mairinn's Personal Name List

Variant of Abdiel. In the Bible, this is the father of Shelemiah.

Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد ال (see Abdul).

Hebrew name meaning "God’s servant/Slave." The Hebrew equivalent to the Arabic name Abdullah (same meaning) but uses the Hebrew name El for G-d rather than Allah in the Arabic language.

Spanish form of Abdeel.

Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد القادر (see Abd al-Qadir) chiefly used in North Africa.

Egyptian transcription of Abd al-Rahman.

Dutch form of Abdiel.

Means "servant of God" in Hebrew, from עֶבֶד (ʿeveḏ) meaning "servant, slave" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the Old Testament, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Gad. In John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), this is the name of a seraph who withstands Satan when he urges the angels to revolt.

Variant of Abigaïl.

Variant of Adalgund.

Variant of Adelgund.

Dutch form of Adrian.

Created by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy for his science fiction novel Aelita (1923), where it belongs to a Martian princess. In the book, the name is said to mean "starlight seen for the last time" in the Martian language.

Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and ræd "counsel, advice". This was the name of two Saxon kings of England including Æðelræd II "the Unready" whose realm was overrun by the Danes in the early 11th century. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.

Variant of Æðelræd.

Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and wine "friend". This was the name of a few Anglo-Saxon saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Lindsey. The name became rare after the Norman Conquest.

Variant of Æðelwine.

Swedish variant of Agnes.

Variant of Aysel.

Bosnian form of Ala ad-Din.

Diminutive of Alison 1, Alexandra and other names beginning with the same sound. This name jumped in popularity in 1997 after the premiere of the American television series Ally McBeal.

Bosnian feminine form of Al-Amir.

Diminutive of Alicja, Alina, Aldona, Aleksandra or other names beginning with Al-.

Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God". A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was actually born Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. This name was also assumed as a middle name by the German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who took it in honour of Mozart.

Means "grace" in Igbo.

From Thai อมร (amara) meaning "immortal, undying", ultimately from Sanskrit अमर (amara).

From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "sky, heaven" combined with 笑 (ra) meaning "to laugh, to smile" or 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Feminine form of Amaro.

Variant of Amelia.

Variant of Ameyalli.

Basque cognate of Amélie and Amelia, Hungarian variant of Amélia, Croatian variant of Amelia and Armenian borrowing of Amélie.

Portuguese and French form of Amelia.

Provençal form of Amelia.

Icelandic form of Amelia.

Russian form of Amelia.

Occitan variant of Amelia.

Cognate of Annabel.

Created in the 20th century, probably modelled on Breton names such as Gaëlle and Maëlle.

Variant of Anaëlle.

Scandinavian form of Andreas (see Andrew). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874).

Derived from Kazakh ән (än) meaning "song" combined with Turkic el meaning "people, nation, country".

Male form of Anela or from Latin ānellus “finger ring”.

Short form of Ana Elena. A known bearer of this name is Ana Elena "Anel" Noreña Grass (1944-), a Mexican actress, vedette and former model.

Name from the Hawaiian word ʻānela meaning “angel”. Can also be interpreted as an equivalent of the English given name Angela.

Directly taken from Hawaiian 'ānela meaning "angel".

Elaboration of Ana (compare Annella).

Rare variant of Angelika, possibly influenced by "ge" being pronounced as "gie" in some parts of Poland, or by some other Slavic language.

Variant of Angela.

Variant of Anzhela.

Hungarian variant of Annabella and German variant of Annabel. In some cases it can also be a phonetic spelling reflecting the French pronunciation of Annabelle.

Variant of Anneliese.

Polonisation of Anneliese.

Elaboration of Anne 1.

European Portuguese form of Antonius (see Anthony).

Latin form of Anthony. This is also the official Dutch form of the name, used on birth certificates but commonly rendered Anton or Antoon in daily life.

Sardinian form of Angela as well as a quasi-adoption of the Sardinian word ànzelu "angel".

Latvian form of Angela and Estonian transcription of Анжела (see Anzhela).

Polish transcription of Анжела (see Anzhela) as well as variant of Angela influenced by Anzhela. (See also Andżela, Anżelika).

Polish and Hungarian form of Anselm.

Variant of Ariane.

Breton and French form of the Old Welsh name Arthmail, which was composed of the elements arth "bear" and mael "prince, chieftain". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded abbeys in Brittany.

Feminine form of Armel.

Probably a form of Arnold.

French form of Artemis.

Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek ἀρτεμής (artemes) meaning "safe" or ἄρταμος (artamos) meaning "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.

Medieval Welsh form of Armel.

Breton form of Armel.

From Arabic عسل (ʿasal) meaning "honey".

Means "happy, blessed" in Hebrew, derived from אָשַׁר (ʾashar) meaning "to be happy, to be blessed". Asher in the Old Testament is a son of Jacob by Leah's handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in Genesis 30:13.

Variant of Asel.

Meaning unknown. Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of the city of Athens in Greece. It is likely that her name is derived from that of the city, not vice versa. The earliest mention of her seems to be a 15th-century BC Mycenaean Greek inscription from Knossos on Crete.

The daughter of Zeus, she was said to have sprung from his head fully grown after he impregnated and swallowed her mother Metis. Athena is associated with the olive tree and the owl.

Combination of Aubrey and the popular name suffix elle.

Form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1) in several languages.

Romanian form of Aurelianus, as well as the usual English form when referring to the Roman emperor.

Feminine form of Aurelianus.

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Aurelianus.

German variant of Aurelia and Czech variant of Aurélie.

Biblical Hebrew form of Abdiel.

Variant of Abdiel.

Feminine form of Avelino.

Used in honour of the 16th-century Italian saint Andrea Avellino (usually spelled Avelino in Spanish and Portuguese). His surname is derived from the name of the town of Avellino in Campania, itself from Latin Abellinum (of unknown meaning).

Feminine variant of Aviv.

Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).

Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator meaning "voyager, traveller". It was a common name amongst early Christians, and the spelling was altered by association with Latin beatus "blessed, happy". Viatrix or Beatrix was a 4th-century saint who was strangled to death during the persecutions of Diocletian.

In England the name became rare after the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, more commonly in the spelling Beatrice. Famous bearers include the British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), the creator of Peter Rabbit, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938-).

The meaning of this name is not known for certain. It could be derived from Hungarian bél meaning "guts, bowel" or Old Slavic bělŭ meaning "white". This was the name of four Hungarian kings. It was also borne by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945).

Georgian short form of Izabela as well as a Spanish and Portuguese short form of Isabela. Also compare the Portuguese adjective bela meaning "beautiful".

Notable Georgian bearers of this name include the actress Bela Mirianashvili (1938-1992) and the chess grand master Bela Khotenashvili (b. 1988).

Banatswabian borrowing of Béla.

Yiddish variant of Bella and Beila and Judeo-French variant of Bele.

Means "crooked."
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Mentioned as another name for Zoar (a location) in Genesis 14:2.

Variant of Bele.

Means distinguished
Masculine?

Derived from Old French bele, the feminine form of the adjective biau, bel "graceful, elegant, courteous; noble; handsome; beautiful".

Possibly a Swedish form of Beli, an Old Norse name meaning "to roar".

German short form of Gabriele 2 and other names.

A notable namesake is the German artist Bele Bachem.

Means mountainside, mountainous place in Turkish

From the Late Latin name Benedictus, which meant "blessed". Saint Benedict was an Italian monk who founded the Benedictines in the 6th century. After his time the name was common among Christians, being used by 16 popes. In England it did not come into use until the 12th century, at which point it became very popular. This name was also borne by the American general Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), who defected to Britain during the American Revolution.

French form of Benedict.

Variant of Benoît.

Maghrebi variant of Bilal (chiefly Tunisian).

From the Old Norse name Bóthildr, derived from bót "remedy" and hildr "battle".

Icelandic form of Boel.

Most likely related to Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kelev) meaning "dog" [1]. An alternate theory connects it to Hebrew כֹּל (kol) meaning "whole, all of" [2] and לֵב (lev) meaning "heart" [3]. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Canaan. Of the Israelites who left Egypt with Moses, Caleb and Joshua were the only ones who lived to see the Promised Land.

As an English name, Caleb came into use after the Protestant Reformation. It was common among the Puritans, who introduced it to America in the 17th century.

Short form of Candelaria.

Means "Candlemas" in Spanish, ultimately derived from Spanish candela "candle". This name is given in honour of the church festival of Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary.

Masculine form of Candelaria.

Diminutive of Candelaria.

English, Dutch and Afrikaans form of Cécile.

Of uncertain origin and meaning, this name might be a variant of Sera. It was used in the 1988 movie The Land Before Time where it belongs to one of the main characters, a triceratops.

Early Anglicization of Ciara 1. Saint Cera of Ireland was an abbess in the 7th century who died in 679.

Of debated origin and meaning. A derivation from Latvian cerēt "to hope" has been suggested.

Diminutive of Consuelo.

Diminutive of Marcelo.

Diminutive of Cecilia.

Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation".

French form of Corinna. The French-Swiss author Madame de Staël used it for her novel Corinne (1807).

Romanian form of Cornelius.

Dutch form of Cornelius.

Romanian form of Cornelius.

Romanian form of Cosmas.

Meaning unknown, possibly from Phrygian roots meaning either "stone" or "hair". This was the name of the Phrygian mother goddess associated with fertility and nature. She was later worshipped by the Greeks and Romans.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Daphne.

Italian form of Damian.

Slovene feminine form of Damian.

Variant transcription of Данэлия (see Daneliya.

From Persian دان (dân) meaning "knowing, able" and Turkic el meaning "country, society".

Variant of Danica.

Means "laurel" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a nymph turned into a laurel tree by her father in order that she might escape the pursuit of Apollo. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the end of the 19th century.

Means "son of Felice".

Modern Greek form of Demeter 1.

Variant of Domitilla.

Combination of the names Dor and El means "God's Generation" in Hebrew.

Derived from Romanian dor "longing".

Variant transcription of Дзмітрый (see Dzmitry).

From an Old German name, which was derived from the elements adal "noble" and gart "enclosure, yard".

Polish form of Edelgard.

Silesian form of Edeltraud.

Variant of Edeltrauda.

Polish form of Edeltraud. This name is considerably more popular among the German minority in Poland.

French and Albanian form of Edmund. A notable bearer was the English astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742), for whom Halley's comet is named.

Derived from Turkic el meaning “people, county, nation” combined with Azerbaijani dəniz meaning “sea”.

Middle English form of the Old English name Ælfþryð meaning "elf strength", derived from the element ælf "elf" combined with þryþ "strength". Ælfþryð was common amongst Anglo-Saxon nobility, being borne for example by the mother of King Æðelræd the Unready. This name was rare after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 19th century.

Variant of Elfreda.

Variant of Elfreda.

German form of Elfreda.

Portuguese form of Éliane.

Allegedly a variant of Alida.

Variant of Ellida, a feminine form of Elliði.

Portuguese feminine form of Elidius.

This name is best known for being one of the names that the 8th-century Cornish hermit saint Lide (also known as Elid, Elida, Elide, Lyda and Lyde) was known by. He is the namesake of the (now uninhabited) island of St. Helen's in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly, which is known as Enys Elidius in standard Cornish. The English name of the island is said to be a corruption of the saint's name.

With that said, Elidius is most likely a latinization of the saint's original Cornish name, but even so, it should be noted that there are sources that state that Elidius is derived from the Latin verb elido meaning "to knock out, to strike out" as well as "to tear out, to force out".

Italian form of Heliodoro.

From a surname that was a variant of Elliott. A famous bearer of the surname was T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), an Anglo-American poet and dramatist, the writer of The Waste Land. As a given name, it was borne by the American mob-buster Eliot Ness (1903-1957).

Short form of Elisa.

Variant of Lis.

Originally an Estonian short form of Eliisabet and a Slovene short form of Elizabeta, now used as a given name in its own right.

Variant of Euis.

Romanian form of Eliseus, as well as a Russian variant transliteration of Елисей (see Elisey).

Russian form of Eliseus. A known bearer is Archbishop Elisey, who was born as Ilya Vladimirovich Ganaba in 1962.

Diminutive of Élisabeth, possibly influenced by Eliška.

Meaning unknown.

Variant transcription of Елизавета (see Elizaveta.

Polish transcription of Елизавета (see Elizaveta).

Polish variant transcription of Елизавета (see Elizaveta).

Polish form of Elisha.

Croatian, Bulgarian and Slovene diminutive of names beginning with the syllable "El-", as well as a Polish diminutive of Elżbieta and a Sorbian diminutive of Elžbjeta.

Similar to the name Elke 2 and a Feminine form of Elkanah

Variant of Elkanah.

Means "God has purchased" in Hebrew, from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and קָנָה (qana) meaning "to acquire, to purchase". In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Samuel.

Low German and Frisian diminutive of Adelheid.

Feminine form of Elkanah.

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil- meaning "deity, god" (see El or Allah) or Turkic el meaning "people, country, nation" combined with the Mongolian title хан (khan) meaning "leader, ruler, commander".

Modern Greek form of Ancient Greek Ἑλλάδα (Hellada), derived from Ἕλλην (Hellen) meaning "Greek", which is of uncertain origin. This is the Greek endonym for Greece.

Means "fast-sailing ship" in Old Norse. It was traditionally used as a ship name, not as a masculine personal name. In the Icelandic legendary saga 'Friðþjófssaga', it was the name of Friðþjófr's ship.

Possibly a shortened form of Edelmira. It appears in the play Tartuffe (1664) by the French playwright Molière (often spelled in the French style Elmire).

Possibly from Turkic el meaning "country, society" combined with Arabic أمير (ʾamīr) meaning "commander".

From the Turkic word el meaning "country, society" and Arabic نور (nur) meaning "light".

Possibly an Albanian form of Ilona.

Variant of Alona.

Means "joy of the people" from Turkic el meaning "people, country, nation" and Persian شاد (šâd) meaning "glad, happy, cheerful".

Variant spelling of Elton.

Diminutive of Elżbieta.

Feminine form of Elwin.

Polish phonetic spelling of Elvis.

Means "golden nation" from Turkic el meaning "people, country, nation" combined with Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold".

A more international spelling of Elżbieta, without special characters.

Sorbian form of Elizabeth.

Variant transcription of Альжбета (see Alzhbeta).

Sami form of Emil.

Means "desire" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin, making this name a relative of Amal.

Variant of Emily.

Dutch form of Aemilius (see Emil).

English form of Émile.

Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see Emil). This was the name of a 6th-century Spanish saint.

Bulgarian form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).

Feminine form of Emmanouil.

Louisiana French form of Emmanuel.

Icelandic form of Emmanuel.

Provençal form of Emmanuel.

Dutch form of Emmanuel.

Provençal feminine form of Emmanuèl and Italian variant of Emanuela, as well as an alternate transcription of Greek Εμμανουέλα (see Emmanouela).

Middle English form of Æðelræd. The name was very rare after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived briefly in the 19th century.

Variant of Aurelia.

Hungarian form of Eve.

German, Estonian and Hungarian form of Evelina.

Czech and Slovak form of Evelina.

French form of Evelina.

Diminutive of Eve or Evelyn.

Diminutive of Eva.

Polish form of Evangeline.

Alternate transcription of Arabic فيصل (see Faysal).

Variant of Felicyta, influenced by the Latin and German form Felicitas.

From the given name Felix.

Welsh form of Flora.

Italian and Sicilian feminine form of Filippo and Banatswabian form of Philippina. This is the real name of Italian-Australian singer Tina Arena.

Italian form of Philip.

From the Old Norse name Finnr, which meant "Sámi, person from Finland".

From Italian fiore "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Diminutive of Fleur.

Elaborated form of Flo.

Latinate diminutive of Flora.

French diminutive of Flora.

Feminine form of Francis. The distinction between Francis as a masculine name and Frances as a feminine name did not arise until the 17th century [1]. A notable bearer was Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), a social worker and the first American to be canonized.

Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).

From an English surname that was derived from Middle English frankelin "freeman". A famous bearer of the surname was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), an American statesman, inventor, scientist and philosopher. The name has commonly been given in his honour in the United States. It also received a boost during the term of American president Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945).

Archaic spelling of Gabriela, still occasionally in use in modern times, with 29 women in Poland bearing this name in 2023.

Medieval form of Gawain. Though it died out in England, it was reintroduced from Scotland in the 20th century.

Belarusian form of Helena.

From the Hebrew name גִּדְעוֹן (Giḏʿon) meaning "feller, hewer", derived from גָּדַע (gaḏaʿ) meaning "to cut, to hew" [1]. Gideon is a hero and judge of the Old Testament. He led the vastly outnumbered Israelites against the Midianites, defeated them, and killed their two kings. In the English-speaking world, Gideon has been used as a given name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.

Italian form of Guinevere. This is also the Italian name for the city of Geneva, Switzerland. It is also sometimes associated with the Italian word ginepro meaning "juniper".

Portuguese (especially Brazil) form of Giselle. A famous bearer is Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen (1980-).

Variant of Glenn.

Polish form of Griselda.

Derived from the Turkic elements gün "sun" and el "country, society".

Combination of Breton gwen "white; (and by extension) fair, blessed" and Mael.

Ukrainian form of Gabriella.

Sorbian borrowing of Hannelore.

Polish borrowing of Hannelore.

Means "altar, mountain of God" in Hebrew. In the Hebrew Bible this word is applied to the altar in the temple in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 43:15).

Variant of Hare.

From an English surname that meant "son of Harry". This was the surname of two American presidents, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and his grandson Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901). As a given name it reached a low point in America in 1977 before it was revived by the career of actor Harrison Ford (1942-), who starred in such movies as Star Wars in 1977 and Indiana Jones in 1984.

From the Breton given name Haerviu, which meant "battle worthy", from haer "battle" and viu "worthy". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton hermit who is the patron saint of the blind. Settlers from Brittany introduced it to England after the Norman Conquest. During the later Middle Ages it became rare, but it was revived in the 19th century.

From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.

Variant of Hazal.

Means "little mountain" in Lakota. This is the Lakota name of famous basketball player Kyrie Irving, an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe through his late mother.

Diminutive and of Heléna.

Czech, Silesian and Polish diminutive of Helena.

Variant of Hele.

Name: Hela हेला
MEANING : wanton sport, frivolity, amorous dalliance (of women ; in dram. one of the 20 natural graces, sport, pastime, carelessness, ease, facility, in sport, moonlight
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhala, Hindi, Sikh, Buddhist
Source : Monier Williams Sanskrit -English dictionary

Polish and Catalan form of Heliodorus.

From the Greek name Ἡλιόδωρος (Heliodoros), derived from the elements ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". Saint Heliodoro was a 4th-century bishop of Altino.

Greek form of Heliodoro.

Latinized form of Heliodoros. This name was borne by Heliodorus of Emesa, a Greek novelist from the 3rd century AD.

Ancient Greek form of Ellada.

Older variant of Hiacynta.

Polish feminine form of Hyacinthus.

Alternate transcription of Russian Елизавета (see Yelizaveta).

Possibly derived from the name of a Turkish water sprite.

Italian and Spanish form of Irmhild. The Blessed Imelda Lambertini was a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.

Form of Joel used in the Greek Bible.

Form of Joel used in the Latin Old Testament.

Romanian feminine form of John.

Spanish and Hungarian form of Ivan.

Polish-Yiddish form of Israel.

Polish transcription of Russian Елизавета (see Yelizaveta).

From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yoʾel) meaning "Yahweh is God", from the elements יוֹ (yo) and אֵל (ʾel), both referring to the Hebrew God. Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel, which describes a plague of locusts. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation.

Variant of Joëlle.

Variant of Gioele.

Feminine form of Joel.

Feminine form of Joel.

Feminine form of Jordan.

French form of Julius. A notable bearer of this name was the French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905), author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and other works of science fiction.

Alternate transcription of Kamil 1 or Kamal 1.

Rare Polish variant of Carmelita or elaboration of Karmela, which also coincides with the Polish word "karmelita" meaning (male) Carmelite. In 2023 it has been borne by 31 women in Poland.

German form of Katherine.

Latinate form of Katherine. This is the name of the woman whom Petruchio marries and tries to tame in Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1593).

Turkish form of Kazim.

Means "one who suppresses anger" in Arabic, derived from‎ كظم (kaẓama) meaning "to suppress anger" [1].

From the name of a Scottish river, perhaps meaning "narrow water". As a title it was borne by the Irish-Scottish physicist William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), who acquired his title from the river.

Means "king, foundation, symbol of pride" in Persian.

Anglicized form of Ciarán.

Polish form of Consuelo.

Variant transcription of Корнелия (see Korneliya.

Scandinavian form of Christopher.

Ancient Greek form of Cybele.

Modern Greek form of Cybele.

From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". Laurentum was a city in ancient Italy, its name probably deriving from Latin laurus "laurel". Saint Laurence was a 3rd-century deacon and martyr from Rome. According to tradition he was roasted alive on a gridiron because, when ordered to hand over the church's treasures, he presented the sick and poor. Due to the saint's popularity, the name came into general use in the Christian world (in various spellings).

In the Middle Ages this name was common in England, partly because of a second saint by this name, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury. Likewise it has been common in Ireland due to the 12th-century Saint Laurence O'Toole (whose real name was Lorcán). Since the 19th century the spelling Lawrence has been more common, especially in America. A famous bearer was the British actor Laurence Olivier (1907-1989).

Variant of Laurence 1. This spelling of the name is now more common than Laurence in the English-speaking world, probably because Lawrence is the usual spelling of the surname. The surname was borne by the author and poet D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930), as well as the revolutionary T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935), who was known as Lawrence of Arabia.

From a Scottish surname that was derived from the name of a district in Scotland. The district, called Leamhnachd in Gaelic, possibly means "place of elms". This name steadily rose in popularity in the 2000s, at the same time as the similar-sounding (but unrelated) names Lennon and Knox.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Eleanor. It was brought to Spain in the 12th-century by Eleanor of England, who married King Alfonso VIII of Castile.

Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers Moses and Aaron were members. This name also occurs in the New Testament, where it is borne by a son of Alphaeus. He might be the same person as the apostle Matthew.

As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Lydia.

Variant of Liselotte.

Lithuanian and Latvian cognate of Lily.

Short form of Lillian or an elaborated form of Lily.

Bulgarian form of Lillian.

From the Greek name Λίνος (Linos) meaning "flax". In Greek legend he was the son of the god Apollo, who accidentally killed him in a contest. Another son of Apollo by this name was the music teacher of Herakles. The name was also borne by the second pope, serving after Saint Peter in the 1st century. In modern times this was the name of a character in Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.

Strictly feminine form of Lior.

Short form of names beginning with Lu, such as Lucy, Luis or Luisa. Known bearers include Luciana 'Lu' Andrade (1978-), a Brazilian singer; Luzerne 'Lu' Blue (1897-1958), an American baseball player; Maria Luisa 'Lu' Colombo (1952-), an Italian singer; Lucien 'Lu' Gambino (1923-2003), an American football player; Lucy 'Lu' Rees (1901-1983), an Australian book collector and children's literature advocate; and Luis 'Lu' Senarens (1863-1939), an American science fiction writer.

Means "person, human" in Burmese.

Derived from the Chinese character 露 (lù) meaning "dew" or 禄 (lù) meaning "blessing; happiness; prosperity" or 陆 (lù) meaning "land; continent; mainland" or 鹿 (lù) meaning "deer".

Other characters are also possible.

Diminutive of Mi-lu.

From Sino-Vietnamese 倫 (luân) meaning "ethics, reason, logic".

From Sino-Vietnamese 論 (luận) meaning "essay".

Means "move, advance" in Lao.

Means "bells" in Chinese.

Means "lion" in Albanian.

Ukrainian form of Lyubomir.

Derived from Slavic lyub "love" combined with Slavic slav "glory".

Short form of Lubosław, Lubomir and other names containing the Slavic element ľuby "love". It is also in use as a standalone name.

Means "light source, bright star, morning star" in Spanish, a derivative of luz "light". Occasionally it is used as a diminutive of the name Luz. It is most common in Mexico and Colombia.

Portuguese feminine form of Lucilius.

Feminine form of Lucilius.

Italian form of Lucilius.

Roman family name that was a derivative of the given name Lucius. This was the family name of the 2nd-century BC Roman satirist Gaius Lucilius.

Derived from Latin lucus meaning "grove", but later associated with lux meaning "light". This was the name of a Roman goddess of childbirth.

Albanian form of Lucia.

Variant of Łucja.

Polish form of Lucilia.

Polish form of Lucilla.

Polish form of Lucina.

The first element of this name is derived from Polish lud "people", which is ultimately derived from Slavic lyud and Proto-Slavic ljudъ "people". The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory". In other words, one could say that this name is a shorter form (or a variant form) of Ludzisław.

Feminine form of Ludosław.

The first element of this name is derived from Polish ludzie "people", which is ultimately derived from Slavic lyud and Proto-Slavic ljudъ "people". The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory".

Means "female, woman" in Balinese. This name is traditionally given to the firstborn daughter.

Russian and Ukrainian form of Lucianus.

Diminutive of names beginning with Lu-, such as Lucyna, Luna, Łucja or Ludmiła.

Delicacy of taste

Icelandic form of Lucia.

Variant of Lúcia.

Variant of Łusia.

Emilian-Romangnol form of Lucia.

Greenlandic form of Lucia.

Breton, Finnish and Faroese form and English variant of Lucia.

Usually a diminutive of names beginning with Lu- such as Lucyna, Lucja/Łucja or Ludmiła. It can also be used as a diminutive of almost any name containing the letter L, such as Alicja (via Alusia), Elżbieta (via Elusia) or Felicja (via Felusia) (see Lunia.

The first element of this name is derived from Slavic lut "fierce, severe, cruel, wild" and is etymologically related to Luty, the Polish name for the month of February (which is so named because of the fierce cold and frost during that time of year). The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory".

Feminine form of Lutosław.

Means "light" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de la Luz, meaning "Our Lady of Light".

Friulian form of Lucia and German variant of Luzia.

Means "from Lydia" in Greek. Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor, said to be named for the legendary king Lydos. In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. In the modern era the name has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.

Slovak and Czech form of Magdalene, as well as a Hungarian variant form.

From a title meaning "of Magdala". Mary Magdalene, a character in the New Testament, was named thus because she was from Magdala — a village on the Sea of Galilee whose name meant "tower" in Hebrew. She was cleaned of evil spirits by Jesus and then remained with him during his ministry, witnessing the crucifixion and the resurrection. She was a popular saint in the Middle Ages, and the name became common then. In England it is traditionally rendered Madeline, while Magdalene or Magdalen is the learned form.

Irish form of Margaret.

Irish form of Margaret.

Means "angel" in Swahili, derived from Arabic ملك (malak).

Hawaiian form of Maria. This name experienced a spike in popularity in 2009, due to the eldest daughter (born 1998) of the new American president Barack Obama.

Hungarian form of Manuel.

Icelandic form of Manuel.

Truncated form of Emmanuèl.

Hungarian form of Manuela.

Feminine form of Manuèl.

Hawaiian form of Manuel.

Icelandic form of Manuella.

Sardinian form of Emanuela.

Variant of Manuéla.

Masculine form of Maricela.

Combination of María and Celia or Cecilia. It is especially popular in the Philippines.

Diminutive of Maria.

Combination of María and Celia.

Slovak form of Matthias, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. Also the Slovene, Croatian and Macedonian form of Matthew, used to refer to the evangelist and apostle also known as Levi.

Variant of Mateus.

Short form of Matthew. Famous bearers include American actors Matt Dillon (1964-) and Matt Damon (1970-).

Variant of Melania.

Spanish form of Melanie, reflecting the English pronounciation.

Spanish borrowing, Croatian and Slovene form, Modern Greek and English variant of Melanie and Hungarian variant of Melánia. In Greece, this name refers to St. Melania the Younger (383-439, feast day December 31).

Means "king" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Micah (not the prophet).

Circassian version of Melek 2

Derived from Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ) meaning "handsome, beautiful, pretty".

Latinized form of Melite. However, in the case of Queen Victoria's granddaughter Princess Victoria Melita (1876-1936), it was derived from Melita, the Latin name of the island country of Malta where she was born.

Derived from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey" (genitive μέλιτος). This is the name of several figures from Greek mythology, including a nymph who was the mother of Hyllus by Herakles.

Means "sea wind" in Turkish.

Originally this was probably a Yiddish diminutive of Manno. It is now used as a diminutive of Menahem.

Derived from the given name Mendel.

Means "son of Mendel".

Means "son of Mendel".

Diminutive of Maria. It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".

This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [1]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.

Variant of Michael.

Sardinian feminine form of Michael.

Diminutive of Maria Luísa, Maria de Lurdes, and Maria Lúcia.

Latinate and Romanian form of Mirabella.

Catalan form of Mirèio (see Mireille).

Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace" or Romanian mira meaning "to wonder, to astound".

Polish phonetic spelling of Michelle or Michel.

Polonisation of Michelle.

From an English surname, itself derived from the given name Michael or in some cases from Middle English michel meaning "big, large".

Created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville. He possibly based it on Latin myrra meaning "myrrh" (a fragrant resin obtained from a tree). Otherwise, he may have simply rearranged the letters from the name Mary. Although unrelated etymologically, this is also the name of an ancient city of Anatolia.

Variant of Netanel.

Derived from Georgian ნათელი (nateli) meaning "light, bright".

Form of Natela.

Diminutive of Natela.

Amharic form of Nathaniel.

Modern Greek transcription of Nephele.

Moldovan form of Nelya.

Variant of Nelia and Nelly.

French form of Nephele.

From Greek νέφος (nephos) meaning "cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.

Modern Hebrew form of Nathanael.

Variant of Nicholas.

From Sanskrit निखिल (nikhila) meaning "whole, entire".

German form of Nicholas.

Uzbek and Bengali form of Niloufar.

English form of Noëlle.

Hungarian form and French variant of Naomi 1.

French form of Naomi 1.

Variant of Noémie.

Means "the lord consoles me" in Yoruba.

Variant transcription of Омелян (see Omelyan.

Ukrainian form of Emilian.

French form of Undine.

Created by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio for his novel La Figlia di Jorio (1904). It is derived from Tuscan Italian ornello meaning "flowering ash tree".

Form of Uriel used in the Greek Old Testament.

Bulgarian and Russian feminine form of Patricius (see Patrick).

Allegedly derived from Greek πελινοσ (pelinos) "black", "dark", "dark-skinned".

Means "wormwood, absinthe" in Turkish, referring to the plant species Artemisia absinthium.

Taiwanese aboriginal name.

Meaning - "horse"
ORIGIN - Sanskrit

Greek form of Philip.

Short form of names ending in pina.

Hungarian feminine form of Rafael and Latin American and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Rafaela.

Diminutive of Jeremiôsz.

Short form of Oluremi.

Norwegian spelling of Rémi and short form of Jeremias.

From Japanese 天 (re) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 瞳 (mi) meaning "pupil". Other kanji combinations are possible.

English form of Rémi or a feminine version of Remy

English form of Rémy, occasionally used as a feminine name.

Jamaican Patois form and English variant of Rowan.

From Japanese 蕗 (ro) meaning "butterbur" combined with 繁 (han) meaning "rich, prosperous". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Rohan 2 or Rowan.

Derived from Sanskrit रोहण (rohaṇa) meaning "ascension".

Russian and Bulgarian form of Rosalind or Rosaline.

Runa is a name that means youth, or playfulness. The

Diminutive of Miruna.

Japanese name meaning "moon", influenced by the Japanese pronunciation of the Latin word luna or from Japanese 月 (ru) meaning "moon" combined with 愛 (na) meaning "love, affection", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 南 (na) meaning "south", 那 (na) meaning "what", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" or 姫 (na) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Feminine form of Rune.

Sámi variant of Runa and feminine Sámi variant of Rune

Latin form of Saveliy.

Fijian form of Samuel.

Alternate transcription of Russian Савелий (see Saveliy).

Alternate transcription of Russian Савелий (see Saveliy).

Means "good news" in Turkish.

Meaning unknown.

Alternate transcription of Arabic سليمة (see Salima).

Feminine form of Selwyn.

From a surname that was originally derived from an Old English given name, which was formed of the elements sele "manor" and wine "friend".

Modern Greek form of Seth 1.

From Σήθ (Seth), the Greek form of Egyptian swtẖ or stẖ (reconstructed as Sutekh), which is of unknown meaning. Seth was the Egyptian god of chaos and the desert, the slayer of Osiris. Osiris's son Horus eventually defeats Seth and has him banished to the desert.

From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "bright clearing" in Old English. This is the name of a main character in Charlotte Brontë's semi-autobiographical novel Shirley (1849). Though the name was already popular in the United States, the child actress Shirley Temple (1928-2014) gave it a further boost. By 1935 it was the second most common name for girls.

Possibly a Turkish form of Cybele. It was borne by the main character in Refik Halit Karay's novel İkibin Yılın Sevgilisi (1954).

Variant of Sibbel.

Variant of Sibyl.

Form of Silvia in several languages.

Croatian form of Silvius.

Bulgarian form of Silvia.

From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor. It has been in use as a given name since the 1970s.

French form of Silvanus.

Portuguese and Hungarian form of Thalia.

Form of Tariel with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.

From the Greek name Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Greek form of Theodore.

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Torunn.

Derived from the Slavic element tixŭ (Serbo-Croatian tih) meaning "quiet".

Variant of Tihana.

Short form of Christina, Martina and other names ending in tina. In addition to these names, it is also used in Dutch as a short form of Catharina, in Swedish and Croatian as a short form of Katarina, and in Georgian as a short form of Tinatin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.

Variant of Torina.

Danish short form of Katrine.

Means "to be joined, connected, tied together" in Uzbek.

Means "red" in Kalmyk.

Means "rain" in Tagalog.

Means "young man, boy" in Kazakh and Kyrgyz.

Biblical Hebrew form of Uriel.

From the Hebrew name אוּרִיאֵל (ʾUriʾel) meaning "God is my light", from אוּר (ʾur) meaning "light, flame" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". Uriel is an archangel in Hebrew tradition. He is mentioned only in the Apocrypha, for example in the Book of Enoch where he warns Noah of the coming flood.

Diminutive of Veselko.

Derived from South Slavic vesel meaning "cheerful".

Derived from Serbo-Croatian vesel meaning "cheerful".

Probably a Roman cognate of Hestia. Vesta was the Roman goddess of the hearth. A continuous fire, tended by the Vestal Virgins, was burned in the Temple of Vesta in Rome.

The name is derived from Arabic Uwais al-Qarani, the name of the first Islamic mystic. His name is rendered in Turkish as Veysel Karani.

Maghrebi form of Wael