List of English Baby Names Meanings

Fletch

(FLECH)

Fletcher is a surname of English, Scottish, and Irish origin. The name is an occupational name for an arrowsmith or seller of arrows, derived from the Middle English, Old English "Fulcher" or Old French flech(i)er (in turn from Old French fleche "arrow").

Meaning: One who feathers arrows Origin: English

Fonda

(FAHN-də)

Fonda Name Meaning. ... Catalan: possibly a topographic name from fonda 'inn', from Arabic funduq, or perhaps a nickname from fonda 'slingshot'. The name may also be Italian, a habitational name from a place named with the adjective fondo, fonda 'deep', for example Cavafonda 'deep cave' or Vallefonda.

Meaning: From a fountain Origin: English

Free

(FREE)

The meaning of the name “Free” is: “Free”.

Meaning: Born a free man Origin: English

Freedman

(FREED-mən)

Freedman Name Meaning. English (Yorkshire): status name in the feudal system for a serf who had been freed. Jewish (American): Americanized form of Friedmann (see Fried).

Meaning: A servant who has been freed Origin: English

Fuller

(FUL-ər)

Fuller Family History. Fuller Name Meaning. English: occupational name for a dresser of cloth, Old English fullere (from Latin fullo, with the addition of the English agent suffix). The Middle English successor of this word had also been reinforced by Old French fouleor, foleur, of similar origin.

Meaning: Smoother of cloth Origin: English

Fullerton

(FUL-ər-tən)

Fullerton Name Meaning. Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place so called from Old English fuglere 'bird-catcher' (see Fowler) + tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'. There is a place with this spelling in Hampshire, but the surname derives chiefly if not exclusively from Fullarton in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Meaning: Settlement of bird catchers Origin: English

Gable

(GAYB-lə)

Contribute your knowledge to the name Gable English surname derived from the Old Norse gafl (gable), meaning "a triangular-shaped hill." Also related to the Old English geafol "fork." Famous real-life people named Gable: | Edit. Clark Gable, American actor.

Meaning: Tax collector, gobler Origin: English, French

Gaines

(GAYNZ)

Gaines Name Meaning. English (of Norman origin): nickname for a crafty or ingenious person, from a reduced form of Old French engaine 'ingenuity', 'trickery' (Latin ingenium 'native wit'). The word was also used in a concrete sense of a stratagem or device, particularly a trap.

Meaning: Ingenious or clever man Origin: English, Latin

Gardner

(GAHRD-nər)

The history of the name Gardner dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from a member of the family who worked as a gardener. The surname Gardner originally derived from the Old French word gardinier. It was later adopted in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Meaning: A gardener Origin: English

Garfield

(GAHR-feeld)

The name Garfield is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Garfield is: From the triangular field. From an Old English surname and place name, meaning 'field of spears'.

Meaning: A triangular bit of land Origin: English