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Erek is a masculine name with multiple potential origins. It likely represents a variant spelling of 'Erik' or 'Eric,' which derives from Old Norse 'Eiríkr,' meaning 'eternal ruler' or 'ever…
Occupational name
"falcon trainer"
Member of a newly chic name genre. Bonus: its relationship to author William Faulkner.
Scottish surname
"wood man"
This unusual Scottish surname was made immortal by Michael Faraday, a British scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His name is now a unit of scientific…
English
"falconer"
Faulkner is an old occupational surname that was used for someone who kept and trained falcons when falconry was a popular sport in medieval Europe. Anyone using it in contemporary America would…
Felice is traditionally a masculine name in Italian culture, though it may appear feminine to English speakers unfamiliar with Italian naming traditions. Derived from the Latin 'felix,' Felice…
English, variation of Foster
"scissors maker"
Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India , Howard's End , and A Room with a View . But if you choose…
Place-name
Associated with the poet and novelist Galway Kinnell, this name of an Irish city, county, and bay would make an evocative choice. For further literary cred, writers Liam O'Flaherty and Frank Harris…
English diminutive of Gerard, Gerald, or Gethin, German
"spear strength; ruler with the spear; dark, swarthy complexion"
An oldy-world feeling nickname-name, used for a number of names such as Gerard (said with a sound G) and Gethin (said with a hard first consonant). In the US, it may be associated with the General…
Modern literary name
The main diplomat character of Ursula K. Le Guin's 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness has an unexpectedly modern-sounding name. Le Guin pronounced it with a hard G, but she thought "the reader has…
Scottish place-name
An undiscovered place-name with an appealing o-sound ending.
Grahame is a Scottish and English variant of Graham, derived from the Old English 'grāhamm' or the Anglo-Norman 'grand hom,' meaning 'gray home' or 'grand home' respectively. This spelling with the…
Color name
Middle name possibility for a nature-loving family -- Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke used it for their son's middle name.
