LegendaryMyth's Personal Name List

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83 African/ Egyptian
29 Americas
8 East Asian
51 Germanic / Old Norse
67 Latin / Romance
46 Middle Eastern
163 Pretty Names
31 Slavic / Caucasus
42 U.K/ Celtic/ Cornish
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Name	M/F	Remark	Rating
Zuriel	m	Means "my rock is God" in Hebrew.
Zokir	m	Uzbek and Tajik form of Zakir.
Zipporah	f	From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah), derived from צִפּוֹר (tzippor) meaning "bird".
Zibiah	f	Means "gazelle" or "doe" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the mother of King Joash of Judah.
Zaida	f	Feminine form of Zayd. This was the name of a Muslim princess who took refuge at the court of León and Castile in the 11th century.
Yeshua	m	Contracted form of Yehoshu'a used in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible. Also used in Aramaic, and was most likely the name represented by Greek Iesous in the New Testament.
Yashika	f	Yashika is an Indian name for girls meaning Successful.
Yared	m	Hebrew form of Jared. This form is also used in Ethiopia. It was borne by a semi-legendary 6th-century Ethiopian.
Yahia	m	Alternate transcription of Yahya, Arabic form of Yoḥanan (see John) appearing in the Quran, as well as the Turkish and Persian form.
Volf	m	Variant spelling of Wolf. It is used by speakers of Yiddish as a translation of the Hebrew name Zeev, meaning "wolf" in Hebrew.
Vashti	f	Possibly means "thread" in Hebrew, but it is most likely of Persian origin.
Timur	m	From the Turkic and Mongol name Temür meaning "iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur the lame, a 14th-century Turkic leader.
Thisbe	f	Greek Mythology
Tariq	m	Means "visitor, knocker at the door" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name of the morning star.
Taraneh	f	Means "song" in Persian.
Tamar	f	Means "date palm" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. Also borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia.
Talib	m	Means "seeker of knowledge, student" in Arabic.
Talal	m	Meaning "pleasant, nice, admirable, agreeable, joyous, and beautiful in form or appearance."
Suniti	f	Means "good conduct" from Sanskrit.
Sumati	f	Means "wise, good mind", derived from Sanskrit सु (su) meaning "good" and मति (mati) meaning "mind, thought". In the Hindu epic.
Sonam	f & m	Tibetan, Bhutanese, Indian, Hindi, Marathi usage, means "virtuous, good karma, fortunate".
Solon	m	Possibly from Greek σολος (solos) meaning "lump of iron". This was the name of an Athenian statesman who reformed the laws and government of the city.
Sita	f	Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda.
Shashi	m & f	Indian, etc. Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit.
Shapur	m	From Old Iranian Shahpuhr 'son of king'. It originally must have been a title, which came to be used as a personal name from the last decades of the 2nd century C.E.
Shams	f & m	Means "sun" in Arabic. This was the name of a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess of the sun, identified with the Akkadian sun god Shamash (whose name is related) and the northern Arabian goddess Nuha.
Semei	m	Biblical Greek form of Shimei, from Hebrew (shama') meaning "to hear, to listen". This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament.
Selim	m	Turkish and Albanian form of Salim.
Şehrazat	f	Turkish form of SHAHRAZAD.
Salwa	f	Old English name of unknown origin. Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia
Salimah	f	Judeo-Arabic, Medieval Jewish. Arabic alternate transcription of Salima, feminine form of Salim.
Safiye	f	Turkish form of Safiyya, feminine form of Safi, meaning "pure" in Arabic.
Saadet	f	Means "happiness", "felicity", "contentment" or "bliss" in Turkish.
Rohit	m	Derived from Sanskrit रोहित (rohita) meaning "red".
Rivka	f	Modern Hebrew form of Rebecca, from the Hebrew name Rivqah.
Rhoda	f	From Greek meaning 'Rose'
Raziël	m	Apparently means "secret(s) of God" in Hebrew.
Ravana	m	Hindu, rare. Means "roaring, squealing" in Sanskrit.
Pınar	f	Means "spring" in Turkish.
Perdix	m	Means "partridge" in Greek.
Payam	m	Means "message" in Persian.
Parviz	m	Means "fortunate, happy" in Persian. This name was borne by a son of a 17th-century Mughal emperor.
Parvaneh	f	Means "butterfly" in Persian.
Pallavi	f	Feminine form of Pallav, meaning "budding leaf, shoot" in Sanskrit.
Özge	f	Means "other, different" in Turkish.
Orhan	m	Derived from Turkish or "great" and the title khan meaning "leader".
Oren	m	Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.
Noor 1	f & m	Alternate transcription of Arabic/Urdu Nur. Means "light" in Arabic.
Nanda	m & f	Means "joy" in Sanskrit. In southern India it is more masculine, while feminine in the north.
Nadir	m	Means "rare" in Arabic
Nabeel	m	Means "noble" in Arabic.
Naamah	f	Means "pleasant" in Hebrew. This name is borne in the Old Testament as a wife of Solomon. Some later Jewish texts give Naamah as the name of Noah's wife.
Murat	m	Turkish and Bosnian form of MURAD.
Murad	m	Means "wish, desire" in Arabic. This name was borne by five Ottoman sultans.
Mozhdeh	f	Means "good news" in Persian.
Mohini	f	Means "infatuating" in Sanskrit. This was the name adopted by the Hindu god Vishnu when he took the form of a woman
Mohanad	m	Alternate transcription of Muhannad. Refers to a type of iron sword from India, derived from Arabic meaning "India".
Mirian	f	Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of Miriam, Hebrew form of Mary.
Mirabai	f	She was a 16th-century Rajput princess and poetess reputed to be one of the most extraordinary beauties of her time with fame
Minoo	f	Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian
Mikail	m	Turkish form of Michael.
Mihrimah	f	Means "sun and moon" in Farsi.
Mihalis	m	Modern Greek variant of Michael, from the Hebrew name meaning "who is like God?"
Michal 2	f	Possibly means "brook" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a daughter of Saul.
Metin	m	Means "strong" in Turkish.
Mesut	m	Turkish form of Masud. Means "lucky, fortunate, happy" in Arabic.
Meryem	f	Turkish and Uyghur form of Miriam.
Merav	f	Hebrew form of Merab. Means "abundant" in Hebrew. This is the name of a daughter of Saul in the Old Testament. Merab is the name of a daughter of Saul in the Old Testament.
Mehmet	m	Turkish and Albanian form of Muhammad. Older form Mehmed
Mehetabel	f	From the Hebrew name מְהֵיטַבְאֵל (Meheitav'el) meaning "God makes happy". This name is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament.
Matthan	m	Means "gift" in Hebrew, with this form used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. This form is given to the great grandfather of Jesus.
Mattaniah	m	Mataniah Pronunciation of Mataniah as a boys' name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Mataniah is "God's gift"
Marzieh	f	Persian. Derived from Arabic مَرْضِيَة‎ (marḍiya) meaning "satisfactory".
Mariam	f	Greek Old Testament form of Maria. It is also an alternate transcription of Arabic Maryam. Hebrew form of Mary. Miriam is the Old Testament version, where it belongs to the elder sister of Moses.
Maral	f	Means "deer" in Azerbaijani and Armenian, referring to the Caspian Red Deer, derived from Persian مرال (maral).
Mandane	f	Old Persian, from the Old Iranian Mandanā-, which means “delighting, cheerful.” This was the name of the mother of Cyrus the Great, Mandane of Media.*
Malalai	f	Means "sad, grieved" in Pashto.
Mahmut	m	Turkish form of MAHMUD. Means "praised" in Arabic, from the same root as Muhammad.
Madhuri	f	Means "sweetness" in Sanskrit.
Lazarus	m	Latinized form of Λαζαρος (Lazaros), a Greek form of ELEAZAR used in the New Testament. Lazarus was a man from Bethany, the brother of Mary and Martha, who was restored to life by Jesus.
Lailah	f	Means "night" in Arabic.
Kushim	m	Kushim is possibly the earliest given name recorded, mentioned on the Kushim Tablet (ca 3200 BC). He was probably a scribe or a kind of "accountant" among Sumerians.
Kish	m	Kish was the father of the first king of the Israelites, Saul, of the family of the Matrites
Keshet	m & f	Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.
Itsak	m	The name Itzhak is a Hebrew given name deriving from the traditional Jewish name Yitzchaq.
Itamar	m	This is the name of a son of Aaron in the Old Testament.
Issur	m	Variant transcription of Yiddish form of Israel.
Ishaq	m	Arabic form of Isaac.
Iscah	f	From the Hebrew name Yiskah meaning "to behold".This is the basis of the English name Jessica.
Isa 1	m	Isa is the Quranic, Islamic name for the prophet identified in the Quran as Messiah Jesus.
Irit	f	Means "asphodel flower" in Hebrew.
Irad	m	In the Old Testament, Irad is the grandson of Cain.
Inika	f	Possibly a variant of the Indian name Anika.
Inanna	f	Possibly derived from Sumerian "lady of the heavens". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and war.
Ibtissem	f	Variant of Ibtisam (chiefly Algerian and Tunisian). Means "smile" in Arabic.
Hilal	m & f	Means "crescent moon" in Arabic, a given name it is typically masculine in Arabic and feminine in Turkish.
Hezekiah	m	Hebrew. This name was borne by a powerful king of Judah who reigned in the 8th and 7th centuries BC.
Helios	m	Means "sun" in Greek.
Hekabe	f	Greek form of Hecuba, the primary wife of King Priam of Troy.
Hazal	f	Means "dried leaf, fallen leaf" in Turkish.
Hazael	m	Means "God sees" in Hebrew. This is the name of a king of Aram in the Old Testament.
Hande	f	From Persian خنده (khandeh) meaning "laughter, smile".
Handan	f	From Persian, meaning "laughing, smiling". Handan Sultan (1574-1605) was the name of the wife of the Ottoman sultan.
Halime	f	Turkish form of Halimah, feminine form of Halim.
Hafiza	f	Means "custodian, guardian" in Arabic.
Gedaliah	m	Means "YAHWEH is great" in Hebrew. This was the name of several characters in the Old Testament
Firuz	m	Talik alternate transcription of Persian, meaning "victorious". Borne by a 14th-century sultan of Delhi.
Figen	f	Turkish
Fidan	f	Means "sapling" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Feivel	m	Diminutive of Faivish, Yiddish form of Phoebus, an epithet of the Greek god Apollo.
Fahriye	f	Turkish feminine form of Fakhri. Means "honorary" in Arabic.
Eyal	m	Means "might, strength" in Hebrew.
Eugenius	m	Latinized form of Greek Eugenios, meaning "well born". English form is Eugene, a name was not particularly common in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
Esther	f	Possibly means "star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a derivative of Near Eastern goddess ISHTAR. The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of Queen Estherr.
Ermias	m	Amharic form of Jeremiah.
Erasmus	m	Elmo. Derived from Greek ερασμιος (erasmios) meaning "beloved".
Eoin	m	Irish form of Iohannes (see John) used in the Bible.
Elkanah	m	Means "God has purchased" in Biblical Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Samuel. Modern form is Elkan.
Elizaveta	f	Alternate transcription of Russian Yelizaveta.
Elihu	m	Means "my God is he" in Hebrew. This was the name of several characters in the Old Testament including one of the friends of Job..
Elif	f	Turkish form of Alif.
Eliezer	m	From Hebrew אֱלִיעֶזֶר ('Eli'ezer) meaning "my God is help"
Eleni	f	Modern Greek form of HELEN.
Eleazar	m	From the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azar) meaning "my God has helped". In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the sons of Aaron.
Ekin	f & m	Means "harvest, culture" in Turkish.
Eirini	f	Modern Greek form of Irene, derived from a word meaning "peace". Irene was common in the Byzantine Empire
Eber	m	One was an ancestor of Abraham. His descendants are known as Hebrews.
Ea 1	m	Perhaps from Sumerian meaning "house of water", or perhaps of Akkadian or Hurrian origin.
Dzhokhar	m	Chechen. Possibly from Persian گوهر (gohar) meaning "jewel, essence" or جوهر (johar) meaning "essence, ink"
Devaki	f	Deboki. Sanskrit, meaning "divine, celestial".
Demet	f	Directly taken from Turkish demet "posy; bouquet; bunch of flowers".
Deepika	f	Alternate transcription of Dipika, feminine form of Dipaka, meaning "inflaming, exciting"
Damaris	f	Probably means "calf, heifer, girl" from Greek δαμαλις (damalis). In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul.
Charis	f & m	Ancient Greek feminine form of Chares.
Cassander	m	The masculine form of Cassandra.
Bithiah	f	Means "daughter of YAHWEH" in Hebrew
Betül	f	Turkish form. Means "virgin" in Arabic. This is an Arabic epithet of the Virgin Mary.
Berenice	f	Latinized form of Βερενικη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φερω (phero) "to bring" and νικη (nike) "
Beren	f & m	Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.
Behzad	m	Means "noble" derived from Persian.
Batuhan	m	Combination of BATU and Turkish han meaning "khan, ruler, leader", referring to the 13th-century Mongol ruler Batu Khan.
Başak	f	Means "ear of wheat" in Turkish. This is also the Turkish name for the constellation Virgo.
Balthazar	m	Balthazar is the name traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who visited the newborn Jesus. He was said to have come from Arabia.
Azrael	m	This was the name of an angel in Jewish and Muslim tradition who separated the soul from the body upon death. He is sometimes referred to as the Angel of Death.
Azarel	m	Means "God has helped" in Hebrew.
Azar	f & m	Means "fire" in Persian. Modern Iranian name.
Aylin	f	Turkish / Azerbaijani. Means "of the moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, from Turkic ay "moon".
Astrophel	m	Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek αστηρ (aster) "star" and φιλος (philos) "lover, friend".
Astarte	f	Greek form of ASHTORETH.
Asra	f	Means "travel at night" in Arabic. It is related to Isra.
Ashur	m	From the name of the city of Ashur, the capital of the Assyrian Empire.
Ashoka	m	Means "without sorrow" in Sanskrit. This name was borne by Ashoka the Great, a 3rd-century BC emperor of the Maurya Empire in northern India.
Asal	f	Means "honey" in Persian (of Arabic origin).
Arjan	m	Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Kannada, Bengali, Sinhalese, Nepali, Marathi, Gujarati
Arion	m	Greek mythology. Arion is the name of a divine immortal talking horse, who is the son of the gods Poseidon and Demeter.
Arioch	m & f	Meaning: "a fierce lion" or "lion-like" and "venerable". This was the name of two biblical men.
Arad	m	The name of a angel in Hebrew.
Apame	f	A variant of Apama. A bearer of this name is Apame, a concubine of King Darius I, and other Seleucid royals.
Anushka	f	Indian, Hindi, Sinhalese usage, possibly inspired by the Russian name Annushka, diminutive of Anna.
Anil	m	Derived from Sanskrit meaning "air, wind". This is another name of Vayu, the Hindu god of the wind.
Anani	m	Means "my cloud" in Hebrew.
Anaiah	m	Means "YAHWEH has answered" in Hebrew. This is the name of a minor character in the Old Testament.
Amita	f	Means "immeasurable, infinite" in Sanskrit.