dentviking's Personal Name List

Claire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLEHR
Rating: 66% based on 12 votes
French form of Clara. This was a common name in France throughout the 20th century, though it has since been eclipsed there by Clara. It was also very popular in the United Kingdom, especially in the 1970s.
Delilah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
Other Scripts: דְּלִילָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: di-LIE-lə(English)
Rating: 56% based on 11 votes
Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she is the lover of Samson, whom she betrays to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which is the source of his power. Despite her character flaws, the name began to be used by the Puritans in the 17th century. It has been used occasionally in the English-speaking world since that time.
Liliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, English
Pronounced: lee-LYA-na(Italian, Spanish, Polish) lil-ee-AN-ə(English) lil-ee-AHN-ə(English)
Rating: 44% based on 11 votes
Latinate form of Lillian.
Myla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MIE-lə
Rating: 48% based on 11 votes
Possibly a feminine form of Miles, influenced by similar-sounding names such as Kyla.
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