M.Selenika's Personal Name List

Abcde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: AB-see-dee
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
From the first five letters of the English alphabet.
Ahtahkakoop
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cree (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ(Cree)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.
Ahura Mazda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: اهورامزدا(Persian) 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁(Avestan)
Pronounced: ə-HUWR-ə MAZ-də(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "lord of wisdom", from Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura) meaning "lord" and 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā) meaning "wisdom". In Zoroastrianism Ahura Mazda was the supreme creator, and the god of light, truth, and goodness.
Aina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: IE-nah(Finnish) IE-na(Swedish)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Variant of Aino. It also means "always" in Finnish.
Aina 5
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айна(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ie-NAH
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "mirror" in Kazakh, ultimately from Persian آینه (ayneh).
Aliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַלִיזָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-LEE-zah
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "joyful" in Hebrew.
Anara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Анара(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.
Aristotle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ἀριστοτέλης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AR-i-staht-əl(English)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the Greek name Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristoteles) meaning "the best purpose", derived from ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and τέλος (telos) meaning "purpose, result, completion". This was the name of a Greek philosopher of the 4th century BC who made lasting contributions to Western thought, including the fields of logic, metaphysics, ethics and biology.
Asbjörn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Swedish form of Ásbjǫrn.
Basira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: بصيرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ba-SEE-rah
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Basir.
Csilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: CHEEL-law
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.
Defne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "laurel" in Turkish, of Greek origin.
Delshad
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Persian (Rare)
Other Scripts: دلشاد(Persian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "happy heart, cheerful" in Persian, from دل (del) meaning "heart" and شاد (shad) meaning "happy".
Dušan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Душан(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: DOO-shan(Slovak, Czech)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Slavic duša meaning "soul, spirit".
Einarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Old Norse form of Einar.
Eliodora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Eliodoro.
Elissa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly Phoenician in origin. This is another name of Dido, the legendary queen of Carthage.
Eren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "saint, holy person" in Turkish.
Fionnlagh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "white warrior", derived from Old Irish finn "white, blessed" and láech "warrior". An earlier form was Findláech — this was the name of the father of the 11th-century Scottish king Macbeth.
Frederick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FREHD-ə-rik, FREHD-rik
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
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.

Isadora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese
Pronounced: iz-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Variant of Isidora. A famous bearer was the American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927).
Isra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-RA
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "nocturnal journey", derived from Arabic سرى (sara) meaning "to travel at night".
Jie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 杰, etc.(Chinese) 傑, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: CHYEH
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Chinese 杰 (jié) meaning "heroic, outstanding" or other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Kassandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Κασσάνδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-SAN-DRA(Classical Greek) kə-SAN-drə(English) kə-SAHN-drə(English)
Rating: 98% based on 4 votes
Greek form of Cassandra, as well as a modern English variant.
Kokoro
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 心, etc.(Japanese Kanji) こころ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-KO-RO
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 心 (kokoro) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or other kanji and kanji combinations having the same pronunciation. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Lunette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "little moon" in Medieval French. It is derived from French lune "moon" combined with a diminutive suffix. So, in other words, one could say that this name is the diminutive form of Lune.
Ratna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Telugu, Nepali, Indonesian
Other Scripts: रत्न, रत्ना(Hindi, Nepali) రత్న(Telugu)
Pronounced: RAT-na(Indonesian)
Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure". This is a transcription of both the feminine form रत्ना and the masculine form रत्न.
Rosendo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-SEHN-do
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Spanish form of the Visigothic name *Hroþisinþs, composed of the Gothic elements hroþs "fame" and sinþs "time". This was the name of a 10th-century Galician saint, also known as Rudesind.
Scaevola
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: SKIE-wo-la
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Latin form of Scevola.
Sonam
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Tibetan, Bhutanese, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: བསོད་ནམས(Tibetan) सोनम(Hindi, Marathi)
Means "virtuous, good karma, fortunate" in Tibetan.
Stanislav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Станислав(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian) Станіслав(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: STA-nyi-slaf(Czech) STA-nyee-slow(Slovak) stə-nyi-SLAF(Russian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Slavic element stati "stand, become" (inflected forms in stan-) combined with slava "glory". This name was borne by a few medieval saints (typically called by the Polish form Stanisław or Latinized form Stanislaus), including a bishop of Krakow who was martyred in the 11th century.
Thandeka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zulu, Ndebele
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "loved" in Zulu and Ndebele.
Thandiwe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele
Pronounced: tan-DEE-weh
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "loving one" in Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele, from thanda "to love".
Thando
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele thanda meaning "to love".
Theophania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θεοφάνια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Theophanes.
Winfield
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIN-feeld
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From a surname that originated from various English place names, themselves derived from Old English winn "meadow, pasture" and feld "field".
Xinyi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 欣怡, 心怡, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHEEN-EE
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Chinese 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 怡 (yí) meaning "joy, harmony". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Xquenda
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Zapotec
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Zapotec guenda "spirit, soul, essence" combined with the possessive prefix x-.
Yijun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 怡君, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: EE-CHUYN
From Chinese 怡 (yí) meaning "joy, harmony" combined with 君 (jūn) meaning "king, ruler". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
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