Behind the Name: hello_1234's Personal Name List

Alani

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Possibly a variant of Alana, or possibly from Hawaiian ʻalani meaning "orange (tree or fruit)".

Azucena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: a-thoo-THEH-na(European Spanish) a-soo-SEH-na(Latin American Spanish)

Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.

Çacaxochitl

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Nahuatl

The name of a medicinal plant with yellow flowers, also called coçatli ("weasel"). Possibly derived from zacatl "grass, hay, straw" and xochitl "flower".

Cannelle

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French (Modern)

Pronounced: KA-NEHL

Derived from French cannelle "cinnamon (the spice)".

Hau

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Popular Culture

Pronounced: HOW

Hau is the name of the rival character in Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Hilkka

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: HILK-kah

From the word hilkka, which means "a bonnet, a hood". Little Red Riding Hood is known as 'Punahilkka' in Finland, and the fairy tale may have had something to do with the name Hilkka becoming more common. Hilkka is also the Finnish name for plants belonging to the 'Achimenes' genus, many of which are grown for their large, colourful flowers.

Kielo

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: KEE-lo

Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).

Lilia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian) Лілія(Ukrainian)

Pronounced: LEE-lya(Spanish) LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)

Spanish and Italian form of Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).

Marganita

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: מַרְגָנִיתָה(Hebrew)

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From the name of a type of flowering plant common in Israel, called the scarlet pimpernel in English.

Margarita

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Greek, Albanian, Late Roman

Other Scripts: Маргарита(Russian, Bulgarian) Μαργαρίτα(Greek)

Pronounced: mar-gha-REE-ta(Spanish) mər-gu-RYEE-tə(Russian) mahr-gə-REE-tə(English)

Latinate form of Margaret. This is also the Spanish word for the daisy flower (species Bellis perennis, Leucanthemum vulgare and others).

Marguerite

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French

Pronounced: MAR-GU-REET

French form of Margaret. This is also the French word for the daisy flower (species Leucanthemum vulgare).

Mays

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic (Egyptian)

Other Scripts: ميس(Egyptian Arabic)

Pronounced: mies(Egyptian Arabic)

Derived from Arabic مَيْس (mays) "nettle tree, hackberry".

Mirta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Croatian

Pronounced: MEER-ta(Spanish)

Spanish, Italian and Croatian cognate of Myrtle.

Niloufar

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: نیلوفر(Persian)

Pronounced: nee-loo-FAR

Means "water lily" in Persian.

Tolin

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Nahuatl

Means "reed, rush, cattail" in Nahuatl, a specific kind of marsh plant.

Viorel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian

Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It is derived from Latin viola "violet".

Yasmin

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu, English (Modern), Spanish (Modern), Portuguese (Modern)

Other Scripts: ياسمين(Arabic) יַסְמִין(Hebrew) یاسمین(Urdu)

Pronounced: yas-MEEN(Arabic) YAZ-min(English)

Means "jasmine" in Arabic and Hebrew, derived from Persian یاسمین (yasamin). In modern times it has been used in the western world, as an Arabic-influenced variant of Jasmine.