Male Occupational Names
Names that mean artist, bailiff, baker, butcher, carpenter, clerk, craftsman,
deacon, doctor/healer, door-keeper, farmer, forester, gardener, guard, harvester, hunter,
mason, merchant, musician, nurse, park- keeper, peddler, priest, scribe, secretary,
servant, smith, tailor, tanner, teacher, wagon builder/driver, weaver, worker.
 
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1. ABDON: Hebrew biblical name of one of the judges who ruled over Israel, meaning "servant, worshiper."

2. ALTMAN: "Old servant." An old German nickname and surname, now sometimes used as a first name. It derives from the German word alt "old," and diener meaning "servant." 

3. AROTZA: Basque name meaning "carpenter."

4. BAILEY: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "bailiff." 

5. BARUTI: Egyptian name meaning "teacher."

6. BAXTER: English and Scottish occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English bæcestre, the feminine form of bæcere, meaning "female baker."

7. BEISTEAN: Pet form of Scottish Gillespie, meaning "bishop's servant."

8. BOOKER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use. Originally, it was used to denote both a "book-binder" and a "scribe."

9. BRIZIO: Nickname for Italian Fabrizio, meaning "craftsman."

10. BUTCH: Originally a nickname for the occupational surname Butcher. Later it was used to address a stranger in a sort of derogatory manner. For example, "Listen here, Butch..."

11. CAINAN: Biblical name of a descendant of Adam, meaning "possession; smith." 

12. CARTER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "carter," someone who uses a cart.

13. CARVER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "carver" of wood or stone.

14. CEALLAIR: "Cellar-worker." Old Gaelic nickname transferred to forename use, from Latin cella meaning "cellar."

15. CEPHEUS: Latin form of Greek myth name Kepheus, a king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia, meaning "gardener."

16. CHANDLER: Old French occupational surname transferred to English forename use, meaning "candle merchant."

17. CHASE: "Chase, hunt." Anglo-Norman surname transferred to English forename use. In the Middle Ages, it was a byname for a hunter.

18. CHAUNCEY: English name derived from the old English/French nickname for a chancellor, meaning "keeper of records; secretary." 
19. CHAUNCY: Variant of English Chauncey, meaning "keeper of records, secretary." 

20. CLARK: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "clerk; secretary." 

21. CLARKE: Variant of English Clark, meaning "clerk, secretary."

22. COOPER: Occupational surname transferred to forename use, from Dutch kuper, itself from kup "tub; container," which in English became coop. A cooper was a maker and/or fixer of vessels such as buckets and barrels.

23. 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.

24. 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."

25. DACHS: "Badger." German nickname for a hunter of badgers or someone having badger-like qualities, from the vocabulary word dahs "badger." 

26. DEACON: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself ultimately from the Greek word diakonos, meaning "servant."

27. DEAN: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself from the Latin word decanus meaning "dean; ecclesiastical supervisor."

28. DELROY: English name possibly derived from the Old French phrase del roy, meaning "son/servant of the king."

29. DEORSA: (Deòrsa): Scottish/Gaelic form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

30. DJORDJE: Serbian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

31. DJORDJI: Romani form of Serbian Djordje, a form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

32. DRAVEN: English name possibly derived from the Old English word drǽfend, meaning "hunter." 

33. DURWARD: Old English occupational surname transferred to forename use, meaning "door guard."

34. EALLAIR: Scottish name derived from Gaelic Ceallair, meaning "cellar worker."

35. ELLAR: Modern form of Scottish Eallair, meaning "cellar worker."

36. FABRICE: French name derived from Roman Fabricius, meaning "craftsman."

37. FABRICIO: Spanish form of French Fabrice, meaning "craftsman."

38. FABRICIUS: Roman family name derived from the element faber, meaning "craftsman, smith."

39. FABRIZIO: Italian form of French Fabrice, meaning "craftsman."

40. FERAPONT: Russian form of Greek Therapon, meaning "servant/worshiper."

41. FERRER: From the Catalan occupational surname meaning "blacksmith." Once popular with Catholics who gave the name in honor of the Valencian saint Vicente Ferrer.

42. FLETCHER: "Maker of arrows." English occupational surname transferred to forename use, itself from Old French flechier (from Germanic fleche "arrow"). 

43. FOSTER: English occupational surname transferred to forename use, which could have derived from any of the following: Middle English foster "foster-parent," forster "forester," forster "shearer," or fuyster "saddle-tree maker."

44. GAGE: English and French occupational surname for a "moneylender," transferred to English forename use, from the Old French word gage, meaning "pledge, surety (against money lent)."

45. GAHIJI: Egyptian name meaning "hunter."

46. GEORDIE: Pet form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
47. GEORG: Czech and German form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
48. GEORGE: English form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
49. GEORGES: French form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
50. GEORGI: Bulgarian and Russian form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
51. GEORGIE: Unisex pet form of English George and Georgia, meaning "earth-worker, farmer." 
52. GEORGIOS: Original Greek form of English George, derived from georgos "farmer" which is a compound of ge "earth" and ergein "to work."
53. GEORGIY: Russian form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
54. GEORGO: Esperanto form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
55. GEORGS: Latvian form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
56. GEORGY: Variant of Russian Georgiy, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

57. GHEORGHE: Romanian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

58. GILLESPIE: Contracted form of Scottish/Gaelic Gille Easbaig, meaning "bishop's servant." 

59. GIORGIO: Italian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
60. GIORGINO: Diminutive form of Italian Giorgio, meaning "little earth-worker, farmer."
61. GJERGJ: Albanian form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
62. GJORGJI: Macedonian form of English George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
63. GOBAN (Gobán): Irish name possibly composed of the word gobha and a diminutive suffix, yielding "little smith."
64. GOGA: Russian pet form of Georgi, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
65. GOIBNIU: Irish myth name of a smith god who provided weapons for the Tuatha De Danaan, derived from the element gobha meaning "smith."
66. GORA: Pet form of Russian Yegor, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
67. GÖRAN: Swedish form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
68. GORGI: Variant of Macedonian Gjorgji, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
69. GORKA: Basque form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
70. GORYA: Pet form of Russian Yegor, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
71. GOVANNON: Welsh equivalent of Irish smith god Goibniu, meaning "smith."

72. GROSVENOR: "Chief/Great hunter." Surname transferred to English forename use, itself composed of the Anglo-Norman French elements gros "chief, great" and veneur "hunter."

73. GYORGY (György): Hungarian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

74. GYURI: Pet form of Hungarian Gyorgy, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

75. HARPER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "harp player."

76. HENWAS: Welsh name meaning "old servant."

77. HEREWARD: "Army-guard." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements here "army" and weard "guard."

78. HOWARD: "High guard." English surname transferred to forename use, itself ultimately of Scandinavian origin, composed of the elements ha "high" and ward "guard, warden." 

79. HUNTER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "hunter."

80. IORGHU: Romanian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

81. JERZY: Polish form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

82. JIRI (Jiří): Czech form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

83. JOERI: Dutch form of Russian Yuri, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

84. JÖRAN (Jöran): Variant of Swedish Göran, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
85. JORCK: Danish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
86. JORDI: Catalan form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
87. JOREN: Dutch and Frisian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
88. JORG (Jörg): German form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
89. JORGE: Portuguese and Spanish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
90. JÖRGEN: Swedish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
91. JORGEN (Jørgen): Danish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
92. JORGJI: Albanian form of George, meaning "earth-worker; farmer." 
93. JORI: French Provençal form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
94. JORIS: Dutch and Frisian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer." 
95. JORN (Jørn): Nickname for Danish Jørgen, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
96. JORY: Cornish form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
97. JUBAL: Biblical name of the first musician, meaning "ram's horn; trumpet; musician." 
98. JURAJ: Croatian and Slovak form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
99. JURE: Croatian and Slovene form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
100. JUREK: Pet form of Polish Jerzy, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
101. JURG: Dutch and Frisian form of George, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

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