Behind the Name: Joiya's Personal Name List

Banoy

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Filipino

Pronounced: bah-NOY

Personal remark: "eagle"

Rating: 37% based on 14 votes

Means "eagle" in Tagalog.

Buwan

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Tagalog

Pronounced: BUH-whan

Personal remark: "moon"

Rating: 33% based on 13 votes

Means "moon" in Tagalog. It is not often used as a given name.

Divina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian)

Personal remark: "divine"

Rating: 52% based on 14 votes

From Spanish or Portuguese divina meaning "divine, godlike".

Esmeralda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, English, Albanian, Literature

Pronounced: ehz-meh-RAL-da(Spanish) izh-mi-RAL-du(European Portuguese) ehz-meh-ROW-du(Brazilian Portuguese) ehz-mə-RAHL-də(English)

Personal remark: "emerald"

Rating: 51% based on 15 votes

Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), in which Esmeralda is the Romani girl who is loved by Quasimodo. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since that time.

Kristal

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: KRIS-təl

Personal remark: "crystal"

Rating: 31% based on 15 votes

Variant of Crystal.

Liwayway

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Filipino, Tagalog

Other Scripts: ᜎᜒᜏᜌ᜔ᜏᜌ᜔(Baybayin)

Pronounced: lee-wie-WIE(Tagalog)

Personal remark: "dawn"

Rating: 36% based on 14 votes

Means "dawn, daybreak" in Tagalog.

Luningning

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Tagalog

Pronounced: loo-neeng-NEENG

Personal remark: "light/brillance"

Rating: 38% based on 13 votes

Means "brilliance" in Tagalog.

Magiting

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Tagalog

Pronounced: ma-GEE-teeng

Personal remark: "heroic"

Rating: 23% based on 12 votes

Means "brave, heroic" in Tagalog.

Makisig

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Tagalog

Pronounced: ma-KEE-seeg

Personal remark: "refined grace"

Rating: 34% based on 12 votes

Means "elegant, gallant" in Tagalog.

Mayari

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Philippine Mythology

Other Scripts: ᜋᜌᜍᜒ(Baybayin)

Personal remark: moon princess

Rating: 60% based on 16 votes

Etymology uncertain, possibly from Tagalog mayari meaning "to make, to finish" or may-ari meaning "owner, master". In Tagalog mythology, as well as the mythologies of other Philippine ethnic groups, Mayari is a deity of the moon, night, war, revolution, equality, and strength. The figure is regarded as female in Tagalog belief and male by other groups. She is considered the daughter of Bathala by the Tagalogs. In some stories, she is also the the sister of Tala and Hanan while in others, she is the sister of Tala and Apolaki. In one myth, Mayari battled Apolaki, resulting in the loss of one of her eyes.

Nimuel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Filipino, Tagalog

Personal remark: "peace"

Rating: 47% based on 12 votes

Probably a variant of Nemuel.

Perlas

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Lithuanian (Rare), Tagalog

Pronounced: per-LASS(Tagalog)

Personal remark: "pearl"

Rating: 46% based on 13 votes

Derived from perlas, which in Lithuanian and Tagalog is the word for "pearl".

In Lithuania, this name is strictly masculine, whereas in the Philippines, it appears to be strictly feminine.

Reyna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: RAY-na

Personal remark: "queen"

Rating: 64% based on 18 votes

Variant of Reina 1.

Tala

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Philippine Mythology

Other Scripts: ᜆᜎ(Baybayin)

Pronounced: ta-LA(Tagalog)

Personal remark: "bright star" "planet"

Rating: 54% based on 17 votes

Means "star" in Tagalog, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tārā). In Tagalog mythology, Tala is the goddess of stars and a daughter of the supreme deity Bathala.