Lostris's Personal Name List

From the Xhosa root -zola meaning "calm".

Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

Means "peace" in Zulu.

Means "wind, air" in Quechua.

Possibly a variant of Fiona influenced by Viola.

From Old Norse Víðarr, which was possibly derived from víðr "wide" and herr "army, warrior". In Norse mythology Víðarr was the son of Odin and Grid. At the time of the end of the world, Ragnarök, it is said he will avenge his father's death by slaying the wolf Fenrir.

Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

Means "knowledge" in Sanskrit.

Derived from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language.

From Khmer វណ្ណ (von) meaning "colour", ultimately from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa).

Means "valuable" in Esperanto.

Derived from Old Norse valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and dís meaning "goddess".

Feminine form of Valdis.

Variant of Valerie.

Means "exalted, high" in Turkish, from Arabic علْويّ (ʿulwīy).

Means "hope, expectation" in Tswana.

Means "queen" in Akan.

Means "hope" in Shona [1].

Turkish form of Tariq.

Means "star" in Sanskrit. Tara is the name of a Hindu astral goddess, the wife of Brhaspati. She was abducted by Chandra, the god of the moon, leading to a great war that was only ended when Brahma intervened and released her. This name also appears in the epic the Ramayana belonging to the wife of Vali and, after his death, his younger brother Sugriva. In Buddhist belief this is the name of a bodhisattva associated with salvation and protection.

Means "rain" in Quechua.

Contracted form of Tamara.

Means "my dew" in Hebrew.

Means "virtuous, pure, chaste" in Arabic.

Possibly means "he who inspires awe" in Amharic. This name was borne by Lij Tafari Makonnen (1892-1975), also known as Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia. Rastafarians (Ras Tafari meaning "king Tafari") revere him as the earthly incarnation of God.

From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.

Short form of Yisroel.

Variant of Sotirios.

Derived from Greek σωτήρ (sotir) meaning "saviour, deliverer", referring to Jesus, or σωτηρία (sotiria) meaning "salvation, deliverance".

Means "intelligence, wisdom" in Khmer.

Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.

From Japanese 空 (sora) or 昊 (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.

From Turkish son meaning "last, final" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Derived from Thai สม (som) meaning "worthy" combined with ชาย (chai) meaning "man" or ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Possibly from Greek σόλος (solos) meaning "lump of iron". This was the name of an Athenian statesman who reformed the laws and government of the city.

Short form of names containing the Slavic element slava meaning "glory". It is typically masculine in Russia and Belarus, unisex in Ukraine, and feminine the South Slavic countries.

Means "shepherd" in Kurdish.

Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.

Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of Rama (and an avatar of Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. In this story Sita is abducted by the demon king Ravana, with her husband and his allies attempting to rescue her.

Welsh form of George.

Norwegian form of Sindri.

Roman cognomen meaning "of the woods", derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". Silvanus was the Roman god of forests. This name appears in the New Testament belonging to one of Saint Paul's companions, also called Silas.

Turkish feminine form of Siddiq.

Welsh form of Charles.

From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.

Means "loved" in Turkish.

Means "love" in Turkish.

German and Scandinavian form of Severinus.

Means "love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic سوداء (sawdāʾ) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness" [1].

From the name of the largest lake in Armenia, which may be from the Urartian word suinia simply meaning "lake".

Means "leader, chief" from Turkish ser "head, top" and kan "blood".

Means "support" in Kazakh.

Derived from Turkish ser meaning "head, top" and han, which is from the title khan meaning "leader".

Possibly a Swahili form of Saif.

Turkish form of Sadaf.

Means "voice, echo" in Turkish.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a derivative of Mapuche ayün "love".

Italian form of Xavier.

From a Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).

Means "possessing water" from Sanskrit सरस् (saras) meaning "fluid, water, lake" and वती (vatī) meaning "having". This is the name of a Hindu river goddess, also associated with learning and the arts, who is the wife of Brahma. She appears in the Vedas.

Means "moonlight" in Mongolian, from саран (saran) meaning "moon" and гэрэл (gerel) meaning "light".

From Sanskrit सरल (sarala) meaning "straight".

Finnish short form of Alexander.

Means "eternal" in Arabic.

Alternate transcription of Arabic صالح (see Salih), as well as the usual Indonesian form.

Finnish form of Zacharias.

Means "elevated, sublime" in Hebrew.

Turkish form of Safiyya.

Latin form of Saveliy.

Means "happiness" in Shona [1].

Means "love" in Shona [1].

Diminutive of Rivka.

From Sanskrit रीण (rīṇa) meaning "melted".

From Japanese 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Rati.

Derived from Yiddish ריין (rein) meaning "clean, pure".

From Japanese 鈴 (rei) meaning "bell", 麗 (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 玲 (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Means "flower" in Mapuche.

Means "sun" in Sanskrit. Ravi is a Hindu god of the sun, sometimes equated with Surya. A famous bearer was the musician Ravi Shankar (1920-2012).

From Sanskrit राणी (rāṇī) meaning "queen".

Probably a Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Herais.

From Yiddish רויז (roiz) meaning "rose".

Possibly from Mapuche küde meaning "burning torch".

From Chinese 秋 (qiū) meaning "autumn", 丘 (qiū) meaning "hill, mound", or other characters with a similar pronunciation. The given name of the philosopher Confucius was 丘.

Means "beloved" in Sanskrit. It appears briefly in the Puranas belonging to a daughter of King Daksha.

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa) meaning "breath".

Means "bard, poet" in Turkish.

Means "born at night" in Luo.

Derived from Turkish or, of uncertain meaning, possibly from a Turkic root meaning "place", and han meaning "khan, ruler, leader". This was the name of a 14th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Means "honour" in Turkish (borrowed from French honneur).

Means "child is family" in Yoruba.

Means "my God has come" in Yoruba.

Means "fawn" in Hebrew.

The masculine biblical name Ophrah is derived from the same root.

Hebrew form of Ophir. In modern times it is also used as a feminine name.

Means "fawn" in Hebrew. This makes it a modern variant of the Classical Hebrew name Ophrah.

Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn, which was derived from óðr meaning "inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. The name appears as Woden in Anglo-Saxon sources (for example, as the founder of several royal lineages in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and in forms such as Wuotan, Wotan or Wodan in continental Europe, though he is best known from Norse sources.

In Norse mythology Odin is the highest of the gods, presiding over war, wisdom and death. He is the husband of Frigg and resides in Valhalla, where warriors go after they are slain. He is usually depicted as a one-eyed older man, carrying two ravens on his shoulders who inform him of all the events of the world. At the time of Ragnarök, the final battle, it is told that he will be killed fighting the great wolf Fenrir.

Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.

From Shona nyara meaning "be shy, be quiet, be humble" [1].

From the name of a type of African antelope, ultimately derived from the Bantu word nyálà.

Means "light" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic نور (nūr).

Derived from Hebrew נוֹי (noi) meaning "beauty, ornament".

From Sanskrit नीरज (nīraja) meaning "water-born, lotus".

Reversal of the surname Lenin. Lenin was the founder of the former Soviet state. This name was created by communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara.

Turkish form of Nimat.

From Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue".

From Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue".

Variant of Nieves.

Means "purpose, aim" in Swahili, borrowed from Arabic نيّة (nīya) [1].

Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".

Anglicized form of Niamh.

Short form of Geneva. This is also the name of a river in Russia.

Probably a feminized form of Welsh nêr meaning "lord".

Means "gift" in Tswana, a derivative of naya "to give".

Possibly from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha) meaning "love, tenderness".

Short form of Nedeljka.

Short form of Linnéa.

From Sanskrit नव (nava) meaning "new, fresh".

Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

Variant of Narendra used by Sikhs.

Latinized form of Nanaya.

From Sanskrit नलिनी (nalinī) meaning "lotus".

From Aymara nayra meaning "eye" or "early".

Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Greek Ναϊάς (Naias), a type of water nymph in Greek mythology (plural Ναϊάδες). Alternatively it might be related to Persian Nahid.

Variant of Nawel using Spanish spelling conventions.

Means "stream" in Hebrew.

Means "incantation, dirge" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of funerals.

Means "first (child)" in Swahili.

German form of Moses.

Modern masculine form of Mohana.

Means "lies" in Tupí. This name appears in the poem Caramuru (1781) by the Brazilian poet Santa Rita Durão.

From Sanskrit मीर (mīra) meaning "sea, ocean". This was the name of a 16th-century Indian princess who devoted her life to the god Krishna.

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna) meaning "fish", which in Hindu astrology is the name of a sign of the zodiac.

Maori and Fijian form of Mary.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew מֶלֶך (see Melech).

Means "angel" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Means "jasmine flower" in Malay and Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit मालती (mālatī).

Feminine form of Meir.

Means "honoured" in Turkish.

Means "illusion, magic" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist tradition this is the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha). This is also another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Means "jewel" in Sanskrit. This name is mentioned briefly in the Mahabharata belonging to both a giant serpent and an attendant of Skanda.

Means "jasmine" in Sanskrit.

Means "necklace" in Sanskrit.

From Tupi maya arya meaning "great-grandmother".

From Greek μαῖα (maia) meaning "good mother, dame, foster mother", perhaps in origin a nursery form of μήτηρ (meter). In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, a group of stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Her son by Zeus was Hermes.

Means "my song, my joy" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and רֹן (ron) "joy, song".

Means "my light" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אוֹר (ʾor) "light".

Means "play, amusement" in Sanskrit.

Possibly from Old Irish líath meaning "grey". According to an Irish tale this was the name of a poet who became a nun, but then missed her lover Cuirithir so much that she died of grief. The name was also borne by a 5th-century saint, the mother of Saint Ciarán the Elder.

Means "light" in Tswana.

Means "love" in Sotho.

From Sanskrit लावण्य (lāvaṇya) meaning "beauty, loveliness, charm".

From Sanskrit लता (latā) meaning "vine, creeping plant".

Short form of Olanrewaju.

Means "sky, heaven, royal, majesty" in Hawaiian.

Short form of Alana (English) or Svetlana (Russian). In the English-speaking world it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995), who was born Julia Jean Turner.

Diminutive of László.

From Yiddish קרוין (kroin) meaning "crown".

Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori. This name has been brought to public attention by New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-).

Means "cherry" in Turkish (of Greek origin).

Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

Means "butterfly" in Turkish.

Variant of Calla.

Means "joy, happiness" in Hawaiian.

Means "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.

Hawaiian form of Sarah.

Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.

Means "star" in Basque.

Turkish form of Ismat.

Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Means "deer" in Choctaw.

Modern Greek form of Hero 1.

Means "river" in Turkish.

Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. A notable bearer was India's first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).

Means "patience" in Ibibio.

Means "faith" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic إيمان (ʾīmān).

Means "support, pillar" in Arabic, a derivative of عمد (ʿamada) meaning "to support".

Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

Means "tree" in Hebrew.

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Means "power of the father" in Igbo.

From Yoruba ìfẹ́ meaning "love".

From Japanese 蛍 (hotaru) meaning "firefly".

Means "girl" in Maori.

Means "halo, aura" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine".

From Japanese 光 (hikari) meaning "light". Other kanji can also form this name. It is often written with the hiragana writing system.

Meaning unknown. This is the narrator of the medieval poem Canu Heledd, which laments the loss of her family, including her brother Prince Cynddylan, and the destruction of the kingdom of Powys in the 7th century.

Means "useful man" in Turkish.

Probably means "to dance, to circle, to twist" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is both a place name and a masculine personal name.

From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.

Derived from Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa) meaning "happiness".

From the name Hari (an epithet of Vishnu) combined with Sanskrit ईश (īśa) meaning "lord".

Means "emperor, ruler" in Turkish.

Alternate transcription of Arabic هاجر (see Hajar).

From Persian گوهر (gōhar) meaning "jewel, gemstone". This name is typically feminine in Iran and Armenia, but masculine in Pakistan.

From Sanskrit गीत (gīta) meaning "song". The word appears in the name of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text of Hinduism (meaning "divine song").

From an Old Testament place name meaning "heap of witness" in Hebrew. This is a mountainous region east of the Jordan River. Besides being a place name, it is also borne by people in the Bible.

Hebrew form of Gilead.

Feminine form of Gil 3.

Armenian form of George.

Diminutive of Gáspár.

Means "steel courage" in Mongolian, from ган (gan) meaning "steel" and зориг (zorig) meaning "courage".

Elaboration of Gal 1. It could also be considered a compound meaning "wave from God", using the element יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.

Means "respect and honour me" in Yoruba.

From the Turkish name of the Euphrates River, which was derived (via Persian and Arabic) from Elamite or Sumerian.

Turkish form of Farid.

Means "radiance of the moon" in Turkish.

From Shona fara meaning "rejoice, be happy" [1].

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Anwar.

Means "person with a story, storied person" in Yoruba.

Means "person of wealth" in Yoruba.

Means "friend, brother" in Turkish. This name was borne by the 13th-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre.

Meaning unknown. In Irish legend she was the wife of Cúchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.

Means "peace" in Ibibio.

Means "colours" in Turkish.

Means "diamond" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.

Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.

Modern form of Eir.

Variant of Ebere.

Turkish form of Delara.

Means "love" in Turkish.

Means "tears" in Tswana.

Derived from Sanskrit देवी (devī) meaning "goddess". This name can be used to refer to Mahadevi.

Means "compassion of Rama", from Sanskrit दया (dayā) meaning "compassion" combined with the name of the god Rama 1.

Means "water drop" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

From Hebrew דָּלִיָּה (daliyya) meaning "hanging branch".

Means "curly hair" in Yoruba.

Means "good God" in Igbo, derived from Chi 2, referring to God, and ọ́má meaning "good, beautiful".

Means "God possesses" in Igbo. It is also a short form of Igbo names beginning with Chinwe.

Means "God is good" in Igbo.

Means "God is strong" in Igbo.

Means "God exists" in Igbo, derived from Chi 2, referring to God, and dị meaning "is". It is also a short form of Igbo names beginning with Chidi.

Means "kindness, goodness" in Hebrew.

Means "happiness, joy" in Greek.

Variant of Abosede.

Means "crystal woman" in Mongolian, from болор (bolor) meaning "crystal" and the feminine suffix маа (maa).

Means "first born" in Akan.

Means "solid, firm, strong" in Turkish.

Variant and feminine form of Bal.

Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Variant of Ayelen.

From Mapuche ayelen "laughing", ayliñ "clear" or aylen "ember".

Means "stag, male deer" in Hebrew.

Western Armenian transcription of Avetis.

From Sanskrit अवनी (avanī) meaning "earth".

Modern Hebrew transcription of Athaliah.

From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.

Means "love" in Maori.

Means "wish, hope" in Persian.

Derived from Hebrew אֲרִי (ʾari) meaning "lion", an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Judah (see Genesis 49:9). This is the name of an officer of King Pekahiah in the Old Testament.

Means "like the sun" in Armenian.

Western Armenian transcription of Arevik.

Possibly means "marker, stake" in Turkish.

From Sanskrit अरविन्द (aravinda) meaning "lotus".

Means "sweet" in Armenian. This was the name of an 1890 novel by the Armenia writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. It was adapted into an opera in 1912 by Armen Tigranian.

Maori form of Andrew.

Means "he will remember, he will commemorate" in Azerbaijani.

Means "immortal" from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and मृत (mṛta) meaning "dead". In Hindu texts it refers to a drink that gives immortality.

Means "grace" in Igbo.

Derived from Sanskrit अमल (amala) meaning "clean, pure".

From the Old Norse Alvíss meaning "all wise". In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf who was to marry Thor's daughter Thrud. Thor was not pleased with this so he tricked Alvis by asking him questions until the sun rose, at which time the dwarf was turned into stone.

Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.

Diminutive of Adelaide.

From Japanese 昭 (akira) meaning "bright", 明 (akira) meaning "bright" or 亮 (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written 明.

From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

Variant of Aino. It also means "always" in Finnish.

Variant of Ayelen.

Means "moon-like" in Kazakh, from ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the suffix дай (day) meaning "like".

Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Means "bundled up and set to dry" in Yoruba.

Means "strong, mighty" in Hebrew. This word is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe God.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a short form of Adelina.

Means "jewel, ornament" in Hebrew.

Means "noble" in Hebrew.

Means "eldest daughter of her father" in Igbo.

Means "eldest daughter of the father" in Igbo.

Means "eldest daughter of the king" in Igbo.