Mingan's Personal Name List

Shyamal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: শ্যামল(Bengali)
Personal remark: Dark Black (Sans)
From Sanskrit श्यामल (shyamala), a derivative of श्याम (shyama) meaning "dark, black, blue".
Gethin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Personal remark: Dark Skinned (Wel)
Means "dark-skinned, swarthy" in Welsh.
Dunstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Anglo-Saxon
Pronounced: DUN-stən(English)
Personal remark: Dun Stan Dark Stone (OE)
From the Old English elements dunn "dark" and stan "stone". This name was borne by a 10th-century saint, the archbishop of Canterbury. It was occasionally used in the Middle Ages, though it died out after the 16th century. It was revived by the Tractarian movement in the 19th century.
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