Oakley
From Old English Āclēa, from āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Akeley and…
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- neutral
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- 2 syllables
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Oscar
Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends R
Oskari
From the Swedish royal name Oscar, Oskar, from Old English Ōsgār (literally “spear of god”), in the 19th century.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends I
Oswald
Inherited from Old English Ōsweald, from ōs (“god, deity”) + weald (“power”). Cognate with German Answald, Faroese and Icelandic Ásvaldur, and Norwegian Nynorsk Åsvald.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Oswin
Inherited from Old English Oswine, from ōs (“god, deity”) + wine (“friend”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Paxton
From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Preston
From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Raleigh
From Old English rā, rāha (“roe deer”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to roe + -ley (“lea”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends H
Ramsey
From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends Y
Rodney
From Old English placename Hrōdanīeġ, Hrōdanīġ (literally “Hroda's island”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz (“fame”) and *awjō (“island”).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Rutherford
From Old English hryþer (“cattle”) + ford (“ford”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ryland
From Old English ryge (“rye”) + land (“land”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Scot
From Old English Sċottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scōttī (see Scōtī for more). See Scoti.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends T
Seabert
From Old English Sæberht, the name of a king of Essex. Compound of Old English sǣ (“sea”) + beorht (“bright”).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends T
Selwyn
From the Middle English form of Latin Silvanus. Also from the Old English given name Selewine, from sel (“hall”) + wine (“friend”). The places are named after bearers of the…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Sheldon
From Old English scylf (“shelf”) + dūn (“hill”) or denu (“valley”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Shelley
From Old English, meaning "clearing on a bank".
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends Y
Shelton
From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Stafford
From Old English stæþ (“landing place”) + ford. As a surname, occasionally derived from Irish (see Stocker).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Stockton
From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Sunnefa
From Old English Sunnġifu, from sunne (“sun”) + ġiefu (“gift”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends A
Sutton
From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Swithun
From Old English Swīþhūn.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Tate
From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Tatum
From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends M
Thibault
From Early Medieval Latin Theobaldus, a borrowing from Old English Þēodbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Þeudubalþ. Several variants exist, such as Teabo, Tebeau, Tebo, Teboe,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends T
Thorley
From Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to thorn + -ley (“lea”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends Y
Thornton
From Old English þorn (“thorn”) + tūn (“settlement”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Upton
From Old English upp (“up”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Wade
From Old English wæd (“a ford”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Walden
From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Waldo
English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Wells
From Old English wella, genitive plural of well (“spring”), in reference to a residence near a group of springs. The original use of the genitive case here would've indicated…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Whitney
From Old English hwītan, dative of hwīt (“white”) + īeġ (“island”), "white island".
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Wilfred
The name of two early Anglo-Saxon saints Wilfriþ, from Old English wil (“will”) + friþ (“peace”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Wilfrid
Inherited from Old English Wilfriþ, from wil (“will”) + friþ (“peace”). Borrowed from German, equivalent of English Wilfred. Doublet of Wilfried.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Willard
From Old English wil (“will”) + heard (“brave, strong”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Willoughby
From Old English weliġ (“willow”) and Old Norse byr (“settlement”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends Y
Wilmer
From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends R
Winfred
From Old English Wynnfriþ, from wynn (“joy”) + friþ (“peace”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Winslow
From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlǣw, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends W
Winston
From Old English personal name Wine, in the genitive singular case Wines + tūn (“farm, village”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
ʔalfīn
Borrowed from English Alvin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N