Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
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Jacob | The supplanter, held by the heel | Male | Hebrew |
James | From Jacob - To fill the place of another, supplanter. | Male | English |
Jane | gracious, merciful, God is gracious | Female | English |
Janet | Variant of Jane | Female | English |
Jasper | Black stone
| Male | Persian |
Jasper | Black stone
| Male | Persian |
Jasper | Black stone
| Male | Persian |
Jean | God is gracious | Male | |
Jennifer | white shadow, white wave | Female | Cornish |
Joanna | after the character in The Rescuers Down Under cartoon | Female | English |
Joe | Abbreviation of Joseph.
| Male | English |
Joe | Abbreviation of Joseph.
| Male | English |
John | God is merciful | Male | Hebrew |
Joseph | God will increase | Male | Hebrew |
Josephine | God will increase | Female | |
Joshua | God is salvation
| Male | Hebrew |
Julia | Youthful
| Female | Latin |
Katherine | Pure. Used since third century A.D. Early Latin forms Katerina and Caterina became Katharine and Catherine. French Cateline and English Catlyn came into wider use during medieval period when variants multiplied.
| Female | Greek |
Lance | knight's attendant; land | Male | English |
Laura | bay laurel | Female | Latin |
Laurel | Laurel
| Female | Latin |
Leo | Lion.
| Male | Latin |
Linda | pretty | Female | |
Lorna | of Lorne | Female | English |
Louis | famed warrior | Male | |