Florentin
French Florentin Inherited from Middle French Florentin, from Latin Flōrentīnus, from Flōrentia (“Florence”) + -īnus.
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends N
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Fortunat
From Latin Fortunatus. Doublet of Fortuné.
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends T
Fortuné
From Latin Fortunatus. Doublet of Fortunat.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends É
Fouad
Borrowed from Arabic فُؤَاد (fuʔād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends D
Foulques
Inherited from Latin Fulcus.
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- masculine
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- 1 syllable
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- ends S
Francis
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Franciscus (“French(man)”) (from Francia (“France”)). Doublet of Francisco and Franz. Borrowed from English Francis.
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- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends S
Fulvie
Borrowed from Latin Fulvia.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Gabriel
From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl,…
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- masculine
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- 3 syllables
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- ends L
Gaétan
Borrowed from Italian Gaetano, from gaetano (“resident or native of Gaeta”), from Latin Caiētānus. Name of a saint.
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Gaétane
From Gaétan + -e (feminine suffix).
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- feminine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Gaylord
Unadapted borrowing from English Gaylord.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Gerbert
Inherited from Middle French, from Latin Gerbertus.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends T
Ghislain
From Latin Gislenus (variant Ghislenus), the Latinized name of Saint Ghislain (a seventh-century anchorite in Hainaut), from Proto-West Germanic *Gīslīn, a hypocoristic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Ghislaine
Borrowed from French Ghislaine. From Ghislain + -e.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Ghyslaine
alternative form of Ghislaine (less common spelling variant); female equivalent of Ghislain
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Godefroy
From Latin Godefridus.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends Y
Godeliève
Borrowed from Dutch Godelieve.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends E
Gongyle
From Latin Gongylus, from Ancient Greek Γογγύλος (Gongúlos).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Guénolé
Borrowed from Breton Gwenole.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends É
Gustave
From French Gustave. French form of Swedish royal name Gustav; see Gustav for more. Borrowed from Swedish Gustav.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends E
Hacène
Borrowed from Arabic حَسَن (ḥasan).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Hanako
Borrowed from Japanese はなこ (Hanako). Borrowed from Japanese はなこ (Hanako).
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends O
Haroun
Borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn, “Aaron”).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Haruko
Borrowed from Japanese はるこ (Haruko). Borrowed from Japanese はるこ (Haruko).
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends O
Haydée
From English Haidée. Borrowed from French Haydée, through French literature, from English Haidée, a name coined by Lord Byron.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Hercule
Inherited from Middle French Hercule, from Latin Herculēs, from Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Hermine
Partially from German Hermine and partially from hermine (“ermine”).
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Hichem
Transliteration of Arabic هشام.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends M
Hiéron
Borrowed from Latin Hierō, from Ancient Greek Ἱέρων (Hiérōn).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Hikari
Borrowed from Japanese ひかり (Hikari).
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends I
Hippolyte
From Latin Hippolytus, from Ancient Greek Ἱππόλυτος (Hippólutos).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends E
Hiroko
Borrowed from Japanese ひろこ (Hiroko). Borrowed from Japanese ひろこ (Hiroko).
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends O
Hisako
Borrowed from Japanese ひさこ (Hisako).
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends O
Hortense
From the French form of the Latin Hortēnsia, feminine form of Hortēnsius (“name of a Roman gens”), probably derived from hortēnsis (“having to do with gardens”) on the basis…
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Hyrcan
Inherited from Middle French Hyrcan, from Latin Hyrcānus, from Ancient Greek Ὑρκανός (Hurkanós).
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- masculine
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- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Ibrahim
Borrowed from Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), borrowed from Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm). Doublet of Abraham. Borrowed from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends M
Idée
From Latin Idaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰδαῖος (Idaîos).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Ignace
Ultimately from Latin Ignatius.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Iltud
Borrowed from Breton Iltud.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Inès
From Spanish Inés.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends S
Ingrid
From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. Borrowed from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. From Swedish, Norwegian and…
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Irénée
From Latin Irenaeus, from Ancient Greek Εἰρηναῖος (Eirēnaîos), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Isa
Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name. Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from…
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends A
Isabelle
Borrowed from French Isabelle. From Old Spanish Isabel in the 12th century, ultimately from Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”). From French Isabelle.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends E
Isaïe
From the Latin Īsāiās, the Vulgate spelling of Ēsāiās, from the Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas), from the Biblical Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Issa
From Arabic عيسى (“Jesus”). A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Jesus. From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or its derivatives (Wolof Isaa, Pulaar Iisaa etc.).
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends A
James
The English New Testament form of Jacob, from Middle English James, from Old French James, from Vulgar Latin Iācōmus, spoken and altered pronunciation of Latin Iācōbus, from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends S
Jaouad
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Jawad
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends D
Jean
Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα…
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- mixed
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends N
Jeanne
From French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from…
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Jef
Borrowed from Dutch Jef.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends F
Jehan
From Middle French Jehan, ultimately from Latin Iōhannēs.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
Jennifer
From Cornish Gweniver, from Middle Cornish Gwynnever (cognate with Welsh Gwenhwyfar), from Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar. Doublet of Guinevere. Compare Irish Fionnabhair, which…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Jessica
First used by William Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice in the early 17th century, probably from Hebrew יִסְכָּה (yiská, “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends A
Jocond
From Latin Jūcundus.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends D
Joël
a male given name from Hebrew or Breton, equivalent to English Joel
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends L
John
From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends N
Jordanès
From Latin Iordanēs.
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- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends S
Joseph
From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob. Doublet of Yusuf. Noun sense 1 (“one whose chastity is…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends H
Judith
Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). Doublet of Yehudit. From Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). From Latin Judith,…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H