killereddie's Personal Name List

Contracted form of Adalia. This is the name of the father of one of King David's herdsmen in the Old Testament.

German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of Bernard.

Means "sad", derived from Irish brón meaning "sorrow". Saint Brónach was a 6th-century Irish mystic.

German form of Cecilia.

Latin form of Καμβύσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (Kabujiya), which is of uncertain meaning, possibly related to the geographical name Kamboja, a historical region in Central Asia [1]. Two Persian kings bore this name, including Cambyses II, the second ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, who conquered Egypt.

French form of Cinderella.

From the English word for the wild flower, ultimately deriving from Old English clafre.

From Irish croí meaning "heart". This name was used by Irish martial artist Conor McGregor for his daughter born 2019.

Derived from Welsh elus meaning "kind, benevolent". This was the name of two kings of Powys in Wales.

From Ancient Greek εὔνοιᾰ meaning "beautiful thinking, well mind".

Variant of Evandrus, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὔανδρος (Euandros) meaning "good of man", derived from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Roman mythology Evander was an Arcadian hero of the Trojan War who founded the city of Pallantium near the spot where Rome was later built.

Old Norse form of Frida 2.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Jasper, as well as the Latin form.

From the name of geographic places called Holland 1, or transferred usage of the surname Holland 1.

Variant of the name Waitstill

From the English surname Hyde. Fictional bearers of the surname include the criminal Edward Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Steven Hyde, known simply as Hyde, a character played by Danny Masterson on the American television sitcom That '70s Show (1998-2006).

The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested. It is possible that the name is ultimately Germanic, from a hypothetical name like *Ishild, composed of the elements is "ice" and hilt "battle".

According to tales first recorded in Old French in the 12th century, Yseut or Ysolt was an Irish princess betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. After accidentally drinking a love potion, she became the lover of his nephew Tristan. Their tragic story, which was set in the Arthurian world, was popular during the Middle Ages and the name became relatively common in England at that time. It was rare by the 19th century, though some interest was generated by Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde (1865).

Derived from the Slavic elements jarŭ "fierce, energetic" and gněvŭ "anger".

Means "little blackbird", derived from Old Irish lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early saints.

Created by the author R. D. Blackmore for the title character in his novel Lorna Doone (1869), set in southern England, which describes the dangerous love between John Ridd and Lorna Doone. Blackmore may have based the name on the Scottish place name Lorne or on the title Marquis of Lorne (see Lorne).

French form of Breton Mael meaning "prince, chieftain, lord". Saint Mael was a 5th-century Breton hermit who lived in Wales.

From an English surname that was derived either from the given name Muriel or from place names meaning "pleasant hill".

Russian form of Modestus.

From Japanese 直 (nao) meaning "straight, direct" and 樹 (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of different kanji with the same pronunciations.

The name Oleander originated as an Greek name. In Greek, the name Oleander means "an evergreen tree."
The origin of the name was said to have come from a young man whose ardour to his Lady Love ended in a tragedy. The young man was named Leander, and his precious lady longing for his love shouting with such forlorn “O Leander!”, “O Leander!” in the banks, until finally he was found. And clasped in his hands were sweet flowers, who have become a symbol of everlasting love, known as oleanders.

Possibly taken from the plant family, Nerium oleander (flowering shrub known as oleanders), Cascabela thevetia (yellow oleander), Acacia neriifolia (oleander wattle); or a species of moth, Daphnis nerii (oleander hawk-moth).

In the complex language of love practiced during the time of Queen Victoria, the Oleander flower means caution.

A diminutive use of Oleander could be Ollie, Lee, Lee-Ann, or Anders.

Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.

Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chrétien may have derived the name from Old French perce val "pierce the valley", or he may have based it loosely on the Welsh name Peredur [1]. In the poem Perceval is a boy from Wales who hopes to become a knight under King Arthur. Setting out to prove himself, he eventually comes to the castle of the Fisher King and is given a glimpse of the Grail.

From the Late Latin name Peregrinus, which meant "traveller". This was the name of several early saints.

From the English word petrichor that denotes the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil, which was coined by Australian mineralogist and biochemist Richard Grenfell Thomas in 1964 from Greek πέτρα (petra) meaning "rock" or πέτρος (petros) "stone" and ἰχώρ (ichor) "the juice, not blood, that flows in the veins of gods in Greek mythology".

It was used as a given name for a girl in the Canadian province Alberta in 2016.

Transferred use of the surname Poe.
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Poe Dameron is a fictional character from the movie Star Wars. Poe Dameron is played by actor Oscar Isaac and is named partially after JJ Abrams assistant Morgan Dameron. Abrams did it so Morgan whould be happy that he named a character partially after her. Abrams got Poe from his daughters Polar bear who was named Poe (short for "polar bear").

Transferred use of the surname Seaborn, though in the case of many Puritans, it was given to children born at sea.

Means "God loves me" or "divine love" in Ewe.

From the Old Norse name Sundri, possibly from Old Norse sunn meaning "south".

French form of Silvanus.

Ancient Greek form of Thekla.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Valerius.

Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

Diminutive of Vladimir.

Derived from the Old English elements wealh "foreigner, Celt" and mære "famous".

Meaning uncertain, perhaps from a German surname, or perhaps from the English word wild. It has been in use since the 19th century.

From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 人 (to) meaning "person" or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Medieval French form of Ivo 1. This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.

Means "star" in Kazakh.