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• Abigail: noun, lady's maid (out of date now).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.
• Judy: noun, girl (South African slang).
• 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.

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