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  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ARLIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Pet form of English <a href="#ARLINE">Arline</a>, a short form of longer names


























    ending with -arlene or -arline.</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="ARLINE">ARLINE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English short form of longer names


























    ending with -arlene or -arline. </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ARYANA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Modern variant spelling of English <a href="female_english_names_02.htm#ARIANA">Ariana</a>, meaning "utterly pure."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">ASCELINA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Elaborated form of English <a href="female_english_names_02.htm#ACELINE">Aceline</a>, meaning "little


























    noble one." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">ASCELINE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Elaborated form of English <a href="female_english_names_02.htm#ACELINE">Aceline</a>, meaning "little


























    noble one." </font></li>


























  <li><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><b><a name="ASENATH">ASENATH</a></b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_a_names.htm#ACENATH"> Acĕnath</a>, meaning "belonging to the goddess <a href="female_n_names.htm#NEITH">Neith</a>." In the bible, this is the name of <a href="male_j_names_3.htm#JOSEPH">Joseph</a>'s


























    Egyptian wife.</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="ASH">ASH</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Short


                        form of English unisex <a href="#ASHLEY">Ashley</a>,


                        meaning "ash-tree grove." </font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASHLEE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        Feminine variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#ASHLEY">Ashley</a>,


                        meaning "ash-tree grove."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASHLEIGH</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        Feminine variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#ASHLEY">Ashley</a>,


                        meaning "ash-tree grove."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="ASHLEY">ASHLEY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        English habitational surname transferred to unisex


                        forename use, composed of the Old English elements <i>æsc</i>


























                        "ash" and <i>lēah</i>  "wood,"


                        hence "ash-tree grove."


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASHLIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        Feminine variant of English unisex <a href="#ASHLEY">Ashley</a>,


                        meaning "ash-tree grove."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASHLING</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic <a href="female_english_names.htm#AISLING">Aisling</a>,


























                        meaning "dream; vision."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="ASHLYN">ASHLYN</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        English compound name composed of <a href="#ASH">Ash</a> 


                        "ash tree" and <a href="female_l_names_4.htm#LYN">Lyn</a>,


                        "lake," hence "ash tree lake."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASHLYNN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        Variant spelling of English <a href="#ASHLYN">Ashlyn</a>,


                        meaning "ash tree lake." </font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><a name="ASHTAROTH"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASHTAROTH</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_a_names_7.htm#ASHTAROWTH">Ashtarowth</a>,


    meaning "star." In the bible, this is the


                        name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite


                        religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is


                        also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan


                        given to <a href="male_m_names.htm#MANASSEH">Manasseh</a>.</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASHTON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        English unisex name derived from a place name, meaning


























                        "ash tree settlement."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="ASIA">ASIA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        English unisex name derived from the name of the continent,


                        possibly derived from Assyrian <i>asu</i>, meaning








                        "east." Compare with another form of <a href="female_a_names_8.htm#ASIA">Asia</a>.</font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASPEN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        English name derived from the tree name, meaning


                        "aspen tree, white poplar." </font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><a name="ASTAROTH"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASTAROTH</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


                        Variant spelling of English <a href="#ASHTAROTH">Ashtaroth</a>,


                        meaning "star." In the bible, this is the


                        name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite


                        religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is


                        also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan


                        given to <a href="male_m_names.htm#MANASSEH">Manasseh</a>.</font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASTON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        English unisex name derived from a place name meaning


























                        "east settlement."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">ASTRA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        English name derived from Greek <i>aster</i>, meaning


























                        "star."</font></li>


























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                        <p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AUBREE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        Feminine variant spelling of


























                        English unisex <a href="#AUBREY">Aubrey</a>,


























                        meaning "elf ruler."</font></li>


























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                        <p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AUBREY">AUBREY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        English unisex form of Norman French <a href="male_a_names_4.htm#ALBERI">Alberi</a>,


























                        meaning "elf ruler."</font></li>


























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                        <p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AUBRIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        Feminine variant spelling of


























                        English unisex <a href="#AUBREY">Aubrey</a>,


























                        meaning "elf ruler."</font></li>


























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                        <p align="left"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="AUDRA">AUDRA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Variant


                            spelling of English <a href="#AUDREY">Audrey</a>, meaning


























                            "noble strength." Compare with another


                        form of <a href="female_a_names_8.htm#AUDRA">Audra</a>.</font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AUDREA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        Variant spelling of English <a href="#AUDREY">Audrey</a>,


























                        meaning "noble strength."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AUDREY">AUDREY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























                        Modern English form of Anglo-Saxon <a href="female_a_names_2.htm#ÆTHELTHRYTH">Æthelthryth</a>,


























                        meaning "noble strength."</font></li>


























                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AUGUSTA">AUGUSTA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Feminine


























                            form of English <a href="male_english_names_02.htm#AUGUST">August</a>,


























                            meaning "August (the month)." Compare with


                        another form of <a href="female_a_names_8.htm#AUGUSTA">Augusta</a>.</font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AUNDRIA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English <a href="female_english_names_02.htm#ANDREA">Andrea</a>, meaning


























    "man; warrior."</font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AURA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English name derived from the vocabulary word <i>aura</i>, meaning


    "subtle emanation around living beings," from Latin <i>aura</i>,


    meaning "air, breeze, wind," from Greek <i>aura</i>, meaning


    "breath, breeze." </font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AUREOLE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English name derived from the word <i>aureole</i>, a diminutive form


























    of Latin <i>aura</i> ("air, breeze, wind"), hence "little


    breeze" or "little wind."</font>


























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                      <li><p align="left"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AURORA">AURORA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Latin name meaning "dawn." In Roman mythology, this is the name of a goddess of


    morning. Equated with Greek <a href="female_e_names_3.htm#EOS">Eos</a>. </font>


























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  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AUSTYN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Unisex form of English <a href="male_english_names_02.htm#AUSTIN">Austin</a>,


























    meaning "venerable."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AUTUMN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:








                        English unisex name derived from the season name, from


    Latin <i>autumnus</i>, thought to be of Etruscan origin. <i>Harvest</i> was


    the original English name for the season; <i>Autumn</i> replaced it in the


    16th century.


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  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="AVA">AVA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#EVE">Eve</a>, meaning


























    "alive; living."</font>


























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  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AVALINA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English <a href="#AVALINE">Avaline</a>, meaning


    "little <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#EVE">Eve</a>." </font>


























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  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AVALINE">AVALINE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English variant spelling of French <a href="#AVELINE">Aveline</a>, meaning


    "little <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#EVE">Eve</a>." </font>


























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  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="AVALON">AVALON</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Arthurian legend name of an island somewhere in the British Isles, where the


    body of King <a href="male_english_names_02.htm#ARTHUR"> Arthur</a> 


























    is said to be buried, having been brought there by his half-sister <a href="female_arthurian_legend_names.htm#MORGAN le FAY"> Morgan 


    le Fay</a>, and where he is supposed to one


    day return. The name means "island of apples," from Celtic <i>abal</i> 


    (cf. Welsh <i>afal</i>, Breton and Cornish <i>aval</i>  "apple").</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">AVALONA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Modern English elaborated form of Celtic <a href="#AVALON">Avalon</a>, meaning


























    "island of apples."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AVELINA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Latin form of Norman French <a href="#AVELINE">Aveline</a>, meaning


    "little <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#EVE">Eve</a>." </font>


























                      </li>


























  <li><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><b><a name="AVELINE">AVELINE</a></b></font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Old Norman French equivalent of English <a href="#AVILA">Avila</a>, meaning


    "little <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#EVE">Eve</a>." </font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AVERY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from the Middle


    English personal name <a href="male_english_names.htm#ALFRED">Alfred</a>, meaning


























    "elf counsel."


    </font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AVICE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English <a href="#AVIS">Avis</a>, meaning "bird."</font>


























                      </li>


























  <li><b><a name="AVILA"><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AVILA</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Medieval diminutive form of English <a href="#AVA">Ava</a>, meaning


    "little <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#EVE">Eve</a>." </font>


























                      </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AVILON</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English variant spelling of Celtic <a href="#AVALON">Avalon</a>, meaning "island of


























    apples."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AVIS">AVIS</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English


    adopted use of German <a href="female_a_names_8.htm#AVIS">Avis</a>


    ("refuge in war"). But its popularity in the Middle Ages was due


    to its association with the Latin noun <i>avis</i>, meaning "bird." </font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AVITAL">AVITAL</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English <a href="female_english_names.htm#ABITAL">Abital</a>, meaning "my


    father is dew." In


    the bible, this is the name of one of <a href="male_english_names_05.htm#DAVID">David</a>'s


    wives.  </font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AYEESHA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English variant spelling of Arabic <a href="female_a_names_3.htm#AISHA">Aisha</a>, meaning


























    "alive." </font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AYN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    According to Ayn Rand, this name is an


























    adaptation of the Finnish name <a href="female_a_names_3.htm#AINO">Aino</a>,


    meaning


























    "the only one."</font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AZALEA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English name derived from the name of the flower, from the


























    Greek word <i>azaleos</i>, meaning "dry."</font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AZUBAH</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">


    (</font><font color="#9393FF" size="2">עֲזוּבָה</font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">):


    Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_a_names_8.htm#AZUWBAH">Azuwbah</a>, meaning


    "forsaken." In the bible, this is the


    name of several characters, including <a href="male_english_names_03.htm#CALEB">Caleb</a>'s


    wife and the mother of <a href="male_j_names_2.htm#JEHOSHAPHAT">Jehoshaphat</a>. </font>


























  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">AZURA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English <a href="#AZURE">Azure</a>, meaning


























    "sky blue."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="AZURE">AZURE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English color name meaning "sky blue."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BAB">BAB</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English pet form of Greek <a href="#BARBARA">Barbara</a>, meaning


























"foreign; strange."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BABE">BABE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English pet form of Greek <a href="#BARBARA">Barbara</a>, meaning


























"foreign; strange." Compare with masculine <a href="male_english_names_02.htm#BABE">Babe</a>.</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BABETTE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of


























    English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>, meaning "God is my oath."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BABS</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English pet form of Greek <a href="#BARBARA">Barbara</a>, meaning


























"foreign; strange."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAILEE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Feminine variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#BAILEY">Bailey</a>, meaning


    "bailiff." </font></li>


  <li><b><a name="BAILEY"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BAILEY</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English


    occupational surname transferred to unisex


    forename use, meaning "bailiff." </font>


  </li>


  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAILIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#BAILEY">Bailey</a>, meaning


























    "bailiff." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAILY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#BAILEY">Bailey</a>,


























    meaning "bailiff." 


























    </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BAMBI">BAMBI</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English unisex name, derived from the Italian word <i>bambino</i>, meaning


























    "child." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAMBIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of


























    English unisex <a href="#BAMBI">Bambi</a>, meaning "child."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARB</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English short form of Greek <a href="#BARBARA">Barbara</a>, meaning


























"foreign; strange."</font></li>


























  <li><b><a name="BARBARA"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BARBARA</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">


    (</font><font color="#9393FF" size="2">Βαρβάρα</font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">):


    Greek name derived from the feminine form of the word <i>barbaros</i>, once used to refer to the unintelligible


























    chatter of foreigners which sounded like "bar-bar" to the Greeks,


    hence "foreign; strange." </font></li>


























  <li><a name="BARBARY"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARBARY</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Medieval English form of Greek <a href="#BARBARA">Barbara</a>, meaning


    "foreign; strange."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARBIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English pet form of Greek <a href="#BARBARA">Barbara</a>, meaning


























"foreign; strange."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BARBRA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English contracted form of Greek <a href="#BARBARA">Barbara</a>, meaning


























"foreign; strange."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BASEMATH">BASEMATH</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_b_names_3.htm#BOSMATH">Bosmath</a>, meaning


    "spice" or


    "sweet smelling." 


    </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BASHEMATH</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_b_names_3.htm#BOSMATH">Bosmath</a>, meaning


    "spice" or


    "sweet smelling." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BASMATH">BASMATH</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_b_names_3.htm#BOSMATH">Bosmath</a>, meaning


    "spice" or


    "sweet smelling." In the bible, this is the name of a wife of <a href="male_e_names_4.htm#ESAU">Esau</a>,


    and a daughter of <a href="male_english_names_15.htm#SOLOMON">Solomon</a>.</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BAYLEE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Feminine variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#BAILEY">Bailey</a>, meaning


























    "bailiff."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BEA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Short form of English <a href="#BEATRIX">Beatrix</a>, meaning "voyager (through


























    life)." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BEATIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="#BEATRIX">Beatrix</a>, meaning "voyager (through


























    life)." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BEATRICE">BEATRICE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Italian


























    form of Latin <a href="female_v_names.htm#VIATRIX">Viatrix</a>,


























    meaning "voyager (through life)." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BEATRIX">BEATRIX</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English form of Latin <a href="female_v_names.htm#VIATRIX">Viatrix</a>,


























    meaning "voyager (through life)."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BECCA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Short form of English <a href="female_english_names_16.htm#REBECCA">Rebecca</a>, meaning "ensnarer."</font></li>


  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BECCI</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_16.htm#REBECCA">Rebecca</a>,


    meaning "ensnarer."</font></li>


  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BECKA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Short form of English <a href="female_english_names_16.htm#REBECKA">Rebecka</a>,


























    meaning "ensnarer."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BECKAH</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Short form of English <a href="female_english_names_16.htm#REBECKAH">Rebeckah</a>,


























    meaning "ensnarer."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BECKY">BECKY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_16.htm#REBECKA">Rebecka</a>,


























    meaning "ensnarer."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BEE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="#BEATRIX">Beatrix</a>,


























    meaning "voyager (through life)."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BEKKI</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English <a href="#BECKY">Becky</a>, meaning "ensnarer."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BELINDA">BELINDA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Possibly a contracted form of Old High German <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BETLINDE">Betlinde</a>,


    meaning "bright serpent" or


    "bright linden tree." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BELITA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English name composed of Latin <i>bella</i> "beautiful" and a


    diminutive suffix, hence "little beauty." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BELL</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English <a href="#BELLE">Belle</a>, meaning


























    "beautiful." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BELLE">BELLE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English name derived from the French vocabulary word for "beautiful."


    It is often used in compound names, sometimes in the abbreviated form -bel.</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BELLINDA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English variant spelling of German <a href="#BELINDA">Belinda</a>, meaning "bright


    serpent" or "bright linden tree." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BELPHOEBE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English literary name from Spencer's <i> Faerie


























    Queene</i>, compounded of the Latin <i>bella</i> "beautiful" and <a href="female_english_names_16.htm#PHOEBE">Phoebe</a>


    ("shining one"), hence "beautiful shining one."</font></li>



























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BELYNDA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English variant spelling of German <a href="#BELINDA">Belinda</a>, meaning "bright


    serpent" or "bright linden tree." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BENEDICTA">BENEDICTA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Feminine form of Latin <a href="male_b_names_2.htm#BENEDICTUS">Benedictus</a>,


























meaning "blessed." </font></li>


























  <li><a name="BENJAMINA"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BENJAMINA</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Feminine form of English <a href="male_english_names_03.htm#BENJAMIN">Benjamin</a>,


    meaning "blessed."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BERENICE">BERENICE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Latin form of Macedonian Greek <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BERENIKE">Berenike</a>, meaning "bringer


    of victory." In the bible, this


    is the name of the eldest daughter of <a href="male_h_names_3.htm#HEROD">Herod</a>


    <a href="male_a_names_3.htm#AGRIPPA">Agrippa</a>. </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BERLIN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    From the German city name of uncertain etymology, possibly related to the Old Polabian stem <i>berl-</i>,


























    meaning "swamp."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BERNADETTE">BERNADETTE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Contracted form of French <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BERNARDETTE">Bernardette</a>, meaning "bold as a bear."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BERNADINE">BERNADINE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Contracted form of French <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BERNARDINE">Bernardine</a>, meaning


























    "bold as a bear."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BERNICE">BERNICE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Latin form of Greek <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BERNIKE">Bernike</a>, meaning "bringer


























    of victory." In the bible, this


    is the name of the eldest daughter of <a href="male_h_names_3.htm#HEROD">Herod</a>


    <a href="male_a_names_3.htm#AGRIPPA">Agrippa</a>.


    This is the form used in the Authorized Version. </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BERNIECE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English variant spelling of Latin <a href="#BERNICE">Bernice</a>, meaning "bringer


























    of victory."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BERRY">BERRY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English name


    derived from the vocabulary word, meaning simply "berry." Compare with


    masculine <a href="male_english_names_03.htm#BERRY">Berry</a>.</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BERTA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Czech and Polish form of German <a href="#BERTHA">Bertha</a>, meaning


























    "bright."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BERTHA">BERTHA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Old German name derived from the word <i>berht</i>, meaning "bright." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BERTIE">BERTIE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English pet form of German <a href="#BERTHA">Bertha</a>, meaning "bright." Compare


    with masculine <a href="male_b_names_3.htm#BERTIE">Bertie</a>.</font></li>


























  <li><a name="BERTRED"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BERTRED</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BEORHTRAED">Beorhtraed</a>, meaning "bright counsel." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BERYL">BERYL</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English


    gem name meaning "beryl," from Greek <i>beryllos</i>,


























    a word applied to all green gemstones. </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BESS</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BESSIE">BESSIE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BESSY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English <a href="#BESSIE">Bessie</a>, a pet form of <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BET</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Short form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BETA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English name derived from the second letter of the Greek alphabet, <i>beta</i>,


    related to Hebrew <i>bet</i>,


    meaning "house." 


    </font></li>


























  <li><b><a name="BETH"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BETH</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Short form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETHANIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English form of Greek <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BETHANIA">Bethania</a>, meaning "house of


    dates" or "house of misery."</font></li>


























  <li><b><a name="BETHANY"><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BETHANY</font></a></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Greek <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BETHANIA">Bethania</a>, meaning "house of


    dates" or "house of misery." In the bible, this is the name of a place near Jerusalem where <a href="male_j_names_2.htm#JESUS">


























    Jesus</a> stayed during the Holy Week.</font></li>


























  <li><a name="BETHEL"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETHEL</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BETH-EL">Beth-El</a>, meaning "house of God." In the bible, this is the name of


    an ancient city of the Canaanites, later of the Benjamites. </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETHNEY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English <a href="#BETHANY">Bethany</a>, meaning "house of


    dates" or "house of misery."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETONY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Name of a plant of the mint family once popular in herbal medicine,


























    occasionally used as a forename. It is also called woundwort and lousewort.


    It is said to possibly derive from Celtic <i>bew</i>


























    "head" and <i>ton</i> "good," because it is good for


























    complaints of the head. Pliny said that the original name of this plant was


























    Vettonica, from the Vettones, an ancient Iberian tribe. </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BETSY">BETSY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETTE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETTIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BETTINA">BETTINA</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Elaborated form of English <a href="#BETTY">Betty</a>, meaning


























        "God is my oath." Compare with another form of <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BETTINA">Bettina</a>.</font>


























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  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BETTY">BETTY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_07.htm#ELIZABETH">Elizabeth</a>,


























    meaning "God is my oath."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BETTYE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English <a href="#BETTY">Betty</a>, meaning "God is my


























    oath."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BEULAH">BEULAH</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">


    (</font><font color="#9393FF" size="2">בְּעוּלָה</font><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">): A


    derivative of Hebrew <a href="male_b_names.htm#BA'AL">Ba'al</a> (<font size="2">"to


    marry; to be lord, master, possessor"), </font>meaning "she who is





















































married." In the bible, this is an allegorical name for the land of Israel. </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BEVERLY">BEVERLY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: English surname transferred to forename use,


    derived from the


























    name of a place in Humberside composed of the Old English elements <i>beofor</i>


























    "beaver" and <i>lēac</i> "stream," hence


    "beaver stream." The masculine


























    form of the name is spelled with an extra "e"--<a href="male_english_names_03.htm#BEVERLEY">Beverley</a>.</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BEVIN</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic <a href="female_b_names.htm#BÉIBHINN">Béibhinn</a>, meaning


























    "fair lady." </font></li>


























  <li><a name="BIBI"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BIBI</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    From a French word used as a term of endearment, meaning "bauble,


    toy."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BIDDY">BIDDY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Pet form of English <a href="female_b_names_3.htm#BRIDGET">Bridget</a>, meaning "exalted one." It


    was rarely used after it acquired the negative connotation "old biddy." Compare


    with another form of <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BIDDY">Biddy</a>.</font>


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  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BIJOU</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English name derived from the French word <i>bijou</i>, meaning


























    "jewel."</font>


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  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BILLIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Feminine form of English <a href="male_english_names_03.htm#BILLY">Billy</a>, meaning


























    "will-helmet." </font>


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  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BINDY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English pet form of German <a href="#BELINDA">Belinda</a>,


    possibly


    meaning "bright serpent" or


    "bright linden tree."</font>


  </li>


























  <li><a name="BITHIA"><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BITHIA</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English <a href="#BITHIAH">Bithiah</a>,


    meaning "daughter of God."


    </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BITHIAH">BITHIAH</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Hebrew <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BITHYAH">Bithyah</a>, meaning "daughter of God." In the bible, this is the


    name of a daughter of <a href="male_p_names_2.htm#PHARAOH"> Pharoah</a>.


    </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLAIR</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Scottish unisex name


    derived from any of a number of places in Scotland called <i>Blair</i>,


    derived from the Gaelic word <i>blàr</i>, meaning "field,


    plain," most often referring to a "battlefield." 


























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  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BLANCH</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English variant spelling of French <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BLANCHE">Blanche</a>, meaning


    "white."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLANDA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English name derived from Latin <i>blanda</i>, meaning


























"cherishing." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BLANID</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic <a href="female_b_names_2.htm#BLÁTHNAT">Bláthnat</a>, meaning


























    "little flower."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLESSING</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Old English name meaning


























"consecration."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLISS</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Old English unisex name


























    derived from the word <i>bliss</i>, meaning


























"joy; happiness." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BLONDIE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English byname transferred to forename use, meaning "blonde."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLOSSOM</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    19th century pet name derived from Old English <i>blōstm</i>,


























    meaning "flowers on a fruit-tree (or ornamental


























    tree)." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLUEBELL</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: American flower name popular


























in the 19th century, but rarely used today.</font></li>


























  <li><a name="BLYTHE"><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2">BLYTHE</font></b></a><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">: Old English surname transferred to


    unisex forename use, derived from the word <i> blīðe</i>, meaning "cheerful,


    happy."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BOBBI">BOBBI</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Unisex pet form of English <a href="male_english_names_14.htm#ROBERT">Robert</a>


    and <a href="female_english_names_17.htm#ROBERTA">Roberta</a>, meaning "bright


    fame." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BOBBIE">BOBBIE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Pet form of English <a href="female_english_names_17.htm#ROBERTA">Roberta</a>, meaning


























    "bright fame."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BONDUCA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    English variant form of Celtic <a href="female_b_names_3.htm#BOUDICA">Boudica</a>, meaning "victory."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BONITA</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Spanish name meaning "pretty."</font></li>


























  <li><b><font color="#9393FF" size="2"><a name="BONNIE">BONNIE</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    English name derived


























    from the Scottish word <i>bonnie</i> "pretty." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BONNY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


























    Variant spelling of English <a href="#BONNIE">Bonnie</a>, meaning both "good" and


























    "pretty." </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF"><a name="BRADY">BRADY</a></font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived








    from an Anglicized form of Gaelic <i> Ó Brádaigh</i>, meaning "descendant of


    <a href="male_b_names_4.htm#BRÁDACH">Brádach</a>,"


    hence "large-chested."</font>





















































  </li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRAIDY</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:


    Variant spelling of English unisex <a href="#BRADY">Brady</a>, meaning


























    "broad-chested."  </font></li>


























  <li><b><font size="2" color="#9393FF">BRANDE</font></b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2">:
    Variant spelling of English <a href="female_english_names_04.htm#BRANDY">Brandy</a>, meaning simply


























    "brandy."</font></li>


























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