Anna the singer's Personal Name List

Diminutive of Zora.

Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian diminutive of Zora.

Russian and Ukrainian form of Zenobia.

Means "clear, light, clarity" in Yucatec Maya [1]. Zazil Há was a 16th-century Maya woman who married the Spanish shipwreck survivor Gonzalo Guerrero.

Short form of Alexandra.

Feminine form of Zamir.

French feminine form of Yvon. It has been regularly used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

Czech form of Yvette.

Bulgarian feminine form of John.

Variant of Yesenia.

Variant of Jeruti.

Spanish form of Ianeira.

Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Jana 1.

Javanese form of Bulan.

Elaboration of Wren using the popular name suffix ley.

Variant of Winifred.

Variant of Weinmann, from Middle Low German, Middle High German winman ‘viticulturalist’, ‘wine merchant’. Variant of Wiedemann.

It is a rare name, only used by around 800 people in the U.S.

Originally a nickname for a person who had white hair or a pale complexion, from Old English hwit "white".

Variant of Walsh.

Occupational name meaning "weaver", from Old English webba, a derivative of wefan "to weave".

From the rare English surname Waverley, derived from the name of a place in Surrey, itself possibly from Old English wæfre "flickering, wavering" and leah "woodland, clearing".

The surname was borne by the title character in the novel Waverley (1814) by Walter Scott. Streets in New York and San Francisco have been named Waverly after the novel, and a female character in Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club (1989) is named after the San Francisco street. The name received a small boost in popularity for girls after the 1993 release of the novel's movie adaptation, and it rose further after the debut of the television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-2012).

Polish form of Valentina.

Denoted someone who came from the name of the municipality of Villafuerte de Esgueva in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain.

From the French name for Vienna, the capital city of Austria.

Diminutive of Victoria.

Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.

Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

Probably a variant of Wilma, the spelling with an e perhaps due to the influence of Selma 1. This name has been in use since the 19th century.

Variant of Van Buren.

Feminine form of Udo 1.

Variant of Ushas. According to the Hindu text the Bhagavata Purana this was the name of a daughter of the demon king Bana who married Aniruddha, the grandson of the Hindu deity Krishna.

Combination of Umm and Kulthum. This was the name of a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.

Hebrew form of Zeruiah.

Contracted form of Theresa. It may also be associated with the English word tress meaning "long lock of hair".

Alternate transcription of Hebrew טוֹבָה (see Tova 1).

Diminutive of names containing to, such as Antonina.

Means "praise God" in Igbo.

French form of Tiffany.

Means "we are with God", from Shona ti "we", na "with" and ishe "lord, God".

From Sino-Vietnamese 仙 (tiên) meaning "immortal, transcendent, celestial being, fairy".

Spanish diminutive of Teresa. It is most common in the Philippines and Latin America.

Short form of Teodoro and other names that begin with Teo. In Georgian this is a feminine name, a short form of Teona.

Alternate transcription of Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (see Tenzin).

Diminutive of Terézia.

From an English surname that originally denoted someone who was a tailor, from Norman French tailleur, ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".

Its modern use as a feminine name may have been influenced by the British-American author Taylor Caldwell (1900-1985). Since 1990 it has been more popular for girls in the United States. Other England-speaking regions have followed suit, with the exception of England and Wales where it is still slightly more popular for boys. Its popularity peaked in America the mid-1990s for both genders, ranked sixth for girls and 51st for boys. A famous bearer is the American musician Taylor Swift (1989-).

Variant of Tawny.

Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia (as Татьяна) and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s.

Means "slender woman", derived from Sanskrit तनु (tanu) meaning "slender".

Variant of Sibylla.

German and Scandinavian short form of Susanne.

Southern Indian form of Sunita.

Means "well conducted, wise", derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" combined with नीत (nīta) meaning "conducted, led". In Hindu legend this is the name of the wife of King Anga of Bengal and the mother of Vena.

Feminine form of Sultan.

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 석 (see Seok).

Unaccented form of Suárez primarily used in America and the Philippines.

Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian feminine form of Stephen.

Romanian feminine form of Stephen.

Variant of Sophie or a diminutive of Sophia.

Means "sister" in Finnish.

Means "elf, sprite" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.

Scottish Gaelic form of Jeanne or Jane.

Means "son of Sim", Sim being a medieval short form of Simon 1. This is the name of a fictional American family on the animated television series The Simpsons, starting 1989.

Diminutive of Simone 1.

German and French form of Sibyl.

Derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". This name occurs in the Song of Songs in the Old Testament.

From Japanese 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet" combined with 夜 (ya) meaning "night". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Variant of Shirley.

From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "clearing on a bank" in Old English. Two famous bearers of the surname were Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a romantic poet whose works include Adonais and Ozymandias, and Mary Shelley (1797-1851), his wife, the author of the horror story Frankenstein. As a feminine given name, it came into general use after the 1940s.

Alternate transcription of Shila.

Alternate transcription of Arabic شيماء (see Shaima).

Means "southern people" in the Algonquin language. The Shawnee were an Algonquin tribe who originally lived in the Ohio valley.

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).

Combination of the phonetic elements sha and neen.

French feminine form of Sergius.

Means "moon" in Greek. This was the name of a Greek goddess of the moon, a Titan. She was sometimes identified with the goddess Artemis.

Turkish form of Safaa'.

Norman form of Sibyl.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Sebastianus (see Sebastian).

Originally given to a person from Scotland or a person who spoke Scottish Gaelic.

Alternate transcription of Kannada ಶಶಿ (see Shashi).

Alternate transcription of Arabic سنيّة (see Saniyya).

Dutch and Danish short form of Susanna.

Apparently derived from Latin sana meaning "healthy".

From the name of a biblical town, שָׁלֵם (Shalem) in Hebrew, meaning "complete, safe, peaceful". According to the Old Testament this was the town where Melchizedek was king. It is usually identified with Jerusalem. Many places are named after the biblical town, most in America, notably a city in Massachusetts where the infamous Salem witch trials occurred in 1692.

Derived from Latin sal meaning "salt". This was the name of the Roman goddess of salt water.

Variant of Riley.

From the Hebrew name רוּת (Ruṯ), probably derived from the word רְעוּת (reʿuṯ) meaning "female friend". This is the name of the central character in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. She was a Moabite woman who accompanied her mother-in-law Naomi back to Bethlehem after Ruth's husband died. There she met and married Boaz. She was an ancestor of King David.

As a Christian name, Ruth has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. In England it was associated with the archaic word ruth meaning "pity, compassion" (now only commonly seen in the word ruthless). The name became very popular in America following the birth of "Baby" Ruth Cleveland (1891-1904), the daughter of President Grover Cleveland.

Feminine form of Rumen.

From Esperanto rubeno meaning "ruby", ultimately from Latin ruber "red".

Polish and Romanian form of Rosalia.

Variant of Rosalyn.

Latinate form of Rosalind.

Medieval variant of Rosalind.

Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose". This was the name of a 12th-century Sicilian saint.

Variant of Rosaline. James Clarence Mangan used it as a translation for Róisín in his poem Dark Rosaleen (1846).

Variant of Rosabel.

Japanese name meaning "White crest of the wave".

Derived from the given name Roger.

From the Germanic name Hrodger meaning "famous spear", derived from the elements hruod "fame" and ger "spear". The Normans brought this name to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Hroðgar (the name of the Danish king in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf). It was a common name in England during the Middle Ages. By the 18th century it was rare, but it was revived in following years. The name was borne by the Norman lords Roger I, who conquered Sicily in the 11th century, and his son Roger II, who ruled Sicily as a king.

This name was very popular in France in the first half of the 20th century. In the English-speaking world it was popular especially from the 1930s to the 50s. Famous bearers include British actor Roger Moore (1927-2017) and Swiss tennis player Roger Federer (1981-).

Habitational name from any of the numerous places so named, from Catalan roca "rock". This name is also Occitan.

Means "birch branch" in Finnish.

Germanic name, possibly a feminine form of Ricohard, though it is likely the second element is gart "enclosure" (being more common as a second element in feminine names). This was the name of the 9th-century wife of the Frankish emperor Charles the Fat. She is regarded as a saint.

Variant of Rhiannon.

Variant of Rhianna.

Means "rule" in Latin. This was the name of a 3rd-century Swiss martyr, the patron saint of Zurich.

Form of Rebecca used in various languages.

Swedish variant of Rebecca.

Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.

Means "rest, repose, pleasure" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu goddess of love and pleasure, the wife of Kama.

Biblical Latin form of Rachel, as well as a German form.

From Sino-Vietnamese 娟 (quyên) meaning "beautiful, graceful".

Hebrew form of Keziah.

Diminutive of Proscovia, mainly used in Uganda.

Feminine equivalent of Prince.

From the English word prince, a royal title, which comes ultimately from Latin princeps. This name was borne by the American musician Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016), who is known simply as Prince.

Feminine form of Prem.

Feminine form of Pravin.

Hungarian form of Prisca, influenced by the Hungarian word piros meaning "red".

Original Greek form of Philomena.

From an English word meaning "nightingale" (ultimately from Philomela). It has been used frequently in poetry to denote the bird.

Derived from Greek φαεινός (phaeinos) meaning "shining". According to some Greek myths this was the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Russian masculine diminutive of Pyotr or Bulgarian feminine diminutive of Petar.

Meaning unknown, created in the 20th century. The name is borne by the British singer Petula Clark (1932-), whose name was invented by her father.

Diminutive of Petra.

Diminutive of Petra.

Feminine form of Peter. This was also the name of an ancient city in the region that is now Jordan.

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Петя (see Petya).

Bulgarian feminine diminutive of Petar.

Feminine form of Paulus (see Paul). This was the name of a 4th-century Roman saint who was a companion of Saint Jerome.

Variant of Patty.

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Paraskeve.

From an English surname meaning "servant, page" in Middle English. It is ultimately derived (via Old French and Italian) from Greek παιδίον (paidion) meaning "little boy".

As a given name for girls, it received some public attention from a character in the 1958 novel Parrish and the 1961 movie adaptation [1]. It experienced a larger surge in popularity in the 1980s, probably due to the character Paige Matheson from the American soap opera Knots Landing.

Variant of Ozzie.

Diminutive of Ottilie. A famous bearer was the British socialite Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938).

German form of Odilia.

Form of Orpah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

Means "who is greater than God?" in Igbo.

Short form of Onyekachi.

Variant of Odilia.

French diminutive of Oda or Odilia. This is the name of a princess who has been transformed into a swan in the ballet Swan Lake (1877) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Lithuanian form of Odette.

Variant of Oaklyn.

From an English surname that was from various place names meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).

Strictly feminine variant of Oakley.

From the name of an ancient town of Asia Minor where Saint Gregory was bishop in the 4th century. Nyssa is also the genus name of a type of tree, also called the Tupelo.

Used by British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). He perhaps based it on Latin nidus "nest".

Georgian form of Nonna.

Form of Naomi 1 in several languages.

Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is Noam Chomsky (1928-), an American linguist and philosopher.

Modern Hebrew form of Noah 2, the daughter of Zelophehad in the Bible. It is also the form used in several other languages, as well as the spelling used in some English versions of the Old Testament.

Short form of Nkechinyere.

From Latin niveus meaning "snow-white" (itself from nivis, "of snow"). It was used by Peruvian author Isabel Allende for a character in her novel 'La casa de los espíritus' (1982).

Means "flower bud" in Hebrew.

Southern Indian form of Nitya.

From Turkish and Azerbaijani Nil, the name of the Nile River, combined with ay meaning "moon".

Catalan, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Neilos (and the Nile River). This name was borne by a 15th-century Russian saint, Nil Sorsky. As a Turkish name it is feminine, and comes directly from the Turkish name for the river.

Variant of Nikia, which is itself a variant of Nakia.

Southern Indian variant of Nikita 2.

Means "joy, happiness" in Turkish.

Created by Shakespeare for a character in his play The Merchant of Venice (1596). He possibly took it from Greek Νηρηΐς (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god Nereus, who supposedly fathered them.

From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized and reduced form of Gaelic Mac an Fhilidh (or McNeilly) meaning "son of the poet".

Alternate transcription of Marathi/Hindi नीलिमा or Telugu నీలిమ (see Nilima).

Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".

Greek form of Nausicaa.

French form of Natalie, as well as a Dutch, German and Scandinavian variant.

Polish form of Natasha.

Latinate form of Natalia (see Natalie).

French and Portuguese form of Natasha.

Turkish feminine form of Naim.

Means "announcement, call" in Arabic, derived from نادى (nādā) meaning "to call, to announce, to invite".

Variant of Myisha.

From Old Irish muir "sea" and finn "white, blessed". This is another name of Muirne, the mother of the legendary hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.

From Old Cornish moroin meaning "maiden, girl" (related to the Welsh word morwyn [1]). This was the name of a 6th-century Cornish saint, said to be one of the daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.

Feminine form of Morgan 1.

Feminine form of Moreno.

Derived from Spanish moral meaning "mulberry tree", of Latin origin.

Variant of Myrthe.

Latinate form of Mirabelle.

Alternate transcription of Persian مینو (see Minoo).

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna) meaning "fish" and अक्षि (akṣi) meaning "eye". This is the name of a Hindu goddess associated with the Tamil city of Madurai. She is considered an incarnation of Parvati.

Originally a diminutive of names containing the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear".

Feminine form of Milan. It began to be used in Italy in honour of Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), mother of Helen of Montenegro, the wife of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III. In Italy it can also be considered a combination of Maria and Elena.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 加 (ka) meaning "increase". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

From Sino-Korean 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 京 (gyeong) meaning "capital city" or 景 (gyeong) meaning "scenery, view". Other hanja combinations are possible.

Variant of Madge.

Feminine diminutive of Michele 1.

Italian feminine form of Michael.

Feminine form of Michael.

From the name of the Sicilian city of Messina, founded by Greek colonists. The city was named after the Greek city Μεσσήνη (Messene).

Medieval Danish variant of Margrethe.

Means "grace of Allah", from Arabic منّة (minna) meaning "favour, grace" combined with الله (Allah).

Derived from Greek μέλπω (melpo) meaning "to sing, to celebrate with song". This was the name of one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology, the muse of tragedy.

Variant of Melanie.

Medieval diminutive of Margaret. It is now also used as a short form of the related name Megan.

Kazakh and Bosnian form of Madina.

Possibly a variant of Mamie.

French feminine form of Maximilian.

Means "God is good" in Ewe.

Means "great mother", from Celtic *mātīr meaning "mother" and the divine or augmentative suffix -on. This was the name of a Gaulish and Brythonic mother goddess, the namesake of the River Marne [1].

Ukrainian, Belarusian and Polish form of Marina.

French and Norwegian form of Martha.

Variant of Maria.

Possibly a feminine variant of Marquis influenced by Keisha; also compare Marquita.

Diminutive of Marina.

Croatian, Serbian, Slovene and Macedonian form of Mariana.

Diminutive of Maria. In the case of the American actress Mariel Hemingway (1961-), the name was inspired by the Cuban town of Mariel.

Diminutive of Margaret (English) or Margareeta (Estonian).

Portuguese, Galician, Catalan and Occitan form of Margaret. Also in these languages, this is the common word for the daisy flower (species Bellis perennis, Leucanthemum vulgare and others).

Variant of Marceline.

Feminine form of Manuel.

Scottish diminutive of Mairead. It was long used in the United Kingdom and Australia, becoming popular at the end of the 20th century. In the United States it was brought to public attention by the British actress Maisie Williams (1997-), who played Arya Stark on the television series Game of Thrones beginning 2011. Her birth name is Margaret.

Diminutive of Margaret.

Variant of Lisette.

Feminine form of Lysandros (see Lysander).

From an English surname that was derived from Welsh llyn meaning "lake". Before the start of the 20th century it was primarily used for boys, but it has since come to be more common for girls. In some cases it may be thought of as a short form of Linda or names that end in lyn or line.

Variant of Lindsay.

French and Czech form of Lydia.

From a Scottish surname that was derived from the Old Norse given name Liulfr (which was derived in part from úlfr "wolf").

Means "flower" in Albanian.

Feminine form of Lucius. Saint Lucia was a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse. She was said to have had her eyes gouged out, and thus she is the patron saint of the blind. She was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). It has been used in the England since the 12th century, usually in the spellings Lucy or Luce.

Diminutive of Lucie.

Form of Lucius, meaning "light". A notable bearer of this surname is French singer-songwriter Renan Luce (1980-).

Variant of Laurel.

From German Loreley, the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. It is of uncertain meaning, though the second element is probably old German ley meaning "rock" (of Celtic origin). German romantic poets and songwriters, beginning with Clemens Brentano in 1801, tell that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures boaters to their death with her song.

In the English-speaking world this name has been occasionally given since the early 20th century. It started rising in America after the variant Lorelai was used for the main character (and her daughter, nicknamed Rory) on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).

Feminine form of Longinus.

Feminine form of Livius. This was the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla.

Short form of Olivia.

Diminutive of Elisabet.

German and Scandinavian short form of Elisabeth. A notable fictional bearer is Lisbeth Salander from Swedish author Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005) as well as its sequels and movie adaptations.

Old German form of Linda.

Variant of Lindsay.

Means "the day is born" in Albanian, from lind "to give birth" and ditë "day".

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.

Means "stone flower" in Mapuche, from likan "a type of black stone" and rayen "flower". According to a Mapuche legend this was the name of a maiden who sacrificed herself in order to stop the wrath of the evil spirit of a volcano.

Diminutive of names containing the sound les, such as Leslie.

Finnish and Estonian short form of Helena or Matleena.

Alternate transcription of Telugu లక్ష్మి or Marathi/Hindi लक्ष्मी (see Lakshmi), as well as the most common Nepali transcription.

Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of Aeneas, and the ancestor of the Roman people. According to the legend Aeneas named the town of Lavinium in honour of his wife.

French feminine form of Laurentinus.

Feminine form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Ukrainian, Belarusian and Polish form of Larisa.

From a diminutive of Laurence (see Larkin).

Variant of Larisa. It has been commonly used as an English given name only since the 20th century, as a borrowing from Russian. In 1991 this name was given to one of the moons of Neptune, in honour of the mythological character.

Possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, which meant "citadel". In Greek legends, the nymph Larisa was either a daughter or mother of Pelasgus, the ancestor of the mythical Pelasgians. This name was later borne by a 4th-century Greek martyr who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Church. The name (of the city, nymph and saint) is commonly Latinized as Larissa, with a double s. As a Ukrainian name, it is more commonly transcribed Larysa.

Original Latin form of Letitia, as well as a French variant. This name began rising in popularity in France around the same time that Serge Gainsbourg released his 1963 song Elaeudanla Téïtéïa (this title is a phonetic rendering of the letters in the name Lætitia). It peaked in 1982 as the fourth most common name for girls.

Variant of Lucretia, influenced by Lakeisha.

Variant of Kim 1.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Xenia.

Slovak form of Christina.

Variant of Christine.

Variant of Courtney. Like Courtney this name declined in popularity in the 1990s, but it was briefly revived after 2007 by the television personality Kourtney Kardashian (1979-) when she began appearing on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Means "bright" in Hawaiian.

Diminutive of Keziah.

Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

Diminutive of Kunigunde.

Variant of Kimberly.

Hawaiian form of Diana. It was brought to wider attention in the late 1980s, likely by the Hawaiian fitness instructor Kiana Tom (1965-), who had a television show on ESPN beginning in 1988 [1].

Variant of Cian.

From the Hebrew name קְצִיעָה (Qetsiʿa) meaning "cassia, cinnamon", from the name of the spice tree. In the Old Testament she is a daughter of Job.

Variant of Keziah.

Variant of Keisha.

Variant or feminine form of Kevin.

Variant of Kevin.

Means "horn of antimony" in Hebrew. Antimony is a substance that was formerly used as an eye cosmetic (eye shadow). A hollowed animal horn could have been used to store this material. Keren-Happuch is the name of the third daughter of Job in the Old Testament.

From Japanese 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" or 一 (kazu) meaning "one" combined with 枝 (e) meaning "branch" or 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other combinations of kanji characters can potentially form this name.

Diminutive of Kate.

Alternate transcription of Persian کتایون (see Katayoun).

Form of Katherine in several languages.

Feminine variant of Casey.

Feminine form of Carolus.

Means "answer" in Sotho and Tswana.

Polish, Russian and Croatian form of Calista.

Combination of the name prefix ka and Lisha.

Variant of Caden.

Variant of Casey.

Telugu and Malayalam form of Jyoti.

Swedish and Norwegian cognate of June.

Means "pearl" in Arabic.

Variant of Julia.

Spanish form of Iohanna (see Joanna), making it the feminine form of Juan 1. This name was borne by Juana the Mad, a 16th-century queen of Castile.

Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish feminine form of Joseph.

Diminutive of Joan 1.

Derived from the given name Jon, a medieval variant of John.

Basque feminine form of Jon 1.

Dutch, Slovene and Croatian form of Yolanda, as well as an Italian variant of Iolanda.

French, Danish and Norwegian form of Iohanna (see Joanna).

French feminine form of Joscelin (see Jocelyn).

From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with 厚 (hu) meaning "thick". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.

Diminutive of Jeanne.

Variant of Jeannette.

Diminutive of Jayne.

Latinate form of Jeannine.

Feminine form of James.

Turkish form of Zhaleh.

Feminine diminutive of Jacques.

Feminine diminutive of Jacques.

Dutch feminine form of Iacomus (see James).

Norwegian and Dutch feminine form of Jacob.

Feminine form of Jacob.

Form of Yvonne in several languages.

Catalan form of Yvette.

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

Feminine form of Ivan.

Diminutive of Isidore, Isabella and other names beginning with Is.

Means "deer" in Choctaw.

Variant of Isabel.

French form of Isabel.

Short form of Isabella.

Form of Irene in several languages.

From the name of the island off Scotland where Saint Columba founded a monastery. The name of the island is Old Norse in origin, and apparently derives simply from ey meaning "island".

Means "violet" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a woman beloved by Herakles.

Russian and Ukrainian form of Yolanda.

Variant of India.

Means "maiden, virgin" in Finnish.

Short form of Immacolata or Immaculada.

Italian and Spanish form of Irmhild. The Blessed Imelda Lambertini was a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.

Short form of names ending with iina.

Variant of Aisha. It was popularized by the song Iesha (1991) by Another Bad Creation [1].

Means "spur of a hill", from Old English hoh.

Derived from Sanskrit हीर (hīra) meaning "diamond". It is typically feminine in Pakistan and unisex in India and Nepal.

Feminine form of Hilarius.

Latin form of Esther. Like Esther, it has been used in England since the Protestant Reformation. Nathaniel Hawthorne used it for the heroine of his novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman forced to wear a red letter A on her chest after giving birth to a child out of wedlock.

Dutch, Slovene, Hungarian and Croatian form of Hermine.

Diminutive of Hedwig.

From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.

Means "grape vine" in Amharic.

From Chinese 韩 (hán) referring to the ancient state of Han, which existed from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC in what is now Shanxi and Henan provinces.

Diminutive of Harriet.

Probably a variant of Gwynedd. It has been common in Wales since the 19th century, perhaps after the Welsh novelist Gwyneth Vaughan (1852-1910), whose real name was Ann Harriet Hughes. A modern famous bearer is the American actress Gwyneth Paltrow (1972-).

Possibly means "white ring", derived from Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" and dolen meaning "ring, loop". This name appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century chronicles, written in the Latin form Guendoloena, where it belongs to an ancient queen of the Britons who defeats her ex-husband in battle [1]. Geoffrey later used it in Vita Merlini for the wife of the prophet Merlin [2]. An alternate theory claims that the name arose from a misreading of the masculine name Guendoleu by Geoffrey [3].

This name was not regularly given to people until the 19th century [4][3]. It was used by George Eliot for a character in her novel Daniel Deronda (1876).

From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, blessed". It can also be a short form of Gwendolen, Gwenllian and other names beginning with Gwen.

Swedish variant of Gunhild.

From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe". Guadalupe is a Spanish place name, the site of a famous convent, derived from Arabic وادي (wādī) meaning "valley, river" possibly combined with Latin lupus meaning "wolf". In the 16th century Our Lady of Guadalupe supposedly appeared in a vision to a native Mexican man, and she is now regarded as a patron saint of the Americas.

Derived from the Welsh given name Gruffudd.

Short form of Margrethe.

Feminine form of Graciano.

Feminine form of Gordan.

Feminine form of Giuliano.

Variant of Gytha.

Italian form of Iohannes (see John). This name has been very common in Italy since the late Middle Ages, as with other equivalents of John in Europe. The Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), the painter Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) and the painter and sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) were famous bearers of the name.

Feminine form of Giacomo.

Variant of Ghislaine.

Italian variant of Jessica.

Variant of Geraldine or Jerry using the popular name suffix lyn.

Feminine form of George.

Polish form of Geneviève.

Variant of Jeannette.

Latinized (Old Spanish) form of a Gothic name (see Elvira).

South Indian form of Gita 1.

Patronymic from Garrett.

From the name of the tropical flower, which was named for the Scottish naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791).

Short form of Abigail.

From the Greek word γαῖα (gaia), a parallel form of γῆ (ge) meaning "earth". In Greek mythology Gaia was the mother goddess who presided over the earth. She was the mate of Uranus and the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.

German feminine form of Gabriel.

Diminutive of Sophronia.

Sardinian feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).

German and Dutch feminine form of Frank.

Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).

Simply from the word fortune, ultimately from Latin fortuna, a derivative of fors "luck".

Feminine form of Fortunato.

Variant of Lloyd.

Feminine form of Florinus.

Means "white shoulder" from Old Irish finn "white, blessed" and gúala "shoulder". In Irish legend Fionnuala was one of the four children of Lir who were transformed into swans for a period of 900 years.

Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as Fióna.

Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Lithuanian form of Philomena.

Means "be meek" in Chewa.

Latin diminutive of Fabia. This was the name of a 4th-century saint from Rome.

Czech form of Eugenia.

Bulgarian form of Eugenia and an alternate transcription of Russian Евгения (see Yevgeniya).

German, Estonian and Hungarian form of Evelina.

French form of Eve.

Spanish feminine form of Eustachius (see Eustace).

Means "mirth, merriment, cheerfulness" in Greek, a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and φρήν (phren) meaning "mind, heart". She was one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites) in Greek mythology.

Spanish feminine form of Eulogius.

French form of Eulalia.

Anglicized form of Eithne.

Form of Esther used in several languages.

Turkish and Bosnian form of Asma.

Probably a variant of Ena or Énna.

There is a female character named Enna in the Elsie Dinsmore book series by Martha Finley.

Combination of Emmy and Lou.

Spanish form of a Visigothic name, recorded from the 10th century in forms such as Geloyra or Giluira. It is of uncertain meaning, possibly composed of the Gothic element gails "happy" or gails "spear" combined with wers "friendly, agreeable, true". The name was borne by members of the royal families of León and Castille. This is also the name of a character in Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (1787).

Means "colours" in Turkish.

Scandinavian short form of Helena.

Short form of Wilhelmine or names ending in elma, such as Anselma. It has also been recorded as a combination of Elizabeth and Mary, as in the case of the 19th-century daughter of the Earl of Elgin, who was named using her mother's first and middle names [1].

Scandinavian and Welsh form of Helen.

Estonian form of Elizabeth.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Éliane.

Variant of Elfreda.

Form of Eleanor in several languages.

Georgian form of Katherine.

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.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a variant of Aila or a rare Norwegian diminutive of Elin. It was used by the Finnish author Väinö Kataja for a character in his novel Tuskaa (1907), and it became fairly popular in Finland in the first half of the 20th century.

Biblical Hebrew form of Edna.

Latinized form of Étaín. This was the name of an early Irish saint.

Variant of Echeverría.

Means "prayer" in Arabic.

Portuguese and Galician form of Dolores.

Italian feminine form of Dominicus (see Dominic).

From the Slavic element dobrŭ (Serbo-Croatian dobar) meaning "good".

Short form of names ending in dina, such as Bernardina or Ondina. As an English name, this can also be a variant of Deanna.

Means "beloved" in Italian, from Latin dilectus.

Means "preparation for a religious ceremony" in Sanskrit.

Variant of Diane.

Indonesian form of Devi.

Feminine form of Desiderio. This was the Latin name of a 19th-century queen of Sweden, the wife of Karl XIV. She was born in France with the name Désirée.

Means "sea, ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Variant of Denise.

Variant of Deirdre.

Means "son of Daw".

Means "son of David". This was the surname of the revolutionary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis (1926-1991).

French form of Daphne.

Feminine diminutive of Daniel.

Variant of Craine.

From an aristocratic English surname that was derived either from the French place name Courtenay (originally a derivative of the personal name Curtenus, itself derived from Latin curtus "short") or else from a Norman nickname meaning "short nose".

Originally more common as a name for boys in America, it became more popular for girls in the 1960s. It began rapidly increasing after 1973, possibly due to a character (played by Natalie Wood) in the television movie The Affair. It reached an apex in the United States ranked 17th in 1990, though it has quickly fallen away since then.

Variant of Courtney. A famous bearer is actress Courteney Cox (1964-).

Variant of Courtney.

Diminutive of Constance and other names beginning with Con. It is occasionally a masculine name, a diminutive of Cornelius or Conrad.

Derived from the English word cloud. In Popular Culture, this is the name of the main protagonist (Cloud Strife) in "Final Fantasy VII", who also makes an appearance in "Dissidia: Final Fantasy".

Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus. A famous bearer was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America.

Diminutive of Clara.

Diminutive of Clara.

Means "God knows" in Igbo, derived from Chi 2, referring to God, and má meaning "know".

Means "God is good" in Igbo.

Means "God is the way" in Igbo.

Means "born at night" in Swahili.

Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चन्द (cand) meaning "to shine". This is a transcription of both the masculine form चण्ड (the god of the moon personified) as well as the feminine form चण्डा (spelled with a long final vowel).

Feminine form of Chandan, as well as the Sinhala masculine form.

Turkish form of Jamila.

Feminine form of Caelinus. This name can also function as a short form of Marcelina.

Variant of Kaylee.

Scandinavian contracted form of Katherine.

Diminutive of Cassandra and other names beginning with Cass.

Italian form of Charlotte.

Original Latin form of Cecilia.

From the English word for the yellow flower (genus Ranunculus). Author William Goldman used it for Princess Buttercup in his book The Princess Bride (1973) and the subsequent film adaptation (1987).

Variant of Briley.

Variant of Britannia.

Short form of Gabriella.

Variant of Braelyn.

Derived from the name of the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire, which meant "broad ford" in Old English. This is also the name of other smaller towns in England.

Means "happy", from Lao ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" combined with ມີ (mi) meaning "to have".