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Ler

Boy

male name with 1 related variant.

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Related names: Lir

Valeriya

Girl

Russian and Ukrainian feminine form of Valerius, as well as an alternate transcription of Belarusian Валерыя.

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Skyler

Boy/Girl

This name is a variant of Schuyler, based on the pronunciation of the surname but respelled as if it was a blend of the English word sky with names such as Tyler.

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Kyler

Boy

Probably a blend of the sounds of Kyle and Tyler.

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Ellery

Boy/Girl

From an English surname that was originally derived from the medieval masculine name Hilary.

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Eleri

Girl

This name comes from the name of a Welsh river, also called the Leri, of unknown meaning.

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