Delaney_66's Personal Name List

Amage
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scythian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ἀμάγη(Ancient Greek)
Of uncertain etymology. A notable bearer was Amage, a queen of the Sarmatians.
Amenemhatankh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian jmn-m-ḥꜣt-ꜥnḫ meaning "(king) Amenemhat lives", derived from the name of the pharaoh Amenemhat combined with ankh "life". This was the name of a son of Amenemhat II, as well as of a Middle Kingdom vizier.
Ankhesenmeryre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Meaning "her life is of Meryre", Meryre being the throne name of Pepi I. Two queen consorts of Pepi I were named this, and both were also called Ankhesenpepi.
Ankhesenpepi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Other Scripts: Ꜥḫ n=s ppj
Meaning "her life is of Pepi (either Pepi I or Pepi II)". The root "ankhesen" is used in other names like Ankhesenamun, Ankhesenpaaten, and Ankhesenmeryre.
Aryenis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ἀρύηνις(Ancient Greek)
From a Lydian name that was cognate with the Hittite term 𒂖 (arawanni-) meaning "free" as in a free person, not a slave. This was the name of the wife of Astyages, the last king of the Median Empire.
Brighamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: BRI-gə-mee-nə(American English)
Feminine form of Brigham. This name was mostly used by Mormon parents who wanted to honor Brigham Young, who was the 2nd president of the LDS Church.
Caelah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KAY-lə(American English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Variant of Kayla.
Chalchiuhnenetzin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Variant of Chalchiuhnenetl, with the diminutive or reverential suffix "-tzin", a suffix that was often used in Aztec royal families.
Cuilén
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Scottish
Medieval Scottish Gaelic form of Cailean. Means "whelp, young dog". in Scottish Gaelic. Cuilén mac Ilduib was King of Scots from 967-971.
Cyneburh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Alternate spelling of Cyneburg, or Cyneburga.
Daquanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: də-KWAH-nə
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Daquan or elaboration of Quanna.
Drypetis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Δρυπετις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: druy-peh-tees, dhruy-PEE-tees
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Of uncertain etymology. Drypetis was the daughter of Stateira I and Darius III of Persia. She was married to Hephaestion and was rumored to have been killed by Roxana to remove potential rivals.
Dwainie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: DWAY-nee, DU-way-nee
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Dwayne or pet form/nickname of Dwayne.
Ealhswith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Alternate spelling of Ealhswiþ.
Eormenburh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
From Old English eormen meaning "whole, great" and burg "fortress" (making it a cognate of Erminburg).
Grif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRIF
Alternate spelling of Griff, a diminutive of Griffith or Griffin. Grif Teller (1899-1993), an American painter, is a notable bearer of this name.
Honeylynne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Rare)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Variant of Honeylyn.
Kurdujin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian (Rare)
A notable bearer of this name was Kurdujin Khatun, Ilkhanid princess and ruler of Kerman and Shiraz. The Iranian village of Kardowjin (كاردوجين) was named after her.
Malinche
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl (Hispanicized)
Pronounced: ma-LEENCHEH
Hispanicized form of Malintzin, which was a Nahuatlized form of the Spanish name Marina. Malinche was a Nahua woman who was an interpreter to Hernán Cortés.
Mandane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Μανδάνη(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of the Old Persian name *Mandanā- meaning "delighting, cheerful". This was the name of the mother of Cyrus the Great, a daughter of the Median king Astyages. It was also borne by a sister of Xerxes I.
Meryra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Other Scripts: mry-rꜥ
Meaning "beloved of Ra". This was an alternate transcription of the throne name of Pepi I, Meryre.
Meryre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Other Scripts: mry-rꜥ
Meaning "beloved of Re". This was the throne name of the pharaoh Pepi I, and the feminine name borne by two consorts of Pepi incorporates this name, Ankhesenmeryre.
Nebet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Other Scripts: 𓎟𓏏(Hieroglyphs)
From Egyptian nbt meaning "lady, mistress". Name borne by several prominent ancient Egyptian women, including the first known female vizier in Egyptian history; she served under Pepi I. Her daughters Ankhesenpepi I and II later became consorts of Pepi I.
Noðgyð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: NODH-guyth(Old English) NOTH-guyth(Old English)
Composed of the Old English elements noð meaning "boldness, daring" and guð meaning "battle". This was borne by a sister of Nothhelm (also called 'Nunna'), King of the South Saxons, who founded a monastery with his help.
Pepi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
This was a name used by 2 pharaohs of Egypt's Old Kingdom. The etymology is unknown. Pepi I's throne name was Meryre, and Pepi II's was Neferkare.
The feminine Ankhesenpepi, used by queen consorts of the pharaohs named Pepi, incorporates this name.
Sæwara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Variant form of Sæwaru. This name was borne by the consort of Anna, king of East Anglia.
Shiomi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 塩見, 汐見(Japanese kanji) しおみ (Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEE-OH-MEE
Derived from the Japanese kanji 塩 (shio) meaning "salt (a symbol of purification)" or 汐 (shio) meaning "eventide, salt water, opportunity" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see, the look or appearance of something".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Shiomi was used as a feminine given name in the Edo Period (1600-1868) but nowadays is more common as a surname or a fictional name.

Sisygambis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Sisygambis was an Achaemenid queen consort, the mother of Darius III, and was a friend of Alexander the Great and Hephaestion. This name is of uncertain etymology.
Temülün
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: тэмүлүн(Mongolian Cyrillic)
From the stem "temü", meaning "iron", and "lun", a feminine name suffix. Temülün was the sister of Genghis Khan, or Temüjin.
Tenepal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Probably from Nahuatl tene "lip-possessor; one who speaks well or vigorously", itself derived from tentli "lip, mouth; voice, word" and the possessive suffix -e, combined with the suffix -pal "through, by means of". This may have derived from a transliteration of la lengua, a Spanish sobriquet of the famous translator Malinche meaning "the interpreter; the tongue".
Tyquanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: tie-KWAH-nə
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Tyquan, or a combination of the popular phonetic prefix ty and Quanna.
Wihtburh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Alternate spelling of Wihtburg.
Xiuhcanahualtzin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Meaning unknown, although the first element is probably "xihuitl" or "xiuh", meaning "turquoise, grass, green/blue thing" or "year, comet" or "flame, fire". The last element is probably "-tzin", a diminutive or reverential suffix. This name belonged to a princess of Azcapotzalco, the daughter of Tezozomoc and Tzihuacxochitzin.
Zarinaea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scythian (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ζαριναιᾱ(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of Zarinaia. This was the name of a queen regnant and military leader of the Saka tribe, possibly legendary, who waged a war against the Medes.
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