Felie's Personal Name List

Latin diminutive of Fabia. This was the name of a 4th-century saint from Rome.

Italian form of Fabricius (see Fabrice).

Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Phaenna.

Means "hawk" in Italian. It derives from Late Latin falco, ultimately from Latin falx meaning "scythe" referring to the raptor's claws.

Italian short form of names that end in -fania, such as Stefania and Epifania and Yiddish variant of Fanya.

Diminutive of Fante, as -ino is an Italian masculine diminutive suffix.

In addition to that, this name was also often used as a short form of Belfantino, Bonfantino and other pet forms that end in -fantino.

It is also possible that in some cases, the name was used as a contracted (short) form of Ferrantino.

Last but not least, this name was borne by two medieval saints from the Italian region of Calabria.

Variant transcription of Farah.

Alternate transcription of Arabic فاطمة (see Fatimah), as well as the usual Urdu and Bosnian form.

Italian form of Favonius.

Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Phoebe.

Italian form of Phoebus.

Russian form of Theodora. This was the name of an 1898 opera by the Italian composer Umberto Giordano (who based it on an 1882 French play).

Masculine form of Fedora.

Modern Greek form of Phaidra (see Phaedra) as well as the standard form in various other languages.

In theatre, this is the name of two operas: Fedra (1820) by Simon Mayr and Fedra (1915) by Ildebrando Pizzetti.

Galician form of Phaedrus.

Italian form of Felix.

Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of Felix. As an English name, it has occasionally been used since the Middle Ages.

Italian and Spanish form of Felinus.

Form of Fionnuala used by Walter Scott for a character in his novel Peveril of the Peak (1823).

Italian form of Phoenix.

Italian form of Ferdinand.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Ferdinand.

Derived from the Late Latin name Ferrutius, a derivative of ferrum meaning "iron, sword". Saint Ferrutius was a 3rd-century martyr with his brother Ferreolus.

Means "flame" in Italian.

Diminutive of Fiamma.

Both a borrowing of the Italian name and a short form of Vitalia.

Means "proud" in Esperanto.

Italian form of Philadelphos.

Italian and Spanish form of Filibert.

Italian form of Philip.

Italian form of Phyllis. This was borne by one of the painter Caravaggio's muses: Italian courtesan Fillide Melandroni (1581-1618). It was also borne by Italian painter Fillide Giorgi Levasti (1883-1966).

Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Finnish, Indonesian, Turkish, Portuguese, Breton, Italian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, and Spanish form of Philomel.

Short form of Serafina. Saint Fina, also known as Saint Serafina, was a 13th-century girl from the town of San Gimignano in Italy.

Romanian and Italian form of Phineas.

Short form of Adolfino, Rodolfino, Serafino, and other names ending in fino.

Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as Fióna.

Italian form of Fleurdelys. Fiordaliso is also used as translation of Fleur-de-Lys (de Gondelaurier), character of Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Means "flower" in Italian. It can also be considered an Italian form of the Latin names Flora and Florus.

From Italian fiore "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Diminutive of Fiore.

Italian form of Florentius (see Florence).

Italian form of Florinus.

From the name of an Italian city, commonly called Florence in English.

Portuguese and Italian form of Firmin.

Feminine form of Flaminius.

Feminine form of Flavius.

Italian and Spanish form of Flavius.

Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.

Feminine form of Florianus (see Florian).

Italian form of Florian.

Feminine form of Floridus. This is also the name of a state in the United States of America, which was originally named La Florida by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León (1474-1521). He so named it because he discovered it during the Easter season, which is called Pascua Florida in Spanish. The literal meaning of the term is "flowery Easter", as it consists of the Spanish noun pascua meaning "Easter, Passover" (also compare Pascual) and the Spanish adjective florida meaning "flourishing, blooming, florid".

Most American bearers of the name Florida will have been named in honor of the state, which is much like other given names that come from state names, such as Dakota and Indiana. This is less likely to be the case for bearers from other countries, especially those that are not part of the Anglosphere.

Feminine form of Floridianus.

Elaborated form of Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower".

Italian and Spanish form of Florius. A known bearer of this name was the Uruguayan architect and art critic Florio Parpagnoli (1909-1978).

Italian form of Fulk.

Means "luck" in Latin. In Roman mythology this was the name of the personification of luck.

Feminine form of Fosco. Raised in a pagan family, at age 15 Saint Fosca converted to Christianity and was baptized along with her nursemaid, Saint Maura 1. During the persecutions of Decius she was ordered by her family to renounce the faith; she refused. Arrested and tortured and ordered to sacrifice to idols, she refused and subsequently became a martyr.

Italian form of Fuscus.

A known bearer of this name was Fosco Maraini (1912-2004), an Italian photographer, anthropologist and writer.

Modern Greek form of Photine.

Italian form of Frank, also used as a short form of the related name Francesco.

Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element fridu meaning "peace" (Proto-Germanic *friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).

From Fuchsia, a genus of flowering plants, itself named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566), whose surname means "fox" in German.

It was most famously used by British author Mervyn Peake for the character Fuchsia Groan in his Gormenghast books (1946-1959).

Feminine form of Fulvius (see Fulvio).

Italian form of the Roman family name Fulvius, which was derived from Latin fulvus "yellow, tawny".

Means "full of rage, furious" in Latin. This is the name of a warrior who turns against the evil Immortan Joe in the movie Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

Derived from the Italian word futuro meaning "future".

Feminine form of Gabriel.

Archaic Italian and Ligurian form of Gabriel. Gabriello Chiabrera (1552 – 1638) was an Italian poet, sometimes called the Italian Pindar.

Means "fortune, luck" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Gad is the first son of Jacob by Leah's slave-girl Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites. His name is explained in Genesis 30:11. Another Gad in the Old Testament is a prophet of King David.

Diminutive of Gerardo as well as possible Italian form of Gad.

Feminine form of Gael.

From the Greek word γαῖα (gaia), a parallel form of γῆ (ge) meaning "earth". In Greek mythology Gaia was the mother goddess who presided over the earth. She was the mate of Uranus and the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.

Italian form of Gaius.

Diminutive of Galatea. The name was popularized in Italy by Gala (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova; 1894–1982), the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí.

Latinized form of Greek Γαλάτεια (Galateia), probably derived from γάλα (gala) meaning "milk". This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology including a sea nymph who was the daughter of Doris and Nereus and the lover of Acis. According to some sources, this was also the name of the ivory statue carved by Pygmalion that came to life.

Spanish and Italian form of Galen.

Feminine form of Galileo.

Medieval Italian name derived from Latin galilaeus meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an important Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer. Both his name and surname are from an earlier 15th-century ancestor (a doctor).

Italian form of Gallus.

Italian form of Gawain.

Italian form of Gandulf.

From the name of the tropical flower, which was named for the Scottish naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791).

Means "joyful, happy" in Italian, from Latin gaudere meaning "to rejoyce".

Italian form of Gaudentius.

Italian form of Gaea.

Italian form of Jasmine.

Masculine form of Gelsomina.

Means "twins" in Latin. This is the name of the third sign of the zodiac. The two brightest stars in the constellation, Castor and Pollux, are named for the mythological twin sons of Leda.

Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone". It was borne by the wife of the 13th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri.

Feminine form of Generosus. This name was borne by Generosa of Scillium, a martyr and saint from the 2nd century.

Italian and Spanish form of Generosus.

Italian form of Geneviève.

Italian variant of Gentila as well as the Dutch, English and Flemish feminine form of Gentilis, most likely via its French feminine forms Gentile and/or Gentille. Also compare Gentil.

Feminine form of George. This form of the name has been in use in the English-speaking world since the 18th century.

Latinized form of Gerd 2.

Italian form of Jeremiah.

Feminine form of Germanus.

Italian and Portuguese form of Germanus.

Italian form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).

From Gerónimo, a Spanish form of Hieronymos (see Jerome). This is the better-known name of the Apache leader Goyathlay (1829-1909). It was given to him by the Mexicans, his enemies.

Means "spear of strength", derived from the Old German elements ger "spear" and drud "strength". Saint Gertrude the Great was a 13th-century nun and mystic writer from Thuringia. It was probably introduced to England by settlers from the Low Countries in the 15th century. Shakespeare used the name in his play Hamlet (1600) for the mother of Hamlet. Another famous bearer was the American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946).

Italian variant of Jessica.

Of unknown meaning.

Italian feminine form of Hyacinthus.

Italian form of Hyacinthus.

Italian form of Iacomus (see James).

Italian form of Jade.

Italian form of Yael.

Sardinian form of Giacomo.

Italian form of Jamila.

Italian form of Ianus (see Janus).

Italian form of Jason.

Diminutive of Luigi and other names containing gi.

Italian cognate of Gilles. The name coincides with Italian giglio "lily".

Of debated origin and meaning. Even though folk etymology likes to derive this name from Italian giglio "lily" (Latin lilium), a plant considered to symbolize the qualities of candor and purity, it is more likely derived from Giglio or Gilio. It was borne by 14th-century Italian noblewomen Gigliola Gonzaga, also known as Egidiola, and Gigliola da Carrara (1379-1416), a marchioness of Ferrara.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Gilbert.

Originally an Italian short form of Ermenegilda and other names containing the Old German element gelt meaning "payment, tribute, compensation". This is the name of a character in Verdi's opera Rigoletto (1851). It is also the name of a 1946 American movie, starring Rita Hayworth in the title role.

Masculine form of Gilda.

Feminine form of Ginepro.

Italian cognate of Junípero.

Diminutive of Gina.

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".

Italian form of Joachim. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).

From the Late Latin name Iucunda, which meant "pleasant, delightful, happy". Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa is also known as La Gioconda because its subject is Lisa del Giocondo.

Means "joy" in Italian.

Italian form of Jonah.

Feminine form of Giordano.

Italian form of Jordan.

Italian form of Josette.

Italian form of Joshua.

Possibly from Ambrogiotto, a diminutive of Ambrogio, or Angiolotto, a diminutive of Angiolo. This name was borne by Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337), an Italian painter and architect.

Italian form of Iovis (see Jove). This is the Italian name for the Roman god Jupiter.

Italian form of Giselle.

Italian, Sicilian and Sardinian form of Judah.

Italian form of Judith.

Italian form of Iulianus (see Julian).

Diminutive of Giulia.

Italian form of Junia. It was used for the female lead character in Mozart's opera Lucio Silla (1772).

Italian form of Iuno (see Juno).

Feminine form of Giuseppe.

Italian form of Justinian.

From the name of the flowering plant gladiolus, literally meaning "small sword" from Latin gladius "sword" (a reference to its sword-shaped leaves). Gladiola Josephine "Glady Joe" is a character in the novel 'How to Make an American Quilt' (1991) and subsequent film adaptation (1995).

Probably a feminine form of Glenn using the suffix da (from names such as Linda and Wanda). This name was not regularly used until the 20th century.

Feminine form of Glenn.

Created by author L. Frank Baum for his character Glinda the Good Witch, a kind sorceress in his Oz series of books beginning in 1900. It is not known what inspired the name.

Means "glory", from the Portuguese and Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary Maria da Glória and María de Gloria. Maria da Glória (1819-1853) was the daughter of the Brazilian emperor Pedro I, eventually becoming queen of Portugal as Maria II.

The name was introduced to the English-speaking world by E. D. E. N. Southworth's novel Gloria (1891) and George Bernard Shaw's play You Never Can Tell (1898), which both feature characters with a Portuguese background [1]. It was popularized in the early 20th century by American actress Gloria Swanson (1899-1983). Another famous bearer is feminist Gloria Steinem (1934-).

Elaborated form of Latin gloria meaning "glory". In Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590) this was the name of the title character, a representation of Queen Elizabeth I.

Italian form of Godfrey.

From Yiddish גאָלד (gold) meaning "gold". This is the name of Tevye's wife in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964). It was also borne by the Israeli prime minister Golda Meir (1898-1978).

Italian form of Goliath.

Italian form of Gotthard.

Latinized form of Gráinne.

Means "grace" in Italian, making it a cognate of Grace.

Italian and Spanish form of Gregorius (see Gregory).

Short form of Margareta. A famous bearer of this name was the Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990).

Spanish and Italian form of Grimwald.

Possibly derived from the Old German elements gris "grey" and hilt "battle". It is not attested as a Germanic name. This was the name of a patient wife in medieval folklore, adapted into tales by Boccaccio (in The Decameron) and Chaucer (in The Canterbury Tales).

From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe". Guadalupe is a Spanish place name, the site of a famous convent, derived from Arabic وادي (wadi) meaning "valley, river" possibly combined with Latin lupus meaning "wolf". In the 16th century Our Lady of Guadalupe supposedly appeared in a vision to a native Mexican man, and she is now regarded as a patron saint of the Americas.

Italian form of Walter.

Short form of Guendalina.

Variant of Guendalina.

Italian form of William.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a feminine form of Guido, a variant of Gaia and an adoption of the Spanish name Guía.

Latinized form of Wido. Notable bearers include the 11th-century music theorist Guido d'Arezzo, 13th-century poet Guido Cavalcanti, and 17th-century painter Guido Reni.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Gustav.

Italian form of Iacobus (see James).

Variant of Giaele.

Welsh and Galician form of Iacobus (see James). This was the name of two early Welsh kings of Gwynedd. It is also the name of the villain in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello (1603).

Variant of Gianuario.

Italian form of Yaara.

Romanian form of Jasmine.

From Latin ibis, referring to a type of long-legged bird with long downcurved bill, ultimately coming from Egyptian hbj. It was the symbol of Thoth, thus having a great importance in Egyptian mythology.

Italian form of Ikaros (see Icarus).

Derived from the Germanic element id possibly meaning "work, labour" (Proto-Germanic *idiz). The Normans brought this name to England, though it eventually died out there in the Middle Ages. It was strongly revived in the 19th century, in part due to the heroine in Alfred Tennyson's poem The Princess (1847), which was later adapted into the play Princess Ida (1884) by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Though the etymology is unrelated, this is the name of a mountain on the island of Crete where, according to Greek myth, the god Zeus was born.

Modern Greek, Italian, and Polish form of Iphigenia. This is also a Spanish variant of Efigenia, used to refer to the tragic heroine of Greek myth.

Italian form of Ignatius.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Italian form of Hilarius.

Italian form of Hilda.

Norwegian dialectal variant of Hilde, recorded in the Sunnmøre area, as well as an Italian variant of Ilda.

Italian form of Hildegard.

Italian form of Ilithyia.

Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic عِلْم ('ilm) meaning "knowledge".

Italian form of Indigo.

From the name of the country, which is itself derived from the name of the Indus River. The river's name is ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (Sindhu) meaning "body of trembling water, river". India Wilkes is a character in the novel Gone with the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell.

Italian, Slovene and Croatian form of Inés.

Strictly feminine form of Inge.

Medieval Italian form of Giorgio originally used in Southern Italy. After Gabriele D'Annunzio used this name in his tragedy La figlia di Iorio (1904) the name has been used mostly in Toscana (Tuscany) and Emilia-Romagna (both in central Italy).

Italian form of Hypatia.

Italian form of Hyperion.

Italian form of Hippocrates.

Italian form of Hippolyte 1.

Italian form of Hippolytos.

From Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace". This was the name of the Greek goddess who personified peace, one of the Ὥραι (Horai). It was also borne by several early Christian saints. The name was common in the Byzantine Empire, notably being borne by an 8th-century empress, who was the first woman to lead the empire. She originally served as regent for her son, but later had him killed and ruled alone.

This name has traditionally been more popular among Eastern Christians. In the English-speaking world it was not regularly used until the 19th century.

Italian and Spanish form of Irenaeus.

Italian variant of Iris.

Form of Irene in several languages.

Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Ireland.

German short form of names beginning with the Old German element irmin meaning "whole, great" (Proto-Germanic *ermunaz). It is thus related to Emma. It began to be regularly used in the English-speaking world in the 19th century.

Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element is meaning "ice" (Proto-Germanic *īsą).

Latinate form of Isabel. This name was borne by many medieval royals, including queens consort of England, France, Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire and Hungary, as well as the powerful ruling queen Isabella of Castile (properly called Isabel).

In the United States this form was much less common than Isabel until the early 1990s, when it began rapidly rising in popularity. It reached a peak in 2009 and 2010, when it was the most popular name for girls in America, an astounding rise over only 20 years.

A famous bearer is the Italian actress Isabella Rossellini (1952-).

Italian form of Isaac.

Variant of Isidora. A famous bearer was the American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927).

Italian form of Isis.

Feminine form of Isidore. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian saint and hermitess.

Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Isidore.

Italian form of Ishmael.

Popularly claimed to be derived from the Italian word isola "island", this name might actually rather be a variant of Isolda.

Isola Wilde was the younger sister of author and playwright Oscar Wilde. Isola died aged eight of meningitis, and her brother dedicated the poem Requiescat to her memory.

German form of Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.

Italian form of Iseult.

Italian form of Israel.

Italian form of Italus.

Latin form of Junia.

Germanic name, originally a short form of names beginning with the element iwa meaning "yew". Alternative theories suggest that it may in fact be derived from a cognate Celtic element [2]. This was the name of saints (who are also commonly known as Saint Yves or Ives), hailing from Cornwall, France, and Brittany.

Italian form of Lachesis.

Italian and Portuguese form of Laertes.

Catalan diminutive of Eulalia.

Variant of Layla.

Short form of Alana (English) or Svetlana (Russian). In the English-speaking world it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995), who was born Julia Jean Turner.

Italian form of Lancelot.

Diminutive of Jacopo.

Variant of Larunda.

Variant of Larisa. It has been commonly used as an English given name only since the 20th century, as a borrowing from Russian. In 1991 this name was given to one of the moons of Neptune, in honour of the mythological character.

Feminine form of Latif.

Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel". This meaning was favourable, since in ancient Rome the leaves of laurel trees were used to create victors' garlands. The name was borne by the 9th-century Spanish martyr Saint Laura, who was a nun thrown into a vat of molten lead by the Moors. It was also the name of the subject of poems by the 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch.

As an English name, Laura has been used since the 13th century. Famous bearers include Laura Secord (1775-1868), a Canadian heroine during the War of 1812, and Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), an American author who wrote the Little House on the Prairie series of novels.

Italian form of Laurus (see Laura).

Means "lavender" in Croatian, Italian and Russian.

Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of Aeneas, and the ancestor of the Roman people. According to the legend Aeneas named the town of Lavinium in honour of his wife.

Form of Leah used in several languages.

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Leander.

Meaning unknown. In Greek myth she was a Spartan queen and the mother of Castor, Pollux, Helen and Clytemnestra by the god Zeus, who came upon her in the form of a swan.

Italian form of Laelius (see Laelia).

Derived from Latin leo meaning "lion", a cognate of Leon. It was popular among early Christians and was the name of 13 popes, including Saint Leo the Great who asserted the dominance of the Roman bishops (the popes) over all others in the 5th century. It was also borne by six Byzantine emperors and five Armenian kings. Another famous bearer was the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), name spelled Лев in Russian, whose works include War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Leo is also a constellation and the fifth sign of the zodiac.

Feminine form of Leon.

Italian form of Leo and Leon.

Italian form of Leonidas.

Variant of Leonilda.

Italian short form of Eleanor.

Short form of Valeriya.

Italian form of Letitia. It was borne by Napoleon Bonaparte's mother.

Means "levant (wind); East" in Italian.

Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers Moses and Aaron were members. This name also occurs in the New Testament, where it is another name for the apostle Matthew.

As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.

Short form of Juliana, Liliana and other names that end in liana. This is also the word for a type of vine that grows in jungles.

Feminine forms of Libero.

Means "free" in Italian, from Latin liber.

The name of a zodiacal constellation supposedly shaped like a set of scales. It literally means "pound, balance" in Latin, from Mediterranean base *lithra- "a scale".

Variant of Licia.

Italian form of Lycia.

Italian form of Lykios.

Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian and Georgian form of Lydia.

Means "play, amusement" in Sanskrit.

Spanish and Italian form of Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).

Latinate form of Lillian.

Means "lilac (the plant)" in Italian.

German, Danish and Finnish variant of Lili.

Means either "palm tree" or "tender" in Arabic.

Italian and Spanish form of Lynceus.

Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender" (Proto-Germanic *linþaz). It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word linda meaning "beautiful". In the English-speaking world this name experienced a spike in popularity beginning in the 1930s, peaking in the late 1940s, and declining shortly after that. It was the most popular name for girls in the United States from 1947 to 1952.

Variant of Lindor. Lindoro is a character in the opera L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers in English; 1813) by Gioachino Rossini and Angelo Anelli.

Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of Linus.

Variant of Leonello and cognate of Lionel.

From the name of the musical instrument lira (from Latin lira, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra)), called "lyre" in English.

Derived from Portuguese lírio "lily".

Medieval truncated form of Elisabetta. Lisabetta da Messina is a character in Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio (14th century).

Spanish and Portuguese form of Lysander.

Italian form of Lysippos via its latinized form Lysippus.

Italian form of Lysistrate.

Derived from the Slavic element lyuby "love", this was the name of the Sorbian and Wendish goddess of spring, love and fertility.

Feminine form of Livius. This was the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla.

Italian form of Livius.

Means "white" in Hebrew.

Italian form of Ludwig.

Possibly derived from Greek λωίων (loion) meaning "more desirable" or "better". Lois is mentioned in the New Testament as the mother of Eunice and the grandmother of Timothy. As an English name, it came into use after the Protestant Reformation. In fiction, this is the name of the girlfriend of the comic book hero Superman.

Spanish diminutive of Dolores. A famous bearer was Lola Montez (1821-1861; birth name Eliza Gilbert), an Irish-born dancer, actress and courtesan.

Diminutive of Lora.

Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of Lorraine.

From the name of a town in Italy, originally called Lauretum in Latin, meaning "laurel grove". Supposedly in the 13th century the house of the Virgin Mary was miraculously carried by angels from Nazareth to the town. In Spain it is a feminine name, from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Loreto, while in Italy it is mostly masculine.

Diminutive of Lorenzo.

From the name of a French town. It became a popular center of pilgrimage after a young girl from the town had visions of the Virgin Mary in a nearby grotto.

Means "storax tree" in Arabic. According to a 7th-century legend Lubna and Qays were a couple forced to divorce by Qays's father.

Italian and French variant of Lucia. This also means "light" in Italian.

Latin diminutive of Lucia. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint martyred in Rome.

Derived from Latin lucus meaning "grove", but later associated with lux meaning "light". This was the name of a Roman goddess of childbirth.

An elaboration of Lucia created by Cervantes for his novel Don Quixote (1605). It was subsequently used by Molière in his play The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1666).

Italian and Spanish form of Lucius.

Italian form of Lucretia.

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Людмила (see Lyudmila).

Short form of Ludovicus or Ludolf.

Italian form of Ludwig.

Derived from the Latin adjective luminosus meaning "full of light, luminous". This was the name of a 5th-century saint from Pavia in Lombardy, Italy. This was also borne by a 6th-century Byzantine woman, the wife of the tribune Zemarchus. A modern bearer is Italian hurdler Luminosa Bogliolo (1995-).

Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.

Means "moon-like" in Latin. Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants.

Feminine form of Lupus (Late Roman) and Lup (Medieval Romanian).

In Esperanto, the name means "lupine, wolfish" and is therefore etymologically related to the aforementioned two names.

Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Lupercus.

Italian and Esperanto form of Lupus and Spanish variant of Lope.

The etymology of this name is widely debated. However, the name may be of Celtic origin: Lus and Tanus, "tribe of Lusus", connecting the name with the personal Celtic name Luso and with the god Lugh.

Italian form of Lutetia.

From the name of a barrio (district) in Seville, which got its name from a temple that may have been named for a person named Macarius (see Macario). The Virgin of Macarena, that is Mary, is widely venerated in Seville.

Feminine form of Maël.

Originally a medieval Portuguese form of Matilda. This name was borne by the wife of Afonso, the first king of Portugal. In modern times it was the name of the titular character in a popular Argentine comic strip (published from 1964 to 1973) by Quino.

Short form of Magdalena.

Feminine form of Maggio and thus ultimately derived from Italian maggio "May". This name was occasionally given to children born in the month of May (compare English May).

Feminine form of Maggiorino.

Derived from Latin magnifica "magnificent, splendid, excellent".

Cognate of Magnus.

From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol.

From Greek μαῖα (maia) meaning "good mother, dame, foster mother", perhaps in origin a nursery form of μήτηρ (meter). In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, a group of stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Her son by Zeus was Hermes.

Probably from Latin maior meaning "greater". This was the name of a Roman goddess of spring, a companion (sometimes wife) of Vulcan. She was later conflated with the Greek goddess Maia. The month of May is named for her.

From Greek μαρμαίρω (marmairo) meaning "sparkle, gleam, flash". This name was borne by several characters in Greek mythology, including one of the Nereids.

Means "beloved" in Basque.

Italian form of Malachi.

Means "raspberry" in several Slavic languages.

Short form of Malvina. It may be partly inspired by Latin, Swedish and Finnish malva "mallow, hollyhock (flower)".

Created by the Scottish poet James MacPherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossian poems. He probably intended it to mean "smooth brow", from Scottish Gaelic mala "brow" and mìn "smooth, fine" (lenited to mhìn and pronounced with a v sound).

Southern Italian form of Manfred.

Italian form of Manfred.

Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element man meaning "person, man" (Proto-Germanic *mannô).

Italian form of Muhammad.

Means "bitter" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is a name that Naomi calls herself after the death of her husband and sons (see Ruth 1:20).

Combination of Marco and Antonio, referring to the 1st-century BC Roman triumvir Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony).

Italian form of Marcellus.

Originally an Estonian short form of Maria and Margareeta, used a given name in its own right.

Latinate form of Margaret. This is also the Spanish word for the daisy flower (species Bellis perennis, Leucanthemum vulgare and others).

Italian form of Margaret. This is also the Italian word for the daisy flower (species Bellis perennis, Leucanthemum vulgare and others).

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Marianus. It is also used as a masculine form of Maria.

Diminutive of Maria.

Possibly a diminutive of Mary or a variant of Amaryllis. More common in the 19th century, this name was borne by the American suffragist Marilla Ricker (1840-1920). It is also the name of the adoptive mother of Anne in L. M. Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables (1908).

Feminine form of Marinus. This name was borne by a few early saints. This is also the name by which Saint Margaret of Antioch is known in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Diminutive of Marina.

Italian and Spanish form of Marinus.

Italian and Spanish form of Marius. Famous bearers include American racecar driver Mario Andretti (1940-) and Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux (1965-). It is also borne by a Nintendo video game character, a mustached Italian plumber, who debuted as the playable hero of Donkey Kong in 1981. Spelled マリオ (Mario) in Japanese Katakana, he was reportedly named after Mario Segale (1934-2018), an American businessman who rented a warehouse to Nintendo.

Means "of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary, Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea".

Italian form of Maristela.

Latinate form of Marlene.

Feminine form of Marsilio.

Italian and Portuguese form of Marsilius.

Form of Martha used in various languages.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Mars.

Italian form of Martinus (see Martin).

Italian form of Marcia.

Italian form of Marcius.

Italian form of Maximilian.

Italian form of Maximus.

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Matilda.

Means "lady" in Late Latin, a derivative of Latin mater "mother". This was the name of three early saints.

Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Medardus.

From Greek Μήδεια (Medeia), derived from μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". In Greek mythology Medea was a sorceress from Colchis (modern Georgia) who helped Jason gain the Golden Fleece. They were married, but eventually Jason left her for another woman. For revenge Medea slew Jason's new lover and also had her own children by Jason killed.

Italian and Spanish form of Melaneus.

Italian, Spanish, Polish and Romanian form of Melanie.

French and Italian form of Melchiades.

Means "ash tree" in Greek, a derivative of μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This was the name of a nymph in Greek myth, the daughter of the Greek god Okeanos.

Italian form of Mélisande.

Means "bee" in Greek. In Greek mythology this was the name of a daughter of Procles, as well as an epithet of various Greek nymphs and priestesses. According to the early Christian writer Lactantius [2] this was the name of the sister of the nymph Amalthea, with whom she cared for the young Zeus. Later it appears in Ludovico Ariosto's 1516 poem Orlando Furioso [3] belonging to the fairy who helps Ruggiero escape from the witch Alcina. As an English given name, Melissa has been used since the 18th century.

Italian and Spanish form of Menelaus.

Diminutive of Meine.

Italian and Hungarian form of Minthe. The name coincides with both Italian and Hungarian menta "mint".

Short form of Bartolomeo, Romeo, and Tolomeo.

Italian form of Mercedes

Italian form of Mercury.

According to Walter Map's 12th-century work De nugis curialium (Courtiers' Trifles), Pope Sylvester II owed his powerful position in the Catholic Church to the influence of a succubus named Meridiana.
Perhaps relatedly, Meridian was used as a name for the Devil in the early 15th century.