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CORBIN:
"Little crow/raven." English name derived
from a French nickname, itself from the Old French/English
word corbin, a diminutive of corb,
meaning "crow, raven."
CORDELL:
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself
from a diminutive form of Old French corde,
meaning "rope." The occupation consisted of
making strings, cords, ropes, etc.
COREY: English
name of Celtic origin, meaning "seething
pool."
CORI:
Variant of English Corey, meaning
"seething pool."
CORIE:
Variant of English Corey, meaning
"seething pool."
CORNELIUS:
Roman biblical name derived from Latin cornu,
meaning "horn."
CORTNEY:
Variant of English unisex Courtney,
meaning "short nose."
CORY:
Variant of English Corey,
meaning "seething pool."
COTY:
English variant of Cody, meaning
"helper."
COURTNEY:
"Short nose." English surname, of French
origin, transferred to unisex forename use. Derived from
the baronial name, itself from any of a number of place
names called Courtenay which got their name from the
nickname court nez, meaning "short
nose."
CRAIG:
Scottish surname transferred to
forename use, itself from the name of various places
named from the Gaelic element creag,
meaning "rock."
CRAWFORD:
"Crow-foot." English byname (for someone
with splayed feet) transferred to surname and finally
forename use, composed of the Old English elements crawe
"crow" and fot "foot."
CRISPIAN:
Variant of English Crispin,
meaning "curly(-headed)."
CRISPIN:
English name derived from Latin Crispinus,
meaning
"curly(-headed)."
CROFTON:
"Settlement by the paddock." English
habitational surname transferred to forename use, from
Old English croft "paddock, vegetable
garden," and tun "enclosure,
settlement."
CULLEN:
"Whelp; young pup." Irish surname transferred to forename use,
itself from Gaelic
Ó Coileáin, meaning "descendant of Coileán."
CURT:
Nickname for English Curtis, meaning
"courteous."
CURTIS:
English surname transferred to forename use, itself originally a nickname for a
"courteous"
person, from Old French curteis, but it quickly
became associated with Middle English curt
"short" and hose "leggings.
CY:
English nickname for Cyrus, meaning
"like the sun."
CYMBELINE:
English form of Celtic Cunobelinus,
meaning "hound of Belenus."
CYRIL:
English form of Greek Kyrillos,
meaning "lord."
CYRUS: Biblical
name of the conqueror of Babylon, Cyrus the Great, who
freed the captive Jews. It is the English form of Greek Kyros,
meaning "like the sun."
DACEY:
"Tenant,
vassal." Irish surname transferred to unisex forename
use, itself originally a nickname for a feudal servant, a member
of the Déise, a word which ultimately traces
back to Indo-European *dem-s, meaning
"house."
DAKOTA:
English unisex name derived from the name that the Sioux
people call themselves, literally meaning
"allies."
DALE:
English surname transferred to unisex forename use,
meaning "dale, valley."
DALTON:
"Valley settlement." English surname
transferred to forename use, itself from various place
names composed of the Old English elements dæl "valley" and tun
"enclosure, settlement."
DAMIAN:
English name derived from Greek Damianos, meaning
"to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically
"to kill."
DAMION:
English variant of English Damian,
meaning
"to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically
"to kill."
DAN: Nickname for Daniel,
meaning "God is my judge."
DANA:
English surname transferred to unisex forename use,
possibly meaning "from Denmark."
DANE:
A dialectal variant of Dean, meaning "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."
DANI:
English unisex nickname for Daniel and Daniella,
meaning "God is my judge."
DANIEL:
Hebrew biblical name of the
hero of the Book of Daniel, who was cast into a den of
lions but saved by God, meaning
"God is my judge."
DANNI:
English unisex pet form of Daniel
and Daniella,
meaning "God is my judge."
DANNIE:
Variant of English Danny, meaning "God is my judge."
DANNY:
English pet form
of Daniel,
meaning "God is my judge."
DARBY:
"Deer farm." English surname transferred to
unisex forename use, composed of Old Norse diur
"deer" and Danish -by or Old Norse býr
"farm."
DARCIE:
Variant of English unisex Darcy, meaning
"from Arcy."
DARCY:
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning
"from Arcy."
DARDEN:
English surname transferred to forename use, meaning
"from Ardern."
DARELL:
Variant of English Darrell, meaning
"from Airelle."
DAREN:
"From Araines." English surname transferred to
forename use, itself originally a Norman
baronial name in the form d'Araines.
DARIAN:
English unisex variant of Roman Darius, meaning
"possesses a lot; wealthy."
DARIEN:
English unisex variant of Roman Darius, meaning
"possesses a lot; wealthy."
DARIN:
Variant of English Daren, meaning
"from Araines."
DARNELL:
"Hidden/secret nook." English surname
transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English
elements derne "hidden,
secret" and halh "nook."
DARREL:
Variant of English
Darrell,
meaning "from Airelle."
DARRELL:
"From Airelle." English surname transferred to
forename use, itself originally a Norman baronial
name in the form d'Airelle.
DARREN:
Variant of English Daren, meaning
"from Araines."
DARRIN:
Variant of English Daren, meaning
"from Araines."
DARRYL:
Unisex form of English Darrell,
meaning "from Airelle."
D'ARTAGNAN
(pronounced dar-tan-yun): "From Artagnan." French
habitational surname transferred to forename use via
Alexandre Dumas' fictional musketeer character. The
French form of the name is d'Artagnan; the English form is D'Artagnan
(capital "D").
DARWIN:
"Dear friend." English surname transferred to
forename use, itself probably from a Middle English
forename composed of the Old English elements deor "dear" and wine
"friend."
DARYL:
Unisex form of
English Darrell,
meaning "from Airelle."
DASHIELL
(pron. daSHEEL): "Heavenly."
Americanized form of the French surname De Chiel
used as a forename, composed of the French elements de
"of" and chiel "heaven."
DAVE:
English nickname for David,
meaning "beloved."
DAVEY:
English and Scottish pet
form of David, meaning
"beloved."
DAVID:
"Beloved." Hebrew biblical name of the son of Jesse.
He was the second king of Israel and father of King Solomon.
As a youth he was said to have killed a giant named Goliath
with his slingshot (but that is now debatable).
DAVIE:
English and Scottish pet
form of David, meaning
"beloved."
DAVIS:
English surname transferred to forename use, itself
derived from the name David,
meaning "beloved."
DAVY:
English and Scottish pet form of David,
meaning "beloved."
DAW:
English pet form of David,
meaning "beloved."
DAWSON:
English surname, transferred to forename use, meaning
"son of Daw."
DAX:
Americanized form of German nickname Dachs,
meaning "badger."
DAYE:
"Day." English surname transferred to forename
use, itself possibly originally a
nickname for Anglo-Saxon names containing the element dæg
"day," such as Daegberht
and Daegmund.
DAYTON:
"Dike settlement." English surname
transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English
elements dic
"ditch, dike" and tun "enclosure,
settlement."
DEACON:
English occupational surname transferred to forename
use, itself ultimately
from the Greek word diakonos, meaning
"servant."
DEAN: English
occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself
from the Latin word decanus
meaning "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."
DEANDRE: English
elaborated form of French André,
meaning "man, warrior."
DECLAN:
English form of Irish/Gaelic Deaglan,
meaning "fully good."
DEE:
English unisex nickname for longer names beginning with
the letter "D."
DEEMER:
English surname transferred to forename use, from Old
English demere, meaning "judge."
DEFOREST:
Norman French surname transferred to English forename
use, meaning "from
the forest."
DEFORREST:
Variant of English Deforest, meaning
"from the forest."
DELBERT:
Modern English creation having no particular meaning,
composed of the name elements Del- and -bert.
DELL: English
surname transferred to forename use, itself originally a
byname for someone who "lives in a
dell/hollow."
DELMAR:
English name possibly derived
from Spanish del mar, meaning "of the
sea." This name used to be popular among African Americans.
DELROY:
English name possibly derived from the Old French phrase
del roy, meaning "son/servant of the
king."
DEMETRIUS:
Latin form of Greek Demetrios,
meaning "loves the earth."
DEMON:
Ancient Greek name derived from the element demos,
meaning "the people."
DEN:
English nickname for longer names beginning with Den-.
DENE:
Variant of English Dean, meaning "dean, ecclesiastical
supervisor."
DENEB:
English name derived from the name of a star in the
constellation Cygnus, itself from Arabic dhanab,
meaning "tail."
DENIEL:
Breton form of Daniel, meaning
"God is my judge."
DENNIS:
English form of Latin Dionysius,
meaning "follower of Dionysos."
DENNY:
Pet form of English Dennis, meaning
"follower of Dionysos."
DENTON:
"Valley settlement." English surname transferred to
forename use, from Old English denu
"valley" and tun "enclosure,
settlement."
DENVER:
"Danes crossing." English surname transferred
to forename use, composed of the Old English elements Dene
"Dane" and fær "ford, passage,
crossing."
DENYS:
Variant of English Dennis, meaning
"follower of Dionysos."
DENZEL:
Cornish
surname transferred to forename use, itself from a place name
which probably had something to do with a
"fort."
DEON:
English variant of French Dion,
meaning "Zeus."
DEONNE:
English variant of French Dion, meaning
"Zeus."
DEONTE:
Modern English creation, blending Deon
"Zeus" and Dante
"steadfast."
DERBY:
Variant of English Darby, meaning
"deer farm."
DEREK:
English name derived from German Diederik,
meaning
"first of the people; king of nations."
DERICK:
Variant of English Derek,
meaning
"first of the people; king of nations."
DERMOT: English
form of Irish Diarmaid, meaning
"freeman; without envy."
DEROC:
Old Breton name derived from Latin Ferox,
meaning "the arrogant/obstinate one."
DERREN:
Variant of Darren, meaning
"from Araines."
DERRICK:
Variant of English Derek,
meaning
"first of the people; king of nations."
DERRY:
English form of Irish Dáire,
meaning "fertile, fruitful."
DERRYL:
Variant of English unisex Darryl,
meaning "from Airelle."
DERYCK:
Variant of English Derek,
meaning
"first of the people; king of nations."
DESHAUN:
Variant of English Deshawn,
meaning "God is gracious."
DESHAWN:
Elaborated form of English Shawn,
meaning "God is gracious."
DEVAN:
Variant of English unisex Devon,
meaning "worshiper of the god Dumnonos."
DEVEN:
Variant of English Devin, meaning
"fawn."
DEVEREUX:
"From Evreux." French surname transferred to
English forename use. Evreux is a commune of Normandy,
France which got its name from the Eburovices, a gallic
tribe whose name derived from eburo-, meaning
"those which overcome by the yew?"
DEVIN:
Irish surname
transferred to English forename use, itself from Gaelic
Ó Damháin, "descendant of Damhán," a
byname meaning "fawn."
DEVON:
English unisex name derived from the county name, itself
from a British tribal name meaning "worshiper of
the god Dumnonos."
DEWAYNE:
English elaborated form of Dwayne,
meaning "dark, black."
DEWEY:
English form of Welsh Dewi, meaning
"beloved."
DEXTER: English
surname transferred to forename use, itself from a word denoting a female "dyer," but by
the time it became a forename it had already become
strongly associated with Latin dexter
"auspicious, right-handed," and was usually
chosen as a name because of this.
DEYE:
Variant of English Daye, meaning
"day."
DIAMOND:
English unisex jewel name derived from the vocabulary
word, not the surname. For girls it means
"diamond," for boys it means "bright
protector." This is the birthstone for the month of
April.
DICK: English nickname
for Richard,
meaning "powerful and brave."
DICKIE:
English pet form of Richard,
meaning "powerful and brave."
DICKY:
English pet form of Richard,
meaning "powerful and brave."
DIGBY:
"Ditch-settlement." English surname
transferred to forename use, itself from a place name
composed of the Old Norse elements diki
"ditch" and býr
"settlement."
DIGGORY:
English form
of French Degaré,
probably meaning "strayed, lost."
DIGORY:
Variant of English Diggory,
probably meaning
"strayed/lost one."
DILBERT:
Possibly a variant of English Delbert,
having no particular meaning.
DION:
French nickname for various longer names
of Greek origin which contain the element Dio-,
meaning "Zeus."
DIRK: Nickname
for Dutch/German Diederick,
meaning
"first of the people; king of nations."
DOB:
Old nickname for Robert,
rarely heard of anymore, meaning "famous."
DODGE:
Old nickname for English Roger,
meaning "famous spear."
DOLPH:
Nickname for English Adolph,
meaning "noble wolf."
DOM:
Nickname for English Dominic, meaning
"belongs to the lord."
DOMENIC:
Variant of English
Dominic,
meaning "belongs to the lord."
DOMINIC:
"Belongs to the lord." English name
derived from Latin Dominicus.
This is a name traditionally
given to a child born on Sunday.
DOMINICK:
Older form of English
Dominic,
meaning "belongs to the lord."
DON:
English nickname for Donald, meaning
"world ruler."
DONALD: English/Scottish
form of Gaelic Domhnall, meaning
"world ruler."
DONNIE:
Variant of English Donny, meaning
"world ruler."
DONNY:
English pet form of Donald, meaning
"world ruler."
DONOVAN:
"Little dark/black one." Irish surname
transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó
Donndubháin,
meaning "descendant of Donndubhán."
DORE:
English nickname for Isidore,
meaning "gift of Isis."
DORIAN:
This name was invented by Oscar Wilde for a character in
his novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray, 1891. He
probably derived it from the Latin name Dorianus,
itself from a Greek tribal name. If so, the name simply
means "Dorian" or "of the Dorian
tribe."
DOUG:
English nickname for Douglas, meaning
"black stream."
DOUGIE: English pet form of Douglas,
meaning "dark stream."
DOUGLAS:
"Black stream." Scottish surname transferred
to forename use, derived
from a place name composed of the Gaelic elements dubh
"black" and glas "stream."
DRAKE:
This English name is more often found as a surname, or used as a
byname, but sometimes it is given as a forename. It
could have derived from any of the
following:
English surname
from Old English byname Draca, meaning
"snake" or "dragon."
English surname
from a nickname derived from Middle English drake,
meaning "male duck."
English surname
from Old Norse Draki, meaning
"snake" or "monster."
DRAVEN:
English name possibly derived from the Old English word drǽfend, meaning
"hunter."
DREW:
English nickname for Andrew, meaning "man;
warrior."
DUANE: English/Irish form of Gaelic
Dubhán, originally a byname which was the diminutive of Gaelic dubh, meaning
"dark, black."
DUD:
Nickname for English Dudley, meaning
"Dudda's clearing or
wood."
DUDDA:
Probably from the Old English word dudde
"cloak, mantle," which later produced duds
"ragged clothing" and dud which became
a nickname for a person "dressed raggedly."
DUDLEY:
English habitational surname transferred to
forename use, meaning
"Dudda's clearing or
wood."
DUFF:
Nickname for Scottish Duffy, meaning
"black peace."
DUFFY:
"Black peace." Scottish surname
transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe
"son of Duibhshíth."
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