nargles's Personal Name List

Elias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Dutch, Greek, Amharic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ηλίας(Greek) ኤልያስ(Amharic) Ἠλίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEE-ush(European Portuguese) eh-LEE-us(Brazilian Portuguese) eh-LEE-as(German) EH-lee-ahs(Finnish) i-LIE-əs(English) ee-LIE-əs(English) EH-lee-yahs(Dutch)
Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Hadi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indonesian
Other Scripts: هادي(Arabic) هادی(Persian)
Pronounced: HA-dee(Arabic, Indonesian)
Means "leader, guide" in Arabic, from the root هدى (hadā) meaning "to lead the right way, to guide".
Hafsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Turkish
Other Scripts: حفصة(Arabic) حفصہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: HAF-sa(Arabic)
Means "gathering" in Arabic. This was the name of the daughter of Umar, the second caliph, and a wife of Muhammad. It was also borne by the influential mother of Süleyman the Magnificent.
Hala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: هالة(Arabic)
Pronounced: HA-la
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Nadia 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: ناديّة(Arabic) نادیہ(Urdu) নাদিয়া(Bengali)
Pronounced: na-DEE-ya(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناديّة (see Nadiyya), as well as the usual form in several other languages.
Nour
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: نور(Arabic)
Pronounced: NOOR
Alternate transcription of Arabic نور (see Nur).
Rami
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رامي(Arabic)
Pronounced: RA-mee
Means "archer, marksman" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name for the constellation Sagittarius.
Saniyya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سنيّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-NEE-ya
Feminine form of Sani 1.
Soraya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Other Scripts: ثریا(Persian)
Pronounced: so-ra-YAW(Persian) so-RA-ya(Spanish)
Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.
Thamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ثمينة(Arabic)
Pronounced: tha-MEE-na
Means "valuable, precious, priceless" in Arabic.
Zayn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: زين(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZIEN
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.

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