thezenithofnadir's Personal Name List

Modern Greek transcription of Zenobia.

Alternate transcription of Greek Ζηνοβία (see Zinovia).

Icelandic form of Ylva.

Icelandic form of Victoria.

Created by the Hungarian author Mór Jókai for a character in his novel The Golden Man (1873). The name is apparently based on the Greek word εὐθυμία (euthymia) meaning "good spirits, cheerfulness".

Form of Thekla in several languages.

Variant of Tatiana.

Icelandic form of Svanhild.

Means "radiant, bright" in Irish. It has been in use since late medieval times [2]. It is sometimes Anglicized as Sarah (in Ireland) and Clara (in Scotland).

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Solveig.

Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of Jeanne.

Irish form of Jeannette.

Derived from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and rún "secret lore, rune". This was the name of a valkyrie in Norse legend.

Old Norse name that was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and nýr "new". In Norse legend she was the twin sister of Sigmund and the wife of Siggeir.

Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.

Hungarian and Slovak form of Rosalia.

Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.

Slovak, Portuguese and Hungarian feminine form of Patricius (see Patrick).

Ukrainian form of Olga.

Icelandic feminine form of Njáll.

Hungarian and Greek form of Nicoletta.

Hungarian form of Nicolette.

Means "bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god Manannán mac Lir in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet Oisín, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill. It has been used as a given name for people only since the early 20th century.

Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of Natalia (see Natalie).

Ukrainian cognate of Nadezhda, being the Ukrainian word meaning "hope".

Hungarian form of Monica.

Hungarian form of Mira 2.

Hungarian form of Milena.

Anglicized form of Máire. It has also been associated with Irish mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish martyr.

Icelandic form of Margaret.

Hungarian form of Magdalene.

Icelandic diminutive of María.

Hungarian form of Christina.

Icelandic form of Christina.

Icelandic form of Christina.

Derived from Hungarian kincs meaning "treasure". This name was created by Hungarian author Mór Jókai in The Novel of the Next Century (1872).

Ukrainian form of Christina.

Anglicized form of Caoimhe.

Icelandic form of Katherine.

Anglicized form of Caitlín.

Icelandic form of Julia.

Icelandic form of Iohanna (see Joanna).

Icelandic form of Isabella.

Icelandic form of Ingeborg.

Means "violet" in Hungarian, ultimately from Latin viola.

Means "morning glory (flower)" in Hungarian.

Icelandic and Old Norse form of Freya.

Hungarian feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).

Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "good fortune" or "island" and dís "goddess".

Hungarian form of Elizabeth. This is the native name of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. It was also borne by the infamous Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), a countess and alleged murderer.

Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century. He based it on the name of the legendary mother of the Hungarian people, Enéh, of Turkic origin meaning "young hind" (modern Hungarian ünő).

Portuguese, Latvian, Hungarian and Georgian form of Elsa.

Short form of Elizabeth. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913) and the subsequent musical adaptation My Fair Lady (1956).

Possibly from Old Irish etne meaning "kernel, grain". In Irish mythology Eithne or Ethniu was a Fomorian and the mother of Lugh Lámfada. It was borne by several other legendary and historical figures, including a few early saints.

Possibly a diminutive of names beginning with the Old German element adal meaning "noble".

In Ireland this name is given in honour of the Irish missionary Edel Quinn (1907-1944). She was named after the edelweiss flower (species Leontopodium alpinum), which is derived from German edel "noble" and weiß "white".

Feminine form of Dominic.

Hungarian form of Diana.

Portuguese, French and Hungarian form of Delia 1.

Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty for a male character in his epic poem Zalán Futása (1825). It was used by later writers such as Mór Jókai for female characters.

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Dagny.

Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.

Variant of Clíodhna.

Anglicized form of Caitríona (Irish) or Caitrìona (Scottish Gaelic).

Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".

Irish form of Katherine.

Means "armour" in Old Norse.

Derived from the Old Norse elements brynja "armour" and dís "goddess".

Means "buttercup (flower)" in Hungarian (genus Ranunculus), derived from the archaic word boglár meaning "ornament".

Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.

Derived from the Old Norse elements áss "god" and dís "goddess".

From Old Irish Aífe, derived from oíph meaning "beauty" (modern Irish aoibh). This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a woman at war with Scáthach (her sister in some versions). She was defeated in single combat by the hero Cúchulainn, who spared her life on the condition that she bear him a child (Connla). Another legendary figure by this name appears in the Children of Lir as the jealous third wife of Lir.

This name is sometimes Anglicized as Eve or Eva.

Hungarian diminutive of Anna.

Hungarian feminine form of Angelus (see Angel).

Hungarian form of Anastasia.

Belarusian form of Helen.

Possibly a variant of Eithne.

Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.