futari's Personal Name List

Anhelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Ангеліна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Rating: 43% based on 13 votes
Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Angelina.
Armen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Արմեն(Armenian)
Pronounced: ahr-MEHN
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Derived from the name of the country of Armenia (which is in fact named Հայաստան (Hayastan) in Armenian).
Calista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-LIS-tə(English) ka-LEES-ta(Spanish)
Rating: 61% based on 17 votes
Feminine form of Callistus. As an English name it might also be a variant of Kallisto.
Carmen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, Italian, French, Romanian, German
Pronounced: KAR-mehn(Spanish, Italian) KAHR-mən(English)
Rating: 63% based on 19 votes
Medieval Spanish form of Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word carmen meaning "song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).
Davin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAV-in
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Possibly a variant of Devin influenced by David.
Eula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: YOO-lə
Rating: 52% based on 11 votes
Short form of Eulalia.
Fantine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 39% based on 21 votes
This name was used by Victor Hugo for the mother of Cosette in his novel Les Misérables (1862). The name was given to her by a passerby who found the young orphan on the street. Hugo may have intended it to be a derivative of the French word enfant "child".
Faye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY
Rating: 52% based on 23 votes
Variant of Fay.
Fiammetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: fyam-MEHT-ta
Rating: 49% based on 15 votes
Diminutive of Fiamma.
Flora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Albanian, Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Φλώρα(Greek)
Pronounced: FLAWR-ə(English) FLO-ra(Spanish, German, Latin) FLAW-ru(Portuguese)
Rating: 69% based on 24 votes
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.
Frida 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Rating: 54% based on 14 votes
Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element fridu meaning "peace" (Proto-Germanic *friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
Julian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Polish, German
Pronounced: JOO-lee-ən(English) JOOL-yən(English) YOO-lyan(Polish) YOO-lee-an(German)
Rating: 63% based on 24 votes
From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from Julius. This was the name of the last pagan Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (4th century). It was also borne by several early saints, including the legendary Saint Julian the Hospitaller. This name has been used in England since the Middle Ages, at which time it was also a feminine name (from Juliana, eventually becoming Gillian).
Julius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, German, Finnish, Lithuanian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech
Pronounced: YOO-lee-oos(Latin, Swedish) JOO-lee-əs(English) YOO-lee-uws(German) YOO-leews(Finnish) YUW-lyuws(Lithuanian) YOO-lyoos(Danish) YOO-li-yuws(Czech)
Rating: 48% based on 22 votes
From a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Greek ἴουλος (ioulos) meaning "downy-bearded". Alternatively, it could be related to the name of the Roman god Jupiter. This was a prominent patrician family of Rome, who claimed descent from the mythological Julus, son of Aeneas. Its most notable member was Gaius Julius Caesar, who gained renown as a military leader for his clever conquest of Gaul. After a civil war he became the dictator of the Roman Republic, but was eventually stabbed to death in the senate.

Although this name was borne by several early saints, including a pope, it was rare during the Middle Ages. It was revived in Italy and France during the Renaissance, and was subsequently imported to England.

Karmin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 14 votes
Variant of Carmen.
Lena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, English, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Georgian, Armenian
Other Scripts: Лена(Russian, Ukrainian) Λένα(Greek) ლენა(Georgian) Լենա(Armenian)
Pronounced: LEH-na(Swedish, German, Polish, Italian) LYEH-nə(Russian) LEE-nə(English)
Rating: 69% based on 20 votes
Short form of names ending in lena, such as Helena, Magdalena or Yelena.
Lida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish (Rare), Dutch, Finnish (Rare), Georgian, Norwegian (Rare), Russian, Swedish (Rare), Ukrainian
Other Scripts: ლიდა(Georgian) Лида(Russian) Ліда(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LEE-dah(Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish) LYEE-də(Russian)
Rating: 53% based on 23 votes
Short form of Alida, Dalida, Lidia, Lidiya and other feminine names that contain -lid-.
Liepa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "linden tree" or "July" in Lithuanian.
Lina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Lithuanian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Slovene
Pronounced: LEE-nə(English) LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 66% based on 23 votes
Short form of names ending in lina.
Linnea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a(Swedish)
Rating: 62% based on 22 votes
Variant of Linnéa.
Millicent
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-i-sənt
Rating: 58% based on 16 votes
From the Gothic name *Amalaswinþa, composed of the elements amals "unceasing, vigorous, brave" and swinþs "strong". Amalaswintha was a 6th-century queen of the Ostrogoths. The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Melisent or Melisende. Melisende was a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II.
Millie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-ee
Rating: 62% based on 16 votes
Diminutive of Mildred, Millicent and other names containing the same sound.
Perrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: PEH-REEN
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
French feminine form of Perrin, a diminutive of Pierre.
Piri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: PEE-ree
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
Diminutive of Piroska.
Piroska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: PEE-rosh-kaw
Rating: 51% based on 21 votes
Hungarian form of Prisca, influenced by the Hungarian word piros meaning "red".
Raya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
Other Scripts: Рая(Bulgarian, Russian)
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.
Reya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Modern), English (Modern)
Other Scripts: रेया(Hindi)
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
Allegedly derived from Sanskrit riya "singer; graceful".
Roy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English, Dutch
Pronounced: ROI(English, Dutch)
Rating: 34% based on 12 votes
Anglicized form of Ruadh. A notable bearer was the Scottish outlaw and folk hero Rob Roy (1671-1734). It is often associated with French roi "king".
Ruben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, Italian, Armenian, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Ռուբեն(Armenian)
Pronounced: RUY-bən(Dutch) ROO-behn(Swedish, Italian) RUY-BEHN(French) roo-BEHN(Armenian)
Rating: 54% based on 20 votes
Form of Reuben in several languages. This was the name of an 11th-century Armenian ruler of Cilicia.
Rubin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Rating: 45% based on 14 votes
Derived from Hungarian rubin "ruby".
Scarlet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKAHR-lit
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Either a variant of Scarlett or else from the English word for the red colour (both of the same origin, a type of cloth).
Sunset
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 10 votes
From the English word "sunset" referring to the setting of the sun at the end of the day.
Yula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: YOO-lə
Rating: 52% based on 13 votes
Variant of Eula or a feminine form of Yul and Yule (the latter of the two, as evidence shows, was used as a given name in the Middle Ages).
It has also been speculated that a woman named Yula possibly gave her name to the Scottish island of Islay.
Zita 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: ZEE-taw
Rating: 51% based on 14 votes
Diminutive of Felicitás.
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