Behind the Name: Alie.Meilian's Personal Name List

Andreas

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: Ανδρέας(Greek) Ἀνδρέας(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: an-DREH-as(German, Swedish) ahn-DREH-ahs(Dutch) AN-DREH-AS(Classical Greek)

Ancient Greek and Latin form of Andrew. It is also the form used in Modern Greek, German and Welsh.

Antonia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Romanian, Greek, Croatian, Bulgarian, Ancient Roman

Other Scripts: Αντωνία(Greek) Антония(Bulgarian)

Pronounced: an-TO-nya(Italian, Spanish, German) an-TO-nee-ə(English) ahn-TO-nee-a(Dutch) an-TO-nee-a(Latin)

Feminine form of Antonius (see Anthony).

Carmen

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, English, Italian, French, Romanian, German

Pronounced: KAR-mehn(Spanish, Italian) KAHR-mən(English)

Medieval Spanish form of Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word carmen meaning "song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).

Elena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Czech, Lithuanian, Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Greek, German, English

Other Scripts: Елена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian) Έλενα(Greek)

Pronounced: EH-leh-na(Italian, Czech, German) eh-LEH-na(Spanish) eh-lyeh-NU(Lithuanian) yi-LYEH-nə(Russian) i-LYEH-nə(Russian) EHL-ə-nə(English) ə-LAY-nə(English)

Form of Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Елена (see Yelena).

Jelena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Lithuanian

Other Scripts: Јелена(Serbian)

Form of Yelena in several languages. In Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia it is also associated with the South Slavic words jelen meaning "deer, stag" and jela meaning "fir tree".

Katya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

Other Scripts: Катя(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)

Pronounced: KA-tyə(Russian)

Russian diminutive of Yekaterina.

Sylvie

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French, Czech

Pronounced: SEEL-VEE(French) SIL-vi-yeh(Czech)

French and Czech form of Silvia.