mairinn's Personal Name List

Variant of Aale 1.

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

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

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

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

Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الله (see Abd Allah) chiefly used in North Africa.

Spanish form of Adam.

Variant of Aidan.

Arabic form of Eden.

Walloon and Haitian Creole form of Adam.

Variant of Aadan.

Means "bowel" in Amazigh.

Provençal and Languedocian form of Adela.

Tatar form of Adela.

German and Dutch variant of Adalbert.

Polish form of Adeltraud.

Russian and Belarusian form of Adela.

Older form of Aonghus.

Old English cognate of Adalbert (see Albert). This was the name of a Saxon king of England and two kings of Kent, one of whom was a saint. It became unused after the Normans introduced their form of Adalbert after their invasion.

Variant of Æþelbeorht.

Hungarian form of Agnes.

Medieval Aragonese and Kashubian form of Agnes.

French and Catalan form of Agnes.

Spanish form of Augustinus (see Augustine 1).

Piedmontese, Languedocian and Provençal form of Augustin and Anglicized variant of Agustín.

From Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and сұлу (sulu) meaning "beautiful, beauty" (also see the Kyrgyz cognate Aisuluu).

From Kyrgyz ай (ay) meaning "moon" and сулуу (suluu) meaning "beautiful" (also see the Kazakh cognate Aisulu).

German variant of Albert. A notable bearer was the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).

Variant of Alton or Eldon.

Icelandic form of Alexandria.

Variant of Alexander.

Means "diamond" in Arabic, ultimately from Persian الماس (almās).

A variant of Ailith. Rhymes with Aerith and Aelyth.

Variant of Emanuel.

Polish dimunitive of Amelia

Variant of Annalynn.

Polish phonetic spelling of Angelo, reflecting the English pronunciation.

Variant of Anzhela.

Variant of Anel.

Feminine form of Anghel.

Archaic form of Aniela and Angela, which appears to have been most common in eastern parts of Poland or among Poles in Ukraine. Currently borne by 15 women. It is also a Polish variant transcription of Russian Ангела (see Angela).

Polish transcription of Ангелина (see Angelina).

Anglicized form of Aonghus.

Variant of Anzhelika.

Variant transcription of Ангеліна (see Anhelina).

Hungarian form of Annalena.

Combination of Anna and Lena.

Elaboration of Anna using the popular name suffix lyn.

Combination of Anna and Maria.

Combination of Anna and Maria.

Danish form of Anneliese.

From Old Irish Óengus, possibly meaning "one strength" from óen "one" and guss "force, strength". Aonghus (sometimes surnamed Mac Og meaning "young son") was an Irish god of love and youth, one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He was the son of Dagda and Boann. The name was also borne by an 8th-century Pictish king, several Irish kings, and a few saints, including a 9th-century bishop of Tallaght.

The surname of one of the musketeers in The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexandre Dumas. Dumas based the character on the 17th-century Henri d'Aramitz, whose surname was derived from the French village of Aramits (itself from Basque aran meaning "valley").

Mount Arbel is a mountain in The Lower Galilee near Tiberias in Israel. From the lookout atop the mountain, one can see almost all of the Galilee into the Golan Heights including Safed, Tiberias and most of the Sea of Galilee.

Variant form of Ariën. The latter was the most popular of the two for many decades, until Arjen began to rise in popularity in the late 1950s. Arjen eventually eclipsed Ariën and has been the most popular of the two ever since. Almost exactly the same fate befell the names Arian and Arjan. Known Dutch bearers of this name include the professional soccer player Arjen Robben (b. 1984) and the television host Arjen Lubach (b. 1979).

Originally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element ǫrn meaning "eagle".

Means "star", ultimately from Greek ἀστήρ (aster). This name has only been (rarely) used since the 20th century.

Catalan, Languedocian, Provençal and Gascon form of Aurelia.

Catalan form of Aurelianus (see Aurelian).

Roman cognomen that was originally derived from the Roman family name Aurelius. This was the name of a 3rd-century Roman emperor (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) who reconquered the breakaway Gallic and Palmyrene Empires.

French form of Aurelianus.

Russian form of Aurelia.

Means "reserved" in Hebrew. This is both the name of a minor character and a place name in the Old Testament.

Variant of Azalea.

Variant of Azeglia.

Perhaps a form of Azalaïs. It was borne by Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877), also called Zélie, the mother of Thérèse of Lisieux.

Diminutive of Barbara.

Kazakh form of Babak.

Diminutive of Charalampos.

Diminutive of Basia 2.

Alternate transcription of Arabic باسل (see Basil 2).

Derived from Kazakh бауыр (bauyr) meaning "brother, relative, sibling" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".

Derived from the Old Slavic word *bělŭ meaning "white".

Arabic alternate transcription of Bilal as well as the Bengali form.

Hungarian form of Benjamin.

Jèrriais form of Benjamin.

Maculine form of Bisera.

Variant of Beslan.

Variant of Calum.

Scottish Gaelic form of Columba.

From camelie, the Romanian spelling of camellia (see Camellia).

From the name of the flowering shrub, which was named for the botanist and missionary Georg Josef Kamel.

From an Italian word meaning "beloved" or an Irish word meaning "friend". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century, though it did not become popular until after the 1950s.

Anglicized form of Caitríona (Irish) or Caitrìona (Scottish Gaelic).

Norwegian and Danish form of Cecilia, as well as a Czech variant of Cecílie.

Turkish and Kurdish form of Jalal.

Portuguese and French form of Celia.

Portuguese, Galician, Spanish and Italian form of Celsus.

Roman family name meaning "tall" in Latin. This was the name of a 2nd-century philosopher who wrote against Christianity. It was also borne by an early saint martyred with Nazarius in Milan.

Variant of Chanel.

Means "to shine from happiness" from Greek χαρά (chara) meaning "happiness" combined with λάμπω (lampo) meaning "to shine".

Short form of Christopher or Christian.

Variant of Christopher.

Portuguese form of Claudia.

Catalan form of Claudia.

From a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin claudus meaning "lame, crippled". This was the name of a patrician family prominent in Roman politics. The ancestor of the family was said to have been a 6th-century BC Sabine leader named Attius Clausus, who adopted the name Appius Claudius upon becoming a Roman citizen. The family produced several Roman emperors of the 1st century, including the emperor known simply as Claudius (birth name Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus). He was poisoned by his wife Agrippina in order to bring her son Nero (Claudius's stepson) to power.

This name was later borne by several early saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Besançon. It is also the name of the primary antagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet (1600).

French feminine form of Clement. This is also the name of a variety of orange (fruit).

English form of Clémentine.

Old Irish form of Columba.

Late Latin name meaning "dove". The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Christianity. This was the name of several early saints both masculine and feminine, most notably the 6th-century Irish monk Saint Columba (or Colum) who established a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. He is credited with the conversion of Scotland to Christianity.

Possibly an Irish diminutive of Columba. Alternatively, it may be derived from Old Irish colum "dove" and bán "white". The 7th-century Saint Columbán of Leinster was the founder of several monasteries in Europe.

German and Romanian form of Columbanus.

This name can be viewed as a derivative of Columba or a Latinized form of Columbán, both derivations being approximately equivalent. This is the name of Saint Columbán in Latin sources.

Named after the explorer Christopher Columbus, called Cristoforo Colombo in Italian (see the surname Colombo). This is the name of several cities in the Americas (including the District of Columbia, also called Washington D.C.), and a river in Canada and the United States. It is also a name used historically to refer to the New World.

From the Latin name Constantinus, a derivative of Constans. Constantine the Great (272-337), full name Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity. He moved the capital of the empire from Rome to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople (modern Istanbul).

Either a French form of Koralia, or a derivative of Latin corallium "coral" (see Coral).

Italian form of Cosmas. A famous bearer was Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464), the founder of Medici rule in Florence, who was a patron of the Renaissance and a successful merchant. Other members of the Medici family have also borne this name.

Latinized form of Greek Κυνθία (Kynthia), which means "woman from Cynthus". This was an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, given because Cynthus was the mountain on Delos on which she and her twin brother Apollo were born. It was not used as a given name until the Renaissance, and it did not become common in the English-speaking world until the 19th century. It reached a peak of popularity in the United States in 1957 and has declined steadily since then.

Kashubian form of Daniel.

Occitan form of Daniel.

Variant of Daniela.

Feminine form of Danielius.

Ukrainian form of Danielle.

Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi दीप्ती or Kannada ದೀಪ್ತಿ (see Dipti).

Short form of Adelbert. As an American name it was first used in the New York area by people of Dutch ancestry [1].

Polish form of Demetrius.

Anglicized form of Irish Deasmhumhain meaning "south Munster", referring to the region of Desmond in southern Ireland, formerly a kingdom. It can also come from the related surname (an Anglicized form of Ó Deasmhumhnaigh), which indicated a person who came from that region. A famous bearer is the South African archbishop and activist Desmond Tutu (1931-2021).

Icelandic form of Diana.

Hungarian form of Diana.

Latvian form of Diana.

Alternate transcription of Jamal chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Feminine form of Domnus. Saint Domna of Nicomedia was martyred during the persecutions of the early 4th century. However, in the case of Julia Domna, the Syrian wife of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, it seems her name was actually of Semitic origin.

Diminutive of Donata.

Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Old Irish donn "brown" and cath "battle". This was the name of two kings of Scotland, including the one who was featured in Shakespeare's play Macbeth (1606).

The first element of this name is of Turkic origin, but the available sources each provide a different meaning for it. According to a Russian source, it is derived from a (probably medieval) Turkmen word that means "life". Modern cognates of that word include Kazakh тұрмыс (turmıs), Kyrgyz турмуш (turmuş) and Turkmen durmuş. Also compare the Turkish name Durmuş. Meanwhile, Georgian sources derive the first element from a Turkic word that means "to stand". This would make it related to the modern Turkish and Turkmen verb durmak meaning "to stand, to stop".

The second element of this name is derived from the Turkic title khan meaning "ruler, leader". As such, one could say that the meaning of this name is either "ruler of life" or something along the lines of "standing like a leader".

From the Chinese 娥 (é) meaning "be beautiful, good" and 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid".

Feminine form of Elan.

Variant of Elena or Alana

Biblical Hebrew form of Eleazar.

Modern Hebrew transcription of Eleazar.

From Turkic el meaning "nation, people, country" combined with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Dutch variant of Adelbert.

From the name of a dormant volcano in southern Russia, most likely derived from Persian البرز (Alborz) ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī meaning "high watch post" or "high guard".

Possibly means "God is beloved" in Hebrew, from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and דּוֹד (doḏ) meaning "beloved". In the Old Testament he is one of the two elders (along with Medad) who prophesies in the Israelite camp.

Most sources state that this name means "God resides" in Hebrew. This could be correct, as the first element is indeed clearly derived from Hebrew el meaning "God". However, I can't find any Hebrew verb that means "to reside" and looks physically similar to the second element. Instead, then, it might be possible that the name Eldar means "pearl of God", since I discovered that there is a Hebrew noun dar meaning "pearl".

Combination of Old Norse eldr "fire" and herr "army, warrior".

From Turkic el meaning "country, society" combined with the Persian suffix دار (dār) meaning "possessor".

From a surname that was from a place name meaning "Ella's hill" in Old English.

Combination of El, reference to God and Dor meaning "generation".

Uzbek form of Eldar.

From the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (ʾElʿazar) meaning "God has helped", derived from אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God" and עָזַר (ʿazar) meaning "to help". In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the sons of Aaron. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to one of the ancestors of Jesus in the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew.

Feminine form of Eleftherios.

Modern Greek form of Eleutherios (see Eleutherius).

Diminutive of Elena.

Portuguese form of Eleutherius.

Spanish and Italian form of Eleutherius.

Ancient Greek form of Eleutherius.

Latinized form of the Greek name Ἐλευθέριος (Eleutherios), which meant "free". This was the name of a 2nd-century pope, as well as several saints.

Persian form of Ilham.

Variant transcription of אֵלִיָּהוּ (see Eliyahu.

Variant of Eliana 1.

Diminutive of Ellen 1.

Short form of Eliezer or Elijah. A famous bearer is Elie Wiesel, Jewish rights activist.

From a surname that was a variant of Elliott.

Possibly a Georgian form of Elisha or Eleazar.

Anglicized form of Elcan.

Variant of Helena traditionally found in Scania.

Variant of Eljena.

Variant of Elena.

Means "diamond" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Variant transcription of ألماس (see Almas.

From a surname that was derived from the Old English name Æðelmær. In the United States it is sometimes given in honour of brothers Jonathan (1745-1817) and Ebenezer Elmer (1752-1843), who were active in early American politics.

Variant of Elmar.

Bosnian form of Almin.

Originally a short form of names ending with the Old German element helm meaning "helmet, protection", such as Guglielmo or Anselmo. It is also a derivative of Erasmus, via the old Italian short form Ermo. Saint Elmo, also known as Saint Erasmus, was a 4th-century martyr who is the patron of sailors. Saint Elmo's fire is said to be a sign of his protection.

In the English-speaking world this name is now associated with a red muppet character from the children's television program Sesame Street.

Cognate of Elon, meaning "oak tree".

Means "the master", from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid) meaning "master, lord, prince" (see Sayyid).

From an English surname that was originally from a place name meaning "Ella's town". A famous bearer of this name is British musician Elton John (1947-), born Reginald Dwight, who adopted his stage name in honour of his former bandmate Elton Dean (1945-2006).

Icelandic form of Alvar.

Variant of Eliya.

Derived from Old Turkic el meaning "country, state, society" (see Eldar) combined with the Persian noun یار (yar) meaning "friend, companion" as well as "assistant, helper".

A notable bearer of this name is the Azerbaijani pop singer Elyar Afshari (b. 1995), who is better known under the mononym Elyar.

Arabic alternate transcription of Ilyas as well as the Persian, Indonesian, and Malay form.

Amharic form and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of Elias.

Tajik and Uzbek form of Elyar. A notable bearer of this name is the Uzbek politician and former minister Elyor Ganiyev (b. 1960).

Variant of Emanuela.

Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Latinate form of Emmanuelle.

From the Hebrew name אֶפְרָיִם (ʾEfrayim) meaning "fruitful". In the Old Testament Ephraim is a son of Joseph and Asenath and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This name was also borne by two early saints: Ephraim or Ephrem the Syrian, a 4th-century theologian, and Ephraim of Antioch, a 6th-century patriarch of Antioch.

Probably a variant of Irwan.

Breton form of Ivo 1 or Yves.

Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from sperare "to hope".

Short form of names beginning with the Old English element æðele meaning "noble". It was coined in the 19th century, when many Old English names were revived. It was popularized by the novels The Newcomes (1855) by William Makepeace Thackeray and The Daisy Chain (1856) by C. M. Yonge. A famous bearer was American actress and singer Ethel Merman (1908-1984).

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

Ukrainian form of Evangelina.

Diminutive of Olufela

Polish diminutive of Felicja and Felicyta and Kashubian diminutive of Felicjana and Felicjô.

Hungarian form of Felicianus.

Romanian form of Felicianus (see Feliciano), as well as the usual English spelling of the saints' names.

Hungarian form of Feliciana.

Feminine form of Felicianus (see Feliciano).

From the given name Feliciano.

Original Latin form of Feliciano.

French form of Felicianus (see Feliciano).

Polish and Kashubian form of Feliciana.

Kashubian form of Felicia.

Russian form of Theodora.

Old German form of Friedhelm.

Derived from the Old German elements fridu "peace" and helm "helmet, protection".

Variant of Gabriele 2.

Rare variant spelling of Gabriela.

French form of Jasper.

Variant of Georgios.

Variant of Giovanna mainly used in South America.

Bulgarian form of Graciela and Graziella.

French form of Gregory.

Catalan form of William.

Means "beautiful" in Turkish.

Variant transcription of Guzal, Bosnian form of Güzel.

Breton form of William.

Ukrainian form of Gabriella.

Anglicized form of a Sheumais, the vocative case of Seumas.

Variant of Hannelore.

Probably a blend of Helga with a name ending in -gard.

The artist Helgard Haug is a member of Rimini Protokoll.

Means "bird's nest" in Kurdish.

Variant of Elin.

Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Heliodoro and Polish feminine form of Heliodor.

Variant of Imogen.

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.

Variant transcription of Iskandar

Latvian form of Ivan.

Masculine form of Ivelina.

Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Evelina, an elaboration of Iva 1, a feminine form of Ivo 2 and a feminine form of Ivan.

Hungarian variant of Izabel and Swedish variant of Isabel.

Rare feminine form of Jacenty (see also Hiacynta.

Variant of Jacqueline.

Hungarian and Czech form of Iacob (see Jacob).

Archaic Polish and Kashubian form of Jacob.

Polish spelling of Yankel.

Combination of Jean 1 and Michel.

Latvian form of Yelizaveta.

Varian transliteration of Elizaveta.

French form of Jeremiah.

Variant of Jeremy.

Variant transcription of Ioannis.

Icelandic and Faroese form of Joel.

Norwegian form of Ludolf via Old Norse Ljóðolfr.

Provençal form of Joel.

French and Dutch form of Joel.

Lithuanian form of Gaius.

Likely a form of Kamila or Kamelia, can also function as a nickname for the latter.

Hungarian cognate of Camelia.

Cognate of Camelia.

Ukrainian form of Camellia.

Directly taken from Turkish kardelen "galanthus flower; snowdrop (flower)".

Swedish short form of Katherine.

Variant of Kelsey.

Danish form of Ketil.

Variant of Kelsey, with the spelling influenced by Chelsea.

From an English surname that is derived from town names in Lincolnshire. It may mean "Cenel's island", from the Old English name Cenel "fierce" in combination with eg "island".

Variant of Kelsey.

From Japanese 健 (ken) meaning "healthy, strong" or 研 (ken) meaning "study, sharpen" combined with 二 (ji) meaning "two". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.

From a surname that was originally derived from Kent, the name of a county in England, which may be derived from a Brythonic word meaning "coastal district".

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 謙三 or 健三 or 賢三 (see Kenzō). Use of the name in France can probably be attributed to the fashion brand Kenzo, founded in 1970 by the Japanese-French designer Kenzō Takada (1939-2020).

Yiddish form of Hannah.

Feminine form of Khan.

Means "son of Kjeld".

Variant of Ketil.

Means "son of Kjell".

Faroese form of Knut.

Derived from Old Norse knútr meaning "knot". Knut was a Danish prince who defeated Æðelræd II, king of England, in the early 11th century and became the ruler of Denmark, Norway and England.

Short form of Koenraad.

Variant of Cohen.

Truncated form of Nikoletta.

German form of Colombia and sometimes of Columbia (for example Britisch-Kolumbien for British Columbia).

Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Macedonian, Latvian and Lithuanian form of Columbia and Colombia.

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Columbia and Colombia.

Latinized form of the Greek name Λέανδρος (Leandros), derived from λέων (leon) meaning "lion" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.

French form of Leonard.

Variant of Lidia.

Liel means intelligence in Kikongo

Means "my God" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אֵל (ʾel) "God".

Partial polonisation of Lieselotte.

Means pear blossom in Chinese.

From Chinese 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely", 梨 (lí) meaning "pear", 立 (lì) meaning "stand, establish" or 礼 (lǐ) meaning "rite, ceremony, gift, present" combined with 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese" or 桦 (huà) meaning "birch". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Spanish equivalent of Lyle.

Greenlandic form of Lilli.

As a Svan name, this name is strictly masculine. It comes from the name of the Svan sun god Lile, whose name is thought to be etymologically related to that of the Sumerian god Enlil.

As a Georgian name, Lile is unisex, but predominantly feminine. Male bearers are quite rare these days. For men, it might perhaps be a diminutive of names like Ilarion and Ilia, whilst for women, it is most likely a variant of Lili and/or a short form of Liliana.

A known bearer of this name was the Georgian (male) conductor Lile Kiladze (1928-1978).

Irish form of Lily.

Short form of Lilija.

Hungarian form of Lillian.

From an English surname that was originally from the name of an English city, called Lindum Colonia by the Romans, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". This name is usually given in honour of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president of the United States during the American Civil War.

Aragonese form of Leo.

Combination of the names Li 2 and On means "my potency; my strength" in Hebrew.

Venetian and Ligurian form of Leone 1.

Portuguese, Hungarian and Slovak form of Livia 1.

Polonisation of Liselotte.

Transferred use of the Italian surname Lucca. The use of Lucca is probably influenced by the similar looking and sounding Luca 1.

A habitational name from Lucca Sicula in Agrigento province, Sicily, which was called simply Lucca until 1863. It was probably originally named with a Celtic element meaning ‘marshy.’

Corsican form of Lucas.

Variant of Lukke recorded in the 18th and 19th centuries in East Frisia.

French form of both Lucretia and its masculine form Lucretius.

Portuguese form of Lucretia.

Catalan and Gascon form of Lucretia.

Spanish form of Lucretia.

Romanian form of Lucretia.

Feminine form of the Roman family name Lucretius, possibly from Latin lucrum meaning "profit, wealth". According Roman legend Lucretia was a maiden who was raped by the son of the king of Rome. This caused a great uproar among the Roman citizens, and the monarchy was overthrown. This name was also borne by a 4th-century saint and martyr from Mérida, Spain.

Masculine form of Lucretia. This name was borne by 1st-century BC Roman poet Titus Lucretius Carus.

Italian form of Lucretia.

Variant of Lucylla.

Icelandic form of Luisa.

Ukrainian form of Luke, influenced by Latin Lucas, probably via Polish Łukasz. Lukash is the main character in Lesia Ukrainka's classic féerie drama 'The Forest Song'.

Variant of names with the name element liut and the diminutive suffix -ke recorded from the 16th to 19th centuries in East Frisia.

Alternate transcription of Arabic لقمان (see Luqman), as well as an Indonesian and Malay variant.

Means "little light", derived from Romanian lumina "light" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Meaning uncertain. This is the name of a figure mentioned several times in the Quran, described as a sage who was bestowed with wisdom by God. He is also the namesake of the 31st chapter of the Quran (surah Luqman).

Romanian form of Magdalene.

Variant spelling of Mădălina used by Romanians abroad or in informal contexts (for example on the internet). Note that this is not the standard spelling of the name.

Ukrainian form of Magdalena.

Polish form of Marcellianus.

Roman cognomen which was derived from Marcellus. This name was borne by two early saints.

Means "Mary of the sea" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

Means "Mary of the sea" in Catalan, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

Hungarian form of Marcus (see Mark).

Form of Latin Marcus used in several languages. Saint Mark was the author of the second gospel in the New Testament. Though the author's identity is not certain, some traditions hold him to be the same person as the John Mark who appears in the Book of Acts. He is the patron saint of Venice, where he is supposedly buried. Though in use during the Middle Ages, Mark was not common in the English-speaking world until the 19th century, when it began to be used alongside the classical form Marcus.

In the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult this was the name of a king of Cornwall. It was also borne by the American author Mark Twain (1835-1910), real name Samuel Clemens, the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He took his pen name from a call used by riverboat workers on the Mississippi River to indicate a depth of two fathoms. This is also the usual English spelling of the name of the 1st-century BC Roman triumvir Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony).

Norwegian variant of Martha.

Original Latin form of Martin. This is also the official Dutch form of the name, used on birth certificates but commonly rendered Maarten or Marten in daily life.

German and French variant of Matthias.

French form of the Roman name Maxentius, a derivative of Latin maximus "greatest". This was the agnomen of an early 4th-century Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius, a rival of Constantine. It was also borne by a 6th-century saint from Agde in France.

Means "oppressed, wronged, modest, mild" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic مظلوم (maẓlūm).

Possibly derived from the place name Melide.

French form of Melina.

French form of Melina.

Armenian form of Melina.

Derived from Greek μῆλον (melon) meaning "apple" or "quince". This was the name of a princess in Greek mythology, a daughter of Thespius and Megamede. Meline bore Heracles a son named Laomedon.

Spanish, Bosnian, Albanian, Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Melissa.

French form of Melissa.

Variant of Melody.

Variant of Michaela.

Variant of Michaela.

Feminine form of Michelangelo.

Combination of Michael and Angelo, referring to the archangel Michael. The Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), from Florence, was the man who created such great works of art as the statue of David and the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This name was also borne by the Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), better known as Caravaggio.

Variant of Michelle.

Swedish variant of Mikael and French variant of Mickaël.

Alternate spelling of Miguel.

Spanish cognate of Michelangelo.

Armenian form of Michael.

Variant of Milan.

Dutch and German form of Misha. It is occasionally used as a feminine name in Dutch.

Means "smile" in Mongolian.

Diminutive of Misha and Misho, which are both diminutives of Mikheil.

In other words: this name is a double diminutive of Mikheil.

From Japanese 実 (mi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 司 (shi) meaning "director, official, govt office, rule, administer", 孜 (shi) meaning "industriousness", 枝 (shi) meaning "branch" or 詩 (shi) meaning "poem, poetry" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Polish transcription of Russian Миша (see Misha), which is sometimes also used as a nickname for Michał, or even Michalina. Rarely used as a Polish name in its own right, as a phonetic spelling of Misha, Mischa or Micha 2.

Variant of Muhiddin.

Possibly a feminine form of Miles, influenced by similar-sounding names such as Kyla.

Czech form of Nadezhda.

Slovak, Serbian and Latvian form of Nadezhda.

Variant transcription of Nadezhda.

Variant of Nawel using Spanish spelling conventions.

Means "jaguar" in Mapuche.

Alternate transcription of Nawal chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Means "herald, warner" in Arabic.

Means "similar, alike, counterpart" in Arabic.

Alternate transcription of نسرین (see Nasrin.

Variant of Nelya.

Anglicized form of Niccolò.

Italian form of Nicholas. Famous bearers include Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), a Florentine political philosopher, and Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), a Genoese composer and violinist.

Feminine diminutive of Nicola 1.

Latvian form of Nicholas.

Hungarian and Greek form of Nicoletta.

From Chinese 宁 (níng) meaning "peaceful, calm, serene", as well as other characters pronounced in a similar way.

Icelandic form of Noel.

Hungarian and Irish Gaelic form of Nora 1.

Old Irish form of Aonghus.

Variant transcription of Офелия (see Ofeliya.

Armenian and Azerbaijani form of Ophelia.

Yoruba name meaning "God expands wealth." Famous bearers include musician Fela Kuti.

Variant of Oryan.

Meaning uncertain, but possibly related to Greek ὅριον (horion) meaning "boundary, limit". Alternatively it may be derived from Akkadian Uru-anna meaning "light of the heavens". This is the name of a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter who was killed by a scorpion sent by the earth goddess Gaia.

Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Oswald.

Means "son of Pelayo".

Russian form of Pelagia.

Feminine form of Pelagius. This was the name of a few early saints, including a young 4th-century martyr who threw herself from a rooftop in Antioch rather than lose her virginity.

Greek form of Pelagius.

Latinized form of the Greek name Πελάγιος (Pelagios), which was derived from πέλαγος (pelagos) meaning "the sea". This was the name of several saints and two popes. It was also borne by a 4th-century British theologian whose teachings were eventually declared heretical.

Russian form of Pelagia.

Ukrainian form of Pelagia.

Ukrainian form of Pelagia

Spanish form of Pelagius. This was the name of the founder of the kingdom of Asturias in the 8th century.

Means "division, channel" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is a son of Eber.

Ukrainian form of Petronilla. It appears to have been most common among Poles living in Ukraine (see also Petronela.

Combination of Piero and Luigi.

Variant transcription of Polina.

Romanian diminutive of the Greek name Rallou, of uncertain meaning. It was popularized by the actress Rallou Karatza (1778-1870), a daughter of the prince of Wallachia Ioannis Karatzas, who was of Greek background.

Scandinavian, Finnish and Estonian form of Erasmus.

Variant of Ravindra used by Sikhs.

Derived from Cebuano rayna meaning "queen", which itself derives from the Spanish word (and name) Reina 1 meaning "queen".

Alternate transcription of Yiddish ריינאַ (see Reina 2).

Form of Rebecca used in some versions of the Bible.

From the Hebrew name Refa'el which means "God has healed". Popular name among Israelis.

From Japanese 虹 (rein) meaning "rainbow". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name and English word Rain 1.

Short form of German names beginning with Rein-, short form of Nordic names beginning with Hrein-, or short form of Nordic names beginning with Reyn-.

Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element regin meaning "advice, counsel, decision" (Proto-Germanic *raginą).

Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-Provençal, Judeo-Spanish and Manx cognate of Regina. As a Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-Provençal and Judeo-Spanish name, it was used as an equivalent of Ceti and a translation of Malka in the Middle Ages.

Feminine form of Rein as well as a contracted form of Regiina.

Means "queen" in Spanish.

Derived from Yiddish ריין (rein) meaning "clean, pure".

Diminutive of Rivka.

Diminutive of Romeo.

Probably a simplified spelling of Rommel.

Transferred from the German surname Rommel (notable bearers include the German field marshal Erwin Rommel and the city mayor of Stuttgart Manfred Rommel).

Rommel is not admitted as a given name in Germany because of its surname character.

Nickname for a noisy and disruptive person, from Middle Dutch rommel "noise, disorder, disturbance". Alternatively, a variant of Rummel.

Breton and Anglicized form of Rónán.

Form of Reuben in several languages. This was the name of an 11th-century Armenian ruler of Cilicia.

Variant of Ruby.

From Japanese 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Variant of Ruby or a diminutive of Reuben.

Possibly an Indian form of Ruby

Spanish form of Ruby.

Diminutive of Rúben, Rubem or Rubens.

Transferred use of the surname Ruel.

Roman cognomen meaning "red-haired" in Latin. Several early saints had this name, including one mentioned in one of Paul's epistles in the New Testament. As a nickname it was used by William II Rufus, a king of England, because of his red hair. It came into general use in the English-speaking world after the Protestant Reformation.

Derived from a short form of names containing the element hruom "fame, glory". Alternatively, could be a nickname for a noisemaker, from Middle High German rummeln "to make noise, to move impetuously". Compare Rommel.

Derived from Persian شفا (šafâ) meaning "healing, cure, remedy".

Persian and Turkish form of Safaa or Safaa', as well as an alternate Arabic transcription of either of those names.

Samara समरा means - battle, war. It is feminine of समर
It shouldn't be confused with Saamara, Samra
Origin - Sanskrit
USAGE - SANSKRIT, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhala, Bengali, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindi Mauritian, Fijian
* Saamara/Saamra/Samra सामरा- accompanied by immortals, accompanied by god. It is feminine of सामर

Means "to talk in the evening" in Arabic.

Russian form of the Latin name Sabellius meaning "a Sabine". The Sabines were an ancient people who lived in central Italy.

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.

Latinized form of the Greek name Σέλευκος (Seleukos), of unknown meaning. It is possibly related to λευκός (leukos) meaning "bright, white". This was the name of one of Alexander the Great's generals, who established the Seleucid Empire in western Asia after Alexander's death.

Bosnian and Croatian form of Seleucus.

Greek form of Seleucus.

Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.

Polish form of Serenus.

Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.

Czech and Slovak form of Simon 1.

Bengali form of Suhail.

Polish form of Silvanus.

Spanish feminine form of Tadeo, Catalan and Romanian feminine form of Tadeu and Polish feminine form of Tadeusz. A famous bearer of this name was Sor Tadea de San Joaquín (1755-1827), born Tadea García de la Huerta, a Chilean Carmelite nun and poet. Her poem Relación de la inundación que hizo el río Mapocho de la ciudad de Santiago de Chile, en el Monasterio de Carmelitas, Titular de San Rafael was published in Lima in late 1783 or early 1784, and is one of the first published poems by a Chilean woman on record.

Either a Portuguese form of Thelma or a feminine form of Telmo.

Meaning unknown. It was a rare name when British author Marie Corelli used it for the Norwegian heroine of her novel Thelma (1887). The name became popular around the end of the 19th century after the novel was published. It is sometimes claimed to derive from Greek θέλημα (thelema) meaning "will", though this seems unlikely.

French form of Theodore.

Short form of Caitríona.

Greenlandic form of Tora.

Diminutive of Gertrudis.

Diminutive of Tallulah.

Means "bush used for firewood" in Aymara.

Feminine form of UnR, Une and Uno.

Norwegian combination of unnr "to wave, to billow" or unna "to love" and veig "power, strength".

From the Roman cognomen Valentinus, which was itself a derivative of the cognomen Valens meaning "strong, vigorous, healthy" in Latin. Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century martyr. His feast day was the same as the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia, which resulted in the association between Valentine's Day and love.

As an English name, it has been used occasionally since the 12th century. It is the name of a central character in Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594).

Catalan form of Valeria.

Icelandic form of Valeria.

Feminine form of Valerius. This was the name of a 2nd-century Roman saint and martyr.

Catalan form of Valerianus (see Valerian).

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

French and Czech form of Valeria.

Probably of Persian origin, possibly a superlative form of 𐎺𐎢 (vahu) meaning "good". According to the Old Testament this was the name of the first wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia before he married Esther.

Variant transcription of. Валентина (see Valentyna.

Means "brother" in Finnish.

Swedish feminine form of Wendel.

Feminine form of Veselin.

Spanish and Catalan form of Victor.

Gascon form of Victor.

Roman name meaning "victor, conqueror" in Latin. It was common among early Christians, and was borne by several early saints and three popes. It was rare as an English name during the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was the French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885), who authored The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables.

Indonesian form of Vidya.

Short form of Ovidia.

From the name of the capital city of Austria, Vienna.

Czech form of William.

Diminutive of Vilmos, Viljem or Vilhelm.

Croatian form of William.

Slovene and Croatian diminutive of William.

Polish transcription of Валентин (see Valentin).

From an English surname that was derived from the Old English given name Wynnstan. A famous bearer was Winston Churchill (1874-1965), the British prime minister during World War II. This name was also borne by the fictional Winston Smith, the protagonist in George Orwell's 1949 novel 1984.

Albanian form of Jalal.

From the given name Yaqub.

Yiddish diminutive of Jacob.

Variant transcription of Єлисей (see Yelysei).

Famous bearer: Turkish actress Yeliz Akkaya
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(to be proved): Yel-iz - could be literally: "what remains behind (or, after) the wind"; "the surviving"

Traditional Ukrainian form of Elizabeth.

Ukrainian form of Eleazar.

Russian form of Evangelina.

Means "sublime" in Turkish.

Short form of Zachary.

Slovene and Croatian form of Gianna.

Variant of Żanna.

Means "beauty, grace" in Arabic. This was the name of a son of Husayn ibn Ali. Shia Muslims consider him to be the fourth imam.

This name is borne by the British singer Zayn Malik (1993-), formerly a member of the band One Direction. It gained popularity in America and parts of Europe after One Direction became well-known in 2011.

Portuguese form of Zelia.

Basque form and English variant of Celia as well as a Portuguese variant of Zélia. It may also be the Latinate form of Zélie.

Truncated form of Azelia.

Short form of Azélie. This is another name of Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877).

Variant of Züleyha.

Means "zeal, ardor, jealousy" in Greek. He was the personification of zeal or strife in Greek mythology.