First names in the dictionary
These are first names in the dictionary. You may be looking for given name etymology instead. Names of plants are not included.
- Abbey: noun, monastery.
- Abigail: noun, lady's maid (out of date now).
- Alice: noun, hair braid.
- Barb: noun, a sharp spike, a criticism.
- Ben: noun, Scottish mountain.
- Bill: noun, account; beak. verb: to pay.
- Bob: noun, a shilling, a cotton reel. verb: to ask (as in bob-a-job) or bounce in the water.
- Bruce:noun, a man (Aussie slang).
- Doll: noun, a mannequin, a female (slang).
- Dan: noun, position in martial arts.
- Den: noun, animal's (underground) residence, hideout.
- Frank: noun, a postmark; verb, to postmark; adjective/adverb, honest.
- Gill: noun, one of the breathing appliances on a fish; unit of capacity.
- Henry: noun, unit of measurement.
- Jenny: noun, a wren; a way of spinning cotton.
- Ken: noun, knowledge; verb, to know
- Lance: noun, sharp pole; verb, to treat (like a boil).
- Mark: noun, a branding, scribble of a pen etc, a cross or a tick; verb, to brand, scribble, cross or tick
- May: adverb, perhaps; possibly.
- Mill: noun, factory, grinder (of corn, pepper, etc) verb, to think over.
- Nan: noun, grandmother.
- Pat: noun, a tap. A mound of manure; verb, to tap.
- Pete, Peter: verb, to fade out.
- Rob: verb, to steal.
- Roger: verb, to copulate (slang).
- Sheila: noun, girl (Australian slang).
- Sunny: adjective, full of the sun; cheerful.
- Svengali: noun, a pushy teacher.
- Ted, Teddy: noun, a toy bear.
- Wally: noun: idiot.
- Will: noun, volition; document telling what will happen to your estate after death. verb, want.
