doekii's Personal Name List

Sawyer
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SOI-ər, SAW-yər
From an English surname meaning "sawer of wood". Mark Twain used it for the hero in his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).

Very rare as an American given name before 1980, it increased in popularity in the 1980s and 90s. It got a boost in 2004 after the debut of the television series Lost, which featured a character by this name.

Frankie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FRANGK-ee
Diminutive of Frank or Frances.
Ellis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Welsh
Pronounced: EHL-is(English)
Personal remark: would prefer on a boy but idm
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Elis, a medieval vernacular form of Elias. This name has also functioned as an Anglicized form of Welsh Elisedd.
Devon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHV-ən
Variant of Devin. It may also be partly inspired by the name of the county of Devon in England, which got its name from the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe.
Cleo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEE-o
Personal remark: same as celeste
Short form of Cleopatra, Cleon or Cleopas.
Celeste
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English
Pronounced: cheh-LEH-steh(Italian) theh-LEHS-teh(European Spanish) seh-LEHS-teh(Latin American Spanish) sə-LEST(English)
Personal remark: would prefer on a girl, but i don't mind
Italian feminine and masculine form of Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.
Bobbie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHB-ee
Variant of Bobby. As a feminine name it can be a diminutive of Roberta or Barbara.
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