Baby names starting with F
34 names beginning with F, each with an editorial meaning and origin note and its real popularity rank from the 2025 U.S. Social Security Administration data. Rank is U.S.-only and reflects how records are grouped in that source.
- Fabian from the Roman family name Fabius, from 'faba' = bean, one of several Roman families named after crops
- Faigy Yiddish diminutive of Faige, from 'foigl' = bird
- Faith from the English word, through Old French from Latin 'fides' = trust, belief; one of the virtue names of the Reformation
- Fallon Irish surname O Fallamhain = 'descendant of Fallamhan', a byname meaning 'leader'
- Fatima Arabic, from 'fatama' = to wean, to abstain; the name of the Prophet's daughter
- Faye from Middle English 'fay' = a fairy, through Old French from Latin 'fata', the Fates
- Felicity from Latin 'felicitas' = good fortune, happiness; adopted into English as a virtue name
- Felix Latin 'felix' = lucky, fortunate, blessed
- Fern English plant name, from Old English 'fearn'
- Fernanda Spanish and Portuguese feminine of Fernando, from Germanic 'fard' = journey + 'nand' = daring, brave
- Fernando Spanish form of Ferdinand, from a Germanic name: 'fardi' = journey + 'nanth' = bold, daring; 'bold traveler'
- Finley from the Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh, 'fionn' = fair, white + 'laogh' = warrior, or calf
- Finn from the Irish Fionn, from 'fionn' = fair, white, bright; the name of the legendary hero Fionn mac Cumhaill
- Finnegan from the Irish surname O Fionnagain, from a diminutive of 'fionn' = fair, white
- Finnley modern respelling of Finley, from Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh, 'fionn' = fair, white + 'laogh' = warrior (literally calf)
- Fiona a Scottish literary coinage built on Gaelic 'fionn' = fair, white, pale; carried into wide use by the writer William Sharp, who published as Fiona Macleod
- Fisher occupational surname for a fisherman, from Old English 'fiscere'
- Fletcher occupational surname for a maker of arrows, from Old French 'flechier', from 'fleche' = arrow
- Flora Latin 'flos, floris' = flower; the Roman goddess of flowering plants
- Florence from Latin Florentius and Florentia, from 'florens' = blossoming, flourishing; also the Italian city
- Ford surname for someone who lived by a river crossing, Old English 'ford'
- Forest variant of Forrest, a surname for someone who lived by woodland, from Old French 'forest'
- Forrest surname for someone who lived by or worked in woodland, from Old French 'forest'
- Frances feminine form of Francis, from Late Latin Franciscus = 'Frenchman', literally 'a Frank'
- Francesca Italian feminine of Francesco, from Latin Franciscus = 'the Frenchman, the Frank'
- Francis from Latin Franciscus = 'the Frenchman, the Frank', the byname given to St Francis of Assisi
- Francisco Spanish and Portuguese form of Francis, from Late Latin Franciscus = 'Frenchman, Frank'; borne by St Francis of Assisi
- Franco Italian and Spanish form of Frank, from the tribal name of the Germanic Franks, often linked to a word for a javelin; the tribal name also gave Latin 'francus' = free
- Frank first a byname for one of the Frankish people, whose name is said to come from their throwing spear; also a short form of Francis and Franklin
- Frankie pet form of Frank and Frances, from Latin Franciscus = 'the Frenchman, the Frank'
- Franklin from Middle English 'frankeleyn', a freeholder who owned land but was not of the gentry; used in America in honour of Benjamin Franklin
- Frederick from the Germanic Frithuric, 'frid' = peace + 'ric' = power, ruler; 'peaceful ruler'
- Freya from Old Norse Freyja = lady, mistress; the Norse goddess of love, whose name is behind Friday
- Freyja Old Norse Freyja = lady, mistress; the goddess of love and fertility, whose name lies behind Friday
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