erb816's Personal Name List

Adeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-DU-LEEN(French) AD-ə-lien(English)
Personal remark: pronounced AD-ə-leen
Rating: 83% based on 19 votes
French and English form of Adelina.
Alejandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-leh-KHAN-dra
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Spanish form of Alexandra.
Allegra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (Rare)
Pronounced: al-LEH-gra(Italian) ə-LEHG-rə(English)
Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian. It was borne by a short-lived illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron (1817-1822).
Almira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Rating: 58% based on 20 votes
Bosnian feminine form of Al-Amir.
Amaranta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-ma-RAN-ta
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Spanish and Italian form of Amarantha.
Amélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-MEH-LEE
Rating: 82% based on 12 votes
French form of Amelia.
Anahera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means "angel" in Maori.
Anaïs
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-NA-EES
Rating: 59% based on 16 votes
Possibly a French variant of Anahita. A famous bearer was the French writer Anaïs Nin (1903-1977), known for her diaries.
Angelique
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Rating: 72% based on 14 votes
Dutch form of Angélique.
Anouk
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, French
Pronounced: a-NOOK(Dutch)
Personal remark: nickname Anoushka
Rating: 60% based on 24 votes
Dutch and French diminutive of Anna.
Anoushka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Sinhalese, Dutch (Rare)
Other Scripts: अनुष्का(Hindi) අනුෂ්කා(Sinhala)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Hindi अनुष्का or Sinhala අනුෂ්කා (see Anushka), as well as a Dutch variant of Annuska.
Araceli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-ra-THEH-lee(European Spanish) a-ra-SEH-lee(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 62% based on 32 votes
Means "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin Mary in her role as the patron saint of Lucena, Spain.
Aviva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיבָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-VEE-vah
Rating: 63% based on 12 votes
Feminine variant of Aviv.
Azélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: A-ZEH-LEE
Rating: 69% based on 17 votes
Perhaps a form of Azalaïs. It was borne by Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877), also called Zélie, the mother of Thérèse of Lisieux.
Blanche
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: BLAHNSH(French) BLANCH(English)
Personal remark: pronounced BLAW(N)SH (French influence)
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair-coloured". This word and its cognates in other languages are ultimately derived from the Germanic word *blankaz. An early bearer was the 12th-century Blanca of Navarre, the wife of Sancho III of Castile. Her granddaughter of the same name married Louis VIII of France, with the result that the name became more common in France.
Ceridwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: keh-RID-wehn
Rating: 61% based on 8 votes
Possibly from cyrrid "bent, crooked" (a derivative of Old Welsh cwrr "corner") combined with ben "woman" or gwen "white, blessed". According to the medieval Welsh legend the Tale of Taliesin (recorded by Elis Gruffyd in the 16th century) this was the name of a sorceress who created a potion that would grant wisdom to her son Morfan. The potion was instead consumed by her servant Gwion Bach, who was subsequently reborn as the renowned bard Taliesin.

This name appears briefly in a poem in the Black Book of Carmarthen in the form Kyrridven [1] and in a poem in the Book of Taliesin in the form Kerrituen [2]. Some theories connect her to an otherwise unattested Celtic goddess of inspiration, and suppose her name is related to Welsh cerdd "poetry".

Cerys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Variant of Carys.
Chiara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: KYA-ra
Rating: 56% based on 15 votes
Italian form of Clara. Saint Chiara (commonly called Clare in English) was a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Eilidh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: EH-li
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Eilionoir, also taken to be a Gaelic form of Helen.
Eloisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: eh-lo-EE-za
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
Italian form of Eloise.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 82% based on 12 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Endellion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 50% based on 34 votes
Anglicized form of Endelienta, the Latin form of a Welsh or Cornish name. It was borne by a 5th- or 6th-century Cornish saint whose birth name is lost. According to some traditions she was a daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog (identifying her with Cynheiddon).
Enya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: EHN-yə(English)
Rating: 77% based on 9 votes
Anglicized form of Eithne.
Eseld
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Cornish form of Iseult.
Esmeralda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, English, Albanian, Literature
Pronounced: ehz-meh-RAL-da(Spanish) izh-mi-RAL-du(European Portuguese) ehz-meh-ROW-du(Brazilian Portuguese) ehz-mə-RAHL-də(English)
Rating: 63% based on 12 votes
Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), in which Esmeralda is the Gypsy girl who is loved by Quasimodo. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since that time.
Esperanza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ehs-peh-RAN-tha(European Spanish) ehs-peh-RAN-sa(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 69% based on 34 votes
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Sperantia, which was derived from sperare "to hope".
Fairuza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare)
Rating: 51% based on 17 votes
Variant of Fayruz.
Fernanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Pronounced: fehr-NAN-da(Spanish)
Rating: 44% based on 9 votes
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian feminine form of Ferdinand.
Francesca Pia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
Combination of Francesca and Pia.
Gagandipika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: gah-gən-DIP-i-kə
Feminine form of Gagandeep. Means "light of the sky" or "light of the heavens". In the British mystery show Midsomer Murders there's a lady with Indian heritage called Gagan, her father explains that it is short for Gagandipika which means "light of the heavens".
Ginevra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jee-NEH-vra
Rating: 58% based on 13 votes
Italian form of Guinevere. This is also the Italian name for the city of Geneva, Switzerland. It is also sometimes associated with the Italian word ginepro meaning "juniper".
Guadalupe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ghwa-dha-LOO-peh
From a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, meaning "Our Lady of Guadalupe". Guadalupe is a Spanish place name, the site of a famous convent, derived from Arabic وادي (wadi) meaning "valley, river" possibly combined with Latin lupus meaning "wolf". In the 16th century Our Lady of Guadalupe supposedly appeared in a vision to a native Mexican man, and she is now regarded as a patron saint of the Americas.
Hira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu, Nepali, Punjabi, Indian, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: ہیرا(Urdu) हिरा(Nepali) ਹੀਰਾ(Gurmukhi) હીરા(Gujarati) हीरा(Hindi)
Derived from Sanskrit हीर (hira) meaning "diamond". It is typically feminine in Pakistan and unisex in India and Nepal.
Inaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: عنایا(Urdu) ইনায়া(Bengali)
Feminine variant of Inayat.
Indira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Other Scripts: इन्दिरा(Sanskrit) इन्दिरा, इंदिरा(Hindi) इंदिरा(Marathi) ಇಂದಿರಾ(Kannada) இந்திரா(Tamil)
Pronounced: IN-di-ra(Hindi)
Rating: 73% based on 13 votes
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. A notable bearer was India's first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).
Iseul
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 이슬(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: EE-SUL
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means "dew" in Korean.
Iseult
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: i-SOOLT(English) i-ZOOLT(English) EE-ZUU(French)
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested. It is possible that the name is ultimately Germanic, from a hypothetical name like *Ishild, composed of the elements is "ice" and hilt "battle".

According to tales first recorded in Old French in the 12th century, Yseut or Ysolt was an Irish princess betrothed to King Mark of Cornwall. After accidentally drinking a love potion, she became the lover of his nephew Tristan. Their tragic story, which was set in the Arthurian world, was popular during the Middle Ages and the name became relatively common in England at that time. It was rare by the 19th century, though some interest was generated by Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde (1865).

Isidra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Galician
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Isidro.
Jasminder
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh), Indian
It's Hindu name meaning "flower queen". In Punjabi meaning "Lord's glory". Other form is Jesminder.
Johanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Pronounced: yo-HA-na(German) yuw-HA-na(Swedish) yo-HAHN-nah(Danish) yo-HAH-na(Dutch) YO-hawn-naw(Hungarian) YO-hahn-nah(Finnish) jo-HAN-ə(English) jo-AN-ə(English)
Rating: 87% based on 6 votes
Latinate form of Greek Ioanna (see Joanna).
Katrinel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian (Rare), Moldovan (Rare)
Diminutive of Ecaterina.
Kerensa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Personal remark: pronounced kə-REN-sə
Rating: 62% based on 46 votes
Means "love" in Cornish.
Léa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEH-A
Rating: 95% based on 4 votes
French form of Leah.
Leilani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: lay-LA-nee
Rating: 63% based on 10 votes
Means "heavenly flowers" or "royal child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Leora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, English, Hebrew
Pronounced: lay-OH-ra(Jewish, Hebrew)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Anglicized variant of Liora.
In some cases, however, it might have been given as a contracted form of Leonora.
Liora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Strictly feminine form of Lior.
Lumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-mee
Rating: 57% based on 21 votes
Means "snow" in Finnish.
Maialen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: MIE-a-lehn, mie-A-lehn
Personal remark: pronounced MIE-ə-len
Rating: 49% based on 43 votes
Basque form of Magdalene.
Mariam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Malay, Arabic
Other Scripts: Μαριάμ(Ancient Greek) მარიამ(Georgian) Մարիամ(Armenian) مريم(Arabic)
Pronounced: MA-REE-AM(Georgian) mahr-YAHM(Armenian) MAR-yam(Arabic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Form of Maria used in the Greek Old Testament, as well as the Georgian, Armenian and Malay form. It is also an alternate transcription of Arabic مريم (see Maryam).
Maryam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bashkir, Tatar
Other Scripts: مريم(Arabic) مریم(Persian, Urdu) Мәрйәм(Bashkir) Мәрьям(Tatar)
Pronounced: MAR-yam(Arabic)
Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bashkir and Tatar form of Miryam (see Mary). In Iran it is also the name of a flower, the tuberose, which is named after the Virgin Mary.
Miraflor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Philippines)
Pronounced: mi-ru-FLAWR(Filipino Spanish) mi-ru-PLAWR(Filipino Spanish)
Possibly the Spanish form of Mirefleur.
Mirefleur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
Variant of Méroflède, the usual French form of Merofleda.
Mireille
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch
Pronounced: MEE-RAY(French)
Rating: 82% based on 13 votes
From the Occitan name Mirèio, which was first used by the poet Frédéric Mistral for the main character in his poem Mirèio (1859). He probably derived it from the Occitan word mirar meaning "to admire". It is spelled Mirèlha in classical Occitan orthography. A notable bearer is the French singer Mireille Mathieu (1946-).
Mirèio
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Occitan
Rating: 54% based on 10 votes
Occitan (Mistralian) form of Mireille.
Mridula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi
Other Scripts: मृदुला(Hindi)
From Sanskrit मृदु (mrdu) meaning "soft, delicate, gentle".
Nasrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Bengali
Other Scripts: نسرین(Persian) নাসরীন(Bengali)
Pronounced: nas-REEN(Persian)
Means "wild rose" in Persian.
Nayeli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indigenous American, Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Rating: 61% based on 25 votes
Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".
Niamh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NYEEW(Irish) NYEEV(Irish)
Personal remark: pronounced NEEV
Rating: 64% based on 29 votes
Means "bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god Manannán mac Lir in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet Oisín, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill. It has been used as a given name for people only since the early 20th century.
Nilima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu
Other Scripts: नीलिमा(Marathi, Hindi) నీలిమ(Telugu)
Means "dark blue" in Sanskrit.
Noelani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: no-eh-LA-nee
Rating: 56% based on 11 votes
Means "heavenly mist" from Hawaiian noe "mist" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Nur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: نور(Arabic, Urdu) নূর(Bengali) نۇر(Uyghur Arabic)
Pronounced: NOOR(Arabic, Turkish, Uyghur) NUWR(Indonesian, Malay)
Means "light" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition النور (al-Nur) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Olwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: OL-wehn(English)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means "white footprint" from Welsh ol "footprint, track" and gwen "white, blessed". In the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen she was a beautiful maiden, the lover of Culhwch and the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden. Her father insisted that Culhwch complete several seemingly impossible tasks before he would allow them to marry.
Oona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Finnish
Pronounced: OO-nə(English) O-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 49% based on 16 votes
Anglicized form of Úna, as well as a Finnish form.
Parvana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Pərvanə.
Pia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Slovene, Late Roman
Pronounced: PEE-a(Italian, Danish, Swedish, German)
Rating: 37% based on 13 votes
Feminine form of Pius.
Pilar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: pee-LAR
Rating: 52% based on 25 votes
Means "pillar" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, María del Pilar, meaning "Mary of the Pillar". According to legend, when Saint James the Greater was in Saragossa in Spain, the Virgin Mary appeared on a pillar.
Purnima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada
Other Scripts: पूर्णिमा(Hindi, Marathi) পূর্ণিমা(Bengali) பூர்ணிமா(Tamil) ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮಾ(Kannada)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means "full moon" in Sanskrit.
Reva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Other Scripts: रेवा(Sanskrit, Hindi)
Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Rati.
Rupinder
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਰੁਪਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
Means "greatest beauty" from Sanskrit रूप (rupa) meaning "beauty, form" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra, used here to mean "greatest".
Ružena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak
Pronounced: ROO-zheh-na
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Derived from Slovak ruže meaning "rose".
Sadia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: سعدیہ(Urdu) সাদিয়া(Bengali)
Urdu and Bengali form of Sa'dia.
Sandhya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam
Other Scripts: संध्या(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) సంధ్యా(Telugu) சந்தியா(Tamil) ಸಂಧ್ಯಾ(Kannada) സന്ധ്യ(Malayalam)
Means "twilight" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the daughter of the Hindu god Brahma.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Rating: 68% based on 32 votes
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Shahrazad
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian (Rare), Arabic
Other Scripts: شهرزاد(Persian, Arabic)
Pronounced: shah-ra-ZAD(Arabic)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Possibly means "noble lineage" from Persian چهر (chehr) meaning "lineage, origin" and آزاد (azad) meaning "free, noble" [1]. Alternatively, it might mean "child of the city" from شهر (shahr) meaning "city, land" combined with the suffix زاد (zad) meaning "child of". This is the name of the fictional storyteller in The 1001 Nights. She tells a story to her husband the king every night for 1001 nights in order to delay her execution.
Siddiqa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare), Urdu
Other Scripts: صدّيقة(Arabic) صدّیقہ(Urdu)
Feminine form of Siddiq.
Solveig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: SOOL-vie(Norwegian) SOOL-vay(Swedish)
Personal remark: pronounced SOL-vay
Rating: 61% based on 39 votes
From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (1876).
Sonja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Соња(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZAWN-ya(German) SON-yah(Finnish)
Rating: 50% based on 9 votes
Form of Sonya in various languages.
Steliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Romanian feminine form of Stylianos.
Sunniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 57% based on 36 votes
Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.
Svetlana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Светлана(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian) Սվետլանա(Armenian) სვეტლანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: svyit-LA-nə(Russian) svyeht-lu-NU(Lithuanian)
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Derived from Russian svet meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem Svetlana (1813) by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine.
Velia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: VEH-lya
From the Roman family name Velius, which possibly means "concealed" in Latin.
Véronique
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VEH-RAW-NEEK
Rating: 78% based on 13 votes
French form of Veronica.
Virna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
As an Italian name it owes its usage primarily to the actress Virna Lisi (1936-2014). Her name was invented by her father.
Virva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEER-vah
Rating: 33% based on 25 votes
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.
Viveca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 58% based on 24 votes
Swedish form of Vibeke.
Yasmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Spanish (Modern), French (Modern)
Other Scripts: ياسمينة(Arabic)
Pronounced: yas-MEE-nah(Arabic)
Rating: 72% based on 10 votes
Variant of Yasmin.
Yasmine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, French (Modern), English (Modern)
Other Scripts: ياسمين(Arabic)
Pronounced: yas-MEEN(Arabic) YAS-MEEN(French) YAZ-min(English)
Personal remark: pronounced yaz-MEEN
Rating: 62% based on 13 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسمين (see Yasmin).
Zephyrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZEF-ə-rin, ZEF-reen
Rating: 66% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of Zéphyrine.
Zhenya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Женя(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ZHEH-nyə(Russian)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Russian diminutive of Yevgeniya or Yevgeniy or a Bulgarian diminutive of Evgeniya.
Ziva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זִיוָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Ziv.
Zofia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ZAW-fya
Rating: 54% based on 8 votes
Polish form of Sophia.
Zorya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Soviet, Russian
Other Scripts: Зоря(Church Slavic, Russian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The name given to the goddess (sometimes two or three) of the dawn or the morning and evening stars. The most common depiction was that of a warrior woman. Also compare the related names Zarya, Zvezda and Danica.

Zorya began to be used as a first name during the Soviet era, because a lot of Communist parents were eager to reject traditional names.

Zyanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indigenous American, Zapotec
Rating: 37% based on 11 votes
Possibly means "forever, always" in Zapotec. It appears in the novel Aztec (1980) by the American author Gary Jennings.
Andreas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ανδρέας(Greek) Ἀνδρέας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: an-DREH-as(German, Swedish) ahn-DREH-ahs(Dutch) AN-DREH-AS(Classical Greek)
Rating: 67% based on 19 votes
Ancient Greek and Latin form of Andrew. It is also the form used in Modern Greek, German and Welsh.
Andrés
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Icelandic
Pronounced: an-DREHS(Spanish) AN-tryehs(Icelandic)
Rating: 65% based on 11 votes
Spanish and Icelandic form of Andrew.
Aravind
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Other Scripts: अरविन्द, अरविंद(Hindi, Marathi) ಅರವಿಂದ(Kannada) அரவிந்த்(Tamil)
Means "lotus" in Sanskrit.
Asad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: أسد(Arabic) اسد(Urdu)
Pronounced: A-sad(Arabic)
Means "lion" in Arabic.
Avinash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: अविनाश(Hindi, Marathi) అవినాష్(Telugu) ಅವಿನಾಶ್(Kannada)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "indestructible" in Sanskrit.
Azad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kurdish
Other Scripts: آزاد(Persian) आज़ाद(Hindi) আজাদ(Bengali) ئازاد(Kurdish Sorani)
Pronounced: aw-ZAWD(Persian)
Means "free" in Persian. This word has derivatives in several other languages, such as Hindi and Turkish.
Damodar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi
Other Scripts: दामोदर(Hindi)
Modern form of Damodara.
Dante
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: DAN-teh
Rating: 82% based on 6 votes
Medieval short form of Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri, the 13th-century Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.
Devraj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi
Other Scripts: देवराज(Hindi)
Modern form of Devaraja.
Dimitri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian, French
Other Scripts: Димитрий(Russian) დიმიტრი(Georgian)
Pronounced: dyi-MYEE-tryee(Russian) DEE-MEE-TREE(Georgian, French)
Rating: 66% based on 110 votes
Russian variant of Dmitriy, using the Church Slavic spelling, as well as the Georgian form.
Dinesh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali, Sinhalese
Other Scripts: दिनेश(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) தினேஷ்(Tamil) దినేష్(Telugu) ദിനേശ്(Malayalam) ದಿನೇಶ್(Kannada) દિનેશ(Gujarati) দিনেশ(Bengali) ਦਿਨੇਸ਼(Gurmukhi) දිනේෂ්(Sinhala)
Modern form of Dinesha.
Durai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tamil
Other Scripts: துரை(Tamil)
Means "chief, leader" in Tamil.
Elio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: EH-lyo
Rating: 57% based on 23 votes
Italian form of Aelius or Helios.
Emeric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian (Rare)
Rating: 66% based on 8 votes
Romanian form of Emmerich.
Enzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: EHN-tso
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
The meaning of this name is uncertain. In some cases it seems to be an old Italian form of Heinz, though in other cases it could be a variant of the Germanic name Anzo. In modern times it is also used as a short form of names ending in enzo, such as Vincenzo or Lorenzo.
Farid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: فريد(Arabic) فرید(Persian, Urdu) ফরিদ(Bengali)
Pronounced: fa-REED(Arabic)
Means "unique, precious", derived from Arabic فرد (farada) meaning "to be unique". This was the name of a 13th-century Persian poet.
Haris 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian, Urdu, Arabic
Other Scripts: حارث(Urdu, Arabic)
Pronounced: HA-reeth(Arabic)
Bosnian and Urdu form of Harith, as well as an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.
Hasan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian, Albanian
Other Scripts: حسن(Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Shahmukhi) হাসান(Bengali)
Pronounced: HA-san(Arabic) ha-SAN(Persian)
Means "handsome" in Arabic, from the root حَسُنَ (hasuna) meaning "to be beautiful, to be good". Hasan was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shia Muslims. This was also the name of two kings of Morocco. It is sometimes transcribed as Hassan, though this is a distinct name in Arabic.
Hassan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: حسّان(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: has-SAN(Arabic)
Means "beautifier, improver" in Arabic. Hassan ibn Thabit was a 7th-century poet who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad. This name is sometimes transcribed as Hasan, though the two names are spelled distinctly in Arabic.
Isidro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ee-SEE-dhro
Spanish variant of Isidore.
Javed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: جاود(Persian) جاوید(Urdu)
Means "eternal" in Persian.
Javier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kha-BYEHR
Rating: 60% based on 24 votes
Spanish form of Xavier.
Johannes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Pronounced: yo-HA-nəs(German) yo-HAH-nəs(Dutch) yo-HAN-əs(Danish) YO-hahn-nehs(Finnish)
Rating: 66% based on 16 votes
Latin form of Greek Ioannes (see John). Notable bearers include the inventor of the printing press Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468), astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) and composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).
Kenzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese, French (Modern)
Other Scripts: 謙三, 健三, 賢三(Japanese Kanji) けんぞう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KEWN-ZO(Japanese)
Rating: 33% based on 8 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 謙三 or 健三 or 賢三 (see Kenzō). Use of the name in France can probably be attributed to the fashion brand Kenzo, founded in 1970 by the Japanese-French designer Kenzō Takada (1939-2020).
Nadim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: نديم(Arabic) ندیم(Urdu)
Pronounced: na-DEEM(Arabic)
Means "drinking companion", derived from Arabic ندم (nadima) meaning "to drink together".
Nasim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: نسيم(Arabic) نسیم(Urdu)
Pronounced: na-SEEM(Arabic)
Means "breeze" in Arabic.
Navid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Arabic
Other Scripts: نوید(Persian) نويد(Arabic)
Pronounced: na-WEED(Arabic)
Means "good news" in Persian.
Navin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: नवीन(Hindi, Marathi) ನವೀನ್(Kannada) నవీన్(Telugu) நவீன்(Tamil) നവീൻ(Malayalam)
Means "new" in Sanskrit.
Nazir 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: نذير(Arabic) نذیر(Urdu)
Pronounced: na-DHEER(Arabic)
Means "herald, warner" in Arabic.
Niall
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: NYEEL(Irish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Irish form of Neil.
Nikolai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Николай(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nyi-ku-LIE(Russian)
Rating: 59% based on 13 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (see Nikolay).
Nirav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Gujarati, Marathi
Other Scripts: નીરવ(Gujarati) नीरव(Marathi)
Means "quiet, silent" in Sanskrit.
Qasim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: قاسم(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: KA-seem(Arabic)
Means "one who divides goods among his people", derived from Arabic قسم (qasama) meaning "to share" or "to divide". This was the name of a son of the Prophet Muhammad who died while young.
Rahul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
Other Scripts: राहुल(Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit) রাহুল(Bengali) ঋাহুল(Assamese) ରାହୁଲ(Odia) રાહુલ(Gujarati) ਰਾਹੁਲ(Gurmukhi) രാഹുൽ(Malayalam) ராகுல்(Tamil) ರಾಹುಲ್(Kannada) రాహుల్(Telugu)
Possibly means "able, efficient" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a son of Gautama Buddha.
Rajiv
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Other Scripts: राजीव(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) രാജീവ്(Malayalam) ராஜிவ்(Tamil)
Means "striped" in Sanskrit. This is used to refer to the blue lotus in Hindu texts.
Rakesh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Other Scripts: राकेश(Hindi, Marathi) રાકેશ(Gujarati) ਰਾਕੇਸ਼(Gurmukhi) ರಾಕೇಶ್(Kannada) രാകേഷ്(Malayalam) ராகேஷ்(Tamil) రాకేష్(Telugu)
Means "lord of the full moon" from Sanskrit राका (raka) meaning "full moon" and ईश (isha) meaning "lord, ruler".
Raman 4
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi
Other Scripts: रमण(Hindi, Marathi) ਰਮਨ(Gurmukhi)
Northern Indian form of Ramana.
Ramon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: rə-MON
Catalan form of Raymond.
Raoul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Italian
Pronounced: RA-OOL(French)
French form of Radulf (see Ralph).
Raul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Estonian
Pronounced: ru-OOL(European Portuguese) ha-OO(Brazilian Portuguese) ra-OOL(Italian) RA-ool(Italian)
Portuguese, Italian, Romanian and Estonian form of Radulf (see Ralph).
Ravi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Other Scripts: रवि(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) রবি(Bengali) ରବି(Odia) રવિ(Gujarati) రవి(Telugu) ரவி(Tamil) ರವಿ(Kannada)
Pronounced: RAH-vee(English) rə-VEE(Hindi) RAW-bee(Bengali)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "sun" in Sanskrit. Ravi is a Hindu god of the sun, sometimes equated with Surya. A famous bearer was the musician Ravi Shankar (1920-2012).
Sayid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: SIE- eed
Variant transcription of Sayyid.
Stellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: STEHL-lan
Rating: 62% based on 31 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
Tiernan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 43% based on 22 votes
Anglicized form of Tighearnán.
Vasant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: वसंत(Marathi) વસંત(Gujarati)
Modern form of Vasanta.
Vivek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali
Other Scripts: विवेक(Hindi, Marathi) વિવેક(Gujarati) விவேக்(Tamil) ವಿವೇಕ್(Kannada) వివేక్(Telugu) വിവേക്(Malayalam) বিবেক(Bengali)
Means "wisdom, distinction, discrimination" in Sanskrit.
Yohannes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Eastern African, Amharic
Other Scripts: ዮሐንስ(Amharic)
Rating: 59% based on 8 votes
Amharic form of John.
Zahid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: زاهد(Arabic) زاہد(Urdu)
Pronounced: ZA-heed(Arabic)
Means "pious, devout" in Arabic.
Zamir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Other Scripts: ضمير(Arabic) ضمیر(Urdu) Замир(Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik)
Pronounced: da-MEER(Arabic)
Means "mind, heart, conscience" in Arabic.
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