- Laos
- Southeast Asian land, from the name of legendary founder Lao. Related: Laotian (1861).
- capybara (n.)
- South American rodent, 1774, from some Tupi (Brazilian) native name.
- consequences (n.)
- see consequence. As the name of a round game, attested from 1796.
- Denmark
- from Dane, the people's name, + Danish mark "border" (see mark (n.1)).
- Day-Glo
- 1951, proprietary name (Dane & Co. of London) for a brand of fluorescent paint.
- cetacean (n.)
- 1836, from Cetacea, name of the order of marine mammals, + -an. As an adjective from 1839.
- Antonia
- fem. proper name, from Latin Antonia, fem. of Antonius (see Anthony).
- Magellan
- Englished name of Portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães (c. 1470-1521).
- malaprop (n.)
- 1823, from name of theatrical character Mrs. Malaprop (see malapropism). Related: Malapropian.
- manioc (n.)
- 1560s, from Tupi manioch, mandioca, name for the root of the cassava plant.
- Machiavelli
- see Machiavellian. His name was Englished 16c.-18c. as Machiavel.
- Carol
- masc. proper name, from Medieval Latin Carolus (see Charles). As a fem. proper name, an abbreviation of Caroline. The masc. name never has been popular in U.S.; the fem. form was common after c. 1900 and was a top-10 name for U.S. girls born 1936-1950.
- Dominic
- masc. proper name, from Latin dominicus "pertaining to a lord" (see demesne).
- Elihu
- masc. proper name, Hebrew, literally "he is my God."
- Elsa
- fem. proper name, from German diminutive of Elisabet (see Elizabeth).
- Donna
- fem. proper name, from Italian, literally "lady," from Latin domina (see dame).
- Cora
- fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Kore (see Kore).
- Piers
- common Old French form of masc. proper name Peter (q.v.).
- Coke
- soft drink, 1909, shortening of brand name Coca-Cola.
- Colleen
- fem. proper name, from Irish cailin "girl," diminutive of caile "girl, woman."
- Dion
- masc. proper name, short for Dionysius (see Dennis).
- Riesling (n.)
- 1833, from German Riesling (15c.), the name of the grape, of uncertain origin.
- roscoe (n.)
- "revolver," 1914, criminals' slang, from the proper name, for some reason.
- theremin (n.)
- 1927, from the name of its inventor, Russian engineer Léon Thérémin (1896-1993).
- Thailand
- from Thai, indigenous name of the inhabitants, + land (n.). Also see Siam.
- Felicia
- fem. proper name, from Latin felix (genitive felicis) "happy" (see felicity).
- Felix
- masc. proper name, from Latin felix "happy" (see felicity).
- Lucille
- fem. proper name, from French Lucille, diminutive of Latin Lucia (see Lucy).
- Matthias
- masc. proper name, from Late Latin Matthias, from Greek Matthaios (see Matthew).
- Marion
- fem. proper name, French, a diminutive of Marie (see Mary).
- Peggy
- fem. familiar proper name, alteration of Maggie (see Margaret).
- Ned
- masc. proper name, a familiar abbreviation of Edward. Related: Neddy.
- Sue
- fem. proper name, a shortened or familiar form of Susan.
- Pius
- masc. proper name, from Latin pius "dutiful, pious" (see pious).
- term (v.)
- "to give a particular name to," 1550s, from term (n.). Related: Termed; terming.
- Clementine
- fem. proper name, from fem. of Clement (see clement (adj.)).
- porphyrite (n.)
- 1796 as a modern mineral name, from porphyry + -ite (2). Related: Porphyritic.
- Rumpelstiltskin (n.)
- 1840, from German Rumpelstilzchen. The German form of the name is used in English from 1828.
- Sami (n.)
- native name for "Lapp," 1797, from the Lapp self-designation; of uncertain origin.
- Irian
- Indonesian name for New Guinea, said to mean literally "cloud-covered."
- Gloria
- fem. proper name, literally "glory" (see gloria (n.)).
- Gondal
- imaginary land invented by the Brontë sisters, also the name of its inhabitants.
- Abner
- masc. proper name, name of Saul's commander in the Old Testament, from Hebrew Abhner, literally "my father is light," from abh "father" + ner "light."
- Mabel
- fem. proper name, shortening of Amabel. Enjoyed its greatest popularity as a given name for girl babies in U.S. from c. 1884-1895.
- Judah
- masc. proper name, biblical son of Jacob by Leah, also the name of a tribe of Israel, from Hebrew Yehudah, from stem of y-d-h, literally "praised."
- Cathay (n.)
- 1560s, poetic name for "China," from Medieval Latin Cataya, from Turkish Khitai, from Uighur Khitai, name of a Tatar dynasty that ruled Beijing 936-1122.
- Emil
- masc. personal name, from German Emil, from French Emilé, from Latin Aemilius, name of a Roman gens, from aemulus "imitating, rivaling" (see emulation).
- yokel (n.)
- 1812, perhaps from dialectal German Jokel, disparaging name for a farmer, originally diminutive of Jakob. Or perhaps from English yokel, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
- Flavius
- masc. proper name, from Latin Flavius, a Roman gens name, related to flavus "golden-yellow, blond" (see blue), and probably originally meaning "yellow-haired."
- Amelia
- fem. proper name, of Germanic origin, literally "laborious" (cognates: Old Norse ama "to trouble"), later assimilated with Roman gens name Aemilia.
