platypuskid2's Personal Name List

Adelaide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: A-də-layd(English) a-deh-LIE-deh(Italian) a-di-LIE-di(European Portuguese) a-di-LIED(European Portuguese) a-deh-LIE-jee(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
Means "nobleness, nobility", from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of adal "noble" and the suffix heit "kind, sort, type". It was borne in the 10th century by Saint Adelaide, the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Otto the Great.

In Britain the parallel form Alice, derived via Old French, has historically been more common than Adelaide, though this form did gain some currency in the 19th century due to the popularity of the German-born wife of King William IV, for whom the city of Adelaide in Australia was named in 1836.

Ahtahkakoop
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cree (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ(Cree)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.
Bendiks
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Latvian form of Benedictus (see Benedict).
Bidziil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Navajo
Rating: 44% based on 7 votes
Means "he is strong" in Navajo [1].
Buckminster
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Transferred use from the placename Buckminster in England.

It is the second name of the American architect and inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller, usually known as Buckminster Fuller.

Cassiopeia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κασσιόπεια, Κασσιέπεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kas-ee-ə-PEE-ə(English)
Rating: 73% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiopeia) or Κασσιέπεια (Kassiepeia), possibly meaning "cassia juice". In Greek myth Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda. She was changed into a constellation and placed in the northern sky after she died.
Dobrogost
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: daw-BRAW-gawst
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Slavic elements dobrŭ "good" and gostĭ "guest".
Erol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Means "brave" in Turkish.
Ethelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ETH-ə-lin
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Ethel.
Evander 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Εὔανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-VAN-dər(American English) i-VAN-də(British English)
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Variant of Evandrus, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὔανδρος (Euandros) meaning "good of man", derived from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Roman mythology Evander was an Arcadian hero of the Trojan War who founded the city of Pallantium near the spot where Rome was later built.
Fearghas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish Gaelic [1], Irish Mythology
Pronounced: FYAR-ə-ghəs(Irish)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Fergus.
Gojko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Гојко(Serbian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From South Slavic gojiti meaning "grow, heal, foster, nurture".
Gunnbjǫrg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Old Norse form of Gunborg.
Gwydion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Probably means "born of trees" from Old Welsh guid "trees" and the suffix gen "born of". In the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi [1], Gwydion is the nephew of King Math of Gwynedd, and like him a powerful magician. In an elaborate plot to give his brother a chance to rape his uncle's footbearer, he arranged a war between Gwynedd and the neighbouring kingdom of Dyfed. Gwydion himself killed King Pryderi of Dyfed at the end of the war. In punishment for the rape, Math transformed Gwydion and his brother into different animals over the course of three years. Gwydion was the uncle of Lleu Llaw Gyffes, whom he fostered. Math and Gwydion fashioned Lleu a wife, Blodeuwedd, out of flowers and they later aided him after her betrayal. Gwydion also appears in older Welsh poetry such as the Book of Taliesin.
Ilya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Илья(Russian) Ілья(Belarusian)
Pronounced: i-LYA(Russian)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Russian and Belarusian form of Elijah.
Indigo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-di-go
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".
Irmingard
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: IR-min-gart
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
German form of Ermengard.
İskender
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ees-kyehn-DEHR
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Turkish form of Alexander.
Jetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: YEH-ta
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Dutch short form of Henriëtte.
Khanpasha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chechen
Other Scripts: Ханпаша(Chechen)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Turkic title Khan meaning "ruler, leader" combined with the high Ottoman military rank pasha.
Lacy
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAY-see
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From a surname that was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius. Formerly more common for boys in America, this name began to grow in popularity for girls in 1975.
Lilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: LEEL-law
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
Hungarian diminutive of Lívia or Lídia.
Llewelyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
Variant of Llywelyn influenced by the Welsh word llew "lion".
Lloyd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LOID
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
From a Welsh surname that was derived from llwyd meaning "grey". The composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-) is a famous bearer of this name.
Ludovica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: loo-do-VEE-ka
Rating: 84% based on 7 votes
Italian feminine form of Ludwig.
Lumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-mee
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Means "snow" in Finnish.
Lyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: LIE-rə(English)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).
Miroslava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Мирослава(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MI-ro-sla-va(Czech) MEE-raw-sla-va(Slovak) myi-ru-SLA-və(Russian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Miroslav.
Monti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Variant of Monty.
Mphatso
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chewa
Pronounced: MPAH-tso
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Means "gift" in Chewa.
Mukami
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kikuyu
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Possibly means "the one who milks the cows" in Kikuyu.
Napier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 84% based on 5 votes
From an English and Scots surname meaning "linen keeper" in Middle English, from Old French nappe "table cloth".
Natalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: NAT-ə-lee(English) NA-ta-lee(German, Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 4 votes
From the Late Latin name Natalia, which meant "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini. This was the name of the wife of the 4th-century martyr Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. She is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church, and the name has traditionally been more common among Eastern Christians than those in the West. It was popularized in America by actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981), who was born to Russian immigrants.
Nightingale
Usage: English
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
Nickname for someone with a good voice from Middle English nightegale "nightingale" (Old English nihtegale, ultimately from niht "night" and galan "to sing").
Nikola 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: NI-ko-la(German, Czech) NEE-kaw-la(Slovak)
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
German, Polish, Czech and Slovak feminine form of Nicholas. Note, in Czech this is also a masculine name (see Nikola 1).
Odharnait
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Derived from odar "dun-coloured, greyish brown, tan" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an early Irish saint.
Phocas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φωκᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name Φωκᾶς (Phokas), which meant "seal (animal)" from Greek φώκη (phoke). This was the name of an early saint and martyr from Asia Minor. Sentenced to death for being a Christian, he is said to have given his killers lodging and then dug his own grave before he was executed.
Phrixus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φρίξος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FRIK-səs(English)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
From the Greek Φρίξος (Phrixos) meaning "thrilling, causing shivers", derived from φρίξ (phrix) meaning "ripple, shiver". In Greek myth Phrixus was the son of Athamus and Nephele. He was to be sacrificed to Zeus, but he escaped with his sister Helle on the back of the ram with the Golden Fleece.
Pipaluk
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "sweet little thing who belongs to me" in Greenlandic [1].
Rafaela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Other Scripts: Рафаела(Macedonian)
Pronounced: ra-fa-EH-la(Spanish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Raphael.
Rook
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Archaic)
Pronounced: RO:K
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Short form of Rochus as well as of its variant forms Rocus and Rokus. This name is not to be confused with rook, the Dutch word for "smoke".
Sable
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAY-bəl
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
From the English word meaning "black", derived from the name of the black-furred mammal native to northern Asia, ultimately of Slavic origin.
Sameera 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Telugu, Marathi, Hindi
Other Scripts: సమీరా(Telugu) समीरा(Marathi, Hindi)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Telugu సమీరా or Marathi/Hindi समीरा (see Samira 2).
Sedna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: New World Mythology
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Meaning unknown. This is the name of the Inuit goddess of the sea, sea animals and the underworld. According to some legends Sedna was originally a beautiful woman thrown into the ocean by her father. A dwarf planet in the outer solar system was named for her in 2004.
Seyton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Sunder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Tamil
Other Scripts: सुन्दर(Hindi) சுந்தர்(Tamil)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Hindi सुन्दर or Tamil சுந்தர் (see Sundar).
Tatanka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sioux (Anglicized)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From Lakota tȟatȟáŋka meaning "male bison". This was the first part of the name of the Lakota holy man and chief Tatanka Iyotake (1831-1890), usually translated into English as Sitting Bull.
Urpi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Quechua
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "pigeon, dove" in Quechua.
Valentino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: va-lehn-TEE-no
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Italian form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1).
Vasilka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Василка(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 85% based on 6 votes
Bulgarian and Macedonian feminine diminutive of Basil 1.
Waldebert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Germanic name composed of the elements walt "power, authority" and beraht "bright". This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish saint from Luxeuil (called Valbert or Gaubert in French).
Wawatam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ojibwe
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Possibly means "little goose" in Ojibwe. This was the name of an 18th-century chief of the Ottawa people.
Wira
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian, Malay
Pronounced: WEE-ra(Indonesian)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Means "hero" in Indonesian and Malay, ultimately from Sanskrit वीर (vīra).
Władysław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: vwa-DI-swaf
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Polish form of Vladislav. This was the name of four kings of Poland.
Yaqoob
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: يعقوب(Arabic)
Pronounced: ya‘-KOOB
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic يعقوب (see Yaqub).
Yehoshafat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: יְהוֹשָׁפָט(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Hebrew form of Jehoshaphat.
Zéphyrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).
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