Behind the Name: artistity's Personal Name List

Ajax

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Αἴας(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: AY-jaks(English)

From the Greek name Αἴας (Aias), perhaps deriving from Greek αἰαστής (aiastes) meaning "mourner" or αἶα (aia) meaning "earth, land". In Greek mythology this was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War: the son of Telamon and the son of Oileus. When the armour of the slain hero Achilles was not given to Ajax Telamonian, he became mad with jealousy and killed himself.

Avis

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: AY-vis

Probably a Latinized form of the Germanic name Aveza, which was derived from the element awi, of unknown meaning. The Normans introduced this name to England and it became moderately common during the Middle Ages, at which time it was associated with Latin avis "bird".

Emi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 恵美, 絵美, etc.(Japanese Kanji) えみ(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: EH-MEE

From Japanese 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" or 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Lars

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, German

Pronounced: LAHSH(Swedish, Norwegian) LAHS(Danish) LAHRS(Finnish, Dutch) LARS(German)

Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.

Mochizuki

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 望月(Japanese Kanji) もちづき(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: MO-CHEE-ZOO-KYEE

Means "full moon" in Japanese, a compound of 望 (mochi) meaning "wish, desire" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".

Rina 4

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 莉奈, 里菜, 莉菜, 里奈, etc.(Japanese Kanji) りな(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: REE-NA

From Japanese 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 奈 (na), a phonetic character, or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sapphy

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: SAF-fee

Variant of Saffy more often used for names beginning with Saph.

Shimizu

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 清水(Japanese Kanji) しみず(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: SHEE-MEE-ZOO

From Japanese 清 (shi) meaning "clear, pure, clean" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Shinju

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 真珠(Japanese Kanji) しんじゅ(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: SHEEN-JOO

From Japanese 真珠 (shinju) meaning "pearl".