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CHARLES

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: CHAHR-ulz (English), SHARL (French) [key]

From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word which meant "man". However, an alternative theory states that the name is derived from the common Germanic element heri meaning "army, warrior".

The most noteworthy bearer of this name was Charles the Great, commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. Several Holy Roman Emperors bore this name, as well as kings of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary. Other famous bearers include naturalist Charles Darwin who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, and novelist Charles Dickens who wrote such works as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two Cities'.

lol,"Germanic word which meant "man". sick
 
ERIKA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene

Cognate of ERICA

so pretty much means people spell my name erica for the rest of my life on all my achivements.

 


BRIAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Irish, English

Pronounced: BRIE-an [key]

The meaning of this name is not known for certain but it is possibly related to the Old Celtic element bre meaning "hill", or by extension "high, noble". Brian Boru was an Irish king who thwarted Viking attempts to conquer Ireland in the 11th century. He was victorious in the Battle of Clontarf, but he himself was slain.

 
BRADLEY

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: BRAD-lee [key]

From a surname which originally came from a place name that meant "broad clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the World War II American general Omar Bradley.
 


MICHAEL

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Czech, Biblical

Pronounced: MIE-kul (English), MI-khah-el (German) [key]

From the Hebrew name îÄéëÈàÅì (Mika'el) which meant "who is like God?". This is the name of one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers.

This was the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia. Other more modern bearers of this name include the 19th-century chemist/physicist Michael Faraday and basketball player Michael Jordan.

 


MASON

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: MAY-sun [key]

From a surname meaning "stoneworker" in Old French, ultimately derived from Germanic and akin to Old English macian "to make".

 
ERIC

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: ER-ik (English), er-EEK (French) [key]

From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler". Danish invaders first brought the name to England. A famous bearer was Eiríkr inn Rauda (Eric the Red in English), a 10th-century navigator and explorer who discovered Greenland. This was also the name of kings of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

 
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DOUGLAS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Scottish, English

Pronounced: DUG-lus [key]

Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhghlas, which meant "dark river" or "blood river" from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river". Douglas was originally a river name, the site of a particularly bloody battle, which then became a Scottish surname. The surname belonged to a powerful line of Scottish earls.
 


KEVIN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Irish, French

Pronounced: KEV-in [key]

Anglicized form of the Irish name Caoimhín, derived from the older Irish Coemgen, composed of the Old Irish elements coem "kind, gentle, handsome" and gein "birth". Saint Caoimhín established a monastery in Glendalough, Ireland in the 6th century and is the patron saint of Dublin.

 
JOE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JO [key]

Short form of JOSEPH. Five famous sports figures who have had this name are boxers Joe Louis and Joe Frazier, baseball player Joe DiMaggio, and football quarterbacks Joe Namath and Joe Montana.

jea
 
the site kept telling me they only had results for Matt or Matthew and not "Mat".. at least thats all i managed to find out.
 
JESSE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JES-ee [key]

From the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishay) which possibly meant "gift". Jesse was the father of King David in the Old Testament. A famous bearer of this name was Jesse James, an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens.
 
TYLER

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: TIE-lur [key]

From an occupational surname meaning "tiler of roofs" in Old English
 
MATTHEW

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: MATH-yoo [key]

English form of Ματθαιος (Matthaios), which was a Greek form of the Hebrew name מַתִּתְיָהוּ (Mattityahu) which meant "gift of YAHWEH". Saint Matthew, also called Levi, was one of the twelve apostles, a tax collector. He was supposedly the author of the first Gospel in the New Testament.
 


DAVID

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Biblical

Other Scripts: דָוִד (Hebrew), Давид (Russian)

Pronounced: DAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Hebrew), da-VEED (French), dah-VEET (Russian), DAH-fit (German) [key]

Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved". David was the second and greatest of the kings of Israel, ruling in the 10th century BC. Several stories about him are told in the Old Testament, including his defeat of Goliath, a giant Philistine. Jesus was supposedly descended from him. Famous bearers of this name include the 5th-century patron saint of Wales, two kings of Scotland, empiricist philosopher David Hume, and explorer David Livingstone. This is also the name of the hero of Charles Dickens' semiautobiographical novel 'David Copperfield'.

 


JACOB

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Biblical

Pronounced: JAY-kub (English), YAH-kawp (Dutch) [key]

From the Latin Jacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov).

In the Old Testament, Jacob (later called Israel) is the son of Isaac

and Rebecca and the father of the twelve founders of the twelve tribes

of Israel. He was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel, and his

name is explained as meaning "holder of the heel" or "supplanter".

Other theories claim that it is in fact derived from a hypothetical

name like יַעֲקֹבְאֵל (Ya'aqov'el) meaning "may God protect".A

famous bearer of this name was Jacob Grimm, the German linguist and

writer who was, with his brother Wilhelm, the author of 'Grimm's Fairy

Tales'.

 
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