A Dictionary of First Names

19th century adopted altered American ancient Anglicized form apparently appendix associated beautiful became Biblical name borne bright Britain byname called Celtic character child Christian classical common composed compound Danish daughter denoting derived diminutive early elaboration element ending England English-speaking world enjoyed equivalent especially example famous female feminine form flower Gaelic Germanic girl’s name girls Greek Hebrew honour independent given name influenced introduced Ireland Irish Italian Italy Jewish John King known Late Latin later Latin name Latinized form main dictionary Mainly U.S. male martyred Mary medieval Middle Ages name meaning nickname Norman North Norwegian occasionally Old English Old French origin particularly perhaps Persian personal name Pet form popular possibly probably recent reference representing respelling revived Roman Russian saint Sanskrit Scandinavian Scotland Scottish Scottish Gaelic short form sometimes Spanish suffix surname Swedish taken Testament Traditional name Transferred uncertain origin United usually Variant spelling various vocabulary word Welsh wife