KathosAnnora's Personal Name List

Aramis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
The surname of one of the musketeers in The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexandre Dumas. Dumas based the character on the 17th-century Henri d'Aramitz, whose surname was derived from the French village of Aramits (itself from Basque aran meaning "valley").
Calais
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάλαϊς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek Κάλαϊς (Kalais), which meant "turquoise" or "chrysolite" (being the name of "a precious stone of a greenish blue"). In Greek myth Calais and his twin brother Zetes, together known as the Boreads (being sons of Boreas, god of the north wind), were Argonauts.
Juneau
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: JOO-no
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the French surname Juneau.
Verona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.
Veronia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: və-ROH-nee-ə
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Elaboration of Verona, a a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy. Rarely used as a given name.
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