Dragon_Clarinet's Personal Name List

Zipporah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: צִפּוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: zi-PAWR-ə(English) ZIP-ə-rə(English)
Personal remark: I adore this <3 zih-PAWR-ah
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tsippora), derived from צִפּוֹר (tsippor) meaning "bird" [1]. In the Old Testament this is the name of the Midianite wife of Moses. She was the daughter of the priest Jethro.
Zinovia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ζηνοβία(Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Modern Greek transcription of Zenobia.
Zéphyrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).
Teofila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: teh-AW-fee-la(Italian) teh-aw-FEE-la(Polish)
Personal remark: Love this, too
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Italian and Polish feminine form of Theophilus.
Shoshana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה(Hebrew)
Personal remark: show-SHAH-nah; my newest love<3
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Susanna.
Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
Rating: 90% based on 5 votes
From the Old German element sahso meaning "a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Noa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Biblical
Other Scripts: נוֹעָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-a(Spanish)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Noah 2, the daughter of Zelophehad in the Bible. It is also the form used in several other languages, as well as the spelling used in some English versions of the Old Testament.
Niobe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νιόβη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NEE-O-BEH(Classical Greek) NIE-o-bee(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. In Greek mythology Niobe was the daughter of Tantalos, a king of Asia Minor. Because she boasted that she was superior to Leto, Leto's children Apollo and Artemis killed her 14 children with poison arrows. In grief, Niobe was turned to stone by Zeus.
Niamh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NYEEYW(Irish) NYEEYV(Irish) NYEEV(Irish)
Personal remark: old favorite.
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Means "bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god Manannán mac Lir in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet Oisín, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill. It has been used as a given name for people only since the early 20th century.
Nevena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Невена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Personal remark: NEH-ven-ah
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".
Mehitabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מְהֵיטַבְאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: mə-HIT-ə-behl(English)
Rating: 65% based on 6 votes
Variant of Mehetabel.
Margalit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַרְגָלִית(Hebrew)
Personal remark: MARG-ah-leet/MARG-ah-lit; adore this
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites).
Maialen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: MIE-a-lehn, mie-A-lehn
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
Basque form of Magdalene.
Maeve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV(English)
Rating: 53% based on 3 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.
Macaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ma-KA-rya
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Macario.
Líadan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: LYEEY-dən
Rating: 68% based on 5 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.
Heliodoros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἡλιόδωρος(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: Rate this as Heliodora (since it's not in the database and I love it)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Greek form of Heliodoro.
Gwyneira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: gwi-NAY-ra
Personal remark: gwin-AY-rah
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
Means "white snow" from the Welsh element gwyn meaning "white, blessed" combined with eira meaning "snow". This is a recently created Welsh name.
Gwenaëlle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Breton
Pronounced: GWEH-NA-EHL(French)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Gwenaël.
Ginevra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jee-NEH-vra
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Italian form of Guinevere. This is also the Italian name for the city of Geneva, Switzerland. It is also sometimes associated with the Italian word ginepro meaning "juniper".
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Estelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ehs-TEHL(English) EHS-TEHL(French)
Personal remark: One of my favorite old-fashioned names; now recycled.
Rating: 81% based on 9 votes
From an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately derived from Latin stella. It was rare in the English-speaking world in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due to the character Estella Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).
Esperanza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ehs-peh-RAN-tha(European Spanish) ehs-peh-RAN-sa(Latin American Spanish)
Personal remark: Amazing<3
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from sperare "to hope".
Élodie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-LAW-DEE
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
French form of Alodia.
Delphine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: DEHL-FEEN
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
French form of Delphina.
Cressida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: KREHS-i-də(English)
Personal remark: CRESS-ih-dah
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Form of Criseida used by Shakespeare in his play Troilus and Cressida (1602).
Claudie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KLO-DEE
Personal remark: klo-DEE in French
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
French feminine variant of Claude.
Charlotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: SHAR-LAWT(French) SHAHR-lət(American English) SHAH-lət(British English) shar-LAW-tə(German) sha-LOT(Swedish) shahr-LAW-tə(Dutch)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
French feminine diminutive of Charles. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. It was the name of a German-born 18th-century queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland. Another notable bearer was Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), the eldest of the three Brontë sisters and the author of Jane Eyre and Villette. A famous fictional bearer is the spider in the children's novel Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White.

This name was fairly common in France, England and the United States in the early 20th century. It became quite popular in France and England at the end of the 20th century, just when it was at a low point in the United States. It quickly climbed the American charts and entered the top ten in 2014.

Cerridwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
Variant of Ceridwen.
Cecily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEHS-ə-lee
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
English form of Cecilia. This was the usual English form during the Middle Ages.
Aveline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lien, AV-ə-leen
Personal remark: I love this name. av-eh-LEEN
Rating: 73% based on 6 votes
From the Norman French form of the Germanic name Avelina, a diminutive of Avila. The Normans introduced this name to Britain. After the Middle Ages it became rare as an English name, though it persisted in America until the 19th century [1].
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: an-TIG-uh-nee; beautiful
Rating: 67% based on 3 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.
Agatha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀγαθή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AG-ə-thə(English) a-GHA-ta(Dutch)
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀγαθή (Agathe), derived from Greek ἀγαθός (agathos) meaning "good". Saint Agatha was a 3rd-century martyr from Sicily who was tortured and killed after spurning the advances of a Roman official. The saint was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). The mystery writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was a famous modern bearer of this name.
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