sweetcola's Personal Name List

Agapito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: a-gha-PEE-to(Spanish) a-GA-pee-to(Italian)
Rating: 25% based on 11 votes
From the Late Latin name Agapitus or Agapetus, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀγαπητός (Agapetos) meaning "beloved". The name Agapetus was borne by two popes.
Amatus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
Late Latin name meaning "beloved". The 7th-century Saint Amatus was the first abbot of Remiremont Abbey.
Anselm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AN-zelm(German) AN-selm(English)
Rating: 46% based on 11 votes
Derived from the Old German elements ansi "god" and helm "helmet, protection". This name was brought to England in the late 11th century by Saint Anselm, who was born in northern Italy. He was archbishop of Canterbury and a Doctor of the Church.
Armel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: AR-MEHL(French)
Rating: 36% based on 10 votes
Breton and French form of the Old Welsh name Arthmail, which was composed of the elements arth "bear" and mael "prince, chieftain". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded abbeys in Brittany.
Augustine 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-gə-steen, aw-GUS-tin
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
From the Roman name Augustinus, itself derived from the Roman name Augustus. Saint Augustine of Hippo was a 5th-century Christian theologian and author from North Africa. For his contributions to Christian philosophy he is known as a Doctor of the Church. Due to his renown, the name came into general use in the Christian world. It became popular in England in the Middle Ages partly because of a second saint by this name, Augustine of Canterbury, a 6th-century Italian monk sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons.
Bakar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ba-KAR
Rating: 38% based on 10 votes
Masculine form of Bakarne.
Basil 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAZ-əl
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
From the Greek name Βασίλειος (Basileios), which was derived from βασιλεύς (basileus) meaning "king". Saint Basil the Great was a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea and one of the fathers of the early Christian church. Due to him, the name (in various spellings) has come into general use in the Christian world, being especially popular among Eastern Christians. It was also borne by two Byzantine emperors.
Ciro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: CHEE-ro(Italian) THEE-ro(European Spanish) SEE-ro(Latin American Spanish) SEE-roo(Portuguese)
Rating: 35% based on 10 votes
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Cyrus.
Clemente
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: kleh-MEHN-teh(Italian, Spanish) kli-MEHN-ti(European Portuguese) kleh-MEHN-chee(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 30% based on 11 votes
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Clemens (see Clement).
Drust
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pictish
Rating: 38% based on 10 votes
Pictish name probably derived from the old Celtic root *trusto- meaning "noise, tumult". This name was borne by several kings of the Picts, including their last king Drust X, who ruled in the 9th century.
Eneko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: eh-NEH-ko
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
Possibly derived from Basque ene "my" and ko, a diminutive suffix. This was the name of the first king of Pamplona or Navarre (9th century), whose name is usually rendered as Íñigo.
Erasmus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἔρασμος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-RAZ-məs(English)
Rating: 43% based on 11 votes
Derived from Greek ἐράσμιος (erasmios) meaning "beloved, desired". Saint Erasmus, also known as Saint Elmo, was a 4th-century martyr who is the patron saint of sailors. Erasmus was also the name of a Dutch scholar of the Renaissance period.
Everard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 31% based on 10 votes
From Everardus, the Latinized form of Eberhard. The Normans introduced it to England, where it joined the Old English cognate Eoforheard. It has only been rarely used since the Middle Ages. Modern use of the name may be inspired by the surname Everard, itself derived from the medieval name.
Jesse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Finnish, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשַׁי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHS-ee(English) YEH-sə(Dutch) YEHS-seh(Finnish)
Rating: 41% based on 13 votes
From Ἰεσσαί (Iessai), the Greek form of the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishai), which possibly means "gift". In the Old Testament Jesse is the father of King David. It began to be used as an English given name after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.
Macario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ma-KA-ryo
Rating: 27% based on 10 votes
Spanish form of the Latin name Macarius, derived from the Greek name Μακάριος (Makarios), which was in turn derived from Greek μάκαρ (makar) meaning "blessed, happy". This was the name of several early saints.
Mason
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-sən
Rating: 48% based on 11 votes
From an English surname (or vocabulary word) meaning "stoneworker", derived from an Old French word of Frankish origin (akin to Old English macian "to make"). In the United States this name began to increase in popularity in the 1980s, likely because of its fashionable sound. It jumped in popularity after 2009 when Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their son, as featured on their reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2010. It peaked as the second most popular name for boys in 2011.
Maximilien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAK-SEE-MEE-LYEHN
Rating: 36% based on 11 votes
French form of Maximilianus (see Maximilian).
Orhan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 37% based on 10 votes
Derived from Turkish or, of uncertain meaning, possibly from a Turkic root meaning "place", and han meaning "khan, ruler, leader". This was the name of a 14th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Regulus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Astronomy
Pronounced: REH-goo-loos(Latin)
Rating: 34% based on 10 votes
Roman cognomen meaning "prince, little king", a diminutive of Latin rex "king". This was the cognomen of several 3rd-century BC consuls from the gens Atilia. It was also the name of several early saints. A star in the constellation Leo bears this name as well.
Royce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROIS
Rating: 45% based on 10 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.
Santiago
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: san-TYA-gho(Spanish) sun-tee-A-goo(European Portuguese) sun-chee-A-goo(Brazilian Portuguese) sahn-tee-AH-go(English) san-tee-AH-go(English)
Rating: 44% based on 12 votes
Means "Saint James", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Yago, an old Spanish form of James, the patron saint of Spain. It is the name of the main character in the novella The Old Man and the Sea (1951) by Ernest Hemingway. This also is the name of the capital city of Chile, as well as several other cities in the Spanish-speaking world.
Saul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: שָׁאוּל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: SAWL(English)
Rating: 47% based on 10 votes
From the Hebrew name שָׁאוּל (Sha'ul) meaning "asked for, prayed for". This was the name of the first king of Israel, as told in the Old Testament. Before the end of his reign he lost favour with God, and after a defeat by the Philistines he was succeeded by David as king. In the New Testament, Saul was the original Hebrew name of the apostle Paul.
Seve
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: SEH-beh
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
Spanish diminutive of Severiano or Severino.
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
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