By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Italian
Although this Italian name is identical to the word for "lily", it is actually a cognate of Giles (English) or Gilles (French), meaning "young goat".
Korean
The most popular name for Korean boys in 1960.
Variation of Song-Ho
Germanic
"clan"
Derived from Germanic kuni "clan, family", but also a short form of Konrad, meaning "brave counsel". Konrad I, Duke of Swabia is also known as Kuno of Öhningen.
Portuguese
"lily"
Derived from the Latin lilium , Lírio is a unisex floral name which was used for a witch character in the cult 1996 horror film The Craft .
Latin
"I guide"
Maine's state motto.
Variation of Kuno.
"big mouth"
Popular name for dogs in the Middle Ages, likely those with large mouths.
Yoruba
"the crown meets joy"
"joy arrives"
A joyful Yoruba name which would be perfect for a long-awaited baby.
Urhobo
"praise God"
Variation of Ejiroghene
Ibibio
"praise, glory"
African, Swahili
"building"
Jengo is pronounced like Django, best known to Americans as the first name of the hero of Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained.
Chewa
"test from God"
"man"
A traditional name in southern Nigeria.
"white"
Tswana
"joy"
Ewe
"born on Thursday"
Among the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, Yao is the name for babies born on Thursday.
Literary name
A Shakespearean name used for the wild and witty best friend of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet . A variant of the name, which supposedly derives from Mercurius/Mercury, first appeared in one of…