The Portrait Hall

Names by Character

Choose the qualities you hope your child will carry. Every name shown here has a meaning that truly expresses that quality, rated certain or likely by its history.

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.