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193–216 of 435 names

Jeremiah

Boy

Hebrew · English /dʒɛr.ɪˈmaɪ.ə/.

Commonly interpreted as “Yahweh will exalt”.
TraditionalLyrical

Joaquín

Boy

Hebrew · Spanish: /xo.a.ˈkin/ or /xwa.ˈkin/; stress on the final syllable.

God raises up
ClassicStrong

Johann

Boy

German · German: /ˈjoː.han/

“God is gracious”, more precisely “Yahweh is gracious”.
ClassicGentle

Johanna

Girl

Hebrew · German: /ˌjo.ˈha.na/. English: /dʒoʊ.ˈhæn.ə/ or /dʒoʊ.ˈæn.ə/.

God is gracious; more specifically, Yahweh is gracious.
TraditionalGentle

John

Boy

English · English: UK /dʒɒn/, US /dʒɑːn/

God is gracious
TraditionalGrounded

Jonas

Boy

Hebrew · German /ˈjoː.nas/; English /ˈdʒoʊ.nəs/; French /ʒɔ.nas/

Dove, in the biblical Jonah tradition.
ClassicGentle

Jonathan

Boy

Hebrew · British English: /ˈdʒɒn.ə.θən/; American English: /ˈdʒɑn.ə.θən/

God has given; more literally, “Yahweh has given”.
TraditionalWarm

Jose

Boy

Spanish · Spanish José /xoˈse/; colloquial Spanish Jose /ˈxose/; English Jose /hoʊˈzeɪ/.

Traditionally “may God add,” through the Hebrew name Yosef.
ClassicWarm

Joseph

Boy

Hebrew · American English /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.sɪf/

Traditionally “he will add” or “may God add”.
TraditionalWarm

Josephine

Girl

French · English /ˈdʒoʊsəfiːn/, with initial stress and a long final vowel.

May God add or increase.
ClassicElegant

Joshua

Boy

Hebrew · English: UK /ˈdʒɒʃuə/, US /ˈdʒɑːʃuə/; initial stress.

Yahweh is salvation.
TraditionalWarm

Josiah

Boy

Hebrew · English /d͡ʒoʊ.ˈsaɪ.ə/

Often ‘Yahweh supports’; exact derivation debated
TraditionalLyrical

Josie

Girl

English · English /ˈdʒoʊ.zi/; also /ˈdʒoʊ.si/.

He will add, through Josephine and Joseph.
Simple and sweetFriendly

Juhani

Boy

Finnish · Finnish: /ˈju.hɑ.ni/; initial j like English y in yes, first-syllable stress.

“God is gracious”, through the Johannes name family.
ClassicWarm

Julian

Boy

Latin · English /ˈd͡ʒu.li.ən/ or /ˈd͡ʒul.jən/; German /ˈjuː.li.aːn/

Belonging to Julius or the Roman Julian family.
ClassicGraceful

Julius

Boy

Latin · English: /ˈdʒuː.li.əs/ — JOO-lee-əs; German: /ˈjuː.li.ʊs/

A Roman family name whose deeper meaning is uncertain.
ClassicElegant

Kai

Unisex

Hawaiian · German /ˈkaɪ̯/; English /ˈkaɪ/; Hawaiian /ˈkaj/

“Sea” in Hawaiian; the northern European name’s meaning is uncertain.
Simple and sweetBold

Kale

Boy

Hawaiian · Hawaiian: /ˈka.le/

Traditionally linked to “man” through Charles in its Hawaiian use.
Simple and sweetFriendly

Kalle

Boy

Scandinavian · Finnish /ˈkɑlːe/; two syllables, first stress, long l and pronounced final e.

Traditionally “man” or “free man”, through Karl.
Simple and sweetFriendly

Kana

Girl

Japanese · Japanese /ka.na/ (かな), with an a sound in both parts.

Depends on the characters: 佳奈 can evoke goodness or beauty, 香奈 fragrance.
ModernBright

Kane

Boy

English · English /keɪn/, one syllable, final e silent; distinct Hawaiian Kāne /ˈkaː.ne/ has two syllables.

Through the Irish surname, “descendant of Cathán”; Cathán is linked to battle.
ModernStrong

Karl

Boy

Germanic · English: US /ˈkɑɹl/, British /ˈkɑːl/.

Usually traced to “man”.
TraditionalStrong

Kayden

Boy

English · English /ˈkeɪ.dən/; KAY-dən

Uncertain; a spelling variant of Caden.
ModernBright

Kea

Girl

Frisian · German example, approximately: /ˈkeː.a/

As a Frisian short form, its meaning depends on the longer name behind it.
Simple and sweetBright

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