Behind the Name: MyNameIsSol's Personal Name List

Amalia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Germanic (Latinized) [1]

Other Scripts: Αμαλία(Greek)

Pronounced: a-MA-lya(Spanish, Italian, German) a-MA-lee-a(Dutch)

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.

Celeste

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English

Pronounced: cheh-LEH-steh(Italian) theh-LEHS-teh(European Spanish) seh-LEHS-teh(Latin American Spanish) sə-LEST(English)

Italian feminine and masculine form of Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.

Leander

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Λέανδρος(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: lee-AN-dər(English)

Latinized form of the Greek name Λέανδρος (Leandros), derived from λέων (leon) meaning "lion" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.

Lorenzo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: lo-REHN-tso(Italian) lo-REHN-tho(European Spanish) lo-REHN-so(Latin American Spanish)

Italian and Spanish form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1). Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492), known as the Magnificent, was a ruler of Florence during the Renaissance. He was also a great patron of the arts who employed Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and other famous artists.

River

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: RIV-ər

From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank".

Violeta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Romanian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Lithuanian

Other Scripts: Виолета(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)

Pronounced: byo-LEH-ta(Spanish)

Form of Violet in several languages.