Traditional Names

Names with centuries of continuous use behind them, usually carried by the church, the crown or the family Bible rather than by fashion.

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166 names, most popular first in United States

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Zakariya Zakariya is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has remembered."
Boy Hebrew #1,130 in US
Adrien Adrien is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "from Hadria," a town that also gave the Adriatic its name.
Boy French #1,161 in US
Syed Syed is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "lord" or "master."
Boy Arabic #1,217 in US
Rian Rian is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little king," from the Old Irish rí, king, with a diminutive ending.
Unisex Irish #1,247 in US
Seamus Seamus is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," the Irish form of James, and it was used in Britain as a slur for an Irishman.
Boy Irish #1,277 in US
Anas Anas is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "friendliness" or "companionship," borne by one of the closest companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
Boy Arabic #1,294 in US
Cormac Cormac is a boy's name of Irish origin, usually read as "son of the charioteer," borne by the High King credited with Ireland's earliest law tracts.
Boy Irish #1,301 in US
Safiya Safiya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "pure" or "chosen," and its bearer was a Jewish woman who became a wife of the Prophet.
Girl Arabic #1,333 in US
Ciara Ciara is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "dark" or "black-haired," the feminine of Ciarán.
Girl Irish #1,409 in US
Hafsa Hafsa is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "young lioness" or "cub."
Girl Arabic #1,452 in US
Zakaria Zakaria is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered," the Arabic form of Zechariah, who is named in the Quran as the guardian of Maryam.
Boy Arabic #1,527 in US
Ciaran Ciaran is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little dark one," borne by two of Ireland's twelve apostles.
Boy Irish #1,613 in US
Asma Asma is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "loftier" or "more eminent," borne by the woman who carried food to Muhammad in hiding.
Girl Arabic #1,618 in US
Conan Conan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little hound" or "little wolf," from the Irish cú with a diminutive ending.
Boy Irish #1,681 in US
Niall Niall is a boy's name of Irish origin whose meaning is unresolved, and its bearer's descendants supplied most of Ireland's High Kings for six centuries.
Boy Irish #1,701 in US
Mamadou Mamadou is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "praiseworthy," the West African form of Muhammad.
Boy Arabic #1,757 in US
Abdul Abdul is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "servant of the."
Boy Arabic #1,868 in US
Fatoumata Fatoumata is a girl's name, the West African form of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
Girl West African #2,012 in US
Muhammed Muhammed is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "praiseworthy."
Boy Arabic #2,146 in US
Clément Clément is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "merciful" or "gentle," borne by fourteen popes and by one of the earliest Christian writers outside the New Testament.
Boy French #2,273 in US
Angus Angus is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "one choice" or "one strength," from Aonghas.
Boy Scottish #2,378 in US
Aminata Aminata is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "trustworthy," carried across West Africa as the local form of Amina, the mother of the Prophet Muhammad.
Girl Arabic #2,443 in US
Syeda Syeda is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "lady" or "mistress."
Girl Arabic #2,519 in US
Finlay Finlay is a boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "fair-haired warrior."
Boy Scottish #2,627 in US
Roisin Roisin is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "little rose," from rós with a diminutive ending.
Girl Irish #2,697 in US
Aïcha Aïcha is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "alive" or "living," borne by the youngest wife of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the most significant women in early Islam.
Girl Arabic #3,129 in US
Tadhg Tadhg is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "poet" or "storyteller."
Boy Irish #3,677 in US
Tiernan Tiernan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little lord," and its most famous bearer's marriage troubles are traditionally blamed for bringing the Normans to Ireland.
Boy Irish #3,784 in US
Tasnim Tasnim is a girl's name of Arabic origin naming a spring in paradise that the Quran describes.
Girl Arabic #3,818 in US
Amaury Amaury is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "work-ruler," and two crusader kings of Jerusalem carried it.
Boy French #4,432 in US
Oisin Oisin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little deer" or "fawn," from the Irish os, a deer.
Boy Irish #4,566 in US
Maxime Maxime is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," the French form of the Roman cognomen Maximus.
Boy French #4,791 in US
Eoghan Eoghan is a boy's name of Irish origin usually read as "born of the yew," and it gives County Tyrone its Irish name.
Boy Irish #5,047 in US
Oran Oran is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little dun one," the anglicized spelling of Odhrán, whose saint was the first buried at Iona.
Boy Irish #5,163 in US
Caoimhe Caoimhe is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "gentle," "beautiful" or "precious," from the Irish caomh.
Girl Irish #5,302 in US
Ruairi Ruairi is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "red king," borne by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland.
Boy Irish #5,422 in US
Mathilde Mathilde is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle," and its bearer commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry by tradition.
Girl French #5,823 in US
Euan Euan is a boy's name of Irish origin usually read as "born of the yew," and it is one of three separate names that collapse into Owen in English.
Boy Scottish #6,184 in US
Aodhan Aodhan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," from Aodh, the name of a fire god.
Boy Irish #6,237 in US
Hamish Hamish is a boy's name of Scottish origin, the anglicized form of Seumas — which is the Gaelic for James.
Boy Scottish #6,401 in US
Senan Senan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little old one," understood as little wise one.
Boy Irish #7,077 in US
Lorcan Lorcan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fierce one," from the Irish lorc. It ranks 55th in Northern Ireland and belongs to the patron saint of Dublin, who was archbishop when the Normans took the city.
Boy Irish #8,631 in US
Yassine Yassine is a boy's name of Arabic origin taken from two letters that open a chapter of the Quran and whose meaning nobody knows.
Boy Arabic #8,642 in US
Darragh Darragh is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "oak" or "oak grove," from the Irish dair.
Boy Irish #8,874 in US
Idriss Idriss is a boy's name of Arabic origin usually read as "studious" or "one who instructs," borne by a prophet named in the Quran.
Boy Arabic #8,938 in US
Amine Amine is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "trustworthy," and it was the title the people of Mecca gave the Prophet Muhammad before his mission.
Boy Arabic #9,223 in US
Padraig Padraig is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "nobleman," the Irish form of Patrick.
Boy Irish #10,061 in US
Lochlainn Lochlainn is a boy's name of Gaelic origin meaning "land of the lochs," which was the Irish name for Scandinavia — so in use it meant Viking.
Boy Irish #10,272 in US

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