Wisenheimer's Personal Name List

Aeolus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αἴολος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-ə-ləs(English) ee-O-ləs(English)
Personal remark: Means "quick-moving, nimble" in Latinized Greek
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of Aiolos.
Albert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, French, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Germanic [1]
Other Scripts: Альберт(Russian)
Pronounced: AL-bərt(English) AL-behrt(German, Polish) AL-BEHR(French) əl-BEHRT(Catalan) ul-BYEHRT(Russian) AHL-bərt(Dutch) AL-bat(Swedish) AWL-behrt(Hungarian)
Personal remark: Means "noble" and "bright" in many languages
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
From the Germanic name Adalbert meaning "noble and bright", composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was common among medieval German royalty. The Normans introduced it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Æþelbeorht. Though it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was repopularized in the 19th century by the German-born Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.

This name was borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium. Other famous bearers include the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus (1913-1960), a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.

Alden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWL-dən
Personal remark: English form of Ealdwine meaning "old friend" in Anglo-Saxon
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine.
Arlo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-lo
Personal remark: Of unknown meaning
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Meaning uncertain. It was perhaps inspired by the fictional place name Arlo Hill from the poem The Faerie Queene (1590) by Edmund Spenser. Spenser probably got Arlo by altering the real Irish place name Aherlow, meaning "between two highlands".
August
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English
Pronounced: OW-guwst(German) OW-goost(Polish, Norwegian) OW-guyst(Swedish) AW-gəst(English)
Personal remark: German form of Augustus meaning "great" or "venerable"
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
German, Polish, Scandinavian and Catalan form of Augustus. This was the name of three Polish kings.

As an English name it can also derive from the month of August, which was named for the Roman emperor Augustus.

Bertrand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: BEHR-TRAHN(French) BUR-trənd(English)
Personal remark: Means "bright" and "rim (of a shield)" in German
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Old German elements beraht meaning "bright" and rant meaning "rim (of a shield)". From an early date it has been confused with Bertram and the two names have merged to some degree. Saint Bertrand was an 11th-century bishop of Comminges in France. Another famous bearer was the English philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970).
Cato 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KA-to(Latin) KAY-to(English)
Personal remark: Roman cognomen meaning "wise" in Latin
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Roman cognomen meaning "wise" in Latin. This name was bestowed upon Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato), a 2nd-century BC Roman statesman, author and censor, and was subsequently inherited by his descendants, including his great-grandson Cato the Younger (Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis), a politician and philosopher who opposed Julius Caesar.
Daedalus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Δαίδαλος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEHD-ə-ləs(English) DEED-ə-ləs(English)
Personal remark: Means "cunning" or "curiously wrought" in Latinized Greek
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
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.
Declan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: DEHK-lən(English)
Personal remark: Of unknown meaning
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, Old Irish Declán, which is of unknown meaning. Saint Declan was a 5th-century missionary to the Déisi peoples of Ireland and the founder of the monastery at Ardmore.

In America, this name received boosts in popularity from main characters in the movies The Jackal (1997) and Leap Year (2010).

Elias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Dutch, Greek, Amharic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ηλίας(Greek) ኤልያስ(Amharic) Ἠλίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEE-ush(European Portuguese) eh-LEE-us(Brazilian Portuguese) eh-LEE-as(German) EH-lee-ahs(Finnish) i-LIE-əs(English) ee-LIE-əs(English) EH-lee-yahs(Dutch)
Personal remark: Cognate of Elijah meaning "my God is Yahweh" in Hebrew
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.
Finley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FIN-lee
Personal remark: Anglisized form of Fionnlagh meaning "white warrior" from Gaelic fionn "white, fair" and laogh "warrior"
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Variant of Finlay. This is by far the preferred spelling in the United States, where it has lately been more common as a feminine name.
Gerulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Personal remark: Derived from Germanic meaning "spear" and "wolf".
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Derived from Old German ger meaning "spear" and wolf meaning "wolf". This was the name of an 8th-century saint and martyr from Drongen, Belgium.
Grayson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: GRAY-sən
Personal remark: From an English surname meaning "son of the steward"
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of the steward", derived from Middle English greyve "steward". It became common towards the end of the 20th century because of its similarity to popular names like Jason, Mason and Graham.
Hartwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: HART-veen(German)
Personal remark: Means "brave friend" in German
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Means "brave friend" from the Old German elements hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy" and wini "friend".
Humbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, German (Rare), English (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: UUN-BEHR(French) HUWM-behrt(German) HUM-bərt(English)
Personal remark: Means "famous warrior", derived from the Germanic elements hun "warrior, bear cub" and beraht "famous"
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Old German elements hun "bear cub" and beraht "bright". The Normans introduced this name to England, though it has always been uncommon there. It was the name of a 7th-century Frankish saint who founded Maroilles Abbey. It was also borne by two kings of Italy (called Umberto in Italian), who ruled in the 19th and 20th centuries. A notable fictional bearer is Humbert Humbert from Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita (1955).
Jeremiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִרְםְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jehr-i-MIE-ə(English)
Personal remark: Means "Yahweh has uplifted" in Hebrew
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From the Hebrew name יִרְםְיָהוּ (Yirmeyahu) meaning "Yahweh will exalt", from the roots רוּם (rum) meaning "to exalt" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of one of the major prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations (supposedly). He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC.

In England, though the vernacular form Jeremy had been occasionally used since the 13th century, the form Jeremiah was not common until after the Protestant Reformation.

Kerberos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κέρβερος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KEHR-BEH-ROS(Classical Greek)
Personal remark: Means "demon of the pit" in Greek.
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Greek form of Cerberus.
Leighton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAY-tən
Personal remark: From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "settlement with a leek garden"
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Variant of Layton. It jumped in popularity as a feminine name after 2007, when actress Leighton Meester (1986-) began appearing on the television series Gossip Girl.
Liam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English, French (Modern), Dutch (Modern), German (Modern), Swedish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: LYEEM(Irish) LEE-əm(English) LYAM(French) LEE-yahm(Dutch)
Personal remark: Irish short form of William meaning "will, desire" and "helmet, protection"
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Irish short form of William. It became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and elsewhere in Europe and the Americas after that. It was the top ranked name for boys in the United States beginning in 2017. Famous bearers include British actor Liam Neeson (1952-), British musician Liam Gallagher (1972-), and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (1990-).
Livius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Personal remark: Roman family name which may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious"
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Roman family name that may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious". Titus Livius, also known as Livy, was a Roman historian who wrote a history of the city of Rome.
Magnus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: MANG-nuys(Swedish) MAHNG-noos(Norwegian) MOW-noos(Danish) MAG-nəs(English)
Personal remark: Late Latin name meaning "great"
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Late Latin name meaning "great". It was borne by a 7th-century saint who was a missionary in Germany. It became popular in Scandinavia after the time of the 11th-century Norwegian king Magnus I, who was said to have been named after Charlemagne, or Carolus Magnus in Latin (however there was also a Norse name Magni). The name was borne by six subsequent kings of Norway as well as three kings of Sweden. It was imported to Scotland and Ireland during the Middle Ages.
Mason
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-sən
Personal remark: From an English surname meaning "stoneworker"
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
From an English surname (or vocabulary word) meaning "stoneworker", derived from an Old French word of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make"). In the United States this name began to increase in popularity in the 1980s, likely because of its fashionable sound. It jumped in popularity after 2009 when Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their son, as featured on their reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2010. It peaked as the second most popular name for boys in 2011.
Miltiades
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Μιλτιάδης(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: Means "red earth" in Ancient Greek
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek μίλτος (miltos) meaning "red earth" and the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was the name of the general who led the Greek forces to victory against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon.
Quentin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KAHN-TEHN(French) KWEHN-tən(English)
Personal remark: French form of Quintus which means "fifth" in Roman.
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
French form of the Roman name Quintinus. It was borne by a 3rd-century saint, a missionary who was martyred in Gaul. The Normans introduced this name to England. In America it was brought to public attention by president Theodore Roosevelt's son Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918), who was killed in World War I. A famous bearer is the American movie director Quentin Tarantino (1963-).
Reynard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: REHN-ərd, RAY-nahrd
Personal remark: From the Germanic name Raginhard, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and hard "brave, hardy".
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From the Germanic name Raginhard, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England in the form Reinard, though it never became very common there. In medieval fables the name was borne by the sly hero Reynard the Fox (with the result that renard has become a French word meaning "fox").
Roc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: RAWK
Personal remark: Catalan form of Rocco meaning "rest" in German
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Catalan form of Rocco.
Sean
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: SHAWN(English)
Personal remark: Anglisized form of the Irish form of John meaning "Yahweh is gracious"
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of Seán. This name name, along with variants Shawn and Shaun, began to be be used in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland around the middle of the 20th century.
Silvanus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: SEEL-wa-noos(Latin) sil-VAYN-əs(English)
Personal remark: Means "wood, forest" in Roman
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Roman cognomen meaning "of the woods", derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". Silvanus was the Roman god of forests. This name appears in the New Testament belonging to one of Saint Paul's companions, also called Silas.
Sören
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, German
Pronounced: SUU-rehn(Swedish) ZUU-rən(German)
Personal remark: Ultimately means "stern" in German and Swedish
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Swedish and German form of Søren.
Waldemar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Polish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VAL-də-mar(German) val-DEH-mar(Polish)
Personal remark: Germanic derivative of the Slavic name VLADIMIR (or perhaps a cognate composed of the Germanic elements wald "rule" and meri "famous")
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
From the Old German elements walt "power, authority" and mari "famous", also used as a translation of the Slavic cognate Vladimir.
Winton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIN-tən
Personal remark: Means "enclosure of friend" in English
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "enclosure belonging to Wine" in Old English.
Wolfram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: VAWL-fram
Personal remark: Means "wolf" combined with "raven" in German
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Old German element wolf meaning "wolf" combined with hram meaning "raven". Saint Wolfram (or Wulfram) was a 7th-century archbishop of Sens. This name was also borne by the 13th-century German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, the author of Parzival.
Zach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZAK
Personal remark: Ultimately means "Yahweh remembers" in English
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Short form of Zachary.
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