smurphul's Personal Name List

Aldo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-do(Italian)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element alt meaning "old" (Proto-Germanic *aldaz), and sometimes also with adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).
Amos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עָמוֹס(Hebrew) Ἀμώς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-məs(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Hebrew עָמַס ('amas) meaning "load, burden". Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Amos, which speaks against greed, corruption and oppression of the poor. Written about the 8th century BC, it is among the oldest of the prophetic books. As an English name, Amos has been used since the Protestant Reformation, and was popular among the Puritans.
Andreas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ανδρέας(Greek) Ἀνδρέας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: an-DREH-as(German, Swedish) ahn-DREH-ahs(Dutch) AN-DREH-AS(Classical Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Ancient Greek and Latin form of Andrew. It is also the form used in Modern Greek, German and Welsh.
Ansel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-səl
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Anselm. A famous bearer was American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984).
Ariel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew, from אֲרִי ('ari) meaning "lion" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film The Little Mermaid (1989).
Arnold
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Polish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AHR-nəld(English) AR-nawlt(German, Polish) AHR-nawlt(Dutch)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
From a Germanic name meaning "eagle power", derived from the elements arn "eagle" and walt "power, authority". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Earnweald. It died out as an English name after the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century.

Saints bearing the name include an 8th-century musician in the court of Charlemagne and an 11th-century French bishop who is the patron saint of brewers. It was also borne by Arnold of Brescia, a 12th-century Augustinian monk who rebelled against the Church and was eventually hanged. Famous modern bearers include American golfer Arnold Palmer (1929-2016) and Austrian-American actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-).

Atticus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀττικός(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek Ἀττικός (Attikos) meaning "from Attica", referring to the region surrounding Athens in Greece. This name was borne by a few notable Greeks from the Roman period (or Romans of Greek background). The author Harper Lee used the name in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) for an Alabama lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.
Buenaventura
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: bweh-na-behn-TOO-ra
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Spanish form of Bonaventura.
Coltrane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Coltrane.
Curtis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KUR-tis
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
From an English surname that originally meant "courteous" in Old French.
Damián
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Czech
Pronounced: da-MYAN(Spanish)
Spanish and Czech form of Damian.
Desi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHZ-ee
Diminutive of Desmond, Desiree and other names beginning with a similar sound. In the case of musician and actor Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) it was a diminutive of Desiderio.
Dezi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DEHZ-ee
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of Desmond and other names beginning with a similar sound.
Dimas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: DEE-mas(Spanish)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Spanish and Portuguese form of Dismas.
Dino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Croatian
Pronounced: DEE-no(Italian)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Short form of names ending in dino or tino.
Dominic
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHM-i-nik
Personal remark: Dom, nn.
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord". This name was traditionally given to a child born on Sunday. Several saints have borne this name, including the 13th-century founder of the Dominican order of friars. It was in this saint's honour that the name was first used in England, starting around the 13th century. It is primarily used by Catholics.
Elias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Dutch, Greek, Eastern African, Amharic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ηλίας(Greek) ኤልያስ(Amharic) Ἠλίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEE-ush(European Portuguese) eh-LEE-us(Brazilian Portuguese) eh-LEE-as(German) EH-lee-ahs(Finnish) i-LIE-əs(English) ee-LIE-əs(English)
Personal remark: Eli, nn.
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament.
Emrys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-ris
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
Welsh form of Ambrose. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. Tales of his life were used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth to help shape the early character of Merlin, whom he called Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin.
Emyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EH-mir
Rating: 14% based on 5 votes
Means "king, lord" in Welsh.
Ernest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Catalan, Polish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: UR-nist(English) EHR-NEST(French) ər-NEST(Catalan) EHR-nest(Polish)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Derived from Old High German ernust meaning "serious, earnest". It was introduced to England by the German House of Hanover when they inherited the British throne in the 18th century, though it did not become common until the following century. The American author and adventurer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a famous bearer of the name. It was also used by Oscar Wilde for a character in his comedy The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
Errol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHR-əl
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from village by this name in Perthshire. It was popularized as a given name by the Australian actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959).
Eztebe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Pronounced: EHS-teh-beh
Basque form of Stephen.
Felix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: FEH-liks(German, Dutch, Swedish) FEE-liks(English) FEH-leeks(Latin)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-century BC Roman general Sulla. It also appears in the New Testament belonging to the governor of Judea who imprisoned Saint Paul.

Due to its favourable meaning, this name was popular among early Christians, being borne by many early saints and four popes. It has been used in England since the Middle Ages, though it has been more popular in continental Europe. A notable bearer was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Fife
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From a Scottish place name that was formerly the name of a kingdom in Scotland. It is said to be named for a Pictish kingdom called Fib.
Fitz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FITS
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Short form of various given names that are derived from surnames beginning with Norman French fitz meaning "son of" (for example Fitzroy).
Flip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FLIP
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Filip.
Gillespie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Gilleasbuig.
Herminio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ehr-MEE-nyo
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Spanish form of Herminius.
Iggy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IG-ee
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Ignatius.
Ignacio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: eegh-NA-thyo(European Spanish) eegh-NA-syo(Latin American Spanish)
Spanish form of Ignatius.
Ignatius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: ig-NAY-shəs(English)
From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble Latin ignis "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch who was thrown to wild beasts by Emperor Trajan, and by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Jesuits, whose real birth name was in fact Íñigo.
Ilya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Илья(Russian) Ілья(Belarusian)
Pronounced: i-LYA(Russian)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Russian and Belarusian form of Elijah.
Kit
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIT
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer.
Leigh
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEE
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was a variant of Lee.
Levi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Dutch, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: לֵוִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: LEE-vie(English) LEH-vee(Dutch)
Personal remark: I want to name one of my future kids this name.
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Possibly means "joined, attached" in Hebrew. As told in the Old Testament, Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites, known as the Levites. This was the tribe that formed the priestly class of the Israelites. The brothers Moses and Aaron were members. This name also occurs in the New Testament, where it is another name for the apostle Matthew.

As an English Christian name, Levi came into use after the Protestant Reformation.

Malachi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: מַלְאָכִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-kie(English)
Personal remark: Hebrew, my messenger/angel. Author of the Book of Malachi. Chi (Kai), nn.
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
From the Hebrew name מַלְאָכִי (Mal'akhi) meaning "my messenger" or "my angel". This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Malachi, which some claim foretells the coming of Christ. In England the name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
Malcolm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: MAL-kəm(English)
Personal remark: Scottish, "disciple of Saint COLUMBA".
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Máel Coluim, which means "disciple of Saint Columba". This was the name of four kings of Scotland starting in the 10th century, including Malcolm III, who became king after killing Macbeth, the usurper who had defeated his father Duncan. The character Malcolm in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (1606) is loosely based on him. Another famous bearer was Malcolm X (1925-1965), an American civil rights leader.
Merfyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
From an Old Welsh name (recorded variously as Mermin, Merhin or Merwin [1]), of uncertain meaning. It is possibly from mer "bone marrow" or mor "sea" with the second element possibly mynawg "eminent, noble" [2], mynnu "wish, desire" [3] or myn "young goat, kid" [4]. This was the name of a 9th-century king of Gwynedd, Merfyn Frych.
Merlin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Romance, English
Pronounced: MUR-lin(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Form of the Welsh name Myrddin used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century chronicle. Writing in Latin, he likely chose the form Merlinus over Merdinus in order to prevent associations with French merde "excrement".

Geoffrey based parts of Merlin's character on Myrddin Wyllt, a legendary madman and prophet who lived in the Caledonian Forest. Other parts of his life were based on that of the historical 5th-century Romano-British military leader Ambrosius Aurelianus (also known as Emrys Wledig). In Geoffrey's version of the tales and later embellishments Merlin is a magician and counselor for King Arthur.

Merrill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHR-əl
Personal remark: Bright sea.
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that was derived either from the given name Muriel or from place names meaning "pleasant hill".
Merritt
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHR-it
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From an English surname, originally from a place name, which meant "boundary gate" in Old English.
Meuric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Variant of Meurig.
Micah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: מִיכָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: MIE-kə(English)
Personal remark: Contracted Micaiah.
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Contracted form of Micaiah. Micah is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. He authored the Book of Micah, which alternates between prophesies of doom and prophesies of restoration. This is also the name of a separate person in the Book of Judges, the keeper of an idol. It was occasionally used as an English given name by the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation, but it did not become common until the end of the 20th century.
Micaiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מִיכָיָהוּ, מִיכָיְהוּ, מִיכָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: mi-KIE-ə(English)
Personal remark: "who is like YAHWEH?", Hebrew.
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Means "who is like Yahweh?" in Hebrew. This name occurs in the Old Testament in a variety of Hebrew spellings, belonging to both males and females. It is the full name of Micah, both the prophet and the man from the Book of Judges. As a feminine name it belongs to the mother of King Abijah (at 2 Chronicles 13:2), though her name is listed as Maacah in other passages.
Moebius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
The pseudonym of Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (1938-2012), French comic artist and writer.
Morgan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English, French
Pronounced: MAWR-gən(English) MAWR-GAN(French)
Personal remark: Derived from Old Welsh Morcant, sea+circle.
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle". Since the 1980s in America Morgan has been more common for girls than boys, perhaps due to stories of Morgan le Fay or the fame of actress Morgan Fairchild (1950-).
Mose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical German
Personal remark: Moses= "son" or "deliver" in Hebrew.
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
German form of Moses.
Murdoch
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Scottish form of Murdock.
Murrough
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Murchadh.
Nebuchadnezzar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Babylonian (Anglicized), Biblical
Other Scripts: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצֲּר(Ancient Hebrew)
Personal remark: "Nabu preserve my firstborn son". Dezz, Nezzy, nn.
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
From נְבוּכַדְנֶאצֲּר (Nevukhadnetzzar), the Hebrew form of the Akkadian name Nabu-kudurri-usur meaning "Nabu protect my eldest son", derived from the god's name Nabu combined with kudurru meaning "eldest son" and an imperative form of naṣāru meaning "to protect". This name was borne by a 12th-century BC king of the Babylonian Empire. It was also borne by a 6th-century BC king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. He captured Jerusalem, and ultimately destroyed the city's temple and deported many of its citizens, as told in the Old Testament.
Pip
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PIP
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Philip or Philippa. This was the name of the main character in Great Expectations (1860) by Charles Dickens.
Rogelio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-KHEH-lyo
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Rogellus or Rogelius. This was probably related to the Germanic name Hrodger (see Roger), perhaps a remnant of a Visigothic cognate. It has also been suggested that it could be derived from a diminutive of the Latin name Rogatus [1]. Saint Rogellus was a 9th-century martyr from Córdoba.
Shug
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scots [1]
Personal remark: Hugh diminutive. Heart, mind, spirit.
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Scots diminutive of Hugh.
Sølvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Personal remark: Norwegian. Solveig, sun+strength.
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Norwegian variant of Solveig. It is also used as a short form of Silvia.
Tenney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Personal remark: Medieval diminutive of Denis.
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Medieval diminutive of Denis.
Thilo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: TEE-lo
Personal remark: German, saint.
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Variant of Till. Saint Thillo was a 7th-century man of Saxony who was kidnapped and brought to Flanders by raiders. After his release he became a priest and did missionary work in France.
Till
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: TIL
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From Tielo, a medieval Low German diminutive of Dietrich and other names beginning with the Old High German element diota, Old Frankish þeoda meaning "people". Till Eulenspiegel is a trickster in German folklore.
Wyatt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIE-ət
Personal remark: Wyat. Old English, battle+brave, hardy.
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval given name Wyard or Wyot, from the Old English name Wigheard. Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) was an American lawman and gunfighter involved in the famous shootout at the OK Corral.
Xander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAN-dər(Dutch) KSAN-dər(Dutch) ZAN-dər(English)
Personal remark: Modern, dutch. Alexander= defending men, biblical.
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Short form of Alexander. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by a character on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003).
Xavier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish
Pronounced: ZAY-vyər(English) ig-ZAY-vyər(English) GZA-VYEH(French) shu-vee-EHR(European Portuguese) sha-vee-EKH(Brazilian Portuguese) shə-bee-EH(Catalan)
Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was born in a village by this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.
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