Fabbrizio m (It.) < L. Fabricius.
Fabia f (L.) feminine form of Fabius.
Fabian m (E., G., Swed., Dan., Pol., Rus.) < L. Fabius.
Fabianus m (L.) belonging to the Fabia gens, see Fabius.
Fabio m (Sp., Port., It.) < L. Fabius.
Fabiola f (It.) diminutive form of Fabia.
Fabrice m (F.) < L. Fabricius.
Fabricius m (L., G., Du., Dan.) < L. faber workman, artisan < facere to do.
Fairy f (E.) < ME. fairie
fairyland,
fairy people < OF. faerie < feie, fee fairy
< L. Fata,
goddess of
fate, see Fate.
Faith f (E.) < ME. feith < OF. feid, foi < L. fides faith.
Fate f (E.) < MF. fate < L fatum lit. what has been spoken < neut. of fatus, pp. of fari to speak.
Faust m (G.) < L. Faustus.
Fausta f (L., Sp., It.) feminine form of Faustus.
Faustina f (L., Sp., It., Am.) feminine form of Faustinus.
Faustino m (Sp., It.) < L. Faustinus.
Faustinus m (L.) < Faustus.
Fausto m (Sp., Port., It.) < L. Faustus.
Faustus m (L., G.) most favorable, lucky, prosperous; < favere (=fauere) to favor + -st suffix of superlative degree. Dr. Faustus (Faust) was a magician of German legend who enters into a compact with the Devil.
Faviola f (It.) variant of Fabiola.
Fay (1) f (E.) faith < ME. fai (fei) < OF. feid, foi, < L. fides faith.
Fay (2) f (E.) fairy < ME. faie < OF. feie, fee < L Fata, goddess of fate < fatum fate < fari to speak; see Fate.
Fé f (Sp., Am.) < L. fides faith.
Felecia f (Am.) [fe'liS^] variant of Felicia.
Feliça f (Port.) [fe'lisÄ] < L. Felix.
Felice f (Am.) ['felis] < L. Felicia.
Felice m (It.) [fe'litSe] < L. Felix.
Felicia f (L., Sp. [fe'liTia], It. [fe'litSa], E. [fe'liS^]) feminine form of Felix.
Felicidad f (Sp.) < L. Felicitas.
Félicie f (F.) < L. Felicia.
Felicita f (L., It. [fe'litSita]) feminine form of Felicitus.
Felicitas f (L., Am.) good luck, fortune < L. felix lucky.
Félicite [feli'sit] f (F.) < L. Felicita.
Félicité [felisi'te] f (F.) < L. Felicitas.
Felicitus m (L.) fruitful, happy, succesful < felix, see Felix.
Felicity f (E.) < F. Félicité < L. Felicitas.
Feliks m (Pol., Rus.) < L. Felix.
Felina f (E.) < L. felis, -inis f cat.
Felisa f (Sp.) < L. Felicia.
Felix m (L., E., G.) lucky, originally fertile < fellare or felare to suck, akin to femina woman. Felix was the name of many early saints.
Félix f (F., Sp.) < L. Felix.
Ferenc ['ferents] m (Hung.) < G. Franz < L. Francius.
Fermín m (Sp.) < L. Firminus.
Fermina f (Sp.) feminine form of Fermín.
Fidel m (Sp.) < L. fidelis faithful.
Fidela f (Sp.) feminine form of Fidel.
Fidèle m (F.) < L. fidelis faithful.
Fidelia f (It.) feminine form of Fidelio.
Fidelio m (It.) < L. fidelis faithful.
Fido m (E.) L. fido I trust in. Usually a dogs name.
Fiorenzo [fiO'rentsO] m (It.) < L. Florentius.
Firmin [fir'm}] m (F.) < L. Firminus.
Firminus m (L.) inhabitant of Firmum, modern Fermo, ancient stronghold in the region of Marche, Central Italy; the name is substantivized neut. < L. firmus strong, firm. St Fermín was the first bishop of Pamplona, the capital of the province of Navarre in Spain.
Flaminio [fla'miniO] m (It.) < L. Flaminius.
Flaminius (L.) f < flamen, -minis priest of one particular deity; it was used as a name of a Roman gens.
Flavia f (L., Sp., Port., It., E.) feminine form of Flavius.
Flavianus (L.) f belonging to the Flavia gens, see Flavius.
Flavio m (Sp., Port., It.) < L. Flavius.
Flavius m (L.) yellow(-haired), blonde. It was used as a name of a Roman gens.
Fletcher m (E.) maker of arrows < OF. flechier < fleche arrow. From a surname.
Flo f (Am.) short form of Flora, Florence etc.
Flor f (Am.) short form of Flora.
Flora f (L., Sp., Port., It., E., G.) < L. flos, floris flower. Flora was the name of the Roman goddess of flowers and spring.
Florance f (E.) variant of Florence.
Florence f (F. [flO'r{:s], E.) < L. Florentia.
Florencia f (Sp.) < L. Florentia.
Florencio m (Sp.) < L. Florentius.
Florene f (Am.) variant of Florine.
Florent [flO'r{] m (F.) < L. florens, entis, pres. part. < florere to flourish.
Florentia f (L.) feminine form of Florentius. It is a name of city in Tuscany, Central Italy (modern Italian Firenze, in English Florence).
Florentina f (Sp., Am.) < L. florentina inhabitant of Florence, see Florentia.
Florentino m (Sp., Am.) < L. florentinus inhabitant of Florence, see Florentia.
Florentius m (L.) < L. florens, -entis, pres. part. < florere to flourish.
Florenz ['flOrents] m (G.) < L. Florentius.
Floretta f (Am.) diminutive form of Flor (Flora) with the diminutive suffix -etta < CL. -ita.
Floria f (Am.) modificatian of Flora on the pattern of Maria.
Florian m (G., Hung., Pol.) < L. Florus.
Florianus m (L.) < florere to flourish, thrive.
Florida f (Sp.) < L. floridus blooming, flowery, florid < florere to flourish, thrive.
Florinda f (Am.) crossing of Flor (Flora) and Linda.
Florine f (Am.) variant of Flor or Flora with the suffix -in(e) < F. -ine < L. -ina, fem. of -inus of or belonging to; the name possibly is influenced by florin an old gold coin first struck at Florence in 1252 < MF. florin < OIt. fiorino < fiore flower < L. flos, floris flower, named so because of the lily on the coins.
Floro m (Wall.) < L. Florus.
Florrie f (Am.) pet form of Flor or Flora.
Florus m (L.) thriving < florere to flourish, thrive.
Forest m (Am.) form of Forrest.
Forrest m (E.) obviously < forest < OF. < L. foresta forest. Originally used as a surname.
Franc [fR{] m (F.) < L. Francus.
Franca f (L., Sp., Port., It.) feminine form of Francus or Franco.
France f (E.) < OF. France France, country in Western Europe < ML. Francia < Franci Franks, medieval Germanic tribe, that occupied France in the 5th c. A.D.; see Francus.
Frances mf (E.) < OF. Francis < L. Franciscus, Francisca.
Francesca f (It. [fran'tSeska]) < L. Francisca.
Francesco m (It. [fran'tSeskO]) < L. Franciscus.
Franche [fR{S] f (F.) feminine form of Franc.
Franchesca f (Am.) spelling variant of Francesca in the USA.
Franchesco m (Am.) spelling variant of Francesco in the USA.
Francie f (Am.) pet form of France.
Francina f (L., Du., Am.) < ML. Francus + -ina suffix for forming adjective.
Francine f (Am.) variant of Francine.
Francis m (F. [fR{'sis], E. ['fr@nsis]) < L. Franciscus. The English form is received from Old French.
Francisca f (L., Sp. [fran'Tiska], Port. [fransi'SkÄ], Am.) feminine form of Franciscus and Francisco.
Francisco m (L., Sp. [fran'TiskO], Port. [fransi'Sku], Am.) < L. Franciscus.
Franciscus m (ML.) Frankish, French < Francus Frank (see Francus) + the suffix -isc of, relating to; the suffix -isc is < Teut. -isk, from which is derived the English adjective suffix -ish in boyish, kindish etc.
Francius m (ML.) < ML. Francus + -ius, -ia suffix for forming adjective.
Franco m (Sp., Port., It.) < ML. Francus.
François [fR{'swa] m (F.) < L. Franciscus. It was used as an ethnic name by which the French referred to themselves till 1789, when it was officialy substituted by the modern designation Français.
Françoise [fR{'swa:z] f (F.) feminine form of François.
Francus m (ML.) forthright, sincere, frank < LL. Franci Franks, Germanic people who occupied the Roman province of Gaul and transformed it into the modern France; as compared with the Romans, the Franks were considered simple and artless people.
Frank m (E.) < F. Franc < ML. Francus.
Frankie m (E.) pet form of Frank.
Fransisca f (Am.) spelling variant of Francisca.
František ['frantiSEk] m (Cz.) < OHG. Franzisch < ML. Franciscus with diminutive suffix -ek.
Frantsisk m (Rus., Bel., Ukr.) (Ôðàíöèñê) < L. Franciscus.
Franz [frants] m (G.) < ML. Francius.
Franzisca [fran'tsiska] f (G.) < ML. Francisca.
Franziska [fran'tsiska] f (G.) < ML. Francisca.
Franzius ['frantsius] m (G.) < ML. Francius.
Fulgence [fyl'J{:s] m (F.) < L. Fulgentius.
Fulgencio [ful'xEnTiO] m (Sp.) < L. Fulgentius.
Fulgentius m (Lat.) < L. fulgens, entis, pres. part. < fulgere to flash, shine.
Fulgenzio [ful'dJentsiO] m (It.) < L. Fulgentius.
Fulvia f (L., It.) feminine form of Fulvius.
Fulvio m (Sp., It.) < L. Fulvius.
Fulvius m (L.) name of a famous plebeian
gens in the ancient Rome; < fulvus tawny,
reddish yellow.