Behind the Name: IAmTabby's Personal Name List

Cian

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]

Pronounced: KYEEN(Irish)

Means "ancient, enduring" in Irish. In Irish mythology this was the name of the father of Lugh Lámfada. It was also borne by the mythical ancestor of the Ciannachta and by a son-in-law of Brian Boru.

Jalal

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian

Other Scripts: جلال(Arabic, Persian)

Pronounced: ja-LAL(Arabic)

Means "greatness" in Arabic, from the root جلّ (jalla) meaning "to be great".

Tabitha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: Ταβιθά(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: TAB-i-thə(English)

Means "gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the New Testament was a woman restored to life by Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as Dorcas (see Acts 9:36). As an English name, Tabitha became common after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.