HallowsofWoe's Personal Name List
Win
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: ဝင်း(Burmese)
Pronounced: WIN
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "bright, radiant, brilliant" in Burmese.
Wilder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From an English surname meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled", from Old English wilde.
Verity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VEHR-i-tee
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the English word meaning
"verity, truth", from Latin
verus "true, real". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Valor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word valor meaning "bravery, courage". From the Latin valor "value".
Truly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Popular Culture, Theatre
Pronounced: TROO-lee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Old English trēowlīce meaning ‘faithfully’.
Sterling
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STUR-ling
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a Scots surname that was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning. The name can also be given in reference to the English word sterling meaning "excellent". In this case, the word derives from sterling silver, which was so named because of the emblem that some Norman coins bore, from Old English meaning "little star".
Shepherd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHEHP-ərd
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English occupational surname meaning "sheep herder, shepherd".
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Prosper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: PRAWS-PEHR(French) PRAHS-pər(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Latin name
Prosperus, which meant
"fortunate, successful". This was the name of a 5th-century
saint, a supporter of Saint
Augustine. It has never been common as an English name, though the
Puritans used it, partly because it is identical to the English word
prosper.
Phoenix
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FEE-niks
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird that appears in Egyptian and Greek
mythology. After living for several centuries in the Arabian Desert, it would be consumed by fire and rise from its own ashes, with this cycle repeating every 500 years. The name of the bird was derived from Greek
φοῖνιξ (phoinix) meaning "dark red".
Pax
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: PAKS(Latin, English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means
"peace" in Latin. In Roman
mythology this was the name of the goddess of peace.
Noble
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NO-bəl
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From an English surname meaning "noble, high-born". The name can also be given in direct reference to the English word noble.
Merit 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHR-it
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Either a variant of
Merritt or else simply from the English word
merit, ultimately from Latin
meritus "deserving".
Lyric
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LIR-ik
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means simply
"lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek
λυρικός (lyrikos).
Lorica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Afrikaans
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Leon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Λέων(Greek)
Pronounced: LEE-ahn(English) LEH-awn(German, Dutch, Polish, Slovene)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from Greek
λέων (leon) meaning
"lion". During the Christian era this Greek name was merged with the Latin
cognate Leo, with the result that the two forms are used somewhat interchangeably across European languages. In England during the Middle Ages this was a common name among Jews. A famous bearer was the communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), whose name is
Лев in Russian.
Kindred
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From the English word "kindred" meaning "family".
Keen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khakas
Other Scripts: Кеен(Khakas)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means "beautiful" in Khakas.
Justice
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JUS-tis
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From an occupational surname meaning "judge, officer of justice" in Old French. This name can also be given in direct reference to the English word justice.
Honora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Honoria. It was brought to England and Ireland by the
Normans.
Honor
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AHN-ər
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Honour, using the American spelling.
Haven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-vən
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.
Harmony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-mə-nee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word
harmony, ultimately deriving from Greek
ἁρμονία (harmonia).
Harbor
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAR-BOR
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the English word
harbor, a body of water for anchoring ships, ultimately from the Old English
herebeorg "shelter, refuge". It may also be the transferred use of the surname
Harbor.
Golden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Romani (Archaic)
Pronounced: GOL-dən(British English, American English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Either from the English word
golden (from Old English
gyldan "made of gold") or the surname
Golden, originally given as a nickname to someone with blond hair. According to Dunkling & Gosling (1986): 'A use of the word as feminine first name. Several examples have been noted from late 19th-century records, and one occurrence in 1915. Modern form of the name, very rarely used, appears to be
Goldie 1.
Golda also found in the 1960s and 70s, presumably with reference to the former Israeli Premier, Mrs Golda Meir.'
Felix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: FEH-liks(German, Dutch, Swedish) FEE-liks(English) FEH-leeks(Latin)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From a Roman
cognomen meaning
"lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an
agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-century BC Roman general Sulla. It also appears in the
New Testament belonging to the governor of Judea who imprisoned
Saint Paul.
Due to its favourable meaning, this name was popular among early Christians, being borne by many early saints and four popes. It has been used in England since the Middle Ages, though it has been more popular in continental Europe. A notable bearer was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).
Felicity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: fə-LIS-i-tee
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the English word
felicity meaning
"happiness", which ultimately derives from Latin
felicitas "good luck". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans around the 17th century. It can sometimes be used as an English form of the Latin name
Felicitas. This name jumped in popularity in the United States after the premiere of the television series
Felicity in 1998. It is more common in the United Kingdom.
Ever
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Simply from the English word ever, derived from Old English æfre.
Deacon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DEE-kən
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Either from the occupational surname
Deacon or directly from the vocabulary word
deacon, which refers to a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Greek
διάκονος (diakonos) meaning "servant").
Creed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kreed
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the English word "creed" meaning "that which is believed, a set of beliefs, particularly religious, or any set of principals adhered to; a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs; or the fact of believing, as in belief, faith". From the Old English credo, creda, from the Latin credo 'I believe', from credere 'to believe'.
Chance
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHANS
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Originally a
diminutive of
Chauncey. It is now usually given in reference to the English word
chance meaning "luck, fortune" (ultimately derived from Latin
cadens "falling").
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