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- NIVEN:
Anglicized form of Irish Naomhán,
meaning either "little saint."
- NOAH:
Anglicized form of Greek Noe
(Hebrew Noach), meaning
"rest." In the bible, this is the name
of the last antediluvian patriarch, the main character of the
flood story. Compare with feminine Noah.
- NOBLE:
English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin nobilis,
meaning "noble."
- NOEL: English form of French
Noël, meaning
"day of birth."
- NOGAH:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Nogahh, meaning "shining
splendor," as of the fire or the sun. In
the bible, this is the name of a son of King David.
- NOLAN:
Irish surname transferred to
forename use, from an Anglicized form of Ó Nualláin "descendant of
Nuallán,"
hence "little champion" or "little chariot fighter."
- NOLAND:
Variant spelling of English Nolan, meaning "little champion" or "little chariot fighter."
- NOLL:
Medieval pet form of English Oliver, probably
meaning "elf army."
- NORM:
Short form of English Norman, meaning "northman."
- NORMAN:
English form of Teutonic Nordemann, meaning "northman."
- NORMAND:
English form of Norwegian Normund, meaning
"north protection."
- NORRIE:
Pet form of English Norman, meaning "northman."
- NORRIS:
English surname transferred to forename use, from the Old Norman
French word norreis, meaning "from the north."
- NORTON:
English surname transferred to forename
use, from the name of numerous places composed of the Old English
elements norð
"north" and tun "enclosure, settlement," hence
"northern settlement."
- NORWOOD:
English surname transferred to forename use, from
the name of various places composed of the Old English elements
norð
"north" and wudu "wood," hence "north
wood."
- NOWELL:
Variant spelling of English Noel, meaning "day of
birth."
- NUN:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Nuwn, meaning
"fish." In the bible, this is the name of the father of Joshua.
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OBADIAH: Anglicized form of Hebrew
Obadyah, meaning "servant of
God." In the bible, this is
the name of many characters, including a minor prophet.
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OBED:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Owbed, meaning "serving,
worshiping." In the bible, this is the name of several characters,
including a son of Ruth.
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OBED-EDOM:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Obed Edown,
meaning "servant of Edom" or "he who serves the Edomites."
In the bible, this is the name of a Levite and a Gittite.
- OBERON:
English form of French Auberon, meaning
"elf ruler." In Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's
Dream," this was the name of the king of the fairies.
- OCEAN:
English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin oceanus,
from Greek okeanos,
meaning "ocean."
- ODED:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Owded, meaning "restorer." In the bible, this is the name
of the father of Azariah, and the
name of a prophet who lived in the time of King Ahaz.
- ODELL:
English surname transferred to forename use,
from a place name composed of the Old English elements wad "woad
(a plant yielding blue dye)" and hyll "hill," hence
"woad hill."
- ODRAN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Odhrán,
meaning "little sallow one."
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OFER:
Variant spelling of English Ofir, meaning "gold"
or "reducing to ashes."
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OFIR:
Variant spelling of English Ophir, meaning "gold"
or "reducing to ashes."
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OGDEN:
English habitational surname transferred to forename use,
composed of the Old English elements ac "oak" and denu
"valley," hence "oak valley."
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OLI:
Short form of English Oliver, probably meaning "elf
army."
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OLIVER: English
form of French Olivier, probably meaning "elf
army."
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OLLIE:
Unisex pet form of English Oliver and Olivia, both probably meaning "elf army."
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OMAR: Anglicized form of Hebrew
Owmar, meaning
"eloquent, talkative" or "speaker." In the bible, this is the
name of a grandson of Esau.
Compare with another form of Omar.
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OMEGA (Ωμέγα): English unisex name derived from the last letter of the Greek alphabet.
This name was used
occasionally by Victorian parents for a "last-born child."
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OMRI:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Omriy, meaning "pupil
of
Jehovah" or "servant of
Jehovah." In the bible, this is the name of
several characters, including a king of
Israel.
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ON:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Own, meaning "vigor" or "wealth." In the
bible, this is the name of a leader of the Korah
group.
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ONAM:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Ownam,
meaning "vigorous, strong." In the bible, this is the name of the father of
Jada.
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OPHER:
Variant spelling of English Ophir, meaning "gold"
or "reducing to ashes."
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OPHIR:
Anglicized
form of Hebrew Owphiyr, meaning "gold"
or "reducing to ashes." In
the bible, this is the name for gold and its characteristics, the name of a
land or city, and the name of the eleventh son of Joktan.
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ORA:
English unisex name derived from Latin orare, meaning "to
pray." Compare with strictly feminine Ora.
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ORAN: Anglicized form of Irish
Gaelic Odhrán, meaning
"little sallow one." Compare with another form of Oran.
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ORIAN:
Anglicized form of Middle Welsh Urien, meaning "privileged birth."
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ORMEROD: English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old Norse name
Ormarr and Old
English rod "clearing," hence "Ormarr's
clearing."
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ORMOND:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Ruaidh, meaning "descendant of Ruadh."
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ORMONDE:
Variant spelling of English Ormond, meaning "descendant of
Ruadh."
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ORRELL:
English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements ora "ore" and hyll
"hill," hence "ore hill."
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ORRIN:
Variant spelling of English Oran, meaning "little sallow one."
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ORSON:
English surname transferred to forename use, from an old Norman
French byname, ourson, a diminutive of ours "bear," hence
"little bear" or "bear cub."
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ORVAL:
Variant spelling of English Orville, probably meaning "golden
city."
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ORVILLE:
English literary name created by Fanny
Burney, author of the 1778 novel Evelina,
probably intended to mean "golden city."
- OSBERT:
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Osbeorht,
meaning "god-bright."
- OSBORN:
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Osbeorn, meaning
"divine-bear."
- OSBOURNE:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a variant of Osborn, meaning "divine-bear."
- OSCAR: Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon
Osgar, meaning "god-spear."
Compare with another form of Oscar.
- OSGOOD:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Anglo-Saxon
personal name Osgod, meaning "divine Gaut."
- OSMAN: Variant spelling of English Osmond,
meaning "divine protection." Compare with another form of Osman.
- OSMOND:
English form of Anglo-Saxon Osmund, meaning
"divine protection."
- OSSIAN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Oisín, meaning "little
deer."
- OSWALD:
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Osweald,
meaning
"divine power" or "divine ruler."
- OTHELLO:
English name created by Shakespeare and thought to probably have been
inspired by Italian Thorello
("young bull"), perhaps changing only the first element from Thor-
to Otho, hence "rich youth."
- OTHNIEL:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Othniyel, meaning "lion
of God."
In the bible, this is the name of the son of Kenaz.
- OTIS: English
surname transferred to forename use, meaning "son of Otto."
- OTNIEL:
Variant spelling of English Othniel, meaning "lion
of God."
- OTTIS:
Variant spelling of English Otis, meaning "son of Otto."
- OWEN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Eóghan,
meaning "born of yew." Compare with another form of Owen.
- OZ:
English short form of longer names beginning
with Os-, meaning "god." Compare with another form of Oz.
- OZZIE:
Variant spelling of Middle English Oswald, meaning
"divine power" or "divine ruler."
- OZZY:
Variant spelling of Middle English Ozzie, meaning
"divine power" or "divine ruler."
- PADDY:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Paidí, meaning
"patrician; of noble birth."
- PADEN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Páidín, meaning "little patrician"
or "little noble."
- PACE:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the French
personal name Pascal, meaning "Passover;
Easter."
- PACEY:
Pet form of
English Pace, meaning "Passover;
Easter."
- PAGE:
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from a status name for a young boy who was apprenticed
to a knight, hence "page; young servant."
- PAHATH-MOAB:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Pachath-mowab, meaning "governor of
Moab"
and "pit of Moab." In the
bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of Babylonian exiles, and
the name of the father of Hashub.
- PAISE:
Short form of English unisex Paisley, meaning
"church."
- PAISLEY:
Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Pàislig, possibly derived from Late Latin basilica, meaning "church."
- PALLU:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Palluw, meaning "distinguished." In the bible, this is the name of
the second son of Reuben.
- PALMER:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Latin palma, meaning "palm
tree." Before it was a surname, Palmer was an old byname for
"a pilgrim," someone who had been on a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land and brought back a palm branch as proof that
they had actually been there.
- PALU:
Variant spelling of English Pallu, meaning "distinguished."
- PANCRAS:
Medieval English name derived from Latin Pancratius,
meaning
"all power."
- PARIS: Modern English unisex name derived from the
French capital city, Paris, from the name of a Gaulish tribe called the
Parisii, who once lived on the site. Compare with another form of
Paris.
- PARKER:
English occupational surname transferred to
forename use, from Middle English parc "park," hence
"park-keeper." Note: in the Middle Ages a park was an enclosed
area where the park-owner hunted game.
- PARRIS: Variant spelling of English unisex Paris,
derived from the name of
the French capital city, Paris, from the name of a Gaulish tribe
called the
Parisii, who once lived on the site.
- PARRY:
- Variant spelling of English Perry,
meaning "wanderer."
- Welsh surname transferred to forename use,
from an Anglicized form of ap Harry,
meaning "son of Harry."
- PAT:
English unisex short form of English Patrick
and Latin Patricia,
meaning "patrician; of noble birth."
- PATRICK:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Pádraig, meaning "patrician; of noble descent."
- PATSY:
English unisex name meaning "patrician; of noble birth." It is a
pet form of both English Patrick and
Latin Patricia.
- PAUL: English and French form of Latin
Paulus, meaning "small."
In the bible, this is the name of the author of the 14 epistles of the New Testament.
- PAULIE:
English pet form of English/French Paul,
meaning "small."
- PAYTON:
English surname transferred to unisex forename
use, from the name of a place composed of the Old English name Pæga
and the word tun "enclosure, settlement," hence "Pæga's
settlement."
- PEARCE:
Variant spelling of English Piers, meaning "rock,
stone."
- PEERS:
Variant spelling of English Piers, meaning "rock,
stone."
- PEKAHIAH:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Peqachyah, meaning "Jehovah
sees" or "whose eyes Jehovah
opened." In the bible, this is the name of a king of Samaria, the son
of king Menahem.
- PERCE:
Short form of English Percival, meaning
"pierced valley."
- PERCIVAL:
English form of French Percevel, meaning
"pierced valley." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of the pure
and innocent knight of King
Arthur's court who was known as "the Welshman." He was the son
of King
Pellinore, and brother to Dindrane
and Sirs Aglovale,
Dornar, Lamorak,
and Tor. After the
death of his father, his mother raised him in the forest away from the ways
of men. When he was 15 a group of knights passed through the forest and Percival
was awe-struck by their appearance. He then traveled to Arthur's court in
the hope of becoming a knight himself. He was most noted for having
succeeded in the Quest for the Holy
Grail.
- PERCY:
English surname transferred to forename use, originally a Norman French
baronial name derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Persius
(probably meaning "soldier"), but reanalyzed as a compound of Old
French perce(r) "pierced" and haie
"hedge," hence "pierced hedge." The name is often used
as a pet form of Percival, meaning
"pierced valley."
- PEREGRINE:
English name derived from Latin Peregrinus, meaning "wanderer."
- PERRY:
Pet form of English Peregrine, meaning "wanderer."
In some cases, it may be the transferred use of the topographic surname,
meaning "lives by a pear tree."
- PETE:
Short form of English Peter, meaning "rock,
stone."
- PETER:
- Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic
Pàdraig, meaning "patrician, of noble descent."
- English form of Latin Petrus, meaning "rock,
stone." In the bible, this is the name of one of Christ's
apostles. The name was given by Jesus to
Simon son of Jona, to distinguish him from Simon Zelotes.
PETERKIN:
Pet form of English Peter, meaning "rock, stone."
PEYTON:
Variant spelling of English unisex Payton, meaning
"Pæga's settlement."
PHALLU:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Palluw, meaning "distinguished." In the bible, this is the name of
the second son of Reuben.
PHARAOH:
Anglicized form of Greek Pharao ("his
nakedness") and Hebrew Paroh
("great house"). In the
bible, this is a title for the king of Egypt.
PHELAN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Faolán,
meaning "little wolf."
PHELIM:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Féidhlim,
possibly meaning "hospitable."
PHIL:
Short form of English Philip, meaning "lover of
horses."
PHILANDER:
English name derived from Latin Philandrus, meaning "with love for people.
PHILIP:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Féidhlim, possibly meaning "hospitable."
Anglicized form of Greek Philippos
(Latin Philippus),
meaning
"lover of horses." In the bible, this is the name of one of the 12
apostles of Jesus, and several
other characters.
PHILIPE:
Variant spelling of English Philip, meaning "lover of
horses."
PHILLIP:
Variant spelling of English Philip, meaning "lover of
horses."
PHILO:
English and German name derived from Greek Philon,
meaning "to love." Also used as a short form of other names
beginning with Philo-.
PHINEAS:
Variant spelling of English Phinehas, meaning
"mouth of brass."
PHINEHAS:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Piynechac, a form
of Egyptian Panhsj ("the
Nubian"), but translated from Hebrew pinechac, meaning "mouth of brass." In the bible, this is the name of
several characters, including a
son of Eleazar.
PHOENIX:
Latin form of Greek Phoinix, meaning
"crimson." In mythology, this is the name of an immortal bird who
would rise from its own ashes after being consumed by fire every 500 years.
The name has been adopted into English use as a unisex name.
PIERCE:
Variant spelling of English Piers, meaning "rock, stone."
PIERRE:
French form of Latin Petrus, meaning "rock, stone."
PIERS:
Middle English form of French Pierres, meaning "rock, stone."
PIP:
Pet form of English Philip, meaning "lover of
horses."
PIPER:
English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from
Middle English pipere, meaning "pipe-player."
PIPPIN:
English variant of French Pépin, meaning "seed
of a fruit."
PLACID: English
name derived from Latin Placidus, meaning "calm,
placid."
POMPEY:
English form of Roman Latin Pompeius, possibly meaning
"display, solemn procession."
PORTER:
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning
"doorkeeper."
PREMISLAS:
Anglicized form of Latin Premislaus, meaning
"cunning."
PREMYSLAS:
Anglicized form of Latin Premislaus,
meaning "cunning."
PRESTON:
English surname transferred to forename
use, from the name of numerous places composed of the Old English
elements preost "priest" and tun "enclosure,
settlement," hence "priest's settlement."
PRICE:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English
element pris, meaning "price" or "prize."
PRINCE:
English name derived from the title, prince, from Latin princeps,
meaning "chief, first."
PROSPER:
English name derived from Latin Prosperus, meaning
"fortunate, successful."
QUIN:
Short form of English Quinton, meaning "fifth."
QUINCEY:
Variant spelling of English Quincy, meaning "fifth."
QUINCY:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Norman
baronial name Cuinchy, a derivative of Roman Quintus,
meaning "fifth."
QUINLAN:
Irish surname transferred to forename
use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caoindealbhán "descendant of
Caoindealbhán,"
hence "little fair-formed one."
QUINN:
Irish
surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Coinn "descendant of Conn,"
hence "chief,
freeman, head, hound, intelligence, strength."
QUINTON: English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of several
places composed of the Old English elements cwen
"queen" and tun "enclosure, settlement,"
hence "queen's settlement." Compare with another form of Quinton.
RADCLIFF:
English surname transferred to forename use,
from the name of various places composed of the Old English elements read
"red" and clif "cliff, slope, riverbank," hence
"red cliff."
RADCLYFFE:
Variant spelling of English Radcliff, meaning
"red cliff."
RADLEY:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the name of a place composed of the Old English elements read
"red" and leah "clearing, meadow," hence
"red meadow."
RAE:
Variant spelling of English Ray, meaning
"wise protector."
RAFE:
Medieval form of English Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."
RAIN:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a German short form of various names containing the element ragin
("advice, counsel"), hence "wise." Compare with feminine Rain.
RAINARD:
Variant spelling of English Reynard, meaning "wise
ruler."
RALEIGH:
English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of a place in Devon composed of the Old English elements read
"red" and leah "clearing, meadow," hence
"red meadow."
RALPH:
English form of Norman French Raulf, meaning "wise
wolf."
RALPHIE:
Pet form of English Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."
RAMA: Anglicized form of Greek
Rhama
(Hebrew Ramah), meaning "a lofty place."
In the bible, this is the name of many places, including a place of
battle between Israel and Syria, and the name
of a town of the tribe of Benjamin.
Compare with another form of Rama.
RANALD:
Scottish Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Raghnall, meaning
"wise ruler."
RANDAL:
Medieval form of English Randolf, meaning
"shield-wolf."
RANDALL:
Variant spelling of English Randal, meaning
"shield-wolf."
RANDELL:
Variant spelling of English Randal, meaning
"shield-wolf."
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