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Etymology of Baby Boy Names
182 of the most common elements in baby boy names are compiled here. Name elements could be taken from place names, such as tun, religious elements like el and yahweh, popular attributes such as berht and hart, and militaristic terms like heri and fridu. The literal meaning of an element gives rise to the etymology or meaning of the derivative name. Click on the relevant boy name for more information. Page 1 - Displayed here are boy name elements 1 to 20
tun - "town, settlement, homestead"
Germanic origin - Barrington
Old English origin - Alton, Arlington, Ashton, Barton, Branton, Braxton, Brenton, Burton, Carlton, Claxton, Clayton, Clifton, Clinton, Colton, Dalton, Dayton, Denton, Easton, Elton, Houston, Keaton, Kelton, Kenton, Milton, Morton, Peyton, Preston, Remington, Royston, Weston, Wharton, Winston, Winton
el - "God, powerful"
Hebrew origin - Abdiel, Adiel, Ariel, Azariah, Azriel, Daniel, Eli, Elias, Eliezer, Elijah, Elisha, Elizabeth, Elkanah, Ezekiel, Gabriel, Ishmael, Israel, Joel, Lazarus, Manuel, Michael, Misael, Mishael, Nathaniel, Raphael, Samuel, Uriah, Uriel
hart - "brave, hardy"
Germanic origin - Abelard, Bernard, Burkhard, Christhard, Diethard, Eckhard, Erhard, Everard, Gebhard, Gerard, Gotthard, Harding, Hardy, Hartmut, Hartwig, Leonard, Liebhard, Medardo, Neidhard, Reynard, Richard, Sieghard, Volkhard, Wighard, Wilhard, Wolfhard
leah - "wood, clearing, meadow"
Old English origin - Aberle, Ansley, Arlie, Ashley, Bailey, Barclay, Berkeley, Berkley, Beverly, Bradley, Briley, Dudley, Early, Harley, Kimberley, Lee, Presley, Ridley, Riley, Spreckley, Stanley, Wesley, Worley
berht - "bright, famous"
Germanic origin - Adalbert, Albert, Bert, Berthold, Bertram, Bertrand, Dagobert, Eckbert, Engelbert, Filibert, Gilbert, Herbert, Hubert, Humbert, Kunibert, Lambert, Mombert, Norbert, Rigoberto, Robert, Siegbert, Wigbert, Wilbert
slav - "fame, glory, Slav"
Polish origin - Zdeslav
Slavonic origin - Boguslaw, Boleslav, Borislav, Branislav, Bratislav, Dobroslav, Dragoslav, Jaroslav, Ludoslav, Mieczyslaw, Miloslav, Miroslav, Mstislav, Przbyslaw, Radoslaw, Rostislav, Slavko, Stanislav, Tomislav, Veleslav, Vladislav, Wenceslas
yahweh - "name of God"
Hebrew origin - Achaz, Elias, Elijah, Isaiah, Jacob, Jebediah, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Joachim, Joah, Joash, Joel, John, Jonathan, Josaphat, Joshua, Josiah, Matthew, Micaiah, Tobias, Zachary
meri - "great, famous"
Germanic origin - Adelmar, Dankmar, Dietmar, Helmer, Hildemar, Ingmar, Ottmar, Ramiro, Siegmar, Volkmar, Waldemar, Wilmer
Old English origin - Aylmer
Slavonic origin - Casimir, Dobromierz, Dragomir, Lubomir, Miroslav, Radzimierz, Vladimír
adal - "noble, honorable"
Germanic origin - Abelard, Adal, Adalbero, Adalbert, Adalrich, Adelmar, Adolar, Adolf, Alaric, Albert, Aldo, Aldous, Alice, Alicio, Alwin, Auberon, Etzel
Gothic origin - Alfonso
Old English origin - Aylmer
wine - "friend"
Germanic origin - Alwin, Baldwin, Erwin, Gerwin, Ortwin, Winfred
Old English origin - Alden, Alvin, Darwin, Edwin, Gladwin, Godwin, Irwin, Melvin, Oswin, Winston, Wynne, Wyn
fridu - "peace, protection, safety"
Germanic origin - Arnfried, Bernfried, Erfried, Frederick, Friedemann, Friedhelm, Friedwart, Geoffrey, Gerfried, Godfrey, Humphrey, Manfred, Ottfried, Siegfried, Walfried, Wilfred, Winfred
Gothic origin - Ferdinand
ric - "rich, powerful, ruler"
Celtic origin - Kendrick
Germanic origin - Alaric, Alberich, Aldrich, Aubrey, Baldric, Emery, Emmerich, Frederick, Henry, Imre, Richard, Rigoberto, Roderick, Ulrich
Old English origin - Ulric
heri - "army, warrior"
Germanic origin - Adolar, Dieter, Erwin, Günther, Harald, Herbert, Herman, Herwig, Lothar, Luther, Oliver, Rayner, Volker, Walter, Werner
wulf - "wolf"
Germanic origin - Adolf, Gundolf, Ingolf, Landolf, Meinolf, Ralph, Randolph, Rudolph, Wolf, Wolfgang, Wolfhard, Wolfram
Old English origin - Beowulf, Ulric
wald - "to rule"
Germanic origin - Arnold, Berthold, Ewald, Gerald, Harald, Malte, Oswald, Reynold, Romuald, Waldemar, Walfried, Walo, Walter
Chi - "God"
African-Igbo origin - Chi, Chidi, Chijioke, Chike, Chikere, Chima, Chimaijem, Chinelo, Chineze, Chinua, Chukwubuikem, Chukwudi, Chukwuma
ger - "spear"
English origin - Jarvis
Germanic origin - Gerald, Gerard, Gerfried, Gernot, Gerwig, Gerwin, Luitger, Notker, Roger
Old English origin - Gary
Old French origin - Gervaise
fionn - "white, fair"
Celtic origin - Barry, Finbar, Fingal, Finlay, Finnian, Fionn, Fionnbharr, Fionnghall, Fionnlagh, Fionntán
Various origin - Finn
waell - "pool, stream, spring, well"
Old English origin - Bramwell, Caldwell, Carswell, Cromwell, Halwell, Hartwell, Howell, Maxwell, Rockwell, Roswell, Sewell
mir - "peace"
Slavonic origin - Branimir, Casimir, Dragomir, Jaromir, Kresimir, Lubomir, Miroslav, Radzimierz, Tihomir, Vladimír, Zvonimir