jfifles's Personal Name List

Variant transcription of Abd al-Khaliq.

Aberycusgentylis Balthropp, baptized 25 January 1648 in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England, was named in honour of the Italian-born Oxford professor and jurist Alberico Gentili (1552-1608) via the Latinized form of his name: Albericus Gentilis.

Indonesian form of Abhimanyu.

Feminine form of Abraham.

Feminine form of Abraham.

Combination of the names Achi and Shalom, meaning "my brother is a peace" or "my brother will bring peace" in Hebrew.

From the Italian adagio meaning "slowly, at ease", a word to indicate a musical composition should be played slowly.

Derived from Sanskrit आदित्यवर्मन् (adityavarman) meaning "protection of Aditya" or "protection of the sun", from the name of the Hindu god Aditya combined with Sanskrit वर्मन् (varman) meaning "armour, protection, shield". This was the name of a 14th-century Sumatran king who founded the Pagaruyung Kingdom.

Feminine form of Adolf.

Means "my lord" in Hebrew. This was the title used to refer to the God of the Israelites, Yahweh, whose name was forbidden to be spoken.

Old English, from Latin adventus ‘arrival’, from advenire, from ad- ‘to’ + venire ‘come’.

Latinized form of the Greek Aigyptos (Αἴγυπτος), derived from Amarna Hikuptah, which corresponds to Egyptian Ha(t)-ka-ptah "temple of the soul of Ptah". Historically one of the names of Memphis, it was taken by the Greeks to be the name of the whole country.

In Greek myth Aegyptus, a descendent of Io and Neilus, was the twin and enemy of Danaus, king of Argos. Aegyptus had 50 sons who all but one were slain by forty-nine of the fifty daughters of Danaus (the exceptions being Lynceus and Hypermnestra who married instead). He is said to have fled to Egypt, where he ruled as the eponym king.

Icelandic masculine form of Æsa. This is the name of a character in Norse mythology.

Turkish version of the name Aphrodite.

Albanian form of Aphrodite (via Greek Afroditi).

Combination of Ahmad with Shah.

Means "otter" in Nahuatl, derived from atl "water" and huitzotl "porcupine".

Borne by a ruler of the Aztecs from 1468 to 1502.

Hispanicized form of Einstein. Most frequently used in Argentina.

Inuktitut form of Alice.

From the name of the country in the Balkans, as well as various other places, perhaps ultimately from a pre-Indo-European word *alb meaning "hill" or from the Indo-European root *alb "white" (see Albus).

It can also be used as an elaboration of Alba (the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland) or a feminine form of Alban.

Alemania is an alternate Latin name for Germany (and the Spanish name of the country).

The name is not used in Germany itself and will probably be questioned by the registrar because some popular football clubs bear this name, e.g. Alemannia Aachen.

Means "German" in Portuguese.

Means "chief, royal" in Hawaiian.

Means "brave king" or "warrior king," from aliʻi meaning "chief, officer, ruler, monarch, peer, headman, king, commander" and koa meaning "soldier, warrior, fighter."

From the name of the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Α.

From Indonesian ambar meaning "amber", ultimately from Arabic عنبر ('anbar), or Sanskrit अम्बर (ambara) meaning "garment, sky" combined with the feminine suffix -wati.

Possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring". Anat was a goddess of fertility, hunting and war worshipped by the Semitic peoples of the Levant. She was the sister and consort of the god Hadad.

Combination of the name Ana and the feminine suffix -wati.

Means "Tuesday" (an archaic word) in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit अङ्गार (aṅgāra).

Means "New Year" in Spanish.

Feminine form of Antoine using the fashionable suffix -iece.

Feminization of Antoine by using the fashionable suffix -ique

Means "rainbow" in Hawaiian.

Derived from the name of the Greek goddess Artemis.

Means "lion of Allah", derived from Arabic أسد (ʾasad) meaning "lion" combined with الله (Allah).

Fijian form of Asenath.

Means "star", ultimately from Greek ἀστήρ (aster). This name has only been (rarely) used since the 20th century.

Icelandic form of Athena. Currently popular in Iceland.

Created by German author Michael Ende for the hero of his fantasy novel 'Die unendliche Geschichte' (1979; English: 'The Neverending Story'). The character is a boy warrior whose name is explained as meaning "son of all" in his fictional native language, given to him because he was raised by all of the members of his village after being orphaned as a newborn.

Anglicized variant of Atréju, which was created by German author Michael Ende for the hero of his fantasy novel 'Die unendliche Geschichte' (1979; English: 'The Neverending Story'). The character is a boy warrior whose name is explained as meaning "son of all" in his fictional native language, given to him because he was raised by all of the members of his village after being orphaned as a newborn.

Current usage is influenced by the name of a Californian metal-core band named after the hero in 'The neverending story'.

From the name of the European country.

Combination of Ava and Mira.

Elaborated form of Avigail.

From the name of the legendary ancestral homeland of the Aztec peoples. Etymology uncertain, often said to mean "place of the herons", from Nahuatl aztatl "heron, snowy egret" and the locative suffix -tlan, though this doesn’t fit Nahuatl morphology. Other suggested meanings include "place of eagles", "place of whiteness", "place of wings", and "place near the tools".

From Spanish azul meaning "blue". This name was borne by the ninth and last wife of the Apache leader Geronimo. A known bearer is Azul Guaita (2001-), a Mexican television actress.

The name of a Mughal princess meaning "full moon amongst women".

Portuguese cognate of Bautista as well as a Spanish variant.

Transferred use of the surname Beethoven.

Variant of Betelgeuse used for the title character of the movie Beetlejuice (1988), about an obnoxious ghost who is commissioned to scare a family out of their new house. The character's name is spelled Betelgeuse in the credits, though in other media it appears as Beetlejuice.

Possibly a variant of German Bergholz which is either a derivative of Berchtold or from a topographic name meaning "birch wood". Or, as a Swedish name, simply a combination of Swedish berg "mountain" and Germanic holtz (Swedish hult) "wood, grove, copse)".

From a biblical place name meaning "house of bread" in Hebrew, the city where Jesus was born (see Bethlehem).

Means "daughter of Anat 1" in Egyptian.

She was the daughter of Ramses II and Isetnofret, later becoming a Great Royal Wife of her father following the death of Nefertari.

Combination of the Old Norse name elements bjǫrn "bear" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".

From a nickname for a person with blond hair. This is the name of the title character in a comic strip by Chic Young.

From the name of the country in South America. The country got its name from the surname Bolívar, in honour of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar.

One who came from Bologna.

Literally means "good house", derived from French bonne "good" and French maison "house". As such, this surname is most likely a locational surname, in that it originally either referred to someone who lived in a good house (probably more like a mansion) or to someone who was born in (or lived in) the place Bonnemaison, which is nowadays located in the Calvados department of France. The village of Bonnemazon is also a possibility (nowadays located in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of France), which has been called Bonnemaison for some part of its history. It derived its name from Gascon bona mason meaning "good house". Gascon is a dialect of the Occitan language, which (in France) is spoken in the very south of the country.

With that said, it should be noted that there is also a possibility that (at least in some cases) the Bonnemaison surname is actually derived from a (somewhat figurative) nickname, in that it originally referred to someone who came from a good house (i.e. a good family).

Lastly, a known bearer of this surname was the French portrait painter Féréol Bonnemaison (died 1827).

From Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati) meaning "Jupiter (the planet)" or "Thursday". This is the name of a Hindu deity of piety and religious devotion who is often identified with the planet Jupiter.

Variant of Brooklyn.

Albanian, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Brunhild.

Means "soon to be rich" in Czech.

Vernacular form of Pulcheria.

An "ornamental passage near the close of a song or solo," 1780, from Italian cadenza "conclusion of a movement in music." See also Cadence.

Diminutive of Carrasco.

Means "blonde" in the Cumanagota dialect, a Carib language most common to the native peoples of Venezuela. It is now a name and slang for a blonde-haired person in Venezuela.

Derived from Sanskrit चक्रवर्तिन् (chakravartin) meaning "world-ruler, emperor, monarch" (literally "wheel-turner" or "one who's wheels are turning"), from चक्र (chakra) meaning "wheel, circle" and वर्तिन् (vartin) meaning "abiding, moving, turning". In Hinduism this term refers to a ideal, benevolent monarch who rules the entire world. This was also a title adopted by Indian emperors, metaphorically used to describe a ruler whose chariot's wheels rolled without hindrance.

From Old French Charles le Magne meaning "Charles the Great". This is the name by which the Frankish king Charles the Great (742-814) is commonly known.

From a title meaning "holder of four", from Sanskrit चतुर् (catur) meaning "four" and धुरीय (dhurīya) meaning "bearing a burden".

Variant of Chiquita.

Means "little girl" in Spanish, from the Spanish chica "girl" combined with the diminutive suffix ita.

Chiquita Brands International Inc. is an American producer and distributor of bananas and other produce.

Means "moonlight" in french, this name is common but also rare in the island country of the Philippines.

This name is found in generations of families. Clusters of the name can be found in Louisiana, in particular, but remains rare. It is said to be terminology to refer to royal members, similar to King or Duke would be used.

From the Greek name Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopatra) meaning "glory of the father", derived from κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory" combined with πατήρ (pater) meaning "father" (genitive πατρός). This was the name of queens of Egypt from the Ptolemaic royal family, including Cleopatra VII, the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Augustus she committed suicide (according to popular belief, by allowing herself to be bitten by a venomous asp). Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra (1606) tells the story of her life.

French form of Cleopatra.

From a title derived from Balinese cokor meaning "foot, leg" combined either with ida, a pronoun for a revered person or deity, or Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god".

Likely given in reference to the state of Colorado in the United States. The state was named for the Colorado River, which Spanish explorers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy (in Spanish, colorado, or 'colored red') silt the river carried from the mountains.

Directly taken from Hungarian cseresznye "cherry".

Latinized form of Kyanippos.

Derived from Caesar via its Old Russian cognate tsĭsarĭ (tsar in modern Russian).

Feminine form of Czar.

Variant of Almeida more commonly used by Indian Christians.

Combination of the name Darwina and the feminine suffix -wati.

From a title meaning "chosen lady" in Tagalog, derived from dayang referring to a precolonial noblewoman and hirang meaning "chosen, selected, appointed". It was originally used by a Tagalog noblewoman from Batangas, which became a hereditary surname after conversion to Christianity.

In the case of former American football player D'Brickashaw Ferguson (1983-), it is inspired by de Bricassart, the surname of a character in the 1977 novel and 1983 television miniseries 'The Thorn Birds'. The character, Irish priest Father Ralph de Bricassart, claims his surname is of Norman origin, however it appears to be invented.

Derived from Russian декабрь (dekabr) meaning "December". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, and was used in order to commemorate the Decembrist revolt of 1825. Also compare the related name Dekabrist.

Feminine form of Dekabrin. A known bearer of this name was the Russian chess player Dekabrina Kazatsker (1913-1983).

Derived from Russian декабрист (dekabrist) meaning "Decembrist", which is a term used to refer to someone who participated in (or sympathized with) the Decembrist revolt of 1825. This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names. Also compare the related name Dekabrin.

Alternate transcription of Greek Δημήτρης (see Dimitris). This was borne by Cypriot president Demetris Christofias (1946-2019).

Derived from the name of the country of Denmark. This was borne by Denmark Vesey (c. 1767-1822), a freed slave. In Vesey's case, he was named for the state that ruled his birthplace, the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, in the 19th century.

Transferred use of the surname Dewolf. Most notable bearer was American entertainer DeWolf Hopper (1858–1935), best known for his recitations of the famous poem 'Casey at the Bat' by Ernest Thayer (1863–1940).

Contracted form of De Wolf.

Latinized form of Dimitrios, which is the modern Greek form of Demetrios (see Demetrius).

From place name Dinamarca.

Italian variant of Dionisio.

From the French word discothèque (French for "library of phonograph records", but it was subsequently used as a term for nightclubs in Paris), on the pattern of bibliothèque ‘library. Borne by Disco Norris, the son of surfer Justin Norris, of which the name was chosen by his siblings.

Transferred use of the surname Disney, given after American filmmaker Walt Disney (1901-1966) and his company.

From the English word for the US currency.

From early Flemish or Low German daler, from German T(h)aler, short for Joachimsthaler, a coin from the silver mine of Joachimsthal (‘Joachim's valley’), now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic. The term was later applied to a coin used in the Spanish-American colonies, which was also widely used in the British North American colonies at the time of the American War of Independence, hence adopted as the name of the US monetary unit in the late 18th century.

Diminutive of drago or dragone "dragon".

Possibly a borrowing of English Drake.

Old French from medieval Latin ducissa, from Latin dux, duc- (see Duke).

Feminine name meaning "Gem or a precious stone of Najaf city". Najaf is one of the holy sites of Shiite Islam.

From a nickname given to Americans of German descent (though nowadays it refers to a person from the Netherlands). It is related to deutsch, the German word meaning "German".

Hungarian variant of Jefferson.

Hungarian form of Jessica.

Anglicized form of Eilís.

Derived from German Einhorn (Middle High German einhorn) "unicorn", denoting someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a unicorn.

Finnish, meaning unknown. Possibly a combination of the Finnish names Eino and Juhani, in which case it could be the Finnish version of "Henri-Johannes." Famous bearer is Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016), a prominent 20th-century Finnish composer and protegee of Jean Sibelius.

Occupational name meaning "iron cutter" where Eisen- means "iron" and -hauer means "hewer". The verb 'hew' being less well used in English than in earlier times, but still understood to mean cut, such as in hewing tree limbs. Eisenhauer is the original form of the surname of US president (1953-1961) and World War II Army general Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (1890-1969). Eisenhower's ancestors immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the 1740s and at some point the spelling adapted.

American form of German Eisenhauer. A notable bearer was Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), president of the United States between 1953 and 1961. His ancestors immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in the 1740s and at some point the spelling changed from Eisenhauer to Eisenhower.

From Indonesian eka meaning "one, first" (of Sanskrit origin) combined with the feminine suffix -wati.

From Spanish El Cid, which is from Arabic السَيِّد (al-sayyid) meaning "the master, the lord". This was the nickname of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (1043-1099), an 11th-century Spanish military commander.

The name England is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means "land of the Angles".

Means "one who have travelled to England" in Old Norse. This was a byname, not a proper given name.

Combination of the name Erna 1 and the feminine suffix -wati.

Combination of Erna 1 and Yanti.

From the Spanish form of the European country Spain.

Influenced by the country in Europe of the same name.

From the name of the African country. From Greek Αιθιοπια (Aithiopia), derived from αιθω (aitho) meaning "to burn" and ωψ (ops) meaning "face", referring to the skin colour of the inhabitants.

Strictly masculine form of the (nowadays unisex) name Evangelista.

Created by L. Frank Baum for a princess character in his book Ozma of Oz. In the book, Evella is the daughter of Evoldo, king of Ev. Since his children's names start with Ev, Baum has might created the name by using the suffix -ella or by elaborating it.

Means "heavenly Eve", from Ewa, the Hawaiian form of Eve, combined with Hawaiian lani "heaven, sky".

Inspired by the impact social media played in the #Jan25 revolution in Cairo's Tahrir Square, an Egyptian man reportedly named his firstborn daughter "Facebook."

Combination of Fatma and Zehra.

Means "beloved son" from French fils meaning "son" and aimé "love".

Means "end" in Latin. This was the middle name of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, who was the last of his parents' ten children. It was first used as a given name in his honour, in the American South.

In reference to the country of Finland. The first known written appearance of the name Finland is thought to be on three rune-stones. Two were found in the Swedish province of Uppland and have the inscription finlonti. The third was found in Gotland, in the Baltic Sea. It has the inscription finlandi and dates from the 13th century. The name can be assumed to be related to the tribe name Finns, which is mentioned first known time AD 98 (disputed meaning).

Possibly a variant of Zafira.

Portuguese diminutive of Flora

Icelandic form of Florida.

Portuguese form of Florida.

Feminine form of Floridus. This is also the name of a state in the United States of America, which was originally named La Florida by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León (1474-1521). He so named it because he discovered it during the Easter season, which is called Pascua Florida in Spanish. The literal meaning of the term is "flowery Easter", as it consists of the Spanish noun pascua meaning "Easter, Passover" (also compare Pascual) and the Spanish adjective florida meaning "flourishing, blooming, florid".

Most American bearers of the name Florida will have been named in honor of the state, which is much like other given names that come from state names, such as Dakota and Indiana. This is less likely to be the case for bearers from other countries, especially those that are not part of the Anglosphere.

Either a combination of the names Florida and Alma 1 or a combination of the related Spanish words florida meaning "flourishing, blooming, florid" and alma meaning "soul". In the case of the latter, the meaning of this name is roughly "blossoming soul" or "flowery soul".

It is most commonly used in Guatemala.

Albanian form of Francesca.

Spanish and English variant of Francesca, reflecting the Italian pronunciation.

Danish and Swedish form of Freyr.

From a Hispanicised spelling of Gat Sa Li-Han, a Chinese title meaning "lord of Li-Han". It was used by the rulers of Li-Han, an ancient Philippine state that was located in the present-day city of Malolos.

From the given name Geevarghese, used by Malayalam-speaking Saint Thomas Christians.

Combination of George and Anne 1.

Variant of Jorgelina.

Icelandic form of Georgia.

After the country of Germany in Europe.

Rare variant of Giovanna.

Variant of Giovanni.

Icelandic form of Gita.

Ornamental name composed of Old High German gold literally "gold" and finger "finger". It may perhaps also be a nickname for someone who wore a prominent gold ring on their finger.

Invented by J.K. Rowling for the surname of a character in her 'Harry Potter' series of books, from an English slang term for looking exhausted and unwell, related to haggard.

From the capital of Vietnam.

Romani form of Hänschen.

The name is borne by the German gypsi guitarrist Häns'che Weiss.

German diminutive of Hans, as it contains the German diminutive suffix -chen.

This diminutive, which is typically only used informally, is rather old-fashioned and is now rarely used. These days it is probably more common as a patronymic surname.

In German popular culture, the name is well-known for being the name of the title character of the 19th-century folk song Hänschen klein ("Little Hans") by Franz Wiedemann. It is also the name of a popular character from the German police procedural TV series Tatort (1970-), who was played by the Dutchman Chiem van Houweninge (b. 1940).

From the name of the Hindu god Hari and Sanskrit दीप (dīpa) meaning "lamp, light".

Malay and Indonesian form of Harith.

Variant of Heavenly.

From the English word meaning "of the heavens, celestial, divine".

Combination of the name Hendri and the masculine suffix -zal.

Combination of Hera and the feminine suffix -wati.

Variant of Hershel.

Feminine form of Herschel.

German form of Hippolytos. A notable bearer is Hippolyt Kempf (born 1965), a Swiss skier and Olympic medalist.

From Japanese 広 (hiro) meaning "vast, wide" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". This is the name of a city in Japan, as well as the prefecture in which the city is located.

Diminutive of Hitler.

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

From the name of the European country (see Iceland). This name was used by American rapper Gucci Mane (real name Radric Davis) for his daughter born 2023, probably inspired in part by the slang word ice meaning "diamond jewelry".

Combination of the name Ida and the feminine suffix -wati.

Means "pillar of the faith" from Arabic عماد ('imad) meaning "support, pillar" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Icelandic variant of Indiana.

Icelandic adoption of Indira.

Combination of Infinity and Asia 1.

From the name of the European island country, derived from Irish Gaelic Éire, which may mean something like "abundant land" in Old Irish.

The given name Iris followed by oy meaning "moon".

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Ireland.

Combination of the name Irma and the feminine suffix -wati.

From French word Iroquois, of disputed origin. The Iroquois (or Haudenosaunee) are a Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native American peoples and First Nations peoples indigenous to North America.

Spanish form of Jesse.

From the country of Italy in Europe.

Rare Amharic form of Ethiopia.

Derived from the feminine given name Iseut.

Variant of Jacqueline.

Variant of Jamesina.

In the case of the band of the same name, which influenced first name usage in the 1990s and 2000s, they conceived it as a combination of jam and iroquai (the latter of the two is based on the Native American confederacy, the Iroquois).

Derived from Portuguese janeiro "January".

Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Japan or who had connections with Japan.

Variant of Jazlyn.

Spanish form of Jesse and variant of Isaí.

This name, as an English name, is a rare variant of Jessie.

Portuguese and French form of Jesse.

Transferred use of the surname Jetson.

A patronymic from the personal name Jutt, a pet form of Jordan. Compare Judson.

Variant of Hitler.

Combination of Jockamin (perhaps an anglicized form of Jacquemin) and Shaw. This name was recorded in the parish register of St Peter, Cornhill, England, as belonging to a female parishioner who was buried in April 1614.

Czech form of Iohanna (see Joanna). This form is also used in Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Combination of John and Maria.

Probably derived from the name of the playing card.

The name is borne by the Philipine politician Joker Arroyo who has a daughter (!) with the same given name.

A contraction of John and Joe.

The name goes back to the Irish football player John Joe Flood who played in Ireland and England.

Today, there are some persons carrying the name Jonjo, e.g., the English football players Jonjo Dickman and Jonjo Shelvey, and the Northern Irish actor Jonjo O'Neill.

Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1936 for a minor character comic book character. Originally spelled Jor-L, the name was reused (or the character was repurposed) for that of Superman's father in 1939. The spelling was changed to Jor-el and then Jor-El in the 1940s. His son Superman's birth name is Kal-El.

Combination of José and Miguel.

Junot Díaz (1968-) is a Dominican-American writer, professor, and editor. Possibly the masculine form of Juno, it is of Latin origin, meaning "young."

Combination of Jyothi and Lekshmi.

One of the Many Names of Lord Krishna, Jyotiraditya, means “The Resplendence of the Sun.”

Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1938 as the birth name of the comic book hero Superman, who came from the distant planet Krypton. The original spelling Kal-L was changed to Kal-El in the 1940s. Some have theorized that El is inspired by the common Hebrew name element אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". Although Siegel and Shuster were Jewish, there is no evidence that they had this connection in mind, and it seems possible they simply made it up. Superman's other name, Clark Kent, was given to him by his adoptive parents.

American actor Nicolas Cage gave this name to his son in 2005.

Variant of Kal-El.

From the Greek prefix καρα (kara) meaning "black, dark" (of Turkish origin) and the given name Giannis.

Hungarian masculine form of Cassandra.

From ka-wena-ʻula-o-ka-lani-a-hiʻiaka-i-ka-poli-o-pele, which means "the red glow of the heavens of Hiʻiaka in the bosom of Pele" in Hawaiian. This was a name given to Hawaiian scholar and dancer, Mary Kawena Pukui, known as Kawena.

From ka-wena-ʻula-o-ka-lani-a-hiʻiaka-i-ka-poli-o-pele-ka-wahine-ʻai-honua-i-nā-lei-lehua-a-pele, which means "the red glow of the heavens of Hiʻiaka in the bosom of Pele, the earth eating woman" in Hawaiian. It's a longer form of Kawenaʻulaokalaniahiʻiakaikapoliopele.

Combination of the popular phonetic elements kay and la. Use of the name greatly increased after 1982 when the character Kayla Brady began appearing on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives [1].

Hawaiian unisex name meaning "The sea-faring chief".

From the Hawaiian definite article ke, ali'i meaning "chief, ruler, monarch, commander", noho meaning "to reside or reign", and moku, meaning "an island, district, forest, or section".

Means "ruler of the ocean sprays" in Hawaiian.

Variant of Kailani or Kalani. This spelling was popularized by the American singer Kehlani Parrish (1995-), who is known simply as Kehlani.

Polish form of Kevin.

From a title used in the George R. R. Martin book series A Song of Ice and Fire (first published 1996) and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019). It is a feminine form of the Dothraki title khal meaning "warlord". In the series Daenerys Targaryen gains this title after she marries Khal Drogo.

Icelandic form of Kilian.

German and Spanish form of Cillian, as well as an Irish and French variant.

It means striking stones

Malayalam form of Theresa, borrowed from Portuguese Teresa. Used by Malayalam-speaking Saint Thomas Christians.

Old Norse form of Gormlaith. This name appears in 'Landnámabók' for Kormlöð, daughter of Kjarvalr, an Irish king.

Combination of Krishna and Kumar.

Combination of the name Kristina and the feminine suffix -wati.

In northern Germany an occupational name for a tavern keeper, derived from Middle Low German kroch meaning "tavern".

In southern Germany an occupational name for a potter, derived from Middle High German kruoc meaning "jug, pot".

Transferred use of the Russian surname Krupskaya feminine form of Krupski < крупа (krupa), "grain" in Russian, honouring Russian revolutionary Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869-1939), the wife of Vladimir Lenin.

Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc, referring to rebels who fought against the Habsburgs in the late 17th to early 18th century.

Possibly means "love of knowledge, love of science" in Javanese. This was the birth name of Indonesian president Sukarno (1901-1970), who was born Kusno Sosrodihardjo.

Tamil form of Quiteria.

From Spanish la ciénega meaning "the swamp". LaCienega Boulevardez is a character in the American animated television series The Proud Family, named for La Cienega Boulevard, a street in Los Angeles, California.

From the English noble title Lady, derived from Old English hlæfdige, originally meaning "bread kneader". This name grew in popularity in Latin America after the marriage of Diana Spencer, known as Lady Di, to Prince Charles in 1981 and her death in 1997.

Variant spelling of Lakshminarayan.

Perhaps a contracted form of Lotte and Lenya. It was invented by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan for the title character of a 1968 song, which was allegedly inspired by the Austrian actress Lotte Lenya (1898–1981).

Probably from Germanic landa "land" and burg "fortress, castle".

Combination of the popular prefix La with the name Prince.

It means "orange tree" in Portuguese

Means "night" in Arabic. Layla was the love interest of the poet Qays (called Majnun) in an old Arab tale, notably retold by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi in his poem Layla and Majnun. This story was a popular romance in medieval Arabia and Persia. The name became used in the English-speaking world after the 1970 release of the song Layla by Derek and the Dominos, the title of which was inspired by the medieval story.

Variant of Legacy.

From the English word, meaning "something inherited from a predecessor, heritage". It is derived from Old French legacie, itself from Latin legatum "bequest, legacy".

Latinization of Leilani.

Variant of the Leilani.

Means "heavenly flowers" or "royal child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Variant of Leilani.

Variant of Leilani.

Variant of Leilani.

Combination of Lenin, Stalin and Beria, which were the surnames of the Soviet politicians Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) and Lavrentiy Beria (1899-1953). This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Short form of Alexus. Its use has been influenced by the Lexus brand name (a line of luxury automobiles made by Toyota).

Variant of Leilani.

From the name Linda combined with the feminine suffix -wati.

Means "rain" in Spanish.

Older German form of Lorelei. This was the pen name of Mexican writer María Luisa Garza (1887-1980). It is also borne by Argentine model and actress Luisana Loreley Lopilato (1987-), the wife of Canadian singer Michael Bublé.

Icelandic form of Lotus.

Lufthansa is the name of the German national carrier. It was given as a second name to a girl born on a Lufthansa flight to New York in the 1960s.

It is usually not admissible as a given name in Germany.

Italian form of Louis. It has been borne by five prime ministers of Italy since the 19th century. This is also the name of Mario's brother in Nintendo video games (debuting 1983), called ルイージ (Ruīji) in Japanese.

Combination of Lulu 1 and Violetta.

Means "light" in French. The name can be recalled from the character in the Disney animated movie "Beauty and the Beast" in which he is transformed into a candelabrum.

Feminine form of Macedonio. It is also part of a name of the country (officially Republic of Macedonia/The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) in south-eastern Europe.

This name is derived from Latin Macedonius meaning "Macedonian," which is derived from Greek Makedones. That word literally means "highlanders" or "the tall ones," which is related to makednos meaning "long, tall" and makros "long, large."

Bearers of this name include Argentine writer, humourist and philosopher Macedonio Fernández (1874-1952), Italian physicist Macedonio Melloni (1798-1854) and Mexican violinist, pianist and songwriter Macedonio Alcalá (1831-1869).

From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnich, itself derived from the given name Coinneach. As a feminine given name it was popularized by the American actress Mackenzie Phillips (1959-), especially after she began appearing on the television comedy One Day at a Time in 1975. In the United Kingdom it is more common as a masculine name.

This Peruvian-Quechua (mis)interpretation of products labeled "Made In USA" resulted in this name of the main character, a young village girl in Madeinusa, a 2005 Peruvian-Spanish drama film.

Means "welcome" in Tahitian. It gained popularity in France during the 1980s.

Magneto is the 'mutant' name of an antagonist, and sometimes protagonist, of Marvel's X-Men line of comics. His real name is Max Eisenhardt, and he's used the alias of Erik Lehnsherr many times, though he is more frequently known simply as Magneto. His mutant name is a reference to his mutant ability: magnetic manipulation. He is the father of Polaris, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver. He is portrayed by actors Sir Ian McKellan (older Magneto) and Michael Fassbender (younger Magneto) in Fox's X-Men film series.

Means "freeman, noble, aristocratic" in Tagalog, ultimately from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika) meaning "very prosperous". This was the term used to the warrior class in ancient Tagalog society.

Allegedly means "friendly one", this was the name of a late Vedic Indian philosopher.

Variant of Malaysia.

Borrowed from New Zealand Maori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”).

Mardiningsih "Mardi" Arquette (1939-1997), aka Brenda Denaut, was the mother of actors Patricia, Alexis, Rosanna, David and Richmond Arquette.

Portuguese diminutive of Maria.

Hungarian form of Mario.

Italian and Spanish form of Marius. Famous bearers include American racecar driver Mario Andretti (1940-) and Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux (1965-). It is also borne by a Nintendo video game character, a moustached Italian plumber, who debuted as the playable hero of Donkey Kong in 1981. Spelled マリオ (Mario) in Japanese Katakana, he was reportedly named after Mario Segale (1934-2018), an American businessman who rented a warehouse to Nintendo.

Combination of Mario and Luigi

Icelandic adoption of Marisol.

Short form of María Soledad. It is sometimes considered a combination of María and Sol 1, or from Spanish mar y sol "sea and sun".

From the given name Matheos, a variant of Matthias. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Variant of Max suggesting an English pronunciation.

Possibly means "that which surrounds the maguey plant" in Nahuatl, from ‘metl meaning "maguey (species Agave americana)" and yahualli "round". In Aztec religion this was the name of a goddess who personified the maguey plant.

From Hebrew מַזִּיקִין (mazziqin) meaning "damagers, harmful spirits", derived from מַזִּיק (mazziq) meaning "damaging". As a given name it is borne by a companion of Lucifer in the comic book series Lucifer, as well as on the 2016-2021 television adaptation.

Anglicized form of Mac Neachtain.

Allegoric personification of the German state Mecklenburg. Very rarely (if ever) used as a given name.

From Chinese 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 龄 (líng) meaning "age, duration, years", 玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade", 伶 (líng) meaning "clever, smart, performer, solitary", or 灵 (líng) meaning “spirit, soul”. Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Spanish (Mejía): probably from a religious byname (possibly under Jewish influence), from a vernacular form of Latin, Greek Messias ‘Messiah’, from Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘anointed’.

From the family name of Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560), Protestant leader and associate of Luther. The name was originally Schwartzerdt, "black-earth", in German, which was translated into Greek (using melas (genitive melanos) "black" and chthon "land, earth, soil"), as was sometimes done during the time of the enthusiasm for Greek studies during the Renaissance. The name makes only an occasional appearance in the United States. (Cf. Luther.)

Name composed of the first letters of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, and Choibalsan.

From the name of an important city of ancient Egypt, or the city in Tennessee that was named after it. It is derived from a Greek form of Egyptian mn-nfr meaning "enduring beauty".

Its meaning is "candlestick". To the Jews, the menorah is the candelabrum used at Hannukah, the Festival of Lights."

From the Spanish phrase mi amor meaning "my love".

Variant of Miamor.

Portuguese form of Michelangelo.

Welsh name of the archangel Michael, formed from a contraction of Michael and angel.

Arabic form of Michael.

Variant of Michaela, possibly influenced by the spelling of Mikhail.

Icelandic form of Minerva.

Roman cognomen that was a derivative of the Roman goddess Minerva.

Derived from Hebrew מִצְפָּה (miṣpāh, mitspah) "watchtower". As mentioned in the biblical story of Jacob and Laban, making a pile of stones marked an agreement between two people, with God as their watching witness.

Means "many oceans"; a combination of Tahitian moana "ocean" and tini "many, multiple".

From Mona Lisa meaning "Madam Lisa", derived from the archaic Italian term of address monna (a contraction of Old Italian ma donna "my lady") and the name Lisa. Since the mid-20th century this name has been used rarely but regularly in the United States, due to Nat King Cole's 1950 song Mona Lisa, the title and lyrics of which refer to the world-famous Leonardo da Vinci painting known as the Mona Lisa - a portrait of Lisa del Giocondo (1479-1542).

From the Welsh prefix my- meaning "my, belonging to me" (an older form of fy) combined with either manwy meaning "fine, delicate" or banwy meaning "woman" (a variant of banw). This was the name of an 1875 Welsh song composed by Joseph Parry.

Magyarized form of Napoleon.

From the Spanish word naranja meaning "orange (fruit)", a cognate of Orange.

Allegedly a combination of Narcisa and Dalia 1 (i.e., the narcissus flower and the dahlia flower). It is also an anagram of Candelaria. A known bearer of the name is Mexican politician Narcedalia Ramírez (1971-).

Variant of Narciso, probably influenced by Francisco.

Latinized form of Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikaa) meaning "burner of ships". In Homer's epic the Odyssey this is the name of a daughter of Alcinous who helps Odysseus on his journey home.

Esperanto form of Nausicaa.

Hispanic variant of Arabic name Najib. A notable bearer is Nayib Bukele (1981-), the current president of El Salvador, who is of Palestinian heritage.

Means “nine stones” in German

Portuguese form of Nelson.

From the name of the American state, which means "snow-capped" in Spanish.

From the name of the African country.

From Indonesian nila meaning "blue" (of Sanskrit origin) combined with the feminine suffix -wati.

Combination of Nina 1 and Simone 1, used by fans in reference to the singer Nina Simone.

Means "heaven" or "enlightenment, liberation" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvana).

Combination of Noel (or its derivations), the infix -el-, stemming from names like Elvia, and the suffix -is (or Elvis).

Means "mother of oceans" in Zulu.

From the name of the European country.

Possibly an elaborated form of Novella, inspired by the English word novelette meaning "a short novel".

Nscho-Tschi is the sister of Winnetou in the novels by the German author Karl May. The meaning is given as "bright day".

The name is bourne by the German artist Nschotschi Haslinger

From the name of the ancient region and kingdom in Africa, south of Egypt. It possibly derives from the Egyptian word nbw meaning "gold".

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.

Derived from the Turkish noun okyanus meaning "ocean", which is ultimately derived from Okeanos, the name of a Titan in Greek mythology.

Means "God is good to have a king" in Yoruba. This is the full given name of the winner of "Germany's Next Top Model" 2018, Oluwatoniloba Dreher-Adnuga.

Swiss form of Ursula.

Contraction of Otto and Heinrich.

A famous name bearer was Otto-Henry (in German Ottheinrich), Elector Palatine (1502–1559).

From Yuki prefixed with the honorific 御/お- (o), used with regards to female names from around the Kamakura and Muromachi periods to around the 20th century.

This was the name of the main character in the Mexican comic 'El pecado de Oyuki' (Oyuki's Sin) by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, published first in the comic book 'Pepín' in 1949 and then in 'Lágrimas, Risas y Amor' in 1975, subsequently adapted into a telenovela, portrayed by Ana Martín, in 1987-8.

Princess Ozma of Oz is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum.

Directly taken from the Caló word pachandra meaning "Easter". This name is used as the Caló form of Pascua and Pascuala.

Indonesian and Malay form of Prince

Form of Percival used by the 13th-century German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach.

Italian compound name created from Pasqua and Rosa 1.

Literally derived from the English word peaches, which is the plural form of peach, the fruit. It is derived from Late Middle English from Old French pesche, from medieval Latin persica, from Latin persicum, meaning "Persian apple".

Blend of the phrase "peach tree" and Anna.

Variant of Petros, influenced by the spelling of Pedro.

This name is used in America among people of Armenian or Greek descent.

"flowery cliff" in Spanish

From the English word "phantom" a synonym for "ghost", ultimately from Greek φάντασμα (phántasma) "phantom, ghost", "vision, dream", "fantasy".

Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the rulers of all Ancient Egyptian dynasties. Historically, however, "pharaoh" only started being used as a title for the king during the New Kingdom, specifically during the middle of the eighteenth dynasty, after the reign of Hatshepsut. From the Middle English pharao, from the Late Latin pharaō, from the Ancient Greek pharaṓ (φαραώ), from the Hebrew par‘ōh (פַּרְעֹה), ultimately derived from the Ancient Egyptian pr ˤ3 'palace, pharaoh', from pr 'house' and ˤ3 'great, big'.

Noted bearers include Grammy Award winning American jazz saxophonist, Pharoah Sanders, born Farrell Sanders (b.1940), and American rapper Pharoahe Monch, born Troy Donald Jamerson (b.1972).

Latinized form of Phoibidas. This was the name of a Spartan general from the 4th century BC.

A name given in honor of Pope Pius V, a saint of the Catholic Church.

Italian form of Pluto.

Italian form of Poseidon.

From the English word prophet, ultimately from Greek προφήτης (prophetes) meaning "one who speaks for a god" (itself from πρό (pro) "before" and φημί (phemi) "to speak, to declare").

From Indonesian purnama meaning "full moon" combined with sari meaning "essence".

A chimerical creature from East Asian mythology (Chinese/pinyin: qílín, Japanese kirin).

Cognomen from the Roman Republic and Roman Empire derived from Latin quadratus meaning "square, squared" as well as "proportionate; regular, well made; vigorous". This name was borne by several saints, such as Quadratus the Apologist of Athens.

From Quetzala, the name of a river in Mexico. Quetzala is likely derived from Nahuatl quetzalli, "quetzal feather". The word quetzalli also denotes something precious. The quetzal held great cultural and religious significance to the Aztecs, and other indigenous peoples of Central America. It was a prominent, sacred image in artwork and legends.

Means "feather flower" or "precious flower", from Nahuatl quetzalli "quetzal feather, precious thing" and xochitl "flower".

Meaning uncertain, possibly a form of Kythereia. Saint Quiteria was a semi-legendary 2nd-century Iberian martyr.

Means "star" in Quechua.

Javanese form of Aditya.

Arabic form of Raphael.

Means "king Rama", from Sanskrit राज (rāja) meaning "king" combined with the name Rama 1. This name was borne by a 17th-century ruler of the Maratha Empire.

From Sanskrit राजराजेश्वरी (Rājarājeśvarī) meaning "Queen of Queens", another name for Tripura Sundari ("Goddess of Three Cities").

Means "Thursday" in Javanese, ultimately from Sanskrit बृहस्पति (bṛhaspati).

combination of Respati and Wulan

Maybe a feminine form of Rétif.

Variant form of Rihanna, or from the Maltese riħan meaning "myrtle".

Combination of the name Rina and the feminine suffix -wati.

Icelandic form of Rio 1.

Derived from Arabic رزق (rizq) meaning "livelihood" combined with Ningsih.

Means "spiritual" in Indonesian and Malay, derived from roh meaning "spirit, soul" (of Arabic origin).

Portuguese form of Romania.

Feminine form of Romanius.

In modern times, Romania is also the name of a country in Europe. Its name is etymologically related, as it is ultimately derived from the Latin noun Romanus meaning "citizen of Rome" (see Roman).

Either a variant of România or directly derived from Romênia, the Brazilian Portuguese name for the European country of Romania.

Icelandic variant of Rósberg.

Diminutive of Rose and Rosa 1.

Combination of Roslina and the feminine suffix -wati or alternatively, Ros and Linawati.

Icelandic adoption of Rosemary.

Combination of the name Rosma and the feminine suffix -wati.

Combination of Rosna and the feminine suffix -wati.

Elaboration of Rosni.

Icelandic form of Rosy.

Variant of Rhonda influenced by the spelling of the African country Rwanda.

Derived from Sanskrit श्रीपाद (śrī́pā́da) meaning "holy foot", from श्री (śrī́) "sacred, holy" and पाद (pā́da) "foot". A notable bearer was Salipada (or Saripada) Pendatun (1912-1985), a Filipino Muslim statesman and military officer.

Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.

Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Zbigniew.

German form of Shahnaz.

German form of Snow White.

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

From an Old English personal name derived from the elements sǣ "sea, lake" and beorn "warrior".

Irish form of Jacqueline.

From the name of huge trees that grow in California. The tree got its name from the 19th-century Cherokee scholar Sequoyah (also known as George Guess), the inventor of the Cherokee writing system.

Probably derived from Cherokee ᏏᏆ (siqua) meaning "hog". This was the name of the Cherokee man (also known as George Guess) who devised the Cherokee writing system in the 19th century.

After the country Serbia.

Form of Caesar.

Derived from SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic).

Transferred use of the surname Shadow or simply from the English word shadow.

Short form of Shaquille.

Combination of the names Shawn and Darius.

Means "Palm Sunday". A famous bearer was Shawneene George/Joseph, a third-class survivor of the Titanic disaster.

Latinized form of Greek Σειληνός (Seilenos), of unknown meaning. In Greek mythology he was a companion and teacher of Dionysos, often depicted as an intoxicated, portly old man.

Transferred use of the surname Simpson.

Anglicised form of Siobhán.

Icelandic form of Sita.

From Chinese 司徒 (sītú), a title for one of the highest ranking government positions in ancient China.

Combination of the names Siva and Kumar.

Variant of Xóchitl.

Spanish variant of Sons-ee-ah-ray, which was used for a young Apache girl in the American Western film Broken Arrow (first released in the United States in 1950). This name is mainly used in Venezuela.

From the Indonesian title of respect sri, ultimately from Sanskrit श्री (shri), combined with the feminine suffix -wati.

Combination of Star, from Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra and light, from Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”).

Perhaps an invented name combining Starr and son.

Occupational name from Middle High German steinmetze, German steinmetz "stonemason", "worker in stone".

Ethnic name or regional name for someone from Sudan or who had traded with Sudan. The name of the country is ultimately derived from Arabic سُود (sud) meaning "black", referring to the darker skin of the inhabitants.

Derived from the Arabic noun سنة (sunnah) meaning "the Sunnah" as well as "way, custom, tradition, habitual practice" combined with the Arabic noun الله (Allah) meaning "God" (see Allah). As such, the meaning of this name is "the Sunnah of God" or more literally, "the way of God".

From the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" combined with Javanese parman meaning "mercy".

Probably a form of Zurishaddai (Numeri 10,19).

From the name of the European country of Sweden.

Hungarian borrowing of Samantha.

From Szász meaning "Saxon" in Hungarian. Ethnic or regional name for a German speaker from Transylvania or Szepes, etymologically a derivative of German Sachs.

Hungarian form of Saskia.

Derived from the word Tahiti, itself from Proto-Polynesian tafiti, meaning “distant, remote.”

Hispanicized form of Tanahara.

Transferred use of the surname Tanqueray. This is the name of a brand of gin, which was founded by British distiller Charles Tanqueray (1810-1868).

From the name of the African country.

Short form of Octavius.

This very rare name is an exception to the rule that numerals are normally not allowed as part of the spelling of names in the United States. It's a creative rebus-like spelling of a slang intensive term for "tiny" found in the Southwestern United States. Most Americans would be familiar with terms like "teeny-tiny", "teensy-weensy", etc. "Teeninecy" is a rare variation of these that's found in the Deep South, and as a rare slang term it doesn't have a set spelling, with teeninesy, teeninetsy, teaninesea, and many others being found. Though a couple of other spellings have been used as names, T9C seems to be the most common in that role. It probably began in Texas in the 19th century as the earliest examples found so far are from that state.

From Chinese 藤 (téng) meaning "wisteria" combined with 原 (yuán) meaning "origin, source".

From the Greek prefix tetra- meaning, “four.”

From a nickname denoting a person who came from the state of Texas. A famous bearer was the American animator Tex Avery (1908-1980), real name Frederick, who was born in Texas.

Means "Texan" in Spanish, referring to a female inhabitant of the state of Texas. It may also be used as a feminine elaboration of Tex. Also compare Texanna.

Elaboration of English Texan meaning "of Texas". Also compare Texana and Tex.

From the name of the state in the southern United States. It may be derived from Spanish Texas, itself from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ meaning "friend, ally", used to refer to the Caddo nation. Alternatively, it could be derived from Spanish tejo, meaning "yew tree".

From the name of the Asian country.

Means "deserving of God's reward" in Arabic. This was the name of the wet nurse of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. She later became one of his early followers.

From tiger lily, a name that has been applied to several orange varieties of lily (such as the species Lilium lancifolium). Tiger Lily is also the name of the Native American princess in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904).

Variant of Tiana.

Spanish diminutive of Antonio.

From the name of the Japanese car company (See Mercedes, Ferrari and Porsche).

From Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.

Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社, Hepburn: Toyota Jidōsha KK) is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2017, Toyota's corporate structure consisted of 364,445 employees worldwide and, as of December 2019, was the tenth-largest company in the world by revenue. Toyota is the largest automobile manufacturer in Japan, and the second-largest in the world behind Volkswagen, based on 2018 unit sales.

Means "triple goddess" or "three goddesses" in Sanskrit, composed of त्रि- (tri-) "three" and देवी (devi) "goddess". In Hinduism the Tridevi is a triad of eminent goddesses: Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati, the consorts of the Trimurti.

Trimurti in Hinduism, Triad of the Three Gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Concept was known at least by the time of Kalidasa's Poem, Kumarasambhava.

Caló form of Trinidad.

Derived from Javanese trisna meaning "love" combined with the feminine suffix -wati.

Possibly a combination of Tristan and Christopher. This is the middle name of Gumball Watterson in the Cartoon Network T.V. series The Amazing World of Gumball.

Blending of Turquoise and Sequoia

From the opaque blue-green mineral whose name is derived from French pierre turquois "Turkish stone".

In the English-speaking world, it was occasionally used from the late 19th century onwards.

An invented name, blending the popular phonetic prefix ty and the name Dewayne.

Derived from the notable wife of the Tzar and popularized in the newer 21st century due to it's exotic pronunciation. It means "wife of the great Tzar"

From Navajo ayóí meaning "very" and áníldííl meaning "husky, large".

From Sanskrit उदय (ud-ayá) meaning "rising, rise" or ऊर्जा (ūrjā) meaning "vigour, strength, energy". This was the name of a legendary Philippine warrior princess from Pangasinan.

Commonly used by Cubans and Cuban-American immigrants, this name is inspired by the U.S. Mail service.

Created name, likely a pun or misunderstanding on U.S. Navy. The name is most notably borne by the main character of the musical In The Heights, Usnavi De La Vega, by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes.

From Venkata, the name of a hill in Andhra Pradesh state, India, combined with Sanskrit ईश्वर (ishvara) meaning "lord, god". This is the name of a form of the Hindu god Vishnu particularly revered in southern India.

Elaboration of vetiver.

Possibly a combination of Vignesh and Tamil வர்ணம் (varṇam) or Malayalam വര്‍ണ്ണം (varṇṇaṁ) both meaning "colour", likely derived from Sanskrit वर्ण (varna) which has the same meaning. Alternatively, Vigneshwaran could derive from विघ्नेश्वर (vighneśvara) meaning "lord of obstacles" in Sanskrit, referring to Ganesh's primary function in Hinduism as the master and remover of obstacles.

Samoan form of William

Icelandic form of Virginia.

From a place name in the United Kingdom. Derives from the Old English Wælisc, meaning 'foreigner, Welshman'.

A portmanteau of Luigi and Japanese 悪い (warui) "bad", therefore meaning "bad Luigi". This is the name of Luigi's evil counterpart from the Mario series.

Combination of Mario and Japanese 悪い (warui) meaning "bad, evil". This is the name of Mario's evil counterpart in Nintendo video games, first appearing 1992.

A form of the surname Lebowski

This surname translates into English as “grape”.

Combination of the name Wendy and the feminine suffix -wati.

Derived from Sanskrit विक्रम (vikrama) meaning "stride, pace, valour" and वर्धन (vardhana) meaning "increasing, growing, thriving". This was the name of the fifth king of the Majapahit Empire who reigned from 1389 to 1429.

Hawaiian form of William.

From an English surname meaning "son of William". The surname was borne by Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the American president during World War I.

Derived from Old High German winkil meaning "corner".

Created by the German author Karl May for an Apache chief, first appearing in his 1875 novel Old Firehand and subsequently in several other works.

Compound of Wolf and Dietrich. Wolfdietrich is the title hero of a 13th-century Middle High German epic poem. By some traditions he is the grandfather of the more famous hero Dietrich von Bern.

Means “son of Xavier”.

Probably a variant of Xenia. This was the name of the main character in the 1990s television series Xena: Warrior Princess.

From Chinese 西瓜 (xīguā) meaning "watermelon".

From Chinese 熊 (xióng) meaning "bear".

Diminutive of Xochitl.

Spanish adaptation of the composite name Jean 1 Carlos.

From Tibetan དབྱངས་ཅན (dbyangs-can) meaning "singer" or "vowel, song". This is the Tibetan name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati.

Short form of Anayansi.

Variant of Jacqueline in use in Latin America. It is especially popular in Cuba.

Means "dark (colour), swarthy" in Nahuatl.

Means "sun of the world" in Amharic.

Derived from place name Yeniséi.

Unaccented variant (transcription) of Yeniséi.

The name of a river in northern Mongolian and the Siberian federal district of Russia. It may be derived from either Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi) meaning "big water" or Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Sai) meaning "mother river."

From the given name Yesua, a variant of Yeshua. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Possibly means "Odin's gallows", referring to how Odin hanged himself from it to gain knowledge of the runes. In Norse mythology this is the name of the mythical tree that connects the Realms.

Derived from Sanskrit योग (yoga) referring to a set of Hindu and Buddhist practices centred around spiritual insight and tranquility. The word itself means "yoking, joining, attaching" in Sanskrit.

Means "lord of the yogis" in Malayalam. A yogi is a devotee or adherent of yoga.

An elaboration of Elvis.

Apparently from the English phrase Yours Lenny, signed at the end of letters by a sailor named Lenny Smith to his Costa Rican wife, hence why usage of this name is mainly concentrated in that country.
It has been in use since the 1940s, becoming popular by the late 1960s.

Americanisation of the German surname Jungbluth.

From the name Yuliana combined with the feminine suffix -wati, meaning "woman".

From the name Yulia combined with the feminine suffix wati meaning "woman".

Possibly a combination of Yuri 1 with a name that contains the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright", such as Albert and Robert.

Cognate of Yousfi.

Means "saffron" in Sicilian Arabic, from Arabic زعفران (za'farān), "saffron".

From the name of a country in Africa from 1971 to 1997, now called the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is said to be derived from Kikongo nzadi o nzere meaning "river swallowing rivers", referring to the Congo River.

A derivation of the Old French word 'savate'
"slipper"

variant of Zelensky

Possibly means "conceived and born in Babylon" from a contraction of either Assyrian-Babylonian Zəru Bābel "seed of Babylon" or Hebrew זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל (Zərua‘ Bāvel) "the one sown of Babylon". In the Old Testament Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews out of captivity in Babylon in the first year of the Persian king Cyrus.

Means "grandfather" in Yiddish.
This is a so-called amuletic name which was given to a child who was ill, or one whose parents had lost children before. It was chosen in the hope that the child would live to be a grandfather.

Variant transcription of Зорница (see Zornitsa).

Greek form of Zerubbabel.

Means "fox" in Spanish. This is the name of a masked vigilante created by writer Johnston McCulley in 1919 for a series of books, later adapted into movies and television.

Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.