These are first names in the dictionary. You may be looking for given name etymology instead. Names of plants are not included.

  • Abbey: noun, monastery.
  • Abigail: noun, lady's maid (out of date now).
  • Alice: noun, hair braid.
  • Barb: noun, a sharp spike, a criticism.
  • Ben: noun, Scottish mountain.
  • Bill: noun, account; beak. verb: to pay.
  • Bob: noun, a shilling, a cotton reel. verb: to ask (as in bob-a-job) or bounce in the water.
  • Bruce:noun, a man (Aussie slang).
  • Doll: noun, a mannequin, a female (slang).
  • Dan: noun, position in martial arts.
  • Den: noun, animal's (underground) residence, hideout.
  • Frank: noun, a postmark; verb, to postmark; adjective/adverb, honest.
  • Gill: noun, one of the breathing appliances on a fish; unit of capacity.
  • Henry: noun, unit of measurement.
  • Jenny: noun, a wren; a way of spinning cotton.
  • Ken: noun, knowledge; verb, to know
  • Lance: noun, sharp pole; verb, to treat (like a boil).
  • Mark: noun, a branding, scribble of a pen etc, a cross or a tick; verb, to brand, scribble, cross or tick
  • May: adverb, perhaps; possibly.
  • Mill: noun, factory, grinder (of corn, pepper, etc) verb, to think over.
  • Nan: noun, grandmother.
  • Pat: noun, a tap. A mound of manure; verb, to tap.
  • Pete, Peter: verb, to fade out.
  • Rob: verb, to steal.
  • Roger: verb, to copulate (slang).
  • Sheila: noun, girl (Australian slang).
  • Sunny: adjective, full of the sun; cheerful.
  • Svengali: noun, a pushy teacher.
  • Ted, Teddy: noun, a toy bear.
  • Wally: noun: idiot.
  • Will: noun, volition; document telling what will happen to your estate after death. verb, want.

See also: interesting or unusual place names.