Behind the Name: Lily Soto's Personal Name List

Lidia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic

Other Scripts: ლიდია(Georgian) Лѷдіа(Church Slavic)

Pronounced: LEE-dya(Polish, Italian) LEE-dhya(Spanish)

Polish, Italian, Spanish and Georgian form of Lydia.

Lily

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: LIL-ee

From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).

Olga

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovene, Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek

Other Scripts: Ольга(Russian, Ukrainian) Олга(Serbian, Bulgarian) Όλγα(Greek)

Pronounced: OL-gə(Russian) AWL-ga(Polish, German) AWL-ka(Icelandic) OL-gaw(Hungarian) OL-gha(Spanish) OL-ga(Czech)

Russian form of the Old Norse name Helga. The 10th-century Saint Olga was the wife of Igor I, the ruler of Kievan Rus (a state based around the city of Kyiv). Like her husband she was probably a Varangian, who were Norse people who settled in Eastern Europe beginning in the 9th century. Following Igor's death she ruled as regent for her son Svyatoslav for 18 years. After she was baptized in Constantinople she attempted to convert her subjects to Christianity, though this goal was only achieved by her grandson Vladimir.

Rodolfo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: ro-DAWL-fo(Italian) ro-DHOL-fo(Spanish)

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Rudolf. This is the name of the hero in Puccini's opera La Bohème (1896).