The names listed here do not "belong" to any one culture. They are put here because they cannot be categorized anywhere else.

ALTA   f   Various
Possibly from Latin altus or Italian/Spanish alto meaning "high".

AMARANTHA   f   Various
From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek αμαραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading"... [more]

AMARILLA   f   Various
Latinate form of AMARYLLIS

ANOUSHKA   f   Various
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANOUSKA   f   Various
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ASHANTI   f   Various
From the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana.

AYN   f   Various
This name was assumed by Ayn Rand (1905-1982), originally named Alice Rosenbaum, a Russian-American writer and philosopher... [more]

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

BIJOU   f   Various
Means "jewel" in French.

CAMBRIA   f   Various
Latin form of the Welsh Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, derived from cymry meaning "the people"... [more]

CAPRINA   f   Various
From the name of the Italian island of Capri.

CARAMIA   f   Various
From the Italian phrase cara mia meaning "my beloved".

CHARITA   f   Various
Latinate form of CHARITY

CIEL   f   Various
Means "sky" in French.

COCO   f   Various
Diminutive of names beginning with Co, influenced by the word cocoa... [more]

CONDOLEEZZA   f   Various
In the case of American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it is derived from the Italian musical term con dolcezza meaning "with sweetness".

DAGNEY   f   Various
Variant of DAGNY

DEJA   f   Various
Means "already" from the French phrase deja vu meaning "already seen".

DIAMANDA   f   Various
Variant of DIAMOND

ELBA   f   Various
From the name of the island off the west coast of Italy where Napoleon was exiled.

ELIÁN   m   Various
In the case of Elian Gonzalez it is a combination of ELIZABETH and JUAN, the names of his parents.

ELYSIA   f   Various
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology, which means "blissful".

FERRER   m   Various
From a surname which meant "blacksmith" in Catalan... [more]

FIRENZE   f   Various
From the name of an Italian city, commonly called Florence in English.

GENISTA   f   Various
From the Latin name of the broom plant.

GORETTI   f   Various
From the surname of Maria Goretti, a 20th-century Italian saint who forgave her murderer on her deathbed.

GRACILIA   f   Various
Derived from Latin gracilis meaning "slender, slight".

HALCYON   f   Various
From the name of a genus of kingfisher birds, derived from Greek αλκυων (alkyon) or ‘αλκυων (halkyon) (see ALCYONE).

HERK   m   Various
Short form of HERCULES

HOSANNAH   f & m   Various
Variant of HOSANNA

IANTHA   f   Various
Variant of IANTHE

IOLANTHE   f   Various
Probably a variant of YOLANDA influenced by the Greek words ιολη (iole) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower"... [more]

JEUNESSE   f   Various
Means "youth" in French. It is not used as a given name in France itself.

JUNÍPERO   m   Various
This was the name assumed by the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan monk Miguel José Serra, a missionary to California... [more]

KAISER   m   Various
German form of CAESAR

KOBE   m   Various
From the name of the city in Japan... [more]

KOHINOOR   f   Various
From Koh-i-noor, the name of a famous gemstone, meaning "mountain of light" in Persian.

LUX   f & m   Various
Derived from Latin lux meaning "light".

MÄDCHEN   f   Various
Means "girl" in German. It is not used as a name in Germany itself.

MELIORA   f   Various
Derived from Latin melior meaning "better".

MELITA   f   Various
From Melita, the Latin name of the island country of Malta.

MONET   f & m   Various
From a French surname which was derived from either HAMON or EDMOND... [more]

NEO (2)   m   Various
From the prefix meaning "new", ultimately derived from Greek νεος (neos).

NUBIA   f   Various
From the name of the ancient region and kingdom in Africa, south of Egypt... [more]

NYALA   f   Various
From the name of a type of African antelope, ultimately derived from the Bantu word nyálà.

NYSSA   f   Various
From the name of an ancient town of Asia Minor where Saint Gregory was bishop... [more]

ODESSA   f   Various
From the name of a Ukrainian city which sits on the north coast of the Black Sea... [more]

OMEGA   m & f   Various
From the name of the last letter in the Greek alphabet, Ω... [more]

OPRAH   f   Various
In the case of television personality Oprah Winfrey, it was a childhood mispronunciation of her real name ORPAH that became permanent.

OUIDA   f   Various
Used by the English author Ouida (1839-1908), born Marie Louise Ramé to a French father... [more]

PARIS (2)   f   Various
From the name of the capital city of France, which got its name from the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.

RIO (1)   m   Various
Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese... [more]

ROMA   f   Various
From the name of the Italian city, commonly called Rome in English.

SARAVA   m   Various
From a phrase used by members of the Candomblé religion (an African religion which was taken to Brazil by African slaves) which means "good luck".

SHEKINAH   f   Various
From the Hebrew word שׁכִינה (shekhinah) which means "God's manifested glory" or "God's presence"... [more]

SOLEIL   f   Various
Means "sun" in French.

THELONIUS   m   Various
Latinized form of Tielo (see TILLO).

TIERRA   f   Various
Means "earth" in Spanish.

TIVOLI   m & f   Various
From the name of a picturesque Italian town, used as a summer resort by the ancient Romans.

VALKYRIE   f   Various
Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser"... [more]

VENETIA   f   Various
From the name of the city in Italy, called Venice in English... [more]

VERONA   f   Various
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.

ZONA   f   Various
Means "girdle, belt" in Greek... [more]