hebeCotogna's Personal Name List

Ada 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AY-də(English) A-dha(Spanish) A-da(Polish) AH-dah(Finnish)
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning "noble". Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדָרָה(Hebrew)
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Means "noble" in Hebrew.
Alyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AL-iks
Feminine variant of Alex.
Andromeda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀνδρομέδα, Ἀνδρομέδη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-DRO-MEH-DA(Classical Greek) an-DRAH-mi-də(English)
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Derived from Greek ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) combined with one of the related words μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.
Antares
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: an-TEHR-eez(English)
From Greek Ἀντάρης (Antares), traditionally said to mean "opposing Ares". This is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.
Arami
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Guarani
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Diminutive of Guarani word ára meaning "sky, heavens".
Atlas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄτλας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TLAS(Classical Greek) AT-ləs(English)
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.
Beta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romansh
Slovak diminutive of Alžbeta (not used as a given name in its own right), Portuguese diminutive of Elisabete, Alberta ou Roberta and Romansh variant of Betta.
Betania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: beh-TA-nya
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Spanish form of Bethany.
Camrynn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Variant (typically feminine) of Cameron.
Cassiopeia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κασσιόπεια, Κασσιέπεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kas-ee-ə-PEE-ə(English)
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Latinized form of Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiopeia) or Κασσιέπεια (Kassiepeia), possibly meaning "cassia juice". In Greek myth Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda. She was changed into a constellation and placed in the northern sky after she died.
Charon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χάρων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KEHR-ən(English)
Possibly means "fierce brightness" in Greek. In Greek mythology Charon was the operator of the ferry that brought the newly dead over the River Acheron into Hades.
Ch'aska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Incan Mythology, Quechua
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
In Incan mythology, Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star") was the goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet Venus, flowers, maidens, and sex. She protected virgin girls. This name is of a separate etmology, with the Quechua ch'aska referring to what they thought was the brightest star but was the planet Venus. The Quechue quyllur means 'star'.
Citlali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Variant of Citlalli.
Comet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Daro
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: დარო(Georgian)
Short form of Darejan.
Davi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: da-VEE
Portuguese form of David.
Dilyéhé
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Navajo (?), Astronomy
Means "planting stars" in Navajo. This is the Navajo name of the star cluster known in English as the Pleiades.
Doron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דּוֹרוֹן(Hebrew)
Derived from Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".
Elara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐλάρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHL-ə-rə(English)
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Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Feron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Ферон(Russian)
Russian form of Theron.
Gamma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Hotóhké'e
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cheyenne
Means "Star Woman" in Cheyenne.
Jaci 2
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Tupi
From Tupi îasy meaning "moon".
Jacira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tupi
Pronounced: zha-SEE-ru(Brazilian Portuguese)
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Means "honey moon" in Tupi, from îasy "moon" and yra "honey".
Jax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAKS
Short form of Jackson. It appeared in the video game Mortal Kombat II in 1993. It first registered as a given name in the United States in 1995 (when it was used only five times) but steadily grew in popularity for two decades, probably inspired by similar names like Max and Dax and helped by a character of this name on the American television series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014).
Jupiter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: JOO-pi-tər(English)
From Latin Iuppiter, which was ultimately derived from the vocative form of Indo-European *Dyēws-pətēr, composed of the elements Dyēws (see Zeus) and pətēr "father". Jupiter was the supreme god in Roman mythology. He presided over the heavens and light, and was responsible for the protection and laws of the Roman state. This is also the name of the fifth and largest planet in the solar system.
Leonis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Medieval Spanish
Latinized form of Leon. Leonis is also the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.
Lyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: LIE-rə(English)
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The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).
Maia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology, Portuguese, Georgian
Other Scripts: Μαῖα(Ancient Greek) მაია(Georgian)
Pronounced: MIE-A(Classical Greek) MAY-ə(English) MIE-ə(English) MIE-ya(Latin) MAH-EE-AH(Georgian)
From Greek μαῖα (maia) meaning "good mother, dame, foster mother", perhaps in origin a nursery form of μήτηρ (meter). In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, a group of stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Her son by Zeus was Hermes.
Mal
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAL
Pet form of Malcolm and Mallory.
Mira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Мира(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MEE-ra(Polish)
Short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir (often the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world").
Mirra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Russian
Italian meaning, “myrrh.”
Nova
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: NO-və(English) NO-va(Swedish, Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin novus meaning "new". It was first used as a name in the 19th century.
Ojistah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mohawk
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Mohawk.
Orion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὠρίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AW-REE-AWN(Classical Greek) o-RIE-ən(English)
Meaning uncertain, but possibly related to Greek ὅριον (horion) meaning "boundary, limit". Alternatively it may be derived from Akkadian Uru-anna meaning "light of the heavens". This is the name of a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter who was killed by a scorpion sent by the earth goddess Gaia.
Pax
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: PAKS(Latin, English)
Means "peace" in Latin. In Roman mythology this was the name of the goddess of peace.
Petros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Armenian, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Πέτρος(Greek) Պետրոս(Armenian)
Pronounced: PEHT-ros(Greek) peht-RAWS(Eastern Armenian) behd-RAWS(Western Armenian)
Greek and Armenian form of Peter.
Rion
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Possibly a variant of Ryan.
Taron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Տարոն(Armenian)
Pronounced: tah-RAWN(Eastern Armenian) dah-RAWN(Western Armenian)
From the name of a region in historic Armenia (now in Turkey).
Tenaya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Miwok
Possibly from Central Sierra Miwok taná·ya- meaning "evening star". This was the name of a 19th-century Miwok chief for whom Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park was named.
Uma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi
Other Scripts: उमा(Sanskrit, Hindi) ఉమ(Telugu) ಉಮಾ(Kannada) ഉമ(Malayalam) உமா(Tamil)
Means "flax" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Parvati. In Hindu texts it is said to derive from the Sanskrit exclamation उ मा (u mā) meaning "O do not (practice austerities)!", which was addressed to Parvati by her mother.
Vega 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The name of a star in the constellation Lyra. Its name is from Arabic الواقع (al-Wāqiʿ) meaning "the swooping (eagle)".
Vera 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Вера(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian) ვერა(Georgian)
Pronounced: VYEH-rə(Russian) VEE-rə(English) VEHR-ə(English) VEH-ra(German, Dutch) VEH-rah(Swedish) BEH-ra(Spanish) VEH-raw(Hungarian)
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Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.
Vero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Verus.
Vi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIE
Short form of Violet.
Zenith
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From Middle English senith, from cinit, from Old French cenit and/or Latin cenit, a transliteration of Arabic سمت (samt, "direction, path") which is in itself a weak abbreviation of سمت الرأس (samt ar-ra's, "direction of the head").

In modern English, zenith means "the highest point or state; peak" and in astronomy, refers to "the point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer" or "the highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body."

In the English-speaking world, this name has been in occasional use from the late 19th century onwards.

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