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Variation of Leodis, Celtic
"people living by the strongly flowing river"
Leotis effortlessly blends vintage and contemporary style, offering old-fashioned charm and not one, but two old-school cool nicknames: Leo and Otis. Leotis and Leodis — the original form of the name…
English surname
"winding river"
As a given name, Wheelock has been passed down to generations of the Whitney family — descendants of Eli Whitney, creator of the cotton gin. The first Wheelock Whitney — known as Wheels — was named…
English
"land or river bend shaped like a nose"
A family name that wouldn't appeal to many parents.
Greek
"river name"
A real Greek river, believe in ancient times to lead to the Underworld. It has been in (rare) use as a boy name from 2010 onwards, coinciding with the rising interest in mythological names.
Scottish
"river with alder trees"
Scottish nature name that could prove a tongue- twister for the younger set.
Basque
"river"
This short, cool nature name has been very popular in its native region in recent years, making the Basque Top 10 for the last few years on record.
Gaulish
"river people"
The Treveri people gave their name to modern-day Trier, formerly known in English by its French name Treves, which is the oldest city in Germany and was one of the ancient capitals of the Roman…
Variant of Treveri. The Treveri people gave their name to modern-day Trier, formerly known in English by its French name Treves, which is the oldest city in Germany and was one of the ancient…
English from Greek
"bend in a river"
Lithuanian
"the river Rusnė"
The name of an island in the Neman River of Lithuania, and used as a given name for over 2000 baby girls between 1990 and 2020 and peaking at Number 20 in 2014.
French variation of Geneva
"juniper tree; river bend"
Written as Genève, it's the authentic name of Switzerland's capital. The English version, Geneva, is more common as a baby name in the US. Geneva and Geneva are connected to the juniper berry, but…
Welsh river name
River in north-west Wales, spelled in English as Dovey. Like many British river names, it may relate to the word for water.
Latin
"of the Tiber river"
Tiberinus was the god of the Tiber in Roman mythology and appears as a character in Virgil's Aeneid . It's related to the name Tiberius, that of an Ancient Roman emperor. Tiberius may be the better…
"mouth of the river Ro"
Takes Monroe out of the Dead Presidents category and gives it new life.
"town on the River Exe"
An English place name and surname derived from the name of the River Exe, which runs mainly in Devon and Somerset in the southwest of England. The river's name simply means "water" from Brythonic…