Names That Are Variations

The Estonian form on Heinrich would make a one-of-a-kind choice in the US — it's never placed on the American charts.

Renat is a Russian name used as both a variant of Renatus and as an acronym of revolyusiya nauka tekhnika, a Communist phrase meaning "revolution, science, technics." Many of these acronym names exist in Russia, where some Communist parents rejected traditional Russian baby names.

Derived from the Latin Arsenius — itself from the Greek Arsenios — Arsène is both a given name and surname in France.

Because of its relationship to the English word, better lengthened to Natalio.

This simple unisex Vietnamese name has multiple possible meanings, including "hero", "petal", "brave", "bright", depending on the characters used to write it.

This phonetic spelling of Quetzalli — a rare and lovely Nahuatl name, which literally means "quetzal feather" after the quetzal bird — was given to around the same number of baby girls as the original in 2022 (a few dozen).

See EUGENE.

Writer Bill Bryson may have played some role in popularizing this surname-name, which might be considered a latter-day Brian (or Bryan). We prefer Bryson.

A common Muslim girl name in Turkey.

A hybrid of Birdie and Ella used briefly in the early 20th century.

With Lazarus heating up, this slimmer Eastern European form will likely see an uptick in use.

The form of Elias used in Iceland, where it currently ranks in the Top 50.

A true classic, Tomáš has been a Top 10 name in the Czech Republic since 1968.

A Top 10 classic in the Czech Republic.

Rare international form of Israel.

Zoya meets Toyah in this slightly elaborated spelling.

Used in the Hispanic community.