NamesAreTreasures's Personal Name List
Ahmaud
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Aindréas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: AN-ryehs
Akira
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 昭, 明, 亮, 晶, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-RA
From Japanese
昭 (akira) meaning "bright",
明 (akira) meaning "bright" or
亮 (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written
明.
Akita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: AH-KEE-TAH
Alden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWL-dən
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name
Ealdwine.
Aldric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-DREEK(French)
From a Germanic name, derived from the elements
alt "old" and
rih "ruler, king".
Saint Aldric was a 9th-century bishop of Le Mans.
Alejo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-LEH-kho
Aleksei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Aleksey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Russian form of
Alexius. This name was borne by a 14th-century Metropolitan of Kiev who is regarded as a
saint in the Orthodox Church. It was also the name of a 17th-century tsar of Russia.
Alexandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Louisiana Creole, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Alexei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Alexey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Alexina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ik-SEE-nə
Ali 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, Dhivehi, Albanian, Bosnian
Other Scripts: عليّ(Arabic) علی(Persian, Urdu) علي(Pashto) ГӀали(Avar) Әли(Kazakh) Али(Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Russian) Алӣ(Tajik) ޢަލީ(Dhivehi)
Pronounced: ‘A-lee(Arabic) a-LEE(Persian)
Means
"lofty, sublime" in Arabic, from the root
علا ('ala) meaning "to be high". Ali ibn Abi Talib was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet
Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shia Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.
This name is borne by the hero in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, the tale of a man who finds the treasure trove of a band of thieves. Another famous bearer was the boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), who changed his name from Cassius Clay upon his conversion to Islam.
Alyssia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ee-ə
Amaterasu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 天照(Japanese Kanji) あまてらす(Japanese Hiragana) アマテラス(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: A-MA-TEH-RA-SOO(Japanese)
Means
"shining over heaven", from Japanese
天 (ama) meaning "heaven, sky" and
照 (terasu) meaning "shine". This was the name of the Japanese sun goddess, the ruler of the heavens. She was born when
Izanagi washed his left eye after returning from the underworld. At one time the Japanese royal family claimed descent from her.
Amen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: AH-mən(English)
Anastasiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Анастасия(Russian, Bulgarian) Анастасія(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: u-nu-stu-SYEE-yə(Russian) u-nu-stu-SYEE-yu(Ukrainian) a-na-sta-SYEE-ya(Belarusian) a-na-sta-SEE-ya(Bulgarian)
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of
Anastasia. This name was borne by the wife of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible.
Andrea 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: an-DREH-a
Italian form of
Andreas (see
Andrew). A notable bearer of this name was Andrea Verrocchio, a Renaissance sculptor who taught Leonardo da Vinci and Perugino.
Andrej
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Андреј(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: AN-dray(Czech, Slovak)
Form of
Andrew in several languages.
Andro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Georgian
Other Scripts: ანდრო(Georgian)
Croatian form of
Andrew, as well as a Georgian short form of
Andria.
Aneira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: a-NAY-ra
Feminine form of
Aneirin, also considered a combination of Welsh
an, an intensifying prefix, and
eira "snow" (see
Eira 1), with the intended meaning of "much snow" or "very snowy". It was first used in the late 19th century.
Annika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Estonian, German, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-ni-ka(Swedish) AH-nee-ka(Dutch) AHN-nee-kah(Finnish) A-nee-ka(German) AN-i-kə(English) AHN-i-kə(English)
Asa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָסָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: AY-sə(English)
Possibly means
"healer" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the
Old Testament.
Audric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gascon, French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Audrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Auliver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Pronounced: AH-li-vər(English) AW-li-ver(English)
A variant of
Oliver.
This is the name of a Medieval Italian who wrote the lyric poem 'Cazone di Auliver' (circa early 14th century).
He was also known by the name Dominus Auliverius.
Avabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Avabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Azariah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲזַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: az-ə-RIE-ə(English)
Means
"Yahweh has helped" in Hebrew, derived from
עָזַר ('azar) meaning "help" and
יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of many
Old Testament characters including of one of the three men the Babylonian king ordered cast into a fiery furnace. His Babylonian name was
Abednego.
Baruch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Hebrew
Other Scripts: בָּרוּך(Hebrew)
Pronounced: bə-ROOK(English) BEHR-uwk(English) BAHR-uwk(English)
Means
"blessed" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this is the name of a companion of the prophet Jeremiah, acting as his scribe and assistant. The deuterocanonical Book of Baruch was supposedly written by him. A famous bearer was Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), a Dutch-Jewish rationalist philosopher.
Beach
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Beacon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Bellagrace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Beowulf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Pronounced: BAY-ə-wuwlf(English)
Possibly means
"bee wolf" (in effect equal to "bear") from Old English
beo "bee" and
wulf "wolf". Alternatively, the first element may be
beadu "battle". This is the name of the main character in the anonymous 8th-century epic poem
Beowulf. Set in Denmark, the poem tells how he slays the monster Grendel and its mother at the request of King
Hroðgar. After this Beowulf becomes the king of the Geats. The conclusion of the poem tells how Beowulf, in his old age, slays a dragon but is himself mortally wounded in the act.
Beryl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHR-əl
From the English word for the clear or pale green precious stone, ultimately deriving from Sanskrit. As a given name, it first came into use in the 19th century.
Blaise
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: BLEHZ
From the Roman name
Blasius, which was derived from Latin
blaesus meaning
"lisping".
Saint Blaise was a 4th-century Armenian martyr. A famous bearer was the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).
Blayze
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: BLAYZ
Blaze
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BLAYZ
Modern variant of
Blaise influenced by the English word
blaze.
Branwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: BRAN-wehn(Welsh)
Means
"white raven" from Old Welsh
bran "raven" and
gwen "white, blessed". According to the Second Branch of the
Mabinogi [1] she was the daughter of
Llŷr. After she was mistreated by her husband Matholwch, the king of Ireland, she managed to get a message to her brother
Brân, the king of Britain. Brân launched a costly invasion to rescue her, but she died of grief shortly after her return.
Brennus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gaulish (Latinized)
Pronounced: BREHN-əs(English)
Latinized form of a Celtic name (or title) that possibly meant either "king, prince" or "raven". Brennus was a Gallic leader of the 4th century BC who attacked and sacked Rome.
Bronwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: BRAWN-wehn
Seemingly derived from Welsh
bron "breast" and
gwen "white, blessed", though it has sometimes occurred as a variant spelling of the legendary name
Branwen [1]. It has been used as a given name in Wales since the 19th century. It is borne by a character in Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel
How Green Was My Valley, as well as the 1941 movie adaptation.
Bumper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
From the English word “bumper”. A famous bearer of this name is American football player, Bumper Pool.
Cacey
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Caelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAY-lee
Caelum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: KIE-loom(Latin) KAY-ləm(English)
The name of a faint constellation in the southern sky, which is from Latin
caelum meaning "heaven, sky" (compare
Caelius) or (allegedly) "burin" (a tool for engraving on copper or other metals).
Caileigh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAY-lee
Cambyses
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Latinized), History
Other Scripts: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹(Old Persian)
Latin form of
Καμβύσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Old Persian name
𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (Kabujiya), which is of uncertain meaning, possibly related to the geographical name
Kamboja, a historical region in Central Asia
[1]. Two Persian kings bore this name, including Cambyses II, the second ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, who conquered Egypt.
Carilyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Carlen
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Carley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAHR-lee
Carlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Caro
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, German
Pronounced: KAYR-o(Spanish) KAHR-o(English) KAR-o(English) KAH-ro(German)
Short form of
Caroline or other names that begin with
caro, commonly used in Great Britain (England).
Carter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-tər
From an English surname that meant "one who uses a cart". A famous bearer of the surname is former American president Jimmy Carter (1924-).
Cassius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KAS-see-oos(Latin) KASH-əs(English) KAS-ee-əs(English)
Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin
cassus meaning
"empty, vain". This name was borne by several early
saints. In modern times, it was the original first name of boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), who was named after his father Cassius Clay, who was himself named after the American abolitionist Cassius Clay (1810-1903).
Chaplin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: CHAP-lin
Transferred use of the surname
Chaplin.
Charles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: CHAHRLZ(English) SHARL(French)
French and English form of
Carolus, the Latin form of the Germanic name
Karl, which was derived from a word meaning
"man" (Proto-Germanic *
karlaz). However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic name element *
harjaz meaning "army".
The popularity of the name in continental Europe was due to the fame of Charles the Great (742-814), commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. His grandfather Charles Martel had also been a noted leader of the Franks. It was subsequently the name of several Holy Roman emperors, as well as rulers of France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary (in various spellings). After Charlemagne, his name was adopted as a word meaning "king" in many Eastern European languages, for example Czech král, Hungarian király, Russian король (korol), and Turkish kral.
The name did not become common in Britain until the 17th century when it was borne by the Stuart king Charles I. It had been introduced into the Stuart royal family by Mary Queen of Scots, who had been raised in France. Two other kings of the United Kingdom have borne this name, including the current monarch.
Other famous bearers include naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) who wrote such works as Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities, French statesman Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), and American cartoonist Charles Schulz (1922-2000), the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.
Church
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHURCH
From the English word, derived from Old English
cirice, ultimately from Greek
κυριακόν (kyriakon) meaning "(house) of the lord". It probably referred to a person who lived close to a church.
Circe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κίρκη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SUR-see(English)
Latinized form of Greek
Κίρκη (Kirke), possibly from
κίρκος (kirkos) meaning
"hawk". In Greek
mythology Circe was a sorceress who changed
Odysseus's crew into hogs, as told in Homer's
Odyssey. Odysseus forced her to change them back, then stayed with her for a year before continuing his voyage.
Claira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare)
Clare
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHR, KLAR
Medieval English form of
Clara. The preferred spelling in the English-speaking world is now the French form
Claire, though
Clare has been fairly popular in the United Kingdom and Australia.
This is also the name of an Irish county, which was itself probably derived from Irish clár meaning "plank, level surface".
Clarence
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAR-əns, KLEHR-əns
From the Latin title Clarensis, which belonged to members of the British royal family. The title ultimately derives from the name of the town of Clare in Suffolk. As a given name it has been in use since the 19th century.
Coolidge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: COO-lij(American English)
Transferred use of the surname
Coolidge, given in honor of the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933).
Corinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Italian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κορίννα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ko-RI-na(German) kə-REEN-ə(English) kə-RIN-ə(English)
Latinized form of the Greek name
Κορίννα (Korinna), which was derived from
κόρη (kore) meaning
"maiden". This was the name of a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. The Roman poet
Ovid used it for the main female character in his book
Amores [1]. In the modern era it has been in use since the 17th century, when Robert Herrick used it in his poem
Corinna's going a-Maying [2].
Corvette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: kawr-VEHT(American English)
Either taken from the English word corvette meaning "a small warship" or the car Chevrolet Corvette.
Cuauhtemoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nahuatl
Means
"descending eagle" in Nahuatl, from
cuāuhtli "eagle" and
temo "descend"
[1]. This was the name of the last Aztec emperor, ruling until he was captured and executed by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in the year 1525.
Damiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: da-MYA-na
Italian feminine form of
Damian.
Daniyal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: دانيال(Arabic) دانیال(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: da-nee-YAL(Arabic) daw-nee-YAWL(Persian)
Arabic, Persian and Urdu form of
Daniel.
Danny
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: DAN-ee(English)
Dante
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: DAN-teh(Italian) DAHN-tay(English) DAN-tee(English)
Medieval short form of
Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the Italian poet who wrote the
Divine Comedy.
Darian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ee-ən
Probably an elaborated form of
Darren.
Democracy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: di-MAWK-rə-see
From the English word democracy, from French démocratie, via late Latin from Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’.
Devorah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: דְּבוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Drina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Edwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: EHD-win(English) EHT-vin(Dutch)
Means
"rich friend", from the Old English elements
ead "wealth, fortune" and
wine "friend". This was the name of a 7th-century Northumbrian king, regarded as a
saint. After the
Norman Conquest the name was not popular, but it was eventually revived in the 19th century. A notable bearer was the astronaut Edwin Aldrin (1930-), also known as
Buzz, the second man to walk on the moon.
Edwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHD-win
Elinor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə-nawr
Elisheva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִישֶׁבַע(Hebrew)
Elysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: i-LIZ-ee-ə(English) i-LIS-ee-ə(English) i-LEE-zhə(English)
From
Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman
mythology, which means
"blissful".
Elyssia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Ericson
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: EHR-ik-sən(English) EH-rik-sawn(Swedish)
Ericsson
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: EH-rik-sawn
Eriksson
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: EH-rik-sawn
Ethelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ETH-ə-lin
Ethereal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
From the English word ethereal, meaning "celestial, heavenly".
Evadne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάδνη(Ancient Greek)
From Greek
Εὐάδνη (Euadne), from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" possibly combined with Cretan Greek
ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy". This name was borne by several characters in Greek legend, including the wife of Capaneus. After Capaneus was killed by a lightning bolt sent from
Zeus she committed suicide by throwing herself onto his burning body.
Everine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Falcon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
From the bird "Falcon" Falco
Fern
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FURN
From the English word for the plant, ultimately from Old English fearn. It has been used as a given name since the late 19th century.
Ford
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWRD
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "ford" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947).
Frederick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREHD-ə-rik, FREHD-rik
English form of an Old German name meaning
"peaceful ruler", derived from
fridu "peace" and
rih "ruler, king". This name has long been common in continental Germanic-speaking regions, being borne by rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, and Prussia. Notables among these rulers include the 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and crusader Frederick I Barbarossa, the 13th-century emperor and patron of the arts Frederick II, and the 18th-century Frederick II of Prussia, known as Frederick the Great.
The Normans brought the name to England in the 11th century but it quickly died out. It was reintroduced by the German House of Hanover when they inherited the British throne in the 18th century. A famous bearer was Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), an American ex-slave who became a leading advocate of abolition.
Gabrijela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene feminine form of
Gabriel.
General
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
After the rank in the military
Giulia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: JOO-lya
Italian feminine form of
Julius.
Glen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GLEHN
Griffin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRIF-in
Latinized form of
Gruffudd. This name can also be inspired by the English word
griffin, a creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, ultimately from Greek
γρύψ (gryps).
Griffith
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GRIF-ith(English)
Gweneth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GWEHN-ith
Gwenneth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GWEHN-ith
Gwenyth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GWEHN-ith
Harrison
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAR-i-sən, HEHR-i-sən
From an English surname that meant
"son of Harry". This was the surname of two American presidents, William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and his grandson Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901). As a given name it reached a low point in America in 1977 before it was revived by the career of actor Harrison Ford (1942-), who starred in such movies as
Star Wars in 1977 and
Indiana Jones in 1984.
Hialeah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indigenous American
Pronounced: haee-LEE
Derived from the Muskogee
haiyakpo meaning "prairie" and
hili meaning "pretty". Alternatively, the name is of Seminole origin meaning "upland prairie". It also is the name of the 6th largest city in Florida.
Possibly a spelling alternative to Hailey or Haley.
Hooper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname
Hooper.
Hopie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: hope-ee, ho-pee
Hopper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname
Hopper, originally borne by Hopper Jack Penn, the son of Sean Penn, in homage to Dennis Hopper.
Hoshea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: הוֹשֵׁעַ(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name
הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshe'a) meaning
"salvation", from the root
יָשַׁע (yasha'). In the
Old Testament at
Numbers 13:16,
Moses gives the spy Hoshea the new name
Yehoshu'a (see
Joshua), which has a related origin. This name was also borne by an 8th-century BC king of Israel, who was the last ruler of that state before it was conquered by Assyria.
Ilya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Илья(Russian) Ілья(Belarusian)
Pronounced: i-LYA(Russian)
Russian and Belarusian form of
Elijah.
Jamaal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, African American
Other Scripts: جمال(Arabic)
Pronounced: ja-MAL(Arabic) jə-MAHL(English)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
جمال (see
Jamal).
Jamal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, African American
Other Scripts: جمال(Arabic)
Pronounced: ja-MAL(Arabic) jə-MAHL(English)
Means
"beauty" in Arabic, from the root
جمل (jamala) meaning "to be beautiful".
Jensen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JEHN-sən
From a Danish surname meaning
"son of Jens".
Jenson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JEHN-sən
Jessereel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Jewett
A mainly Northern English surname, derived from a pet form of
Julian.
Jonbenét
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure, Popular Culture
The name of the famous child beauty queen and murder victim JonBenét Ramsey (1990-1996). Her name came from her father's first and middle names,
John Bennett.
There are 14 and 6 baby girls born in 1997 and 1999 in the US, possibly used in honor of her.
Judelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
This name is a blend of the given names
Jude 2 and
Lyn. Alternatively, it can also be considered a variant spelling of
Judilyn.
Judelynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Variant of Judelyn. It is a combination of Jude and Lynn.
Judge
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JUJ
This name is derived from the word of the same name. The word originates from Old French jugier meaning "to judge, pronounce judgment," which, in turn, comes from Latin iudicare meaning "to judge, to examine officially, form an opinion upon" (derived from iudicem meaning "a judge," which is a combination of ius meaning "right, law" and the root of dicere meaning "to say").
Judilyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
This name is a blend of the given names
Judith and
Lyn.
Judilynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Variant of Judilyn.
Judyann
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: joo-dee-AN
Julieta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: khoo-LYEH-ta(Spanish)
Spanish and Portuguese form of
Juliet.
Juliette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHUY-LYEHT
Julius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, German, Finnish, Lithuanian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech
Pronounced: YOO-lee-oos(Latin, Swedish) JOO-lee-əs(English) YOO-lee-uws(German) YOO-leews(Finnish) YUW-lyuws(Lithuanian) YOO-lyoos(Danish) YOO-li-yuws(Czech)
From a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Greek
ἴουλος (ioulos) meaning
"downy-bearded". Alternatively, it could be related to the name of the Roman god
Jupiter. This was a prominent patrician family of Rome, who claimed descent from the mythological Julus, son of
Aeneas. Its most notable member was Gaius Julius Caesar, who gained renown as a military leader for his clever conquest of Gaul. After a civil war he became the dictator of the Roman Republic, but was eventually stabbed to death in the senate.
Although this name was borne by several early saints, including a pope, it was rare during the Middle Ages. It was revived in Italy and France during the Renaissance, and was subsequently imported to England.
Jupiter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: JOO-pi-tər(English)
From Latin
Iuppiter, which was ultimately derived from the vocative form of Indo-European *
Dyēws-pətēr, composed of the elements
Dyēws (see
Zeus) and
pətēr "father". Jupiter was the supreme god in Roman
mythology. He presided over the heavens and light, and was responsible for the protection and laws of the Roman state. This is also the name of the fifth and largest planet in the solar system.
Kaelea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAY-lee
Kailo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KIE-lo
Kalle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: KAL-leh(Swedish) KAHL-leh(Finnish, Estonian)
Swedish
diminutive of
Karl. It is used in Finland and Estonia as a full name.
Karley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Karli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAHR-lee
Karly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAHR-lee
Katalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: ka-ta-LEE-na
Kayly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAY-lee
Kayshawn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Kayshawna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Keagan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Keegan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEE-gən
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Mac Aodhagáin, which was derived from the given name
Aodhagán, a double
diminutive of
Aodh.
Kerrigan
Usage: Irish (Anglicized)
Kerrigan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KER-ə-gən
Transferred use of the surname
Kerrigan.
Kishori
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi
Other Scripts: किशोरी(Marathi)
Kjersti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: SHESH-tee
Kjerstin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: SHESH-tin(Swedish)
Kyli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KIE-lee(American English)
Kylo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: KIE-lo(English)
Meaning unexplained. This is the name of the villain, Kylo Ren, in the Star Wars movie sequels, starting with The Force Awakens in 2015. Originally named Ben Solo, he is the son of Han Solo and Leia Skywalker. His name might simply be formed from the ky of Skywalker and the lo of Solo.
Lane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAYN
From an English surname, meaning "lane, path", which originally belonged to a person who lived near a lane.
Lanessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: la-NES-sa
Larisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Лариса(Russian, Ukrainian) Λάρισα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lu-RYEE-sə(Russian) lu-ryi-SU(Lithuanian)
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, which meant
"citadel". In Greek legends, the nymph Larisa was either a daughter or mother of Pelasgus, the ancestor of the mythical Pelasgians. This name was later borne by a 4th-century Greek martyr who is venerated as a
saint in the Eastern Church. The name (of the city, nymph and saint) is commonly Latinized as
Larissa, with a double
s. As a Ukrainian name, it is more commonly transcribed
Larysa.
Lawman
Derived from Middle English lagman or lagheman "lawyer".
Layne
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAYN
Leighana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Variant of
Liana or
Leanna. This name was given to 11 girls born in the USA in 2010.
Leighanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure (Modern)
Leo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, English, Croatian, Armenian, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Լեո(Armenian)
Pronounced: LEH-o(German, Danish, Finnish) LEH-yo(Dutch) LEE-o(English)
Derived from Latin
leo meaning
"lion", a
cognate of
Leon. It was popular among early Christians and was the name of 13 popes, including
Saint Leo the Great who asserted the dominance of the Roman bishops (the popes) over all others in the 5th century. It was also borne by six Byzantine emperors and five Armenian kings. Another famous bearer was the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), name spelled
Лев in Russian, whose works include
War and Peace and
Anna Karenina. Leo is also a constellation and the fifth sign of the zodiac.
Leonard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, German, Polish, Romanian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: LEHN-ərd(English) LEH-o-nahrt(Dutch) LEH-o-nart(German) leh-AW-nart(Polish)
Means
"brave lion", derived from the Old German elements
lewo "lion" (of Latin origin) and
hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". This was the name of a 6th-century Frankish
saint from Noblac who is the patron of prisoners and horses. The
Normans brought this name to England, where it was used steadily through the Middle Ages, becoming even more common in the 20th century.
Leslyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Pronounced: lez-lyn(Australian English)
A variant of Leslie/Lesley with the popular -lyn ending.
Lex
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: LEHKS
Lexa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEHK-sə
Lexi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEHK-see
Li 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 理, 立, 黎, 力, 丽, etc.(Chinese) 理, 立, 黎, 力, 麗, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: LEE
From Chinese
理 (lǐ) meaning "reason, logic",
立 (lì) meaning "stand, establish",
黎 (lí) meaning "black, dawn",
力 (lì) meaning "power, capability, influence" (which is usually only masculine) or
丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful" (usually only feminine). Other Chinese characters are also possible.
Lita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Short form of names ending in lita. This name was brought to the public eye in the 1920s due to Lita Grey (1908-1995), who was the second wife of Charlie Chaplin. Her birth name was Lillita Louise MacMurray.
Loida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: LOI-dha
Loy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Transferred use of the surname
Loy.
Lucius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Pronounced: LOO-kee-oos(Latin) LOO-shəs(English) LOO-si-əs(English)
Roman
praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin
lux "light". This was the most popular of the praenomina. Two Etruscan kings of early Rome had this name as well as several prominent later Romans, including Lucius Annaeus Seneca (known simply as Seneca), a statesman, philosopher, orator and tragedian. The name is mentioned briefly in the
New Testament belonging to a Christian in Antioch. It was also borne by three popes, including the 3rd-century
Saint Lucius. Despite this, the name was not regularly used in the Christian world until after the Renaissance.
Lynnlee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Macario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ma-KA-ryo
Spanish form of the Latin name
Macarius, derived from the Greek name
Μακάριος (Makarios), which was in turn derived from Greek
μάκαρ (makar) meaning
"blessed, happy". This was the name of several early
saints.
Maegan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHG-ən
Maegen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Mahatma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Other Scripts: महात्मा(Hindi)
Pronounced: mə-HAT-mə(English) mə-HAHT-mə(English)
From the Indian title
महात्मा (Mahatma) meaning
"great soul", derived from Sanskrit
महा (maha) meaning "great" and
आत्मन् (atman) meaning "soul, spirit, life". This title was given to, among others, Mohandas Karamchand, also known as Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948).
Mahomes
Usage: American
Pronounced: mə-HOMZ
With Gaelic origins, Mahomes is a surname that is derived from the word “mathghamhan”, which means “bear”. A famous individual with the name is NFL Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.
Makai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American
Marión
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kashubian
Mars
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: MARS(Latin) MAHRZ(English)
Possibly related to Latin
mas meaning
"male" (genitive
maris). In Roman
mythology Mars was the god of war, often equated with the Greek god
Ares. This is also the name of the fourth planet in the solar system.
Matthias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ματθίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ma-TEE-as(German) MA-TYAS(French) mə-THIE-əs(English) MAT-tee-as(Latin)
From Greek
Ματθίας (Matthias), a variant of
Ματθαῖος (see
Matthew). This form appears in the
New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor
Judas Iscariot. This was also the name of kings of Hungary (spelled
Mátyás in Hungarian), including Matthias I who made important reforms to the kingdom in the 15th century.
Mayor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Spanish
Mccaylee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Meghyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Mercury
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: MURK-yə-ree(English)
From the Latin
Mercurius, probably derived from Latin
mercari "to trade" or
merces "wages". This was the name of the Roman god of trade, merchants, and travellers, later equated with the Greek god
Hermes. This is also the name of the first planet in the solar system and a metallic chemical element, both named for the god.
Meritxell
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: mə-ree-CHEHL
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".
Merriam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MEE-ree-əm, MEHR-ee-əm
Variant of
Miriam derived from a Welsh surname which is derived from either the personal name Meuric, which is the Welsh form of
Maurice, or ultimately from the Latin personal name Mauritius, which means "dark".
Merrion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Micheline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MEESH-LEEN
Miryam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Spanish
Other Scripts: מִרְיָם(Hebrew)
Original Hebrew transcription of
Miriam, as well as a Spanish variant.
Myla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MIE-lə
Possibly a feminine form of
Miles, influenced by similar-sounding names such as
Kyla.
Myra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIE-rə
Created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville. He possibly based it on Latin
myrra meaning "myrrh" (a fragrant resin obtained from a tree). Otherwise, he may have simply rearranged the letters from the name
Mary. Although unrelated etymologically, this is also the name of an ancient city of Anatolia.
Nara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian (Rare)
Nastasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Настасья(Russian)
Nastasya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Настасья(Russian)
Navalny
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Навальный(Russian)
Pronounced: nuh-vaal-nee
Neptune
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: NEHP-toon(English) NEHP-tyoon(English)
From the Latin
Neptunus, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to the Indo-European root *
nebh- "wet, damp, clouds". Neptune was the god of the sea in Roman
mythology, approximately equivalent to the Greek god
Poseidon. This is also the name of the eighth planet in the solar system.
Nicky
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIK-ee
Nisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
From Arabic
نساء (nisa) meaning
"women". This is the name of the fourth chapter of the Quran (surah an-Nisa).
Nisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: นิศา, นิสา(Thai)
Pronounced: nee-SA
Means "night" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit निशा
(nisha).
Noam
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, French
Other Scripts: נוֹעַם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-am(Hebrew) NOM(English) NAW-AM(French)
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is Noam Chomsky (1928-), an American linguist and philosopher.
Ó Ciaragáin
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O-KYEERəGAN
It means "descendant of Ciaragán".
Oskar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Basque
Pronounced: AWS-kar(German, Swedish, Polish) OS-kar(Basque)
Form of
Oscar in several languages. A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who is credited for saved over 1,000 Polish Jews during World War II.
Palmer
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHL-mər, PAH-mər
From an English surname meaning "pilgrim". It is ultimately from Latin palma "palm tree", since pilgrims to the Holy Land often brought back palm fronds as proof of their journey.
Papa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polynesian Mythology
Means
"earth" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian
mythology Papa or Papatuanuku was the goddess of the earth and the mother of many of the other gods. She and her husband
Rangi, the god of the sky, were locked in a tight embrace. Their children decided to separate them, a feat of strength accomplished by the god
Tāne.
Piety
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PIE-ə-tee
From the English word meaning
"piety, devoutness". This was a rare virtue name used by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Pilot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PIE-lət
Either from the surname
Pilot, which is derived from
Pilate, or directly from the vocabulary word
pilot, which is derived from either Greek πηδον
(pedon) "steering oar" or πλωτης
(plotes) "sailor". This name is borne by Pilot Inspektor Lee (2003-), son of American actor Jason Lee.
Pluto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Πλούτων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PLOO-to(English, Latin)
Latinized form of Greek
Πλούτων (Plouton), derived from
πλοῦτος (ploutos) meaning
"wealth". This was an alternate name of
Hades, the god of the underworld. This is also the name of a dwarf planet (formerly designated the ninth planet) in the solar system.
Raven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY-vən
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English
hræfn. The raven is revered by several Native American groups of the west coast. It is also associated with the Norse god
Odin.
Raymonde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: REH-MAWND
Reagan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RAY-gən
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of
Ó Riagáin, derived from the given name
Riagán. This surname was borne by American actor and president Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).
As a given name, it took off in popularity during the 1990s. It has been more common for girls in the United States probably because of its similarity to other names such as Megan, Morgan and Regan.
Reverend
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Archaic)
Derived from
Reverend, an English honorific title for certain Christian clergy and ministers.
A known bearer of this name was the American inventor Reverend "Revra" DePuy (1860-1921).
Reyes
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: REH-yehs
Means
"kings" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin
Mary,
La Virgen de los Reyes, meaning "The Virgin of the Kings". According to legend, the Virgin Mary appeared to King Ferdinand III of Castile and told him his armies would defeat those of the Moors in Seville.
Roman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian, German, English
Other Scripts: Роман(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: ru-MAN(Russian) RAW-man(Polish, Slovak) RO-man(Czech, German) RO-mən(English)
From the Late Latin name
Romanus meaning
"Roman". This name was borne by several early
saints including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen, as well as medieval rulers of Bulgaria, Kyiv and Moldavia.
Rónán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: RO-nan(Irish)
Means
"little seal", derived from Old Irish
rón "seal" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of several early Irish
saints, including a pilgrim to Brittany who founded the hermitage at Locronan in the 6th century.
Ronan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, Irish, French, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-nahn(Breton) RAW-NAHN(French) RO-nən(English)
Breton and Anglicized form of
Rónán.
Rosary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Various meaning exist for the word rosary.
1) A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. "Thick rosaries of scented thorn." (Tennyson)
2) A series of prayers arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted. "His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers." (Milton)
3) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. "Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night." (Jer. Taylor)
4) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.
Ruqayyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رقيّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: roo-KIE-yah
Derived either from Arabic
رقى (ruqia) meaning
"rise, ascent" or from
رقية (ruqyah) meaning
"spell, charm, incantation". This was the name of one of the daughters of the Prophet
Muhammad. She became a wife of
Uthman, the third caliph of the Muslims. The name was also borne by daughters of
Ali and
Husayn.
Sabryna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sə-BREEN-ə
Sana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-NA
Alternate transcription of Arabic
سناء (see
Sanaa).
Sanaa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-NA
Means "brilliance, radiance, splendour" in Arabic.
Sander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Estonian, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: SAHN-dər(Dutch)
Dutch, Estonian, Danish and Norwegian short form of
Alexander.
Sandie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAN-dee
Saturn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: SAT-ərn(English)
From the Latin
Saturnus, which is of unknown meaning. In Roman
mythology he was the father of
Jupiter,
Juno and others, and was also the god of agriculture. This is also the name of the ringed sixth planet in the solar system.
Savina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Schindler
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Jewish
A name used in homage to Oskar Schindler. It is an occupational name for a person who made or laid wooden roof tiles.
Schindler
Occupational name for a roof tiler, from Middle High German schindel "shingle". A famous bearer was Oskar Schindler (1908-1974), who saved over a thousand Polish Jews during World War II.
Scholastique
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: SKAW-LAS-TEEK
French form of
Scholastica. It is more common in French-speaking Africa than France.
Shana 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAN-ə
Shanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAN-ə
Possibly a feminine variant of
Shannon.
Sharon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew
Other Scripts: שׁרון(Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHAR-ən(English) SHEHR-ən(English)
From an
Old Testament place name, in Hebrew
שָׁרוֹן (Sharon) meaning
"plain", referring to a fertile plain on the central west coast of Israel. This is also the name of a flowering plant in the Bible, the rose of Sharon, a term now used to refer to several different species of flowers.
It has been in use as a feminine given name in the English-speaking world since the 1920s, possibly inspired by the heroine in the serial novel The Skyrocket (1925) by Adela Rogers St. Johns [1]. As a Hebrew name it is unisex.
Sharyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAR-ən, SHEHR-ən
Shawn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAWN
Anglicized form of
Seán, occasionally used as a feminine form. This is the most common spelling of this name in the United States and Canada, with
Shaun being more typical in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Shaynah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: שיינאַ(Yiddish)
Silvijo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Silvio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: SEEL-vyo(Italian) SEEL-byo(Spanish)
Italian and Spanish form of
Silvius.
Sir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Possibly from the title "Sir", typically used to address any male whose name is unknown or out of respect, or who is of a higher rank, or who has been bestowed the title ('knighted') by royalty. Derived from the Old French sire 'master, sir, lord', from the Latin senior 'older, elder'.
Skarlet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: SKAHR-lət(English)
Skarlett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Slade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SLAYD
From an English surname that was derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".
Solange
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SAW-LAHNZH
French form of the Late Latin name
Sollemnia, which was derived from Latin
sollemnis "religious". This was the name of a French shepherdess who became a
saint after she was killed by her master.
St James
St. James has English and French origins and is a rare surname in the United States.
Sylvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Either a variant of
Silvanus or directly from the Latin word
silva meaning
"wood, forest".
Thekla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek
Other Scripts: Θέκλα(Greek)
From the ancient Greek name
Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), which meant
"glory of God" from the Greek elements
θεός (theos) meaning "god" and
κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 1st-century
saint, appearing (as
Θέκλα) in the apocryphal
Acts of Paul and Thecla. The story tells how Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.
Theodoric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: thee-AHD-ə-rik(English)
From the Gothic name *
Þiudareiks meaning
"ruler of the people", derived from the elements
þiuda "people" and
reiks "ruler, king". It was notably borne by Theodoric the Great, a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths who eventually became the ruler of Italy. By Theodoric's time the Ostrogoths were partially Romanized and his name was regularly recorded as
Theodoricus. This was also the name of two earlier (5th century) Visigothic kings.
Union
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Upton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: UP-tən
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "upper town" in Old English. A famous bearer of this name was the American novelist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968).
Uranus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Οὐρανός(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: yoo-RAY-nəs(English) YOOR-ə-nəs(English)
From Greek
Οὐρανός (Ouranos), the name of the husband of
Gaia and the father of the Titans in Greek
mythology. His name is derived from
οὐρανός (ouranos) meaning
"the heavens". This is also the name of the seventh planet in the solar system.
Valentine 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VA-LAHN-TEEN
Vanita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Venita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Venora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kosovar (Rare)
Venus
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: WEH-noos(Latin) VEE-nəs(English)
Means
"love, sexual desire" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of love and sex. Her character was assimilated with that of the Greek goddess
Aphrodite. As the mother of
Aeneas she was considered an ancestor of the Roman people. The second planet from the sun is named after her.
Vérène
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Verona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.
Warren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWR-ən
From an English surname that was derived either from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure", or else from the town of La Varenne in Normandy. This name was borne by the American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).
Winterrose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIN-tər ROZ
Combination of the English words/names,
Winter and
Rose. There is also a flower called winter rose.
Wolfe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WUWLF
Variant of
Wolf, influenced by the spelling of the surname (which is also derived from the animal).
Xander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAHN-dər(Dutch) KSAHN-dər(Dutch) ZAN-dər(English)
Short form of
Alexander. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by a character on the television series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003).
Xochitl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Pronounced: SHO-cheech
Means
"flower" in Nahuatl
[1].
Yohannes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ዮሐንስ(Amharic)
Zander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZAN-dər
Zandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZAN-drə
Zoraida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: tho-RIE-dha(European Spanish) so-RIE-dha(Latin American Spanish)
Perhaps means
"enchanting" or
"dawn" in Arabic. This was the name of a minor 12th-century Spanish
saint, a convert from Islam. The name was used by Cervantes for a character in his novel
Don Quixote (1606), in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.
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