Agrosha_Rhys's Personal Name List

Zitkala-ša
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sioux
Means "red bird" from Lakota ziŋtkála "bird" and šá "red". This name was adopted by a Yankton Dakota writer and political activist, birth name Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938).
Zerah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זֵרַח(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "dawning, shining" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Judah and the twin of Perez in the Old Testament.
Yseult
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: EE-ZUU
French form of Iseult.
Yiska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: יִסְכָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Iscah.
Yabshi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tibetan
Xhafer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Albanian form of Jafar.
Wyatt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIE-ət
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval given name Wyard or Wyot, from the Old English name Wigheard. Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) was an American lawman and gunfighter involved in the famous shootout at the OK Corral.
Utu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒌓(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Derived from Sumerian 𒌓 (ud) meaning "sun". In Sumerian mythology this was the name of the god of the sun. He was the son of the moon god Nanna and Ningal.
Uparmiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian
Possibly from Old Persian uparva meaning "pre-eminent" or upara meaning "higher, superior", both derived from 𐎢𐎱𐎼𐎡𐎹 (upariy) meaning "over, above".
Tukulti-Apil-Esharra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Assyrian
Other Scripts: 𒆪𒋾𒀀𒂍𒊹𒊏(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Original Akkadian form of Tiglath-Pileser.
Tsillah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Pronounced: SEE-la
Rare variant spelling of Zillah.
Thermuthis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Egyptian Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Θερμουθις(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Greek Θερμουθις (Thermouthis), which was the Greek name for the Egyptian goddess Renenutet. According to the 1st-century historian Josephus, this was the name of Pharaoh's daughter who adopted the infant Moses. It was used as an English Christian name in the 19th century, apparently (e.g. borne by the mother of Francis Kilvert (1840-1879), British clergyman and diarist).
Tedesca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Derived from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz "of the people, popular, vernacular". It coincides with the modern Italian adjective tedesca, the feminine form of tedesco, "German".
Tazagul
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare)
Other Scripts: Тазагүл(Kazakh) تازاگۇل(Kazakh Arabic) Тазагул(Kyrgyz)
Pronounced: tah-ZAH-guyl(Kazakh)
From Kazakh таза (taza) meaning "clean, neat, pure" combined with гүл (gül) meaning "flower".
Suellen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: soo-EHL-ən
Contraction of Susan and Ellen 1. Margaret Mitchell used this name in her novel Gone with the Wind (1936), where it belongs to Scarlett's sister.
Styliani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Στυλιανή(Greek)
Feminine form of Stylianos.
Stribog
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
Possibly from Old Slavic sterti "to extend, to spread" and bogŭ "god". Alternatively it could come from strybati "to flow, to move quickly". Stribog was a Slavic god who was possibly associated with the wind.
Sterling
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STUR-ling
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".
Sorin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".
Sohrab
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: سهراب(Persian)
Pronounced: soh-RAWB(Persian)
From Persian سهر (sohr) meaning "red" and آب (āb) meaning "water". In the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh this is the name of the son of the hero Rostam. He was tragically slain in battle by his father, who was unaware he was fighting his own son.
Snorri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse snerra "attack, onslaught". This name was borne by Snorri Sturluson, a 13th-century Icelandic historian and poet, the author of the Prose Edda.
Sisenando
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Sisenand.
Síne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-nyə
Irish form of Jeanne or Jane.
Shouya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 祥也, 召夜, 将也, 将弥, 彰也, 彰弥, 昭哉, 昭弥, 正也, 璋也, 翔哉, 翔也, 翔矢, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SHO:-YAH
From Japanese 祥 (shou) meaning "auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune", 召 (shou) meaning "seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)", 将 (shou) meaning "leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about", 彰 (shou) meaning "patent, clear", 昭 (shou) meaning "shining, bright", 正 (shou) meaning "correct, justice, righteous", 璋 (shou) meaning "ceremonial jeweled implement" or 翔 (shou) meaning "soar, fly" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also", 夜 (ya) meaning "night", 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly", 哉 (ya), an exclamation or 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow". Other kanji combinations are possible.

A famous bearer was Shoya Tomizawa, a Japanese motorcycle racer.

Shelena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Pronounced: shə-LEE-nə(English)
Combination of the phonetic prefix sha and the name Lena.
Shammuramat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Assyrian
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a Western Semitic language and meaning "high heaven". Shammuramat was a 9th-century BC queen of Assyria. After her young son inherited the throne, she acted as his regent for five years. The legendary figure Semiramis may be loosely based on her.
Shalom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שָׁלוֹם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: sha-LOM
Means "peace" in Hebrew.
Shachar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁחַר(Hebrew)
Means "dawn" in Hebrew.
Şevket
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
From Arabic شفقة (shafaqa) meaning "compassion", a derivative of شفق (shafaqa) meaning "to pity, to sympathize".
Segovax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Celtic
Celtic name, in which the first element is Proto-Celtic *sego- "force, victory" (also found in the Gaulish name Segomaros). The second element, *uako, possibly means "empty" or "curved". This was the name of a king of the Cantiaci in modern Kent at the time of Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain ca. 54 BC. Segovax is also the name of a fictional character in Edward Rutherfurd's historical novel 'London' (1997).
Savitr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: सवितृ(Sanskrit)
Means "rouser, stimulator" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Vedic Hindu sun god, sometimes identified with Surya.
Salampsio
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Hebrew (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Σαλαμψιώ(Ancient Greek)
Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shalom-zion "peace of Zion". The name "Shalom Zion" was used by the Judean royal family in the Roman period and is variously modified in rabbinical literature. (Cf. Salome, Shlomtzion.) According to the historian Josephus, Salampsio was the eldest daughter of Herod the Great.
Rudabeh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian Mythology, Pakistani (Rare), Indian (Rare), Bengali (Rare)
Other Scripts: رودابه(Persian)
Pronounced: roo-daw-ba(Persian Mythology)
Derived from the Persian noun رود (rud) meaning "river, torrent" combined with the Persian noun آب (ab) meaning "water".

Rudabeh (also known as Rudaba) is the name of a Persian mythological figure, who was featured in the 10th-century Persian epic poem Shahnameh written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. She was the mother of the hero Rostam and the wife of Zal.

In real life, a known bearer of this name is the Iranian-American journalist and news anchor Rudabeh Shahbazi (b. 1980).

Rasul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Avar
Other Scripts: رسول(Arabic) Расул(Avar)
Pronounced: ra-SOOL
Means "prophet, messenger" in Arabic.
Rahab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: רָחָב(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: RAY-hab(English)
Means "spacious" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a woman of Jericho who helped the Israelites capture the city.
Rafferty
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAF-ər-tee
From an Irish surname, itself derived from the given name Rabhartach meaning "flood tide".
Queralt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: kə-RAL
From the name of a Spanish sanctuary (in Catalonia) that is devoted to the Virgin Mary.
Pureum
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean (Modern)
Other Scripts: 푸름(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: POO-RUM
From the verbal noun of adjective 푸르다 (pureuda) meaning "blue, green; fresh" (compare Pureun and Param).
Phyzante
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani
Pronounced: fie-ZAHN-tə
Variant of Pheasenta.
Phocas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φωκᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek name Φωκᾶς (Phokas), which meant "seal (animal)" from Greek φώκη (phoke). This was the name of an early saint and martyr from Asia Minor. Sentenced to death for being a Christian, he is said to have given his killers lodging and then dug his own grave before he was executed.
Pheme
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Φήμη(Ancient Greek)
Means "rumour, reputation" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was the personification of fame and rumours.
Perez
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: פֶּרֶץ(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "breach, burst forth" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the twin brother of Zerah.
Penelope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Πηνελόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-NEH-LO-PEH(Classical Greek) pə-NEHL-ə-pee(English)
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.

Olya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Оля(Russian)
Pronounced: O-lyə
Diminutive of Olga.
Nurten
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "radiant skin" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light" and Persian تن (tan) meaning "body".
Nur
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: نور(Arabic, Urdu) নূর(Bengali) نۇر(Uyghur Arabic)
Pronounced: NOOR(Arabic, Turkish, Uyghur) NUWR(Indonesian, Malay)
Means "light" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition النور (al-Nūr) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Noreia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology, German (Modern, Rare), Galician (Modern, Rare)
Noreia used to be considered the epithet of an unidentified pre-Roman mother goddess who left her name in inscriptions throughout the Roman province Noricum (present-day Austria and Slovenia). Current theories suggest, however, that she might have been a Roman "creation" to gain the loyalty of the Norici (ever since Vespasian's time, she was associated with the goddess Isis and referred to as Isisi-Noreia). It has been claimed that she was a goddess of fate and fortune, life's happiness, fertility, mining and healing waters. The origin and meaning of her name are lost to time.
Noemi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, German, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: no-EH-mee(Italian)
Form of Naomi 1 in several languages.
Narseh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Middle Persian
Other Scripts: 𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩(Pahlavi)
Middle Persian form of Nairyosangha.
Mylitta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Μύλιττα(Ancient Greek)
From an Assyrian epithet of the goddess Ishtar meaning "the mediatrix, midwife" (from mu'allidtu). It was recorded by the Greek historian Herodotus, who wrote in the 5th century BC: "The Assyrians call Aphrodite Mylitta, the Arabians Alilat, and the Persians Mitra."
Murugan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Tamil
Other Scripts: मुरुगन(Sanskrit) முருகன்(Tamil)
From a Tamil word meaning "young". This was the name of a Tamil war god who is now identified with Skanda.
Muirgheal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Modern form of Muirgel.
Mohini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: मोहिनी(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Means "perplexing, enchanting" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a beautiful female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, a form he took in order to trick the asuras (demons) into relinquishing the amrita (elixir of immortality).
Meilyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Medieval Welsh
Pronounced: MAY-lir
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Welsh Mai "May (the month)" and Llyr and a Welsh form of Magloire.
Medesicaste
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Μηδεσικάστη(Ancient Greek)
Means "adorned with prudence", or possibly "the one that surpasses them all in wisdom", derived from Greek μήδεσι (medesi), dative plural of μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning", and κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to surpass, to excel". In Greek mythology, this name belonged to two women of the Trojan royal house.
Mayamiko
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chewa
Pronounced: mah-yah-MEE-ko
Means "praise, gratitude" in Chewa.
Mabyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Possibly from Old Cornish mab meaning "son". This was the name of a 6th-century Cornish saint, said to be one of the children of Brychan Brycheiniog. She is now regarded as a woman, but some early sources describe her as a man.
Liubou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Любоў(Belarusian)
Belarusian form of Lyubov.
Libuše
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: LI-boo-sheh
Derived from Czech libý meaning "pleasant, nice", from the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love". According to Czech legend Libuše was the founder of Prague.
Leandros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Λέανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Leander.
LaToya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: lə-TOI-ə(English)
Combination of the popular prefix la with the name Toya.
Kylian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
French variant of Cillian.
Kola-sariğ
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Shor
Derived from Кола (kola) meaning "bronze" and сарығ (sarığ) meaning "yellow".
Kjellfrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: SHEHL-free
From the Old Norse name Ketilríðr, derived from the elements ketill meaning "kettle" and fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved".
K'itura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Archaic spelling of Qitura (according to the old Kleinschmidt orthography which was used to write Greenlandic until 1973, when orthographic reforms were introduced). This is borne by Greenlandic sculptor K'itura Kristoffersen (1939-).
Khenthap
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian ḫnt-Ḥp meaning "musician of Hapi", derived from ḫnwt "(female) musician" combined with the name of the god Apis.
Khandroma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Far Eastern Mythology
Other Scripts: མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་(Tibetan)
The Tibetian name for Dakini, a spirit or type of spirit in Vajrayana Buddhism. It is reported to mean "skygoer" and may be derived from the Sanskrit khecara, a term from the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra.
Kenanyahu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: ךְּנַןְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Hebrew form of Kenaniah.
Kemuel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: קְמוּאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name קְמוּאֵל (Qemuʾel) meaning "raised by God", derived from קוּם (qum) meaning "to raise" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This is the name of a nephew of Abraham in the Old Testament.
Keegan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEE-gən
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Aodhagáin, which was derived from the given name Aodhagán, a double diminutive of Aodh.
Kagutsuchi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 迦具土(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: KA-GOO-TSOO-CHEE
From Japanese 迦 (ka), a phonetic character, 具 (gu) meaning "tool, means" and 土 (tsuchi) meaning "ground, earth, soil". In Japanese mythology, Kagutsuchi was the god of fire, as well as the son of Izanagi and Izanami. He burned his mother during birth, which caused Izanagi to kill him.
Jytte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish
Pronounced: YUY-də
Danish form of Jutta.
Jyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Rare), English (African, Rare)
Junko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 順子, 純子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) じゅんこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: JOONG-KO
From Japanese (jun) meaning "obedience" or (jun) meaning "pure" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Jubal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יוּבָל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JOO-bəl(English)
Means "stream" in Hebrew. This name is mentioned in Genesis in the Old Testament as belonging to the first person to be a musician.
Jovydė
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Feminine form of Jovydas.
Joshana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare)
Derived from Sanskrit जोषण (jośana) meaning "approval, satisfaction, liking".
Johannes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Pronounced: yo-HA-nəs(German) yo-HAH-nəs(Dutch) yo-HAN-əs(Danish) YO-hahn-nehs(Finnish)
Latin form of Greek Ioannes (see John). Notable bearers include the inventor of the printing press Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468), astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), and composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).
Jianhong
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 健宏, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: CHYEHN-KHUWNG
From Chinese (jiàn) meaning "build, establish" combined with (hóng) meaning "wide, spacious, great, vast". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Jerusha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְרוּשָׁה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jə-ROO-shə(English)
Derived from Hebrew יְרֵשָׁה (yeresha) meaning "possession" [1]. In the Old Testament she is the wife of King Uzziah of Judah and the mother of Jotham.
Jerneja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Slovene feminine form of Bartholomew.
Jelena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Lithuanian
Other Scripts: Јелена(Serbian)
Form of Yelena in several languages. In Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia it is also associated with the South Slavic words jelen meaning "deer, stag" and jela meaning "fir tree".
Jeetendra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: जितेन्द्र(Hindi) जितेंद्र(Marathi)
Alternate transcription of Hindi जितेन्द्र or Marathi जितेंद्र (see Jitendra).
Jayanta
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Assamese
Other Scripts: जयन्त, जयंत(Sanskrit) জয়ন্ত(Bengali, Assamese)
Derived from Sanskrit जयन्त (jayanta) meaning "victorious". This is the name of a son of the Hindu god Indra and the goddess Indrani, as well as other legendary figures.
Jacinto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: kha-THEEN-to(European Spanish) kha-SEEN-to(Latin American Spanish)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Hyacinthus.
Ištanu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology
Deriving from the Hattic estan meaning "Sun deity, day". This was an epithet likely used to refer to the of the Sun Goddess of Arinna. It was also used in reference to a solar deity known as the Sun God of Heaven (equivalent to the Hurrian Simige).
'Ismat
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عصمت(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘EES-mat
Alternate transcription of Arabic عصمت (see Ismat).
Ishme-karab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite Mythology
This was the name of a goddess in Elamite religion. Her name is Akkadian and means "she who has heard the prayer" or "she has heard the supplication". The Elamite form of her name is said to be Išnikarap. The fact that her name is Akkadian rather than Elamite, is possibly due to the fact that Elam had repeatedly been under Akkadian rule and was thus influenced by the Akkadian language and culture. It is not certain whether Ishme-karab was originally an Akkadian goddess that was eventually adopted by the Elamites, or whether she had always been an Elamite goddess but was simply given an Akkadian name (possibly during a period of Akkadian rule) rather than an Elamite one. It should be noted though, that where the first possibility is concerned, there is barely evidence (archeological or otherwise) available of her having been worshipped outside of Elam. Either way, her function in the Elamite pantheon was to support the god Inshushinak in his position as judge of the dead. She did this together with the goddess Lagamar, so in other words, Inshushinak really had two assistants. Some sources say that she also acted as judge of the dead (a co-judge perhaps?), while others say that she acted as a counsel for defence for the newly dead in the underworld (while Lagamar acted as a counsel for prosecution), before Inshushinak made his final judgement about the newly dead. There are also sources who claim that, apart from her function in the underworld, she was also a goddess of oaths - much like Inshushinak himself. Lastly, it should also be noted that there are some sources who claim that Ishme-karab was a male god rather than a female god.
Iotape
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ἰωτάπη(Ancient Greek)
Hellenized form of the Persian feminine name یوتاب (Yutâb), which is also found written as Youtab and Euttob.
In'am
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إنعام(Arabic)
Pronounced: een-‘AM
Alternate transcription of Arabic إنعام (see Inam).
Imamu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swahili
Means "spiritual leader" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic إمام (ʾimām).
Ildikó
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EEL-dee-ko
Possibly a form of Hilda. This name was borne by the last wife of Attila the Hun.
Idris 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: إدريس(Arabic)
Pronounced: eed-REES(Arabic) EE-drees(Malay, Indonesian)
Possibly means "interpreter, teacher" in Arabic, related to the root درس (darasa) meaning "to study, to learn". According to the Quran this was the name of an ancient prophet. He is traditionally equated with the Hebrew prophet Enoch.
Hylaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ὑλαιος (Hylaios), which is probably derived from Greek ὕλη (hylē) meaning "forest, woodland". However, it could also have been derived from Greek ὗλις (hylis) "mud" or from Greek ὑλάω (hylaō) meaning "to bark, to bay". In Greek mythology, Hylaeus was the name of a centaur.
Hugleikr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Old Norse name derived from hugr "mind, thought, mood" and leikr "play".
Hosanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: ho-ZAN-ə(English)
From the Aramaic religious expression הושע נא (Hoshaʿ na) meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew. In the New Testament this is exclaimed by those around Jesus when he first enters Jerusalem.
Hólmgeirr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Old Norse form of Holger.
Hirune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-ROO-neh
Variant of Irune.
Himiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 卑弥呼, 卑彌呼(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: HEE-mee-ko
Meaning "sun daughter" or "sun child" or possibly "princess" in archaic Japanese. This is from Old Japanese hime (姫) meaning 'young noblewoman, princess', or from hi (日) 'sun' and me (女) 'woman' or miko (覡 or 巫女) 'shamaness, shrine maiden, priestess'. Some sources posit that Himiko (Pimiko) is from an archaic Japanese title, himeko, which means 'princess', from hime with the female name suffix -ko (子) 'child'.

A famous bearer of the name is the Empress Himiko (Pimiko), a shaman queen also known as Yamtohime No Mikoto, the Sun Queen or Sun Goddess of Japanese legend. She is alleged to be the first known ruler of Wa (Japan), and of the legendary land of Yamatai, believed by some to be the same as Wa. She is the supposed originator of the Grand Shrine of Ise, which is considered one of the most important Shintō sanctuaries in Japan to this day.

Hikaru
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 光, 輝, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひかる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-KA-ROO
From Japanese (hikaru) meaning "light" or (hikaru) meaning "brightness". Other kanji can also form this name.
Hierax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἱέραξ(Ancient Greek)
Derived from the Greek noun ἱέραξ (hierax) meaning "hawk, falcon". This was the name of a Spartan admiral from the 4th century BC.
Helmi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish
Pronounced: HEHL-mee(Finnish)
Diminutive of Vilhelmiina or Vilhelmina. It also means "pearl" in Finnish.
Harsiese
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian, Egyptian Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἁρσιησις
From Egyptian ḥr-zꜣ-ꜣst meaning "Horus, son of Isis". This was used as an epithet of the god Horus as well as a given name.
Halle 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Halli, a diminutive of names containing the element hallr meaning "rock".
Gormlaith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Derived from Old Irish gorm "blue" or "illustrious" and flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess". This was the name of several medieval Irish royals, including the wife of the 11th-century king Brian Boru.
Goibniu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Derived from Old Irish gobae meaning "smith". In Irish mythology this was the name of a divine metalsmith and weapon maker of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He also provided them with feasts that protected them from old age. He may be derived from an earlier Celtic smith god (seen also in Gaulish Gobannos and Welsh Gofannon).
Gioconda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jo-KON-da
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.
Gilukhipa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hurrian
Means "Ḫepat is my strength" in Hurrian. Hepat is a sun goddess, whose name is commonly seen as an element in Hurrian and Hittite theophoric names. Name borne by a wife of Amenhotep III.
Giles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIELZ
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αἰγίδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat". Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker who came to southern France from Greece. He is regarded as the patron saint of the crippled. In Old French the name Aegidius became Gidie and then Gilles, at which point it was imported to England. Another famous bearer was the 13th-century philosopher and theologian Giles of Rome (Egidio in Italian).
Gijs
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: GHAYS
Short form of Gijsbert.
Ghayth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: غيث(Arabic)
Pronounced: GHIETH
Means "rain" in Arabic.
Geula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: גְּאֻלָה(Hebrew)
Means "redemption" in Hebrew.
Eyvindr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Old Norse form of Øyvind.
Eryx
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἔρυξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ERIKS
Derived from the Greek verb ἐρύκω (eruko) or (eryko) meaning "to keep in, to curb, to hold back, to restrain". This is the name of several characters in Greek mythology, one of them being a king of the Elymian people from Sicily. A mountain and city in Sicily were named after him, but are now called Erice.
Enikő
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EH-nee-kuu
Created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century. He based it on the name of the legendary mother of the Hungarian people, Enéh, of Turkic origin meaning "young hind" (modern Hungarian ünő).
Elías
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Icelandic
Pronounced: eh-LEE-as(Spanish)
Spanish and Icelandic form of Elijah.
Elara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐλάρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHL-ə-rə(English)
Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Duri
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 두리(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: TOO-REE
Means "two" in Korean (Gyeongsang dialect).
Dranafile
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare, Archaic)
Albanian cognate of Triantafyllia. Bearer Dranafile "Drane" Bernai was the mother of the 20th-century Albanian-born nun and missionary Mother Teresa.
Dazhdbog
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
Variant of Dazhbog.
Daumantas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
From Lithuanian daug "much" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth". This name was borne by a 13th-century Lithuanian ruler of Pskov who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Daryush
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: داریوش(Persian)
Alternate transcription of Persian داریوش (see Dariush).
Daryawesh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: דָּרְיָוֶשׁ(Ancient Hebrew)
Form of Darius used in the Hebrew Bible.
Darayavaush
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian
Other Scripts: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁(Old Persian)
Old Persian form of Darius.
Dal-nim
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean Mythology
Other Scripts: 달님(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: dahl-neem
In Korean mythology, she is the moon. She is the sister to the sun, Hae-nim.
Daliborka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Далиборка(Serbian)
Feminine form of Dalibor.
Dae-Jung
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 대중(Korean Hangul) 大中, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: TEH-JOONG
From Sino-Korean (dae) meaning "big, great, vast, large, high" combined with (jung) meaning "middle". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well. A notable bearer was South Korean president Kim Dae-jung (1924-2009).
Cruzita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: kroo-THEE-ta(European Spanish) kroo-SEE-ta(Latin American Spanish)
Diminutive of Cruz.
Conleth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of the Old Irish name Conláed, possibly meaning "constant fire" from cunnail "prudent, constant" and áed "fire". Saint Conláed was a 5th-century bishop of Kildare.
Cloelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Cloelius. In Roman legend Cloelia was a maiden who was given to an Etruscan invader as a hostage. She managed to escape by swimming across the Tiber, at the same time helping some of the other captives to safety.
Cívánka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hopi
Means "the one who writes blossoms" from Hopi cíhu "blossom, flower" combined with bána "to figure, write, draw" and ka "the one that".
Chetan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada
Other Scripts: चेतन(Hindi, Marathi) ચેતન(Gujarati) ಚೇತನ್(Kannada)
From Sanskrit चेतन (cetana) meaning "visible, conscious, soul".
Cailean
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: KA-lan
Means "whelp, young dog" in Scottish Gaelic. This name was borne by Cailean Mór, a 13th-century Scottish lord and ancestor of Clan Campbell.
Bulan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: BOO-lan
Means "moon" (or "month") in Indonesian.
Brogán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
From the Old Irish name Broccán, derived from bróc "shoe, sandal, greave" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several Irish saints, including Saint Patrick's scribe.
Brennan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREHN-ən
From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Braonáin) that was derived from the byname Braonán, itself from Irish braon meaning "rain, moisture, drop" combined with a diminutive suffix. As a given name, it has been used since the 1960s as an alternative to Brendan or Brandon, though it has not been as popular as them.
Bradán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Pronounced: BRA-dan(Irish)
Means "salmon" in Irish. It could also be formed from Irish brad "thief" and a diminutive suffix.
Boroo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Бороо(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: PAW-ro
Means "rain" in Mongolian. Alternatively, it could be derived from бор (bor) meaning "brown, grey, dark (colour)".
Bithiah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: בִּתְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: bi-THIE-ə(English)
Means "daughter of Yahweh" in Hebrew, from the roots בַּת (baṯ) meaning "daughter" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of a daughter of Pharaoh. She is traditionally equated with the pharaoh's daughter who drew Moses from the Nile.
Bessarion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek
Other Scripts: Βησσαρίων(Ancient Greek)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek βῆσσα (bessa) meaning "wooded valley". This was the name of a 5th-century Egyptian hermit who was a disciple of Saint Anthony the Great. It was later adopted by the scholar Basilios Bessarion (1403-1472), a Greek born in Byzantine Anatolia who became a Roman Catholic bishop.
Belenus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gaulish Mythology
Latinized form of Gaulish Belenos or Belinos, possibly from Celtic roots meaning either "bright, brilliant" (from Indo-European *bhel-) or "strong" (from Indo-European *bel-) [1]. This was the name of a Gaulish god who was often equated with Apollo. He is mostly known from Gallo-Roman inscriptions and was especially venerated in Aquileia in northern Italy.
Barzillai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: בַּרְזִלָּי(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name בַּרְזִלָּי (Barzillai), derived from בַּרְזֶל (barzel) meaning "iron" [2]. This is the name of three different characters in the Old Testament, including Barzillai the Gileadite.
Bahru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ባህሩ(Amharic)
Means "the sea" in Amharic.
Bahram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: بهرام(Persian)
Pronounced: bah-RAWM(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəthraghna) meaning "victory over resistance". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with victory and war. It was also borne by several Sasanian emperors. It is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.
Babis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Μπάμπης(Greek)
Pronounced: BA-bees
Diminutive of Charalampos.
Armazi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian Mythology
Other Scripts: არმაზი(Georgian)
Possibly related to the name of the Armenian god Aramazd or the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda. In pre-Christian Georgian mythology Armazi was the supreme god.
Apostolos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Απόστολος(Greek)
Means "messenger, apostle" in Greek.
Apollo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀπόλλων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-PAHL-o(English)
From Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apollon), which is of unknown meaning, though perhaps related to the Indo-European root *apelo- meaning "strength". Another theory states that Apollo can be equated with Appaliunas, an Anatolian god whose name possibly means "father lion" or "father light". The Greeks later associated Apollo's name with the Greek verb ἀπόλλυμι (apollymi) meaning "to destroy". In Greek mythology Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Artemis. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. Later he also became the god of the sun and light.
Aphrah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, English (Puritan)
Pronounced: AH-frah(English)
From the biblical place Aphrah in the Book of Micah, meaning "dust." This name was used by Puritans, but has since become rare.
Angerdlartoĸ
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Means "the one returning back home" in Greenlandic.
Amir 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian
Other Scripts: أمير(Arabic) امیر(Persian, Urdu) Әмір(Kazakh) Әмир(Tatar, Bashkir) Амир(Russian)
Pronounced: a-MEER(Arabic, Persian) ə-MEER(Urdu)
Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.
Amílcar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: a-MEEL-kar(Spanish)
Portuguese and Spanish form of Hamilcar.
Altwidus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Derived from the Old German elements alt "old" and witu "forest".
Altôra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Archaic spelling of Altoora (using the old Kleinschmidt orthography, used to write Greenlandic until 1973).
Alope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Apache
Borne by the first wife of the Apache chief Geronimo (1829-1909), daughter of Noposo, from the Nedni-Chiricahua band of Apache. She and her three children with Geronimo were killed by Mexican raiders.
Alemayehu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: አለማየሁ(Amharic)
Means "I have seen the world" in Amharic.
Achlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀχλύς(Ancient Greek)
Means "mist, darkness" in Greek. According to a poem by Hesiod, she was one of the figures portrayed on the shield of Herakles. She is described as a wraithlike woman personifying death and sorrow.
Abilene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ἀβιληνή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AB-i-leen(English) ab-i-LEE-nee(English)
From a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament. It is probably from Hebrew אָבֵל (ʾavel) meaning "meadow, grassy area". It has occasionally been used as a given name in modern times.
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