brrryce's Personal Name List

Zora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Other Scripts: Зора(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZO-ra(Czech) ZAW-ra(Slovak)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "dawn, aurora" in the South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak.
Xochitl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Pronounced: SHO-cheech
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "flower" in Nahuatl [1].
Valeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Валерия(Russian) Валерія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: va-LEH-rya(Italian) ba-LEH-rya(Spanish) vu-LYEH-ryi-yə(Russian) wa-LEH-ree-a(Latin) və-LEHR-ee-ə(English) və-LIR-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Valerius. This was the name of a 2nd-century Roman saint and martyr.
Tovah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טוֹבָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Hebrew טוֹבָה (see Tova 1).
Tilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: TIL-də(English) TEEL-dah(Finnish)
Rating: 66% based on 5 votes
Short form of Matilda.
Tiidrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Estonian form of Theodoric.
Tidir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵜⵉⴷⵉⵔ(Tifinagh)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Idir.
Tadala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chewa
Pronounced: tah-DAH-lah
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Means "we have been blessed" in Chewa.
Suvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-vee
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means "summer" in Finnish.
Sorina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: so-REE-na
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Sorin.
Sireli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Derived from Estonian sireli, the genitive form of sirel, "lilac".
Seraiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: שְׂרָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Means "Yahweh is ruler" in Hebrew. This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Ezra.
Selma 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SEHL-mə(English) ZEHL-ma(German)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of Anselma. It could also have been inspired by James Macpherson's 18th-century poems, in which it is the name of Ossian's castle.
Rozyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Polish form of Rosina.
Nikolai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Николай(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nyi-ku-LIE(Russian)
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (see Nikolay).
Neftalí
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Spanish form of Naphtali.
Nayeli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".
Natalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Greek, Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Ναταλία(Greek) ნატალია(Georgian) Наталия(Russian, Bulgarian) Наталія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: na-TA-lya(Polish, Spanish) na-ta-LEE-a(Italian) na-TA-lee-a(Romanian) nə-TAHL-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Latinate form of Natalia (see Natalie).
Mireli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Variant of Mirelli.
Milena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Italian
Other Scripts: Милена(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: MI-leh-na(Czech) MEE-leh-na(Slovak) mee-LEH-na(Polish, Italian) myi-LYEH-nə(Russian)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Milan. It began to be used in Italy in honour of Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), mother of Helen of Montenegro, the wife of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III. In Italy it can also be considered a combination of Maria and Elena.
Mathieu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-TYUU
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
French variant form of Matthew.
Lisandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese
Pronounced: lee-SAN-dro(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Spanish and Portuguese form of Lysander.
Kiran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, Nepali, Urdu
Other Scripts: किरण(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) ಕಿರಣ್(Kannada) కిరణ్(Telugu) കിരൺ(Malayalam) கிரண்(Tamil) કિરણ(Gujarati) کرن(Urdu)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kirana), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".
Kinneret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: כִּנֶּרֶת(Hebrew)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
From the name of a large lake in northern Israel, usually called the Sea of Galilee in English. Its name is derived from Hebrew כִּנּוֹר (kinnor) meaning "harp" because of its shape.
Kaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Estonian
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Katarina or Katariina.
Isidora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Исидора(Serbian, Russian) Ἰσιδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-see-DHO-ra(Spanish) ee-zee-DAW-ra(Italian) iz-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Isidore. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian saint and hermitess.
Isara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อิสระ(Thai)
Pronounced: eet-sa-RA
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Thai อิสระ (see Itsara).
Frida 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element fridu meaning "peace" (Proto-Germanic *friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
Ezra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֶזְרָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EHZ-rə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.
Eydís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements ey "good fortune" or "island" and dís "goddess".
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Esmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian (Rare), South American (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Bosnian elaboration of Esma.
Esmée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British), Dutch
Pronounced: EHZ-may(British English) EHZ-mee(British English) ehs-MEH(Dutch)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Esmé.
Esben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Variant of Asbjørn.
Emyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EH-mir
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Means "king, lord" in Welsh.
Elyse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Elizabeth. It was popularized in the early 1980s by a character from the television comedy Family Ties.
Elmas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "diamond" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
Ella 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian
Pronounced: EHL-ə(English) EHL-lah(Finnish) EHL-law(Hungarian)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen 1 and other names beginning with El. It can also be a short form of names ending in ella.
Elena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Czech, Lithuanian, Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Greek, German, English
Other Scripts: Елена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian) Έλενα(Greek)
Pronounced: EH-leh-na(Italian, Czech, German) eh-LEH-na(Spanish) eh-lyeh-NU(Lithuanian) yi-LYEH-nə(Russian) i-LYEH-nə(Russian) EHL-ə-nə(English) ə-LAY-nə(English)
Rating: 75% based on 6 votes
Form of Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Елена (see Yelena).
Eldin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian, Arabic
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Either a variant of Aldin or Alden.
Dmitrii
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Medieval Slavic [1][2][3]
Other Scripts: Дмитрий(Russian) Дмитріи, Дмитрии, etc.(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: DMEE-tree(Russian)
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Дмитрий (see Dmitriy), as well as a transcription of the medieval Slavic form.
Daris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian (Modern)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic دارس (daris) meaning "studying, learning".
Dagny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: DAHNG-nuy(Swedish)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and nýr "new".
Dagmara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: dag-MA-ra
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Polish form of Dagmar.
Cosmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: kos-MEE-na
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Cosmin.
Azriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲזְרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AZ-ree-əl(English)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Means "my help is God", derived from Hebrew עָזַר ('azar) meaning "help" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". This is the name of three minor characters in the Old Testament.
Azra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: عذراء(Arabic) عذرا(Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: ‘adh-RA(Arabic)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Means "virgin, maiden" in Arabic.
'Azaryah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲזַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Hebrew form of Azariah.
Antonín
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: AN-to-nyeen
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Czech form of Antoninus, also used as the Czech form of Antonius (see Anthony). A famous bearer was the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904).
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: 56% based on 5 votes
Ancient Greek and Latin form of Andrew. It is also the form used in Modern Greek, German and Welsh.
Adrien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-DREE-YEHN
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
French form of Adrian.
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