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Eleanor comes from the Old French Aliénor, a name of uncertain origin. Eleanor of Aquitaine brought it to England in the twelfth century as the queen of Henry II.

Aurora is the Latin word for dawn and the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn. In Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty the princess is called Aurora.

Nora began as a short form of Honora and Eleanor. Henrik Ibsen gave it to the heroine of his 1879 play A Doll's House.

Hazel is the English name of the hazel tree and was first used as a given name in the nineteenth century.

Penelope is the wife of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, who waits twenty years for his return. The Greek name is often linked to pene, thread, and read as weaver.

Lucy is the English form of Lucia, from the Latin lux meaning light. It has been in continuous English use since the Middle Ages.

Luna is the Latin word for moon and the name of the Roman goddess of the moon.

Isla is taken from the Scottish river Isla and the island of Islay. It became a common given name in Britain only in the last thirty years.

Ella was a Norman name of Germanic origin and is also used as a short form of Eleanor and Ellen.

Lainey is an English pet form of Elaine, which came through Old French from Helen, generally connected with the Greek word for torch.

Scarlett comes from an English surname given to dyers or sellers of scarlet cloth. Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind made it a first name.

Valentina is the feminine form of Valentinus, a Roman name formed from valens, meaning strong or healthy. Saint Valentine bore the masculine form.

Ivy is the English plant name, from the Old English ifig. It joined the Victorian fashion for flower and plant names.

Madison is an English surname meaning son of Maud. It became a girls' first name in the United States after the 1984 film Splash.

Abigail appears in the Books of Samuel as the wife of Nabal and later of David. The Hebrew joins av meaning father with a root meaning joy.

Mila comes from the Slavic element mil, meaning gracious or dear, and began as a short form of names such as Ludmila and Milena.

Emilia comes from Aemilia, the feminine form of the Roman family name Aemilius, which is usually linked to the Latin aemulus, meaning rival.

Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Hebrew Bible. The root means pleasant, and in the story she asks to be called Mara, meaning bitter, after her losses.

Eloise is the English form of Héloïse, a medieval French name of Germanic origin. Its elements are disputed, and it is best known from the twelfth-century letters of Heloise and Abelard.

Sadie began as an English pet form of Sarah, from the Hebrew sarah meaning princess.

Benjamin comes from the Hebrew Binyamin, meaning son of the right hand. In Genesis he is the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob.

Elias is the Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew Eliyahu, Elijah, meaning my God is Yahweh. Elijah is the prophet of the Books of Kings who is taken up to heaven in a whirlwind.

Luca is the Italian form of Luke, from the Greek Loukas, which is usually explained as man from Lucania and popularly linked to the Latin lux, light.

Jack began in medieval England as a pet form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, meaning God is gracious, and has long been given as a name in its own right.

Sebastian comes from the Latin Sebastianus, a man from Sebaste, a town named from the Greek sebastos, venerable. Saint Sebastian was a Roman soldier martyred in the third century.

Samuel comes from the Hebrew Shemu'el, usually explained as name of God or God has heard. He is the prophet who anoints Saul and David in the Books of Samuel.

Leo is the Latin word for lion. Fourteen popes have taken it, from Leo the Great in the fifth century to Leo XIV, elected in 2025.

Ethan appears in the Hebrew Bible as a name for wise men, and the root means firm, solid or enduring. Its modern currency began in the United States.

Julian comes from the Roman name Julianus, derived from Julius. The Roman emperor Julian and the English mystic Julian of Norwich bore it.

Santiago is a contraction of Sant Iago, meaning Saint James, the apostle whose shrine at Compostela drew medieval Europe across northern Spain.

Cooper is an English occupational surname for a maker of barrels and casks, from the Middle English couper. It moved into use as a first name in the United States.

Asher is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in Genesis, and the Hebrew root means happy or fortunate. His mother names him with a word for good luck at his birth.

Joseph is the son of Jacob sold into Egypt in Genesis, and in the New Testament the husband of Mary. The Hebrew yosef means he will add.

Alexander comes from the Greek Alexandros, joining alexein, to defend, with aner, man. Alexander the Great carried it from Macedonia across the ancient world.

David is a Hebrew name usually explained as beloved. In the Bible he is the second king of Israel, who defeats Goliath as a young man.

Gabriel is a Hebrew name meaning God is my strength. In the Bible the archangel Gabriel announces the births of John the Baptist and of Jesus.

Bennett is the medieval English form of Benedict, from the Latin benedictus meaning blessed. It survived as a surname and returned to use as a first name in the United States.

Roman comes from the Latin Romanus, meaning a Roman. It has been used in the Slavic countries and in France for centuries.

Jacob is the third patriarch of Genesis, who takes his brother Esau's birthright. The Hebrew Yaakov is traditionally read from the word for heel, hence one who supplants.

Charles comes from the Germanic karl, meaning a free man as distinct from a serf. Charlemagne turned it into one of the standard names of European monarchy.

Maverick comes from Samuel Maverick, a nineteenth-century Texas rancher who left his cattle unbranded. His surname became the word for an unbranded animal and then for an independent person.

Thiago is a Portuguese and Spanish form derived from Santiago, itself a contraction of Sant Iago, meaning Saint James.