hermeline's Personal Name List

Zuriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: צוּרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "my rock is God" in Hebrew, derived from צוּר (tsur) meaning "rock" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the Old Testament this name is borne by a chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the Exodus.
Zephon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: צפון(Hebrew)
Variant of Ziphion. Means "hidden" in Hebrew. In the apocryphal Book of Enoch this was the name of an angel sent by the archangel Gabriel, along with the angel Ithuriel, to find the location of Satan after his fall.
Zebulon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זְבוּלֻן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ZEHB-yə-lən(English)
Variant of Zebulun.
Zebuleon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Zebuleon is an angel mentioned in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra whose name was revealed to Esdras as one of the nine angels who will govern "at the end of the world".
Zazel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: Hebrew: זאזל
The darker spirit (demon) of Saturn, mentioned as a spirit in such works as the Key of Solomon.
Zagan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
In The Lesser Key of Solomon, this is the name of a Great King and President of Hell, commanding over thirty-three legions of demons. Zagan is depicted as a griffin-winged bull that turns into a man after a while.
Zaddock
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZAD-ək
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(Anglicized) variant of Zadok. A bearer of the variant Zadock was Congressman Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
Zaccai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זַכָּי(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name זַכָּי (Zakkai) meaning "pure". This is the name of a minor character in the Old Testament.
Yuval
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: יוּבָל(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Jubal. It is used as both a masculine and feminine name in modern Hebrew.
Yudelkis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Caribbean)
Yoni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יוֹני(Hebrew)
Diminutive of Yonatan.
Yonas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ዮናስ(Amharic)
Amharic form of Jonah.
Yona
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: יוֹנָה(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Jonah. It is a unisex name in modern Hebrew.
Yeruslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Folklore
Other Scripts: Еруслан(Russian) Єруслан(Ukrainian)
From Tatar Уруслан (Uruslan), which was possibly from Turkic arslan meaning "lion". Yeruslan Lazarevich is the name of a hero in Russian and Tatar folktales. These tales were based on (or at least influenced by) Persian tales of their hero Rostam.
Yarden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יַרְדֵן(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Jordan.
Vives
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Judeo-Catalan
Variant of Vivus.
Toben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bin, TO-behn
Talitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: TAL-i-thə(English) tə-LEE-thə(English)
Means "little girl" in Aramaic. The name is taken from the phrase talitha cumi meaning "little girl arise" spoken by Jesus in order to restore a young girl to life (see Mark 5:41).
Soscha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
Dutch and German variant of Shosha.
Shulamith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שׁוּלַמִּית(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew שׁוּלַמִּית (see Shulamit).
Shadrach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שַׁדְרַך(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHAD-rak(English) SHAY-drak(English)
Means "command of Aku" in Akkadian, Aku being the name of the Babylonian god of the moon. In the Old Testament Shadrach is the Babylonian name of Hananiah, one of the three men cast into a fiery furnace but saved by God.
Saris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Sarah.
Samularia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Means "sweet one forever" in Hebrew.
Samarias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Ruchy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Diminutive of Ruchel.
Rony
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: רוני(Hebrew)
Pronounced: RO-nee
Variant of Roni 1.
Romiel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: רוֹמִיאֵל(Hebrew)
Combination of the names Romi and El means "God is my exaltation" in Hebrew.
Pultzelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Derived from Old French pulcella, pucelle "maid, young woman".
Pesseline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Judeo-French
Diminutive of Pesse (compare Pessel) recorded in the border region between modern-day France and modern-day Germany in the 14th century.
Miykal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Means “who is like God” in Hebrew.
Mirian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Spanish, Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of Miriam.
Mirele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: מירעלע(Yiddish)
Yiddish diminutive of Miriam.
Meyer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מֵאִיר(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew מֵאִיר (see Meir). It also coincides with a German surname meaning "mayor, leader".
Mazel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
In Hebrew, the word is generally transliterated as mazal, and literally refers to a "star" or "planet in the night sky" or "zodiac constellation." It came to mean "lucky" in medieval times due to the widespread belief in astrology and that the planets and constellations can influence one's fate.
Margarede
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Variant of Margaret.
Margalit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַרְגָלִית(Hebrew)
Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites).
Maidel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish name and word for "young girl."
Lachan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: לַחַן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: LAH-khahn
Means "melody", "tune", "strain" in Hebrew.
Judeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Haitian Creole
An elaboration of Jude 2 with the popular name suffix -line. Also compare Judaline and Judelyn.
Judelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Diminutive of Judah.
Joses
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἰωσῆς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: JO-səs(English)
From Ἰωσῆς (Ioses), a Greek variant of Joseph used in the New Testament to distinguish Joseph the brother of James from the many other characters of that name.
Hinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish, Jewish
Pronounced: HIN-dah
Means "deer" in Yiddish, related to the English word "hind". A common nickname is Hindy or Hindie.
Hannelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afrikaans
Contraction of Hanne 1 and Elisabeth.
Hannas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἅννας, Ἄννας(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Annas.
Hania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Spanish
Judeo-Spanish variant of both Haniyya and Hannah.
Guthela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Guta and Gute.
Geyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Variant of Gela recorded in what is now Germany from the 11th century onwards.
Gercyon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Variant of Gershom.
Gemory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Gemory is a demon listed in demonological grimoires. The demon is referenced by the pronoun "he" despite the fact that he appears as a beautiful woman with a duchess crown riding a camel.
Galya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Галя(Russian, Bulgarian)
Diminutive of Galina.
Evron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: עֶבְרוֹן(Hebrew)
From a biblical place name, also called עַבְדּוֹן (ʿAvdon) meaning "servile", for which it may be a clerical error.
Erez
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֶרֶז(Hebrew)
Means "cedar" in Hebrew.
Elula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלוּלה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Elul.
Edel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: איידל(Yiddish)
A Judeo-German spelling of Eidel
Doriel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Literature
Other Scripts: דוריאל(Hebrew)
Possibly means "God's generation" in Hebrew, in which case it would be derived from Hebrew dor "generation" (see also Dor) combined with Hebrew el "God". This is the name of a character in Elie Wiesel's novel "A Mad Desire to Dance".
Dorel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern)
Other Scripts: דוראל(Hebrew)
Combination of the names Dor and El means "God's Generation" in Hebrew.
Donnola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Italian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Doltza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Basque, Medieval Jewish
Medieval Basque form of Dulce and medieval Jewish variant of Toltsa and Toltse. In the Basque country, it was recorded from 1344 onwards, as a Jewish name, it was recorded from the 12th century onwards.
Dathan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: דָּתָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Possibly means "fountain" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the conspirators against Moses.
Dariel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern), Spanish (Caribbean, Modern)
Pronounced: da-RYEHL(Spanish)
Probably an elaborated form of Darrell, with an ending similar to biblical names such as Daniel.
Darel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: דראל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: DAR-əl(English) dahr-EL(Hebrew)
In Hebrew it’s a combination of the name Dar, means "(mother of) pearl, nacre" and El, reference to God. In English it’s used as variant of Darell.
Danor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: דנאור, דן-אור(Hebrew)
Pronounced: dahn-OR
Combination of the name Dan 1 means "(he) judges" and the name Or means "light", used as first name and as last name.
Czarna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: טשארנא(Yiddish)
a Polonized spelling of Charna
Chera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Provençal, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Derived from Old French chere, the feminine form of the adjective cher, chier "dear, dearest; expensive; costly; important, noteworthy" as well as a short form of Anchera.
Charna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: טשאַרנאַ(Yiddish)
From a Slavic word meaning "black".
Cainan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: קֵינָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: KAY-nən(English) kay-IE-nən(English)
Variant of Kenan 1 used in some versions of the Bible.
Bronnelin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Bräunle. It was recorded in early 16th-century Frankfurt, Germany.
Bashevis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Ancient Hebrew, Yiddish
Other Scripts: בשביס(Hebrew) באַשעװיס (Yiddish)
Basel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Pronounced: BAH-tzel
Diminutive of Basia 2.
Barsabas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Means "son of Sabas". It is the name of multiple biblical characters and saints.
Asmodeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: az-mə-DEE-əs(English)
From Greek Ἀσμοδαῖος (Asmodaios) and Hebrew אשְׁםְדּאי (ʾAshmedʾai), probably from Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬆𐬨𐬀 (aēshəma) meaning "wrath" and 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀 (daēuua) meaning "demon". In the apocryphal Book of Tobit this is the name of a demon who successively kills seven of Sarah's husbands on their wedding nights. He also appears in the Talmud.
Arioch
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Hebrew
Pronounced: A´rEok(Biblical English, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Hebrew)
Meaning: "a fierce lion" or "lion-like" and "venerable".

This was the name of two biblical men, Arioch was a king of Ellasar who was allied with Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:1,9) and Captain of Nebuchadnezzar's guard (Dan. 2:14-15, 24-25).

Originally appears in the Book of Genesis chap. 14 as the "King of Ellasar", part of the confederation of kings who did battle with the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and with Abraham in the vale of Siddim.

Arella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אראלה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew אראלה (see Erela).
Amira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַמִירָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ah
Feminine form of Amir 2.
Aluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Spanish
Adena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: עֲדִינָה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew עֲדִינָה (see Adina 3).
Abeley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-French
Variant of Abel.
Abalam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: ab-a-lamb(Popular Culture)
Meaning unknown. In demonology, Abalam is a king of Jinnestan and one of the assistants of Paimon. This demon was featured in the 2010 film 'The Last Exorcism'.
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