James
“supplanter” · “heel grabber”
99% boys · 1% girls
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28 names
Hebrew · Celtic Hebrew · Timeless Benjamin
“son of the right hand” · “son of the south”
>99% boys
Greek · Royal Eleanor
“shining light”
>99% girls
Hebrew · Timeless Elizabeth
“God is my oath” · “My God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Greek · Timeless Andrew
“manly; a warrior”
>99% boys
Hebrew · Presidential Adam
“man” · “of the earth”
>99% boys
Greek · Old-fashioned George
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
>99% boys
French · Old-fashioned Calvin
“the little bald one”
>99% boys
Hebrew · Nature Mary
“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”
>99% girls
Hebrew · Biblical Abraham
“father of a multitude (of nations)” · “father of a multitude; father of nations”
>99% boys
Hebrew · Celtic Jane
“God is gracious” · “one who is fair; a beautiful girl”
>99% girls
Literary Reagan
“born into royalty; the little ruler”
7% boys · 93% girls
English · Vintage revival Franklin
“a free man; a landholder”
99% boys · 1% girls
Latin · Nature Laura
“laurel” · “crowned with laurel; from the laurel tree”
>99% girls
French · Presidential Jacqueline
“the supplanter”
>99% girls
Aramaic · Presidential Martha
“lady”
>99% girls
Latin · Presidential Barbara
“foreign woman” · “a traveler from a foreign land; a stranger”
>99% girls
English · Presidential Nancy
“a woman graced with God's favor” · “one who is pure; chaste”
>99% girls
Latin · Literary Claudia
“one who is lame”
>99% girls
English · Presidential Patricia
“of noble descent” · “patrician”
>99% girls
Literary Rosalynn
Rosalynn is a feminine given name from Latin.
>99% girls
English · Nature Woodrow
“from the row of houses near the forest”
>99% boys
Old English · Nature Lyndon
“from the hill of lime trees” · “from the lime tree”
84% boys · 16% girls
Presidential Hillary
“a cheerful woman; bringer of joy”
>99% girls
Flemish · Presidential Dwight
“a white-or blonde-haired man”
>99% boys
Old-fashioned Earnest
“one who is sincere and determined; serious”
>99% boys
English · Old-fashioned Grover
“from the grove of trees”
>99% boys
English · Old-fashioned Mamie
Mamie is connected with Margaret and Mary in English naming traditions.
>99% girls