The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

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49–96 of 308 names

English

Easton

East town

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Italian

Elio

Possibly sun; two historical routes exist

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English

Emmett

From an English surname based on Emma

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Irish · Old Norse

Finn

White; blessed in Irish

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English · Irish

Flynn

From Flann, meaning blood red

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English · Welsh

Griffin

Form of Gruffudd; also the mythical creature

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English

Hayes

Surname name; more than one origin

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English

Holden

Deep valley

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Basque

Iker

Visitation, as a Basque devotional name

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Sanskrit

Ishaan

Lord; ruler

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Spanish

Izan

Firm; enduring, through Ethan

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English

Jace

Short form of Jason

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Dutch · Persian

Jasper

Possibly treasurer; also a gemstone name

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English

Jett

Jet; aircraft or deep black

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Hawaiian

Kaleo

The voice; the sound

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Hawaiian

Keanu

The coolness; interpreted as “cool breeze”

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English · Irish

Keegan

Surname descended from a diminutive of Aodh, fire

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Japanese

Kenzo

Health and three in one Japanese spelling

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Arabic

Khalid

Eternal; everlasting

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Persian · Irish

Kian

Royal; king

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Hawaiian

Koa

Warrior; the koa tree

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Scottish · Scottish Gaelic

Lennox

Possibly place of elms

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Greek · French

Leon

Lion

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Latin

Lucian

From Lucianus, ultimately linked to light

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Hawaiian

Makai

Toward the sea in the Hawaiian interpretation

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Tongan · Fijian

Malakai

My messenger

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Italian

Matteo

Gift of God

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Czech · Serbian · Slovak · Hindi

Milan

Gracious or dear

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French

Naël

Possibly a short form of Nathanaël or Gwenaël

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English

Nash

At the ash tree

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Arabic

Nasir

Helper; supporter

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Old Norse

Odin

Inspired; frenzied; furious

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Swahili

Omari

Uncertain; possibly a Swahili form of Umar

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Greek

Orion

Constellation and hunter name; meaning uncertain

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Italian

Orlando

Fame; land, through Roland

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English

Porter

Doorkeeper

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English

Preston

Priest’s town

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Arabic

Rayan

Well-watered; luxuriant

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English

Reed

Red in the surname route; also the reed plant

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English

Rhodes

Cleared land in the English surname; an island-name route is separate

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Irish

Ronan

Little seal

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English

Ryder

Rider; mounted messenger

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Italian

Santino

Diminutive of Santo: little saint

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English

Shepherd

Sheep herder

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English

Sonny

An affectionate term derived from son

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English · Scottish

Sterling

Excellent; also a surname from Stirling, whose meaning is uncertain

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