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This category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
This category is for given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Pages in category "English-language masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 362 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name.It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen (Ancient Greek: Στέφανος Stéphanos), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church.
Bo is also short for names such as Beaufort, Beauregard, Bonita, or Bonnie; it is also a less common shortening of the name Robert, which is usually shortened to Bob. It can also be a shortening of the name James, which is usually shortened to Jimmy, Jim, or Jimbo. The Chinese given name Bo can be spelled as Bō. [1]
Nat Bentham (1900–1975), English rugby league footballer; Nat Brown (born 1981), English footballer; Nathaniel Burbank (1838–1901), American humorist, drama critic, and newspaper editor; Nat King Cole (1919–1965), American singer and jazz pianist; Nat Faxon (born 1975), American actor, comedian and Academy Award-winning screenwriter
A Dictionary of First Names is an onomastic work of reference on given names, published by Oxford University Press, edited by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges in 1990 and 2006. The second edition of 2006 (as paperback 2007) discusses a total of "over 6,000 names".
The initials P. J. are used by several noted people. This is often an abbreviation for their first and middle names, but can also be used when their first name starts with P, and the 'J' stands for the suffix Junior (as in P. J. Fleck), or can even be the legal first name.