artemis16's Personal Name List

Zelos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ζηλος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means "zeal, ardor, jealousy" in Greek. He was the personification of zeal or strife in Greek mythology.
Yusuke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 勇介, 雄介, 雄輔, 友介, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうすけ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-SOO-KEH, YOO-SKEH
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 勇介 or 雄介 or 雄輔 or 友介 (see Yūsuke).
Willow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIL-o
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
Wesley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEHS-lee, WEHZ-lee
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself meaning "west meadow" from Old English west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing". It has been sometimes given in honour of John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of Methodism.
Viveca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Swedish form of Vibeke.
Virgil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romanian
Pronounced: VUR-jil(English)
Rating: 70% based on 5 votes
From the Roman family name Vergilius, which is of unknown meaning. This name was borne by the 1st-century BC Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro, commonly called Virgil, who was the writer of the Aeneid. Due to him, Virgil has been in use as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century.
Vibeke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of Wiebke. It was borne by an influential mistress of Christian IV of Denmark (17th century).
Veronica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman
Pronounced: və-RAHN-i-kə(American English) və-RAWN-i-kə(British English) veh-RAW-nee-ka(Italian)
Rating: 62% based on 15 votes
Latin alteration of Berenice, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image". This was the name of a legendary saint who wiped Jesus' face with a towel and then found his image imprinted upon it. Due to popular stories about her, the name was occasionally used in the Christian world in the Middle Ages. It was borne by the Italian saint and mystic Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727). As an English name, it was not common until the 19th century, when it was imported from France and Scotland.
Uzziel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עֻזִּיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: UZ-ee-əl(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "my power is God" in Hebrew, from the roots עֹז (ʿoz) meaning "strength, power" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament.
Ursula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Late Roman
Pronounced: UR-sə-lə(English) UR-syoo-lə(English) UWR-zoo-la(German) OOR-soo-lah(Finnish)
Rating: 69% based on 16 votes
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear". Saint Ursula was a legendary virgin princess of the 4th century who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage. In England the saint was popular during the Middle Ages, and the name came into general use at that time.
Urs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Swiss)
Pronounced: UWRS
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
German form of the Latin name Ursus, which meant "bear". Saint Ursus was a 3rd-century soldier in the Theban Legion who was martyred with Saint Victor. He is the patron saint of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Turner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TUR-nər
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From an English surname for one who worked with a lathe, derived from Old English turnian "to turn", of Latin origin.
Tlaloc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Pronounced: CHA-lok(Classical Nahuatl)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Possibly from Nahuatl tlālloh meaning "covered with earth" [1], derived from tlālli meaning "earth, land, soil". This was the name of the Aztec god of rain and fertility, the husband of Chalchiuhtlicue.
Tirzah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: תִּרְצָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: TIR-zə(English)
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
From the Hebrew name תִּרְצָה (Tirtsa) meaning "favourable". Tirzah is the name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad in the Old Testament. It also occurs in the Old Testament as a place name, the early residence of the kings of the northern kingdom.
Thierry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: TYEH-REE
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
French form of Theodoric. It was very popular in France from the 1950s, peaking in the mid-1960s before falling away. A famous bearer is the French former soccer player Thierry Henry (1977-).
Thibault
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: TEE-BO
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
French form of Theobald.
Thessaly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Thessaly is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. This name is borne by Thessaly Lerner, American stage, film and voice actress.
Terry 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHR-ee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval name Thierry, a Norman French form of Theodoric.
Terence
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHR-əns
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the Roman family name Terentius, which is of unknown meaning. Famous bearers include Publius Terentius Afer, a Roman playwright, and Marcus Terentius Varro, a Roman scholar. It was also borne by several early saints. The name was used in Ireland as an Anglicized form of Toirdhealbhach, but it was not found as an English name until the late 19th century. It attained only a moderate level of popularity in the 20th century, though it has been common as an African-American name especially since the 1970s.
Taliesin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: tal-YEH-sin(Welsh) tal-ee-EHS-in(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 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.
Talib
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: طالب(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: TA-leeb(Arabic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "seeker of knowledge, student" in Arabic. Abu Talib was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad who raised him after his parents and grandparents died. His name was in fact a kunya (a nickname) formed using Abu; his real name may have been Imran.
Sylvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Pronounced: SIL-vee-ə(English) SIL-vee-ya(Dutch) SUYL-vee-ah(Finnish)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
Sukie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SOO-kee
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of Susanna or Susan.
Stellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: STEHL-lan
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
Sören
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, German
Pronounced: SUU-rehn(Swedish) ZUU-rən(German)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Swedish and German form of Søren.
Sohan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Modern)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain, though allegedly a form of Jean 1. It is probably modelled after Yohan and Lohan.
Sigfrid 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Pronounced: SEEG-freed
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Swedish form of Siegfried. This was the name of an 11th-century saint from England who did missionary work in Scandinavia.
Shelby
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHEHL-bee
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From an English surname, which was possibly a variant of Selby. Though previously in use as a rare masculine name, it was popularized as a feminine name by the main character in the movie The Woman in Red (1935). It was later reinforced by the movie Steel Magnolias (1989) in which Julia Roberts played a character by this name.
Séraphin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEH-RA-FEHN
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
French form of Seraphinus (see Seraphina).
Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Sasha
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Other Scripts: Саша(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: SA-shə(Russian) SASH-ə(English) SAH-shə(English) SA-SHA(French)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Aleksandr or Aleksandra.
Sandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Georgian
Other Scripts: სანდრო(Georgian)
Pronounced: SAN-dro(Italian) SAHN-DRAW(Georgian)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Short form of Alessandro (Italian) or Aleksandre (Georgian). Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) was an Italian Renaissance artist, the painter of The Birth of Venus and other famous works.
Salem 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سالم(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA-leem
Rating: 63% based on 6 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic سالم (see Salim).
Sabino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: sa-BEE-no(Italian, Spanish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Sabinus (see Sabina).
Remina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Rema.
Raniero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ra-NYEH-ro
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Italian form of Rayner.
Rafe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAYF
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Variant of Ralph. This form became common during the 17th century, reflecting the usual pronunciation.
Quincy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN-see
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was derived (via the place name Cuinchy) from the personal name Quintus. A famous bearer was John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth president of the United States, who was born in the town of Quincy, Massachusetts. Both the town and the president were named after his maternal great-grandfather John Quincy (1689-1767). Another notable bearer is the American musician Quincy Jones (1933-).
Qasim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: قاسم(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: KA-seem(Arabic)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "one who divides goods among people" in Arabic, derived from قسم (qasama) meaning "to divide, to distribute". This was the name of a son of the Prophet Muhammad who died while young.
Porter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAWR-tər
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an occupational English surname meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.
Pippilotta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: pip-i-LAWT-a
Rating: 79% based on 7 votes
Invented by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren for the heroine of her children's novel 'Pippi Långstrump' (1945). It is composed of Swedish pippi, a childish word for "bird", combined with the name Lotta.
Percival
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, English
Pronounced: PUR-si-vəl(English)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chrétien may have derived the name from Old French perce val "pierce the valley", or he may have based it loosely on the Welsh name Peredur [1]. In the poem Perceval is a boy from Wales who hopes to become a knight under King Arthur. Setting out to prove himself, he eventually comes to the castle of the Fisher King and is given a glimpse of the Grail.
Parker
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHR-kər
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From an English occupational surname that meant "keeper of the park".
Ossian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Variant of Oisín used by James Macpherson in his 18th-century poems, which he claimed to have based on early Irish legends. In the poems Ossian is the son of Fingal, and serves as the narrator.
Osra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Osric. Used in Anthony Hope's novels The Prisoner of Zenda and The Heart of Princess Osra.
Natasha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian, English
Other Scripts: Наташа(Russian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: nu-TA-shə(Russian) nə-TAHSH-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Russian diminutive of Natalya. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace (1865). It has been used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.
Murrough
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of Murchadh.
Morrígan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Means either "demon queen" or "great queen", derived from Old Irish mor "demon, evil spirit" or mór "great, big" combined with rígain "queen". In Irish mythology Morrígan (called also The Morrígan) was a goddess of war and death who often took the form of a crow.
Mirza
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Bosnian
Other Scripts: میرزا(Persian) ميرزا(Arabic) مرزا(Urdu)
Pronounced: meer-ZAW(Persian) MEER-za(Arabic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "prince" from Persian میرزا (mīrzā), earlier امیرزاده (amīrzādeh), which is ultimately from Arabic أمير (ʾamīr) meaning "commander" combined with Persian زاده (zādeh) meaning "offspring".
Matilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: mə-TIL-də(English) MAH-teel-dah(Finnish) MA-teel-da(Slovak)
Rating: 84% based on 11 votes
From the Germanic name Mahthilt meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hilt "battle". Saint Matilda was the wife of the 10th-century German king Henry I the Fowler. The name was common in many branches of European royalty in the Middle Ages. It was brought to England by the Normans, being borne by the wife of William the Conqueror himself. Another notable royal by this name was a 12th-century daughter of Henry I of England, known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the Holy Roman emperor Henry V. She later invaded England, laying the foundations for the reign of her son Henry II.

The name was very popular until the 15th century in England, usually in the vernacular form Maud. Both forms were revived by the 19th century. This name appears in the popular Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda, written in 1895.

Marita 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: ma-REE-ta(Swedish)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Scandinavian variant form of Margaret.
Marguerite
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAR-GU-REET
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
French form of Margaret. This is also the French word for the daisy flower (species Leucanthemum vulgare).
Marcella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, German, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: mar-CHEHL-la(Italian) mar-KEHL-la(Latin)
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Marcellus.
Lyndon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN-dən
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English. A famous bearer was American president Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).
Lydia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Λυδία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: LID-ee-ə(English) LUY-dya(German) LEE-dee-ya(Dutch)
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
Means "from Lydia" in Greek. Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor, said to be named for the legendary king Lydos. In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. In the modern era the name has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.
Lucrezia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: loo-KREHT-tsya
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Italian form of Lucretia.
Lloyd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LOID
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a Welsh surname that was derived from llwyd meaning "grey". The composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Llewellyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: loo-EHL-in(English)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Variant of Llewelyn.
Liara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), Hungarian (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: lee-AHR-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly an elaboration of Lara 1, a variant of Liora, or a combination of the two. Dr. Liara T'Soni is a fictional character in BioWare's Mass Effect franchise, who serves as a party member (or "squadmate") in the original Mass Effect trilogy, first released in 2007.
Lenox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LEHN-əks
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was a variant of Lennox.
Kimbra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KIM-brə
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Kimberly.
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)
Rating: 82% based on 5 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.

Josephine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: JO-sə-feen(English) yo-zeh-FEE-nə(German)
Rating: 93% based on 4 votes
English, German and Dutch form of Joséphine.
Jason
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Greek Mythology (Anglicized), Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἰάσων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: JAY-sən(English) ZHA-ZAWN(French)
From the Greek name Ἰάσων (Iason) meaning "healer", derived from Greek ἰάομαι (iaomai) meaning "to heal". In Greek mythology Jason was the leader of the Argonauts. After his uncle Pelias overthrew his father Aeson as king of Iolcos, Jason went in search of the Golden Fleece in order to win back the throne. During his journeys he married the sorceress Medea, who helped him gain the fleece and kill his uncle, but who later turned against him when he fell in love with another woman.

This name also appears in the New Testament, belonging to man who sheltered Paul and Silas. In his case, it may represent a Hellenized form of a Hebrew name. It was not used in England until after the Protestant Reformation.

Indra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali, Indonesian
Other Scripts: इन्द्र(Sanskrit, Nepali) इन्द्र, इंद्र(Hindi)
Pronounced: IN-drə(English) EEN-dra(Indonesian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means "possessing drops of rain" from Sanskrit इन्दु (indu) meaning "a drop" and (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.
Indigo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-di-go
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".
Ike
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IEK
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Isaac. This was the nickname of the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), based on the initial sound of his surname.
Hugh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HYOO
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
From the Germanic name Hugo, derived from Old Frankish hugi or Old High German hugu meaning "mind, thought, spirit" (Proto-Germanic *hugiz). It was common among Frankish and French nobility, being borne by Hugh Capet, a 10th-century king of France who founded the Capetian dynasty. The Normans brought the name to England and it became common there, even more so after the time of the 12th-century bishop Saint Hugh of Lincoln, who was known for his charity. This was also the name of kings of Cyprus and the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem. The name is used in Ireland and Scotland as the Anglicized form of Aodh and Ùisdean.
Hera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἥρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEH-RA(Classical Greek) HEHR-ə(English) HEE-rə(English)
Rating: 81% based on 8 votes
Uncertain meaning, possibly from Greek ἥρως (heros) meaning "hero, warrior"; ὥρα (hora) meaning "period of time"; or αἱρέω (haireo) meaning "to be chosen". In Greek mythology Hera was the queen of the gods, the sister and wife of Zeus. She presided over marriage and childbirth.
Heath
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HEETH
Rating: 72% based on 6 votes
From an English surname that denoted one who lived on a heath. It was popularized as a given name by the character Heath Barkley from the 1960s television series The Big Valley [1].
Hajime
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 肇, 一, 元, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はじめ(Japanese Hiragana) ハジメ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: HA-ZHEE-MEH
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "beginning" in Japanese, written with kanji having the same or similar meanings, such as , or , as well as others.
Grayson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAY-sən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname meaning "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward". It became common towards the end of the 20th century because of its similarity to popular names like Jason, Mason and Graham.
Giosetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: jo-ZEHT-ta
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Italian form of Josette.
Georgia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek
Other Scripts: Γεωργία(Greek)
Pronounced: JAWR-jə(English) yeh-or-YEE-a(Greek)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Latinate feminine form of George. This is the name of an American state, which was named after the British king George II. The country of Georgia has an unrelated etymology. A famous bearer was the American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986).
Francine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: FRAHN-SEEN(French) fran-SEEN(English)
Rating: 66% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Françoise.
Flavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: FLA-vya(Italian) FLA-bya(Spanish) FLA-wee-a(Latin)
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Flavius.
Felix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: FEH-liks(German, Dutch, Swedish) FEE-liks(English) FEH-leeks(Latin)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-century BC Roman general Sulla. It also appears in the New Testament belonging to the governor of Judea who imprisoned Saint Paul.

Due to its favourable meaning, this name was popular among early Christians, being borne by many early saints and four popes. It has been used in England since the Middle Ages, though it has been more popular in continental Europe. A notable bearer was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Eloise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-o-eez, ehl-o-EEZ
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the Old French name Héloïse, which was probably from the Germanic name Helewidis, composed of the elements heil meaning "healthy, whole" and wit meaning "wide". It is sometimes associated with the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" or the name Louise, though there is no etymological connection. This name was borne by the 12th-century French scholar and philosopher Héloïse. Secretly marrying the theologian Peter Abelard at a young age, she became a nun (and eventually an abbess) after Abelard was violently castrated by order of her uncle Fulbert.

There was a medieval English form of this name, Helewis, though it died out after the 13th century. In the 19th century it was revived in the English-speaking world in the form Eloise.

Didier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: DEE-DYEH
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
French form of Desiderio.
D'Artagnan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "from Artagnan" in French, Artagnan being a town in southwestern France. This was the name of a character in the novel The Three Musketeers (1884) by Alexandre Dumas. In the novel D'Artagnan is an aspiring musketeer who first duels with the three title characters and then becomes their friend.
Dario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Croatian
Pronounced: DA-ryo(Italian) DA-ree-o(Croatian)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Italian form of Darius.
Darian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ee-ən
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Probably an elaborated form of Darren.
Cyrano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: SIR-ə-no(English)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene, which was located in North Africa. Edmond Rostand used this name in his play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897). He based his character upon a real person, the French satirist Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655).
Cyprien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEE-PREE-YEHN
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
French form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).
Cuthbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KUTH-bərt
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old English elements cuþ "known, familiar" and beorht "bright". Saint Cuthbert was a 6th-century hermit who became the bishop of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of England. He was known as performer of healing miracles. Because of the saint, this name remained in use in England even after the Norman Conquest. It became rare after the Protestant Reformation, but it was (briefly) revived in the 19th century.
Cornelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Pronounced: kor-NEH-lee-oos(Latin) kawr-NEE-lee-əs(English) kawr-NEH-lee-yuys(Dutch) kawr-NEH-lee-uws(German)
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Roman family name that possibly derives from the Latin element cornu meaning "horn". In Acts in the New Testament Cornelius is a centurion who is directed by an angel to seek Peter. After speaking with Peter he converts to Christianity, and he is traditionally deemed the first gentile convert. The name was also borne by a few early saints, including a 3rd-century pope. In England it came into use in the 16th century, partly due to Dutch influence.
Cornelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Romanian, Italian, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: kawr-NEH-lya(German) kor-NEH-lya(Italian) kawr-NEH-lee-a(Dutch) kawr-NEE-lee-ə(English) kor-NEH-lee-a(Latin)
Personal remark: 'Cora', 'Kiki'
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Cornelius. In the 2nd century BC it was borne by Cornelia Scipionis Africana (the daughter of the military hero Scipio Africanus), the mother of the two reformers known as the Gracchi. After her death she was regarded as an example of the ideal Roman woman. The name was revived in the 18th century.
Clancy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KLAN-see
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Mac Fhlannchaidh), derived from the given name Flannchadh meaning "red warrior".
Cereza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Pronounced: the-RE-thah(Spanish) se-RE-sa(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "cherry" in Spanish.
Cecilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Romanian, Finnish
Pronounced: seh-SEE-lee-ə(English) seh-SEEL-yə(English) cheh-CHEE-lya(Italian) theh-THEE-lya(European Spanish) seh-SEE-lya(Latin American Spanish) seh-SEEL-yah(Danish, Norwegian)
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus meaning "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.

Due to the popularity of the saint, the name became common in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans brought it to England, where it was commonly spelled Cecily — the Latinate form Cecilia came into use in the 18th century.

Carlotta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: kar-LAWT-ta
Personal remark: 'Lottie'
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Italian form of Charlotte.
Caradoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: ka-RA-dawk(Welsh)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Variant of Caradog.
Camiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Flemish
Pronounced: kah-MEEL
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Dutch form of Camille, with its spelling more or less phonetical in nature. This form is used exclusively for males. Known bearers of this name include the Dutch retired politician Camiel Eurlings (b. 1973) and Belgian retired cyclist Camiel Vyncke (b. 1940).
Caio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: KIE-oo(Portuguese) KA-yo(Italian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Portuguese and Italian form of Gaius.
Bruce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: BROOS
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a Scottish surname, of Norman origin, which probably originally referred to the town of Brix in France. The surname was borne by Robert the Bruce, a Scottish hero of the 14th century who achieved independence from England and became the king of Scotland. It has been in use as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, becoming especially popular in the 1940s and 50s. Notable bearers include Chinese-American actor Bruce Lee (1940-1973), American musician Bruce Springsteen (1949-), and American actor Bruce Willis (1955-). It is also the real name of the comic book superheroes Batman (Bruce Wayne), created 1939, and the Hulk (Bruce Banner), created 1962.
Binah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Jewish
Other Scripts: בִּינָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: bee-NAH(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 8 votes
Variant transcription of Bina.
Bettina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Italian, Hungarian
Pronounced: beh-TEE-na(German) beht-TEE-na(Italian) BEHT-tee-naw(Hungarian)
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Elisabeth (German), Benedetta or Elisabetta (Italian), or Erzsébet (Hungarian).
Baxter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAK-stər
From an occupational surname that meant "(female) baker", from Old English bæcere and a feminine agent suffix.
Attila
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History, Hungarian, Turkish
Pronounced: ə-TIL-ə(English) AW-teel-law(Hungarian)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Probably means "little father" from Gothic atta "father" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 5th-century leader of the Huns, a nomadic people from Central Asia who had expanded into Eastern Europe by the 4th century. Attila was likely the name given to him by his Gothic-speaking subjects in Eastern Europe; his real name may have been Avitohol.
Asa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אָסָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-sə(English)
Possibly means "healer" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.
Armand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Catalan
Pronounced: AR-MAHN(French) ər-MAN(Catalan)
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
French and Catalan form of Herman.
Annapurna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Hindi
Other Scripts: ಅನ್ನಪೂರ್ಣಾ(Kannada) అన్నపూర్ణ(Telugu) অন্নপূর্ণা(Bengali) अन्नपूर्णा(Hindi)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "filled with food" from Sanskrit अन्न (anna) meaning "food, grains" and पूर्ण (purna) meaning "filled, full, complete, whole". This is the name of the Hindu goddess of food and nourishment.
Anica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Аница(Serbian)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Slovene, Croatian and Serbian diminutive of Anna.
Aloysius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-o-ISH-əs
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of Aloys, an old Occitan form of Louis. This was the name of an Italian saint, Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). The name has been in occasional use among Catholics since his time.
Alessio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-LEHS-syo
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Italian form of Alexius.
Alanis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-LAN-is
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Alan. Canadian musician Alanis Morissette (1974-) was named after her father Alan. Her parents apparently decided to use this particular spelling after seeing this word in a Greek newspaper.
Akua
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 水, 藍紅愛, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-KUU-AH
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Japanese name meaning "water", influenced by the Japanese pronunciation of the Latin word aqua or from Japanese 藍 (a) meaning "indigo", 紅 (ku) meaning "crimson" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Akiva
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲקִיבָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-KEE-vah
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From an Aramaic form of Yaakov. Akiva (or Akiba) ben Joseph was a prominent 1st-century Jewish rabbi.
Akira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 昭, 明, 亮, 晶, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-RA
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (akira) meaning "bright", (akira) meaning "bright" or (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written .
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