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Akuma f & m Popular Culture
Means "devil" or "demon" in Japanese This is the name of one of the antagonists in the fighting-game series 'Street Fighter'. In the original Japanese game his name is Gouki.

Arcee f & m Popular Culture (Modern)
A notable bearer was the female Autobot warrior from the TV series "Transformers Prime".

Atom m & f Popular Culture
In the case of film director Atom Egoyan (1960-), it is taken from atom bomb (from Greek atomos meaning "uncut, unhewn; indivisible", derived from Greek α, a negative prefix, combined with tomos "a cutting", from temnein "to cut"), given to him by his Armenian-Egyptian parents to mark the completion of Egypt's first nuclear reactor.

Bimini f & m Popular Culture (Modern, Rare)
Means “two islands” in the Lucayan language of the Bahamas.

Bingo m & f Popular Culture, Pet
From an alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. As an exclamation of surprise or sudden realization, bingo! is attested from 1923.

Blanket m & f Popular Culture
From the English word blanket. A famous bearer of this is Michael Jackson's son, whose nickname is Blanket Jackson.

Bluey m & f Popular Culture (Rare)
Diminutive of Blue.

Bumblebee m & f Popular Culture, English (Rare)
The name of several fictional characters, including a Marvel comics superhero, Transformers character, and The Simpsons character.

Byleth m & f Popular Culture
Variant of Beleth. This is the name of an avatar character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Chevelle f & m Popular Culture (Rare)
Invented by American car manufacturer Chevrolet in 1964 for a new mid-sized automobile. Chevelle is a combination of Chev-, the first part of the company name, and the suffix -Elle... [more]

Chibi f & m Popular Culture (Rare)
Chibi means "Small". This often refers to a character who is drawn cutely with a small body.

Chocola f & m Popular Culture
Chocola is the romanization of the French word 'chocolat' which means "chocolate". ... [more]

Chrom m & f Popular Culture (Rare)
Possibly derived from Greek chroma meaning "color". This is the name of one of the protagonists of the video game Fire Emblem: Awakening. Variant of Chrome

Crash m & f Popular Culture
Most notably the name for Video game character Crash Bandicoot, an orange bandicoot from his self titled platform game series created by Sony.... [more]

Daizan m & f Japanese, Popular Culture, Literature
From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, strong, great" and 斬 (zan) meaning "slash, kill". It can also be composed of different kanji that have the same pronunciations.

Drella m & f Popular Culture
A nickname for Andy Warhol used by his friends, a combination of Dracula and Cinderella.

Durden m & f Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Durden.

Elbur f & m Popular Culture, Literature
Used by the popular British novelist Eleanor Burford (1906-1993) as a pen name, in which case it was formed from a contraction of her birth name, i.e., by combining the initial syllables of Eleanor (El) and Burford (-bur)... [more]

Envy f & m Popular Culture, Literature
Middle English (also in the sense ‘hostility, enmity’) from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere ‘regard maliciously, grudge’, from in- ‘into’ + videre ‘to see’.

Fel m & f English, Popular Culture
Short form of Felix, Felicia, Felicity, or other names beginning with a similar sound.

Frisk f & m Popular Culture (Modern)
This is the name of the main character of the video game Undertale by Toby Fox.

Fūgetsu m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
The latter half of the proverb Kachō Fūgetsu literally means ‘Windy Moon’ in the Japanese language. It is well known internationally as the given name of Kachō’s twin in Hunter X Hunter, a well known manga-based franchise.

Funasshī m & f Popular Culture
Mascot representing the city of Funabashi, Chiba

Gale m & f English (Rare), Popular Culture
From the strong wind. This is the name of a brawler in the game 'Brawl Stars'. He has wind and snow powers, hence the name.

Grell m & f Popular Culture
Meaning unknown. Manga author Yana Toboso used this name for a character in her popular manga serie 'Kuroshitsuji'. The name was also used in the 'Dungeons & Dragons' fantasy role-playing game, where it belong to a race of tentacled creatures.

Haku m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
From the Japanese kanji 白 (haku) meaning "white" or 伯 (haku) meaning "count; eldest brother; chief official" or 魄 (haku) meaning "soul".... [more]

Halara f & m Popular Culture
From the Greek word χαλαρά (halara) meaning "to take it easy". A notable bearer is a character called Halara Nightmare featured in the video game Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.

Harlequin m & f Popular Culture, English (Modern)
Refers to the comedic servant character of Italian Commedia dell'arte. It is derived (via Old French) from Old English Herla, a character often identified with Woden.... [more]

Haruhi f & m Japanese, Popular Culture
This name can be used to combine 晴 (sei, ha.re, haru) meaning "clear up," 陽 (you, hi) meaning "positive, sunshine, yang principle," 春 (shun, haru) meaning "spring(time)" or 遥 (you, haru.ka) meaning "distant" with 日 (jitsu, nichi, -ka, hi, -bi) meaning "day, sun," 妃 (hi, kisaki, ki) meaning "empress, queen" or 姫 (ki, hime, hime-) meaning "princess" (the last two kanji used for girls).... [more]

Hashtag m & f Popular Culture

Hawkeye m & f English, Popular Culture
From the English words "Hawk", referring to the type of predatory bird, and "eye". Having a 'hawkeye' means being "particularly observant, especially to small details, or having excellent vision in general".... [more]

Ichigo m & f Japanese (Modern), Popular Culture
As a masculine name, this name combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu) meaning "one" with 吾 (go, a-, waga-, ware) meaning "I, my, one's own," 悟 (go, sato.ru) meaning "perceive, realise, understand," 護 (go, mamo.ru) meaning "safeguard, protect," 期 (ki, go) meaning "date, period, term, time" or 五 (go, itsu, itsu.tsu) meaning "five."... [more]

Izana m & f Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
From the stem of verb 誘う (izanau) meaning "to invite, ask (someone to do), call (for); to tempt, lure, entice."... [more]

Jasey m & f English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Jacey.

Kaänga m & f Popular Culture
Name of a feral comic book character competing with Tarzan from 1940 to 1954.

Kachō m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
The given name of Momoze’s blonde haired half sister and Fūgetsu’s twin in Hunter X Hunter. Kachō’s name comes from the first half of the proverb Kachō Fūgetsu, which literally means ‘Flowery Bird’, in the Japanese language.

Kagerō m & f Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
This name can be used as 景郎, 陽炎 or 蜉蝣 with 景 (kei, kage) meaning "scenery, view," 郎 (ryou, rou, otoko) meaning "son," 陽 (you, hi) meaning "daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine, yang principle," 炎 (en, honoo) meaning "blaze, flame, inflammation," 蜉 (fu), an outdated kanji meaning "kind of ant, may fly" and 蝣 (yuu), another outdated kanji meaning "may fly."... [more]

Kagome f & m Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese kanji 籠目 (kagome) that indicates the shape of the holes in a traditional basket (hexagon), the woven material and the basket itself which was often used as a birdcage. Kagome can derive also from 香籠 (kagome) an obsolete combination meaning "fragrance; incense".... [more]

Kahili f & m Hawaiian, Popular Culture
From the name of Hawaiian feathered regalia used to symbolize the ali'i (nobility). It also coincides with the Hawaiian name of several plants, such as the crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica), the kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerarium), and the red silky oak (Grevillea banksii)... [more]

Kalgara m & f Popular Culture, Japanese
Kalgara is a minor but significant character in One Piece, who is known as one of the greatest warriors in the existence of Shandora as a whole. His name is a mix of Calgary and Calogero.

Karai f & m Popular Culture, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly taken from the Japanese adjective 辛い (karai) meaning "spicy, hot; strict, harsh, severe," belonging to a fictional (female) character in various installments of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and related media, introduced in 1993, and a (male) character in the anime 'Naruto Shippūden' who first appeared in episode 286 (broadcast in 2012 in Japan).... [more]

Kiruno m & f Japanese, Literature, Popular Culture
From Japanese 斬る (kiru) meaning "Kill", combined with の (no) a possessive particle.

Kitsune f & m Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Means "fox" in Japanese.... [more]

Knives m & f Popular Culture, Literature
From the English words "Knife" and "Knives."... [more]

Kol m & f Popular Culture
Variant of Cole, and short form of Nikolai, Nikola 1, and other names beginning with Nikol.... [more]

Kree f & m American, Popular Culture
Variant of Cree.... [more]

Kurapika m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
Kura, which means the darkness, is the variant of Kuro. Pika means the glittering light. So this name means "the glittering light in the darkness". This is the name of a character in the manga HunterXHunter, aka HXH... [more]

Lemon m & f American (Rare, Archaic), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Lemon.

Liaoki m & f Popular Culture
Means "sunflower", means gender neutral, this is the sunflower named Liaoki made in 2019

Lightning f & m Popular Culture
From lightning (n.) visible discharge of energy between cloud and cloud or cloud and ground, late Old English, "lightning, flash of lightning," verbal noun from lightnen "make bright," or else an extended form of Old English lihting, from leht.

Mandeville m & f Popular Culture
The name given to the Paralympic mascot at the "London 2012 Olympic Games"

Mantis f & m Popular Culture
From Greek mántis, meaning "soothsayer" or "prophet". This is also the name of and order of large insects that catch their prey using their powerful forelegs. Two fictional bearers of this name is Mantis, a supervillain in Jack Kirby's "Fourth World", and Mantis, a superheroine and member of The Avengers.

Marayam m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
Marayam is Momoze’s younger brother in Hunter X Hunter. His name is a corruption of the Hebrew name Miriam and the Nepali surname Narayan.

Maxxie m & f Popular Culture, English (Modern)
Variant of Maxie. It was used for a (male) character in the British teen drama series 'Skins' (2007-2008).

Meeko m & f Popular Culture, Pet
This is the name of Pocahontas’ pet raccoon in the Disney movie.

Mikuri f & m Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 実栗 (mikuri) the Japanese word for the simplestem bur-reed or branched bur-reed also known as Sparganium erectum, which comes from combining 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real" with 栗 (kuri) meaning "chestnut"... [more]

Moguri m & f Japanese, Popular Culture, Literature
Japanese form of Mowgli and the original Japanese source of Moogle, from mogura, meaning “mole”, and koguri, meaning “bat”.

Mokey f & m Popular Culture (Rare)
Borne by a main character in Jim Henson's TV show "Fraggle Rock". A variant was also borne by a main character in the cartoon animated series "The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible", where three young archeologists are sent back to ancient Eurasia and experience the stories from the bible.

Mumei f & m Popular Culture
From Japanese 無名 (mumei) meaning "anonymous".

Musashi m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
This name combines 武 (bu, mu, take.shi) meaning "military, warrior" with 蔵 (sou, zou, osa.meru, kaku.reru, kura, sashi) meaning "own, possess, storehouse", the combination also being read as Takezō.... [more]

Mystique f & m English, Popular Culture
From the adjective in the English language. Means to have a "a special quality or air that makes somebody or something appear mysterious, powerful, or desirable." It is a French loanword deriving from the Middle English mystik, from the Latin mysticus 'of or belonging to secret rites or mysteries; mystic, mystical', from the Ancient Greek mustikos (μυστικός) 'secret, mystic', from mustēs (μύστης) 'one who has been initiated'.... [more]

Nakia m & f Popular Culture, African American
Briefly charted on American popularity lists due to the short-lived television police drama series 'Nakia' (1974), which starred Robert Forster as a Navajo deputy sheriff, "who was often in conflict with his people's customs and white man's law"... [more]

Nakoma f & m Ojibwe, Popular Culture
Allegedly means "I do as I promise" in Chippewa (according to another source, "we will stand together"). It was borne by the wife of 19th-century fur trader Peter Abadie Sarpy (a member of the Iowa tribe of Native Americans)... [more]

Nanachi f & m Popular Culture (Japanized, Rare)

Nightmare m & f Popular Culture
From the English word nightmare referring to a bad dream seen in the mind while sleeping. This is the name of a character in Marvel Comics.

Nights f & m Popular Culture
Derived from the English word "nights". This is the name of the main character in the SEGA video game franchise "NiGHTS". In the games, NiGHTS is a genderless flying jester who must fight off a nightmare lord and his minions to protect the world of dreams by fusing with human children to gain their powers.

Novis m & f Popular Culture, Literature, English (Rare)
In literature/popular culture, Novis is a member of the Council and Adam's Creator in the Mageri Series by Dannika Dark. Novis has also been used as a male and female name in the United States since as early as 1912.

Oito m & f Popular Culture, Japanese, Portuguese
The given name of Nasubi’s eighth wife in Hunter X Hunter, which means eight in Portuguese.

Panja m & f Popular Culture, Japanese
The name of Leo the Lion’s dad in Japanese and some international dubs for many instalments of the Jungle Emperor Leo franchise. It is a variant of Panch, meaning “Five” in Hindi and Sanskrit... [more]

Patuapá m & f Popular Culture
The name of one of the Amerindian characters in Uga Uga.

Po m & f English (American, Rare), Popular Culture
Varient of Poe. May also be a diminutive for names like Penelope, Porter, Pluto, etc.

Pyewacket m & f Literature, Popular Culture, Pet
An imp in form of a dog reported by Mathew Hopkins in his 1647 pamphlet "The Discovery of Witches". Also the cat familiar of the witch in the 1958 movie Bell, Book and Candle.

Quigley m & f English (Rare), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Quigley.

Rarity f & m English (Rare), Popular Culture
From the English word, rarity, "a thing that is rare, especially one having particular value as a result". A My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character bears this name.

Reis m & f Popular Culture
Meaning unknown. It was first used in Final Fantasy Tactics, Reis is the lover of Beowulf and in order to protect him she gets herself turned into a Dragon and later when she is human again is called a Dragon Kin... [more]

Reno m & f Italian, Popular Culture, Spanish
Short form of Moreno and other names ending in -reno.

Rukio f & m Popular Culture
The name of Leo’s daughter, who appears in some instalments of the Jungle Emperor Leo franchise.

Rupaul m & f Popular Culture
In the case of actor RuPaul Charles, it was a combination of Paul, and Rue, a spice and another given name.

Ryumi f & m Japanese, Literature, Popular Culture
From Japanese 竜, 龍 (ryu) meaning "dragon", combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Selenite f & m Popular Culture
Fictional inhabitant of the moon, from the story "The First Men in the Moon".

Setsuna f & m Japanese (Modern), Popular Culture
From Japanese 刹那 (setsuna) meaning "a moment, an instant". It can also be given as a combination of 刹 (setsu) meaning "temple" or 雪 (setsu) meaning "snow" combined with Japanese 那 (na) a phonetic kanji or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens"... [more]

Shilo f & m English, Popular Culture
Variant of Shiloh. This is the name of a Neil Diamond song, recorded in 1967, and a town (communal settlement) in Israel, established in 1978 (Hebrew: שילה)... [more]

Shino f & m Japanese, Popular Culture
This name can be used as one kanji, 篠 (shou, zou, sasa, shino, suzu) meaning "bamboo grass," or it can be a combination of 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling," 詩 (shi, uta) meaning "poem, poetry," 紫 (shi, murasaki) meaning "purple, violet," 史 (shi) meaning "chronicle, history" or 信 (shin, shi) meaning "faith, fidelity, trust, truth" and 乃 (ai, dai, nai, no, sunawa.chi, nanji, no) meaning "accordingly, from, possessive particle, wherefore" or 野 (sho, ya, no, no-) meaning "civilian life, field, plains, rustic."... [more]

Sickan f & m Swedish (Rare), Popular Culture
Diminutive of names containing the name element sig "victory". ... [more]

Skeeter m & f American (Rare), Popular Culture
Nickname derived from a slang or humorous term for "mosquito." A famous bearer is female singer-songwriter Skeeter Davis (1931-2004).

Smokey m & f Popular Culture, English
The name of Smokey Bear, from the fire prevention campaigns.

Starbuck m & f English (American, Rare), Literature, Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Starbuck.... [more]

Starshine f & m English, Popular Culture
Popularized by the song "Good Morning, Starshine" from the 1967 anti-war, counter-culture, rock musical Hair.

Takina m & f Popular Culture, Maori
Means ‘required’ in Maori. Also the name of a feral character appearing in the Canadian Mockbuster film the Jungle Boy.

Tallis f & m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Tallis, which comes from the Old French taillis, referring to a clearing of woodland.

Taruto m & f Popular Culture
Taruto (aka Tart) is the name of a major character in Tokyo Mew Mew (masculine use), and the titular character of Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto (feminine use).

Tazan m & f Japanese, Popular Culture, Literature
Japanese form of Tarzan.

Thunder f & m English, English (American, Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
From the English word thunder meaning "a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air’ from Old English thunor.

Tigger m & f Popular Culture
Popular character from the children's book series "Winnie the Pooh" by A. A. Milne, coined by phrasing "tiger" the way a small child might.

Tiida m & f Popular Culture
The Japanese name of the Final Fantasy character X Tidus, which means “Sun” in Okinawan.

Tinker f & m Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Tinker.

Toira f & m Japanese (Modern), Literature, Popular Culture
From Japanese 人 (to) meaning "person", "human", combined with 偉 (i) meaning "great", and 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible. When written in hiragana or katakana, (Hiragana: といら or Katakana: トイラ) (Toira) is (Hiragana: らいと or Katakana: ライト) (Raito) spelled backwards.

Tokyo f & m Popular Culture, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred usage of the Japanese capital city Tokyo as a given name. Its usage as a feminine given name is popularized by the TV show Money Heist, where Tokyo is one of the nine robbers featured there.

Tsuruya m & f Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Tsuru meaning "Crane" + Ya meaning "Also" or "Night". Names that end in "ya" are usually for males though. Tsuruya is a minor character from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Tuff m & f Popular Culture
Tuff (Bun in the original Japanese version) is one of the main characters in the anime, Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (Hoshi no Kaabii in the original japanese, which translates to Kirby of the Stars). Tuff is an ally of Kirby and often plays a large role... [more]

Tylee f & m Popular Culture, English (Modern)
This is the name of a character in the cartoon show 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' whose name is meant to be derived from Chinese 泰 (tài) meaning "big, large" combined with 麗 (lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely".

Wama m & f Popular Culture
Wama is the name of a Latin American character popularised by the late Mexican comics industry giant Joaquín Cervantes Bassoco. The character himself first appeared in an unknown newspaper in 1938, as a comic strip... [more]

Weiss m & f Popular Culture
Derived from German weiß (which is also found spelled as weiss) meaning "white".... [more]

Wraith m & f English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture

Wybie m & f Popular Culture

Xion f & m Popular Culture, English
Variant of Zion.

Yopanã m & f Popular Culture, Tupi
The Name of Juba’s friend in Bicho Do Mato, a Brazilian Telenovela.

Yugi m & f Japanese, Popular Culture
Means "game" in Japanese. This name has been used in several animes, including Yu-Gi-Oh! and Shin Tenchi Muyo! (English: 'Tenchi in Tokyo').

Yuru f & m Popular Culture, Indigenous American
The name of the titular protagonist in the Telenovela “Yuru, la princesa amazónica“. Perhaps a diminutive of Yuraqmayu.

Zoisite m & f Popular Culture
From the name of the mineral zoisite, which was named after Carniolan naturalist Sigmund Zois (1747-1819). This is the name of a character from the manga and anime 'Sailor Moon'. He is male in the source material, but was changed to female in several international dubs of the anime.