hermeline's Personal Name List
Zurie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Alternate spelling of
Zuri
Zuberi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swahili
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Zoraida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: tho-RIE-dha(European Spanish) so-RIE-dha(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Perhaps means
"enchanting" or
"dawn" in Arabic. This was the name of a minor 12th-century Spanish
saint, a convert from Islam. The name was used by Cervantes for a character in his novel
Don Quixote (1606), in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.
Zarinaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scythian (Hellenized)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Probably derived from Old Iranian *zari- "golden". This was the name of a legendary Saka (Scythian) warrior queen.
Zaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: DZIE-ra(Italian) dza-EE-ra(Italian) THIE-ra(European Spanish) SIE-ra(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Italian and Spanish form of
Zaïre. It was used by Vincenzo Bellini for the heroine of his opera
Zaira (1829), which was based on Voltaire's 1732 play
Zaïre.
Yusri
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: يوسري(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: YOO-sree(Indonesian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "my comfort, my wealth" from Arabic يسر (yusr) meaning "comfort, ease, wealth, prosperity". It is a unisex name in Indonesia while it is solely masculine in Malaysia.
Yudhisthira
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: युधिष्ठिर(Sanskrit)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Derived from Sanskrit
युधि (yudhi) meaning "war" and
स्थिर (sthira) meaning "firm, steady". In the Hindu epic the
Mahabharata, Yudhisthira was the eldest of the Pandavas, the five sons of
Pandu. In actuality, he was born to Pandu's wife
Kunti by the god
Yama.
Yousra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
Other Scripts: يسرى, يسرا(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
يسرى or
يسرا (see
Yusra) chiefly used in North Africa.
Yıldıray
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: yul-du-RIE
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "shining moon", derived from Turkic yuldura meaning "to shine" combined with ay "moon, month".
Yblis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
In an Arthurian legend in Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's late 12th-century German poem Lanzelet, the loving fairy mistress of Prince Lancelot is named Yblis an anagram for Sibil/Sybil.
Yacine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: ياسين(Arabic)
Pronounced: ya-SEEN(Arabic) YA-SEEN(French)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of
Yasin chiefly used in Northern Africa.
Yaara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יַעֲרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "honeycomb" and "honeysuckle" in Hebrew.
Xóchitl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Pronounced: SO-cheetl(Spanish) SHO-cheetl(Spanish)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Xewali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Assamese
Other Scripts: শেৱালি(Assamese)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "night-flowering jasmine" in Assamese.
Xerxes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized), History
Other Scripts: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠(Old Persian) Ξέρξης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZURK-seez(English)
Greek form of the Old Persian name
𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (Xšayarša), which meant
"ruler over heroes". This was the name of a 5th-century BC king of Persia, the son of
Darius the Great. He attempted an invasion of Greece, which ended unsuccessfully at the battle of Salamis.
Xenebra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Wajih
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: وجيه(Arabic)
Pronounced: wa-JEEH
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "eminent, distinguished" in Arabic.
Veleda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Veleda was a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions.
Her name is of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory believes that it might be Celtic in origin and in fact be a generic title for a prophetess, in which case it would likely be derived from Proto-Celtic *welet- "seer" (ultimately from *wel- "to see").
Varuch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
A Syrian knight present at the tournament of Sorgarda, which Gawain won.
Varida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Either from Sanskrit वारिद (vārid) meaning "incidence, occurence," a combination of Sanskrit वारि (vāri) meaning "water" and Sanskrit दा (dā) meaning "giving", or the Indian vernacular name for the plant Pavonia odorata.
Valens
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Vader
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: VAY-dər(English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Originally from the English word "invader", but later associated with the Dutch word
vader ("father"). This is the pseudonym of Darth Vader (real name
Anakin Skywalker), antagonist in the Star Wars original trilogy by George Lucas.
Vada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Pronounced: VAY-də(English) VAH-də(English) VA-də(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. Possibly a variant of
Veda or
Valda or short form of
Nevada.
It was used for the heroine of the American film
My Girl (1991).
Umaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: عميرة(Arabic) عمیرہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘oo-MIE-ra(Arabic)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Arabic عميرة (see
Umayra), as well as the Urdu form.
Tsigereda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
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Tsifira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Tracon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Literature
An earl who was the father of Elena, the brother of King Odus, and the uncle of Enide, Erec’s wife.
Tomiris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Tajik
Other Scripts: Томирис(Kazakh, Tajik)
Toghrul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Tobel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Said to mean "God is good" from the Hebrew elements טוֹב
(tov) meaning "good" and אֵל
('el) meaning "God". John Aylmer (1521-1594), Bishop of London, used this name for his sixth son. Charles W. Bardsley wrote of Tobel Aylmer: 'Archbishop Whitgift was his godfather, and the reason for his singular appellation was his mother’s being overturned in a coach without injury when she was pregnant'.
Titurel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
The name of the Grail King in Wolfram von Eschenbach's 'Parzival'. Also the title of another work by Wolfram von Eschenbach (preserved only fragmentary).
Titia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Etruscan, Dutch, German
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Tipharah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mormon
Pronounced: ti-FAHR-ə
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
The name used by some Mormon groups for the wife of the Brother of Jared.
Thráin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology (Anglicized), Literature
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of
Þráinn.
Tolkien used this name for two characters. Thráin I, son of Náin I, was the king of Durin's Folk and founder of the Kingdom under the Mountain. Thráin II, son of Thrór, was the king of Durin's Folk and the father of Thorin Oakenshield. Tolkien took the name from the Dvergatal "Catalogue of Dwarves" in the Völuspá, a part of the Poetic Edda.
Theres
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Traditional southern German, Swiss German and Austrian variant of
Therese.
Theopatra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Late Greek
Other Scripts: Θεοπάτρα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
From the Greek elements θεός
(theos) meaning "god" and πατήρ
(pater) meaning "father". This name occurs in the
Symposium of Methodius of Olympus, an early Christian theologian.
Théogène
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic), Louisiana Creole, French (African)
Pronounced: TAY-O-ZHEN(French)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
French form of
Theogenes. In modern times, this name is found primarily in Rwanda.
Theodoros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Θεόδωρος(Greek)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Tesaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Teleri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: teh-LEH-ri(Welsh)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Contraction of Welsh
ty meaning "thy, your" and
Eleri. This name is mentioned in
Culhwch and Olwen as one of the maidens of King Arthur's court.
Teirnon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Welsh Mythology
Likely a variant of
Teyrnon. This name appears in the Welsh tale
Culhwch and Olwen belonging to Teirnon Twrfliant, an Arthurian warrior who ruled Gwent Ys Coed. He is probably the same character as Teyrnon Twryf Bliant, the man who found the infant
Pryderi.
Tavis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Tanith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐤕𐤍𐤕(Phoenician)
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. She was particularly associated with the city of Carthage, being the consort of
Ba'al Hammon.
Tandareis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Hero of Der Pleier’s "Tandareis and Flordibel".
Tajul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali, Malay
Other Scripts: তাজুল(Bengali)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with تاج ال
(tāj al) meaning "crown of the" (such as
Taj al-Din).
Taberon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hopi
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Sydel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Silesian, Archaic), Medieval German
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Medieval Silesian German diminutive of
Siegfried.
Suzine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Suzine Har Nicolescu (March 21, 1931 – February 22, 2013) was an American librarian who was one of the founders of the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). She served fourteen years as the chief librarian at Medgar Evers College and fought against discrimination in the library profession.
Sunisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: สุนิสา(Thai)
Pronounced: soo-nee-SA
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Thai สุ (su) meaning "good" and นิสา (nisa) meaning "night".
Suna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Turkish word for a type of duck, the shelduck (genus Tadorna).
Suhaila
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Malay
Other Scripts: سهيلة(Arabic)
Pronounced: soo-HIE-la(Arabic)
Sosha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Yiddish, Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: zo-shah(Jewish, Yiddish)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Shosha. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch television presenter Sosha Duysker (b. 1991).
Soheila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: سهیلا(Persian)
Pronounced: so-hay-LAW
Persian feminine form of
Suhail.
Simurg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: سیمرغ(Persian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of a monstrous bird in Persian mythology, derived from Pahlavi sin "eagle" and murgh "bird". In the 11th-century epic the 'Shahnameh', Simorğ was a mighty bird who nursed the infant Zāl (father of Rostam).
Sîmûne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Siduri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology, Hurrian Mythology
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Attested as an epithet for several Hurrian goddesses, as well as the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar. It is possibly derived from the Hurrian word šiduri, meaning "young woman". Another proposed origin is from the Akkadian šī-dūrī ("she is my protection"). A character bearing this name also appears in the Epic of Gilgamesh, however it is accepted that she is unrelated to Ishtar.
Shulon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Mormon (Rare)
Pronounced: SHOO-lən
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the Land of Shulon mentioned in the Book of Moses.
Shreyas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Marathi
Other Scripts: श्रेयस(Marathi)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Derived from Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śréyas) meaning "superior, better, best".
Shreya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Other Scripts: श्रेया(Hindi, Marathi) শ্রেয়া(Bengali) શ્રેયા(Gujarati)
Shoshen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ(Coptic)
Pronounced: SHO-shən(Old Bohairic) SHOO-shan(Late Bohairic) SHO-shehn(Greco-Bohairic)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "lily, waterlily, lotus" in Coptic, ultimately derived from Egyptian
zšn "lotus flower". Compare
Susanna.
Shoshan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
This hebrew name means "Lily", which comes from a type of flower
Shiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שׁירי(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Means "my song" in Hebrew.
Sheba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Sharada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: शारदा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"autumnal, associated with autumn" in Sanskrit, a derivative of
शरद् (śarad) meaning "autumn". This is another name for the Hindu goddess
Saraswati.
Shara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Shamsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: شمسة(Arabic)
Pronounced: SHAM-sah
Strictly feminine variant of
Shams.
Shahmir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Shachar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁחַר(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.
Serafin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: seh-RA-feen
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Schirin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: SHEE-reen
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
German transcription of the originally Persian name
Shirin.
Sauromaces
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scythian (Latinized)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of the Scythian personal name
Sawarmag (see
Saurmag) via its hellenized form Σαυρομακης
(Sauromakes). Also compare
Sauromates.
Saumal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scots
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Sathyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Malayalam
Other Scripts: സത്യൻ(Malayalam)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Malayalam variant of
Satya.
Sarrasinte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
The daughter of King Label of Persia.
She married Celidoine, Nascien’s son, became the Queen of North Wales, and gave birth to Narpus, an ancestor of Lancelot.
Sarolt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Pronounced: SHAW-rolt
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
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.
Sarla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Sarla Thakral firs Indian woman to earn a pilots license
Sarjoun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Other Scripts: سرجون(Arabic)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Sarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, English (Modern)
Pronounced: sa-REE-na(Dutch)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Sarbarus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Middle Persian (Latinized)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Saraiyu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Name of one of the main characters in Tamora Pierce's books
Trickter's Choice and
Trickster's Queen. Possibly coined from the Hebrew name
Sarai combined with the Chinese suffix
yu meaning "jade", "happy, pleased" or "rain".
Saphir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Modern, Rare, Archaic), Hebrew (Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: ספיר(Hebrew) سَفِير(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-FIR(Arabic, Hebrew, American English) SA-FIR(French)
The meaning of Saphir is primarily from Sapphire: a precious stone, usually blue (but the stone can also be yellow or red.)
Also, Saphir means a blue color.
Middle English: from Old French safir, via Latin from Greek σάπφειρος and possibly semetic origin, probably denoting lapis lazuli.
The plurality in semetic languages provides a wide range of meaning.
Arabic, from SAFIR, meaning ambasador, diplomat; one who travels; early Morning (just before dawn); Angel; gold and silver Necklace; book.
Hebrew: from SEFER, or SAFIR, meaning Book; Sphere; Number; Counting; Era
Sana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-NA
Alternate transcription of Arabic
سناء (see
Sanaa).
Samar 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سمر(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA-mar
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"evening conversation" in Arabic, from the root
سمر (samara) meaning "to talk in the evening".
Sagris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Other Scripts: Sigris
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
In the Tristano Riccardiano and La Tavola Ritonda, a knight who, while visiting Mark’s court for healing, learned that Isolde had been abducted by Palamedes. He chased after them, but could not fight well because of his wounds, and was defeated.
Safie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Turkish (Archaic)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Safiye. This was the name of a Turkish merchant's daughter in the novel Frankenstein.
Sabirin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Somali
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Sabie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
A maiden loved by Gerhart of Riviers.
When her father, Tjofabier, refused to grant her to Gerhart, Gerhart launched a war, slaying Gilbert, the brother of Sabie. The war was ended by Arthur’s Sir Garel, who defeated Gerhart.
Ruweis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Coptic
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Apparently means "small head" in Coptic. This was the name of a Coptic saint from the 14th century AD.
Rúmil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. In Tolkien's Legendarium this is the name of two Elves. One was a loremaster of Tirion who invented the alphabet later expanded on by
Fëanor; the other was a guard of Lothlórien, the brother of
Haldir and
Orophin.
Ruchi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Roxina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: South American (Rare), American (Rare, ?)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Roxana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ῥωξάνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: rahk-SAN-ə(English) rok-SA-na(Spanish)
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Latin form of
Ῥωξάνη (Rhoxane), the Greek form of an Old Persian or Bactrian name, from Old Iranian *
rauxšnā meaning
"bright, shining" [1]. This was the name of Alexander the Great's first wife, a daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes. In the modern era it came into use during the 17th century. In the English-speaking world it was popularized by Daniel Defoe, who used it in his novel
Roxana (1724).
Romish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tajik
Other Scripts: Ромиш(Tajik)
Tajik form of the Persian name
Ramish, which is derived from Persian رامش
(ramish) meaning "joy, happiness, cheerfulness, delight", itself ultimately derived from Middle Persian or Pahlavi
rāmišn meaning "peace, ease, pleasure". Also compare the related names
Raman 2 and
Ramin.
Riyad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رياض(Arabic)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Variant transcription of
Riad.
Razib
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: রাজীব(Bengali)
Alternate transcription of Bengali রাজীব (see
Rajib).
Razi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: רזי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: RAH-zee
Means "my secret" in Hebrew, a diminutive of
Raz.
Raviv
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: רביב(Hebrew)
Pronounced: rah-VEEV
Means "rain" in Hebrew.
Rava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: RA-va
Means "lovely, delightful" in Esperanto.
Ramar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Other Scripts: रामर(Hindi)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Rabaab
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Qays
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: قيس(Arabic)
Pronounced: KIES
Means
"measurement" in Arabic. This was the real name of Majnun, the lover of
Layla, in Nizami Ganjavi's 12th-century poem
Layla and Majnun.
Qaliyun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "otter" in Middle Mongolian.
Qaiser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: قیصر(Urdu)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Urdu قیصر (see
Qaisar).
Qais
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Pashto
Other Scripts: قيس(Arabic) قیس(Pashto)
Pronounced: KIES(Arabic)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of
Qays as well as the Pashto form.
Prisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Other Scripts: पृषा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: pRrishA, pRe-shaa, pRishaa
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
MEANING - "to sprinkle, weary, to give"
ORIGIN - SANSKRIT, Indian, Tamil, sikh, Buddhist, Nepali, Sinhala, Hindi
Phia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Short form of
Sophia and other names ending in
-phia.
Pharazôn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Adûnaic word pharaz, meaning "gold". In The Silmarillion, Ar-Pharazôn (King Pharazôn) was the name of the last king of Númenor and the husband and usurper of
Miriel. Ar-Pharazôn brought Sauron to Númenor, who introduced the worship of
Morgoth to Númenor. Later Sauron convinced Ar-Pharazôn to assail Valinor, which he did, and this action caused the Downfall of Númenor.
Parvin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian, Urdu, Hindi
Other Scripts: پروین(Persian, Urdu) परवीन(Hindi)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian. The Pleiades are a group of stars in the constellation Taurus. This name is typically feminine in Iran, but unisex in India.
Parlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
One of the contenders for the role of the Maimed King.
His story says that he found Solomon’s Ship and attempted to draw the sword that he found on board, but, being unworthy, he was wounded through the thighs with a lance. This, however, was not the act or the wounding that turned his realm into the Waste Land of the Grail legends.
Parina
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Aymara
Means "flamingo" in Aymara.
Öwez
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkmen
Means "compensation" in Turkmen (of Arabic origin).
Ousman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Form of
Uthman used in parts of French-influenced western Africa.
Osmin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Theatre, Spanish (Latin American), Gascon
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Osmin is a figure in the Mozart opera
Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
Osmin is used as a given name in Latin America today and wasn't uncommon in the French Gascogne region up until the late 1800s.
Orodes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Parthian (Latinized)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of Ὀρώδης (Orṓdēs), a Hellenized form of Parthian 𐭅𐭓𐭅𐭃 (wrwd), of uncertain meaning. Likely from a compound whose second part is cognate with from Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬜𐬀 (raoδa) “growth, appearance” and Persian روی (roy) “face”. This was the name of several rulers of the Parthian Empire.
Oris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Omar 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Bosnian, Kazakh, Malay, English, Spanish, Italian
Other Scripts: عمر(Arabic) Омар(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ‘OO-mar(Arabic) ‘O-mar(Egyptian Arabic) O-mahr(English) o-MAR(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic
عمر (see
Umar). This is the usual English spelling of the name of the 12th-century poet Umar Khayyam. In his honour it has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world, notably for the American general Omar Bradley (1893-1981).
Olyroun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
A fairy king, the father-in-law of Lanval. He lived on an enchanted island.
Obi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "heart" in Igbo.
Nisroch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Semitic Mythology, Biblical
Other Scripts: נִסְרֹךְ(Hebrew) ܢܝܼܫܪܵܟ݂(Imperial Aramaic)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
The Assyrian god of agriculture, in whose temple king
Sennacherib was worshiping when he was assassinated by his own sons in revenge for the destruction of Babylon (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38). Josephus calls him
Dagon.
Niam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Afghan
Other Scripts: नियम(Hindi)
Means "law, rule, principle, observance" in Hindi and Urdu.
Nesrîn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Other Scripts: نەسرین(Kurdish Sorani)
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
Means "eglantine, sweetbrier" in Kurdish.
Nava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נָאוָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.
Natalon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Literature
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
King of Syria who served Emperor Filimenis of Constantinople. He joined Filimenis in a brief war against Arthur.
Nasira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ناصرة, نصيرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: NA-see-ra, na-SEE-ra
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Nara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Possibly a variant of
Nora 1. It might, however, also be a simplified spelling of
Naarah.
Naida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dagestani
Other Scripts: Наида(Russian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Greek
Ναϊάς (Naias), a type of water nymph in Greek
mythology (plural
Ναϊάδες). Alternatively it might be related to Persian
Nahid.
Mrika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian, Theatre
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Mrikë.
Mrika (1958) is an opera in three acts composed by Prenkë Jakova with a libretto in Albanian by Llazar Siliqi.
Moshtagh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مشتاق(Persian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Morgiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Form of
Marjanah used in some versions of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', one of the tales of 'The 1001 Nights', where it is the name of a clever slave girl. It was also used by Shinobu Ohtaka for a character in her manga 'Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic' (2009-), based loosely on 'The 1001 Nights'.
Mohini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: मोहिनी(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"perplexing, enchanting" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a beautiful female avatar of the Hindu god
Vishnu, a form he took in order to trick the asuras (demons) into relinquishing the amrita (elixir of immortality).
Mirtha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Haitian Creole
Pronounced: MEER-ta(Spanish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Mirta. This is borne by the Argentine actress and television presenter Mirtha Legrand (1927-), real name Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez.
Micha 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, German, Dutch
Other Scripts: Μιχά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MEE-kha(Dutch)
Form of
Micah used in the Greek and Latin
Old Testament (when referring to the man from the Book of Judges). It is also the German and Dutch form.
Menaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil
Other Scripts: मेनका(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "celestial damsel" in Hindi.
Mathamas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Literature
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
The lord of a tower near the Fairies’ Fountain. Mathamas hated Arthur.
While adventuring in the forest with Guinevere, Dodinel and Sagremor (Sagramore) embarked on a quest to procure some rations from Mathamas. Dodinel was diverted along the way, but Sagremor entered Mathamas’ hall and boldly demanded food. Mathamas responded by ordering his knights to attack Sagremor, and after an exhausting battle, Sagremor was imprisoned.
Mathamas’ daughter kept Sagremor from starving until Gawain showed up, defeated Mathamas, and forced him to release Sagremor.
He is probably identical with Mathamas du Recet.
Manibel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Literature
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
A resident of Corbenic (Carbonek), the Grail Castle, who did not believe in the Grail.
During the Grail Quest, Galahad removed two serpents which had been placed around Manibel’s neck as punishment for his blasphemy. Manibel died soon afterwards.
Magal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Magal is a name of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Magal is "scythe".
Mabuz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Anglo-Norman form of
Mabon. This is a character in 'Lanzelet', an Arthurian romance written by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven after 1194; Mabuz the Enchanter is the cowardly lord of the Schatel le Mort, or "Castle of the Dead".
Lulaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Rare, ?), Obscure (?)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Lothar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: LO-tar(German)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Germanic name
Hlothar meaning
"famous army", derived from the elements
hlut "famous, loud" and
heri "army". This was the name of medieval Frankish rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Italy and France. It was also borne by four earlier Merovingian kings of the Franks, though their names are usually spelled as
Chlothar.
Lomina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: East Frisian (Archaic), West Frisian (Archaic)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
19th-century East Frisian elaboration of
Lome.
Liluri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Entymology unknown. This was the name of an ancient Syrian goddess of mountains.
Lîloz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Derived from Kurdish lale meaning "tulip".
Lavan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: לָבָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Kuzey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "north" in Turkish.
Koren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: קורן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ko-REN
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "shining, bright" in Hebrew. It is also used as a surname
Koren.
Juben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
A duke of Forckheim who Erec saved after he had been kidnapped by seven robbers. His brothers, Joachim, Perant, and Malcheus, were also abducted and liberated. Erec sent them to Arthur’s court to relate the adventure.
Joseris
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Jamira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: jə-MEER-ə
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Jamir, or a blend of the popular phonetic prefix
ja with the name
Amira 1.
Jamir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: jə-MEER(English)
Variant of
Jamar, probably influenced by names such as
Jamil.
Jamilie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Ismi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Ismailia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Isara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อิสระ(Thai)
Pronounced: eet-sa-RA
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Thai อิสระ (see
Itsara).
Illumi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Pronounced: il·lu·mi
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Illeli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
In Sir Ian Stuart-Knill’s curious pedigree of Arthur, she is the wife of Joseph of Arimathea and an ancestor of Arthur.
Humaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: حميراء(Arabic) حمیرا(Urdu)
Pronounced: hoo-mie-RA(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
حميراء (see
Humayra), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.
Huguiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Guanche
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Hreghen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means “fiery” in Armenian.
Hiderus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle (Latinized)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Form of
Edern used in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittaniae.
Hesro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֶצְרוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HEZ-ro(Biblical English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant transcription of
Hezro.
This transcription is used in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible.
Haritha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Arabic
Halina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Галіна(Belarusian)
Pronounced: kha-LEE-na(Polish) gha-LYEE-na(Belarusian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Polish and Belarusian form of
Galina.
Haina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Гаіна(Belarusian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Gurjinder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Other Scripts: ਗੁਰਜਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
From Sanskrit गुरु
(guru) meaning "teacher, sage, guru" combined with the name of the Hindu god
Indra.
Gulraiz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
From the words “gul” meaning “flower, rose” and “raiz” which means “respected, esteemed”.
Gulchara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian (Rare)
Other Scripts: გულჩარა(Georgian)
Gula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒄖𒆷(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means
"the great" in Sumerian. This may have originally been a title rather then a name. Gula was a Sumerian and Akkadian goddess of healing, medicine and midwifery. She was often depicted alongside dogs. In later periods she was equated with other healing goddesses such as
Ninisina.
Goudarz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: گودرز(Persian)
Pronounced: goo-DARZ
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Golinduch
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Middle Persian (Latinized), History (Ecclesiastical)
From Γολινδούχ
(Golindouch), a hellenized form of a Persian name, possibly
Golān-doḵt meaning "daughter of roses" (compare modern Persian گل
(gol) "rose" and دخت
(doxt) "daughter"). This was the name of a noble Persian lady of the 6th century AD who converted to Christianity from Zoroastrianism, was renamed
Maria, and became a saint and 'living martyr'. She died in 591.
Girshel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian (Rare), Literature
Other Scripts: გირშელ(Georgian)
Meaning uncertain. According to a Russian source, the name comes from the Yiddish name
Hershel, which seems unlikely in the Georgian context. Instead, it is more likely that the name is either Turco-Persian in origin, or fully Persian.
The first element of this compound name might be derived from either the Crimean Turkic honorific title Giray (see Giray) or from Persian گیر (gir), which is the present stem of the verb گرفتن (gereftan) or (giriftan) meaning "to take, to catch". It ultimately comes from Middle Persian griftan meaning "to take, to hold, to restrain". For the second element of this name, compare Ardashel and ჯიმშელ (Jimshel), which is a parallel form of Jimsher.
In Georgian literature, Girshel is the name of a character from the historical novel The Right Hand of the Grand Master (1939) written by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975).
Gauri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: गौरी(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
गौर (gaura) meaning
"white, pale, yellow". This is a Hindu goddess, another name of
Parvati the wife of
Shiva, so named because of her fair complexion.
Gaura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
It is a flower and it means "Fair Skinned"
Firdaus
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu
Other Scripts: فردوس(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: feer-DOWS(Arabic)
Derived from Arabic
فردوس (firdaws) meaning
"paradise", ultimately from an Iranian language, akin to Avestan
𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (pairi daēza) meaning "garden, enclosure".
Ferdous
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: ফেরদৌস(Bengali)
Faura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Meaning unknown at this point in time.
Fatine
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: فاتن, فطين(Maghrebi Arabic)
Pronounced: fah-TEEN(Maghrebi Arabic)
Farzain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pakistani
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Farouk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: فاروق(Arabic)
Pronounced: fa-ROOK
Alternate transcription of Arabic
فاروق (see
Faruq).
Faris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Bosnian
Other Scripts: فارس(Arabic)
Pronounced: FA-rees(Arabic)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "horseman, knight" in Arabic.
Falin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Sanskrit, Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali, Tamil
Other Scripts: फलिन(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: fal-in(Indian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
"Bearing fruits" ;"fruitful"
ORIGIN - Sanskrit
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Means
"cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic
mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Elina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Swedish
Pronounced: EH-lee-nah(Finnish) eh-LEE-nah(Swedish)
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of
Helen.
Elbrus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani, Ossetian
Other Scripts: Эльбрус(Ossetian)
Pronounced: il-BROOS(Russian)
From the name of a dormant volcano in southern Russia, most likely derived from Persian البرز (Alborz) ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī meaning "high watch post" or "high guard".
Elbek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek, Chechen
Other Scripts: Элбек(Uzbek Cyrillic, Chechen)
Pronounced: ehl-BYEHK(Russian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Turkic
el meaning "nation, people, country" combined with the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master".
Elam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עֵילָם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-ləm(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Possibly means either
"hidden" or
"eternity" in Hebrew. This is the name of several characters in the
Old Testament, including a son of
Shem who was the ancestor of the Elamite peoples.
Elaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Derived from Basque elai meaning "swallow (bird)".
Duzabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Literature
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
A princess from Turtus, kidnapped and held for ransom by giants named Fidegart and Purdan. She was rescued by Arthur’s Sir Garel. Her parents were King Amurat and Queen Klarine.
She later married Duke Klaris of Argentin.
Durlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (Rare)
Duleima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: 杜勒瑪(Chinese)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Of uncertain etymology, this was the personal name of one of the wives of
Hooge.
Doramin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Doramin is a character in "Lord Jim" by Joseph Conrad.
Dolunay
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "full moon" in Turkish.
Djamileh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Theatre
Pronounced: ja-mee-leh(Persian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Possibly a Persian form of
Jamila.
Dirce
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Other Scripts: Δίρκη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek Δίρκη (Dirkê), which is of uncertain meaning, possibly derived from Greek δι- (di-) "two, twofold, in two" and ῥήγνυμι (rhêgnumi) "to break asunder, rend, shatter". In Greek mythology Dirce was the wife of the Theban king Lycus and aunt to Antiope, whom she treated cruelly. Antiope's twin sons by Zeus, Amphion and Zethus, later punished Dirce by tying her to a wild bull which tore her limb from limb.
Devlet
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish (Rare)
Means "government, state" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin via Persian دولت (dowlat).
Delara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دلآرا(Persian)
Means
"adorning the heart", from Persian
دل (del) meaning "heart" and
آرا (ārā) meaning "decorate, adorn".
Davith
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Various
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Dasharatha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: दशरथ(Sanskrit)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"ten chariots" from Sanskrit
दशन् (daśan) meaning "ten" and
रथ (ratha) meaning "chariot". In the Hindu epic the
Ramayana he is the king of Ayodhya and the father of the hero
Rama. He was given this name because of his skill with a chariot.
Darsil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Darna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino, Popular Culture
Pronounced: Dar-na(Filipino)
Darna is a fictional character and superheroine created by Filipinokomiks (Philippine colloquial term for comics) legend Mars Ravelo. In her more popular incarnations, she is a warrior from outer space manifesting herself through a girl from Earth, named
Narda.
Darna was originally known as Varga and first appeared in Bulaklak Magazine, Volume 4, #17, on July 23, 1947. Ravelo had differences with the editors of Bulaklak Magazine and Varga's name was changed to "Darna", because it was an anagram of Narda. The character was re-launched on May 13, 1950. Nestor Redondo drew the first Darna.
Since then, Darna has become a Philippine cultural icon and the most recognizable character among Ravelo's creations.
Daras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Literature
An old knight who lived with his nephew, Danaim, and harbored sick and injured knights in his castle, including Tristan, Mordred, and Palamedes.
While Tristan was healing there, Daras discovered that Tristan had slain three of his sons at the Castle of Maidens tournament, and had maimed his other two. Enraged, he threw Tristan, Palamedes, and Dinadan into his prison. When Tristan grew deathly ill, Daras relented and released him on Tristan’s pledge of friendship.
He later became a Knight of the Round Table.
Damsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afghan
She who captivates
Dalal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: دلال(Arabic)
Pronounced: da-LAL
Means "coquettishness" in Arabic.
Dachi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: დაჩი(Georgian)
Pronounced: DAH-CHEE
This name is best known for being the name of king Dachi of Iberia (6th century AD). He was of Iranian descent, for he belonged to the Chosroid dynasty. His paternal grandfather was king Mihrdat V of Iberia and his maternal grandfather was king Hormizd III of the Sasanian Empire.
Dachi was also known under the names დარჩი (Darchi) and დარჩილ (Darchil), which are rather reminiscent of Archil. This is probably not a coincidence, as his paternal great-grandfather was king Archil of Iberia (5th century AD). Also compare Achi, which is a short form of Archil.
The meaning of the name Dachi is uncertain, but there are at least three theories about its etymology. The first is that the name comes from Dartsihr, the Middle (or Sassanid) Persian form of the old Iranian name Daraqatsivra meaning "tribe" as well as "head, master, owner". The Middle Persian form would have been georgianized to Darchil, of which Dachi may possibly have been a short form (in the same way that Achi is a short form of Archil).
The second theory also connects Dachi to the Middle Persian name Dartsihr, but derives the latter name from Middle Persian darbtsihr meaning "descended from Darius".
The third and final theory is that Dachi is derived from Georgian დარჩი (darchi), which is a simplified version of the Georgian verb დარჩენა (darchena) meaning "to stay, to remain". However, one has to ask oneself how likely it is that a 6th-century Chosroid king would bear a name of which the etymology is entirely and genuinely Georgian. Especially when the other members of the Chosroid dynasty (from the same era) all bore names of Iranian origin. Why would king Dachi be the exception to the rule?
Lastly, a known real-life bearer of this name is the Georgian soccer player Dachi Tsnobiladze (b. 1994).
Chobin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Other Scripts: چوبین(Persian)
From Persian
چوبین (Chūbīn), Middle Persian
𐭰𐭥𐭡𐭩𐭭 (Choben) meaning
"spear-like". Bahram Chobin was a 6th-century Sasanian general and, for a short period, the king. He received this nickname because he was tall and thin. He appears in the 10th-century Persian epic the
Shahnameh.
Cessie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Brahim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: براهيم(Arabic)
North African short form of
Ibrahim.
Bouchra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: بشرى(Arabic)
Pronounced: BOOSH-ra(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
بشرى (see
Bushra) chiefly used in North Africa.
Billura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek billur meaning "crystal".
Beslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chechen, Ingush, Circassian, Abkhaz, Karachay-Balkar
Other Scripts: Беслан(Chechen, Ingush, Abkhaz, Karachay-Balkar) Беслъэн(Eastern Circassian) Беслъан(Western Circassian)
Pronounced: byi-SLAN(Russian)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master" combined with Turkic
arslan meaning "lion".
Berna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: BEHR-na
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Beda
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: BEH-dah(Swedish, Italian) BEH-da(Spanish)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Form of
Bede in various languages. Beda is a feminine name in Sweden and Finland.
Bayezid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: بايزيد(Arabic, Persian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Basira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: بصيرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ba-SEE-ra
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Bashar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: بشار(Arabic)
Pronounced: ba-SHAR
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"bringing good news" in Arabic, derived from
بشّر (bashshara) meaning "to bring good news".
Barsine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian, Persian
Other Scripts: برسين(Persian) Βαρσίνη(Greek)
Pronounced: BAR-SIN
Means "clover" in Persian. This name was borne by a mistress of Alexander the Great (daughter of Artabazus) and also by one of his wives (Barsine-Stateira, daughter of King Darius III).
Bahram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: بهرام(Persian)
Pronounced: bah-RAWM(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Avestan
𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəthraghna) meaning
"victory over resistance". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with victory and war. It was also borne by several Sasanian emperors. It is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.
Babatha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Aramaic
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Babatha is the name of a Jewish woman who owned land near Petra (modern Jordan) and En-Gedi (modern Israel) in the 2nd century AD. Because her personal documents were preserved, much of her personal life is known today.
Ba'alah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐤕 𐤂𐤁𐤋
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Deriving from the feminine form of the Phoenician bʿl ("Lord, master, owner"). This title was used for several goddesses of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons.
Azar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آذر(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-ZAR
Means "fire" in Persian.
Aysel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means
"moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from
ay "moon" and
sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).
Aynia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Allegedly an Irish fairy queen from Ulster. Her name might be a corruption of Irish
Áine with whom she might be identical.
Aylin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айлин(Kazakh)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means
"of the moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, from Turkic
ay "moon".
Ausira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Ausir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Ausir is a child present at the Cottage of Lost Play when Ælfwine visits there, in one of J.R.R. Tolkien's tales given in The Book of Lost Tales Part One.
Asparuh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Bulgar, History
Other Scripts: Аспарух(Bulgarian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Asparukh. Asparuh was а ruler of the Bulgars in the second half of the 7th century and is credited with the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 680/681.
Asherah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Pronounced: ə-SHEER-ə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea". This was the name of a Semitic mother goddess. She was worshipped by the Israelites before the advent of monotheism.
Asghar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: أصغر(Arabic) اصغر(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: AS-ghar(Arabic) as-KAR(Persian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means
"smallest, youngest" in Arabic. It is used by Shias in honour of Ali al-Asghar, a young son of
Husayn killed with his father.
Arun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Thai
Other Scripts: अरुण(Hindi, Marathi) অরুণ(Bengali) అరుణ్(Telugu) அருண்(Tamil) അരുൺ(Malayalam) અરુણ(Gujarati) ਅਰੁਣ(Gurmukhi) อรุณ(Thai)
Pronounced: O-roon(Bengali) a-ROON(Thai)
Modern masculine form of
Aruna.
Arsary
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Anukis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Ansa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-sah
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from Finnish ansio "virtue" or ansa "trap".
Amras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Amiran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Amarna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
The use of Amarna as a name is likely derived from the Egyptian archeological site of Amarna (also known as el-Amarna or Tell el-Amarna, لعمارنة). The city is located on the east bank of Nile River in the Egyptian province of Minya. The name Amarna comes from the Beni Amran tribe that lived in the region and founded a few settlements; the ancient Egyptian name for the city was Akhetaten.
Amaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Amaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Arabic, American (Hispanic)
Alya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish
Other Scripts: علياء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘al-YA(Arabic)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means "sky, heaven, loftiness" in Arabic.
Alvarus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Latinized)
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Latinized (Old Spanish) form of a Gothic name (see
Álvaro).
Aliyeh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: عالیه(Persian)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Aliyander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
Name of a sorcerer and antagonist in "The Princess and the Frog" by Robin McKinley.
Alisaunder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scots, Medieval English, Literature
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Scots form and medieval English variant of
Alexander. 'King Alisaunder' or 'Kyng Alisaunder', dating from the end of the 13th century or the early 14th century, is a Middle English romance or romantic epic telling the story of Alexander the Great's career from his youth, through his successful campaigns against the Persian king
Darius and other adversaries, his discovery of the wonders of the East, and his untimely death.
Alignak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Inuit Mythology
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
In Inuit mythology, Alignak is a lunar deity and god of weather, water, tides, eclipses and earthquakes.
Alibel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
A strong knight who served King Claudas of Gaul, fighting in Claudas’ war against Arthur. His brothers were Brumand (Brumant), Canart, and Cadant.
Aled
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: A-lehd
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the name of a Welsh river, of uncertain meaning.
Aldana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Albulaan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: al-byə-LAHN
This is the name of two stars in the constellation Aquarius: Mu Aquarii and Nu Aquarii. The name comes from an Arabic term al-bulaʽān (ألبولعان) meaning "the two swallowers".
Alborz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: البرز(Persian)
Pronounced: al-BORZ
From the name of a mountain range (of unknown etymology) in northern Iran.
Alara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-LAH-rah(Turkish)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.
Alagis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
The first element of this Germanic name comes from Gothic
alls "all" or from Gothic
alhs (
alah in Old High German) "temple." The meaning and origin of the second element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from
gis (the original form was possibly
gîs), but we don't exactly know where
gis itself comes from. But there are a few possibilities. It might come from Gallo-Celtic
gaiso "spear" (see
Gaiseric) or it might be a short form of
gisel, which means "hostage" or "pledge" (see
Giselle). Alagis was the name of a 7th-century king of the Lombards.
Adsartha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: ahd-SAR-thuh
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "child of the warrior star" in Atlantean, the fictional language used in Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel, 'The Fall of Atlantis'.
Adoreil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Assyrian
Other Scripts: ܐܵܕܘܿܪܐܹܝܠ(Syriac)
Pronounced: Ador eil or in america how i tell people to say A-door-eel(Neo-Aramaic)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
i dont know the history but it was given to me and i cant find it anywhere
Adhra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Means "apology" in Swahili.
Adhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-DEHR-ə(English)
Derived from Arabic
عذارى (ʿadhārā) meaning
"maidens". This is the name of the second brightest star (after
Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.
Adarna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino, Tagalog
From the name of a magical bird in Filipino folklore.
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