Other Scripts:愛莉, 愛梨, etc.(Japanese Kanji)あいり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:A-EE-REE
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Darya 1
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts:Дарья(Russian)Дар'я(Belarusian, Ukrainian)
Other Scripts:光, etc.(Japanese Kanji)ひかり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:KHEE-KA-REE
From Japanese 光 (hikari) meaning "light". Other kanji can also form this name. It is often written with the hiragana writing system.
Hiroko
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts:寛子, 裕子, 浩子, 弘子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)ひろこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:KHEE-RO-KO
From Japanese 寛 (hiro) meaning "tolerant, generous", 裕 (hiro) meaning "abundant" or 浩 (hiro) meaning "prosperous" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kali 1
Gender:Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Tamil
Other Scripts:काली(Sanskrit)কালী(Bengali)காளி(Tamil)
Pronounced:KAH-lee(English)
Means "the black one" in Sanskrit. The Hindu goddess Kali is the fierce destructive form of the wife of Shiva. She is usually depicted with black skin and four arms, holding a severed head and brandishing a sword. As a personal name, it is generally masculine in India.
Other Scripts:誠, etc.(Japanese Kanji)まこと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:MA-KO-TO
From Japanese 誠 (makoto) meaning "sincerity", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations.
Noriko
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts:典子, 紀子, 法子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)のりこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:NO-REE-KO
From Japanese 典 (nori) meaning "rule, ceremony" or 紀 (nori) meaning "chronicle" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Rika
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Dutch
Pronounced:REE-ka(Dutch)
Short form of Fredrika, Henrika and other names ending in rika.
Sabah
Gender:Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish
Other Scripts:صباح(Arabic)
Pronounced:sa-BAH(Arabic)
Means "morning" in Arabic and Turkish.
Saga
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced:SAH-gah(Swedish)SA-gha(Icelandic)
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".
Shakira
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts:شاكرة(Arabic)
Pronounced:SHA-kee-rah
Feminine form of Shakir. A famous bearer is the Colombian singer Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (1977-), known simply as Shakira.
Slobodan
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian
Other Scripts:Слободан(Serbian, Macedonian)
From South Slavic sloboda meaning "freedom".
Sora
Gender:Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts:空, 昊, etc.(Japanese Kanji)そら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:SO-RA
From Japanese 空 (sora) or 昊 (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Ville
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish
Pronounced:VEEL-leh(Finnish)
Finnish and Swedish diminutive of Vilhelm and other names beginning with Vil.
Yasu 1
Gender:Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts:安, 康, 坦, etc.(Japanese Kanji)やす(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:YA-SOO
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet", 康 (yasu) meaning "peaceful" or 坦 (yasu) meaning "flat, smooth, level", as well as other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Yuu
Gender:Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts:優, 悠, 勇, etc.(Japanese Kanji)ゆう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced:YOO
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 優 or 悠 or 勇 (see Yū).
Zahra
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts:زهراء, زهرة(Arabic)زهرا(Persian)
Pronounced:zah-RA(Arabic)ZAH-rah(Arabic)
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.