GM10's Personal Name List

Art
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHRT
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Short form of Arthur.
Colin 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHL-in, KOL-in
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Medieval diminutive of Col, a short form of Nicholas. It is now regarded as an independent name.
Giuseppe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: joo-ZEHP-peh
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Italian form of Joseph. Two noteworthy bearers were Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), a military leader who united Italy, and Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), a composer of operas.
Gordon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: GAWR-dən(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from a place in Berwickshire, itself derived from Brythonic elements meaning "spacious fort". It was originally used in honour of Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), a British general who died defending the city of Khartoum in Sudan.

This was a fairly popular name throughout the English-speaking world during the 20th century, especially in Scotland and Canada. It peaked in both the United Kingdom and United States in the 1930s and has since disappeared from most of the popularity charts.

Jackson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK-sən
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of Jack". A famous bearer of the surname was American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).
Jericho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Other Scripts: יְרִיחוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHR-i-ko
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the name of a city in Israel that is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The meaning of the city's name is uncertain, but it may be related to the Hebrew word יָרֵחַ (yareach) meaning "moon", or otherwise to the Hebrew word רֵיחַ (reyach) meaning "fragrant".
Keifer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEE-fer
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Keifer.
Liam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English, French (Modern), Dutch (Modern), German (Modern), Swedish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: LYEEM(Irish) LEE-əm(English) LYAM(French)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Irish short form of William. It became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and elsewhere in Europe and the Americas after that. It was the top ranked name for boys in the United States beginning in 2017. Famous bearers include British actor Liam Neeson (1952-), British musician Liam Gallagher (1972-), and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (1990-).
Malina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Serbian, Polish
Other Scripts: Малина(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Pronounced: ma-LEE-na(Polish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "raspberry" in several Slavic languages.
Marja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Sorbian, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-yah(Finnish) MAHR-ya(Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Finnish and Sorbian form of Maria, as well as a Dutch variant. It also means "berry" in Finnish.
Otso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OT-so
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "bear" in Finnish.
Pyry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PUY-ruy
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.
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