FocusPocus's Personal Name List

Medieval English variant of Honora.

Latin form of the Welsh Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, derived from cymry meaning "the people". It is occasionally used as a given name in modern times.

Derived from the Indo-European root *ker- meaning "grow, increase". In Roman mythology Ceres was the goddess of agriculture, equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.

Means "God gave" in Igbo, derived from Chi 2, referring to God, and nyè meaning "give".

Created by the Lithuanian writer Vydūnas, who possibly derived it from a Sanskrit word meaning "destiny".

Means "sea, ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Means "joy" in Amharic.

Means "white" in Sanskrit. This is a Hindu goddess, another name of Parvati the wife of Shiva, so named because of her fair complexion.

Elaborated form of Gail.

Diminutive of Gennadiy, Yevgeniy or Yevgeniya.

Means "song" in Sanskrit. The word appears in the name of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text of Hinduism (meaning "divine song").

Means "to dawn" in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.

Variant of Honoria. It was brought to England and Ireland by the Normans.

Means "love" in Cornish.

Possibly a combination of Leah and Beatrice. This name was first brought to public attention by the American actress Leatrice Joy (1893-1985).

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Means "dew drop" in Hebrew.

Short form of Michaela.

Possibly derived from Swedish moder meaning "mother". This was the pen name of the Swedish author Moa Martinson (real name Helga Maria Martinson).

Anglicized form of Muirne used by James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is borne by the mother of the hero Fingal.

Feminine form of Renatus.

Means "silky", from Hindi रेशम (resham) meaning "silk", ultimately of Persian origin.

From Japanese 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

From Japanese 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 央 (o) meaning "center", 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Modern Hebrew form of Rebecca.

Maori form of Louisa.

Feminine form of Rune.

From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".

Means "voice, echo" in Turkish.

Old variant of Sancha.

Feminine form of Ulysses.

German diminutive of Ursula.

Possibly related to Latin verus "true". This might also be a Coptic form of the Ptolemaic name Berenice. Saint Verena was a 3rd-century Egyptian-born nurse who went with the Theban Legion to Switzerland. After the legion was massacred she settled near Zurich.

Means "wind, air" in Quechua.

Variant of Wendy.