salamandered's Personal Name List

Abadir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology, Coptic (Bohairic), Coptic (Sahidic), Arabic (Archaic), Ethiopian, Somali (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "mighty father". This was a Phoenician name for the highest deity. It was borne by a legendary Coptic saint who was martyred with his sister Irais (or Iraja, Herais, Rhais).
Amytis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Αμυτις(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Greek form of an uncertain Persian name, perhaps *Umati which is equivalent to Avestan humaiti meaning "having good thought" (derived from hu "good, well, beautiful" and maiti "thought, opinion", from man "to know, to think"). This was borne by two famous Babylonian women: the wife of King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon, for whom the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were said to have been built; and the daughter of the Persian king Xerxes I.
Ankhefensekhmet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Means "he lives for Sekhmet" in Egyptian.
Ankhnesneferibre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Other Scripts: 𓋹𓈖𓋴𓇳𓄤𓄣(Hieroglyphs)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From Egyptian ꜥnḫ-n.s-nfr-jb-rꜥ meaning "Neferibre lives for her", derived from ankh "life" combined with n "to, for, because of; belonging to", .s "she, her, hers", and Neferibre, the throne name of pharaoh Psamtik II. Name borne by a daughter of Pstamtik II who would go on to hold the offices of Divine Adoratrice of Amun and God's Wife of Amun.
Apollonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Italian
Other Scripts: Ἀπολλωνία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-POL-LAW-NEE-A(Classical Greek)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Apollonios. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint and martyr from Alexandria.
Arsenios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀρσένιος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means "virile" in Greek. Saint Arsenius was a 5th-century deacon who was tutor to the two sons of the Roman emperor Theodosius. The two sons, Arcadius and Honorius, divided the empire into eastern and western halves upon their father's death.
Arsinoë
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Gallicized)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Variant of Arsinoé.
Asenath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אָסְנַת(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AS-i-nath(English)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Means "belonging to the goddess Neith" in Ancient Egyptian. In the Old Testament this is the name of Joseph's Egyptian wife. She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Avira
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Aramaic (Rare, ?)
Pronounced: ah-veer-ah(Aramaic)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
This name is listed in Kolatch's Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew Names (1984), where it is given an Aramaic origin, meaning "air, atmosphere, spirit." It was the name of a Babylonian Talmudic scholar.
Berenike
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Βερενίκη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Ancient Macedonian form of Berenice.
Cleopatra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κλεοπάτρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: klee-o-PAT-rə(English)
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
From the Greek name Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopatra) meaning "glory of the father", derived from κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory" combined with πατήρ (pater) meaning "father" (genitive πατρός). This was the name of queens of Egypt from the Ptolemaic royal family, including Cleopatra VII, the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Augustus she committed suicide (according to popular belief, by allowing herself to be bitten by a venomous asp). Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra (1606) tells the story of her life.
Dionysios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Διονύσιος(Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Greek personal name derived from the name of the Greek god Dionysos. Famous bearers include two early tyrants of Syracuse and a 1st-century BC Greek rhetorician.
Eskandar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: اسکندر(Persian)
Pronounced: ehs-kan-DAR
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Persian form of Alexander.
Hector
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Arthurian Cycle
Other Scripts: Ἕκτωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHK-tər(American English) HEHK-tə(British English) EHK-TAWR(French)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of Greek Ἕκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ἕκτωρ (hektor) meaning "holding fast", ultimately from ἔχω (echo) meaning "to hold, to possess". In Greek legend Hector was one of the Trojan champions who fought against the Greeks. After he killed Achilles' friend Patroclus in battle, he was himself brutally slain by Achilles, who proceeded to tie his dead body to a chariot and drag it about. This name also appears in Arthurian legends where it belongs to King Arthur's foster father.

Hector has occasionally been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, probably because of the noble character of the classical hero. It has been historically common in Scotland, where it was used as an Anglicized form of Eachann.

Hetepenamun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "peace of Amun" in Coptic.
Horos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ὧρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Greek form of Heru (see Horus).
Horudja
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Egyptian ḥr-wḏꜣ meaning "the healthy Horus" or "Horus is hale", derived from the name of the god Horus combined with wḏꜣ "to be safe, intact, unhurt".
Hypatia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ὑπατία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek ὕπατος (hypatos) meaning "highest, supreme". Hypatia of Alexandria was a 5th-century philosopher and mathematician, daughter of the mathematician Theon.
Inaros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ἰνάρως(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-NA-ros(Koine Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Hellenized form of Demotic jr.t-ḥr-r-r⸗w meaning "the eye of Horus is against them", ultimately derived from the same source as Coptic Nahrōw.
Isidora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Исидора(Serbian, Russian) Ἰσιδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-see-DHO-ra(Spanish) ee-zee-DAW-ra(Italian) iz-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Isidore. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian saint and hermitess.
Iufankh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Egyptian jw.f-ꜥnḫ meaning "he will live" or "may he live", derived from jwj "to come to pass" (compare jj "to come") combined with the masculine suffix .f and ankh "life, to live".
Maia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology, Portuguese, Georgian
Other Scripts: Μαῖα(Ancient Greek) მაია(Georgian)
Pronounced: MIE-A(Classical Greek) MAY-ə(English) MIE-ə(English) MIE-ya(Latin) MAH-EE-AH(Georgian)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
From Greek μαῖα (maia) meaning "good mother, dame, foster mother", perhaps in origin a nursery form of μήτηρ (meter). In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, a group of stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Her son by Zeus was Hermes.
Manetho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Μανέθων(Koine Greek) Ϫⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ(Coptic)
Pronounced: MANITHO
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Μανεθών (Manethṓn), a Greek form of an Egyptian name which has been lost in time. This was the name of what is believed to be an Egyptian priest from Sebennytos who lived in the Ptolemaic Kingdom in the early 3rd-century BC.
Merit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian, Arabic (Egyptian)
Other Scripts: ميريت(Egyptian Arabic) 𓌸𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐(Hieroglyphs)
Pronounced: mehr-eet(modern Egyptological)
Rating: 78% based on 5 votes
From Egyptian mryt meaning "the beloved one", the feminine perfective relative form of mrj "to love, to have affection for, to be fond of" as well as "to want, to wish, to desire".
Merysekhmet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian masculine name meaning "Beloved of Sekhmet".
Mina
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Arabized, Modern), Coptic
Other Scripts: مينا(Arabic)
Pronounced: Mee-na(Ancient Egyptian) mee-nah(Coptic)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Mina, a very old but yet a very modern name, is currently used by Coptic Christian males in Egypt.

Originally derives from the Egyptian Pharaoh King Menes who was a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of Ancient Egypt and believed to be the one to unite Upper and Lower Egypt. Mina or Menes is traditionally known as the founder of the First Dynasty of Ancient Egypt (3200–3000 BC), and the first pharaoh of a unified Egypt.

The name was later adopted by Coptic Christians in its current form Mina or Mena. Most notable name that contributed to its widespread use among Christians in modern day Egypt, is Saint Mina (also known as St. Minas or St. Menas). St. Mina was a Coptic soldier in the Roman army in the 4th Century, martyred because he refused to recant his Christian faith.

Myrrhine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Μυρρίνη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek μύρρα (myrrha) meaning "myrrh". This is the name of a character in the comedy Lysistrata by the Greek playwright Aristophanes.
Nisuheqet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian masculine name meaning "He, who belongs to Heqet".
Nitocris
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: 𓈖𓏏𓏯𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏏𓏭𓅆(Hieroglyphs) Νίτωκρις(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Greek form of Egyptian nt-jqr.t meaning "Neith is excellent", derived from the name of the goddess Neith combined with jqr "excellent, worthy, reliable" and the suffix tj. This was the name of several prominent ancient Egyptian women, and may have been the nomen of pharaoh Netjerkare.
Padibastet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Other Scripts: Πετοβαστις
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant form of Pedubast.
Pamiu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Pronounced: pah-MEE-you
From Egyptian pꜣ-mjw or pꜣ-my meaning "the cat, the tomcat" or "he who belongs to the cat Bastet". It is sometimes incorrectly translated as pꜣ-mꜣj "the lion". This was the birth name of a pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty.
Panehesy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From Egyptian pꜣ-nḥsj meaning "the Nubian" (see Phinehas). This was the name of two ancient Egyptian priests and one vizier.
Pantelis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Παντελής(Greek)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Short form of Panteleimon.
Persephone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περσεφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHR-SEH-PO-NEH(Classical Greek) pər-SEHF-ə-nee(American English) pə-SEHF-ə-nee(British English)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek πέρθω (pertho) meaning "to destroy" and φόνος (phonos) meaning "murder". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She was abducted to the underworld by Hades, but was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year. The result of her comings and goings is the changing of the seasons. With her mother she was worshipped in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which were secret rites practiced at the city of Eleusis near Athens.
Philotera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Φιλωτέρα(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek φιλωτέρα (philôtera) meaning "beloved". This was borne by the younger sister of Arsinoe II and Ptolemy II.
Potheinos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ποθεινός(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Greek adjective ποθεινός (potheinos) meaning "full of longing", which is ultimately derived from either the Greek noun ποθή (pothe) meaning "longing, desire" or the related noun πόθος (pothos) meaning "longing, yearning, regret".
Ptolemaios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Πτολεμαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Greek form of Ptolemy.
Satiah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Ancient Egyptian feminine name meaning "Daughter of the Moon".
Sennefer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
The name of a mayor of Thebes during the reign of Amenhotep II in the 18th Dynasty. His tomb is known as the “Tomb of the Vineyards” due to its decoration.
Senusret
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Other Scripts: 𓄊𓋴𓂋𓏏𓊃𓈖(Hieroglyphs)
Pronounced: sen-UHS-rett
From Egyptian z-n-wsrt meaning "man of Wosret", derived from z "man" combined with n(j) "of, belonging to" and the name of the goddess Wosret. This was the name of four Egyptian pharaohs and a vizier.
Shabaka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Near Eastern
Other Scripts: 𓆷𓃞𓂓, Σαβακῶν
Pronounced: shah-bah-kah(modern Egyptological)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
From Egyptian šꜢbꜢkꜢ, of Kushite origin. This was the name of a Kushite pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt (c.721 BCE - c.707 BCE). The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient African kingdom in what is now the Republic of Sudan.
Sosibios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Σωσίβιος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Greek adjective σῶς (sos) meaning "safe, whole, unwounded" (see Sosigenes) combined with the Greek noun βίος (bios) meaning "life".
Zenobia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ζηνοβία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZDEH-NO-BEE-A(Classical Greek) zə-NO-bee-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of Zeus" and βίος (bios) meaning "life". This was the name of the queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which broke away from Rome in the 3rd-century and began expanding into Roman territory. She was eventually defeated by the emperor Aurelian. Her Greek name was used as an approximation of her native Aramaic name.
Zenon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Polish
Other Scripts: Ζήνων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZDEH-NAWN(Classical Greek) ZEH-nawn(Polish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Ancient Greek form of Zeno, as well as the modern Polish form.
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