killereddie's Personal Name List

Zhuldyz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Жұлдыз(Kazakh)
Pronounced: zhul-DUZ
Means "star" in Kazakh.
Yves
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EEV
Medieval French form of Ivo 1. This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.
Yūto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優斗, 悠斗, 悠人, 悠翔, 優翔, 柚翔, 祐翔, 勇人, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-TO
From Japanese () meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or () meaning "permanence" combined with (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, (to) meaning "person" or (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Wilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-də
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from a German surname, or perhaps from the English word wild. It has been in use since the 19th century.
Wealhmær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wealh "foreigner, Celt" and mære "famous".
Volodya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Володя(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: vu-LO-dyə(Russian)
Diminutive of Vladimir.
Vered
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: וֶרֶד(Hebrew)
Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.
Valeriy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Валерий(Russian) Валерій(Ukrainian) Валерый(Belarusian)
Pronounced: vu-LYEH-ryee(Russian)
Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Valerius.
Theokleia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θεόκλεια(Ancient Greek)
Ancient Greek form of Thekla.
Sylvain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEEL-VEHN
French form of Silvanus.
Sondre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Sundri, possibly from Old Norse sunn meaning "south".
Selorm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African, Ewe
Means "God loves me" or "divine love" in Ewe.
Seaborn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Transferred use of the surname Seaborn, though in the case of many Puritans, it was given to children born at sea.
Poe
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Poe.
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Petrichor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
From the English word petrichor that denotes the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil, which was coined by Australian mineralogist and biochemist Richard Grenfell Thomas in 1964 from Greek πέτρα (petra) meaning "rock" or πέτρος (petros) "stone" and ἰχώρ (ichor) "the juice, not blood, that flows in the veins of gods in Greek mythology".

It was used as a given name for a girl in the Canadian province Alberta in 2016.

Peregrine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEHR-ə-grin
From the Late Latin name Peregrinus, which meant "traveller". This was the name of several early saints.
Percival
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, English
Pronounced: PUR-si-vəl(English)
Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chrétien may have derived the name from Old French perce val "pierce the valley", or he may have based it loosely on the Welsh name Peredur [1]. In the poem Perceval is a boy from Wales who hopes to become a knight under King Arthur. Setting out to prove himself, he eventually comes to the castle of the Fisher King and is given a glimpse of the Grail.
Paloma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: pa-LO-ma
Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.
Oleander
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Greek (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: AW-lee-an-der(Greek)
The name Oleander originated as an Greek name. In Greek, the name Oleander means "an evergreen tree."
The origin of the name was said to have come from a young man whose ardour to his Lady Love ended in a tragedy. The young man was named Leander, and his precious lady longing for his love shouting with such forlorn “O Leander!”, “O Leander!” in the banks, until finally he was found. And clasped in his hands were sweet flowers, who have become a symbol of everlasting love, known as oleanders.


Possibly taken from the plant family, Nerium oleander (flowering shrub known as oleanders), Cascabela thevetia (yellow oleander), Acacia neriifolia (oleander wattle); or a species of moth, Daphnis nerii (oleander hawk-moth).


In the complex language of love practiced during the time of Queen Victoria, the Oleander flower means caution.


A diminutive use of Oleander could be Ollie, Lee, Lee-Ann, or Anders.

Naoki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 直樹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) なおき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NA-O-KYEE
From Japanese (nao) meaning "straight, direct" and (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of different kanji with the same pronunciations.
Modest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Модест(Russian)
Russian form of Modestus.
Merrill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHR-əl
From an English surname that was derived either from the given name Muriel or from place names meaning "pleasant hill".
Maël
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Breton
Pronounced: MA-EHL(French)
French form of Breton Mael meaning "prince, chieftain, lord". Saint Mael was a 5th-century Breton hermit who lived in Wales.
Lorna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-nə
Created by the author R. D. Blackmore for the title character in his novel Lorna Doone (1869), set in southern England, which describes the dangerous love between John Ridd and Lorna Doone. Blackmore may have based the name on the Scottish place name Lorne or on the title Marquis of Lorne (see Lorne).
Lonán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: LUW-nan(Irish)
Means "little blackbird", derived from Old Irish lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early saints.
Jarogniew
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: ya-RAWG-nyehf
Derived from the Slavic elements jarŭ "fierce, energetic" and gněvŭ "anger".
Iseult
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: i-SOOLT(English) i-ZOOLT(English) EE-ZUU(French)
The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested. It is possible that the name is ultimately Germanic, from a hypothetical name like *Ishild, composed of the elements is "ice" and hilt "battle".

According to tales first recorded in Old French in the 12th century, Yseut or Ysolt was an Irish princess betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. After accidentally drinking a love potion, she became the lover of his nephew Tristan. Their tragic story, which was set in the Arthurian world, was popular during the Middle Ages and the name became relatively common in England at that time. It was rare by the 19th century, though some interest was generated by Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde (1865).

Hyde
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the English surname Hyde. Fictional bearers of the surname include the criminal Edward Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Steven Hyde, known simply as Hyde, a character played by Danny Masterson on the American television sitcom That '70s Show (1998-2006).
Hope-still
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Variant of the name Waitstill
Holland
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, Romani (Archaic)
Pronounced: HAH-lənd(English)
From the name of geographic places called Holland 1, or transferred usage of the surname Holland 1.
Gaspar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: gas-PAR(Spanish) gush-PAR(European Portuguese) gas-PAKH(Brazilian Portuguese)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Jasper, as well as the Latin form.
Fríða
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Old Norse form of Frida 2.
Evander 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Εὔανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-VAN-dər(English) ə-VAN-dər(English)
Variant of Evandrus, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὔανδρος (Euandros) meaning "good of man", derived from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Roman mythology Evander was an Arcadian hero of the Trojan War who founded the city of Pallantium near the spot where Rome was later built.
Eunoia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
From Ancient Greek εὔνοιᾰ meaning "beautiful thinking, well mind".
Elisedd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Welsh
Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind, benevolent". This was the name of two kings of Powys in Wales.
Croía
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Modern)
Pronounced: KREE-ə
From Irish croí meaning "heart". This name was used by Irish martial artist Conor McGregor for his daughter born 2019.
Clover
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KLO-vər
From the English word for the wild flower, ultimately deriving from Old English clafre.
Cendrillon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
French form of Cinderella.
Cambyses
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Latinized), History
Other Scripts: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹(Old Persian)
Latin form of Καμβύσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (Kabujiya), which is of uncertain meaning, possibly related to the geographical name Kamboja, a historical region in Central Asia [1]. Two Persian kings bore this name, including Cambyses II, the second ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, who conquered Egypt.
Cäcilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: tseh-TSEE-lya
German form of Cecilia.
Brónach
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: BRO-nəkh
Means "sad", derived from Irish brón meaning "sorrow". Saint Brónach was a 6th-century Irish mystic.
Bernhard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: BEHRN-hart(German) BEHRN-hahrt(Dutch) BA-nad(Swedish)
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of Bernard.
Adlai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עַדְלָי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AD-lay(English)
Contracted form of Adalia. This is the name of the father of one of King David's herdsmen in the Old Testament.
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