Behind the Name: robinlynne87's Personal Name List

Roman

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian, German, English

Other Scripts: Роман(Russian, Ukrainian)

Pronounced: ru-MAN(Russian) RAW-man(Polish, Slovak) RO-man(Czech, German) RO-mən(English)

From the Late Latin name Romanus meaning "Roman". This name was borne by several early saints including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen, as well as medieval rulers of Bulgaria, Kyiv and Moldavia.

Lucy

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: LOO-see

English form of Lucia, in use since the Middle Ages.

Kaya 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: ka-YA

Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.

Jeremy

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Pronounced: JEHR-ə-mee(English) JEHR-mee(English)

English form of Jeremiah, originally a medieval vernacular form. This is the spelling used in some English versions of the New Testament.

Jenna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Finnish, French

Pronounced: JEHN-ə(English) YEHN-nah(Finnish)

Variant of Jenny. Use of the name was popularized in the 1980s by the character Jenna Wade on the television series Dallas [1].

Gemma

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch

Pronounced: JEHM-ma(Italian) ZHEHM-mə(Catalan) JEHM-ə(British English) GHEH-ma(Dutch)

Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone". It was borne by the wife of the 13th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri.

Errol

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: EHR-əl

From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from village by this name in Perthshire. It was popularized as a given name by the Australian actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959).

Desmond

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Irish

Pronounced: DEHZ-mənd(English)

Anglicized form of Irish Deasmhumhain meaning "south Munster", referring to the region of Desmond in southern Ireland, formerly a kingdom. It can also come from the related surname (an Anglicized form of Ó Deasmhumhnaigh), which indicated a person who came from that region. A famous bearer is the South African archbishop and activist Desmond Tutu (1931-2021).

Cosima

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: KAW-zee-ma

Italian feminine form of Cosimo.

Bram

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Dutch

Pronounced: BRAM(English) BRAHM(Dutch)

Short form of Abraham. This name was borne by Bram Stoker (1847-1912), the Irish author who wrote Dracula.