Historic Baby Names
91 Historic names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 91 baby names with a historic feel. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation. Names are listed most-popular first.
Historic Girl Names
Tiye#12103 in the U.S.An ancient Egyptian name, best known for Queen Tiye, the powerful Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh AGyda#12584 in the U.S.A Viking-age Scandinavian name, generally derived from Gyrid or from an element read as gud ('gJahan#12724 in the U.S.From Persian jahan, 'the world.' It is a long-established element in Persian and Mughal naming,Kanishka#12780 in the U.S.A Sanskrit name of debated meaning, historically borne by Kanishka the Great, a Kushan emperor Raziah#13118 in the U.S.A spelling of Arabic Raziya/Radiya, 'content; satisfied; well-pleased'. The name is carried in Raziyah#13119 in the U.S.A fuller spelling of Arabic Raziya, 'content; satisfied; well-pleased', from the root radiya. HNineveh#13121 in the U.S.The name of Nineveh, the great ancient capital of Assyria — in the Bible, the city to which thePersia#13123 in the U.S.Persia is the historic Western name for Iran, from the Greek Persis, itself from the region of Tomiris#13308 in the U.S.Tomiris is the modern Central Asian form of Tomyris, the queen of the Massagetae who, in HerodoAsantewaa#13621 in the U.S.An Akan name meaning roughly 'woman of the Asante', borne by Yaa Asantewaa, queen mother of EjiBareerah#13679 in the U.S.From the Arabic root birr, 'righteousness; devotion; dutiful kindness.' Bareerah (Barirah) was Edessa#13908 in the U.S.A place name: Edessa was an ancient city in upper Mesopotamia (today Sanliurfa, in Turkey) and Eretria#13955 in the U.S.A place name: Eretria was an ancient Greek city on the island of Euboea, a seafaring and coloniJezebel#14200 in the U.S.Jezebel renders Hebrew Izevel, the name of a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab of IsraeKandace#14281 in the U.S.A spelling of Candace, which was not originally a personal name at all but the dynastic title (Kenyatta#14340 in the U.S.Kenyatta comes from the adopted surname of Jomo Kenyatta, the Kenyan independence leader and fiKhadicha#14355 in the U.S.Khadicha is a Central Asian (Uzbek, Tajik, Tatar) form of the Arabic name Khadija, borne by KhaKulsum#14395 in the U.S.Kulsum is a South Asian and Turkish form of the Arabic Kulthum, best known from Umm Kulthum, a Llewellyn#14482 in the U.S.An anglicized spelling of the Welsh Llywelyn, borne by the medieval princes of Gwynedd. Its rooQuincie#14821 in the U.S.A feminine-styled spelling of Quincy, from a Norman French place name — Cuinchy, from the RomanRubab#14838 in the U.S.Rubab is used in Arabic and Urdu-speaking communities. It is remembered above all as the name oSequoyah#14948 in the U.S.The name of Sequoyah, the Cherokee silversmith and scholar who devised the Cherokee syllabary iHemma#15306 in the U.S.A medieval Germanic name, closely related to Emma and generally traced to the element ermen or Hamna#16102 in the U.S.Hamna is an Arabic name best known from Hamna bint Jahsh, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad aHurrem#16147 in the U.S.From Persian khurram, 'cheerful, joyful,' used in Ottoman Turkish as Hurrem. It is the name givMacrina#16694 in the U.S.Macrina is the feminine of the Roman family name Macrinus, itself from macer, 'lean, thin'. It Rufaida#17136 in the U.S.From the Arabic, linked to 'support; help.' The name honors Rufaida al-Aslamia, regarded as theRuqayah#17139 in the U.S.A spelling of the Arabic Ruqayyah, 'ascent; rise' and linked to ruqya ('charm; protection') — tRuqaiyah#17159 in the U.S.A spelling of the Arabic Ruqayyah, understood as 'ascent; rise; gentle' and linked to ruqya ('cZeruiah#17626 in the U.S.Zeruiah (Tseruyah) is a Hebrew biblical name usually glossed 'balm' or 'balsam of the Lord'. InTomrisA Turkic form of Tomyris - the warrior queen of the Massagetae who, according to Herodotus, def
Historic Boy Names
Rodrigo#492 in the U.S.Spanish and Portuguese form of Roderick, from Old High German 'Hroderich' composed of 'hrod' (fNeil#851 in the U.S.Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Niall, whose meaning is debated; most likely from an Old IrRamses#1721 in the U.S.Born of Ra, son of Ra the sun godAmmon#2798 in the U.S.From the Hebrew Ammon, name of the son of Lot in the Bible and founder of the Ammonite people; Othman#3427 in the U.S.From Arabic Uthman, traditionally 'a young bustard (bird)'; the third caliph's nameAlp#3451 in the U.S.Old Turkic word meaning 'brave', 'heroic', or 'valiant', used as a name and honorific title forDelano#4162 in the U.S.From a French surname (de la Noye, 'of the night' or 'of the walnut grove'); famous as the middEzana#4292 in the U.S.From Ezana, the 4th-century king of Aksum who made Christianity the state religion; a Ge'ez/EthRoosevelt#4362 in the U.S.From the Dutch surname Roosevelt — roos, 'rose', plus veld, 'field' — 'rose field'Aristotle#5223 in the U.S.From Greek Aristoteles — aristos, 'best', plus telos, 'purpose, aim' — 'the best purpose'Lexington#5747 in the U.S.From the place-name Lexington — ultimately an Old English settlement name — famous as the site Arcadius#6242 in the U.S.From the Greek Arkadios, 'of Arcadia' — the mountainous region of the Peloponnese that poets maMusaab#7063 in the U.S.From the Arabic Mus'ab, historically describing a spirited, hard-to-handle stallion, hence 'strOdai#7081 in the U.S.From the Arabic Uday, a diminutive linked to 'running; a runner' — historically borne by early Oleg#8728 in the U.S.The Russian form of the Old Norse Helgi, 'holy; sacred,' brought by the Varangians. Oleg of NovAleric#8950 in the U.S.A variant of Alaric, from the Germanic Alareiks, 'ruler of all' (ala, 'all,' + ric, 'ruler; kinAsif#8989 in the U.S.Asif is widely used across Arabic-, Urdu-, Persian- and Turkish-speaking communities. In IslamiDarious#9098 in the U.S.A variant spelling of Darius, from Old Persian Darayavaush, 'possessing good; holding firm the Dariush#9099 in the U.S.Dariush is the Persian form of the ancient royal name rendered in English as Darius, from Old PMurat#9438 in the U.S.From the Arabic murad ('wish; desire; that which is longed for'), widely used in Turkish as MurNoman#9460 in the U.S.From the Arabic Nu'man, meaning 'blood' and, by extension, a red anemone flower ('shaqa'iq an-nUwais#9673 in the U.S.An Arabic name best known from Uwais al-Qarani, an early Yemeni figure revered in Islamic tradiMackinley#10490 in the U.S.From the Scottish surname MacKinlay/McKinley, 'son of Fionnlagh' (mac plus Fionnlagh, 'fair herSamori#10493 in the U.S.Samori is a West African (Mandinka) name carried most famously by Samori Ture, the 19th-centuryAboubakar#10825 in the U.S.A West African form of Abu Bakr, an Arabic name traditionally read as 'father of the young cameAlarick#10865 in the U.S.Alarick is a modern spelling of Alaric, from Gothic elements usually read as ala ('all') and reBardia#11069 in the U.S.From the Persian Bardia, the name of an ancient Achaemenid prince (son of Cyrus the Great), oftHannibal#11151 in the U.S.From the Phoenician/Punic Hannibaal, 'the grace/gift/favour of Baal' (hann, 'grace', + Baal, a Floki#11271 in the U.S.Floki is an Old Norse personal name. It is best known from Hrafna-Floki Vilgerdarson — 'Raven-FMacarthur#11489 in the U.S.From the Scottish surname MacArthur, 'son of Arthur' (mac, 'son of,' plus Arthur, tied to 'bearOrhaan#11874 in the U.S.A spelling of the Turkish name Orhan, borne by Orhan Gazi, the second Ottoman ruler. It is usuaBahram#12452 in the U.S.From the Middle Persian Warahran (Avestan Verethragna), the yazata — divine being — of victory Claudius#12518 in the U.S.From the Latin Claudius, a great Roman family name generally traced to claudus, 'lame.' Borne bCadell#12585 in the U.S.Cadell is a Welsh name from cad ('battle') plus a diminutive or intensive element, giving a senCalvert#12593 in the U.S.Calvert is an English occupational surname meaning 'calf-herder' (from 'calf' plus 'herd'). ItsCaxton#12607 in the U.S.Caxton is an English surname from a place name, likely 'Kak's farm or settlement.' It is famousJahangir#12782 in the U.S.From Persian Jahangir, 'world-conqueror' or 'world-seizer' (jahan, 'world,' + gir, 'seizer'). MFernan#12823 in the U.S.A Spanish short form of Fernando/Fernan, from a Germanic name, 'bold voyager; brave journey' (fGuzman#12872 in the U.S.A Spanish surname, borne by the noble House of Guzman and by St Dominic (Domingo de Guzman); ofIsauro#12893 in the U.S.The Spanish form of Isaurus, from Isauria, an ancient region of Asia Minor — so 'of Isauria; anHernando#12942 in the U.S.Hernando is a Spanish form of Ferdinand, from Germanic roots often read as fardi ('journey') anIskander#12958 in the U.S.The Persian and Arabic form of Alexander, from the Greek Alexandros, 'defender of men' — carrieKenshin#13264 in the U.S.A Japanese name written with varying kanji, so the meaning depends on the characters; elements Knute#13270 in the U.S.Knute is an anglicized Scandinavian form of Knut (Old Norse Knutr), generally understood as 'knOzymandias#13389 in the U.S.The Greek rendering of a throne name of the pharaoh Ramesses II, immortalized in Shelley's 1818Marrion#13463 in the U.S.Marrion is a double-r spelling of Marion, originally a French diminutive of Marie — a name whosMehmed#13480 in the U.S.Mehmed is the Turkish form of Muhammad, from Arabic hamida, 'to praise' — 'praised, praiseworthRhodri#13763 in the U.S.From Welsh rhod ('wheel; circle') plus rhi ('ruler; king'), giving 'wheel ruler'. It was borne Rizal#13784 in the U.S.Rizal is a Filipino surname of Spanish form, generally traced to ricial, a word for a field wheStanislaw#13922 in the U.S.From Slavic elements stan, 'to become; to stand', and slava, 'glory' — 'one who becomes gloriouTaariq#13941 in the U.S.From Arabic Tariq, 'one who knocks at the door by night' — and so the bright morning star that Tadeusz#13944 in the U.S.The Polish form of Thaddeus, the apostle also called Jude. Its Aramaic root is debated. TadeuszTheodoric#13989 in the U.S.Theodoric is the Latinized form of a Germanic compound: theud, 'people, nation,' joined to ric,Tyndale#14046 in the U.S.Tyndale is an English surname from Tynedale, the valley of the River Tyne in Northumberland. ItXimen#14131 in the U.S.An older Spanish form (also written Ximeno or Jimeno), the root behind the surname Jimenez and Yavuz#14149 in the U.S.A Turkish word meaning 'stern; resolute; formidable', best known as the epithet of Sultan SelimUdham#14164 in the U.S.A Punjabi given name best known from the Indian revolutionary Udham Singh; often linked to the Zalan#14198 in the U.S.A Hungarian name (Zalan), known from medieval chronicles as a prince defeated by the arriving MZarrar#14204 in the U.S.A South Asian spelling of the Arabic name Dirar, borne by Dirar ibn al-Azwar, an early companioHunainAn Arabic name from Hunayn, a valley near Mecca where the Battle of Hunayn was fought — an even
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Popular Historic baby names include Rodrigo, Neil, Ramses, Ammon, Othman, Alp. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 91 Historic baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.