cycleseason's Personal Name List

Alternate transcription of Arabic آمنة (see Aminah 1), as well as the Somali form.

Variant of Ayda. This name was used in Verdi's opera Aida (1871), where it belongs to an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt.

Variant of Aino. It also means "always" in Finnish.

Balearic form of Anna.

From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", as well as other character combinations.

Means "grace" in Igbo.

Portuguese form of Ariadne. This name steadily grew in popularity in America in the last few decades of the 20th century. A famous bearer is the American pop singer Ariana Grande (1993-).

From the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana. It possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.

Means "good God" in Igbo, derived from Chi 2, referring to God, and ọ́má meaning "good, beautiful".

From the Greek name Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopatra) meaning "glory of the father", derived from κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory" combined with πατήρ (pater) meaning "father" (genitive πατρός). This was the name of queens of Egypt from the Ptolemaic royal family, including Cleopatra VII, the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. After being defeated by Augustus she committed suicide (according to popular belief, by allowing herself to be bitten by a venomous asp). Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra (1606) tells the story of her life.

Means "faith" in Swahili, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Feminine form of Leo.

Means "happy one" in Kikuyu.

Means "you have been humbled" in Shona.