English baby names

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

English place name from sċīr + lēah

Wished-for child; desired

From heather; the given name is one of the plant names taken up in the 19th century

Popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash

From amber, from ambre, from ambre, from ambar, from عَنْبَر

All, completely; a light fairy maiden

From Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Theophania, from θεο- (combining form of θεός) + φαίνω

From a - diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or

Noble strength

The hazel tree

from audaz + gunþiz

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May

Associated with Laura by folk etymology

As an - surname, calque of mac t=holly (see McCullen) and sometimes McQuillan

From June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Juyn, juyng, from juing, juin, from iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno, perhaps from h₂yéwHō, from h₂óyu

And the most populous city in Australia

The lily flower; purity, innocence

Son of Adam

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century

From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Lindesēġe, t=Isle of Lind, the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from llɨnn, from lindos, in reference to the Brayford +; cf

Harp player

Broken land; after the New York borough

From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s

Scarlet; red

thumb|canton of Geneva (sense 2) Mentioned in - texts as Genava

The ivy plant; symbol of fidelity

Anglicized from - Gaelic t=descendant of Riagán, a personal name possibly derived from t=impulsive, furious

Medieval form of the - saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable

Used since the mid-twentieth century, first by the American actress Piper Laurie

The willow tree; slender, graceful

King's meadow

From the boar meadow; grazing meadow

The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an

A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius

Originally from in Northern France

Chanel, the French fashion house

From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs

20th century American variant of Cory

From patience, a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century

From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburg, from cyne- + burh

From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names

Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR

From Edward, from Ēadweard, from Audawardu, from Audawarduz, corresponding to ed + ward

From Brandon, Brampdon, Bramdun, Bremedon, Bromdun, from, from gloss=broom shrub + gloss=hill, dune

God is gracious

From Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier

From a place name, dubh + glais

From a merger of Hereweald and Harold (itself from Haraldr), both from Harjawaldaz, Related to Walter, which has the elements reversed

As a Scottish surname, from the placename in Moray, Scotland, from Cèith, meaning "wood" or "from the battleground," which is probably borrowed from ᚉᚓᚈ meaning "wood", or a forest, from koɨd

Stoneworker; one who works with stone

Originally a ducal title of the English and British royal family, from t=from the town of Clare, (the town of Clare, Suffolk), although it has also been associated with Chiarenza, Clarentza, &c

From places in England, stān + lēah

Son of Jack

The langue d'oïl variant, closely related to the French of Île-de-France (i

Fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century

from Audawini, from Audawiniz

Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from mala + ville

Alfred the Great, early king of England

From Chadde, from Ċeadda, of obscure meaning; name of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon saint, revived in the 20th century

Several places in England, from west + lēah

Cart driver; one who transports goods

Transferred from the common - surname Leroy, meaning "the king"

Brave in war; from Old English 'wigheard'

From clif + ford, a dweller at the ford by the steep bank

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton

From Ēadgār, the name of early English kings, from ēad + gār

The main etymology, associated with - names, is from the - surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is: If the English or Scots name is from a - language (such as - or -), then possibly from a - compound such as; If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Gordus, from; Otherwise, possibly ultimately from gordūn whence a habitational name

Partly in honor of Benjamin Franklin

English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from brant, referring to hills

Could originate from the Gaelic name "Carr" or "Carra", meaning "rock" or "fort," combined with "son", thus "son of Carr

From Grannd, from graunt, from grant, from grandis

As an English surname, from the placename Leicester

Transferred back from the surname in the 19th century U

From Chestre, from Ċeaster, from ċeaster, a borrowing from castrum

Son of the gray-haired one; son of the steward

The English place names are from mylen or middel + tun

Son of Hud (a nickname for Hugh)

A habitational surname, derived from places named Glinton ("town on a hill") or Glympton ("settlement on the River Glyme"), from + gloss=enclosure, homestead, town, equivalent to the modern

Notably of the Scottish patriot

As a Scottish surname, from several places such as in Cumbria or in Yorkshire, both from ros or a - parallel of its source such as t=moor, heath

In the United States, also an Anglicisation of - surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson, equivalent to "son of Nicholas"

Probably from a - female name Diot, a pet form of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysius

Literally meaning "town by a cliff

Bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel

The sense meaning fellatio is derived from the shooting of Charlie Kirk, as he was shot in the neck

Early August, re-Latinized from Agustus, from, from augustus, from the agnomen Augustus of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin t=increase, from augos, from - base h₂ewg-; or, referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre

An occupational surname from gage for an assayer, or gage for a moneylender

Borne by early English kings and saints

Koch (2006) derives the river name from tri-sent(o)-on-ā-, from the elements trei + sentus

Of -/- origin, possibly from caol or coille + abhainn

As an English surname, from lane; as an - surname, from several origins, including Laighin

A variant of Tison

Anglicised from an - surname Ó Bradáin, from a personal name meaning "salmon"

Any of a number of places in the United States and Canada, named for persons with the surname

From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from la mare

Or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman)

Variant of Case

A French style variant of Edmund

Scottish surname derived from the place name Moray in northeastern Scotland, from Moravia, Morauia, from Moireibh, Moireabh, Moreb, ultimately from mori + trebā

From a number of sources, including: # For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from ēl + tūn since the village is situated above a small stream

The, the NASA Mission Control complex located in Houston, Texas

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany

English, -, and - surname, all corresponding Also see Warrener

From (the former word is a diminutive)

Founded by people with the surname

From Hameldūne, from hamel + dūne

Bernard Montgomery (Monty), a British army officer

Variant of Cohen

From de + æsċ "(residing) near an ash tree"