BattleStorm's Personal Name List
Zyta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ZI-ta
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Possibly a Polish form of
Zita 1, or possibly a short form of
Felicyta.
Zvonimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Slavic elements
zvonŭ "sound, chime" and
mirŭ "peace, world". Dmitar Zvonimir was an 11th-century Croatian king.
Zubaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: زبيدة(Arabic) زبیدہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: zoo-BIE-dah(Arabic)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "elite, prime, cream" in Arabic. This was the name of a 9th-century wife of Harun ar-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of The 1001 Nights.
Zuan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Medieval Venetian form of
John.
Zsófika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Pronounced: ZHO-fee-kaw
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Zoya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Зоя(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ZO-yə(Russian)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Bulgarian form of
Zoe.
Zorion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "happiness" in Basque.
Zinoviya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Зиновия(Russian) Зіновія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: zyi-NO-vyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Russian and Ukrainian form of
Zenobia.
Zhirayr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ժիրայր(Armenian)
Pronounced: zhee-RIER
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "strong, active" in Armenian.
Zeru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: seh-ROO
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "sky" in Basque.
Zephyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ζέφυρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZEHF-ər(English)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the Greek
Ζέφυρος (Zephyros) meaning
"west wind". Zephyros was the Greek god of the west wind.
Zeev
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זְאֵב(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"wolf" in Hebrew, an animal particularly associated with the tribe of
Benjamin (see
Genesis 49:27).
Zane 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZAYN
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From an English surname of unknown meaning. It was introduced as a given name by American author Zane Grey (1872-1939). Zane was in fact his middle name — it had been his mother's maiden name.
Zahra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: زهراء, زهرة(Arabic) زهرا(Persian)
Pronounced: zah-RA(Arabic) ZAH-rah(Arabic)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From Arabic
زهراء (zahra), the feminine form of
أزهر (azhar) meaning
"shining, brilliant, bright". This is an epithet of the Prophet
Muhammad's daughter
Fatimah.
It can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic زهرة (see Zahrah), a name derived from a related root.
Yuuma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 悠真, 優真, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうま(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-MA
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji
悠真 or
優真 (see
Yūma).
Yun
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 云, 允, etc.(Chinese) 雲, 允, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: UYN
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Chinese
云 (yún) meaning "cloud" or
允 (yǔn) meaning "allow, consent", as well as other Chinese characters that are pronounced in a similar way.
Youta
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 陽太, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ようた(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YO-TA
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji
陽太 (see
Yōta).
Yonca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: YON-ja
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "clover" in Turkish.
Yolanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English
Pronounced: yo-LAN-da(Spanish) yo-LAHN-də(English)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the medieval French name
Yolande, which was probably a form of the name
Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin
viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.
This name was borne by a 12th-century empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, who was originally from Flanders. It was also used by her descendants in the royal families of Hungary (spelled Jolánta) and Spain (sometimes spelled Violante). The Blessed Yolanda of Poland was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary who married a Polish duke. It was also borne by Yolanda of Vianden, a 13th-century countess from Luxembourg who joined a convent against her parents' wishes, later becoming the subject of medieval legend. Another notable bearer was a 15th-century duchess of Lorraine, the subject of the opera Iolanta (1892) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Yıldırım
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "lightning" in Turkish.
Yash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada
Other Scripts: यश(Hindi, Marathi) ਯਸ਼(Gurmukhi) યશ(Gujarati) ಯಶ್(Kannada)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
यशस् (yashas) meaning
"fame, praise, glory".
Xochipilli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"flower prince" in Nahuatl, from
xōchitl "flower" and
pilli "noble child, prince"
[1]. Xochipilli was the Aztec god of love, flowers, song and games, the twin brother of
Xochiquetzal.
Xerxes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized), History
Other Scripts: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠(Old Persian) Ξέρξης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZURK-seez(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Greek form of the Old Persian name
𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (Xšayarša), which meant
"ruler over heroes". This was the name of a 5th-century BC king of Persia, the son of
Darius the Great. He attempted an invasion of Greece, which ended unsuccessfully at the battle of Salamis.
Xanti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Xanthia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Modern elaborated form of
Xanthe.
Volya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Воля(Russian)
Pronounced: VO-lyə
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Volker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FAWL-ku
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old German element
folk "people" combined with
heri "army".
Vivyan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: VIV-ee-ən
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Vespasiano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Verusha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Веруша(Russian)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Vencel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: VEHN-tsehl
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Vasco
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: VASH-koo(European Portuguese) VAS-koo(Brazilian Portuguese) BAS-ko(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque. A famous bearer was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c. 1460-1524), the first person to sail from Europe around Africa to India.
Valdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from Old Norse
valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and
dís meaning "goddess".
Tovia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טוֹבִיָּה(Hebrew)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Hebrew form of
Tobiah, also used as a feminine form.
Topher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-fər
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Tondra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: TON-dra
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "thunderous", from Esperanto tondro meaning "thunder".
Tiên
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: TEEN, TEENG
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Sino-Vietnamese
仙 (tiên) meaning
"immortal, transcendent, celestial being, fairy".
Temple
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TEHM-pəl
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who was associated with the Knights Templar, a medieval religious military order.
Taro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 太郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たろう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TA-RO
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji
太郎 (see
Tarō).
Talia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טַלְיָה, טַלְיָא(Hebrew)
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Means
"dew from God" in Hebrew, from
טַל (tal) meaning "dew" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.
Sujay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali, Marathi
Other Scripts: সুজয়(Bengali) सुजय(Marathi)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"great victory", derived from the Sanskrit prefix
सु (su) meaning "good" combined with
जय (jaya) meaning "victory".
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr.
Steen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Søren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Pronounced: SUUW-ən
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Danish form of
Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.
Síofra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-frə
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "elf, sprite" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.
Silvano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: seel-VA-no
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Shiloh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שִׁלוֹ, שִׁילֹה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHIE-lo(English)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From an
Old Testament place name possibly meaning
"tranquil" in Hebrew. It is also used prophetically in the Old Testament to refer to a person, often understood to be the Messiah (see
Genesis 49:10). This may in fact be a mistranslation.
This name was brought to public attention after actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave it to their daughter in 2006.
Shadi 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: شادي(Arabic)
Pronounced: SHA-dee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "singer" in Arabic.
Sesto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SEH-sto
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Seren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SEH-rehn
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.
Serafino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Senka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Сенка(Serbian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"shadow, shade" in Serbian and Croatian. It can also be a
diminutive of
Ksenija.
Sendoa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: sehn-DO-a
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Means "strong" in Basque.
Sayen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mapuche
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly a derivative of Mapuche ayün "love".
Sansone
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: san-SO-neh
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Ruya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رؤية(Arabic)
Pronounced: ROO-yah
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "vision, sight" in Arabic.
Royal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROI-əl, ROIL
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word royal, derived (via Old French) from Latin regalis, a derivative of rex "king". It was first used as a given name in the 19th century.
Rotem
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: רוֹתֶם(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of a desert plant (species Retama raetam), possibly derived from Hebrew
רְתֹם (retom) meaning "to bind".
Rosenda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-SEHN-da
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Rohese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Rohan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada
Other Scripts: रोहन(Hindi, Marathi) রোহন(Bengali) ರೋಹನ್(Kannada)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
रोहण (rohana) meaning
"ascending".
Remo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: REH-mo
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Remedios
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: reh-MEH-dhyos
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"remedies" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin
Mary,
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, meaning "Our Lady of the Remedies".
Rayko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Райко(Bulgarian)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Bulgarian variant of
Radko.
Rahim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto
Other Scripts: رحيم(Arabic, Pashto) رحیم(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ra-HEEM(Arabic, Persian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"kind, compassionate" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition
الرحيم (al-Rahim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Ra'd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رعد(Arabic)
Pronounced: RA‘D
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "thunder" in Arabic. This is the name of the 13th chapter of the Quran (surah ar-Rad).
Ra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Pronounced: RAH(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
From Egyptian
rꜥ meaning
"sun" or
"day". Ra was an important Egyptian sun god originally worshipped in Heliopolis in Lower Egypt. He was usually depicted as a man with the head of a falcon crowned with a solar disc. In later times his attributes were often merged with those of other deities, such as
Amon,
Atum and
Horus.
Quintella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Pryce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: PRIES(English)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Porcia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Pleasance
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Pronounced: PLEHZ-əns
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
From the medieval name Plaisance, which meant "pleasant" in Old French.
Piloqutinnguaq
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"little leaf" in Greenlandic, from
piloqut "leaf" and the
diminutive suffix
-nnguaq.
Pherick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Pharamond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Faramund. This form was used by Shakespeare in his historical play
Henry V (1599), referring to the Frankish king.
Phaedra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φαίδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FEED-rə(English) FEHD-rə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the Greek
Φαίδρα (Phaidra), derived from
φαιδρός (phaidros) meaning
"bright". Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and the wife of
Theseus in Greek
mythology.
Aphrodite caused her to fall in love with her stepson
Hippolytos, and after she was rejected by him she killed herself.
Persis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Περσίς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Greek name meaning
"Persian woman". This was the name of a woman mentioned in
Paul's epistle to the Romans in the
New Testament.
Pembe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "pink" in Turkish.
Payne
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAYN
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From a medieval given name or nickname derived from Latin paganus meaning "heathen, pagan" (from an earlier sense "rural, rustic"), which was given to children whose baptism had been postponed or adults who were not overly religious.
Özgür
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: UUZ-gyuyr
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "free" in Turkish.
Ozan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "bard" in Turkish.
Osane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"cure, remedy" in Basque. It is an equivalent of
Remedios, proposed by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque
saints names.
Oren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֹרֶן(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.
Orabela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: o-ra-BEH-la
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means
"golden-beautiful" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin
aurea "gold" and
bella "beautiful".
Opal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: O-pəl
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the English word
opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October. The word ultimately derives from Sanskrit
उपल (upala) meaning "jewel".
Onur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "honour" in Turkish (borrowed from French honneur).
Omid
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: امید(Persian)
Pronounced: o-MEED
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "hope" in Persian.
Odalis
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Possibly an elaboration of
Odilia used in Latin America. In most countries it is a feminine name, but in the Dominican Republic it is commonly masculine.
Nyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Nydia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish, Literature
Pronounced: NID-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Used by British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). He perhaps based it on Latin nidus "nest".
Nubia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: NOO-bya
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the name of the ancient region and kingdom in Africa, south of Egypt. It possibly derives from the Egyptian word nbw meaning "gold".
Nizhóní
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Navajo
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Navajo
nizhóní meaning
"beautiful" [1].
Nilima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi, Hindi, Telugu
Other Scripts: नीलिमा(Marathi, Hindi) నీలిమ(Telugu)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "dark blue" in Sanskrit.
Neta
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נֶטַע(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "plant, shrub" in Hebrew.
Nerea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Pronounced: neh-REH-a
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Possibly from Basque
nere, a dialectal variant of
nire meaning
"mine". Alternatively, it could be a feminine form of
Nereus. This name arose in Basque-speaking regions of Spain in the first half of the 20th century, though it is now popular throughout the country.
Nelu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Neha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu
Other Scripts: नेहा(Hindi, Marathi) നേഹ(Malayalam) ನೇಹಾ(Kannada) ਨੇਹਾ(Gurmukhi) નેહા(Gujarati) নেহা(Bengali) నేహా(Telugu)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Possibly from Sanskrit
स्नेह (sneha) meaning
"love, tenderness".
Nayeli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".
Myrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μυρινα, Μυρίνα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MOO-REE-NAH(Classical Greek) mie-REE-nə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Greek ìõñïí (myron) meaning "myrrh". In Greek mythology, Myrina was the Queen of the Amazons.
Mubin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مبين(Arabic)
Pronounced: moo-BEEN
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "clear, distinct" in Arabic.
Moreen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: maw-REEN(English) MAWR-een(English)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of
Móirín. It is sometimes used as a variant of
Maureen.
Moema
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "lies" in Tupí. This name appears in the poem Caramuru (1781) by the Brazilian poet Santa Rita Durão.
Milagros
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: mee-LA-ghros
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"miracles" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin
Mary,
Nuestra Señora de los Milagros, which means "Our Lady of Miracles".
Meritxell
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: mə-ree-CHEHL
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of a village in Andorra where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. The name of the village may derive from Latin
meridies meaning "midday".
Melusine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mythology
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. In European folklore Melusine was a water fairy who turned into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. She made her husband, Raymond of Poitou, promise that he would never see her on that day, and when he broke his word she left him forever.
Melda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: MEL-dah
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Mazin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مازن(Arabic)
Pronounced: MA-zeen
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Means "rain clouds" in Arabic.
Martzel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Makarios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek
Other Scripts: Μακάριος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Maeva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian, French
Pronounced: MA-EH-VA(French)
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
Means "welcome" in Tahitian. It gained popularity in France during the 1980s.
Lygia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Luminița
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: loo-mee-NEE-tsa
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means
"little light", derived from Romanian
lumina "light" combined with a
diminutive suffix.
Lovel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was a variant of
Lowell.
Lotario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Lorcán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: LAWR-kan
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means
"little fierce one", derived from Old Irish
lorcc "fierce" combined with a
diminutive suffix.
Saint Lorcán was a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.
Livio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: LEE-vyo
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Lior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means
"my light" in Hebrew, from
לִי (li) "for me" and
אוֹר ('or) "light".
Levon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Լեւոն(Armenian)
Pronounced: leh-VAWN
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Armenian form of
Leon. This was the name of several kings of Cilician Armenia, including the first king Levon I the Magnificent.
Leoncio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: leh-ON-thyo(European Spanish) leh-ON-syo(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Lecia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Latif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: لطيف(Arabic) لطیف(Urdu)
Pronounced: la-TEEF(Arabic)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Means
"gentle, kind" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition
اللطيف (al-Latif) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Kyriakos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Κυριάκος(Greek) Κυριακός(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Kyriaki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Κυριακή(Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Kuzey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "north" in Turkish.
Kulap
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: กุหลาบ(Thai)
Pronounced: koo-LAP
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Means "rose" in Thai (of Persian origin).
Kotone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 琴音, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ことね(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-TO-NEH
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese
琴 (koto), which refers to a type of musical instrument similar to a harp, combined with
音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Kieron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: KEER-ən(English) KEER-awn(English)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Kezia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: קְצִיעָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: kə-ZIE-ə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Kaolin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of
Caolán. This is also the name of a type of clay.
Kanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: กัญญา(Thai)
Pronounced: kan-YA
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Means "young woman" in Thai.
Julitta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of
Julia. This was the name of a 4th-century
saint who was martyred in Tarsus with her young son Quiricus.
Jezebel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אִיזֶבֶל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHZ-ə-behl(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From Hebrew
אִיזֶבֶל ('Izevel), probably from a Phoenician name, possibly containing the Semitic root
zbl meaning
"to exalt, to dwell". According to one theory it might be an altered form of the Phoenician name
𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤀𐤆𐤁𐤋 (Baʿlʾizbel) meaning "Ba'al exalts" with the first element removed or replaced
[1].
According to the Old Testament Jezebel was the Phoenician wife of Ahab, a king of Israel. She is portrayed as an evil figure because she encouraged the worship of the god Ba'al. After she was thrown from a window to her death her body was eaten by dogs, fulfilling Elijah's prophecy.
Javan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יָוָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAY-vən(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means
"Greece" in Hebrew, possibly related to
Ion 2. In the
Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of
Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples.
Izolda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian, Russian, Hungarian, Polish (Rare)
Other Scripts: იზოლდა(Georgian) Изольда(Russian)
Pronounced: i-ZOL-də(Russian) ee-ZAWL-da(Polish)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Georgian, Russian, Hungarian and Polish form of
Iseult.
Itzel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mayan
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Classic Maya
itz meaning
"resin, nectar, dew, liquid, enchanted". Otherwise, it might be a variant of
Ixchel.
Itzal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-TSAL
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means "shadow, protection" in Basque.
İskender
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ees-kyehn-DEHR
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Isi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Choctaw
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Means "deer" in Choctaw.
Ioana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Йоана(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ee-WA-na(Romanian)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Romanian feminine form of
John. This is also an alternate transcription of Bulgarian
Йоана (see
Yoana).
Indra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: इन्द्र(Sanskrit, Nepali) इन्द्र, इंद्र(Hindi)
Pronounced: IN-drə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means
"possessing drops of rain" from Sanskrit
इन्दु (indu) meaning "a drop" and
र (ra) meaning "acquiring, possessing". Indra is the name of the ancient Hindu warrior god of the sky and rain. He is the chief god in the
Rigveda.
Ilona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Pronounced: EE-lo-naw(Hungarian) ee-LO-na(German) EE-lo-na(German) EE-lo-nah(Finnish) ee-LAW-na(Polish) I-lo-na(Czech)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Old Hungarian form of
Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word
ilona, a derivative of
ilo "joy".
Igon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Pronounced: ee-GHON
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Hypatia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ὑπατία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from Greek
ὕπατος (hypatos) meaning
"highest, supreme". Hypatia of Alexandria was a 5th-century philosopher and mathematician, daughter of the mathematician Theon.
Hesperos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἕσπερος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHS-PEH-ROS
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means
"evening" in Greek. This was the name of the personification of the Evening Star (the planet Venus) in Greek
mythology.
Herut
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: חֵרוּת(Hebrew)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "freedom" in Hebrew.
Heru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hypothetical)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Reconstructed Egyptian form of
Horus.
Hemera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἡμέρα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means
"day" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess who personified the daytime. According to Hesiod she was the daughter of
Nyx, the personification of the night.
Hazan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "autumn" in Turkish.
Haruna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 晴菜, 遥菜, 春菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はるな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-ROO-NA
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From Japanese
晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather",
遥 (haru) meaning "distant, remote" or
春 (haru) meaning "spring" combined with
菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: हरि(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) ஹரி(Tamil) హరి(Telugu) ಹರಿ(Kannada) ഹരി(Malayalam) हरी(Marathi)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"brown, yellow, tawny" in Sanskrit, and by extension
"monkey, horse, lion". This is another name of the Hindu god
Vishnu, and sometimes of
Krishna. It is also borne by the son of the Garuda, the bird-like mount of Vishnu.
Hallam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HAL-əm
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning either "at the rocks" or "at the nook" in Old English.
Haizea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ie-SEH-a
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "wind" in Basque.
Hadar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: הָדָר(Hebrew)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.
Gratian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: GRAY-shən(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the Roman name
Gratianus, which meant
"grace" from Latin
gratus.
Saint Gratian was the first bishop of Tours (4th century). This was also the name of a Roman emperor.
Gotzon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: GO-tson
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Means "angel" in Basque.
Glynis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Ghada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: غادة(Arabic)
Pronounced: GHA-dah
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "graceful woman" in Arabic.
Géza
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: GEH-zaw
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From
Gyeücsa, possibly derived from a
diminutive form of the Hungarian noble title
gyevü or
gyeü, itself from Turkic
jabgu. This was the name of a 10th-century leader of the Hungarians, the father of the first king
István.
Gerwas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Hypothetical) [1]
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Gereon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Late Roman
Pronounced: GEH-reh-awn(German)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Possibly derived from Greek
γέρων (geron) meaning
"old man, elder". This was the name of a
saint martyred in Cologne in the 4th century.
Gellért
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: GEHL-lehrt
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Hungarian form of
Gerard.
Saint Gellért was an 11th-century missionary to Hungary who was martyred by being thrown into the Danube.
Gearalt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Franziska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: fran-TSIS-ka
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
German feminine form of
Franciscus (see
Francis).
Flutura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "butterfly" in Albanian.
Filibert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means
"much brightness" from the Old German elements
filu "much" and
beraht "bright". This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish
saint, commonly called Philibert.
Ferenc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: FEH-rents
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Hungarian form of
Francis. This is the Hungarian name of the composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886).
Fayruz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: فيروز(Arabic)
Pronounced: fie-ROOZ
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "turquoise (gemstone)" in Arabic, ultimately of Persian origin.
Faris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Bosnian
Other Scripts: فارس(Arabic)
Pronounced: FA-rees(Arabic)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Means "horseman, knight" in Arabic.
Fallon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
From an Irish surname that was an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Fallamháin, itself derived from the given name Fallamhán meaning "leader". It was popularized in the 1980s by a character on the soap opera Dynasty.
Evron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare)
Other Scripts: עֶבְרוֹן(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From a biblical place name, also called
עַבְדּוֹן ('Avdon) meaning "servile", for which it may be a clerical error.
Evangelos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ευάγγελος(Greek)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means
"bringing good news" from the Greek word
εὐάγγελος (euangelos), a derivative of
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger".
Euri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Means "rain" in Basque.
Etzel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Form of
Attila used in the medieval German saga the
Nibelungenlied. In the story Etzel is a fictional version of Attila the Hun.
Espiridión
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: ehs-pee-ree-DHYON
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Esin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "inspiration" in Turkish.
Esen
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Means "the wind" in Turkish.
Eseld
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Erazem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Era
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Derived from Albanian erë meaning "wind".
Enikő
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EH-nee-kuu
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century. He based it on the name of the legendary mother of the Hungarian people, Enéh, of Turkic origin meaning "young hind" (modern Hungarian ünő).
Enfys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHN-vis
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "rainbow" in Welsh. This name was first used in the 19th century.
Ender
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means "very rare" in Turkish.
Electra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἠλέκτρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEHK-trə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Ἠλέκτρα (Elektra), derived from
ἤλεκτρον (elektron) meaning
"amber". In Greek
myth she was the daughter of
Agamemnon and
Clytemnestra and the sister of
Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. Also in Greek mythology, this name was borne by one of the Pleiades, who were the daughters of
Atlas and
Pleione.
Eidel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: איידל(Yiddish)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.
Ebru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Means "paper marbling" in Turkish. Paper marbling is the art of creating colourful patterns on paper.
Dylis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Dryope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Δρυόπη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek δρῦς (drys) meaning "tree, oak" combined with Greek οψ (ops) "voice" or Greek ωψ (ops) "face, eye". This name was borne by at least five characters in Greek mythology, the best known being the daughter of king Dryops of Oeta, who was turned into a black poplar tree by the god Apollo.
Dragana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Драгана(Serbian, Macedonian)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Devika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: देविका(Hindi)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Means
"little goddess" from Sanskrit
देवी (devi) meaning "goddess" and
क (ka) meaning "little".
Desta
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ደስታ(Amharic)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "joy" in Amharic.
Desiderius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Derived from Latin
desiderium meaning
"longing, desire". It was the name of several early
saints. It was also borne in the 8th century by the last king of the Lombard Kingdom.
Dema
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ديمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: DEE-mah
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic
ديمة (see
Dima 1).
Dejen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ደጀን(Amharic)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means "foundation, support" in Amharic.
Darina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Czech, Bulgarian, Russian
Other Scripts: Дарина(Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: DA-ree-na(Slovak) DA-ri-na(Czech)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Slavic word
darŭ meaning
"gift". It is sometimes used as a
diminutive of names beginning with
Dar.
Cyrille
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEE-REEL
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
French form of
Cyril, sometimes used as a feminine form.
Cian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KYEEN(Irish)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means
"ancient, enduring" in Irish. In Irish
mythology this was the name of the father of
Lugh Lámfada. It was also borne by the mythical ancestor of the Ciannachta and by a son-in-law of
Brian Boru.
Châu
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: CHUW, KYUW
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
From Sino-Vietnamese
珠 (châu) meaning
"pearl, gem".
Chara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Χαρά(Greek)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Means "happiness, joy" in Greek.
Čeněk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: CHEH-nyehk
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Cansu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: jan-SOO
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
From Turkish
can meaning "soul, life" and
su meaning "water".
Boyana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Бояна(Bulgarian)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Bulgarian feminine form of
Bojan.
Bora 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Means
"storm, squall" in Turkish, ultimately related to Greek
Βορέας (Boreas), the name of the god of the north wind.
Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Blas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: BLAS
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Bion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Βίων(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Ancient Greek name derived from
βίος (bios) meaning
"life".
Beyza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means
"very white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic
بيضاء (bayda).
Bettino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: beht-TEE-no
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Battle
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAT-əl
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
From a nickname for a combative person. In some cases it may come from the name of English places called Battle, so named because they were sites of battles.
Battista
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: bat-TEE-sta
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Batel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: בַּת־אֵל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: baht-EHL
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "daughter of God" in Hebrew.
Azucena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-thoo-THEH-na(European Spanish) a-soo-SEH-na(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.
Azhar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: أزهر(Arabic) اظہر(Urdu)
Pronounced: AZ-har(Arabic)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means
"shining, brilliant, bright" in Arabic, derived from the root
زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".
Azalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek
ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Ayşe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Ayla 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "moonlight, halo" in Turkish.
Axel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, French, English
Pronounced: A-ksehl(Swedish) A-ksəl(German) A-KSEHL(French) AK-səl(English)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Aveza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Ava 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آوا(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-VAW
Rating: 77% based on 7 votes
Means "voice, sound" in Persian.
Austėja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means "to weave" in Lithuanian. This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of bees.
Audrea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AWD-ree-ə
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Audra 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: OW-dru
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Means "storm" in Lithuanian.
Aten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Pronounced: AH-tən(English)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Ashoka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sanskrit
Other Scripts: अशोक(Sanskrit)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "without sorrow" in Sanskrit. This name was borne by Ashoka the Great, a 3rd-century BC emperor of India.
Arsenio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: ar-SEH-nyo
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Arista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-RIS-tə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "ear of grain" in Latin. This is the name of a star, also known as Spica, in the constellation Virgo.
Aria 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AHR-ee-ə
Rating: 58% based on 8 votes
Means "song, melody" in Italian (literally means "air"). An aria is an elaborate vocal solo, the type usually performed in operas. As an English name, it has only been in use since the 20th century, its rise in popularity accelerating after the 2010 premier of the television drama Pretty Little Liars, featuring a character by this name. It is not traditionally used in Italy.
Arashi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 嵐(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: A-RA-SHEE
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Means "storm" in Japanese.
Aoede
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀοιδή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ay-EE-dee(English)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Anthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-thee-ə(English)
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
From the Greek
Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from
ἄνθος (anthos) meaning
"flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess
Hera.
Annelien
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ah-nə-LEEN
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Anjali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Nepali
Other Scripts: अञ्जली, अंजली(Hindi) अंजली(Marathi, Nepali) அஞ்சலி(Tamil) అంజలి(Telugu) അഞ്ജലി(Malayalam)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means "salutation" in Sanskrit.
Anil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nepali
Other Scripts: अनिल(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) অনিল(Bengali) ਅਨਿਲ(Gurmukhi) અનિલ(Gujarati) అనిల్(Telugu) ಅನಿಲ್(Kannada) അനിൽ(Malayalam) அனில்(Tamil)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Derived from Sanskrit
अनिल (anila) meaning
"air, wind". This is another name of
Vayu, the Hindu god of the wind.
Andreu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: ən-DREW
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Andon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Андон(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From the Late Latin name
Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name
Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning
"immortal".
Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Amatus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Late Latin name meaning
"beloved". The 7th-century
Saint Amatus was the first abbot of Remiremont Abbey.
Amari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African, Yoruba, Western African
Pronounced: Uh-mar-ee(Yoruba)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
A noted bearer was a Damel of Cayor, Amari Ngoné Ndella, who ruled from 1790 AD to 1809 AD. The Kingdom of Cayor was one of the largest of most powerful kingdoms in what is now Senegal, existing from 1549 AD to 1879 AD.
Amalric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized) [1]
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AM-əl-rik(English) ə-MAL-rik(English)
Rating: 8% based on 4 votes
From the Visigothic name *
Amalareiks, derived from the Gothic element
amals meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave", also referring to the royal dynasty of the Amali, combined with
reiks meaning "ruler, king". This was the name of a 6th-century king of the Visigoths, as well as two 12th-century rulers of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Alyse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LEES, AL-is
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Aluki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Inuit
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Alida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German, Hungarian
Pronounced: a-LEE-da(Dutch, German) AW-lee-daw(Hungarian)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Alcaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλκαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-SEE-əs(English)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaios) meaning
"strong", derived from
ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess". This was the name of a 7th-century BC lyric poet from the island of Lesbos.
Alazne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: a-LAS-neh
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
From Basque
alatz meaning
"miracle". It is an equivalent of
Milagros, proposed by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque
saints names.
Ailen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mapuche
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Ágota
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: A-go-taw
Rating: 16% based on 5 votes
Adina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly a short form of
Adelina.
Adeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-DU-LEEN(French) AD-ə-lien(English)
Rating: 79% based on 8 votes
French and English form of
Adelina.
Acacia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KAY-shə
Rating: 43% based on 7 votes
From the name of a type of tree, ultimately derived from Greek
ἀκή (ake) meaning "thorn, point".
Abilio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-BEE-lyo
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
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