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Roosevelt is an American given name derived from the Dutch surname Roosevelt, meaning "rose field". The surname itself originates from the Dutch Van Rose(n)velt, which translates to "from a rose field" or "of a rose fiel...

Roscoe is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a surname that originally indicated someone from a place called Roscoe. The place name itself comes from Old Norse rá meaning "roebuck" and skógr meaning "...

Rowan is a unisex given name of Irish and English origin. Primarily, it is an anglicized form of the Irish name Ruadhán, derived from the Old Irish element "ruad" meaning "red." Hence, Ruadhán signifies "little red one."...

Royle is an English masculine given name derived from a surname. The surname Royle itself originates from a place name, likely Ryal in Northumberland, England. Etymologically, it combines the Old English elements ryge 'r...

Rózsa is a Hungarian female given name and surname meaning "rose" in Hungarian. It is a cognate of Rosa 1, which is generally derived from Latin rosa meaning "rose", though the Latin name may also have been influenced by...

Sanna is a Scandinavian short form of Susanna, ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Shoshanna meaning "lily" (or "rose" in modern Hebrew), which itself comes from the Egyptian word sšn meaning "lotus". It is also asso...

Selby is a unisex given name derived from an English surname, which itself originated as a place name meaning "willow farm" from Old Norse selja (willow) + bȳ (farm or settlement). The name is primarily used in English-s...

Shelby is an English given name that originated as a surname, possibly a variant of Selby. The name is ultimately locational, derived from place names in England, such as Selby in Yorkshire, meaning 'willow farm' from Ol...

Silva is a feminine first name used primarily in Armenia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovenia. It functions as a variant of Sylva, which itself is either a direct borrowing from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest" o...

Meaning Sultana is the feminine form of the Arabic title and name Sultan, meaning "ruler, king, sultan." In Arabic and other Islamic cultures, Sultan is primarily masculine, but the feminine form Sultana is used as a giv...

Tanzi is a given name that originated as a variant of the flower name Tansy, which itself derives from the name of the plant, through Old French and Late Latin tanacita. As a floral name, Tanzi fits into broader trends o...

EtymologyThorley is an English masculine given name derived from a habitational surname. The surname Thorley originates from place names in Hertfordshire and the Isle of Wight, England. These places were named from the O...

Thornton is a masculine first name of English origin, derived from a surname that itself comes from a place name. The surname Thornton is a locative name meaning "thorn town", from the Old English elements þorn (thorn) a...

Vernon is an English masculine given name, derived from a transferred use of the French and English surname Vernon. The surname itself originated as a Norman habitation name from either Vernon in Eure, Normandy, or Verno...

Viola is a feminine name meaning "violet" in Latin, derived from the classical Latin word for the flower. The name is used across multiple European languages, including Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian,...

Virág is a Hungarian feminine given name and surname, meaning "flower" in Hungarian. The name is deeply rooted in the Hungarian language and culture, where nature-inspired names are common. As a given name, Virág reflect...

Wei is a Chinese given name with diverse meanings depending on the characters used. As a masculine name, it often derives from 伟 (wěi) meaning “great, robust, extraordinary”, 威 (wēi) meaning “power, pomp”, or 巍 (wēi)...

Wesley is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from the surname Wesley. The surname comes from a place name meaning "west meadow" in Old English—from west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing." It was origina...

Etymology and OriginsWilloughby is a masculine given name derived from an English surname, which itself originates from a place name meaning "willow town" in Old English. The name combines wilig ("willow") and tūn ("encl...

Wilton is a masculine given name of English origin, derived from a surname that itself originated from various English towns bearing the name Wilton. The place name has multiple possible meanings from Old English, includ...

York is a masculine given name derived from the English surname, which itself originates from the historic city of York in northern England. The city's name has a rich linguistic history: it began as Eboracum during the...

OverviewYoung is a Korean feminine given name that serves as an alternate transcription of Yeong, typically written with the Hangul syllable 영 (yeong).Etymology and OriginsThe name stems from Chinese-derived Hanja chara...