Names That Mean Winner

An old Anglo-Saxon name that survives in surnames like Symonds. During the middle ages it became conflated with Simon.

Nicandra is the name of a plant known as apple-of-peru and also shoo-fly plant. It's also the feminine form of Nicander, an ancient Greek poet, physician, and grammarian.

Sibree or Sibry was a medieval first name lost to time, though we have heard the whisperings of one of two. Thought to come from the surname Seabury or the Norse Sigeborg, Sibree is a unique so-old-it's-new find.

The Tori spelling — sans E — is much more common as both a given name and nickname.

A Punjabi name related to one of the 10 first leaders in the Sikh religion — Guru.

Sibry or Sibree were used as personal names in medieval times and are also surnames. Obscure but accessible, this name has real modern possibilities.

A strong and regal sounding name that appears in the Old Testament, Melech is also spelled as Meilech and Melek. The name is related to Melchior - one of the three kings said to have visited Jesus - and to the Arabic Malik, as both ultimately derive from Maloka, a royal title used in ancient Assyria and Babylonia.