Senior Name Meanings Part 1
Seniors, have you ever wondered what your name means? If you have, check out this list from last names Ackerman to Lane. More names to come soon!
FIRST NAMES:
Adam – earth, man
Adelaide – noble
Alexa – defending men
Ally – truthful
Andrew – strong and manly
*Anneliese – truth
Annika – grace
Ashley – dweller near the ash tree meadow
Audrey – noble strength
August – majestic, venerable
Austin – revered, exalted, majestic
Caitlyn – pure
Carly – free man
Chandler – a maker or seller of candles
Chaz – a box, a protective cover, a sheath
Colton – from the coal or dark town
Connor – dog or wolf lover
Danielle – God is my judge
Eleni – Greek variation of Helen, bright shining light
Ella – beautiful fairy woman
Elliot – Jehovah is God
Eric – honorable ruler
Evan – the Lord is gracious
Gwyneth – blessed, happy
Helen – torch, moon
Helena – bright shining light
Henry – estate ruler
Jack – God is gracious
Jasmine – Persian flower name
Jesse – wealthy
Jessie – wealthy
Julia – youthful
Justin – fair, righteous
Katie – pure
Leonardo – strong as a lion
Leotie – flower of the prairie
Lucas – light
Madison – son of the mighty warrior
Margaret – pearl
Matthew – gift of God
Melissa – honeybee
Nancey – grace
Nick – victory of the people
Noah – rest, wandering
Patrick – noble, patrician
Rebecca – servant of God
Riley – courageous
Ryan – strong
Samantha – told by God
Simeon – God is listening
Sydney – from the city of Saint Denis
Trace – brave
Zachary – the remembrance of the Lord
LAST NAMES:
Ackerman – ploughman
Anderson – manly
*Awgulewitsch – honor
Bailey – porter
Basco – valley overgrown with spiky plants
Bauder – bold, joyful
Baynes – white, fair
Beall – bee, hill
Berger – shepherd, person living on a mountain
Berlinsky – river rake, a scaffold of beams built over a river to prevent logs from jamming
Bodek – associated with the feudal society of early Europe
Borland – home-farm
Bosch – bush, woods
*Bovender – maker of bows
Bradley – broad meadow
Bruce – thick brush
Bulson – homestead or village of a man called Baelli
Burkhardt – strong + heart of a castle
Bush – given to a person who lived near bushes
Cain – acquired
*Calonius – cow herder
Camp – field
Chavin – bald
Christensen – follower of Christ
Cocolas – grows cocoa
Coen – wild goose
Corder – occupational name for a shepherd
Delanty – singer of sad songs
Delorenzo – from the place of laurel trees
*Devapiriam – leader
Diesl – person identified with important and economic advancements
Dooley – referring to a hero or champion
Dubois – a person who measured corn in the market or someone who made bushel baskets for corn
Duffy – black
Egan – son of Aodh
Esch – ash or someone who lived near a prominent ash tree
Fairey – family seat at Rutherglen
Fang – one who was a hunter or trapper
Flowers – one who made arrows
Frailey – a merry or cheerful person
Frankel – liberal and generous
Gaspar – treasurer
Gibson – son of gib
Gravely – one who came from Graveley (clearing in a thicket)
Groff – a coarse, uncouth, or rough man
Grosse – tall, big
Guo – boundary, someone who lived near the boundary of a city, town, or country
Hakkila – Finnish orign
*Haldrup – loyal
Hall – someone who lived near a large house, or someone who was employed at a hall or manor
Hallman – someone who lived by a large house
Haynes – one living on land enclosed by a hawthorne bridge
Heywood – person in charge of protecting an enclosed forest from damge by vandals, animals, and poachers
Hollister – holly trees
Hubara – Israel origin
Hueske – house
Hughes – intelligence
Hull – a person who lived on or near a hill
Jenkins – a medieval diminutive of Jen, a Middle English form of John
*Kassouf – player of music
Knapp – hilltop or summit
Kramer – shopkeeper or retail merchandiser
Kronsberg – a high hill in Germany
Kulp – one who came from, or lived near Kulp
Lane – dweller in the lane
* = definition made up