Medium-length names
Names of five to seven letters, counted from the spelling a registrar published. Length is measured on letters alone, so a hyphen or an apostrophe does not change which group a name falls into.
11,105 names found
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Supplanter, held by the heel (traditional interpretation via Jacob).
Commonly interpreted as 'resolute protector' or 'will helmet', combining the ideas of desire/will and protection.
Commonly interpreted as a rhetorical question, 'Who is like God?', implying no one compares to God.
Commonly interpreted as 'God is my judge', referencing the biblical prophet Daniel.
Commonly interpreted as 'beloved', with a possible secondary sense of 'uncle' for the root.
From Greek Petros ('stone'), a translation of the Aramaic Cephas, the name Jesus gave to the apostle Simon.
From Hebrew, meaning 'lady, princess, noblewoman'. In the Old Testament, Sarah's name was changed from Sarai by God, alongside Abraham's own name change (Genesis 17:15); she is regarded as matriarch of the Jewish people.
From Greek Matthaios, from Hebrew Mattithiah, combining 'mattat' (gift) with 'Yahweh' — 'gift of God'. Matthew was a tax collector and one of the twelve apostles, traditionally credited as author of the first Gospel.
Commonly interpreted as 'olive tree', though the true root is debated.
From the Roman name Martinus, connected to Mars, the Roman god of war. Widely known through Saint Martin of Tours, a 4th-century bishop and patron saint of France.
Traditionally associated with concepts of 'joining', 'tying', or a 'team/yoke' — a binding or connecting sense, from a Semitic root about fastening things together.
Rival, striving, eager (traditional interpretation of the Latin root).
Coined by William Shakespeare for his 1596 play The Merchant of Venice, where it belongs to Shylock's daughter — likely based on the biblical name Iscah, also spelled Jescha/Jischa in some translations of Shakespeare's time.
Commonly interpreted as 'work' or 'industrious', with usage strongly influenced by the separate Roman name Aemilia.
From Hebrew Yehoshua, combining 'yeho' (referring to God) with 'yasha' ('to save') — 'Yahweh is salvation'. Joshua succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelites in the Old Testament.
The French form of Sophia, from Ancient Greek 'sophia' meaning 'wisdom'.
Grace, favour (the English virtue word, used directly as a name).
From Ancient Greek Iason, meaning 'healer'. In Greek mythology, Jason led the Argonauts in the quest for the Golden Fleece; the name also appears in the New Testament as a Hellenized form possibly of a Hebrew name.
A diminutive/pet form, inheriting its meaning from Henry — 'home ruler' — and functioning, in modern times, as a nickname for both Henry and names beginning with 'Har-'. During the Middle Ages in England, Henry was generally rendered as Harry or Herry in English pronunciation.
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