Israella's Personal Name List

Polish cognate of Záviš.

A double form composed from the German names Wolf and Gerd 1.

From the name of the flowering plant, which was named for the American anatomist Caspar Wistar.

Variant of Wigmar.

Derived from Old English folc meaning "people, nation" and gifu meaning "gift".

A dithematic German name formed from the Germanic name elements folk "people" and beraht "bright".

Old Church Slavic form of Vladimir.

Variant of Viveca. A famous bearer is actress Vivica Fox.

Feminine form of Vitale.

Derived from Latin villana "villein, feudal tenant" (compare Villanus). Villana de' Botti (1332 - 1361) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. She turned to the Dominicans after a sudden conversion from a dissolute life and was noted for her simplistic life born out of her conversion. De' Botti had fierce detractors due to her stating she had religious ecstasies at Mass - which was true - and these opponents had even acknowledged her as a true living saint. She was beatified on 27 March 1824.

Means "fairy" in Serbian.

Feminine form of Varinius.

West Frisian variant form of Oelke and North Frisian cognate of Oelke, although it should be noted that it is strictly masculine in North Frisia.

Derived from Latin tranquillus "quiet, calm, still". A known bearer of this name was Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, a Roman historian from the 2nd century AD.

Feminine form of Tranquillo.

English translation of Danish Tommelise, a name created from Danish tommel "thumb" by Hans Christian Andersen for the title character of his 1835 fairy tale. In the story she is a miniature girl who grows out of a grain of barley.

Variant of Theudelinda.

Derived from the Gothic element þiuda meaning "people" (Old High German diota, Old Frankish þeoda), either a short form of Germanic names beginning with this element (such as Theudelinda) or used independently as a standalone name. This was borne by a 10th-century queen-consort of Pamplona.

See also the masculine equivalent Theudo.

Means "creation of God", derived from Greek θεος (theos) "god" combined with Greek κτίσμα (ktisma) "creation, edifice, foundation". The latter element is ultimately derived from the Greek verb κτίζω (ktizo) meaning "to people, to build, to create".

From the Gothic name *Þiudareiks meaning "ruler of the people", derived from the elements þiuda "people" and reiks "ruler, king". It was notably borne by Theodoric the Great, a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths who eventually became the ruler of Italy. By Theodoric's time the Ostrogoths were partially Romanized and his name was regularly recorded as Theodoricus. This was also the name of two earlier (5th century) Visigothic kings.

Possibly derived from Greek θεά (thea) meaning "goddess". In Greek myth this was the name of a Titan goddess of light, glittering and glory. She was the wife of Hyperion and the mother of the sun god Helios, the moon goddess Selene, and the dawn goddess Eos.

Means "sea" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was the personification of the sea. A small moon of Neptune is named for her.

Variant of Theresa.

English and German form of Symphorianus. This name was borne by a saint from the 2nd century AD.

Feminine form of Sylvan.

Derived from Greek stamata "to stop", this name was historically given to a girl with older sisters whose parents desperately hoped for a son. They "were literally praying for the curse of daughters to stop".

Feminine form of Sophronius. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580), in which it is borne by the lover of Olindo.

Bulgarian form of Slavica.

From a Scottish surname that was derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair". A notable bearer was the American author Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951).

Probably from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest" (compare Silvanus, Silvester and Silvius). This name was borne by a 6th-century pope who served for less than a year but is considered a saint.

Variant of Cecilia.

Variant of Sibylla.

Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.

This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.

Roman family name, possibly derived from Latin sempiternus meaning "eternal".

Czech and German form of Scholastica.

From the Greek name Σαπφείρη (Sappheire), which was from Greek σάπφειρος (sappheiros) meaning "sapphire" or "lapis lazuli" (ultimately derived from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir)). Sapphira is a character in Acts in the New Testament who is killed by God for lying.

Polish form of Salome.

Probably a feminisation of the surname Sales borne by the Roman Catholic saint Francis de Sales.

From the Old Norse elements salr "room, hall" and dís "goddess".

Hellenized form of the Hebrew noun shabbat, which is the name of the Hebrew day of rest. Shabbat (sabbath in English) means "rest" or "cessation", having ultimately been derived from the Hebrew verb shavat "to repose, to rest, to cease". Also, please do not confuse Sabbatios for being the hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shabbatai, because the proper hellenized form of that name is Sabbataios.

Greek form of Sabas.

Diminutive of Sabata.

From Hebrew סעד‎ (sa'ad) meaning "to support", though it is sometimes considered a Hebrew form of the Arabic name Sa'id.

Feminine form of the Latin adjective rutilus "a warm or yellowish red colour, ruddy".

It is the name of an early Christian saint.

Means "red" in Italian.

Probably means "great provider" from Gaulish ro, an intensive prefix (hence "very, most, great"), combined with smert "purveyor, carer" and the feminine name suffix a. This was the name of an obscure Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility, abundance and prosperity. The author J. K. Rowling borrowed the name for a witch in her 'Harry Potter' series.

Derived from the Old German elements hros "horse" and munt "protection". This name was borne by the wife of the Lombard king Alboin in the 6th century. The Normans introduced it to England. It was subsequently interpreted as coming from Latin rosa munda "pure rose" or rosa mundi "rose of the world". This was the name of the mistress of Henry II, the king of England in the 12th century. According to legends she was murdered by his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Feminine form of Romed, Romedio, or Romedius.

From the name of the Italian city, commonly called Rome in English.

Roman cognomen which was derived from Latin restitutus meaning "replaced, restored" as well as "revived", itself ultimately derived from the Latin verb restituo meaning "to replace, to restore" and "to revive".

This name was in use throughout the Roman Empire, but it was especially common in North Africa, where it may have been a rough Latin translation of the Phoenician name B'LŠLM or Baalshillem meaning "Ba'al has given in exchange (for a deceased child)".

French form of Restituta. This name has not enjoyed as much use as its variant Restitude has, which is why this name is nearly extinct while that name is not.

From a Germanic name that was composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and brant "fire, torch, sword". This name belonged to the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).

From the name of the town or university in New Jersey. Established in the early 18th century, it is said to have been named for William III, the Prince of Orange.

Original Latin form of Primo.

Feminine form of Primus (see Primo).

The first element of this archaic name is derived from the Serbo-Croatian adjective pred "in front of, before" (the latter can also be used to refer to an earlier point in time), which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic perdъ "in front of, against". Also compare modern Russian pered and Polish przed, both of which mean "before, in front of". The second element of this name is either derived from Slavic mir "peace" or Slavic mer "great, famous".

From the medieval name Plaisance, which meant "pleasant" in Old French.

Derived from Greek φῶς (phos) meaning "light" (genitive φωτός (photos)). This is the name traditionally given to the Samaritan woman Jesus met at the well (see John 4:7). She is venerated as a saint by the Eastern Church.

Means "affectionate" in Greek, a derivative of φίλημα (philema) meaning "kiss". Philemon was the recipient of one of Paul's epistles in the New Testament.

Diminutive of Petra.

Medieval German pet form of Peter, as the Germanic element man has been used as a suffix for pet forms of both masculine and feminine names since the 7th century AD.

Meaning unknown, possibly an early American alteration of Pamela.

German name composed of the elements OD "fortune, wealth" and HILD "battle".

This name was given to an asteroid discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg, Germany on March 18, 1923.

Feminine diminutive form of Otto.

Variant of Ottilia.

Derived from Old High German ōt meaning "wealth, riches" and heri meaning "host, army".

From the Old English elements os "god" and mund "protection". During the Anglo-Saxon period a Norse cognate Ásmundr was also used in England, and another version was imported by the Normans. Saint Osmund was an 11th-century Norman nobleman who became an English bishop. Though it eventually became rare, it was revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the given name.

A dithematic Germanic name formed from the name elments os "god" and hild "battle".

Derived from the Latin adjective orabilis meaning "exorable" as well as "entreatable". In turn, the word is derived from the Latin verb oro meaning "to speak" as well as "to plead, to beg, to pray, to entreat" combined with a Latin adjectival suffix (either -abilis or -bilis).

Also compare the related Latin adjective exorabilis meaning "exorable, persuadable" as well as "easily entreated, influenced by prayer".

In the medieval period, the name Orabilis was frequently used as a latinization of Arabel and Arabella (particularly in the British Isles).

Orabilia, or Orable, from the Latin orabilis "easily entreated".

From Middle French opportun meaning "suitable, fitting", a derivative of Latin opportunus "fit, suitable, convenient, timely". This was the name of an 8th-century French saint.

Variant of Onni.

From a Greek personal name that was derived from the place name Olympos, the name of the mountain home of the Greek gods.

Variant of Olympe.

Russian and Ukrainian form of Olympias.

Derived from the Old German element uodil meaning "heritage" or ot meaning "wealth, fortune". Saint Odilia (or Odila) was an 8th-century nun who is considered the patron saint of Alsace. She was apparently born blind but gained sight when she was baptized.

Combination of Germanic elements uodal "inheritance" and lindi "weak, soft, flexible".

Diminutive of Odila.

Short form of names starting with Old Norse oddr "point of a sword".

Feminine form of Oddr.

Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Obadiah.

Means "servant of Yahweh" in Hebrew, derived from עָבַד (ʿavaḏ) meaning "to serve, to worship" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets, the author of the Book of Obadiah, which predicts the downfall of the nation of Edom. This is also the name of several other biblical characters.

Formed from the Germanic name elements nord "north" and hild "battle, fight".

Combination of the Old Norse name element norðr "north" and Dina 1. This name was first recorded in the mid-19th century.

Variant of Norbert.

Means "Yahweh comforts" in Hebrew, derived from נָחַם (naḥam) meaning "to comfort" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. According to the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament he was a leader of the Jews who was responsible for the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity.

Feminine form of Narcissus.

Latin natalis "natal, of birth" + Proto-Germanic linþaz "gentle, sweet, mild".

Used by Edgar Allan Poe for the title character of his Gothic short story Morella (1835), in which case he may have invented it by adding a diminutive suffix to Latin mors "death". Alternatively, it may be derived from the name of the ancient Spanish city, the Italian name for the poisonous weed black nightshade (species Solanum nigrum), or from the Italian surname Morello, all of them ultimately deriving from Greek μαῦρος (mauros) meaning "black". This name was also used as a rare medieval Scottish variant of Muriel.

Russian form of Modestus.

Derived from Latin mirabilis meaning "wonderful". This name was coined during the Middle Ages, though it eventually died out. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.

Old French form of Millicent.

Meaning unknown. This is the name of Tristan's father in medieval French literature. It was reused for the main protagonist in the manga The Seven Deadly Sins (first published in 2012).

Variant of Matilda.

Medieval German and archaic Alsatian and East Frisian short form of Marcus, recorded numerous times in the Rhineland region of what is now Germany in the early 16th century, as well as in East Frisia in the same time period.
As a medieval Jewish name, it was occasionally used to translate Mordechai, probably via the phonetic similarity of the form Mortge.

Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element man meaning "person, man" (Proto-Germanic *mannô).

Elaboration of Breton Maela.

Means "little moon" in Medieval French. It is derived from French lune "moon" combined with a diminutive suffix. So, in other words, one could say that this name is the diminutive form of Lune.

Derived from Latin lumina "lights", ultimately from Latin lumen "light". In the English-speaking world, this name was first recorded in the 1800s.

From the Old German name Hludolf, which was composed of the elements hlut meaning "famous, loud" and wolf meaning "wolf". Saint Ludolf (or Ludolph) was a 13th-century bishop of Ratzeburg.

Variant of Lovey.

Transferred use of the surname Lovelace.

Old Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.

Variant of Liutgard.

Derived from Old High German liut "people" combined with Old High German fridu "peace."

Short form of Liobgetha, Latinized form of Leofgyð. She was an 8th-century English saint active as a missionary in Germany.

The name Lioba is also used by Russia Germans as Germanisation of the name Lyubov.

This name was recorded in the Jewish community in medieval England. It was famously borne by Licoricia of Winchester who was one of the most prominent female bankers and one of the most notable English Jewish women of her time.
Licoricia is derived from the English word licorice (via Old French licoresse) and ultimately from Greek glukurrhiza ( γλυκύρριζα): glukus (γλυκύς) "sweet" and rhiza (ῥίζα) "root".
Both the (folk) etymological meaning of "sweet" and the associative meaning of the licorice itself fit well into the Jewish naming conventions of the time: names whose meanings denote desirable traits were common (especially for girls, compare Doltza, Beila, etc.) as were names denoting valuable things (compare Diamante, etc.).

English feminine form of Laurence 1.

Diminutive of Laura.

Medieval diminutive of Laura. This name was used for a character in the French series of science fiction comics Valérian et Laureline (1967-2010) as well as the 2017 movie adaptation Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

Feminine form of Lando as well as a short form of feminine names that start with Land- or end in -landa (such as Orlanda).

Means "queen" in Croatian.

Medieval Russian form of Capitolina.

Means "beautiful name", derived from the Greek adjective καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful, lovely, fair" combined with the Greek noun ὄνυμα (onyma) meaning "name".

This given name was eventually adopted by Greek Jews, for whom it was a direct translation of the Hebrew name Shem-tov. It is now best known as a (patronymic) surname in the Jewish community, with the most prominent bearers being members of the Italian branch of the Kalonymos family.

A known bearer of this given name was the Byzantine naval commander Kalonymos of Alexandria (6th century AD), who is better known under the latinized form of his name, namely Calonymus.

Catalan, Dutch, Polish, Sorbian and Occitan form of Justus. This name coincides with Catalan just meaning "just, fair, honorable, upright; correct, true".

Latinate form of Judith.

Older Judeo-Catalan form of Judea.

From the place name Jerusalem.

Variant of Isolde.

Formed from the Germanic name elements irmin "whole, universal" and runa "secret; rune".

Variant of Irmgard.

Russian form of Irenaeus.

Akkadian cognate of El, often used to refer to Anu.

Means "illuminated, brightened, filled with light" in Latin. This name was borne by a 4th-century saint from Todi, Italy.

Variant of Hildebert.

Norman French form of Hildebert.

Means "fig tree" in Aramaic.

Louisiana Spanish form of Eudolie.

Old High German variant of Iduberga.

Dutch and Archaic German variant of Hulda, as well as a Hungarian borrowing of this name.

Variant of Hiltrud.

Derived from the Germanic name elements hilta "battle, fight" and rûna "secret, magic, murmur, session".

Means "battle sword", derived from the Old German element hilt "battle" combined with brant "fire, torch, sword". This was the name of the hero of an 8th-century poem written in Old High German.

Means "bright battle" from the Old German elements hilt "battle" and beraht "bright". This name was borne by four early Frankish kings, usually called Childebert.

Medieval English form of Henry. Unlike Harry, this form is no longer used.

The name Herlinde is formed from the Germanic name elements heri "army" and linta "linden tree, lime; shield (made of lime wood); gentle, soft".

A known bearer of the name is the German photographer Herlinde Koelbl who portrayed several influential German politicians for her project Spuren der Macht.

Variant of Hephzibah.

From the Hebrew name חֶףְצִי־בָּה (Ḥeftsi-ba) meaning "my delight is in her". In the Old Testament she is the wife of King Hezekiah of Judah and the mother of Manasseh. The meaning of her name is explained in Isaiah 62:4.

Feminization of Henn, a medieval diminutive of Henry.

Probably from an Old French form of the Germanic name Alahsind, which is composed of the elements alah "temple" and sinþs "path" (compare Elisenda).

Medieval English form of Eloise.

Modern variant of Hephzibah

A coinage from the given name Hans and the name element bert from Germanic beraht "bright". It may be influenced by Ansbert.

Short form of Germanic names beginning with Old Frankish haim or Old High German heim meaning "home" (Proto-Germanic *haimaz).

From Germanic heim "home" and hard "strong".

From ἁδεῖα (hadeia), the Doric Greek form of the adjective ἡδεῖα (hedeia) meaning "pleasant" (feminine form of ἡδύς (hedys)). This name was borne by a sister-in-law of Lysimachus, one of the Diadochi of Alexander the Great.

Medieval Yiddish diminutive of Gute, created by combining Gut "good" with the Old High German element heil meaning "healthy, whole". it was common for medieval Jews to use elements as diminutive suffixes

Derived from Latin gratus "pleasing, acceptable; dear, beloved; grateful, thankful". This name was borne by several saints.

Derived from Latvian glīts "pretty, good-looking, beautiful; neat."

Russian form of Glykeria.

Short form of various names beginning with Proto-Germanic *gailaz "merry, excited; beautiful; lush, lustful".

Medieval Italian name derived from Latin galilaeus meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an important Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer. Both his name and surname were from an earlier 15th-century ancestor (a doctor).

Feminine form of Galileo.

From the Germanic name Fulco, a short form of various names beginning with Old Frankish fulk or Old High German folk meaning "people" (Proto-Germanic *fulką). The Normans brought this name to England, though it is now very rare.

Latinized form of Francis.

Feminine form of Forrest.

Medieval English and French variant of Floris, from the name of a male character in the medieval romance Floris (or Florice) and Blancheflour, apparently derived from floris, Latin meaning "of flowers" or "belonging to flowers".

Derived from Latin florens "prosperous, flourishing" combined with Old High German beraht "bright."

Obscure southern French name probably derived from Latin florescere "to flower; to put forth blooms".

A known bearer is Florestan I, Prince of Monaco (1785 - 1856, born Tancrède Florestan Roger Louis Grimaldi).
Florestan is also a character in Ludwig van Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" (1814).

Roman cognomen which was derived from Latin florens meaning "prosperous, flourishing" (see Florence).

In the Dutch-speaking world, this name is the Dutch form of Florentius, whereas in the German-speaking world, it is a variant spelling of Florenz.

Notable bearers of this name include the 3rd-century Christian author Tertullian (whose full name was Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus), the German politician Florens von Bockum-Dolffs (1802-1899) and the 14th-century Dutchman Florens Radewyns, who co-founded the religious community of the Brethren of the Common Life.

Derived from a Sabine adjective corresponding to Latin fĕrus "not cultivated, untamed; of the field, wood; not mitigated by any cultivation". Feronia was a goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health, and abundance. As the goddess who granted freedom to slaves or civil rights to the most humble part of society, she was especially honored among plebeians and freedmen.

Latinate form of Old English Eoforhild (compare Everild).

Latinized form of Eoforhild. This was the name of a 7th-century English saint.

Variant of Everilda.

English and German equivalent of Evangelista. A known bearer of this name was the Austrian tenor singer Johann Evangelist Haydn (1743-1805), who was the younger brother of the composers Joseph (1732-1809) and Michael Haydn (1737-1806).

In literature, Evangelist is the name of a religious character in the novel The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) written by John Bunyan (1628-1688).

Means "to use words of good omen" from Greek εὐφημέω (euphemeo), a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and φημί (phemi) meaning "to speak, to declare". Saint Euphemia was an early martyr from Chalcedon.

Old French form of Odo.

Elaboration of Ethel.

English form of the Germanic name Adallinda. The name was very rare in medieval times, but it was revived in the early 19th century.

Variant of Estrildis.

Perhaps derived from Old French esmer meaning "to like, love, respect". This was the name of an enchanted queen of Wales in Le Bel Inconnu (ca. 1185-90), an Old French Arthurian poem by Renaut de Bâgé. In the poem, Blonde Esmeree is transformed from a serpent back into a maiden by the hero Guinglain, also known as the Fair Unknown.

Derived from Albanian ëndrra "the dream; dreams".

Middle English vernacular form of Emma. In modern times it is used as a variant of Em or Emmy, and is often said to be a short form of Emmeline. This is the name of the only daughter of American actress and singer Jennifer Lopez born in 2008 (in whose case it is pronounced as two syllables).

Derived from Latin emereo meaning "to fully deserve".

French form of Emerentianus.

Dutch form of Emerentius.

French feminine form of Emerentius.

From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology.

Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind, benevolent". This was the name of two kings of Powys in Wales.

A dithematic name composed from the Germanic name elements alb "elf" and drud "strength".

It is a High German cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Ælfþryð.

Perhaps a combination of Elnora and Dora. This is the name of a small former mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States, which was originally named El Dorado.

1. From a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with agi "point (of a sword)", "corner" (Old High German ecka).

2. Nickname from Middle High German itel "bare", "only". In the days before surnames had begun to make their mark, bearers of common personal names would often have a second personal name as a distinguishing feature; someone who did not have a second such name could be distinguished by this fact in itself, as for example 'itel Hans' as against 'Hans Joachim'.

A famous bearer is Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, second son of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

This name has fallen out of usage since it coincides with the modern German adjective eitel "vain".

Ancient Greek form of Irene.

From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier. It is derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *aquilentum meaning "prickly". It was early used as a given name (in the form Eglentyne) in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century story The Prioress's Tale (one of The Canterbury Tales).

Old French variant of Adelina. It was borne by Edeline Thwenge, a 14th-century heiress of Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire, England. The Edeline Islands of Western Australia are named for Lady Edeline Sackville-West (1870-1918), the wife of Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland.

Medieval diminutive of Edith.

Derived from Greek dys "bad, wrong, difficult" and Greek nomos "custom, tradition, moral law". In Greek mythology, Dysnomia is the personification of lawlessness.

French form of Dulcinea. Due to the literary character, the name has become a poetic term describing an "inspiring, beautiful woman".

Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Drusus. In Acts in the New Testament Drusilla is the wife of Felix.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory, however, suggests a coinage as a feminine form of the Catalan masculine name Trud.

Derived from Gaulish druto "strong, vigorous".

Form of Drusilla used in the Greek New Testament.

The first element of this name is derived from Old French dous meaning "sweet, soft", which is ultimately derived from Latin dulcis meaning "sweet". The second element consists of the French diminutive suffix -lin. This name was borne by an obscure saint who was a disciple of Saint Martin of Tours (4th century AD). Saint Doucelin is primarily venerated in Allonnes, which is located in the former county of Anjou (France). His feast day is the 8th of July.

Roman family name that was probably derived from Latin domitus meaning "having been tamed".

Derived from Gothic dôms (which is cognate with Old High German tuom) meaning "judgement" combined with Gothic hardus (hart in Old High German) meaning "brave, hardy".

This name was borne by an obscure 6th-century Frankish saint, who was one of the disciples of the Frankish missionary and saint Marculf (better known under the French names Marcou, Marcouf and Marcoul). He died either on the same day as Marculf did, or several days afterwards. As a result, they were buried together (along with an other disciple of Marculf's) in the same tomb in the abbey of Nanteuil, which was located in the diocese of Coutances in the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy.

From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).

French form of Diodorus.

Variant of Diamond.

Possibly an altered form of Deidamia influenced by the English word diadem, used in America in the 19th century.

Diminutive of Odessa.

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.

Italian and Romanian form of Demeter 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Greek Δήμητρα (see Dimitra).

Variant of Deirdre.

From Greek Δηιδάμεια (Deidameia), possibly derived from δηιόω (dêioô) "to destroy" (cf. Deianira) and δαμάζειν (damazein) "to tame". This was the name of several historical women, including the daughter of King Pyrrhus II of Epirus, the last surviving representative of the royal Aeacid dynasty who was assassinated in the Temple of Artemis (c.239/229 BCE). Another was a daughter of Aeacides, king of Epirus and his wife, Queen Phthia, and sister of King Pyrrhus, who was at one time betrothed by her father to Alexander IV, the son of Roxana and Alexander the Great.

In Greek mythology, this is another name of Hippodamia, Laodamia; and possibly the mother of Iphicles. Deidamia is also the name of one of King Lycomedes's daughters who gave sanctuary to Achilles, and with whom she had a son Neoptolemus. She is mentioned by Dante in his 'Inferno' (14th century). This name is also borne by the main character in the opera of the same name by Georg Friedrich Händel (1740), which is about the Deidamia who married Achilles.

Spanish and Galician form of Dalmatius.

Feminine form of Dalmacio.

French and Provençal form of Dalmatius.

Derived from the Old English elements cuþ "known, familiar" and beorht "bright". Saint Cuthbert was a 6th-century hermit who became the bishop of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of England. He was known as performer of healing miracles. Because of the saint, this name remained in use in England even after the Norman Conquest. It became rare after the Protestant Reformation, but it was (briefly) revived in the 19th century.

Means "crucifix" in Italian, derived from Latin crucifixus "fixed to a cross", from crux "cross" and fixus "fixed, fastened".

Form of Criseida used by Shakespeare in his play Troilus and Cressida (1602).

Feminine form of Crescentius. Saint Crescentia was a 4th-century companion of Saint Vitus. This is also the name of the eponymous heroine of a 12th-century German romance.

Elaboration of Coralie.

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).

Feminine form of Conrad.

Extended form of Clementius.

A rare feminine form of Clemens.

It is used as a monastic name by nuns in Germany.

From a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin claudus meaning "lame, crippled". This was the name of a patrician family prominent in Roman politics. The ancestor of the family was said to have been a 6th-century BC Sabine leader named Attius Clausus, who adopted the name Appius Claudius upon becoming a Roman citizen. The family produced several Roman emperors of the 1st century, including the emperor known simply as Claudius (birth name Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus). He was poisoned by his wife Agrippina in order to bring her son Nero (Claudius's stepson) to power.

This name was later borne by several early saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Besançon. It is also the name of the primary antagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet (1600).

Medieval vernacular form of the Late Latin name Claritia, which was a derivative of Clara.

Saint Clarentius was a bishop of Vienne, in France, who lived in the early part of the 7th century.

Old French form of Claremunda, which may have been derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright" and Germanic mund "protector".

Masculine form of Cilda.

East Prussian German and Silesian German form of Czesław.

Of debated origin and meaning. A derivation from Latvian cerēt "to hope" has been suggested.

Taken from the name of the flower, whose name is derived from Greek κηλος (kelos) "burned".

Latinized form of Greek Κελεός (Keleos), which is derived from Greek κελεύω (keleuō) which can mean "to command, to order" as well as "to urge (on), to drive on". In Greek mythology, Celeus was the king of Eleusis.

From the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek χελιδών (chelidon) meaning "swallow (bird)".

Medieval Polish variant of Katarzyna as well as an archaic form found in East Prussia up until the late 1800s.

Derived From the Italian word castello meaning "castle". It could also be a diminutive of Castellana.

Latinized form of the Greek Κασταλία (Kastalia), which is of uncertain origin, possibly related to Greek καθαρός (katharos) meaning "clean, spotless, pure" or κασσύω (kassuô) "to stitch". This was the name of a nymph of the prophetic springs of the Delphic oracle on Mount Parnassos. She may be the same as the nymph Κασσωτίς (Kassôtis) (see Cassotis).

Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin cassus meaning "empty, vain". This name was borne by several early saints. In modern times, it was the original first name of boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), who was named after his father Cassius Clay, who was himself named after the American abolitionist Cassius Clay (1810-1903).

Italian form of Cassius. This is the surname of Othello's lieutenant Michael Cassio in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello (1603).

French form of Casaria.

Derived from Latin carus "dear, beloved." This name was borne by a Roman Emperor from the 3rd century AD.

Feminine form of Capitolinus.

French form of Candidus or Candida. The French philosopher and author Voltaire used this name for the main character (a male) in his satire Candide (1759). In French candide also means "naive", which is descriptive of the book's protagonist.

Picard and Walloon masculine and feminine form, Gascon and Provençal masculine form and French masculine variant of Camille as well as a Brazilian Portuguese variant of Camila.

Perhaps derived from Greek kallos "beauty" and doron "gift". It was used by Edmund Spenser in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1596), where Sir Calidore, the Knight of Courtesy, is the hero of Book VI who tames the Blatant Beast as requested by Queen Gloriana.

Elaborated form of Calanthe.

Feminine form of Caesarius. Caesaria of Arles (also called Caesaria the Elder, died c. 530), was a saint and abbess. She was born in a Gallo-Roman family and was trained at John Cassian's foundation in Marseilles.

Roman cognomen meaning "heavy" in Latin. Famous bearers include Lucius Junius Brutus, the traditional founder of the Roman Republic, and Marcus Junius Brutus, the statesman who conspired to assassinate Julius Caesar.

Medieval French form of a Germanic name, in which the second element is swind meaning "strong". The first element may be brun "armour, protection" or brunna "brown".

Dutch variant of Bruno and Bruna.

Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element beraht meaning "bright, famous".

Means "son of Zion" in Hebrew.

Derived from the Old German elements batu and hilt, which both mean "battle". This is another name used to refer to Saint Balthild. It is also borne by a character in Adolphe Adam's ballet Giselle (1841).

Feminine form of Basil 1.

Variant of Azalea.

Derived from Latin aurum "gold" and aureus "golden, gilded". Auria was an early consort of Pamplona.

Derived from Greek αὔρα (aura) "breeze". In Greek mythology, Aura is the goddess of the morning breeze. According to Nonnus, Aura was the daughter of the Titan Lelantos and the mother, by Dionysus, of Iacchus.

Means "fearless", derived from the Greek negative prefix ἀ (a) and τρέω (treo) meaning "to fear, to flee". In Greek mythology, Atreus was a king of Mycenae and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

Latinized form of Athenodoros.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Athenodorus.

Possibly a Polish Medieval form of Astrid.

A dithematic name of Germanic origin formed from the name element *AST "branch (of a tree)" and *WOLF "wolf".

Possibly means "healer" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.

Derived from Latin armentarius meaning "cow herder, cowboy, herdsman".

From Old Median *Rāmanīsah which meant "one who strives for peace" or "one who strives for joy" from Proto-Iranian *rāma- "joy, peace" and *ais-/*is- "to strive".

Feminine form of Aquilinus. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint from Byblos.

From an ancient Greek personal name that was derived from the name of the Greek god Apollo. It was borne by a Greek poet of the 3rd century BC. Several saints have also had this name.

Ancient Greek personal name that was derived from the name of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Anthelm.

Combination of Anna and Stina.

Recorded in Switzerland in the 15th century.

Spanish and medieval Basque feminine form of Andrés as well as a Portuguese variant of Andressa.

Medieval French diminutive of Anselme. There are also instances where this name is the masculine form of Anceline, which is a French diminutive of Ancelle.

Means "master of a man", derived from Greek αναξ (anax) meaning "master, lord, chief" and ανδρος (andros) meaning "of a man" (genitive of ανηρ (aner) "man").

Feminine form of Anaxandros. In Greek legend this name was borne by the wife of King Procles of Sparta. It was also the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek painter, who is mentioned in Clement of Alexandria's essay 'Women as Well as Men Capable of Perfection'.

Meaning unknown. It is attested from the 12th century in the Latin form Amphelisia and the vernacular form Anflis.

Feminine form of Ampeliusz.

Medieval Basque name derived from Latin amor "love", recorded in Navarre in the 1300s.

Medieval name derived from Latin amicus meaning "friend". This was a popular name in the Middle Ages, though it has since become uncommon.

From the name of the purple semi-precious stone, which is derived from the Greek negative prefix ἀ (a) and μέθυστος (methystos) meaning "intoxicated, drunk", as it was believed to be a remedy against drunkenness. It is the traditional birthstone of February.

Late medieval variant of Ameria. It was revived in the 1800s.
Its modern-day usage might in part be inspired by the masculine name Amery.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a feminine form of Old French Amauri (see Amaury).

Combination of Amalia and Elisabeth recorded in the 17th century.

French feminine and masculine form of Amantius.

Medieval Italian form of Amator. The modern form of the name is Amatore.

Medieval Gascon diminutive of Amada.

Variant of Amma or short form of Amalia.

Norwegian form of Alfhild.

Derived from Italian alta, the feminine form of the adjective alto, meaning "high; deep; big; towering; elevated" and, when used in a poetic context, "grand; sublime; noble" and luna "moon".

A known bearer of this name was Altaluna della Scala, daughter of Mastino II della Scala, a 14th-cenutry lord of Verona, sister of Viridis and wife of Louis V, Duke of Bavaria.

Whether Altalune, the name Uma Thurman gave her daughter born in 2012, is a medieval variant of this name, is still debated.

Greek form of Alphaeus.

German feminine form of Aloysius.

Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Alemande, a contraction of Alemandina and a derivation from Middle English almond, almaund and Old French almande "almond" (seeing as almonds were considered "things of value", naming a daughter after them would fit the naming conventions of the time). This name was recorded in England's Jewish and Judeo-Anglo-Norman communities between the 11th and 13th centuries.

Variant of Aliénor

Late medieval English variant of Alicia and Brazilian variant of Alícia.

Feminine form of Alexippos.

Greek name, possibly originally a short form of Alexandros or another name beginning with the element αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help". This was used by William Shakespeare for a character in his play 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606).

From the name of a chrysoberyl that displays a colour change depending on the light source, named after the Russian tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881).

Possibly from Old French alemandine, the name of a gem of a deep red colour (and the source of English almandine); this word was a corruption of Latin alabandicus "Alabandic (stone)", the name applied by Pliny the Elder to a variety of carbuncle worked at the city of Alabanda in Asia Minor (see Alabandus). Alternatively, it may be connected to Alamanda. This was the name of a queen in the 13th-century Arthurian romance Floriant et Florete.

Diminutive of Alemande.

Derived from Old French alemande, the feminine form of the adjective alemant "German". This name might originally have been given to someone of German ancestry or to someone whose ancestors came from the town of Allemagne in Normandy (present-day Fleury-sur-Orne).

Medieval Slavic form of Alexander.

German form of Aldona.

Recorded in Switzerland in the 15th century.

Feminine form of Alcide.

Latinized form of Alkenor. This name was borne by one of the Argives that fought in the Battle of the 300 Champions, which took place around 546 BC.

Derived from the Georgian adjective ალალი (alali) meaning "honest, truthful, upright". It ultimately comes from Arabic حلال (halal) meaning "allowed, permitted" as well as "lawful, legal, legitimate".

Greek form of Aemilianus.

Diminutive of Agnes.

Derived from Old French agin, and thus ultimately from Proto-Germanic *agio "blade", and Old High German hiltja "battle".

Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Variant of Adrianne and Adrienne.

Variant of Dorestine.

This name can be a derivation of the Latin adjective adorabilis meaning "adorable, worthy of adoration" as well as be a combination of the names Adora and Bella.

Medieval English and Old Swedish form of Adelais. The second wife of Henry I of England bore this name.

Variant of Adelfa.

Variant of Adabel.

Archaic French name of unkown origin and meaning. It seems to have been a local name only found in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

French form of Adalsind.

Derived from Old High German adal "noble" and runa "secret lore, rune". This was used for a character in a minor German opera, De Kaisertochter (The Emperor's Daughter; 1885) by Willem de Haan.

From the Hebrew name עֲדָיָה (ʿAḏaya) meaning "Yahweh has adorned", derived from עָדָה (ʿaḏa) meaning "to adorn" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of numerous Old Testament characters, including the father of Jedidah.

This name was brought to some public attention by the American actress Acquanetta (1921-2004), born Mildred Davenport. Though she claimed her stage name meant "laughing water" or "deep water" in Arapaho, it appears to be an invented name, possibly an elaboration of Italian acqua "water" using Netta 1.

Italian and Spanish form of Acharius. The 7th-century Frankish saint Acharius, bishop of Noyon-Tournai, is known as Acario in Italian and Spanish. This was used by Gigio Artemio Giancarli for a character in his play La Zingana (1545). It was also used by Lope de Rueda for one of the main characters in his play Medora (1567).

Variant of Absalom, possibly influenced by its French form Absolon. A known bearer of this name was Absolom M. West (1818-1894), an American Confederate general and state politician.

French feminine form of Abel.

Variant of Abela.

Obsolete Low German short form of both Apollonia and Alberta. There is, however, another theory which derives this name from Old Saxon aval "strength; force; fortitude".
This name was also occasionally used in southern Sweden and got accepted by Icelandic authorities in the early 2000s.

The name is formed with the word Abd "servant (of)" and Es which is less clear. It may refer to Yah, the Judeo-Christian God, making the name a variant of Abdias, or to the Egyptian goddess Isis.

The name was borne by the Roman soldier Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera (* ca. 22 BC in Sidon (now Libanon), † 40 AD near Bingen (Germany)).