LullabyMoon11's Personal Name List

Željko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Жељко(Serbian)
Pronounced: ZHEHL-ko(Croatian, Serbian)
Personal remark: As in Mr Joksimovic.
Derived from South Slavic želja meaning "desire", ultimately from Old Slavic želěti.
Vukašin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts: Вукашин(Serbian)
Personal remark: Yet another Eurovision name. Very cool.
Derived from Serbian vuk meaning "wolf". This was the name of a 14th-century Serbian ruler.
Viktor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Greek
Other Scripts: Виктор(Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian) Віктор(Ukrainian) Βίκτωρ(Greek)
Pronounced: VIK-to(German) VEEK-tor(Hungarian) VIK-tor(Czech) VEEK-tawr(Slovak) VYEEK-tər(Russian)
Personal remark: Dima Bilan's birth name.
Form of Victor used in various languages.
Toše
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Macedonian
Other Scripts: Тоше(Macedonian)
Pronounced: TO-sheh
Personal remark: Mr Proeski is my hero.
Diminutive of Todor. This name was borne by the Macedonian pop star Toše Proeski (1981-2007).
Todor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Тодор(Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Personal remark: Cuz it was Toše's real name and it sounds so cool.
Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian form of Theodore.
Sasha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Other Scripts: Саша(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: SA-shə(Russian) SASH-ə(English) SAH-shə(English) SA-SHA(French)
Personal remark: I Love Sasha Son. My 2nd fave Russian boys name.
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
Sandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Czech, Romanian
Other Scripts: Сандра(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: SAN-dra(Italian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Romanian) SAN-drə(English) SAHN-DRA(French) ZAN-dra(German) SAHN-dra(Dutch)
Personal remark: As in Sandra Nurmsalu.
Short form of Alessandra. It was introduced to the English-speaking world (where it is usually used independently of Alexandra) by author George Meredith, who used it for the heroine in his novel Emilia in England (1864) and the reissued version Sandra Belloni (1887). A famous bearer is the American actress Sandra Bullock (1964-).
Ruslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: Руслан(Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar) Руслъан(Western Circassian, Eastern Circassian)
Pronounced: ruws-LAN(Russian)
Personal remark: From ESC 2008 - Ruslan Alekhno.
Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.
Paolo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: PA-o-lo
Personal remark: "Per che, per me lo sai sei musica..."
Italian form of Paulus (see Paul). Paolo Uccello and Paolo Veronese were both Italian Renaissance painters.
Nicola 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: nee-KAW-la
Personal remark: The guy from Miodio.
Italian form of Nicholas. A notable bearer was the 13th-century sculptor Nicola Pisano.
Mihai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: mee-HIE
Personal remark: Mihai Trăistariu
Romanian form of Michael. Mihai the Brave was a prince of Wallachia who united Romania in the early 17th century.
Marija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese
Other Scripts: Марија(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ma-REE-ya(Slovene, Maltese) mu-ryi-YU(Lithuanian)
Personal remark: I don't care for Mariya.
Form of Maria in several languages.
Luiz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of Louis.
Igor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovak, Czech, Italian, Portuguese, Basque
Other Scripts: Игорь(Russian) Игор(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: EE-gər(Russian) EE-gawr(Polish, Slovak) EE-gor(Croatian, Serbian, Italian) I-gor(Czech) ee-GHOR(Basque)
Personal remark: Mr Cukrov is very handsome.
Russian form of the Old Norse name Yngvarr (see Ingvar). The Varangians brought it with them when they began settling in Eastern Europe in the 9th century. It was borne by two grand princes of Kyiv, notably Igor I the son of Rurik and the husband of Saint Olga. Other famous bearers include Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), a Russian composer known for The Rite of Spring, and Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972), the Russian-American designer of the first successful helicopter.
Dmitry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Дмитрий(Russian)
Pronounced: DMEE-tree
Alternate transcription of Russian Дмитрий (see Dmitriy).
Dima 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Дима(Russian) დიმა(Georgian)
Pronounced: DYEE-mə(Russian) DEE-MA(Georgian)
Personal remark: Dima Bilan, and my hamster's name (R.I.P)
Diminutive of Dmitriy.
Davor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Давор(Serbian)
Personal remark: Davor Ebner.
Meaning uncertain, possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. This was the name of a supposed Slavic war god. His name was the basis for the word davorije, a type of patriotic war song popular in the 19th century [1].
Boaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: בֹּעַז(Hebrew)
Pronounced: BO-az(English) BO-ahz(Dutch)
Personal remark: As in Boaz Mauda. Awesome!
Means "swiftness" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the man who marries Ruth. This was also the name of one of the two pillars that stood outside Solomon's Temple (with Jachin).
Aysel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).
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