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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1–48 of 176 names

English

Avery

From Alberich or Alfred; meaning depends on the route

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Welsh

Dylan

Toward the tide; toward the flow

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Norman French · Germanic

Emery

From Emmerich; includes a ruler element

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Hawaiian · Japanese · Chinese

Kai

Sea in Hawaiian; East Asian meanings depend on spelling

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Irish · English

Kennedy

From the Irish surname Ó Cinnéidigh

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English · Irish

Quinn

From Conn; possibly sense or chief

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English · Irish

Riley

Rye clearing, or an Irish surname of separate origin

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Irish · English

Rowan

Little red one in Irish; also the rowan tree

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English

Ainsley

Clearing associated with solitude or a hermitage

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Japanese

Akari

Brightness and village in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Akira

Bright or clear in one Japanese spelling

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English · African American

Amari

Meaning uncertain

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English

Arden

Possibly high, through a place name

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Persian · Sanskrit

Arya

Noble; honorable

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English

Ashton

Ash-tree settlement

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English

Aspen

Aspen tree

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English · French

Aubrey

Elf ruler

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English · French

Bellamy

Beautiful friend

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Scottish Gaelic · Scottish

Blair

Plain; field; battlefield

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Swedish · Danish · Old Norse · Chinese

Bo

To live, through the Norse Búi

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English

Briar

Thorny plant

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Scottish · English

Carson

Surname of uncertain meaning

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Spanish

Cruz

Cross

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Dutch

Elian

Short form of names beginning Eli-

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English · Welsh · Hebrew

Ellis

Form of Elias or of Welsh Elisedd

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English

Emerson

Son of Emery

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English

Everest

Mount Everest place name

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Turkish

Evren

Universe; cosmos

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English · Scottish Gaelic

Finley

White or fair warrior

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English

Harley

Hare or rocky clearing

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English

Haven

Safe place; harbor

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English

Hayden

Hay valley or hay hill

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English

Hollis

Holly trees

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English

Indigo

Deep blue dye; ultimately from India

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English · African American

Ivory

Ivory; creamy white material

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Biblical Hebrew

Jordan

To flow down; descending

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English

Kendall

Valley on the River Kent

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Greek

Kyrie

Modern coinage or a Christian prayer name

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English

Lane

Lane; path

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English · Irish

Lennon

Lover, through an Irish byname

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Greek

Lyric

Lyric; songlike

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Scottish · Scottish Gaelic

Mackenzie

Son of Coinneach

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English

Marley

Pleasant, boundary, or marten wood

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English

Marlowe

Remnants of a lake

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English · Irish

Murphy

Surname descended from Murchadh, sea battle

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English

Oakley

Oak clearing

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English

Ocean

Ocean

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English · Greek

Onyx

Onyx gemstone

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