Behind the Name: canadianchica's Personal Name List

Tamar

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew

Other Scripts: תָּמָר(Hebrew) თამარ(Georgian)

Pronounced: TAHM-ahr(English) TAY-mahr(English)

Rating: 47% based on 10 votes

Means "date palm" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. This was also the name of a daughter of King David. She was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading to his murder by her brother Absalom. The name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power.

Sela

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Other Scripts: סֶלַע(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: SEE-lə

Rating: 50% based on 11 votes

From the name of a city, the capital of Edom, which appears in the Old Testament. It means "rock" in Hebrew.

Rita

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latvian, Lithuanian

Pronounced: REE-ta(Italian, German, Spanish) REET-ə(English) REE-taw(Hungarian) ryi-TU(Lithuanian)

Rating: 47% based on 12 votes

Short form of Margherita and other names ending in rita. Saint Rita (born Margherita Lotti) was a 15th-century nun from Cascia, Italy. Another famous bearer was the American actress Rita Hayworth (1918-1987).

Raine

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: RAYN

Rating: 47% based on 11 votes

From a surname derived from the Old French nickname reine meaning "queen". A famous bearer was the British socialite Raine Spencer (1929-2016), the stepmother of Princess Diana. In modern times it is also considered a variant of Rain 1.

Nayeli

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)

Rating: 55% based on 11 votes

Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".

Ingrid

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch

Pronounced: ING-rid(Swedish) ING-ri(Norwegian) ING-grit(German) ING-greet(German) ING-ghrit(Dutch)

Rating: 53% based on 12 votes

From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with fríðr "beautiful, beloved". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

Helena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene, Croatian, Sorbian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Ἑλένη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: HEH-leh-na(German, Czech) heh-LEH-na(German, Dutch) heh-LEH-nah(Swedish, Danish, Norwegian) i-LEH-nu(European Portuguese) eh-LEH-nu(Brazilian Portuguese) ə-LEH-nə(Catalan) kheh-LEH-na(Polish) HEH-leh-nah(Finnish) HEHL-ə-nə(English) hə-LAYN-ə(English) hə-LEEN-ə(English)

Rating: 72% based on 12 votes

Latinate form of Helen. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well (1603).

Gabriela

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bulgarian

Other Scripts: Габриела(Bulgarian)

Pronounced: gab-RYEH-la(Polish) ga-BRYEH-la(Spanish) ga-bree-EH-la(German) GA-bri-yeh-la(Czech) GA-bree-eh-la(Slovak)

Rating: 43% based on 11 votes

Feminine form of Gabriel.

Atarah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew

Other Scripts: עֲטָרָה(Hebrew)

Pronounced: AT-ə-rə(English)

Rating: 39% based on 11 votes

Means "crown" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Atarah is a minor character, the wife of Jerahmeel.

Alena 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene

Pronounced: A-leh-na(Czech, Slovak)

Rating: 36% based on 11 votes

Short form of Magdalena or Helena. This was the name of a saint, possibly legendary, who was martyred near Brussels in the 7th century.