By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Norwegian cognate of Roger
"famous warrior, famous spear"
A Norwegian relation of Roger, Hroar is derived from the Old Norse element hróðr meaning "fame". combined with either herr meaning "warrior" or " geirr meaning "spear". English speakers might find…
Hungarian
"old wise ruler or old and famous"
Aladár is believed to be of Germanic origin, as a Hungarian form of Aldric, meaning old, wise ruler, or Aldemar, meaning old and famous. This Hungarian variant comes from medieval Hungarian legend,…
Latin
"famous"
The ancient Cloelia — also spelled Clelia — escaped an Etruscan invader by swimming across the Tiber River. The name likely derived from the family name, Cloelius, itself from the word cluere meaning…
Short form of Adelma, German
"noble, famous"
Adelma shot to stardom on the coattails of 19th century Eastern European spiritualist Baroness Adelma Vay de Vaya. Delma continued to be used in the US until the 1950s, when it dropped from sight.…
Spanish, Italian, Tuscan
"famous warrior"
This Spanish and Italian name ultimately comes from the Germanic Chlodwig, via the Latin Clodovæus or Chlodoveus and the French-Germanic Hlodwig. It could make an interesting full name for a Cole,…
"famous warrior; famous spear"
While this may look like an animal related word name to those unfamiliar with it, Roar is a Norwegian name derived from the Old Norse element hróðr meaning "fame". combined with either herr meaning…
English word name
"a famous person"
The ultimate aspirational word name.
Italian, Latin
The obscure yet not unappealing name of a legendary heroine of Rome, likely derived from the Roman family name, Cloelius. It is believed to come from the Latin word cluere , meaning "to have renowned…
German
"famous in battle"
Old and aristocratic European name that would be tough for an American kid to pull off.
French from German
Pronounced klo-TEELD, this name is well used in France, but rarely heard here; it has a chic and sophisticated air.
French
"healthy, wide"
Héloïse is a chic French name related to sleek, peppy classic Eloise. Both ultimately derive from the Germanic name Helewidis, which became Helewis in medieval England. In the twelfth century, the…
Italian, feminine variation of Ludovic
"famous in war"
This Olde World name with a large measure of European style makes an offbeat possibility for the bold baby namer in search of interesting Italian names for girls . Currently very popular in its…
German feminization of ROLAND
"famous in the land"
This is a rarely heard feminization of the rarely heard Roland.
English, Welsh, and Spanish surname
"of the East"
For some, a name that will evoke the beauty of the national park in the Colorado Rockies.
English
"very famous"
Named for Millard. Or the late great rock palace.
"famous army"
Lothar is cloddish, till you add a dashing io to the end...
English and Scottish variation of Ludwig
Euro-cool. Heard more in Scotland than in England or the US, Ludovic Lesly is a character in the Sir Walter Scott novel Quentin Durward and Sir Ludovic Kennedy was a noted Scottish broadcaster and…
Yoruba
Associated with famed percussionist Mongo Santamaria, but it's too close to the word mongrel to ever have widespread success in this country.
"famous commander"
This name of a famous Booth Tarkington novel is alien in today's world.
Italian place-name
Straightforward but very unusual choice, deriving from a place-name in Italy. Renon is a city in South Tyrol. Its German name is Ritten, possibly associated with either the German word for a knight…
