kingofeli's Personal Name List
Achaikos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀχαϊκός(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Afon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Means "river" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.
Alexa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Hungarian
Pronounced: ə-LEHK-sə(English) AW-lehk-saw(Hungarian)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Alvis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Latvian
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse
Alvíss meaning
"all wise". In Norse
mythology this was the name of a dwarf who was to marry
Thor's daughter
Thrud. Thor was not pleased with this so he tricked Alvis by asking him questions until the sun rose, at which time the dwarf was turned into stone.
Amalija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Lithuanian, Slovene and Croatian form of
Amalia.
Anaiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲנָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Means
"Yahweh has answered" in Hebrew. This is the name of a minor character in the
Old Testament.
Armida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: ar-MEE-da(Italian) ar-MEE-dha(Latin American Spanish)
Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). In the poem Armida is a beautiful enchantress who bewitches many of the crusaders.
Asha 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Other Scripts: आशा(Hindi, Marathi) ಆಶಾ(Kannada) ആശാ(Malayalam)
Derived from Sanskrit
आशा (asha) meaning
"wish, desire, hope".
Aslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Literature
Other Scripts: Аслан(Kazakh, Chechen, Ossetian) Аслъан(Western Circassian) Аслъэн(Eastern Circassian)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.
Audhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements
auðr "wealth, fortune" and
hildr "battle".
Axel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, French, English
Pronounced: A-ksehl(Swedish) A-ksəl(German) A-KSEHL(French) AK-səl(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Ayanda
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele
Means "they are increasing" in Zulu, Xhosa and Ndebele.
Banele
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swazi
Means "it is enough" in Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi.
Beaumont
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BO-mahnt
From a French surname meaning "beautiful mountain".
Booker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUWK-ər
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
From an English occupational surname meaning "maker of books". A famous bearer was Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), an African-American leader.
Chausiku
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
Means "born at night" in Swahili.
Ciar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KEER(Irish)
Derived from Irish
ciar meaning
"black". In Irish legend Ciar was a son of
Fergus mac Róich and
Medb, and the ancestor of the tribe of the Ciarraige (after whom County Kerry is named). As a feminine name, it was borne by an Irish nun (also called
Ciara) who established a monastery in Tipperary in the 7th century.
Cipriano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: chee-PRYA-no(Italian) thee-PRYA-no(European Spanish) see-PRYA-no(Latin American Spanish)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of
Cyprianus (see
Cyprian).
Coemans
Usage: Dutch
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Conall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Means
"rule of a wolf", from Old Irish
cú "hound, dog, wolf" (genitive
con) and
fal "rule"
[2]. This is the name of several characters in Irish legend including the hero Conall Cernach ("Conall of the victories"), a member of the Red Branch of Ulster, who avenged
Cúchulainn's death by killing
Lugaid.
Deering
Usage: English
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".
Divya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Other Scripts: दिव्या(Hindi, Marathi) ದಿವ್ಯಾ(Kannada) திவ்யா(Tamil) దివ్యా(Telugu) ദിവ്യ(Malayalam)
Means "divine, heavenly" in Sanskrit.
Doherty
Usage: Irish
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the Irish Ó Dochartaigh meaning "descendant of Dochartach". The byname Dochartach means "obstructive".
Dorothea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, English, Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Δωροθέα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: do-ro-TEH-a(German) dawr-ə-THEE-ə(English)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of the Late Greek name
Δωρόθεος (Dorotheos), which meant
"gift of god" from Greek
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" and
θεός (theos) meaning "god". The name
Theodore is composed of the same elements in reverse order. Dorothea was the name of two early
saints, notably the 4th-century martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It was also borne by the 14th-century Saint Dorothea of Montau, who was the patron saint of Prussia.
Eilionoir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Elke 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Emanoil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Endre 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: END-reh
Possibly a Hungarian form of
Andrew, though it may in fact originate from a pre-Christian source.
Erlendr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Feidlimid
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Traditionally said to mean
"ever good", it might be related to Old Irish
feidil "enduring, constant". This was the name of three early kings of Munster. It was also borne by a 6th-century
saint, typically called Saint Felim. In Irish legend, it was the name of the father of
Deirdre.
Fiadh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Modern)
Pronounced: FYEE
Means "wild, wild animal, deer" (modern Irish fia) or "respect" in Irish.
Florinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: flo-REEN-da(Spanish)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Elaborated form of Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower".
Francisca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Pronounced: fran-THEES-ka(European Spanish) fran-SEES-ka(Latin American Spanish) frun-SEESH-ku(Portuguese) frun-SEES-ku(Portuguese)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of
Franciscus (see
Francis).
Glyndwr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Given in honour of Owain Glyndwr (or
Glyn Dŵr, Anglicized as
Glendower), a 14th-century Welsh patriot who led a revolt against England. His byname means
"valley water", and was probably inspired by the name of his estate at Glyndyfrdwy (meaning "valley of the River
Dee").
Griselda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Literature
Pronounced: gri-ZEHL-də(English) gree-SEHL-da(Spanish)
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).
Hagihara
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 萩原(Japanese Kanji) はぎはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-GYEE-HA-RA
From Japanese
萩 (hagi) meaning "bush clover" and
原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Heikki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAYK-kee
Finnish form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Houben
Derived from the given name
Hubert.
Imre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EEM-reh
Hungarian form of
Emmerich. This was the name of an 11th-century Hungarian
saint, the son of Saint Istvan. He is also known as Emeric.
Irene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εἰρήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ie-REEN(English) ie-REE-nee(English) ee-REH-neh(Italian, Spanish) EE-reh-neh(Finnish) ee-REH-nə(German, Dutch)
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.
Jennifer
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish
Pronounced: JEHN-i-fər(English) JEH-ni-fu(German)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From a Cornish form of the Welsh name
Gwenhwyfar (see
Guinevere). This name has only been common outside of Cornwall since the beginning of the 20th century, after it was featured in George Bernard Shaw's play
The Doctor's Dilemma (1906). It barely ranked in the United until the late 1930s, when it began steadily growing in popularity, accelerating into the early 1970s. It was the most popular name for girls in America between 1970 and 1984, though it was not as common in the United Kingdom.
Famous bearers include the American actresses Jennifer Aniston (1969-), Jennifer Garner (1972-) and Jennifer Lawrence (1990-), as well as the singer/actress Jennifer Lopez (1969-).
Kagiso
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tswana
Means "peace" in Tswana.
Kaiden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-dən
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Kalliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAL-LEE-O-PEH(Classical Greek)
Means
"beautiful voice" from Greek
κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and
ὄψ (ops) meaning "voice". In Greek
mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
Kallisto
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Καλλιστώ(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek
κάλλιστος (kallistos) meaning
"most beautiful", a derivative of
καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful". In Greek
mythology Kallisto was a nymph who was loved by
Zeus. She was changed into a she-bear by
Hera, and subsequently became the Great Bear constellation. This was also an ancient Greek personal name.
Kamil 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Polish
Pronounced: KA-mil(Czech) KA-meel(Slovak, Polish)
Czech, Slovak and Polish form of
Camillus.
Kaolin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Anglicized form of
Caolán. This is also the name of a type of clay.
Kassiopeia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κασσιόπεια(Ancient Greek)
Keijo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Derived from Finnish keiju meaning "elf, fairy".
Ketill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Kristoffer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Lin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 林, 琳, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: LEEN
From Chinese
林 (lín) meaning "forest" or
琳 (lín) meaning "fine jade, gem". Other characters can also form this name.
Lylou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEE-LOO
Maire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: MIE-reh(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish mairea meaning "gushing, sugary".
Manas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali, Assamese, Hindi
Other Scripts: মানস(Bengali, Assamese) मानस(Hindi)
Means "mind, intellect, spirit" in Sanskrit.
Mardoqueo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Spanish, Spanish (Rare)
Mariasole
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Marina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Μαρίνα(Greek) Марина(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian) მარინა(Georgian)
Pronounced: ma-REE-na(Italian, Spanish, German, Macedonian) mə-REE-nə(Catalan) mə-REEN-ə(English) mu-RYEE-nə(Russian) MA-ri-na(Czech)
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.
Miron 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מִירוֹן(Hebrew)
From the name of the highest mountain in Israel, Mount Meron. It is also the name of a village on its slopes, thought to be on the same site as the ancient Canaanite city of Merom.
Nafula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Luhya
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Neelam
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: नीलम(Hindi, Marathi)
Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi
नीलम (see
Nilam).
Nekane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: neh-KA-neh
Means
"sorrows" in Basque. It is an equivalent of
Dolores, coined by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque
saints names.
Neptuno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Hispanicized, Portuguese-style)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Spanish and European Portuguese form of
Neptune.
Nilima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi, Hindi, Telugu
Other Scripts: नीलिमा(Marathi, Hindi) నీలిమ(Telugu)
Means "dark blue" in Sanskrit.
Okeke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Igbo
Means "boy (born on) Eke" in Igbo, Eke being one of the four days of the Igbo week.
Oluwafemi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Paisley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PAYZ-lee
From a Scots surname, originally from the name of a town near Glasgow, maybe ultimately derived from Latin basilica "church". This is also a word (derived from the name of that same town) for a type of pattern commonly found on fabrics.
Partha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Assamese
Other Scripts: पार्थ(Sanskrit) পার্থ(Bengali) পাৰ্থ(Assamese)
Means
"son of Pritha" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief this is another name for the Pandavas, who were sons of Pritha (another name of Kunti) and Pandu.
Pastore
Usage: Italian
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "shepherd" in Italian.
Pemphero
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chewa
Pronounced: pehm-PAY-ro
Means "prayer" in Chewa.
Pontus 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Πόντος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Πόντος (Pontos) meaning "sea". This was the name of a Greek god of the sea. He was the son of
Gaia.
Remao
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Limburgish
Pronounced: rə-MAW
Limburgish form of
Raymond. Its spelling has been influenced by the French pronunciation of Raymond.
Rhea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Ῥέα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: REH-A(Classical Greek) REE-ə(English) REH-a(Latin)
Romeu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: roo-MEW(European Portuguese) ho-MEW(Brazilian Portuguese)
Portuguese form of
Romeo.
Rosalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Dutch, English
Pronounced: RAW-ZA-LEE(French) ro-za-LEE(German) RO-zə-lee(English)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
French, German and Dutch form of
Rosalia. In the English-speaking this name received a boost after the release of the movie
Rosalie (1938), which was based on an earlier musical.
Salah 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שֵׁלָח(Ancient Hebrew)
Sanctius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Sanjeev
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: संजीव(Hindi, Marathi) સંજીવ(Gujarati) ਸੰਜੀਵ(Gurmukhi) సంజీవ్(Telugu) ಸಂಜೀವ್(Kannada)
Selena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Σελήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: seh-LEH-na(Spanish) sə-LEEN-ə(English)
Latinized form of
Selene. This name was borne by popular Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla (1971-1995), who was known simply as Selena. Another famous bearer is the American actress and singer Selena Gomez (1992-).
Sharrow
Originally a name for someone from Sharrow, England, derived from Old English scearu "boundary" and hoh "point of land, heel".
Shirazi
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شیرازی(Persian)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Shiraz, located in southern Iran. The city's name is possibly of Elamite origin.
Simran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: ਸਿਮਰਨ(Gurmukhi) सिमरन(Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"meditation", derived from Sanskrit
स्मरण (smarana) meaning "recollection".
Sveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Света(Russian)
Pronounced: SVYEH-tə
Svetlana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Светлана(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian) Սվետլանա(Armenian) სვეტლანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: svyit-LA-nə(Russian) svyeht-lu-NU(Lithuanian)
Derived from Russian
свет (svet) meaning
"light, world". It was popularized by the poem
Svetlana (1813) by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of
Photine.
Tatiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, French, Slovak, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Greek, Georgian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Τατιάνα(Greek) ტატიანა(Georgian) Татьяна(Russian) Татяна(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ta-TYA-na(Italian, Spanish, Polish, German) TAH-tee-ah-nah(Finnish) ta-TYAHN-ə(English) tu-TYA-nə(Russian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of the Roman name
Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name
Tatius. This was the name of a 3rd-century
saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia (as
Татьяна) and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s.
Valerio
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: va-LEH-ryo
Valya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Валя(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: VA-lyə(Russian)
Vangelis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Βαγγέλης(Greek)
Venere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Italianized)
Pronounced: VEH-neh-reh(Italian)
Voski
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ոսկի(Armenian)
Pronounced: vaws-KEE
Means "gold" in Armenian.
Wafula
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Luhya
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "born during the rainy season", from Luhya ifula meaning "rainy season".
Yordan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Йордан(Bulgarian)
Zvonko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
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