IanTheNameCorrector's Personal Name List

Variant of Alana, probably influenced by Elaine.

Diminutive of Alvin.

Derived from Hebrew אֲרִי (ʾari) meaning "lion", an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Judah (see Genesis 49:9). This is the name of an officer of King Pekahiah in the Old Testament.

Meaning unknown, possibly invented by Michael William Balfe for the main character in his opera The Bohemian Girl (1843).

Modern Hebrew transcription of Athaliah.

Diminutive of Elizabeth.

Diminutive of Elisabeth (German), Benedetta or Elisabetta (Italian), or Erzsébet (Hungarian).

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).

From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

Possibly a Portuguese form of Eadwald.

From Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾElishevaʿ) meaning "my God is an oath", derived from the roots אֵל (ʾel) referring to the Hebrew God and שָׁבַע (shavaʿ) meaning "oath". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.

Among Christians, this name was originally more common in Eastern Europe. It was borne in the 12th century by Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, a daughter of King Andrew II who used her wealth to help the poor. In medieval England it was occasionally used in honour of the saint, though the form Isabel (from Occitan and Spanish) was more common. It has been very popular in England since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. In American name statistics (as recorded since 1880) it has never ranked lower than 30, making it the most consistently popular name for girls in the United States.

Besides Elizabeth I, this name has been borne (in various spellings) by many other European royals, including a ruling empress of Russia in the 18th century. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011).

Low German and Frisian diminutive of Adelheid.

Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic, from the root فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".

Means "visitation" in Basque. It is an equivalent of the Spanish name Visitación, coined by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

Variant of Eileen, probably inspired by the spelling of Irene.

German and Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth, used independently.

From the Hebrew name יִסְכָּה (Yiska) meaning "to behold". In the Old Testament this is the name of Abraham's niece, mentioned only briefly. This is the basis of the English name Jessica.

Alternate transcription of Yiddish איסר (see Iser).

Short form of Alicia, Felicia and other names ending with the same sound.

Diminutive of Margarete or Margaretha.

Hebrew form of Micah.

A spelling of Rebecca which seems to have been used in the 1600s and 1700s, and was apparently revived in the late 1990s.

Arabic form of Yosef (see Joseph) appearing in the Quran. This is also the form used in several other languages.