Find the meaning, history and popularity of given names from around the world. Get ideas for baby names or discover your own name's history.

When people refer to the " meaning of a name", they are most likely referring to the etymology, which is the original literal meaning. This website looks at the etymology and history of all types of given names.

+Usage, language or place +Letters ... +Meaning and keywords ... +Origin +Length +Sound and syllables ... +Relations

Name Meanings Looking for a name with a particular meaning? Use this name etymology reverse dictionary to find your meaning and see the names that match it.

Lists of given names organized by letter, gender, language and more.

From the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן (ʾAharon), which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin. Other theories claim a Hebrew derivation, and suggest meanings such as "high mountain" or "exalted". In the Old …

Find the meaning, history and origin of surnames, also called last names or family names, as well as famous bearers and usage statistics.

From a repetition of Chinese 媛 (yuàn) meaning "beautiful woman", 圆 (yuán) meaning "circle" or 元 (yuán) meaning "first, origin". This name can also be formed from other combinations of characters.

Derived from the Germanic name Ercanbald, composed of the elements erkan meaning "pure, holy, genuine" and bald meaning "bold, brave". The first element was altered due to the influence of Greek …

Possibly from Latin avulus meaning "little grandfather", though it could be from the Etruscan name Aule, which was possibly derived from avils meaning "years". This was a Roman praenomen, or given name.