Behind the Name: Felie's Personal Name List

Acacia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: ə-KAY-shə

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

From the name of a type of tree, ultimately derived from Greek ἀκή (ake) meaning "thorn, point".

Achille

Gender: Masculine

Usage: French, Italian

Pronounced: A-SHEEL(French) a-KEEL-leh(Italian)

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

French and Italian form of Achilles.

Adriatico

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: a-dree-A-tee-ko

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Originally denoted a person who lived near the Adriatic sea.

Adua

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Tigrinya (Italianized, Rare), Italian (Rare)

Other Scripts: ዓድዋ(Tigrinya) አድዋ(Amharic)

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Italian form of ዓድዋ also spelled Adwa or Aduwa. This is an Ethiopian town whose name means "village of Awa (people)" in Tigrinya.

Adua catched the attention of the Italians because of The Battle of Adwa, a battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Led by Emperor Menelik II, Ethiopian forces defeated an invading Italian force on 1 March 1896. Adua became a given name during the Fascism (1925-45) when Adua was a symbol of a dreamed revenge that became real in 1935-36.

Afërdita

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Albanian

Pronounced: ah-fər-DEET-ah

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Means "daybreak, morning" in Albanian, from afër "nearby, close" and ditë "day". It is also used as an Albanian form of Aphrodite.

Agata

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Polish, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Swedish

Other Scripts: Агата(Russian, Serbian)

Pronounced: A-ga-ta(Italian) a-GA-ta(Polish) u-GA-tə(Russian)

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Form of Agatha in various languages.

Agave

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Αγαυη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: a-GA-vay, ə-GAH-vay, ə-GAH-vee

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Latinized form of Agaue.

Alba 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Catalan

Pronounced: AL-ba(Italian, Spanish) AL-bə(Catalan)

Rating: 50% based on 1 vote

This name is derived from two distinct names, Alba 2 and Alba 3, with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over time these names have become confused with one another. To further complicate the matter, alba means "dawn" in Italian, Spanish and Catalan. This may be the main inspiration behind its use in Italy and Spain.

Allegra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, English (Rare)

Pronounced: al-LEH-gra(Italian) ə-LEHG-rə(English)

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian. It was borne by a short-lived illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron (1817-1822).

Alma 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Slovene, Croatian

Pronounced: AL-mə(English) AL-ma(Spanish) AHL-ma(Dutch)

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning "the soul".

America

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: ə-MEHR-i-kə

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

In the English-speaking world, this name is usually given in reference to the United States of America (see Amerigo). It came into use as an American name in the 19th century.

Antonietta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: an-to-NYEHT-ta

Rating: 10% based on 1 vote

Italian diminutive of Antonia.

Arlecchino

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Theatre

Pronounced: ar-lehk-KEE-no(Italian)

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Italian form of Harlequin.

Augusta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, English, German, Ancient Roman

Pronounced: ow-GOOS-ta(Italian) ə-GUS-tə(English) ow-GUWS-ta(German)

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Feminine form of Augustus. It was introduced to Britain when King George III, a member of the German House of Hanover, gave this name to his second daughter in 1768.

Aura

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Finnish

Pronounced: AWR-ə(English) OW-ra(Italian, Spanish) OW-rah(Finnish)

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

From the word aura (derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek αὔρα meaning "breeze") for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.

Aurelio

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: ow-REH-lyo

Rating: 70% based on 1 vote

Italian and Spanish form of Aurelius.

Aurora

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Roman Mythology

Pronounced: ow-RAW-ra(Italian) ow-RO-ra(Spanish, Latin) ə-RAWR-ə(English) OW-ro-rah(Finnish)

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Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.