hermeline's Personal Name List

Achillea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Achille. It is also the botanical name of the genus of flowering plants (Yarrow).
Aenea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: i-NEE-ə, ə-NEE-ə
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Possibly intended to be a feminine form of Aeneas, or possibly taken from the Latin word aēneus meaning "made of copper, made of bronze; brazen" (feminine aēnea), a derivative of aes "copper, bronze". This was used by the author Dan Simmons in his 'Hyperion' series of science fiction novels, where it belongs to a character who first appears in 1996.
Aglaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀγλαΐα(Ancient Greek) Αγλαΐα(Greek)
Pronounced: ə-GLIE-ə(English)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Means "splendour, beauty" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites). This name was also borne by a 4th-century saint from Rome.
Amazilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Theatre
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Possibly derived from name Amazili, (first?) used in the novel of Jean-François Marmontel "Les Incas, ou la destruction de l'Empire du Pérou" (1777), where it belongs to a Peruvian maiden. Most likely this name was artificially created to imitate exotic language and has no meaning.

Later it was used by Giovanni Pacini in his work "Amazilia" (1826), where it belongs to a young Indian woman, and the scene takes place in Florida. Looks like he borrowed this unsual name from the novel of Marmontel. The daughter of the composer was also named Amazilia. She is depicted on famous painting "Horsewoman" (1832) by Karl Bryullov.

Berinthia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre, Literature, English (Rare)
Rating: 78% based on 6 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps first used by Sir John Vanbrugh for a young widow in his play 'The Relapse' (1697). It was subsequently used by Richard Brinsley Sheridan for a widow in his play 'A Trip to Scarborough' (1777), and also appears in Dickens's 'Dombey and Son' (1848) belonging to Mrs Pipchin's niece.
Bethania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 61% based on 7 votes
Bethania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: beh-TA-nya
Spanish variant form of Bethany.
Bethulia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: bi-THOO-lee-ə
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From the name of a city mentioned only in the apocryphal Book of Judith, possibly derived from the Hebrew noun בתולה (betula) meaning "virgin". The city's deliverance by Judith, when besieged by the Assyrian general Holofernes, forms the subject of the Book of Judith.
Cardea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: KAR-deh-a(Latin)
Rating: 71% based on 9 votes
Derived from Latin cardo meaning "hinge, axis". This was the name of the Roman goddess of thresholds, door pivots, and change.
Cassinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 73% based on 8 votes
The name of a family of daisy flowers.
Chelsia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), Malaysian
Pronounced: CHEHL-see-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Elaborated form of Chelsea.
Christonia
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Diminutive for Christan
Chthonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χθωνία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "of the earth, underground" in Greek, a derivative of χθών (chthon) meaning "earth, ground, soil". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.
Deasura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 75% based on 6 votes
Desmia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare), Literature
The name of a character in The Palace of Mirrors by Margaret P. Haddix.
Dulcelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French (Latinized), Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Latinized form of Douceline (compare Dulcelinus).
Eleida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Eulalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Εὐλαλία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ew-LA-lya(Spanish, Italian) yoo-LAY-lee-ə(English)
Rating: 59% based on 8 votes
Derived from Greek εὔλαλος (eulalos) meaning "sweetly-speaking", itself from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and λαλέω (laleo) meaning "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century saint and martyr from Mérida in Spain. Another martyr by this name, living at the same time, is a patron saint of Barcelona. These two saints might be the same person.
Euphenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Felunia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: fe-LOO-nnyah
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Felicja, Feliksa or Felicyta.
Galatea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Γαλάτεια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of Greek Γαλάτεια (Galateia), probably derived from γάλα (gala) meaning "milk". This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology including a sea nymph who was the daughter of Doris and Nereus and the lover of Acis. According to some sources, this was also the name of the ivory statue carved by Pygmalion that came to life.
Galilea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Modern)
Pronounced: ga-lee-LEH-a(Italian, Spanish)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Galileo.
Genesta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Possibly derived from Genista, the Latin name of the broom plant. This is the name of the good fairy in the French fairy tale "Heart of Ice". Genesta is a fairy who brings up the protagonist, Mannikin, and assists him on his journey. This name was also used as the name of a fairy in the video game King's Quest IV.
Helandrea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 73% based on 6 votes
Norwegian combination of Helene or Helga and Andrea 2.
Herennia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla was an Augusta and later regent of the Roman Empire, married to Emperor Decius, and mother of Emperors Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian.
Herminia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ehr-MEE-nya(Spanish)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Herminius.
Hesperia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Spanish
Other Scripts: Ἑσπερια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: hes-PEER-ee-ə(Greek Mythology)
Rating: 84% based on 5 votes
Derived from Greek hesperos "evening" (see Hesperos). In Greek myth this was the name of one of the three Hesperides, goddesses of the evening and sunsets. Hesperia was also a Greek name of Italy, meaning "the land where the sun sets" (as in the case of asteroid 69 Hesperia).
Hildineia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian (Rare)
Hoshea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: הוֹשֵׁעַ(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
From the Hebrew name הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hosheaʿ) meaning "salvation", from the root יָשַׁע (yashaʿ) meaning "to save". In the Old Testament at Numbers 13:16, Moses gives the spy Hoshea the new name Yehoshuaʿ (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.
Irelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Isalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (Latin American), French (Modern, Rare), Flemish (Archaic)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Spanish diminutive of Isabel and French and Flemish variant of Isalie.
Isaura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish, Late Roman
Pronounced: ee-SOW-ra(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Late Latin name meaning "from Isauria". Isauria was the name of a region in Asia Minor.
Kathyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Hispanic, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Variant of Katiria.
Kyrenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Kyrenius.
Maurilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Feminine form of Maurilio.
Milonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
borne by the last wife of Caligula and mother to his child, Julia Drusilla, Milonia Caesonia.
Miriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Latinization of Mirian.
Mirinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: mee-REEN-da
Means "wonderful" in Esperanto.
Norea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From Aramaic nura "fire". In some Gnostic writings she is the youngest daughter of Adam and Eve and wife of Noah. She was refused to enter the Ark and burnt it three times.
Norelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Numeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Derived from Latin numerus meaning "number". In Roman mythology, Numeria is the goddess who grants young children the ability to count.
Oprea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Romanian
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Derived from Romanian a opri "to stop". This name was given to a child in the hopes that it would be the last child born into the family.
Othelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afrikaans (Rare), American (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), German (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Variant of Otelia.
Ottonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Otto.
Panorea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Πανωραία(Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Parinthia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Pelaghia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Moldovan, History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Romanian form of Pelagia.
Perigenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Variant of Perigune used in A Midsommer Night's Dream
Rosaura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-SOW-ra
Means "golden rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and aurea "golden". This name was (first?) used by Pedro Calderón de la Barca for a character in his play Life Is a Dream (1635).
Sachara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Solaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Valaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Pronounced: vah-LAY-duh
A known bearer is jazz musician Valaida Snow.
Valia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Georgian (Rare), Greek, Russian
Other Scripts: Валя(Bulgarian, Russian) ვალია(Georgian) Βάλια(Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
In Bulgaria and Russia, this name is a variant transcription of the unisex name Valya.

In Georgia, this name is a diminutive of Valentina and Valerian, though there can certainly be cases where it is the georgianized form of the aforementioned Valya. In this day and age, Valia is primarily used on women in Georgia.

In Greece, this name is strictly feminine and is a pet form of Vasilia and Vasiliki.

Known bearers of this name include the Georgian revolutionary Valerian "Valia" Bakhtadze (1896-1930) and the Greek model Valia Kakouti (b. 1981).

Veronia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: və-ROH-nee-ə
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Elaboration of Verona, a a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy. Rarely used as a given name.
Viria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: South American
Pronounced: V-EE-r-EE-ah
Possibly a female form of Viriato.
Ysaura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Isaura.
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