AIDEN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: AY-dən

Variant of AIDAN

ALEJANDRA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: ah-le-KHAHN-drah

Spanish form of ALEXANDRA

ALEX

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese

Pronounced: AL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)

Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.

ANA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian

Other Scripts: Ана (Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian), ანა (Georgian)

Pronounced: AH-nah (Spanish)

Form of ANNA

ISABEL

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German

Pronounced: ee-sah-BEL (Spanish), IZ-ə-bel (English), ee-za-BEL (French), ee-zah-BEL (German)

Medieval Occitan form of ELIZABETH. It spread throughout Spain, Portugal and France, becoming common among the royalty by the 12th century. It grew popular in England in the 13th century after Isabella of Angoulême married the English king John, and it was subsequently bolstered when Isabella of France married Edward II the following century.

This is the usual form of the name Elizabeth in Spain and Portugal, though elsewhere it is considered a parallel name, such as in France where it is used alongside Élisabeth.

ISABELA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian

Pronounced: ee-sah-BEL-ah (Spanish)

Latinate form of ISABEL

LIA (2)

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: LEE-ah

Short form of ROSALIA

LILIANA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English

Pronounced: lee-LYAH-nah (Italian, Polish), lil-ee-AN-ə (English)

Latinate form of LILLIAN

NESSA (1)

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: NES-ə

Short form of VANESSA and other names ending in nessa.

SELENA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Russian, Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Селена (Russian), Σεληνη (Ancient Greek)

Latinized form of SELENE. This name was borne by popular Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla (1971-1995), who was known simply as Selena.