NixieAvUlver's Personal Name List

French feminine form of Adrian.

Variant of Aino. It also means "always" in Finnish.

From an English surname that was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

In America, this name received a boost of popularity in 2000 when a character bearing it began appearing on the television series The West Wing.

Diminutive of Anna.

Feminine form of Antonius (see Anthony).

Short form of Astrid.

Modern Scandinavian form of Ástríðr. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of Pippi Longstocking. It was also borne by a Swedish princess (1905-1935) who became the queen of Belgium as the wife of Leopold III.

French feminine form of Aurelius.

French form of Aurora.

Short form of Sébastien.

Feminine form of Camillus. This was the name of a legendary warrior maiden of the Volsci, as told by Virgil in the Aeneid. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Fanny Burney's novel Camilla (1796).

Spanish form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).

Norwegian and Danish form of Cecilia, as well as a Czech variant of Cecílie.

French feminine and masculine form of Caelestis.

French form of Christopher.

Romanian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Corinna, as well as a German variant.

Possibly means "little spear" from Irish corra "spear" and a diminutive suffix.

From Δαναοί (Danaoi), a word used by Homer to designate the Greeks. In Greek mythology Danaë was the daughter of the Argive king Acrisius. It had been prophesied to her father that he would one day be killed by Danaë's son, so he attempted to keep his daughter childless. However, Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and she became the mother of Perseus. Eventually the prophecy was fulfilled and Perseus killed Acrisius, albeit accidentally.

Variant of Danica.

Portuguese, French and Hungarian form of Delia 1.

Russian variant of Dmitriy, as well as the Georgian form.

Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear". This was the name of a 10th-century English king, Edgar the Peaceful. The name did not survive long after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), which tells of the tragic love between Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton [1]. Famous bearers include author and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), French impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), and author Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950).

Means "snowdrop (flower)" in Welsh, a compound of eira "snow" and llys "plant".

From a surname that was a variant of Elliott.

French form of Emmerich.

French form of Stephen.

Derived from Greek εὐανθής (euanthes) meaning "blooming, flowery", a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". According to some sources, this was the name of the mother of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites) in Greek mythology.

Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "good fortune" or "island" and dís "goddess".

Modern Irish Gaelic form of Finbar.

Icelandic and Old Norse form of Freya.

Latinized form of the Greek name Γαϊανή (Gaiane), a derivative of Gaia. This was the name of a (perhaps fictional) martyr who was killed in Armenia during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian in the late 3rd century.

Feminine form of Gwenaël.

Diminutive of Harriet.

Swedish and Finnish form of Heilwig.

Short form of names ending with or otherwise containing ina, such as Martina, Christina and Carolina.

Diminutive of Joséphine.

Feminine form of Kasimir.

Anglicized form of Caitrìona.

French feminine form of Leon.

German and Dutch feminine form of Leonius.

German diminutive of Elisabeth.

Short form of Elisabeth or Elizabeth.

Combination of Lise and Charlotte.

Breton form of Louis.

Means "little blackbird", derived from Old Irish lon "blackbird" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early saints.

Short form of Charlotte or Liselotte.

Means "from Lydia" in Greek. Lydia was a region on the west coast of Asia Minor, said to be named for the legendary king Lydos. In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul. In the modern era the name has been in use since the Protestant Reformation.

Occitan form of Magdalene.

French feminine form of Maximilian.

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.

French diminutive of Nadia 1.

Variant of Aneirin.

Feminine variant form of Noël.

Diminutive of Oswald, Osborn and other names beginning with a similar sound.

Variant of Ralph. This form became common during the 17th century, reflecting the usual pronunciation.

Means "queen" in French, ultimately from Latin regina.

Diminutive of Rosemarie or Rosemary.

Variant of Rosemary.

Irish form of Jehanne, a Norman French variant of Jeanne.

From an English surname that was derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".

Variant of Solange.

Modern form of Þóra.

Swedish variant of Tove.

Variant of Twila.

From a Welsh surname that was derived from bychan (mutated to fychan) meaning "little".

French form of Verena.

French feminine form of Yvon. It has been regularly used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

French form of Zechariah and Zacharias.