English name
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English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England. In England, as elsewhere in the
Given names
Few given names used in England have English derivations. Many names are of
A small fraction of given names has an actual English derivation (see
During the majority of the 19th century, the most popular given names were
Translations
English | French | German | Greek | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish |
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Aaron | Aaron | Aaron | - | Aronne | Arão | Aarón |
Adam | Adam | Adam | Adám | Adamo | Adão | Adán |
Adolph | Adolphe | Adolf | - | Adolfo | Adolfo | Adolfo |
Adrian | Adrien | Adrian | Adrianós | Adriano | Adriano | Adrián |
Alexander | Alexandre | Alexander | Aléxandros | Alessandro | Alexandre | Alejandro |
Alfred | Alfred | Alfred | - | Alfredo | Alfredo | Alfredo |
Alphonse | Alphonse | Alfons | - | Alfonso | Afonso | Alfonso |
Amadeus | Amédée | Amadeus | - | Amedeo | Amadeu | Amadeo |
Andrew | André | Andreas | Andréas | Andrea | André | Andrés |
Angel | Ange | Engel | Ángelos | Angelo | Anjo | Ángel |
Anthony | Antoine | Anton | Antónios | Antonio | Antônio | Antonio |
Arcadius | Arcadius | Arkadius | Arkádios | Arcadio | Arcádio | Arcadio |
Archangel | Archange | Erzengel | Archángelos | Arcangelo | Arcanjo | Arcángel |
Arthur | Arthur | Arthur | - | Arturo | Artur | Arturo |
Basil | Basilic | Basilikum | Vasilikós | Basilico | Manjericão | Albahaca |
Charles | Charles | Karl | - | Carlo | Carlos | Carlos |
Christian | Christian | Christian | Christianós | Cristiano | Cristiano | Cristián |
Christopher | Christophe | Christoph | Christóforos | Cristoforo | Cristóvão | Cristóball |
Cornelius | Corneille | Cornelius | - | Cornelio | Cornélio | Cornelio |
Damian | Damien | Damian | Damianós | Damiano | Damião | Damián |
David | David | David | Davíd | Davide | Davi | David |
Dennis | Denis | Dennis | Dionýsios | Dionisio | Dionísio | Dionisio |
Edmund | Edmond | Edmund | - | Edmundo | Edmundo | Edmundo |
Edward | Édouard | Eduard | - | Edoardo | Eduardo | Eduardo |
Elijah | Élie | Elias | Ilías | Elia | Elías | Elías |
Emmanuel | Emmanuel | Emanuel | Emmanouíl | Emanuele | Manuel | Manuel |
Eugene | Eugène | Eugen | Evgénios | Eugenio | Eugênio | Eugenio |
Eustace | Eustache | Eustachius | Efstáchyos | Eustachio | Eustácio | Eustaquio |
Evans | Évangilos | - | Evángelos | Evangelo | - | - |
Francis | François | Franz | Frangiskos | Francesco | Francisco | Francisco |
Frederick | Frédéric | Friedrich | Friderikos | Federico | Frederico | Federico |
Gavinus | Gabin | Gabinus | - | Gavino | Gavino | Gabino |
George | Georges | Georg | Geórgios | Giorgio | Jorge | Jorge |
Gerald | Gérald | Gerhold | - | Giraldo | Geraldo | Geraldo |
Gerard | Gérard | Gerhard | - | Gerardo | Gerardo | Gerardo |
Gregory | Grégoire | Gregor | Grigórios | Gregorio | Gregório | Gregorio |
Harold | Harold | Harald | - | Aroldo | Haroldo | Haroldo |
Henry | Henri | Heinrich | Enríkos | Enrico | Henrique | Enrique |
Herbert | Herbert | Heribert | - | Erberto | Herberto | Herberto |
Honorius | Honoré | Honorius | - | Onorio | Honório | Honorio |
Horace | Horace | Horaz | - | Orazio | Horácio | Horacio |
Hugh | Hugo | Hugo | - | Ugo | Hugo | Hugo |
Isaiah | Isaïe | Jesaja | Isaías | Isaia | Isaías | Isaías |
Jacob | Jacques | Jakob | Iákovos | Giacobbe | Jacó | Jacobo |
James | Jacques | Jakob | - | Giacomo | Thiago | Santiago |
Jeremiah | Jérémie | Jeremias | Ieremías | Geremia | Jeremias | Jeremías |
Jerome | Jérôme | Hieronymus | Ierónymos | Gerolamo | Jerônimo | Jerónimo |
John | Jean | Johann | Ioánnis | Giovanni | João | Juan |
Jonah | Jonas | Jona | Ionás | Giona | Jonas | Jonás |
Joseph | Joseph | Josef | Iosíf | Giuseppe | José | José |
Julian | Julien | Julian | - | Giuliano | Juliano | Julián |
Julius | Jules | Julius | Ioulios | Giulio | Júlio | Julio |
Laurence | Laurent | Lorenz | Lavrentios | Lorenzo | Laurêncio | Lorenzo |
Lazarus | Lazare | Lazarus | Lázaros | Lazzaro | Lázaro | Lázaro |
Louis | Louis | Ludwig | Loizos | Luigi | Luís | Luis |
Marcus | Marc | Markus | Márkos | Marco | Marcos | Marcos |
Martin | Martin | Martin | - | Martino | Martinho | Martín |
Michael | Michel | Michael | Michaíl | Michele | Miguel | Miguel |
Moses | Moïse | Mose | Moisís | Mosè | Moisés | Moisés |
Nathan | Nathan | Natan | Nathanaíl | Natan | Natã | Natán |
Nicholas | Nicolas | Nikolaus | Nikòlaos | Niccolò | Nicolau | Nicolás |
Noah | Noé | Noach | - | Noè | Noé | Noé |
Octavius | Octave | Oktavian | - | Ottavio | Otávio | Octavio |
Orpheus | Orphée | Orpheus | Orféas | Orfeo | Orfeu | Orfeo |
Oscar | Oscar | Oskar | - | - | Óscar | Óscar |
Oswald | Osvald | Oswald | - | Osvaldo | Osvaldo | Osvaldo |
Patrick | Patrice | Patrick | Patrikios | Patrizio | Patrício | Patricio |
Paul | Paul | Paul | Pávlos | Paolo | Paulo | Pablo |
Peter | Pierre | Peter | Pétros | Pietro | Pedro | Pedro |
Philip | Philippe | Philipp | Fílippos | Filippo | Filipe | Felipe |
Plutarch | Plutarque | Plutarch | Ploútarchos | Plutarco | Plutarco | Plutarco |
Prosper | Prosper | Prosper | - | Prospero | Próspero | Próspero |
Ralph | Raoul | Ralph | - | Raul | Raul | Raúl |
Raphael | Raphaël | Raphael | Rafaíl | Raffaele | Rafael | Rafael |
Richard | Richard | Richard | Richárdos | Riccardo | Ricardo | Ricardo |
Robert | Robert | Robert | Rovertos | - | Roberto | Roberto |
Roderick | Rodrigue | Roderich | - | Rodrigo | Rodrigo | Rodrigo |
Rudolph | Rodolphe | Rudolf | - | Rodolfo | Rodolfo | Rodolfo |
Stanislaus | Stanislas | Stanislaus | - | Stanislao | Estanislau | Estanislao |
Stephen | Étienne | Stephan | Stéfanos | Stefano | Estevão | Esteban |
Spyrus | Spyridon | - | Spyrídon | Spiridione | - | Spiridión |
Thomas | Thomas | Thomas | Thomás | Tommaso | Tomás | Tomás |
Vangel | Vangélis | - | Vangélis | Vangeli | - | - |
Victor | Victor | Viktor | Víktoras | Vittorio | Vítor | Víctor |
William | Guillaume | Wilhelm | - | Guglielmo | Guilherme | Guillermo |
English | French | German | Greek | Hungarian | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish | |
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Alexandra | Alexandra | Alexandra | Alexándra | Alexandra | Alessandra | Alexandra | Alejandra | |
Alice | Alique | Alice | Alíki | Alice | Alice | Alice | Alicia | |
Amy | Aimée | - | Amánta | Amánta | Amata | Amada | Amada | |
Agnes | Agnès | Agnes | Agní | Ágnes | Agnese | Inês | Inés | |
Angela | Angèle | Angela | Angela | Angéla | Ángela | Ângela | Ángela | |
Angelica | Angélica | Angelika | - | Angyalka | Angelica | Angélica | Angélica | |
Angie | Angélique | Angelika | Angelikí | - | Ángela | Ângela | Ángela | |
Ann | Anne | Anna | Ánna | Anna | Anna | Ana | Ana | |
Annabel | Annabelle | - | - | - | - | Anabela | Anabel | |
Basel | Bâle | Basel | Vasileía | Bázel | Basilia | Basilia | Basilia | |
Catherine | Catherine | Katarina | Ekaterini | - | Caterina | Catarina | Catalina | |
Charlotte | Charlotte | Charlotte | - | Sarolta | Carlotta | Carlota | Carlota | |
Christine | Christine | Christina | Christína | Krisztina | Cristina | Cristina | Cristina | |
Dorothy | Dorothée | Dorothea | Dorothéa | Dorottya | Dorotea | Doroteia | Dorotea | |
Eleanor | Éléonore | Eleonora | Eleonóra | Eleonóra | Eleonora | Leonor | Leonor | |
Elizabeth | Élliezet | Elisabeth | Elisávet | Erzsébet | Elisabetta | Elisabete | Elisabet | |
Eugenia | - | - | Evgenía | - | Eugenia | Eugêniα | Eugenia | |
Evangelie | Évangile | Evangelina | Evangelía | - | Evangelina | - | Evangelina | |
Eva | Éva | Eva | Éva | Éva | Eva | Eva | Eva | |
Eve | Éve | Eve | Évi | Éve | Eve | Eve | Eve | |
Felicity | Félicité | Felicitas | - | Felicitás | Felicita | Felicidade | Felicidad | |
Helen | Hélèna | Helena | Eléni | - | Elena | Helena | Elena | |
Joanna | Jeanne | Johanna | Ioánna | - | Giovanna | Joana | Juana | |
Josepha | Josèphe | Josepha | - | Jozefa | Giuseppa | Josefa | Josefa | |
Josephine | Joséphine | Josephine | Iosifína | Jozefina | Giuseppina | Josefina | Josefina | |
Louise | Louise | Louisa | Louíza | Lujza | Luisa | Luísa | Luisa | |
Lucy | Lucie | Lucia | Loukia | Luca | Lucia | Lúcia | Lucía | |
Magdalene | Madeleine | Magdalena | Magdaliní | Magdaléna | Maddalena | Madalena | Magdalena | |
Margaret | Marguerite | Margareta | Margaríta | Margaréta | Margherita | Margarida | Margarita | |
Mary | Marie | Maria | María | Mária | Maria | Maria | María | |
Nicole | Nicole | - | Nikolétta | Nikolett | Nicoletta | - | Nicolasa | |
Paula | Paule | Paula | Polína | Paula | Paοla | Paula | Paula | |
Paulina | Pauline | Paulina | Pavlína | Paulina | Paolina | Paulina | Paulina | |
Sophia | Sophie | Sophia | Sofía | Zsófia | Sofia | Sofia | Sofía | |
Susan | Suzanne | Susanne | Souzána | Zsuzsanna | Susanna | Susana | Susana | |
Sylvia | Sylvie | Sylvia | Sýlvia | Szilvia | Silvia | Sílvia | Silvia | |
Theresa | Thérèse | Theresa | - | Terézia | Teresa | Teresa | Teresa | |
Valerie | Valérie | - | Valéria | - | Valeria | Valeria | Valeria | |
Vicky | Basilique | Basilika | Vasilikí | Bazilika | Basilica | Basílica | Basílica | |
Victoria | Victoria | Viktoria | Viktoría | Victoria | Vittoria | Vitória | Victoria | |
Vicko | Victoria | Viktoria | Viktoría | Victoria | Vittoria | Vitória | Victoria | |
Violet | Violet | - | Violétta | - | Violetta | Violet | Violeta |
Surnames
According to Christopher Daniell, in From Norman Conquest to Magna Carta, 1140 marked what might be the first recorded use of a modern surname, inherited by multiple generations. These were not always regularly formed: for example, the sons of a certain Norman named Robert used a modern inheritable surname, FitzGerald, in honour of an earlier relative, named Gerald.[4]
While it is normal for a child to be given one of their parents' surnames, traditionally the father's (or increasingly some combination of the two), there is nothing in UK law that explicitly requires this. Under English common law, a person may use any name as a legal name, though most people use their birth name (as registered on the Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, regulated by the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987, which allows only characters that are used in English or Welsh), often using a spouse's surname (proved with a marriage certificate), or (if an adult) a name formally declared by deed poll. No regulations include any specific provisions regarding what names are acceptable. Nonetheless, the General Register Office and various organizations that help with creating and enrolling deed polls will reject anything that is unreasonable (racist, offensive, fraudulent, implying a title of nobility not held, unpronounceable, not in the Latin script, etc.).
Compound surnames
Double-barrelled names may be formed for a variety of reasons, including combining of spouses' surnames upon marriage or, more commonly in the past, adding another family's surname as a condition of inheritance.[5]
Compound surnames in English feature two or more words, often joined by a hyphen or hyphens: for example,
See also
- List of the most common surnames in Europe
References
- ^ "English Names". www.behindthename.com.
- ^ Douglas A. Galbi. Long-Term Trends in Personal Given Name Frequencies in the UK, 2002 [1]
- ^ "Baby names in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk.
- ^
Christopher Daniell (2013). From Norman Conquest to Magna Carta: England 1066–1215. ISBN 9781136356971. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ Denison, David; Hogg, Richard (2008). A History of the English Language. Cambridge University Press. p. 334.
External links
- English Surnames Archived 2017-01-31 at the Wayback Machine (about.com)
- Given Names in England Before 1800
- Seven Types of English Surnames
- Baby names in England and Wales: 2018 Most popular first names for baby boys and girls in 2018 using birth registration data (Office of National Statistics)