Behind the Name: batsqueak's Personal Name List

Amelia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Medieval French

Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə(English) ə-MEEL-yə(English) a-MEH-lya(Spanish, Italian, Polish)

Personal remark: Amy for short, character is Australian

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Variant of Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.

This name experienced a rise in popularity at the end of the 20th century. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 2011 to 2015.

Mar

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Catalan

Pronounced: MAR

Personal remark: Character is Mexican, character is also neutrois (non-binary)

Rating: 70% based on 1 vote

Means "sea" in Spanish and Catalan. It is from a devotional title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Mar "Our Lady of the Sea", the patron saint of the Spanish province of Almería.

Martin

Usage: English, French, German, Swedish

Pronounced: MAHR-tin(English) MAR-TEHN(French) MAR-teen(German) MAT-in(Swedish)

Personal remark: Amy's surname

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Maximov

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Максимов(Russian)

Pronounced: mu-KSYEE-məf

Personal remark: Veko's surname

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Alternate transcription of Maksimov.

Orellana

Usage: Spanish

Personal remark: Mar's surname

Rating: 10% based on 1 vote

Originally indicated a person from one of the two towns named Orellana in Badajoz, Spain. Their names are probably derived from Latin Aureliana meaning "of Aurelius".

Sólja

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Faroese

Pronounced: SUUL-ya

Personal remark: Nickname used for the character Sólveig

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Means "buttercup (flower)" in Faroese (genus Ranunculus). The buttercup is the national flower of the Faroe Islands.

Sólveig

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic

Personal remark: Character is Faroese, see Sólja

Rating: 70% based on 1 vote

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Solveig.

Sørensen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian

Personal remark: Sólveig's surname, using the feminine variant + Faroese spelling Sørinsdóttir

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Means "son of Søren".

Vjekoslav

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Croatian

Personal remark: Using variant spelling Vekoslav, character is Russian, Veko (vee-ko) for short

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

Derived from the Slavic elements věkŭ "age" and slava "glory".

Wan

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 万(Chinese) 萬(Traditional Chinese)

Pronounced: WAHN

Personal remark: Yichén's surname, using the character 万

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

From Chinese 万 (wàn) referring to a city that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.

Yichen

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 易辰, 轶琛, 依晨, 义臣, 奕辰, etc.(Chinese) 易辰, 軼琛, 依晨, 義臣, 奕辰, etc.(Traditional Chinese)

Pronounced: EE-CHUN

Personal remark: Using the characters 奕辰 and variant spelling Yichén, character is Chinese, Chén for short

Rating: 20% based on 1 vote

From Chinese 易 (yì) meaning "exchange, change", 轶 (yì) meaning "excel, surpass", 依 (yī) meaning "rely on" 义 (yì) meaning "justice, righteousness" or 奕 (yì) meaning "grand, great, elegant, graceful" combined with 辰 (chén) meaning "early morning, dragon of the Chinese zodiac", also referring to the fifth of the twelve earthly branches, 琛 (chēn) meaning "treasure, gem", 晨 (chén) meaning "early morning, daybreak" or 臣 (chén) meaning "minister, official". Other character combinations can form this name as well.