Top 1940s Baby Names

Gary

The name Gary is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin, meaning "spearman".

Donald

The name Donald is a boy's name of Scottish origin, meaning "proud chief".

Brenda

The name Brenda is a girl's name of Celtic origin, meaning "blade of a sword".

Donna

The name Donna is a girl's name of Italian origin, meaning "lady".

Judy

The name Judy is a girl's name.

Terry

The name Terry is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Latin origin.

Janice

The name Janice is a girl's name meaning "God's gracious gift".

Gail

The name Gail is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, meaning "my father rejoices".

Carol

The name Carol is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin, meaning "free man".

Joe

The name Joe is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Hebrew, English origin, meaning "Jehovah increases".

Cheryl

The name Cheryl is a girl's name of French origin, meaning "darling".

Diane

The name Diane is a girl's name of French origin, meaning "divine".

Phyllis

The name Phyllis is a girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "green bough".

Willie

The name Willie is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Connie

The name Connie is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "steadfastness".

Jimmy

The name Jimmy is a boy's name meaning "supplanter".

Joyce

The name Joyce is both a boy's name and a girl's name of Latin origin, meaning "merry, joyous".

Jerry

The name Jerry is both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Carolyn

The name Carolyn is a girl's name meaning "free man".

Bruce

The name Bruce is a boy's name of French, Scottish, English origin, meaning "from the brushwood thicket".

Philip

The name Philip is a boy's name of Greek origin, meaning "lover of horses".

Dennis

The name Dennis is a boy's name of French origin, meaning "god of Nysa".

Stephen

The name Stephen is a boy's name of Greek origin, meaning "garland, crown".

Frances

The name Frances is a girl's name of Latin origin, meaning "from France; free man".

Ronald

The name Ronald is a boy's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin, meaning "ruler's counselor".

Ann

The name Ann is a girl's name of Hebrew, English origin, meaning "grace".

Ralph

The name Ralph is a boy's name of English origin, meaning "wolf-counsel".

Nancy

The name Nancy is a girl's name of Hebrew, French origin.

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