SyaUmbra's Personal Name List
Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדָרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 62% based on 9 votes
Means "noble" in Hebrew.
Adela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Slovak, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: ə-DEHL-ə(English) a-DHEH-la(Spanish) a-DEH-la(Polish) A-deh-la(Slovak)
Rating: 52% based on 9 votes
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element
adal meaning
"noble" (Proto-Germanic *
aþalaz).
Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.
Adelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-DEHL
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
Ainhoa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: IE-no-a(Basque) ie-NO-a(Spanish)
Rating: 46% based on 9 votes
From the name of a town in southwestern France where there is a famous image of the Virgin
Mary.
Aintza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: IEN-tsa
Rating: 49% based on 9 votes
Means "glory" in Basque.
Alaia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 59% based on 9 votes
Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.
Alazne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: a-LAS-neh
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
From Basque
alatz meaning
"miracle". It is an equivalent of
Milagros, proposed by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque
saints names.
Alyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ə
Rating: 61% based on 7 votes
Variant of
Alicia. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek
ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with
λύσσα (lyssa) meaning "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.
Amie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-mee
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Anahera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Means "angel" in Maori.
Anfisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Анфиса(Russian)
Pronounced: un-FYEE-sə
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Russian form of the Greek name
Ἀνθοῦσα (Anthousa), which was derived from Greek
ἄνθος (anthos) meaning
"flower". This was the name of a 9th-century Byzantine
saint.
Aria 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AHR-ee-ə
Rating: 60% based on 7 votes
Means "song, melody" in Italian (literally means "air"). An aria is an elaborate vocal solo, the type usually performed in operas. As an English name, it has only been in use since the 20th century, its rise in popularity accelerating after the 2010 premier of the television drama Pretty Little Liars, featuring a character by this name. It is not traditionally used in Italy.
Audhild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements
auðr "wealth, fortune" and
hildr "battle".
Ayaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩花, 彩華, 彩香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-KA
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
From Japanese
彩 (aya) meaning "colour" combined with
花 (ka) or
華 (ka) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Azalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek
ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Bláthnat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Means
"little flower" from Irish
bláth "flower" combined with a
diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a maiden abducted and married by Cú Roí. She was rescued by
Cúchulainn, who killed her husband, but was in turn murdered by one of Cú Roí's loyal servants.
Cara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-ə, KEHR-ə, KAR-ə
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From an Italian word meaning "beloved" or an Irish word meaning "friend". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century, though it did not become popular until after the 1950s.
Cerise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SU-REEZ
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
Means "cherry" in French.
Charlotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: SHAR-LAWT(French) SHAHR-lət(English) shar-LAW-tə(German) sha-LOT(Swedish) shahr-LAW-tə(Dutch)
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
French feminine
diminutive of
Charles. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. It was the name of a German-born 18th-century queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland. Another notable bearer was Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), the eldest of the three Brontë sisters and the author of
Jane Eyre and
Villette. A famous fictional bearer is the spider in the children's novel
Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White.
This name was fairly common in France, England and the United States in the early 20th century. It became quite popular in France and England at the end of the 20th century, just when it was at a low point in the United States. It quickly climbed the American charts and entered the top ten in 2014.
Charna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: טשאַרנאַ(Yiddish)
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
From a Slavic word meaning "black".
Daina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Latvian
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Means "song" in Lithuanian and Latvian.
Eira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AY-ra
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.
Eleanor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə-nawr
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
From the Old French form of the Occitan name
Alienòr. Among the name's earliest bearers was the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was the queen of Louis VII, the king of France, and later Henry II, the king of England. She was named
Aenor after her mother, and was called by the Occitan phrase
alia Aenor "the other Aenor" in order to distinguish her from her mother. However, there appear to be examples of bearers prior to Eleanor of Aquitaine. It is not clear whether they were in fact Aenors who were retroactively recorded as having the name Eleanor, or whether there is an alternative explanation for the name's origin.
The popularity of the name Eleanor in England during the Middle Ages was due to the fame of Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as two queens of the following century: Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I. More recently, it was borne by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
Esther
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֶסְתֵר(Hebrew) Ἐσθήρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHS-tər(English, Dutch) EHS-TEHR(French) ehs-TEHR(Spanish) EHS-tu(German)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Possibly means
"star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess
Ishtar. The Book of Esther in the
Old Testament tells the story of Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the king of Persia. The king's advisor
Haman persuaded the king to exterminate all the Jews in the realm. Warned of this plot by her cousin
Mordecai, Esther revealed her Jewish ancestry and convinced the king to execute Haman instead. Her original Hebrew name was
Hadassah.
This name has been used in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. In America it received a boost in popularity after the birth of Esther Cleveland (1893-1980), the daughter of President Grover Cleveland [1].
Ethelinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
English form of the Germanic name
Adallinda. The name was very rare in medieval times, but it was revived in the early 19th century.
Frigg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Pronounced: FRIG(English)
Rating: 18% based on 5 votes
Means
"beloved", from Proto-Germanic *
Frijjō, derived from the root *
frijōną meaning "to love". In Norse
mythology she was the wife of
Odin and the mother of
Balder. Some scholars believe that she and the goddess
Freya share a common origin (though their names are not linguistically related).
Hyacinth 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HIE-ə-sinth
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone that also bears this name), ultimately from Greek
hyakinthos (see
Hyacinthus).
Ihintza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-EEN-tsa
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
From Basque
ihintz meaning
"dew". It is a Basque equivalent of
Rocío.
Iliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ηλιάνα(Greek) Илиана(Bulgarian)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of
Ilias (Greek) or
Iliya (Bulgarian).
Imelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: ee-MEHL-da
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Italian and Spanish form of
Irmhild. The Blessed Imelda Lambertini was a young 14th-century nun from Bologna.
Ina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, English, Slovene, Latvian
Pronounced: EE-na(Dutch) EE-nah(Swedish) EE-nə(English) IE-nə(English)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Ione
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἰόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ie-O-nee(English)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
From Ancient Greek
ἴον (ion) meaning
"violet flower". This was the name of a sea nymph in Greek
mythology. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, though perhaps based on the Greek place name
Ionia, a region on the west coast of Asia Minor.
Irati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-RA-tee
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "fern field" in Basque.
Irina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Georgian, Finnish, Estonian
Other Scripts: Ирина(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) ირინა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-RYEE-nə(Russian) EE-ree-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Form of
Irene in several languages.
Isolde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: ee-ZAWL-də(German) i-SOL-də(English) i-ZOL-də(English) i-SOLD(English) i-ZOLD(English) EE-ZAWLD(French)
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
German form of
Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem
Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera
Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.
Ixchel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mayan Mythology, Mayan
Pronounced: eesh-CHEHL(Mayan)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Possibly means "rainbow lady", from Classic Maya ix "lady" and chel "rainbow". Ixchel was a Maya goddess associated with the earth, jaguars, medicine and childbirth. She was often depicted with a snake in her hair and crossbones embroidered on her skirt.
Jana 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan, Estonian, Latvian
Pronounced: YA-na(Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German) ZHA-nə(Catalan)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Kathleen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: kath-LEEN(English)
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Kimiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 貴美子, 君子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きみこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KYEE-MEE-KO
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
From Japanese
貴 (ki) meaning "valuable" with
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or
君 (kimi) meaning "lord, noble" combined with
子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori. This name has been brought to public attention by New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-).
Klotho
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κλωθώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KLAW-TAW(Classical Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means
"spinner" in Greek. In Greek
mythology Klotho was one of the three Fates or
Μοῖραι (Moirai). She was responsible for spinning the thread of life.
Krystal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KRIS-təl
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Kveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak
Pronounced: KVEH-ta
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Kyriaki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Κυριακή(Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Lena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, English, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Georgian, Armenian
Other Scripts: Лена(Russian, Ukrainian) Λένα(Greek) ლენა(Georgian) Լենա(Armenian)
Pronounced: LEH-na(Swedish, German, Polish, Italian) LYEH-nə(Russian) LEE-nə(English)
Rating: 82% based on 6 votes
Lilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LEE-lya(Spanish) LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Spanish and Italian form of
Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian
Лилия or Ukrainian
Лілія (see
Liliya).
Linnet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: li-NEHT, LIN-it
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Either a variant of
Lynette or else from the name of the small bird, a type of finch.
Llinos
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SHEE-naws, SHI-naws
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Means "linnet, finch" in Welsh. The linnet (species Linaria cannabina) is a small European bird in the finch family.
Lorelei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: LAWR-ə-lie(English)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
From German
Loreley, the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. It is of uncertain meaning, though the second element is probably old German
ley meaning "rock" (of Celtic origin). German romantic poets and songwriters, beginning with Clemens Brentano in 1801, tell that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures boaters to their death with her song.
In the English-speaking world this name has been occasionally given since the early 20th century. It started rising in America after the variant Lorelai was used for the main character (and her daughter, nicknamed Rory) on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).
Lotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
Pronounced: LAW-tə(Dutch, German)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Lucie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Czech
Pronounced: LUY-SEE(French) loo-TSI-yeh(Czech)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
French and Czech form of
Lucia.
Lucille
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: LUY-SEEL(French) loo-SEEL(English)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
French form of
Lucilla. A famous bearer was American comedienne Lucille Ball (1911-1989).
Lumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-mee
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Means "snow" in Finnish.
Lysistrata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λυσιστράτη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Lyssa 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIS-ə
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Madara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
From the Latvian name for a type of flowering plant, known as cleavers or bedstraw in English.
Mara 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Other Scripts: מָרָא(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAHR-ə(English) MAR-ə(English) MEHR-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means
"bitter" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this is a name that
Naomi calls herself after the death of her husband and sons (see
Ruth 1:20).
Maris 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHR-is, MAR-is
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means
"of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin
Mary,
Stella Maris, meaning "star of the sea".
Meinir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means
"tall and slender, beautiful maiden" in Welsh (a compound of
main "slender" and
hir "tall").
Mere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori, Fijian
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Maori and Fijian form of
Mary.
Miruna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace" or Romanian mira meaning "to wonder, to astound".
Nagore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: na-GHO-reh
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
From the name of a Basque village where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin
Mary.
Nahia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: NA-ya
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
From Basque nahi meaning "desire, wish".
Nayeli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".
Ngaire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Pronounced: NGIE-reh, NGIE-ree
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Possibly from the name of the town of Ngaere in New Zealand, of Maori origin meaning "wetland".
Nila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil, Hindi
Other Scripts: நீலா(Tamil) नीला(Hindi)
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Means "dark blue" in Sanskrit.
Nora 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: NAWR-ə(English) NO-ra(German)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Short form of
Honora or
Eleanor. Henrik Ibsen used it for a character in his play
A Doll's House (1879).
Nyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Rating: 82% based on 6 votes
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Renée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch
Pronounced: RU-NEH(French)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
French feminine form of
René.
Rhona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Possibly derived from the name of either of the two Hebridean islands called Rona, which means "rough island" in Old Norse.
Rosemary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZ-mə-ree, ROZ-mehr-ee
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Combination of
Rose and
Mary. This name can also be given in reference to the herb, which gets its name from Latin
ros marinus meaning "dew of the sea". It came into use as a given name in the 19th century.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
Rating: 72% based on 6 votes
From the Old German element
sahso meaning
"a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *
sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Sayuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小百合, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さゆり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-YOO-REE
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
From Japanese
小 (sa) meaning "small" and
百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations.
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of the Late Latin name
Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word
seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant
"fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.
This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.
Seren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SEH-rehn
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.
Sibyl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIB-əl
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
From Greek
Σίβυλλα (Sibylla), meaning
"prophetess, sibyl". In Greek and Roman legend the sibyls were female prophets who practiced at different holy sites in the ancient world. In later Christian theology, the sibyls were thought to have divine knowledge and were revered in much the same way as the
Old Testament prophets. Because of this, the name came into general use in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The
Normans imported it to England, where it was spelled both
Sibyl and
Sybil. It became rare after the
Protestant Reformation, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps helped by Benjamin Disraeli's novel
Sybil (1845).
Silvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, German, Dutch, English, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: SEEL-vya(Italian) SEEL-bya(Spanish) ZIL-vya(German) SIL-vee-ə(English)
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of
Silvius.
Rhea Silvia was the mother of
Romulus and
Remus, the founders of Rome. This was also the name of a 6th-century
saint, the mother of the pope Gregory the Great. It has been a common name in Italy since the Middle Ages. It was introduced to England by Shakespeare, who used it for a character in his play
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594). It is now more commonly spelled
Sylvia in the English-speaking world.
Sini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-nee
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "blue" in Finnish. More specifically, sini is a poetic term for the colour blue.
Sophie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: SAW-FEE(French) SO-fee(English) zo-FEE(German) so-FEE(Dutch)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Steren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Means "star" in Cornish.
Sybil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIB-əl
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Sibyl. This spelling variation has existed since the Middle Ages.
Tanith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐤕𐤍𐤕(Phoenician)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. She was particularly associated with the city of Carthage, being the consort of
Ba'al Hammon.
Teresa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Polish, Lithuanian, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Pronounced: teh-REH-sa(Spanish, Polish) teh-REH-za(Italian, German) tə-REH-zə(Catalan) tyeh-ryeh-SU(Lithuanian) TEH-reh-sah(Finnish) tə-REE-sə(English) tə-REE-zə(English)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Form of
Theresa used in several languages.
Saint Teresa of Ávila was a 16th-century Spanish nun who reformed the Carmelite monasteries and wrote several spiritual books. It was also borne by the Albanian missionary Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), better known as Mother Teresa, who worked with the poor in India. She adopted the name in honour of the French saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who is the patron of missionaries.
Tesni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Means "warmth" in Welsh.
Theresa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: tə-REE-sə(English) tə-REE-zə(English) teh-REH-za(German)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
From the Spanish and Portuguese name
Teresa. It was first recorded as
Therasia, being borne by the Spanish wife of
Saint Paulinus of Nola in the 4th century. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek
θέρος (theros) meaning
"summer", from Greek
θερίζω (therizo) meaning
"to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini).
The name was mainly confined to Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages. After the 16th century it was spread to other parts of the Christian world, due to the fame of the Spanish nun and reformer Saint Teresa of Ávila. Another famous bearer was the Austrian Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), who inherited the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, beginning the War of the Austrian Succession.
Twila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TWIE-lə
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Meaning unknown. Perhaps based on the English word
twilight, or maybe from a Cajun pronunciation of French
étoile "star"
[1]. It came into use as an American given name in the late 19th century.
Tyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, English, African American
Pronounced: TUY-rah(Swedish) TIE-rə(English)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
From the Old Norse name
Þýri, a variant of the Norse names
Þórví or
Þórveig. Use of the name in the English-speaking world (especially among African Americans) may be in part from the Swedish name, though it is probably also viewed as a feminine form of
Tyrone or
Tyree. A famous bearer is the American model and actress Tyra Banks (1973-).
Úna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Medieval Irish [1]
Pronounced: OO-nə(Irish)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Probably derived from Old Irish úan meaning "lamb". This was a common name in medieval Ireland.
Unnr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Derived from Old Norse
unnr "wave" or
unna "to love".
Vega 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
The name of a star in the constellation Lyra. Its name is from Arabic
الواقع (al-Waqi') meaning "the swooping (eagle)".
Vera 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Вера(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian) ვერა(Georgian)
Pronounced: VYEH-rə(Russian) VEE-rə(English) VEHR-ə(English) VEH-ra(German, Dutch) VEH-rah(Swedish) BEH-ra(Spanish) VEH-raw(Hungarian)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.
Wren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: REHN
Rating: 81% based on 7 votes
From the English word for the small songbird. It is ultimately derived from Old English wrenna.
Yeva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian
Other Scripts: Ева(Russian) Єва(Ukrainian) Եվա(Armenian)
Pronounced: YEH-və(Russian) yeh-VAH(Armenian)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of
Eve.
Yıldız
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: yul-DUZ
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means "star" in Turkish.
Yiskah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: יִסְכָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Yui
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 結衣, 優衣, 結, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-EE
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From Japanese
結 (yu) meaning "tie, bind" or
優 (yu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" combined with
衣 (i) meaning "clothing, garment". It can also come from stand-alone
結 (yui) using a different
nanori reading. This name can be formed of other kanji or kanji combinations as well.
Yukiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 幸子, 雪子, 由喜子, 由貴子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆきこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-KYEE-KO
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
From Japanese
幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or
雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with
子 (ko) meaning "child". Alternatively, it can come from
由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" with
喜 (ki) meaning "joy" or
貴 (ki) meaning "valuable" combined with
子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Yuuka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優花, 有香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-KA
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji
優花 or
有香 (see
Yūka).
Aroha
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Means "love" in Maori.
Azure
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AZH-ər
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
From the English word that means "sky blue". It is ultimately (via Old French, Latin and Arabic) from Persian
لاجورد (lajvard) meaning "azure, lapis lazuli".
Farah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic.
Hanne 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: HAN-neh(Danish) HAHN-nə(Norwegian) HA-nə(German) HAH-nə(Dutch)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Danish and Norwegian short form of
Johanne, or a German and Dutch short form of
Johanna. This can also be a Dutch short form of
Johannes (masculine).
Izar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-SAR
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Means "star" in Basque.
Maria
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Estonian, Corsican, Sardinian, Basque, Armenian, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Μαρία(Greek) Մարիա(Armenian) Мария(Russian, Bulgarian) Марія(Ukrainian) Маріа(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: ma-REE-a(Italian, German, Swedish, Dutch, Greek, Romanian, Basque) mu-REE-u(European Portuguese) ma-REE-u(Brazilian Portuguese) mə-REE-ə(Catalan, English) mah-REE-ah(Norwegian, Danish) MAR-ya(Polish) MAH-ree-ah(Finnish) mu-RYEE-yə(Russian) mu-RYEE-yu(Ukrainian)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Latin form of Greek
Μαρία, from Hebrew
מִרְיָם (see
Mary).
Maria is the usual form of the name in many European languages, as well as a secondary form in other languages such as English (where the common spelling is
Mary). In some countries, for example Germany, Poland and Italy,
Maria is occasionally used as a masculine middle name.
This was the name of two ruling queens of Portugal. It was also borne by the Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), whose inheritance of the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, began the War of the Austrian Succession.
Rin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 凛, etc.(Japanese Kanji) りん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REEN
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
From Japanese
凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Whetū
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Means "star" in Maori.
Achilles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀχιλλεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-KIL-eez(English) a-KEEL-lehs(Latin)
Rating: 63% based on 10 votes
From the Greek
Ἀχιλλεύς (Achilleus), which is of unknown meaning, perhaps derived from Greek
ἄχος (achos) meaning
"pain" or else from the name of the Achelous River. This was the name of a warrior in Greek legend, one of the central characters in
Homer's
Iliad. The bravest of the Greek heroes in the war against the Trojans, he was eventually killed by an arrow to his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body.
This name was sometimes used as a personal name, and was borne by a few early saints, including a Roman soldier martyred with Nereus in the 1st century.
Adlai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַדְלָי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AD-lay(English)
Rating: 53% based on 8 votes
Aimé
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-MEH
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
From Old French
Amé, the masculine form of
Amée (see
Amy).
Ajax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αἴας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-jaks(English)
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
From the Greek name
Αἴας (Aias), perhaps deriving from Greek
αἰαστής (aiastes) meaning
"mourner" or
αἶα (aia) meaning
"earth, land". In Greek
mythology this was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War, the son of
Telamon and the son of Oileus. When the armour of the slain hero
Achilles was not given to Ajax Telamonian, he became mad with jealousy and killed himself.
Akakios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ακάκιος(Greek) Ἀκάκιος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
From a Greek word meaning
"innocent, not evil", derived from
ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with
κάκη (kake) meaning "evil". This was the name of three early
saints, two of whom were martyred.
Alfher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Old German name composed of the elements
alb "elf" and
heri "army" (making it a
cognate of
Alvar).
Alphaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Ἀλφαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-FEE-əs(English)
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
From
Ἀλφαῖος (Alphaios), the Greek form of a Hebrew name that meant
"changing". In the
New Testament this is the name of the fathers of the apostles
James and
Levi.
Alvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Estonian
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
From the Old Norse name
Alfarr, formed of the elements
alfr "elf" and
herr "army, warrior".
Antoine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, African American
Pronounced: AHN-TWAN(French) an-TWAWN(English)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
French form of
Antonius (see
Anthony). A famous bearer was the French writer Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), the author of
The Little Prince.
Aodh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EH(Irish) EE(Irish) UGH(Scottish Gaelic) U(Scottish Gaelic)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From Old Irish
Áed, which meant
"fire". This was a very popular name in early Ireland, being borne by numerous figures in Irish
mythology and several high kings. It has been traditionally Anglicized as
Hugh.
Ardghal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: ARD-ghəl
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Means
"high valour", derived from the Old Irish elements
ard "high" and
gal "valour".
Argider
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ar-GEE-dhehr
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Derived from Basque argi "light" and eder "beautiful".
Aridai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲרִידַי(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly of Persian origin. In the
Old Testament this is the name of one of the ten sons of
Haman killed by the Jews.
Arrats
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: a-RATS
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "afternoon, dusk" in Basque.
Athanasius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀθανάσιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ath-ə-NAY-shəs(English)
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
From the Greek name
Ἀθανάσιος (Athanasios) meaning
"immortal", from Greek
ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with
θάνατος (thanatos) meaning "death".
Saint Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.
Aurelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-oos(Latin) aw-REEL-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Roman family name that was derived from Latin
aureus meaning
"golden, gilded". Marcus Aurelius was a 2nd-century Roman emperor and philosophical writer. This was also the name of several early
saints.
Aydın
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: IE-dun
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means "bright, clear" in Turkish.
Azhar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: أزهر(Arabic) اظہر(Urdu)
Pronounced: AZ-har(Arabic)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Means
"shining, brilliant, bright" in Arabic, derived from the root
زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".
Bryan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIE-ən
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Variant of
Brian, based on the usual spelling of the surname that is derived from the name.
Bryce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIES
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Cain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: קָיִן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: KAYN(English)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Means
"acquired" in Hebrew. In Genesis in the
Old Testament Cain is the first son of
Adam and
Eve. He killed his brother
Abel after God accepted Abel's offering of meat instead of his offering of plant-based foods. After this Cain was banished to be a wanderer.
Cairo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KIE-ro
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
From the name of the city in Egypt, called
القاهرة (al-Qahirah) in Arabic, meaning "the victorious".
Cale
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAYL
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Clyde
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLIED
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
From the name of the River Clyde in Scotland, from Cumbric
Clud, which is of uncertain origin. It became a common given name in America in the middle of the 19th century, perhaps in honour of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) who was given the title Baron Clyde in 1858
[1].
Krishna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Other Scripts: कृष्ण(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) কৃষ্ণ(Bengali) કૃષ્ણ(Gujarati) కృష్ణ(Telugu) கிருஷ்ணா(Tamil) ಕೃಷ್ಣ(Kannada) കൃഷ്ണ(Malayalam)
Pronounced: KURSH-nu(Sanskrit) KRISH-nə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means
"black, dark" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Hindu god believed to be an incarnation of the god
Vishnu. He was the youngest of King Vasudeva's eight children, six of whom were killed by King Kamsa because of a prophecy that a child of Vasudeva would kill Kamsa. Krishna however was saved and he eventually killed the king as well as performing many other great feats. In some Hindu traditions, Krishna is regarded as the supreme deity. He is usually depicted with blue skin.
Lysimachus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λυσίμαχος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λυσίμαχος (Lysimachos), derived from
λύσις (lysis) meaning "a release, loosening" and
μάχη (mache) meaning "battle". This was the name of one of the generals under Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death Lysimachus took control of Thrace.
Mathieu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-TYUU
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
Matthias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ματθίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ma-TEE-as(German) MA-TYAS(French) mə-THIE-əs(English) MAT-tee-as(Latin)
Rating: 82% based on 5 votes
From Greek
Ματθίας (Matthias), a variant of
Ματθαῖος (see
Matthew). This form appears in the
New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor
Judas Iscariot. This was also the name of kings of Hungary (spelled
Mátyás in Hungarian), including Matthias I who made important reforms to the kingdom in the 15th century.
Murdoch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Owen 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O-in(English)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Preben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Modern Danish form of the name
Pridbjørn, which was an old Scandinavian form of the Slavic (Wendish) name
Predbor or
Pridbor, which was possibly derived from Slavic
perdŭ "first, in front of" and
borti "to fight". It was imported into Danish via the medieval Putbus family, who were Slavic nobles from Rügen in Pomerania.
Quentin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KAHN-TEHN(French) KWEHN-tən(English)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
French form of the Roman name
Quintinus. It was borne by a 3rd-century
saint, a missionary who was martyred in Gaul. The
Normans introduced this name to England. In America it was brought to public attention by president Theodore Roosevelt's son Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918), who was killed in World War I. A famous bearer is the American movie director Quentin Tarantino (1963-).
Sander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, Estonian, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: SAHN-dər(Dutch)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Dutch, Estonian, Danish and Norwegian short form of
Alexander.
Sterling
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STUR-ling
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
From a Scots surname that was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning. The name can also be given in reference to the English word sterling meaning "excellent". In this case, the word derives from sterling silver, which was so named because of the emblem that some Norman coins bore, from Old English meaning "little star".
Télesphore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
French form of the Greek name
Τελεσφόρος (Telesphoros) meaning
"bringing fulfillment" or
"bearing fruit" [1].
Saint Telesphorus was a 2nd-century pope and martyr.
Wymond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Middle English form of the Old English name
Wigmund, composed of the elements
wig "battle" and
mund "protection".
Zelophehad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: צְלָפְחָד(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zi-LAHF-i-had(English)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Possibly means either
"first born" or
"shadow from terror" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament, Zelophehad is a man who dies while the Israelites are wandering in the wilderness, leaving five daughters as heirs.
Zion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish, Biblical
Other Scripts: צִיוֹן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ZIE-ən(English)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
From the name of a citadel that was in the center of Jerusalem. Zion is also used to refer to a Jewish homeland and to heaven.
Ananta
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: अनन्त, अनंत, अनन्ता, अनंता(Sanskrit)
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
Means
"infinite, endless" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form
अनन्त /
अनंत (an epithet of the Hindu god
Vishnu) and the feminine form
अनन्ता /
अनंता (an epithet of the goddess
Parvati).
Arya 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Persian, Hindi, Malayalam
Other Scripts: آریا(Persian) आर्य, आर्या(Hindi) ആര്യ, ആര്യാ(Malayalam)
Pronounced: aw-ree-YAW(Persian)
Rating: 60% based on 7 votes
From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form
आर्य and the feminine form
आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.
Elliot
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ee-ət
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
From a surname that was a variant of
Elliott.
Farai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Shona
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
From Shona
fara meaning
"rejoice, be happy" [1].
Nthanda
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tumbuka
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means "star" in Tumbuka.
Silver
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SIL-vər
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.
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