Behind the Name: Proxima's Personal Name List

Amyntas

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Ἀμύντας(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: A-MUYN-TAS

Derived from Greek ἀμύντωρ (amyntor) meaning "defender". This was the name of several kings of Macedon.

Andy

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: AN-dee

Diminutive of Andrew or sometimes Andrea 2. American pop artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a famous bearer of this name.

Avonlea

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Created by L. M. Montgomery as the setting for her novel Anne of Green Gables (1908). She may have based the name on the Arthurian island of Avalon, though it also resembles the river name Avon and leah "woodland, clearing".

Elisabet

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, Spanish, Biblical Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Ἐλισάβετ(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: eh-LEE-sa-beht(Swedish, Norwegian) eh-LEE-sa-behd(Danish) EH-lee-sah-beht(Finnish) eh-lee-sa-BEHT(Spanish)

Scandinavian and Finnish form of Elizabeth. It is also used in Spain alongside the traditional form Isabel.

Galilea

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Modern)

Pronounced: ga-lee-LEH-a(Italian, Spanish)

Feminine form of Galileo.

Jackie

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JAK-ee

Diminutive of Jack or Jacqueline. A notable bearer was baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.

Jeff

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JEHF

Short form of Jeffrey.

Kaari

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)

Finnish and Estonian form of Kari 1.

Kerttu

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: KEHRT-too

Finnish form of Gertrude.

Kielo

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: KEE-lo

Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).

Klas

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Swedish

Pronounced: KLAHS

Swedish short form of Nicholas.

Lasse

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish

Pronounced: LA-sə(Danish) LAHS-seh(Finnish)

Scandinavian and Finnish form of Laurence 1.

Lempi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: LEHM-pee

Means "love" in Finnish.

Lotta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish, Finnish

Pronounced: LOT-tah(Finnish)

Short form of Charlotta.

Luella

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: loo-EHL-ə

Variant of Louella.

Nephele

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Νεφέλη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: NEH-PEH-LEH(Classical Greek) NEHF-ə-lee(English)

From Greek νέφος (nephos) meaning "cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.

Orvokki

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: OR-vok-kee

Means "pansy, violet" in Finnish.

Sigismund

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German (Rare), Germanic [1]

Pronounced: ZEE-gis-muwnt(German)

Form of Sigmund in which the first element is sigis, an extended form of sigu. Saint Sigismund was a 6th-century king of the Burgundians. This was also the name of kings of Poland and a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

Solstråle

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Swedish (Modern, Rare)

Pronounced: SOOL-staw-leh

Means "ray of sunshine" in Swedish (a combination of Swedish sol "sun" and stråle "ray, beam"). It's also used as an affectionate term for a happy person, often a child.

Stevie

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: STEE-vee

Diminutive of Stephen or Stephanie. A famous bearer is the American musician Stevie Wonder (1950-).

Sulo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: SOO-lo

Means "charm, grace" in Finnish.

Teddie

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: TEHD-ee

Diminutive of Edward or Theodore, sometimes a feminine form.

Terttu

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: TEHRT-too

Means "bunch, cluster" in Finnish.

Toivo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Finnish, Estonian

Pronounced: TOI-vo(Finnish)

Means "hope" in Finnish.