Behind the Name: Lillyapoop's Personal Name List

Ari

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish, Italian

Pronounced: AHR-ee(English, Italian)

Personal remark: Holy

Short form of Ariadne, Ariadna and Arianna.

Ari 3

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Armenian

Other Scripts: Արի(Armenian)

Pronounced: ah-REE

Personal remark: Brave.

Means "brave" in Armenian.

Boaz

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Dutch, Biblical Hebrew [1]

Other Scripts: בֹּעַז(Hebrew)

Pronounced: BO-az(English) BO-ahz(Dutch)

Personal remark: Swiftness

Means "swiftness" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the man who marries Ruth. This was also the name of one of the two pillars that stood outside Solomon's Temple (with Jachin).

Dan 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1], Hebrew

Other Scripts: דָּן(Hebrew)

Pronounced: DAN(English)

Personal remark: He judged

Means "he judged" in Hebrew, a derivative of דִּין (din) meaning "to judge". In the Old Testament Dan is one of the twelve sons of Jacob by Rachel's servant Bilhah, and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. His name is explained in Genesis 30:6.

Din

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: דין(Hebrew)

Pronounced: DEEN

Personal remark: Judgment

Means "judgment" in Hebrew.

Dina 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English

Pronounced: DEE-na(Italian, Spanish) DEE-nah(Dutch) DEE-nə(English)

Personal remark: Water or hardy bear

Short form of names ending in dina, such as Bernardina or Ondina. As an English name, this can also be a variant of Deanna.

Dov

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: דּוֹב(Hebrew)

Pronounced: DOV

Personal remark: Bear

Means "bear" in Hebrew.

Ella 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian

Pronounced: EHL-ə(English) EHL-lah(Finnish) EHL-law(Hungarian)

Personal remark: Holy, blessed, torch

Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen 1 and other names beginning with El. It can also be a short form of names ending in ella.

Elly

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Dutch

Pronounced: EHL-ee(English) EH-lee(Dutch)

Personal remark: Torch

Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth or an English variant of Ellie.

Ferb

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (American, Rare, Archaic)

Pronounced: FURB(American English)

Personal remark: Possibly? Feirce or hero. from italian. not shure

Flame

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: FLAYM

Personal remark: No duh

From the English word flame: "a stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire."

Flo

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: FLO

Personal remark: prosperous, florinchiing

Short form of Florence or Flora.

Itzel

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Mayan

Personal remark: Resin, nectar, dew, liquid, enchanted, rainbow.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from Classic Maya itz meaning "resin, nectar, dew, liquid, enchanted". Otherwise, it might be a variant of Ixchel.

Jay 2

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati

Other Scripts: जय(Hindi, Marathi) જય(Gujarati)

Personal remark: Victory

Modern (northern Indian) masculine form of Jaya.

Lavi

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: לָבִיא(Hebrew)

Personal remark: Lion

Means "lion" in Hebrew.

Lexa

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: LEHK-sə

Personal remark: Defender of men

Short form of Alexandra or Alexa.

Liz

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: LIZ

Personal remark: My god is an oath

Short form of Elizabeth. This is the familiar name of actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011).

Mana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Pronounced: MA-na

Personal remark: Religious or divine power.

From the word referring to a supernatural, religious or divine power.

Maya 3

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: מַיָּה(Hebrew)

Personal remark: Water

Derived from Hebrew מַיִם (mayim) meaning "water".

Orel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: אוֹרְאֵל(Hebrew)

Personal remark: Light of God.

Means "light of God" in Hebrew.

Pilvi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish, Estonian

Pronounced: PEEL-vee(Finnish)

Personal remark: Cloud.

Means "cloud" in Finnish and Estonian.

Pınar

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: pu-NAR

Personal remark: Spring.

Means "spring" in Turkish.

Rico

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Italian

Pronounced: REE-ko

Personal remark: Brave Ruler.

Short form of Ricardo, Enrico and other names ending in rico.

Rio 1

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Various

Personal remark: River

Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese. A city in Brazil bears this name. Its full name is Rio de Janeiro, which means "river of January", so named because the first explorers came to the harbour in January and mistakenly thought it was a river mouth.

Tova 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: טוֹבָה(Hebrew)

Personal remark: Good

Means "good" in Hebrew.

Velvela

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Yiddish (Rare)

Other Scripts: װעלװעלע(Yiddish)

Personal remark: Little wolf.

Feminine form of Velvel.

Vikki

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: VIK-ee

Personal remark: Victory.

Diminutive of Victoria.

Vita 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish, Slovene

Pronounced: VEE-ta(Italian)

Personal remark: Life

Feminine form of Vitus.

Vivia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian (Rare), Late Roman

Personal remark: Live

Feminine form of Vivius.

Zena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Personal remark: Hospitality

Meaning unknown. It could be a variant of Xenia or a diminutive of names featuring this sound, such as Alexina, Rosina or Zenobia. This name has occasionally been used since the 19th century.