Darkbone's Personal Name List

Means "calf" or more specifically, "young bull" in Basque. In Basque mythology, Aatxe is either the androgynous deity Mari 3 embodied as a young cow or bull, or a lesser shapeshifting spirit that takes the form of a bull and occasionally a human; the latter emerges at night, especially in stormy weather, from his cave dwelling in the Basque mountains.

Probably from アベ (abe) meaning "fire" and ナンカ (nanka), combined from ナン (nan) meaning "face" and カ (ka) meaning "top."

From a word thought to have originated with the Gnostics or the Egyptians, found on many amulets during the last years of the Roman Empire. Abraxas was used by the Basilideans, a Gnostic sect of the 2nd century, to refer to the Supreme Being or god whom they worshipped; they believed it to be a name of power because it contained the seven Greek letters which, computed numerically, equal the number 365 (the number of days in the year). However, older mythologists placed Abraxas among the Egyptian gods, while some demonologists cite him as a demon with the head of a king and serpents forming his feet. He has been represented on amulets with a whip in his hand. The mystic word abracadabra is supposedly derived from his name (itself perhaps derived from Aramaic avra kedabra "what was said, occurred" or "I will create as I speak"). Many stones and gems were cut with his capricious symbolic markings, such as a human body having a fowl's or lion's head, and snakes as limbs, which were worn by the Basilideans as amulets. Gnostic symbols were later adopted by many societies devoted to magic and alchemy, therefore it is likely that most "abraxas-stones" made in the Middle Ages that contained kabbalistic symbols were talismans.

According to some sources this was an alternative name of one of the four immortal horses of the Greek sun god Helios. It was used by author J. K. Rowling in her 'Harry Potter' series of books for a minor character, the grandfather of Draco Malfoy.

Latinized form of Aktaie and Aktaia, both of which derive from Greek ἁκτή (akte) "headland, sea-coast, shore" (compare the masculine equivalent Aktaios and its latinized form Actaeus). This was the name of two minor characters in Greek mythology: one of the Nereids and one of the Danaïdes (the daughters of Danaus).

German, Croatian, Galician, Slovene, Hungarian, Polish, Kashubian and Spanish form of Adah.

From the Tagalog word ada "fairy", borrowed from Spanish hada with the same meaning.

Derived from Basque adin "age".

Feminine form of Adonis

Derived from Basque aide "air", Aide is a supernatural entity that either helps or hinders the living. He could manifest herself in both good (gentle breeze) and evil (storm wind) forms.

Inari Sami variant form of Áile and Aili possibly related to Láilá.

This name derives from the Old Norse name Áslæikr, composed of two elements: *ansuz (heathen god, áss, god) plus lėih (joke, amusement, exercise, sport, dance, magic, music, melody, song). Ansuz is the conventional name given to the a-rune of the Elder Futhark, ᚨ. The name is based on Common Germanic *ansuz "a god, one of the main deities in Germanic paganism".

Taken from the name of a town, Ainhize-Monjolose, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre, not far from the "Croix de Galcetaburu", and used to be the town where meetings were held in Lower Navarre. The toponym was first recorded as Anfiz in 1135; according to Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, its origin and meaning is lost to time. The medieval village of Monjolose was established in 1240 as subject to the King of Navarre. Formerly subject to Ainhize, they were reunited on 16 August 1841.

Means "shore, headland" in Greek. In Greek myth Aktaie was one of the fifty Nereids or goddesses of the sea, particularly responsible for the seashore.

Means "wealth" in Igbo.

Of uncertain meaning, possibly a corruption of Alethea (compare Alethaire). In the United States, this name was first found in 1768; in the United Kingdom, there were several uses throughout the 1800s (and most likely before that as well). While the background of the American bearers of this name is unknown, almost all British bearers were born to traveling Romani families.

From Arabic اَلأَزْرَق (al-ʾazraq) meaning "the blue one".

Variant of Alazraki.

Derived from Old High German alb (which comes from Old Norse âlfr) "elf" combined with Old High German rât "counsel."

Feminine form of Alberad.

Means "older sister (of a boy)" in Greenlandic.

Originally a Low German diminutive of names containing the element adal, particularly Adelheid, now used as a given name in its own right.

Means "fire, flame" in Nyari, spoken in Victoria state and New South Wales state, south-eastern Australia.

Alinta was the name of one of the main characters in the 1981 SBS television mini-series 'Women of the Sun' which portrayed the lives of four Indigenous women in Australian society from 1820 to 1980.

Modern Swedish form of Old Norse Alríkr.

Possibly a variant of Alarik, Adalrik or Alfríkr. Alternatively, it may be derived from the Old Norse elements ǫl "ale" and rikr "mighty, distinguished".

Means "golden autumn" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and намар (namar) meaning "autumn".

From the Hausa word Lī̀tìnîn "Monday". This name is traditionally given to girls born on Monday.

Finnish variant of Albin.

Short form of names starting with Alvi-, such as Alvina and Alvilda.

Means "expectation" in Tongan.

Means "power, strength" in Xhosa and Zulu.

A famous bearer is Amandla Stenberg (b. 1998) an American actress and singer.

Means "rest, bliss, comfort, peace" or "simple, easy" in Mongolian.

Means "fish" in Cherokee.

Ionic Greek variant of Άμαστρις (Amāstris), the Hellenized form of an Old Persian name, perhaps from a hypothetic name like *Amāstrī- (composed of the elements *ama- "strength, strong" and *strī- "woman"). It could be connected to the biblical name Esther, both perhaps derived from the Akkadian Ummu-Ishtar "Ishtar is (my) mother" (or Ammu-Ishtar). Alternatively it could be derived from an Old Persian word meaning "friend". It was borne by the wife of Xerxes and mother of Artaxerxes.

Origins uncertain. This earlier form of Hamlet appeared in a story published by Danish writer Christiern Pedersen in 1514, based on a legend recorded by Saxo Grammaticus in his 'History of the Danes'.

In the Book of Mormon, the character of Ammon is one of the four sons of King Mosiah, who initially opposes the Church, but is converted alongside his brothers and Alma the Younger after an experience with an angel, and becomes a missionary to the Lamanites. Joseph Smith likely reappropriated the name from Genesis 19:38, where it appears as an alternate name for Benammi, forefather of the Ammonites.

Variant form of Anshel. It should be noted that there are also sources that claim that it is derived from Hebrew amsel or amzal meaning "thrush".

Coined in the 1960s as a Breton masculine form of Anne 1.

Biblical Hebrew name of uncertain meaning, possibly "God answers" (making it an equivalent of Anaiah, using el "God" as the second element as opposed to yah "Yahweh"); alternatively the first element may be related to chanah "favour, grace" (making it a relative of Hananiah and perhaps a form of Hanniel or Channiel). This name is mentioned only briefly in the Apocrypha (Tobit 1:21) belonging to a brother of Tobit. In Jewish tradition Anael is an angel (also known as Aniel or Hanael), often named as one of the seven archangels and associated with the planet Venus.

First documented in inscriptions in Roman-era Aquitaine, this name was fairly common in the Middle Ages. Its origin and meaning are debated; theories include a derivation from Andos and a derivation from Basque andere "lady; woman; wife". In this day and age, it is considered a feminine form of Ander and a Basque cognate of Andresa and Andrée.

Feminine form of Aneirin, also considered a combination of Welsh an, an intensifying prefix, and eira "snow" (see Eira 1), with the intended meaning of "much snow" or "very snowy". It was first used in the late 19th century.

Russian form of Anthimos via Anthimus.

Hokkien romanization of Hong.

Masculine diminutive of Anne 1.

Derived from the Greek adjective ἄνθιμος (anthimos) meaning "of flowers, like flowers, blooming, flowered". It is ultimately derived from the Greek noun ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom".

Latinized form of Anthimos. This name was borne by several patriarchs of Constantinople.

Derived from Greek ἀντί (anti) meaning "against, compared to, like" combined with the Greek noun λόχος (lochos) meaning "ambush", a word that later came to signify a tactical sub unit of the ancient Greek army. The word is ultimately derived from the Greek verb λοχάω (lochao) meaning "to lie in wait for, to waylay" as well as "to snare".

Derived from Irish aoibh "smile, pleasant expression" and grian "sun". This name belonged to the daughter of Deirdre and Naoise in Longas Mac nUislenn (The Exile of the Sons of Uisnech), a story of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She was thought to marry Rinn, king of the Otherworld.

Means "desert, wilderness" in Kurdish.

Means "forest, jungle" in Thai.

French masculine and feminine form of Arcadius.

It appears in the 13th-century Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin belonging to a female character, the maiden loved by Pelleas. Thomas Malory renamed the character Ettard (possibly a corruption of Arcade) in his 15th-century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur, and used the name Archade for a knight who was slain by Palamedes while trying to avenge his brother's death.

Feminine form of Arie 1.

Short form of Arnlaug. Also associated with Swedish arla meaning "early (in the morning)".

Short form of Aron.

Possibly a variant of Harriet. This is the name of a character from 'The Borrowers' by Mary Norton.

Variant of Artemios.

Likely from Artois, the name of a region in France (for which "artesian wells" are named), itself derived from Atrebates, a Belgic tribe that inhabited the region of Gaul and Britain during Julius Caesar's time; Atrebates is cognate with Irish aittrebaid meaning "inhabitant".

In the Elizabethan play The Birth of Merlin, this is the name of the sister of the Saxon leader Ostorius, who used her wiles to seduce King Aurelius Ambrosius of Britain, blinding him to the gradual Saxon invasion of his kingdom. Uther Pendragon discovered her treachery, but she managed to have Aurelius banish his brother from court. In the end, Artesia and her brother betrayed and murdered Aurelius. When Uther reclaimed the kingdom, he had Artesia executed.

Derived from Welsh arth "bear" (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *arto- "bear") and geni "to be born".

Either a Scandinavian form of Arwin (see Erwin) or a combination of the Old Norse name elements ari "eagle" and vinr "friend".

Derived from the Old Norse name elements áss "god" and bjǫrg "help, save, rescue".

Old French form of Azzo.

Possibly means "flowing" from a prosthetic aleph (Hebrew: א) and the Hebrew verb שבל (shobel) "to flow forth" (the source of Shobal), or possibly derived from the noun אֵשׁ ('esh) "fire" and the verb בעל (ba'al) "to be lord (over), to own, to control". In the Old Testament this name belonged to the second son of Benjamin. A known bearer was American pioneer physician Ashbel Smith (1805-1886), a leader in the development of Texas.

Sami form of Asta.

Younger form of Ásta.

Claimed to mean "love fire" from Old Norse ást "love" and eldr "fire". Astrild was a personification of love in Scandinavian poetry (particularly during the Baroque and Rococo eras), probably introduced in the 17th century by Swedish poet Georg Stiernhielm.

Derived from the Russian noun атеист (ateist) meaning "atheist". This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Name of numerous towns, lakes, rivers, a glacier, and a mountain, in Canada, primarily in the province of Alberta. from the Cree word āthap-āsk-ā-w, meaning "grass or reeds here or there".

Means "crane" in Hopi.

River and town in Ontario, Canada. From the Attawapiskat people, meaning "people of the parting of the rocks", or Āhtawāpiskatowi ininiwak.

Medieval French variant of Hildegarde.

In the case of the famed American soldier Audie Murphy (1925-1971), it is of uncertain meaning. As a feminine name, it can be a diminutive of Audrey.

Either a combination of the Old Norse name elements aud "wealth, fortune" and unna "to love", or feminine usage of the masculine name Audun (see Auðin). Audun was first used as a feminine name in 1908.

Finnish diminutive of Aura, occasionally also used in Estonia.

Derived from Proto-Indo-European aues meaning "brilliant, shining" (related to Proto-Italic *auzōs, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂éwsōs meaning "dawn" - the source also of Aurora and Auster) combined with -isma, a variant of the Latin superlative suffix -issima.

Derived from Old Norse auðr "prosperity, fortune, riches" and vinr "friend".

Old poetic Finnish word, meaning "happiness". In archaic texts it also meant "eminence".

Hokkien romanization of Ouyang.

Feminine form of Axel.

Derived from Baoulé ya "Friday", referring to the day of the week on which the child was born and hence to be understood as "born on Friday".

Directly taken from Hebrew אַיָּה (ayá) meaning "honey buzzard".

Breton name of uncertain origin and meaning.
It is sometimes linked to Breton enor "honor", a theory which goes back to the fact that Saint Azénore is occasionally rendered as Honora in Latin texts. Another theory, however, links this name to Eleanor (via Aenor, which is occasionally considered a contracted form of Azenor. Compare also Aanor), while yet another theory was put forth that Azenor might in fact represent an unknown Celtic name, possibly one containing the theonym Esus.

In Breton legend it is borne by the mother of Saint Budoc, a 6th-century princess of Brest (however, the name Eleanor was not coined until the 12th century). It was used for a character in Paul Le Flem's opera Le Rossignol de Saint-Malo (1938) and also occurred briefly in the French TV series Kaamelott (as Azénor).

Means "harvest, crop" in Amharic.

Meaning uncertain. It may derived from Spanish azul or French azur meaning "blue" (both ultimately derived from Persian via Arabic), possibly used as a nickname for someone with blue eyes or an occupational name for a maker of blue ceramic ware. Alternately it could be from the Tamazight word izil meaning "good, pure".

A third theory suggests that it is an acronym of the phrase אשה זונה וחללה לא יקחו ('ish-shah zo-nah wa-ha-la-lah lo yiq-qa-hu) from the Hebrew Bible (part of Leviticus 21:7). The verse means "a woman that is a harlot or profaned, they shall not take", referring to restrictions on whom a kohen (priest) may marry; ultimately this suggests priestly descent.

Derived from Romanian bacal, an alternative form of băcan meaning "grocer".

Derived from the Germanic element badu "battle" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."

Variant of Ba'al.

Taken from the name of a Basque river that has its source in Gorbeia and flows into the Ebro.
The source of its name is not quite so certain; there is, however, a theory that derives Baia from Basque ibai "river".

Means "nature woman" or "mother nature" in Mongolian, from байгаль (baigal') meaning "nature" and the feminine suffix маа (maa).

Feminine form of Baltasar.

One of a trinity of Irish goddesses, with Ériu and Fódla.

Feminine form of Basil 1 via its latinized form Basilius. This was borne by an obscure early saint. As an English name it has long been obsolete, but was much used in the Middle Ages; perhaps a reference to Saint Veronica as Basilia in the medieval Mors Pilati (Death of Pilate) was responsible for the name's popularity.

Variant of Badhild.

Means "day, sun" in Sami. Its Finnish cognate is Päivä.

Derived from Middle French beau (via Old French biau, bel) "beautiful, fair; handsome, comely" and Old French viz or vit "sight, visage".

In demonology, Beleth is a mighty and terrible king of Hell, who has eighty-five legions of demons under his command. He rides a pale horse, and a variety of music is heard before him, according to most authors on demonology, and the most known grimoires.

From Russian белый (beliy) meaning "white".

From Navajo binálí meaning "his grandchild", derived from análí meaning "(paternal) grandchild". It was commonly adopted when Native Americans were required to take surnames for record purposes.

Means "son of Simon 1".

Means "son of Shoshannah".

Form of Ben Zaken used by Sephardi Jews.

Judeo-French form of Bathsheba.

Derived from Gaulish *betua "birch tree".

Derived from Sanskrit भट्ट (bhatta) meaning "lord" or "learned one".

Derived from Gaulish bilio- "tree".

Means "butterfly" from the word bindi-bindi in Nyungar, spoken in Western Australian near Perth.

It could also mean "little girl" in other southern Australian languages.

Bindi Cole (1975-) is a new media artist and writer while Bindi Sue Irwin is the daughter of Steve Irwin (1962-2006) known as "The Crocodile Hunter".

Bindi is also the informal name of Soliva sessilis, a weedy plant known for its tiny sharp-needled seeds originate from Southern Australia.

From bitsóí meaning "his grandchild", a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.

Welsh form of the Brythonic name *Bledjojüd- meaning "wolf lord", from Proto-Brythonic *blėð meaning "wolf" (Welsh blaidd) and *jʉð meaning "lord" (Welsh udd).

Derived from Breton bleiz "wolf; gray" and thus nowadays commonly considered the Breton equivalent of French Loup, this name was in former times also used as a phonetic approximation to Blois and given in honor of the Blessed Charles of Blois, Duke of Brittany.
From the early 1600s onwards, when every given name had to be linked with a Catholic saint, Bleiz was also used as a Breton bona fide equivalent of Saint Blaise due to its phonetic similarities.

Feminine form of Bleiz.

Means "dharma of enlightenmemt" in Sanskrit, from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma) "virtue, religious and moral duties" and बोधि (bodhi) "the illuminated or enlightened intellect". This was the name of a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch.

Variant of Breeshey.

Probably a form of Cadeyrn, perhaps derived from its Cornish cognate. In Arthurian romance this was the name of Guinevere's guardian. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cador was a ruler of Cornwall and the father of Constantine, King Arthur's successor.
K.M. Sheard writes, 'It is not even beyond the realms of possibility that it derives ultimately from the name of the Celtic god Belactucadros.'

From Gaelic carn "cairn", a topographic name for someone who lived by a cairn, i.e. a pile of stones raised as a boundary marker or a memorial.

Masculine form of Caterina.

Variant of Cathelin.

Masculine form of Cateline.

From Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos), which is of uncertain origin; it may be derived from Scythian *xrohukäsi meaning "ice-shining" or "white snow". Alternatively, it may be from Greek κήξ (kḗx) meaning "sea swallow (a kind of bird)" and κάσος (kásos) possibly meaning "mountain" or "rock". This is the name of a mountain range in Eurasia.

French form of Senericus.

Derived from Italian ceneri "ashes". This was traditionally given to girls born on Ash Wednesday (mercoledì delle ceneri or Ceneri in Italian). It is a cognate of Cendrillon.

Masculine form of Cenerina.

Means "moose; elk" in Hopi.

From Russian чёрный (chyorniy) meaning "black".

Means "bird" in Ainu.

Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhu.

Means "marvel, wonder" in Caló. This name is used as the Caló form of Maravilla.

Swiss German form of Caecilianus.

Old French form of Claremunda, which may have been derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright" and Germanic mund "protector".

From Navajo tłʼaaí meaning ‎"lefty, left-handed one", from the verb nishtłʼa ‎"to be left-handed".

From a Brythonic name, possibly *Cunomāros, derived from Common Celtic *kwon- "hound" or *kuno- "high" and *māros ‎"great". This was the name of Conomor the Cursed, a 6th-century king of Domnonée (modern-day northern Brittany) notorious for his cruelty, who was ultimately excommunicated at the behest of Saint Samson of Dol. He survives as a villain in Breton folklore, and is often considered the basis for the legends of Bluebeard and of King Mark of Cornwall in the tale of Tristan & Isolde.

Cornish form of Corentin.

Name of a legendary giant in Cornish folklore; he appears in the fairy tale 'Jack the Giant Killer'. The name was also used for the main character, Cormoran Strike, in 'The Cuckoo's Calling' (2013) by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling).

Derived from Old Celtic koun "hound" combined with Celtic rix "king." The name might also be a form of Cyneric (see Kendrick).

Traditional spelling of Cusco, a city in Peru which was the capital of the Inca Empire. Cusco is the Hispanicized form of Quechua Qusqu meaning "rock, boundary stone; heap of earth and stones; nucleus; navel; bed, dry bed of a lake".

Welsh name of uncertain origin, perhaps from an Old Celtic element meaning "high, exalted" combined with Welsh or Old Celtic delw "image, effigy".

Variant of Siran.

Means "skill, knowledge" in Sami. Its Finnish cognate is Taito.

Hungarian and Slovak form of Dahlia.

Transferred use of the surname Dangerfield.

Vietnamese form of Tao, from Sino-Vietnamese 陶 (đào).

Contraction of the Soviet slogan Да здравствует мировая революция! (Da zdravstvuet mirovaya revolyutsiya!) meaning "Long live the world revolution!" as well as of Да здравствует мир! (Da zdravstvuet mir!) meaning "Long live the peace!" This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Derived from the English word denoting a disposition to resist.

Derived from Russian декабрь (dekabr) meaning "December". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, and was used in order to commemorate the Decembrist revolt of 1825. Also compare the related name Dekabrist.

Feminine form of Dekabrin. A known bearer of this name was the Russian chess player Dekabrina Kazatsker (1913-1983).

Hebrew form of Delilah, as well as the German form.

English truncated form of Adeline and Sicilian truncated form of Adelina. This name was borne by Delina Filkins, the first person verified to reach the age of 113, in 1928.

Derived from Old Irish dían meaning "swift" and cécht meaning "power". Name borne by one of the Tuatha Dé Dannan, who was the grandfather of the god Lugh.

Variant of Diggory, used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his 'Chronicles of Narnia' series.

From Tibetan སྒྲོལ་མ (sgrol-ma) meaning "saviouress" (referring to enlightenment), derived from སྒྲོལ (sgrol) meaning "to liberate, to save" and the feminine particle མ (ma). This is the Tibetan name for the bodhisattva Tara.

Contraction of Russian дочь народа (doč naroda) meaning "daughter of the people". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Derived from Albanian dua "I want; I love".

The name of an obscure 2nd-century Welsh saint.

Irish form of Edward.

From the Old English feminine name Eanswið or Eanswiþ, of which the meaning of the first element is uncertain. It might possibly be derived from Old English eane meaning "lamb" or the Old English verb eanian meaning "to give birth" (usually of animals), which is etymologically related to the modern English verb to yean. All are descended from (or otherwise etymologically related to) the Proto-Germanic verb *aunōną meaning "to lamb, to yean". With that said, the second element of this name is derived from Old English swiþ meaning "strong".

This name was borne by a daughter of king Eadbald of Kent (7th century AD), who was canonized by the Catholic Church sometime after her death.

Sir Ector is the father of Sir Kay and the foster father of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend.

Derived from Old Welsh edyrn "immense; heavy; prodigious, wonderful, marvellous", in the past this name has been (falsely) considered a derivation from Latin aeternus "eternal".
This was the name of the father of the legendary 5th-century war leader Cunedda. It was also the name of a Breton saint, frequently depicted riding a stag.

From the welsh efnys, meaning "hostile, enemy". This name was borne by the son of Llyr's wife Penarddun by Euroswydd, who eventually causes the fall of Ireland when his half-sister Branwen is married off to the Irish king Matholwch without his permission.

Welsh form of Igraine.

Welsh form of the old Celtic name *Elujüd- meaning "many lords", from Proto-Celtic *ėl meaning "second, other; all" and *jʉð meaning "lord" (Middle Welsh udd "lord"; compare Bleiddudd, Gruffudd, Maredudd). This name was borne by an early 7th-century king of Powys.

Ornamental name derived from German ein "one" and stein "stone". A famous bearer was the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

Occupational name for an ironworker, smith, or ironmonger, from an agent derivative of Middle High German īsen and German Eisen, meaning ‘iron’ (see Eisen).

Feminine form of Ekaitz, meaning "storm", that had long been forgotten and was eventually rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century.

In Basque mythology, this name is closely linked to Mari 3, one of the mythological key figures, because she is said to occasionally transform herself into a storm to go from place to place.

Eastern Basque variant of eki "sun".

Ele is first and foremost the modern Basque feminine form of Elias.
However, this name also coincides with a Basque word ele "word; story; conversation" and finally it is also the name of a (masculine) god known from inscriptions found in Aquitaine between the 1st and 3rd centuries.

Even though said deity was masculine, the name is understood as a strictly feminine name in this day and age.

This was the name of an obscure local saint venerated in medieval Warrington, a town in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. It is allegedly a British derivative of Latin Alpinus (see Alpin; also Elphin, Alvin).

Derived from Old French Elis, itself a truncation of Élisabeth and Old High German heri "host, army".

Derived from Old French elis(i), itself a truncation of Elisabeth, and Old High German hart "strong, hard".

Cornish and Middle Welsh form of Eiludd.

Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn". In Basque folklore, the hawthorn has been considered a sacred plant.

Possibly a Welsh cognate of the Gaelic name Ailpein (see Alpin). In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, he was one of Arthur's warriors, the son of Gwyddno Long Shanks. In other sources he is the bard Taliesin's foster father. The name was also borne by an obscure British saint (see Elfin).

Anglicized form of Helsingør. This is the name of Hamlet's castle in William Shakespeare's play.

A medieval form of Elizabeth used in the 13th-century Prose Tristan and its adaptations, where it belongs to the mother of Tristan.

Late medieval English variant of Emmeline. Common in the 16th and 17th centuries, this name eventually died out in England in the 19th century, though it survived in Cornwall.

Germanic name, in which the second element is hramn meaning "raven". The first element is often said to be heim meaning "home" (which would thus make this name a relative of Heimeran), but it could also be amal meaning "work, labour" or ermen meaning "whole, universal". Also compare the similar-looking name Emmerich, where the first element is similarly ambiguous.

This name was borne by a saint from the 7th century AD.

Cornish form of Endellion (which survives in the place name San Endelyn).

Derived from Basque enea "mine" (compare Nerea).

Medieval Basque variant of Oneka and feminine form of Eneko. This name was recorded in Pamplona from 1096 onwards.

Derived from Russian энергия (energiya) meaning "energy, power". This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Old French form of the Germanic name Engilheid, which was composed of the elements Angil, the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, and heid "kind, sort, type".

Means "black fox" in Cherokee.

Variant of Ephraim. A known bearer of this name was Ephrem the Syrian, a 4th-century Syrian deacon who was also a prolific Syriac language hymn writer and theologian. He is venerated by Christians throughout the world, and especially among Syriac Orthodox Christians, as a saint.

A habitational name for someone from a place named Eppstein, which is from Old High German ebur meaning ‘wild boar’ and stein meaning ‘stone’.

Probably means "speckled, spotted, motley", derived from the descendant of modern Irish earc "lizard, newt".

Possibly derived from the Old Breton name Guerec, which may be related to Welsh Gweir, the name of several of King Arthur's warriors and relatives in early Welsh tales. This is borne by the hero of the Arthurian romantic poem Erec and Enide by Chrétien de Troyes (completed c. 1170). This poem is thought to be the basis for the later Welsh story Geraint and Enid in the Mabinogion.

Doric Greek form of Herse, the Greek goddess of dew whose name ultimately derives from Ἑρση (herse) meaning "dew".

Probably a medieval Provençal form of Claremonde. According to a folk etymology it means "light of the world" from Old French esclair "light" and monde "world". In medieval legend Esclarmonde was a Muslim princess, lover of the Christian knight Huon de Bordeaux. It was borne by Esclarmonde de Foix (1151-1215), a princess and Cathar Perfecta from Occitania.

Recorded once in Paris of 1292. Possible masculine variation of Estee.

From the Mississagua name for the area, wah-do-be-kang (wadoopikaang), and means "the place where alders grow". Anglicized by Augustus Jones as 'ato-be-coake', but adopted by John Graves Simcoe as 'Etobicoke' in 1795.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of an ancient country in the Italian Peninsula (located in what is now Tuscany) inhabited by the Etruscans.
It was known to the Ancient Greeks as Tyrrhenia (Τυρρηνία).

Used by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his Arthurian epic 'Idylls of the King' (1859) as the name of the lady loved by Pelleas. An earlier form, Ettard, was used by Sir Thomas Malory in his 'Le Morte d'Arthur' and may have been a variant or corrupted form of Arcade, the original name of the character in the Post-Vulgate Cycle.

Derived from Greek εὐανθής (euanthês) meaning "blooming, flowery". It is the masculine equivalent of Euanthe. This name occurs in the 'Odyssey' belonging to the father of Maron, a priest of Apollo at Ismarus in Thrace.

Anglicized form of Úna and Ùna.

Diminutive of Eunice. This was the birth name of American screenwriter and actress Ouida Bergère (1886-1974).

Derived from Basque euri "rain".

In Arthurian tales, Evaine is the sister of Lancelot's mother Elaine, wife of King Bors of Gaul and mother of Sir Lionel and Sir Bors the Younger. Her character first appears in the Old French prose Lancelot of the Lake (c.1215–20), which was incorporated into the Vulgate Lancelot.

The name suffix -vain appears in this and other Arthurian names such as Yvain and Agravain.

Modern Greek transcription of Euanthes.

Variant of Axa.

Diminutive of Françoise. It may have developed from the Breton name Fañchenn, the feminine form of Fañch. This name was borne by two mistresses of Louis, the Great Dauphin: Françoise "Fanchon" Pitel (1662-1721), an actress; and Françoise "Fanchon" Moreau (1668-after 1743), an opera singer. Fanchon, the Cricket is a 1915 silent film starring Mary Pickford in the title role.

Indicates a person lived in or near Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, England. From Old English feðere "feather", stān "stone", and healh "corner."

The half-brother of Parsifal in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Arthurian poem.

Means "spotted octopus" in Tongan.

Derived from Chinese 风 (fēng) meaning "wind".

Means "son of Filemon".

One of a trinity of Irish goddesses, with Banba and Ériu.

Derived from Old High German fridu "peace" and Old High German heri "host, army".

From Spanish meaning "ash tree".

The name of a mountain (a symbol for the Japanese for centuries), known in Japanese as Fuji-san or Fujiyama (富士山), located on the boundaries of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures in central Japan. It is written as 富 (fu) meaning "wealth" combined with 士 (shi) meaning "warrior; samurai."

The etymology of this place name is still being debated, though the theory that it is derived from Ainu フヂ (fuji), its meaning referring to (the goddess of) fire, a common association with volcanoes by the Ainu, is widely accepted.
One other theory, proposed by linguist and philologist Alexander Vovin, suggests that it is derived from a combination of 火 (pu), the Eastern Old Japanese term of hi (or ho when on its own) meaning "fire" that is only attested once in the Man'yōshū, and 主 (nushi) meaning "master."

Furrina was an ancient Roman goddess whose function had become obscure by the 1st century BC. Her cult dated to the earliest period of Roman religious history, since she was one of the fifteen deities who had their own flamen, the Furrinalis, one of the flamines minores. There is some evidence that Furrina was associated with water. The name itself might be related to the Indo-European root *bhr-u-n, indicating the moving or bubbling of water.

Derived from the given name Gabriel.

From native Korean 가을 (gaeul) meaning "autumn/fall."

Meaning unknown. However, like many given names from Arthurian legend, this name is probably of Celtic origin (either Breton or Welsh, to be precise). It was subsequently gallicized and due to this, it is sometimes thought to be connected to Middle French hault (which is haut in modern French) meaning "high, elevated".

In Arthurian legend, Galehaut was a knight (sometimes referred to as the High Prince) who was the son of a giantess. He was a good friend of Lancelot and loved him so dearly that he made many sacrifices for him, which ultimately led to his death.

Needless to say, Galehaut is not to be confused with Sir Galahad, even though their names are quite similar in appearance.

Jewish (Ashkenazic) ornamental name or nickname from Yiddish gorfinkl ‘carbuncle’, German Karfunkel. This term denoted both a red precious or semi-precious stone, especially a garnet or ruby cut into a rounded shape (in which case it is an ornamental name), and a large inflamed growth on the skin like a large boil (in which case it is a descriptive nickname).

From גאָרפֿינקל‎ (gorfinkl), "carbuncle" in Yiddish, which in turns derives from German Karfunkel. A notable bearer of this surname is Art Garfunkel.

Carbuncle is an archaic term for a number of red gemstones, usually red garnet.

Derived from Basque gari "wheat".

Diminutive of Leodegar.

Derived from the Russian noun гелий (geliy) meaning "helium". This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, in reference to all the scientific progress in the Soviet Union.

A known bearer of this name was the Russian painter Geliy Korzhev (1925-2012).

Contraction of Russian герой труда (geroy truda) meaning "hero of labour" and of героиня труда (geroinya truda) meaning "heroine of labour". In a way, one could say that this name is a Soviet (re-)interpretation of the Germanic name Gertruda.

This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Derived from Sami giđđa 'spring.'

Derived from Middle High German gilge "lily", this was a habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning "at the lily".

Habitational name for someone who came from Gunzberg in Bavaria, Günsburg in Swabia, or Gintsshprik (Königsburg) in East Prussia. Its origin is from the name of the river Günz, written in early Latin documents as Guntia, which was probably of Celtic origin, and Old High German burg meaning "Fortress, walled town".

Means "to defend hope", derived from Lithuanian ginti meaning "to defend, to protect" combined with Baltic vil meaning "hope" (see Viltautas). In other words: this given name is basically the same as Vilgintas, but with the name elements in different places.

Medieval Dutch form of Godefrid. In very rare cases, it can also be derived from Godehard.

Means "winter" in Cherokee.

Derived from Russian гончар (gonchar) meaning "potter".

Kashubian form of Gniewomira.

Short form of Godevaert. A known bearer of this name was the Flemish astronomer Govaert Wendelen (1580-1667), who is known as Godefroy Wendelin in English.

Caló form of Pepa.

Caló form of Pepita.

Modern Welsh form of Habren, the original Old Welsh name of the River Severn, which is of unknown meaning (see Sabrina).

Haljand is an Estonian masculine given name derived from the Estonian language "haljas" meaning "green" and "verdant".

From Hopi hónawuu "bear".

Medieval Dutch pet form of Hanne 1, as the Germanic element man has been used as a suffix for pet forms of both masculine and feminine names since the 7th century AD. Also compare the related name Janneman.

Medieval German cognate of Hanneman.

Variant of Hercules.

Means "one who has food" in Ainu.

From Navajo hataałii meaning ‎"medicine man, shaman", literally "singer" (from the verb hataał ‎"he sings, he is chanting").

French form of Helias. The name was revived in the 1990s.

Feminine form of Herakleios and Herakles.

Latinized form of an Old English name, the deuterotheme of which is hild "battle, war" (cf. Hilda, Hildr). The prototheme is disputed, but may be Old English hīehst, hēhst "highest, greatest, most illustrious".

This name was borne by Hextilda of Tynedale, a 12th-century Anglo-Scottish noblewoman who was a granddaughter of Donald III, King of Scotland.

A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old Saxon hētha, Old High German heida and Gothic haiþi meaning "heath". Hezelo, as well as Hezel, can also be a Middle High German diminutive of either Herman or Henry.

Himari is most commonly spelled as 陽葵, a combination of Japanese 陽 (hi) meaning "sunshine" and 葵 (mari) meaning "hollyhock". This spelling ranked at #1 for girls in Japan in 2020. It can also be spelled as 向日葵 (himari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Ornamental name composed of German hirsch or Yiddish hirsh meaning "deer" and feld meaning "field". It is also a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of land frequented by deer or where millets grew.

From Chinese 后羿 (Hòuyì) meaning "king Yi" or "monarch Yi". In Chinese mythology this is the name of a legendary archer and the husband of the moon goddess Chang'e.

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

From huntress, referring to a female hunter.

Short form of Iakob and Ilia. In some cases, it might also be derived from the Arabic name Yahya, which is written as იაჰია (Iahia) in Georgian.

This given name is rare today, but it was common in the 9th century.

Known Georgian bearers of this name include the composer Ilia "Ia" Kargareteli (1867-1939) and the writer Ia Ekaladze (1872-1933).

Of unknown origin and meaning. Saint Ia was a 5th-century Cornish virgin martyr, an Irish princess, according to popular tradition, who travelled to Cornwall as a missionary and was martyred on the River Hayle under Tudur Mawr, ruler of Penwith. Ia gave her name to her burial place; St Ia's Church was erected over her grave and around the church grew the town of Porth Ia (later renamed St Ives in honour of a bishop named Ivo or Ive).

Derived from the Georgian noun ია (ia) meaning "violet", as in the spring flower (also see Violet). In turn, it is thought to be derived from the Georgian noun იასამანი (iasamani) meaning "lilac", which might possibly be of Persian origin. However, ია (ia) could also be derived from ancient Greek ἴα (ia), which is the plural form of ἴον (ion) meaning "violet".

Known bearers of this name include the Georgian actresses Ia Parulava (b. 1967) and Iamze "Ia" Sukhitashvili (b. 1980).

Derived from the Russian noun идея (ideya) meaning "idea, thought, notion". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, possibly in reference to the word идеология (ideologiya) meaning "ideology" or to communist ideas, concepts or ideals in general.

A known bearer of this name was the Russian animated film director and screenwriter Ideya "Ida" Garanina (1937-2010).

Variant of Jera.

Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Visitación (compare Iker).

Derived from Navarrese Basque ilazki "moon".

Named for the village of Iluka in northern New South Wales. Often translated as "by the sea" in an Australian Aboriginal language, it is probably derived from the Djangati term yiluga, of unknown meaning.

Ancient Basque name that was first found on inscriptions in Aquitaine dating back to the 1st to 3rd centuries.
Its origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that it might be derived from the Basque adjective ilun (illun in Old Basque, ilunn in Aquitain), meaning "darkness; dark; sombre; gloomy; mysterious; obscure".

Presumably from Greenlandic imeq "water".

Meaning unknown.

The name of a lake, municipality, and village in Finland (Aanaar in the Inari Sami language). Their names are derived from the name of the Inari Sami people who live in the area around Lake Inari.

Derived from the Russian noun индустрия (industriya) meaning "industry". In some cases, this name can also be a contracted form of Industrializatsiya.

This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, in reference to all the industries that emerged in the Soviet Union after the industrialization process was set into motion.

Short form of Iolanda.

Feminine form of Iolo.

Derived from the Greek noun ἴουλος (ioulos) meaning "down" (the first growth of the whiskers and beard) as well as "corn sheaf".

For the latter meaning, compare Ioulo, which was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter 1.

In Greek and Roman mythology, Ioulos (Iulus in Latin) was an alternative name of Ascanius, the legendary king of Alba Longa.

Derived from Basque ipar "north; north wind". In Basque mythology, Ipar, the north wind, is married to the daughter of the north-easterly wind who calms his anger.

Contraction of Russian исполнитель заветов Ильича (ispolnitel' zavetov Il'icha) meaning "executor of the testament of Ilyich" or of the Soviet slogan Исполняй заветы Ильича! (Ispolnyay zavety Il'icha!) meaning "Fulfill the legacy of Ilyich!" The last word in both sentences refers to the Russian politician and communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), whose patronymic was Ilyich.

This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Of uncertain etymology. Jamukha was a Mongol military and political leader and the chief rival to Temüjin (later Genghis Khan) in the unification of the Mongol tribes.

From jesen meaning "autumn".

From Tibetan འཇིགས་མེད ('jigs-med) meaning "fearless, brave".

Originally a short form of names containing the element ever- such as Everhard.

Means "limitless life", from Japanese 寿 (ju) meaning "age; years", 限 (ge) meaning "limit" and 無 (mu) meaning "none". This is only the initial part of a ridiculously long name in a humorous rakugo story of a couple who could not decide on a name for their infant son, which resulted in the father being suggested several names by a Buddhist priest. However, he was unable to decide and therefore gave his son all of the names.

The full name in the story is 寿限無、寿限無、五劫の擦り切れ、海砂利水魚の、水行末・雲来末・風来末、食う寝るところに住むところ、薮ら柑子のブラ柑子、パイポ・パイポ・パイポのシューリンガン、シューリンガンのグーリンダイ、グーリンダイのポンポコピーのポンポコナーの、長久命の長助 (Jugemu, Jugemu, Gokō no Surikire, Kaijari Suigyo no, Suigyōmatsu, Unraimatsu, Fūraimatsu, Kū Neru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro, Yaburakōji no Burakōji, Paipo, Paipo, Paipo no Shūringan, Shūringan no Gūrindai, Gūrindai no Pompokopī no Pompokonā no, Chōkyūmei no Chōsuke) meaning "limitless life, limitless life, 21,600,000,000 years frictioning (on a rock), the sea's gravel and the water's fish, where water eventually ends, where clouds originate, where wind originates, a place to eat and sleep and a place to live, the hanging ardisia japonica, Paipo (a made-up kingdom set in Ancient China), Paipo, Shūringan (the king) of Paipo, Gūrindai (the queen) of Shūringan, Pompokopī (the daughter) of Gūrindai, Pompokonā (the sister) of Pompokopī, a long-lasting life and blessed for a long time".

Means "bow" in Sami.

Means "crystal, glass, diamond" in Thai.

Feminine form of Kaio.

Form of Gaea in many Indian languages.

Basque form of Caius.

Original Mapudungun form of Calfuray.

Means "beautiful name", derived from the Greek adjective καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful, lovely, fair" combined with the Greek noun ὄνυμα (onyma) meaning "name".

This given name was eventually adopted by Greek Jews, for whom it was a direct translation of the Hebrew name Shem-tov. It is now best known as a (patronymic) surname in the Jewish community, with the most prominent bearers being members of the Italian branch of the Kalonymos family.

A known bearer of this given name was the Byzantine naval commander Kalonymos of Alexandria (6th century AD), who is better known under the latinized form of his name, namely Calonymus.

Feminine form of Karel.

From Japanese 華 (ka) meaning "flower" and 鈴 (rin) meaning "bell". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Feminine form of Kassianos. This was the name of a 9th-century Byzantine saint famous as a hymnographer, who supposedly fell in love with the emperor Theophilos but was rejected when she proved to be more intelligent than he.

German-Yiddish form of Kelila.

Kek is the deification of the concept of primordial darkness in the Ancient Egyptian Ogdoad cosmogony of Hermopolis.

Means "sparrow" in Hopi.

Derived from Cornish kensa "first". This is a modern Cornish name.

Derived from Cornish kerra "dearer" (the comparative form of ker "dear, precious"). This is a modern Cornish name.

Derived from the Yiddish word for "merry".

From Mongolian хаш (khash) meaning "jade" and the feminine suffix маа (maa).

From Sino-Vietnamese 魁 (khôi) meaning "first, chief, leader" or 瑰 (khôi) meaning "precious stone, extraordinary".

Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Qiu.

Apparently from an Irish place name, which meant "head of the sea" in Gaelic. Lady Kinvara Balfour (1975-) is an English playwright and novelist.

Derived from the Greek noun κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory" combined with the Greek noun βουλή (boule) meaning "counsel, advice" as well as "will, determination".

Also compare the Greek verbs βουλεύω (bouleuo) meaning "to take counsel, to deliberate" and βούλομαι (boulomai) meaning "to will, to wish, to prefer".

Compound of Old Norse elements kolr meaning ''coal'' (synonym for 'black, dark') and bein meaning ''bone, leg''.

Combination of Old Norse kolr "coal, black as coal" and bjǫrn "bear".

Directly taken from Japanese 小鳥 (kotori) meaning "small bird". It can also be formed from Japanese 琴 (koto) meaning "harp" combined with 梨 (ri) meaning "pear tree", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other kanji combinations are possible. This name is often spelled in hiragana.

Meaning "People who make Bows" in Ainu.

Possibly a variant of Leandra or a blend of Leanna and Linda. In the case of Welsh triathlete Leanda Cave (1978-) perhaps it was formed using the Welsh suffix da "good" (compare Glenda). A literary bearer is English historian Leanda de Lisle.

Means "beloved" in Finnish (i.e., the past passive participle of lempiä; compare Lempi). It has occasionally been used as a feminine given name (and sometimes a masculine name; it is rare for either sex, and mostly a middle name).

Derived from Latvian liegs "gentle, tender."

Hokkien romanization of Lin.

Upper German and Alemannic German form of Leonhard.

Combination of the Old Norse name elements lind "lime-tree, linden tree; (protective shield of) linden wood; linden spear-shaft" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister".

Combination of the Old Norse name elements lín "flax; linen; linen garment, linen gear" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Norwegian form of Líndís as well as of Linddís. This name is also occasionally used as a truncated form of Germanic names ending in -lindis.

Variant of Leonhard.

A dithematic Germanic name formed from the name elements linta "linden tree, lime; shield (made of lime wood); gentle, soft" and drud "strength."

Saint Lintrude (or Lindru) has a feast day on September 22 in France.

Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Welsh llais "voice", a derivation from Welsh lleisiol "vocal" and a Welsh contraction of kyrie eleision, an Ecclesiastical Latin phrase from Ancient Greek Κύριε, ἐλέησον, "Lord, have mercy".

Derived from Cornish lowena "happiness, bliss, joy". This is a modern Cornish name.

Variant of Lowena.

Variant of Lunete.

Supposedly related to Greek λυκοφως (lykophos) "twilight" or λυκαυγές (lykauges) "morning twilight, dawn", derived from λυκος (lykos) "wolf" and αυγη (auge) "dawn, daylight". It was used by Latin poet Cornelius Gallus as a pseudonym for the actress-courtesan (Volumnia) Cytheris. A genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family is named after her.

Appears in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends 'Le Morte d'Arthur', belonging to the daughter of Earl Sanam. Lyonors had an affair with Arthur and bore him a son, Borre. Alfred Lord Tennyson used the name in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872) for the sister of Lynette, a character usually called Lyonesse in medieval versions of the story.

Old Norse feminine form of Már.

Means "moon, month" in Hawaiian, from Proto-Polynesian *masina. In Hawaiian mythology, Mahina is a lunar deity and the mother of Hema.

From Chinese 麦 (mài) meaning "wheat, barley, oats". It was adopted as a family name by the descendants of Maiqiu, a figure from the Spring and Autumn Period, or Mai Tiezheng, a Sui dynasty military general.

Welsh form of May as well as a direct adoption of Welsh mai "(month of) May".

Breton contracted form of Mari 1.

Sami form of Maila.

Estonian contraction of Maria or Maarja and Eliisabet as well as a Finnish variant of Maria derived from a baby talk form.

Finnish surname from the word mäki meaning "hill".

Means "the soft one" in Old Persian, derived from mṛdu meaning "soft, mild" combined with the nominal suffix -𐎴 (-na) and the adjectival suffix -𐎡𐎹 (-ya).

Derived from Tupi maya "mother".

Bulgarian variant of Maja 2.

Etymology uncertain, possibly from Tagalog mayari meaning "to make, to finish" or may-ari meaning "owner, master". In Tagalog mythology, as well as the mythologies of other Philippine ethnic groups, Mayari is a deity of the moon, night, war, revolution, equality, and strength. The figure is regarded as female in Tagalog belief and male by other groups. She is considered the daughter of Bathala by the Tagalogs. In some stories, she is also the the sister of Tala and Hanan while in others, she is the sister of Tala and Apolaki. In one myth, Mayari battled Apolaki, resulting in the loss of one of her eyes.

Corruption of Basilia.

Combination of the intensifying prefix my- and Eleri. Saint Meleri was a daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog who married Ceredig ap Cunedda and became the grandmother of Saint David.

Meaning unknown. This is the name of Tristan's father in medieval French literature. It was reused for the main protagonist in the manga The Seven Deadly Sins (first published in 2012).

Spanish and Galician name of unclear origin, maybe from Basque mendi "mountain". It was born by many noble women in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and revived in the 2000's.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Gallo-Latin Mincius, which itself may be contracted from Minicius or Minucius, or a variant of Minthius.

From an old Breton name composed of the elements mer "sea" and iatoc "forehead". Conan Meriadeg was the legendary founder of Brittany.

From the Old English name Mærwynn which was derived from mær meaning "famous" and wynn "joy". This was the name of a 10th-century saint, the first abbess of Rumsey convent in Hampshire, England after its 967 restoration under King Edward the Peaceful, and the spiritual teacher of Saint Elfleda.

Cognate of Meriadeg.

Means "mind" in Sami.

From Sino-Korean 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 娜 (na) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.

Derived from Old High German minne "love".

Form of Menas in several languages, which came about via its modern Greek form Minas.

A known bearer of this name was the Gagauz poet and folklorist Mina Kiosea (1933-1999).

Means "love" in Pashto.

Diminutive of Mina.

Hungarian borrowing of Minea.

Means "deer" in Hopi.

Occupational name for a miller, derived from Italian mulino meaning "mill".

Meaning unknown. In Arthurian Romance, Morien was the son of Sir Aglovale and a Moorish princess.

Means "queen" in Akan.

Meaning "Sweeping Woman" in Ainu.

Means "spring" in Hopi.

Means "autumn" in Mongolian.

Means "star" in Sami.

Nemi is the title character of the comic strip Nemi (1997), written and drawn by Norwegian cartoonist Lisa Myhre. Its origin and meaning are unknown, there have, however, been speculations that Myhre might have based the name on the name of the Italian town and lake which is ultimately derived from from Latin nemus Aricinum "grove of Ariccia".

Derived from Cornish nessa "second; nearest".

Of Australian Aboriginal origin (Warlpiri, to be precise), the meaning of this name is not yet known to me at the moment. A known bearer of this name is Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (b. circa 1948), an Australian Aboriginal painter.

Means "nebula" in Hindi.

Means "fresh water ice" in Greenlandic.

Meaning "Woman with a Pestle" in Ainu.

Combination of Nova and the popular name suffix -lie (see also Novalee).

Means "sand" in Cherokee language.

Means "our land" in Inuktitut. This is the name of a territory of Canada.

Armenian cognate of the Georgian name Nino 2.

From Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi-ma) meaning "sun, day".

Form of Ninniane used by Thomas Malory for one of the Ladies of the Lake in his 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends 'Le Morte d'Arthur' (as she is called Ninniane in Malory's source, the continuation to the Vulgate 'Merlin', known as the 'Suite du Merlin'). In Malory, Nyneve imprisons Merlin, twice rescues Arthur from the sorceress Morgan le Fay, and marries Sir Pelleas after punishing Ettarde for her mistreatment of him.

From Sami oaván meaning "brave".

Feminine form of Ole.

Topographic name from olivo "olive tree" or occupational name for someone who sold olives. Or from the given name Olivo given to someone born on Palm Sunday.

Means "lucky, auspicious, blessed" in Mongolian.

Medieval Basque feminine form of Eneko.

This was the name of a daughter of Fortún Garcés of Pamplona, king of Pamplona, and his wife Auria / Oria.

Means "autumn, end of summer; fruit", or figuratively "summer-bloom, the bloom of youth" in Ancient Greek. This was the name of a minor goddess connected to fruit, the harvest, the wine harvest, and the season of autumn.

From the Arabic name وهران‎ (Wahran), which is ultimately derived from the Berber root hr meaning "lion". This is the name of a city in Algeria.

From the archaic Finnish word orvo meaning "orphan".

Derived from Old English os "god" and ric "power, rule". This name was borne by several Anglo-Saxon kings, one of the earliest being Osric of Deira (7th century AD).

In literature, Osric is the name of a courtier in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

From Chinese 歐 (ōu) referring to Mount Sheng in present-day Huzhou, China, combined with 陽 (yáng) meaning "southern face (of a mountain)". The name supposedly originated with a prince of the Yue state that settled in the area surrounding the mountain. This is one of the most common compound Chinese surnames.

From Tamil ஓவியம் (oviyam) meaning "painting".

Of Middle Iranian origin, most likely Parthian. The meaning of this name is uncertain, but sources regularly associate it with Parthian bgpwhr or bag-puhr meaning "son of a god".

Pakur was the name of several rulers of Parthian origin, who are usually known under the latinized form of their name. The territories over which they ruled include Armenia, Caucasian Iberia (modern-day Georgia), Colchis (now Georgia), Media Atropatene (modern-day Iran), Parthia (now Iran) and Persis (now Iran).

Derived from the Greek verb παλαιμονέω (palaimoneo) meaning "to wrestle, to fight", which is ultimately derived from the Greek verb παλαίω (palaio) meaning "to wrestle". Also compare the similar-looking Greek words πάλαι (palai) meaning "long ago" and παλαιός (palaios) meaning "old (in years), aged, ancient".

Possibly derived from Greek πάλαι (palai) "long ago, in days of yore" and μῆδος (mêdos) "plans, schemes" (itself from the verb μηδομαι (medomai) "to think, to plan"). In Greek mythology Palamedes was the son of Nauplius, king of Nauplia, and Clymene, a Cretan princess. In medieval Arthurian tales, this was the name of a Saracen Knight of the Round Table.

From Tibetan པ་སངས (pa-sangs) meaning "Venus (the planet)" or "Friday".

Derived from the village of Pershai in the Valozhyn District of Belarus, or the place named Perki in Lithuania.

From Spanish meaning "pine grove".

Derived from the Greek adjective πολυχρόνιος (polychronios) meaning "long-lasting, long-lived" as well as "of olden time, ancient". It consists of the Greek adjective πολύς (polys) meaning "many" as well as "much" combined with the Greek adjective χρόνιος (chronios) meaning "after a long time, late". The latter word is ultimately derived from the Greek noun χρόνος (chronos) meaning "time" (see Chronos).

Polychronios was the name of a hieromartyr and two saints. The hieromartyr is strongly venerated on the Greek island of Cyprus.

Derived from Church Slavic pomineti or pominiti meaning "to think" (which corresponds with Russian помнить (pomnit) meaning "to think") combined with the Slavic element slava meaning "glory".

Possibly derived from the Oscan pompe "five", becoming the Latin second declension plural, pompeii. This may be because the community formerly consisted of five hamlets, or was perhaps settled by a family group (gens Pompeia).

The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Portola is Spanish and Portuguese for Port and is a Romani calo surname. People include Gaspar de Portolá, a Spanish explorer who was the first governor of Baja and Alta California and had many names after him in California cities and streets.

Derived from Ancient Greek πτελέα (ptelea) meaning "wych elm", another name for the European elm tree. This was the name of one of the eight hamadryad daughters of Oxylos and Hamadryas, associated with the elm tree.

From Arabic الرباط (ar-Ribat) meaning "the ribat", referring to a type of fortification used during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb. It is also used as a shortened form of the city's Arabic nickname, رباط الفتح (ribatu l-fath), which means "fortification of conquest, fortification of victory". This is the name of the capital city of Morocco.

Polish form of Reginald. A famous bearer was Count Ranjnold Przezdziecki, an interbellum Polish diplomat.

A name which means 'green, fertile earth.'

Norwegian and Danish form of Hrafn.

Kabyle form of Rabat.

From Mapudungun relmu meaning "rainbow."

Contraction of Russian революция мировая (revolyutsiya mirovaya) meaning "world revolution". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

A known bearer of this name was the Russian businessman Rem Vyakhirev (1934-2013).

Acronym consisting of the Russian word революция (revolyutsiya) meaning "revolution" and the surnames of Энгельс (Engels) and Маркс (Marx), which refer to Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and Karl Marx (1818-1883).

There are also instances where this name is an acronym of (mostly) different words, such as the aforementioned революция (revolyutsiya) meaning "revolution" combined with электрификация (elektrifikatsiya) meaning "electrification" and механизация (mekhanizatsiya) meaning "mechanization" or мир (mir) meaning "peace" as well as "world".

This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

A known bearer of this name is the Russian immunologist Rem Petrov (b. 1930).

Means "skilled at child rearing" in Ainu.

Possibly a derivative of Old Welsh rudd "red", in which case it is a cognate of Ruadhán. This was the name of an early Welsh saint, remembered in the parish and village of Llanrhidian on Gower.

French form of Richisindis.

Variant of Romy.

Derived from the Slavic name element rasti "to grow" and gnyevu "anger".

Derived from rǫskr "brave". In Norse mythology Rǫskva is a farmer's daughter; Thor takes her and her brother Þjálfi with him as servants when he goes to Utgarðaloki.

Either derived from Rostov Oblast, a Russian federal subject, the town of Rostov in Yaroslavl Oblast, or Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city in the Rostov Oblast. This is also the surname of multiple characters from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace".

Directly taken from Swedish säll "blissful, happy".

A variant of Salli. Salla is also the name of both a fell and a municipality in Lapland, Finland.

Means "squirrel", from the Cherokee sa lo li 'squirrel'.

Derived from Old High German saro "armor" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."

Means "mother of one-hundred (sons)" from Persian صد (sad) (through the Iranian root */sata-/) meaning "(one) hundred" combined with the Northwest Caucasian root /na/ meaning "mother" (descended into Kabardian анэ (ānă) and Adyghe ны (nə)) and the Indo-Iranian suffix /-ya/ meaning "the one who is". This refers to Satanaya’s one-hundred giant sons (Narts) in Caucasian mythology.

Satanaya Guasha (or Satana) was the matriarch of the Narts (a race of giants) and an important figure in the 'Nart' sagas and Caucasian mythology. To the Ossetians, she was the daughter of the Uastyrdzhi and mother of Soslan. She was also viewed as a deity of fertility similar to the Greek Demeter but was portrayed as a goddess of crafts and women's work in Vainakh (Chechen and Ingush) belief.

Variant of Sälla as well as a Norwegian diminutive of Cecilia.

Welsh form of Solomon via Old Welsh Seleu. Selyf ap Cynan, also known as Selyf Sarffgadau, (died 616) appears in Old Welsh genealogies as an early 7th-century King of Powys, the son of Cynan Garwyn.

Feminine form of both Seme and Semeno.

From the name of the patron saint of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, which is of obscure origin. Conceivably it may be derived from the Breton name Azenor or the old Celtic Senovara. According to local legend Saint Senara was originally Princess Azenor of Brest in Lower Brittany, the mother of Saint Budoc. She is also said to have been a mermaid before her conversion (though even after becoming a Christian, "she continued to pine for the sea"). This name was given to 52 girls born in England and Wales in the years 1916-2005.

Variant of Céneri.

Finnish short form of Senniija as well as a variant of Senja.

Diminutive of Eusenia.

French form of Serenicus.

Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a derivation from Sarahild. It was regionally popular in the Midwestern and Southern United States in the 19th century (see also Zerelda).

A more modern variant of the old Norse name Sigvid consisting of the Old Norse elements 'sig' meaning victory and 'vidh' meaning forest. It is also possible that Seved is a Swedish spelling change of the Latin name Severinus.

Variant of Shamira.

Variant or short form of Isidor.

Combination of Sig (from Signe, Sigrid, or other names beginning with the Old Norse element sigr "victory") and Britt. It might also be used as a Dutch feminine form of Siegbert.

French form of Silenus. While as a mythologcial name, Silène is masculine, it is used as an exclusively feminine given name today.

Means "peach" in Hopi.

French contracted or vernacular form of Sigiramnus.

The name of a Celtic goddess mainly worshipped in middle Europe and the region of the Danube. She was associated with healing, wolves, and children.

The name comes from a combination of Gaulish roots - ser- or ster- meaning "star" (cognate with the first element in Welsh Seren) plus the -ona termination common to the names of female deities (as in Epona, Angerona.)

The Gaulish goddess of astronomy, and goddess of the Mosel Valley.

Breton variant of Solène used as both a masculine and feminine name.

act of touching; touch; contact; the quality of touch or tangibility; whit, jot; effect of touch or contact; any of the consonants.

From Doric Greek Σπάρτα (Sparta) and Attic Greek Σπάρτη (Spartē), which is of uncertain origin but possibly derived from σπάρτον (sparton) meaning "rope, cable" - a reference to the cords laid as the city’s foundation boundaries, though this could be just a folk etymology.
This was the name of a prominent city-state in Ancient Greece, known for being a dominant military land-power.

Sparta was also known as Lacedaemon (Λακεδαίμων).

Greenlandic form of Storm, as well as an English variant.

The name of a deity worshipped at the thermal spring in Bath as a part of localised Celtic polytheism. She was then worshipped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva.

Min Nan and Hokkien romanization of Zheng.

From Mapuche tayül denoting a song by a shaman.

Used as a given name in Argentina and Uruguay.

Derived from a Brythonic loan word represented by Welsh telediw "well formed, beautiful".

Medieval Basque form of Adelheid.

Portuguese and Hungarian form of Thalia.

Short form of Italia. Actress Talia Shire (sister of film director and producer Francis Ford Coppola) was named after her mother, Italia Pennino Coppola (1912-2004).

Both a short form of Vitalia and an adoption of the title of Nostra Segnora de Talia (which itself is a corruption of Vitalia).

Latinized form of the Etruscan name Thanchvil which meant "gift of Thana 1", composed of the name of the goddess Thana and cvil meaning "gift". This was the name of the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome in the 7th century BC. In modern times it was borne by prima ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929-2000).

Norwegian dialectal variant of Torunn.

Means "story" in Finnish.

Diminutive of Tasso. The Blessed Tassilo III (c. 741 – c. 796) was duke of Bavaria from 748 to 788, the last of the house of the Agilolfings. Modern-day bearers include Tassilo Thierbach (1956-), a German former pair skater, and Prince Tassilo Preslavski of Bulgaria (2002-).

Means "risen land" or "exalted earth", and also refers to the silt of the Nile River.

In Egyptian mythology he was the primordial mound, and as a primeval chthonic deity he was associated with creation. He was viewed as the source of food and viands, divine offers, all good things", as his realms deep beneath the earth were "from which everything emerges". His father was the creator god Khnum who fashioned him on a potter's wheel using Nile mud, granting him the titles "creator and mother who gave birth to all gods" and "father of all the gods". Eventually he became an aspect of Geb.

Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu is a hill near Porangahau, south of Waipukurau in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The height of the hill is 305 meters (1,001 ft). The hill is notable primarily for its unusually long name, which is of Māori origin; it is often shortened to Taumata for brevity. It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place-name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world; according to World Atlas. The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has also been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ones, are also sometimes used.

The name "Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu" translates roughly as "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who traveled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one".

Means "the love" in Maori (te, "the" and aroha, "love"). A variant of Aroha. May also be spelled Te Aroha.

Meaning "roof" or "lime tree."

Contraction of Welsh ty meaning "thy, your" and Eleri. This name is mentioned in Culhwch and Olwen as one of the maidens of King Arthur's court.

Teneu is a legendary Christian saint who was venerated in medieval Glasgow, Scotland. Traditionally she was a sixth-century Brittonic princess of the ancient kingdom of Gododdin and the mother of Saint Kentigern, apostle to the Britons of Strathclyde and founder of the city of Glasgow. Saint Teneu has been described as "Scotland's first recorded rape victim, battered woman and unmarried mother". Her son was conceived when the Welsh prince Owain mab Urien raped her. Upon discovering her pregnancy, her angry father King Lleuddun sentenced her to death and she was hurled from Traprain Law. Miraculously she survived the fall; when discovered alive at the foot of the cliff, Teneu was set adrift in a coracle and travelled across the Firth of Forth to Culross, where she was given shelter at the community of Saint Serf.

Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Zhang.

Latinized form of Themistokleia. This was the name of a Greek priestess, philosopher and mathematician from the 6th century BC, who was the teacher of Pythagoras. After Pythagoras coined the term "philosophy", Themistoclea became the first woman in history to whom the word "philosopher" was applied.

Feminine form of Themistokles (see Themistocles).

From the Gothic element þiuda meaning "people" (Old High German diota, Old Frankish þeoda), either a short form of Germanic names beginning with this element or used independently as a standalone name.

Latinized form of Thyrsos. This name was borne by a Christian martyr from the 3rd century AD, who was killed for his faith in Sozopolis (Apollonia), Phrygia during the persecution of Emperor Decius.

Means "dance" in Hopi.

Means "peacock, peafowl" in Mongolian.

Means "screech owl" in Hopi.

Vietnamese form of Sun, from Sino-Vietnamese 孫 (tôn).

Derived from Cornish tre "farmstead, dwelling, town, village, home".

Derived from Cornish tressa "third". This is a modern Cornish name.

From Old English trēowlīce meaning ‘faithfully’.

Means "covered with grime" in Ainu.

The first element of this name is derived from Polish twardy "hard, tough, firm", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic tvьrdъ "hard". Compare Croatian tvrd and Czech/Slovak tvrdý, all of which mean "hard, tough, firm". The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory".

From Navajo ayóí meaning "very" and áníldííl meaning "husky, large".

Means "river" in Inuit.

Possibly from Old Persian uparva meaning "pre-eminent" or upara meaning "higher, superior", both derived from 𐎢𐎱𐎼𐎡𐎹 (upariy) meaning "over, above".

Uroda was the Slovakian goddess of agriculture, the fields and the harvest. Her name is certainly linked to the Slovakian word úroda "harvest", however it doesn't seem to be quite so clear what came first, the goddess or the word.

Form of Urs in several languages. It was borne by a martyr in the 3rd century and two French and Italian saints in the 6th century.

Hokkien romanization of Huang primarily used in the Philippines.

Meaning unknown, though it likely means "king, prince, noble, chief" based on the fact that the meaning of Mapu 'a Vaea, natural blowholes in Houma on the island of Tongatapu in Tonga, is known to be 'Whistle of the Noble/Chief/King' in Tongan.

The name has been born by Tongan kings and chiefs in antiquity. Baron Vaea, born Siaosi Tuʻihala ʻAlipate Vaea Tupou, was the Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991-2000. Mount Vaea is a mountain overlooking the Samoan capital of Apia on the island of Upolu, and is best known as the burial site of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. The name of the mountain comes from the Samoan myth of the giant Vaea who, in grieving for the loss of his son, petrified and became the mountain.

Means "water cave" or "rock water" in Tahitian, from the phrase vai ana o te mato teitei meaning "water from the cave of the high rock".

Catalan form of Valencia.

Habitational name from places named Valenzuela in Córdoba and Ciudad Real. The place name is a diminutive of Valencia, literally "little Valencia".

In Bulgaria and Russia, this name is a variant transcription of the unisex name Valya.

In Georgia, this name is a diminutive of Valentina and Valerian, though there can certainly be cases where it is the georgianized form of the aforementioned Valya. In this day and age, Valia is primarily used on women in Georgia.

In Greece, this name is strictly feminine and is a pet form of Vasilia and Vasiliki.

Known bearers of this name include the Georgian revolutionary Valerian "Valia" Bakhtadze (1896-1930) and the Greek model Valia Kakouti (b. 1981).

Means "light" in Finnish.

Short form of Valeri and Valerian.

Derived from the Lithuanian noun vėjas meaning "wind".

From Tamil வீரம் (veeram) meaning "bravery, valor".

Vietnamese form of Wang 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 王 (vương).

Means "green one; papyrus-colored one". From the Ancient Egyptian wadj, which was the word for the color green, in reference to the color of papyrus, and et, which indicated the name of a woman.

In Egyptian mythology she was originally the ancient local goddess of the city of Dep, which eventually came to be known as Per-Wadjet ("house of Wadjet"). She was said the be the patron and protector of Egypt, formerly just of Lower Egypt. As a patron goddess she was associated with the land and thus frequently depicted as a woman with a snake's head, typically an Egyptian cobra, or a woman with two snakes' heads, or a snake with a woman's head. Because of her association with Lower Egypt she is sometimes also depicted as the sun disk, uraeus, which was the emblem on the crown of Lower Egypt.

Means "wind, air, storm" in Thai, derived from the name of the Hindu god Vayu.

Kabyle form of Oran.

Early Cornish form of Gwen. It was borne by two 5th-century Cornish saints.

Elaborated form of Wren. It coincides with Old English wrenna meaning "(male) wren".

From the characters 轩 (xuān, meaning “curtained chariot”, “pavilion” or “lofty”) and 辕 (yuán, meaning “shaft of a cart”). This is the purported personal name of Huangdi (黄帝) or the Yellow Emperor, one of the mythical progenitors of Chinese civilization. It is also used as an extremely rare surname in China.

From Tibetan དབྱངས་ཅན (dbyangs-can) meaning "singer" or "vowel, song". This is the Tibetan name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati.

Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Means "rain" in Hopi.

Means "bear" in Cherokee.

This name can be used to combine 吉 (kichi, kitsu, yoshi) meaning "good luck," 芳 (hou, kanba.shii, yoshi) meaning "fragrant, aromatic," 好 (kou, i.i, kono.mu, su.ku, yo.i, yoshi) or 良 (ryou, (-)yo.i, (-)i.i, yoshi), both meaning "good," 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii, yoshi) meaning "beauty," 佳 (ka, yoshi) meaning "beautiful, excellent, good," 嘉 (ka, yomi.suru, yoi, yoshi) meaning "auspicious" or 由 (yu, yuu, yui, yoshi, yo.ru) meaning "reason, cause" with 野 (ya, sho, no(-)) meaning "plain, field" or 乃 (nai, dai, ai, no, sunawa.chi, nanji), a possessive particle.

Bearers of this name include video game music composer Yoshino Aoki (青木 佳乃) (1971-), actress Yoshino Kimura (木村 佳乃) (1976-) and photojournalist Yoshino Ōishi (大石 芳野) (1944-).

Derived from Cornish ysel "modest". This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Mandaic form of John.

Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Derived from Latvian zelts "gold" (compare Zelta). Latvian poet and playwright Aspazija used this name for her play Zeltīte (1901).

Name of a Cornish village derived from the local saint, St Senara. In current use.

Means "elm" in Basque.