Morgan1599's Personal Name List

Adina 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲדִינָא(Ancient Hebrew) Ἀδινά(Ancient Greek) עֲדִינָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
From Hebrew עֲדִינָא ('adina') meaning "delicate". This name is borne by a soldier in the Old Testament. It is also used in modern Hebrew as a feminine name, typically spelled עֲדִינָה.
Aibhne
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: EHV-neh
From Irish abhainn meaning "river".
Ailbhe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: AL-vyə(Irish)
From Old Irish Ailbe, possibly derived from the old Celtic root *albiyo- "world, light, white" or Old Irish ail "rock". In Irish legend this was the name of a female warrior of the Fianna. It was also the name of a 6th-century masculine saint, the founder of a monastery at Emly.
Alexis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French, English, Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αλέξης(Greek) Ἄλεξις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE(French) ə-LEHK-sis(English)
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
From the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help". This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek comic poet, and also of several saints. It is used somewhat interchangeably with the related name Ἀλέξιος or Alexius, borne by five Byzantine emperors. In the English-speaking world it is more commonly used as a feminine name.
Amit 2
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עָמִית(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-MEET
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "friend" in Hebrew.
Anastasie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: French, Romanian (Rare)
Pronounced: A-NAS-TA-ZEE(French)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
French form of Anastasia (feminine) and Romanian form of Anastasius (masculine).
Astriel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Greek
Fictional name intended to mean "star of god", from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" and Hebrew אֵל ('el) meaning "God".
Audie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-ee
In the case of the famed American soldier Audie Murphy (1925-1971), it is of uncertain meaning. As a feminine name, it can be a diminutive of Audrey.
Avia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Abijah.
Beverly
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHV-ər-lee
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from the name of a Yorkshire city, itself from Old English beofor "beaver" and (possibly) licc "stream". It came into use as a masculine given name in the 19th century, then became common as an American feminine name after the publication of George Barr McCutcheon's 1904 novel Beverly of Graustark [1]. It was most popular in the 1930s, and has since greatly declined in use.
Brooklyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRUWK-lən
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
From the name of a borough of New York City, originally named after the Dutch town of Breukelen, itself meaning either "broken land" (from Dutch breuk) or "marsh land" (from Dutch broek). It can also be viewed as a combination of Brook and the popular name suffix lyn. It is considered a feminine name in the United States, but is more common as a masculine name in the United Kingdom.
Celestine
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEHL-ə-steen
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
English form of Caelestinus. It is more commonly used as a feminine name, from the French feminine form Célestine.
Celyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Means "holly" in Welsh. It appears briefly in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen [1], belonging to a son of Caw, but was not typically used as a given name until the 20th century.
Chesed
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: חֶסֶד(Hebrew)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Means "kindness, goodness" in Hebrew.
Cheyenne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: shie-AN
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Lakota word šahiyena meaning "red speakers". This is the name of a Native American people of the Great Plains. The name was supposedly given to the Cheyenne by the Lakota because their language was unrelated to their own. As a given name, it has been in use since the 1950s.
Chiora
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Georgian (Rare)
Other Scripts: ჩიორა(Georgian)
Derived from the Georgian noun ჩიორა (chiora) meaning "little bird, darling child" as well as "young cockerel".

A known bearer of this name is the Georgian politician Chiora Taktakishvili (b. 1981).

Claude
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLOD(French) KLAWD(English)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
French masculine and feminine form of Claudius. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had French connections. A famous bearer of this name was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).
Darian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ee-ən
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Probably an elaborated form of Darren.
Devon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHV-ən
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Variant of Devin. It may also be partly inspired by the name of the county of Devon in England, which got its name from the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe.
Eilir
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Derived from Welsh eilir "butterfly; regneration; spring".
Ellis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Welsh
Pronounced: EHL-is(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Elis, a medieval vernacular form of Elias. This name has also functioned as an Anglicized form of Welsh Elisedd.
Emery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-ree
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Norman French form of Emmerich. The Normans introduced it to England, and though it was never popular, it survived until the end of the Middle Ages. As a modern given name, now typically feminine, it is likely inspired by the surname Emery, which was itself derived from the medieval given name. It can also be given in reference to the hard black substance called emery.
Faeryn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Feminine variant of Ferran.
Fei
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 菲, 非, 霏 飛, 飞, 肥(Chinese)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Chinese character 菲 (fēi) meaning "fragrant; luxuriant" or 非 (fēi) meaning "not; not be" or 霏 (fēi) meaning "to fall (referred to rain or snow)" or 飛 and 飞 (fēi) meaning "to fly, to float; rapid; swifty; unexpected" or 肥 (féi) meaning "fat, plump".

Other characters combinations are also possible.

Hadar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: הָדָר(Hebrew)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.
Harper
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-pər
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who played or made harps (Old English hearpe). A notable bearer was the American author Harper Lee (1926-2016), who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. It rapidly gained popularity in the 2000s and 2010s, entering the American top ten for girls in 2015.
Haven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-vən
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.
Jade
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: JAYD(English) ZHAD(French)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
From the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings. It is derived from Spanish (piedra de la) ijada meaning "(stone of the) flank", relating to the belief that jade could cure renal colic. As a given name, it came into general use during the 1970s. It was initially unisex, though it is now mostly feminine.
Jinan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: جنان(Arabic)
Pronounced: jee-NAN
Means "garden" or "paradise" in Arabic.
Jindra
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: YIN-dra
Diminutive of Jindřiška or Jindřich.
Kainoa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: kie-NO-wə
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
This name can mean "sea of freedom," which would derive from kai meaning "sea, sea water" and noa meaning "freedom," or "the namesake," which would derive from ka, which is a definite article, and inoa meaning "name(sake)."
Kizuna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 絆, 創生, 生沙, 喜沙, 喜砂, 希砂(Japanese Kanji) きずな(Japanese Hiragana) キズナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KEE-ZUU-NAH, KEE-DZUU-NAH
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
As a unisex name, it can be used as 絆, 創生 or 生沙 with 絆 (han, kizuna, tsuna.gu, hoda.su) meaning "bonds, ties," 創 (shou, sou, kizu, kezu.shigeru, tsuku.ru, haji.meru) meaning "genesis, originate, start, create," 生 (shou, sei, i.kiru, i.keru, -u, u.mare, o.u, ki, na.ru, ha.eru) meaning "birth, genuine, life" and 沙 (sa, sha, suna, yonageru) meaning "sand."
As a feminine name, it can be used as 喜沙, 喜砂 or 希砂 with 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, pleasure," 砂 (sa, sha, suna) meaning "sand" and 希 (ki, ke, mare) meaning "few, hope, wish, rare."

As a word, Kizuna (絆) refers to a bond or bonds & emotional ties, connection or link between people. It can also refer to a tether or a fetter.

Kona
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: KONAh
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Hawaiian word meaning "leewards" corresponding to South West due to Hawaiian tradewinds.
Lee
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEE
From a surname that was derived from Old English leah meaning "clearing". The surname belonged to Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), commander of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. In his honour, it has been used as a given name in the American South.
Leoline
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, English (Rare)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Medieval Anglicization of Llywelyn which has been documented from the 13th century onwards. (Cf. Leolin.) It was borne by Welsh politician Sir Leoline Jenkins (1625-1685). In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem 'Christabel' (1797-1801) this name belongs to Christabel's father, Sir Leoline, Baron of Langdale Hall.

Due to similar-looking names like Leontine and Caroline, it has also been used as a feminine name from at least the mid-1800s onwards.

Māia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Maori (Modern)
Pronounced: MAH-YA
Means "capable, brave" in Māori. Variant of Te Maia; also Māia.
Maria
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Estonian, Corsican, Sardinian, Basque, Armenian, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Μαρία(Greek) Մարիա(Armenian) Мария(Russian, Bulgarian) Марія(Ukrainian) Маріа(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: ma-REE-a(Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Greek, Romanian, Basque) mu-REE-u(European Portuguese) ma-REE-u(Brazilian Portuguese) mə-REE-ə(Catalan, English) mah-REE-ah(Norwegian, Danish) MAR-ya(Polish) MAH-ree-ah(Finnish) mu-RYEE-yə(Russian) mu-RYEE-yu(Ukrainian)
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Latin form of Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see Mary). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European languages, as well as a secondary form in other languages such as English (where the common spelling is Mary). In some countries, for example Germany, Poland and Italy, Maria is occasionally used as a masculine middle name.

This was the name of two ruling queens of Portugal. It was also borne by the Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), whose inheritance of the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, began the War of the Austrian Succession.

Maven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Meidhbhín.
Meitar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern)
Other Scripts: מיתר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: mey-TAHR
Means "strings, chords" in Hebrew.
Meitav
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מיטב(Hebrew)
Pronounced: mei-TAHV
Variant of Meytav.
Meredith
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: MEHR-ə-dith(English)
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, from Old Welsh forms such as Margetud, possibly from mawredd "greatness, magnificence" combined with iudd "lord". The Welsh forms of this name were well used through the Middle Ages. Since the mid-1920s it has been used more often for girls than for boys in English-speaking countries, though it is still a masculine name in Wales. A famous bearer of this name as surname was the English novelist and poet George Meredith (1828-1909).
Nālani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: na-LA-nee
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "the heavens" or "the chiefs" from Hawaiian , a definite article, and lani "heaven, sky, chief".
Phoenix
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FEE-niks
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird that appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology. After living for several centuries in the Arabian Desert, it would be consumed by fire and rise from its own ashes, with this cycle repeating every 500 years. The name of the bird was derived from Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix) meaning "dark red".
Ranel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: רנאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: RAN-əl(English) rahn-EL(Hebrew)
Combination of the name Ran, means "singing" or "(he) sang", and El, reference to God.
Raniel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English
Other Scripts: רניאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: rah-nee-EL(Hebrew) RAYN-yəl(English)
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Means "God is Joy" in Hebrew
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Combination of the name Rani 2 means "my joy" or "my song" and El, reference to God.
Reiya
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 怜也, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 怜 (rei) meaning "pity, sympathize" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 蓮, 恋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REHN
From Japanese (ren) meaning "lotus", (ren) meaning "love", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Rin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) りん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REEN
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
River
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIV-ər
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank".
Sachlav
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: סַחְלָב(Hebrew)
Pronounced: sakh-LAHV
Means "orchid" in Hebrew.
Şəfa
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Derived from Persian شفا (šafâ) meaning "healing, cure, remedy".
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Senna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Modern)
Meaning unknown, possibly from the name of the senna plant.
Shachar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁחַר(Hebrew)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.
Shalev
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שָׁלֵו(Hebrew)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Means "calm, tranquil" in Hebrew.
Shani 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שָׁנִי(Hebrew)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means "red, scarlet" in Hebrew.
Simcha
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שִׂמְחָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means "happiness, joy" in Hebrew.
Sláine
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Pronounced: SLA-nyə(Irish)
From Old Irish slán meaning "health, safety". This was the name of a legendary high king of Ireland, one of the Fir Bolg. It was also the name of a daughter of the 11th-century high king Brian Boru.
Soteris
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Σωτηρίς, Σωτήρις(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Soter or Soterios as well as a rare male variant of Soterios.

This was the name of a female saint from the early 4th century AD.

Stav
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סתָו, סתיו(Hebrew)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means "autumn" in Hebrew.
Swyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Pronounced: SOOIN
Means "spell, charm" in Welsh, ultimately from Latin signum "sign".
Sylph
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the English word, sylph, an imaginary spirit of the air, ultimately from the Latin sylvestris "of the woods" and nymph "nymph".
Tal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טַל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: TAL
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Derived from Hebrew טַל (tal) meaning "dew".
Tovia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טוֹבִיָּה(Hebrew)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Hebrew form of Tobiah, also used as a feminine form.
Yofiel
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: יופיאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: yo-fee-EL
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Variant of Jophiel.
Yuval
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יוּבָל(Hebrew)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Hebrew form of Jubal. It is used as both a masculine and feminine name in modern Hebrew.
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