Names Categorized "composers"

Osvaldo is the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of Oswald. The name Oswald is derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "powerful, mighty", thus signifying "divine power" or "god's might". Through its...

Paul is a common masculine given name in many languages, including English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Romanian, and the English Bible. It derives from the Roman family name Paulus, whic...

Peter is a common masculine given name derived from Greek Πέτρος (Petros), meaning “stone.” It serves as a translation of the Aramaic name Cephas (meaning “stone”), which was given by Jesus to the apostle Simon bar Jonah...

Quincy is a unisex given name of English origin, derived from an English surname that itself originated from the place name Cuinchy in France. The place name Cuinchy is ultimately derived from the personal name Quintus,...

Ray is an English given name that originated as a short form of Raymond, though it has long been used as an independent name in its own right. The name also coincides with the English vocabulary word denoting a "beam of...

Richard is a masculine given name that means "brave ruler", derived from the Old German elements rih "ruler, king" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". It was introduced to England by the Normans after the 11th-century i...

Roderick is a Germanic name meaning "famous ruler", derived from the Old German elements hruod "fame" and rih "ruler, king". It has cognates in many ancient Germanic languages, including Gothic (Hroþireiks), Old High Ger...

Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Galician form of Roderick, via the Latinized Gothic form Rudericus. The name derives from the Old German elements hruod meaning "fame" and rih meaning "ruler, king", thus car...

Ryland is a masculine given name derived from an English surname. The surname itself was originally a place name, composed of the Old English elements ryge meaning "rye" and land meaning "land" – hence, "rye land." This...

Samuel is a masculine given name derived from the Hebrew name שְׁמוּאֵל (Shemuʾel), traditionally interpreted to mean "name of God"—from the roots shem (שֵׁם, meaning "name") and ʾel (אֵל, meaning "God"). An alternative...

Sandford is an English given name derived from a surname. The surname Sandford, in turn, originates from a place name meaning 'sand ford' in Old English, from sand (sand) and ford (a ford used for crossing a river). Thus...

Shirley is a female given name of English origin. It was originally a surname referring to someone from one of the many place names called Shirley in England, such as Shirley in Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and elsewhe...

Stanley is an English masculine given name derived from a surname of toponymic origin. The surname Stanley means "stone clearing", composed of the Old English elements stan ("stone") and leah ("woodland, clearing"). As a...

Thomas is a male name derived from the Aramaic word te'oma, meaning "twin". The English spelling comes via Latin Thomas from the Greek transliteration Thōmâs, which itself is from Imperial Aramaic Tawmɑʔ. The root occurs...

Vaughan is an English and Welsh first name derived from a Welsh surname. The surname itself originated from the Welsh word bychan (mutated to fychan), meaning "little". As a given name, it has been in occasional use, esp...

Wagner is a Portuguese masculine given name derived from the German surname Wagner, which means "wagon maker, cartwright." As a first name, it is also commonly used in other languages, including German, English, and Scan...

Willard is an English masculine given name that originated as an cognate or anglicized form of Willihard, an Old German name composed of the elements willo meaning 'will, desire' and hart, 'hard, firm, brave, hardy'. The...