thezenithofnadir's Personal Name List

Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.

Possibly a variant of Eithne.

Belarusian form of Helen.

Hungarian form of Anastasia.

Hungarian feminine form of Angelus (see Angel).

Hungarian diminutive of Anna.

From Old Irish Aífe, derived from oíph meaning "beauty" (modern Irish aoibh). This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a woman at war with Scáthach (her sister in some versions). She was defeated in single combat by the hero Cúchulainn, who spared her life on the condition that she bear him a child (Connla). Another legendary figure by this name appears in the Children of Lir as the jealous third wife of Lir.

This name is sometimes Anglicized as Eve or Eva.

Derived from the Old Norse elements áss "god" and dís "goddess".

Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.

Means "buttercup (flower)" in Hungarian (genus Ranunculus), derived from the archaic word boglár meaning "ornament".

Derived from the Old Norse elements brynja "armour" and dís "goddess".

Means "armour" in Old Norse.

Irish form of Katherine.

Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".

Anglicized form of Caitríona (Irish) or Caitrìona (Scottish Gaelic).

Variant of Clíodhna.

Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Dagny.

Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty for a male character in his epic poem Zalán Futása (1825). It was used by later writers such as Mór Jókai for female characters.

Portuguese, French and Hungarian form of Delia 1.

Hungarian form of Diana.

Feminine form of Dominic.

In Ireland this name is given in honour of the Irish missionary Edel Quinn (1907-1944). She was named after the edelweiss flower (species Leontopodium alpinum), which is derived from German edel "noble" and weiß "white".

Possibly a diminutive of names beginning with the Old German element adal meaning "noble".

Possibly from Old Irish etne meaning "kernel, grain". In Irish mythology Eithne or Ethniu was a Fomorian and the mother of Lugh Lámfada. It was borne by several other legendary and historical figures, including a few early saints.

Short form of Elizabeth. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913) and the subsequent musical adaptation My Fair Lady (1956).

Portuguese, Latvian, Hungarian and Georgian form of Elsa.

Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century. He based it on the name of the legendary mother of the Hungarian people, Enéh, of Turkic origin meaning "young hind" (modern Hungarian ünő).

Hungarian form of Elizabeth. This is the native name of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. It was also borne by the infamous Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), a countess and alleged murderer.

Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "good fortune" or "island" and dís "goddess".

Hungarian feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).

Icelandic and Old Norse form of Freya.

Means "morning glory (flower)" in Hungarian.

Means "violet" in Hungarian, ultimately from Latin viola.

Icelandic form of Ingeborg.

Icelandic form of Isabella.

Icelandic form of Iohanna (see Joanna).

Icelandic form of Julia.

Anglicized form of Caitlín.

Icelandic form of Katherine.

Anglicized form of Caoimhe.

Ukrainian form of Christina.

Derived from Hungarian kincs meaning "treasure". This name was created by Hungarian author Mór Jókai in The Novel of the Next Century (1872).

Icelandic form of Christina.

Icelandic form of Christina.

Hungarian form of Christina.

Icelandic diminutive of María.

Hungarian form of Magdalene.

Icelandic form of Margaret.

Anglicized form of Máire. It has also been associated with Irish mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish martyr.

Hungarian form of Milena.

Hungarian form of Mira 2.

Hungarian form of Monica.

Ukrainian cognate of Nadezhda, being the Ukrainian word meaning "hope".

Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of Natalia (see Natalie).

Means "bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god Manannán mac Lir in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet Oisín, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill. It has been used as a given name for people only since the early 20th century.

Hungarian form of Nicolette.

Hungarian and Greek form of Nicoletta.

Icelandic feminine form of Njáll.

Ukrainian form of Olga.

Slovak, Portuguese and Hungarian feminine form of Patricius (see Patrick).

Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.

Hungarian and Slovak form of Rosalia.

Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.

Old Norse name that was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and nýr "new". In Norse legend she was the twin sister of Sigmund and the wife of Siggeir.

Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and rún "secret lore, rune". This was the name of a valkyrie in Norse legend.

Irish form of Jeannette.

Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of Jeanne.

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Solveig.

Means "radiant, bright" in Irish. It has been in use since late medieval times [2]. It is sometimes Anglicized as Sarah (in Ireland) and Clara (in Scotland).

Icelandic form of Svanhild.

Variant of Tatiana.

Form of Thekla in several languages.

Created by the Hungarian author Mór Jókai for a character in his novel The Golden Man (1873). The name is apparently based on the Greek word εὐθυμία (euthymia) meaning "good spirits, cheerfulness".

Icelandic form of Victoria.

Icelandic form of Ylva.

Alternate transcription of Greek Ζηνοβία (see Zinovia).

Modern Greek transcription of Zenobia.