LegendaryMyth's Personal Name List

Amasis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized), History
Other Scripts: Ἄμασις(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: Hellenized form of the ancient Egyptian name IaH-ms or I'h-ms meaning "son of Iah".
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
Variant form of Άμωσις (Amosis), which is the hellenized form of the ancient Egyptian name IaH-ms or I'h-ms meaning "son of Iah". It is composed of the name of the Egyptian god Iah combined with the word mes "son" or mesu "be born". Also see Ahmose, which is the anglicized form of the aforementioned name Amosis.

A well-known bearer of this name was Amasis II, an Egyptian pharaoh from the 6th century BC.

Andretti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Caribbean (Rare), South American (Rare)
Personal remark: Caribbean. Likely a transferred use of the surname Andretti.
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Likely a transferred use of the surname Andretti. This is borne by Bahamian sprinter Andretti Bain (1985-).
Behati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afrikaans
Pronounced: bay-AH-tee
Personal remark: Possibly an Afrikaans variant of BEATA.
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
Possibly an Afrikaans variant of Beata. It is the name of Namibian fashion model Behati Prinsloo (b. 1989).
Bintanath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Personal remark: Means "daughter of Anat". She was the daughter of Ramses II and Isetnofret, later becoming a Great Royal Wife of her father following the death of Nefertari.
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
Means "daughter of Anat 1" in Egyptian.

She was the daughter of Ramses II and Isetnofret, later becoming a Great Royal Wife of her father following the death of Nefertari.

Eyob
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Amharic, Ge'ez, Tigrinya
Other Scripts: እዮብ(Ge'ez)
Personal remark: Ethiopian and Eritrean form of Job. It is the ancient Ethiopic language Geʽez translation of Job.
Ethiopian and Eritrean form of Job.
Gudit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Ge'ez
Other Scripts: ጉዲት(Ge'ez)
Personal remark: Ge'ez form of Judith, from the Hebrew name Yehudit meaning "Jewish woman". Gudit was a Ethiopian falasha queen (flourished ca. 960)
Ge'ez form of Judith.

Gudit was a Ethiopian falasha queen (flourished ca. 960).

Ife
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Personal remark: West African. Means "love" in Yoruba.
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
From Yoruba ìfẹ́ meaning "love".
Ismaïla
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African
Personal remark: Western African form of Ismail (see Ishmael).
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Western African form of Ismail (see Ishmael).
Meritites
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Personal remark: Egyptian. " Beloved by her father". Born by many royal women.
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
From Egyptian mryt-jts meaning "loved by her father". This name was borne by several Egyptian royals, including a wife and a daughter of the pharaoh Khufu.
Monica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Late Roman
Pronounced: MAHN-i-kə(English) MAW-nee-ka(Italian) mo-NEE-ka(Romanian)
Personal remark: Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin.
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
Meaning unknown, most likely of Berber or Phoenician origin. In the 4th century this name was borne by a North African saint, the mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo, whom she converted to Christianity. Since the Middle Ages it has been associated with Latin moneo "advisor" and Greek monos "one".

As an English name, Monica has been in general use since the 18th century. In America it reached the height of its popularity in the 1970s, declining since then. A famous bearer was the Yugoslavian tennis player Monica Seles (1973-).

Mpho
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Tswana, Sotho
Personal remark: Means "gift" in Tswana and Sotho, a derivative of fa "to offer".
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "gift" in Tswana and Sotho, a derivative of fa "to offer".
Neema
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Swahili
Personal remark: Swahili name meaning "divine grace", common in East Africa. As a Western African feminine name it allegedly means "born during prosperous times".
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Means "divine grace" in Swahili, from Arabic نعمة (ni'mah) meaning "blessing".
Nneoma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Pronounced: n-neo-ma
Personal remark: Igbo. "Good mother"
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
"Good mother"
Ntombi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Zulu
Personal remark: Means "girl" in Zulu.
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Means "girl" in Zulu.
Ola 3
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Personal remark: From Yoruba ọlà meaning "wealth" or the related ọlá meaning "honour, respect". It is also a short form of names containing those elements.
From Yoruba ọlà meaning "wealth" or the related ọlá meaning "honour, respect". It is also a short form of names containing those elements.
Osei
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African
Pronounced: o- say
Personal remark: Ghanaian, Akan meaning of royalty
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
Ghanaian, Akan meaning of royalty
Saran
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Western African, Manding, Jula
Personal remark: Means "joy" in Jula. Dyula, also known as Jula, is a Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mali.
Means "joy" in Jula.
Selam
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Eastern African, Amharic
Other Scripts: ሲላም(Amharic)
Personal remark: Means "peace" in Amharic.
Means "peace" in Amharic.
Tendai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Shona
Personal remark: Means "be thankful" in Shona.
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
From Shona tenda meaning "be thankful, thank" [1].
Thandiwe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele
Pronounced: tan-DEE-weh
Personal remark: Means "loving one" in Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele, from thanda "to love".
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Means "loving one" in Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele, from thanda "to love".
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