sweetkit's Personal Name List

Zygmunt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ZIG-moont
Polish form of Sigmund.
Zora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Other Scripts: Зора(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZO-ra(Czech) ZAW-ra(Slovak)
Means "dawn, aurora" in the South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak.
Zoilus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ζωΐλος(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Greek Ζωΐλος (Zoilos), derived from ζωή (zoe) meaning "life". This name was borne by a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher known as a critic of Homer, and also by two Indo-Greek kings. Saint Zoilus was martyred at Córdoba, Spain during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.
Zirtze
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Basque form of Circe.
Ziri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵣⵉⵔⵉ(Tifinagh) زيري(Arabic)
Means "moonlight" in Tamazight [1].
Zein
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: زين(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZAYN
(Feminine) variant transcription of Zayn. A known bearer is Princess Zein of Jordan (1968-), a daughter of the late King Hussein who was named for his mother, Zein al-Sharaf Talal (1916-1994).
Zagreus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ζαγρεύς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from Greek ζαγρεύς (zagreus), which was a term used to refer to a hunter that catches live animals. The term would technically mean "great hunter", as it was derived from the Greek prefix ζα (za) meaning "very" combined with Greek αγρεύς (agreus) meaning "hunter". Another possibility for the name Zagreus could be that it was derived from Greek ζάγρη (zagre) meaning "barefoot". In Greek mythology, Zagreus was an obscure deity who was apparently identified with the god Dionysus.
Yocheved
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יוֹכֶבֶד(Hebrew)
Pronounced: yo-KHEH-vehd(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Jochebed.
Yezekael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Breton form of Iudicael (see Judicaël).
Yeva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian
Other Scripts: Ева(Russian) Єва(Ukrainian) Եվա(Armenian)
Pronounced: YEH-və(Russian) yeh-VAH(Armenian)
Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of Eve.
Yefrem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ефрем(Russian)
Pronounced: yi-FRYEHM, i-FRYEHM
Russian form of Ephraim.
Yauheniya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Яўгенія(Belarusian)
Belarusian form of Eugenia.
Yarrow
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Pronounced: YAR-o(English)
Transferred use of the surname Yarrow, and/or from the word for the flowering plant (Achillea millefolium).
Xiadani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec
Meaning uncertain, said to mean "the flower that arrived" in Zapotec.
Xavier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish
Pronounced: ZAY-vyər(English) ig-ZAY-vyər(English) GZA-VYEH(French) shu-vee-EHR(European Portuguese) sha-vee-EKH(Brazilian Portuguese) shə-bee-EH(Catalan)
Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was born in a village by this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.
Xaliima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Somali
Somali form of Halimah.
Winston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIN-stən
From an English surname that was derived from the Old English given name Wynnstan. A famous bearer was Winston Churchill (1874-1965), the British prime minister during World War II. This name was also borne by the fictional Winston Smith, the protagonist in George Orwell's 1949 novel 1984.
Winifred
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Welsh
Pronounced: WIN-ə-frid(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From Latin Winifreda, possibly from a Welsh name Gwenfrewi (maybe influenced by the Old English masculine name Winfred). Saint Winifred was a 7th-century Welsh martyr, probably legendary. According to the story, she was decapitated by a prince after she spurned his advances. Where her head fell there arose a healing spring, which has been a pilgrimage site since medieval times. Her story was recorded in the 12th century by Robert of Shrewsbury, and she has been historically more widely venerated in England than in Wales. The name has been used in England since at least the 16th century.
Willoughby
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIL-ə-bee
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow town" in Old English.
Wilhelmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German (Rare), English
Pronounced: vil-hehl-MEE-na(Dutch, German) wil-ə-MEEN-ə(English) wil-hehl-MEEN-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Dutch and German feminine form of Wilhelm. This name was borne by a queen of the Netherlands (1880-1962).
Wilfred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-frəd
Means "desiring peace" from Old English willa "will, desire" and friþ "peace". Saint Wilfrid was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 19th century.
Widad
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: وداد(Arabic)
Pronounced: wee-DAD
Means "love" in Arabic.
Whitaker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIT-ə-kər
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "white field" in Old English.
Walburga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Means "power of the fortress" from Old German walt meaning "power, authority" and burg meaning "fortress" (or perhaps from Old English cognates, though as an Old English name it is unattested). This was the name of an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon saint who did missionary work in Germany.
Volkan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: vol-KYAN
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "volcano" in Turkish.
Vivian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: VIV-ee-ən(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From the Latin name Vivianus, which was derived from Latin vivus "alive". Saint Vivian was a French bishop who provided protection during the Visigoth invasion of the 5th century. It has been occasionally used as an English (masculine) name since the Middle Ages. In modern times it is also used as a feminine name, in which case it is either an Anglicized form of Bébinn or a variant of Vivien 2.
Violo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian masculine form of Violet.
Venuše
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: VEH-noo-sheh
Czech form of Venus.
Veikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAYK-ko
From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".
Vaudrée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, French (Quebec)
Pronounced: VO-DRAY(French, Quebec French)
A French form of Waldrada. It was borne by a 7th-century saint, the first abbess of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnais in Metz, France.
Vashti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: וַשְׁתִּי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: VASH-tee(English)
Possibly means "thread" in Hebrew, but it is most likely of Persian origin. In the Old Testament this is the name of the first wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia before he marries Esther.
Vasant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: वसंत(Marathi) વસંત(Gujarati)
Modern form of Vasanta.
Valpuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHL-poo-ree
Finnish form of Walburga.
Valerian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian, Romanian, History
Other Scripts: Валериан(Russian) ვალერიან(Georgian)
Pronounced: və-LIR-ee-ən(English)
From the Roman cognomen Valerianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name Valerius. This was the name of a 3rd-century Roman emperor (Publius Licinius Valerianus) who was captured by the Persians. Several saints have also borne this name, including a 2nd-century martyr of Lyons.
Ursula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Late Roman
Pronounced: UR-sə-lə(English) UR-syoo-lə(English) UWR-zoo-la(German) OOR-soo-lah(Finnish)
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear". Saint Ursula was a legendary virgin princess of the 4th century who was martyred by the Huns while returning from a pilgrimage. In England the saint was popular during the Middle Ages, and the name came into general use at that time.
Uljas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: UWL-yus(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish uljas "proud, noble, valiant". This is also a Finnish translation of Greek Ptolemaios.
Tyyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TUY-neh
Derived from Finnish tyyni meaning "calm, serene".
Tyko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Archaic)
Finnish form of Tyge.
Triantafyllia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Τριανταφυλλιά(Greek)
Pronounced: tree-an-da-fee-LYA
Feminine form of Triantafyllos. This is also the Greek word for "rosebush".
Tranquilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Tranquillus.
Tourmaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the name of a type of crystal.
This crystal's English name is derived from Sinhalese tòramalli, via French tourmaline. The meaning of this word seems to be not entirely certain, although one theory suggests that it simply means "cornelian".
As a name, Tourmaline has been in use since the late 20th century.
Toribio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: to-REE-byo
Spanish form of the Latin name Turibius, of unknown meaning. This name has been borne by three Spanish saints, from the 5th, 6th and 16th centuries (the latter being an archbishop of Lima).
Topaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TO-paz
From the English word for the yellow precious stone, the traditional birthstone of November, ultimately derived from Greek τόπαζος (topazos).
Tòng
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: TOWNGM
From Sino-Vietnamese 松 (tòng) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" or 从 (tòng) meaning "follow".
Tomiris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Tajik
Other Scripts: Томирис(Kazakh, Tajik)
Kazakh and Tajik form of Tomyris.
Thyrse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Thyrsus.
Thalassa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θάλασσα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TA-LAS-SA(Classical Greek)
Means "sea" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was the personification of the sea. A small moon of Neptune is named for her.
Telamon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Τελαμών(Ancient Greek)
From a Greek word meaning "broad leather strap". According to Greek mythology he was a king of Salamis and the father of the heroes Ajax and Teucer.
Tashina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sioux (Anglicized)
From Lakota Tȟašína meaning "her blanket", derived from šiná "blanket, shawl". This is the first part of the name of historic figures such as Tȟašína Lúta, called Red Blanket, or Tȟašína Máni, called Moving Robe Woman.
Tarun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Hindi, Punjabi
Other Scripts: তরুণ(Bengali) তৰুণ(Assamese) ତରୁଣ(Odia) तरुण(Hindi) ਤਰੁਣ(Gurmukhi)
Derived from Sanskrit तरुण (taruna) meaning "young, fresh".
Tarja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAHR-yah
Finnish form of Daria.
Tamaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: თამაზ(Georgian)
Georgian form of Tahmasp.
Tajallah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Means "crown of Allah", derived from Arabic تاج (taj) meaning "crown" combined with Allah.
Taghi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: تقی(Persian)
Pronounced: ta-GHEE
Persian form of Taqi.
Tabitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ταβιθά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TAB-i-thə(English)
Means "gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the New Testament was a woman restored to life by Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as Dorcas (see Acts 9:36). As an English name, Tabitha became common after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.
Sycamore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SI-kə-mawr(American English) SI-kə-maw(British English)
From the English word sycamore for various types of trees, ultimately from Greek συκόμορος (sūkomoros) meaning "fig-mulberry".
Sundus
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "brocade, soft silk wrought with gold or silver" in Arabic. The inspiration for this name originated from the brocade mentioned in Sura 76/21, as it is slowly becoming more and more common for muslim parents to name their children after concepts from the Qur'an.
Sulamita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Russian
Other Scripts: Сулами́фь(Russian)
Spanish, Portuguese and Russian form of Shulammite.
Suhail
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: سهيل(Arabic) سہیل(Urdu)
Pronounced: soo-HIEL(Arabic)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Derived from Arabic سَهُلَ (sahula) meaning "level, even". This is the Arabic name of the second brightest star in the sky, known in the western world as Canopus. It is also the official (IAU) name of the third brightest star in the constellation Vela.
Sufyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu
Other Scripts: سفيان(Arabic) سفیان(Urdu)
Pronounced: soof-YAN(Arabic) SOOF-yan(Indonesian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain. It could be derived from Arabic صوف (suf) meaning "wool", صفا (safa) meaning "pure, clean" or صعف (sa'f) meaning "slim, thin". Sufyan al-Thawri was an 8th-century Islamic scholar.
Stygne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Στύγνη(Ancient Greek)
Means "hated, abhorred" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of Danaus' fifty daughters, the Danaids. When ordered to kill her husband on their wedding night, Stygne and almost all of her sisters complied, with the exception of Hypermnestra.
Stoyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Стоян(Bulgarian)
Derived from Bulgarian стоя (stoya) meaning "to stand, to stay".
Stheno
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Σθενώ(Ancient Greek)
Means "forceful" from Greek σθένος (sthenos) "strength, vigour". In Greek mythology this was the name of one of the Gorgons, the elder sister of Medusa and Euryale.
Stellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: STEHL-lan
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
Soroush
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology, Persian
Other Scripts: سروش(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬱𐬀 (Sraosha) meaning "obedience". In Zoroastrianism this was the name of a Yazata (a holy being), later equated with the angel Gabriel.
Solomonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: Соломония(Russian)
Apparently a feminine form of Solomon. According to Eastern Orthodox tradition, Solomonia was the unnamed woman with seven sons described in 2 Maccabees 7 of the Old Testament. It was borne by Solomonia Saburova (c.1490-1542), a Russian royal consort and Orthodox saint.
Solomiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Соломія(Ukrainian)
Ukrainian form of Salome.
Sky
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse ský "cloud".
Sirio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SEE-ryo
Italian form of Sirius.
Shokoufeh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شکوفه(Persian)
Means "blossom" in Persian.
Shō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 翔, 奨, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しょう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHO
From Japanese (shō) meaning "soar, glide" or (shō) meaning "prize, reward". Other kanji with identical pronunciations can also form this name.
Shinju
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 真珠(Japanese Kanji) しんじゅ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEEN-JOO
From Japanese 真珠 (shinju) meaning "pearl".
Shinji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 真司, 真二, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しんじ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEEN-JEE
From Japanese (shin) meaning "real, genuine" combined with (ji) meaning "officer, boss" or (ji) meaning "two". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
Shifra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: שִׁפְרָה(Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Shiphrah.
Shamsuddin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Bengali, Malay
Other Scripts: شَمس الدين(Arabic) শামসুদ্দিন(Bengali)
Pronounced: sham-sad-DEEN(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic شَمس الدين (see Shams ad-Din), as well as the usual Bengali and Malay form.
Shaima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: شيماء(Arabic)
Pronounced: shie-MA
Possibly means "beauty marks" in Arabic. This was the name of the daughter of Halimah, the foster mother of the Prophet Muhammad.
Shahid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: شاهد(Arabic) شاہد(Urdu)
Pronounced: SHA-heed(Arabic)
Means "witness" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الشاهد (al-Shahid) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Shaghayegh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شقایق(Persian)
Pronounced: sha-ghaw-YEGH
Means "poppy" in Persian.
Sevda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic سوداء (sawda) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness".
Senka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Сенка(Serbian)
Means "shadow, shade" in Serbian and Croatian. It can also be a diminutive of Ksenija.
Senja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEHN-yah
Finnish form of Xenia.
Senán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Means "little old one", derived from Old Irish sen "old" combined with a diminutive suffix. Saint Senán was a 6th-century monk who founded the monastery on Inis Cathaigh.
Selvaggia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: sehl-VAD-ja
Means "wild" in Italian.
Selamawit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic, Ethiopian
Other Scripts: ሲላማዊት(Amharic)
Amharic form of Shulammite.
Sayfullah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: سيف الله(Arabic) سیف اللہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: sie-fool-LAH(Arabic)
Means "sword of Allah" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" combined with الله (Allah).
Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
From the Old German element sahso meaning "a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Sandalio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: san-DA-lyo
Spanish form of Sandalius, possibly a Latinized form of a Gothic name composed of the elements swinþs "strong" and wulfs "wolf". It also nearly coincides with Latin sandalium "sandal". This was the name of a 9th-century Spanish saint martyred by the Moors.
Samra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سمراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sam-RA
Means "brunette" in Arabic.
Salome
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: სალომე(Georgian) Σαλώμη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: sə-LO-mee(English)
From an Aramaic name that was related to the Hebrew word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". According to the historian Josephus this was the name of the daughter of Herodias (the consort of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee). In the New Testament, though a specific name is not given, it was a daughter of Herodias who danced for Herod and was rewarded with the head of John the Baptist, and thus Salome and the dancer have traditionally been equated.

As a Christian given name, Salome has been in occasional use since the Protestant Reformation. This was due to a second person of this name in the New Testament: one of the women who witnessed the crucifixion and later discovered that Jesus' tomb was empty. It is used in Georgia due to the 4th-century Salome of Ujarma, who is considered a saint in the Georgian Church.

Sakhr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: صخر(Arabic)
Pronounced: SAKHR
Means "solid rock" in Arabic. This name appears in the poems of the 7th-century poetess Al-Khansa.
Sagrario
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: sa-GHRA-ryo
Means "sanctuary, tabernacle" in Spanish, derived from Latin sacrarium. It is taken from an epithet of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Sagrario, and is associated with Toledo Cathedral.
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".
Sabas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: SA-bas
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From the Greek name Σάββας (Sabbas), which was derived from Aramaic סַבָא (sava') meaning "old man, grandfather". Saints bearing this name include a 4th-century Gothic martyr, a 5th-century Cappadocian hermit, and a 12th-century archbishop of Serbia who is the patron saint of that country.
Sabah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish
Other Scripts: صباح(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-BAH(Arabic)
Means "morning" in Arabic and Turkish.
Rushda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رشدى(Arabic)
Pronounced: ROOSH-da
Feminine form of Rushd.
Rushd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رشد(Arabic)
Pronounced: ROOSHD
Means "following the right path" in Arabic, from the root رشد (rashada) meaning "to be on the right path".
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".
Rupert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: ROO-pehrt(German) ROO-pərt(English)
German variant form of Robert, from the Old German variant Hrodperht. It was borne by the 7th century Saint Rupert of Salzburg and the 8th-century Saint Rupert of Bingen. The military commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a nephew of Charles I, introduced this name to England in the 17th century. A notable bearer is the Australian-American businessman Rupert Murdoch (1931-).
Rowan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-ən(English)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ruadhán. As an English name, it can also be derived from the surname Rowan, itself derived from the Irish given name. It could also be given in reference to the rowan tree, a word of Old Norse origin (coincidentally sharing the same Indo-European root meaning "red" with the Irish name).
Roswitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: raws-VEE-ta
Derived from the Old German elements hruod "fame" and swind "strong". This was the name of a 10th-century nun from Saxony who wrote several notable poems and dramas.
Rohese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Norman French form of Hrodohaidis.
Reza
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: رضا(Persian)
Pronounced: reh-ZAW
Persian form of Ridha.
Reverie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: REHV-ə-ree
From the English word meaning "daydream, fanciful musing", derived from Old French resverie, itself from resver meaning "to dream, to rave".
Remiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Variant of Jeremiel appearing in some versions of the Old Testament.
Ramona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Romanian, English
Pronounced: ra-MO-na(Spanish) rə-MON-ə(English)
Feminine form of Ramón. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona (1884), as well as several subsequent movies based on the book.
Qurban
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Urdu, Azerbaijani
Other Scripts: قربان(Urdu)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Arabic قربان (qurban) meaning "sacrifice, sacrificial animal". It is associated with the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, which features the ritual sacrifice of an animal.
Quratulain
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Pakistani
Other Scripts: قرة العين(Arabic)
From Arabic قرة العين, variously transcribed as Qurat-ul-Ain or Qurratu'l-`Ayn, meaning "solace, consolation of the eyes" (sometimes "coolness of the eyes"). This was a title of Fátimih Baraghání, a 19th-century poet and theologian of the Bábí religion in Iran who has been described as "the first women's suffrage martyr".

history: Prophet Muhammad used to call her daughter with love

Quirine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Dutch feminine form of Quirinus.
Quirin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: kvee-REEN
German form of Quirinus.
Queralt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: kə-RAL
From the name of a Spanish sanctuary (in Catalonia) that is devoted to the Virgin Mary.
Quddus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: قدوس(Arabic)
Means "holy, sacred" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition, القدوس (al-Quddus) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Purnima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada
Other Scripts: पूर्णिमा(Hindi, Marathi) পূর্ণিমা(Bengali) பூர்ணிமா(Tamil) ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮಾ(Kannada)
Means "full moon" in Sanskrit.
Prudenzio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: proo-DEHN-tsyo
Italian form of Prudentius.
Pommeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), Flemish
Modern form of Pomelline via its variant form Pomeline. The spelling of this form of the name was influenced by the French word pomme meaning "apple", which the name (and its variant form) has always shared a certain resemblance with and thus often led people to associate it with apples (to some degree).
Plum
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PLUM
From Middle English ploume, from Old English plume "plum, plum tree," from an early Germanic borrowing (Middle Dutch prume, Dutch pruim, Old High German pfluma, pfruma, German Pflaume) from Vulgar Latin *pruna, from Latin prunum "plum," from Greek prounon, a later form of proumnon, a word of unknown origin, which is probably, like the tree itself, of Anatolian origin.
Petra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English
Other Scripts: Петра(Bulgarian) Πέτρα(Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-tra(German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak) PEH-traw(Hungarian) PEHT-rah(Finnish) PEHT-rə(English)
Feminine form of Peter. This was also the name of an ancient city in the region that is now Jordan.
Persimmon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: per-SIM-un
From the name of the Persimmon, a brightly colored fruit. The word persimmon is derived from Powhatan, an Algonquian language of the eastern United States, meaning "a dry fruit".

As a given name, it has been occasionally found in the English-speaking world from the 19th century onwards.

Peregrine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEHR-ə-grin
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the Late Latin name Peregrinus, which meant "traveller". This was the name of several early saints.
Perdix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περδιξ(Ancient Greek)
Means "partridge" in Greek. In Greek myth Perdix or Talos was a nephew of the inventor Daedalus, to whom he was apprenticed. His teacher became jealous of his skill and pushed him headlong off the temple of Athena on the Acropolis, but before Perdix hit the ground, the goddess turned him into a partridge.
Pearl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PURL
From the English word pearl for the concretions formed in the shells of some mollusks, ultimately from Late Latin perla. Like other gemstone names, it has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century. The pearl is the traditional birthstone for June, and it supposedly imparts health and wealth.
Peaceable
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
From Anglo-Norman pesible, peisible, Middle French paisible, from pais (“peace”) + -ible; Meaning, "free from argument or conflict; peaceful."
Passitea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Pasithea. A known bearer was the Blessed Passitea Crogi (1564-1615), a Cistercian nun of Siena who beat herself with thorns and washed the wounds with vinegar, salt and pepper.
Parvaneh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پروانه(Persian)
Pronounced: par-vaw-NEH
Means "butterfly" in Persian.
Parastoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پرستو(Persian)
Means "swallow (bird)" in Persian.
Ozias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ὀζίας(Ancient Greek)
Form of Uzziah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
Ottilie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: aw-TEE-lyə
German form of Odilia.
Otso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OT-so
Means "bear" in Finnish.
Osyth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval form of the Old English name Ósgýð, derived from the elements ós "god" and gyð "war" (perhaps meaning "divine war"). Saint Osyth was a martyr of the 7th century, an Anglian princess who founded a monastery at the village Chich in Essex, which was renamed St Osyth. It is occasionally used as a given name in modern times, especially in the early 20th century.
Ostap
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Остап(Ukrainian)
Ukrainian form of Eustathius.
Ossipago
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
A god who built strong bones, from ossa, "bones," + pango, pangere, "insert, fix, set."
Orquídea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: or-KEE-dheh-a(Spanish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "orchid" in Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin orchis, Greek ὄρχις (orchis).
Orpheus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὀρφεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: OR-PEWS(Classical Greek) AWR-fee-əs(English)
Perhaps related to Greek ὄρφνη (orphne) meaning "the darkness of night". In Greek mythology Orpheus was a poet and musician who went to the underworld to retrieve his dead wife Eurydice. He succeeded in charming Hades with his lyre, and he was allowed to lead his wife out of the underworld on the condition that he not look back at her until they reached the surface. Unfortunately, just before they arrived his love for her overcame his will and he glanced back at her, causing her to be drawn back to Hades.
Ornella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: or-NEHL-la
Created by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio for his novel La Figlia di Jorio (1904). It is derived from Tuscan Italian ornello meaning "flowering ash tree".
Orguelleuse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Feminine equivalent of Orguelleus. This was used by the 13th-century German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach in Parzival, his expansion and completion of Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished romance Perceval, the Story of the Grail, for a hitherto unnamed character. In Chrétien, the character (known as the Haughty Maiden of Logres) escorts Sir Gawain through his adventures in Galloway, attempting to lead him into danger at every turn. In Wolfram, Orguelleuse (or Orgeluse) marries Gawain.
Orbiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, History
Feminine form of Orbianus. This name was borne by the wife of Roman emperor Alexander Severus.
Opheliadas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ὠφελιάδας(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek ὠφελέω (ôpheleô) meaning "to help, aid, succour, be of use".
Opal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: O-pəl
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the English word opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October. The word ultimately derives from Sanskrit उपल (upala) meaning "jewel".
Omiros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Όμηρος(Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Modern Greek form of Homer.
Ombeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AWN-BU-LEEN
Feminine form of Humbelin, a medieval diminutive of Humbert. The Blessed Humbeline (known as Hombeline or Ombeline in French) was a 12th-century nun, the sister of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
Olindo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Italian
Used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for the lover of Sophronia in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). It might be a variant of Olinto, the Italian form of the ancient Greek city Ὄλυνθος (Olynthos) meaning "wild fig".
Olegario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: o-leh-GHA-ryo
From Olegarius, the Latinized form of a Germanic name, possibly Aldegar or a metathesized form of Odalgar. This was the name of a 12th-century saint, a bishop of Barcelona.
Oktyabrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Октябрина(Russian)
Pronounced: uk-tyi-BRYEE-nə
Derived from Russian октябрь (oktyabr) meaning "October". This name was created by communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names and commemorate the October Revolution of 1917.
Okan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "archer" in Turkish.
Õie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Derived from Estonian õis meaning "flower".
Ogier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Carolingian Cycle
Pronounced: AW-ZHYEH(French)
French form of Audagar. In La Chanson de Roland and other medieval French romances, this is the name of one of Charlemagne's knights. He is said to be from Denmark, and is sometimes called Holger.
Oanez
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Pronounced: WAHN-ehs
Derived from Breton oan "lamb" (ultimately from Latin agnus) and used as a Breton form of Agnes.
Oakley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: OK-lee
From an English surname that was from various place names meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).
Nymandus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval German
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Recorded in 1350 in Silesia and in the Rhineland region of what is today Germany, this name is basically a Latinization of the German word niemand "nobody".

During the Middle Ages it was common practice to give orphans, especially orphaned infants, the name Nemo as either their given name or a byname, signifying that they "belonged to nobody".
Nymandus could thus be considered a cognate of Nemo.

Nurjannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Other Scripts: نورجنة(Acehnese Jawi)
From Arabic نور (nur) meaning "light" and جنة (jannah) meaning "paradise, garden".
Nousha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian (Rare)
Other Scripts: نوشا(Persian)
Means "sweet, pleasant" in Persian.
Noel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NOL, NO-əl
English form of Noël or Noëlle (rarely). It was fairly popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in the middle of the 20th century. It is occasionally written with a diaeresis, like in French. A famous bearer is British musician Noel Gallagher (1967-).
Niloufar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: نیلوفر(Persian)
Pronounced: nee-loo-FAR
Means "water lily" in Persian.
Nereo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: neh-REH-o
Italian and Spanish form of Nereus.
Nazanin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: نازنین(Persian)
Pronounced: naw-za-NEEN
Means "sweetheart, darling" in Persian.
Nasrullah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: نصر الله(Arabic) نصر اللہ(Urdu) نصرالله(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: nas-rool-LAH(Arabic)
Means "victory of Allah" from Arabic نصر (nasr) meaning "victory, triumph" combined with الله (Allah). Known bearers of this name include the Afghan crown prince Nasrullah Khan (1874–1920) and the Pakistani politician Nasrullah Khan Khattak (1923-2009).
Nafsika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ναυσικά(Greek)
Modern Greek form of Nausicaa.
Museo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Musaeus.
Mumtaz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: ممتاز(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: moom-TAZ(Arabic)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "distinguished" in Arabic. The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631).
Muharrem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Albanian
Pronounced: moo-HA-rehm(Turkish)
Derived from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram) meaning "forbidden". This is the name of the first month in the Islamic calendar, so named because it is unlawful to fight during this month.
Muhannad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مهند(Arabic)
Refers to a type of iron sword from India, derived from Arabic الْهِنْد (al-Hind) meaning "India".
Muazzez
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: moo-az-ZEHZ
Means "esteemed, honored, respected" in Turkish.
Muammar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: معمّر(Arabic)
Pronounced: moo-‘AM-mar
Means "given long life" in Arabic, from the root عمر ('amara) meaning "to live long, to thrive". A famous bearer was the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011).
Mozhgan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مژگان(Persian)
Means "eyelashes" in Persian.
Mirwais
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pashto
Other Scripts: ميرويس(Pashto)
Possibly means "noble ruler", derived from Persian میر‎ (mir) meaning "leader, ruler, headman" possibly combined with Arabic أُوَيْس (ʾawais) meaning "little wolf". This was the name of an 18th-century Pashtun tribal chief who founded the Hotak dynasty of Afghanistan.
Mircalla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature (Rare)
Pronounced: meer-CAH-lə
An anagram of Carmilla. Countess Mircalla Karnstein is the true name of the titular villainess of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic novella, Carmilla (1871). The name was also used in the Karnstein trilogy of British Hammer horror films, which were loosely based on Le Fanu's novella.
Miralem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian
From Arabic أَمِير (ʾamīr) meaning "prince, commander" combined with عَلِيم (ʿalīm) meaning "knowing, learned".
Minoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مینو(Persian)
Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.
Miniato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: mee-NYA-to
Italian form of Miniatus.
Millisainte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval English variant of Millicent.
Miles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIELZ
From the Germanic name Milo, introduced by the Normans to England in the form Miles. The meaning is not known for certain. It is possibly connected to the Slavic name element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear". From an early date it was associated with Latin miles meaning "soldier".

A notable bearer was the American musician Miles Davis (1926-1991). In Scotland this name was historically used to Anglicize Maoilios.

Mihrimah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology, Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Urdu
Means "sun and moon" in Farsi from the word مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" and ماه (mah) meaning "moon".

A famous bearer is the daughter of the Ottoman Empire's Sultan Suleiman I The Magnificent.

Both names Mehr and Mah are also tied with Ancient Persian deities.

Meshullam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: מְשֻׁלָּם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: mə-SHOOL-əm(English) mə-SHUL-əm(English)
Means "friend, ally" in Hebrew, derived from שָׁלַם (shalam) meaning "to be complete, to be at peace". This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament.
Meritxell
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: mə-ree-CHEHL
From the name of a village in Andorra where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The name of the village may derive from Latin meridies meaning "midday".
Meriton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Derived from Albanian meriton "to deserve; to merit".
Meresankh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian mrs-ꜥnḫ meaning "she loves life". This name was borne by several Egyptian royals during the 4th-dynasty period.
Mercurio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: mehr-KOO-ryo
Italian form of Mercury.
Melusine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mythology
Meaning unknown. In European folklore Melusine was a water fairy who turned into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. She made her husband, Raymond of Poitou, promise that he would never see her on that day, and when he broke his word she left him forever.
Melchior
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, French (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHL-kee-awr(English) MEHL-KYAWR(French) MEHL-khee-awr(Dutch)
Possibly from the Hebrew roots מֶלֶכְ (melekh) meaning "king" and אוֹר ('or) meaning "light". This was a name traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. According to medieval tradition he was a king of Persia.
Mehrnoush
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهرنوش(Persian)
From Persian مهر (mehr) meaning "kindness, friendship" or "sun" and نوش (nuš) meaning "ambrosia, nectar".
Mehrdad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهرداد(Persian)
From Persian مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" or "friendship" and داد (dad) meaning "given". Since مهر is also the Modern Persian form of Mithra, this name can also function as a modern form of Mithridates.
Mediatriz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Pronounced: meh-dhya-TREETH(European Spanish) meh-dhya-TREES(Latin American Spanish) meh-jee-a-TREES(Brazilian Portuguese)
From the title of the Virgin Mary, referring to her intercessory role as a mediator in the salvific redemption by her son Jesus Christ (compare English and French equivalents Mediatrix and Médiatrice, Portuguese Medianeira and Spanish/Portuguese Mediadora).
Matusalén
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Spanish
Spanish form of Methuselah.
Matilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: mə-TIL-də(English) MAH-teel-dah(Finnish) MA-teel-da(Slovak)
From the Germanic name Mahthilt meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hilt "battle". Saint Matilda was the wife of the 10th-century German king Henry I the Fowler. The name was common in many branches of European royalty in the Middle Ages. It was brought to England by the Normans, being borne by the wife of William the Conqueror himself. Another notable royal by this name was a 12th-century daughter of Henry I of England, known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the Holy Roman emperor Henry V. She later invaded England, laying the foundations for the reign of her son Henry II.

The name was very popular until the 15th century in England, usually in the vernacular form Maud. Both forms were revived by the 19th century. This name appears in the popular Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda, written in 1895.

Masaru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 勝, 優, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まさる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-SA-ROO
From Japanese (masaru) meaning "victory" or (masaru) meaning "excellence". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
Marzieh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مرضیه(Persian)
Pronounced: mar-zee-YEH
Derived from Arabic مرضية (mardiyah) meaning "satisfactory, pleasing".
Marwa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مروة(Arabic)
Pronounced: MAR-wah
From the Arabic name of a fragrant plant. Al-Marwa is the name of one of the two sacred hills near Mecca.
Mariángeles
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: ma-ṙee-ANG-kheh-lehs
Contraction of María Ángeles or María de los Ángeles.
Marek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak, Estonian
Pronounced: MA-rehk(Polish, Czech, Slovak)
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.
Malkhazni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chechen (Rare)
Other Scripts: Малхазни(Chechen)
Derived from Chechen малх (malkh) meaning "sun" combined with хаза (khaza) meaning "beautiful".
Malcolm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: MAL-kəm(English)
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Máel Coluim, which means "disciple of Saint Columba". This was the name of four kings of Scotland starting in the 10th century, including Malcolm III, who became king after killing Macbeth, the usurper who had defeated his father Duncan. The character Malcolm in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (1606) is loosely based on him. Another famous bearer was Malcolm X (1925-1965), an American civil rights leader.
Majd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مَجْد(Arabic) مجد(Persian)
Means "glory, exaltation" in Arabic, with various secondary meanings including "beauty, splendour", "magnificence" and "nobility, honour".
Mahesh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Nepali
Other Scripts: महेश(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) મહેશ(Gujarati) మహేష్(Telugu) மகேஷ்(Tamil) മഹേഷ്(Malayalam) ಮಹೇಶ್(Kannada)
Modern form of Mahesha.
Mahalath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מָחֲלַת(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name מָחֲלַת (Machalat) meaning "lyre". In the Old Testament she is the daughter of Ishmael and the wife of Esau.
Maddalo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Italian name which is a masculine form of Magdalene. Most famously used in the poem “Julian and Maddalo” (1819) by Percy Bysshe Shelley, in which the philosophical Julian is based on himself, and the cynical Maddalo is based on Lord Byron.
Lykos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Λύκος(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Lycus.
Luscinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Roman Mythology
Pronounced: loos-KEE-nee-a, loosh-SHEE-nee-a
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin luscinia "nightingale". This was an epithet of the Roman goddess Minerva. As an English name, it has been used sparingly since the 19th century.
Lucifera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Feminized form of Lucifer used by Edmund Spenser in his epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590), where it belonged to the Queen of the House of Pride, whose counselors were the Seven Deadly Sins. It was also the name of a character in a series of Italian comics published from 1971 to 1980.
Luay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: لؤي(Arabic)
Possibly derived from Arabic لؤي (luʔay), diminutive of لأى (laʔan) meaning "wild ox", ultimately from the roots ل-ء-ي (l-ʔ-y) meaning "to be slow".
Lillian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee-ən
Probably originally a diminutive of Elizabeth. It may also be considered an elaborated form of Lily, from the Latin word for "lily" lilium. This name has been used in England since the 16th century.
Larkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Pronounced: LAHR-kin(English)
Medieval diminutive of Laurence 1.
Kyveli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Κυβέλη(Greek)
Pronounced: kee-VEHL-ee
Modern Greek form of Cybele.
Kyryk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Кирик(Ukrainian)
Ukrainian form of Kirykos.
Kuvittēriyā
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil
Other Scripts: குவித்தேரியா(Tamil)
Tamil form of Quiteria.
Kurō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 九郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) くろう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KOO-RO
From Japanese (ku) meaning "nine" and () meaning "son". This name was traditionally given to the ninth son. Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Kulthum
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: كألثوم(Arabic)
Pronounced: kool-THOOM
Means "full-cheeked, beautiful" in Arabic.
Kou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hmong
Means "gold" in Hmong.
Kōki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 光希, 幸輝, etc.(Japanese Kanji) こうき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-KYEE
From Japanese () meaning "light" or () meaning "happiness, good luck" combined with (ki) meaning "hope" or (ki) meaning "brightness". This name can be formed from other combinations of kanji characters as well.
Kinborough
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Middle English form of Cyneburg.
Kimimela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sioux
From Lakota kimímela meaning "butterfly".
Khurram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: خرّم(Urdu)
Derived from Persian خرّم (khorram) meaning "happy, pleasant".
Kheda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chechen
Other Scripts: Хеда(Chechen)
Derived from Arabic هَدَى (hadā) meaning "to guide".
Khamis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: خميس(Arabic)
Means "Thursday" in Arabic.
Khairunnisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: خير النساء(Arabic) خيرالنساء(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: khie-roon-nee-SA(Arabic)
Means "goodness of women", from Arabic خير (khair) meaning "goodness" combined with نساء (nisa') meaning "women". This is an epithet of Khadija.
Khachatur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Խաչատուր(Armenian)
Pronounced: khah-chah-TOOR
Means "given by the cross" in Armenian.
Kerttu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEHRT-too
Finnish form of Gertrude.
Keroessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κερόεσσα(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek κερόεις (keroeis) meaning "horned" (feminine κερόεσσα (keroessa)). In Greek mythology Keroessa was the daughter of Io by Zeus and mother of Byzas, founder of Byzantium. This was also used as an epithet of the goddess Persephone in the Orphic Hymn to Persephone.
Kelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Possibly derived from Old Norse kildr meaning "a spring".
Keijo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Derived from Finnish keiju meaning "elf, fairy".
Kawthar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: كوثر(Arabic)
Pronounced: KOW-thar
Means "abundance" in Arabic. This is the name of the 108th chapter (surah al-Kawthar) of the Quran.
Kauno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOW-naw
From Finnish kaunis meaning "beautiful".
Kallirroi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Καλλιρρόη(Greek)
Modern Greek transcription of Καλλιρρόη (see Callirrhoe).
Kajetan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ka-YEH-tan
Polish form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).
Kajal
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Other Scripts: काजल(Hindi, Marathi) কাজল(Bengali) કાજલ(Gujarati)
Means "kohl, collyrium, lotion for the eyes" in Sanskrit.
Kainaat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Other Scripts: کائنات(Arabic, Urdu, Persian) कायनात(Hindi) коинот(Tajik)
Means "all-beings; universe" in Arabic, Urdu and Persian. It is the plural of كَائن (kâ'in) meaning "being" coming from the Arabic root ك و ن‎ (k-w-n) meaning “to be; to exist in a place”.
Junpei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 純平, 淳平, 順平, etc.(Japanese Kanji) じゅんぺい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: JOON-PEH
From Japanese (jun) or (jun) both meaning "pure" combined with (pei) meaning "level, even, peaceful". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Jumana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: جمانة(Arabic)
Pronounced: joo-MA-nah
Means "pearl" in Arabic.
Juma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Pashto, Swahili
Other Scripts: جمعة(Arabic) جمعه(Pashto)
Pronounced: JOOM-‘ah(Arabic)
Means "Friday" or "week" in Arabic.
Julitta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Diminutive of Julia. This was the name of a 4th-century saint who was martyred in Tarsus with her young son Quiricus.
Juda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: جودة(Arabic)
Pronounced: JOO-dah
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "goodness, excellence", derived from Arabic جاد (jada) meaning "to be excellent".
Josephine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: JO-sə-feen(English) yo-zeh-FEE-nə(German)
English, German and Dutch form of Joséphine.
Jesse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Finnish, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשַׁי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHS-ee(English) YEH-sə(Dutch) YEHS-seh(Finnish)
From Ἰεσσαί (Iessai), the Greek form of the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishai), which possibly means "gift". In the Old Testament Jesse is the father of King David. It began to be used as an English given name after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.
Jerioth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְרִיעוֹת(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "curtains, drapes" in Hebrew. This name occurs in the Old Testament belonging to a wife of Caleb the son of Hezron.
Jawahir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: جواهر(Arabic)
Pronounced: ja-WA-heer
Means "jewels" in Arabic, ultimately from Persian گوهر (gohar) meaning "jewel, essence".
Jasper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: JAS-pər(English) YAHS-pər(Dutch)
From Latin Gaspar, perhaps from the Biblical Hebrew word גִּזְבָּר (gizbar) meaning "treasurer", derived from Persian ganzabara. This name was traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages. The name can also be given in reference to the English word for the gemstone.
Jadwiga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: yad-VEE-ga
Polish form of Hedwig. This was the name of a 14th-century ruling queen of Poland who has recently been canonized as a saint.
Jacenty
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: ya-TSEHN-ti
Polish form of Hyacinthus. Saint Jacenty was a 13th-century Dominican monk from Krakow who was said to have taken missionary journeys throughout Northern Europe and Asia.
Izdihar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إزدهار(Arabic)
Pronounced: eez-dee-HAR
Means "blossoming, prospering" in Arabic.
Ivar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian
Pronounced: EE-var(Swedish) EE-vahr(Norwegian)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Scandinavian form of Ivor.
Isolde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: ee-ZAWL-də(German) i-SOL-də(English) i-ZOL-də(English) i-SOLD(English) i-ZOLD(English) EE-ZAWLD(French)
German form of Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.
Isidore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Georgian (Rare), Jewish
Other Scripts: ისიდორე(Georgian)
Pronounced: IZ-ə-dawr(English) EE-ZEE-DAWR(French)
From the Greek name Ἰσίδωρος (Isidoros) meaning "gift of Isis", derived from the name of the Egyptian goddess Isis combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century archbishop, historian and theologian.

Though it has never been popular in the English-speaking world among Christians, it has historically been a common name for Jews, who have used it as an Americanized form of names such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah.

Iscah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִסְכָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name יִסְכָּה (Yiskah) meaning "to behold". In the Old Testament this is the name of Abraham's niece, mentioned only briefly. This is the basis of the English name Jessica.
Irakli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ირაკლი(Georgian)
Pronounced: EE-RAH-KLEE
Georgian form of Herakles.
Iokhaveda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Иохаведа(Russian)
Russian form of Jochebed.
Illuminata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Means "illuminated, brightened, filled with light" in Latin. This name was borne by a 4th-century saint from Todi, Italy.
Illiam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
Manx form of William.
Ignacia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: eeg-NA-thya(European Spanish) eeg-NA-sya(Latin American Spanish)
Spanish feminine form of Ignatius.
Ignace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EE-NYAS
French form of Ignatius.
Ibtisam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إبتسام(Arabic)
Pronounced: eeb-tee-SAM
Means "smile" in Arabic.
Ibtihaj
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إبتهاج(Arabic)
Pronounced: eeb-tee-HAJ
Means "joy" in Arabic.
Hilmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old German name Hildimar, derived from the elements hilt "battle" and mari "famous".
Hilma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish
Possibly a variant of Helma or a feminine form of Hilmar.
Hildred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HIL-drid
Possibly from the Old English masculine name Hildræd, which was composed of the elements hild "battle" and ræd "counsel, advice". This name was revived in the late 19th century, probably because of its similarity to the popular names Hilda and Mildred.
Hildegund
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: HIL-də-guwnt(German)
Derived from the Old German elements hilt "battle" and gunda "battle, war". This was the name of a 12th-century German saint.
Hiezabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin
Latin form of Jezebel.
Hieronymus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), German (Archaic), Dutch (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Ἱερώνυμος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: hie-ə-RAHN-i-məs(English) hee-RO-nuy-muws(German) hyeh-RO-nuy-muws(German) hee-yeh-RO-nee-muyz(Dutch)
Latin form of Jerome, formerly common in Germany and the Netherlands. Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) was a Dutch painter known for his depictions of the torments of hell.
Hiacynt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: KHYA-tsint
Polish form of Hyacinthus.
Hester
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: HEHS-tər(English, Dutch)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Latin form of Esther. Like Esther, it has been used in England since the Protestant Reformation. Nathaniel Hawthorne used it for the heroine of his novel The Scarlet Letter (1850), Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman forced to wear a red letter A on her chest after giving birth to a child out of wedlock.
Hervé
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EHR-VEH
French form of Harvey.
Hertta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHRT-tah
Finnish form of Hertha. This is also the Finnish word for the card suit hearts.
Herasym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Герасим(Ukrainian)
Ukrainian form of Gerasimos.
Hephzibah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֶפְצִי־בָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HEHF-zi-bə(English) HEHP-zi-bə(English)
Means "my delight is in her" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she is the wife of King Hezekiah of Judah and the mother of Manasseh.
Henryk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KHEHN-rik
Polish form of Heinrich (see Henry).
Henda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: הענדע, הענדאַ(Yiddish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Yiddish variant of Hannah.
Hemming
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Perhaps derived from Old Norse hamr "shape", and possibly originally a nickname for a person believed to be a shape changer.
Heliotrope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HEE-lee-o-trope
Refers to a flowering plant (Heliotropium) whose tiny flowers range from white to blue or purple, and by extension the color, a pink-purple tint, inspired by the flower. It is derived from the Ancient Greek Ἥλιος (helios) "sun" and τροπεῖν (tropein) "to turn", because of the belief that heliotrope flowers turned to face the direction of the sun.
Helier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Meaning uncertain. This is the name of the patron saint of the island of Jersey in the English Channel. He was a 6th-century hermit whose name was recorded in Latin as Helerius.
Helge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German, Finnish
Pronounced: HEHL-gə(German)
From the Old Norse name Helgi, derived from heilagr meaning "holy, blessed".
Hekla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: HEHH-kla
From the name of an active Icelandic volcano, derived from Old Norse hekla meaning "cloak".
Hector
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Arthurian Cycle
Other Scripts: Ἕκτωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHK-tər(English) EHK-TAWR(French)
Latinized form of Greek Ἕκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ἕκτωρ (hektor) meaning "holding fast", ultimately from ἔχω (echo) meaning "to hold, to possess". In Greek legend Hector was one of the Trojan champions who fought against the Greeks. After he killed Achilles' friend Patroclus in battle, he was himself brutally slain by Achilles, who proceeded to tie his dead body to a chariot and drag it about. This name also appears in Arthurian legends where it belongs to King Arthur's foster father.

Hector has occasionally been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, probably because of the noble character of the classical hero. It has been historically common in Scotland, where it was used as an Anglicized form of Eachann.

Hawise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
English form of a medieval French name appearing in various spellings such as Haueis or Haouys, which were derived from Hadewidis. The name was borne by a number of Norman and Anglo-Norman noblewomen from the 11th to 13th centuries.
Harith
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: حارث(Arabic)
Pronounced: HA-reeth
Means "plowman, cultivator" in Arabic.
Harish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Other Scripts: हरीश(Hindi, Marathi) હરીશ(Gujarati) ಹರೀಶ್(Kannada) ஹரிஷ்(Tamil) హరీష్(Telugu) ഹരീഷ്(Malayalam)
Modern form of Harisha.
Gwenllian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: gwehn-SHEE-an
Derived from the Welsh elements gwen meaning "white, blessed" and possibly lliain meaning "flaxen, made of linen" or lliant meaning "flow, flood". This name was used by medieval Welsh royalty, notably by a 12th-century princess of Deheubarth who died in battle with the Normans. It was also borne by the 13th-century daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last prince of Gwynedd.
Graham
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: GRAY-əm(English) GRAM(English)
From a Scottish surname, originally derived from the English place name Grantham, which probably meant "gravelly homestead" in Old English. The surname was first taken to Scotland in the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham [1]. A famous bearer of the surname was Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), the Scottish-Canadian-American inventor who devised the telephone. A famous bearer of the given name was the British author Graham Greene (1904-1991).

During the 20th century, Graham was more common in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada than it was in the United States. However, it has been rising on the American charts since around 2006.

Gostimira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Meaning "guest of peace and earth". Combined with gost "guest" and miru "peace, world".
Gloriant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Probably derived from Old French gloriant meaning "boasting, glorying", or otherwise related to the Latin noun gloria meaning "glory".

In literature, Gloriant is the name of the titular character of the Middle Dutch play Gloriant (c. 1350), the author of which remains unknown.

Giunio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Junius.
Giocasta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Italianized)
Italian form of Jocasta.
Gillian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIL-ee-ən, GIL-ee-ən
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Medieval English feminine form of Julian. This spelling has been in use since the 13th century, though it was not declared a distinct name from Julian until the 17th century [1].
Giles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIELZ
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αἰγίδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat". Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker who came to southern France from Greece. He is regarded as the patron saint of the crippled. In Old French the name Aegidius became Gidie and then Gilles, at which point it was imported to England. Another famous bearer was the 13th-century philosopher and theologian Giles of Rome (Egidio in Italian).
Ghazaleh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: غزاله(Persian)
Pronounced: ga-zaw-LEH
Means "doe, gazelle" in Persian.
Geraint
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: GEHR-ient(Welsh) jə-RAYNT(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly a Welsh form of Gerontius. This was the name of a figure in various Welsh legends. He was also incorporated into Arthurian tales (the romance Geraint and Enid) as one of the Knights of the Round Table and the husband of Enid.
Gera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Гера(Russian)
Pronounced: GYE-rah
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Russian form of Hera.
Gentian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
From the name of the flowering plant called the gentian, the roots of which are used to create a tonic. It is derived from the name of the Illyrian king Gentius, who supposedly discovered its medicinal properties.
Gennaro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jehn-NA-ro
Italian form of Januarius.
Genevieve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHN-ə-veev
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
English form of Geneviève.
Gelgéis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Irish, Medieval Irish
Means "bright swan" in Old Irish, from geal "bright" and geiss "swan".
Gamaliel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: גַּמְלִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew) Γαμαλιήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: gə-MAY-lee-əl(English)
Means "my reward is God" in Hebrew. This name appears in the Old Testament belonging to a son of Pedahzur. It was also borne by a 1st-century Jewish priest and scholar, mentioned in Acts in the New Testament as a teacher of Saint Paul.
Galilea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Modern)
Feminine form of Galileo.
Galeazzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: ga-leh-AT-tso
Italian form of Galahad.
Galatea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Γαλάτεια(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Greek Γαλάτεια (Galateia), probably derived from γάλα (gala) meaning "milk". This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology including a sea nymph who was the daughter of Doris and Nereus and the lover of Acis. According to some sources, this was also the name of the ivory statue carved by Pygmalion that came to life.
Galaktion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek, Georgian
Other Scripts: Γαλακτίων(Ancient Greek) გალაქტიონ(Georgian)
Probably a derivative of Greek γάλα (gala) meaning "milk" (genitive γάλακτος). This was the name of a 3rd-century saint (also called Galation) who was martyred in Emesa, Syria. It was also borne by the Georgian poet Galaktion Tabidze (1892-1959).
Fulgora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FOOL-go-ra(Latin)
From Latin fulgur meaning "lightning", derived from fulgeo "to flash, to shine". In Roman mythology this was the name of a goddess who presided over lightning, equivalent to the Greek goddess Astrape.
Freyde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: פֿריידע(Yiddish)
From Yiddish פֿרייד (freid) meaning "joy".
Frederick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREHD-ə-rik, FREHD-rik
English form of an Old German name meaning "peaceful ruler", derived from fridu "peace" and rih "ruler, king". This name has long been common in continental Germanic-speaking regions, being borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Prussia. Notables among these rulers include the 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and crusader Frederick I Barbarossa, the 13th-century emperor and patron of the arts Frederick II, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great.

The Normans brought the name to England in the 11th century but it quickly died out. It was reintroduced by the German House of Hanover when they inherited the British throne in the 18th century. A famous bearer was Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.

Frances
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRAN-sis
Feminine form of Francis. The distinction between Francis as a masculine name and Frances as a feminine name did not arise until the 17th century [1]. A notable bearer was Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), a social worker and the first American to be canonized.
Forest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWR-ist
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Variant of Forrest, or else directly from the English word forest.
Florence
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: FLAWR-əns(English) FLAW-RAHNS(French)
From the Latin name Florentius or the feminine form Florentia, which were derived from florens "prosperous, flourishing". Florentius was borne by many early Christian saints, and it was occasionally used in their honour through the Middle Ages. In modern times it is mostly feminine.

This name can also be given in reference to the city in Italy, as in the case of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), who was born there to British parents. She was a nurse in military hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the founder of modern nursing.

Figulus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: FEE-goo-loos(Latin)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Roman cognomen meaning "potter" in Latin.
Fig
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Literature
Fig is the name of Hannah's cousin in Curtis Sittenfield's 'The Man of My Dreams'.
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Nature name referring to the tree which is cultivated for its fruit. In Christian symbolism, the fig symbolises chastity and humility, since fig leaves were said to be used by Adam and Eve to cover their genitals in The Book of Genesis.
Ffion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: FEE-awn, FI-awn
Means "foxglove" in Welsh (species Digitalis purpurea). This is a recently created Welsh name.
Ferreolo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Ferreolus.
Fereydoun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: فریدون(Persian)
Pronounced: feh-ray-DOON(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Old Iranian *Thraitauna meaning "the third". In the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh this is the name of a virtuous king who ruled for 500 years. The Avestan form of the name 𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀𐬊𐬥𐬀 (Thraētaona) appears in the earlier texts of the Avesta.
Fenja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Literature
Derived from Old Norse fen meaning "moor, marsh, swamp". Also compare Fenrir, which is etymologically related.

This was the name of one of two giantess sisters from the Old Norse poem "Grottasöngr", whose tale is considered to be part of Norse mythology.

Felix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: FEH-liks(German, Dutch, Swedish) FEE-liks(English) FEH-leeks(Latin)
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-century BC Roman general Sulla. It also appears in the New Testament belonging to the governor of Judea who imprisoned Saint Paul.

Due to its favourable meaning, this name was popular among early Christians, being borne by many early saints and four popes. It has been used in England since the Middle Ages, though it has been more popular in continental Europe. A notable bearer was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Fauna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FOW-na(Latin) FAW-nə(English)
Feminine form of Faunus. Fauna was a Roman goddess of fertility, women and healing, a daughter and companion of Faunus.
Farzaneh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: فرزانه(Persian)
Pronounced: far-zaw-NEH
Means "wise, intelligent" in Persian.
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.
Fajr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: فجر(Arabic)
Pronounced: FAJR
Means "dawn, beginning" in Arabic.
Facundo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: fa-KOON-do
From the Late Latin name Facundus, which meant "eloquent". This was the name of a few early saints, including a 3rd-century Spanish martyr.
Ezgi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "melody" in Turkish.
Evo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Apparently a masculine form of Eva. A notable bearer is Bolivian president Evo Morales.
Eva María
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: eh-ba-ma-REE-a
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Combination of Eva and María.
Étienne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-TYEHN(European French) EH-TSYEHN(Quebec French)
French form of Stephen.
Esyllt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EH-sisht
Welsh form of Iseult.
Erode
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Italian
Pronounced: E-RAW-DE
Italian form of Herod.
Ernestine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, English
Pronounced: EHR-NEHS-TEEN(French) ehr-nehs-TEE-nə(German) UR-nis-teen(English)
Feminine form of Ernest.
Ernest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Catalan, Polish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: UR-nist(English) EHR-NEST(French) ər-NEST(Catalan) EHR-nest(Polish)
Derived from Old High German ernust meaning "serious, earnest". It was introduced to England by the German House of Hanover when they inherited the British throne in the 18th century, though it did not become common until the following century. The American author and adventurer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a famous bearer of the name. It was also used by Oscar Wilde for a character in his comedy The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
Erendiz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
The word used for planet Jupiter in the terminology of ancient Turkish astronomy.
Érebo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Erebus.
Ephrath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֶפְרָת(Ancient Hebrew) Ἐφράθ(Ancient Greek)
Means "fruitful place" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name was borne by one of the wives of Caleb. Also in the Bible, it is the name of the place where Rachel was buried.
Emrys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-ris
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Welsh form of Ambrose. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. Tales of his life were used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth to help shape the early character of Merlin, whom he called Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin.
Emre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehm-REH
Means "friend, brother" in Turkish. This name was borne by the 13th-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre.
Elmas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "diamond" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
Eliezer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֱלִיעֶזֶר(Hebrew) Ἐλιέζερ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ehl-ee-EHZ-ər(English) ehl-ee-EE-zər(English)
From Hebrew אֱלִיעֶזֶר ('Eli'ezer) meaning "my God is help". This is the name of several characters in the Old Testament, including a servant of Abraham and one of the sons of Moses (see Exodus 18:4 for an explanation of the significance of the name).
Eglantine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHG-lən-tien, EHG-lən-teen
From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier. It is derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *aquilentum meaning "prickly". It was early used as a given name (in the form Eglentyne) in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century story The Prioress's Tale (one of The Canterbury Tales).
Egeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: i-JER-ee-ə, i-JEER-ee-ə
Possibly connected to Greek αἴγειρος (aigeiros) meaning "black poplar", a type of tree (species Populus nigra). In Roman mythology this was the name of a nymph best known for her liaisons with Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome (after Romulus). According to the 2nd-century writer Sextus Pompeius Festus, pregnant women offered sacrifices to Egeria in order to bring out the baby (note, Latin egerere means "to bring out").
Efesto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Italianized)
Pronounced: eh-FEH-stoh
Italian form of Hephaestus.
Dove
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUV
From the English word for the variety of bird, seen as a symbol of peace.
Dov
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דּוֹב(Hebrew)
Pronounced: DOV
Means "bear" in Hebrew.
Dorothea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, English, Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Δωροθέα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: do-ro-TEH-a(German) dawr-ə-THEE-ə(English)
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωρόθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of god" from Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" and θεός (theos) meaning "god". The name Theodore is composed of the same elements in reverse order. Dorothea was the name of two early saints, notably the 4th-century martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It was also borne by the 14th-century Saint Dorothea of Montau, who was the patron saint of Prussia.
Dorian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Romanian
Pronounced: DAWR-ee-ən(English) DAW-RYAHN(French)
The name was first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), which tells the story of a man whose portrait ages while he stays young. Wilde may have taken it from the name of the ancient Greek tribe the Dorians.
Dekabrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Soviet, Russian
Other Scripts: Декабрина(Russian)
Pronounced: dyi-ku-BRYEE-nə(Russian)
Feminine form of Dekabrin. A known bearer of this name was the Russian chess player Dekabrina Kazatsker (1913-1983).
Damase
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Damasus.
Damaris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Δάμαρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DAM-ə-ris(English)
Probably means "calf, heifer, girl" from Greek δάμαλις (damalis). In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul.
Dacian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: da-chee-AN
Derived from Dacia, the old Roman name for the region that is now Romania and Moldova.
Creusa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Italian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Κρέουσα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kray-OO-sə(English) kree-YOO-sə(English)
Latinized form of Greek Κρέουσα (Kreousa) meaning "princess", from κρέων (kreon) "king, royal" (compare Kreon). This was the name of the first wife of Aeneas, who was killed in the sack of Troy and then appeared to her husband as a ghost, encouraging him to move on without her and seek a new city.
Creirwy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "token of the egg", and in effect "mundane egg", from Welsh creir "a token, jewel, sacred object" and wy "egg". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, she was a daughter of Ceridwen and one of the three most beautiful maids of the Isle of Britain. This was also the name of a 6th-century Breton saint from Wales.
Coy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KOI
From a surname that meant "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.
Corvina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, German, German (Swiss)
Feminine form of Corvinus.
Cornelian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kor-NEE-li-ən, CAWR-NEEL-ian
Named for the deep red gemstone which is also known as a carnelian. The word comes from the Latin cornum, meaning "cornel cherry" - a flowering dogwood tree with small, dark red fruit.
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English form of the Latin name Cornelianus.
Coriander
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAWR-ee-an-dər, kawr-ee-AN-dər
From the name of the spice, also called cilantro, which may ultimately be of Phoenician origin (via Latin and Greek).
Corentin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: ko-REHN-teen(Breton) KAW-RAHN-TEHN(French)
French form of the Breton name Kaourintin, possibly from korventenn meaning "hurricane, storm". Alternatively, it could be connected to the Brythonic root *karid meaning "love" (modern Breton karout). This was the name of a 5th-century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.
Coppélia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre, French (Rare)
The name of a life-sized mechanical doll created by the mysterious Doctor Coppélius in Léo Delibes' comic ballet Coppélia (1870), based on two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The inventor's name is possibly a Latinized form of Yiddish Koppel. Alternatively this name may be inspired by Greek κοπελιά (kopelia) meaning "young woman", a dialectal variant of κοπέλα (kopela).
Clair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLEHR
French form of Clarus (see Clara).
Cívánka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hopi
Means "the one who writes blossoms" from Hopi cíhu "blossom, flower" combined with bána "to figure, write, draw" and ka "the one that".
Cinzio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: CHEEN-tsyo
Italian masculine form of Cynthia.
Chthonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χθωνία(Ancient Greek)
Means "of the earth, underground" in Greek, a derivative of χθών (chthon) meaning "earth, ground, soil". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.
Chryzyp
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Polish form of Chrysippos via its latinized form Chrysippus.
Chrysanthemum
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kris-AN-the-mum
Taken directly from the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek khrusos "gold" and anthemon "flower".
This name has been in occasional use from the 19th century onwards, making it one of the many Victorian flower names.
Chrétien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Pronounced: KREH-TYEHN
Medieval French form of Christian. A famous bearer of this name was the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, known for his Arthurian romances.
Charna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: טשאַרנאַ(Yiddish)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From a Slavic word meaning "black".
Charles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: CHAHRLZ(English) SHARL(French)
French and English form of Carolus, the Latin form of the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a word meaning "man" (Proto-Germanic *karlaz). However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic name element *harjaz meaning "army".

The popularity of the name in continental Europe was due to the fame of Charles the Great (742-814), commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. His grandfather Charles Martel had also been a noted leader of the Franks. It was subsequently the name of several Holy Roman emperors, as well as rulers of France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary (in various spellings). After Charlemagne, his name was adopted as a word meaning "king" in many Eastern European languages, for example Czech král, Hungarian király, Russian король (korol), and Turkish kral.

The name did not become common in Britain until the 17th century when it was borne by the Stuart king Charles I. It had been introduced into the Stuart royal family by Mary Queen of Scots, who had been raised in France. Two other kings of the United Kingdom have borne this name, including the current monarch.

Other famous bearers include naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) who wrote such works as Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities, French statesman Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), and American cartoonist Charles Schulz (1922-2000), the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

Chamomile
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: KA-mo-miel(American English)
After the herb used for tea. Ultimately from Greek khamaimēlon "earth apple", because the flowers smell reminiscent of apples.
Cecilio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: theh-THEE-lyo(European Spanish) seh-SEE-lyo(Latin American Spanish) cheh-CHEE-lyo(Italian)
Spanish and Italian form of Caecilius (see Cecilia).
Casilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain. This is the name of the 11th-century patron saint of Toledo, Spain. It might have an Arabic origin (Saint Casilda was a Moorish princess), perhaps from قصيدة (qasidah) meaning "poem". Alternatively it could be derived from a Visigothic name in which the second element is hilds meaning "battle".
Carvilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Carvilius.
Carnelian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
After the brownish red mineral of the same name, of which the name is a corruption of cornelian, which in turn is derived from Latin cornelianus (see Cornelianus).
Carmilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Used by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu for the title character of his Gothic novella 'Carmilla' (1872), about a lesbian vampire. Le Fanu probably based the name on Carmella.
Campion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature
Pronounced: KAM-pee-ən(English)
This rare given name can be derived from the surname of Campion as well as from the name of the plant, both of which likely derive their name from Old French campion meaning "champion". A known bearer of this given name is the American writer and film director Campion Murphy (b. 1962).

In literature, Campion is the name of one of the Efafran rabbits in Richard Adams' 1972 novel Watership Down.

Calogero
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ka-LAW-jeh-ro
From the Late Latin name Calogerus meaning "beautiful elder", from Greek καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful" and γέρων (geron) meaning "old man, elder". This was the name of a 5th-century saint, a hermit of Sicily.
Caïssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Invented by the Italian writer Marco Girolamo Vida as a goddess of chess in 1527. It was reused in the poem Caïssa (1763) by William Jones. Since then, the name was sporadically given to girls. It is also a popular name for chess clubs.
Byzas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Derived from Thracian búzas "he-goat, buck" (similar to Indo-European bhugo "buck" and Greek bous "ox, cow"); since Thracian was not a Hellenic language, one could probably call Byzas a hellenization of sorts. According to legend, this was the name of the founder of the city Byzantion (better known under its latinized form Byzantium); the city's name is derived from his name (from byzantos, the genitive case of his name). Also, in Greek mythology, this was the name of the son of Poseidon and Keroessa.
Bryony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
From the name of a type of Eurasian vine, formerly used as medicine. It ultimately derives from Greek βρύω (bryo) meaning "to swell".
Brook
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRUWK
From an English surname that denoted one who lived near a brook.
Broklauss
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Medieval Scandinavian (Hypothetical)
Anglo-Scandinavian name (originally byname) meaning "without breeches", composed of Old Norse brók "breeches, pants" and -lauss "-less".
Briseide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Briseis.
Briar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIE-ər
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Briallen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Pronounced: bri-A-shehn
Derived from Welsh briallu meaning "primrose". This is a modern Welsh name.
Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Biserka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Бисерка(Serbian)
Croatian and Serbian form of Bisera.
Birch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BURCH
From the English word for the birch tree. Famous bearers include Birch Evans Bayh III, senator from Indiana, who assumed office in 1999. Birch Evans Bayh II was a senator from Indiana 1963-1981.
Beyza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "very white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic بيضاء (bayda).
Berwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "white top" from the Welsh elements barr "top, head" and gwyn "white, blessed". This is the name of a mountain range in Wales.
Berrak
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "clear" in Turkish.
Berna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "young" in Turkish.
Berlewen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star, Venus".
Benicio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: beh-NEE-syo(Latin American Spanish) beh-NEE-thyo(European Spanish)
From the surname of the 13th-century Italian saint Philip Benitius (Filippo Benizi in Italian; Felipe Benicio in Spanish). A notable bearer of the given name is the Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro (1967-).
Bellicent
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an Old French form of the Germanic name Belissendis, possibly composed of the elements bili "suitable, proper, fitting, decent, amiable" (cf. Biligard) and swind "strong, brave, powerful".

The form Belisent belongs to a legendary daughter of Charlemagne in the poems 'Ami et Amile' (c.1200) and 'Otinel' or 'Otuel a Knight' (c.1330). In the late 13th-century Arthurian tale 'Arthour and Merlin', Belisent is Arthur's half-sister, the wife of Lot and mother of Gareth; Alfred Lord Tennyson also used the form Belicent in his Arthurian epic 'Gareth and Lynette'.

Bedivere
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
From the Welsh name Bedwyr, possibly from bedwen "birch" and gwr "man". In Arthurian legends Bedivere was one of the original companions of King Arthur. He first appears in early Welsh tales, and his story was later expanded by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century. He is the one who throws the sword Excalibur into the lake at the request of the dying Arthur.
Beata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, German, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: beh-A-ta(Polish, German)
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed". This was the name of a few minor saints.
Banafsheh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: بنفشه(Persian)
Means "violet flower" in Persian.
Baltasar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Βαλτάσαρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: bal-ta-SAR(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Spanish form of Balthazar. This is also the form (of Belshazzar) used in the Greek Old Testament.
Aviva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיבָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-VEE-vah
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Feminine variant of Aviv.
Avito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Avitus.
Avita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Avitus, meaning "ancestral". This name was used for a character in Caroline Lawrence's book series "The Roman Mysteries", first released in 2001. The little girl in the story was named after her father, Avitus.
Auster
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: OWS-tehr(Latin)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "south" in Latin (descended from the Indo-European root *hews- meaning "dawn", making it related to the English word east). Auster was the Roman god of the south wind.
Audovera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Derived from Old Frankish aud "wealth, fortune" combined with war "true" or war "aware, cautious". This was the name of the first wife of Chilperic I of Neustria.
Aude
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: OD
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
French feminine form of Aldo.
Aubert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: O-BEHR
French variant of Albert.
Atousa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آتوسا(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Atossa.
Atalanta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀταλάντη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Greek Ἀταλάντη (Atalante) meaning "equal in weight", derived from ἀτάλαντος (atalantos), a word related to τάλαντον (talanton) meaning "a scale, a balance". In Greek legend she was a fast-footed maiden who refused to marry anyone who could not beat her in a race. She was eventually defeated by Hippomenes, who dropped three golden apples during the race causing her to stop to pick them up.
Astrophel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" and φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend". This name was first used by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney in his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella.
Arwa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أروى(Arabic)
Pronounced: AR-wa
Means "female ibex, mountain goat" in Arabic. This name was borne by some relatives of the Prophet Muhammad. It was also the name of a 12th-century queen of Yemen.
Arthur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: AHR-thər(English) AR-TUYR(French) AR-tuwr(German) AHR-tuyr(Dutch)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements *artos "bear" (Old Welsh arth) combined with *wiros "man" (Old Welsh gur) or *rīxs "king" (Old Welsh ri). Alternatively it could be related to an obscure Roman family name Artorius.

Arthur is the name of the central character in Arthurian legend, a 6th-century king of the Britons who resisted Saxon invaders. He may or may not have been based on a real person. He first appears in Welsh poems and chronicles (perhaps briefly in the 7th-century poem Y Gododdin and more definitively and extensively in the 9th-century History of the Britons [1]). However, his character was not developed until the chronicles of the 12th-century Geoffrey of Monmouth [2]. His tales were later taken up and expanded by French and English writers.

The name came into general use in England in the Middle Ages due to the prevalence of Arthurian romances, and it enjoyed a surge of popularity in the 19th century. Famous bearers include German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), mystery author and Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), and science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008).

Artemisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρτεμισία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Artemisios. This was the name of the 4th-century BC builder of the Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. She built it in memory of her husband, the Carian prince Mausolus.
Arta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from the name of the city of Arta in southwestern Greece. A city with connections to Albania and Albanians. The name of the city is popularly held to be derived from Albanian artë "golden" (compare ar "gold")
Arquímedes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Spanish form of Archimedes.
Arezou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آرزو(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-reh-ZOO
Means "desire" in Persian.
Ardito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from medieval Italian ardito meaning "bold".
Arda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Possibly means "marker, stake" in Turkish.
Archana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Other Scripts: अर्चना(Hindi, Marathi) అర్చన(Telugu) ಅರ್ಚನ(Kannada) അര്ചന(Malayalam) அர்ச்சனா(Tamil)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "honouring, praising" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Hindu ritual.
Arcangelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ar-KAN-jeh-lo
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "archangel" in Italian.
Arastoo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ارسطو(Persian)
Pronounced: a-ras-TOO
Persian form of Aristotle.
Arabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ar-ə-BEHL-ə
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Medieval Scottish name, probably a variant of Annabel. It has long been associated with Latin orabilis meaning "invokable, yielding to prayer", and the name was often recorded in forms resembling this.

Unrelated, this was an older name of the city of Irbid in Jordan, from Greek Ἄρβηλα (Arbela).

Apsandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Italian and Spanish form of Apsander.
Apphia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἀπφία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AF-ee-ə(English) AP-fee-ə(English)
Greek form of a Hebrew name that possibly meant "increasing". This is a name mentioned in Paul's epistle to Philemon in the New Testament.
Apolinar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-po-lee-NAR
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Spanish form of Apollinaris.
Aphra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
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Meaning uncertain; possibly a variant of Afra 1, or possibly a variant of Aphrah, a biblical place name meaning "dust". This name was borne by the English writer Aphra Behn (1640-1689).
Aníbal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: a-NEE-bal(Spanish)
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Spanish and Portuguese form of Hannibal.
Angustias
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: an-GOOS-tyas
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Means "anguishes", taken from a Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, meaning "Our Lady of Anguishes". She is the patron saint of Granada, Spain.
Anahit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian, Armenian Mythology
Other Scripts: Անահիտ(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-nah-HEET(Armenian)
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Armenian form of Anahita, introduced during the period of Iranian domination in the 1st millenium BC. Anahit was an important Armenian mother goddess associated with fertility and protection. She was a daughter of Aramazd.
Amos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עָמוֹס(Hebrew) Ἀμώς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-məs(English)
From Hebrew עָמַס ('amas) meaning "load, burden". Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Amos, which speaks against greed, corruption and oppression of the poor. Written about the 8th century BC, it is among the oldest of the prophetic books. As an English name, Amos has been used since the Protestant Reformation, and was popular among the Puritans.
Amitis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: امیتیس(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Amytis.
Amis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English, Medieval French
Medieval name, a masculine form of Amice. It appears in the medieval French poem Amis and Amiles, about two friends who make sacrifices for one another.
Amice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Medieval name derived from Latin amicus meaning "friend". This was a popular name in the Middle Ages, though it has since become uncommon.
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
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From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Amaterrahmane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
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Means "maidservant of the merciful" from Arabic أمة ال (amat al) meaning "maidservant of the" combined with رحمن (rahman) meaning "merciful".
Amaranto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare, ?)
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Spanish and Italian form of Amarantus. In other words, this is the masculine form of Amaranta. The 3rd-century Christian saint Amaranthus, who was martyred at Vieux near Albi in the south of France, is known by this name in Spanish.
Amaranta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-ma-RAN-ta
Spanish and Italian form of Amarantha.
Amadeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ahm-ə-DAY-əs(English) ahm-ə-DEE-əs(English)
Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God". A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was actually born Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. This name was also assumed as a middle name by the German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who took it in honour of Mozart.
Alraune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, German (Rare)
Pronounced: al-ROW-ne
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Variant of Alruna, also coinciding with the German word for "mandrake". This is the name of the title character in the novel 'Alraune' (1911) by Hanns Heinz Ewers.
Alphaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Ἀλφαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-FEE-əs(English)
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From Ἀλφαῖος (Alphaios), the Greek form of a Hebrew name that meant "changing". In the New Testament this is the name of the fathers of the apostles James and Levi.
Aloïse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
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Feminine form of Aloïs. Aloïse Corbaz (1886-1964) was a Swiss outsider artist.
Aldous
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AWL-dəs
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Probably a diminutive of names beginning with the Old English element eald "old". It has been in use as an English given name since the Middle Ages, mainly in East Anglia [1]. The British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was a famous bearer of this name.
Aldith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
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Middle English form of Ealdgyð.
Ajit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Other Scripts: अजीत(Hindi) अजित(Marathi) ਅਜੀਤ(Gurmukhi) অজিত(Bengali)
Modern form of Ajita.
Ajei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Navajo
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From Navajo ajéí meaning "heart" [1].
Aidas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Means "echo" in Lithuanian.
Ahd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Other Scripts: عهد(Maghrebi Arabic)
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From Arabic عَهْد (ʿahd) meaning "knowledge, fulfillment, observance".
Agron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Other Scripts: Ἄγρων(Ancient Greek)
Probably of Illyrian origin, maybe related to Albanian ag meaning "dawn". Alternatively it might be connected to Greek ἀγρός (agros) meaning "field". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Illyrian king, the husband of Teuta.
Agrafena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аграфена(Russian)
Pronounced: u-gru-FYEH-nə
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Russian form of Agrippina.
Agnello
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
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From Italian agnello "lamb", given either as a nickname for a meek and mild person or as a personal name, which was popular because the lamb led to the slaughter was a symbol of the suffering innocence of Christ.
Aghavni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Աղավնի(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-rahv-NEE
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Means "dove" in Armenian.
Afanasy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Афанасий(Russian)
Pronounced: u-fu-NA-syee
Alternate transcription of Russian Афанасий (see Afanasiy).
Adsila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
From Cherokee ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".
Adélard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Quebec)
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French form of Adalhard.
Adelaide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: A-də-layd(English) a-deh-LIE-deh(Italian) a-di-LIE-di(European Portuguese) a-di-LIED(European Portuguese) a-deh-LIE-dee(Brazilian Portuguese)
Means "nobleness, nobility", from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of adal "noble" and the suffix heit "kind, sort, type". It was borne in the 10th century by Saint Adelaide, the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Otto the Great.

In Britain the parallel form Alice, derived via Old French, has historically been more common than Adelaide, though this form did gain some currency in the 19th century due to the popularity of the German-born wife of King William IV, for whom the city of Adelaide in Australia was named in 1836.

Acheo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
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Italian form of Achaios via Achaeus.
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