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a specialist in care for the feet

Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, peacemaker.

a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

(Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls

Short form of Abraham. This name was borne by Bram Stoker (1847-1912), the Irish author who wrote Dracula.

From the name of an important city of ancient Egypt, or the city in Tennessee that was named after it. It is derived from a Greek form of Egyptian mn-nfr meaning "enduring beauty".

From a Scottish surname meaning "Hugh's town". The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow, but this is also the name of a city in Texas, named after the Texas president Sam Houston (1793-1863).

From the Late Latin name Benedictus, which meant "blessed". Saint Benedict was an Italian monk who founded the Benedictines in the 6th century. After his time the name was common among Christians, being used by 16 popes. In England it did not come into use until the 12th century, at which point it became very popular. This name was also borne by the American general Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), who defected to Britain during the American Revolution.