z.z.z's Personal Name List

Means "dove" in Armenian.

From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 星 (sha) meaning "star". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Aisha.

From Basque alatz meaning "miracle". It is an equivalent of Milagros, proposed by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

Variant of Alethea.

Variant of Alan, or from a surname that was derived from this same name. A famous bearer of this name was Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), an American beat poet. Another is the American film director and actor Woody Allen (1935-), who took the stage name Allen from his real first name.

Bosnian feminine form of Al-Amir.

Variant of Elora.

Variant of Alicia. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with λύσσα (lyssa) meaning "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.

Means "grace" in Igbo.

Feminine form of Greek Andronikos and Bulgarian Andronik. This name was borne by Andronika 'Donika' Arianiti (1428-1506), also known as Donika Kastrioti, the wife of Albanian national hero Skanderbeg, leader of a revolt against the Ottoman Empire.

Combination of Anne 1 and Grete.

Combination of Anne 1 and Liese.

From the Greek Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.

Allegedly a Tuscan dialectical form of Erodiade. According to 'Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches' (1899), a book composed by American folklorist Charles Leland, she was a goddess in regional Italian folklore, who gave the knowledge of witchcraft to women.

Derived from Welsh arian "silver" and Middle Welsh gell "yellow" (which apparently also carried the connotations of "shining", ultimately going back to Proto-Celtic *gelwo- "yellow; white", compare Old Irish gel(o) white; fair; shining").
According to legend, Arianell was a member of the Welsh royal family who became possessed by an evil spirit and was exorcised by Saint Dyfrig. Soon after, Arianell became a nun and spiritual student of Dyfrig.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אַרְיֵה (see Arieh).

Feminine form of Asterios (see Asterius). In Greek mythology Asteria was a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus.

From Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". This name was used by Scottish singer Donovan for his daughter born 1971.

Modern Hebrew transcription of Athaliah.

Possibly means "Yahweh is exalted" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is both a feminine and masculine name. It was borne by the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, who later came to rule Judah as a queen.

"hoar-frost" ; "dew"

Hebrew form of Abihu.

Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).

From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.

Means "white raven" from Old Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "white, blessed". According to the Second Branch of the Mabinogi [1] she was the daughter of Llŷr. After she was mistreated by her husband Matholwch, the king of Ireland, she managed to get a message to her brother Brân, the king of Britain. Brân launched a costly invasion to rescue her, but she died of grief shortly after her return.

Feminine form of Cassius.

Polish feminine form of Caelestinus.

In Incan mythology, Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star") was the goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet Venus, flowers, maidens, and sex. She protected virgin girls. This name is of a separate etmology, with the Quechua ch'aska referring to what they thought was the brightest star but was the planet Venus. The Quechue quyllur means 'star'.

Variant of Charisse.

From a surname that was a variant of Elliott.

Possibly from Old Irish én meaning "bird". This was the name of several Irish kings and heroes. It was also borne by a 6th-century saint who built the monastery of Killeany on Aran.

Means "black fox" in Cherokee.

Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Anwar.

Derived from Portuguese and Galician estrela "star" as well as a variant of Estela. As a Portuguese name, it is also used in reference to the title of the Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora da Estrela ("Our Lady of the Good Star").

Short form of names beginning with the Old English element æðele meaning "noble". It was coined in the 19th century, when many Old English names were revived. It was popularized by the novels The Newcomes (1855) by William Makepeace Thackeray and The Daisy Chain (1856) by C. M. Yonge. A famous bearer was American actress and singer Ethel Merman (1908-1984).

Derived from French étoile "star" (ultimately via Old French estoile, esteile, from Latin stēlla).

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This is the name of a goddess associated with love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claims half of the heroes who are slain in battle and brings them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she is one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg.

This is not the usual spelling in any of the Scandinavian languages (in Sweden and Denmark it is Freja and in Norway it is Frøja) but it is the common spelling of the goddess's name in English. In the 2000s it became popular in Britain.

From an English surname that was derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill". Its popularity at the end of the 20th century was due to the sound it shared with other trendy names of the time, such as Braden and Aidan.

Means "imagination, vision" in Tagalog.

Ancient Basque name that was first found on inscriptions in Aquitaine dating back to the 1st to 3rd centuries.
Its origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that it might be derived from the Basque adjective ilun (illun in Old Basque, ilunn in Aquitain), meaning "darkness; dark; sombre; gloomy; mysterious; obscure".

Combination of the sounds found in names such as Jamari, Amari and Kamaria.

This feminine name means "The Dark One" in Armenian.

From the name of the bird of prey, ultimately derived from Old French crecelle "rattle", which refers to the sound of its cry.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew כִּנֶּרֶת (see Kinneret).

Composed of Old Norse kol meaning "coals, black as coal" and dís meaning "goddess".

Derived from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korallion) meaning "coral" (in Modern Greek κοράλλι). This was the name of an obscure 4th-century saint and martyr from Thrace.

Kura, which means the darkness, is the variant of Kuro. Pika means the glittering light. So this name means "the glittering light in the darkness". This is the name of a character in the manga HunterXHunter, aka HXH. Kurapika is the last existing member of Kuruta tribe, whose eyes are able to change into red when they get angry. The eyeball of Kuruta people were so desirable because it can be sold more expensively than any other thing in this world. Consequently, a group of thieves hunted the Kuruta down and slayed whole friends and relatives of Kurapika for their eyeballs. Kurapika was deeply feudful for this. He vows to slay back all the thieves and get the Kuruta eyeball back.

This name can be used as 久理寿 (masculine), 久梨須, 紅莉栖 or 玖利子 (last 3 are feminine) with 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story", 紅 (ku, kou, aka.i, kurenai, beni, kure) meaning "crimson, deep red", 玖 (kyuu, ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine (used in legal documents)", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree", 莉 (rai, ri, rei) meaning "jasmine", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 寿 (shuu, ju, su, kotobuki, kotobu.ku, kotoho.gu) meaning "congratulations, longevity, one's natural life", 須 (shu, su, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru) meaning "by all means, necessarily, ought", 栖 (sei, su.mu) meaning "cobweb, den, hive, nest, rookery" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."

One fictional bearer of this name is Kurisu Makise (牧瀬 紅莉栖) from the visual novel Steins;Gate.

This name is most likely influenced by the name Chris.

The name of the main character in Serial Experiments Lain (1998), a Japanese anime television series.

Means "wave" in Estonian.

Short form of Alana (English) or Svetlana (Russian). In the English-speaking world it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995), who was born Julia Jean Turner.

Possibly a short form of Aletha.

From Chinese 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely", 黎 (lí) meaning "black, dawn", or 荔 (lì) meaning "lychee" combined with 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful" or 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Means "Viking, Scandinavian" from Old Irish Lochlann, a name for Scandinavia. It means "land of the lakes", derived from loch "lake".

From Armenian լուսին (lusin) meaning "moon".

Old French variant of Marcel. A famous bearer of the surname was the French general François Séverin Marceau (1769-1796).

Form of Marcellus used in several languages. Notable bearers include the French author Marcel Proust (1871-1922) and the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968).

Variant of Maeve.

This name is derived from the Arabic name Manal, which means “achievement” or “attainment”. It is also related to the name Minal, which means “precious stone” or “gift”. The name Menaali may also be influenced by the name Manali, which is a Hindu name meaning “bird” or “beautiful hills”. Manali is also the name of a popular hill station in India.

Catalan form of Mirèio (see Mireille).

From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty", 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real", 看 (mi) meaning "to watch, to care for", or 見 (mi) meaning "to see", or 美 (mi) meaning "beauty", 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real", 看 (mi) meaning "to watch, to care for", or 見 (mi) meaning "to see" combined with 闇 (yami) meaning "dark, darkness". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From the Irish name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly connected to the old Celtic root *nītu- "fury, passion" or the (possibly related) Old Irish word nia "hero" [1][2]. A derivation from Old Irish nél "cloud" has also been suggested. This was the name of a few early Irish kings, notably Niall of the Nine Hostages, a semi-legendary high king of the 4th or 5th century.

In the early Middle Ages the name was adopted by Norse raiders and settlers in Ireland in the form Njáll. The Norse transmitted it to England and Scotland, as well as bringing it back to Scandinavia. It was also in use among the Normans, who were of Scandinavian origin. A famous bearer of this name was American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), the first person to walk on the moon.

Derived from Greek Νηρηΐδες (Nereides) meaning "nymphs, sea sprites", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god Nereus, who supposedly fathered them.

The name Nidra is related to the concept of nidra, which is “one of the four states of consciousness in Hindu philosophy”. Nidra is the state of “deep sleep”, where the individual is “unaware of the external world and the inner self”. Nidra is also associated with the goddess Nidra, who is “the personification of sleep” and the consort of Vishnu, the “supreme god of Hinduism”. Nidra is sometimes depicted as a “beautiful woman holding a lotus flower and resting on a bed of snakes”. Nidra is also the name of a form of yoga that involves “guided meditation and relaxation”.

The name Nidra comes from the Sanskrit word निद्रा (nidrā), which means “sleep”. It is a learned borrowing from Sanskrit into Hindi, and a doublet of the word नीद (nīd), which also means “sleep”. The concept of nidra as a state of consciousness is mentioned in the Upanishads and the Mahabharata, while the goddess Nidra appears in the Devīmāhātmya. Nidra is also linked to meditation in Shaiva and Buddhist tantras and is used as a synonym for samadhi, the state of intense concentration, in some medieval hatha yoga texts. The modern form of yoga nidra, which is a technique of guided relaxation, was popularized by Satyananda Saraswati in 1976.

The name Nirani may have derived from the Sanskrit word nirāṇa, which means “free from bonds, liberated, pure, clear” or “a kind of precious stone”. Another possible origin is the Tamil word nīraṇi, which means “a river” or "a stream".

Either an elaboration of Raven, or else from the name of the city of Ravenna in Italy.

Variant of Rosanne.

Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese feminine form of Rune.

Elaboration of Ruzan, perhaps influenced by Rosanna.

From Japanese 星 (sei) meaning "star" or 青 (sei) meaning "blue" combined with 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Possibly a Low German diminutive of names containing the Old High German element salo "dark-coloured, dirty gray" (related to Old Norse sölr "sun-coloured, dirty yellow, sallow"), but this is not known for certain.

Derived from the Georgian noun სევდა (sevda) meaning "melancholy, sorrow". It ultimately comes from the Arabic noun سَوْدَاء (sawda) meaning "black bile" as well as "melancholy, sadness, gloom". This makes the name etymologically related to the Azerbaijani and Turkish name Sevda, which has the same root but has come to mean something different in these languages.

From the Chinese 善 (shàn) meaning "good, virtuous, kind" and 骊 (lí) meaning "pure black horse".

Short form of Siranush.

From the name of the Sumela monastery, which is located in Trabzon, Turkey. It is derived from Greek σου μελά (sou mela) meaning "black mountain".

Hindu name meaning "one who has darkness inside"

Means "precious" in Hebrew.

From Japanese 夢 (yume) meaning "dream, vision". It can also come from 裕 (yu) meaning "abundant, rich, plentiful" and 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations.

Derived from Uzbek zulmat meaning "pitch darkness".