Wulfie's Personal Name List

From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.

Georgian form of Ambrosios (see Ambrose).

Diminutive of Finbar or Bairrfhionn.

Means "fair-haired", derived from Old Irish barr "top, head" and finn "white, blessed".

Probably a Welsh derivative of Belenus. Beli Mawr was a Welsh ancestor deity who established several royal lines in Wales.

Means "lightning" in Kurdish.

German form of Bonifatius (see Boniface).

Latinized form of Kaineus. This was the name of several characters from Greek mythology, one of which was a hero of the legendary Lapith people of Thessaly. He was born a woman, with the name of Kainis (usually latinized to Caenis). After being raped by Poseidon, the god promised to grant her one wish. She wished to be given the body of a man and the lifestyle that came with that, and Poseidon subsequently fulfilled that wish. After the transformation, the brand new man changed his name to Kaineus (Caeneus in Latin) and joined in both the hunt of the Calydonian Boar as well as joining the other Lapiths in the Centauromachy, where some versions of his myth say is where Caeneus died.

In the Centauromachy, Caeneus killed five (named) centaurs: Antimachus, Bromus, Elymus, Pyracmus and Styphelus. Caeneus also engaged in combat with a centaur named Latreus, who knew of Caeneus' birth sex and took offense to his chosen life. Caeneus' spear barely misses Latreus, who then strikes Caeneus in the face with his own, only for the spear to shatter across Caeneus' skin. He attempts again to kill Caeneus with his sword and receives the same results. At this point the story diverges, with some saying that Caeneus kills Latreus with a blow to the side. Others say Latreus was wounded by Caeneus and became enraged, so he instead tried to bury Caeneus under pine or fir trunks so heavy that even Caeneus' immense strength could not free him. Depending on the myth, this results in either Caeneus being buried alive, being pushed through the earth and straight into Tartarus or he instead shape-shifts and flies away as a golden-winged or tawny bird. In the myths where Caeneus kills Latreus, it is instead Monychus who buries Caeneus (albeit with the help of the other centaurs).

Means "charioteer" in Irish. This was the name of two semi-legendary high kings of Ireland.

Latin form of Καμβύσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (Kabujiya), which is of uncertain meaning, possibly related to the geographical name Kamboja, a historical region in Central Asia [1]. Two Persian kings bore this name, including Cambyses II, the second ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, who conquered Egypt.

Spanish form of Candida.

Late Latin name derived from cara meaning "dear, beloved". This was the name of a 4th-century saint and martyr. It is also the name of a constellation in the southern sky, though in this case it means "keel" in Latin, referring to a part of Jason's ship the Argo.

Spanish diminutive of Carmel.

Spanish feminine form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

English form of Caelestinus. It is more commonly used as a feminine name, from the French feminine form Célestine.

Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation".

From an English surname that originally denoted a person who lived in a dell or valley.

Feminine form of Desiderio. This was the Latin name of a 19th-century queen of Sweden, the wife of Karl XIV. She was born in France with the name Désirée.

Derived from Latin desiderium meaning "longing, desire". It was the name of several early saints. It was also borne in the 8th century by the last king of the Lombard Kingdom.

Old Welsh form of David.

From Welsh dilys "genuine" and gwyn "white, blessed". It has been used since the late 19th century.

Italian and Spanish feminine form of Dionysius.

Form of Dorothea in several languages.

Means "dew" in Malay and Indonesian.

Spanish feminine form of Emygdius (see Emidio).

Spanish, Galician, Italian, Corsican and Polish feminine form of Epiphanius. A fictional bearer is Epifania Fitzfassenden, a central character in George Bernard Shaw's play 'The Millionairess' (1936).

Spanish feminine form of Eulogius.

Spanish feminine form of Eusebius.

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.

Means "pure, natural" in Indonesian and Malay, ultimately from Arabic فطْري (fiṭrī) meaning "natural". It is a feminine name in Indonesia and a masculine name in Malaysia.

Feminine form of Fortunato.

Italian form of the Latin name Caietanus, which meant "from Caieta". Caieta (now called Gaeta) was a town in ancient Italy, its name deriving either from Kaiadas, the name a Greek location where prisoners were executed, or else from Caieta, the name of the nurse of Aeneas. Saint Gaetano was a 16th-century Italian priest who founded the Theatines.

From an archaic Persian word meaning "rose garden", a derivative of گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Etymology uncertain, perhaps from hét meaning "seven".

Faroese form of Heðinn. A notable bearer of this name was the Faroese novelist Heðin Brú (1901-1987; real name Hans Jacob Jacobsen).

Means "immaculate" in Spanish. This name is given to commemorate the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

From the Greek name Ἰσίδωρος (Isidoros) meaning "gift of Isis", derived from the name of the Egyptian goddess Isis combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century archbishop, historian and theologian.

Though it has never been popular in the English-speaking world among Christians, it has historically been a common name for Jews, who have used it as an Americanized form of names such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah.

Spanish variant of Isidora.

Spanish variant of Isidore.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Hyacinthus.

Variant of Yesenia.

From a surname that was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius. Formerly more common for boys in America, this name began to grow in popularity for girls in 1975.

Feminine form of Laurentinus.

Basque form and Spanish variant of Leyre.

Late Latin name that might be derived from the name of the Greek island of Leucadia or from Greek λευκός (leukos) meaning "bright, clear, white" (which is also the root of the island's name). Saint Leocadia was a 3rd-century martyr from Spain.

Latinate form of Magdalene.

Feminine form of Marcius. It was borne by a few very minor saints. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 18th century [1].

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Matilda.

Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity" [1].

Diminutive of Mercedes.

From the English word merle or the French surname Merle, which both mean "blackbird" (from Latin merula). It was borne by the devious character Madame Merle (in fact her surname) in Henry James' novel The Portrait of a Lady (1880).

This name is also common for girls in Estonia, though a connection to the English-language name is uncertain.

From a Scottish surname meaning "from the mouth of the Roe". The Roe is a river in Northern Ireland. Two famous bearers of the surname were American president James Monroe (1758-1831) and American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962).

As a given name it was mostly masculine in America until around 2009. It was already rising in popularity for girls when singer Mariah Carey gave it to her daughter born 2011 (though this probably helped accelerate it).

From the name of a mountain near Barcelona, the site of a monastery founded in the 10th century. The mountain gets its name from Latin mons serratus meaning "jagged mountain".

Perhaps based on Latin oro "to pray". It was first used in America in the 19th century.

Meaning uncertain. It possibly means "hard spears" from Welsh peri "spears" and dur "hard, steel" [1]. In early Welsh poetry and histories, the brothers Peredur and Gwrgi were chieftains in Cumbria who defeated Gwenddoleu at the Battle of Arfderydd. This name was later used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth in the Latin form Peredurus for an early (fictitious) king of Britain. Entering into Arthurian romance, Peredur is an aspiring knight in the 14th-century Welsh tale Peredur son of Efrawg (an adaptation or parallel of Chrétien de Troyes' hero Percival).

Variant of Rautgund

From Old Welsh Ris, probably meaning "ardour, enthusiasm". Several Welsh rulers have borne this name, including the 12th-century Rhys ap Gruffydd who fought against the invading Normans.

Short form of Rosalind, Rosamund and other names beginning with the same sound.

Means "prince" in Kurdish.

From the Roman cognomen Valentinus, which was itself a derivative of the cognomen Valens meaning "strong, vigorous, healthy" in Latin. Saint Valentine was a 3rd-century martyr. His feast day was the same as the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia, which resulted in the association between Valentine's Day and love.

As an English name, it has been used occasionally since the 12th century. It is the name of a central character in Shakespeare's play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594).

Feminine form of Viridianus.

Medieval Spanish or Basque name of uncertain meaning. It is possibly a form of Simon 1, though it may in fact derive from Basque seme meaning "son".

From a surname, which was an Americanized form of the Dutch surname Jansen meaning "Jan 1's son".

Means "my comfort, my wealth" from Arabic يسر (yusr) meaning "comfort, ease, wealth, prosperity". It is a unisex name in Indonesia while it is solely masculine in Malaysia.

From Arabic زَيْن (zayn) meaning "beauty".