Names Categorized "Class of '09 characters"

Ari 1 is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "lion". Derived from the Hebrew word arye (lion), it is closely related to names such as Aryeh and Arieh, which carry the same meaning. In Hebrew, the lion is a s...

Bob is a male given name primarily used in English and Dutch, functioning as a short form of Robert. The name originated from the Medieval English habit of forming rhyming nicknames: just as Richard became Hick or Dick a...

Braxton is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a surname that originally comes from a place name meaning "Bracca's town" in Old English. The name also has a secondary folk etymology linking it to the w...

Cormac is a masculine given name of Irish origin, borne by numerous figures in Irish legend and history. The name is derived from Old Irish Cormacc or Corbmac, with uncertain etymology. One theory suggests it combines co...

Crispin is an English masculine given name, derived from the Roman cognomen Crispinus, which itself originated from the name Crispus. The name is most famously associated with the 3rd-century Christian saint Crispin, who...

Emily is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the Roman family name Aemilius, making it the feminine form of Emil. The name ultimately comes from the Latin word aemulus, meaning "rival" or "striving to e...

Gregory is the English form of the Latin Gregorius, which itself comes from the Late Greek name Γρηγόριος (Gregorios), derived from the Greek word γρήγορος (gregoros) meaning "watchful" or "alert." The name's meaning of...

Hunter is an English given name derived from an occupational surname for a person who hunts. The surname originated from the Old English word hunta, meaning "hunter." As a first name, Hunter has been used primarily in En...

Jeffery is a variant of Jeffrey, ultimately derived from the medieval English form of the Norman French name Geoffrey. The root, Geoffrey, originates from a Frankish name composed of elements such as *gautaz meaning "Gea...

Etymology and HistoryJenny is a feminine given name that originated as a medieval English diminutive of Jane, itself a feminine form of John. The name Jane derives from Old French Jehanne, which comes from Latin Ioannes,...

Jerry is a common English given name, typically used for males, that originated as a diminutive of several longer names beginning with the same sound, most notably Jeremy, Jerome, Gerald, and Geraldine. It can also be a...

Jessica is a female given name with origins in English literature, famously coined by William Shakespeare for his play The Merchant of Venice (1596), where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Shakespeare likely adapte...

Jim is a common English masculine given name, primarily serving as a medieval diminutive of James. While historically a nickname, Jim has become an independent name in its own right, particularly in English-speaking coun...

Karen is a Danish short form of Katherine. It became common in the English-speaking world after the 1930s. The name Karen is a feminine first name, used primarily in Danish, English, German, Icelandic, and Norwegian cont...

Kelly is a unisex given name of English and Irish origin, developed as an Anglicized form of the Irish given name Ceallach or the Irish surname Ó Ceallaigh which means "descendant of Ceallach". The meaning of the persona...

Kyle is an English-language given name that originated as a transferred use of the Scottish surname Kyle or from place names such as Kyle, Ayrshire, on the southwest coast of Scotland. The name ultimately derives from th...

Lynn is a feminine given name in the English language, most often used as a first or middle name. It originated as a surname derived from the Welsh word llyn, meaning "lake". Prior to the 20th century, Lynn was predomina...

Megan is a Welsh feminine given name, originally a diminutive of Margaret. The name Margaret ultimately derives from the Greek word margarites, meaning "pearl", which was likely borrowed from an Indo-Iranian language. In...

Nicole is a feminine given name that originated as the French feminine form of Nicholas. It has become widely used in English-speaking and other European countries since the middle of the 20th century. A famous contempor...