Kuka Olen's Personal Name List

Form of Hadrianus (see Hadrian) used in several languages. Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.

Means "the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man Väinämöinen.

Russian form of the Roman name Aquilina, a feminine derivative of Aquila.

Variant of Kseniya.

Short form of Aukusti.

Variant of Akilina.

Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).

Russian form of Alexius. This name was borne by a 14th-century Metropolitan of Kiev who is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church. It was also the name of a 17th-century tsar of Russia.

Finnish, Bulgarian and Georgian form of Alexius.

Meaning unknown, possibly of German origin.

Russian diminutive of Alla.

Finnish form of Albert.

Diminutive of Aleksey.

Alternate transcription of Russian Анатолий or Ukrainian Анатолій (see Anatoliy), as well as the Georgian form.

Polish diminutive of Anna, and an alternate transcription of Russian Аня (see Anya).

Form of Anya in several languages.

Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Annelie, as well as a German variant.

Swedish diminutive of Anna.

Finnish diminutive of Anna.

Finnish diminutive of Anna.

Russian diminutive of Anna.

Derived from Finnish ansio "virtue" or ansa "trap".

Finnish diminutive of Anselm.

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Anna.

Meaning uncertain, possibly inspired by the Russian name Annushka.

Russian form of Aristarchus.

Finnish form of Arthur.

Finnish form of Augustus.

Means "willing, helpful" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Agnes.

Russian form of Eudocia.

Derived from the Old German element bern "bear" combined with hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Beornheard. This was the name of several saints, including Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include the Irish playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and the British World War II field marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976).

Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus meaning "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.

Due to the popularity of the saint, the name became common in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans brought it to England, where it was commonly spelled Cecily — the Latinate form Cecilia came into use in the 18th century.

Russian, Belarusian and Greek form of Daniel.

Russian variant of Dmitriy, as well as the Georgian form.

Means "judged" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament, Dinah was a daughter of Jacob and Leah who was abducted by Shechem. It has been used as an English given name since after the Protestant Reformation.

Form of Edward in several languages. Notable bearers include the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944).

Finnish form of Elijah.

Finnish form of Edward.

Possibly from the Finnish happy exclamation eijaa.

Meaning unknown, possibly a Finnish form of a Scandinavian name.

Finnish form of Eleanor.

Finnish short form of Elisabet.

Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen.

Finnish form of Elijah.

Feminine form of Eino.

Finnish and Estonian form of Eric.

Finnish form of Esther.

Form of Channah (see Hannah) in several languages.

Finnish diminutive of Johanna or Hannah.

Finnish diminutive of Johannes.

Finnish form of Heinrich (see Henry).

German form of Haimo (see Hamo).

Means "gentle, tender" in Finnish.

Finnish feminine form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Finnish form of Herman.

Means "silent, quiet" in Finnish and Estonian (a rare poetic word).

Finnish diminutive of Isaac.

Finnish diminutive of Isaac.

Finnish form of Isaac.

Finnish form of Hilarius.

Short form of Ilmarinen.

Old Hungarian form of Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word ilona, a derivative of ilo "joy".

Means "evening" in Finnish.

Finnish and Frisian feminine form of Inge.

Finnish form of Ingrid or Inger.

Means "enthusiasm" in Finnish.

Possibly a Finnish diminutive of Irina.

Finnish form of Jacob (or James).

Finnish form of Hjalmar.

Means "noble, gracious" in Finnish.

Swedish diminutive of Jan 1, also used as a full name in Finland.

Short form of Jalmari.

Diminutive of Jaakko.

Scandinavian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Joachim.

Older Finnish form of Joseph.

Short form of Joukahainen.

Finnish form of John.

Finnish short form of Juhani, now used independently.

Finnish form of Iohannes (see John).

Finnish short form of Juhani, now used independently.

Finnish diminutive of Johannes, now used independently.

From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from Julius. This was the name of the last pagan Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (4th century). It was also borne by several early saints, including the legendary Saint Julian the Hospitaller. This name has been used in England since the Middle Ages, at which time it was also a feminine name (from Juliana, eventually becoming Gillian).

Finnish form of John.

Finnish form of Jörg.

Finnish form of Jörg.

Finnish variant of Gabriel.

Finnish form of Charles.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.

Diminutive of Katariina.

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Katherine.

Variant of Kaleva.

Swedish diminutive of Karl. It is used in Finland and Estonia as a full name.

Form of Macarius (see Macario) used by the Finnish author Juhani Aho in his novel Panu (1897).

Hungarian short form of Katalin, Finnish short form of Katariina and Croatian short form of Katarina.

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Katariina and a Hungarian diminutive of Katalin.

Means "far away" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Gertrude.

Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).

Finnish feminine form of Cyrus.

Finnish form of Christina, or a short form of Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.

Means "cherry" in Finnish.

Means "flower" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Gustav.

Finnish diminutive of Kustaa or Aukusti.

Short form of Kyllikki.

Derived from Finnish kyllä "abundance" or kyllin "enough". This is the name of a character in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.

Finnish form of Gustav.

Means "gift" in Finnish.

Finnish diminutive of Laurence 1 or Hilarius.

Scandinavian and Finnish form of Laurence 1.

Finnish form of Laurence 1.

Possibly a Finnish diminutive of Klaus.

Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel". This meaning was favourable, since in ancient Rome the leaves of laurel trees were used to create victors' garlands. The name was borne by the 9th-century Spanish martyr Saint Laura, who was a nun thrown into a vat of molten lead by the Moors. It was also the name of the subject of poems by the 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch.

As an English name, Laura has been used since the 13th century. Famous bearers include Laura Secord (1775-1868), a Canadian heroine during the War of 1812, and Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), an American author who wrote the Little House on the Prairie series of novels.

Finnish and Estonian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Finnish and Estonian short form of Helena or Matleena.

Means "love" in Finnish.

Short form of Karoliina.

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Elisabet or Eliisabet.

Short form of Charlotta.

Finnish feminine form of Louis.

Means "snow" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Lucas (see Luke).

Finnish diminutive of Lydia.

Diminutive of Maarja (Estonian) or Maaria (Finnish).

Finnish and Latvian variant of Maria or Marija. The Latvian playwright Anna Brigadere used this name for the main character in her play Maija un Paija (1922).

Means "excellent" in Finnish.

French short form of Margaret.

Estonian, Finnish, Welsh and Breton form of Maria, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of Mária. It is also a Scandinavian, Georgian and Armenian form of the French name Marie.

Diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with Mari.

Finnish diminutive of Maria.

Finnish and Sorbian form of Maria, as well as a Dutch variant. It also means "berry" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Miriam.

Diminutive of Marja.

Finnish and Dutch form of Maria.

Diminutive of Marja.

Diminutive of Marja.

Finnish form of Marcus (see Mark).

Finnish form of Martha.

Finnish and Portuguese form of Matthias.

Finnish form of Magdalene.

Finnish form of Matthew.

Finnish form of Magnus.

Variant of Mauno.

Finnish form of Maurice.

Means "sea" in Finnish.

Possibly from the name of an ancient Finnish tribe.

Finnish form of Mia.

Short form of Vilhelmiina.

Finnish short form of Mikael.

Finnish form of Michael.

Short form of Camilla and other names that end in milla.

Old German form of Miles, as well as the Latinized form. This form was revived as an English name in the 19th century [2].

Means "love" in Old German, specifically medieval courtly love. It is also used as a short form of Wilhelmina. This is the name of the title character in the play Minna von Barnhelm (1767) by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

Means "mint" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Miriam.

Finnish form of Miriam.

Finnish form of Nicholas.

Swedish form of Nicholas.

Finnish form of Nicholas, as well as a Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form.

Finnish form of Noah 1.

Finnish form of Nora 1.

Finnish and Estonian form of Olaf.

From Old French Olivier, which was possibly derived from Latin oliva "olive tree" [1]. Alternatively there could be an underlying Germanic name, such as Old Norse Áleifr (see Olaf) or Frankish Alawar (see Álvaro), with the spelling altered by association with the Latin word. In the Middle Ages the name became well-known in Western Europe because of the French epic La Chanson de Roland, in which Olivier is a friend and advisor to the hero Roland.

In England Oliver was a common medieval name, however it became rare after the 17th century because of the military commander Oliver Cromwell, who ruled the country following the civil war. The name was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due in part to the title character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838), about a poor orphan living on the streets of London. It became very popular at the beginning of the 21st century, reaching the top rank for boys in England and Wales in 2009 and entering the top ten in the United States in 2017.

Means "happiness, luck" in Finnish.

Means "pansy, violet" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Oscar.

Short form of Oskari.

Finnish form of Paul used in the Bible.

Finnish and Estonian form of Paul.

Means "day" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Basil 1.

Finnish form of Paul.

Finnish form of Peter.

Probably derived from Greek πηνέλοψ (penelops), a type of duck. Alternatively it could be from πήνη (pene) meaning "threads, weft" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In Homer's epic the Odyssey this is the name of the wife of Odysseus, forced to fend off suitors while her husband is away fighting at Troy.

It has occasionally been used as an English given name since the 16th century. It was moderately popular in the 1940s, but had a more notable upswing in the early 2000s. This may have been inspired by the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz (1974-), who gained prominence in English-language movies at that time. It was already rapidly rising when celebrities Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their baby daughter in 2012.

Finnish form of Benedict.

Short form of Roopertti or Alpertti.

Finnish form of Bartholomew.

Finnish form of Peter.

Finnish form of Peter used in the Bible.

Means "stone pine" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Brita.

Finnish form of Franciscus (see Francis).

Means "peace" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Gregory.

Finnish form of Reynold.

Finnish, Estonian, Macedonian and Serbian short form of Christopher.

Means "ray of light" in Finnish.

Diminutive of Sarah.

Diminutive of Sari 1.

Diminutive of Sakari.

Finnish diminutive of Samuel.

Hungarian, Finnish and Spanish diminutive of Samuel.

Finnish diminutive of Alexander.

Derived from Finnish seijas meaning "tranquil, serene".

Derived from Finnish seppä meaning "smith". Seppo Ilmarinen ("the smith Ilmarinen") is the name of a master craftsman in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.

Finnish form of Severus.

Estonian and Finnish diminutive of Sigrid.

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Cecilia.

Means "blue" in Finnish. More specifically, sini is a poetic term for the colour blue.

Elaborated form of Sini, also meaning "bluebird".

Derived from Finnish sirpale meaning "small piece, fragment".

Means "sister" in Finnish.

Means "willpower, determination, strength" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Sophia.

From an English surname that meant "dispenser of provisions", derived from Middle English spense "larder, pantry". A famous bearer was American actor Spencer Tracy (1900-1967). It was also the surname of Princess Diana (1961-1997).

Means "star" in Latin. This name was created by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney for the subject of his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella. It was a nickname of a lover of Jonathan Swift, real name Esther Johnson (1681-1728), though it was not commonly used as a given name until the 19th century. It appears in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), belonging to the sister of Blanche DuBois and the wife of Stanley Kowalski.

Means "charm, grace" in Finnish.

Derived from Finnish Suomi meaning "Finland".

Means "summer" in Finnish.

Norwegian and Swedish variant of Solveig. It is also used as a short form of Sylvia.

Finnish form of David.

Estonian and Finnish form of David.

Means "star" in Finnish and Estonian.

Old Finnish form of Stephen.

Means "magic, spell" in Finnish.

From Finnish taimi meaning "sapling, young tree" or Estonian taim meaning "plant" (words from a common origin).

Finnish short form of Tatiana.

Means "battle" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Daniel.

Finnish form of Stephen.

Meaning unknown. Tapio was the Finnish god of forests, animals, and hunting.

Means "legend, myth" in Finnish. It is also used as a diminutive of Tarja.

Means "peaceful, modest" in Karelian Finnish.

Short form of Dorothea, Theodora and other names containing a similar sound.

Finnish form of Nicodemus.

Finnish short form of Dorothea.

Finnish short form of Stephen.

Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen meaning "mist". In the Finnish epic the Kalevala Terhenetär is a sprite associated with mist and forests.

Means "bunch, cluster" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Theodore.

Finnish, Estonian, German and Dutch short form of Timotheus (see Timothy).

Finnish diminutive of Thomas.

Finnish form of Tobias.

Finnish form of Torsten.

Means "cedar" in Finnish.

Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind". This was the name of a Finnish forest goddess, the daughter of Tapio.

Derived from Finnish tyyni meaning "calm, serene".

Means "old man" in Finnish. In Finnish mythology Ukko is the god of the sky and thunder.

Finnish form of Olaf.

Means "faith" in Finnish.

Short form of Väinämöinen.

Finnish short form of Valdemar and other names containing vald.

Finnish form of Walter.

From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".

Finnish feminine form of Wendel.

Means "gentle" in Finnish.

Finnish feminine form of William.

Finnish form of William.

Finnish diminutive of Vilhelm, used independently.

Finnish and Swedish diminutive of Vilhelm and other names beginning with Vil.

English short form and Hungarian normal form of Vincent.

Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.

Means "victory" in Finnish.

Means "anemone (flower)" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Jurian.

Finnish form of Jurian.