aussiechic04's Personal Name List

Archaic variant of Zenobia, prevalent in Cornwall and Devon as well as in the southern states of the US.

Germanized form of Zdenka.

Means "God remembers" from Hebrew element זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God".

It could be also used as a combination of Zachary and Michael.

Old English byname meaning "winter", originally given to a person with a frosty or gloomy temperament.
May also be used as an elaboration if Winter.

A notable bearer is the actress Kate Winslet.

Early Cornish form of Gwen. It was borne by two 5th-century Cornish saints.

Feminine form of Vidal.

Variant transcription of Bulgarian Вяра (see Vyara).

From Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī) meaning "holy basil (a type of plant)". The plant is considered sacred in Hinduism, and it is sometimes personified as an avatar of Lakshmi.

Means "taiga" in Finnish.

From the English word for the type of bird. It is commonly associated with the name Star.

It is the original name of children's illustrator Tasha Tudor.

Setting moon

Elaboration of Sky using the popular name suffix lyn.

Variant of Ryder, using the popular den suffix sound found in such names as Braden, Hayden and Aidan.

Presumably an altered form of Rhodanthe, using the Latin element rosa (compare Rose) as opposed to the Greek rhodon (compare Rhoda). The name was (first?) used by Welsh writer Ann Julia Hatton for a character in her popular Gothic novel 'Deeds of Olden Times' (1826). It was also used by Eliza Rennie in her poetic sketch 'The Myrtle Branch' (1828).

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a contraction of Rose and Aimée via the form Amée.

Elaboration of Romela.

Variant of Runar.

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

From the name of the Middle Eastern country Persia, now referred to as Iran. Its name is derived from Avestan Parsa, the ancient tribal name of the people ruled by Cyrus the Great.

As a given name, it has been occasionally found in the English-speaking world from the early 19th century onwards.

Transferred use of the surname Penrose.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אוֹפִירָה (see Ofira).

Meaning uncertain, perhaps based on Maitreya.

One of the seven nobles of Persia. Meaning "worthy."

Elaboration of Maeve.

Transferred use of the surname Mackinnon.

Transferred use of the surname Mabry.

Variant of Lowena.

Possibly from Lloegyr, the medieval Welsh name for a region of southeastern Britain, which is of unknown meaning. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historical realm (which he Latinized as Loegria) was named after Locrinus, the eldest son of Brutus of Troy and Innogen.

Means "wait, be patient" in Zulu.

Diminutive of Evangelia or Ioulia.

Possibly a variant of Lillis. This is borne by American author and educator Lilace Mellin Guignard.

Variant of Jaasiel appearing in some versions of the Old Testament (notably the King James Version).

Used by the author C. S. Lewis as the proper name of the White Witch, the antagonist in his novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). He may have based it on French jadis meaning "long ago, of old" or Persian جادو (jādū) meaning "magic, witch".

Diminutive of Harriet. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire had a daughter Harriet, called "Harryo".

Feminine form of Galileo.

Latinized form of Euanthe.

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

From the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".

Anglicized form of Ó Corraidhín.

Latinized form of Greek Κορινθία (Korinthia) meaning "woman from Corinth", an ancient Greek city-state. This is the real name of Corrie in William Faulkner's novel The Reivers (1962).

The name of a life-sized mechanical doll created by the mysterious Doctor Coppélius in Léo Delibes' comic ballet Coppélia (1870), based on two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The inventor's name is possibly a Latinized form of Yiddish Koppel. Alternatively this name may be inspired by Greek κοπελιά (kopelia) meaning "young woman", a dialectal variant of κοπέλα (kopela).

A rare purple semi-precious stone.

A notable bearer Matthew C. Perry (American naval officer who opened Japan to the West) who has this as a middle name.

Variant of Brave, with the popular name suffix -en, possibly influenced by Raven.

Transferred use of the surname Bracken.

Derived from Welsh arian "silver" and gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint, one of the supposed daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.

Latinized form of Archidamos. This name was borne by five kings of Sparta (Greece).

Feminine form of Alaric

Hispanic variant of Adelissa (compare Adelise).

From a word thought to have originated with the Gnostics or the Egyptians, found on many amulets during the last years of the Roman Empire. Abraxas was used by the Basilideans, a Gnostic sect of the 2nd century, to refer to the Supreme Being or god whom they worshipped; they believed it to be a name of power because it contained the seven Greek letters which, computed numerically, equal the number 365 (the number of days in the year). However, older mythologists placed Abraxas among the Egyptian gods, while some demonologists cite him as a demon with the head of a king and serpents forming his feet. He has been represented on amulets with a whip in his hand. The mystic word abracadabra is supposedly derived from his name (itself perhaps derived from Aramaic avra kedabra "what was said, occurred" or "I will create as I speak"). Many stones and gems were cut with his capricious symbolic markings, such as a human body having a fowl's or lion's head, and snakes as limbs, which were worn by the Basilideans as amulets. Gnostic symbols were later adopted by many societies devoted to magic and alchemy, therefore it is likely that most "abraxas-stones" made in the Middle Ages that contained kabbalistic symbols were talismans.

According to some sources this was an alternative name of one of the four immortal horses of the Greek sun god Helios. It was used by author J. K. Rowling in her 'Harry Potter' series of books for a minor character, the grandfather of Draco Malfoy.