Vixiajean's Personal Name List
Zoey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZO-ee
Rating: 58% based on 9 votes
Zeke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEEK
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Wren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: REHN
Rating: 74% based on 7 votes
From the English word for the small songbird. It is ultimately derived from Old English wrenna.
Wells
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WELZ
Rating: 40% based on 8 votes
From an English surname that originally denoted a person who lived near a well or spring, from Middle English wille.
Voss
Usage: German
Rating: 54% based on 9 votes
From Middle Low German vos meaning "fox". It was originally a nickname for a clever person or a person with red hair.
Viera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Вера(Belarusian)
Rating: 72% based on 6 votes
Slovak form of
Vera 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Belarusian
Вера (see
Vera 1).
Verity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VEHR-i-tee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word meaning
"verity, truth", from Latin
verus "true, real". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Valor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word valor meaning "bravery, courage". From the Latin valor "value".
Vale
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: VAYL
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word meaning "wide river valley".
Trudi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: TROO-dee
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Tobin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bin
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was itself derived from the given name
Tobias.
Theo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: THEE-o(English) TEH-o(German) TEH-yo(Dutch)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Sylvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 70% based on 10 votes
Either a variant of
Silvanus or directly from the Latin word
silva meaning
"wood, forest".
Sunnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Stellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: STEHL-lan
Rating: 54% based on 10 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
Sonny
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-ee
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From a nickname that is commonly used to denote a young boy, derived from the English word son.
Samara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Possibly derived from the name of the city of Samarra (in Iraq) or Samara (in Russia). The former appears in the title of the novel
Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O'Hara, which refers to an ancient Babylonian legend about a man trying to evade death. Alternatively, this name could be derived from the word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.
The name received a boost in popularity after it was borne by the antagonist in the horror movie The Ring (2002).
Sadie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAY-dee
Rating: 84% based on 5 votes
Sabin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian, Basque, English (Rare), Polish (Rare), French (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Сабин(Bulgarian)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
English, Romanian, Basque, French and Polish form of
Sabinus. Sabin of Bulgaria was the ruler of Bulgaria from 765 to 766.
Rune
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nə(Norwegian) ROO-neh(Danish, Swedish)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Derived from Old Norse
rún meaning
"secret lore, rune".
Rosen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Росен(Bulgarian)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Derived from Bulgarian росен (rosen) "dittany (a type of flower)". This name is borne by Rosen Plevneliev (1964-), the fourth president of Bulgaria.
Rhosyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Rating: 42% based on 9 votes
Means "rose" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Ren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 蓮, 恋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REHN
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From Japanese
蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus",
恋 (ren) meaning "romantic love", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Ravenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: rə-VEHN-ə
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
Either an elaboration of
Raven, or else from the name of the city of Ravenna in Italy.
Quill
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of
Aquilla.
From the English word "quill" referring to a "pen made from a feather". From the Middle English quil 'fragment of reed' or 'shaft of feather'.
Prim
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Literature
Pronounced: Prim
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Océanne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Maxen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: MAK-sən(English)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Marnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-nee
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Possibly a
diminutive of
Marina. This name was brought to public attention by Alfred Hitchcock's movie
Marnie (1964), itself based on a 1961 novel by Winston Graham.
Maeve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV(English)
Rating: 81% based on 12 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name
Medb meaning
"intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband
Ailill fought against the Ulster king
Conchobar and the hero
Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic
The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Lorelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
Lorelei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: LAWR-ə-lie(English)
Rating: 92% based on 5 votes
From German
Loreley, the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. It is of uncertain meaning, though the second element is probably old German
ley meaning "rock" (of Celtic origin). German romantic poets and songwriters, beginning with Clemens Brentano in 1801, tell that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures boaters to their death with her song.
In the English-speaking world this name has been occasionally given since the early 20th century. It started rising in America after the variant Lorelai was used for the main character (and her daughter, nicknamed Rory) on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).
Liora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 80% based on 11 votes
Strictly feminine form of
Lior.
Linnea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a(Swedish) LEEN-neh-ah(Finnish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Leon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Λέων(Greek)
Pronounced: LEE-ahn(English) LEH-awn(German, Polish, Slovene)
Rating: 52% based on 11 votes
Derived from Greek
λέων (leon) meaning
"lion". During the Christian era this Greek name was merged with the Latin
cognate Leo, with the result that the two forms are used somewhat interchangeably across European languages. In England during the Middle Ages this was a common name among Jews. A famous bearer was the communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), whose name is
Лев in Russian.
Leif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: LAYF
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
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.
Leander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λέανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lee-AN-dər(English)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λέανδρος (Leandros), derived from
λέων (leon) meaning "lion" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.
Laurel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-əl
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.
Lathan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAY-than
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Kade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAYD
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Junia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: YOO-nee-a(Latin)
Rating: 90% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of
Junius. This was the name of an early Christian mentioned in the
New Testament (there is some debate about whether the name belongs to a man or a woman).
Juni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: YOO-ni(Swedish)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
June
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOON
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From the name of the month, which was originally derived from the name of the Roman goddess
Juno. It has been used as a given name since the 19th century.
Juna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Meaning uncertain, perhaps a variant of
Junia or
Juno.
Joiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
1 Seeking, Enquiring
2 Joiya al'Thor is a character in the Wheel of Time book series by Brandon Sanderson. She was the daughter of Egwene al'Vere and Rand al'Thor during Egwene's test for Accepted.
Jether
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יֶ֫תֶר(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the Hebrew name יֶ֫תֶר
(Yeter) which meant "abundance" (see
Jethro).
Jaqen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Created by author George R. R. Martin for a character in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the television adaptation "Game of Thrones". In the series, Jaqen H'ghar is a criminal from the Free Cities in Essos who is arrested and recruited to join the Night's Watch.
Jameson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYM-ə-sən
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
From an English surname meaning
"son of James".
Jago
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Isidora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Исидора(Serbian, Russian) Ἰσιδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-see-DHO-ra(Spanish) ee-zee-DAW-ra(Italian) iz-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of
Isidore. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian
saint and hermitess.
Irida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ίριδα(Greek)
Rating: 62% based on 10 votes
Greek variant of
Iris, from the genitive form
Ἴριδος (Iridos).
Hollis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-is
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees". It was originally given to a person who lived near a group of those trees.
Hera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἥρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEH-RA(Classical Greek) HEHR-ə(English) HEE-rə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 6 votes
Uncertain meaning, possibly from Greek
ἥρως (heros) meaning
"hero, warrior";
ὥρα (hora) meaning
"period of time"; or
αἱρέω (haireo) meaning
"to be chosen". In Greek
mythology Hera was the queen of the gods, the sister and wife of
Zeus. She presided over marriage and childbirth.
Harley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lee
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself from Old English
hara "hare" or
hær "rock, heap of stones" and
leah "woodland, clearing". An American name for boys since the 19th century, it began to be used for girls after a character with the name began appearing on the soap opera
Guiding Light in 1987.
Harlee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HAHR-lee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Fraser
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Rare)
Pronounced: FRAY-zər(English)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From a Scottish surname, originally Norman French de Fresel, possibly from a lost place name in France.
Fionn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: FYIN(Irish) FYUWN(Irish) FYOON(Irish) FIN(English)
Rating: 65% based on 11 votes
From the Old Irish name
Finn, derived from
finn meaning
"white, blessed". It occurs frequently in Irish history and legends, the most noteworthy bearer being Fionn mac Cumhaill, the central character of one of the four main cycles of Irish
mythology, the Fenian Cycle. Fionn was born as
Deimne, and acquired his nickname because of his fair hair. He grew all-wise by eating an enchanted salmon, and later became the leader of the Fianna after defeating the fire-breathing demon Áillen. He was the father of
Oisín and grandfather of
Oscar.
Finnick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: FIN-ik(English)
Rating: 42% based on 10 votes
Created by author Suzanne Collins for a character in the second book of The Hunger Games series, published 2009, later appearing in the 2013 movie adaptation. She may have derived it from the slang word finicky meaning "demanding, fussy".
Ferelith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish (Rare), English (British, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Evadne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάδνη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
From Greek
Εὐάδνη (Euadne), from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" possibly combined with Cretan Greek
ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy". This name was borne by several characters in Greek legend, including the wife of Capaneus. After Capaneus was killed by a lightning bolt sent from
Zeus she committed suicide by throwing herself onto his burning body.
Esmee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British), Dutch
Pronounced: EHZ-may(British English) EHZ-mee(British English) ehs-MEH(Dutch)
Rating: 80% based on 7 votes
Eris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἔρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-is(English)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Means
"strife, discord" in Greek. In Greek
mythology Eris was the goddess of discord. She was the sister and companion of
Ares.
Ender
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "very rare" in Turkish.
Ember
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHM-bər
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
From the English word ember, ultimately from Old English æmerge.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 62% based on 11 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Edith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: EE-dith(English) EH-dit(German, Swedish)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
From the Old English name
Eadgyð, derived from the elements
ead "wealth, fortune" and
guð "battle". It was popular among Anglo-Saxon royalty, being borne for example by
Saint Eadgyeth;, the daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful. It was also borne by the Anglo-Saxon wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. The name remained common after the
Norman Conquest. It became rare after the 15th century, but was revived in the 19th century.
Eben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Dove
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUV
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
From the English word for the variety of bird, seen as a symbol of peace.
Dhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: Dh ra
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
In Sanskrit it means Earth and is pronounced as Dh.ra
Devora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דְּבוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Davis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAY-vis
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the given name
David. A famous bearer of the surname was Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), the only president of the Confederate States of America.
Danai 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Shona
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From Shona
dana meaning
"call, summon" [1][2].
Cove
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KOV
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Either from the English surname
Cove or else directly from the vocabulary word
cove, which refers to a small coastal inlet.
Corvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German (Swiss, Rare), Romanian
Pronounced: COR-vin(English)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
English,German and Romanian form of
Corvinus.
Clyde
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLIED
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
From the name of the River Clyde in Scotland, from Cumbric
Clud, which is of uncertain origin. It became a common given name in America in the middle of the 19th century, perhaps in honour of Colin Campbell (1792-1863) who was given the title Baron Clyde in 1858
[1].
Cato 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KA-to(Latin) KAY-to(English)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Roman
cognomen meaning
"wise" in Latin. This name was bestowed upon Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato), a 2nd-century BC Roman statesman, author and censor, and was subsequently inherited by his descendants, including his great-grandson Cato the Younger (Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis), a politician and philosopher who opposed Julius Caesar.
Callie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-ee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Callan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-ən
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of
Ó Cathaláin, derived from the given name
Cathalán.
Caid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Brianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: bree-AN
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Bowen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-ən
From a Welsh surname, derived from
ap Owain meaning
"son of Owain".
Astoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: as-TAWR-ee-ə
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of
Astor. This is also the name of several American towns, after the businessman John Jacob Astor.
Alexandria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ig-ZAN-dree-ə
Rating: 73% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of
Alexander. Alexander the Great founded several cities by this name (or renamed them) as he extended his empire eastward. The most notable of these is Alexandria in Egypt, founded by Alexander in 331 BC.
Alessandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-lehs-SAN-dra
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Adner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Pronounced: AD-nər(English)
Abner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: אַבְנֵר(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AB-nər(English)
Means
"my father is a light" in Hebrew, from
אָב ('av) meaning "father" and
נֵר (ner) meaning "lamp, light". In the
Old Testament, Abner was a cousin of
Saul and the commander of his army. After he killed Asahel he was himself slain by Asahel's brother
Joab.
A famous bearer was the 14th-century Jewish philosopher Abner of Burgos, called Alfonso of Valladolid after he converted to Christianity. It has been used as an English Christian given name since the Protestant Reformation. It was popular with the Puritans, who brought it to America in the 17th century.
Abel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Georgian, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: აბელ(Georgian) Աբել(Armenian) הֶבֶל(Ancient Hebrew) Ἄβελ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-bəl(English) A-BEHL(French) a-BEHL(Spanish, European Portuguese) a-BEW(Brazilian Portuguese) A-bəl(Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
הֶבֶל (Hevel) meaning
"breath". In the
Old Testament he is the second son of
Adam and
Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother
Cain. In England, this name came into use during the Middle Ages, and it was common during the
Puritan era.
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