MiryamChannah's Personal Name List

Tanith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 饜饜饜(Phoenician)
Personal remark: Tanit, Tanis
Rating: 45% based on 15 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.
Mneme
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: 螠谓萎渭畏(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MNEH-MEH(Classical Greek) NEE-mee(English)
Rating: 45% based on 14 votes
Means "memory" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of memory.
Lilith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: 诇讬诇讬转(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LIL-ith(English)
Rating: 63% based on 18 votes
Derived from Akkadian lilitu meaning "of the night". This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish tradition she was Adam's first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam (or Samael) and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.
Ixchel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mayan Mythology, Mayan
Pronounced: eesh-CHEHL(Mayan)
Rating: 42% based on 14 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.
Circe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: 螝委蟻魏畏(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SUR-see(English)
Rating: 60% based on 15 votes
Latinized form of Greek 螝委蟻魏畏 (Kirke), possibly from 魏委蟻魏慰蟼 (kirkos) meaning "hawk". In Greek mythology Circe was a sorceress who changed Odysseus's crew into hogs, as told in Homer's Odyssey. Odysseus forced her to change them back, then stayed with her for a year before continuing his voyage.
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