hermeline's Personal Name List
Abeley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-French
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Adalind
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Anglicized), Hungarian (Rare), Popular Culture
Anglicized form of
Adalindis.
The name came to prominence with Adalind Schade, a main character on the television show "Grim" (2011-2017).
Adarna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino, Tagalog
From the name of a magical bird in Filipino folklore.
Adler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AD-lər
From a German surname meaning "eagle".
Adrey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Rare), English (African, Rare)
Aegir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Alternate form of
Ægir, and one of Saturn’s moons.
Aegon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Derived from the Germanic element
agjō "edge of a sword" and the Greek word αγώνας (
agónas) "struggle". This is the name of multiple characters in George R. R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series, as well as the TV show based on the books 'Game of Thrones'.
Aglaura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Aglaura is the eponymous character in a late Caroline era stage play, "Aglaura" written by Sir John Suckling.
Aiken
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Alberich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1], Germanic Mythology
Derived from the Old German elements
alb "elf" and
rih "ruler, king". It was borne by two Lombard dukes of Spoleto in the 10th century. It was also the name of a 12th-century French
saint who helped found the Cistercian Order.
Alberich is a sorcerer dwarf who guards the treasure of the Nibelungen in the medieval German epic the Nibelungenlied. The dwarf also appears in Ortnit as a helper to the hero.
Albrea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Latinized)
Albunea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Possibly derived from Latin
albus meaning "white". In Roman mythology Albunea was a nymph who dwelt at a sulfuric spring or fountain near the town of Tibur (modern Tivoli). This was also the name of the Tiburtine Sibyl, a sibyl (i.e. oracle or prophetess) worshiped in a grove at Tibur.
Alda 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: AL-ta
Means "wave" in Icelandic.
Alignak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Inuit Mythology
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
In Inuit mythology, Alignak is a lunar deity and god of weather, water, tides, eclipses and earthquakes.
Amaralie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 82% based on 6 votes
Ambrie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly a rhyming variant of
Cambrie.
Amelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: a-meh-LEE
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Amira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַמִירָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ah
Rating: 92% based on 6 votes
Amory
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Literature, English (Rare)
Pronounced: AM-ə-ree
Rating: 98% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Amory.
Astrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Астрей(Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian)
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of
Astraios.
Azar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آذر(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-ZAR
Means "fire" in Persian.
Bahram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: بهرام(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Avestan
𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəthraghna) meaning
"victory over resistance". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with victory and war. It was also borne by several Sasanian emperors. It is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.
Baltis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Etymology unknown. This was the name of an Arabian goddess associated with the planet Venus.
Banyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname
Banyan.
Barden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BAR-den
Rating: 100% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Barden.
Barlas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pashto
Other Scripts: برلاس(Pashto)
Means "powerful" in Pashto.
Barlow
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname
Barlow.
Baylen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
Beigis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scots (Archaic), Medieval Scottish
Beira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Celtic Mythology
Pronounced: BER-ə, BIR-ə, VAY:-rah
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of
Bheur or
Bhuer perhaps meaning "cutting, sharp, shrill" in Scottish Gaelic, from
Cailleach Bheur "sharp old wife", the name of the Scottish personification of winter, a reference to wintry winds. Alternatively her name could mean "old woman of Beara" from an Irish place name which according to legend derives from the personal name of Princess Beara of Castille, wife of King
Eoghan Mór of Munster.
Béline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), Literature, Theatre, History
Rating: 93% based on 4 votes
Gallicized form of
Belina. It was used by Molière in his play 'The Imaginary Invalid' (1673) ('Le Malade imaginaire' in French), where it belongs to the wife of
Argan.
Bélise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), Literature, Theatre
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Gallicized form of
Belisa. This name was used on one of the characters in Molière's play
Les Femmes savantes (1672).
Bellara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Pronounced: bel-AHR-ah(Maghrebi Arabic)
Rating: 98% based on 5 votes
Benzelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Norman
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Bencelin, a diminutive of
Bando.
Berrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BER-rick
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Berrick which was originally taken from various locational names in Kent, Shropshire, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire and Norfolk.
The name itself is derived from Old English
bere "barley" and
wic "outlying farm".
Bertrude
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frankish
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Bertrud. This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish queen consort.
Betheline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Beyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Pronounced: BAY-lah
From the reconstructed Proto-Norse name *
Baunila, possibly meaning "little bean" or "little swelling". In Norse mythology, Beyla is a servant of the god
Freyr with her husband
Bryggvir.
Biscella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Blakeney
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BLAYK-nee
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
From Old English blæc meaning "black, dark" or blac meaning "pale" combined with Old English eg meaning "island" or hæg meaning "enclosure".
Breon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Bretel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Brida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval German, Romansh (Archaic)
Medieval German and archaic Romansh short form of
Brigitta, via the variant
Brigida.
Brietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare, ?)
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
Briona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: bree-AHN-ah, BRIE-awn-ah
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Briselda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Caribbean)
Pronounced: bree-SEHL-da(Spanish)
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
Bronnelin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Bräunle. It was recorded in early 16th-century Frankfurt, Germany.
Brynach
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: BRU-nakh
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Caislín
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Modern), English (Modern)
Pronounced: KUSH-leen
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Supposed to mean "little castle" from Irish caiseal meaning "castle" combined with the Irish diminutive of ín. It also coincides with the rare Irish word caislín meaning "chat" (a type of bird). This is a modern name, most likely invented by English speakers, with no (or hardly any) usage in Ireland or Northern Ireland.
Caithness
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: KETH-nehs(Scottish)
Meaning unknown, possibly a transferred usage of the place name
Caithness as a given name. He appeared in the Shakespearean play,
Macbeth.
Calamond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Camaris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Other Scripts: καμαρης(Greek)
Pronounced: kah-mah-REES(Greek) KAM-ehr-is(English)
Rating: 98% based on 4 votes
Camaris sa-Vinitta is an original character created by fantasy Author, Tad Williams. Camaris comes from the Greek καμαρης meaning 'pride'. Camaris also means 'chamber' in Latin.
Carden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KAHR-dən, KAR-dən
Rating: 97% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Carden.
Carithea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Carlens
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Haitian Creole
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
A known bearer of this name is Carlens Arcus (1996-), a Haitian soccer player.
Carmanor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καρμάνωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kahr-man-or
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Greek demi-god of the harvest
Carolette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Feiminization of
Carolus. The USA Social Security Administration has registered 7 baby girls born with this name in 1969.
Casara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Célimène
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Theatre, French (Rare)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
This name was invented by Molière for his play "The Misanthrope" (17th century). Given that many characters in his play bear names that are obviously of Greek origin (or inspired by the Greek language), the name Célimène must then at least be partly Greek as well. Most sources claim that Molière derived the name from two Greek elements, the combination of which give the name the meaning of "princess of the moon". This cannot be correct, unfortunately. While the second element of the name could indeed correspond to Greek μήνη
(mēnē) "moon", there is nothing in the Greek language that means "princess" (or even "prince") which also resembles the first element of the name. Most of the sources that give the meaning as "princesss of the moon" claim that the "prince" part of the name is derived from Greek χηλή
(khēlē), but this word actually means "claw, grip", not "prince". As such, one must conclude that these sources are questionable at best. Instead, it's probably more likely that the name Célimène is actually a blend of Latin and Greek elements. The first half of the name looks like it was derived from the name
Célie, which is the French form of
Celia, a latinate name which was derived from Latin
caelum meaning "heaven". The second half of the name is probably derived from Greek μενος
(menos) meaning "strength" - compare also
Philomène. As such, the meaning of Célimène would roughly be "heavenly strength". Finally, thanks to the exposure of the name via Molière's play, there have been cases in real life where parents were inspired to give their newborn daughter this name. Examples of real-life bearers include French singer Célimène Gaudieux (1807-1864) and French pianist Célimène Daudet (b. 1977).
Charna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: טשאַרנאַ(Yiddish)
From a Slavic word meaning "black".
Chela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Chobin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Other Scripts: چوبین(Persian)
From Persian
چوبین (Chubin), Middle Persian
𐭰𐭥𐭡𐭩𐭭 (Choben) meaning
"spear-like". Bahram Chobin was a 6th-century Sasanian general and, for a short period, the king. He received this nickname because he was tall and thin. He appears in the 10th-century Persian epic the
Shahnameh.
Chonás
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Aragonese
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Christobel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Cobain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Transferred use of the surname
Cobain.
Corbelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Creina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British), English (Australian)
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Crocus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κρόκος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek κρόκος (krokos) "crocus". In Greek mythology, Crocus was a mortal youth who was changed by the gods into a saffron flower.
Crucis
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Various
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Means "of the cross" in Latin (the genitive form of
Crux), referring to the cross of the crucifixion. This is used as the second part of compound religious or monastic names, such as
Maria Crucis ("Mary of the (Holy) Cross") and
Johannes Crucis ("John of the Cross").
It is a Latin equivalent of Spanish de la Cruz and French de la Croix.
Cubitus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin
cubitus meaning "reclined, lying down", which is ultimately derived from the Latin verb
cubito meaning "to recline, to lie down (often)". Also compare the Latin noun
cubitum meaning "elbow" and the Greek noun κύβιτον
(kybiton) meaning "elbow".
In French literature, Cubitus is the name of a corpulent talking dog, who is the main character of the Franco-Belgian comic Cubitus, which was created in 1968 by the Belgian/Walloon cartoonist Dupa (1945-2000). In the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, namely Flanders, Cubitus is known as Dommel, which is most likely derived from the Dutch verb dommelen meaning "to doze, to snooze".
Cyran
Usage: Polish
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from Polish cyranka "teal", hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird in some way.
Cyrenius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the Greek Κυρήνιος (
Kyrenios) which is of unknown meaning, perhaps from the Greek place name
Cyrene.
The name is also a hellenised form of Quirinius.
Czarek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: CHAH-rek
Rating: 98% based on 5 votes
Damek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech
Czech diminutive of
Adam and
Damián, not used as a given name in its own right.
Damon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Δάμων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DAY-mən(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek
δαμάζω (damazo) meaning
"to tame". According to Greek legend, Damon and Pythias were friends who lived on Syracuse in the 4th century BC. When Pythias was sentenced to death, he was allowed to temporarily go free on the condition that Damon take his place in prison. Pythias returned just before Damon was to be executed in his place, and the king was so impressed with their loyalty to one another that he pardoned Pythias. As an English given name, it has only been regularly used since the 20th century.
Daralice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Darcus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
Possibly a blend of the names
Darius and
Marcus. A known bearer of this name is Darcus Howe, a British broadcaster, columnist and civil rights campaigner.
Darence
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Pronounced: DAR-əns(American English)
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
Dariel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern), Spanish (Caribbean, Modern)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Probably an elaborated form of
Darrell, with an ending similar to biblical names such as
Daniel.
Daris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian (Modern)
Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic
دارس (daris) meaning
"studying, learning".
Darlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Brazilian, English
Rating: 100% based on 4 votes
Unknown meaning.
Darley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 98% based on 4 votes
Darna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino, Popular Culture
Pronounced: Dar-na(Filipino)
Darna is a fictional character and superheroine created by Filipinokomiks (Philippine colloquial term for comics) legend Mars Ravelo. In her more popular incarnations, she is a warrior from outer space manifesting herself through a girl from Earth, named
Narda.
Darna was originally known as Varga and first appeared in Bulaklak Magazine, Volume 4, #17, on July 23, 1947. Ravelo had differences with the editors of Bulaklak Magazine and Varga's name was changed to "Darna", because it was an anagram of Narda. The character was re-launched on May 13, 1950. Nestor Redondo drew the first Darna.
Since then, Darna has become a Philippine cultural icon and the most recognizable character among Ravelo's creations.
Darwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHR-win
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name
Deorwine. The surname was borne by the British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882), the man who first proposed the theory of natural selection and subsequently revolutionized biology.
Dasharatha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: दशरथ(Sanskrit)
Means "possessing ten chariots" from Sanskrit दश
(dasha) meaning "ten" and रथ
(ratha) meaning "chariot". In the Hindu epic the
Ramayana he is the king of
Ayodhya and the father of the hero
Rama.
Davy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAY-vee
Deaglán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Delmus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: DEL-mas(American English)
Rating: 95% based on 4 votes
Demi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Δήμη, Ντίμι, Ντίμη(Greek)
Pronounced: də-MEE(English) DEHM-ee(English)
Alternate transcription of Greek
Δήμη or
Ντίμι or
Ντίμη (see
Dimi), as well as a short form of
Demetria. A famous bearer is American actress Demi Moore (1962-), and it is because of her that the name rose in popularity in the United States in the late 1980s. Though some sources claim Moore's birth name is Demetria, the actress herself has said she was born as Demi and named after a makeup product. The name received a further boost after 2008 with the release of the debut album by the singer Demi Lovato (1992-), who pronounces the name differently than the older actress. Lovato's birth name is Demetria.
Demirose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Combination of
Demi and
Rose. Demirose was given to 5 girls in 2018 according to the SSA.
Deseret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mormon
Pronounced: dez-ə-RET
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
This is a word from the Book of Mormon meaning "honeybee" in the language of the Jaredites, which is used to refer to the American state of Utah, officially nicknamed the "Beehive State". It is occasionally given as a name, perhaps due to its similarity to
Desiree.
Dessie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic), Romani (Archaic)
Devara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 95% based on 4 votes
Devlet
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Means "government, state" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin via Persian دولت (dowlat).
Dilara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Dillinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Dion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, English
Other Scripts: Δίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEE-ahn(English)
Short form of
Dionysios and other Greek names beginning with the Greek element
Διός (Dios) meaning "of
Zeus". This was the name of a 4th-century BC tyrant of Syracuse. It has been used as an American given name since the middle of the 20th century.
Dodona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kosovar
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Dolorosa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: do-lo-RO-sah
Means "sorrowful" in Latin, taken from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary
Mater Dolorosa "Mother of Sorrows". As such, it is cognate to Spanish
Dolores and Italian
Addolorata.
Doltza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Basque, Medieval Jewish
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Medieval Basque form of
Dulce and medieval Jewish variant of
Toltsa and
Toltse. In the Basque country, it was recorded from 1344 onwards, as a Jewish name, it was recorded from the 12th century onwards.
Donara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Soviet, Russian (Rare), Armenian
Other Scripts: Донара(Russian) Դոնարա(Armenian)
Pronounced: du-NA-rə(Russian)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Contraction of Russian дочь народа (doč naroda) meaning "daughter of the people". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Donnola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Italian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
Doralie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (African, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 3 votes
Doraline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Elaboration of
Dora combining it with the productive name suffix
-line or else a combination of
Dora and
Line.
Doriel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Literature
Other Scripts: דוריאל(Hebrew)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Possibly means "God's generation" in Hebrew, in which case it would be derived from Hebrew
dor "generation" (see also
Dor) combined with Hebrew
el "God". This is the name of a character in Elie Wiesel's novel "A Mad Desire to Dance".
Dorothy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAWR-ə-thee, DAWR-thee
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Usual English form of
Dorothea. It has been in use since the 16th century. The author L. Frank Baum used it for the central character, Dorothy Gale, in his fantasy novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and several of its sequels.
Drake
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DRAYK
From an English surname derived from the Old Norse byname
Draki or the Old English byname
Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek
δράκων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent". This name coincides with the unrelated English word
drake meaning "male duck". A famous bearer is the Canadian actor and rapper Drake (1986-), who was born as Aubrey Drake Graham.
Duna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Dutch
Dwalin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: DWAL-in(Literature)
The name of a dwarf character in 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien took the name from the catalogue of dwarves (dvergatal) in the 'Poetic Edda'. The name means something like "sleeping" (from Old Norse dvalen "to sleep").
Ebilea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Edwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: EHD-win(English) EHT-vin(Dutch)
Means
"rich friend", from the Old English elements
ead "wealth, fortune" and
wine "friend". This was the name of a 7th-century Northumbrian king, regarded as a
saint. After the
Norman Conquest the name was not popular, but it was eventually revived in the 19th century. A notable bearer was the astronaut Edwin Aldrin (1930-), also known as
Buzz, the second man to walk on the moon.
Elbrus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani, Ossetian
Other Scripts: Эльбрус(Ossetian)
Pronounced: il-BROOS(Russian)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From the name of a dormant volcano in southern Russia, most likely derived from Persian البرز (Alborz) ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī meaning "high watch post" or "high guard".
Eleni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ελένη(Greek)
Pronounced: eh-LEH-nee
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Modern Greek form of
Helen.
Elsebe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Low German (Archaic), Medieval Baltic, Medieval Scandinavian, Old Norwegian, Norwegian (Rare)
Low German variant of
Elsabe, recorded between the 15th and 18th centuries, which was also used in 15th-century Latvia and in Medieval Norway.
Emera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
Ethelinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
English form of the Germanic name
Adallinda. The name was very rare in medieval times, but it was revived in the early 19th century.
Eveline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Dutch
Pronounced: EHV-ə-leen(English) EHV-ə-lien(English) EHV-LEEN(French) eh-və-LEE-nə(Dutch) eh-və-LEEN(Dutch)
Rating: 97% based on 3 votes
Everlinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EV-ər-lind
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Evra
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Literature, Popular Culture
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
In Irish author Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak series, Evra Von is a member of the sideshow where he is displayed as a 'snake boy'.
Falena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Falkny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
The name of the evil tomboy in Poul Anderson's novel "The Valor of Cappen Vara".
It can be interpreted as a dithematic Germanic name composed of the name elements falki "falcon" and nýr "new".
Fatine
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: فاتن, فطين(Maghrebi Arabic)
Pronounced: fah-TEEN(Maghrebi Arabic)
Faura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown at this point in time.
Felda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FEL-DUH
Means "from the field" in German.
Ferdous
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: ফেরদৌস(Bengali)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Ferman
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Means "order, command" in Kurdish.
Ferox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Pet
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Roman cognomen which was derived from the Latin adjective ferox meaning "wild, bold, ferocious." In his work De re rustica, the 1st-century Roman writer Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella recommends this as a good name for dogs.
Ferrán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Aragonese
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Férula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: FE-roo-lah
Presumably from Latin ferula meaning "reed, whip, rod, ferule, staff; fennel plant or rod". This was used by author Isabel Allende for a character in her novel 'La casa de los espíritus' (1982).
Fetra
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "limit" in Malagasy.
Finola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Fionella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
The Italian Fiorella (little flower) + Fiona (the princess). Cinderella + Fiona. I created it, but also found it was supposedly a Scottish name as well according to google.
Fiora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Corsican, Albanian (Rare)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Derived from Italian and Corsican fiore "flower".
Flannery
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FLAN-ə-ree
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Flannghaile, derived from the given name Flannghal meaning "red valour". A famous bearer was American author Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964).
Florus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman
cognomen that was derived from Latin
flos meaning
"flower" (genitive case
floris).
Frânghiș
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Romanian
Fränze
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FREHN-tsə
Fraser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Rare)
Pronounced: FRAY-zər(English)
From a Scottish surname, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.
Freda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREE-də
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Fridolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, German
Friedel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), German, Yiddish
Pronounced: FREE-dəl(Dutch, Flemish) FREE-del(Yiddish)
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
Dutch, Flemish and German short form of
Fridolin and its feminine forms
Fridolina and
Fridoline.
In German and Yiddish, the name has also been encountered as a diminutive of names that contain the Germanic element frid meaning "peace". In those cases, the name is basically a German and Yiddish variant of Friedl. It should be noted, though, that it appears that the name is strictly feminine in Yiddish.
Known German bearers of this name include the former soccer player Friedel Rausch (b. 1940), the luger Friedel Tietze (born after 1908, died after 1953) and Frieda "Friedel" Adler Bergman (1884-1918), the mother of the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982). In the Netherlands, a known bearer of this name is the singer Roxeanne Hazes (b. 1993), a daughter of the popular singer André Hazes (1951-2004). She carries the name as a middle name, which was given to her in honor of her maternal grandmother Friedel van Galen-Mak (c. 1946-2009).
Friedolin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Pronounced: FREE-do-leen(German) FREE-daw-lin(Dutch) FREE-do-lin(Flemish)
Frytha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: Free-tha
Possibly an Anglicized form of
Fríða. It was used by Rosemary Sutcliff for a character in her children's historical novel
The Shield Ring (1956).
Fūjin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 風神(Japanese Kanji) ふうじん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: FOO-ZHEEN(Japanese)
From Japanese
風 (fū) meaning "wind" and
神 (jin) meaning "god, spirit". This is the name of the Japanese wind god, who carries the wind in a bag over his shoulders.
Furian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Furina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Popular Culture
Pronounced: foo-REE-na(Latin)
Variant of
Furrina. This name also occurs in the 2020 video game
Genshin Impact.
Gabourey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: GAB-ə-ray(American English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Gadiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish
Pronounced: gah-dee-el
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "God is my luck" or "God is my good fortune" in Hebrew.
Gaiserich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Archaic)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Galadrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Gamelyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Literature
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Anglo-Scandinavian form of
Gamall. In literature,
The Tale of Gamelyn is a romance written in c. 1350 in a dialect of Middle English, considered part of the Matter of England. Although
The Tale of Gamelyn is included among Geoffrey Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales in two early manuscripts, where it follows the unfinished
Cook's Tale, modern scholars do not consider this to be written by Chaucer, although it is possible that he had included the character of Gamelyn among his papers, with the intention of rewriting it for a suitable character.
Garek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Garsea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Spanish
Pronounced: gar-SEH-a(Spanish)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear". This was the name of several medieval kings of Navarre and Leon.
Geilana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frankish
Rating: 90% based on 3 votes
She was first married to Heden I and, upon his death in 687, to his brother and successor Gozbert. She was the mother of Hedan II.
She is known from the hagiography of Saint Kilian. During her second marriage, Kilian came to the duchy as a Christian missionary, converting Gozbert to Christianity. Geilana, however, preferred to remain faithful to Germanic paganism. Kilian then demanded that Gozbert divorce Geilana, since their marriage was not legal in accordance to the Christian view of kinship. When Gozbert left for military campaign warfare, Geilana had Kilian assassinated in Gozbert's absence with the support of the pagan courtiers, who resented Killian's ambition to control their lives.
Gemira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Gemory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Rating: 100% based on 4 votes
Gemory is a demon listed in demonological grimoires. The demon is referenced by the pronoun "he" despite the fact that he appears as a beautiful woman with a duchess crown riding a camel.
Genevie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic), Filipino
Pronounced: JEN-a-vee(Filipino)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Geon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 건(Korean Hangul) 建, 健, 虔, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From Sino-Korean 建 (geon) meaning "to construct", 健 (geon) meaning "strong", 虔 (geon) meaning "respect" or other characters which are pronounced similarly. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name.
Gereon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Late Roman
Pronounced: GEH-reh-awn(German)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from Greek
γέρων (geron) meaning
"old man, elder". This was the name of a
saint martyred in Cologne in the 4th century.
Geric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The name of a character in The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale.
Gesabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Geyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Gela recorded in what is now Germany from the 11th century onwards.
Ghislain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHEES-LEHN, GEE-LEHN
French form of
Gislenus, a Latinized form of the Germanic name
Gislin, derived from the element
gisal meaning
"hostage" or
"pledge". This was the name of a 7th-century
saint and hermit who built a chapel near Mons, Belgium.
Gianis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Γιάνης(Greek)
Pronounced: YA-nees
Modern Greek variant of
Ioannes (see
John).
Giles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIELZ
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the Late Latin name
Aegidius, which is derived from Greek
αἰγίδιον (aigidion) meaning
"young goat".
Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker who came to southern France from Greece. He is regarded as the patron saint of the crippled. In Old French the name
Aegidius became
Gidie and then
Gilles, at which point it was imported to England. Another famous bearer was the 13th-century philosopher and theologian Giles of Rome (
Egidio in Italian).
Girshel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian (Rare), Literature
Other Scripts: გირშელ(Georgian)
Meaning uncertain. According to a Russian source, the name comes from the Yiddish name
Hershel, which seems unlikely in the Georgian context. Instead, it is more likely that the name is either Turco-Persian in origin, or fully Persian.
The first element of this compound name might be derived from either the Crimean Turkic honorific title Giray (see Giray) or from Persian گیر (gir), which is the present stem of the verb گرفتن (gereftan) or (giriftan) meaning "to take, to catch". It ultimately comes from Middle Persian griftan meaning "to take, to hold, to restrain". For the second element of this name, compare Ardashel and ჯიმშელ (Jimshel), which is a parallel form of Jimsher.
In Georgian literature, Girshel is the name of a character from the historical novel The Right Hand of the Grand Master (1939) written by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (1893-1975).
Gisele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Portuguese (especially Brazil) form of
Giselle. A famous bearer is Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen (1980-).
Glauber
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Transferred use of the surname
Glauber.
Glinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: GLIN-də(English)
Created by author L. Frank Baum for his character Glinda the Good Witch, a kind sorceress in his Oz series of books beginning in 1900. It is not known what inspired the name.
Goewin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: GAW-i-win
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a character in one of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, Math fab Mathonwy.
Goldie 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GOL-dee
From a nickname for a person with blond hair, from the English word gold.
Golinduch
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
A noble Persian lady who was converted to Christianity, renamed Maria and became a saint and martyr. She died in 591 c.
Gomentrude
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frankish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Gomentrude (598 – fl. 630) was a Frankish queen consort by marriage to King Dagobert I. She was the sister of queen Sichilde. The marriage was arranged against the will of Dagobert in 625. When he became king in 629, he repudiated her one year after his succession, officially because of her claimed infertility.
Gotholias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Γοθολίας(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of
Athaliah, as it first appeared in the Septuagint.
Graceland
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYS-land
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Inspired by the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenessee, once owned by American singer Elvis Presley and named after the original owner's daughter Grace.
Grimonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Rating: 95% based on 4 votes
The daughter of a pagan chieftain in 4th century Ireland. She converted to Christianity when she was aged about 12 and dedicated her life to Christ. When she reached the age to marry, her father wanted her to wed one of the noblest and wealthiest chiefs in Ireland. She ran away, but was brought back and imprisoned. She escaped through a miracle, took a ship to France, and landed on the coast of Gaul-Belgium where the Roman Emperor Valentinian I protected the Christians. She settled deep in the forest of Thiérache in Dorunum (now La Capelle), where she spent her days in prayer, meditation, and penance.
Her father sent soldiers to find her and bring her back, alive or dead. They followed her traces and eventually found her in the forest. They tried to persuade her to return to her country where a lavish wedding awaited her. Unable to convince her, they cut off her head, hid her mutilated body under a heap of dirt, and then returned to Ireland. After several years a chapel was erected over her grave, which became the nucleus of the town of La Capelle. The relics were thought to have miraculous properties and were moved several times in the years that followed, with different portions held in different places.
Grischa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Literature
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
German form of
Grisha.
'Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa' is a novel by the German writer Arnold Zweig.
Guigenor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
In the First Continuation of the Old French
Perceval of Chrétien de Troyes (ca. 1200), Guigenor was the daughter of Sir
Guiromelant and
Clarissant and the niece of
Gawain.
Gulchara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian (Rare)
Other Scripts: გულჩარა(Georgian)
Gulielmus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Variant of
Guilielmus, which in turn is a variant of
Wilhelmus. Notable bearers of this name include the English epic poet Gulielmus Peregrinus (died in 1207) and the Swiss-French Calvinist theologian Gulielmus Bucanus (died in 1603).
Guthela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Gwillym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Gwylon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Gyburg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, German (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: GEE-boork
Gyburg is the female protagonist in Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic Willehalm. The first part of the name may be derived from
gisal (see
Giselle),
wit (see
Guido and
Guy 1), or
geba (see
Gebhard); the second part is the well-known name element
burg meaning "castle, protected place".
A contemporary bearer of the name is Gyburg Uhlmann, German classical philologist and winner of the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz price.
Halona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: Hah-LOH-nah
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Means "peering; place from which to peer, place to peer at, lookout" in Hawaiian.
Hannas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ἅννας(Ancient Greek)
Hannele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAHN-neh-leh
Hanni
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAHN-nee
A Finnish diminutive of
Hanna and
Johanna (and
Hannu and
Johannes). More common as a feminine name, rarely used as a masculine name.
Hannora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Harana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare), Cebuano (Rare)
Pronounced: hu-RA-nu
Means "serenade", borrowed from Spanish "jarana" meaning 'merry-making.'
Harlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lən
From a surname that was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English. In America it has sometimes been given in honour of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911).
Harlene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Possibly a variant of
Harlen, or the feminine form of
Harlan.
Haven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-vən
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.
Haylin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare, ?), American (Hispanic)
Pronounced: HAY-lin(English)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Hayner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Brazilian
Hayner William Monjardim Cordeiro , simply known as Hayner, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as defender.
Helice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: ῾Ελίκη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
Helma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: HEHL-ma
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
Helon
Usage: Hebrew
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Henna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHN-nah
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Finnish feminine form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Hepsabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American), African American (Archaic)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Hepsibeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Herva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The name was derived from the French surname
Hervé as a reference to the French socialist Gustave Hervé. It was borne by the opera singer Herva Nelli.
Heyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Hildineia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian (Rare)
Hildreth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Hildreth. It was borne by American muralist, mosaicist and Art Deco artist Hildreth Meière (1892-1961). See also
Hildred.
Hilger
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, German
Hindley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Literature
Pronounced: HIND-lee
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Hindley.
Hollis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-is
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees". It was originally given to a person who lived near a group of those trees.
Homily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: HAHM-ə-lee
The name of a character from the children's novel 'The Borrowers' (1952) by Mary Norton. A homily is a Catholic sermon, but the name was probably a borrower corruption of
Emily (their names were all mispronounced forms of traditional names).
Honora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Honoria. It was brought to England and Ireland by the
Normans.
Honorius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name meaning
"honour, esteem, dignity". This was the name of an emperor of the Western Roman Empire. It was also borne by a few early
saints and four popes.
Horten
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Iluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Ancient Basque name that was first found on inscriptions in Aquitaine dating back to the 1st to 3rd centuries.
Its origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that it might be derived from the Basque adjective ilun (illun in Old Basque, ilunn in Aquitain), meaning "darkness; dark; sombre; gloomy; mysterious; obscure".
Ingram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1][2][3], English (Rare)
Pronounced: ING-grəm(English)
Germanic name composed of either the element
angil, from the name of the Germanic tribe of the Angles, or
engil meaning "angel" combined with
hram meaning "raven". This name was brought to England by the
Normans, though it died out after the medieval era. These days it is usually inspired by the surname that was derived from the medieval name.
Irelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Irelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IER-lən, IER-lin
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Ireland using the popular name suffix
lyn.
Irie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Jamaican Patois, African American
Pronounced: IE-ree(Jamaican Patois)
Irie is used in the music and culture of Jamaica. The meaning is to have no worries or be at peace with everything around you. You hear the saying feeling Irie in many Regea songs.
Ischyrion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Polish (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ισχυρίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-SKHI-ryawn(Polish)
Derived from the Ancient Greek “ischyros (ισχυρός) Ischyrion (Ισχυρίων)”, meaning “mighty, powerful, strong”. Saint Ischyrion of Alexandria was a martyr in Egypt who was impaled on a sharp pole. Ischyrion had the rank of Commander in Arrian Army. The feast day is traditionally celebrated on December 22.
Iselin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: is-e-LEEN
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Norwegian adoption of an originally German short form of Old High German names containing the element
isarn meaning "iron" (e.g.,
Isengard,
Iselinde,
Isburg), as well as an adoption of an obsolete German diminutive of
Isa 2 and a Norwegian adoption and adaption of the Irish name
Aisling (compare
Isleen).
Iselinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Ismérie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Isobel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Iva 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Ива(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Means "willow tree" in South Slavic.
Janna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, English
Pronounced: YAH-na(Dutch) YAHN-nah(Finnish) JAN-ə(English)
Feminine form of
Jan 1. As an English name, it is an elaboration of
Jan 2.
Javor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Јавор(Serbian)
Means "maple tree" in South Slavic.
Johan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: YOO-an(Swedish) YUW-hahn(Norwegian) YO-hahn(Dutch)
Scandinavian and Dutch form of
Iohannes (see
John). A famous bearer was the Dutch soccer player Johan Cruyff (1947-2016).
Jolaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: jol-AYN
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
Jolan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Banat Swabian
Banatswabian borrowing of
Jolán.
Jolan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
It may possibly be used as a combination of
Joel and
Nolan in English speaking countries.
Joselie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Judelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Juhaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Julinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian), Albanian, Filipino (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 4 votes
Junian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman (Anglicized), English, Provençal
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of
Iunianus (see
Junianus) as well as the Provençal form of this name. This name was borne by two early medieval saints.
Juvela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: yoo-VEH-la
From Esperanto juvelo meaning "jewel".
Kathely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Kathely Burnell is one of the main characters in the book "The Wrylin" by Allen Lamb.
Keidrich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain; it is possible that this given name was originally derived from the rare German surname Keidrich, which in turn might have been derived from the name of the German place Kiedrich. A known bearer of this name is the American child actor Keidrich Sellati.
Kester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Laban
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: לָבָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LAY-bən(English)
Lacie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LAY-see
Lailie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Manx
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a "by-product" of
Elizabeth, a borrowing of
Lélie (via English
Lelia) and, less likely, a form of
Eulalia.
Laken
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: LAY-kən(American English)
Elaboration of
Lake. The (female) character Laken Lockridge was introduced to the American soap opera
Santa Barbara in 1984.
Lalaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Malagasy
Means "loved, dear" in Malagasy.
Lalaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino
Laurana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: lawr-AHN-ə, lor-AHN-ə
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Perhaps an elaboration of
Laura. Laurana is one of the main characters in the "Dragonlance" book series by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman.
Laurinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: lə-RIN-də
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Laurus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Original masculine form of
Laura.
Leanira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of
Leaneira. In Greek mythology, Leanira or Leaneira was a Spartan princess who later became an Arcadian queen. She was the daughter of King Amyclas and possibly Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. Through this parentage, she was the sister of Argalus, Cynortes, Hyacinthus, Harpalus, Hegesandra, Polyboea, and in other versions, of Daphne. Later on, Leaneira married King
Arcas, son of Callisto and Zeus. The couple had children including Elatus, Apheidas, Azan, and Triphylus. The former two sons divided Arcadia after the demise of their father.
Leonis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of
Leon.
Leonis is also the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
Levison
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Levison.
Lewin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the given name
Leofwine.
Lexi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEHK-see
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Libera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Roman goddess of wine, fertility, and freedom who empowers the woman to release her semen. See also
Liber.
Lilou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEE-LOO
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
Livona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Locie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Loey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Lucan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the Roman
cognomen Lucanus, which was derived from the name of the city of Luca in Tuscany (modern Lucca). Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, commonly called Lucan, was a 1st-century Roman poet.
Lucilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Lulaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Rare, ?), Obscure (?)
Lumas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani, African American
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Lyndrea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Lyris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Lyris is occasionally listed among the Oceanids of Greek mythology. As such, the name first appears in Hyginus's Fabulae.
However, said text is corrupted in places, meaning that some of the names are only partially legible. Lyris is such a name and thus usually rendered as *lyris (with the * representing an unknown name element).
Mackinley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: mə-KIN-lee
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Macklin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAK-lihn
Rating: 100% based on 3 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Macklin.
Madara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
From the Latvian name for a type of flowering plant, known as cleavers or bedstraw in English.
Maddis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare, ?)
Maeglin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "sharp glance" in Sindarin. In Tolkien's Legendarium Maeglin is the son of
Eöl and
Aredhel. He is tortured by
Morgoth into betraying Gondolin, and dies in the Fall of Gondolin.
Maelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: MAY-ehl
Maglor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Meaning unknown; possibly a Sindarized form of
Makalaurë. In The Silmarillion this is the most commonly used name of the second son of
Fëanor, also called
Kanafinwë.
Magnea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Feminine form of
Magnús. It may also be used as an Icelandic feminine form of
Magni.
Magnus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: MANG-nuys(Swedish) MAHNG-noos(Norwegian) MOW-noos(Danish) MAG-nəs(English)
Late Latin name meaning
"great". It was borne by a 7th-century
saint who was a missionary in Germany. It became popular in Scandinavia after the time of the 11th-century Norwegian king Magnus I, who was said to have been named after
Charlemagne, or Carolus Magnus in Latin (however there was also a Norse name
Magni). The name was borne by six subsequent kings of Norway as well as three kings of Sweden. It was imported to Scotland and Ireland during the Middle Ages.
Magurix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gaulish
Derived from Gaulish magus "child, boy; servant" and rix "king".
Magus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Means "magic" or "magician" in Latin. Ultimately derived from an Old Iranian word referring to the Zoroastrian priests.
Maidel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Yiddish
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Yiddish name and word for "young girl."
Majella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the surname of the Italian
saint Gerard Majella (1726-1755; called Gerardo Maiella in Italian), a miracle worker who is regarded as the patron saint of pregnancy and childbirth. His surname is derived from the name of the Maiella massif in Abruzzo, Italy.
Marélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Margalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Margalo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MAHR-gə-lo
In the case of English-born American actress Margalo Gillmore (1897-1986), it appears to be a combination of
Margaret and
Lorraine, her given names (compare
Marga,
Lo). The author E. B. White used this name in his children's novel 'Stuart Little' (1945).
Marganore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Carolingian Cycle, Literature
Pronounced: mar-gah-NOH-rey
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
This is the name of a tyrant in the 16th-century Italian epic poem
Orlando Furioso written by the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). It was invented by the author, who used as a base the Greek verb μαργαίνω
(margaino) meaning "to rage, to be mad". The name is also a play on (Doric) Greek names like
Aganor and
Philanor, where the second element is ultimately derived from the Greek noun ἀνήρ
(aner) meaning "man". As a result, the name Marganore essentially means "madman".
Margarede
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Margeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman (Latinized)
Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of
Margery.
Margolette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Created by L. Frank Baum for the novel The Patchwork Girl of Oz.
Maris 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHR-is, MAR-is
Means
"of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin
Mary,
Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea".
Marlene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: mar-LEH-nə(German) MAHR-leen(English) mahr-LEEN(English)
Blend of
Maria and
Magdalene. It refers, therefore, to Mary Magdalene, a character in the
New Testament. The name was popularized by the German actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992), whose real name was Maria Magdalene Dietrich.
Mathilie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a feminine form of
Mathieu and a local feminine form of
Mathurin used in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Maurus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Latin name meaning
"North African, Moorish", of Greek origin. This was the name of numerous early
saints, most notably a follower of Saint Benedict.
Maven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, Irish (Anglicized)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Maylon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Mayra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Hispanic variant of
Myra.
Megurine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Megurine Luka, codenamed "CV03", is a Vocaloid software developed by Crypton Future Media.
Meyer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מֵאִיר(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Hebrew
מֵאִיר (see
Meir). It also coincides with a German surname meaning "mayor, leader".
Micheline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MEESH-LEEN
Michlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Migel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Various (Modern, Rare)
Migelis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Lithuanian borrowing of
Miguel.
Mikaelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Miluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Modern), Venetian
Pronounced: mee-LOO-na
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the Italian words mia luna literally meaning "my moon". According to a Venetian legend the 1600s nobleman Vittore Calergi proposed to his love interest with these words (meant "my sweetness, my dear") and a beautiful diamond later renamed Miluna. In 1966 in Italy a newly-founded jewelry brand chose the name Miluna inspired by this legend.
Minona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African Mythology
This is the name of a goddess of protection in the mythology of the Dahomey (or Fon), an ethnic group who live in Benin in western Africa. Minona is a daughter of
Gbadu.
Miretta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Mirian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of
Miriam.
Mirian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: მირიან(Georgian)
Georgian form of the Middle Persian name
Mihran (see
Mehran). This name is often confused with
Mirvan, at least partially because of the latter's variant
Mirean.
This was the name of several notable Georgian princes and kings, such as prince Mirian of Georgia (1767-1834).
Miriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Míriel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: mee'ree-el
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Míriel is the name of two characters in Tolkien's works. It means 'jewel-garlanded maiden'.
Míriel Serindë, a Noldorin Elf, was the wife of Finwë and father of Fëanor. The birth of her mighty son took so much of her spirit that she passed away.
Tar-Míriel was the rightful heir to the throne of Númenor, but was usurped by her cousin Pharazôn. Ar-Pharazôn led a fleet against Valinor, resulting in the destruction of Númenor. Legend said that Tar-Míriel sought to reach the peak of the Meneltarma before the end, but the waters took her as she climbed the slopes of the Holy Mountain.
Monette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Morgiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Form of
Marjanah used in some versions of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', one of the tales of 'The 1001 Nights', where it is the name of a clever slave girl. It was also used by Shinobu Ohtaka for a character in her manga 'Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic' (2009-), based loosely on 'The 1001 Nights'.
Mosey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Mordvin, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Other Scripts: Мосей(Mordvin)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Mordvin form of
Moisey and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of
Moses.
Musidora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: myoo-zə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Apparently a feminine form of
Musidorus, which was perhaps coined by the poet Sir Philip Sidney in the late 16th century for use in his poem 'Arcadia'. Allegedly it is intended to mean "gift of the Muses" from Greek Μοῦσα (
Mousa) "Muse", literally "muse, music, song" (compare
Musaeus), and the popular name suffix δωρα (
dora) "giving" or "gift". Scottish poet James Thomson used it for the lover of Damon in his work 'The Seasons' (1730). It was later the stage name of French silent film actress Jeanne Roques (1889-1957).
Myrella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Nealan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
A character in the Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce.
Nemie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino
Nessa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NEHS-ə
Short form of
Vanessa and other names ending in
nessa.
Neymar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Meaning unknown. A famous bearer is the Brazilian soccer player Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (1992-), who is usually known by just his first name. He was named after his father.
Nikaury
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Ninian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
From the name of a 5th-century British
saint, known as the Apostle to the Picts, who was apparently responsible for many miracles and cures. He first appears briefly in the 8th-century Latin writings of the historian Bede, though his name is only written in the ablative case
Nynia [1]. This may represent a Brythonic name *
Ninniau [2][3].
Norelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Norelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Philippines, Rare), Haitian Creole (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Noren
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: のれん(Japanese Hiragana) ノーレン(Japanese Katakana) 乃恋, 乃漣, 乃蓮, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: NO-ṘEN
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 恋 (ren) meaning "love", 漣 (ren) meaning "ripples" or 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus". Other kanji combinations are possible.
The usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Nolan.
Odélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Quebec, Rare), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Opis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Variant (i.e., genitive case) of
Ops.
Oreatha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (African, Rare, ?)
Orelias
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Nigerian (Latinized, Rare)
Pronounced: ow-RE-lee-US
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Variation of
Orelia meaning "Golden One".
The name "Orelias" is notably carried in the english-speaking world by artist Marcus Orelias.
Orias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
In demonology, Orias is a Great Marquis of Hell, and has thirty legions of demons under his command. He knows and teaches the virtues of the stars and the mansions of the planets (the influence of each planet depending on the astrological sign in which it is in a specific moment and the influence of that sign on an individual depending on how the zodiac was configured at the moment of their birth or at the moment of asking a question to the astrologist); he also gives dignities, prelacies, and the favor of friends and foes, and can metamorphose a man into any shape.
Orietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: o-RYEHT-ta
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Otilian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian (Rare)
Ottheinrich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: ot-HIEN-rikh
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Contraction of
Otto and
Heinrich.
A famous name bearer was Otto-Henry (in German Ottheinrich), Elector Palatine (1502–1559).
Ottonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Ouseph
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian (Christian), Malayalam
Other Scripts: ഔസ്സേപ്പ്(Malayalam)
Form of
Joseph used by Malayalam-speaking Saint Thomas Christians.
Ozrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Pamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Theatre
Pamina is a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte in German, 1791).
Parklyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Combination of
Park and the name suffix
-lyn.
Pascaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: PAS-KA-LEEN
Paschalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish (Archaic)
Pasha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Փաշա(Armenian)
Pronounced: pah-SHAH(Eastern Armenian)
From the Armenian word փաշայ (pʿašay) meaning "pasha", the title of a high-ranking Ottoman military officer.
Pasithea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Πασιθεα, Πασιθεη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "goddess of all", derived from Greek πᾶς
(pas) meaning "all, for all, of all" combined with Greek θεα
(thea) meaning "goddess". In Greek mythology she was one of the Charites, married to
Hypnos, the god of sleep and dreams; she may have been regarded as a goddess of rest and relaxation or of hallucinations and hallucinogenic drugs.
Payson
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: PAY-sən(American English)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Payson.
Pedra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Perelandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
The name for the planet Venus, in the novel of the same name by C.S. Lewis.
Perremus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Perrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: PEH-REEN
Phileas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Literature, German (Rare)
Other Scripts: Φιλέας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FIL-ee-əs(Literature)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Originally a short form of a Greek name beginning with the element φίλος
(philos) meaning "lover, friend". This was the name of an early Christian saint, a 3rd-century bishop of the Egyptian city of Thmuis. This name has been in rare use in the English-speaking world from as early as the late 17th century, used primarily by Catholics in honour of the saint. Jules Verne used it for the protagonist (Phileas Fogg, an Englishman) in his novel
Around the World in 80 Days (1873).
Philian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German
Derived from
Philianus, which is the latinized form of Greek
Philianos. It is ultimately derived from Greek
philos "friend" or
phileo "to love". Compare also
Philon. A known bearer of this name is the American actor Ethan Embry, who carries Philian as a middle name.
Philinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Theatre
Other Scripts: Φίλιννα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "darling" in Greek, a term of affection derived from Greek φίλος
(philos) meaning "friend, lover". A famous bearer was Philinna of Larissa in Thessaly (4th century BC), the third wife of Philip II of Macedon and mother of Philip III Arrhidaeus. In theatre, the name occurs in Aristophanes' play
The Clouds (423 BC).
Philipea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Philipina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Philomena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φιλουμένη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: fil-ə-MEE-nə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Greek
Φιλουμένη (Philoumene) meaning
"to be loved", an inflection of
φιλέω (phileo) meaning "to love". This was the name of an obscure early
saint and martyr. The name came to public attention in 1802 after a tomb seemingly marked with the name
Filumena was found in Rome, supposedly belonging to another martyr named Philomena. This may have in fact been a representation of the Greek word
φιλουμένη, not a name.
Philonice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Folklore
Other Scripts: Φιλονίκη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek name Φιλονίκη
(Philonike), derived from φίλος
(philos) meaning "friend, lover" and νίκη
(nike) meaning "victory" (related to the Greek noun φιλονικία
(philonikia) meaning "love of victory, rivalry" and the Greek verb φιλονικέω
(philonikeo) meaning "to be fond of victory, to engage in rivalry"). This is the name of the protagonist of the fairy tale
La Tiranie des Fées Détruite (
The Tyranny of the Fairies Destroyed) by Madame d'Auneuil; Philonice is a princess kidnapped and held captive by fairies.
Phoebus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φοῖβος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FEE-bəs(English)
Latinized form of the Greek name
Φοῖβος (Phoibos), which meant
"bright, pure". This was an epithet of the Greek god
Apollo.
Piera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: PYEH-ra
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Italian feminine form of
Peter.
Piper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PIE-pər
From an English surname that was originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute). It was popularized as a given name by a character from the television series
Charmed, which debuted in 1998
[1].
Pluton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Gallicized)
Prema
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Derived from the Latin verb
premo meaning "to press into, to press upon", referring to the insistent sex act. Although the verb usually describes the masculine role,
Augustine calls Prema
dea Mater, a mother goddess. She was also mentioned by
Tertullian in
Ad Nationes.
Priella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew
Pronounced: PREE-ela(English) פריאלה(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Prina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare)
Prisca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: PRIS-kə(English)
Feminine form of
Priscus, a Roman family name meaning
"ancient" in Latin. This name appears in the epistles in the
New Testament, referring to
Priscilla the wife of Aquila.
Pultzelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Derived from Old French pulcella, pucelle "maid, young woman".
Pyrene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Πυρήνη(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek πῦρ
(pyr) meaning "fire". In Greek mythology, Pyrene was a lover of Hercules, for whom the mountain range the Pyrenees are named. Also, the name Pyrene is not to be confused with
Pirene, the name of three other characters from Greek mythology.
Pythagoras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Πυθαγόρας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PUY-TA-GO-RAS(Classical Greek) pi-THAG-ər-əs(English)
Derived from
Pythios, a name of
Apollo, combined with Greek
ἀγορά (agora) meaning "assembly, marketplace". This was the name of a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mathematician from Samos. He was the founder of a school of philosophy whose members believed that numbers described the universe.
Quimich
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Means "mouse" in Nahuatl, a nickname for a child.
Quinevere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure (Modern)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Quirin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: kvee-REEN
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Raisa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Раиса(Russian) Раїса(Ukrainian) Раіса(Belarusian)
Pronounced: ru-EES-ə(Russian)
Probably a Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of
Herais.
Rakim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Filipino, Maranao, Indonesian
Maranao and Indonesian form of
Rahim.
Rasul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Avar
Other Scripts: رسول(Arabic) Расул(Avar)
Pronounced: ra-SOOL
Means "prophet, messenger" in Arabic.
Regis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Provençal, Niçard, English (American)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Niçard form of
Régis as well as an English borrowing of
Régis in its Anglicized form. This name was borne by American television personality and actor Regis Philbin (1931-2020).
Remilyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Philippines)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Remiraldo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Renon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Renon.
Rexana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: rehk-SAN-ə
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Reynard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: REHN-ərd, RAY-nahrd
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the Germanic name
Raginhard, composed of the elements
regin "advice, counsel, decision" and
hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". The
Normans brought it to England in the form
Reinard, though it never became very common there. In medieval fables the name was borne by the sly hero Reynard the Fox (with the result that
renard has become a French word meaning "fox").
Rillian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Pronounced: Ri-lee-yun(English)
Riyad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رياض(Arabic)
Variant transcription of
Riad.
Roald
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: ROO-ahld
Modern form of the Old Norse name
Hróðvaldr or
Hróaldr, composed of the elements
hróðr "praise, fame" and
valdr "ruler". This name was borne by the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) and the British children's author Roald Dahl (1916-1990), who was born to Norwegian parents.
Roblen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Soviet, Russian
Other Scripts: Роблен(Russian)
Contraction of Russian родился быть ленинцем (rodilsya byt' lenintsem) and of родившйся быть ленинцем (rodivshiysya byt' lenintsem), which both mean "born to be a Leninist". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Rocklyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Rocky, using the popular suffix
lyn.
Rodolphus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, English (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Latinized form of
Rudolf. This was used for a character (the husband of Bellatrix Lestrange) in the 'Harry Potter' series.
Romiel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: רוֹמִיאֵל(Hebrew)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Combination of the names
Romi and
El means "God is my exaltation" in Hebrew.
Rowell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Filipino
Pronounced: ro-WEHL
Roxil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: Rocks-ill
From both Bryan Davis's book series, The Oracles of Fire and Dragons in our Midst.
Rubina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Derived from Portuguese rubi or Italian rubino meaning "ruby", ultimately from Latin ruber "red".
Ruchy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Rylona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Rylona Rhee is a former slave freed by Daenerys Targaryen. She was enslaved and trained in Yunkai and while there was taught to play music. She plays the harp beautifully and played for many of the noble families of Yunkai.
Sabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sə-BEHL-ə
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Sabir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir
Other Scripts: صابر(Arabic, Urdu) Сабир(Tatar, Bashkir)
Pronounced: sah-bir(Urdu) sah-BYEER(Bashkir)
Means "patient, steadfast, enduring" in Arabic.
Sabran
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
This name is the named of several Berethnet queens in Samantha Shannon's book ''The Priory of the Orange Tree'', most notably Sabran IX, one of the main characters of the book.
According to Samantha Shannon, the name comes from a version of Saint George's legend, written by the Elizabethan writer Richard Johnson, in which the princess he saves is called Sabra. Where the author of that tale got the name from is unknown, though there is a theory that it comes from the Arabic word sabr (صبر), meaning ''endurance, patience''. In his version, Sabra is Egyptian, and she suffers quite a lot, so the meaning would make sense. Samantha Shannon, however, doubts this, saying that she doesn't ''believe for a minute he had the necessary awareness or sensitivity to choose an appropriate name in Arabic''.
In the world of the Priory of the Orange Tree, Sabran Berethnet and her ancestors are named after the sabra flower, which is the most beautiful flower of the south. No one quite knows where that name came from.
Salem 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سالم(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA-leem
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Samarias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 97% based on 3 votes
Samory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Samuline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Saphira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Literature
English variant and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of
Sapphira. This is the name of Eragon's dragon in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of books.
Sargon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Akkadian (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: סַרְגּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SAHR-gahn(English)
From the Hebrew form
סַרְגּוֹן (Sargon) of the Akkadian name
Sharru-ukin, from
šarru meaning "king" and
kīnu meaning "legitimate, true". This was the name of the first king of the Akkadian Empire, beginning in the 24th century BC. It was also borne by the 8th-century BC Assyrian king Sargon II, who appears briefly in the
Old Testament. The usual English spelling of the name is based on this biblical mention, applied retroactively to the earlier king.
Saris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic)
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Saxon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SAK-sən
From an English surname that was derived from the name of the Germanic tribe the Saxons, ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *
sahsą meaning "knife". This name can also be given in direct reference to the tribe.
Saylen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Seamus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Seferine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 3 votes
Selen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sami
Meaning unknown.
Selma 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Seneca
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: SEH-neh-ka(Latin) SEHN-ə-kə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From a Roman
cognomen derived from Latin
senectus meaning
"old". This was the name of both a Roman orator (born in Spain) and also of his son, a philosopher and statesman.
This name also coincides with that of the Seneca, a Native American tribe that lived near the Great Lakes, whose name meant "place of stones".
Serelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Sericea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
The name of a plant.
Shashi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu
Other Scripts: शशि, शशी(Hindi, Marathi) শশী(Bengali) ಶಶಿ(Kannada) శశి(Telugu)
Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form
शशि and the feminine form
शशी (spelled with a long final vowel).
Shawnie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Shernold
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African American
Shiden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: SHEE-DEN
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
A famous bearer is Shiden Kanzaki, a novelist.
Shreya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Other Scripts: श्रेया(Hindi, Marathi) শ্রেয়া(Bengali) શ્રેયા(Gujarati)
Means "superior, best" in Sanskrit.
Shulamith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שׁוּלַמִּית(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Sibela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature (Portuguese-style), Medieval Portuguese
Portuguese adaptation of
Sibella and variant of
Sibila. This name was used by portuguese poet Luís de Camões.
Siberetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Sibona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Sidony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Feminine form of
Sidonius. This name was in use in the Middle Ages, when it became associated with the word
sindon (of Greek origin) meaning "linen", a reference to the Shroud of Turin.
Sieglinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: zeek-LIN-də(German)
Derived from the Old German elements
sigu "victory" and
lind "soft, flexible, tender". Sieglinde was the mother of
Siegfried in the medieval German saga the
Nibelungenlied.
Sigolena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gascon
Silvius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: SEEL-wee-oos(Latin) SIL-vee-əs(English)
Derived from Latin
silva meaning
"wood, forest". This was the family name of several of the legendary kings of Alba Longa. It was also the name of an early
saint martyred in Alexandria.
Siona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Skylan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Perhaps a variant of
Skylyn. This name was given to 23 boys and 28 girls born in the USA in 2015.
Solaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Stephena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Sujey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: soo-KHAY(Spanish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Sundus
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Means "brocade, soft silk wrought with gold or silver" in Arabic. The inspiration for this name originated from the brocade mentioned in Sura 76/21, as it is slowly becoming more and more common for muslim parents to name their children after concepts from the Qur'an.
Sunna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic Mythology, German, Scandinavian, Icelandic
This is the Old High German, Old Saxon and Old Norse word for "sun" (compare
Sunniva). Sunna was the Germanic goddess who personified the sun.
In Scandinavia it has also been used as a short form of Susanna. Use of the name in Iceland has been influenced by a character (Sunna Angelíka) from Margit Sandemo's Ísfólkið series of books, first published in 1982.
Sylvanie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Symere
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American
Taberah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Pronounced: TA- ber- uh
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
It is from the King James Bible. It means “the fire of God”
Numbers 11:3 King James Version (KJV)
3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
Tamine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Tava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Taye
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Tedra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Rare)
Tejus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
Tesaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Teslin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Canadian, Rare), English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: TEZ-lin(Canadian English)
From the name of the mountain, plateau, river, and lake in Yukon and British Columbia, Canada. It comes from the Tlingit name for the river, Teslintoo or Teslintuh, meaning "long, deep water."
Thales
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Other Scripts: Θαλῆς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TA-LEHS(Classical Greek) THAY-leez(English) TA-leezh(Brazilian Portuguese)
Derived from Greek
θάλλω (thallo) meaning
"to blossom". Thales of Miletus was a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mathematician.
Thea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
Pronounced: TEH-a(German) THEE-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Theodorine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Louisiana Creole (Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare)
Theolinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare), German (Bessarabian)
Theon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Literature, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: Θέων(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain. This name could be derived from the Greek noun θεός
(theos) meaning "god", but it can also easily be derived from the Greek verb θέω
(theo) meaning "to run fast, to fly" as well as "to shine, to gleam".
Notable bearers of this name include the Greek philosopher and mathematician Theon of Smyrna (2nd century AD) and the Greek scholar and mathematician Theon of Alexandria (4th century AD).
In modern literature, this name is best known for being the name of Theon Greyjoy, a character from the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels written by the American author George R. R. Martin (b. 1948). He also appears in Game of Thrones (2011-2019), a television series based upon the novels.
Theonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various, History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of
Theon. It was occasionally used as an Anglicization of the name of Saint
Teneu.
Theoren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Canadian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Theron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θήρων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TEH-RAWN(Classical Greek) THEHR-ən(English)
Thylane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Allegedly derived from Vietnamese
Thùy,
Thủy or
Thy and
Lan 1. This name was apparently first used in 2001 by French child model Thylane Léna-Rose Blondeau.
Tiberuce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
A character in The Second Nun's Tale. His name was Tiburce before he was christened by Pope Urban I.
Timon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Dutch
Other Scripts: Τίμων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TEE-MAWN(Classical Greek) TIE-mən(English) TEE-mawn(Dutch)
Derived from Greek
τιμάω (timao) meaning
"to honour, to esteem". According to ancient writers, this was the name of a wealthy man of Athens who grew to hate humanity after he lost his riches and his friends deserted him. His story is related in Shakespeare's tragedy
Timon of Athens (1607). This name is also mentioned in the
New Testament as belonging to one of the original seven deacons of the church, considered a
saint.
Timotha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TIM-ə-thə
Toben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bin, TO-behn
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Tomyris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
Other Scripts: Τόμυρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TAHM-ir-is(English)
Hellenized form of a Scythian name, possibly from an Iranian root meaning "family". This was the name of a 6th-century BC queen of the Massagetae (a Scythian people) who defeated Cyrus the Great during his invasion of Central Asia.
Töregene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Töregene Khatun (1242–1246) was the Great Khatun and regent of the Mongol Empire.
Torian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Torrey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAWR-ee
Variant of
Tory based on the spelling of the surname
Torrey.
Trina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Asturian
Pronounced: TRI-na
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Tríona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Tsigereda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
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Tsura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani
Turina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Uiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Uiko is a character in The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, a novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima.
Uiloĸ
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "shell, bivalve" in Greenlandic.
Umaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
Other Scripts: عميرة(Arabic) عمیرہ(Urdu)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Urilio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Ursley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
English vernacular form of
Ursula (recorded in the 16th century).
Ursul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Valera
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Валера(Russian, Ukrainian)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Valia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Georgian (Rare), Greek, Russian
Other Scripts: Валя(Bulgarian, Russian) ვალია(Georgian) Βάλια(Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
In Bulgaria and Russia, this name is a variant transcription of the unisex name
Valya.
In Georgia, this name is a diminutive of Valentina and Valerian, though there can certainly be cases where it is the georgianized form of the aforementioned Valya. In this day and age, Valia is primarily used on women in Georgia.
In Greece, this name is strictly feminine and is a pet form of Vasilia and Vasiliki.
Known bearers of this name include the Georgian revolutionary Valerian "Valia" Bakhtadze (1896-1930) and the Greek model Valia Kakouti (b. 1981).
Vangelija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Macedonian
Other Scripts: Вангелија(Macedonian)
Varian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Venera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian, Russian, Bulgarian, Albanian
Other Scripts: Венера(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: vyi-NYEH-rə(Russian)
Form of
Venus, from the genitive form
Veneris. This name was borne by a 2nd-century
saint who was martyred in Rome or Sicily.
Verla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Rare)
Pronounced: VER-la, VUR-lə, VER-lə
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Possibly feminine of
Verl.
Veron
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Vesperina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Vieva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Vily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Βίλυ(Greek)
Vivie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of
Vivian and other
Viv- names.
Wachilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Germanic Mythology
Waynie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 3 votes
Wera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: VEH-ra
Wester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: West Frisian
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Of uncertain origin and meaning; a derivation from
Wetser has been suggested.
Wilamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Wil-ah-mee-nah
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Wilford
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-fərd
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow ford" in Old English.
Wilona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), English (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Xavérie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, French (African), Dutch
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
French feminine form of
Xavier.
Xena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: ZEE-nə(English)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Probably a variant of
Xenia. This was the name of the main character in the 1990s television series
Xena: Warrior Princess.
Xixó
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Catalan, Medieval Jewish
Xylona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Yanis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, French
Other Scripts: Γιάνης(Greek)
Pronounced: YA-nees(Greek) YA-NEES(French)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Greek
Γιάνης (see
Gianis). It is also used in France, in part inspired by the Breton names
Yann and
Yannic.
Yilong
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 怡珑(Chinese)
From the Chinese 怡 (yí) meaning "happy, joyful, harmony, joy" and 珑 (lóng) meaning "gem cut like a dragon".
Yolanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: yo-LAHN-tə(Dutch)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Variant form of
Yolanda. A known bearer of this name is Dutch-Spanish actress and television presenter Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen (b. 1985), who is married to Dutch soccer player Wesley Sneijder (b. 1984).
Zachie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Zak-ee
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Zaddock
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZAD-ək
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
(Anglicized) variant of
Zadok. A bearer of the variant
Zadock was Congressman Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
Zagan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
In The Lesser Key of Solomon, this is the name of a Great King and President of Hell, commanding over thirty-three legions of demons. Zagan is depicted as a griffin-winged bull that turns into a man after a while.
Zapyla
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
The given name of a heroic Rom in a Russian Romani fairy tale.
Zaren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bengali (Hindu)
Pronounced: Zair-en
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Zebuleon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Zebuleon is an angel mentioned in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra whose name was revealed to Esdras as one of the nine angels who will govern "at the end of the world".
Zélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Short form of
Azélie. This is another name of
Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877).
Zella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly an invented name. It arose in the 19th century.
Zépheline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Acadian)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Zephyranthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From
Zephyranthes, the name of a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family, derived from the name of the Greek god
Zephyros and Greek ἄνθος
(anthos) meaning "flower, blossom".
Zeren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: zair-en
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname
Zeren.
Zerrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Directly taken from Turkish zerrin "golden, gold-plated, made of gold" and, by extension, also "jonquil; daffodil; Poet's Daffodil, Narcissus poeticus".
Zoëllinie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Zorin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZOR-in
Rating: 93% based on 4 votes
Zuriñe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Derived from Basque
zuri "white". This is a Basque equivalent of
Blanca.
Zyron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Possibly an invented name formed using the same sounds found in names such as
Zion,
Byron and
Tyron.
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