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Riley

Old English · “From the Old English ryge leah, meaning "rye clearing" or "rye meadow" — a habitational surname referring to a place where rye was grown. As a given name, Riley transferred from the Irish surname Ó Raghallaigh (anglicised as O'Reilly), meaning "descendant of Raghallach," where Raghallach likely meant "valiant." By the 21st century Riley became a popular gender-neutral name in the United States.”

Mallory

“Mallory is an English surname used as a given name, derived from the Old French maleüré meaning "ill-fated" or "unfortunate," from malheur (misfortune). It was a Norman surname brought to England after the Conquest, most famously associated with Sir Thomas Malory, author of Le Morte d'Arthur. As a given name it is used particularly in American English.”

Garett

“Garett is an English and Irish masculine name, a variant spelling of Garrett, derived from the Old Germanic Gerhard meaning "strong spear" or "hard/brave with a spear," from ger (spear) and hard (hard, brave). The name was brought to Ireland by the Anglo-Normans and became embedded in Irish culture through the powerful FitzGerald family.”

Holden

“Holden is an English surname and given name derived from Old English, likely from a place name meaning "deep valley" or "hollow valley," from hol (hollow) and denu (valley). As a given name it became internationally famous through J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, whose narrator Holden Caulfield made the name a byword for teenage alienation and authentic dissatisfaction.”

Stanford

“Stanford is an English masculine given name derived from a surname, which in turn comes from a place name meaning "stony ford" — a crossing point on a river with a stony bottom, from the Old English stan (stone) and ford (ford, crossing). As a given name it carries associations with the prestigious American university, established by Leland Stanford in California.”

Lawson

“Lawson is an English surname used as a masculine given name, a patronymic meaning "son of Lawrence," where Lawrence derives from the Latin Laurentius, referring to someone from Laurentum, a city whose name may come from laurus (laurel). As a given name it is found primarily in English-speaking countries, particularly in the American South and among those honoring family surnames.”

Audrey

“Audrey is an English feminine name, the Anglo-Norman form of the Old English Æthelþryð, composed of æthel meaning "noble" and þryð meaning "strength" — thus "noble strength." It was the name of Saint Audrey (Saint Æthelthryth), the seventh-century Abbess of Ely, whose legend linked cheap lace sold at her feast-day fair to the word "tawdry" — though the name itself retains its original nobility.”