One Syllable Boy Names & Meanings
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Meaning |
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Popularity |
Other Gender |
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Abe
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A diminutive form of Abraham.
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Hebrew
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Ace
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Number one
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English
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Arch
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Genuine, bold, brave
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German
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Art
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A diminutive form of Arthur.
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Irish
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Ash
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Of the ash tree
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English
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Axe
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Father is peace
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Hebrew
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Bear
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Strong, brave bear
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German
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Beau
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Handsome
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French
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Birch
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Bright, shining; the birch tree
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English
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Blade
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Knife, sword
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English
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Blaine
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Yellow
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Gaelic
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Blaire
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Field, plain
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Scottish
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Blake
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Black or pale
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English
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Bob
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A diminutive form of Robert.
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English
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Boone
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Good
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Latin
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Brant
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A variant form of Brandon and of Brent.
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English
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Brent
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Hill, mount
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English
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Brett
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From Britanny or Britain
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Latin
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Brice
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Dotted
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Welsh
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Brock
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Badger-like
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English
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Brooks
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Small stream
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English
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Bruce
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“The man from the brushwood,” ultimately from the Latin bruscia, brush wood.
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Ancient
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Bryce
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Speckled
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English
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Buck
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Male deer
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English
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Buzz
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Short for Busby
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American
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Cade
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Round, lumpish; cask
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French
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Cain
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Something produced; spear
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Hebrew
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Cale
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Dog
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English
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Cash
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Case
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English
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Chad
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“The pugnacious one,” from the Welsh cad, battle.
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English
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Chance
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Good fortune
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English
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Chase
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Hunter
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English
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Chet
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Camp of soldiers; stone camp or fortress
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Latin
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Chip
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Nickname for Charles, Richard, or Christopher
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English
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Chuck
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To chuck
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German
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Clark
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Cleric
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English
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Clay
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“The earth,” as the material of which the human body is made.
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English
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Clint
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Fenced settlement
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English
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Clive
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Cliff, slope
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English
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Cole
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Charcoal
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English
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Colt
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Young horse
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English
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Creed
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Belief; guiding principle; I believe
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Latin
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Crew
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Group
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Latin
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Cruz
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Holy cross
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Spanish
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Dale
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Valley
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English
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Dane
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From Denmark, Dane
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English
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Dash
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Diminutive of Dashiell
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English
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Dean
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Valley
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English
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Dirk
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A Dutch equivalent of Theodoric.
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Danish
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Drake
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Dragon
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English
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Drew
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Wise
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Welsh
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Duke
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Leader
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Latin
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Earl
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Nobleman, warrior, prince
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English
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Finn
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Fair
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Irish
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Flint
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Stream
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English
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Floyd
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Gray-haired
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Welsh
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Flynn
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Ruddy-complected
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Irish
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Ford
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River crossing
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English
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Fox
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Fox
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English
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Frank
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Frenchman
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English
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Frost
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Freezing
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English
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Gage
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Pledge
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English
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Gates
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Dweller by the gates
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English
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George
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Farmer
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Greek
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Glenn
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Glen
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Irish
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Grant
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Great
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English
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Gray
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Gray-haired
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English
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Grey
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Gray-haired
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English
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Gus
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Short form of Augustus
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Latin
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Guy
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Wood
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German
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Hans
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God is gracious
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Scandinavian
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Heath
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Heath
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English
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Jace
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To heal
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American
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Jack
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God is gracious
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English
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Jake
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Supplanter
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English
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James
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Supplanter
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English
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Jase
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To heal
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American
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Jax
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Son of Jack
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English
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Jay
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To heal
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English
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Jayce
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To heal
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American
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Jazz
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Music style
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American
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Jet
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Jet plane
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English
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Jett
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Black
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English
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John
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God is gracious
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Hebrew
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Jude
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Praise
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English
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Kai
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Sea
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Polynesian
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Kane
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Battle
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Irish
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Keith
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Woodland, forest
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Scottish
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Kent
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Edge
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English
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King
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King
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English
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Kip
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Pointed hill
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English
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Kirk
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Church
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Scandinavian
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Kitt
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Bearing Christ
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Greek
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Knox
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Round hill
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English
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Kurt
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A diminutive form of Konrad, the German equivalent of Conrad.
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German
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Lance
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Lancet
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French
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Lee
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Pasture or meadow
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English
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Lloyd
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Gray-haired; sacred
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Welsh
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Luke
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From Lucania
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Greek
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Lux
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Light
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Latin
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Mac
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Son of
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Gaelic
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Mack
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Son of; greatest
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Latin
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Marc
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A variant form, regarded as French, of Marcus.
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French
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Mark
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Dedicated to Mars
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Latin
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Max
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Greatest
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English
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Mitt
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Diminutive form of Milton
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American
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Nash
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By the ash tree
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English
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Nate
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God has given
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Hebrew
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Neil
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Champion
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Scottish
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Park
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Cypress Tree
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Chinese
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Paul
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Small
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Latin
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Penn
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Enclosure; hill
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English
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Pierce
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A variant form of Peter.
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Greek
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Pike
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A spear
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English
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Prince
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Prince
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English
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Quinn
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Descendent of Conn
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Irish
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Reed
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Red
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English
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Reid
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Red-haired
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English
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Rhett
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Advice
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English
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Ross
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Headland, cape
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Scottish
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Russ
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Little red
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French
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Saul
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Prayed for
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Hebrew
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Scott
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From Scotland, a Scotsman
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English
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Sean
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God is gracious
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Irish
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Seth
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Appointed
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Hebrew
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Shane
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God is gracious
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Irish
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Shawn
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God is gracious
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Irish
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Shay
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Admirable
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Gaelic
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Slade
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Valley
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English
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Spike
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Sharpened point
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English
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Stone
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Stone
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English
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Storm
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Storm
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English
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Taj
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Crown
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Indian (Sanskrit)
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Tate
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Cheerful
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English
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Tex
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From Texas
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American
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Todd
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Fox
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English
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Trent
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Gushing waters
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Latin
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Troy
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Foot soldier
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Irish
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Vance
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Marshland
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English
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Vaughn
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Little
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Welsh
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Vince
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Prevailing
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Latin
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Wade
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To ford
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English
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Wes
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Western meadow
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English
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West
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Western stream
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English
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Yates
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The gates
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English
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Zach
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The Lord recalled
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Hebrew
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Zane
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God is gracious
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American
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Zayn
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Beautiful
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Arabic
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