sweetkit's Personal Name List
Aghavni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Աղավնի(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-rahv-NEE
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "dove" in Armenian.
Agnello
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Agrafena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аграфена(Russian)
Pronounced: u-gru-FYEH-nə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Ahd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Other Scripts: عهد(Maghrebi Arabic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Arabic عَهْد (ʿahd) meaning "knowledge, fulfillment, observance".
Ajei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Navajo
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Navajo
ajéí meaning
"heart" [1].
Alraune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, German (Rare)
Pronounced: al-ROW-ne
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Amaranto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare, ?)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Amaterrahmane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "maidservant of the merciful" from Arabic أمة ال (amat al) meaning "maidservant of the" combined with رحمن (rahman) meaning "merciful".
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Anahit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian, Armenian Mythology
Other Scripts: Անահիտ(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-nah-HEET(Armenian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Angustias
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: an-GOOS-tyas
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Aphra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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).
Apolinar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-po-lee-NAR
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Apsandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Ardito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from medieval Italian ardito meaning "bold".
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")
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.
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.
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.
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.
Genevieve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHN-ə-veev
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Henda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: הענדע, הענדאַ(Yiddish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
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.
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).
Aldous
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AWL-dəs
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
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.
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.
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.
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.
Omiros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Όμηρος(Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Modern Greek form of
Homer.
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".
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).
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.
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.
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).
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Volkan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: vol-KYAN
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "volcano" in Turkish.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Charna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: טשאַרנאַ(Yiddish)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From a Slavic word meaning "black".
Gera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Гера(Russian)
Pronounced: GYE-rah
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
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.
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).
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.
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.
Arcangelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ar-KAN-jeh-lo
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "archangel" in Italian.
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".
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).
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.
Arda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Possibly means "marker, stake" in Turkish.
Aviva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיבָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-VEE-vah
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Feminine variant of
Aviv.
Baltasar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Βαλτάσαρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: bal-ta-SAR(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
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.
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".
Figulus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: FEE-goo-loos(Latin)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Roman cognomen meaning "potter" in Latin.
Eva María
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: eh-ba-ma-REE-a
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
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].
Acheo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Italian form of
Achaios via
Achaeus.
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.
Adélard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Quebec)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Adsila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
From Cherokee
ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or
ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".
Afanasy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Афанасий(Russian)
Pronounced: u-fu-NA-syee
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.
Aidas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Means "echo" in Lithuanian.
Ajit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Other Scripts: अजीत(Hindi) अजित(Marathi) ਅਜੀਤ(Gurmukhi) অজিত(Bengali)
Aldith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Aloïse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of
Aloïs. Aloïse Corbaz (1886-1964) was a Swiss outsider artist.
Alphaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Ἀλφαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-FEE-əs(English)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
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.
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.
Amaranta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-ma-RAN-ta
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.
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.
Amitis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: امیتیس(Persian)
Modern Persian form of
Amytis.
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.
Aníbal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: a-NEE-bal(Spanish)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Spanish and Portuguese form of
Hannibal.
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.
Arastoo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ارسطو(Persian)
Pronounced: a-ras-TOO
Arezou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آرزو(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-reh-ZOO
Means "desire" in Persian.
Arquímedes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
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.
Atousa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آتوسا(Persian)
Modern Persian form of
Atossa.
Aubert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: O-BEHR
Aude
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: OD
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
French feminine form of
Aldo.
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.
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.
Avito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of
Avitus.
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.
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.
Bellicent
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Arthurian Cycle
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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'.
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-).
Berlewen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (Modern, Rare)
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Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star, Venus".
Berna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
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Means "young" in Turkish.
Berrak
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
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Means "clear" in Turkish.
Beyza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"very white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic
بيضاء (bayda).
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.
Biserka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Бисерка(Serbian)
Croatian and Serbian form of
Bisera.
Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Briallen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Pronounced: bri-A-shehn
Derived from Welsh briallu meaning "primrose". This is a modern Welsh name.
Briar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIE-ər
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Briseide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
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".
Brook
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRUWK
From an English surname that denoted one who lived near a brook.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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).
Carvilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chryzyp
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Polish form of
Chrysippos via its latinized form
Chrysippus.
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.
Cinzio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: CHEEN-tsyo
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".
Clair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLEHR
French form of
Clarus (see
Clara).
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).
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.
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).
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.
Corvina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, German, German (Swiss)
Coy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KOI
From a surname that meant "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Damase
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
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).
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.
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.
Dov
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דּוֹב(Hebrew)
Pronounced: DOV
Means "bear" in Hebrew.
Dove
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUV
From the English word for the variety of bird, seen as a symbol of peace.
Efesto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Italianized)
Pronounced: eh-FEH-stoh
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").
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).
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).
Elmas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "diamond" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
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.
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.
Érebo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of
Erebus.
Erendiz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
The word used for planet Jupiter in the terminology of ancient Turkish astronomy.
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).
Ernestine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, English
Pronounced: EHR-NEHS-TEEN(French) ehr-nehs-TEE-nə(German) UR-nis-teen(English)
Erode
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Italian
Pronounced: E-RAW-DE
Esyllt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EH-sisht
Étienne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-TYEHN(European French) EH-TSYEHN(Quebec French)
Evo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Apparently a masculine form of
Eva. A notable bearer is Bolivian president Evo Morales.
Ezgi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "melody" in Turkish.
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.
Fajr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: فجر(Arabic)
Pronounced: FAJR
Means "dawn, beginning" in Arabic.
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.
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.
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).
Fereshteh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: فرشته(Persian)
Means "angel" in Persian.
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.
Ferreolo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Ffion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: FEE-awn, FI-awn
Means "foxglove" in Welsh (species Digitalis purpurea). This is a recently created Welsh name.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Freyde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: פֿריידע(Yiddish)
From Yiddish
פֿרייד (freid) meaning
"joy".
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.
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).
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.
Galeazzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: ga-leh-AT-tso
Galilea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Modern)
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.
Gelgéis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Irish, Medieval Irish
Means "bright swan" in Old Irish, from geal "bright" and geiss "swan".
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.
Geraint
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: GEHR-ient(Welsh) jə-RAYNT(English)
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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.
Ghazaleh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: غزاله(Persian)
Pronounced: ga-zaw-LEH
Means "doe, gazelle" in Persian.
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).
Giocasta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Italianized)
Gostimira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Meaning "guest of peace and earth". Combined with gost "guest" and miru "peace, world".
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.
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.
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)
Harith
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: حارث(Arabic)
Pronounced: HA-reeth
Means "plowman, cultivator" in Arabic.
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.
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.
Hekla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: HEHH-kla
From the name of an active Icelandic volcano, derived from Old Norse hekla meaning "cloak".
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".
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.
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.
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.
Henryk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KHEHN-rik
Polish form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Hephzibah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֶפְצִי־בָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HEHF-zi-bə(English) HEHP-zi-bə(English)
Herasym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Герасим(Ukrainian)
Hertta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHRT-tah
Finnish form of
Hertha. This is also the Finnish word for the card suit hearts.
Hervé
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EHR-VEH
Hiacynt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: KHYA-tsint
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.
Hiezabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin
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.
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.
Hilma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish
Possibly a variant of
Helma or a feminine form of
Hilmar.
Hilmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old German name
Hildimar, derived from the elements
hilt "battle" and
mari "famous".
Ibtihaj
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إبتهاج(Arabic)
Pronounced: eeb-tee-HAJ
Means "joy" in Arabic.
Ibtisam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إبتسام(Arabic)
Pronounced: eeb-tee-SAM
Means "smile" in Arabic.
Ignace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EE-NYAS
Ignacia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: eeg-NA-thya(European Spanish) eeg-NA-sya(Latin American Spanish)
Illiam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
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.
Iokhaveda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Иохаведа(Russian)
Irakli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ირაკლი(Georgian)
Pronounced: EE-RAH-KLEE
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.
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.
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.
Izdihar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إزدهار(Arabic)
Pronounced: eez-dee-HAR
Means "blossoming, prospering" in Arabic.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
Josephine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: JO-sə-feen(English) yo-zeh-FEE-nə(German)
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.
Juma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Pashto, Swahili
Other Scripts: جمعة(Arabic) جمعه(Pashto)
Pronounced: JOOM-‘ah(Arabic)
Means "Friday" or "week" in Arabic.
Jumana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: جمانة(Arabic)
Pronounced: joo-MA-nah
Means "pearl" in Arabic.
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
純 (jun) or
淳 (jun) both meaning "pure" combined with
平 (pei) meaning "level, even, peaceful". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
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”.
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.
Kajetan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ka-YEH-tan
Polish form of
Caietanus (see
Gaetano).
Kallirroi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Καλλιρρόη(Greek)
Kauno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOW-naw
From Finnish kaunis meaning "beautiful".
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.
Keijo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Derived from Finnish keiju meaning "elf, fairy".
Kelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Possibly derived from Old Norse kildr meaning "a spring".
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.
Kerttu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEHRT-too
Keyvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: کیوان(Persian)
Pronounced: kyay-VAWN
Means "Saturn (the planet)" in Persian.
Khachatur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Խաչատուր(Armenian)
Pronounced: khah-chah-TOOR
Means "given by the cross" in Armenian.
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.
Khamis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: خميس(Arabic)
Means "Thursday" in Arabic.
Kheda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chechen
Other Scripts: Хеда(Chechen)
Derived from Arabic هَدَى (hadā) meaning "to guide".
Khurram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: خرّم(Urdu)
Derived from Persian
خرّم (khorram) meaning
"happy, pleasant".
Kimimela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sioux
From Lakota kimímela meaning "butterfly".
Kinborough
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Kōki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 光希, 幸輝, etc.(Japanese Kanji) こうき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-KYEE
From Japanese
光 (kō) meaning "light" or
幸 (kō) meaning "happiness, good luck" combined with
希 (ki) meaning "hope" or
輝 (ki) meaning "brightness". This name can be formed from other combinations of kanji characters as well.
Kou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hmong
Means "gold" in Hmong.
Kulthum
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: كألثوم(Arabic)
Pronounced: kool-THOOM
Means "full-cheeked, beautiful" in Arabic.
Kurō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 九郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) くろう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KOO-RO
From Japanese
九 (ku) meaning "nine" and
郎 (rō) meaning "son". This name was traditionally given to the ninth son. Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Kuvittēriyā
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil
Other Scripts: குவித்தேரியா(Tamil)
Kyryk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Кирик(Ukrainian)
Kyveli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Κυβέλη(Greek)
Pronounced: kee-VEHL-ee
Larkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Pronounced: LAHR-kin(English)
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.
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".
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.
Luqman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Malay, Urdu, Indonesian
Other Scripts: لقمان(Arabic, Malay Jawi, Urdu)
Pronounced: look-MAN(Arabic)
From the name of the 31st chapter (surah) of the Qur'an, named after a figure who is mentioned several times in Islamic scripture. The meaning of his name is not known; it has been suggested to mean "wise" (possibly in reference to his status as a wise man and sage), though it may actually have Sanskrit roots with a similar origin to the names
Lakshmana or
Lakshmi.
Lykos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Λύκος(Ancient Greek)
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.
Mahassine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: محاسن(Arabic)
Derived from Arabic مُحَسِّن (muḥassin) meaning "embellisher, beautifier, improver" (chiefly Moroccan).
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)
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".
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.
Malkhazni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chechen (Rare)
Other Scripts: Малхазни(Chechen)
Derived from Chechen малх (malkh) meaning "sun" combined with хаза (khaza) meaning "beautiful".
Marek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak, Estonian
Pronounced: MA-rehk(Polish, Czech, Slovak)
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of
Mark.
Mariángeles
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: ma-ṙee-ANG-kheh-lehs
Marwan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian
Other Scripts: مروان(Arabic)
Pronounced: mar-WAN(Arabic) MAR-wan(Indonesian)
Either derived from Arabic مرو
(marw) meaning "flint, pebble" or from the name of a type of fragrant plant (see
Marwa). This was the name of two Umayyad caliphs.
Marzieh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مرضیه(Persian)
Pronounced: mar-zee-YEH
Derived from Arabic
مرضية (mardiyah) meaning
"satisfactory, pleasing".
Masaru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 勝, 優, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まさる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-SA-ROO
From Japanese
勝 (masaru) meaning "victory" or
優 (masaru) meaning "excellence". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
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.
Matusalén
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Spanish
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).
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.
Mehrnoush
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مهرنوش(Persian)
From Persian مهر (mehr) meaning "kindness, friendship" or "sun" and نوش (nuš) meaning "ambrosia, nectar".
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.
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.
Mercurio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: mehr-KOO-ryo
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.
Meriton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Derived from Albanian meriton "to deserve; to merit".
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".
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.
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.
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.
Millisainte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Miniato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: mee-NYA-to
Minoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مینو(Persian)
Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.
Miralem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian
From Arabic أَمِير (ʾamīr) meaning "prince, commander" combined with عَلِيم (ʿalīm) meaning "knowing, learned".
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.
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.
Mozhgan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: مژگان(Persian)
Means "eyelashes" in Persian.
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).
Muazzez
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: moo-az-ZEHZ
Means "esteemed, honored, respected" in Turkish.
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".
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.
Museo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of
Musaeus.
Nafsika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ναυσικά(Greek)
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).
Nazanin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: نازنین(Persian)
Pronounced: naw-za-NEEN
Means "sweetheart, darling" in Persian.
Nereo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: neh-REH-o
Italian and Spanish form of
Nereus.
Niloufar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: نیلوفر(Persian)
Pronounced: nee-loo-FAR
Means "water lily" 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-).
Nousha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian (Rare)
Other Scripts: نوشا(Persian)
Means "sweet, pleasant" in Persian.
Nurjannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Other Scripts: نورجنة(Acehnese Jawi)
From Arabic نور
(nur) meaning "light" and جنة
(jannah) meaning "paradise, garden".
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).
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.
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.
Õie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Derived from Estonian õis meaning "flower".
Okan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "archer" in Turkish.
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.
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.
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.
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".
Orbiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, History
Feminine form of
Orbianus. This name was borne by the wife of Roman emperor Alexander Severus.
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.
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".
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.
Ossipago
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
A god who built strong bones, from ossa, "bones," + pango, pangere, "insert, fix, set."
Ostap
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Остап(Ukrainian)
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.
Otso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OT-so
Means "bear" in Finnish.
Ottilie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: aw-TEE-lyə
Ozias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ὀζίας(Ancient Greek)
Parastoo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پرستو(Persian)
Means "swallow (bird)" in Persian.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Prudenzio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: proo-DEHN-tsyo
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.
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.
Queralt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: kə-RAL
From the name of a Spanish sanctuary (in Catalonia) that is devoted to the Virgin
Mary.
Quirin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: kvee-REEN
Quirine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
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
Raiyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare), Indonesian
Other Scripts: راية(Arabic)
Means "banner, ensign, flag" in Arabic.
Remiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
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".
Reza
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: رضا(Persian)
Pronounced: reh-ZAW
Rohese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
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.
Roya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: رویا(Persian)
Derived from Persian رویا (royâ) meaning "dream", of Arabic origin.
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-).
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".
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".
Rushda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رشدى(Arabic)
Pronounced: ROOSH-da
Sabah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish
Other Scripts: صباح(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-BAH(Arabic)
Means "morning" in Arabic and Turkish.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Samra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سمراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sam-RA
Means "brunette" in Arabic.
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.
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.
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).
Selamawit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic, Ethiopian
Other Scripts: ሲላማዊት(Amharic)
Selvaggia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: sehl-VAD-ja
Means "wild" in Italian.
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.
Sevda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means
"love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic
سوداء (sawda) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness".
Shaghayegh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شقایق(Persian)
Pronounced: sha-ghaw-YEGH
Means "poppy" in Persian.
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.
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.
Shamsuddin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Bengali, Malay
Other Scripts: شَمس الدين(Arabic) শামসুদ্দিন(Bengali)
Pronounced: sham-sad-DEEN(Arabic)
Shifra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: שִׁפְרָה(Hebrew)
Shinji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 真司, 真二, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しんじ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEEN-JEE
From Japanese
真 (shin) meaning "real, genuine" combined with
司 (ji) meaning "officer, boss" or
二 (ji) meaning "two". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
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".
Shō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 翔, 奨, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しょう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHO
From Japanese
翔 (shō) meaning "soar, glide" or
奨 (shō) meaning "prize, reward". Other kanji with identical pronunciations can also form this name.
Shokoufeh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: شکوفه(Persian)
Means "blossom" in Persian.
Solomiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Соломія(Ukrainian)
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.
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.
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.
Stoyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Стоян(Bulgarian)
Derived from Bulgarian
стоя (stoya) meaning
"to stand, to stay".
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.
Sufyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Urdu
Other Scripts: سفيان(Arabic) سفیان(Urdu)
Pronounced: soof-YAN(Arabic) SOOF-yan(Indonesian)
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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.
Sulamita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Russian
Other Scripts: Сулами́фь(Russian)
Spanish, Portuguese and Russian form of
Shulammite.
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".
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.
Taghi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: تقی(Persian)
Pronounced: ta-GHEE
Tajallah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Means "crown of Allah", derived from Arabic تاج
(taj) meaning "crown" combined with
Allah.
Tamaz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: თამაზ(Georgian)
Tarja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAHR-yah
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".
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.
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.
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.
Thyrse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Tomiris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Tajik
Other Scripts: Томирис(Kazakh, Tajik)
Tòng
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: TOWNGM
From Sino-Vietnamese 松 (tòng) meaning "pine tree, fir tree" or 从 (tòng) meaning "follow".
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).
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).
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.
Tranquilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
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".
Tyko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Archaic)
Tyyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TUY-neh
Derived from Finnish tyyni meaning "calm, serene".
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.
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.
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.
Valpuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHL-poo-ree
Vasant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: वसंत(Marathi) વસંત(Gujarati)
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.
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.
Veikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAYK-ko
From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".
Venuše
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: VEH-noo-sheh
Violo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian masculine form of
Violet.
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.
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.
Widad
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: وداد(Arabic)
Pronounced: wee-DAD
Means "love" in Arabic.
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.
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.
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.
Xaliima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Somali
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.
Xiadani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec
Meaning uncertain, said to mean "the flower that arrived" in Zapotec.
Yaghoub
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: یعقوب(Persian)
Yamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: يمينة, يامينا(Arabic)
Pronounced: ya-MEE-nah(Arabic) YA-MEE-NA(French)
Derived from Arabic يمين (yamin) meaning "right hand, oath".
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).
Yauheniya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Яўгенія(Belarusian)
Yefrem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ефрем(Russian)
Pronounced: yi-FRYEHM, i-FRYEHM
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.
Yezekael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Yocheved
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יוֹכֶבֶד(Hebrew)
Pronounced: yo-KHEH-vehd(Hebrew)
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).
Ziri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵣⵉⵔⵉ(Tifinagh) زيري(Arabic)
Means
"moonlight" in Tamazight
[1].
Zirtze
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
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.
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.
Zygmunt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ZIG-moont
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