First Names

Albert	Old German	noble, bright	First popular in England after the marriage of Victoria to Prince Albert in 1840.
Amanda	Latin	beloved	It shares its roots with Amy
Andrew	Greek	manly	Andre in French and Anders in Danish.
Ashley	Old English	a woods of ash trees	Originally a last name, Ashley can refer to a boy or girl.

Barbara	Greek & Latin	foreign,strange	Has lost its popularity since the 1960's.
Beatrice	Latin	bringing happiness	Shakespeare's heroine in Much Ado About Nothing.
Bradley	Old English	broad meadow	A last name that has become a popular first name.
Brandon	English	fiery hill	Originally a last name - from "brand" Old English for a torch

Calvin	Latin	bald	Calvin became a given name in honor of the Protestant reformer John Calvin
Caroline	Latin	giving	It is not from Carl, it is the feminine form of Charles!
Chelsea	Old English	river landing	Also a place name - and President Bill Clinton's daughter.
Clio	Greek	praise	Clio was the Greek muse of history.
Cooper	British?	barrel maker	Originally a last name. The original Latin form meant a "cask."

Daphne	Greek	from the plant "laurel"	Daphne was the Greek nymph changed into a laurel tree to escape from her Apollo who loved her.
Diana	Latin	divine	Roman moon goddess. Will certainly be popular after the 1997 death of Princess Diana.
Douglas	Gaelic	dark blue	Originally the name of a river, later a last name.
Dylan	Welsh	sea god	In Welsh legend the ocean wept when he died.

Edward	Old English	rich guardian	A popular name with British Kings.
Emily	Latin	eager	The name of a noble Roman family
Eric , Erik	Danish	ruler of all	?
Erica	Latin	scientific name for the plant heather	A feminine form of Eric.

Felix	Latin	happy	Popularly connected with the cartoon cat by that name and because it resembles the scientific word for cats
Fiona	Gaelic	fair , white	Has a large popularity in Great Britain.
Flora	Latin	flower	Variants of it include Florence and Floris.
Frederick	Old German	peaceful ruler	Used for many European rulers.

George	Greek	farmer	The name became popular because of our first president George Washington.
Glenda	Welsh	fair and good	?
Graham	Old English	?	Originally a last name.
Grant	Old French	great	Originally a last name.

Harold	Old English	army power	Harold was the last Saxon King.
Helen	Greek	the bright one	Some classic variants include Elaine,Ellen,Helene and Helena.
Hilary	Latin	cheerful	Also a masculine name.
Howard	Old German	heart is brave	Originally a last name. Also meaning high warden and ewe-herder.

Imogene	Latin	innocent	?
Ingrid	Old Norse	the name of a god	A word of uncertain meaning.
Irene	Greek	peace	?
Isaac	Hebrew	laughter	In the Bible the son and father of Abraham.
Ivy	Teutonic	clinging	From the plant.

Jane	Hebrew	God is gracious	Feminine form of John.
Jason	Greek	healer	A name that has become extraordinarily popular.
John	Hebrew	God is gracious	Of all names perhaps the most popular.
Joseph	Hebrew	he shall hold	It has many other forms including Josephine, Jose, Joshua, Seosaidh, Osip, and Pepe.
Justin	Latin	just	Justine is the feminine form of Justin.

Katherine	Greek	pure	A beautiful and classic name with literary.
Kenneth	Celtic	handsome	Ken is Scottish meaning "to know" which goes back to the Norse "kenna", also meaning "to know"
Kevin	Gaelic	handsome	?
Kimberly	South African?	place of diamonds	Originally, a place name, then a surname.
Kirby	Old English	church	?

Lee	Old English	dweller by the wood or clearing	Also a common last name.
Lewis	Germanic	famous fighter	A royal name.
Lucy	Latin	light	Lucie is the French form.
Lynette, Lynnette	Old English	water fall	Possibly a variant of linnet, which is a small song bird.

Mark	Latin	Biblical	Possibly connected with Mars.
Mary	Hebrew	lady or seeress	?
Matthew	Hebrew	gift of YAH	Often shortened to Matt.
Melissa	Greek	a bee	?
Michael	Hebrew	who is like the lord	Many times shortened to Mike.
Mildred	Old English	mild strength	?

Natalie	Latin	Christmas Day	?
Nathan	Hebrew	gift	?
Nicholas	Greek	victory of the people	Commonly shortened to Nick.
Norman	Old English	northman	?

Olga	Russian	holy	A saint name.
Oliver	Old French	olive tree	There are numerous other possibilities for its meaning.
Olivia	Latin	olive	A saint name.
Oscar	Old English	God-spear	?

Pamela	Greek	all sweetness	?
Patrick	Latin	a nobleman	?
Philip	Greek	lover of horses	A noble name.
Phyllis	Greek	leafy plant	corruption of the Old French name Felice, from Latin Felix "happy"

Quentin

Latin

fifth

Also Latin meaning in the queens land.

Rachel	Hebrew	ewe	A biblical name.
Rosemary	Latin	remembrance	A flower name.
Ross	Gaelic	dweller at the promontory	Originally a last name.
Ryan	Irish	red	Originally a last name.

Samantha	Aramaic	listener	?
Sara(h)	Hebrew	princess	A biblical name.
Stanley	Old English	stone field	Originally a last name and place name.
Stewart, Stuart	Old English	steward	Originally a last name.
Susan	Hebrew	lily	Full name is Suzanne.

Thelma	Greek	will power	?
Thomas	Hebrew, Aramaic	twin	Many times shortened to Tom.
Tiffany	Greek	manifestation of God	?
Timothy	Greek	to honor God	Commonly shortened to Tim.

Una	Latin	the one	?
Ursula	Latin	little bear	?

Valeria	Latin	to be strong	Valerie is the French form.
Vera	Latin & Slavic	true & faithful
Verla	Germanic	defender; guardian of friends
Victor	Latin	conqueror	It is a popular name with Italian Kings because of its meaning
Victoria	Latin	victorious	Feminine form of Victor.
Vincent	Latin	victor	?

Walter	Germanic	rule folk	A historical name.
Wayne	Old English	wagon-maker	Originally a last name.
Whitney	English	white island	Also a last name.
William	Old German	helmet	?

Xavier

Spanish

Basque

A place name meaning new house. Also Arabic for splendid.

Yvonne

French

yew tree

Feminine form of Yves.

Zacharia	Hebrew	God has remembered	First popularized in the 1950's in America. It has Entered the top 50 list since then.
Zara	Hebrew	Dawn	Meaning princess in Arabic. It is the Princess Anne's daughters' name (England)
Zoë	Greek	life	A saint name.