scots_pine812's Personal Name List

This is a Lithuanian and Latvian, or more broadly Baltic, version of the Balto-Slavic surnames Chayka, and Tchaikovsky. It means "gull" or "seagull". Čaikovskis is the masculine form of the surname, the feminine form would have a different ending depending on the usage and the context.

Means "seagull" in Ukrainian.

Latinate form of Greek Ioanna (see Joanna).

French feminine form of Marcellinus.

From Chinese 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle". Since the 1980s in America Morgan has been more common for girls than boys, perhaps due to stories of Morgan le Fay or the fame of actress Morgan Fairchild (1950-).

Persian form of Nida.

Means "son of Robin".

From Chinese 阮 (ruǎn), which refers to a type of musical instrument, similar to a lute.

Russian form of Ruth 1.

From the Hebrew name רוּת (Ruṯ), probably derived from the word רְעוּת (reʿuṯ) meaning "female friend". This is the name of the central character in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. She was a Moabite woman who accompanied her mother-in-law Naomi back to Bethlehem after Ruth's husband died. There she met and married Boaz. She was an ancestor of King David.

As a Christian name, Ruth has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. In England it was associated with the archaic word ruth meaning "pity, compassion" (now only commonly seen in the word ruthless). The name became very popular in America following the birth of "Baby" Ruth Cleveland (1891-1904), the daughter of President Grover Cleveland.

Originally denoted someone who came from the city of Shiraz, located in southern Iran. The city's name is possibly of Elamite origin.

From the name of a town in Cumbria, derived from Old English stirc "calf, young bullock" and land "cultivated land".

Anglicized form of the Irish place name Teamhair, which possibly means "elevated place". This was the name of the sacred hill near Dublin where the Irish high kings resided. It was popularized as a given name by the novel Gone with the Wind (1936) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1939), in which it is the name of the O'Hara plantation.

Derived from Old French tailleur meaning "tailor", ultimately from Latin taliare "to cut".

From Chinese 勋 (xūn) meaning "meritorious deed, rank" or 迅 (xùn) meaning "fast, sudden", as well as other characters with a similar pronunciation.