (1)   f   Irish, Scottish, English
Anglicized form of EITHNE
EDRIC   m   English (Rare)
From Old English ead "rich, blessed" and ric "ruler"... [more]
EDWARD   m   English, Polish
Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and weard "guard"... [more]
EDWEENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWINA
EDWENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWINA
EDWIN   m   English, Dutch
Means "rich friend" from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and wine "friend"... [more]
EDWINA   f   English
Feminine form of EDWIN
EDWYN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWIN
EDWYNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EDWINA
EDYTHA   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of EDYTHE
EDYTHE   f   English
Variant of EDITH
EFFIE (1)   f   English (Archaic)
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA
EGBERT   m   English, Dutch
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge of a sword" and beorht "bright"... [more]
EGLANTINE   f   English (Rare)
From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier... [more]
EILEEN   f   Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN... [more]
EIREANN   f   English (Rare), Irish (Rare)
From Éireann, the genitive case of Gaelic Éire, meaning "Ireland"... [more]
ELAINA   f   English
Variant of ELAINE
ELAINE   f   English, Arthurian Romance
From an Old French form of HELEN... [more]
ELDON   m   English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.
ELDRED   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from EALDRÆD.
ELEA   f   English
Short form of ELEANOR... [more]
ELEANOR   f   English
From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor... [more]
ELEANORA   f   English
Latinate form of ELEANOR
ELEANORE   f   English
Variant of ELEANOR
ELENORA   f   English
Form of ELEANOR
ELEONOR   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ELEANOR
ELFLEDA   f   English (Archaic)
From the Old English name Æðelflæd which means "noble beauty" from the elements æðel "noble" and flæd "beauty"... [more]
ELFREDA   f   English
From the Old English name Ælfþryð meaning "elf strength" from the element ælf combined with þryð "strength"... [more]
ELFRIDA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ELFREDA
ELFRIEDA   f   English
Variant of ELFREDA
ELI (1)   m   English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "ascension" in Hebrew... [more]
ELICIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ALICIA
ELIHU   m   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic)
Means "my God is he" in Hebrew... [more]
ELIJAH   m   English, Hebrew, Biblical
From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning "my God is YAHWEH"... [more]
ELINOR   f   English
Variant of ELEANOR
ELIOT   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT... [more]
ELIOTT   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.
ELISSA (2)   f   English
Variant of ELISA
ELIZA   f   English, Polish
Short form of ELIZABETH... [more]
ELIZABETH   f   English, Biblical
From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance"... [more]
ELLA (1)   f   English
Norman form of the Germanic name Alia, which was a short form of names containing the Germanic element ali meaning "other"... [more]
ELLA (2)   f   English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El... [more]
ELLE   f   English (Modern)
Diminutive of ELEANOR and other names beginning with El... [more]
ELLEN (1)   f   English
Medieval English form of HELEN... [more]
ELLERY   m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from the medieval masculine name HILARY.
ELLIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1), and other names beginning with El.
ELLIOT   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of ELLIOTT.
ELLIOTT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the medieval name ELIAS.
ELLIS (1)   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the given name ELIJAH.
ELLY   f   English, Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH or an English variant of ELLIE.
ELMER   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English name ÆÐELMÆR... [more]
ELMIRA   f   English
Shortened form of EDELMIRA... [more]
ELMO   m   English, German, Italian
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element helm meaning "helmet, protection"... [more]
ELNORA   f   English
Contracted form of ELEANORA
ELOISE   f   English
From the Old French name Héloïse, which is probably from the Germanic name Helewidis, composed of the elements heil "hale, healthy" and wid "wide"... [more]
ELOUISE   f   English
Variant of ELOISE
ELROY   m   English
Altered form of LEROY, using the Spanish definite article el as opposed to the French le.
ELSA   f   English, German, Swedish, Finnish, Italian
Short form of ELISABETH
ELSABETH   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ELIZABETH
ELSDON   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Elli's valley" in Old English.
ELSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH
ELTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town" in Old English... [more]
ELVIN   m   English
Variant of ALVIN
ELVINA   f   English
Variant of ALVINA
ELVIS   m   English
Meaning unknown... [more]
ELWIN   m   English
Variant of ALVIN
ELWOOD   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest" in Old English.
ELWYN   m   English
Variant of ALVIN
ELY   m   English
Variant of ELI (1)
ELYSE   f   English
Diminutive of ELIZABETH... [more]
EM   f   English
Short form of EMILY or EMMA
EMALEE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EMILY
EMELIA   f   English
Variant of AMELIA
EMELY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY
EMERALD   f   English (Modern)
From the word for the green precious stone, which is the birthstone of May... [more]
EMERSON   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "son of EMERY"... [more]
EMERY   m & f   English
Norman form of EMMERICH... [more]
EMIL   m   German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
EMILEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of EMILY
EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
EMILY   f   English
English feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL)... [more]
EMMA   f   English, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]
EMMALINE   f   English
Variant of EMMELINE
EMMALYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of EMMELINE, or else a combination of EMMA and the fashionable name suffix lyn.
EMMANUEL   m   Biblical, French, English
From the Hebrew name עִמָּנוּאֵל ('Immanu'el) meaning "God is with us"... [more]
EMMELINE   f   English (Archaic)
From an Old French form of the Germanic name Amelina, originally a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element amal meaning "work"... [more]
EMMERSON   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EMERSON
EMMET   m   English
Variant of EMMETT
EMMETT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name EMMA.
EMMIE   f   English
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY
EMMY   f   English, Dutch
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY
EMORY   m   English
Variant of EMERY
ENOLA   f   English
Meaning unknown. This name first appeared in the late 19th century.
EPIPHANY   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the Christian festival (January 6) which commemorates the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus... [more]
EPPIE   f   English (Archaic)
Diminutive of EUPHEMIA or HEPHZIBAH
ERIC   m   English, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler"... [more]
ERICA   f   English, Swedish
Feminine form of ERIC... [more]
ERICK   m   English
Variant of ERIC
ERICKA   f   English
Variant of ERICA
ERIN   f   English, Irish
Anglicized form of EIREANN... [more]
ERLE (2)   m   English
Variant of EARL
ERMA   f   English
Variant of IRMA... [more]
ERMINTRUDE   f   English (Archaic)
English form of ERMENDRUD... [more]
ERN   m   English
Short form of ERNEST
ERNEST   m   English, French, Slovene, Polish
Derived from Germanic eornost meaning "serious"... [more]
ERNESTINE   f   French, German, English
Feminine form of ERNEST
ERNIE   m   English
Diminutive of ERNEST
ERROL   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a Scottish place name... [more]
ERSKINE   m   Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the name of a Scottish town meaning "projecting height" in Gaelic... [more]
ERYKAH   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ERICA
ERYN   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ERIN
ESME   m & f   English
Variant of ESMÉ
ESMÉ   m & f   English, Dutch
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French... [more]
ESMÉE   f   English, Dutch
Feminine form of ESMÉ
ESMERALDA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English
Means "emerald" in Spanish... [more]
ESMOND   m   English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements east "grace" and mund "protection"... [more]
ESMUND   m   English (Rare)
Variant of ESMOND
ESSENCE   f   English (Modern)
From the English word essence which means either "odour, scent" or else "fundamental quality"... [more]
ESSIE   f   English
Diminutive of ESTELLE or ESTHER
ESTA   f   English
Diminutive of ESTHER
ESTELLA   f   English
Latinate form of ESTELLE... [more]
ESTELLE   f   English, French
From an Old French name which was derived from Latin stella, meaning "star"... [more]
ESTHER   f   English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Possibly means "star" in Persian... [more]
ETHAN   m   English, Jewish, French, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew... [more]
ETHEL   f   English
Short form of names beginning with the Old English element æðel meaning "noble"... [more]
ETHELBERT   m   English
Medieval form of ÆÐELBEORHT... [more]
ETHELINDA   f   English (Archaic)
Medieval form of the Old English name Æðelind, derived from the elements æðel "noble" and lindi "snake"... [more]
ETHELRED   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval form of ÆÐELRED... [more]
ETHELYN   f   English
Diminutive of ETHEL
ETTA   f   English
Short form of HENRIETTA and other names that end with etta... [more]
ETTIE   f   English
Diminutive of HENRIETTA and other names ending with etta or ette.
EUGENE   m   English
English form of Eugenius, the Latin form of the Greek name Ευγενιος (Eugenios) which was derived from the Greek word ευγενης (eugenes) meaning "well born"... [more]
EUGENIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE)... [more]
EULA   f   English
Short form of EULALIA
EULALIA   f   Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
From a Greek name meaning "to talk well" from ευ "good" and λαλεω (laleo) "to talk"... [more]
EUNICE   f   Biblical, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ευνικη (Eunike) which meant "good victory"... [more]
EUPHEMIA   f   Ancient Greek, English (Archaic)
Means "to speak well", derived from Greek ευ "good" and φημι (phemi) "to speak"... [more]
EUSTACE   m   English
English form of Eustachius, a Latin form of the Greek name Ευσταχυς (Eustachys) meaning "fruitful"... [more]
EUSTACIA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of EUSTACE
EVALINE   f   English
Variant of EVELYN
EVALYN   f   English
Variant of EVELYN
EVAN   m   Welsh, English
Anglicized form of Iefan, a Welsh form of JOHN.
EVANDER (2)   m   Scottish, English
Anglicized form of IOMHAR
EVANGELINA   f   Spanish, English
Latinate form of EVANGELINE
EVANGELINE   f   English
Means "good news" from Greek ευ "good" and αγγελμα (angelma) "news, message"... [more]
EVE   f   English, French, Biblical
From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חוה (chawah) "to breathe" or the related word חיה (chayah) "to live"... [more]
EVELEEN   f   English (Rare)
Either a diminutive of EVE or a variant of EVELYN.
EVELINA   f   English, Italian, Swedish
Latinate form of AVELINE... [more]
EVELINE   f   English, French, Dutch
Variant of EVELINA
EVELYN   f & m   English, German
From an English surname which was derived from the given name AVELINE... [more]
EVERARD   m   English (Rare)
Means "brave boar", derived from the Germanic elements eber "wild boar" and hard "brave, hardy"... [more]
EVERETT   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name EVERARD.
EVERETTE   m   English
Variant of EVERETT
EVERITT   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EVERETT
EVETTE   f   English
Variant of YVETTE
EVIE   f   English
Diminutive of EVE or EVELYN
EVONNE   f   English
Variant of YVONNE
EVVIE   f   English
Diminutive of EVE or EVELYN
EWART   m   English
From an English and Scottish surname which was either based on a Norman form of EDWARD, or else derived from a place name of unknown meaning.
EZEKIEL   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name יְחֶזְקֵאל (Yechezqel) meaning "God strengthens"... [more]
EZRA   m   Biblical, English, Hebrew
Means "help" in Hebrew... [more]
 

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