Cecilia f English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Romanian, Finnish Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name
Caecilius, which was derived from Latin
caecus meaning
"blind" [1] [2] [3] . Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.
... [more] Edgar m English, French, Portuguese, German Derived from the Old English elements
ead "wealth, fortune" and
gar "spear"
[1] [2] [3] . This was the name of a 10th-century English king, Edgar the Peaceful. The name did not survive long after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Walter Scott's novel
The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), which tells of the tragic love between Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton
[4] . Famous bearers include author and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), French impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), and author Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950).
Jeffrey m English Medieval variant of
Geoffrey. In America,
Jeffrey has been more common than
Geoffrey, though this is not true in Britain.
Jules 1 m French French form of
Julius. A notable bearer of this name was the French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905), author of
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and other works of science fiction.
Mallory f English (Modern) From an English surname was derived from Old French
maleüré meaning
"unfortunate" [1] . It first became common in the 1980s due to the American sitcom
Family Ties (1982-1989), which featured a character by this name.
Nina 1 f Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian Short form of names that end in
nina, such as
Antonina or
Giannina. It was imported to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century. This name also nearly coincides with the Spanish word
niña meaning
"little girl" (the word is pronounced differently than the name).
... [more] Otto m German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Germanic [1] Later German form of
Audo, originally a short form of various names beginning with Old Frankish
aud or Old High German
ot meaning
"wealth, fortune" [1] [2] . This was the name of a 9th-century king of the West Franks (name usually spelled as
Odo ). This was also the name of four kings of Germany, starting in the 10th century with Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor, known as Otto the Great. Saint Otto of Bamberg was a 12th-century missionary to Pomerania. The name was also borne by a 19th-century king of Greece, originally from Bavaria. Another notable bearer was the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898).
Pietro m Italian Italian form of
Peter. Pietro was the given name of the Renaissance painter known as Perugino.
Ramdas m Marathi, Hindi Means
"servant of Rama" from the name of the Hindu deity
Rama 1 combined with Sanskrit
dāsa) meaning "servant". This name was borne by a 17th-century Hindu holy man from Maharashtra.
Shirley f & m English From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning
"bright clearing", from Old English
scir "bright" and
leah "woodland, clearing"
[1] [2] [3] . This is the name of a main character in Charlotte Brontë's semi-autobiographical novel
Shirley (1849). Though the name was already popular in the United States, the child actress Shirley Temple (1928-2014) gave it a further boost. By 1935 it was the second most common name for girls.
Taylor m & f English From an English surname that originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French
tailleur, ultimately from Latin
talio "to cut"
[1] .
... [more] Wayland m English, Anglo-Saxon Mythology From Old English
Weland, probably derived from the Germanic root *
wīlą meaning
"craft, cunning". In Germanic legend Weland (called
Vǫlundr in Old Norse) was a master smith and craftsman. He was captured and hamstrung by King Niðhad, but took revenge by killing the king's sons.
Willie m & f English Masculine or feminine diminutive of
William. Notable bearers include the American baseball player Willie Mays (1931-2024) and the musician Willie Nelson (1933-).