RODNEY

Gender: Masculine Usage: English Pronounced: RAHD-nee   [key] Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Namesakes Options: Contribute Information

From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "Hroda's island" in Old English. Hroda is a Germanic name meaning "fame".

LANCE

Gender: Masculine Usage: English Pronounced: LANTS   [key] Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Namesakes Options: Contribute Information

From the Germanic name Lanzo, a short form of names that began with the element land meaning "land".

SANDRA

Gender: Feminine Usage: Italian, English Pronounced: SAHN-drah (Italian), SAN-dra (English)   [key] Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Name Days, Comments Options: Contribute Information

Short form of ALESSANDRA. This is the middle name of the heroine in George Meredith's novel 'Sandra Belloni'.

JOSHUA

Gender: Masculine Usage: English, Biblical Pronounced: JAH-shu-wa, JAW-shwa   [key] Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Namesakes, Websites Options: Contribute Information

From the Hebrew name Yehoshua which meant "YAHWEH is salvation". Joshua was one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses in the Old Testament. After Moses died Joshua succeeded him as leader of the Israelites. The name Jesus was a variant of the name Joshua.

KANE

Gender: Masculine Usage: Irish Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names Options: Contribute Information

Anglicized form of CATHÁN

CATHÁN

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Derived from Gaelic cath "battle" combined with a diminutive suffix.

RHYS

Gender: Masculine Usage: Welsh Pronounced: HREES (Welsh), REES (English)   [key] Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names Options: Contribute Information

Means "enthusiasm" in Welsh. Several Welsh rulers have borne this name.

DYLAN

Gender: Masculine Usage: Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology Pronounced: DUL-an (Welsh), DIL-un (English)   [key] Extra Info: Popularity, Related Names, Websites Options: Contribute Information

From the Welsh elements dy "great" and llanw "sea". In Welsh mythology Dylan was a god of the sea, the son of Aranrhod. He was accidentally slain by his uncle Govannon. The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and the musician Bob Dylan are famous bearers of this name.