| Name etymology is the study of the history of names and their meanings. Various fields such as philology, anthropology, and linguistics are used to infer the root words from which names are derived. Often, the root words can be traced back to ancient sources such as the Indo-European languages.
Etymology of Baby Boy Names147 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"
Old English origin - Alton, Ashton, Branton, Braxton, Brenton, Burton, Carlton, Clayton, Clifton, Clinton, Colton, Dalton, Dayton, Denton, Easton, Elton, Houston, Keaton, Kelton, Kenton, Milton, Peyton, Preston, Remington, Royston, Weston, Winston, Winton el - "God, powerful"
Hebrew origin - Abdiel, Ariel, Azariah, Azriel, Daniel, Eli, Elias, Eliezer, Elijah, Elisha, Elkanah, Ezekiel, Gabriel, Ishmael, Israel, Joel, Lazarus, Manuel, Michael, Misael, Mishael, Nathaniel, Raphael, Samuel, Uriah, Uriel hart - "brave, hardy"
Germanic origin - Abelardo, Bernard, Burkhard, Christhard, Diethard, Eckhard, Erhard, Everard, Gebhard, Gerard, Gotthard, Harding, Hardy, Hartmut, Hartwig, Leonard, Liebhard, Neidhard, Reynard, Richard, Sieghard, Volkhard, Wighard, Wilhard, Wolfhard berht - "bright, famous"
Germanic origin - Albert, Bert, Berthold, Bertram, Bertrand, Dagobert, Eckbert, Engelbert, Filibert, Gilbert, Herbert, Hubert, Humbert, Kunibert, Lambert, Mombert, Norbert, Rigoberto, Robert, Siegbert, Wigbert, Wilbert yahweh - "name of God"
Hebrew origin - Achaz, Elias, Elijah, Isaiah, Jacob, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Joachim, Joah, Joash, Joel, John, Jonathan, Josaphat, Joshua, Josiah, Matthew, Micah, Shawn, 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, Miroslav, Radzimierz, Vladimír 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 adal - "noble, honorable"
Germanic origin - Abelardo, Adal, Adalbero, Adalrich, Adelmar, Adolar, Adolf, Albert, Aldous, Alice, Alicio, Alwin, Auberon, Etzel
Gothic origin - Alfonso
Old English origin - Aylmer slav - "fame, glory, Slav"
Slavonic origin - Boguslaw, Boleslav, Borislav, Branislav, Bratislav, Dobroslav, Dragoslav, Jaroslav, Ludoslav, Miloslav, Miroslav, Radoslaw, Stanislav, Tomislav, Vladislav, Wenceslas heri - "army, warrior"
Germanic origin - Adolar, Dieter, Erwin, Günther, Harald, Herbert, Herman, Herwig, Lothar, Luther, Oliver, Rayner, Volker, Walter, Werner leah - "wood, clearing, meadow"
Old English origin - Arlie, Ashley, Bailey, Beverly, Bradley, Dudley, Early, Harley, Kimberley, Lee, Presley, Ridley, Riley, Stanley, Wesley ric - "rich, powerful, ruler"
Celtic origin - Kendrick
Germanic origin - Alberich, Aldrich, Aubrey, Baldric, Emery, Emmerich, Frederick, Henry, Imre, Richard, Rigoberto, Roderick, Ulrich wulf - "wolf"
Germanic origin - Adolf, Gundolf, Ingolf, Landolf, Meinolf, Ralph, Randolph, Rudolph, Wolf, Wolfgang, Wolfhard, Wolfram
Old English origin - Beowulf 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 bald - "bold, brave"
Germanic origin - Archibald, Baldric, Baldwin, Leopold, Radboud, Theobald, Ubaldo, Willibald, Wunibald
Old Norse origin - Balder thor - "thunder, thunder god"
Old Norse origin - Dustin, Haldor, Thoralf, Thorben, Thorsten, Thorvald, Tor, Tord, Torgils
Scandinavian origin - Thore mir - "peace"
Slavonic origin - Casimir, Dragomir, Jaromir, Kresimir, Miroslav, Radzimierz, Tihomir, Vladimír, Zvonimir
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