SixxyPrissy's Personal Name List

Aaliya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pakistani
Personal remark: Aaliya Jamil
Variant of Aaliyah.
Ai 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 爱, 蔼, etc.(Chinese) 愛, 藹, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: IE
Personal remark: Ai Tan
From Chinese (ài) meaning "love, affection", (ǎi) meaning "friendly, lush", or other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Akira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 昭, 明, 亮, 晶, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-RA
Personal remark: Akira Storm
From Japanese (akira) meaning "bright", (akira) meaning "bright" or (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written .
Alexia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, French, Spanish, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Αλεξία(Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE-A(French) ə-LEHK-see-ə(English)
Personal remark: Alexia Valentine
Feminine form of Alexis.
Amaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-MA-ya(Spanish) ə-MIE-ə(English)
Personal remark: Amaya Buzzaw
Variant of Amaia.

In America, this name was popularized in 1999 by a contestant on the reality television series The Real World [1].

Amber
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: AM-bər(English) AHM-bər(Dutch)
Personal remark: Amber Lee
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour. The word ultimately derives from Arabic عنبر ('anbar). It began to be used as a given name in the late 19th century, but it only became popular after the release of Kathleen Winsor's novel Forever Amber (1944).
Amy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-mee
Personal remark: Amy Erica / AK-47
English form of the Old French name Amée meaning "beloved" (modern French aimée), a vernacular form of the Latin Amata. As an English name, it was in use in the Middle Ages (though not common) and was revived in the 19th century.
Anna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Faroese, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Άννα(Greek) Анна(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Church Slavic) Աննա(Armenian) Ἄννα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-ə(English) AN-na(Italian, Polish, Icelandic) A-na(German, Swedish, Danish, Greek, Czech) AH-na(Dutch) AHN-nah(Norwegian, Finnish) AWN-naw(Hungarian) AN-nə(Russian, Catalan)
Personal remark: Anna Marshall
Form of Channah (see Hannah) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary.

In England, this Latin form has been used alongside the vernacular forms Ann and Anne since the late Middle Ages. Anna is currently the most common of these spellings in all English-speaking countries (since the 1970s), however the biblical form Hannah is presently more popular than all three.

The name was borne by several Russian royals, including an 18th-century empress of Russia. It is also the name of the main character in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina (1877), about a married aristocrat who begins an ultimately tragic relationship with Count Vronsky.

Becca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHK-ə
Personal remark: Becca Reynolds
Short form of Rebecca.
Cameron
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAM-rən
Personal remark: Cameron Ross
From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose". As a given name it is mainly used for boys. It got a little bump in popularity for girls in the second half of the 1990s, likely because of the fame of actress Cameron Diaz (1972-). In the United States, the forms Camryn and Kamryn are now more popular than Cameron for girls.
Camille
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KA-MEE(French) kə-MEEL(English)
Personal remark: Camille Lyon
French feminine and masculine form of Camilla. It is also used in the English-speaking world, where it is generally only feminine.
Case
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAYS
Personal remark: Crimson Case
Short form of Casey.
Cece
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEE-see
Personal remark: CC Troy
Diminutive of Cecilia and other names containing a similar sound.
Christie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KRIS-tee
Personal remark: Christie Hart
Diminutive of Christine, Christina, Christopher and other names beginning with Christ.
Danielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: DA-NYEHL(French) dan-YEHL(English)
Personal remark: Danielle Francine
French feminine form of Daniel. It has been commonly used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.
Denise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, Dutch
Pronounced: DU-NEEZ(French) də-NEES(English) deh-NEE-zə(Dutch)
Personal remark: Denise Diamond
French feminine form of Denis.
Dina 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: دينا(Arabic)
Pronounced: DEE-na
Personal remark: Ultimate Girl Dynamite "Dina"
Possibly from Arabic دين (din) meaning "religion".
Diona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Albanian
Personal remark: Diona Murphy
Feminine form of Dion. In some of the American cases, it may also be a variant of Diana.
Dragon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Personal remark: Miss Dragon
Ancient Greek δράκων, Latin draco "dragon; snake".
Eve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Estonian, Biblical
Other Scripts: חַוָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: EEV(English)
Personal remark: Eve Hallows
From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חָוָה (chawah) meaning "to breathe" or the related word חָיָה (chayah) meaning "to live". According to the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Eve and Adam were the first humans. God created her from one of Adam's ribs to be his companion. At the urging of a serpent she ate the forbidden fruit and shared some with Adam, causing their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Despite this potentially negative association, the name was occasionally used by Christians during the Middle Ages. In the English-speaking world both Eve and the Latin form Eva were revived in the 19th century, with the latter being more common.

Fox
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FAHKS
Personal remark: White Fox
Either from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname. The surname was borne by George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of the Quakers.
Frankie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK-ee
Personal remark: Frankie Jenkins
Diminutive of Frank or Frances.
Gray
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GRAY
Personal remark: Gray Sparks
From an English surname meaning "grey", originally given to a person who had grey hair or clothing.
Heather
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HEDH-ər
Personal remark: Heather Chang
From the English word heather for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers, which commonly grow in rocky areas. It is derived from Middle English hather. It was first used as a given name in the late 19th century, though it did not become popular until the last half of the 20th century.
Ivy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IE-vee
Personal remark: Ivy Black
From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers. It is ultimately derived from Old English ifig.
Jade
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: JAYD(English) ZHAD(French)
Personal remark: Jade Eden
From the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings. It is derived from Spanish (piedra de la) ijada meaning "(stone of the) flank", relating to the belief that jade could cure renal colic. As a given name, it came into general use during the 1970s. It was initially unisex, though it is now mostly feminine.
Jinny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIN-ee
Personal remark: Juni D'Mage
Diminutive of Virginia.
Jordan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Macedonian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Јордан(Macedonian, Serbian) יַרְדֵן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAWR-dən(American English) JAW-dən(British English) ZHAWR-DAHN(French)
Personal remark: Jordan Danger
From the name of the river that flows between the countries of Jordan and Israel. The river's name in Hebrew is יַרְדֵן (Yarden), and it is derived from יָרַד (yarad) meaning "descend" or "flow down". In the New Testament John the Baptist baptizes Jesus Christ in its waters, and it was adopted as a personal name in Europe after crusaders brought water back from the river to baptize their children. There may have been some influence from the Latin name Jordanes, notably borne by a 6th-century Gothic historian.

This name died out after the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century. In America and other countries it became fairly popular in the second half of the 20th century. A famous bearer of the surname is former basketball star Michael Jordan (1963-).

Juni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: YOO-ni(Swedish)
Personal remark: Juni D'Mage
Swedish and Norwegian cognate of June.
Kandy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAN-dee
Personal remark: Kandy Kayn
Variant of Candy.
Kathy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KATH-ee
Personal remark: Kathy Casey
Diminutive of Katherine.
Kellie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEHL-ee
Personal remark: Kellie Bane
Variant of Kelly.
Larissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Portuguese (Brazilian), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λάρισα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lə-RIS-ə(English) la-RI-sa(German)
Personal remark: Larissa Smooth
Variant of Larisa. It has been commonly used as an English given name only since the 20th century, as a borrowing from Russian. In 1991 this name was given to one of the moons of Neptune, in honour of the mythological character.
Lilith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: לילית(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LIL-ith(English)
Personal remark: Lilith Sinclair
Derived from Akkadian lilitu meaning "of the night". This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish tradition she was Adam's first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam (or Samael) and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.
Luna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English
Pronounced: LOO-na(Latin, Spanish, Italian) LOO-nə(English)
Personal remark: Luna Shade
Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
Melissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch, Ancient Greek [1], Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μέλισσα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: mə-LIS-ə(English) MEH-LEES-SA(Classical Greek)
Personal remark: Melissa Haas
Means "bee" in Greek. In Greek mythology this was the name of a daughter of Procles, as well as an epithet of various Greek nymphs and priestesses. According to the early Christian writer Lactantius [2] this was the name of the sister of the nymph Amalthea, with whom she cared for the young Zeus. Later it appears in Ludovico Ariosto's 1532 poem Orlando Furioso [3] belonging to the fairy who helps Ruggiero escape from the witch Alcina. As an English given name, Melissa has been used since the 18th century.
Mercedes
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: mehr-THEH-dhehs(European Spanish) mehr-SEH-dhehs(Latin American Spanish) mər-SAY-deez(English)
Personal remark: Marvelous Mercedes
Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity" [1].
Min-Ji
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 민지(Korean Hangul) 敏智, 敏知, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: MEEN-JEE
Personal remark: Min-Ji
From Sino-Korean (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" combined with (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or (ji) meaning "know, perceive, comprehend". Other hanja combinations are possible.
Nikita 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Никита(Russian) Нікіта(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: nyi-KYEE-tə(Russian)
Personal remark: Ms. Nikita Blok
Russian form of Niketas. This form is also used in Ukrainian and Belarusian alongside the more traditional forms Mykyta and Mikita. A notable bearer was the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971).
Rubie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Filipino
Pronounced: ROO-bee(English)
Personal remark: Rubie Rose
Variant of Ruby.
Sabina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Swedish, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Сабина(Russian)
Pronounced: sa-BEE-na(Italian, Spanish, Polish) SA-bi-na(Czech)
Personal remark: Sabina Blok
Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "a Sabine" in Latin. The Sabines were an ancient people who lived in central Italy, their lands eventually taken over by the Romans after several wars. According to legend, the Romans abducted several Sabine women during a raid, and when the men came to rescue them, the women were able to make peace between the two groups. This name was borne by several early saints.
Sarah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: שָׂרָה(Hebrew) سارة(Arabic)
Pronounced: SEHR-ə(English) SAR-ə(English) SA-RA(French) ZA-ra(German) SA-ra(Danish, Dutch) SA-rah(Arabic)
Personal remark: Sarah Quinn
Means "lady, princess, noblewoman" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of Abraham's wife, considered the matriarch of the Jewish people. She was barren until she unexpectedly became pregnant with Isaac at the age of 90. Her name was originally Sarai, but God changed it at the same time Abraham's name was changed (see Genesis 17:15).

In England, Sarah came into use after the Protestant Reformation. It was consistently popular in the 20th century throughout the English-speaking world, reaching the top of the charts for England and Wales in the 1970s and 80s.

Notable bearers include Sarah Churchill (1660-1744), an influential British duchess and a close friend of Queen Anne, and the French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).

Sherril
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Personal remark: Sherril Payne
Variant of Cheryl or Sherrill.
Sora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 空, 昊, etc.(Japanese Kanji) そら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SO-RA
Personal remark: Sora Tanaka
From Japanese (sora) or (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Sunny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-ee
Personal remark: Sunny Shade
From the English word meaning "sunny, cheerful".
Viktoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Greek, Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Βικτωρία, Βικτώρια, Βικτόρια(Greek) ვიქტორია(Georgian) Виктория(Russian, Bulgarian) Вікторія(Ukrainian) Вікторыя(Belarusian)
Pronounced: vik-TO-rya(German) vyik-TO-ryi-yə(Russian)
Personal remark: Viktoria Alfa
German, Scandinavian and Greek variant of Victoria. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Виктория or Ukrainian Вікторія (see Viktoriya) or Belarusian Вікторыя (see Viktoryia), as well as the usual Georgian transcription.
Whitney
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIT-nee
Personal remark: Wonderful Whitney
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "white island" in Old English. Its popular use as a feminine name was initiated by actress Whitney Blake (1925-2002) in the 1960s, and further boosted in the 1980s by singer Whitney Houston (1963-2012).
Willie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-ee
Personal remark: Willie Jenkins
Masculine or feminine diminutive of William. Notable bearers include the retired American baseball player Willie Mays (1931-) and the musician Willie Nelson (1933-).
Xiaoli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 小利, 小理, 小丽, 小犁, 晓利, 晓理, 晓丽, 晓犁, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHYOW-LEE
Personal remark: Xiaoli Wang
From Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" or 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" combined with 利 () meaning "benefit, advantage", 理 () meaning "reason, logic", 丽 () meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 犁 (lí) meaning "plough". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Yuri 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 百合, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-REE
Personal remark: Yuri Hana
From Japanese 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can also form this name.
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