Vesey's Personal Name List

Wynne 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: WIN
Personal remark: For Winifred
Rating: 31% based on 8 votes
Variant of Wyn, sometimes used as a feminine form.
Tor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: TOOR
Personal remark: For Victoria (my name)
Rating: 17% based on 9 votes
Modern Scandinavian form of Þórr (see Thor). It was not used as a personal name until the 18th century. It is sometimes used as a short form of names of Old Norse origin that begin with the element Tor, which is also a derivative of Þórr.
Toni 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-nee
Personal remark: For Antonia
Rating: 53% based on 10 votes
Short form of Antonia and other related names.
Shane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: SHAYN(English)
Personal remark: For Shannon (boy)
Rating: 40% based on 11 votes
Anglicized form of Seán. It came into general use in America after the release of the western movie Shane (1953).
Rue
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO
Personal remark: For Rufus
Rating: 50% based on 11 votes
From the name of the bitter medicinal herb, ultimately deriving from Greek ῥυτή (rhyte). This is also sometimes used as a short form of Ruth 1.
Neely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: NEE-lee
Personal remark: For Cornelia
Rating: 46% based on 11 votes
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized and reduced form of Gaelic Mac an Fhilidh (or McNeilly) meaning "son of the poet".
Marnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-nee
Personal remark: For Marnia
Rating: 41% based on 10 votes
Possibly a diminutive of Marina. This name was brought to public attention by Alfred Hitchcock's movie Marnie (1964), itself based on a 1961 novel by Winston Graham.
Lotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
Pronounced: LAW-tə(Dutch, German)
Personal remark: For Elliotte
Rating: 40% based on 10 votes
Short form of Charlotte or Liselotte.
Lee
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEE
Personal remark: For Leon, Levi or Levon
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
From a surname that was derived from Old English leah meaning "clearing". The surname belonged to Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), commander of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. In his honour, it has been used as a given name in the American South. It is common as a middle name.
Laney
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAY-nee
Personal remark: For Magdalena
Rating: 29% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of Elaine.
Kira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Кира(Russian) Кіра(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: KYEE-rə(Russian)
Personal remark: For Chiara
Rating: 43% based on 11 votes
Russian feminine form of Cyrus.
Kai 3
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: KIE
Personal remark: For Kite
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
Means "sea" in Hawaiian.
June
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOON
Personal remark: For Juniper
Rating: 45% based on 13 votes
From the name of the month, which was originally derived from the name of the Roman goddess Juno. It has been used as a given name since the 19th century.
Jack
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK
Personal remark: For Ajax
Rating: 61% based on 14 votes
Derived from Jackin (earlier Jankin), a medieval diminutive of John [1]. There could be some early influence from the unrelated French name Jacques [2]. It is often regarded as an independent name. During the Middle Ages it was very common, and it became a slang word meaning "man", as seen in the terms jack-o'-lantern, jack-in-the-box, lumberjack and so on. It was frequently used in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, such as Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, Little Jack Horner, and Jack Sprat.

American writers Jack London (1876-1916) and Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) were two famous bearers of this name. It is also borne by the actor Jack Nicholson (1937-) and the golfer Jack Nicklaus (1940-). Apart from Nicklaus, none of these famous bearers were given the name Jack at birth.

In the United Kingdom this form has been bestowed more frequently than John since the 1990s, being the most popular name for boys from 1996 to 2008.

Dex
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHKS
Personal remark: For Dexter
Rating: 57% based on 13 votes
Short form of Dexter.
Ace 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AYS
Personal remark: For Casey
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
From the English word meaning "highest rank". More commonly a nickname, it is occasionally used as a given name.
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