lanaaaaa_d's Personal Name List

Balearic form of Anna.

From the name of a mountain range in Valencia, eastern Spain. The Spanish poet Rafael Alberti used it for his daughter in 1941.

Italian feminine form of Alexius.

Derived from Arabic المدينة (al-mudayna) meaning "the citadel", a diminutive form of the word مدينة (madīna) meaning "city". According to legend, it was in a building by this name that a concealed statue of the Virgin Mary was discovered during the Reconquista in Madrid. The Virgin of Almudena, that is Mary, is the patron saint of Madrid.

Combination of Anna and Chiara.

Combination of Anna and Christine.

Catalan form of Arlette.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Beatrix.

Portuguese, Catalan, Slovak and Hungarian form of Cecilia.

Diminutive of Francesca.

Italian form of Clara. Saint Chiara (commonly called Clare in English) was a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Short form of Wilhelmine or names ending in elma, such as Anselma. It has also been recorded as a combination of Elizabeth and Mary, as in the case of the 19th-century daughter of the Earl of Elgin, who was named using her mother's first and middle names [1].

Popularized Catalan name that refers to the northern Catalan city of Elna. At the end of the Spanish Civil War, a Maternity Hospital was set up in Elna, run by a Swiss nurse - Elisabeth Eidenbenz - who looked after pregnant women from the Republican refugee camps who were fleeing Franco's fascist troops. When this story became known, many girls began to be named Elna, in tribute and memory of Elna's Motherhood and the many children and mothers she saved. Currently, according to official data from the Catalan Government's IDESCAT (2020) there are 910 women with the name Elna in the territory of Catalonia alone, with many more in the rest of the Catalan domain (Balearic Islands, Valencia , Northern Catalonia, Andorra and Catalan-speaking areas of Aragon and Sardinia.

Latinate form of Estelle. This is the name of the heroine, Estella Havisham, in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).

Italian and Catalan feminine form of Franciscus (see Francis).

Means "glory", from the Portuguese and Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary Maria da Glória and María de Gloria. Maria da Glória (1819-1853) was the daughter of the Brazilian emperor Pedro I, eventually becoming queen of Portugal as Maria II.

The name was introduced to the English-speaking world by E. D. E. N. Southworth's novel Gloria (1891) and George Bernard Shaw's play You Never Can Tell (1898), which both feature characters with a Portuguese background [1]. It was popularized in the early 20th century by American actress Gloria Swanson (1899-1983). Another famous bearer is feminist Gloria Steinem (1934-).

Diminutive of Harriet.

Variant of Indie.

From the English word for the climbing plant with fragrant flowers that is used for making perfumes. It is derived via Arabic from Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), which is also a Persian name. In the United States this name steadily grew in popularity from the 1970s, especially among African Americans [1]. It reached a peak in the early 1990s shortly after the release of the animated Disney movie Aladdin (1992), which featured a princess by this name.

English, German and Dutch form of Joséphine.

Polish and Hungarian form and English elaboration of Juliet.

French diminutive of Julie.

Spanish diminutive of Dolores. A famous bearer was Lola Montez (1821-1861; birth name Eliza Gilbert), an Irish-born dancer, actress and courtesan.

Combination of Maria and Francesca.

Variant of Marion 1. This name was borne in English legend by Maid Marian, Robin Hood's love. It is sometimes considered a combination of Mary and Ann.

This name spiked in popularity in several places around the world in 1954 after Pope Pius declared it to be a Marian year, in honour of the Virgin Mary. A similar declaration in 1987 did not have as marked an effect.

Feminine form of Martinus (see Martin). Saint Martina was a 3rd-century martyr who is one of the patron saints of Rome.

From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names containing that element.

Means "wave, sea foam" in Basque.

From the Basque name of the Spanish city of Nájera, which is Arabic in origin. In the 12th century there was a reported apparition of the Virgin Mary in a nearby cave.

Short form of Mariona. It also coincides with a Catalan word meaning "wave".

Short form of Caterina or Catharina as well as other names ending in rina.

Feminine form of Ruslan.

Derived from Czech růže meaning "rose".