Lady_Skywalker's Personal Name List

Form of Zoe in several languages.

Feminine of Ziri.

From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah), derived from צִפּוֹר (tzippor) meaning "bird". In the Old Testament this is the name of the Midianite wife of Moses. She was the daughter of the priest Jethro.

Means "golden" in Turkish.

Upper German short form of Luzei and Surselvan Romansh variant of Zia.

From Ζακχαῖος (Zakchaios), the Greek form of Zaccai. According to the New Testament, Zacchaeus was a tax collector who climbed a tree in order to catch a glimpse of Jesus, then gave half of his possessions to charity.

Variant of Isemay.

Derived from Cornish ysel "modest". This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Variant of Isabeau.

Variant of Yasmin.

Diminutive of Yana.

Middle English form of Wigheard.

Transferred use of the surname Wyler.

Transferred use of the surname Wyeth.

Elaboration of Wren using the popular name suffix ley.

Variant of Gwenneg.

Combination of Wesley and Lyn.

From a German and Dutch surname that was derived from the given name Wendel. In America this name has been given in honour of the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894) and his son the Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935). The elder's middle name came from his mother's maiden name (which had been brought to America by a Dutch ancestor in the form Wendel, with the extra l added later).

Diminutive of Vivienne. William John Locke used this name for the title character in his novel Viviette (1910).

Feminine form of Vergilius (see Virgil). This is the name of Coriolanus' wife in Shakespeare's play of the same name.

Meaning uncertain. This name might possibly be an Old Norse cognate of Winand.

From a Brazilian surname, itself derived from the Dutch surname Van Der Leij. One bearer of this name is Brazilian professional footballer or soccer player Vanderley Dias Marinho (1987-), also known as Derley.

This name and its variants Wanderley, Wanderlei and Vanderlei are not uncommon in Brazil. Other bearers of the name include former mixed martial artist Wanderlei Silva (1976-) and former soccer players Wanderley Paiva (1946-) and Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1952-).

From Old Norse valr "those slain in battle" (also found in the place name Valhalla and the word valkyrja) combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor).

Snorri Sturluson calls Váli a son of Loki and brother of Nari in chapter 50 of the Prose Edda. Other sources say he was a son of Odin and the giantess Rindr.

Scottish Gaelic form of Úna.

Variant of Ulla-Maj.

Hebrew form of Zipporah.

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Trygve.

Cognate of Thomasina.

Feminine form of Tobias.

Meaning "Goodness of God" this name was born by two men in the Bible.

Anglicized form of Tighearnán.

Anglicized form of Þráinn.

Tolkien used this name for two characters. Thráin I, son of Náin I, was the king of Durin's Folk and founder of the Kingdom under the Mountain. Thráin II, son of Thrór, was the king of Durin's Folk and the father of Thorin Oakenshield. Tolkien took the name from the Dvergatal "Catalogue of Dwarves" in the Völuspá, a part of the Poetic Edda.

Derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with veig "strength".

Transferred use of the surname Thornley.

A known bearer of this name was the Irish surgeon and anatomist Sir Thornley Stoker (1845-1912), who was the eldest brother of the famous Irish novelist Bram Stoker (1847-1912).

Elaboration of Thore.

Feminine form of Thomas.

Thessaly is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. This name is borne by Thessaly Lerner, American stage, film and voice actress.

Old German form of Theodoric.

Transferred use of the surname Thayer.

East Frisian short form of names containing the name element þeudō "people".

From an English surname that meant "son of Tenney", Tenney being a medieval form of Denis. A notable bearer of the surname was the British poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), commonly called Lord Tennyson after he became a baron in 1884.

Medieval diminutive of Denis.

Derived from Erzya телень (telenʹ) meaning "of winter", itself a derivative of теле (tele) "winter".

Anglicized form of Tadhg. This name is also used as a slang term for an Irish Catholic.

Diminutive of Tam 1. Tam Lin was the subject of an Anglo-Scottish border ballad (first recorded in 'The Complaynt of Scotland', 1549), a man abducted by the Queen of the Fairies and rescued at long last by his true love.

Anglicized form of the Old Irish name Taileflaith, Tuileflaith or Tuilelaith, probably from tuile "abundance" and flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess". This was the name of an early saint, an abbess of Kildare.

Diminutive of Nutala, the Romansh form of Natalia.

Variant spelling of Silvère. A known bearer of this name is the French literary critic and cultural theorist Sylvère Lotringer (b. 1938).

Transferred use of the surname Syler.

From the Old English name Swiðhun or Swiþhun, derived from swiþ "strong" and perhaps hun "bear cub". Saint Swithin was a 9th-century bishop of Winchester.

Transferred use of the surname Sutter.

Old Norse form of Sunniva.

From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English sumor. It has been in use as a given name since the 1970s.

From Latin stella "star" and luna "moon" (compare Stella 1, Luna), used for the title character - a fruit bat - in the popular children's picture book 'Stellaluna' (1993). American television actress Ellen Pompeo gave her daughter the variant Stella Luna in 2009.

Romanian feminine form of Stylianos.

Anglicized form and modern Swedish form of Solveig.

Means "sun lily", derived from Old Norse sól "sun" and lilja "lily". Also compare Sól and Lilja.

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

From the Old Norse elements sól "sun" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved". This name was coined in the 19th century.

Means "buttercup (flower)" in Icelandic (genus Ranunculus), derived from sól "sun" and ey "island".

Transferred use of the surname Snowden.

Used by Shakespeare, possibly from the Hebrew name Shelach, for the primary antagonist in his play The Merchant of Venice (1596). Shylock is a Jewish moneylender who demands a pound of Antonio's flesh when he cannot repay his loan. Subsequent to the play, the name has been used as an ethnic slur for a Jewish person and a slang term for a loan shark.

Used by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle for his character Sherlock Holmes, who was a detective in Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887. The character's name was from an English surname meaning "shear lock", originally referring to a person with closely cut hair.

Short form of Shepherd.

From the Hebrew name שָֽׂרַח (Serach) meaning "abundance". In the Old Testament this is the name of Asher's daughter, Jacob's granddaughter.

Greek form of Zipporah.

Romanized Celtic name, in which the first element is ultimately from the Indo-European root *sen meaning "old" (the second element, uaro, is uncertain, possibly meaning "war"). It was found scratched onto a metal "curse tablet" (c.2nd-century) at the temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath (Somerset, South West England). The masculine form Senovarus is also attested.

Latin form of Zipporah.

Variant of Sealy.

Feminine variant of Scotland, using the popular name suffix -Lyn.

From the name of the country Scotland, meaning "land of the Scots", from Latin Scoti meaning "Gaelic speaker".

From a Dutch surname meaning "scholar". Dutch settlers brought the surname to America, where it was subsequently adopted as a given name in honour of the American general and senator Philip Schuyler (1733-1804) [1].

From an English surname meaning "sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

Very rare as an American given name before 1980, it increased in popularity in the 1980s and 90s. It got a boost in 2004 after the debut of the television series Lost, which featured a character by this name.

Derived from the Old Norse elements rún "secret lore, rune" and herr "army, warrior". This name did not exist in Old Norse, but was created in the modern era.

Means "rose" in Breton.

Cognate of Roselle.

Feminine form of Rosius.

Combination of Rosen and Cornish gwynn "fair, white, blessed". This is a modern Cornish name.

Feminine form of Rosendo.

Combination of Rose and May, possibly used as a diminutive of Rosemary or Rosemarie.

German contraction of Rose and Lene and Haitian form of Roselène.

Presumably an altered form of Rhodanthe, using the Latin element rosa (compare Rose) as opposed to the Greek rhodon (compare Rhoda). The name was (first?) used by Welsh writer Ann Julia Hatton for a character in her popular Gothic novel 'Deeds of Olden Times' (1826). It was also used by Eliza Rennie in her poetic sketch 'The Myrtle Branch' (1828).

Possibly an elaborated form of Rosa 1 or Rosalie.

Hispanic variant of Rosalia.

Combination of Rosa 1 and Beth.

Combination of Rosa 1 and the common name suffix bel, inspired by Latin bella "beautiful". This name was created in the 18th century.

Transferred use of the surname Roper.

Medieval form of Rhiwallon used in the early German versions of the Tristan legend, where it belongs to Tristan's father, the king of Parmenie.

Finnish, Estonian, Macedonian and Serbian short form of Christopher.

From a surname that was derived from the name of various English towns, from Old English rippel "grove, thicket" and leah "clearing". A famous fictional bearer is the character Ellen Ripley (usually only called by her surname) from the Alien series of movies, beginning 1979.

From an English surname that was originally derived from various place names meaning either "reed clearing" or "channel clearing" in Old English.

From Old Welsh Ris, probably meaning "ardour, enthusiasm". Several Welsh rulers have borne this name, including the 12th-century Rhys ap Gruffydd who fought against the invading Normans.

Variant of Reina 1.

Short form of Theresa or Teresa.

One of the main characters in Cornelia Funke's 'Inkheart' Trilogy, Meggie's mother, bears this name.

Transferred use the surname Renner.

Transferred use of the surname Renley.

Means "Yahweh has adorned, bedecked" in Hebrew. This is the name of a minor character in the Old Testament, the father of Pekah, king of Israel.

Diminutive of Reine.

Means "queen" in Spanish.

From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), probably from a Semitic root meaning "join, tie, snare". This is the name of the wife of Isaac and the mother of Esau and Jacob in the Old Testament. It came into use as an English Christian name after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular with the Puritans in the 17th century. It has been consistently used since then, becoming especially common in the second half of the 20th century.

This name is borne by a Jewish woman in Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe (1819), as well as the title character (who is deceased and unseen) in Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca (1938).

Extremely rare (and supposedly newly coined) name meaning "little star" in Irish, from the Irish word réalta, meaning "star", with a diminutive suffix (-án).

Either an elaboration of Raven, or else from the name of the city of Ravenna in Italy.

Likely an elaboration of Raven, though it is also a flowering plant and a very small village in Greece.

From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English hræfn. The raven is revered by several Native American groups of the west coast. It is also associated with the Norse god Odin.

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Райна (see Rayna 1).

From an Irish surname, itself derived from the given name Rabhartach meaning "flood tide".

Transferred use of the surname Quinley.

Derived from Greek φαεινός (phaeinos) meaning "shining". According to some Greek myths this was the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Short form of Patience.

Medieval diminutive of Patrick.

Meaning uncertain, possibly "lion of God" or "strength of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is a nephew or brother of Caleb who becomes the first of the ruling judges of the Israelites.

Name of a 6th century Irish saint buried at Berus (Saarland, Germany). The name can be interpreted as a feminine form of Oran.

Transferred use of the surname Onslow.

Variant of Oakley using the popular name suffix lyn.

Means "night" in Latin. Nox is the Roman goddess of the night, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Nyx.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a feminine form of Noll inspired by Lola. It has been most common in Australia and New Zealand, especially in the first half of the 20th century.

From an English surname meaning "noble, notable". The name can also be given in direct reference to the English word noble.

This is the name of masculine shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology, who apparently derive their name from Proto-Germanic nikwus or nikwis(i) "wash". See also Nixe for the female counterpart(s).

Means "she who weeps" from Quenya nie "tear". According to 'The Silmarillion', Nienna is a Vala (angelic being) who constantly mourns all terrible things, though from her is learned not despair but mercy, compassion and hope. It has also been suggested that her name consists of two elements, nie combined with anna "gift", in which case it may refer to the charismatic "gift of tears" in Catholic theology.

Transferred use of the surname Nickson.

Variant of Nina 1, also coinciding with the Spanish word nena meaning "baby girl".

Afrikaans and Norwegian short form of Cornelius.

Skolt Sami cognate of Nataliya.

Narvi is one of the sons of Loki and Sigyn. At the end of the epic poem "Lokasenna" Narvi is said to be the brother of Nari, while in Snorri Sturlusson's Prose Edda Narvi is another name for Nari.

Nari is one of the sons of Loki and Sigyn. At the end of the epic poem "Lokasenna" Nari is said to be the brother of Narvi (also written as Narfi), while Sturlusson's Prose Edda uses Narvi as another name for Nari and names Váli as his brother.

Derived from the Surselvan Romansh word nair (ner in other Romansh variants) "black; dark".

Derived from Hindi naina "eyes".

From the Basque name of the Spanish city of Nájera, which is Arabic in origin. In the 12th century there was a reported apparition of the Virgin Mary in a nearby cave.

Means "wave, sea foam" in Basque.

Means "incantation, dirge" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of funerals.

Anglicized form of Máire, itself an Irish form of Mary. It is a phonetic variation in which the 'r' is silent.

Famous bearers of the name include Irish songstress Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin, of the band Clannad, and Moya Doherty, the Irish co-creator and producer of the theatrical dance production Riverdance.

Means "servant of Marduk" in Persian. In the Old Testament Mordecai is the cousin and foster father of Esther. He thwarted a plot to kill the Persian king, though he made an enemy of the king's chief advisor Haman.

Shortened version or nickname of Mirabelle, Mirabella, or Miriam in various languages.

It was used by Shannon Hale in her fantasy novel The Princess Academy, in which the main character was named this. She was named for the small, sturdy pink 'miri flowers' that bloomed on mountains, therefore in that context the name meant "flower".

Possibly a Lithuanian form of the Slavic Militsa

Originally a diminutive of names containing the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear". It can also be derived from Czech and Slovak mladá meaning "young", ultimately from Old Slavic *moldŭ.

Means "chief" in Chickasaw.

From a Welsh surname that was originally derived from the given name Meurig.

Anglicized form of the traditional Irish name Mealla which itself is derived from Old Irish mell "mild; pleasant".

Mealla was a sister of Saint Kevin.

Diminutive of Emélie.

Variant of Mila or diminutive of names ending or beginning in mela (Example Pamela or Melanie).

From the name of a town in southern France, said to derive from Occitan mair "mother" and French lys "lily". It is also sometimes considered a combination of Marie and lys.

Variant of Maila.

Possibly a variant of Majella or a combination of May and Ella 1.

Harper Lee used this name in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).

Variant of Maida.

Combination of May and Beth. A famous bearer of this name is American actress Maybeth Carr (Born: May 4, 1912, Died: December 27, 1996).

Derived from the English word maverick meaning "independent". The word itself is derived from the surname of a 19th-century Texas rancher who did not brand his calves.

French borrowing and Corsican Gallicized form of Mattea.

Finnish form of Magdalene.

Dutch diminutive of Maria.

Variant of Margalit.

Southern German variant of Marie. Sometimes, rarely though, also used as a diminutive form of Maria.

German variant of Marei and Afrikaans variant of Maria.

Anglicized form of Mainchín.

Combination of Maj, which is either a diminutive of Maja or taken directly from maj the Swedish name for the month of May, and Lis.

Means "little monk", derived from Old Irish manach "monk" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by two early saints.

Danish and Norwegian diminutive of Maria.

This name became popular after the Battle of Maida (1806), which took place near the Italian town of Maida and ended in a victory for Britain. In 18th- and 19th-century America it was used as a diminutive of both Madeline and Magdalena. It is also associated with the English word maid meaning "maiden, virgin, girl".

This was the name of Sir Walter Scott's favorite dog, a male deerhound named after the Battle of Maida. It was also borne by the heroine of Inez Haynes Irwin's 19th-century Maida Westabrook series of children's books (now obscure).

From Tupi maya arya meaning "great-grandmother".

Basque form of Magdalene.

Derived from the Old Norse element magn meaning "power, strength". In Norse mythology this name is borne by a son of Thor and the giant Járnsaxa.

Old Church Slavic form of Magdalene, as well as a Bulgarian variant form.

Older form of Maiken.

Elaboration of Maeve.

Transferred use of the surname Macklin.

Feminine form of Lysandros (see Lysander).

The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).

Lylie was first recorded as a diminutive of Elizabeth in 13th century England.
It was later, in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries, revived as a diminutive of Eliza.

Perhaps related to Old Icelandic lúta "to lout, bow down; to kneel in Christian worship; to pay homage to".

Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.

Russian form of Lucinus via its hellenized form Loukinos. Also compare Lutsin.

Form of Lucas (see Luke) in several languages.

Means "favour of the people" from the Slavic elements ľudŭ "people" and milŭ "gracious, dear". Saint Ludmila was a 10th-century duchess of Bohemia, the grandmother of Saint Václav. She was murdered on the orders of her daughter-in-law Drahomíra.

As a Russian name, this is an alternate transcription of Людмила (usually rendered Lyudmila).

Polish form of Lucina.

Variant of Lucilia.

Feminine form of Lucilius.

Roman family name that was derived from the Roman praenomen Lucius. Lucianus (or Λουκιανός in his native Greek) of Samosata was a 2nd-century satirist and author. This name was also borne by a 4th-century saint and martyr from Antioch.

Italian and Romanian form of Lucas (see Luke). This name was borne by Luca della Robbia, a Renaissance sculptor from Florence.

Transferred use of the surname Loxley.

Latinate elaboration of Louise.

Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Leonora and Léonore.

From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from a place in Ayrshire meaning "little hollow" (from Gaelic lag "hollow, pit" combined with a diminutive suffix). This name started slowly rising on the American popularity charts in the mid-1970s, perhaps partly inspired by the movie Logan's Run (1976). The comic book character Wolverine, alias Logan, was also introduced around the same time.

The name has been very common throughout the English-speaking world since end of the 20th century. In the United States it reached a high point in 2017, when it ranked as the fifth most popular name for boys.

Variant of Loxley.

Feminine and variant male spelling of Lachlan.

Variant of Lochlainn.

Variant of Lochlann.

Derived from Arabic لَيِّن (layyin) meaning "soft, tender, delicate".

Form of the Gaelic name Lí Ban, meaning "beauty of women". It belonged to two characters in Irish myth, one a mermaid captured in Lough Neagh in 558, according to the 'Annals of the Four Masters' (see also Muirgen).

Variant of both Lina 2 and Linn.

Variant of Lincoln.

Short form of Lincoln. This is the name of the hero in the Legend of Zelda video game series (first appearing in 1986), derived from the English word link meaning "link, connection". He is called リンク (Rinku) in Japanese.

From an English surname that was originally from the name of an English city, called Lindum Colonia by the Romans, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". This name is usually given in honour of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president of the United States during the American Civil War.

Short form of Lincoln.

Possibly an elaboration of Lillie. This was the real name of Lita Grey.

Sardinian and Galician form of Leonora.

Italian short form of Eleanor.

In the case of the East Prussian German name, Lelija is not a derivative of Ancient Roman Laelia.
The name is derived from either Old Prussian lelija, lėlijates "lily" or else from Prussian-Lithuanian lelius "buttercup".

Italian form of Laelia.

Northern Sami variant of Lea.

Short form of Eleanora.

Irish form of Helen.

Variant of Lachlan.

Germanic name derived from the elements lant "land" and rih "ruler, king".

Variant of Landric.

Elaboration of Lake. The (female) character Laken Lockridge was introduced to the American soap opera Santa Barbara in 1984.

Latinization of Old Norse Hlaðgerðr. According to legend, Lagertha was a Viking shield-maiden from what is now Norway and the first wife of the legendary viking Ragnar Lodbrok (Ragnarr Loðbrók).

Anglicized form of Lachlann, the Scottish Gaelic form of Lochlainn. In the English-speaking world, this name was especially popular in Australia towards the end of the 20th century.

Possibly a form of Kynon, the legendary son of Clydno in the Mabinogion. Means "Chief."

Danish variant of Christian.

Variant of Corbin.

Meaning uncertain. Could be a contraction or diminutive of the Mitanni name Tadukhipa, or possibly a variant of the Ancient Egyptian word for "monkey". Mitanni was an Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from c.1500 BCE – c.1300 BCE.

Kiya was a wife of Akhenaten. Her titles of "The Favorite" and "The Greatly Beloved," but never of "Heiress" or "Great Royal Wife" suggest she was not of royal Egyptian blood.

Meaning uncertain. This name may possibly be a combination of the names Kip and Lyn or transferred usage of the surname Kiplin.

From an English surname that was from a place name meaning "Cyppel's people". The surname was borne by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), a British novelist born in India who wrote The Jungle Book and other works.

From a nickname, probably from the English word kipper meaning "male salmon".

From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Fhionnlaigh, itself derived from the given name Fionnlagh.

Transferred use of the surname Kiernan.

Crown of Pure Brilliance or Shining One

Medieval German diminutive of Katharina.

Transferred use of the surname Kerrigan.

Transferred use of the surname Kepler.

Rose in prominence as a first name following the rise of German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Kepler.

Short form of Mackenzie.

Variant of Keegan.

Anglicized form of Caolán.

From an English surname that was derived from a few different place names (see the surname Keaton).

Variant of Keegan.

Courage strong brave kind feline

Belarusian form of Katherine.

Variant of Katia.

Breton form of Katherine.

Variant of Cassius used in 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'.

Variant of Camber.

Masculine form of Kalina.

Anglicized form of Giulietta or Juliette. This spelling was used for the ill-fated lover of Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet (1596) by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare based his story on earlier Italian tales such as Giulietta e Romeo (1524) by Luigi Da Porto.

It is the first name of the character of Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Made up by the creators of those films, his name is probably a play on the phrase "You're joshing me!".

Dutch and Frisian form of George.

Cotentinais Norman form of George.

Variant of Jordana.

Feminine form of Jordan.

Probably a shortened form of Jaazaniah, meaning “Jehovah Has Given Ear”. Jezaniah was a chief of the Judean military force among those submitting to Gedaliah’s brief administration in 607 B.C.E. (Jer 40:8, 9; 42:1) Jezaniah is also called Azariah (Jer 43:2) and Jaazaniah.—2Ki 25:23

Variant of Yesenia.

Variant of Yesenia.

Variant of Jane.

Short form of names beginning with the sound J, such as James or Jason. It was originally used in America in honour of founding father John Jay (1749-1825), whose surname was derived from the jaybird.

From the surname Janson.

Elaborated form of Jane, influenced by Vanessa.

Means "right hand" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Simeon.

Variant of Jankin.

Means "perceptive" in Hebrew. This name was borne by two kings of Hazor in the Old Testament.

Combination of the Old Norse name elements íss "ice" (compare Icelandic ís) and veig "power; strength".

Combination of the Old Norse name elements íss "ice" (compare Icelandic ís) and sól "sun".

Combination of the Old Norse name elements íss "ice" (compare Icelandic ís) and rún "secret; secret lore".

Diminutive of Italian Isola and Catalan and Galician Isolda.

Old Norse combination of íss 'ice' and ulfr 'wolf'.

Variant of Isemay, an Anglo-Norman name of uncertain origin and meaning. It was also recorded in medieval Ireland on women born into Anglo-Norman families.

Derived from Old Norse íss "ice" and leikr "game, play".

Derived from Old Norse íss "ice" and leifr "heir, descendant".

Derived from Old Norse íss meaning "ice on sea" or "ice on water" and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".

Perhaps from a hypothetic Germanic name like *Ismegi or *Ismagi, *Ismagin, which would mean "iron strength" from isan, itself from îsarn "iron" (see Isanbrand; however, the first element could also be îs "ice") combined with magan "strength, might". Isemay was first recorded in England around the 13th century.

Derived from Old Norse íss meaning "ice" and eldr meaning "fire".

Combination of the Old Norse name elements íss "ice" (compare Icelandic ís) and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Combination of Old Norse íss "ice" and herr "army".

Of uncertain origin and meaning, although theories include a combination of Isabella and Susannah. This name was first recorded in the Boston area in the early 1700s and famously borne by one of Paul Revere's daughters who died in infancy. It was later used by Esther Forbes in her 1943 historical fiction novel Johnny Tremain.

Latinized form of Isandros. This was the name of a man killed by the god Ares in Homer's "Iliad".

Cognate of Isabea.

Norman form Isabelle.

Romanian feminine form of John.

Meaning unknown.

The name of a lake, municipality, and village in Finland (Aanaar in the Inari Sami language). Their names are derived from the name of the Inari Sami people who live in the area around Lake Inari.

Obsolescent variant of Elisabeth and Ilsabe, traditionally predominantly found in the north of Germany as well as in Denmark.

Old German variant of Elisabeth (see also Elzebe).

Feminine form of Iliya.

Medieval English form of Old English *Idmæg.

Apparently a combination of Ice and the popular name suffix lyn, perhaps influenced by Iceland.
In some cases it might be a (nonphonetic) English rendering of the Irish name Aislinn (cf. Acelynn) or the Norwegian Iselin.

Old Norse form of Holger.

Elaboration of Holly using the popular name suffix lyn.

Transferred use of the surname Hollister.

From the name of geographic places called Holland 1, or transferred usage of the surname Holland 1.

Old Norse and Icelandic form of Liv 1.

The name of the protagonist of the "How to train your dragon" franchise.

Variant of Hesperia.

Variant spelling of Hennessy.

Derives from Finnish word helinä, which means "jingle" in Finnish. It may possibly have been used also as a variant of Helena.

Helinä is also Tinker Bell's Finnish name.

Diminutive of Helena. In Estonian this coincides with the word heli meaning "sound".

An alternate form of Hel. This is the form used by Marvel for their version of the Norse goddess.

Means "winebearer, dispenser" in Welsh. According to the Second Branch of the Mabinogi [1] he was one of only seven warriors to return from Brân's invasion of Ireland.

Transferred use of the surname Halen.

Derived from the Old German element hag meaning "enclosure" (Proto-Germanic *hagô). In the medieval German saga the Nibelungenlied he is the cunning half-brother of Gunther. He killed the hero Siegfried by luring him onto a hunting expedition and then stabbing him with a javelin in his one vulnerable spot.

Breton form of Harvey.

Variant of Gwennina.

Transferred use of the surname Gulliver. First used in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, published 1726, as the surname of the protagonist Lemuel Gulliver.

Transferred use of the surname Grantley.

Transferred use of the surname Granger.

Means "god's ruler", derived from Old English god combined with ric "ruler, king". This name died out a few centuries after the Norman Conquest.

Feminine form of Generosus. This name was borne by Generosa of Scillium, a martyr and saint from the 2nd century.

Ganon is a fictional character and a commonly reoccurring antagonist of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series.

Transferred use of the surname Gannon.

Anglicized form of Fríða.

The first element of this name is derived from Old Norse freyja, which means "lady" but can also refer to the goddess Freya. The second element is derived from Old Norse dís "goddess, priestess."

English form of the Late Latin name Franciscus meaning "Frenchman", ultimately from the Germanic tribe of the Franks, who were named for a type of spear that they used (Proto-Germanic *frankô). This name was borne by the 13th-century Saint Francis of Assisi, who was originally named Giovanni but was given the nickname Francesco by his father, an admirer of the French. Francis went on to renounce his father's wealth and devote his life to the poor, founding the Franciscan order of friars. Later in his life he apparently received the stigmata.

Due to the renown of the saint, this name became widespread in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. However, it was not regularly used in Britain until the 16th century. Famous bearers include Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), a missionary to East Asia, the philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the explorer and admiral Francis Drake (1540-1595), and Pope Francis (1936-).

In the English-speaking world this name is occasionally used for girls, as a variant of the homophone Frances.

Derived from Old Norse flóki "tuft of hair" or "outspoken man".

Short form of various given names that are derived from surnames beginning with Norman French fitz meaning "son of" (for example Fitzroy).

Derived from Italian and Corsican fiore "flower".

Diminutive of Fionn. This was the name of an early Irish saint.

Icelandic form of Finnbjǫrn.

Means "proud" in Esperanto.

Variant of Fenja.

Transferred use of the surname Fenwick.

Transferred used of the surname Fenley.

Transferred use of the surname Fenimore, an English surname which was originally a nickname derived from Old French fin "fine, splendid" and amour "love".

From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "fern clearing" in Old English. A notable bearer of this name was Canadian author Farley Mowat (1921-2014).

Norman feminine name of unknown etymology, possibly linked to the given name Isolde.

Old Norse name of obscure origin, possibly from Proto-Norse *auja "good fortune, gift, (luck) giver" or *aiwa "always".
This also coincides with the Icelandic word eyja meaning "island", from Old Icelandic ey (which 'is also used as a poetic circumlocution for "woman", and in poetical diction ey is personified as a goddess, the sea being her girdle, the glaciers her headgear').
However, according to the Cleasby-Vigfússon dictionary, while -ey (as in Bjargey, Laufey, Þórey) could be connected to the Old Icelandic word ey "island", this name element comes from a different source when it appears in the first position (as Ey- or, before a vowel, Eyj-).

Anglicized form of Eòghann.

Meaning uncertain, perhaps a feminine form of Everard. This was borne by Clara Everina Wollstonecraft (1765-1841), a younger sister of English philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.

Anglicized form of Aibhne.

Latinized form of Euenor. This name was borne by a Greek painter from the 5th century BC.

In Greek mythology, this is the name of several characters, one of which is the ancestor of the kings that ruled the legendary island of Atlantis.

From the Hebrew name חַוָּה (Chawwah), which was derived from the Hebrew word חָוָה (chawah) meaning "to breathe" or the related word חָיָה (chayah) meaning "to live". According to the Old Testament Book of Genesis, Eve and Adam were the first humans. God created her from one of Adam's ribs to be his companion. At the urging of a serpent she ate the forbidden fruit and shared some with Adam, causing their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Despite this potentially negative association, the name was occasionally used by Christians during the Middle Ages. In the English-speaking world both Eve and the Latin form Eva were revived in the 19th century, with the latter being more common.

Anglicized form of Iomhar.

Short form of Henrietta and other names that end with etta. A famous bearer was the American singer Etta James (1938-2012), who took her stage name from her real given name Jamesetta.

Variant of Eithne.

Combination of Ethel and May.

Combination of Ethel and Mae.

English form of the Germanic name Adallinda. The name was very rare in medieval times, but it was revived in the early 19th century.

Variant of Adelind. Ethelind was the name of one of Charlemagne's concubines.

Short form of names beginning with the Old English element æðele meaning "noble". It was coined in the 19th century, when many Old English names were revived. It was popularized by the novels The Newcomes (1855) by William Makepeace Thackeray and The Daisy Chain (1856) by C. M. Yonge. A famous bearer was American actress and singer Ethel Merman (1908-1984).

Variant of Asbjørn.

Perhaps derived from Old French esmer meaning "to like, love, respect". This was the name of an enchanted queen of Wales in Le Bel Inconnu (ca. 1185-90), an Old French Arthurian poem by Renaut de Bâgé. In the poem, Blonde Esmeree is transformed from a serpent back into a maiden by the hero Guinglain, also known as the Fair Unknown.

Maculine form of Esja.

From the name of a mountain range in Iceland, itself derived from Old Norse esja, which denoted a kind of clay. This name occurs in the Kjalnesinga saga belonging to a rich widow among Irish settlers, but her name was probably derived from that of the mountain.

Variant of Asbjørn.

Variant of Esmé.

The male name Eri comes from the Hebrew meaning "my guardian" or "my awake one".
In the Old Testament, Eri was one of Gad's sons.

Anglicized form of Eithne.

From the Hebrew name חֲנוֹך (Chanokh) meaning "dedicated". In Genesis in the Old Testament this is the name of the son of Cain. It is also the name of a son of Jared and the father of Methuselah, who was the supposed author of the apocryphal Books of Enoch.

Swedish and Norwegian form of Emmerich.

Variant of Elsebe.

A cousin of Guinevere who was imprisoned by Claudas for suspected espionage. He refused to release her and this led to war with Arthur.

A medieval form of Elizabeth used in the 13th-century Prose Tristan and its adaptations, where it belongs to the mother of Tristan.

From the name of Hamlet's castle, which is an anglicized form of Helsingør, a Danish place name meaning "neck, narrow strait" (see Elsinore). Use of this place name as a feminine personal name is likely due to its similarity to Eleanor and Elsa.

Probably an invented name. This is the name of an infant girl in the fantasy movie Willow (1988). Since the release of the movie the name has been steadily used, finally breaking into the top 1000 in the United States in 2015.

Italian form of Eloise.

Contracted form of Eleanora.

Icelandic form of Elizabeth. It originated as a "Nordicized" form of Yelizaveta, the original Russian name of the 11th-century Rus' princess (daughter of the Kievan ruler Yaroslav) who married King Haraldr III of Norway.

A short form of Ellery or Eleanor.

Variant of Eljena.

Jèrriais form of Elizabeth.

Variant of Elisiv, the Old Swedish form of the Russian name Yelizaveta.

Old Norse form of the Christian name Helen. Elína occurs in 'Landnámabók' (in ch. 63) belonging to a daughter of king Burisláv.

From the name of a Welsh river, also called the Leri, of unknown meaning. This was also the name of a 7th-century Welsh saint (masculine).

Combination of the Old Norse name elements eldr "fire" and lilja "lily". This is also the Nordic name of a Chinese lily (flower, Lat. Lilium davidii).

Combination of the Old Norse name elements eir "protection; peace; calm; help; mercy; benignity" and ný "new moon, waxing moon" or nýr "new; young; fresh".

Combination of the Old Norse name elements eir "protection; peace; calm; help; mercy; benignity" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Allegedly derived from Old Irish óiph "semblance; appearance; beauty". It is also treated as an Irish form of Helen, although it is sometimes anglicized as Evelyn.

Variant of Eachann.

Greek form of Draco.

Transferred use from the surname Donnelly.

Variant of Donal.

Composed of the old Celtic element dumno "world" (compare Donald) combined with a diminutive suffix. This was borne by a disciple of Saint Briec.

Anglicized form of Domhnall (see Donald).

Transferred use of the surname Devery. A bearer of this name was Devery Freeman (1913-2005), an American screenwriter who also authored the novel "Father Sky: A Novel", upon which the 1981 film "Taps" was based.

Either from the occupational surname Deacon or directly from the vocabulary word deacon, which refers to a cleric in the Christian church (ultimately from Greek διάκονος (diakonos) meaning "servant").

From an English surname, which was derived either from the town of Dax in France or from the Old English given name Dæcca (of unknown meaning). The name was brought to public attention by the main character in the 1966 novel The Adventurers and its 1970 movie adaptation. It became popular in the 2010s due to its similarity to other names like Max and Jax.

Means "little blind one", from Irish dall "blind" combined with a diminutive suffix. The nickname was borne by an Irish poet saint of the 6th century.

Transferred use of the surname Cuyler.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Criomhthann, from Old Irish crimthan meaning "fox". A variant, Crimhthain, was the original name of Saint Columba.

Variant of Credence. This spelling likely influenced by the American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Variant of Cortlynn.

Variant of Coraline.

Means "brave counsel", derived from the Old German elements kuoni "brave" and rat "counsel, advice". This was the name of a 10th-century saint and bishop of Konstanz, in southern Germany. It was also borne by several medieval German kings and dukes, notably Conrad II, the first of the Holy Roman Emperors from the Salic dynasty. In England it was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, but has only been common since the 19th century when it was reintroduced from Germany.

Transferred use of the surname Connery.

Connery shares the same etymological roots as Conroy.

Variant of Connolly.

Anglicized form of Conlán.

From the English word for the wild flower, ultimately deriving from Old English clafre.

Late Roman feminine form of Claudianus. Claudiana was one of the Vestal Virgins.

Latinate form of Claudette.

Diminutive of Claude.

From the Latin title Clarensis, which belonged to members of the British royal family. The title ultimately derives from the name of the town of Clare in Suffolk. As a given name it has been in use since the 19th century.

Feminine form of Ciar. This is another name for Saint Ciar.

Transferred use of a Swedish surname Chrisander.

Derived from Hebrew כִּלְיוֹן "failing, pining". In the Book of Ruth, Chilion is mentioned as the youngest son of Elimelech of the tribe of Judah and his wife Naomi 1. He married the Moabite convert Orpah.

Means "holly" in Welsh. It appears briefly in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen [1], belonging to a son of Caw, but was not typically used as a given name until the 20th century.

Italian diminutive of Caterina.

French adaption of Russian Katya.

Dutch and Scandinavian form of Jasper. This is the name of a friendly ghost in an American series of cartoons and comic books (beginning 1945).

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cathasaigh, a patronymic derived from the given name Cathassach. This name can be given in honour of Casey Jones (1863-1900), a train engineer who sacrificed his life to save his passengers. In his case, Casey was a nickname acquired because he was raised in the town of Cayce, Kentucky.

Variant of Karsten.

Transferred use of the surname Carrick.

Transferred use of the surname Carr.

Combination of Cara and Lynn or a variant of Carolyn.

Variant of Carolee, or else a blend of Cara and Coralie (or Aurélie).

From a Scottish surname meaning "crooked mouth" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and beul "mouth".

Camber, or Kamber, was the legendary first king of Cambria, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth in the first part of his influential 12th-century pseudohistory Historia Regum Britanniae. According to Geoffrey, Cambria, the classical name for Wales, was named for him.

Variant of Callan.

Manx form of Ceallachán.

Variant of Kaia.

Sardinian form of Katherine.

From the Welsh place name Brynmawr meaning "great hill".

Transferred use of the surname Brolin.

Transferred use of the surname Britten.

Scandinavian short form of Birgitta.

Icelandic variant of Britt. This name was borne by Icelandic feminist Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir (1856-1940), founder of the first women's magazine in Iceland Kvennablaðið.

Variant of Breslin.

Transferred use of the surname Breslin.

From a surname that was derived from an English place name meaning "Bryni's town". Bryni was an Old English name meaning "fire".

Latinized form of a Celtic name (or title) that possibly meant either "king, prince" or "raven". Brennus was a Gallic leader of the 4th century BC who attacked and sacked Rome.

A diminutive of names with the element or sound of -bren-, such as Brenna or Brendan.

Variant of Brinley.

Derived from Irish brecc "freckled, speckled" combined with a diminutive suffix, making it a cognate of Brychan. This was a common name in early Ireland, borne by at least 13 saints.

Transferred use of the surname Breagan.

Derived from Gaelic breac "speckled, spotted" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 6th-century Irish saint who was famous as a healer.

Latinized form of Breage, from Cornish bregh "brave". The 5th-century Cornish saint Breage is also known as Breaca or Bray. Breage is also probably the source of the medieval Cornish name Braya.

K.M. Sheard writes, "The similarity to Bridget and Brigantia may not be coincidental; bregh comes ultimately from Celtic *briga- "might, power", the same potential derivation as Bridget. It is therefore not beyond the realms of possibility that St. Bray represents a survival of the worship of the goddess in Cornwall."

Icelandic and Faroese form of Brandr.

Combination of the Old Norse name elements brandr "(burning) log, pole; fire, torch; sword, swordblade" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

Irish byname, possibly derived from bradach meaning "thieving, roguish, spirited".

An earthbending character from the TV series "The Legend of Korra" bears this name.

From the name of the city in Germany, which is of uncertain meaning.

Benen was the name of the first Irish Bishop of Ireland, who was a follower of St. Patrick.

His name is said to be derived from Latin Benignus.

Created by L. M. Montgomery as the setting for her novel Anne of Green Gables (1908). She may have based the name on the Arthurian island of Avalon, though it also resembles the river name Avon and leah "woodland, clearing".

Breton form of Abel. In recent times, folk etymology likes to connect this name to Breton avel "wind".

From the name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.

From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.

Manx and Scots form of Olaf, from Old Norse Áleifr via Old Irish Amlaíb. This name used to be Anglicized as the etymologically unrelated Humphrey.

Norwegian form of Auðun.

Derived from the Germanic element auda "wealth, property" (also see Audovacar) combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler."

Athenry (Baile Áth an Rí) meaning "Town of the Ford of the King" is a town in County Galway, Ireland, which lies 25 kilometres east of Galway city.

Short form of Athanasios.

Directly taken from Icelandic askja "little box; caldera (of a vulcano)". The name is also related to the Old Norse name element askr "ash tree".

In Greek mythology, Arion is the name of a divine immortal talking horse, who is the son of the gods Poseidon and Demeter. In real life, this name was borne by a Greek singer and poet of Methymna on Lesbos, skilled at the cithara and inventor of the dithyramb. He is said to have lived at Periander's court in Corinth in the late 7th century B.C. A legend repeated by Herodotus tells how, having been thrown overboard by pirates, Arion was saved from the sea by a dolphin that had been charmed by his music. And, finally, Arion is also the name of several characters in popular culture, such the mystical hero of a DC comic book.

Modern Icelandic form of Arinbiǫrn.

Variant of Arigu.

Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".

From an English surname meaning "bowman, archer", of Old French origin. Although already slowly growing in popularity, this name accelerated its rise after the premiere of the American television series Archer in 2009.

Derived from Irish aoibh "smile, pleasant expression" and grian "sun". This name belonged to the daughter of Deirdre and Naoise in Longas Mac nUislenn (The Exile of the Sons of Uisnech), a story of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She was thought to marry Rinn, king of the Otherworld.