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151. ANAKIN: This name became popular as a boy's name after the making of the Star Wars saga by George Lucas, who named his Darth Vader character after the surname of director Ken Annakin, itself a variant spelling of the Norwegian female personal name Anniken, a form of Hebrew Hannah, meaning "gracious, merciful."
152. ANDERSON: English/Scottish surname transferred to forename use, meaning "son of Andrew."
153. ANDREW: Biblical name of a New Testament apostle and brother of Simon Peter. He was crucified on an X-shaped cross. The name was derived from Greek Andreas, meaning "man; warrior." 
154. ANDY: Unisex nickname for Andrew and Andrea meaning "man; warrior."

155. ANGE: English nickname for unisex Angel, meaning "angel, messenger."

156. ANGEL: English unisex name derived from Latin Angelus, meaning "angel, messenger."

157. ANGELL: Variant of English unisex Angel, meaning "angel, messenger."

158. ANGUS: English form of Scottish/Gaelic Aonghus, meaning "one/only choice." 

159. ANSCOM: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "stone-enclosed valley." 

160. ANSCOMB: Variant of English Anscom, meaning "stone-enclosed valley."

161. ANSON: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "son of Agnes."
162. ANTHONY: Continental form of Roman Antonius, possibly meaning "invaluable." 
163. ANTONY: English variant of Anthony, possibly meaning "invaluable." 

164. ANTUAN: English variant of French Antoine, possibly meaning "invaluable." 

165. ANTWAN: English variant of French Antoine, possibly meaning "invaluable." 

166. ARCHIBALD: "Genuine courage." English and Scottish name, derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold."

167. ARCHIE: English nickname for Archibald, meaning "genuine courage."

168. ARDEN: English unisex name derived from a place name, meaning "eagle valley."
169. ARIC: Variant of Eric, meaning "ever-ruler."
170. ARIEL: Hebrew unisex name meaning "lion of god." It is the biblical name for the city of Jerusalem. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, and the name of a spirit in Shakespeare's play "The Tempest." 

171. ARIK: Variant of English Eric, meaning "ever-ruler."

172. ARIN: English variant of Irish unisex Erin, meaning "peace."

173. ARKELL: English name derived ultimately from Old Norse Arnkell, meaning "eagle helmet/protection."
174. ARLIE: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "eagle wood."
175. ARMAND: French form of German Harmand, meaning "bold/hardy man."
176. ARN: Nickname for German Arnold, meaning "eagle power."
177. ARNE: Nickname for German Arnold, meaning "eagle power."
178. ARNIE: English nickname for German Arnold, meaning "eagle power."
179. ARNOLD: "Eagle power." German name derived from the Germanic elements arn "eagle" and wald "power." 
180. ARNY: English nickname for German Arnold, meaning "eagle power."
181. ARRAN: English variant of Aaron, meaning "high mountain."

182. ARRON: English variant of Aaron, meaning "high mountain."

183. ARRYN: English variant of Aaron, meaning "high mountain."

184. ART: English nickname for Arthur. The meaning is disputed; see Arthur.

185. ARTHUR: The name, Arthur, may have derived from Latin Artorius, a Roman family name, or from Welsh art/arth "bear" and Brythonic (Brittonic) gur "man" ("bear-man"). In early Welsh works the word art was used as a figurative synonym for "warrior." Alternatively, there is another theory that the name (ar thur) was a nom de guerre translating to "the Eagle of Thor," used in reference to British war leaders by Scandinavian enemies. 

186. ARTIE: Pet form of Arthur. The meaning is disputed; see Arthur.

187. ASH: "Ash tree." Nickname for English unisex Ashley.

188. ASHER: Hebrew biblical name of a son of Jacob, derived from the Hebrew word osher, meaning "happy."

189. ASHLEY: "Ash-tree grove." English surname transferred to unisex forename use, composed of the Old English elements ćsc "ash" and lēah "wood."

190. ASHTON: English unisex name derived from a place name, meaning "ash tree settlement."

191. ASIA: English unisex name derived from the continent name, itself possibly from Assyrian asu, meaning "east."

192. ASTON: English unisex name derived from a place name meaning "east settlement."

193. ATHELSTAN: English variant of Anglo-Saxon Aethelstan, meaning "noble stone."

194. AUBREY: English unisex name derived from a French form of the Germanic name Alberic, meaning "elf power," from alb "elf" and ric "power." Alberic was the name of a legendary sorcerer king of the elves.

195. AUBRIE: Variant of English unisex Aubrey, meaning "elf power."

196. AUBYN: English variant of French Aubin, meaning "from Alba." 

197. AUDLEY: English name derived from a place name meaning "Ealdgyth's woodland clearing."

198. AUGUST: English month name, meaning simply "August."

199. AUGUSTINE: English name derived from Roman Augustinus, meaning "venerable."
200. AULAY: English form of Scottish Amhlaidh, meaning "forefather's heir/descendant."

201. AUSTEN: Variant of English Austin, meaning "venerable."

202. AUSTIN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself originally a nickname for Augustine, meaning "venerable."

203. AUSTYN: Unisex form of English Austin, meaning "venerable."

204. AUTUMN: English unisex season name, meaning "autumn."

205. AVERILL: English unisex name which ultimately derived from the feminine Anglo-Saxon personal name Eoforhild, meaning "boar battle."

206. AVERY: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from the masculine name Alfred, meaning "elf counsel."

207. AYLWARD: English variant of Anglo-Saxon Elweard, meaning "noble guard."

208. AYMERY: English variant of French Aimery, meaning "home-ruler." 

209. BABE: Popular nickname for athletes, especially in the early 1900s, both before and after Babe Ruth.

210. BAILEY: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "bailiff." 
211. BAILIE: Variant of unisex Bailey, meaning "bailiff." 
212. BAILY: Variant of unisex Bailey, meaning "bailiff." 
213. BALDER: English form of Old Norse Baldr, myth name of a son of Odin and Frigg, meaning "prince."
214. BALDRIC: "Brave ruler." English name of Germanic origin, derived from the elements bald "bold, brave" and ric "power, rule."
215. BALDWIN: "Brave friend." English name of Germanic origin, derived from the elements bald "bold, brave" and wine "friend." 
216. BALLARD: "Bald-headed." Old English and Scottish derogatory nickname for a bald-headed person, turned surname, turned forename, derived from Middle English balled, meaning "rounded like a ball."
217. BAMBI: English unisex name, derived from the Italian word bambino, meaning "child." 
218. BAMBIE: Variant of English unisex Bambi, meaning "child."
219. BAPTIST: English and German form of French Baptiste, meaning "baptist."
220. BARCLAY: "Birch wood clearing." Scottish habitational surname transferred to forename use, itself a form of English Berkeley, composed of the Old English elements beorc "birch" and leah "woodland clearing." 
221. BARDOLPH: English form of Anglo-Saxon Bardulf, meaning "bright wolf."
222. BARNABAS: Greek form of Aramaic Barnebhuah, the biblical name of a disciple of Paul, meaning "son of exhortation."
223. BARNABY: Old English form of Barnabas, meaning "son of exhortation." 
224. BARNEY: English nickname for both Barnabas "son of exhortation" and Bernard "bold as a bear."
225. BARRET: "Haggler." Originally an English nickname for a quarrelsome person, then a surname which has since transferred to a forename, from Middle English barat, a derivative of barater, meaning "to haggle."
226. BARRETT: Variant of English Barret, meaning "haggler."
227. BARRIE: Variant of English Barry, meaning "fair-headed."
228. BARRY: English form of Irish Bairre, meaning "fair-headed." 
229. BART: Nickname for Bartholomew, meaning "son of Talmai."
230. BARTHOLOMEW: Biblical name of an apostle in the New Testament, derived from Greek Bartholomaios, meaning "son of Talmai."
231. BAS: Nickname for English Basil, meaning "king" or "basil (the herb)."
232. BASIL: English name derived from Greek basileus, meaning "king." Also sometimes given as an herb name.
233. BASSETT: "Little short/low one." English name derived from Old French word basset, the diminutive of basse, meaning "low; short," used as a nickname for a short person.
234. BASTIAN: Nickname for English Sebastian, meaning "from Sebaste."
235. BAXTER: English and Scottish occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English bćcestre, the feminine form of bćcere, meaning "female baker."
236. BAYARD: As a derivative of Middle English and Old French baie, the name means "reddish brown" or "bright bay color." If a derivative of baiard, it may have been a byname for someone "foolhardy." In medieval romances, this was the name of a magic horse from the legends of the chansons de geste ("Songs of Heroic Deeds") which was given to Renaud by Charlemagne. It belonged to the four sons of Aymon, and had the ability to grow larger or smaller as one or more of the four sons mounted it. According to tradition, one of its foot-prints may still be seen in the forest of Soignes, and another on a rock near Dinant.
237. BAZ: Nickname for English Basil, meaning "king" or "basil (the herb)."
238. BEAU: Originally an English nickname meaning "handsome," derived from the French word, beau, meaning "beautiful." Later, in the 19th century, it was used as a word meaning "admirer" or "sweetheart." Its use as a forename seems to have been due to Wren's novel Beau Gate (1924) and the character Beau Wilkes in Mitchell's Gone With the Wind (1936). 
239. BEAUMONT: English name derived from a French surname meaning "beautiful mountain."
240. BEAUREGARD: English name derived from a French surname meaning "beautiful aspect" or "beautiful outlook."
241. BEAVIS: Variant of English Bevis, possibly meaning "shining one."
242. BEDIVERE: English form of Welsh Bedwyr, name of the Knight of the Round Table who returned Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake after King Arthur's death. Described as being one-handed, he was still an excellent warrior. In Welsh, his full name was Bedwyr Bedrydant, meaning "Bedivere of the Perfect Sinews." The name may have been derived from proto-Celtic *bod(o)-wid-r, meaning "grave-knower," inferring "one who knows (Arthur's) grave."
243. BEN: English nickname for either Benjamin "son of the south" or Benedict "blessed." It is also the Hebrew word for "son."
244. BENEDICT: English name derived from Latin Benedictus, meaning "blessed." 
245. BENET: English variant of Bennett, meaning "blessed."
246. BENJAMIN: "Son of the south." Biblical name of one of the founders of the twelve tribes of Israel, and the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons. His original Hebrew name was Benoni, given to him by his mother who died giving birth to him. Not wanting his son to bear such an ill-omened name, Jacob changed his name to Benjamin, because he was the only son born in southern Canaan instead of northern Mesopotamia.
247. BENJI: English pet form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
248. BENJIE: English pet form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
249. BENJY: English pet form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
250. BENNETT: Medieval English form of Benedict, meaning "blessed." 
251. BENNIE: English pet form of Benjamin "son of the south" and Benedict "blessed."
252. BENNY: English pet form of Benjamin "son of the south" and Benedict "blessed."
253. BENSON: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "son of Ben."
254. BENTLEY: "Bent grass clearing." English surname transferred to forename use. It originated as the name of many places most of which were composed of the Old English elements beonet, "bent grass" and lēah "wood; clearing."
255. BENTON: "Bent grass settlement." English surname transferred to forename use. It originated as a place name in Northumbria composed of the Old English elements beonet "bent grass" and tūn "enclosure; settlement."
256. BERENGAR: English form of Old German Beringar, meaning "bear-spear."
257. BERENGER: Variant of Berengar, meaning "bear-spear."
258. BERNARD: English and French form of German Bernhard, meaning "bold as a bear." 
259. BERNIE: English nickname for Bernard, meaning "bold as a bear."
260. BERRY: Variant of English Barry, meaning "fair-headed."
261. BERT: "Bright." English nickname for names containing the element bert, most of which were derived from the Germanic element beraht, meaning "bright."
262. BERTIE: English unisex pet form of Bertha and Bert, both meaning "bright." 
263. BERTRAM: "Bright raven." English name composed of the Germanic elements berht "bright" and hramn "raven." 
264. BERTRAND: Medieval form of English Bertram, meaning "bright raven." 
265. BEVAN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself a form of Welsh ap Iefan, meaning "son of John."
266. BEVERLEY: "Beaver stream." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the name of a place in Humberside composed of the elements beofor "beaver" and lēac "stream." The feminine form of the name is spelled without the second "e"--Beverly.
267. BEVIS: English surname transferred to forename use, probably from the place name Beauvais in Oise, France, which got its name from the Belgic tribe of the Bellovaci (also Belovasci) which some scholars believe the name Fir Bolg (the ancient Irish "shining ones") of Celtic mythology derived from.
268. BIFF: First it was a boxing term, then it was a nickname for a tough-guy. Now it has transferred to a forename, and it still carries the same meaning, "a blow with the fist."
269. BILL: Nickname for English William, meaning "will-helmet."
270. BILLIE: Unisex pet form of English William, meaning "will-helmet."
271. BILLY: Pet form of English William, meaning "will-helmet."
272. BLAIN: "Little yellow one." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the old Scottish/Gaelic personal name Bláán.
273. BLAINE: Variant of English Blain, meaning "little yellow one."
274. BLAIR: Scottish unisex name derived from any of a number of places in Scotland called Blair, which were derived from the Gaelic word blŕr, meaning "field, plain," most often referring to a "battlefield." 
275. BLAIZE: English form of French Blaise, meaning "talks with a lisp."
276. BLAKE: "Black" or "white." This name has two etymologies: one is from Old English blćc "black" and the other is from Old English blāc "white." It was first a nickname given to a person having unusually dark or light hair or skin, then it became a surname, and then a popular male forename.
277. BLISS: Old English unisex name derived from the word bliss, meaning "joy; happiness." 
278. BLYTHE: Surname transferred to forename use, from Old English blīđe, meaning "cheerful, happy." 
279. BOB: Nickname for Robert, meaning " famous." 
280. BOBBI: Unisex pet form of Robert and Roberta, meaning "famous."
281. BOBBY: Pet name for Robert, meaning "famous."
282. BONIFACE: English and French surname transferred to forename, derived from Italian Bonifacio, meaning "good destiny/fate."
283. BOOKER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use. Originally, it was used to denote both a "book-binder" and a "scribe."
284. BORIS: Russian name, probably meaning "fighter, warrior," from the Slavic root bor-, meaning "battle." 
285. BRAD: Nickname for longer names beginning with Brad-.
286. BRADEN: "Salmon." English surname transferred to forename use, itself a form of Irish/Gaelic Ó Bradain, meaning "descendant of Bradán'." 
287. BRADFORD: "Broad ford." English habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements brad "broad" and ford "ford."
288. BRADLEY: "Broad woodland clearing." English habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements brad "broad" and leah "woodland clearing." 
289. BRADY: "Large-chested." Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Gaelic Ó Brádaigh, meaning "descendant of Brádach." 
290. BRAEDEN: Variant of English Braden, meaning "salmon." 
291. BRAIDEN: Variant of English Braden, meaning "salmon." 
292. BRAIDY: Variant of Irish unisex Brady, possibly meaning "large-chested." 
293. BRAM: Nickname for both Abram "father" and Abraham "father of a multitude."
294. BRAN: Nickname for English Brandon, meaning "broom-covered hill."
295. BRANDEN: Variant of English Brandon, meaning "broom-covered hill."
296. BRANDON: "Broom-covered hill." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the name of various places most of which were composed of the Old English elements brom "broom" and dun "hill."
297. BRANNON: Variant of English Brandon, meaning "broom-covered hill." 
298. BRAYDEN: Variant of English Braden, meaning "salmon." 
299. BRENDAN: English name derived from Latin Brendanus, meaning "prince."
300. BRENDEN: Variant of English Brendan, meaning "prince."
301. BRENDON: Variant of English Brendan, meaning "prince."

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