Names Categorized "emotions"

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ANDEBERT m Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic element and "wrath, zeal" combined with beraht "bright".

ANTELMO m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ANTHELM.

ANTHELM m Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic element and "wrath, zeal" combined with helm "helmet, protection". Saint Anthelm was a 12th-century bishop of Belley in France.

ANTHELME m French (Rare)
French form of ANTHELM.

DELSHAD m & f Persian (Rare)
Means "happy heart, cheerful" in Persian, from دل (del) meaning "heart" and شاد (shad) meaning "happy".

DİLAN f Turkish
Means "love" in Turkish.

DILŞAD m Kurdish
Kurdish form of DELSHAD.

DILSHAD m & f Urdu
Urdu form of DELSHAD.

DUYGU m & f Turkish
Means "emotion, sensation" in Turkish.

GAJA (2) f Esperanto
Means "cheerful, merry, glad" in Esperanto.

GIOCONDA f Italian
From the Late Latin name Iucunda, which meant "pleasant, delightful, happy". Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa is also known as La Gioconda because its subject is Lisa del Giocondo.

IUCUNDA f Late Roman
Latin form of GIOCONDA.

MIRINDA f Esperanto
Means "wonderful" in Esperanto.

MISTY f English
From the English word misty, ultimately derived from Old English. The jazz song Misty (1954) by Erroll Garner may have helped popularize the name.

NAND m Indian, Hindi
Modern northern Indian form of NANDA.

NANDA m Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Means "joy" in Sanskrit. In Hindu texts this is a name of both Vishnu and the foster-father of Krishna, as well as various other characters. In Buddhist texts this is the name of a god and a disciple of Buddha. Nanda was also the name of a 4th-century BC king who founded a dynasty in Magadha in India.

NANDITA f Indian, Hindi, Marathi
From Sanskrit नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy".

ROIMATA f Maori
Means "tear drop" in Maori.

RON (2) m Hebrew
Means "song, joy" in Hebrew.

RONEN m Hebrew
Derived from Hebrew רוֹן (ron) meaning "song, joy".

ZORION m & f Basque
Means "happiness" in Basque.

ZORIONE f Basque
Feminine form of ZORION.