artistity's Personal Name List

Aranka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: AW-rawng-kaw
Derived from Hungarian arany meaning "gold". It is used as a vernacular form of Aurélia.
Awilix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mayan Mythology
Meaning uncertain, possibly from a place name Awilizapan, or possibly from a Q'eqchi' Maya word meaning "swallow (bird)" [1]. This was the name of the K'iche' Maya goddess of the moon, night and death.
Castor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάστωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-tər(English)
From the Greek name Κάστωρ (Kastor), possibly related to κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κέκαστο). Alternatively it could be derived from the Greek word κάστωρ (kastor) meaning "beaver", though the legends about Castor do not mention beavers, which were foreign animals to the Greeks. In Greek myth Castor was a son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Cortana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Curtana, from the Latin curtus, meaning "short", the name of the ceremonial sword used at the Coronation of British royalty. It is borne by an artificial intelligence creature in the Halo video game franchise, as well as Microsoft's virtual assistant, which was named for the character in the game.
Crystal
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KRIS-təl
From the English word crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone. The English word derives ultimately from Greek κρύσταλλος (krystallos) meaning "ice". It has been in use as a given name since the 19th century.
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Hira 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Urdu, Nepali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: ہیرا(Urdu) हिरा(Nepali) ਹੀਰਾ(Gurmukhi) હીરા(Gujarati) हीरा(Hindi)
Pronounced: HEE-ra(Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi)
Derived from Sanskrit हीर (hīra) meaning "diamond". It is typically feminine in Pakistan and unisex in India and Nepal.
Iolana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Means "to soar" in Hawaiian.
Kekepania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Stephanie.
Licarayen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mapuche
Means "stone flower" in Mapuche, from likan "a type of black stone" and rayen "flower". According to a Mapuche legend this was the name of a maiden who sacrificed herself in order to stop the wrath of the evil spirit of a volcano.
Mion
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: ミオン(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: Mee-on
Means "demon sound" in Japanese.
Ophelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Literature, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ὠφελία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: o-FEEL-ee-ə(English) o-FEEL-yə(English)
Derived from Greek ὠφέλεια (opheleia) meaning "help, advantage". This was a rare ancient Greek name, which was either rediscovered or recreated by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a character in his poem Arcadia (1480). It was borrowed by Shakespeare for his play Hamlet (1600), in which it belongs to the daughter of Polonius and the potential love interest of Hamlet. She eventually goes insane and drowns herself after Hamlet kills her father. In spite of this negative association, the name has been in use since the 19th century.
Spirit
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SPIR-it
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath, energy", a derivative of spirare "to blow".
Steve
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STEEV
Short form of Steven. A notable bearer was American technology entrepreneur Steve Jobs (1955-2011).
Uʻilani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: oo-ee-LA-nee
Means "heavenly beauty" or "royal beauty" from Hawaiian uʻi "youth, beauty" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Voski
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ոսկի(Armenian)
Pronounced: vaws-KEE(Eastern Armenian) vaws-GEE(Western Armenian)
Means "gold" in Armenian.
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