The Weird Writer's Personal Name List

Korean form of Bai, from Sino-Korean 白 (baek).

From an English place name meaning "Becca's homestead" in Old English (with Becca being a masculine byname meaning "pickaxe"). A famous bearer is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).

From Middle English belle meaning "bell". It originated as a nickname for a person who lived near the town bell, or who had a job as a bell-ringer.

Means "son of Berko" in Yiddish, Berko being a derivative of Ber.

From a place name derived from Cornish bre "hill".

From the name of towns in the Spanish provinces of Almería and La Rioja. They are derived from Spanish cárdeno "blue, purple".

Spanish cognate of Castle.

Possibly derived from a given name containing the element ketill "kettle, cauldron; helmet", or a diminutive form of Cat or Cate. In some cases, it could be an Anglicized form of French Catel (from Old French chatel "castle, fortress") or Irish Ó Cathail.

From Sino-Korean 崔 (choe) meaning "high, lofty, towering".

Means "son of Claes".

From a medieval English byname meaning "lump".

Occupational name meaning "butcher" in German.

From Chinese 郭 (guō) meaning "outer city".

Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".

From Sino-Korean 玄 (hyeon) meaning "deep, profound, mysterious".

Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).

Means "son of Jan 1".

Korean form of Zheng, from Sino-Korean 鄭 (jeong).

Means "son of Jenk", a short form of Jenkin, a diminutive of Jen, itself a Middle English form of John.

Means "fair, beautiful" in French.

Korean form of Li 1, from Sino-Korean 李 (i). This is the second most common surname in South Korea. It is also a variant Chinese romanization of Li 1.

From Chinese 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy". This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Han dynasty.

From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Latin paganus meaning "heathen, pagan" (from an earlier sense "rural, rustic"), which was given to children whose baptism had been postponed or adults who were not overly religious.

Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".

Derived from a Norman French town called "Saint Clair".

A name derived by the Russian word for "crow."

From any of various towns by this name in England, notably in Hampshire. They are derived from Old English wic "village, town" (of Latin origin) and ham "home, settlement".

From Sino-Korean 尹 (yun) meaning "govern, oversee".