Addycakes's Personal Name List

Dutch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUCH
Personal remark: All I can think of is a European language.
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
From a nickname given to Americans of German descent (though nowadays it refers to a person from the Netherlands). It is related to deutsch, the German word meaning "German".
German
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Герман(Russian)
Pronounced: GYEHR-mən
Personal remark: Same with Dutch but a different European language.
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Russian form of Germanus (or sometimes of Herman).
Hi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Hi
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Short form of Hiram.
Hsar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Karen
Other Scripts: ဆၣ်(S'gaw Karen)
Pronounced: SA
Personal remark: Looks too much like 'Hussar' on paper. XD
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Means "star" in S'gaw Karen.
Iachin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ἰαχίν(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Form of Jachin used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
Jaxtyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAK-stən
Personal remark: So bad, it's good. XD
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Variant of Jaxton.
Jaxxon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAK-sən
Personal remark: Possibly the lowest-rated name on this website. XD
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Variant of Jackson.
Maacah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מַעֲכָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Derived from Hebrew מָעַך (maʿaḵ) meaning "to press, to crush" [1]. This name is borne by both male and female characters in the Old Testament.
Medusa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Μέδουσα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: meh-DOO-sə(English)
Personal remark: Name of the Day - 11/16/2022
Rating: 82% based on 5 votes
From the Greek Μέδουσα (Medousa), which was derived from μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek myth this was the name of one of the three Gorgons, ugly women who had snakes for hair. She was so hideous that anyone who gazed upon her was turned to stone, so the hero Perseus had to look using the reflection in his shield in order to slay her.
Mimi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEE-mee
Personal remark: All I think of is a certain song from The Backyardigans. The song in question is called "A Singing Telegram".
Rating: 86% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with M.
Odd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Derived from Old Norse oddr meaning "point of a sword".
Okay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: o-kie
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Paaie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Manx
Personal remark: Sounds like 'pie' to me. XD
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Manx form of Peggy.
Paxton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PAK-stən
Personal remark: 320th name saved into this collection.
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "Pœcc's town". Pœcc is an Old English given name of unknown meaning.
Pilot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PIE-lət
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Either from the surname Pilot, which is derived from Pilate, or directly from the vocabulary word pilot, which is derived from either Greek πηδον (pedon) "steering oar" or πλωτης (plotes) "sailor". This name is borne by Pilot Inspektor Lee (2003-), son of American actor Jason Lee.
Vidka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Personal remark: Reminds me of vodka.
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Vida 2, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
You
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 友(Chinese)
Pronounced: yǒu
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
From the Chinese 友 (yǒu) which means "friendly or friendship."
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