Behind the Name: Kaleidoscope Queen's Personal Name List

Aella

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Ἄελλα(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: A-EHL-LA(Classical Greek)

Personal remark: whirlwind

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

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.

Daedalus

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Δαίδαλος(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: DEHD-ə-ləs(English) DEED-ə-ləs(English)

Personal remark: cunning, curiously wrought

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

Latinized form of the Greek Δαίδαλος (Daidalos), which was derived from δαιδάλλω (daidallo) meaning "to work cunningly". In Greek myth Daedalus was an Athenian inventor who was banished to Crete. There he designed the Labyrinth for King Minos, but he and his son Icarus were eventually imprisoned inside it because he had aided Theseus in his quest against the Minotaur. Daedalus and Icarus escaped using wings fashioned from wax, but Icarus fell from the sky to his death.

Ereshkigal

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Sumerian Mythology

Other Scripts: 𒀭𒊩𒆠𒃲(Sumerian Cuneiform)

Pronounced: ay-RESH-kee-gahl(English) ehr-esh-KIG-əl(English)

Personal remark: lady of the great earth

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Means "lady of the great earth", from Sumerian 𒊩𒌆 (ereš) meaning "lady, queen" combined with 𒆠 (ki) meaning "earth" and 𒃲 (gal) meaning "great, big". In Sumerian mythology she was the goddess of death and the underworld.

Evren

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: ehv-REHN

Personal remark: cosmos, the universe

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Feray

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Personal remark: radiance of the moon

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Means "radiance of the moon" in Turkish.

Göker

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Turkish

Personal remark: man of the sky

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

From Turkish gök meaning "sky" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Koray

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Turkish

Personal remark: ember moon

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Means "ember moon" in Turkish.

Maninder

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Indian (Sikh)

Other Scripts: ਮਨਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)

Personal remark: lord of the mind

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

From Sanskrit मनस् (manas) meaning "mind, intellect, spirit" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra.

Nasrin

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian, Bengali

Other Scripts: نسرین(Persian) নাসরীন(Bengali)

Pronounced: nas-REEN(Persian)

Personal remark: wild rose

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Means "wild rose" in Persian.

Nemesis

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Νέμεσις(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: NEH-MEH-SEES(Classical Greek) NEHM-ə-sis(English)

Personal remark: retribution, righteous anger

Rating: 0% based on 1 vote

Means "distribution of what is due, righteous anger" in Greek. In Greek mythology Nemesis was the personification of vengeance and justice.

Özlem

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: uuz-LEHM

Personal remark: yearning

Rating: 0% based on 1 vote

Means "yearning" in Turkish.

Rukmini

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hinduism, Marathi, Kannada

Other Scripts: रुक्मिणी(Sanskrit, Marathi) ರುಕ್ಮಿಣಿ(Kannada)

Personal remark: adorned with gold

Rating: 0% based on 1 vote

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.

Swapnil

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Marathi, Hindi

Other Scripts: स्वप्निल(Marathi, Hindi)

Personal remark: dreamlike

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Derived from Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna) meaning "sleep, dream".

Tülay

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: tuy-LIE

Personal remark: tulle moon

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

Means "tulle moon" in Turkish.