aussiechic04's Personal Name List

From a word thought to have originated with the Gnostics or the Egyptians, found on many amulets during the last years of the Roman Empire. Abraxas was used by the Basilideans, a Gnostic sect of the 2nd century, to refer to the Supreme Being or god whom they worshipped; they believed it to be a name of power because it contained the seven Greek letters which, computed numerically, equal the number 365 (the number of days in the year). However, older mythologists placed Abraxas among the Egyptian gods, while some demonologists cite him as a demon with the head of a king and serpents forming his feet. He has been represented on amulets with a whip in his hand. The mystic word abracadabra is supposedly derived from his name (itself perhaps derived from Aramaic avra kedabra "what was said, occurred" or "I will create as I speak"). Many stones and gems were cut with his capricious symbolic markings, such as a human body having a fowl's or lion's head, and snakes as limbs, which were worn by the Basilideans as amulets. Gnostic symbols were later adopted by many societies devoted to magic and alchemy, therefore it is likely that most "abraxas-stones" made in the Middle Ages that contained kabbalistic symbols were talismans.

According to some sources this was an alternative name of one of the four immortal horses of the Greek sun god Helios. It was used by author J. K. Rowling in her 'Harry Potter' series of books for a minor character, the grandfather of Draco Malfoy.

Hispanic variant of Adelissa (compare Adelise).

Feminine form of Alaric

Latinized form of Archidamos. This name was borne by five kings of Sparta (Greece).

Derived from Welsh arian "silver" and gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint, one of the supposed daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.

Transferred use of the surname Bracken.

Variant of Brave, with the popular name suffix -en, possibly influenced by Raven.

A notable bearer Matthew C. Perry (American naval officer who opened Japan to the West) who has this as a middle name.

A rare purple semi-precious stone.

The name of a life-sized mechanical doll created by the mysterious Doctor Coppélius in Léo Delibes' comic ballet Coppélia (1870), based on two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The inventor's name is possibly a Latinized form of Yiddish Koppel. Alternatively this name may be inspired by Greek κοπελιά (kopelia) meaning "young woman", a dialectal variant of κοπέλα (kopela).

Latinized form of Greek Κορινθία (Korinthia) meaning "woman from Corinth", an ancient Greek city-state. This is the real name of Corrie in William Faulkner's novel The Reivers (1962).

Anglicized form of Ó Corraidhín.

From the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".

Derived from Turkish esmer "dark" and ay "moon".

Latinized form of Euanthe.

Feminine form of Galileo.

Diminutive of Harriet. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire had a daughter Harriet, called "Harryo".

Used by the author C. S. Lewis as the proper name of the White Witch, the antagonist in his novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). He may have based it on French jadis meaning "long ago, of old" or Persian جادو (jadu) meaning "magic, witch".

Variant of Jaasiel appearing in some versions of the Old Testament (notably the King James Version).

Possibly a variant of Lillis. This is borne by American author and educator Lilace Mellin Guignard.

Diminutive of Evangelia or Ioulia.

Means "wait, be patient" in Zulu.

Possibly from Lloegyr, the medieval Welsh name for a region of southeastern Britain, which is of unknown meaning. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historical realm (which he Latinized as Loegria) was named after Locrinus, the eldest son of Brutus of Troy and Innogen.

Variant of Lowena.

Transferred use of the surname Mabry.

Transferred use of the surname Mackinnon.

Elaboration of Maeve.

One of the seven nobles of Persia. Meaning "worthy."

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אוֹפִירָה (see Ofira).

Transferred use of the surname Penrose.

From the name of the Middle Eastern country Persia, now referred to as Iran. Its name is derived from Avestan Parsa, the ancient tribal name of the people ruled by Cyrus the Great.

As a given name, it has been occasionally found in the English-speaking world from the early 19th century onwards.

Directly taken from Hungarian remény "hope". Theories include that this name was coined as a translation of Nadezhda.

Variant of Runar.

Elaboration of Romela.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a contraction of Rose and Aimée via the form Amée.

Presumably an altered form of Rhodanthe, using the Latin element rosa (compare Rose) as opposed to the Greek rhodon (compare Rhoda). The name was (first?) used by Welsh writer Ann Julia Hatton for a character in her popular Gothic novel 'Deeds of Olden Times' (1826). It was also used by Eliza Rennie in her poetic sketch 'The Myrtle Branch' (1828).

Transferred use of the surname Ryden.

Elaboration of Sky using the popular name suffix lyn.

Setting moon

From the English word for the type of bird. It is commonly associated with the name Star.

It is the original name of children's illustrator Tasha Tudor.

Means "taiga" in Finnish.

From Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī) meaning "holy basil (a type of plant)". The plant is considered sacred in Hinduism, and it is sometimes personified as an avatar of Lakshmi.

Variant transcription of Bulgarian Вяра (see Vyara).

Feminine form of Vidal.

Early Cornish form of Gwen. It was borne by two 5th-century Cornish saints.

A notable bearer is the actress Kate Winslet.

Old English byname meaning "winter", originally given to a person with a frosty or gloomy temperament.
May also be used as an elaboration if Winter.

Means "God remembers" from Hebrew element זָכַר (zakhar) meaning "to remember" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God".

It could be also used as a combination of Zachary and Michael.

Germanized form of Zdenka.

Archaic variant of Zenobia, prevalent in Cornwall and Devon as well as in the southern states of the US.