LemonBamboo's Personal Name List

Ailaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ɛːl̪ˠɛːn̪ˠa, AY-LAYN-ə
Modern Scottish Gaelic origin, exact etymology unclear, meaning "noble one", "harmonious" and "cheerful". Possibly a combination of the names Alana and Eilidh, or an potential anglicization/variant of Eilionoir.
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Aneirin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Welsh, Welsh
Pronounced: a-NAY-rin(Welsh)
Old Welsh name, possibly from the Latin name Honorius [1]. This was the name of a 6th-century Brythonic poet, also known as Neirin or Aneurin [2], who is said to be the author of the poem Y Gododdin.
Asphodel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: AS-fə-dehl
From the name of the flower. J. R. R. Tolkien used this name on one of his characters in The Lord of the Rings.
Athanasius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀθανάσιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ath-ə-NAY-shəs(English)
From the Greek name Ἀθανάσιος (Athanasios) meaning "immortal", from Greek (a), a negative prefix, combined with θάνατος (thanatos) meaning "death". Saint Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.
Aureliusz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lyoosh
Polish form of Aurelius.
Azalaïs
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Occitan
Occitan form of Adelais.
Carlton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHRL-tən
Variant of Charlton.
Cascade
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kas-KAYD
Derived from the English word for a waterfall, ultimately from Latin cadere "to fall".
Cawîdan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Means "eternal" in Kurdish.
Clarity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KLAR-i-tee
Simply means "clarity, lucidity" from the English word, ultimately from Latin clarus "clear".
Daromir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish
Other Scripts: Даромир(Bulgarian)
The first element of this name is derived from Slavic dar "gift, present", which in turn is derived from Proto-Slavic darъ "gift, present". Compare modern Polish darować "to donate, to gift" and Czech darovat "to donate, to give", as well as Proto-Slavic dati "to give". The second element of this name is derived from Slavic mir "peace". As such, this name roughly means "to gift peace" or "peace is a gift".
Deandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Variant of Diandra.
Eun-Byul
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 은별(Korean Hangul) 銀별, 恩별, etc.(Hanja/Hangul)
Pronounced: UN-BYUL
From Sino-Korean 銀 (eun) meaning "silver" or 恩 (eun) meaning "grace, favour, gratitude" combined with the native Korean word 별 (byeol) meaning "star". This name can be formed by other hanja character combinations as well.
Haŭryla
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Гаўрыла(Belarusian)
Belarusian form of Gabriel.

Known bearers of this name include the Belarusian painter Haŭryla Vaščanka (1928-2014) and the Belarusian chess player Haŭryla Vierasaŭ (1912-1979). The latter is better known under the Russian form of his name, which is Gavriil Veresov.

Iridián
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican, Modern)
Pronounced: ee-ree-DHYAN
Means "related to Iris or rainbows", ultimately from Greek ἶρις (genitive ἴριδος). It briefly entered the American top 1000 list in 1995, likely due to a Mexican singer named Iridián.
Juheily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Hispanic, Rare)
Kanstantsin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Канстанцін(Belarusian)
Belarusian form of Constantine.
Llywelyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: shəw-EH-lin(Welsh) loo-EHL-in(English)
Probably a Welsh form of an unattested old Celtic name *Lugubelinos, a combination of the names of the gods Lugus and Belenus, or a compound of Lugus and a Celtic root meaning "strong". Alternatively it may be derived from Welsh llyw "leader". This was the name of several Welsh rulers, notably the 13th-century Llywelyn the Great who fought against the English.
Ludivine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LUY-DEE-VEEN
Possibly from a feminine form of Leutwin. It was popularized in the 1970s by a character from the French miniseries Les Gens de Mogador.
Lutseya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Луцэя(Belarusian)
Belarusian female name derived from Lucius, meaning "light".
Lutsiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Луция(Bulgarian, Russian) Луція(Ukrainian)
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Lucia. Also compare Lukiya and Lyutsiya.
Mahalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Variant of Mahala.
Malachi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: מַלְאָכִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-kie(English)
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.
Malakai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Fijian, Tongan, English (Modern)
Fijian and Tongan form of Malachi, as well as a modern English variant.
Marceline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAR-SU-LEEN
French feminine form of Marcellinus.
Muireall
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of Muirgel.
Peleusz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: pe-LE-oosh
Form of Peleus.
Quintin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN-tən
Variant of Quentin.
Rosalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Late Roman
Pronounced: ro-za-LEE-a(Italian)
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose". This was the name of a 12th-century Sicilian saint.
Ruadhán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: RWU-an
From Old Irish Rúadán, derived from rúad "red" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of the founder of the monastery of Lorrha in the 6th century.
Visolela
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Central African
Pronounced: VEE-so-lay-lə
From a proverb, meaning "good judgement". Origin is from the Ovimbundu of Angola. Ovisolela violomupa; vi pungula viopongala. English: Longing are Waterfalls; those you pick over are of the drying trays.
Xilohua
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xilotl "green ear of maize, young corncob" and the possessive suffix -hua.
Yolanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English
Pronounced: gyo-LAN-da(Spanish) yo-LAHN-də(English)
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.

This name was borne by a 12th-century empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, who was originally from Flanders. It was also used by her descendants in the royal families of Hungary (spelled Jolánta) and Spain (sometimes spelled Violante). The Blessed Yolanda of Poland was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary who married a Polish duke. It was also borne by Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th-century countess from Luxembourg who joined a convent against her parents' wishes, later becoming the subject of medieval legend. Another notable bearer was a 15th-century duchess of Lorraine, the subject of the opera Iolanta (1892) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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