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Abilene is a feminine given name derived from a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament. The biblical Abilene is a region mentioned in the Gospel of Luke (3:1) as the tetrarchy of Lysanias, located in the Anti-...

Adelaide is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, meaning "nobleness, nobility." It derives from the Old High German name Adalheidis, composed of the elements adal "noble" and the suffix heit "kind, sort, type." The...

Albina is a feminine given name derived from the Roman cognomen Albinus, which itself comes from the Latin albus meaning "white, bright". The name thus carries connotations of purity, radiance, and clarity. Albina is use...

Alexandria is a feminine name derived from the masculine Alexander. The name was given to several cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great during his military campaigns, most notably Alexandria in Egypt, establis...

Allen is a given name of English origin, primarily used as a variant of Alan or derived from a surname that itself originated from the same name. The name Alan has uncertain etymology, possibly from a Brythonic word mean...

Amalie is a feminine given name used primarily in Danish, Norwegian, and German. It is a variant of Amalia, which itself is a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal. This element conveys meanings su...

Ángeles is a Spanish female given name meaning "angels", derived from the devotion to the Virgin Mary under the title Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (Our Lady the Queen of the Angels). The name is a reference to...

Ani is a feminine Armenian name derived from the ancient city of Ani, now located in modern-day eastern Turkey. The city's name has an unknown etymology, but it rose to prominence in the 10th and 11th centuries as the ca...

Arabella is a feminine given name of Scottish origin, most likely a medieval variant of Annabel. The name has long been associated with the Latin word orabilis, meaning "invokable" or "yielding to prayer," and historical...

Aspen is a feminine given name of English origin, directly taken from the common name for several tree species of the genus Populus, such as quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) and Eurasian aspen (Populus tremula). The w...

Asunción is a Spanish feminine name meaning "assumption."It is given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven, a dogma of the Catholic Church celebrated on August 15. The name thus belongs to the wid...

Augusta is a feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine name Augustus, meaning “exalted, venerable.” It was originally used as a title for Roman empresses, equivalent to the masculine Augustus, which was bestow...

Austin is an English masculine given name, a medieval contraction of the Latin name Augustine, itself derived from the Roman name Augustus meaning 'great' or 'venerable'. The name evolved in Old French as Aostin (later A...

EtymologyBabylas is a name derived from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. The name is associated with Saint Babylas, a 3rd-century patriarch of Antioch who was martyred during the Decian persecution. In the Easte...

Belén is the Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born. The name originates from the Hebrew בֵּית־לֶחֶם (Beṯ-leḥem), meaning “house of bread,” and entered Spanish via O...

Berlin is a feminine first name derived from the name of the capital city of Germany, Berlin. The city's name is of uncertain origin, but it is widely believed to come from an Old Polabian (West Slavic) word such as berl...

Beverly is a unisex given name in English usage, although it is now predominantly feminine. It originates from an English surname that was itself derived from the place name Beverley, a town in the East Riding of Yorkshi...

Boston is a masculine given name derived from the American city of Boston, Massachusetts. The city was named after the market town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England, whose name is said to mean "Botwulf's stone," referri...

Bratislava is a Serbian feminine given name, derived as the feminine form of Bratislav. Despite sharing the same name, the Serbian name is unrelated to the capital city of Slovakia, which bears the same spelling. Etymolo...

Bristol is a feminine given name that draws inspiration from the city of Bristol in southwestern England. The name of the city itself, recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Brycgstow around 1030, comes from Old Englis...

Brooklyn is a feminine given name derived from the name of the most populous borough of New York City. Originally a surname and place name, Brooklyn comes from the name of a Dutch colonial settlement called Breukelen, wh...

Cairo is a masculine given name derived from the city of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The city's name comes from the Arabic al-Qāhira (القاهرة), meaning "the victorious". This name was chosen by the Fatimid Caliph al-Mu'...

Camden is a masculine given name of modern English usage, derived from an English surname. The surname is habitational, originating from a place name that likely means "enclosed valley" in Old English, from campas ("encl...

Chandler is a unisex given name of English origin, primarily used for males, derived from the occupational surname Chandler, which referred to a "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English. The surname itself com...

Charlotte is a French feminine given name, a diminutive form of Charles. It means "free man" or "petite" and dates back to at least the 14th century. The name was introduced to Britain in the 17th century and gained prom...

Chelsea is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the name of a district in London. The place name Chelsea comes from Old English ċealc hȳð, meaning "landing place for chalk or limestone," referring to a l...

Chester is an English masculine given name derived from a surname, itself referring to a person who came from the city of Chester in Cheshire, England. The name Chester ultimately originates from the Latin castrum, meani...

Cheyenne is a unisex given name derived from the endonym of the Cheyenne people, a Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The origin of the name traces back to the Lakota word šahiyena, which means "red speakers." Th...

Cleveland is an English masculine given name derived from a surname, which in turn originated from a place name meaning "cliff land" — from the Old English clif (cliff, slope, or bank) and land. The surname was historica...

Conway is an English given name derived from a Welsh surname that itself originates from the name of the River Conwy in North Wales. The river's name likely combines Old Welsh cyn meaning "chief" and gwy meaning "water,"...

Cyrene is the Latinized form of the Greek Κυρήνη (Kyrene), the name of a prominent Hellenic city in ancient Libya. The city's name likely derives from a nearby spring called Κύρη (Kyre), though earlier associations linke...

Dallas is a unisex given name derived from a surname. The surname itself has multiple possible origins. It could be of Old English origin, meaning "valley house" (from dæl "valley" + hūs "house"), or of Scottish Gaelic o...

Darwin is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from the surname Darwin, which itself evolved from the Old English personal name Deorwine. The elements composing Deorwine are deore ("dear, beloved") and wine...

Dayton is a masculine given name derived from an English surname, itself originating from places called Deighton in England. The surname Deighton comes from Old English elements meaning "ditch town" (dīc 'ditch, trench'...

Denver is a unisex given name of English origin, derived from a surname that initially referred to a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English (composed of Dene 'Dane' and ford 'ford'). The surname originally denoted...

Derry is a masculine Diminutive of Dermot, an Irish name with deep roots in mythology and history. As a short form, Derry carries the same essential meaning and cultural significance as its longer counterpart, tracing ba...

Dillon is a given name derived from the spelling of the surname Dillon, but it is primarily used as a variant of the Welsh name Dylan. Although the surname Dillon has an unrelated origin, the given name Dillon is conside...

Edina is a Hungarian female given name. It is possibly a diminutive of names beginning with the Old German element adal meaning "noble". The name is most prominent in Hungary and among Hungarian communities.EtymologyThe...

Elmira is a feminine name of literary origin, possibly a shortened form of Edelmira. Its first major appearance is in the play Tartuffe (1664) by Molière, where it is often spelled in the French style as Elmire.Etymology...

Origin and MeaningEloy is the Spanish form of Eligius, a Late Latin name derived from the Latin verb eligo meaning "to choose." Eligius was borne by a 7th-century Christian saint and bishop, Saint Eligius (also known as...

Enid is a feminine given name of Welsh and Arthurian origins, likely derived from Middle Welsh eneit, meaning “soul, spirit, life.” The name is thought to come from the Proto-Celtic root *ana-ti̯o- (related to Gaulish an...

Eugene is the English form of Eugenius, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὐγένιος (Eugenios), which derived from the Greek word εὐγενής (eugenes) meaning 'well born'. It is composed of the elements εὖ (eu) meaning 'good'...

Firenze: Name of a City, Name of a PersonFirenze is the Italian name of the renowned Tuscan city more commonly known in English as Florence. While used primarily as a feminine given name, it remains relatively uncommon c...

Florence is a feminine given name of both English and French origin, derived from the Latin Florentius or its feminine counterpart Florentia, which themselves come from the word florens, meaning “prosperous, flourishing....

Frederick is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from an Old German name composed of the elements fridu meaning "peace" and rih meaning "ruler, king," thus signifying "peaceful ruler." This name has a rich...

Gary is an English masculine given name. It originated as a surname, transmitted from a Norman given name that itself was a short form of compound names beginning with the Old-Germanic element ger meaning “spear”. The et...

Geneva is a feminine given name with dual origins. It may be a shortened form of Genevieve, or it may be directly inspired by the name of the city in Switzerland. The name has been used in the English-speaking world sinc...

Ginevra is the Italian form of Guinevere, the legendary queen of King Arthur in Arthurian romance. The name derives from the Norman French version of the Welsh Gwenhwyfar, which is composed of the old Celtic elements *wi...

Gordian is the English form of the Roman cognomen Gordianus, derived from the ancient city of Gordium, the capital of Phrygia in Asia Minor (modern-day Yassıhüyük, Turkey). The name literally means "from Gordium" and is...

Gyeong is a single-syllable Korean unisex name and element in many two-syllable Korean given names. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name. The meaning...

Gyeong-suk (also spelled Kyung-sook) is a Korean feminine given name. It is formed from gyeong- (hanja: 京) meaning "capital city" and suk (hanja: 淑) meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming". Other hanja character combi...

Hamilton is a masculine first name derived from a Scottish and English surname. The surname itself originates from a place name in Leicestershire, England (the village of Hamilton, which no longer exists), and is compose...

Houston is an English given name derived from a Scottish surname, which itself means "Hugh's town." The original Houston is a town in Scotland, near Glasgow. The surname originated from this place, and the first name has...

Ione is a feminine given name of Greek origin, derived from the Ancient Greek word ἴον (ion), meaning "violet flower." In Greek mythology, Ione was a sea nymph (Nereid), one of the 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris, as at...

Jefferson is a given name derived from the English surname Jefferson, which itself means "son of Jeffrey". The surname originated as a patronymic, indicating descent from a father named Jeffrey. As a first name, Jefferso...

Jericho is a masculine given name of English usage, directly taken from the name of one of the world's oldest cities, located in the West Bank, Palestine. The city of Jericho has a history spanning over 11,000 years, wit...

Karine is a feminine given name of Armenian origin. It is probably derived from Karin, the Armenian name for the city of Erzurum in eastern Turkey, which was an ancient Armenian city. The name thus carries geographical a...

Kashi is a feminine given name of Hindi origin. It is derived from the name of the ancient and holy city of Varanasi (also known as Banaras or, within Hindu tradition, as Kashi). In Sanskrit, the word Kāśi (काशि) means '...

Kendall is a unisex given name of English origin derived from the city of Kendal in Cumbria, northwestern England. The place name is traditionally interpreted to mean "valley on the River Kent," from the river name Kent...

Kimberly is a feminine given name that originated as a variant spelling of Kimberley, itself derived from the city of Kimberley in South Africa. The city was named after Lord Kimberley (1826–1902), whose title referred t...