Lilibet's Personal Name List

Felicity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: fə-LIS-i-tee
Personal remark: light, british
Rating: 55% based on 22 votes
From the English word felicity meaning "happiness", which ultimately derives from Latin felicitas "good luck". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans around the 17th century. It can sometimes be used as an English form of the Latin name Felicitas. This name jumped in popularity in the United States after the premiere of the television series Felicity in 1998. It is more common in the United Kingdom.
Hannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, German, Dutch, Arabic, Biblical
Other Scripts: חַנָּה(Hebrew) حنّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: HAN-ə(English) HA-na(German) HAH-na(Dutch) HAN-nah(Arabic)
Rating: 57% based on 20 votes
From the Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah) meaning "favour, grace", derived from the root חָנַן (chanan). In the Old Testament this is the name of the wife of Elkanah. Her rival was Elkanah's other wife Peninnah, who had children while Hannah remained barren. After a blessing from Eli she finally became pregnant with Samuel.

As an English name, Hannah was not regularly used until after the Protestant Reformation, unlike the vernacular forms Anne and Ann and the Latin form Anna, which were used from the late Middle Ages. In the last half of the 20th century Hannah surged in popularity and neared the top of the name rankings for both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Linnéa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a
Personal remark: Linnea Hunt
Rating: 50% based on 22 votes
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.
Madeleine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, Swedish
Pronounced: MAD-LEHN(French) MAD-ə-lin(English) MAD-ə-lien(English) MAD-lin(English) mahd-eh-LEHN(Swedish)
Personal remark: Madeleine. A Classic, well received by all.
Rating: 54% based on 20 votes
French form of Magdalene.
Marin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, French
Other Scripts: Марин(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ma-REEN(Romanian) MA-REHN(French)
Personal remark: Marin Kate Aveline.
Rating: 49% based on 22 votes
Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and French form of Marinus.
Tamsin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: TAM-zin
Personal remark: Lara, Genevieve & Tamsin
Rating: 40% based on 20 votes
Contracted form of Thomasina. It was traditionally used in Cornwall.
Thea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
Pronounced: TEH-a(German) THEE-ə(English)
Personal remark: Lara, genevieve & Thea
Rating: 48% based on 20 votes
Short form of Dorothea, Theodora, Theresa and other names with a similar sound.
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