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The Name Begins With The Letter E:
EA  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown, perhaps from Sumerian meaning "house of water"...

ÉABHA  f  Irish
Irish form of EVE

EACHANN  m  Scottish, Irish
Means "brown horse" from Gaelic each "horse" and donn "brown".

EADAN  f  Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN

ÉADAOIN  f  Irish
Modern form of ÉTAÍN

EADBERHT  m  Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and beorht "bright"...

EADBHÁRD  m  Irish
Irish form of EDWARD

EADBURGA  f  Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and burg "fortress".

EADWIG  m  Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and wig "war"...

EALASAID  f  Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH

EALDGYР f  Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements eald "old" and gyð "battle".

EALISAID  f  Manx
Manx form of ELIZABETH

EALLAIR  m  Scottish
From the older Gaelic name Ceallair, which was derived from Latin cella meaning "cellar"...

EAMON  m  Irish
Variant of ÉAMONN...

ÉAMONN  m  Irish
Irish form of EDMUND

EAN  m  Manx
Manx form of JOHN

ÉANNA  m  Irish
Possibly means "bird-like" in Irish...

EANRAIG  m  Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of HENRY

EARL  m  English
From the aristocratic title, which derives from Old English eorl "nobleman, warrior".

EARLE  m  English
Variant of EARL

EARLEEN  f  English
Feminine form of EARL

EARLENE  f  English
Feminine form of EARL

EARLINE  f  English
Feminine form of EARL

EARNEST  m  English
Variant of ERNEST influenced by the spelling of the English word.

EARNESTINE  f  English
Variant of ERNESTINE

EARTHA  f  English
Combination of the English word earth with the feminine name suffix a.

EASTER  m & f  English
From the name of the Christian festival which ultimately got its name from the Germanic spring goddess Eostre...

EAVAN  f  Irish
Anglicized form of AOIBHEANN

EBBA (1)  f  German
Feminine form of EBBE

EBBA (2)  f  English
Contracted form of EADBURGA...

EBBE  m  German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar".

EBELE  f  Igbo
Means "mercy, kindness" in Igbo.

EBEN  m  English
Short form of EBENEZER

EBENEZER  m  Biblical, English
Means "stone of help" in Hebrew...

EBER  m  Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR

EBERARDO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of EVERARD

EBERHARD  m  German
German form of EVERARD

EBONY  f  English
Means simply "ebony" from the English word for the black wood which comes from the ebony tree...

EBRAHIM  m  Arabic, Iranian
Variant transcription of IBRAHIM

EBRU  f  Turkish
Means "paper marbling" in Turkish...

ECATERINA  f  Romanian
Romanian form of KATHERINE

ECE  f  Turkish
Means "queen" in Turkish.

ECHO  f  Greek Mythology
Means "echo" from the word for the repeating reflected sound, which derives from Greek ηχη (eche) "sound"...

ECKBERT  m  German
German cognate of EGBERT

ECKEHARD  m  German
Variant of ECKHARD

ECKHARD  m  German
Derived from the Germanic elements eg "edge" and hard "brave, hardy".

ED  m  English
Short form of EDWARD, EDMUND and other names beginning with Ed.

EDAN  m  Irish, Scottish
Variant of AIDAN

EDANA  f  History
Latinized form of ÉTAÍN...

EDDA  f  Italian
Italian form of HEDDA

EDDIE  m & f  English
Pet form of EDWARD, EDMUND and other names beginning with Ed.

EDDY  m  English
Pet form of EDWARD, EDMUND and other names beginning with Ed.

EDELMIRA  f  Spanish
Spanish feminine form of ADELMAR

EDEN  f  Biblical, English
Means "place of pleasure" in Hebrew...

EDER (1)  m  Biblical
Means "flock" in Hebrew...

EDER (2)  m & f  Basque
Means "handsome, beautiful" in Basque.

EDERNE  f  Basque
Feminine variant of EDER

EDGAR  m  English, French
Derived from the Old English element ead "rich, blessed" combined with gar "spear"...

EDGARD  m  French
French form of EDGAR

EDGARDO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of EDGAR

EDI  m  Slovene
Slovene pet form of EDVARD

EDIE  f  English
Pet form of EDITH

EDINA  f  Hungarian
Possibly a Hungarian form of EDWINA, or else directly derived from the Old English element ead meaning "rich, blessed"...

EDISON  m  English
From a surname which meant "son of EDWARD"...

EDIT  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of EDITH

EDITA  f  Czech, Slovene, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovene and Lithuanian form of EDITH

EDITE  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of EDITH

ÉDITH  f  French
French form of EDITH

EDITH  f  English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Derived from the Old English element ead "rich, blessed" combined with gyæ "war"...

EDIZ  m  Turkish
Means "high" in Turkish.

EDMÉ  f  Scottish
Scottish feminine form of ESMÉ

EDMOND  m  French
French form of EDMUND...

EDMONDA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of EDMUND

EDMONDO  m  Italian
Italian form of EDMUND

EDMUND  m  English, German, Polish
Means "rich protector" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and mund "protector"...

EDMUNDO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDMUND

EDNA (1)  f  Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of EITHNE

EDNA (2)  f  Biblical
Means "pleasure" in Hebrew...

EDOARDO  m  Italian
Italian form of EDWARD

EDOM  m  Biblical
Means "red" in Hebrew...

EDORTA  m  Basque
Basque form of EDWARD

ÉDOUARD  m  French
French form of EDWARD

EDRIC  m  English
Means "rich ruler" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" and ric "ruler"... 

EDSEL  m 
Variant of ETZEL

EDUÁRD  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of EDWARD

EDUARD  m  German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Catalan
Cognate of EDWARD

EDUARDA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of EDWARD

EDUARDO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of EDWARD

EDUARDS  m  Latvian
Latvian form of EDWARD

EDUR  m  Basque
Means "snow" in Basque.

EDURNE  f  Basque
Feminine form of EDUR

EDVÁRD  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of EDWARD

EDVARD  m  Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD

EDVIGE  f  Italian
Italian form of HEDWIG

EDVIN  m  Scandinavian, Finnish, Hungarian
Scandinavian, Finish and Hungarian form of EDWIN

EDWARD  m  English, Polish
Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and weard "guard"...

EDWEENA  f  English
Variant of EDWINA

EDWENA  f  English
Variant of EDWINA

EDWIGE  f  French
French form of HEDWIG

EDWIN  m  English
Means "rich friend" from Old English ead "rich, blessed" combined with wine "friend"...

EDWINA  f  English
Feminine form of EDWIN

EDWYN  m  English
Variant of EDWIN

EDWYNA  f  English
Variant of EDWINA

EDYTA  f  Polish
Polish form of EDITH

EDYTHA  f  English
Elaborated form of EDITH

EDYTHE  f  English
Variant of EDITH

EELIS  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ELIJAH

EEMELI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of EMIL

EEMIL  m  Finnish
Finnish form of EMIL

EERIKA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of ERICA

EERIKKI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC

EERO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ERIC...

EETU  m  Finnish
Finnish form of EDWARD

EEVA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EEVI  f  Finnish
Finnish form of EVA

EFA  f  Welsh
Welsh form of EVA

EFFIE  f  Scottish, English
Either an Anglicized form of OIGHRIG or a pet form of EUPHEMIA

EFIGÊNIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese variant of EUGENIA

EFIMIA  f  Greek
Modern Greek form of EUPHEMIA

EFISIO  m  Italian
From the Latin name Ephesius, which originally belonged to a person who was from the city of Ephesus in Ionia...

EFRAIM  m  Jewish, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of EPHRAIM

EFRAÍN  m  Spanish
Spanish form of EPHRAIM

EFROSYNI  f  Greek
Modern Greek form of EUPHROSYNE

EFSTATHIOS  m  Greek
Modern Greek form of EUSTATHIOS

EFTHALIA  f  Greek
Modern Greek form of EUTHALIA

EFUA  f  African
Variant of AFUA

EGBERT  m  English
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge of a sword" and beorht "bright"... 

EGIDIO  m  Italian
Italian form of GILES

EGIL  m  Scandinavian
Old Norse pet form of names that began with the element eg, which means "edge of a sword"...

EGLANTINE  f  English
From the English word for the flower which is also known as sweetbrier...

EGLE  f  Lithuanian
Means "fir tree" in Lithuanian...

EGON  m  German
Medieval German name derived from the Germanic element eg, which means "edge of a sword".

EGUZKI  m  Basque
Means "sun" in Basque.

EGUZKIÑE  f  Basque
Feminine form of EGUZKI

EHUD  m  Biblical, Jewish
Means "united" in Hebrew...

ÉIBHEAR  m  Irish
Meaning unknown...

ÉIBHIR  m  Irish
Variant of ÉIBHEAR

EIBHLÍN  f  Irish
Irish form of AVELINE

EIDEARD  m  Scottish
Scottish form of EDWARD

EIDEL  f  Yiddish
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.

EILEEN  f  Irish, English
Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN

EILERT  m  Frisian, Scandinavian
Frisian and Scandinavian form of ECKHARD

EILIDH  f  Scottish
Gaelic form of ELLIE, sometimes taken to be a Gaelic form of HELEN.

EILÍS  f  Irish
Irish Gaelic form of ELIZABETH

EILISH  f  Irish
Anglicized form of EILÍS

EILUNED  f  Welsh
Variant of ELUNED

EILWEN  f  Welsh
Perhaps means "white brow" from Welsh ael "brow" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

EIMEAR  f  Irish
Modern Irish form of EMER

ÉIMHÍN  m  Irish
Possibly means "swift, prompt" in Irish Gaelic.

EIMHIR  f  Scottish
Scottish form of EMER

EINAR  m  Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one" and arr "warrior"...

EINION  m  Welsh
Means "anvil" in Welsh.

EINRÍ  m  Irish
Irish form of HENRY

EIR  f  Norse Mythology
Means "mercy" in Old Norse...

EIRA  f  Welsh
Means "snow" in Welsh.

EIRAN  m  Jewish
Variant of ERAN

EIREANN  f  English, Irish
From Eirinn, the dative case of Gaelic Eire, meaning "Ireland".

EIREEN  f  English, Irish
Irish form of IRENE

EIRENE  f  Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of IRENE

EIRIAN  f  Welsh
Means "bright, beautiful" in Welsh.

EIRIK  m  Norwegian
Norwegian form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).

EIRÍKR  m  Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of ERIC

EIRÍKUR  m  Icelandic
Icelandic form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).

EIRLYS  f  Welsh
Means "snowdrop" in Welsh.

EIRWEN  f  Welsh
Means "white snow" from the Welsh elements eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed".

EITAN  m  Jewish
Hebrew form of ETHAN

EITHNE  f  Irish, Scottish
Means "kernel" in Gaelic...

EKA  m & f  Indonesian
Means "first child" in Indonesian.

EKAIN  m  Basque
Means "June (the month)" in Basque.

EKAITZ  m  Basque
Means "storm" in Basque.

EKATERINA  f  Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of KATHERINE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEKATERINA.

EKENE  m & f  Igbo
Means "praise" in Igbo.

EKENEDILICHUKWU  m & f  Igbo
Means "all praise to God" in Igbo.

EKEWAKA  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EDWARD

EKIN  f  Turkish
Means "harvest" in Turkish.

EKKEHARDT  m  German
German form of ECKHARD

EKO  m & f  Indonesian
Javanese form of EKA

EKUA  f  African
Variant of AKUA

EKUNDAYO  f & m  Yoruba
Means "sorrow becomes joy" in Yoruba.

EKWUEME  m  Igbo
Means "he says, he does" in Igbo.

EL  m  Near Eastern Mythology
From a Semitic word meaning "god", perhaps originally derived from a root meaning "power"...

ELADIO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of HELLADIUS

ELAH  f  Jewish
Means "oak tree" or "terebinth tree" in Hebrew.

ELAHEH  f  Iranian
Means "goddess" in Persian.

ELAIN  f  Welsh
Means "fawn" in Welsh.

ELAINE  f  English
Old French form of HELEN...

ELAM  m  Biblical
Possibly means "hidden" in Hebrew...

ELANOR  f  Literature
Means "star sun" in Sindarin...

ELARIO  m  ?
Variant of ILARIO

ELBA  f  Various
From the name of the island off the west coast of Italy where Napoleon was exiled.

ELBERT  m  Dutch
Dutch form of ADALBERT

ELDA  f  Italian
Perhaps an Italian form of HILDA

ELDAD  m  Biblical
Means "God has loved" in Hebrew...

ELDER  m  Portuguese
Variant of HELDER

ELDON  m  English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.

ELDRED  m  English
Means "old counsel" from Old English eald "old" and ræd "counsel"...

ELDREDA  f  English
Feminine form of ELDRED

ELEA  f  English
Short form of ELEANOR...

ELEANOR  f  English
From the French form of the Provençal name Alienor...

ELEANORA  f  English
Latinate form of ELEANOR

ELEANORE  f  English
Variant of ELEANOR

ELEAZAR  m  Biblical
Means "my God has helped" in Hebrew...

ELECTRA  f  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ηλεκτρα (Elektra), derived from ηλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber"...

ELEFTHERIA  f  Greek
Feminine form of ELEFTHERIOS

ELEFTHERIOS  m  Greek
Modern Greek form of Eleutherios (see ELEUTHERIUS).

ELEK  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ALEXIUS

ELEN  f  Welsh
Welsh form of HELEN...

ELENA  f  Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Russian, Lithuanian
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

ELENE  f  Greek
Modern Greek form of HELEN

ELENI  f  Greek
Variant transcription of ELENE

ELENORA  f  English
Form of ELEANOR

ELEONOORA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of ELEANOR

ELEONOR  f  English
Variant of ELEANOR

ELEONORA  f  Italian, German, Polish
Italian, German and Polish form of ELEANOR

ELÉONORE  f  French
French form of ELEANOR

ELEONORE  f  German
German form of ELEANOR

ELERI  f  Welsh
Meaning unknown. In Welsh legend she was the daughter of the chieftain Brychan.

ELETTRA  f  Italian
Italian form of ELECTRA

ELEUTERIO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of ELEUTHERIUS

ELEUTHERIUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ελευθεριος (Eleutherios) which meant "free"...

ELFA  f  ?
Possibly a variant of ELVA

ELFLEDA  f  English
From the Old English name Æðelflæd which means "noble beauty" from æðel "noble" combined with flæd "beauty"...

ELFREDA  f  English
Means "elf strength" from the Old English element ælf combined with þryð "strength"...

ELFRIDA  f  English
Variant of ELFREDA

ELFRIEDA  f  English
Variant of ELFREDA

ELFRIEDE  f  German
German form of ELFREDA

ELI (1)  m  Jewish, English, Biblical
Means "ascension" in Hebrew...

ELI (2)  m  Jewish
Means "my God" in Hebrew.

ELIA  m  Italian
Italian form of ELIJAH

ELIAKIM  m  Biblical
Means "God rises" in Hebrew...

ELIAN  m  Spanish
Meaning unknown...

ELIANA (1)  f  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ÉLIANE

ELIANA (2)  f  Jewish
Means "my God has answered" in Hebrew.

ÉLIANE  f  French
From the Roman family name Aelianus, which was probably derived from the Greek word ‘ηλιος (helios) meaning "sun"...

ÉLIÁS  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ELIJAH

ELIAS  m  Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish
Cognate of ELIJAH

ELIASZ  m  Polish
Polish form of ELIJAH

ELICIA  f  English
Variant of ALICIA

ELIDI  f 
Meaning unknown...

ÉLIE  m  French
French form of ELIJAH

ELIEZER  m  Biblical
Means "my God is help" in Hebrew...

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