Higuma Kanora's Personal Name List

Zen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEN
This name is derived from either the word that is the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state' or, in the case of U.S. soccer/football defender Zen Luzniak, a shortened form of Zenon.

Zen is a school of Buddhism which originated in China during the 7th century, and spread to Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. It emphasises rigorous meditation practices, and favours direct personal understanding rather than knowledge of doctrine.

Zen meditation became known in the West at the end of the 19th century, and at this time it became used as an English name, albeit sporadically. Interest in the practice and philosophy of Zen grew during the 1950s and '60s, though the name's usage remained sporadic and it wasn't until the late 1990s and 2000s that this name began to be used more frequently.

Xiaokai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 小凯, 晓凯, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHYOW-KIE
From Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" or 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak" combined with 凯 (kǎi) meaning "triumph, victory, music of triumph". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Tenoch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Pronounced: te-NOCH
Possibly a combination of Nahuatl te- "stone" and nochtli "prickly-pear cactus fruit". This was the name of a possibly-legendary Aztec ruler, who is said to have led his people southward to found the city of Tenochtitlan.
Rhydian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: HRID-yan
Variant of Rhidian.
Rhidian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: HRID-yan
Possibly a derivative of Old Welsh rudd "red", in which case it is a cognate of Ruadhán. This was the name of an early Welsh saint, remembered in the parish and village of Llanrhidian on Gower.
Pyrrha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Feminine of Pyrrhos.

In Greek mythology, Pyrrha and her husband, Deucalion, built an arc to survive a great flood created by Zeus. When they reached land, they threw rocks over their shoulders, and the rocks became men and women.

Momiji
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 紅葉, 黄葉, 椛(Japanese Kanji) もみじ(Japanese Hiragana) モミジ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: MO-MEE-JEE
This name can be used as 紅葉 or 黄葉, referring to the autumn/fall colours and the leaves changing colour. It can also be used as 椛 (kaba, momiji) which is a kokuji character (a character that is made and used in Japan only). 椛 means "birch, maple".

Although used more often on females, this name is also used on boys (albeit rarely). One fictional male bearer of this name is Momiji Sōma (草摩 紅葉) who appeared in the Japanese anime, Fruits Basket.

Kimetz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Derived from Basque kimetz, a variant of kimu "sprout".
Kana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 香菜, 香奈, 佳奈, 加奈, 夏菜, 花奈(Japanese Kanji) かな(Japanese Hiragana) カナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KA-NA
From Japanese 香 (ka) meaning "incense, perfume", 佳 (ka) meaning "excellent, beautiful", 加 (ka) meaning "increase", 花 (ka) meaning "flower", or 夏 (ka) meaning "summer" combined with Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, green" or 奈 (na), a phonetic character. It is often written in hiragana. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kallia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Κάλλια, Καλλία(Greek)
In modern Greek Κάλλια (Kallia) can function as a short form of Kalliopi or Kallirroi.

Καλλία (Kallia) is recorded as an ancient Greek name; it may have been a feminine form of Kallias.

Kaguya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Other Scripts: 赫映(Japanese Kanji) かぐや(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-GOO-YA(Japanese)
Means "bright, shining" in Japanese. It is spelled with the kanji (kagaya) meaning "bright" and (ya) meaning "reflect". The name originates from the old Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, about a bamboo cutter who finds a tiny baby in a bamboo stalk and names her Kaguya-hime "shining princess". When she grows up she rejects all proposals for marriage (including that from the Emperor) and eventually returns to her true home on the moon.

Many characters from Japanese anime and other popular culture bear this name, after her.

Finneas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of Phineas, likely inspired by names containing the Old Irish element finn "white".
Evandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: E-VAN-dra
Feminine form of Evander 1.
Callia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek (Rare), Greek (Cypriot, Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
Alternate transcription of Κάλλια or Καλλία (see Kallia).
Briege
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Northern Irish
Pronounced: BREEJ
Anglicized form of Bríd. A known bearer is Briege McKenna (1946-), a Catholic nun and faith healer from Northern Ireland.
Auden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-dən
Transferred use of the surname Auden, which is derived from the Germanic given name Aldwin (its Old English equivalent is Ealdwine). Also compare Alden, which is a surname-turned-given name that has the same etymological origins. The surname Auden was probably formed during the time of the Norman French occupation of England, as Germanic names containing -al- usually became -au- in Norman French. Examples of this are Auberon and Aubrey (both of which came from Alberich), but also the medieval French names Baudry (ultimately from Baldric) and Gaudry (ultimately from Walderic).

The use of Auden as a given name probably started in the 20th century, in honour of the famous English poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973). A known bearer of Auden as a given name is the American climate activist and businessman Auden Schendler (probably born sometime in the 1970s).

Artemia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican), Italian (Tuscan, Rare), Sicilian, Polish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Artemio, Sicilian feminine form of Artemiu and Polish feminine form of Artemiusz.
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