Modern Hero Names
- Alcott
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the old cottage"
- Alexandria
Origin:
Variation of Alexandra, GreekMeaning:
"defending men"
- Amelia
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"work"
- Anais
Origin:
Catalan and Provencal pet form of Hebrew AnnaMeaning:
"grace"
- Angelou
Origin:
Literary name
- Anniston
Origin:
English surname and American place nameMeaning:
"Anis' town"
- Aretha
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"virtuous"
- Armani
Origin:
Italian surname derived from Herman or Arman, German or PersianMeaning:
"soldier or wish,hope"
- Armstrong
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"strong arms"
- Arsenio
Origin:
Spanish from GreekMeaning:
"virile, strong"
- Astaire
Origin:
SurnameMeaning:
"from Austerlitz, Moravia"
- Atticus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"from Attica"
- Audre
- Audrey
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"noble strength"
- Austen
Origin:
Literary surname and shortened form of Augustine, LatinMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Autry
Origin:
French surnameMeaning:
"noble strength"
- Bailey
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"law enforcer, bailiff"
- Baker
Origin:
English occupational surname
- Baldwin
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave friend"
- Banks
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives on the hillside or riverbank"
- Bardot
Origin:
French surname
- Beckett
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"
- Beckham
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"homestead by the stream"
- Bette
Origin:
Diminutive of Elizabeth
- Beyonce
Origin:
Invented name
- Billie
Origin:
English, diminutive of Wilhelmina, WilmaMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Bond
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"peasant farmer"
- Booker
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe"
- Bowie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"blond"
- Brando
Origin:
Italian variation of BrandMeaning:
"firebrand, sword"
- Bronte
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"thunder"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Buzz
Origin:
Modern nickname
- Carmelo
Origin:
Spanish and Italian from HebrewMeaning:
"garden"
- Carson
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"son of the marsh dwellers"
- Carver
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wood carver"
- Cash
Origin:
Word name; also diminutive of CassiusMeaning:
"hollow"
- Cassius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"hollow"
- Chance
Origin:
French variation of Chauncey
- Chanel
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"dweller near the canal"
- Coco
Origin:
Spanish and French pet name
- Coltrane
Origin:
Irish surnameMeaning:
"descendant of Coltarán"
- Coretta
Origin:
English, elaborated form of Cora
- Creed
Origin:
English word name
- Cristiano
Origin:
Italian and Portuguese variation of Christian
- Crosby
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"village with crosses"
- Cruise
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"cross"
- Cuba
Origin:
Place-name
- Daenerys
Origin:
Literary name
- Damon
Origin:
English variation of Damian
- Darwin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dear friend"
- Davis
Origin:
Surname derived from David, HebrewMeaning:
"beloved"
- Denzel
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"from the high stronghold"
- Diana
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"divine"
- Didion
- Dior
Origin:
French surname
- Dorothy
Origin:
English variation of Greek DorotheaMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Drake
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"dragon; or, male duck"
- Duke
Origin:
English rank of nobility
- Eames
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the uncle"
- Edison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Edith or Adam"
- Eleanor
Origin:
English variation of French Provencal Alienor, meaning unknown
- Ellington
Origin:
English place-name and surnameMeaning:
"Ellis' town"
- Elvis
Origin:
Meaning unknown
- Emerson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Emery"
- Emmeline
Origin:
Old French form of archaic German AmalMeaning:
"work"
- Everly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wild boar in woodland clearing"
- Faraday
Origin:
Scottish surnameMeaning:
"wood man"
- Faulkner
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"falconer"
- Finch
Origin:
English word and nature nameMeaning:
"to swindle"
- Fitzgerald
Origin:
Irish and ScottishMeaning:
"son of Gerald"
- Flannery
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of Flannghal"
- Florence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"flourishing, prosperous"
- Ford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the ford"
- Forest
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"woodsman or woods"
- Frida
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"peace"
- Gable
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"triangular feature in architecture"
- Gael
Origin:
BretonMeaning:
"Gaelic"
- Garcia
Origin:
Spanish and PortugueseMeaning:
"bear"
- Garland
Origin:
Word name
- Gates
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"person living near town gates"
- Gatsby
Origin:
German surname and literary nameMeaning:
"from Gaddesby"
- Gehry
Origin:
Variation of Geary, Irish or EnglishMeaning:
"spear or fickle"
- Greer
Origin:
Scottish, contraction of surname Gregor; LatinMeaning:
"alert, watchful"
- Greta
Origin:
German, diminutive of MargaretheMeaning:
"pearl"
- Guthrie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"windy place"
- Halle
Origin:
Norse, male diminutive of Harald
- Harlow
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"rock hill or army hill"
- Harper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"harp player"
- Hathaway
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives near the heath"
- Hawkins
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hawk"
- Hemingway
Origin:
English place name
- Hendrix
Origin:
Dutch and German, from first name HendrikMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Holden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hollow valley"
- Holiday
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"holy day"
- Huck
Origin:
Diminutive of Huckleberry, word name
- Huston
- Ida
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"industrious one"
- Iker
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"visitation"
- Indira
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"beauty"
- Jacinda
Origin:
Variation of JacintaMeaning:
"hyacinth"
- Jackson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jack"
- Jagger
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"carter"
- Janelle
Origin:
American, modern elaboration of Jane
- Jedi
Origin:
Literary name or short form of Jedidiah, HebrewMeaning:
"Beloved by the Lord"
- Jeter
Origin:
French or German surname
- Joaquin
Origin:
Spanish variation of JoachimMeaning:
"God will judge"
- Jolie
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"pretty"
- Joni
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Jordan
Origin:
English from HebrewMeaning:
"flowing down"
- Kahlo
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bald"
- Kareem
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"noble, generous"
- Katharine
Origin:
Spelling variation of Katherine, GreekMeaning:
"pure"
- Katniss
Origin:
Literary and botanical name
- Keanu
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"the coolness, or the cool breeze"
- Keaton
Origin:
English place and surnameMeaning:
"shed town"
- Kehinde
Origin:
YorubaMeaning:
"second-born of twins or one who falls behind"
- Kelvin
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"narrow or wooded river"
- Kendrick
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"royal ruler, champion"
- Kennedy
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"misshapen head"
- Kenzo
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"strong and healthy"
- Khaleesi
Origin:
American invented name
- King
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"monarch"
- Kobe
Origin:
SwahiliMeaning:
"tortoise"
- Kylo
Origin:
Variation of Kyle, ScottishMeaning:
"narrow spit of land"
- Kyrie
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Lord"
- Landry
Origin:
French and EnglishMeaning:
"ruler"
- Lane
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"a small roadway or path"
- Langston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"tall man's town"
- Lebron
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"brown-haired one"
- Ledger
Origin:
English surname
- Legend
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hero or fable"
- Lennon
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"lover"
- Lincoln
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"town by the pool"
- Loewy
Origin:
Swiss and German nickname for brave person
- Lowell
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"young wolf"
- Madden
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little dog"
- Malala
Origin:
PashtoMeaning:
"sad, grieved"
- Malcolm
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"devotee of St. Colomba"
- Mandela
Origin:
African surname
- Manning
Origin:
Irish surnameMeaning:
"monk"
- Mariah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the Lord is my teacher; or drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
- Marley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"pleasant seaside meadow"
- Martha
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"lady"
- Matisse
Origin:
French surname
- Miles
Origin:
English form of MiloMeaning:
"soldier or merciful"
- Mingus
Origin:
Scottish, variation of MenziesMeaning:
"tenants of a manor"
- Monet
Origin:
French artist name, from diminutive of Simon
- Monroe
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"mouth of the Roe river"
- Montana
Origin:
Spanish place-nameMeaning:
"mountainous"
- Morrison
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Morris"
- Nash
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"by the ash tree"
- Neruda
Origin:
Literary name
- Nightingale
Origin:
Bird name from GermanMeaning:
"night singer"
- Noam
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pleasantness, charm, tenderness"
- Nouvel
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"new"
- Obama
Origin:
Luo; JapaneseMeaning:
"bending or leaning; little beach"
- O'keeffe
Origin:
Irish surname
- Orson
Origin:
Latin and EnglishMeaning:
"bear cub"
- Owens
Origin:
Welsh and Irish surnameMeaning:
"son of Owen / Eoghan"
- Palin
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"wine bearer"
- Palmer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who holds a palm"
- Parks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"park-keeper or stone"
- Pei
Origin:
Chinese surname
- Peyton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fighting-man's estate"
- Picasso
Origin:
Spanish artist name
- Porter
Origin:
English from French occupational nameMeaning:
"doorkeeper or carrier"
- Presley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"priest's meadow"
- Prince
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"chief, prince"
- Radley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"red meadow"
- Reeve
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bailiff"
- Rihanna
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"sweet basil"
- Rivers
Origin:
Nature name and surname, EnglishMeaning:
"rivers"
- Rohmer
Origin:
German surnameMeaning:
"pilgrim; fame"
- Romeo
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"pilgrim to Rome, Roman"
- Roosevelt
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"rose field"
- Salinger
Origin:
French, Saint Léger
- Santana
Origin:
Spanish, condensed form of Santa Ana
- Scarlett
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scarlet, red"
- Scout
Origin:
Word name
- Serena
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"tranquil, serene"
- Shakira
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"thankful, woman of grace"
- Shaquille
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"well developed, handsome"
- Sigourney
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"daring king"
- Simone
Origin:
French, feminine variation of Hebrew SimonMeaning:
"hearkening"
- Sojourner
Origin:
French, EnglishMeaning:
"to stay a while"
- Soren
Origin:
Danish, NorwegianMeaning:
"stern"
- Spike
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"a very large nail"
- Stevie
Origin:
Short form of Stephanie
- Swift
Origin:
English, IrishMeaning:
"quick, windblown"
- Tallulah
Origin:
Choctaw, IrishMeaning:
"leaping water, lady of abundance"
- Teigen
Origin:
NorwegianMeaning:
"strip of land; the farmland"
- Tennyson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Dennis"
- Teresa
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"to harvest"
- Tesla
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"from Thessaly"
- Thurgood
Origin:
Puritan virtue name
- Ulysses
Origin:
Latin variation of the Greek Odysseus
- Usain
Origin:
Arabic, possible variation of HusseinMeaning:
"beautiful"
- Venus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"love, desire"
- West
Origin:
Word name
- Wilde
Origin:
English surname, variation of Wild, English word nameMeaning:
"undomesticated, uncultivated"
- Winfrey
Origin:
Variation of Winfrith, EnglishMeaning:
"peaceful friend"
- Winslet
Origin:
English surname and place-nameMeaning:
"Wynn's channel or stream"
- Winston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wine's town"
- Woolf
Origin:
Variation of Wolf, animal name
- Wright
- Yoko
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"good girl; ocean child"
- Zelda
Origin:
Diminutive of GriseldaMeaning:
"gray fighting maid"
- Zevon
Origin:
Musician name
- Zora
Origin:
Serbo-CroatianMeaning:
"dawn"
- Zsazsa
Origin:
Hungarian, , diminutive of ErzsebetMeaning:
"God is my oath"