blackelectric's Personal Name List

Means "emerald" in Azerbaijani, of Persian origin.

From Turkish zümrüt meaning "emerald", derived via Arabic from Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos).

Old variant of Zoltán.

Diminutive of Erzsébet or Zsófia.

Possibly a Hungarian form of Željka.

Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Hungarian form of Jeannette.

Derived from Mongolian зол (zol) meaning "fortune, luck, blessing" and заяа (zayaa) meaning "future, fate, destiny".

Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz Жылдыз (see Jyldyz).

Means "star" in Kazakh.

Meaning unknown, possibly of Romani origin. This name was (first?) used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem The Gypsies (1827).

Means "fate, destiny" in Mongolian.

From Persian زرین (zarīn) meaning "golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.

From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and 希 (ki) meaning "hope". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.

Canarian Spanish name of recent origin, derived from the Guanche word yruene meaning "demon, evil spirit". This word was first recorded incorrectly as yurena by the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1803.

Feminine form of Ylli.

Derived from the Chinese 怡 (yí) meaning "happy, joyful" or "harmony, pleasure, be glad", 懿 (yì) meaning "virtuous, admirable, esteemed", 宜 (yí) meaning "suitable, right, proper", 依 (yī) meaning "rely on, be set on, obey a wish" or 艺 (yì) meaning "art, talent, ability" and 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted", 昕 (xīn) meaning "dawn, early morning", 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance".

Means "star" in Turkish.

Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννα (see Gianna).

From Sino-Korean 藝 "art; talent, ability" and 潾 "clear water".

Spanish form of Yemọja, used in various Afro-American syncretic religions in the Caribbean and South America. In Cuba she is identified with Our Lady of Regla, an aspect of the Virgin Mary.

Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννα (see Gianna).

From Chinese 雅 (yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" combined with 玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade". This name can be formed of other character combinations as well.

From Chinese 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 怡 (yí) meaning "joy, harmony". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.

From Chinese 夏 (xià) meaning "summer, great, grand", 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds", or other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Basque diminutive of Xavier.

Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.

Means "gold" in Armenian.

Lithuanian form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1).

Finnish form of Thomas.

Derived from the Georgian adjective ციალა (tsiala) meaning "shimmering".

From Japanese 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth" combined with 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

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 Tamar with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.

Combination of a tae hanja, like 泰 meaning "big, large, great; easy, calm," 兌 meaning "change, switch; happiness" or 太 meaning "big, large; heavy," and a jin hanja, such as 鎭 meaning "quellable," 珍 meaning "treasure," 振 meaning "shake," 進 meaning "advance, progress" or 辰, referring to the Dragon as the fifth of twelve earthly branches in the Chinese zodiac.

From Japanese 雀 (suzume) meaning "sparrow", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations that are pronounced the same way.

From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" or other kanji having the same pronunciation.

Means "summer" in Finnish.

Derived from Parthian surena meaning "warrior" or sura meaning "strong".

Short form of Stanislova.

Means "gold" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa).

The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek σείριος (seirios) meaning "burning".

Italian form of Sirius.

Means "lovely" in Armenian.

From Chinese 时 (shí) meaning "time, era, season", 实 (shí) meaning "real, honest", 史 (shǐ) meaning "history" or 石 (shí) meaning "stone". Other characters can form this name as well.

Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form शशि and the feminine form शशी (spelled with a long final vowel).

From Sanskrit शरद् (śarad) meaning "autumn".

Means "love" in Uzbek.

Variant of Sarolt, also used as a Hungarian form of Charlotte.

From the Old Hungarian name Saroldu, probably of Turkic origin meaning "white weasel, ermine". This was the wife of the 10th-century Hungarian grand prince Géza.

From Japanese kanji 幸 (sachi) meaning "happiness; good luck".

Meaning unknown. It was used by the Armenian author Muratsan for the main character in his historical play Ruzan (1882).

Possibly derived from Persian روز (rūz) meaning "day". This name was borne by a 13th-century ruling queen of Georgia.

From Japanese 留 (ru) meaning "detain, fasten", 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli", or 流 (ru) meaning "current, flow" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Short form of names beginning with Rom-, like Romualdas and Romanas.

Directly taken from Hungarian remény "hope". Theories include that this name was coined as a translation of Nadezhda.

From Greek περιστέρι (peristeri) meaning "dove, pigeon," from Ancient Greek περῐστέρῐον (peristérion), the diminutive of περιστερᾱ́ (peristerā́).
This name is borne by Peristera "Betty" Baziana (1974-), the wife of the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras.

Turkish, Kurdish, Albanian, Bosnian and Malay form of Uthman. This was the name of the founder of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century. It was later borne by two more Ottoman sultans.

Hungarian form of Ursula.

Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi नवीन, Kannada ನವೀನ್, Telugu నవీన్, Tamil நவீன் or Malayalam നവീൻ (see Navin).

Means "lily" in Korean.

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

From the Basque name of the Spanish city of Nájera, which is Arabic in origin. In the 12th century there was a reported apparition of the Virgin Mary in a nearby cave.

From Japanese 光 (mitsu) meaning "light" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Diminutive of Mihály.

From Chinese 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Created by the Finnish writer Mika Waltari for a character in his historical novel The Egyptian (1945). He may have based it on the name Minos, as the character is herself of Cretan origin.

From 敏 (mǐn) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", 民 (mín) meaning "people, citizens", or other Chinese/Sino-Korean characters that are pronounced similarly.

Originally a diminutive of Miklós or Mihály. It is now used independently, or as a Hungarian form of Maximilian.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". This name can also be comprised of other combinations of kanji.

Meaning unknown. In European folklore Melusine was a water fairy who turned into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. She made her husband, Raymond of Poitou, promise that he would never see her on that day, and when he broke his word she left him forever.

Contraction of Maria and names ending in -anthe, such as Anthe and Chrysanthe.

Basque form of Magdalene.

From Sino-Vietnamese 梅 (mai) meaning "plum, apricot" (refers specifically to the species Prunus mume).

Hungarian form of Magdalene.

Diminutive of Magdolna.

From Armenian լուսին (lusin) meaning "moon".

Means "little mother", from Swedish and Norwegian lille, an inflected form of liten meaning "little", combined with mor meaning "mother". This name was first recorded in Norway and Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century.

Estonian diminutive of Eliisabet.

Means "eternal, abiding" in Indonesian.

From Japanese 栞 (kan) meaning "bookmark" and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Katherine.

Hungarian diminutive of Julia.

From Sino-Korean 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with 秀 (su) meaning "luxuriant, beautiful". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

From the name of a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary near Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Spain. It possibly means "broom bush above the valley" in Basque.

In the Basque country and French-speaking areas, this name is now generally considered a variant of Izar and Izarra. There is, however, another theory which derives Izara from izar, the Pyrenean French cognate of French isard "chamois".
Whichever theory might be true, this name is extremely rare in the French-speaking world with 7 births in France between 1916 and 1990 and 5 births in French-speaking Belgium from 2002 to present.

Means "star" in Basque.

Spanish form of Yvelise, especially used in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Hungarian form of Stephen. This was the name of the first king of Hungary. Ruling in the 11th century, he encouraged the spread of Christianity among his subjects and is considered the patron saint of Hungary.

Turkish form of Ismat.

Means "dew" in Korean.

Means "trinity" in Basque, derived from hiru meaning "three". It was proposed by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name Trinidad.

Means "fern field" in Basque.

Adoption of Ilva, the Latin name of the island of Elba. The island's name has been speculated to be of Etruscan origin and as such to be derived from a word meaning "iron".

Means "air" in Finnish.

Means "Illyrian" in Albanian, referring to an ancient people who inhabited the Balkans.

Modern Greek form of Elias.

Means "power of the father" in Igbo.

Means "lady of the water" in Tupi, from y "water" and îara "lady, mistress". In Brazilian folklore this is the name of a beautiful river nymph who would lure men into the water. She may have been based upon earlier Tupi legends.

Basque feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).

Latinization of Florice.

From a medieval Norse nickname meaning "from Flanders".

Pashto, Urdu and Bengali form of Farzaneh.

Ezana or Ezanas (c.303– c.350 CE/AD) was king of Aksum, now Ethiopia. Ezana was the first monarch of the Kingdom of Aksum to embrace Christianity. Ezana is a Geʽez (an ancient Ethiopian Semitic language) name of unknown meaning.

Female form of Ezan.

Means "you are my sister" in Amharic.

Diminutive of Eszter.

Diminutive of Esther. A famous bearer was the American businesswoman Estée Lauder (1908-2004), founder of the cosmetics company that bears her name. Her birth name was Josephine Esther Mentzer. Apparently she added the accent to her name Estee in order to make it appear French.

Possibly a Turkish form of Asra.

Derived from Arabic أَسْمَر (ʾasmar) meaning "dark-skinned, brown, brunette".

Derived from Turkish esmer "dark" and ay "moon".

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.

Basque form of Raymond.

Means "swallow (bird)" in Basque.

Basque form of Elizabeth.

Turkish form of Alif, the name of the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, ا. It also means "slender", from the Turkish phrase elif gibi, literally "shaped like elif".

Modern Greek form of Helen.

Lithuanian form of Edwin.

Means "snow" in Basque, from edur, a variant of elur "snow". It is an equivalent of Nieves, proposed by the writer Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

Variant of Eadmundus, though it can also be a direct latinization of Edmund.

Means "desirable" in Esperanto.

Means "star" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Means "sea" in Azerbaijani.

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.

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.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from Apache go-chizh "his firewood" or go-chįh "his nose". This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Chiricahua Apache.

From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer", as well as other kanji combinations.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. One current theory condsiders this name a diminutive of Beila.

Form of Azad in several languages.

Latvian cognate of Aušra.

Means "dawn" in Lithuanian.

Derived from Sanskrit आशा (āśā) meaning "wish, desire, hope".

From Sanskrit अरुष (aruṣa) meaning "reddish, dawn", a word used in the Rigveda to describe the red horses of Agni. According to some traditions this was the name of the wife of the legendary sage Chyavana.

Means "shining" or "bright" in Sanskrit.

From the name of a place near the Spanish town of Oñati where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its name is derived from Basque arantza "thornbush".

Hungarian form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).

Means "the flyer" in Arabic. This is the name of a star in the constellation Aquila.

Derived from Arabic al-safīnah meaning "the ship". Alsephina, also known as Delta Velorum, is a triple star system that is a part of the constellation Vela.

From the given name Ali 1 combined with Persian شیر (shīr) meaning "lion". It was borne by the Timurid poet Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441-1501), who wrote in the Chagatai Turkic language.

Form of Alice used in several languages.

Form of Al-Hasan used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Alasia is the name of the star HD 168746. The star is named after an ancient name for Cyprus.

Possibly of Turkic origin meaning "white falcon". This was the name of a medieval Hungarian clan.

Means "ether (quintessence)" in Sanskrit and Hindi. Related to the masculine Akash meaning "open sky". Used by Anne Rice in her Vampire Chronicles for the mother of all vampires, a pre-Egyptian queen.

From Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa) meaning "open space, sky".

Variant of Enara.

From the name of a town situated on the slopes of Mount Pagoeta in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain.

From Cherokee ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".

Means "justice" in Kyrgyz and Kazakh, ultimately from Arabic عدل (ʿadala) meaning "to act justly".

Means "justice" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic عدل (ʿadala) meaning "to act justly".

Means "born to me with wealth" in Yoruba.

Means "giving off light, shining" in Amharic.

Derived from Sanskrit अरुषी (aruśi) meaning "dawn".