Elizabeth-Grace's Personal Name List
Abiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-bee-əl(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means
"God is my father" in Hebrew. This was the name of the grandfather of Saul in the
Old Testament.
Adaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AD-ə-lien
Adelaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-dheh-LIE-dha
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Adelaide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: A-də-layd(English) a-deh-LIE-deh(Italian) a-di-LIE-di(European Portuguese) a-di-LIED(European Portuguese) a-deh-LIE-dee(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means
"nobleness, nobility", from the French form of the Germanic name
Adalheidis, which was composed of
adal "noble" and the suffix
heit "kind, sort, type". It was borne in the 10th century by
Saint Adelaide, the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Otto the Great.
In Britain the parallel form Alice, derived via Old French, has historically been more common than Adelaide, though this form did gain some currency in the 19th century due to the popularity of the German-born wife of King William IV, for whom the city of Adelaide in Australia was named in 1836.
Adi 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲדִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-DEE
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "jewel, ornament" in Hebrew.
Adina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Adira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare), Arabic (Rare)
Pronounced: ah-DEER-ah(Arabic)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Agape
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀγάπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-GA-PEH
Derived from Greek
ἀγάπη (agape) meaning
"love". This name was borne by at least two early
saints.
Ahava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַהֲבָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "love" in Hebrew.
Aidan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-dən(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of
Aodhán. In the latter part of the 20th century it became popular in America due to its sound, since it shares a sound with such names as
Braden and
Hayden. It peaked ranked 39th for boys in 2003.
Aiden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-dən
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Aila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-lah
Aithan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Αἰθάν(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Akane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 茜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あかね(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KA-NEH
From Japanese
茜 (akane) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Aki 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 晶, 明, 秋, 亜希, 亜樹, 亜紀, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal",
明 (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear" or
秋 (aki) meaning "autumn". It can also come from
亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with
希 (ki) meaning "hope". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name too.
Alandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Alba 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Catalan
Pronounced: AL-ba(Italian, Spanish) AL-bə(Catalan)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
This name is derived from two distinct names,
Alba 2 and
Alba 3, with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over time these names have become confused with one another. To further complicate the matter,
alba means "dawn" in Italian, Spanish and Catalan. This may be the main inspiration behind its use in Italy and Spain.
Albert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, French, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Romanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Germanic [1]
Other Scripts: Альберт(Russian)
Pronounced: AL-bərt(English) AL-behrt(German, Polish) AL-BEHR(French) əl-BEHRT(Catalan) ul-BYEHRT(Russian) AHL-bərt(Dutch) AL-bat(Swedish) AWL-behrt(Hungarian)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the Germanic name
Adalbert meaning
"noble and bright", composed of the elements
adal "noble" and
beraht "bright". This name was common among medieval German royalty. The
Normans introduced it to England, where it replaced the Old English
cognate Æþelbeorht. Though it became rare in England by the 17th century, it was repopularized in the 19th century by the German-born Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.
This name was borne by two 20th-century kings of Belgium. Other famous bearers include the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), creator of the theory of relativity, and Albert Camus (1913-1960), a French-Algerian writer and philosopher.
Alesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Alessandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-lehs-SAN-dro
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Italian form of
Alexander. A famous bearer was Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), the Italian physicist who invented the battery.
Alessia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-LEHS-sya
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Alethea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ə-THEE-ə, ə-LEE-thee-ə
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek
ἀλήθεια (aletheia) meaning
"truth". This name was coined in the 16th century.
Alisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LISH-ə, ə-LEE-shə
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Alleluia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Althea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλθαία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the Greek name
Ἀλθαία (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek
ἄλθος (althos) meaning
"healing". In Greek
myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son.
Alva 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: AL-va(Swedish)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Amadeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ahm-ə-DAY-əs(English) ahm-ə-DEE-əs(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"love of God", derived from Latin
amare "to love" and
Deus "God". A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was actually born Wolfgang
Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. This name was also assumed as a middle name by the German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who took it in honour of Mozart.
Amalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Αμαλία(Greek)
Pronounced: a-MA-lya(Spanish, German) a-MA-lee-a(Dutch)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
amal. This element means
"unceasing, vigorous, brave", or it can refer to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali (derived from the same root).
This was another name for the 7th-century saint Amalberga of Maubeuge.
Amancia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Jamaican Patois
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Spanish, Galician, and Jamaican Patois feminine form of
Amantius.
Amariah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲמַרְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: am-ə-RIE-ə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Amelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Medieval French
Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə(English) ə-MEEL-yə(English) a-MEH-lya(Spanish, Italian, Polish)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with
Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel
Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
This name experienced a rise in popularity at the end of the 20th century. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 2011 to 2015.
Amora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Apparently a modern coinage based on Latin
amor meaning
"love".
Analia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Either a variant of
Analía or a combination of
Ana and the popular name suffix
-lia.
Anatoli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Анатолий(Russian) Анатолій(Ukrainian) ანატოლი(Georgian)
Pronounced: u-nu-TO-lyee(Russian) ah-nah-TAW-lee(Ukrainian) A-NA-TAW-LEE(Georgian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Andre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, African American
Pronounced: AHN-dray(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Andrew
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: AN-droo(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
English form of the Greek name
Ἀνδρέας (Andreas), which was derived from
ἀνδρεῖος (andreios) meaning
"manly, masculine", a derivative of
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man". In the
New Testament the apostle Andrew, the first disciple to join
Jesus, is the brother of
Simon Peter. According to tradition, he later preached in the Black Sea region, with some legends saying he was crucified on an X-shaped cross.
Andrew, being a Greek name, was probably only a nickname or a translation of his real Hebrew name, which is not known.
This name has been common (in various spellings) throughout the Christian world, and it became very popular in the Middle Ages. Saint Andrew is regarded as the patron of Scotland, Russia, Greece and Romania. The name has been borne by three kings of Hungary, American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), and, more recently, English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-).
Anne 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, German, Dutch, Basque
Pronounced: AN(French, English) A-neh(Swedish) A-nə(Danish, German) AHN-neh(Finnish) AH-nə(Dutch)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
French form of
Anna. It was imported to England in the 13th century, but it did not become popular until three centuries later. The spelling variant
Ann was also commonly found from this period, and is still used to this day.
The name was borne by a 17th-century English queen and also by the second wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn (the mother of Queen Elizabeth I), who was eventually beheaded in the Tower of London. Another notable bearer was the German-Jewish diarist Anne (Annelies) Frank, a young victim of the Holocaust in 1945. This is also the name of the heroine in the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery.
Anya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Аня(Russian)
Pronounced: A-nyə(Russian) AN-yə(English)
Aquila
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: AK-wil-ə(English) ə-KWIL-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Areli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אַרְאֵלִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-REE-lie(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"lion of God, hero" in Hebrew. This was the name of a son of
Gad in the
Old Testament.
Arelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Ari 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲרִי(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "lion" in Hebrew.
Aria 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AHR-ee-ə
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "song, melody" in Italian (literally means "air"). An aria is an elaborate vocal solo, the type usually performed in operas. As an English name, it has only been in use since the 20th century, its rise in popularity accelerating after the 2010 premier of the television drama Pretty Little Liars, featuring a character by this name. It is not traditionally used in Italy.
Ariel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)
Means
"lion of God" in Hebrew, from
אֲרִי ('ari) meaning "lion" and
אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the
Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play
The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem
The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film
The Little Mermaid (1989).
Arielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-RYEHL(French)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
French feminine form of
Ariel, as well as an English variant.
Asa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 朝, 麻(Japanese Kanji) あさ (Japanese Hiragana)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Japanese kanji 朝 (
asa) meaning "morning" or 麻 (
asa) meaning "hemp, flax".
Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Asha 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Other Scripts: आशा(Hindi, Marathi) ಆಶಾ(Kannada) ആശാ(Malayalam)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Derived from Sanskrit
आशा (asha) meaning
"wish, desire, hope".
Asher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ASH-ər(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"happy, blessed" in Hebrew. Asher in the
Old Testament is a son of
Jacob by
Leah's handmaid
Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in
Genesis 30:13.
Ashira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָשִׁירָה, עֲשִׁירָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-shee-rah
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "I will sing", directly from the Hebrew word in the Old Testament.
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Means "rich" in Hebrew.
Astrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English
Pronounced: AS-strid(Swedish) AHS-tri(Norwegian) AS-trit(German) AS-TREED(French) AS-trid(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Modern Scandinavian form of
Ástríðr. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of
Pippi Longstocking. It was also borne by a Swedish princess (1905-1935) who became the queen of Belgium as the wife of Leopold III.
Audrey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AWD-ree(English) O-DREH(French)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Medieval
diminutive of
Æðelþryð. This was the name of a 7th-century
saint, a princess of East Anglia who founded a monastery at Ely. It was also used by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy
As You Like It (1599). At the end of the Middle Ages the name became rare due to association with the word
tawdry (which was derived from
St. Audrey, the name of a fair where cheap lace was sold), but it was revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
Aurelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-a(Latin) ow-REH-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Aureliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Ancient Roman
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Aurielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), French
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Aurora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Romanian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: ow-RAW-ra(Italian) ow-RO-ra(Spanish, Latin) ə-RAWR-ə(English) OW-ro-rah(Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.
Ava 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-və
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Eve. A famous bearer was the American actress Ava Gardner (1922-1990). This name became very popular throughout the English-speaking world in the early 21st century, entering the top ten for girls in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It began to rise sharply after 1997, possibly inspired by the actress Heather Locklear and musician Richie Sambora when they used it for their baby daughter that year.
Avia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Avianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Aviel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיאֵל(Hebrew)
Modern Hebrew form of
Abiel.
Azaliah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English (Puritan, Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
English form of
Atsalyahu via its latinized form
Aslia. This was the name of a character from the Old Testament, who appeared in 2 Kings 22:3 (also known as 4 Kings 22:3). He was a son of
Meshullam and was himself the father of
Shaphan the scribe.
Although this biblical bearer is male, the Puritans used it as a feminine name in the 1600s, probably due to its similarity to other feminine names in use at the time (see Azelia and Azalea).
Azaria
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֲזַרְיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Hebrew form of
Azariah (masculine), as well as a feminine variant in the English-speaking world.
Azariah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲזַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: az-ə-RIE-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"Yahweh has helped" in Hebrew, derived from
עָזַר ('azar) meaning "help" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of many
Old Testament characters including of one of the three men the Babylonian king ordered cast into a fiery furnace. His Babylonian name was
Abednego.
Azriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲזְרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AZ-ree-əl(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"my help is God", derived from Hebrew
עָזַר ('azar) meaning "help" and
אֵל ('el) meaning "God". This is the name of three minor characters in the
Old Testament.
Bethsabee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Blessing
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: BLEHS-ing
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word blessing, of Old English origin. This name is most common in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa.
Brook
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRUWK
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that denoted one who lived near a brook.
Calanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-LAN-thee
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the name of a type of orchid, ultimately meaning "beautiful flower", derived from Greek
καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful" and
ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower".
Caleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-lee, KAL-ee
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Canyon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAN-yən
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the English word canyon, ultimately from Greek kanna "small reed", after the plants that grow in the bottom of canyons.
Carlo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: KAR-lo
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Chara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Χαρά(Greek)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "happiness, joy" in Greek.
Clarity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KLAR-i-tee
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Simply means "clarity, lucidity" from the English word, ultimately from Latin clarus "clear".
Clemence
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-əns
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Clementius (see
Clement). It has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it became rare after the 17th century.
Clement
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-ənt
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
English form of the Late Latin name
Clemens (or sometimes of its derivative
Clementius), which meant
"merciful, gentle". This was the name of 14 popes, including
Saint Clement I, the third pope, one of the Apostolic Fathers. Another saint by this name was Clement of Alexandria, a 3rd-century theologian and church father who attempted to reconcile Christian and Platonic philosophies. It has been in general as a given name in Christian Europe (in various spellings) since early times. In England it became rare after the
Protestant Reformation, though it was revived in the 19th century.
Clementine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-ən-teen, KLEHM-ən-tien
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Cleopas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Κλεοπᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KLEE-ə-pəs(English)
Shortened form of the Greek name
Kleopatros (see
Cleopatra). In the
New Testament Cleopas is a disciple who sees
Jesus after his resurrection.
Cleophas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Κλοπᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KLEE-ə-fəs(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Constant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAWN-STAHN(French) KAHN-stənt(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From the Late Latin name
Constans. It was also used by the
Puritans as a vocabulary name, from the English word
constant.
Cornelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Pronounced: kor-NEH-lee-oos(Latin) kawr-NEE-lee-əs(English) kawr-NEH-lee-uys(Dutch) kawr-NEH-lee-uws(German)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that possibly derives from the Latin element
cornu meaning
"horn". In Acts in the
New Testament Cornelius is a centurion who is directed by an angel to seek
Peter. After speaking with Peter he converts to Christianity, and he is traditionally deemed the first gentile convert. The name was also borne by a few early
saints, including a 3rd-century pope. In England it came into use in the 16th century, partly due to Dutch influence.
Cristan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Daria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Russian, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Дарья(Russian) Δαρεία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DA-rya(Italian, Polish) DAR-ya(Romanian) DAHR-ee-ə(English) DAR-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Darius.
Saint Daria was a 3rd-century woman who was martyred with her husband Chrysanthus under the Roman emperor Numerian. It has never been a particularly common English given name. As a Russian name, it is more commonly transcribed
Darya.
Davidson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname
Davidson.
Dorothea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, English, Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Δωροθέα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: do-ro-TEH-a(German) dawr-ə-THEE-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of the Late Greek name
Δωρόθεος (Dorotheos), which meant
"gift of god" from Greek
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" and
θεός (theos) meaning "god". The name
Theodore is composed of the same elements in reverse order. Dorothea was the name of two early
saints, notably the 4th-century martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It was also borne by the 14th-century Saint Dorothea of Montau, who was the patron saint of Prussia.
Dorothy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAWR-ə-thee, DAWR-thee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Usual English form of
Dorothea. It has been in use since the 16th century. The author L. Frank Baum used it for the central character, Dorothy Gale, in his fantasy novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and several of its sequels.
Ebenezer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, English
Other Scripts: אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: eh-bə-NEE-zər(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From the name of a monument erected by
Samuel in the
Old Testament, from Hebrew
אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר ('Even Ha'azer) meaning
"stone of help". Charles Dickens used it for the miserly character Ebenezer Scrooge in his novel
A Christmas Carol (1843). Currently the name is most common in parts of English-influenced Africa, such as Ghana.
Eden
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern), French (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֵדֶן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-dən(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the biblical place name, itself possibly from Hebrew
עֵדֶן ('eden) meaning "pleasure, delight", or perhaps derived from Sumerian
𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the
Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people,
Adam and
Eve, lived before they were expelled.
Eden
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 楽, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: E-DEN
From Japanese 楽 (eden) meaning "music". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
Eder 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֵדֶר(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"flock" in Hebrew. This was the name of a son of Beriah in the
Old Testament.
Eidan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-dan
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Spanish form of
Aidan, reflecting the English pronunciation.
Eirene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Εἰρήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-REH-NEH(Classical Greek) ie-REE-nee(English)
Ancient Greek form of
Irene.
Ekia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from Basque eki "sun".
Ekklesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: ehk-KLEH-see-ya
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From Greek εκκλησία (ekklesia) meaning "church".
Elain
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EH-lien
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"fawn" in Welsh. This name was created in the 19th century
[1].
Elanor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "star sun" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this is Sam's eldest daughter, named after a type of flower.
Elenora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ehl-ə-NAWR-ə
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Eliana 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֶלִיעַנָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "my God has answered" in Hebrew.
Elicia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-LEE-shə, ə-LEE-see-ə
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Eliezer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֱלִיעֶזֶר(Hebrew) Ἐλιέζερ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ehl-ee-EHZ-ər(English) ehl-ee-EE-zər(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Hebrew
אֱלִיעֶזֶר ('Eli'ezer) meaning
"my God is help". This is the name of several characters in the
Old Testament, including a servant of
Abraham and one of the sons of
Moses (see
Exodus 18:4 for an explanation of the significance of the name).
Elijah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts: אֱלִיָּהוּ(Hebrew)
Pronounced: i-LIE-jə(English) i-LIE-zhə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
אֱלִיָּהוּ ('Eliyyahu) meaning
"my God is Yahweh", derived from the elements
אֵל ('el) and
יָה (yah), both referring to the Hebrew God. Elijah was a Hebrew prophet and miracle worker, as told in the two Books of Kings in the
Old Testament. He was active in the 9th century BC during the reign of King
Ahab of Israel and his Phoenician-born queen
Jezebel. Elijah confronted the king and queen over their idolatry of the Canaanite god
Ba'al and other wicked deeds. At the end of his life he was carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and was succeeded by
Elisha. In the
New Testament, Elijah and
Moses appear next to
Jesus when he is transfigured.
Because Elijah was a popular figure in medieval tales, and because his name was borne by a few early saints (who are usually known by the Latin form Elias), the name came into general use during the Middle Ages. In medieval England it was usually spelled Elis. It died out there by the 16th century, but it was revived by the Puritans in the form Elijah after the Protestant Reformation. The name became popular during the 1990s and 2000s, especially in America where it broke into the top ten in 2016.
Eliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Elishama
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֱלִישָׁמָע(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "my God hears" or "my God has heard", derived from Hebrew אֵל
('el) and the verb שָׁמַע
(shama) "to hear".
Elissa 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Elliot
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ee-ət
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was a variant of
Elliott.
Elliott
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ee-ət
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from a
diminutive of the medieval name
Elias.
Eloise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-o-eez, ehl-o-EEZ
From the Old French name
Héloïse, which was probably from the Germanic name
Helewidis, composed of the elements
heil meaning "healthy, whole" and
wit meaning "wide". It is sometimes associated with the Greek word
ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" or the name
Louise, though there is no etymological connection. This name was borne by the 12th-century French scholar and philosopher Héloïse. Secretly marrying the theologian Peter Abelard at a young age, she became a nun (and eventually an abbess) after Abelard was violently castrated by order of her uncle Fulbert.
There was a medieval English form of this name, Helewis, though it died out after the 13th century. In the 19th century it was revived in the English-speaking world in the form Eloise.
Elorah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Emery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-ree
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Norman French form of
Emmerich. The
Normans introduced it to England, and though it was never popular, it survived until the end of the Middle Ages. As a modern given name, now typically feminine, it is likely inspired by the surname
Emery, which was itself derived from the medieval given name. It can also be given in reference to the hard black substance called emery.
Emiah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (African, Rare)
Pronounced: Uh-my-uh(African English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
The name Emiah originated in Hebrew. Emiah means "Gift of God."
Emiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 恵美子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) えみこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EH-MEE-KO
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" and
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and
子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Emmeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-leen, EHM-ə-lien
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Old French
Emeline, a
diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element
amal meaning
"unceasing, vigorous, brave". The
Normans introduced this name to England.
Enoch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: חֲנוֹך(Ancient Hebrew) Ἐνώχ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-nək(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
חֲנוֹך (Chanokh) meaning
"dedicated". In Genesis in the
Old Testament this is the name of the son of
Cain. It is also the name of a son of
Jared and the father of
Methuselah, who was the supposed author of the apocryphal Books of Enoch.
Enora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: EH-NAW-RA(French)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Breton form of
Honoria, or directly from Breton
enor "honour" (a word of Latin origin). This was the name of a 6th-century
saint, the wife of Saint Efflamm.
Eppie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Pronounced: EHP-ee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Epsie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Esme
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
Esperanza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ehs-peh-RAN-tha(European Spanish) ehs-peh-RAN-sa(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from sperare "to hope".
Eudora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Εὐδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: yoo-DAWR-ə(English)
Means
"good gift" in Greek, from the elements
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". This was the name of a nymph, one of the Hyades, in Greek
mythology.
Eva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian, Danish, Icelandic, Faroese, Romanian, Greek, Slovene, Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Εύα(Greek) Ева(Bulgarian, Russian, Church Slavic) ევა(Georgian) Էվա(Armenian)
Pronounced: EH-ba(Spanish) EH-va(Italian, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic, Greek) EE-və(English) EH-fa(German) EH-vah(Danish) YEH-və(Russian) EH-VAH(Georgian) EH-wa(Latin)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Form of
Eve used in various languages. This form is used in the Latin translation of the
New Testament, while
Hava is used in the Latin
Old Testament. A notable bearer was the Argentine first lady Eva Perón (1919-1952), the subject of the musical
Evita. The name also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) belonging to the character Little Eva, whose real name is in fact Evangeline.
This is also an alternate transcription of Russian Ева (see Yeva).
Evan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: EHV-ən(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of
Ifan, a Welsh form of
John.
Evangelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ευαγγελία(Greek)
Evangeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: i-VAN-jə-leen, i-VAN-jə-lien
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means
"good news" from Greek
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
ἄγγελμα (angelma) meaning "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1847 epic poem
Evangeline [1][2]. It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.
Evangelos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ευάγγελος(Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means
"bringing good news" from the Greek word
εὐάγγελος (euangelos), a derivative of
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger".
Faith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAYTH
Simply from the English word
faith, ultimately from Latin
fidere "to trust". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Felicity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: fə-LIS-i-tee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the English word
felicity meaning
"happiness", which ultimately derives from Latin
felicitas "good luck". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans around the 17th century. It can sometimes be used as an English form of the Latin name
Felicitas. This name jumped in popularity in the United States after the premiere of the television series
Felicity in 1998. It is more common in the United Kingdom.
Felipe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: feh-LEE-peh(Spanish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese form of
Philip.
Fidela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: fee-DHEH-la
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Forest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWR-ist
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Forrest, or else directly from the English word
forest.
Freda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREE-də
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Freedom
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Pronounced: FREE-dəm
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From Old English frēodōm, used in reference to the Biblical verse 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." The name found a resurgence in usage during the American centennial of 1876 and bicentennial of 1976.
Fumio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 文雄, 文夫, 文男, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ふみお(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: FOO-MEE-O
From Japanese
文 (fumi) meaning "writing" combined with
雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly" or
夫 (o) meaning "husband, man". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Gail
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYL
Gale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYL
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was derived from Middle English gaile "jovial". It also coincides with the English word gale meaning "storm".
Gavriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: גַּבְרִיאֵל(Hebrew)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Gena 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEE-nə
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Genesis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JEHN-ə-sis
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"birth, origin" in Greek. This is the name of the first book of the
Old Testament in the Bible. It tells of the creation of the world, the expulsion of
Adam and
Eve,
Noah and the great flood, and the three patriarchs.
Geni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
George
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romanian, Indian (Christian)
Other Scripts: ജോർജ്ജ്(Malayalam)
Pronounced: JAWRJ(English) JYOR-jeh(Romanian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Greek name
Γεώργιος (Georgios), which was derived from the Greek word
γεωργός (georgos) meaning
"farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements
γῆ (ge) meaning "earth" and
ἔργον (ergon) meaning "work".
Saint George was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Cappadocia who was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. Later legends describe his defeat of a dragon, with which he was often depicted in medieval art.
Initially Saint George was primarily revered by Eastern Christians, but returning crusaders brought stories of him to Western Europe and he became the patron of England, Portugal, Catalonia and Aragon. The name was rarely used in England until the German-born George I came to the British throne in the 18th century. Five subsequent British kings have borne the name.
Other famous bearers include two kings of Greece, the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the first president of the United States, George Washington (1732-1797), and the Pacific explorer George Vancouver (1757-1798). This was also the pen name of authors George Eliot (1819-1880) and George Orwell (1903-1950), real names Mary Anne Evans and Eric Arthur Blair respectively.
This name is also used by Christians in India, notably Saint Thomas Christians in the state of Kerala in the spelling ജോർജ്ജ് (Jorjj).
Giovanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jo-VAN-na
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Italian form of
Iohanna (see
Joanna), making it the feminine form of
Giovanni.
Giovanni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jo-VAN-nee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Italian form of
Iohannes (see
John). This name has been very common in Italy since the late Middle Ages, as with other equivalents of
John in Europe. The Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), the painter Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) and the painter and sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) were famous bearers of the name.
Gloriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: glawr-ee-AN-ə
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Elaborated form of Latin gloria meaning "glory". In Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590) this was the name of the title character, a representation of Queen Elizabeth I.
Grace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYS
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word
grace, which ultimately derives from Latin
gratia. This was one of the virtue names created in the 17th century by the
Puritans. The actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) was a famous bearer.
This name was very popular in the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century. Though it declined in use over the next 100 years, it staged a successful comeback at the end of the 20th century. The American sitcom Will and Grace (1998-2006) may have helped, though the name was already strongly rising when it premiered. It was the top name for girls in England and Wales in 2006.
Gwyneira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: gwi-NAY-ra
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"white snow" from the Welsh element
gwyn meaning "white, blessed" combined with
eira meaning "snow". This is a recently created Welsh name.
Haggai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חַגַּי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HAG-ie(English) HAG-ee-ie(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means
"festive" in Hebrew, from the root
חָגַג (chagag). This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament. He was the author of the Book of Haggai, which urges the exiles returning from Babylonia to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Hallelujah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: hah-le-LOO-yə
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the English word hallelujah, uttered in worship or as an expression of rejoicing, ultimately from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halleluyah) meaning "praise ye the Lord."
Hananiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֲנַנְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: han-ə-NIE-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Haniel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Brazilian
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Hanniel used in the King James Version of 1 Chronicles 7:39, where it belongs to one of the sons of Ulla "and a prince and hero of the tribe of Asher". It has also been used to refer to the angel
Anael.
Harmony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-mə-nee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word
harmony, ultimately deriving from Greek
ἁρμονία (harmonia).
Hava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: חַוָּה(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Hephzibah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֶפְצִי־בָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HEHF-zi-bə(English) HEHP-zi-bə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Hezekiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חִזְקִיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: hehz-ə-KIE-ə(English)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
חִזְקִיָהוּ (Chizqiyahu), which means
"Yahweh strengthens", from the roots
חָזַק (chazaq) meaning "to strength" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This name was borne by a powerful king of Judah who reigned in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Also in the
Old Testament, this is the name of an ancestor of the prophet
Zephaniah.
Hogarth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HOE-GARTH
Transferred from the surname “Hogarth”. This name was borne by a character in the cartoon movie “The Iron Giant”, starring little Hogarth Hughes and a giant iron robot from outer space.
Hope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HOP
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word
hope, ultimately from Old English
hopian. This name was first used by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Hosanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: ho-ZAN-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the Aramaic religious expression
הושע נא (Hosha' na') meaning
"deliver us" in Hebrew. In the
New Testament this is exclaimed by those around
Jesus when he first enters Jerusalem.
Hosea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: הוֹשֵׁעַ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ho-ZAY-ə(English) ho-ZEE-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Variant English form of
Hoshea, though the name is spelled the same in the Hebrew text. Hosea is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament, the author of the Book of Hosea. Written in the northern kingdom, it draws parallels between his relationship with his unfaithful wife and the relationship between God and his people.
Ida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish (Russian)
Pronounced: Ida
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Iona 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Иона(Russian) იონა(Georgian)
Pronounced: EE-AW-NAH(Georgian)
Isaiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ie-ZAY-ə(American English) ie-ZIE-ə(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yesha'yahu) meaning
"Yahweh is salvation", from the roots
יָשַׁע (yasha') meaning "to save" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. Isaiah is one of the four major prophets of the
Old Testament, supposedly the author of the Book of Isaiah. He was from Jerusalem and probably lived in the 8th century BC, at a time when Assyria threatened the Kingdom of Judah. As an English Christian name,
Isaiah was first used after the
Protestant Reformation.
Ishvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשְׁוִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"he resembles me" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of
Asher in the
Old Testament.
Israel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish, English, Spanish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: יִשְׂרָאֵל(Hebrew) Ἰσραήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: IZ-ray-əl(English) IZ-ree-əl(English) eez-ra-EHL(Spanish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra'el) meaning
"God contends", from the roots
שָׂרָה (sarah) meaning "to contend, to fight" and
אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the
Old Testament, Israel (who was formerly named
Jacob; see
Genesis 32:28) wrestles with an angel. The ancient and modern states of Israel took their names from him.
Israelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Jadon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יָדוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAH-dən(English) JAY-dən(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Possibly means either
"thankful" or
"he will judge" in Hebrew. This name is borne by a minor character in the
Old Testament.
Jason
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Greek Mythology (Anglicized), Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἰάσων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: JAY-sən(English) ZHA-ZAWN(French)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Greek name
Ἰάσων (Iason) meaning
"healer", derived from Greek
ἰάομαι (iaomai) meaning "to heal". In Greek
mythology Jason was the leader of the Argonauts. After his uncle
Pelias overthrew his father
Aeson as king of Iolcos, Jason went in search of the Golden Fleece in order to win back the throne. During his journeys he married the sorceress
Medea, who helped him gain the fleece and kill his uncle, but who later turned against him when he fell in love with another woman.
This name also appears in the New Testament, belonging to man who sheltered Paul and Silas. In his case, it may represent a Hellenized form of a Hebrew name. It was not used in England until after the Protestant Reformation.
Jedidiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְדִידְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jehd-i-DIE-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Jeremiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִרְמְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jehr-i-MIE-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יִרְמְיָהוּ (Yirmiyahu) meaning
"Yahweh will exalt", from the roots
רוּם (rum) meaning "to exalt" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of one of the major prophets of the
Old Testament, the author of the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Lamentations (supposedly). He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC.
In England, though the vernacular form Jeremy had been occasionally used since the 13th century, the form Jeremiah was not common until after the Protestant Reformation.
Jerusalem
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Pronounced: jə-ROO-sə-ləm(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Jerusia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Jesse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Finnish, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשַׁי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHS-ee(English) YEH-sə(Dutch) YEHS-seh(Finnish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From
Ἰεσσαί (Iessai), the Greek form of the Hebrew name
יִשַׁי (Yishai), which possibly means
"gift". In the
Old Testament Jesse is the father of King
David. It began to be used as an English given name after the
Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.
Jethro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִתְרוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JETH-ro(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יִתְרוֹ (Yitro), which was derived from the Hebrew word
יֶתֶר (yeter) meaning
"abundance". According to the
Old Testament, Jethro was a Midianite priest who sheltered
Moses when he fled Egypt. He was the father of
Zipporah, who became Moses's wife. A famous bearer of the name was Jethro Tull (1674-1741), an English inventor and agriculturist.
Joanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Polish, Biblical
Pronounced: jo-AN-ə(English) yaw-AN-na(Polish)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
English and Polish form of Latin
Iohanna, which was derived from Greek
Ἰωάννα (Ioanna), the feminine form of
Ioannes (see
John). This is the spelling used in the English
New Testament, where it belongs to a follower of
Jesus who is regarded as a
saint. In the Middle Ages in England it was used as a Latinized form of
Joan (the usual feminine form of
John) and it became common as a given name in the 19th century.
Joel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Biblical
Other Scripts: יוֹאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JO-əl(English) JOL(English) kho-EHL(Spanish) ZHWEHL(European Portuguese) zho-EW(Brazilian Portuguese) YO-ehl(Swedish, Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יוֹאֵל (Yo'el) meaning
"Yahweh is God", from the elements
יוֹ (yo) and
אֵל ('el), both referring to the Hebrew God. Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel, which describes a plague of locusts. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the
Protestant Reformation.
John
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Biblical
Pronounced: JAHN(American English) JAWN(British English, Dutch) YAWN(Swedish, Norwegian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
English form of
Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name
Ἰωάννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name
יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan). It means
"Yahweh is gracious", from the roots
יוֹ (yo) referring to the Hebrew God and
חָנַן (chanan) meaning "to be gracious". The Hebrew form occurs in the
Old Testament (spelled
Johanan or
Jehohanan in the English version), but this name owes its popularity to two
New Testament characters, both highly revered
saints. The first is John the Baptist, a Jewish ascetic who is considered the forerunner of
Jesus. He baptized Jesus and was later executed by
Herod Antipas. The second is the apostle John, who is traditionally regarded as the author of the fourth gospel and Revelation. With the apostles
Peter and
James (John's brother), he was part of the inner circle of Jesus.
This name was initially more common among Eastern Christians in the Byzantine Empire, but it flourished in Western Europe after the First Crusade. In England it became extremely popular, typically being the most common male name from the 13th to the 20th century (but sometimes outpaced by William). During the later Middle Ages it was given to approximately a fifth of all English boys. In the United States it was the most common name for boys until 1923.
The name (in various spellings) has been borne by 21 popes and eight Byzantine emperors, as well as rulers of England, France, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Russia and Hungary. It was also borne by the poet John Milton (1608-1674), philosopher John Locke (1632-1704), American founding father and president John Adams (1735-1826), and poet John Keats (1795-1821). Famous bearers of the 20th century include author John Steinbeck (1902-1968), assassinated American president John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), and musician John Lennon (1940-1980).
The forms Ian (Scottish), Sean (Irish) and Evan (Welsh) have also been frequently used in the English-speaking world, as has the medieval diminutive Jack.
Jon 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Basque
Pronounced: YOON(Norwegian, Swedish) YON(Danish, Basque)
Scandinavian and Basque form of
John.
Jon 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAHN
Jonathan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Biblical
Other Scripts: יוֹנָתָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAHN-ə-thən(American English) JAWN-ə-thən(British English) ZHAW-NA-TAHN(French) YO-na-tan(German)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan), contracted to
יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan), meaning
"Yahweh has given", derived from the roots
יְהוֹ (yeho) referring to the Hebrew God and
נָתַן (natan) meaning "to give". According to the
Old Testament, Jonathan was the eldest son of
Saul. His relationship with his father was strained due to his close friendship with his father's rival
David. Along with Saul he was killed in battle with the Philistines.
As an English name, Jonathan did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was the Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), who wrote Gulliver's Travels and other works.
Jordana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Macedonian, Serbian, English (Rare)
Other Scripts: Јордана(Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: khor-DHA-na(Spanish) jawr-DAN-ə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Josephine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: JO-sə-feen(English) yo-zeh-FEE-nə(German)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Josiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: יֹאשִׁיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jo-SIE-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יֹאשִׁיָהוּ (Yoshiyahu) meaning
"Yahweh supports". In the
Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah famous for his religious reforms. He was killed fighting the Egyptians at Megiddo in the 7th century BC. In England this name came into use after the
Protestant Reformation.
Judah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְהוּדָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JOO-də(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
יְהוּדָה (Yehudah), probably derived from
יָדָה (yadah) meaning "praise". In the
Old Testament Judah is the fourth of the twelve sons of
Jacob by
Leah, and the ancestor of the tribe of Judah. An explanation for his name is given in
Genesis 29:35. His tribe eventually formed the Kingdom of Judah in the south of Israel. King
David and
Jesus were among the descendants of him and his wife
Tamar. This name was also borne by Judah Maccabee, the Jewish priest who revolted against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BC, as told in the Books of Maccabees.
The name appears in the New Testament using the spellings Judas and Jude.
Justice
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JUS-tis
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From an occupational surname meaning "judge, officer of justice" in Old French. This name can also be given in direct reference to the English word justice.
Kai 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Pronounced: KIE(German, Swedish, Finnish, English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian
diminutive of
Gerhard,
Nicolaas,
Cornelis or
Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.
Kalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "joy, happiness" in Hawaiian.
Kaleigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-lee, KAL-ee
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Kalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek (Cypriot)
Other Scripts: Κάλια(Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Keidan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Bessarabian)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Keiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 慶子, 敬子, 啓子, 恵子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) けいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KEH-KO
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
慶 (kei) meaning "celebration",
敬 (kei) meaning "respect",
啓 (kei) meaning "open, begin" or
恵 (kei) meaning "favour, benefit" combined with
子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kemi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "cherish me; caring for me" in Yoruba. It is also a diminutive of other names such as
Oluwakemi.
Keziah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: קְצִיעָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: kə-ZIE-ə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
קְצִיעָה (Qetzi'ah) meaning
"cassia, cinnamon", from the name of the spice tree. In the
Old Testament she is a daughter of
Job.
Kirstina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, English (British)
Norwegian dialectal form (found in the county Sogn og Fjordane) as well as an English variant of
Christina or
Kirstin (in the case of the English name, it might be an Anglicized form of
Cairistìona).
Koralia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Late Greek
Other Scripts: Κοραλία(Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from Ancient Greek
κοράλλιον (korallion) meaning
"coral" (in Modern Greek
κοράλλι). This was the name of an obscure 4th-century
saint and martyr from Thrace.
Kyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEER-ə, KIE-rə
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Kira 2, sometimes considered a feminine form of
Cyrus.
Kyran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sanskrit
Pronounced: KIE-rən
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "shining beam of light" derived from the Sanskrit name
Kiran.
Letitia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: li-TISH-ə
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Late Latin name
Laetitia meaning
"joy, happiness". This was the name of an obscure
saint, who is revered mainly in Spain. It was in use in England during the Middle Ages, usually in the spelling
Lettice, and it was revived in the 18th century.
Levi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Dutch, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: לֵוִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: LEE-vie(English) LEH-vee(Dutch)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Possibly means
"joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the
Old Testament, Levi was the third son of
Jacob and
Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers
Moses and
Aaron were members. This name also occurs in the
New Testament, where it is another name for the apostle
Matthew.
As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
Leviah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לויה, לביאה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: lə-VIE-ə(English) le-vee-AH(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
This name has some meanings: the first is feminine form of
Levi (written: לויה), and the second is feminine form of
Lavi (written: לביאה).
Mae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY
Variant of
May. A famous bearer was the American actress Mae West (1893-1980), whose birth name was Mary.
Mai 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 舞, 麻衣, 真愛, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-EE
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
舞 (mai) meaning "dance" or
麻衣 (mai) meaning "linen robe". It can also come from
真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" combined with
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
Malachi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: מַלְאָכִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-kie(English)
From the Hebrew name
מַלְאָכִי (Mal'akhi) meaning
"my messenger" or
"my angel". This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament, the author of the Book of Malachi, which some claim foretells the coming of Christ. In England the name came into use after the
Protestant Reformation.
Malakai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Fijian, Tongan, English (Modern)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Fijian and Tongan form of
Malachi, as well as a modern English variant.
Maranatha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare), Haitian Creole
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From an Aramaic phrase in the New Testament, translated as "O Lord, come".
Mari 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 真理, 真里, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-REE
From Japanese
真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" combined with
理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic" or
里 (ri) meaning "village". Many other combinations of kanji characters can form this name.
Matai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Maori
Pronounced: MəTəIE
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Meadow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHD-o
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the English word meadow, ultimately from Old English mædwe. Previously very rare, it rose in popularity after it was used as the name of Tony Soprano's daughter on the television series The Sopranos (1999-2007).
Mercy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-see
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word
mercy, ultimately from Latin
merces "wages, reward", a derivative of
merx "goods, wares". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Mia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 未亜, 見上(Japanese Kanji) みあ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: mee ah
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Japanese Kanji 未 (
mi) meaning "the Sheep (the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches)" combined with 亜 (
a) meaning "coming after". It can also derives from 見上 (
mia) meaning "to see above".
Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Micah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: מִיכָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: MIE-kə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Contracted form of
Micaiah. Micah is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament. He authored the Book of Micah, which alternates between prophesies of doom and prophesies of restoration. This is also the name of a separate person in the Book of Judges, the keeper of an idol. It was occasionally used as an English given name by the
Puritans after the
Protestant Reformation, but it did not become common until the end of the 20th century.
Micaiah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מִיכָיָהוּ, מִיכָיְהוּ, מִיכָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: mi-KIE-ə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"who is like Yahweh?" in Hebrew. This name occurs in the
Old Testament in a variety of Hebrew spellings, belonging to both males and females. It is the full name of
Micah, both the prophet and the man from the Book of Judges. As a feminine name it belongs to the mother of King
Abijah (at
2 Chronicles 13:2), though her name is listed as
Maacah in other passages.
Miguel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Pronounced: mee-GHEHL(Spanish) mee-GEHL(European Portuguese) mee-GEW(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of
Michael. A notable bearer of this name was Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), the Spanish novelist and poet who wrote
Don Quixote.
Mika 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美香, 美加, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-KA
From Japanese
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with
香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or
加 (ka) meaning "increase". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Milena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Italian
Other Scripts: Милена(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: MI-leh-na(Czech) MEE-leh-na(Slovak) mee-LEH-na(Polish, Italian) myi-LYEH-nə(Russian)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Milan. It began to be used in Italy in honour of Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), mother of Helen of Montenegro, the wife of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III. In Italy it can also be considered a combination of
Maria and
Elena.
Miracle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MIR-ə-kəl
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the English word miracle for an extraordinary event, ultimately deriving from Latin miraculum "wonder, marvel".
Miriam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: מִרְיָם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: MIR-ee-əm(English) MI-ryam(German) MI-ri-yam(Czech) MEE-ree-am(Slovak)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Hebrew form of
Mary. It is used in the
Old Testament, where it belongs to the elder sister of
Moses and
Aaron. She watched over the infant Moses as the pharaoh's daughter drew him from the Nile. The name has long been popular among Jews, and it has been used as an English Christian name (alongside
Mary) since the
Protestant Reformation.
Mo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "ink" or "black". A famous bearer is Mo Di (ca. 470 - ca. 391 BC), a Chinese philosopher and founder of Mohism.
Moe 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 萌, etc.(Japanese Kanji) もえ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MO-EH
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
萌 (moe) meaning "bud, sprout". Other kanji with the same reading can also form this name.
Moor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Archaic)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Moria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 森亜, 森愛, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: MO-ṘEE-AH
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" or 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Moriah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Other Scripts: מֹרִיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: mah-RIE-ə
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From Hebrew
מֹרִיָה (Moriyah) possibly meaning "seen by
Yahweh". This is a place name in the
Old Testament, both the land where
Abraham is to sacrifice
Isaac and the mountain upon which
Solomon builds the temple. They may be the same place. Since the 1980s it has occasionally been used as a feminine given name in America.
Naomi 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts: נָעֳמִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: nay-O-mee(English) nie-O-mee(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
נָעֳמִי (Na'omi) meaning
"pleasantness". In the
Old Testament this is the name of the mother-in-law of
Ruth. After the death of her husband and sons, she returned to Bethlehem with Ruth. There she declared that her name should be
Mara because of her misfortune (see
Ruth 1:20).
Though long common as a Jewish name, Naomi was not typically used as an English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer is the British model Naomi Campbell (1970-).
Nazareth
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Pronounced: NAZ-ə-rəth
Biblical place name, now an Arabic city in northern Israel. In the New Testament it is referred to as the home town of Jesus Christ, and is used as one of his titles: Jesus of Nazareth. The meaning is uncertain; it may be from Hebrew neser, meaning "branch", or Hebrew nasar, meaning "watch, guard, keep".
Nehemiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: נְחֶמְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: nee-hi-MIE-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"Yahweh comforts" in Hebrew, derived from
נָחַם (nacham) meaning "to comfort" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. According to the Book of Nehemiah in the
Old Testament he was a leader of the Jews who was responsible for the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity.
Neriah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: נֵרִיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ni-RIE-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Niko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 仁子, 仁湖, 仁胡, 二子, 二胡, 日子, 日湖(Japanese Kanji) にこ(Japanese Hiragana) ニコ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: NEE-KO
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
This name can be used as 仁子, 仁湖, 仁胡, 二子, 二胡, 日子 or 日湖 with 仁 (jin, ni, non) meaning "benevolence, charity, humanity, kernel, man, virtue", 二 (ji, ni, futa, futata.bi, futa.tsu) meaning "two", 日 (jitsu, nichi, -ka, hi, -hi, ni) meaning "day, Japan, sun", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)", 湖 (ko, mizuumi) meaning "lake" and 胡 (u, ko, go, nanzo, ebisu, kuru) meaning "barbarian, foreign."
Nikodemos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Νικόδημος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Noa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Biblical
Other Scripts: נוֹעָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-a(Spanish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Modern Hebrew form of
Noah 2, the daughter of
Zelophehad in the Bible. It is also the form used in several other languages, as well as the spelling used in some English versions of the
Old Testament.
Noah 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch (Modern), French (Modern), Biblical
Other Scripts: נֹחַ, נוֹחַ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-ə(English) NO-a(German)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
נֹחַ (Noach) meaning
"rest, repose", derived from the root
נוּחַ (nuach). According to the
Old Testament, Noah was the builder of the Ark that allowed him, his family, and animals of each species to survive the Great Flood. After the flood he received the sign of the rainbow as a covenant from God. He was the father of
Shem,
Ham and
Japheth.
As an English Christian name, Noah has been used since the Protestant Reformation, being common among the Puritans. In the United States it was not overly popular in the 19th and 20th centuries, but it began slowly growing in the 1970s. Starting 1994 it increased rapidly — this was when actor Noah Wyle (1971-) began starring on the television series ER. A further boost in 2004 from the main character in the movie The Notebook helped it eventually become the most popular name for boys in America between 2013 and 2016. At the same time it has also been heavily used in other English-speaking countries, as well as Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and France.
A famous bearer was the American lexicographer Noah Webster (1758-1843).
Noor 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: NOR
Nora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 乃羅, 乃良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: NO-ṘAH
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric" or 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Norah 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: NAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Oasis
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: o-AY-sis
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word
oasis referring to a cultivated area (often a date palm grove) in a desert or semi-desert environment. An oasis can also provide habitat for animals and spontaneous plants.
This is a modern name in the United States, first recorded by the Social Security Administration in 1995 (perhaps influenced by the English rock band by this name, which was active from 1991 until 2009).
Ocean
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: O-shən
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Simply from the English word
ocean for a large body of water. It is ultimately derived from Greek
Ὠκεανός (Okeanos), the name of the body of water thought to surround the Earth.
Odelia 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹדֶלְיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means
"I will thank Yahweh" in Hebrew. This is a modern Hebrew name probably inspired by
Odelia 1.
Ozana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Romanian and Croatian form of
Osanna.
Patience
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAY-shəns
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the English word
patience, ultimately from Latin
patientia, a derivative of
pati "to suffer". This was one of the virtue names coined by the
Puritans in the 17th century. It is now most commonly used in African countries where English is widely understood, such as Nigeria and Ghana.
Peace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: PEES
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the English word peace, ultimately derived from Latin pax. This name is most common in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
Pita
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Praise
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: PRAYZ
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word praise, which is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Late Latin preciare, a derivative of Latin pretium "price, worth". This name is most common in English-speaking Africa.
Prayer
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Middle English from Old French preiere, based on Latin precarius ‘obtained by entreaty,’ from prex, prec- prayer.’
Promise
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: PRAHM-is
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word promise, from Latin promissum. It is currently most common in parts of English-influenced Africa.
Prudence
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: PROO-dəns(English) PRUY-DAHNS(French)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Medieval English form of
Prudentia, the feminine form of
Prudentius. In France it is both the feminine form and a rare masculine form. In England it was used during the Middle Ages and was revived in the 17th century by the
Puritans, in part from the English word
prudence, ultimately of the same source.
Psalm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Various, English (African), Filipino
Pronounced: SAHM(English) SAHLM(English) SAWM(English) SAWLM(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the English word
psalm which refers to a sacred song or poem, especially one of the hymns by
David and others which were collected into the Old Testament
Book of Psalms. It is ultimately derived from Greek ψαλμός
(psalmos) meaning "a song sung to the harp", from ψάλλω
(psallo) "to pluck, to play a stringed instrument with the fingers". This name was used by the television personality Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West for their son born 2019.
Purpose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Middle English from Old French porpos, from the verb porposer, variant of proposer. Meaning, "the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists."
Raphael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English, Biblical
Other Scripts: רָפָאֵל, רְפָאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: RA-fa-ehl(German) RAF-ee-əl(English) RAF-ay-ehl(English) rah-fie-EHL(English)
From the Hebrew name
רָפָאֵל (Rafa'el) meaning
"God heals", from the roots
רָפָא (rafa') meaning "to heal" and
אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In Hebrew tradition Raphael is the name of an archangel. He appears in the Book of Tobit, in which he disguises himself as a man named
Azarias and accompanies
Tobias on his journey to Media, aiding him along the way. In the end he cures Tobias's father
Tobit of his blindness. He is not mentioned in the
New Testament, though tradition identifies him with the angel troubling the water in
John 5:4.
This name has never been common in the English-speaking world, though it has been well-used elsewhere in Europe. A famous bearer was the Renaissance master Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), usually known simply as Raphael.
Rebeka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: REH-beh-kaw(Hungarian) REH-beh-ka(Czech)
Hungarian, Slovene, Czech and Slovak form of
Rebecca.
Reina 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 怜奈, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れいな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REH-NA
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
怜 (rei) meaning "wise" and
奈 (na), a phonetic character. This name can also be formed by other combinations of kanji.
Reuel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: רְעוּאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ROOL(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"friend of God" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this is another name for
Jethro. The fantasy author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a famous bearer.
Rhema
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: RAY-mə, REE-mə
Derived from Greek ῥῆμα (rhēma) meaning "a saying, utterance, word", literally "that which is spoken", a term used in Christianity to refer to the concept of rhematos Christou "the word of Christ".
River
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIV-ər
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank".
Robin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, French, Dutch, Swedish, Czech
Pronounced: RAHB-in(American English) RAWB-in(British English) RAW-BEHN(French) RAW-bin(Dutch) RO-bin(Czech)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Medieval English
diminutive of
Robert, now usually regarded as an independent name. Robin Hood was a legendary hero and archer of medieval England who stole from the rich to give to the poor. In modern times it has also been used as a feminine name, and it may sometimes be given in reference to the red-breasted bird.
Rue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the name of the bitter medicinal herb, ultimately deriving from Greek
ῥυτή (rhyte). This is also sometimes used as a short form of
Ruth 1.
Rupert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: ROO-pehrt(German) ROO-pərt(English)
German variant form of
Robert, from the Old German variant
Hrodperht. It was borne by the 7th century
Saint Rupert of Salzburg and the 8th-century Saint Rupert of Bingen. The military commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a nephew of Charles I, introduced this name to England in the 17th century. A notable bearer is the Australian-American businessman Rupert Murdoch (1931-).
Sal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Sei
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 精(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SAY
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 精 (sei) meaning "refined".
Selah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: סֶלַה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SEE-lə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From a Hebrew musical term that occurs many times in the
Old Testament Psalms. It was probably meant to indicate a musical pause.
Sen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亘, 仙, 千(Japanese Kanji) せん(Japanese Hiragana) セン(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SEHN
Derived from the Japanese kanji 亘 (
sen) meaning "span; request" or 仙 (
sen) referred to a sage, a hermit or an enlightened person or 千 (
sen) meaning "thousand".
Other characters combinations are also possible.
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
Feminine form of the Late Latin name
Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word
seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant
"fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.
This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.
Seraphine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Anglicized, Modern)
Pronounced: ser-ə-FEEN, SER-ə-feen
Serenity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: sə-REHN-ə-tee
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the English word meaning "serenity, tranquility", ultimately from Latin serenus meaning "clear, calm".
Shalom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שָׁלוֹם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: sha-LOM
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "peace" in Hebrew.
Shiloh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שִׁלוֹ, שִׁילֹה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHIE-lo(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From an
Old Testament place name possibly meaning
"tranquil" in Hebrew. It is also used prophetically in the Old Testament to refer to a person, often understood to be the Messiah (see
Genesis 49:10). This may in fact be a mistranslation.
This name was brought to public attention after actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave it to their daughter in 2006.
Solomon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: שְׁלֹמֹה(Hebrew) Σολομών(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SAHL-ə-mən(American English) SAWL-ə-mən(British English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh), which was derived from Hebrew
שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". As told in the
Old Testament, Solomon was a king of Israel, the son of
David and
Bathsheba. He was renowned for his wisdom and wealth. Towards the end of his reign he angered God by turning to idolatry. Supposedly, he was the author of the Book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon.
This name has never been overly common in the Christian world, and it is considered typically Jewish. It was however borne by an 11th-century Hungarian king.
Sonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish
Pronounced: SON-yə(English) SAWN-yə(English) SAW-nya(Italian) SO-nya(Spanish)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Sora
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 空, 昊, etc.(Japanese Kanji) そら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SO-RA
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
空 (sora) or
昊 (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Stefanos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Στέφανος(Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Steffan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Stephanie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: STEHF-ə-nee(English) SHTEH-fa-nee(German)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Stephanos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Greek
Other Scripts: Στέφανος(Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Greek form of
Stephen. In Modern Greek it is usually transcribed
Stefanos.
Susanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Catalan, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch, English, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Сусанна(Russian, Ukrainian) Սուսաննա(Armenian) שׁוֹשַׁנָּה(Ancient Hebrew) Сꙋсанна(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: soo-ZAN-na(Italian) soo-ZAN-nə(Catalan) suy-SAN-na(Swedish) SOO-sahn-nah(Finnish) suw-SAN-nə(Russian) suw-SAN-nu(Ukrainian) suy-SAH-na(Dutch) soo-ZAN-ə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From
Σουσάννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name
שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah). This was derived from the Hebrew word
שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan) meaning
"lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means
"rose"), perhaps ultimately from Egyptian
sšn "lotus". In the
Old Testament Apocrypha this is the name of a woman falsely accused of adultery. The prophet
Daniel clears her name by tricking her accusers, who end up being condemned themselves. It also occurs in the
New Testament belonging to a woman who ministers to
Jesus.
As an English name, it was occasionally used during the Middle Ages in honour of the Old Testament heroine. It did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation, at which time it was often spelled Susan.
Takumi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 匠, 巧, 拓海, 拓実, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たくみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TA-KOO-MEE
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
匠 (takumi) meaning "artisan" or
巧 (takumi) meaning "skillful". It can also come from
拓 (taku) meaning "expand, open, support" combined with
海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean" or
実 (mi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations.
Talia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טַלְיָה, טַלְיָא(Hebrew)
Means
"dew from God" in Hebrew, from
טַל (tal) meaning "dew" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.
Tallis
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: TAL-is(English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Tallis, which comes from the Old French taillis, referring to a clearing of woodland.
Tehillah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: תְּהִלָּה(Hebrew)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant transcription of
Tehila.
Teo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Croatian, Slovene, Georgian
Other Scripts: თეო(Georgian)
Pronounced: TEH-o(Spanish, Italian, Croatian)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Short form of
Teodoro and other names that begin with
Teo. In Georgian this is a feminine name, a short form of
Teona.
Teo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 天麻, 泰吾, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: TE-O
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 天 (te) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 麻 (o) meaning "hemp, flax, linen". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Teto
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: Teh- toe
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Te meaning "raspberry" and To meaning "diva"
Thaddeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Θαδδαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: THAD-ee-əs(English) tha-DEE-əs(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From
Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaios), the Greek form of the Aramaic name
Thaddai. It is possibly derived from a word meaning
"heart", but it may in fact be an Aramaic form of a Greek name such as
Θεόδωρος (see
Theodore). In the Gospel of Matthew, Thaddaeus is listed as one of the twelve apostles, though elsewhere in the
New Testament his name is omitted and
Jude's appears instead. It is likely that the two names refer to the same person.
Thaleia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θάλεια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Theodore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: THEE-ə-dawr
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the Greek name
Θεόδωρος (Theodoros), which meant
"gift of god" from Greek
θεός (theos) meaning "god" and
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". The name
Dorothea is derived from the same roots in reverse order. This was the name of several
saints, including Theodore of Amasea, a 4th-century Greek soldier; Theodore of Tarsus, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury; and Theodore the Studite, a 9th-century Byzantine monk. It was also borne by two popes.
This was a common name in classical Greece, and, due to both the saints who carried it and the favourable meaning, it came into general use in the Christian world, being especially popular among Eastern Christians. It was however rare in Britain before the 19th century. Famous bearers include three tsars of Russia (in the Russian form Fyodor) and American president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919).
Theokleia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θεόκλεια(Ancient Greek)
Theophilus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Θεόφιλος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: thee-AHF-i-ləs(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek name
Θεόφιλος (Theophilos) meaning
"friend of god", derived from
θεός (theos) meaning "god" and
φίλος (philos) meaning "friend". In the
New Testament the evangelist Luke addresses his gospel and the Book of Acts to a man named Theophilus.
Tias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish (Modern), Norwegian
Pronounced: TEE-ahs
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Tirzah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: תִּרְצָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: TIR-zə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
תִּרְצָה (Tirtzah) meaning
"favourable". Tirzah is the name of one of the daughters of
Zelophehad in the
Old Testament. It also occurs in the Old Testament as a place name, the early residence of the kings of the northern kingdom.
Titus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: TEE-toos(Latin) TIE-təs(English) TEE-tuws(German)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Roman
praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin
titulus "title of honour". It is more likely of Oscan origin, since it was borne by the legendary Sabine king Titus Tatius.
This name appears in the New Testament belonging to a companion of Saint Paul. He became the first bishop of Crete and was the recipient of one of Paul's epistles. This was also the praenomen of all three Roman emperors of the 1st-century Flavian dynasty, and it is the name by which the second of them is commonly known to history. Shakespeare later used it for the main character in his tragedy Titus Andronicus (1593). As an English name, Titus has been occasionally used since the Protestant Reformation.
Tristram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: TRIS-trəm
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Valencia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: ba-LEHN-sya(Latin American Spanish) ba-LEHN-thya(European Spanish) və-LEHN-see-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the name of cities in Spain and Venezuela, both derived from Latin valentia meaning "strength, vigour".
Verity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VEHR-i-tee
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the English word meaning
"verity, truth", from Latin
verus "true, real". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Victory
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Simply from the English word, which is ultimately from Latin
victoria (itself from the past participle stem of
vincere "to conquer", making it a (distant) relative of
Vincent). For Puritans, the name was given in reference to 1 Corinthians 15:55, "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
A male bearer was Victory Birdseye (1782-1853), a U.S. Representative from New York.
Viera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Вера(Belarusian)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Slovak form of
Vera 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Belarusian
Вера (see
Vera 1).
Wisdom
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIZ-dəm
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".
Yuda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare, Archaic)
Other Scripts: יודא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: YOO-də
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Rare Hebrew form of
Judah. Predominantly used by the Jewish communities in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
Zaccai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זַכָּי(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
זַכָּי (Zakkai) meaning
"pure". This is the name of a minor character in the
Old Testament.
Zacchaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Ζακχαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: zə-KEE-əs(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From
Ζακχαῖος (Zakchaios), the Greek form of
Zaccai. According to the
New Testament, Zacchaeus was a tax collector who climbed a tree in order to catch a glimpse of
Jesus, then gave half of his possessions to charity.
Zakias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Rare)
Pronounced: ZAWKIAWS
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Zebadiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זְבַדְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehb-ə-DIE-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Zebedee
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Ζεβεδαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZEHB-ə-dee(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Zechariah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: זְכַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehk-ə-RIE-ə(English)
From the Hebrew name
זְכַרְיָה (Zekharyah) meaning
"Yahweh remembers", from
זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of many characters in the
Old Testament, including the prophet Zechariah, the author of the Book of Zechariah. The name also appears in the
New Testament belonging to the father of
John the Baptist, who was temporarily made dumb because of his disbelief. He is regarded as a
saint by Christians. In some versions of the New Testament his name is spelled in the Greek form
Zacharias or the English form
Zachary. As an English given name,
Zechariah has been in occasional use since the
Protestant Reformation.
Zion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish, Biblical
Other Scripts: צִיוֹן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ZIE-ən(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the name of a citadel that was in the center of Jerusalem. Zion is also used to refer to a Jewish homeland and to heaven.
Zipporah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: צִפּוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: zi-PAWR-ə(English) ZIP-ə-rə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah), derived from
צִפּוֹר (tzippor) meaning
"bird". In the
Old Testament this is the name of the Midianite wife of
Moses. She was the daughter of the priest
Jethro.
Ziva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זִיוָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Zoraida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: tho-RIE-dha(European Spanish) so-RIE-dha(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Perhaps means
"enchanting" or
"dawn" in Arabic. This was the name of a minor 12th-century Spanish
saint, a convert from Islam. The name was used by Cervantes for a character in his novel
Don Quixote (1606), in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.
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