Xerise X's Personal Name List

Arawn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the god of the underworld, called Annwfn, in Welsh mythology.
Athanasius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀθανάσιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ath-ə-NAY-shəs(English)
From the Greek name Ἀθανάσιος (Athanasios) meaning "immortal", from Greek (a), a negative prefix, combined with θάνατος (thanatos) meaning "death". Saint Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.
Dike
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Δίκη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEE-KEH(Classical Greek)
Means "justice, custom, order" in Greek. In Greek mythology Dike was the goddess of justice, one of the Ὥραι (Horai).
Dushyanta
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: दुष्यन्त(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: doosh-YUN-tu(Sanskrit)
Possibly means "destroyer of evil" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the Mahabharata this is the name of a king who is the husband of Shakuntala and the father of Bharata. The story was adapted by Kalidasa for the 5th-century play Abhijnanashakuntalam.
Ekaitz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: eh-KIETS
Means "storm" in Basque.
Fearghas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish Gaelic [1], Irish Mythology
Pronounced: FYAR-ə-ghəs(Irish)
Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Fergus.
Fintan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: FIN-tan(English)
Possibly means either "white fire" or "white ancient" in Irish. According to legend this was the name of the only Irish person to survive the great flood. This name was also borne by many Irish saints.
Lyssa 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Λύσσα(Ancient Greek)
Means "rage, fury, anger" in Greek. In Greek mythology Lyssa is a goddess associated with uncontrolled rage.
Morana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Croatian
From Old Slavic morŭ meaning "death, plague" [1]. In Slavic mythology this was the name of a goddess associated with winter and death.
Odysseus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὀδυσσεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: O-DUYS-SEWS(Classical Greek) o-DIS-ee-əs(English)
Perhaps derived from Greek ὀδύσσομαι (odyssomai) meaning "to hate". In Greek legend Odysseus was one of the Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan War. In the Odyssey Homer relates Odysseus's misadventures on his way back to his kingdom and his wife Penelope.
Perun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
From Old Slavic perunŭ meaning "thunder". In Slavic mythology Perun was the god of lightning and the sky, sometimes considered to be the supreme god. Oak trees were sacred to him.
Thanatos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θάνατος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TA-NA-TOS(Classical Greek) THAN-ə-tahs(American English) THAN-ə-taws(British English)
Means "death" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek god of death who resided with Hades in the underworld.
Venus
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: WEH-noos(Latin) VEE-nəs(English)
Means "love, sexual desire" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of love and sex. Her character was assimilated with that of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. As the mother of Aeneas she was considered an ancestor of the Roman people. The second planet from the sun is named after her.
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