hello_1234's Personal Name List

Short form of names beginning with the Old German element alb "elf".

Means "born on a festival" in Yoruba.

Means "grieving" in Italian, from the title of the Virgin Mary, Maria Addolorata. It is most common in southern Italy. It is the equivalent of Spanish Dolores.

Means "gift of Adranos" in Greek, derived from the name of the Sicel fire god Adranos combined with the Greek noun δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

This was the name of a Greek tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily, who lived in the 3rd century BC.

Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and giefu "gift". This was the name of the first wife of the English king Æðelræd II.

Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and guð "battle".

Variant of Ælfþryð (see Elfreda).

Spanish form of Africa 1. It is usually taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de África, the patron saint of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.

Means "bearer of good news", derived from Greek ἀγαθός (agathos) meaning "good" and ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger, angel". Saint Agathangelus of Rome was a 4th-century deacon who was martyred during the persecutions of the emperor Diocletian.

Means "elf" in Irish. This name was borne by several early Irish kings. It also occurs frequently in Irish legend, borne for example by the husband of Queen Medb. It was also the name of two saints, both bishops of Armagh in the 6th century.

Irish cognate of Angela.

Basque form of Angelus (see Angel).

Means "star" in Persian.

From Japanese 昭 (aki) meaning "bright" and 光 (mitsu) meaning "light". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Derived from Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and марал (maral) meaning "deer".

Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element alb meaning "elf" (Proto-Germanic *albaz).

Meaning unknown. Perhaps a transcription variation of Alpelindis, itself a variation of the Germanic female name Alflind, from alf meaning "elf, spirit" and lind meaning "soft, tender".

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.

Italian form of Alberich.

Derived from Old High German alb (which comes from Old Norse âlfr) "elf" combined with Old High German wini "friend".

Derived from Old Norse alfr meaning "elf". In Norse legend this was the name of king, the suitor of a reluctant maiden named Alfhild. She avoided marrying him by disguising herself as a warrior, but when they fought she was so impressed by his strength that she changed her mind.

Feminine form of Alf 1, Scandinavian form of Alpha and a short form of Alfrida.

Derived from the Old German elements alb "elf" and bern "bear".

Old German name composed of the elements alb "elf" and heri "army" (making it a cognate of Alvar).

From the Old Norse name Alfhildr, which was composed of the elements alfr "elf" and hildr "battle". In Scandinavian legend Alfhild was a maiden who disguised herself as a warrior in order to avoid marriage to King Alf. Her life was perhaps based on that of a 9th-century Viking pirate.

Variant of Alnothus.

Derived from the Germanic name elements alf "elf" and ny "new".

From the Old Norse elements alfr "elf" and vinr "friend". It is a cognate of Ælfwine.

Means "elf spear" from Old English ælf "elf" and gar "spear". This Old English name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest, being absorbed by similar-sounding names and Norman and Scandinavian cognates. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.

Means "the charitable, the good" in Hausa, from Arabic خير (khayr).

Manx name of uncertain origin, used until the 17th century. Kneen (1937) suggests Old Norse alfr "elf"; Gill (1963) points to the Manx surname Callow, which derives from MacCalo, an Anglicized form of either of the Gaelic surnames Mac Calbach "son of Calbhach" (the Gaelic name Calbhach meaning "bold") or Mac Caolaidhe "son of Caoladhe" (the Gaelic name Caoladhe being a derivative of caol "slender, comely").

Derived from Arabic المدينة (al-mudayna) meaning "the citadel", a diminutive form of the word مدينة (madīna) meaning "city". According to legend, it was in a building by this name that a concealed statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered during the Reconquista in Madrid. The Virgin of Almudena, that is Mary, is the patron saint of Madrid.

Latinized form of Ælfnoð.

Means "high grace", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, meaning "Our Lady of High Grace". She is considered the patron saint of the Dominican Republic, and it is there that this name is most often used.

Feminine form of Alf 1.

From the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements alfr "elf" and herr "army, warrior".

Danish form of Alfhild.

From a medieval form of any of the Old English names Ælfwine, Æðelwine or Ealdwine. It was revived in the 19th century, in part from a surname that was derived from the Old English names. As a Scandinavian name it is derived from Alfvin, an Old Norse cognate of Ælfwine.

Feminine form of Alvin.

Means "shining over heaven", from Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "heaven, sky" and 照 (terasu) meaning "shine". This was the name of the Japanese sun goddess, the ruler of the heavens. She was born when Izanagi washed his left eye after returning from the underworld. At one time the Japanese royal family claimed descent from her.

Means "protection, shelter, refuge" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Amparo, meaning "Our Lady of Refuge".

Means "star" in Ojibwe.

Modern Greek diminutive of Angelos, as it contains the modern Greek diminutive suffix -άκης (-akis). This name is typically only used informally, meaning: it does not appear on birth certificates.

Combination of Angela with the Italian dimitive suffix -ella.

Angelella Guardagnoli was the birth name of (Blessed) Columba of Rieti (1467-1501), an Italian religious sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic who was noted as a mystic.

Variant of Angela.

Combination of Angela and Lisa.

Variant of Angelina or Ángeles, possibly blending it with Anneliese.

Diminutive of Ángel used particularly in the Philippines.

Feminine form of Angelmiro.

Combination of Ángel and -miro, taken from names ending with this pattern, e.g. Clodomiro. It is mainly used in Colombia.

Greek form of Angelus (see Angel).

Sicilian form of Angelo.

Variant of Angeline.

Diminutive of Angela and other names beginning with Ang. The 1973 Rolling Stones song Angie caused this name to jump in popularity.

Archaic form of Aniela and Angela, which appears to have been most common in eastern parts of Poland or among Poles in Ukraine. Currently borne by 15 women. It is also a Polish variant transcription of Russian Ангела (see Angela).

Variant of Angela.

Variant of Angelo.

Means "anguishes", taken from a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, meaning "Our Lady of Anguishes". She is the patron saint of Granada, Spain.

Hungarian form of Angelica.

Means "announced" in Italian, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary of the imminent birth of Jesus.

Masculine form of Annunziata.

Means "annunciation" in Spanish, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to Jesus.

Albanian form of Angela.

Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian and Armenian form of Angela.

Means "appeared" in Portuguese, taken from the Brazilian title of the Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida, meaning "Our Lady of the Conception Who Appeared". It refers to a statue of the Virgin Mary that was said to have been pulled from a river by fishermen in the 18th century. Our Lady of Aparecida is regarded as the patron saint of Brazil.

Means "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin Mary in her role as the patron saint of Lucena, Spain.

From the name of a place near the Spanish town of Oñati where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its name is derived from Basque arantza "thornbush".

Means "taken up, received, assumed" in Italian, referring to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Feminine form of Asterios (see Asterius). In Greek mythology Asteria was a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus.

Means "of the stars", derived from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) "star". This is the name of several figures in Greek mythology, including a river god.

Latinized form of Greek Ἀστέριος (Asterios) meaning "starry", a derivative of ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". This is the name of several figures from Greek mythology. It was also borne by a few early saints.

The name of a Gaulish hero (Astérix in the original French) in a comic book series of the same name, debuting 1959. His name is a pun based on French astérisque meaning "asterisk, little star" but appearing to end with the Gaulish element rix meaning "king" (seen for example in the historical figure Vercingetorix). All male Gauls in the series have humorous names ending with -ix.

Possibly derived from the Greek noun ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" (genitive ἀστέρος; compare Asteria and Asterope) and an uncertain second element. In Greek mythology this name belonged to multiple characters, including a nymph who inhabited a Caucasian mountain stream that bore gold.

Derived from Armenian աստղ (astgh) meaning "star". This was the name of the Armenian goddess of love and water, the consort of Vahagn.

Means "star", ultimately from Greek ἀστήρ (aster). This name has only been (rarely) used since the 20th century.

Latinized form of the Greek Ἀστραία (Astraia), derived from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". Astraea was a Greek goddess of justice and innocence. After wickedness took root in the world she left the earth and became the constellation Virgo.

From Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". This name was used by Scottish singer Donovan for his daughter born 1971.

Possibly derived from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star".

Means "little star" in Armenian, from Greek aster meaning "star" and the diminutive ik.

Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" and φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend". This name was first used by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney in his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella.

Derived from Provençal astruc "lucky", ultimately from Greek aster "star" and thus having the extended meaning of "born under a good star".
It was generally given as an amuletic name and sometimes used as a translation of Hebrew Mazel Tov and/or Gad.

Means "born under a good star" in Occitan.

Means "assumption" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Means "gift of Allah" from Arabic عطاء (ʿaṭāʾ) meaning "gift" combined with الله (Allah).

Feminine form of Athenodoros. This was used by American author Stephenie Meyer for a character in her novel Breaking Dawn (2008) of the Twilight series.

French form of Athenodorus.

Means "gift of Athena" from the name of the god Athena combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

From a diminutive form of Auberi, an Old French form of Alberich. It is the name of the fairy king in the 13th-century epic Huon de Bordeaux.

From Auberi, an Old French form of Alberich brought to England by the Normans. It was common in the Middle Ages, and was revived in the 19th century. Since the mid-1970s it has more frequently been given to girls, due to Bread's 1972 song Aubrey along with its similarity to the established feminine name Audrey.

Transferred use of the surname Aveley, named for the village of Aveley in Essex. The name is Old English, and means "Ælfgyth’s meadow". The Anglo-Saxon female name Ælfgyth means "elf battle".

Variant of Aveline first used in medieval England and eventually revived in the 20th century.

Means "stag, male deer" in Hebrew.

Means "doe, female deer" in Hebrew.

Means "orange blossom" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic زهْرة (zahra) meaning "flower". It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Azahar, meaning "Our Lady of the Orange Blossom", because of the citrus trees that surround a church devoted to her near Murcia.

Meaning uncertain, possibly of Arabic origin.

Feminine form of Balthasar.

From Bardylis, the name of an ancient Illyrian king (reigned from 385 to 358 BC), which is popularly held to mean "white star" from Albanian bardhë "white" and yll "star".

Means "virgin" in Arabic. This is an Arabic epithet of the Virgin Mary.

From a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Begoña, meaning "Our Lady of Begoña", the patron saint of Biscay, Spain. Begoña is a district and basilica in the city of Bilbao.

Short form of Elizabeth, or sometimes Bethany.

Means "star" in Indonesian.

Means "star" in Tagalog.

Means "pine tree" in Slovene. It is also a short form of names containing bor, such as Borislav or Boris.

Combination of an Old Norse word brundi (related to Norwegian brund "reindeer bull") and Bialfi.

From native Korean 별 (byeol) meaning "star."

Short form of Candelaria or Candelario.

Short form of Candelaria.

Means "Candlemas" in Spanish, ultimately derived from Spanish candela "candle". This name is given in honour of the church festival of Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin Mary.

Masculine form of Candelaria.

Diminutive of Candelaria.

Means "charity" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, meaning "Our Lady of Charity". This is the name of the patron saint of Cuba, with a shrine located in the town of El Cobre.

From the title of the Virgin Mary Our Lady of Mount Carmel. כַּרְמֶל (Karmel) (meaning "garden" in Hebrew) is a mountain in Israel mentioned in the Old Testament. It was the site of several early Christian monasteries. As an English given name, it has mainly been used by Catholics. As a Jewish name it is unisex.

Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Carmel.

Spanish diminutive of Carmel.

Spanish and Italian masculine form of Carmel.

Medieval Spanish form of Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word carmen meaning "song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).

Combination of Welsh celyn "holly" and gwen "white, fair, blessed".

Means "holly" in Czech.

Means "gift" in Shona [1].

Short form of Conchita.

Diminutive of Christine or Christina.

Dutch form of Christopher.

Diminutive of Christine, Christina, Christopher and other names beginning with Christ. In Ireland this name is typically masculine, though elsewhere in the English-speaking world it is more often feminine (especially the United States and Canada).

Diminutive of Jesús or Jesusa.

Diminutive of Jesús.

Means "star" in Nahuatl [1].

Means "conception" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. A city in Chile bears this name.

Latinate form of Concetta, used especially in Ireland.

Means "conceived" in Italian, referring to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

Diminutive of Concetta.

Masculine form of Concetta.

Diminutive of Concepción. This name can also mean "seashell" in Spanish.

Diminutive of Concha.

Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Consolación, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation".

Means "consoled" in Italian. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Maria Consolata.

Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation".

French form of Cornelius.

Feminine form of Cornelius. In the 2nd century BC it was borne by Cornelia Scipionis Africana (the daughter of the military hero Scipio Africanus), the mother of the two reformers known as the Gracchi. After her death she was regarded as an example of the ideal Roman woman. The name was revived in the 18th century.

French form of Cornelia.

Spanish and Italian form of Cornelius.

Roman family name that possibly derives from the Latin element cornu meaning "horn". In Acts in the New Testament Cornelius is a centurion who is directed by an angel to seek Peter. After speaking with Peter he converts to Christianity, and he is traditionally deemed the first gentile convert. The name was also borne by a few early saints, including a 3rd-century pope. In England it came into use in the 16th century, partly due to Dutch influence.

From the name of a village in Asturias, Spain. Called Cuadonga in Asturian, it probably means "cave of the spring", though it has long been associated with Vulgar Latin Cova Dominica "Cave of Our Lady". This is the site of an important shrine to the Virgin Mary, and its use as a given name stems from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Covadonga "Our Lady of Covadonga".

Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of Christina.

From a surname that was derived from the name of an English town, itself meaning "cross town" in Old Norse.

Means "star" in Hungarian.

Means "poinsettia" in Nahuatl, a plant used in traditional medical infusions.

From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus". This name occurs in Slavic folklore as a personification of the morning star. It has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.

Means "star" in Thai and Lao. It is only a feminine name in Thailand while it is unisex in Laos.

Means "star" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Derived from Thai ดารา (dara) meaning "star".

Derived from Thai ดารา (dara) meaning "star".

Means "helpless, defenceless, forsaken" in Spanish. It is taken from an epithet of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, meaning "Our Lady of the Helpless". She is the patron saint of Valencia, Spain.

Feminine form of Diodato.

Latinized form of Διόδοτος (Diodotos), a Greek name meaning "given by Zeus" from Διός (Dios) meaning "of Zeus" and δοτός (dotos) meaning "given".

Feminine form of Dionysodoros.

Means "gift of Dionysos" from the name of the god Dionysos combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

Means "sorrows", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, meaning "Our Lady of Sorrows". It has been used in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, becoming especially popular in America during the 1920s and 30s.

Catalan form of Dolores.

From Albanian dre meaning "deer".

Means "star" in Macedonian.

Masculine form of Dzvezda.

Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and giefu "gift".

Latvian and Estonian cognate of Eglė as well as a direct derivation from Latvian egle "spruce tree; fir tree; pine tree".

Means "spruce tree" in Lithuanian. In a Lithuanian folktale Eglė is a young woman who marries a grass snake. At the end of the tale she turns herself into a spruce.

From Welsh eilon meaning "deer, stag" or "song, melody". This name was used by Lloyd Alexander in his book series The Chronicles of Prydain (1964-1968) as well as the Disney film adaptation The Black Cauldron (1985).

Means "star", deriving from the Classic Maya element ek’ ("star").

Possibly a Spanish variant form of Alba 3.

Means "elf helmet" in Quenya. This is the name of the twenty-first king of Gondor in Tolkien's legendarium. Eldacar is the son of Valacar and Vidumavi. He is deposed by his wicked cousin Castamir, and later raises an army to defeat Castamir and reclaim his throne.

Means "noble guest", derived from the Middle Dutch adjective edel meaning "noble" combined with the Middle Dutch noun gast meaning "guest".

In medieval Dutch literature, this is the name of the eponymous character of Karel ende Elegast ("Charles and Elegast"), a 13th-century epic poem about Charlemagne and his friend, the noble knight Elegast.

Feminine form of Alf 1.

Middle English form of the Old English name Ælfþryð meaning "elf strength", derived from the element ælf "elf" combined with þryþ "strength". Ælfþryð was common amongst Anglo-Saxon nobility, being borne for example by the mother of King Æðelræd the Unready. This name was rare after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 19th century.

Middle English form of either of the Old English names Ælfric or Æðelric. Both were rarely used after the Norman Conquest.

Means "star dome" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Elrond was the elven ruler of Rivendell.

Feminine form of Alf 1.

Icelandic form of Alvar.

Variant of Alvin.

Variant of Alvina.

From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest" in Old English.

Means "incarnation" in Spanish. This is given in reference to the Incarnation of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary.

Means "holm oak, evergreen oak" in Spanish, taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Encina, meaning "The Virgin of the Holm Oak," venerated at the basilica in Ponferrada in the province of León.

Means "glow, shine" in Basque.

Means "God's gift" in Urhobo.

Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from sperare "to hope".

From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Estíbaliz, meaning "Our Lady of Estíbaliz". Estíbaliz is a sanctuary in Álava, Spain. It may be derived from Latin aestivalis "pertaining to the summer", a derivative of aestas "summer". Folk etymology connects it to Basque ezti "honey" and balitz "as if it were".

Derived from French étoile "star" (ultimately via Old French estoile, esteile, from Latin stēlla).

Bulgarian feminine form of Evangelos.

Means "bringing good news" from the Greek word εὐάγγελος (euangelos), a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger".

From the name of the group of plants that do not shed leaves annually. As a Romani name, this was generally masculine.

Means "star" in Tahitian.

Means "star" in Samoan.

Means "wild, wild animal, deer" (modern Irish fia) or "respect" in Irish.

Diminutive of Joséphine and other names containing the same sound.

From Icelandic fura meaning "pine tree", or directly from Old Norse fura "fir tree; pine tree".

Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, magic, monster" and alfr "elf". This name belongs to a dwarf (Gandálfr) in the Völuspá, a 13th-century Scandinavian manuscript that forms part of the Poetic Edda. The author J. R. R. Tolkien borrowed the name for a wizard in his novels The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954).

Italian feminine form of Gaspare and Galician feminine form of Gaspar.

Italian form of Jasper.

From the given name Gaspare.

From the English word gift, of Old Norse origin. This name is most common in parts of English-influenced Africa.

Means "angel" in Basque.

From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe". Guadalupe is a Spanish place name, the site of a famous convent, derived from Arabic وادي (wādī) meaning "valley, river" possibly combined with Latin lupus meaning "wolf". In the 16th century Our Lady of Guadalupe supposedly appeared in a vision to a native Mexican man, and she is now regarded as a patron saint of the Americas.

From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself from Old English heorot "hart, male deer" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Yiddish diminutive of Hirsh. As a non-Jewish American name (somewhat common around the end of the 19th century), it was likely inspired by the German surname Herschel, borne for instance by the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822).

From Japanese 光 (hikaru) meaning "light" or 輝 (hikaru) meaning "brightness". Other kanji can also form this name.

Means "halo, aura" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine".

Means "deer" in Yiddish, from Old High German hiruz. This was a vernacular form of the Hebrew name Tzvi. The deer is particularly associated with the tribe of Naphtali (see Genesis 49:21).

Means "deer" in Icelandic.

Hōkūleʻa is Hawaiian for “Star of Gladness” or “Clear Star”. The western name of this star is Arcturus. Hōkūleʻa is the brightest in the northern hemisphere and it is Hawaii’s zenith star. It is also the name of a double hulled voyaging canoe (or wa’a kaulua).

From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Derived from Old Norse hreinn meaning "reindeer" (also compare Hreinn) combined with dís meaning "goddess".

From Old Norse hreinn "reindeer".

Greek form of Joshua and Jesus.

Means "tree" in Hebrew.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Means "star" in Zulu.

Means "immaculate" in Spanish. This name is given to commemorate the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

Means "star" in Yoruba.

Means "deer" in Choctaw.

Means "star" in Tamazight.

From Japanese 樹 (itsuki) meaning "tree", using the kanji's nanori reading. Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.

Means "star" in Basque.

From Basque izar "star" and -be "beneath, under", taken from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Izarbe, meaning "Our Lady of Izarbe". Izarbe is a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in the province of Huesca, Spain.

Means "fir tree" in Basque.

Feminine form of Joseph.

Basque form of Jesus.

Feminine form of Josu.

Means "reed bed" in Spanish, a combination of junco meaning "reed, rush" and the suffix -al, indicating a place where something is grown, or where there is plenty of it. It is taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen del Juncal and Nuestra Señora del Juncal, meaning "The Virgin of the Reed Bed" and "Our Lady of the Reed Bed" respectively.
She is venerated at the church of Santa María del Juncal in Irun in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa and also at the hermitage of La Virgen del Juncal in Valdeande in the central-northern province of Burgos.

Means "star" in Kyrgyz.

Means "the star," from definite article ka and hōkū meaning "star."

Means "heavenly star" in Hawaiian.

Low German form of Christian.

Means "star" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit कृत्तिका (krittika). This is also the Indonesian name for the constellation of the Pleiades.

Derived from Finnish keiju meaning "elf, fairy".

Derived from Cornish kelyn "holly".

Means "charitable, benificent" in Arabic, a derivative of خير (khayr) meaning "goodness, charity".

Feminine form of Khayri.

From a German surname meaning either "pine tree" or "barrel maker".

Means "star" in Malagasy.

Basque form of Christina.

Means "star" in Amharic.

Diminutive of Kristiina (Estonian) or Christina (Dutch).

Means "star" in Burmese.

Possibly a Finnish diminutive of Klaus.

From a Scottish surname that was derived from a place in Aberdeenshire, probably from Gaelic leas celyn meaning "garden of holly". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century. In America it was more common as a feminine name after the 1940s.

Means "little mother", from Swedish and Norwegian lille, an inflected form of liten meaning "little", combined with mor meaning "mother". This name was first recorded in Norway and Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century.

Means "star" in Ijaw.

From the name of a town in Italy, originally called Lauretum in Latin, meaning "laurel grove". Supposedly in the 13th century the house of the Virgin Mary was miraculously carried by angels from Nazareth to the town. In Spain it is a feminine name, from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Loreto, while in Italy it is mostly masculine.

From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Luján, meaning "Our Lady of Luján". This is the name of a city in Argentina near Buenos Aires. Our Lady of Luján is a 17th-century statue of Mary. Supposedly the horses transporting the statue further into Argentina refused to pull the cart past Luján, so a shrine was built at the spot. She is regarded as a patron saint of Argentina.

From a title of the Virgin Mary meaning "my lady" in Italian. A famous bearer of the name is American singer Madonna Ciccone (1958-), known simply as Madonna.

Estonian and Basque form of Maria.

Derived from Arabic mâysan meaning "sparkling star".

Derived from Arabic mâysan meaning "sparkling star".

From the Hebrew name מַלְאָכִי (Malʾaḵi) meaning "my messenger" or "my angel", derived from a possessive form of מַלְאָךְ (malʾaḵ) meaning "messenger, angel". This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Malachi, which some claim foretells the coming of Christ. In England the name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.

Galician form and Portuguese variant of Manuel.

Feminine form of Manoel.

Spanish feminine diminutive of Manuel.

Means "sea" in Spanish and Catalan. It is from a devotional title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Mar "Our Lady of the Sea", the patron saint of the Spanish province of Almería.

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Combination of María and Ángeles.

Means "Mary the helper" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

Means "Mary (the mother) of Jesus" in Spanish, a compound of María and Jesús.

Means "Mary of the cross" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

Means "Mary of mercies" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

Means "Mary of the sea" in Catalan, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

Means "Mary of sorrows" in Spanish, a devotional title of the Virgin Mary.

Variant of Maria. It is usually pronounced in a way that reflects an older English pronunciation of Maria. The name was popularized in the early 1990s by the American singer Mariah Carey (1970-).

Diminutive of Maria.

Combination of Marie and Ange.

From the title of the Virgin Mary, Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea" in Latin. It can also be a combination of Maria and Estela.

Finnish and Dutch form of Maria.

Means "martyrdom" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Martirio, the patron saint of the Spanish town of Ugíjar.

Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Mariya.

From Japanese 正 (masa) meaning "right, proper" and 樹 (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of kanji having the same reading.

Russian diminutive of Mariya.

Means "star" in Guarani.

Feminine form of Melchiorre.

Feminine form of Melchor.

Means "angel" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Swedish form of Melchior.

Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity" [1].

Alternate transcription of Belarusian Мікалай (see Mikalay).

Means "miracles" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de los Milagros, which means "Our Lady of Miracles".

Derived from Latvian mirdzēt meaning "to shine, to glitter". This is the name of a tragic character in the play Vaidelote (1894) by the Latvian poet and playwright Aspazija.

Hebrew diminutive of Miriam.

Means "compassion, mercy" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin miser "poor, wretched" and cor "heart". It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Misericordia, meaning "The Virgin of Compassion".

Derived from Cornish morgelyn "sea holly".

Means "child born during the festival" in Swahili.

Ukrainian form of Nicholas.

From Arabic نجمة (najima) meaning "star".

Means "star" in Arabic.

Means "star" in Sotho.

Means "evergreen tree" in Tatar.

From the first part of the Arabic phrase النجم الثاقب (an-najmu at-thaqibu) meaning "the piercingly bright star".

Italian variant form of Nicholas.

Estonian form of Nicholas.

Croatian and Serbian diminutive of Nikola 1.

Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian and Slovene feminine form of Nicholas.

Sami form of Nils.

Scandinavian form of Nicholas.

Galician feminine form of Noël.

Means "snowy pine tree", deriving from the Korean elements 눈 (nun"snow") and 솔 (sol "pine tree").

Means "star" in Tumbuka.

Masculine short form of Annunziata. It also coincides with the related Italian word nunzio "messenger" (ultimately from Latin nuntius).

Derived from Swahili and Lingala nyota meaning "star".

Means "star of joy" in Mongolian, from од (od) meaning "star" and баяр (bayar) meaning "joy, celebration".

From Mongolian од (od) meaning "star" and жаргал (jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".

Possibly a variant form of Odkhüü.

Means "little deer", derived from Old Irish oss "deer, stag" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisín was a warrior hero and a poet, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the narrator in many of his tales.

Means "oblivion, forgetting" in Spanish, taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Olvido, Triunfo y Misericordias meaning "Our Lady of Oblivion, Triumph and Mercies". It commemorates an 1831 vision of Mary by the Spanish nun Sor Patrocinio.

Possibly means "deer friend", derived from Old Irish oss "deer" and carae "friend". Alternatively, it may derive from the Old English name Osgar or its Old Norse cognate Ásgeirr, which may have been brought to Ireland by Viking invaders and settlers. In Irish legend Oscar was the son of the poet Oisín and the grandson of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill.

This name was popularized in continental Europe by the works of the 18th-century Scottish poet James Macpherson [1]. Napoleon was an admirer of Macpherson, and he suggested Oscar as the second middle name of his godson, who eventually became king of Sweden as Oscar I. Other notable bearers include the Irish writer and humorist Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012).

Feminine form of Panagiotis.

From the Greek title of the Virgin Mary Παναγία (Panagia) meaning "all holy", derived from πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" combined with ἅγιος (hagios) meaning "devoted to the gods, sacred".

Means "patronage, sponsorship" in Spanish, taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen del Patrocinio, meaning "The Virgin of Patronage".

Means "peace" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de la Paz, meaning "Our Lady of Peace".

Means "reindeer" in Finnish.

From the Greek Φαίδρα (Phaidra), derived from φαιδρός (phaidros) meaning "bright". Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and the wife of Theseus in Greek mythology. Aphrodite caused her to fall in love with her stepson Hippolytos, and after she was rejected by him she killed herself.

From the Spanish word pinar meaning "pine grove". This is a title of the Virgin Mary, Virgen del Pinar ("Our Lady of the Pine Grove"). She is the patron saint of the towns of Cantalejo and Torrecilla del Pinar, both in the Spanish province of Segovia.

Diminutive of Pino (itself from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Pino meaning "Our Lady of the Pine", the patron saint of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands). A known bearer was Pinito del Oro (1931-2017), born María Cristina del Pino Segura Gómez, a Spanish circus performer and novelist from the Canary Islands.

Means "stone pine" in Finnish.

Means "pine tree" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Pino, meaning "Our Lady of the Pine". This is an epithet of the Virgin Mary in her role as the patroness of the island of Gran Canaria, Spain.

Derived from Greek πίτυς (pitys) meaning "pine". In Greek mythology, this was the name of an Oread nymph who was changed into a pine tree by the gods.

Feminine form of Polydoros. This name is borne by several characters in Greek mythology.

Means "many gifts", derived from Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "many" as well as "much" combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift, present".

This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology.

Means "purification" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the ritual purification of the Virgin Mary after her childbirth.

Means "scented tree" in Arabic.

From Irish réalt, réalta meaning "star" paired with ín, a diminutive. This is a modern Irish name.

Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element regin meaning "advice, counsel, decision" (Proto-Germanic *raginą).

Means "remedies" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, meaning "Our Lady of the Remedies".

Means "kings" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de los Reyes, meaning "The Virgin of the Kings". According to legend, the Virgin Mary appeared to King Ferdinand III of Castile and told him his armies would defeat those of the Moors in Seville.

Finnish, Estonian, Macedonian and Serbian short form of Christopher.

Means "dew" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary María del Rocío meaning "Mary of the Dew".

Means "rosary" in French.

Italian feminine form of Rosario.

Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary". This name is feminine in Spanish and masculine in Italian.

Means "sanctuary, tabernacle" in Spanish, derived from Latin sacrarium. It is taken from an epithet of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Sagrario, and is associated with Toledo Cathedral.

Means "festival, celebration" in Kazakh.

Filipino form of Spanish salvación meaning "salvation". It refers to a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Salvación, meaning "Our Lady of Salvation". This is the name of a statue of Mary in Joroan, the Philippines, that is associated with several miracles.

Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of the Late Latin name Salvator, which meant "saviour", referring to Jesus. A famous bearer of this name was the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).

Derived from Latin sancta "consecrated, sacred; divine, holy; pious, just".

Means "pine" or "pine tree" in Urdu, ultimately from Arabic صَنَوْبَر (ṣanawbar).

Apparently means "bright star" in Swahili. The name might be best known from the South African musical "Sarafina!" Also, the name is often easily confused with the Hebrew name Seraphina, but despite looking similar in appearance, both names clearly have completely different etymologies.

From Japanese 星 (se) meaning "star" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Means "star" in Chechen.

Means "pine, cedar, evergreen" in Cheyenne.

Means "star" in Persian.

Means "starlight" from Tagalog sinag meaning "beam, ray" and tala "star".

Means "elf, sprite" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.

Tajik and Uzbek form of Sitara.

From Miskito slilma meaning "star." It is heavily concentrated in Nicaragua, mostly in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, and has been in use since at least the early 1970s (as a first name; when considering middle name usage, it would have been in use since at least the mid-1940s).

From the English word "snowy" meaning "covered with Snow; resembling snow; or when snow is falling".

Means "succour, help, relief" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary María del Socorro meaning "Mary of Perpetual Succour".

Means "solitude" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, María de la Soledad, meaning "Mary of Solitude".

From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, meaning "Our Lady of Sonsoles". Sonsoles is a sanctuary in the Spanish province of Ávila, which contains a famous statue of Mary.

Means "conception" in Basque. It was coined by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name Concepción.

Possibly an elaborated form of Star.

Means "star" in Cornish.

Derived from Dutch ster meaning "star".

Means "star" in Finnish and Estonian.

Means "star" in Tagalog, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tārā). In Tagalog mythology, Tala is the goddess of stars and a daughter of the supreme deity Bathala.

Means "star" in Sanskrit. Tara is the name of a Hindu astral goddess, the wife of Brhaspati. She was abducted by Chandra, the god of the moon, leading to a great war that was only ended when Brahma intervened and released her. This name also appears in the epic the Ramayana belonging to the wife of Vali and, after his death, his younger brother Sugriva. In Buddhist belief this is the name of a bodhisattva associated with salvation and protection.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Theodoros (see Theodore).

Means "star" in Greenlandic [1].

Means "meadow, plain" in Spanish. It is taken from a title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Vega, meaning "The Virgin of the Meadow". She is the patron saint of several Spanish municipalities, such as Salamanca.

Means "sprout, young tree" in Finnish.

Short form of Alvilde.

Means "star" in Maori.

Galician form of Jesus, used as a personal name.

From Chinese 兴 (xīng) meaning "rise, flourish, prosper", 行 (xíng) meaning "carry out, execute, perform", 星 (xīng) meaning "star, planet", 惺 (xīng) meaning "clever, intelligent" or 杏 (xìng) meaning "apricot". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Form of Jesus used by Arabic-speaking Christians. Muslims use عيسى (ʿĪsā), the form in the Quran.

Means "star" in Turkish.

Derived from Albanian yll "star" and, figuratively, "fate, luck" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Means "bright star" in Inuit.

From the Yukon River or Territory, Canada, meaning "Great River" in Gwich’in. Yukon Cornelius is a character in the 1964 Christmas movie, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

Means "morning star" in Bulgarian.

Derived from Ukrainian зоря (zorya) meaning "dawn, star".

Serbian and Slovene form of Zvjezdana.