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]
 

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Meaning for your Name - D

DACRE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name in Cumbria, of Brythonic origin meaning "trickling stream".
DAFFODIL   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Dutch de affodil meaning "the asphodel".
DAHLIA   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
DAISY   f   English
Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye"... [more]
DAKOTA   m & f   English (Modern)
Means "friend" in the Dakota language... [more]
DALE   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally belonged to a person who lived near a dale or valley.
DALEY   m   IrishEnglish (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Dálaigh meaning "descendent of Dálach"... [more]
DALLAS   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "meadow dwelling"... [more]
DALTON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "valley town" in Old English... [more]
DALY   m   IrishEnglish (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DALEY.
DAMIAN   m   EnglishPolishDutch
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) "to tame"... [more]
DAMION   m   English
Variant of DAMIAN
DAMON   m   Greek MythologyEnglish
Derived from Greek δαμαω (damao) meaning "to tame"... [more]
DAN (2)   m   EnglishRomanianCzech
Short form of DANIEL
DANA (2)   m & f   English
From a surname which originally belonged to a person who was Danish... [more]
DANE   m   English
From an English surname which was either a variant of the surname DEAN or else an ethnic name referring to a person from Denmark.
DANETTE   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL
DANI (1)   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE
DANICA   f   SerbianCroatianSloveneSlovakCzechMacedonianEnglish
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus"... [more]
DANIEL   m   EnglishHebrewFrenchGermanSwedishNorwegianDanishPolishCzechSpanishPortugueseRomanianSlovene,CroatianMacedonianArmenianGeorgianBiblicalBiblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]
DANIELA   f   GermanPolishCzechRomanianItalianPortugueseSpanishSloveneEnglish
Feminine form of DANIEL
DANIELLA   f   English
Feminine form of DANIEL
DANIELLE   f   FrenchEnglish
French feminine form of DANIEL... [more]
DANIKA   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DANICA
DANITA   f   English
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL
DANNA   f   English
Feminine form of DANIEL or DAN (1)
DANNI   f   English
Diminutive of DANIELLE
DANNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL
DANNY   m   English
Diminutive of DANIEL
DAPHNE   f   Greek MythologyEnglishDutch
Means "laurel" in Greek... [more]
DARBY   m & f   English
From an English surname, which was derived from the name of the town of Derby, meaning "deer town" in Old Norse.
DARCEY   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DARCY
DARCY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from Arcy in France...[more]
DARDEN   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname of unknown meaning, possibly from a place name.
DARELL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DAREN   m   English
Variant of DARREN
DARIA   f   ItalianPolishRomanianEnglishCroatianLate Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of DARIUS... [more]
DARIAN   m & f   English
Probably an elaborated form of DARREN
DARIEN   m   English
Variant of DARIAN
DARIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN... [more]
DARION   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DARIAN
DARIUS   m   EnglishLithuanianRomanianBiblicalBiblical Latin
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dārayavahush, which was composed of the elements dâraya "to possess" and vahu "good"... [more]
DARLA   f   English
Short form of DARLENE
DARLEEN   f   English
Variant of DARLENE
DARLENE   f   English
From the English word darling combined with the popular name suffix lene... [more]
DARNELL   m   English
From a surname, possibly derived from Old French darnel, a type of grass... [more]
DARREL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DARRELL   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French d'Airelle, originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France.
DARREN   m   English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... [more]
DARRIN   m   English
Variant of DARREN
DARRYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DARWIN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Deorwine which meant "dear friend"... [more]
DARYL   m   English
Variant of DARRELL
DASHIELL   m   English (Rare)
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961), it is an Anglicized form of his mother's surname De Chiel, which is of unknown meaning.
DAVE   m   English
Short form of DAVID
DAVENA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA
DAVEY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID
DAVID   m   EnglishHebrewFrenchScottishSpanishPortugueseGermanSwedishNorwegianDanishDutchCzechSlovene,RussianCroatianSerbianMacedonianRomanianBiblicalBiblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]
DAVIDA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DAVID
DAVIE   m   EnglishScottish
Diminutive of DAVID
DAVIN   m   English
Possibly a variant of DEVIN influenced by DAVID.
DAVINA   f   English (British)
Feminine form of DAVID... [more]
DAVINIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DAVINA
DAVIS   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name DAVID... [more]
DAVY   m   English
Diminutive of DAVID
DAWN   f   English
From the English word dawn, ultimately derived from Old English dagung.
DAWSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of DAVID"... [more]
DAX   m   English
From an English surname which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or else from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning).
DAYNA   f   English
Feminine variant of DANA (2)
DAYTON   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from a place name which possibly meant either "dairy town" or "ditch town" in Old English.
DEACON   m   English (Modern)
Either from the occupational surname Deacon or directly from the vocabulary word deacon, which refer to a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Greek διακονος (diakonos) meaning "servant").
DEAN   m   English
From a surname, see DEAN (1) and DEAN (2)... [more]
DEANA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEANNA   f   English
Either a variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN... [more]
DEANNE   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEB   f   English
Short form of DEBORAH
DEBBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBBIE   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBBY   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBI   f   English
Diminutive of DEBORAH
DEBORAH   f   EnglishHebrewBiblical
Means "bee" in Hebrew... [more]
DEBRA   f   English
Variant of DEBORAH
DEDERICK   m   English (Archaic)
Older form of DEREK
DEE   f & m   English
Short form of names beginning with D... [more]
DEEANN   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEEMER   m   English (Rare)
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "judge", from Old English demere.
DEENA   f   English
Variant of DEANNA
DEFOREST   m   English
From a French surname meaning "from the forest"... [more]
DEFORREST   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEFOREST
DEIDRA   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE
DEIDRE   f   English
Variant of DEIRDRE
DEIRDRE   f   EnglishIrishIrish Mythology
From the older Gaelic form Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Celtic word meaning "woman"... [more]
DEITRA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DEIRDRE
DELANEY   f   English (Modern)
From a surname: either the English surname DELANEY (1) or the Irish surname DELANEY (2).
DELANO   m   English
From a French surname, originally De la Noye, indicating that the bearer was from a place called La Noue (ultimately Gaulish meaning "wetland, swamp")... [more]
DELBERT   m   English
Short form of ADELBERT... [more]
DELIA (1)   f   EnglishItalianSpanishGreek Mythology
Means "of Delos" in Greek... [more]
DELIA (2)   f   English
Short form of ADELIA or BEDELIA
DELICE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DELICIA
DELICIA   f   English (Rare)
Either from Latin deliciae "delight, pleasure" or a variant of the English word delicious... [more]
DELIGHT   f   English (Rare)
Means simply "delight, happiness" from the English word.
DELILAH   f   BiblicalBiblical HebrewEnglish
Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew... [more]
DELL   m & f   English
From an English surname which originally denoted a person who lived in a dell or valley.
DELLA   f   English
Diminutive of ADELA or ADELAIDE... [more]
DELMA   f   IrishEnglish
Short form of FIDELMA
DELMAR   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond".
DELORA   f   English
Altered form of DOLORES
DELORES   f   English
Variant of DOLORES
DELORIS   f   English
Variant of DOLORES
DELPHIA   f   English
Possibly from the name of the Greek city of Delphi, the site of an oracle of Apollo, which is possibly related to Greek δελφις (delphis)"dolphin"... [more]
DELROY   m   English (Rare)
Possibly an alteration of LEROY
DELTA   f   English
From the name of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet, Δ... [more]
DEMELZA   f   English (British)
From a Cornish place name meaning "fort of Maeldaf"... [more]
DEN   m   English
Short form of DENNIS
DENA   f   English
Possibly a short form of names ending with dena... [more]
DENE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEAN
DENHOLM   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "valley island" in Old English.
DENICE   f   English
Variant of DENISE
DENIECE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DENISE
DENIS   m   FrenchRussianEnglishGermanCzechSlovakSloveneRomanianCroatian
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]
DENISE   f   FrenchEnglishDutch
French feminine form of DENIS
DENNIS   m   EnglishGermanDutch
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS
DENNY   m   English
Diminutive of DENNIS
DENTON   m   English
From a surname, originally from a place name, which meant "valley town" in Old English.
DENVER   m   English
From an English surname which was from a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English... [more]
DENZEL   m   English (Modern)
Possibly a variant of DENZIL... [more]
DENZIL   m   English
From a surname which originally denoted a person from the manor of Denzell in Cornwall... [more]
DEON   m   EnglishAfrican American
Variant of DION
DEONNE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DIONNE
DERBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of DARBY.
DEREK   m   English
From the older English name Dederick, which was in origin a Low German form of THEODORIC... [more]
DERICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK
DERREN   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARREN
DERRICK   m   English
Variant of DEREK
DERRYL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DARRELL
DERYCK   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DEREK
DES   m   English
Short form of DESMOND
DESIRAE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESIREE
DESIREE   f   English
English form of DÉSIRÉE... [more]
DESMOND   m   EnglishIrish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Deasmhumhain meaning "South Munster", originally indicating a person who came from that region in Ireland.
DESTINEE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of DESTINY
DESTINY   f   English
Means simply "destiny, fate" from the English word, ultimately from Latin destinare "to determine", a derivative of stare "to stand"...[more]
DETTA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of names that end in detta.
DEVAN   m & f   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN
DEVEN   m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN
DEVEREUX   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname, of Norman French origin, meaning "from Evreux"... [more]
DEVIN   m & f   EnglishIrish
From a surname, either the Irish surname DEVIN (1) or the English surname DEVIN (2).
DEVON   m & f   English
Variant of DEVIN... [more]
DEVYN   f & m   English (Modern)
Variant of DEVIN
DEWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE
DEX   m   English
Short form of DEXTER
DEXTER   m   English
From an occupational surname meaning "one who dyes" in Old English... [more]
DEZI   m   English
Diminutive of DESMOND and other names beginning with a similar sound.
DEZIREE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of DÉSIRÉE
DI   f   English
Short form of DIANA
DIAMOND   f   English (Modern)
From the English word diamond for the clear colourless precious stone, the birthstone of April... [more]
DIANA   f   EnglishSpanishItalianPortugueseCatalanGermanDutchRomanianRussianBulgarianLithuanianRoman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]
DIANE   f   FrenchEnglish
French form of DIANA, also regularly used in the English-speaking world.
DIANN   f   English
Variant of DIANE
DIANNA   f   English
Variant of DIANA
DIANNE   f   FrenchEnglish
Variant of DIANE
DIANTHA   f   DutchEnglish (Rare)
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").
DICK (1)   m   English
Medieval diminutive of RICHARD... [more]
DIGBY   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from the name of an English town, itself derived from a combination of Old English dic "dyke, ditch" and Old Norse byr "farm, town".
DIGGORY   m   English (Rare)
Probably an Anglicized form of Degaré... [more]
DILLON   m   English
Variant of DYLAN based on the spelling of the surname Dillon, which has an unrelated origin.
DINA (1)   f   EnglishBiblical LatinBiblical Greek
Variant of DINAH, and also the form used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
DINAH   f   BiblicalBiblical HebrewEnglish
Means "judged" in Hebrew... [more]
DION   m   Ancient GreekEnglish
Short form of DIONYSIOS and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element Διος (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS"... [more]
DIONE (2)   f   English
Feminine form of DION
DIONNE   f   English
Feminine form of DION
DIRK   m   DutchGermanEnglish
Short form of DIEDERIK... [more]
DIVINA   f   English (Rare)
From an elaboration of the English word divine meaning "divine, godlike".
DIXIE   f   English
From the term that refers to the southern United States, used by Daniel D. Emmett in his song Dixie in 1859... [more]
DIXON   m   English
From an English surname meaning "DICK (1)'s son".
DOCIA   f   English
Possibly a diminutive of THEODOSIA
DODIE   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOLLIE   f   English
Variant of DOLLY.
DOLLY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY... [more]
DOLORES   f   SpanishEnglish
Means "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary María de los Dolores, meaning "Mary of Sorrows"... [more]
DOLPH   m   English
Short form of ADOLPH
DOM   m   English
Short form of DOMINIC
DOMENIC   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC
DOMINIC   m   English
From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord"... [more]
DOMINICA   f   English (Rare)Late Roman
Feminine form of DOMINIC
DOMINICK   m   English
Variant of DOMINIC
DON   m   English
Short form of DONALD
DONA   f   English
Variant of DONNA
DONALD   m   ScottishEnglish
From the Gaelic name Domhnall which means "ruler of the world", composed of the old Celtic elements dumno "world" and val "rule"...[more]
DONELLE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DON
DONNA   f   English
From Italian donna meaning "lady"... [more]
DONNIE   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD
DONNY   m   English
Diminutive of DONALD
DONOVAN   m   IrishEnglish
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendent of DONNDUBHÁN".
DORA   f   EnglishDutchSpanishGreekCroatianSerbian
Short form of DOROTHYISIDORA or THEODORA
DOREEN   f   English
Combination of DORA and the name suffix een... [more]
DORETTA   f   English
Diminutive of DORA
DORIA   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of DORIAN or an elaboration of DORA
DORIAN   m   EnglishFrench
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young... [more]
DORINDA   f   English
Combination of DORA and the name suffix inda... [more]
DORINE   f   English
Variant of DOREEN
DORIS   f   EnglishGermanCroatianAncient GreekGreek Mythology
From the ancient Greek name Δωρις (Doris) which meant "Dorian woman"... [more]
DORITA   f   English (Rare)Spanish
Diminutive of DORA
DOROTHEA   f   GermanDutchDanishNorwegianEnglishLate Greek
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and θεος(theos) "god"... [more]
DOROTHY   f   English
Usual English form of DOROTHEA... [more]
DORRIS   f   English
Variant of DORIS
DORTHA   f   English
Variant of DOROTHY
DORTHY   f   English
Variant of DOROTHY
DORY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY or DORIS
DOT   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOTTIE   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOTTY   f   English
Diminutive of DOROTHY
DOUG   m   English
Short form of DOUGLAS
DOUGLAS   m   ScottishEnglish
Anglicized form of the Scottish surname Dubhghlas, meaning "dark river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river"... [more]
DOVE   f   English
From the English word for the variety of bird.
DRAKE   m   English
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse given name Draki or the Old English given name Draca both meaning "dragon".
DRE   m   English
Short form of ANDRE
DREA   f   English
Short form of ANDREA (2)
DREDA   f   English (Archaic)
Short form of ETHELDREDA
DREW   m   English
Short form of ANDREW
DRINA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of ADRIANA
DRISCOLL   m   English (Rare)Irish
From an Irish surname which was an Anglicized form of Ó Eidirsceóil meaning "descendent of the messenger".
DRISKOLL   m   English (Rare)
Variant of DRISCOLL
DROGO   m   English (Archaic)
Norman name, possibly derived from Germanic (Gothic) dragen "to carry" or Germanic (Saxon) drog "ghost"... [more]
DRUMMOND   m   English (Rare)
From a Scottish surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ridge" in Gaelic.
DUANA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of DUANE
DUANE   m   EnglishIrish
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Ó Dubhán meaning "descendent of DUBHÁN".
DUDLEY   m   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "Dudda's clearing" in Old English... [more]
DUKE   m   English
From the noble title duke, which was originally derived from Latin dux "leader".
DULCIBELLA   f   English (Archaic)
From Latin dulcis "sweet" and bella "pretty"... [more]
DULCIE   f   English
From Latin dulcis meaning "sweet"... [more]
DUNCAN   m   ScottishEnglish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Donnchadh meaning "brown warrior", derived from Gaelic donn "brown" and cath "warrior"... [more]
DUNSTAN   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements dun "dark" and stan "stone"... [more]
DURWARD   m   English
From an occupational surname which meant "door guard" in Middle English.
DUSTIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old Norse given name Þórsteinn (see TORSTEN)... [more]
DUSTY   m & f   English
From a nickname originally given to people perceived as being dusty... [more]
DUTCH   m   English
From a nickname given to Americans of German descent... [more]
DWAIN   m   English
Variant of DUANE
DWAYNE   m   English
Variant of DUANE
DWIGHT   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form ofDIONYSIUS... [more]
DYAN   f   English
Variant of DIANE
DYLAN   m   WelshEnglishWelsh Mythology
From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "tide, flow"... [more]
DYSON   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "son of DYE".