art's Personal Name List

Asa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אָסָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-sə(English)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Possibly means "healer" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.
Atlas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄτλας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TLAS(Classical Greek) AT-ləs(English)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Possibly means "enduring" from Greek τλάω (tlao) meaning "to endure". In Greek mythology he was a Titan punished by Zeus by being forced to support the heavens on his shoulders.
Audie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-ee
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
In the case of the famed American soldier Audie Murphy (1925-1971), it is of uncertain meaning. As a feminine name, it can be a diminutive of Audrey.
Audric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gascon, French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Gascon form of Aldric.
Axel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, French, English
Pronounced: A-ksehl(Swedish) A-ksəl(German) A-KSEHL(French) AK-səl(English)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Medieval Danish form of Absalom.
Azel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אָצֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Means "reserved" in Hebrew. This is both the name of a minor character and a place name in the Old Testament.
Damien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: DA-MYEHN
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
French form of Damian.
Eike
Gender: Unisex
Usage: Low German, German
Pronounced: IE-kə(German)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Originally a short form of Ekkehard and other names beginning with the Old High German element ekka, Old Saxon eggia meaning "edge, blade". This name was borne by Eike of Repgow, who compiled the law book the Sachsenspiegel in the 13th century.
Farah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic, from the root فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".
Heike
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Low German, German
Pronounced: HIE-kə(Low German)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Low German diminutive of Henrike or Henrik.
Iain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: EE-an
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Scottish Gaelic form of Iohannes (see John).
Indiana
Gender: Unisex
Usage: English
Pronounced: in-dee-AN-ə
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
From the name of the American state, which means "land of the Indians". This is the name of the hero in the Indiana Jones series of movies, starring Harrison Ford.
Inge
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch, Estonian
Pronounced: ING-eh(Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) ING-ə(German, Dutch)
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Germanic god Ing. In Sweden and Norway this is primarily a masculine name, elsewhere it is usually feminine.
Jannis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Dutch, Frisian
Other Scripts: Γιάννης(Greek)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Greek variant transliteration of Γιάννης (see Yannis) and Dutch and Frisian short form of Johannes.
Micha 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, German, Dutch
Other Scripts: Μιχά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MEE-kha(Dutch)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Form of Micah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament (when referring to the man from the Book of Judges). It is also the German and Dutch form.
Mischa
Gender: Unisex
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: MEE-sha
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Dutch and German form of Misha. It is occasionally used as a feminine name in Dutch.
Virgil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romanian
Pronounced: VUR-jil(American English) VU-jil(British English)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
From the Roman family name Vergilius, which is of unknown meaning. This name was borne by the 1st-century BC Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro, commonly called Virgil, who was the writer of the Aeneid. Due to him, Virgil has been in use as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century.
Vivien 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VEE-VYEHN
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
French form of Vivianus (see Vivian).
Yannick
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: YA-NEEK(French)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of Yann or Yanna 2.
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