lauisverycold's Personal Name List

Zorion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Means "happiness" in Basque.
Warin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German name derived from the element war meaning "aware, cautious" (Proto-Germanic *waraz, and the related verbs *warjaną "to ward off" and *warnōną "to ward off").
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".
Remington
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REHM-ing-tən
From an English surname that was derived from the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, itself meaning "settlement on the Riming stream". It may be given in honour of the American manufacturer Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) or his sons, founders of the firearms company that bears their name.
Ourias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Οὐρίας(Ancient Greek)
Form of Uriah used in the Greek Old Testament.
Murphy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-fee
From a common Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Murchadha, itself derived from the given name Murchadh. As a given name, it has been borne by female characters on the American television series Murphy Brown (1988-1998) and the movie Interstellar (2014).
Merryn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Meaning unknown. This was the name of an early Cornish (male) saint.
Mellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHL-ən(English)
Anglicized form of Meallán.
Meliton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Georgian
Other Scripts: Μελίτων(Ancient Greek) მელიტონ(Georgian)
Derived from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey" (genitive μέλιτος). This was the name of a 2nd-century bishop of Sardis who is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church.
Meira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מֵאִירָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Meir.
Lobke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: West Frisian
Feminine form of Lobbe, where the diminutive suffix ke has been added to the name.
Leif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: LAYF
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.
Haul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Pronounced: HIEL
Means "sun" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Harsha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit
Other Scripts: ಹರ್ಷ(Kannada) హర్ష(Telugu) हर्ष(Sanskrit)
Means "happiness" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a 7th-century emperor of northern India. He was also noted as an author.
Harlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lən
From a surname that was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English. In America it has sometimes been given in honour of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911).
Everard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From Everardus, the Latinized form of Eberhard. The Normans introduced it to England, where it joined the Old English cognate Eoforheard. It has only been rarely used since the Middle Ages. Modern use of the name may be inspired by the surname Everard, itself derived from the medieval name.
Emlyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-lin
From the name of an ancient region of southwestern Wales, its name meaning "around the valley" from Welsh am "around" and glyn "valley". It has also been suggested that this name is a Welsh form of Latin Aemilianus (see Emiliano), though this appears to be unfounded.
Elian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant of names beginning with Eli, such as Elijah or Elisabeth.
Eirian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Means "bright, beautiful" in Welsh [1].
Delano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHL-ə-no
From a surname, recorded as de la Noye in French, indicating that the bearer was from a place called La Noue (ultimately Gaulish meaning "wetland, swamp"). It has been used in honour of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), whose middle name came from his mother's maiden name.
Deemer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DEEM-ər
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "judge", from Old English demere.
Dar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דַּר(Hebrew)
Means "mother-of-pearl, nacre" in Hebrew.
Collyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kah-LEEN, KAHL-in, KOL-in
Variant of Colleen or Colin 2.
Cináed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Scottish, Old Irish [1]
Possibly from Old Irish cin "respect, esteem, affection" or cinid "be born, come into being" combined with áed "fire", though it might actually be of Pictish origin. This was the name of the first king of the Scots and Picts (9th century). It is often Anglicized as Kenneth. The originally unrelated name Coinneach is sometimes used as the modern Scottish Gaelic form.
Ciar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KEER(Irish)
Derived from Irish ciar meaning "black". In Irish legend Ciar was a son of Fergus mac Róich and Medb, and the ancestor of the tribe of the Ciarraige (after whom County Kerry is named). As a feminine name, it was borne by an Irish nun (also called Ciara) who established a monastery in Tipperary in the 7th century.
Cian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KYEEN(Irish)
Means "ancient, enduring" in Irish. In Irish mythology this was the name of the father of Lugh Lámfada. It was also borne by the mythical ancestor of the Ciannachta and by a son-in-law of Brian Boru.
Chaim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: חַיִּים(Hebrew)
Pronounced: KHA-yeem
Derived from the Hebrew word חַיִּים (chayyim) meaning "life". It has been used since medieval times.
Catharina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish
Pronounced: ka-ta-REE-na(Dutch)
Dutch and Swedish form of Katherine.
Cathaoir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: KA-heer
Irish Gaelic form of Cahir.
Caspian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: KAS-pee-ən(English)
Used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his Chronicles of Narnia series, first appearing in 1950. Prince Caspian first appears in the fourth book, where he is the rightful king of Narnia driven into exile by his evil uncle Miraz. Lewis probably based the name on the Caspian Sea, which was named for the city of Qazvin, which was itself named for the ancient Cas tribe.
Caelestis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly".
Cadeyrn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
From Old Welsh Catigirn meaning "battle king", derived from cat "battle" and tigirn "king, monarch". This was the name of a 5th-century king of Powys in Wales, the son of Vortigern.
Balfour
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BAL-fər
From a Scottish surname, originally from various place names, themselves derived from Gaelic baile "village" and pòr "pasture, crop, cropland".
Ask
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse askr "ash tree". In Norse mythology Ask and his wife Embla were the first humans created by the gods.
Arda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: AHR-dah
Short form of given names containing the Germanic element aran or arn meaning "eagle", such as Arnolda and Arenda. In that respect, one could basically consider it to be the feminine equivalent of Ard. However, the name can also be a short form of names ending in -arda (which is often derived from Germanic hard meaning "brave, hardy"), such as Bernarda, Gerarda and Leonarda.

A known bearer of this name is the Dutch left-wing politician Arda Gerkens (b. 1965).

Ante 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian
Short form of names beginning with the Old German element anto "zeal".
Allyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-in
Variant or feminine form of Alan.
Aderyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Adair
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-DEHR
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Edgar.
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