fishl_x's Personal Name List
Zyanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec
Personal remark: *forever, always
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Possibly means "forever, always" in Zapotec. It appears in the novel Aztec (1980) by the American author Gary Jennings.
Zulfiqar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: ذو الفقار(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: dhool-fee-KAR(Arabic)
Personal remark: *cleaver of the spine
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
From Arabic
ذو الفقار (Dhū al-Faqār) interpreted as meaning
"cleaver of the spine", derived from
ذو (dhū) meaning "possessor, holder" and
فقار (faqār) meaning "spine, vertebra". This was the name of the Prophet
Muhammad's sword, also used by his son-in-law
Ali.
Zubaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: زبيدة(Arabic) زبیدہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: zoo-BIE-da(Arabic)
Personal remark: *elite, prime, cream
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
Means "elite, prime, cream" in Arabic. This was the name of a 9th-century wife of Harun ar-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of The 1001 Nights.
Zoticus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ζωτικός(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *full of life
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Ζωτικός (Zotikos), derived from
ζωτικός (zotikos) meaning
"full of life". This was the name of several early
saints.
Zona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Personal remark: *girdle, belt
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Means "girdle, belt" in Greek. This name was made popular by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet Zona Gale (1874-1938).
Zola 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Xhosa
Personal remark: *quiet, tranquil
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
From the Xhosa root -zola meaning "calm".
Zillah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: צִלָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ZIL-ə(English)
Personal remark: *shade
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Žarko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Жарко(Serbian, Macedonian)
Personal remark: *ember, zeal, fervour
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from South Slavic žar meaning "ember, zeal, fervour".
Zarathustra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: zar-ə-THOOS-trə(English)
Personal remark: *golden camel
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
From Avestan
𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (Zarathushtra), in which the second element is
𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (ushtra) meaning "camel". Proposed meanings for the first element include "old", "moving", "angry" and "yellow". Zarathustra was an Iranian prophet who founded the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism around the 10th century BC. He is also called
Zoroaster in English, from the Greek form of his name
Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).
Zahrah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: زهرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZAH-ra
Personal remark: *blooming flower
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Xochiquetzal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Pronounced: sho-chee-KEHT-sash(Nahuatl)
Personal remark: *flower feather
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Derived from Nahuatl
xōchitl "flower" and
quetzalli "quetzal feather, precious thing"
[1]. This was the name of the Aztec goddess of love, flowers and the earth, the twin sister of
Xochipilli.
Xenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξένια(Greek) Ξενία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SEH-nya(Spanish)
Personal remark: *hospitality
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means
"hospitality" in Greek, a derivative of
ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest". This was the name of a 5th-century
saint who is venerated in the Eastern Church.
Worknesh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ወርቅነሽ(Amharic)
Personal remark: *you are like gold
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Wolfram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: VAWL-fram
Personal remark: *wolf raven
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old German element
wolf meaning "wolf" combined with
hram meaning "raven".
Saint Wolfram (or Wulfram) was a 7th-century archbishop of Sens. This name was also borne by the 13th-century German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, the author of
Parzival.
Wolfgang
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VAWLF-gang(German) WUWLF-gang(English)
Personal remark: *wolf path
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old German elements
wolf meaning "wolf" and
gang meaning "path, way".
Saint Wolfgang was a 10th-century bishop of Regensburg. Two other famous bearers of this name were Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and German novelist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
Wickaninnish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nuu-chah-nulth (Anglicized)
Pronounced: wik-ə-NIN-ish(English)
Personal remark: *having no one in front of him in the canoe
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.
Vladimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian
Other Scripts: Владимир(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: vlu-DYEE-myir(Russian) VLA-dee-meer(Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian)
Personal remark: *to rule with greatness
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From the Old Slavic name *
Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements
volděti meaning "to rule" and
měrŭ meaning "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with
mirŭ meaning "peace, world".
This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. It was also borne by an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv, Vladimir the Great, who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize his realm. Other notable bearers include the revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), and the Russian president and prime minister Vladimir Putin (1952-).
Virva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEER-vah
Personal remark: *will o' the wisp
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.
Vercingetorix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gaulish
Pronounced: wehr-king-GEH-taw-riks(Latin) vər-sin-JEHT-ə-riks(English)
Personal remark: *king over warriors
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Means "king over warriors" from Gaulish wer "on, over" combined with kingeto "marching men, warriors" and rix "king". This name was borne by a 1st-century BC chieftain of the Gaulish tribe the Arverni. He led the resistance against Julius Caesar's attempts to conquer Gaul, but he was eventually defeated, brought to Rome, and executed.
Vellamo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: VEHL-lah-mo(Finnish)
Personal remark: *to surge, to swell
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From Finnish
velloa "to surge, to swell". This was the name of a Finnish goddess of the sea, the wife of
Ahti.
Veda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: వేద(Telugu) ವೇದ(Kannada)
Personal remark: *knowledge
Rating: 63% based on 6 votes
Means "knowledge" in Sanskrit.
Vasco
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: VASH-koo(European Portuguese) VAS-koo(Brazilian Portuguese) BAS-ko(Spanish) VA-sko(Italian)
Personal remark: *crow
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque. A famous bearer was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524), the first person to sail from Europe around Africa to India.
Vanamo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Modern)
Pronounced: VAH-nah-mo
Personal remark: *twinflower
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.
Valdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Personal remark: *the dead goddess
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Derived from Old Norse
valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and
dís meaning "goddess".
Väinämöinen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: VIE-na-mui-nehn(Finnish)
Personal remark: *wide and slow-flowing river
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Derived from Finnish
väinä meaning
"wide and slow-flowing river". In Finnish
mythology Väinämöinen was a wise old magician, the son of the primal goddess
Ilmatar. He is the hero of the Finnish epic the
Kalevala.
Tural
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Personal remark: *to be alive
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "to be alive" in Azerbaijani.
Tristan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: TRIS-tən(English) TREES-TAHN(French)
Personal remark: *sad
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Probably from the Celtic name
Drustan, a
diminutive of
Drust, which occurs as
Drystan in a few Welsh sources. As
Tristan, it first appears in 12th-century French tales, probably altered by association with Old French
triste "sad". According to the tales Tristan was sent to Ireland by his uncle King Mark of Cornwall in order to fetch
Iseult, who was to be the king's bride. On the way back, Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a potion that makes them fall in love. Later versions of the tale make Tristan one of King
Arthur's knights. His tragic story was very popular in the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since then.
Trahaearn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Welsh
Personal remark: *very much like iron
Rating: 22% based on 6 votes
Means "very much like iron", derived from Welsh tra "very, over" prefixed to haearn "iron". This name was borne by an 11th-century king of Gwynedd.
Torin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Personal remark: *chief
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Meaning unknown. It has been suggested that it is of Irish origin, though no suitable derivation can be found.
Tondra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: TON-dra
Personal remark: *like thunder
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Means "thunderous", from Esperanto tondro meaning "thunder".
Tolga
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: tol-GA
Personal remark: *helmet
Rating: 22% based on 6 votes
Means "helmet" in Turkish.
Toirdhealbhach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: TEHR-yəl-ə-wəkh, TRYEH-ləkh
Personal remark: *instigator
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
From Old Irish Tairdelbach meaning "instigator", derived from tairdelb "prompting". This name was borne by several medieval Irish kings.
Thor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: THAWR(English) TOOR(Norwegian, Swedish) TOR(Danish)
Personal remark: *thunder
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
From the Old Norse
Þórr meaning
"thunder", ultimately from Proto-Germanic *
Þunraz. In Norse
mythology Thor is a god of storms, thunder, war and strength, a son of
Odin. He is portrayed as red-bearded, short-tempered, armed with a powerful hammer called Mjölnir, and wearing an enchanted belt called Megingjörð that doubles his strength. During Ragnarök, the final battle at the end of the world, it is foretold that Thor will slay the monstrous sea serpent
Jörmungandr but be fatally poisoned by its venom.
Theron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θήρων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TEH-RAWN(Classical Greek) THEHR-ən(English)
Personal remark: *hunter
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Thalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Greek
Other Scripts: Θάλεια(Greek)
Pronounced: THAY-lee-ə(English) thə-LIE-ə(English)
Personal remark: *to blossom
Rating: 88% based on 5 votes
From the Greek name
Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from
θάλλω (thallo) meaning
"to blossom". In Greek
mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or
Χάριτες (Charites).
Thaddeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Θαδδαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: THAD-ee-əs(English) tha-DEE-əs(English)
Personal remark: *possibly means heart
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From
Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaios), the Greek form of the Aramaic name
תַדַּי (Ṯaddai). It is possibly derived from Aramaic
תַּד (taḏ) meaning
"heart, breast", but it may in fact be an Aramaic form of a Greek name such as
Θεόδωρος (see
Theodore). In the Gospel of Matthew, Thaddaeus is listed as one of the twelve apostles, though elsewhere in the
New Testament his name is omitted and
Jude's appears instead. It is likely that the two names refer to the same person.
Tesni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Personal remark: *warmth from the sun
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Means "warmth" in Welsh.
Tenskwatawa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Shawnee
Personal remark: *open door
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Means
"open door" in Shawnee. This name was borne by the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa (1775-1836). With his brother
Tecumseh he urged resistance against American expansion.
Tecumseh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Shawnee
Pronounced: tə-KUM-sə(English)
Personal remark: *panther passing across
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Means
"panther passing across" in Shawnee. This name was borne by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh (1768-1813), who resisted American expansion along with his brother the spiritual leader
Tenskwatawa.
Teague
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: TAYG(English) TEEG(English)
Personal remark: *poet
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of
Tadhg. This name is also used as a slang term for an Irish Catholic.
Taru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-roo
Personal remark: *legend, myth
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Tariq
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: طارق(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: TA-reek(Arabic)
Personal remark: *he who knocks at the door
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Means
"visitor, knocker at the door" in Arabic, from
طرق (ṭaraqa) meaning "to knock"
[1]. This is the Arabic name of the morning star. Tariq ibn Ziyad was the Islamic general who conquered Spain for the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century.
Tanith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐤕𐤍𐤕(Phoenician)
Personal remark: *serpent lady
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
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.
Talon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAL-ən
Personal remark: *talon, claw
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
From the English word meaning "talon, claw", ultimately derived (via Norman French) from Latin talus "anklebone".
Talitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: TAL-i-thə(English) tə-LEE-thə(English)
Personal remark: *little girl
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
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).
Taliesin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: tal-YEH-sin(Welsh) tal-ee-EHS-in(English)
Personal remark: *shining brow
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Means
"shining brow", derived from Welsh
tal "brow, head" and
iesin "shining, radiant". This was the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century Welsh poet and bard, supposedly the author of the collection of poems the
Book of Taliesin. He appears briefly in the Welsh legend
Culhwch and Olwen and the Second Branch of the
Mabinogi. He is the central character in the
Tale of Taliesin, a medieval legend recorded in the 16th century, which tells how
Ceridwen's servant Gwion Bach was reborn to her as Taliesin; how he becomes the bard for Elffin; and how Taliesin defends Elffin from the machinations of the king
Maelgwn Gwynedd.
Taj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: تاج(Arabic)
Pronounced: TAJ
Personal remark: *crown
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Means "crown" in Arabic.
Tacey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Personal remark: *be silent
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Derived from Latin tace meaning "be silent". It was in use from the 16th century, though it died out two centuries later.
Sunshine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-shien
Personal remark: *take a guess ;)
Rating: 23% based on 8 votes
From the English word, ultimately from Old English sunne "sun" and scinan "shine".
Sunniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Personal remark: *sun gift
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Scandinavian form of the Old English name
Sunngifu, which meant
"sun gift" from the Old English elements
sunne "sun" and
giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English
saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.
Stelara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: steh-LA-ra
Personal remark: *like a constellation
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
From Esperanto stelaro meaning "constellation", ultimately from Latin stella "star".
Sprita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: SPREE-ta
Personal remark: *witty
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Means "witty, lively" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath, energy".
Sophus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Σόφος(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *skilled, clever
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
From the Greek name
Σόφος (Sophos) meaning
"skilled, clever".
Somerled
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse (Anglicized)
Personal remark: *summer traveller
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of the Old Norse name Sumarliði meaning "summer traveller". This was the name of a 12th-century Norse-Gaelic king of Mann and the Scottish Isles.
Sirpa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEER-pah
Personal remark: *small piece, fragment
Rating: 23% based on 6 votes
Derived from Finnish sirpale meaning "small piece, fragment".
Sirius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: SIR-ee-əs(English)
Personal remark: *burning
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek
σείριος (seirios) meaning
"burning".
Silvius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: SEEL-wee-oos(Latin) SIL-vee-əs(English)
Personal remark: *wood, forest
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from Latin
silva meaning
"wood, forest". This was the family name of several of the legendary kings of Alba Longa. It was also the name of an early
saint martyred in Alexandria.
Sigrún
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Personal remark: *secret victory
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements
sigr "victory" and
rún "secret lore, rune". This was the name of a valkyrie in Norse legend.
Shihab
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: شهاب(Arabic)
Pronounced: shee-HAB
Personal remark: *shooting star, meteor
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Means "shooting star, meteor" in Arabic.
Shashi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu
Other Scripts: शशि, शशी(Hindi, Marathi) শশী(Bengali) ಶಶಿ(Kannada) శశి(Telugu)
Personal remark: *having a hare
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form
शशि and the feminine form
शशी (spelled with a long final vowel).
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
Personal remark: *fiery ones
Rating: 63% based on 9 votes
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.
Selah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: סֶלַה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SEE-lə(English)
Personal remark: *musical pause, pause and reflect
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
From a Hebrew musical term that occurs many times in the
Old Testament Psalms. It was probably meant to indicate a musical pause.
Sela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Other Scripts: סֶלַע(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SEE-lə
Personal remark: *rock
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From the name of a city, the capital of Edom, which appears in the
Old Testament. It means "rock" in Hebrew.
Savitri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: सावित्री(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Personal remark: *relating to the sun
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
Means
"of the sun" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a hymn in the
Rigveda dedicated to
Savitr, a sun god. This is also the name of Savitr's daughter, a wife of
Brahma, considered an aspect of
Saraswati. In the Hindu epic the
Mahabharata it is borne by King Satyavan's wife, who successfully pleas with
Yama, the god of death, to restore her husband to life.
Satu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-too
Personal remark: *fairy tale, fable
Rating: 26% based on 7 votes
Means "fairy tale, fable" in Finnish.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Personal remark: *freedom
Rating: 71% based on 12 votes
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Rukmini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Marathi, Kannada
Other Scripts: रुक्मिणी(Sanskrit, Marathi) ರುಕ್ಮಿಣಿ(Kannada)
Personal remark: *adorned with gold
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Means
"adorned with gold" in Sanskrit. According to the Hindu epic the
Mahabharata and the
Puranas this was the name of a princess of Vidarbha who became the first wife of
Krishna. She is regarded as an avatar of
Lakshmi.
Ruaidhrí
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: RWU-ryee
Personal remark: *red king
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
From Old Irish
Ruaidrí meaning
"red king", from
rúad "red" combined with
rí "king". This was the name of the last high king of Ireland, reigning in the 12th century.
Roscoe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHS-ko
Personal remark: *doe wood
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
From an English surname, originally derived from a place name, itself derived from Old Norse rá "roebuck" and skógr "wood, forest".
Rosamund
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-zə-mənd, RAHZ-ə-mənd
Personal remark: *horse protection
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
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.
Rosalind
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHZ-ə-lind
Personal remark: *horse, soft, tender
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Old German elements
hros meaning "horse" and
lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender". The
Normans introduced this name to England, though it was not common. During the Middle Ages its spelling was influenced by the Latin phrase
rosa linda "beautiful rose". The name was popularized by Edmund Spencer, who used it in his poetry, and by William Shakespeare, who used it for the heroine in his comedy
As You Like It (1599).
Rónán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: RO-nan(Irish)
Personal remark: *little seal
Rating: 58% based on 10 votes
Means
"little seal", derived from Old Irish
rón "seal" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of several early Irish
saints, including a pilgrim to Brittany who founded the hermitage at Locronan in the 6th century.
Rocío
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-THEE-o(European Spanish) ro-SEE-o(Latin American Spanish)
Personal remark: *dew
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Means
"dew" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin
Mary María del Rocío meaning "Mary of the Dew".
Rhys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: REES
Personal remark: *enthusiasm
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
From Old Welsh
Ris, probably meaning
"ardour, enthusiasm". Several Welsh rulers have borne this name, including the 12th-century Rhys ap Gruffydd who fought against the invading
Normans.
Rabi 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ربيع(Arabic)
Pronounced: ra-BEE‘
Personal remark: *springtime
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Means "springtime" in Arabic.
Qusay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: قصي(Arabic)
Pronounced: KOO-sie
Personal remark: *distant
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
Possibly derived from Arabic
قصي (qaṣī) meaning
"distant" [1]. This was the name of an ancestor of the Prophet
Muhammad who was in charge of a temple in Mecca.
Quirinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Late Roman
Pronounced: kwee-REE-noos(Latin) kwi-RIE-nəs(English)
Personal remark: *spear
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Possibly derived from the Sabine word
quiris meaning
"spear". Quirinus was a Sabine and Roman god, sometimes identified with
Romulus. He declined in importance after the early Republican era. The name was also borne by several early
saints.
Quetzalcoatl
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Pronounced: keh-tsash-KO-ach(Nahuatl) keht-səl-ko-AHT-əl(English)
Personal remark: *feathered snake
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Means
"feathered snake" in Nahuatl, derived from
quetzalli "quetzal feather, precious thing" and
cōātl "snake"
[1]. In Aztec and other Mesoamerican
mythology he was the god of the sky, wind, and knowledge, also associated with the morning star. According to one legend he created the humans of this age using the bones of humans from the previous age and adding his own blood.
Pyry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PUY-ruy
Personal remark: *snowstorm, blizzard
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.
Psyche
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ψυχή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PSUY-KEH(Classical Greek) SIE-kee(English)
Personal remark: *the soul
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Means
"the soul", derived from Greek
ψύχω (psycho) meaning "to breathe". The Greeks thought that the breath was the soul. In Greek
mythology Psyche was a beautiful maiden who was beloved by Eros (or Cupid in Roman mythology). She is the subject of Keats's poem
Ode to Psyche (1819).
Przemysław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: psheh-MI-swaf
Personal remark: *thought and glory
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Medieval variant of
Przemysł, with the addition of the Slavic element
slava "glory".
Portia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAWR-shə
Personal remark: *pig
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Variant of
Porcia, the feminine form of the Roman family name
Porcius, used by William Shakespeare for the heroine of his play
The Merchant of Venice (1596). In the play Portia is a woman who disguises herself as a man in order to defend
Antonio in court. It is also the name of a moon of Uranus, after the Shakespearean character.
Pollux
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: POL-looks(Latin) PAHL-əks(English)
Personal remark: *very sweet
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Roman form of Greek
Πολυδεύκης (Polydeukes) meaning
"very sweet", from Greek
πολύς (polys) meaning "much" and
δευκής (deukes) meaning "sweet". In
mythology he was the twin brother of
Castor and a son of
Zeus. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Pocahontas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Powhatan (Anglicized)
Personal remark: *she is playful
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Means
"little playful one" in Powhatan, an Algonquian language. This was the nickname of a 17th-century Powhatan woman, a daughter of the powerful chief
Wahunsenacawh. She married the white colonist John Rolfe and travelled with him to England, but died of illness before returning.
Phrixus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φρίξος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FRIK-səs(English)
Personal remark: *thrilling, causing shivers
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
From the Greek
Φρίξος (Phrixos) meaning
"thrilling, causing shivers", derived from
φρίξ (phrix) meaning "ripple, shiver". In Greek
myth Phrixus was the son of Athamus and Nephele. He was to be sacrificed to
Zeus, but he escaped with his sister Helle on the back of the ram with the Golden Fleece.
Philomena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φιλουμένη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: fil-ə-MEE-nə(English)
Personal remark: *friend of strength
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
From Greek
Φιλουμένη (Philoumene) meaning
"to be loved", an inflection of
φιλέω (phileo) meaning "to love". This was the name of an obscure early
saint and martyr. The name came to public attention in 1802 after a tomb seemingly marked with the name
Filumena was found in Rome, supposedly belonging to another martyr named Philomena. This may have in fact been a representation of the Greek word
φιλουμένη, not a name.
Philip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Biblical
Pronounced: FIL-ip(English) FEE-lip(Dutch)
Personal remark: *friend of horses
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From the Greek name
Φίλιππος (Philippos) meaning
"friend of horses", composed of the elements
φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover" and
ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse". This was the name of five kings of Macedon, including Philip II the father of Alexander the Great. The name appears in the
New Testament belonging to two people who are regarded as
saints. First, one of the twelve apostles, and second, an early figure in the Christian church known as Philip the Deacon.
This name was initially more common among Eastern Christians, though it came to the West by the Middle Ages. It was borne by six kings of France and five kings of Spain. It was regularly used in England during the Middle Ages, although the Spanish king Philip II, who attempted an invasion of England, helped make it less common by the 17th century. It was revived in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. Famous bearers include the Elizabethan courtier and poet Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and the American science fiction novelist Philip K. Dick (1928-1982).
Perseus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περσεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHR-SEWS(Classical Greek) PUR-see-əs(English)
Personal remark: *to destroy
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Possibly derived from Greek
πέρθω (pertho) meaning
"to destroy". In Greek
mythology Perseus was a hero who was said to have founded the ancient city of Mycenae. He was the son of
Zeus and
Danaë. Mother and child were exiled by Danaë's father Acrisius, and Perseus was raised on the island of Seriphos. The king of the island compelled Perseus to kill the Gorgon
Medusa, who was so ugly that anyone who gazed upon her was turned to stone. After obtaining winged sandals and other tools from the gods, he succeeded in his task by looking at Medusa in the reflection of his shield and slaying her in her sleep. On his return he defeated a sea monster in order to save
Andromeda, who became his wife.
Persephone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περσεφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHR-SEH-PO-NEH(Classical Greek) pər-SEHF-ə-nee(English)
Personal remark: *to destroy/murder
Rating: 86% based on 7 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek
πέρθω (pertho) meaning "to destroy" and
φόνος (phonos) meaning "murder". In Greek
myth she was the daughter of
Demeter and
Zeus. She was abducted to the underworld by
Hades, but was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year. The result of her comings and goings is the changing of the seasons. With her mother she was worshipped in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which were secret rites practiced at the city of Eleusis near Athens.
Peregrine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEHR-ə-grin
Personal remark: *traveller
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
From the Late Latin name
Peregrinus, which meant
"traveller". This was the name of several early
saints.
Perdita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Personal remark: *lost
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Derived from Latin
perditus meaning
"lost". Shakespeare created this name for the daughter of
Hermione and
Leontes in his play
The Winter's Tale (1610). Abandoned as an infant by her father the king, she grows up to be a shepherdess and falls in love with with
Florizel.
Penelope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Πηνελόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-NEH-LO-PEH(Classical Greek) pə-NEHL-ə-pee(English)
Personal remark: *a type of duck, or threads, weft
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Probably derived from Greek
πηνέλοψ (penelops), a type of duck. Alternatively it could be from
πήνη (pene) meaning "threads, weft" and
ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In
Homer's epic the
Odyssey this is the name of the wife of
Odysseus, forced to fend off suitors while her husband is away fighting at Troy.
It has occasionally been used as an English given name since the 16th century. It was moderately popular in the 1940s, but had a more notable upswing in the early 2000s. This may have been inspired by the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz (1974-), who gained prominence in English-language movies at that time. It was already rapidly rising when celebrities Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their baby daughter in 2012.
Parvati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi
Other Scripts: पार्वती(Sanskrit, Hindi)
Pronounced: PAHR-və-tee(English)
Personal remark: *daughter of the mountains
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Means
"of the mountains", derived from Sanskrit
पर्वत (parvata) meaning "mountain". Parvati is a Hindu goddess of love and power, the benign form of the wife of
Shiva. A daughter of the mountain god Himavat, she was a reincarnation of Shiva's first wife
Sati. She is the mother of
Ganesha and
Skanda.
Parvaneh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پروانه(Persian)
Pronounced: par-vaw-NEH
Personal remark: *butterfly
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means "butterfly" in Persian.
Parthenope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Παρθενόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: pahr-THEHN-ə-pee(English)
Personal remark: *maiden's voice
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Means
"maiden's voice", derived from Greek
παρθένος (parthenos) meaning "maiden, virgin" and
ὄψ (ops) meaning "voice". In Greek legend this is the name of one of the Sirens who enticed
Odysseus.
Parisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پریسا(Persian)
Personal remark: *like a fairy
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Means
"like a fairy" in Persian, derived from
پری (parī) meaning "fairy, sprite, supernatural being".
Paloma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: pa-LO-ma
Personal remark: *dove, pigeon
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.
Øyvind
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Personal remark: *island wind
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse name
Eyvindr, which was derived from
ey meaning "island" or "good fortune" and
vindr possibly meaning "victor".
Otto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AW-to(German, Dutch) AHT-o(English) OT-to(Finnish)
Personal remark: *wealth, fortune
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Later German form of
Audo, originally a short form of various names beginning with Old Frankish
aud or Old High German
ot meaning
"wealth, fortune". This was the name of a 9th-century king of the West Franks (name usually spelled as
Odo). This was also the name of four kings of Germany, starting in the 10th century with Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor, known as Otto the Great.
Saint Otto of Bamberg was a 12th-century missionary to Pomerania. The name was also borne by a 19th-century king of Greece, originally from Bavaria. Another notable bearer was the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898).
Orabela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: o-ra-BEH-la
Personal remark: *golden-beautiful
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Means
"golden-beautiful" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin
aurea "gold" and
bella "beautiful".
Omri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עָםְרִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AHM-rie(English) AHM-ree(English)
Personal remark: *my sheaf
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Possibly means
"servant" in Hebrew (or a related Semitic language), from the root
עָמַר (ʿamar) meaning "to bind"
[2]. This was the name of a 9th-century BC military commander who became king of Israel. He appears in the
Old Testament, where he is denounced as being wicked.
Olwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: OL-wehn(English)
Personal remark: *white footprint
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
Means
"white footprint" from Welsh
ol "footprint, track" and
gwen "white, blessed". In the Welsh tale
Culhwch and Olwen she was a beautiful maiden, the lover of
Culhwch and the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden. Her father insisted that Culhwch complete several seemingly impossible tasks before he would allow them to marry.
Odysseus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὀδυσσεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: O-DUYS-SEWS(Classical Greek) o-DIS-ee-əs(English)
Personal remark: *to hate
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Perhaps derived from Greek
ὀδύσσομαι (odyssomai) meaning
"to hate". In Greek legend Odysseus was one of the Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan War. In the
Odyssey Homer relates Odysseus's misadventures on his way back to his kingdom and his wife
Penelope.
Odin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern)
Pronounced: O-din(English)
Personal remark: *inspiration, rage, frenzy
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of Old Norse
Óðinn, which was derived from
óðr meaning
"inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from Proto-Germanic *
Wōdanaz. The name appears as
Woden in Anglo-Saxon sources (for example, as the founder of several royal lineages in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and in forms such as
Wuotan,
Wotan or
Wodan in continental Europe, though he is best known from Norse sources.
In Norse mythology Odin is the highest of the gods, presiding over war, wisdom and death. He is the husband of Frigg and resides in Valhalla, where warriors go after they are slain. He is usually depicted as a one-eyed older man, carrying two ravens on his shoulders who inform him of all the events of the world. At the time of Ragnarök, the final battle, it is told that he will be killed fighting the great wolf Fenrir.
Odhrán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: UW-ran
Personal remark: *little pale green one
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From Old Irish
Odrán, derived from
odar "dun-coloured, greyish brown, tan" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of a
saint who travelled with Saint Columba through Scotland.
Nyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Personal remark: *night
Rating: 90% based on 6 votes
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Nyarai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Shona
Personal remark: *be humble
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From Shona
nyara meaning
"be shy, be quiet, be humble" [1].
Noelani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: no-eh-LA-nee
Personal remark: *heavenly mist
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Means "heavenly mist" from Hawaiian noe "mist" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Nnenne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Personal remark: *mother's mother (reincarnation of grandmother)
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Means "mother's mother" in Igbo. This name is given in honour of the child's maternal grandmother.
Nnenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Personal remark: *father's mother (reincarnation of grandmother)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Means "father's mother" in Igbo. This name is given in honour of the child's paternal grandmother.
Nneka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Personal remark: *my mother is supreme
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Means "mother is greater" in Igbo.
Nimrod
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: נִםְרֹד(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: NIM-rahd(English)
Personal remark: *rebel
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly of Akkadian origin or possibly meaning
"rebel" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament Nimrod is a renowned hunter, the great-grandson of
Noah. He was the founder of Babylon.
Due to the biblical character, this name was adopted as an English-language vocabulary word meaning "hunter". In American English it acquired a further meaning of "fool", after the oafish character Elmer Fudd (a hunter) was called such by Daffy Duck in a 1948 short cartoon.
Nicodemus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Νικόδημος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: nik-ə-DEE-məs(English) nee-ko-DEH-moos(Latin)
Personal remark: *victory of the people
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
From the Greek name
Νικόδημος (Nikodemos) meaning
"victory of the people", derived from Greek
νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and
δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people". This is the name of a character in the
New Testament who helps
Joseph of Arimathea entomb
Jesus.
Nicholas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIK-ə-ləs, NIK-ləs
Personal remark: *victory of the people
Rating: 77% based on 12 votes
From the Greek name
Νικόλαος (Nikolaos) meaning
"victory of the people", derived from Greek
νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and
λαός (laos) meaning "people".
Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century bishop from Anatolia who, according to legend, saved the daughters of a poor man from lives of prostitution. He is the patron saint of children, sailors and merchants, as well as Greece and Russia. He formed the basis for the figure known as Santa Claus (created in the 19th century from Dutch
Sinterklaas), the bringer of Christmas presents.
Due to the renown of the saint, this name has been widely used in the Christian world. It has been common in England since the 12th century, though it became a bit less popular after the Protestant Reformation. The name has been borne by five popes and two tsars of Russia.
Nereida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: neh-RAY-dha
Personal remark: *nymphs, sea sprites
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek
Νηρηΐδες (Nereides) meaning
"nymphs, sea sprites", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god
Nereus, who supposedly fathered them.
Nephele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νεφέλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NEH-PEH-LEH(Classical Greek) NEHF-ə-lee(English)
Personal remark: *cloudy
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
From Greek
νέφος (nephos) meaning
"cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by
Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like
Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.
Nemo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: NEE-mo(English)
Personal remark: *nobody
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Means "nobody" in Latin. This was the name used by author Jules Verne for the captain of the Nautilus in his novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870). It was later used for the title character (a fish) in the 2003 animated movie Finding Nemo.
Neil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, English
Pronounced: NEEL(English)
Personal remark: *champion or cloud
Rating: 84% based on 5 votes
From the Irish name
Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly connected to the old Celtic root *
nītu- "fury, passion" or the (possibly related) Old Irish word
nia "hero" [1][2]. A derivation from Old Irish
nél "cloud" has also been suggested. This was the name of a few early Irish kings, notably Niall of the Nine Hostages, a semi-legendary high king of the 4th or 5th century.
In the early Middle Ages the name was adopted by Norse raiders and settlers in Ireland in the form Njáll. The Norse transmitted it to England and Scotland, as well as bringing it back to Scandinavia. It was also in use among the Normans, who were of Scandinavian origin. A famous bearer of this name was American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), the first person to walk on the moon.
Nefertiti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Pronounced: nehf-ər-TEE-tee(English)
Personal remark: *the beautiful one has come
Rating: 63% based on 7 votes
From Egyptian
nfrt-jjtj meaning
"the beautiful one has come" [1]. Nefertiti was a powerful Egyptian queen of the New Kingdom (14th century BC), the principal wife of
Akhenaton, the pharaoh that briefly imposed a monotheistic religion centered around the sun god
Aton.
Nayeli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Pronounced: na-YEH-lee(Spanish)
Personal remark: *I love you
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".
Nausicaa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ναυσικάα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: naw-SIK-ee-ə(English)
Personal remark: *burner of ships
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Ναυσικάα (Nausikaa) meaning
"burner of ships". In
Homer's epic the
Odyssey this is the name of a daughter of Alcinous who helps
Odysseus on his journey home.
Nanuq
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Inuit
Other Scripts: ᓇᓄᖅ(Inuktitut)
Personal remark: *polar bear
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Means "polar bear" in Inuktitut.
Naira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aymara
Personal remark: *big eyes
Rating: 57% based on 7 votes
From Aymara nayra meaning "eye" or "early".
Naida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dagestani
Other Scripts: Наида(Russian)
Personal remark: *water nymph
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
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.
Nahum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: נַחוּם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: NAY-əm(English) NAY-həm(English)
Personal remark: *comforter
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means
"comforter" in Hebrew, from the root
נָחַם (naḥam) meaning "to comfort, to console". Nahum is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament. He authored the Book of Nahum in which the downfall of Nineveh is foretold.
Nahor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: נָחוֹר(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: NAY-hawr(English)
Personal remark: *snorting
Rating: 14% based on 7 votes
Means
"snorting" in Hebrew. Nahor is the name of both the grandfather and a brother of
Abraham in the
Old Testament.
Nadim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: نديم(Arabic) ندیم(Urdu)
Pronounced: na-DEEM(Arabic)
Personal remark: *drinking companion
Rating: 23% based on 7 votes
Means
"drinking companion" in Arabic, derived from
ندم (nadima) meaning "to drink together"
[1].
Myron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Мирон(Ukrainian) Μύρων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MIE-rən(English) MUY-RAWN(Classical Greek)
Personal remark: *sweet oil, perfume
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek
μύρον (myron) meaning
"sweet oil, perfume". Myron was the name of a 5th-century BC Greek sculptor.
Saints bearing this name include a 3rd-century bishop of Crete and a 4th-century martyr from Cyzicus who was killed by a mob. These saints are more widely revered in the Eastern Church, and the name has generally been more common among Eastern Christians. As an English name, it has been used since the 19th century.
Muirne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Personal remark: *festive
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
From Irish
muirn meaning either
"affection, endearment" or
"festivity, exuberance". In Irish legend this was the name of the mother of
Fionn mac Cumhaill. She is also called
Muirenn.
Moa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: MOO-ah
Personal remark: *mother
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Possibly derived from Swedish
moder meaning
"mother". This was the
pen name of the Swedish author Moa Martinson (real name Helga Maria Martinson).
Mneme
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μνήμη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MNEH-MEH(Classical Greek) NEE-mee(English)
Personal remark: *memory
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Means
"memory" in Greek. In Greek
mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of memory.
Mireille
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch
Pronounced: MEE-RAY(French)
Personal remark: *to admire
Rating: 88% based on 5 votes
From the Occitan name Mirèio, which was first used by the poet Frédéric Mistral for the main character in his poem Mirèio (1859). He probably derived it from the Occitan word mirar meaning "to admire". It is spelled Mirèlha in classical Occitan orthography. A notable bearer is the French singer Mireille Mathieu (1946-).
Mirabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), English (Rare)
Personal remark: *wonderful
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
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.
Miela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: mee-EH-la
Personal remark: *honey-sweet
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Means "sweet" in Esperanto, derived from mielo "honey", ultimately from Latin mel.
Methoataske
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Shawnee
Personal remark: *turtle laying its eggs
Rating: 24% based on 8 votes
Means "turtle laying its eggs" in Shawnee.
Merit 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHR-it
Personal remark: *deserving
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Either a variant of
Merritt or else simply from the English word
merit, ultimately from Latin
meritus "deserving".
Melantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mə-LAN-thə
Personal remark: *dark flower
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
Probably a combination of
Mel (from names such as
Melanie or
Melissa) with the suffix
antha (from Greek
ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower"). John Dryden used this name in his play
Marriage a la Mode (1672).
Mehetabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: םְהֵיטַבְאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: mə-HEHT-ə-behl(English)
Personal remark: *God makes happy
Rating: 61% based on 7 votes
From the Hebrew name
םְהֵיטַבְאֵל (Meheṭavʾel) meaning
"God makes happy", derived from the roots
יָטַב (yaṭav) meaning "to be happy" and
אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This name is mentioned briefly in the
Old Testament.
Mavourneen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Personal remark: *my darling
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Derived from the Irish phrase mo mhúirnín meaning "my darling".
Marja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Sorbian, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-yah(Finnish) MAHR-ya(Dutch)
Personal remark: *berry
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Finnish and Sorbian form of
Maria, as well as a Dutch variant. It also means "berry" in Finnish.
Marinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Dutch
Pronounced: ma-REE-nuys(Dutch)
Personal remark: *of the sea
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From the Roman family name
Marinus, which derives either from the name
Marius or from the Latin word
marinus "of the sea".
Saint Marinus was a 4th-century stonemason who built a chapel on Monte Titano, in the country that is today known as San Marino.
Marijani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
Personal remark: *coral
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Means
"coral" in Swahili, originally a borrowing from Arabic
مرْجان (marjān).
Mallory
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-ree
Personal remark: *unfortunate
Rating: 50% based on 10 votes
From an English surname that meant "unfortunate" in Norman French. It first became common in the 1980s due to the American sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989), which featured a character by this name.
Maitland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Personal remark: *inhospitable
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was from a Norman French place name possibly meaning "inhospitable".
Maeve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV(English)
Personal remark: *intoxicating
Rating: 68% based on 13 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name
Medb meaning
"intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband
Ailill fought against the Ulster king
Conchobar and the hero
Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic
The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Madoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Personal remark: *fortunate
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From the Old Welsh name
Matauc, derived from
mad meaning
"good, fortunate" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This is the name of a warrior mentioned in the 7th-century Welsh poem
Y Gododdin. It was also borne by several medieval rulers, including the 12th-century Madoc ap Maredudd, the last prince of Powys. Another bearer, according to later folklore, was a son of the 12th-century
Owain the Great who sailed to the Americas.
Lysander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λύσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *a release of a man
Rating: 63% based on 10 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λύσανδρος (Lysandros), derived from Greek
λύσις (lysis) meaning "a release, loosening" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). This was the name of a notable 5th-century BC Spartan general and naval commander.
Lumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-mee
Personal remark: *snow
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Means "snow" in Finnish.
Llyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Personal remark: *the sea
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
Unaccented variant of
Llŷr.
Llinos
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SHEE-naws, SHI-naws
Personal remark: *greenfinch
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Means "linnet, finch" in Welsh. The linnet (species Linaria cannabina) is a small European bird in the finch family.
Lindita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Personal remark: *the day is born
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Means "the day is born" in Albanian, from lind "to give birth" and ditë "day".
Líadan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: LYEE-dən
Personal remark: *grey lady
Rating: 63% based on 9 votes
Possibly from Old Irish
líath meaning
"grey". According to an Irish tale this was the name of a poet who became a nun, but then missed her lover Cuirithir so much that she died of grief. The name was also borne by a 5th-century
saint, the mother of Saint Ciarán the Elder.
Leto
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Λητώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: LEH-TAW(Classical Greek) LEE-to(English)
Personal remark: *hidden, forgotten
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
Possibly from Lycian
lada meaning
"wife". Other theories connect it to Greek
λήθω (letho) meaning
"hidden, forgotten". In Greek
mythology she was the mother of
Apollo and
Artemis by
Zeus.
Leelo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Personal remark: *folk song
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Means "folk song" in Estonian.
Leander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λέανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lee-AN-dər(English)
Personal remark: *lion of a man
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λέανδρος (Leandros), derived from
λέων (leon) meaning "lion" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.
Lalita
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Thai
Other Scripts: ललिता(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) ลลิตา(Thai)
Pronounced: la-lee-TA(Thai)
Personal remark: *playful, charming, desirable
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Means
"playful, charming, desirable" in Sanskrit. According to the
Puranas this was the name of one of the gopis, who were milkmaids devoted to the young
Krishna. Additionally, in Shaktism, this is the name of a goddess who is also called Tripura Sundari.
Lalawethika
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Shawnee
Personal remark: *he makes noise
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Means
"he makes noise" in Shawnee. This was another name of the Shawnee leader
Tenskwatawa (1775-1836).
Koray
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark: *ember moon
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Means "ember moon" in Turkish.
Koralo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: ko-RA-lo
Personal remark: *coral
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "coral" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin corallium.
Kiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Personal remark: *skin of a tree or fruit
Rating: 20% based on 7 votes
Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori. This name has been brought to public attention by New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-).
Kimiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 貴美子, 君子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きみこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KYEE-MEE-KO
Personal remark: *she who is without equal
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
From Japanese
貴 (ki) meaning "valuable" with
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or
君 (kimi) meaning "lord, noble" combined with
子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Keshet
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: קֶשֶׁת(Hebrew)
Personal remark: *rainbow
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.
Keely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEE-lee
Personal remark: *slender
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caolaidhe, itself derived from the given name Caoladhe, from Irish caol "slender".
Karesinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: ka-reh-SEEN-da
Personal remark: *worthy of a caress
Rating: 36% based on 7 votes
Means "worthy of a caress" in Esperanto.
Kaneonuskatew
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cree (Anglicized)
Personal remark: *one that walks on four claws
Rating: 14% based on 8 votes
Means "he who walks on four claws" in Cree, derived from ᓀᐅᐧ (newo) "four" and the root ᐊᐢᑲᓯᕀ (askasiy) "claw". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan, also known as George Gordon.
Kalliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAL-LEE-O-PEH(Classical Greek)
Personal remark: *beautiful voice
Rating: 58% based on 8 votes
Means
"beautiful voice" from Greek
κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and
ὄψ (ops) meaning "voice". In Greek
mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
Julius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, German, Finnish, Lithuanian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech
Pronounced: YOO-lee-oos(Latin, Swedish) JOO-lee-əs(English) YOO-lee-uws(German) YOO-leews(Finnish) YUW-lyuws(Lithuanian) YOO-lyoos(Danish) YUY-lee-uys(Dutch) YOO-li-yuws(Czech)
Personal remark: *downy-bearded
Rating: 57% based on 9 votes
From a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Greek
ἴουλος (ioulos) meaning
"downy-bearded". Alternatively, it could be related to the name of the Roman god
Jupiter. This was a prominent patrician family of Rome, who claimed descent from the mythological Julus, son of
Aeneas. Its most notable member was Gaius Julius Caesar, who gained renown as a military leader for his clever conquest of Gaul. After a civil war he became the dictator of the Roman Republic, but was eventually stabbed to death in the senate.
Although this name was borne by several early saints, including a pope, it was rare during the Middle Ages. It was revived in Italy and France during the Renaissance, and was subsequently imported to England.
Jael
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Portuguese
Other Scripts: יָעֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAY-əl(English) JAYL(English)
Personal remark: *mountain goat
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
From the Hebrew name
יָעֵל (Yaʿel) meaning
"ibex, mountain goat". This name appears in the
Old Testament belonging to the wife of
Heber the Kenite. After Sisera, the captain of the Canaanite army, was defeated in battle by
Deborah and
Barak he took refuge in Heber's tent. When he fell asleep Jael killed him by hammering a tent peg into his head.
Ixchel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mayan Mythology, Mayan
Pronounced: eesh-CHEHL(Mayan)
Personal remark: *rainbow lady
Rating: 50% based on 8 votes
Possibly means "rainbow lady", from Classic Maya ix "lady" and chel "rainbow". Ixchel was a Maya goddess associated with the earth, jaguars, medicine and childbirth. She was often depicted with a snake in her hair and crossbones embroidered on her skirt.
Itzal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-TSAL
Personal remark: *shadow
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Means "shadow, protection" in Basque.
Iðunn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Pronounced: I-dhuyn(Icelandic)
Personal remark: *to love again
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Probably derived from the Old Norse prefix
ið- "again, repeated" and
unna "to love". In Norse
mythology Iðunn was the goddess of spring and immortality whose responsibility it was to guard the gods' apples of youth.
Isra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-RA
Personal remark: *nocturnal journey
Rating: 78% based on 10 votes
Means
"nocturnal journey" in Arabic, derived from
سرى (sarā) meaning "to travel by night". According to Islamic tradition, the
Isra was a miraculous journey undertaken by the Prophet
Muhammad.
Ismene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰσμήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EEZ-MEH-NEH(Classical Greek) is-MEE-nee(English)
Personal remark: *knowledge
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Possibly from Greek
ἰσμή (isme) meaning
"knowledge". This was the name of the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek legend.
Iris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἶρις(Ancient Greek) Ίρις(Greek)
Pronounced: IE-ris(English) EE-ris(German, Dutch) EE-rees(Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Italian) EE-REES(French)
Personal remark: *rainbow
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.
Irati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-RA-tee
Personal remark: *fern field
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means "fern field" in Basque.
Indra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali, Indonesian
Other Scripts: इन्द्र(Sanskrit, Nepali) इन्द्र, इंद्र(Hindi)
Pronounced: IN-drə(English) EEN-dra(Indonesian)
Personal remark: *possessing drops of rain
Rating: 57% based on 7 votes
Means
"possessing drops of rain" from Sanskrit
इन्दु (indu) meaning "a drop" and
र (ra) meaning "acquiring, possessing". Indra is the name of the ancient Hindu warrior god of the sky and rain, frequently depicted riding the elephant Airavata. He is the chief god in the
Rigveda.
Inanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒈹(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: i-NAH-nə(English)
Personal remark: *lady of the sky
Rating: 67% based on 7 votes
Possibly derived from Sumerian
nin-an-a(k) meaning
"lady of the heavens", from
𒎏 (nin) meaning "lady" and the genitive form of
𒀭 (an) meaning "heaven, sky". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and war. She descended into the underworld where the ruler of that place, her sister
Ereshkigal, had her killed. The god
Enki interceded, and Inanna was allowed to leave the underworld as long as her husband
Dumuzi took her place.
Inanna was later conflated with the Semitic (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian) deity Ishtar.
Ilta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEL-tah
Personal remark: *evening
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
Means "evening" in Finnish.
Ilan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אִילָן(Hebrew)
Personal remark: *tree
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "tree" in Hebrew.
Idony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Personal remark: *to love again
Rating: 53% based on 9 votes
Medieval English vernacular form of
Idonea.
Iacchus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἴακχος(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *to shout
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
From Greek
Ἴακχος (Iakchos), derived from
ἰάχω (iacho) meaning
"to shout". This was the name of an obscure Greek god worshipped in the Eleusinian mysteries and later identified with
Dionysos.
Hortensia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Spanish
Pronounced: or-TEHN-sya(Spanish)
Personal remark: *garden
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of the Roman family name Hortensius, possibly derived from Latin hortus meaning "garden".
Hinata
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 日向, 陽向, 向日葵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひなた(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-NA-TA
Personal remark: *facing the sun
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
From Japanese
日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place",
陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of
向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible. Because of the irregular readings, this name is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Hermes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1], Spanish
Other Scripts: Ἑρμῆς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHR-MEHS(Classical Greek) HUR-meez(English) EHR-mehs(Spanish)
Personal remark: *cairn, pile of stones, messenger
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Probably from Greek
ἕρμα (herma) meaning
"cairn, pile of stones, boundary marker". Hermes was a Greek god associated with speed and good luck, who served as a messenger to
Zeus and the other gods. He was also the patron of travellers, writers, athletes, merchants, thieves and orators.
This was also used as a personal name, being borne for example by a 1st-century saint and martyr.
Hecate
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἑκάτη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHK-ə-tee(English)
Personal remark: *far off
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
From the Greek
Ἑκάτη (Hekate), possibly derived from
ἑκάς (hekas) meaning
"far off". In Greek
mythology Hecate was a goddess associated with witchcraft, crossroads, tombs, demons and the underworld.
Harisha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kannada, Telugu
Other Scripts: ಹರೀಶ(Kannada) హరీష(Telugu)
Personal remark: *lord of monkeys
Rating: 33% based on 7 votes
Variant and feminine form of
Harish.
Hale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAYL
Personal remark: *nook, retreat
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" from Old English healh.
Hadley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAD-lee
Personal remark: *heather field
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "heather field" in Old English.
Gwyneira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: gwi-NAY-ra
Personal remark: *white snow
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Means
"white snow" from the Welsh element
gwyn meaning "white, blessed" combined with
eira meaning "snow". This is a recently created Welsh name.
Gwenith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GWEHN-ith
Personal remark: *wheat
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Variant of
Gwyneth, influenced by the Welsh word
gwenith meaning "wheat".
Gudrun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Pronounced: GOO-droon(German)
Personal remark: *god's secret lore
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
From the Old Norse name
Guðrún meaning
"god's secret lore", derived from the elements
guð "god" and
rún "secret lore, rune". In Norse legend Gudrun was the wife of
Sigurd. After his death she married
Atli, but when he murdered her brothers, she killed her sons by him, fed him their hearts, and then slew him. Her story appears in Norse literature such as the
Eddas and the
Völsungasaga. She is called
Kriemhild in German versions of the tale. This is also an unrelated character in the medieval German epic
Kudrun.
Goyathlay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Apache
Personal remark: *one who yawns
Rating: 11% based on 8 votes
Gormlaith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Personal remark: *illustrious princess
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Derived from Old Irish
gorm "blue" or "illustrious" and
flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess". This was the name of several medieval Irish royals, including the wife of the 11th-century king
Brian Boru.
Goran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Горан(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: GO-ran(Croatian, Serbian)
Personal remark: *mountain man
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Derived from South Slavic gora meaning "mountain". It was popularized by the Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913-1943), who got his middle name because of the mountain town where he was born.
George
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romanian, Indian (Christian)
Other Scripts: ജോർജ്ജ്(Malayalam)
Pronounced: JAWRJ(English) JYOR-jeh(Romanian)
Personal remark: *farmer, earthworker
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
From the Greek name
Γεώργιος (Georgios), which was derived from the Greek word
γεωργός (georgos) meaning
"farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements
γῆ (ge) meaning "earth" and
ἔργον (ergon) meaning "work".
Saint George was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Cappadocia who was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. Later legends describe his defeat of a dragon, with which he was often depicted in medieval art.
Initially Saint George was primarily revered by Eastern Christians, but returning crusaders brought stories of him to Western Europe and he became the patron of England, Portugal, Catalonia and Aragon. The name was rarely used in England until the German-born George I came to the British throne in the 18th century. Five subsequent British kings have borne the name.
Other famous bearers include two kings of Greece, the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the first president of the United States, George Washington (1732-1797), and the Pacific explorer George Vancouver (1757-1798). This was also the pen name of authors George Eliot (1819-1880) and George Orwell (1903-1950), real names Mary Anne Evans and Eric Arthur Blair respectively.
This name is also used by Christians in India, notably Saint Thomas Christians in the state of Kerala in the spelling ജോർജ്ജ് (Jōrjj).
Galen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAY-lən
Personal remark: *calm
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Modern form of the Greek name
Γαληνός (Galenos), which meant
"calm" from Greek
γαλήνη (galene). It was borne by a 2nd-century BC Greco-Roman physician who contributed to anatomy and medicine. In modern times the name is occasionally given in his honour.
Fungai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Shona
Personal remark: *think/"fun guy"
Rating: 19% based on 8 votes
From Shona
funga meaning
"think, judge" [1].
Folami
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba (Rare)
Personal remark: *respect and honour me
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Means "respect and honour me" in Yoruba.
Fishel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: פֿישל(Yiddish) פישׁל(Hebrew)
Personal remark: *little fish
Rating: 23% based on 7 votes
Means
"little fish" in Yiddish, a
diminutive of
פֿיש (fish) meaning "fish".
Fiorella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: fyo-REHL-la
Personal remark: *little flower
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
From Italian
fiore "flower" combined with a
diminutive suffix.
Fintan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: FIN-tan(English)
Personal remark: *white fire or white bull
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Possibly means either
"white fire" or
"white ancient" in Irish. According to legend this was the name of the only Irish person to survive the great flood. This name was also borne by many Irish
saints.
Fiammetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: fyam-MEHT-ta
Personal remark: *little fire
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of
Fiamma. This is the name of a character appearing in several works by the 14th-century Italian author Boccaccio. She was probably based on the Neapolitan noblewoman Maria d'Aquino.
Felinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Personal remark: *cat-like
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
Late Latin name meaning
"cat-like". This was the name of a possibly legendary
saint who was martyred with Gratian in the 3rd century.
Faunus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FOW-noos(Latin) FAW-nəs(English)
Personal remark: *to befriend
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Possibly means "to befriend" from Latin. Faunus was a Roman god of fertility, forests, and agriculture.
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Personal remark: *cosmos, the universe
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Means
"cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic
mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Eurydice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐρυδίκη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ew-RUY-dee-keh(Latin) yuw-RID-i-see(English)
Personal remark: *wide justice
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
From the Greek
Εὐρυδίκη (Eurydike) meaning
"wide justice", derived from
εὐρύς (eurys) meaning "wide" and
δίκη (dike) meaning "justice, custom, order". In Greek
myth she was the wife of Orpheus. Her husband tried to rescue her from Hades, but he failed when he disobeyed the condition that he not look back upon her on their way out.
Eunomia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Εὐνομία(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *good order
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Means
"good order" in Greek, ultimately from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
νόμος (nomos) meaning "law, custom". Eunomia was a Greek goddess, one of the
Ὥραι (Horai), presiding over law.
Eulalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Εὐλαλία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ew-LA-lya(Spanish, Italian) yoo-LAY-lee-ə(English)
Personal remark: *to talk well
Rating: 61% based on 9 votes
Derived from Greek
εὔλαλος (eulalos) meaning
"sweetly-speaking", itself from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
λαλέω (laleo) meaning "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century
saint and martyr from Mérida in Spain. Another martyr by this name, living at the same time, is a patron saint of Barcelona. These two saints might be the same person.
Étaín
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: EH-teen(Irish)
Personal remark: *jealousy
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Possibly derived from Old Irish
ét meaning
"jealousy, passion". In Irish legend she is the subject of the 9th-century tale
The Wooing of Étaín [2]. She was the wife of Midir, but his jealous first wife Fuamnach transformed her into a fly. She was accidentally swallowed, and then reborn to the woman who swallowed her. After she grew again to adulthood she married the Irish high king Eochaid Airem, having no memory of Midir. Midir and Étaín were eventually reunited after Midir defeated Eochaid in a game of chess.
In modern Irish this name is properly spelled Éadaoin.
Eris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἔρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-is(English)
Personal remark: *strife
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Means
"strife, discord" in Greek. In Greek
mythology Eris was the goddess of discord. She was the sister and companion of
Ares.
Epiphany
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: i-PIF-ə-nee
Personal remark: *sudden appearance, sudden perception, manifestation
Rating: 85% based on 6 votes
From the name of the Christian festival (January 6) that commemorates the visit of the Magi to the infant
Jesus. It is also an English word meaning "sudden appearance" or "sudden perception", ultimately deriving from Greek
ἐπιφάνεια (epiphaneia) meaning "manifestation".
Éowyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: AY-ə-win(English)
Personal remark: *horse joy
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Means "horse joy" in Old English. This name was invented by J. R. R. Tolkien who used Old English to represent the Rohirric language. In his novel The Lord of the Rings (1954) Eowyn is the niece of King Theoden of Rohan. She slays the Lord of the Nazgul in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Eoghan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: ON(Irish) O-ən(Irish)
Personal remark: *born from the yew tree
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Possibly means
"born from the yew tree", from Old Irish
eó "yew" and the suffix
gan "born". Alternatively, it might be derived from the Latin name
Eugenius. It was borne by several legendary or semi-legendary Irish figures, including a son of the king
Niall of the Nine Hostages.
Eoforwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: *boar friend
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Eoforhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Personal remark: *boar battle
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Old English elements
eofor "boar" and
hild "battle". This name was rarely used after the
Norman Conquest.
Enid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: EH-nid(Welsh) EE-nid(English)
Personal remark: *soul, life
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Probably derived from Welsh
enaid meaning
"soul, spirit, life". In Arthurian tales she first appears in the 12th-century French poem
Erec and Enide by Chrétien de Troyes, where she is the wife of Erec. In later adaptations she is typically the wife of
Geraint. The name became more commonly used after the publication of Alfred Tennyson's Arthurian poem
Enid in 1859, and it was fairly popular in Britain in the first half of the 20th century.
Enfys
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHN-vis
Personal remark: *rainbow
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Means "rainbow" in Welsh. This name was first used in the 19th century.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Personal remark: *elm tree
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Electra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἠλέκτρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEHK-trə(English)
Personal remark: *amber
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Ἠλέκτρα (Elektra), derived from
ἤλεκτρον (elektron) meaning
"amber". In Greek
myth she was the daughter of
Agamemnon and
Clytemnestra and the sister of
Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. Also in Greek mythology, this name was borne by one of the Pleiades, who were the daughters of
Atlas and
Pleione.
Elam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עֵילָם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-ləm(English)
Personal remark: *hidden
Rating: 50% based on 4 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.
Ekaitz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: eh-KIETS
Personal remark: *storm
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Means "storm" in Basque.
Eirlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AYR-lis
Personal remark: *snowdrop
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
Means
"snowdrop (flower)" in Welsh, a compound of
eira "snow" and
llys "plant".
Eira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AY-ra
Personal remark: *snow
Rating: 72% based on 9 votes
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.
Ealdwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: *old friend
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Durward
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUR-wərd
Personal remark: *door guard
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From an occupational surname meaning "door guard" in Middle English.
Dima 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ديمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: DEE-ma
Personal remark: *downpour
Rating: 65% based on 6 votes
Means "downpour" in Arabic.
Diantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: die-AN-thə(English)
Personal remark: *heavenly flower
Rating: 88% based on 6 votes
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").
Desdemona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: dehz-də-MO-nə(English)
Personal remark: *ill-fated
Rating: 67% based on 7 votes
Derived from Greek
δυσδαίμων (dysdaimon) meaning
"ill-fated". This is the name of the wife of
Othello in Shakespeare's play
Othello (1603).
Demostrate
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Δημοστράτη(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *army of the people
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Means
"army of the people", derived from the Greek elements
δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people" and
στρατός (stratos) meaning "army".
Demeter 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Δημήτηρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEH-MEH-TEHR(Classical Greek) də-MEET-ər(English)
Personal remark: *earth mother
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Possibly means
"earth mother", derived from Greek
δᾶ (da) meaning "earth" and
μήτηρ (meter) meaning "mother". In Greek
mythology Demeter was the goddess of agriculture, the daughter of
Cronus, the sister of
Zeus, and the mother of
Persephone. She was an important figure in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which were secret rites performed at Eleusis near Athens.
Deimos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Δεῖμος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEH-MOS(Classical Greek) DIE-məs(English)
Personal remark: *terror
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means
"terror" in Greek. This was one of the sons of the Greek god
Ares. Also, a moon of Mars bears this name.
Deborah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: דְּבוֹרָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: DEHB-ə-rə(English) DEHB-rə(English)
Personal remark: *bee
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
From the Hebrew name
דְּבוֹרָה (Devora) meaning
"bee". In the
Old Testament Book of Judges, Deborah is a heroine and prophetess who leads the Israelites when they are threatened by the Canaanites. She forms an army under the command of
Barak, and together they destroy the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera. Also in the Old Testament, this is the name of the nurse of Rebecca.
Long a common Jewish name, Deborah was first used by English Christians after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.
Damhán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Personal remark: *fawn, stag, ox
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
From Old Irish
Damán meaning
"calf, fawn", derived from
dam "ox, deer" and a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of an early Irish
saint, a brother of Saint Abbán.
Dagmar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: DOW-mar(Danish) DAK-mar(German) DAG-mar(Czech)
Personal remark: *day maid
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
From the Old Norse name
Dagmær, derived from the elements
dagr "day" and
mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the popular Bohemian wife of the Danish king Valdemar II when they married in 1205. Her birth name was
Markéta.
Cyrus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Persian (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κῦρος(Ancient Greek) 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁(Old Persian)
Pronounced: SIE-rəs(English)
Personal remark: *far sighted
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Latin form of Greek
Κῦρος (Kyros), from the Old Persian name
𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (Kuruš), possibly meaning
"young" or
"humiliator (of the enemy)" [1]. Alternatively it could be of Elamite origin. The name has sometimes been associated with Greek
κύριος (kyrios) meaning "lord".
The most notable bearer of the name was Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BC. He is famous in the Old Testament for freeing the captive Jews and allowing them to return to Israel after his conquest of Babylon. As an English name, it first came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation.
Culhwch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: KIL-huwkh(Welsh)
Personal remark: *hiding place of the pig
Rating: 14% based on 7 votes
Means
"hiding place of the pig" in Welsh. In the Welsh tale
Culhwch and Olwen he was the lover of
Olwen, the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden. Before the giant would allow Culhwch to marry his daughter, he insisted that Culhwch complete a series of extremely difficult tasks. Culhwch managed to complete the tasks with the help of his cousin King
Arthur, and he returned to marry Olwen and kill the giant.
Cuauhtémoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Personal remark: *falling eagle
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Cormac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Irish
Personal remark: *son of defilement
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
From Old Irish
Cormacc or
Corbmac, of uncertain meaning, possibly from
corb "chariot, wagon" or
corbbad "defilement, corruption" combined with
macc "son". This is the name of several characters from Irish legend, including the semi-legendary high king Cormac mac Airt who supposedly ruled in the 3rd century, during the adventures of the hero
Fionn mac Cumhaill. This name was also borne by a few early
saints.
Corentin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: ko-REHN-teen(Breton) KAW-RAHN-TEHN(French)
Personal remark: *hurricane
Rating: 58% based on 9 votes
French form of the Breton name Kaourintin, possibly from korventenn meaning "hurricane, storm". Alternatively, it could be connected to the Brythonic root *karid meaning "love" (modern Breton karout). This was the name of a 5th-century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.
Concordia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: kon-KOR-dee-a(Latin) kən-KAWR-dee-ə(English)
Personal remark: *harmony
Rating: 87% based on 6 votes
Means "harmony" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of harmony and peace.
Conall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Personal remark: *strong wolf
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Means
"rule of a wolf", from Old Irish
cú "hound, dog, wolf" (genitive
con) and
fal "rule"
[2]. This is the name of several characters in Irish legend including the hero Conall Cernach ("Conall of the victories"), a member of the Red Branch of Ulster, who avenged
Cúchulainn's death by killing
Lugaid.
Clímaco
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: KLEE-ma-ko
Personal remark: *ladder
Rating: 21% based on 7 votes
Spanish form of
Climacus, derived from Greek
κλῖμαξ (klimax) meaning
"ladder". The 7th-century monk
Saint John Climacus (also known as John of the Ladder) acquired this name because he wrote a book called
The Ladder of Divine Ascent.
Claudius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KLOW-dee-oos(Latin) KLAW-dee-əs(English)
Personal remark: *lame, crippled
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
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).
Clark
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAHRK
Personal remark: *cleric, scribe, priest, scholar
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From an English surname meaning "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec originally meaning "priest". A famous bearer of the surname was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America. As a first name it was borne by the American actor Clark Gable (1901-1960), as well as the comic book character Clark Kent, the mild-mannered alter ego of Superman, first created 1938.
Channary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Personal remark: *moon-faced girl
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Means
"moon-faced girl" from Khmer
ចន្ទ (chan) meaning "moon" and
នារី (neari) meaning "woman, girl".
Ceridwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: keh-RID-wehn
Personal remark: *blessed poetry
Rating: 55% based on 11 votes
Possibly from
cyrrid "bent, crooked" (a derivative of Old Welsh
cwrr "corner") combined with
ben "woman" or
gwen "white, blessed". According to the medieval Welsh legend the
Tale of Taliesin (recorded by Elis Gruffyd in the 16th century) this was the name of a sorceress who created a potion that would grant wisdom to her son Morfan. The potion was instead consumed by her servant Gwion Bach, who was subsequently reborn as the renowned bard
Taliesin.
This name appears briefly in a poem in the Black Book of Carmarthen in the form Kyrridven [1] and in a poem in the Book of Taliesin in the form Kerrituen [2]. Some theories connect her to an otherwise unattested Celtic goddess of inspiration, and suppose her name is related to Welsh cerdd "poetry".
Cerberus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κέρβερος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SUR-bər-əs(English)
Personal remark: *demon of the pit
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of the Greek
Κέρβερος (Kerberos), which possibly meant
"spotted". In Greek
myth this was the name of the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades.
Cassarah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-SEHR-ə, kə-SAR-ə, KAS-ə-rə
Personal remark: *what will be, will be
Rating: 63% based on 6 votes
Recently created name intended to mean "what will be, will be". It is from the title of the 1956 song Que Sera, Sera, which was taken from the Italian phrase che sarà sarà. The phrase que sera, sera is not grammatically correct in any Romance language.
Cameron
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAM-rən
Personal remark: *crooked nose
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
From a Scottish surname meaning
"crooked nose" from Gaelic
cam "crooked" and
sròn "nose". As a given name it is mainly used for boys. It got a little bump in popularity for girls in the second half of the 1990s, likely because of the fame of actress Cameron Diaz (1972-). In the United States, the forms
Camryn and
Kamryn are now more popular than
Cameron for girls.
Cambria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Pronounced: KAM-bree-ə(English)
Personal remark: *the people
Rating: 68% based on 10 votes
Latin form of the Welsh Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, derived from cymry meaning "the people". It is occasionally used as a given name in modern times.
Calypso
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Καλυψώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-LIP-so(English)
Personal remark: *she that conceals
Rating: 46% based on 8 votes
From Greek
Καλυψώ (Kalypso), which probably meant
"she that conceals", derived from
καλύπτω (kalypto) meaning "to cover, to conceal". In Greek
myth this was the name of the nymph who fell in love with
Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on her island of Ogygia. When he refused to stay with her she detained him for seven years until
Zeus ordered her to release him.
Calvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-vin
Personal remark: *bald
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
Derived from the French surname
Cauvin, which was derived from
chauve meaning
"bald". The surname was borne by Jean Cauvin (1509-1564), a theologian from France who was one of the leaders of the
Protestant Reformation. His surname was Latinized as
Calvinus (based on Latin
calvus "bald") and he is known as John Calvin in English. It has been used as a given name in his honour since the 19th century.
In modern times, this name is borne by American fashion designer Calvin Klein (1942-), as well as one of the main characters from Bill Watterson's comic strip Calvin and Hobbes (published from 1985 to 1995).
Caelestis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Personal remark: *of the sky, heavenly
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly", a derivative of Latin caelum "heaven, sky".
Buster
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUS-tər
Personal remark: *person who breaks things
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
Originally a nickname denoting a person who broke things, from the word bust, a dialectal variant of burst. A famous bearer was the silent movie star Buster Keaton (1895-1966).
Branimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Бранимир(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Personal remark: *protection, great, famous, peace, world
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Slavic element
borna "protection" combined with
mirŭ "peace, world".
Braith
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Australian, Rare)
Pronounced: BRAYTH
Personal remark: *speckled
Rating: 24% based on 7 votes
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Welsh brith, braith meaning "speckled".
Boniface
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English (Rare)
Pronounced: BAW-NEE-FAS(French) BAHN-ə-fəs(English) BAHN-ə-fays(English)
Personal remark: *good fate
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
From the Late Latin name
Bonifatius, which meant
"good fate" from
bonum "good" and
fatum "fate, destiny". This was the name of nine popes and also several
saints, including an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany (originally named
Winfrið) who is now regarded as the patron saint of that country. It came into use in England during the Middle Ages, but became rare after the
Protestant Reformation.
Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
Personal remark: *cheerful
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Blodeuwedd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: blaw-DAY-wedh(Welsh)
Personal remark: *face of flowers
Rating: 39% based on 7 votes
Means
"face of flowers" in Welsh. According to the Fourth Branch of the
Mabinogi [1], she was created out of flowers by
Gwydion to be the wife of his nephew
Lleu Llaw Gyffes. Originally she was named
Blodeuedd meaning simply "flowers". She was eventually transformed into an owl by Gwydion after she and her lover
Gronw attempted to murder Lleu, at which point he renamed her
Blodeuwedd.
Blaise
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: BLEHZ
Personal remark: *lisping
Rating: 27% based on 9 votes
From the Roman name
Blasius, which was derived from Latin
blaesus meaning
"lisping".
Saint Blaise was a 4th-century Armenian martyr. A famous bearer was the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).
Bethany
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BETH-ə-nee
Personal remark: *house of figs
Rating: 45% based on 8 votes
From the name of a biblical town,
Βηθανία (Bethania) in Greek, which is probably of Aramaic or Hebrew origin, possibly meaning "house of affliction" or "house of figs". In the
New Testament the town of Bethany is the home of Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha. It has been in use as a rare given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, in honour of Mary of Bethany. In America it became moderately common after the 1950s.
Belinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: bə-LIN-də
Personal remark: *beautiful, soft, tender, serpent, dragon
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
The meaning of this name is not known for certain. The first element could be related to Italian
bella meaning "beautiful". The second element could be Old German
lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender" (and by extension "snake, serpent"). This name first arose in the 17th century, and was subsequently used by Alexander Pope in his poem
The Rape of the Lock (1712).
Belial
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: בְּלִיַעַל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: BEE-lee-əl(English)
Personal remark: *worthless
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
Means
"worthless" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this term is used to refer to various wicked people. In the
New Testament, Paul uses it as a name for Satan. In later Christian tradition Belial became an evil angel associated with lawlessness and lust.
Beelzebub
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: בַּעַל זְבוּב(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: bee-EHL-zi-bub(English) BEEL-zi-bub(English)
Personal remark: *lord of the flies
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
From Hebrew
בַּעַל זְבוּב (Baʿal Zevuv) meaning
"lord of flies", the name of a Philistine god according to the
Old Testament. It is possibly intended as a mocking alteration of
בַּעַל זְבוּל (Baʿal Zevul) meaning "
Ba'al of the exalted house".
Based on the Hebrew form, this spelling is used in the Latin translation of the Old Testament, and it is commonly rendered Baal-Zebub or Baalzebub in English translations. In the New Testament, this spelling appears in both the Latin and most older English translations, despite the fact that the Greek original uses Βεελζεβούλ (Beelzeboul). Recent English translations of the New Testament tend to use Beelzebul.
Later Christian tradition holds that Beelzebub is a demon or fallen angel. He is Satan's chief lieutenant in the 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Beauregard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BO-rə-gahrd
Personal remark: *beautiful outlook
Rating: 54% based on 9 votes
From a French surname meaning "beautiful outlook".
Beatrix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Hungarian, Dutch, English, Late Roman
Pronounced: beh-A-triks(German) BEH-a-triks(German) BEH-aw-treeks(Hungarian) BEH-ya-triks(Dutch) BEE-ə-triks(English) BEE-triks(English)
Personal remark: *voyager, traveller
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Probably from
Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name
Viator meaning
"voyager, traveller". It was a common name amongst early Christians, and the spelling was altered by association with Latin
beatus "blessed, happy". Viatrix or Beatrix was a 4th-century
saint who was strangled to death during the persecutions of Diocletian.
In England the name became rare after the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, more commonly in the spelling Beatrice. Famous bearers include the British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), the creator of Peter Rabbit, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938-).
Bamidele
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Personal remark: *follow me home
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
Means "follow me home" in Yoruba.
Aysel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Personal remark: *moon stream
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
Means
"moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from
ay "moon" and
sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).
Ayelet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַיֶלֶת(Hebrew)
Personal remark: *gazelle, hind
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Means
"doe, female deer, gazelle". It is taken from the Hebrew phrase
אַיֶלֶת הַשַׁחַר (ʾayeleṯ hashaḥar), literally "gazelle of dawn", which is a name of the morning star.
Ayala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַיָּלָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ie-ah-LAH
Personal remark: *doe, gazelle, hind
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means "doe, female deer" in Hebrew.
Avedis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ավետիս(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-veh-DEES(Western Armenian)
Personal remark: *good news
Rating: 58% based on 10 votes
Western Armenian transcription of
Avetis.
Avalon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lahn
Personal remark: *apple
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
From the name of the island paradise to which King
Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh
afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.
Aurelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-oos(Latin) aw-REEL-ee-əs(English)
Personal remark: *golden, gilded
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
Roman family name that was derived from Latin
aureus meaning
"golden, gilded". Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and philosophical writer. This was also the name of several early
saints.
Aurangzeb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Other Scripts: اورنگزیب(Urdu)
Personal remark: *honouring the throne
Rating: 45% based on 8 votes
Means "honouring the throne" in Persian. This was the name of a 17th-century Mughal emperor of India.
Aristotle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ἀριστοτέλης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AR-i-staht-əl(English)
Personal remark: *the best purpose
Rating: 50% based on 8 votes
From the Greek name
Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristoteles) meaning
"the best purpose", derived from
ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and
τέλος (telos) meaning "purpose, result, completion". This was the name of a Greek philosopher of the 4th century BC who made lasting contributions to Western thought, including the fields of logic, metaphysics, ethics and biology.
Arista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-RIS-tə(English)
Personal remark: *ear of corn
Rating: 70% based on 11 votes
Means "ear of grain" in Latin. This is the name of a star, also known as Spica, in the constellation Virgo.
Arethusa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀρέθουσα(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *to become excellent
Rating: 88% based on 6 votes
From Greek
Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa) meaning
"quick water", which is possibly derived from
ἄρδω (ardo) meaning "water" and
θοός (thoos) meaning "quick, nimble". This was the name of a nymph in Greek
mythology who was transformed into a fountain.
Ardghal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: ARD-ghəl
Personal remark: *high valour
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Means
"high valour", derived from the Old Irish elements
ard "high" and
gal "valour".
Archimedes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀρχιμήδης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AR-KEE-MEH-DEHS(Classical Greek) ahr-ki-MEE-deez(English)
Personal remark: *master of thought
Rating: 90% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Greek elements
ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master" and
μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician, astronomer and inventor.
Arachne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀράχνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-RA-KNEH(Classical Greek) ə-RAK-nee(English)
Personal remark: *spider
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means
"spider" in Greek. In Greek
myth Arachne was a mortal woman who defeated
Athena in a weaving contest. After this Arachne hanged herself, but Athena brought her back to life in the form of a spider.
Araceli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-ra-THEH-lee(European Spanish) a-ra-SEH-lee(Latin American Spanish)
Personal remark: *altar of the sky
Rating: 56% based on 9 votes
Means
"altar of the sky" from Latin
ara "altar" and
coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin
Mary in her role as the patron
saint of Lucena, Spain.
Antigone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀντιγόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-TEE-GO-NEH(Classical Greek) an-TIG-ə-nee(English)
Personal remark: *against birth
Rating: 58% based on 12 votes
Derived from Greek
ἀντί (anti) meaning "against, compared to, like" and
γονή (gone) meaning "birth, offspring". In Greek legend Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. King Creon of Thebes declared that her slain brother Polynices was to remain unburied, a great dishonour. She disobeyed and gave him a proper burial, and for this she was sealed alive in a cave.
Anaxagoras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀναξαγόρας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-NA-KSA-GO-RAS
Personal remark: *master of speech
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
Derived from Greek
ἄναξ (anax) meaning "master, lord" and
ἀγορά (agora) meaning "assembly, marketplace". This name was borne by a 5th-century BC Greek philosopher.
Amity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: A-mi-tee
Personal remark: *friendship
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
From the English word meaning "friendship", ultimately deriving from Latin amicitia.
Amice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Personal remark: *friend
Rating: 65% based on 10 votes
Medieval name derived from Latin amicus meaning "friend". This was a popular name in the Middle Ages, though it has since become uncommon.
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
Personal remark: *immortal
Rating: 74% based on 11 votes
From the Late Latin name
Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name
Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning
"immortal".
Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Amaterasu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 天照(Japanese Kanji) あまてらす(Japanese Hiragana) アマテラス(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: A-MA-TEH-RA-SOO(Japanese)
Personal remark: *shining over heaven
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
Means
"shining over heaven", from Japanese
天 (ama) meaning "heaven, sky" and
照 (terasu) meaning "shine". This was the name of the Japanese sun goddess, the ruler of the heavens. She was born when
Izanagi washed his left eye after returning from the underworld. At one time the Japanese royal family claimed descent from her.
Alyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ə
Personal remark: *against madness/rabies
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Variant of
Alicia. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek
ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with
λύσσα (lyssa) meaning "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.
Altair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: al-TEHR(English)
Personal remark: *the flyer
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means "the flyer" in Arabic. This is the name of a star in the constellation Aquila.
Alphaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Ἀλφαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-FEE-əs(English)
Personal remark: *changing
Rating: 59% based on 10 votes
From
Ἀλφαῖος (Alphaios), the Greek form of a Hebrew name that meant
"exchange". In the
New Testament this is the name of the fathers of the apostles
James the Lesser and
Levi.
Álmos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: AL-mosh
Personal remark: *sleepy, dreamy
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Possibly from Hungarian
álom "dream", though perhaps of Turkic origin meaning "bought". This was the name of the semi-legendary father of Árpád, the founder of the Hungarian state. Álmos's mother
Emese supposedly had a dream in which a turul bird impregnated her and foretold that her son would be the father of a great nation.
Alma 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Slovene, Croatian
Pronounced: AL-mə(English) AL-ma(Spanish) AHL-ma(Dutch)
Personal remark: *nourishing
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin
almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning
"the soul".
Algernon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-jər-nən
Personal remark: *having a moustache
Rating: 52% based on 9 votes
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons "having a moustache", which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror. It was first used a given name in the 15th century (for a descendant of William de Percy). This name was borne by a character (a mouse) in the short story Flowers for Algernon (1958) and novel of the same title (1966) by the American author Daniel Keyes.
Alethea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ə-THEE-ə, ə-LEE-thee-ə
Personal remark: *truth
Rating: 84% based on 7 votes
Derived from Greek
ἀλήθεια (aletheia) meaning
"truth". This name was coined in the 16th century.
Alcyone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλκυόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-SIE-ə-nee(English)
Personal remark: *kingfisher
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Ἀλκυόνη (Alkyone), derived from the word
ἀλκυών (alkyon) meaning
"kingfisher". In Greek
myth this name belonged to a daughter of Aeolus and the wife of Ceyx. After her husband was killed in a shipwreck she threw herself into the water, but the gods saved her and turned them both into kingfishers. This is also the name of the brightest of the Pleiades, a group of stars in the constellation Taurus, supposedly the daughters of
Atlas and
Pleione.
Alcippe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλκίππη(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: *mighty mare
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From Greek
Ἀλκίππη (Alkippe), derived from
ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess" and
ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse". This was the name of a daughter of
Ares in Greek
myth. Her father killed Halirrhotis, a son of
Poseidon, when he attempted to rape her, leading to a murder trial in which Ares was quickly acquitted.
Alberich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1], Germanic Mythology
Personal remark: *elf power
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Derived from the Old German elements
alb "elf" and
rih "ruler, king". It was borne by two Lombard dukes of Spoleto in the 10th century. It was also the name of a 12th-century French
saint who helped found the Cistercian Order.
Alberich is a sorcerer dwarf who guards the treasure of the Nibelungen in the medieval German epic the Nibelungenlied. The dwarf also appears in Ortnit as a helper to the hero.
Ajax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αἴας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-jaks(English)
Personal remark: *mourner
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
From the Greek name
Αἴας (Aias), perhaps deriving from Greek
αἰαστής (aiastes) meaning
"mourner" or
αἶα (aia) meaning
"earth, land". In Greek
mythology this was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War: the son of
Telamon and the son of Oileus. When the armour of the slain hero
Achilles was not given to Ajax Telamonian, he became mad with jealousy and killed himself.
Aino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: IE-no(Finnish)
Personal remark: *the only one
Rating: 40% based on 10 votes
Means
"the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the
Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man
Väinämöinen.
Aiday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айдай(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ie-DIE
Personal remark: *moon child
Rating: 44% based on 10 votes
Means
"moon-like" in Kazakh, from
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the suffix
дай (day) meaning "like".
Ahtahkakoop
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cree (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ(Cree)
Personal remark: *star blanket
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.
Agrona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology (Hypothetical)
Personal remark: *battle, slaughter
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Perhaps derived from the old Celtic root *agro- meaning "battle, slaughter". This is possibly the name of a Brythonic goddess for whom the River Ayr in Scotland and River Aeron in Wales were named.
Aella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄελλα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-EHL-LA(Classical Greek)
Personal remark: *whirlwind
Rating: 65% based on 12 votes
Means
"whirlwind" in Greek. In Greek
myth this was the name of an Amazon warrior killed by
Herakles during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle.
Adisa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Pronounced: A-DEE-SA
Personal remark: *one who is clear
Rating: 50% based on 12 votes
Means "bundled up and set to dry" in Yoruba.
Abital
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבִיטָל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AB-i-tal(English)
Personal remark: *my father is the night dew
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
Means
"my father is dew" in Hebrew, from the roots
אָב (ʾav) meaning "father" and
טַל (ṭal) meaning "dew". She is the fifth wife of
David in the
Old Testament.
Abaddon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבַדּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-BAD-ən(English)
Personal remark: *ruin, destruction
Rating: 40% based on 13 votes
Means
"ruin, destruction" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the
New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.
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