LegendaryMyth's Personal Name List

Name M/F Remark Rating
Daddario  Variant of D'Addario. From the given name Addario. 
Ziegenhorn  Upper German (Archaic). Goat horn, either 1. the horn of a goat, 2. Goat mountain, or 3. From goat mountain. 
Ceretti  This surname may denote the original bearer having lived around Turkey Oaks in Tuscany, Italy. 
Stoneking  The name originates in Cornwall, 
Malloch  Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIain Mhalaich "son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows", which was the family name of the MacGregors of Balhaldie. 
Mejía  Possibly from a nickname derived from Spanish Mesías meaning "Messiah". 
Linwood  Originally derived from a place name meaning "stream forest" in Old English. 
Hawk  Originally a nickname for a person who had a hawk-like appearance or who acted in a fierce manner, derived from Old English heafoc "hawk". 
Vance  Old English, dweller by a fen 
Hunter  Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta. 
Picot  Norman French 
Morgenstern  Morning star in German. 
Sallow  Medieval for willow tree 
Gwynne  Means "white" or "blessed" 
Magnusson  Means "son of MAGNUS". 
Kaur  Means "princess", ultimately from Sanskrit (kumari) meaning "girl". 
Oliveira  Means "olive tree" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin oliva. It indicated a person who lived near or worked with olive trees. 
Ribeiro  Means "little river, stream" in Portuguese, ultimately from Latin riparius meaning "riverbank". 
Van Kann  Means "from Kanne", a town in the province of Limburg in Belgium. The meaning of the town's name is unknown. 
Kos  Means "blackbird". 
Backus  Means "bakery", an occupational name for a baker, from Old English bæchus literally "bake house". 
Mead  Lived by a meadow, from Middle English 
Romagna  Latin Romania meaning "land of the Romans". 
Farahani  Indicated a person from the county of Farahan in Markazi province, Iran. 
Quek  Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo. From Chinese meaning "outer city 
Duxbury  Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, recorded in the early 13th century as D(e)ukesbiri. 
Babington  Habitational name for someone from Babington in Somerset. 
Lang  German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of LONG. 
Motta  From various names of places around Italy. It is derived from a Gaulish word meaning "hill". 
Anaya  From the names of a few Spanish towns, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "stagnant water" or "path". 
Fox  From the name of the animal. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a crafty person. 
Arora  From the name of the ancient city of Aror in what is now the Sindh province, Pakistan. 
Minett  From the medieval Minna. Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. 
Okorie  From the given name Okoriee. Means "born on Orie" in Igbo, Orie being one of the days of the Igbo week. 
Mahdavi  From the given name Mahdi. 
Eklund  From Swedish. Composed of the elements ek "oak" and lund "grove". 
Sebeok  From Sebők, a diminutive of Sebestyén. 
Medvedev  From Russian медведь (medved') meaning "bear". 
Wray  From Old Norse vrá meaning "corner, nook" 
Chastain  From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair. 
Holt  From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest". 
Harrington  From Old English word meaning "hare town" 
Hunnacott  From Old English hunig "honey" or the given name Huna combined with cot "cottage". This is the name of a small town in Devon, England. 
Croft  From Old English croft meaning "enclosed field". 
Atwood  From Middle English meaning "dweller at the wood". 
Ikeda  From Japanese 池 (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and 田 (ta) meaning "field". 
Miyamoto  From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin". 
Bellini  From Italian bello meaning "beautiful". 
Kirwan  From Gaelic Ó Ciardhubháin meaning "descendant of Ciardhubhán", a given name composed of the elements ciar "dark" and dubh "black" combined with a diminutive suffix. 
Ouyang  From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)". 
Sheng  From Chinese meaning "flourishing, prosperous", also referring to the ancient state of Sheng which existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shandong province. 
Björnsson  From an Old Norse byname derived from bjǫrn, meaning son of Bjorn- "bear". 
Lockwood  From an English place name meaning "enclosure forest". 
Blackwood  From an English place name meaning "black wood". 
Kelly 2  From a Scottish place name derived from coille "grove". 
Bray  From a place name derived from Cornish bre "hill". 
Moreno  From a nickname meaning "dark" in Spanish and Portuguese. 
Wildblood  From a medieval nickname for a rakish or hot-headed person. 
Poirier  French, pear tree 
Mekonnen  Ethiopian surname (from given name), meaning 'aristocrat'. 
Sutton f & m  English. From the traditionally English surname meaning "south town". 
Fay 1  Derived from various places named Fay or Faye in northern France, derived from Old French fau "beech tree", from Latin fagus 
Gott  Derived from the Old German given name Goda, derived from the element guot meaning "good" or got meaning "god". 
Lawrence  Derived from the given name LAURENCE. 
Almánzar  Derived from Arabic المنظر (al manẓar) meaning "the view" or "the lookout". 
Bačić  Croatian. 
Hsu 1  Alternate transcription of Chinese Xu, referring to the minor state of Xu, which existed to the 4th century BC in what is now Henan province. 
Lorén  A variant of the Spanish personal name Llorente. 
Lamb  A nickname for a gentle or malleable person or an occupational name for someone who raised or cared for young sheep. Can take the form Lum. 
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