humblebee's Personal Name List

Aaron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, German, Finnish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אַהֲרֹן(Hebrew) Ἀαρών(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-ən(English) AR-ən(English) A-RAWN(French) A-rawn(German) AH-ron(Finnish)
From the Hebrew name אַהֲרֹן ('Aharon), which is most likely of unknown Egyptian origin. Other theories claim a Hebrew derivation, and suggest meanings such as "high mountain" or "exalted". In the Old Testament this name is borne by the older brother of Moses. He acted as a spokesman for his brother when they appealed to the pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery. Aaron's rod produced miracles and plagues to intimidate the pharaoh. After the departure from Egypt and arrival at Mount Sinai, God installed Aaron as the first high priest of the Israelites and promised that his descendants would form the priesthood.

As an English name, Aaron has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. This name was borne by the American politician Aaron Burr (1756-1836), notable for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

Abrielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Combination of the prefix a and Brielle, or a variant of Aubrielle.
Achernar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Derived from Arabic ākhir an-nahr, meaning "the end of the river". This is the name of the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus.
Acheron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀχέρων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AK-U-RAWN(Classical Greek) ash-U-rawn(Modern)
Derived from Greek ἄχεα ῥέων (áchea rhéōn) meaning "the stream of woe". Also compare Greek αχος (achos) meaning "pain". Some consider the aforementioned meaning to be folk etymology, saying that instead the name might be derived from Greek acherousai meaning "marsh-like water". In Greek mythology, the Acheron was a branch of the underworld river of Styx, which newly dead souls needed to cross in order to get into Hades.
Achlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Αχλυς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AY-klis, AK-lis, ak-LOOS
Means "death-mist, mist-over-eyes" in Greek. In Greek mythology Achlys was the personification of misery and sadness as well as daemon of the "death-mist", i.e., the clouding over of the eyes preceding death. She was portrayed on the shield of Heracles as a pale, emaciated wraith of a woman, covered in tears, blood and dust.
Acoran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Guanche Mythology
From Guanche aqqoran, derived from *āhɣuran "God", literally "the Celestial", from *ahɣur "firmament, vault of heaven, sky". This was the name of the supreme god in the mythology of the Guanches indigenous to Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands.
Ada 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Hungarian, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AY-də(English) A-dha(Spanish) A-da(Polish) AW-daw(Hungarian) AH-dah(Finnish)
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning "noble". Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
Adairis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Caribbean, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Pronounced: AH-dah-EE-ris(Caribbean Spanish)
Combination of Ada 1 and Iris.
Adele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English, Italian
Pronounced: a-DEH-lə(German) ə-DEHL(English) a-DEH-leh(Italian)
Form of Adela used in several languages. A famous bearer was the dancer and actress Adele Astaire (1896-1981). It was also borne by the British singer Adele Adkins (1988-), known simply as Adele. Shortly after she released her debut album in 2008 the name reentered the American top 1000 chart after 40-year absence.
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh (Rare)
Other Scripts: Айнара(Kazakh) اينارا(Kazakh Arabic)
Personal remark: or Enara
Derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" combined with Arabic نَار (nār) meaning "fire, flame, light" or Persian نار (nâr) meaning "pomegranate" (or also, "fire").
Alec
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-ik
Short form of Alexander.
Aleida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: a-LAY-da
Dutch short form of Adelaide.
Annabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AN-ə-beth
Combination of Anna and Beth.
Annora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Medieval English variant of Honora.
Archer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-chər
From an English surname meaning "bowman, archer", of Old French origin. Although already slowly growing in popularity, this name accelerated its rise after the premiere of the American television series Archer in 2009.
Auburn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Averill
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From an English surname that was originally derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild.
Baker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BAY-kər
From an English occupational surname derived from Old English bakere meaning "baker".
Balerene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque form of Valeriana and Valériane.
Baylor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BAY-lər
From a surname, possibly an Americanized form of the German surname Beiler, derived from Middle High German beile meaning "measuring stick".
Beckett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BEHK-it
From an English surname that could be derived from various sources, including from Middle English bec meaning "beak" or bekke meaning "stream, brook".
Bellicent
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Arthurian Romance
Personal remark: also Belicent
From an Old French form of the Germanic name Belissendis, possibly composed of the elements bili "suitable, proper, fitting, decent, amiable" (cf. Biligard) and swind "strong, brave, powerful".

The form Belisent belongs to a legendary daughter of Charlemagne in the poems 'Ami et Amile' (c.1200) and 'Otinel' or 'Otuel a Knight' (c.1330). In the late 13th-century Arthurian tale 'Arthour and Merlin', Belisent is Arthur's half-sister, the wife of Lot and mother of Gareth; Alfred Lord Tennyson also used the form Belicent in his Arthurian epic 'Gareth and Lynette'.

Blessing
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: BLEHS-ing
From the English word blessing, of Old English origin. This name is most common in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa.
Bliss
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIS
Transferred use of the surname Bliss or from Old English blīths, bliss, of Germanic origin; related to blithe. See also Blythe.
Bonnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHN-ee
Means "pretty" from the Scottish word bonnie, which was itself derived from Middle French bon "good". It has been in use as an American given name since the 19th century, and it became especially popular after the movie Gone with the Wind (1939), in which it was the nickname of Scarlett's daughter.
Boswell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical, Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Boisil.
Bowen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-ən
From a Welsh surname, derived from ap Owain meaning "son of Owain".
Breccán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Derived from Irish brecc "freckled, speckled" combined with a diminutive suffix, making it a cognate of Brychan. This was a common name in early Ireland, borne by at least 13 saints.
Bridget
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: BRIJ-it(English)
Anglicized form of the Irish name Brighid, Old Irish Brigit, from old Celtic *Brigantī meaning "the exalted one". In Irish mythology this was the name of the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god Dagda. In the 5th century it was borne by Saint Brigid, the founder of a monastery at Kildare and a patron saint of Ireland. Because of the saint, the name was considered sacred in Ireland, and it did not come into general use there until the 17th century. In the form Birgitta this name has been common in Scandinavia, made popular by the 14th-century Saint Birgitta of Sweden, patron saint of Europe.
Brisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: BREE-sah
Previously a short form of Briseida, though it is now regarded as an independent name directly from the Spanish word brisa "breeze". In Mexico this name was popularized by a character named Brisa (played by actress Margarita Magaña) on the telenovela "Por tu amor" (1999).
Brynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIN
Feminine variant of Bryn. It was brought to limited public attention in 1978 when the actress Brynn Thayer (1949-) began appearing on the American soap opera One Life to Live [1].
Cabot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
The name 'Cabot' comes from the fifteenth century Italian explorer Giovanni Caboto who was commissioned by the Kingdom of England to discover North America. When Caboto arrived in England is name was changed to John Cabot to sound more English. The name also comes from the famous Cabot family who were very powerful in the Massachusetts Bay area around present day Boston.
Cady
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KAY-dee
While nowadays generally considered a phonetic spelling of Katie or a diminutive of Cadence, Cady was originally derived from a surname which was either a variant of Cade or an Anglicized form of Ó Ceadaigh ("descendant of Ceadach"), with Ceadach being a byname derived from Irish ceadach "talkative".

A known bearer of the surname was the American feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902). It was also used for the central character in the film 'Mean Girls' (2004).

Caelum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: KIE-loom(Latin) KAY-ləm(English)
The name of a faint constellation in the southern sky, which is from Latin caelum meaning "heaven, sky" (compare Caelius) or (allegedly) "burin" (a tool for engraving on copper or other metals).
Caïssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Personal remark: ky-EE-sa
Invented by the Italian writer Marco Girolamo Vida as a goddess of chess in 1527. It was reused in the poem Caïssa (1763) by William Jones. Since then, the name was sporadically given to girls. It is also a popular name for chess clubs.
Calah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Pronounced: cayla
Allegedly from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kallah) meaning "bride", a word sometimes used as a metaphor for the Sabbath (hence, "Shabbat bride"), though it is uncertain whether this is truly used as a Jewish name.

Considering the submitted pronunciation is "cayla", this may be a variant of the Yiddish name Kaila (which was fairly popular in the 19th century among Ashkenazim Jews).

Calandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Personal remark: also Calhandra
Calder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Transferred use of the surname Calder.
Caleb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: כָּלֵב(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: KAY-ləb(English)
Most likely related to Hebrew כֶּלֶב (kelev) meaning "dog". An alternate theory connects it to Hebrew כָּל (kal) meaning "whole, all of" and לֵב (lev) meaning "heart". In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Canaan. Of the Israelites who left Egypt with Moses, Caleb and Joshua were the only ones who lived to see the Promised Land.

As an English name, Caleb came into use after the Protestant Reformation. It was common among the Puritans, who introduced it to America in the 17th century.

Calico
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
From the English word "calico" referring to something "having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth, a kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern." From Calicut, in India, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭ, 'Kozhikode'), from koyil 'palace' + kota 'fort', "fortified palace", with ‘y’ replaced by interchangeable ‘zh’.

A noted bearer is John Rackham (1682 – 1720), commonly known as Calico Jack, an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century, his nickname derived from the calico clothing he wore.

Cambrie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Variant of Cambria.
Cameo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAM-ee-0
It is of Italian and Middle French origin, and the meaning is "skin". From Italian cammeo which refers to a gem portrait carved in relief.
Cana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theology
Pronounced: Kay-na
Name is dervived from the city of Cana as mentioned in the Bible ,John 2:1-11 relating the story of Jesus's first miracle.
Carmen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, Italian, French, Romanian, German
Pronounced: KAR-mehn(Spanish, Italian) KAHR-mən(English)
Medieval Spanish form of Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word carmen meaning "song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).
Cary
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEHR-ee
Variant of Carey. A famous bearer was the British-American actor Cary Grant (1904-1986).
Casmira
Usage: Indonesian
Cassarah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-SEHR-ə, kə-SAR-ə, KAS-ə-rə
Recently created name intended to mean "what will be, will be". It is from the title of the 1956 song Que Sera, Sera, which was taken from the Italian phrase che sarà sarà. The phrase que sera, sera is not grammatically correct in any Romance language.
Catherine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KA-TU-REEN(French) KA-TREEN(French) KATH-ə-rin(English) KATH-rin(English)
French form of Katherine, and also a common English variant.
Cecilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Romanian, Finnish
Pronounced: seh-SEE-lee-ə(English) seh-SEEL-yə(English) cheh-CHEE-lya(Italian) theh-THEE-lya(European Spanish) seh-SEE-lya(Latin American Spanish) seh-SEEL-yah(Danish, Norwegian)
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus meaning "blind". Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd- or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians.

Due to the popularity of the saint, the name became common in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans brought it to England, where it was commonly spelled Cecily — the Latinate form Cecilia came into use in the 18th century.

Ceinwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Derived from Welsh cain "good, lovely" and gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint also known as Cain or Keyne.
Chandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Other Scripts: चन्द्र, चन्द्रा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) চন্দ্র(Bengali) চন্দ্ৰ(Assamese) चंद्रा(Marathi) చంద్ర(Telugu) சந்திரா(Tamil) ಚಂದ್ರ(Kannada)
Pronounced: CHAWND-ro(Bengali)
Personal remark: also Candra
Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चन्द (chand) meaning "to shine". This is a transcription of the masculine form चण्ड (a name of the moon in Hindu texts, which is often personified as a deity) as well as the feminine form चण्डा.
Charles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: CHAHRLZ(English) SHARL(French)
French and English form of Carolus, the Latin form of the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a word meaning "man" (Proto-Germanic *karlaz). However, an alternative theory states that it is derived from the common Germanic name element *harjaz meaning "army".

The popularity of the name in continental Europe was due to the fame of Charles the Great (742-814), commonly known as Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. His grandfather Charles Martel had also been a noted leader of the Franks. It was subsequently the name of several Holy Roman emperors, as well as rulers of France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Hungary (in various spellings). After Charlemagne, his name was adopted as a word meaning "king" in many Eastern European languages, for example Czech král, Hungarian király, Russian король (korol), and Turkish kral.

The name did not become common in Britain until the 17th century when it was borne by the Stuart king Charles I. It had been introduced into the Stuart royal family by Mary Queen of Scots, who had been raised in France. Two other kings of the United Kingdom have borne this name, including the current monarch.

Other famous bearers include naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882) who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) who wrote such works as Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities, French statesman Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), and American cartoonist Charles Schulz (1922-2000), the creator of the Peanuts comic strip.

Chiari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 千亜理, 千亜里, 千愛里, 智愛梨, 知愛利(Japanese Kanji) ちあり(Japanese Hiragana) チアリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: CHEE-AH-ṘEE
This name can be used as 千亜理, 千亜里, 千愛里, 智愛梨 or 知愛利 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand," 智 (chi) meaning "intellect, wisdom," 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom," 亜 (a, tsu.gu) meaning "Asia, come after, rank next," 愛 (ai, ito.shii, o.shimu, kana.shii, mana, me.deru, a) meaning "affection, love," 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "justice, logic, reason, truth," 里 (ri, sato) meaning "parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree" and 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit, gain."

This name is rarely given to girls, if given at all.

Chryssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Χρύσα(Greek)
Alternate transcription of Greek Χρύσα (see Chrysa).
Claremonde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare, Archaic), Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Cajun)
Old French form of Claremunda, which may have been derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright" and Germanic mund "protector".
Clarentine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare, Archaic), Literature
Feminine form of Clarence. This was the title character of a 1796 novel of manners written by Sarah Burney, younger half-sister of Frances Burney.
Clark
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAHRK
From an English surname meaning "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec originally meaning "priest". A famous bearer of the surname was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America. As a first name it was borne by the American actor Clark Gable (1901-1960), as well as the comic book character Clark Kent, the mild-mannered alter ego of Superman, first created 1938.
Clea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, French, Literature
Pronounced: KLAY-ə(English) KLEE-ə(English) KLE-ah(German)
Latinate form of Cleo apparently coined by British novelist Lawrence Durrell for a character in his 'Alexandria Quartet'. A known bearer is American actress Clea DuVall (1977-).
Cléante
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Variant of Cléanthe.
This name appears in the play Tartuffe (1664) by Molière.
Clelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Cloelia.
Clement
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-ənt
English form of the Late Latin name Clemens (or sometimes of its derivative Clementius), which meant "merciful, gentle". This was the name of 14 popes, including Saint Clement I, the third pope, one of the Apostolic Fathers. Another saint by this name was Clement of Alexandria, a 3rd-century theologian and church father who attempted to reconcile Christian and Platonic philosophies. It has been in general as a given name in Christian Europe (in various spellings) since early times. In England it became rare after the Protestant Reformation, though it was revived in the 19th century.
Colter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KOL-tər
From an English surname that was originally given to a keeper of horses, derived from Middle English colt.
Corin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
French form of Quirinus.
Corisande
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, French
Meaning uncertain, from the name of a character in medieval legend, possibly first recorded by Spanish writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. Perhaps it was derived from an older form of Spanish corazón "heart" (e.g., Old Spanish coraçon; ultimately from Latin cor "heart", with the hypothetic Vulgar Latin root *coratione, *coraceone) or the Greek name Chrysanthe. As a nickname it was used by a mistress of King Henry IV of France: Diane d'Andoins (1554-1620), la Belle Corisande. Some usage may be generated by Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera 'Amadis' (1684; based on Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo), in which it belongs to the lover of the prince Florestan. The name was also used by Benjamin Disraeli for a character in his play 'Lothair' (1870).
Cosmia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek (Latinized, Rare), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Other Scripts: Κοσμία(Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοσμία (Kosmia), which meant "orderly, decent".
Creed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kreed
From the English word "creed" meaning "that which is believed, a set of beliefs, particularly religious, or any set of principals adhered to; a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs; or the fact of believing, as in belief, faith". From the Old English credo, creda, from the Latin credo 'I believe', from credere 'to believe'.
Curran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Corraidhín, itself from the given name Corraidhín.
Dane
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAYN
From an English surname that was either a variant of the surname Dean or else an ethnic name referring to a person from Denmark.
Darien
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ee-ən
Personal remark: Pref. for girls. Also, Darian.
Variant of Darian.
Dashiell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: də-SHEEL, DASH-il
In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) it was from his mother's surname, which was possibly an Anglicized form of French de Chiel, of unknown meaning.
Day
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
From the Old English dæġ, from the Proto-Germanic dagaz, from the Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- meaning 'to burn'.
Dean
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEEN
From a surname, see Dean 1 and Dean 2. The actor James Dean (1931-1955) was a famous bearer of the surname.
Desmond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: DEHZ-mənd(English)
Anglicized form of Irish Deasmhumhain meaning "south Munster", referring to the region of Desmond in southern Ireland, formerly a kingdom. It can also come from the related surname (an Anglicized form of Ó Deasmhumhnaigh), which indicated a person who came from that region. A famous bearer is the South African archbishop and activist Desmond Tutu (1931-2021).
Destry
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English
Pronounced: DES-tree(Popular Culture)
English form of Destrier, a French surname derived from the Anglo-Norman word destrer meaning "warhorse". This name was popularized by the western novel 'Destry Rides Again' (1930, by Max Brand) and two subsequent identically-named film adaptations (1932 and 1939).
Devanie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DEV-a-nee
Personal remark: DEV-uh-nee, also Devony
Devlin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DEV-lin
Transferred use of the surname Devlin.
Diandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Dutch (Antillean), English (American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: dee-AHN-dra(Dutch)
Combination of Diana and Alexandra or Sandra.

A well-known bearer of this name is Diandra Luker (b. 1957), the ex-wife of the American actor Michael Douglas (b. 1944).

Dita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Croatian and Slovene short form of Edita and Croatian short form of Judita.
Dolan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: DO-lən
Transferred use of the surname Dolan.
Donovan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHN-ə-vən
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Donndubháin, itself derived from the given name Donndubán. This name is borne by the Scottish folk musician Donovan Leitch (1946-), known simply as Donovan.
Dorigen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: DAWR-ə-jən
Meaning unknown, probably of Celtic origin. This is the name of the faithful wife in 'The Franklin's Tale', one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Douglas
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: DUG-ləs
Personal remark: Like for a boy, LOVE for a girl
From a Scottish surname that was from the name of a town in Lanarkshire, itself named after a tributary of the River Clyde called the Douglas Water. It means "dark river", derived from Gaelic dubh "dark" and glais "water, river" (an archaic word related to glas "grey, green"). This was a Scottish Lowland clan, the leaders of which were powerful earls in the medieval period. The Gaelic form is Dùghlas or Dùbhghlas. It has been used as a given name since the 16th century.
Dove
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUV
From the English word for the variety of bird, seen as a symbol of peace.
Dugan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dugan.
Duncan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: DUNG-kən(English)
Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic name Donnchadh, derived from Old Irish donn "brown" and cath "battle". This was the name of two kings of Scotland, including the one who was featured in Shakespeare's play Macbeth (1606).
Edeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Anglo-Norman, French, Haitian Creole
Old French variant of Adelina. It was borne by Edeline Thwenge, a 14th-century heiress of Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire, England. The Edeline Islands of Western Australia are named for Lady Edeline Sackville-West (1870-1918), the wife of Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland.
Edmée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Feminine form of Edmé.
Edyta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: eh-DI-ta
Polish form of Edith.
Edyth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EE-dith
Personal remark: also Edythe and Edith
Variant of Edith, in use in the English-speaking world since the 1200s.
Egidia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: eh-JEE-dya(Italian) eh-GEE-dya(Polish)
Italian feminine form of Egidio and Polish feminine form of Egidiusz.
Eilonwy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
From Welsh eilon meaning "deer, stag" or "song, melody". This name was used by Lloyd Alexander in his book series The Chronicles of Prydain (1964-1968) as well as the Disney film adaptation The Black Cauldron (1985).
Eisabèu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Provençal
Provençal form of Elizabeth.
Elara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐλάρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHL-ə-rə(English)
Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Elaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Medieval English
Pronounced: el-ay-ree-uh(English) el-ah-ree-uh(English)
A medieval English form of Eulalia.
The name came about due to a confusion of the second L with R in the local dialect of the West Country. The cult of St Eulalia spread from Spain and France to the English West Country, where, like Ellery (a corruption of Eulalie) for girls, Elaria seems to have been used the most.
Elestren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish elester meaning "iris flower". This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Eli 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֵלִי(Hebrew) Ἠλί(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-lie(English)
Means "ascension" in Hebrew. In the Books of Samuel in the Old Testament he is a high priest of the Israelites. He took the young Samuel into his service and gave him guidance when God spoke to him. Because of the misdeeds of his sons, Eli and his descendants were cursed to die before reaching old age.

Eli has been used as an English Christian given name since the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was the American inventor of the cotton gin Eli Whitney (1765-1825).

Eliam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיעָם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: eh-lee-ahm(Biblical English, Hebrew)
Means "God's people" in Hebrew, derived from Hebrew el "God" and am "people". Eliam was the name of a biblical character listed in the Books of Samuel as one of "The Thirty."
Elina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Swedish
Pronounced: EH-lee-nah(Finnish) eh-LEE-nah(Swedish)
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen.
Eliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian
Other Scripts: ელიზა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-LIE-zə(English) eh-LYEE-za(Polish) EH-lee-zaw(Hungarian)
Short form of Elizabeth. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913) and the subsequent musical adaptation My Fair Lady (1956).
Elliot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ee-ət
From a surname that was a variant of Elliott.
Ellora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French (Modern)
Personal remark: or Elora
Of uncertain origin and meaning. It might be a variant of Elora or an adoption of the name of the Ellora Caves of India, an ancient network of caverns containing hieroglyphic writings archeologists still have not deciphered the meaning of.
Elorria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn". In Basque folklore, the hawthorn has been considered a sacred plant.
Elsbeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scots (Rare), German
Ulster Scots variant of Elspeth and German contracted form of Elisabeth.
Embeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EM-beth
Contraction of Emily and Elizabeth. Embeth Davidtz (1965-) is a South African actress.
Embry
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Literature, English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: EHM-bree
Transferred use of the surname Embry. It was used by Stephenie Meyer for a character in her 'Twilight' series of books.
Emiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 英美里, 絵美里(Japanese Kanji) えみり(Japanese Hiragana)
Japanese feminine name derived from 英 (ei) meaning "flower, petal, leaf, fine, bright" or 絵 (e) meaning "sketch, paint, draw" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", with the suffix 里 (ri) meaning "village".
Emma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Latvian, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: EHM-ə(English) EH-MA(French) EH-ma(Spanish, German) EHM-mah(Finnish) EHM-maw(Hungarian)
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element irmin meaning "whole" or "great" (Proto-Germanic *ermunaz). It was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife both of King Ethelred II (and by him the mother of Edward the Confessor) and later of King Canute. It was also borne by an 11th-century Austrian saint, who is sometimes called Hemma.

After the Norman Conquest this name became common in England. It was revived in the 18th century, perhaps in part due to Matthew Prior's 1709 poem Henry and Emma [2]. It was also used by Jane Austen for the central character, the matchmaker Emma Woodhouse, in her novel Emma (1816).

In the United States, it was third in rank in 1880 (behind only the ubiquitous Mary and Anna). It declined steadily over the next century, beginning another rise in the 1980s and eventually becoming the most popular name for girls in 2008. At this time it also experienced similar levels of popularity elsewhere, including the United Kingdom (where it began rising a decade earlier), Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. Famous bearers include the actresses Emma Thompson (1959-), Emma Stone (1988-) and Emma Watson (1990-).

Ersa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ερσα(Ancient Greek)
Doric Greek form of Herse, the Greek goddess of dew whose name ultimately derives from Ἑρση (herse) meaning "dew".
Esmeree
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Romance
Personal remark: or Esmeray
Perhaps derived from Old French esmer meaning "to like, love, respect". This was the name of an enchanted queen of Wales in Le Bel Inconnu (ca. 1185-90), an Old French Arthurian poem by Renaut de Bâgé. In the poem, Blonde Esmeree is transformed from a serpent back into a maiden by the hero Guinglain, also known as the Fair Unknown.
Estera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Slovak, Romanian, Lithuanian
Pronounced: eh-STEH-ra(Polish)
Polish, Slovak, Romanian and Lithuanian form of Esther.
Euan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: YOO-ən(English)
Anglicized form of Eòghann.
Evanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Irish, Scottish, English, Italian (Rare), Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Personal remark: also Evana
Either the feminine form of Evan and a combination of Eva and Anna.

A famous bearer is Irish actress Evanna Lynch (1991-) known for her role as Luna Lovegood in the movie adaptation of 'Harry Potter' saga.

Evanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Euanthe.
Evelien
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: eh-və-LEEN
Dutch form of Evelina.
Évelyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EHV-LEEN
French form of Evelina.
Evening
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
From the English word, evening, the last part of the day.
Ever
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər
Simply from the English word ever, derived from Old English æfre.
Everley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər-lee
Personal remark: also Everly
Variant of Everly.
Faber
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Fable
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY-bel
Derived from the word for a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities, and that illustrates a moral lesson.
The word "fable" comes from the Latin fabula (a "story"), itself derived from fari ("to speak") with the -ula suffix that signifies "little".
Fairamay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
A character from the novel The Journey to the Forest of Temptation by George Harpen.
Fairlight
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature
A transferred use of the surname Fairlight used as far back as the 1800's in England and the States.
Faith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAYTH
Simply from the English word faith, ultimately from Latin fidere "to trust". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Fawn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWN
From the English word fawn for a young deer.
Fenimore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Transferred use of the surname Fenimore, an English surname which was originally a nickname derived from Old French fin "fine, splendid" and amour "love".
Fern
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FURN
From the English word for the plant, ultimately from Old English fearn. It has been used as a given name since the late 19th century.
Fîa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Fia.
Fiammetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: fyam-MEHT-ta
Diminutive of Fiamma.
Field
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Field.
Finna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Danish (Rare), Old Norse
Old Norse feminine form of Finnr.
Firella
Usage: Obscure
Fischer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Pronounced: FISH-er
Transferred from the originally German surname Fischer "fisher".
Frida 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element fridu meaning "peace" (Proto-Germanic *friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
Frost
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Transferred use of the surname Frost or from the English word.
Gable
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAY-bəl
Transferred use of the surname Gable.
Galatea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Γαλάτεια(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Greek Γαλάτεια (Galateia), probably derived from γάλα (gala) meaning "milk". This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology including a sea nymph who was the daughter of Doris and Nereus and the lover of Acis. According to some sources, this was also the name of the ivory statue carved by Pygmalion that came to life.
Galiena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval German, Medieval English
Of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory, however, tries to connect this name to Latin Gallus, Galla "inhabitant of Gallia".
Gannon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Transferred use of the surname Gannon.
Garrett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAR-it, GEHR-it
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Gerald or Gerard. A famous bearer of the surname was Pat Garrett (1850-1908), the sheriff who shot Billy the Kid.
Gatsby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GATZ-bee
Transferred use of the surname Gatsby.
Gautier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: GO-TYEH
Personal remark: Fr. form of Walter; also Gauthier
French form of Walter.
Gelsey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Gelsey.
Genessee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Seneca, English
From Seneca fen-nis'-hee-yo "the beautiful valley". It is also the name of many locations in the United States.
Gillian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIL-ee-ən, GIL-ee-ən
Medieval English feminine form of Julian. This spelling has been in use since the 13th century, though it was not declared a distinct name from Julian until the 17th century [1].
Glendora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Presumably a feminine form of Glendower.
Grace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYS
From the English word grace, which ultimately derives from Latin gratia. This was one of the virtue names created in the 17th century by the Puritans. The actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) was a famous bearer.

This name was very popular in the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century. Though it declined in use over the next 100 years, it staged a successful comeback at the end of the 20th century. The American sitcom Will and Grace (1998-2006) may have helped, though the name was already strongly rising when it premiered. It was the top name for girls in England and Wales in 2006.

Grayden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: Gray-den
Transferred use of the surname Grayden.
Green
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Medieval English
Pronounced: GREEN(English)
Transferred use of the surname Green.
Greenlee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Pronounced: GREEN-lee(English)
Transferred use of the surname Greenlee.
Gregory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GREHG-ə-ree
English form of Latin Gregorius, which was from the Late Greek name Γρηγόριος (Gregorios), derived from γρήγορος (gregoros) meaning "watchful, alert". This name was popular among early Christians, being borne by a number of important saints including Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus (3rd century), Saint Gregory the Illuminator (4th century), Saint Gregory of Nyssa (4th century), Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (4th century), and Saint Gregory of Tours (6th century). It was also borne by the 6th-century pope Saint Gregory I the Great, a reformer and Doctor of the Church, as well as 15 subsequent popes.

Due to the renown of the saints by this name, Gregory (in various spellings) has remained common in the Christian world through the Middle Ages and to the present day. It has been used in England since the 12th century. A famous bearer from the modern era was American actor Gregory Peck (1916-2003).

Guenevera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of Guinevere.
Gwenlaouen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton (Rare)
Personal remark: Also Gwenlowen
Masculine and feminine variant of Gwellaouen.
Hadara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: הֲדָרָה(Hebrew)
Variant of Hadar.
Haidee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: HAY-dee(English)
Perhaps intended to derive from Greek αἰδοῖος (aidoios) meaning "modest, reverent". This name was created by Lord Byron for a character (written as Haidée) in his 1819 poem Don Juan [1].
Hale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAYL
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" from Old English healh.
Hana 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 花, 華, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-NA
From Japanese (hana) or (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Hanneliese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Austrian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Pronounced: HAH-nə-LEE-zə(Austrian German)
Combination of Hanne 1 and Liese.
Hark
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (South)
Possibly a religious themed named from the word Hark, meaning "listen," a popular word used in the Bible.
Harvest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Harvester.
This name has been in occasional use since the 1800s.
Helianthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Personal remark: also Heliantha
Derived from Hélianthe, the French name for Helianthus, which is a genus of plants. It is ultimately derived from Greek helianthos meaning "sun-flower", from Greek helios "sun" and anthos "flower".
Hesione
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἡσιόνη(Ancient Greek)
Said to mean "knowing" from Greek ἡσο (heso). In Greek mythology this was an epithet of Pronoia, the Titan goddess of foresight and wife of the Titan Prometheus; it was also borne by a legendary Trojan princess, a daughter of King Laomedon and sister to Priam. George Bernard Shaw used the name for a character (Hesione Hushabye) in his 1916 play 'Heartbreak House'.
Hesperia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Spanish
Other Scripts: Ἑσπερια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: hes-PEER-ee-ə(Greek Mythology)
Personal remark: also Hespera
Derived from Greek hesperos "evening" (see Hesperos). In Greek myth this was the name of one of the three Hesperides, goddesses of the evening and sunsets. Hesperia was also a Greek name of Italy, meaning "the land where the sun sets" (as in the case of asteroid 69 Hesperia).
Holiday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: HAHL-i-day
Transferred use of the surname Holiday.
Houston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HYOO-stin
From a Scottish surname meaning "Hugh's town". The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow, but this is also the name of a city in Texas, named after the Texas president Sam Houston (1793-1863).
Hudson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HUD-sən
From an English surname meaning "son of Hudde". A famous bearer of the surname was the English explorer Henry Hudson (1570-1611).
Ianeira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰάνειρα(Ancient Greek)
Possibly from Greek Ἰάν (Ian), a variant of Ἴων (Ion) meaning "Ionian", the Ionians being a Greek tribe. The name Ianeira was borne by a few characters in Greek mythology, including one of the Nereids and one of the Oceanids.
Ileana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: ee-LYA-na(Romanian)
Personal remark: also Iliana, Illyana
Possibly a Romanian variant of Elena. In Romanian folklore this is the name of a princess kidnapped by monsters and rescued by a heroic knight.
Iliona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἰλίωνα, Ἰλιόνη(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Ilione, as well as the Italian, French, Russian and Ukrainian form. Alternatively, it might be spelled Ἰλίωνα (Iliona) in Greek. In Greek myth Iliona or Ilione was a Trojan princess, a daughter of Priam and Hecuba and wife of Polymestor, a king in Thrace.
Illyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Various (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ίλλυρία(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Illyrios.
Iluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Ancient Basque name that was first found on inscriptions in Aquitaine dating back to the 1st to 3rd centuries.
Its origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that it might be derived from the Basque adjective ilun (illun in Old Basque, ilunn in Aquitain), meaning "darkness; dark; sombre; gloomy; mysterious; obscure".
Ilza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Sorbian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Polish and Sorbian form of Ilse and Brazilian Portuguese variant of Ilsa.
Inara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese (Brazilian), Popular Culture
The name of a leading female character from the TV show Firefly and Serenity movie created by Joss Whedon.

It is sometimes claimed to be a feminine form of the Basque masculine name Inar, with the meaning "ray of light", or a feminine name of Arabic origin with the meaning "heaven sent". Both of these origins, however, seem suspicious at best.

Indy 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: IN-dee(English)
Personal remark: character name only
Diminutive of Indiana. This is the nickname of the hero of the Indiana Jones movies, starring Harrison Ford.
Ingrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: ING-rid(Swedish) ING-ri(Norwegian) ING-grit(German) ING-greet(German) ING-ghrit(Dutch)
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with fríðr "beautiful, beloved". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).
Innogen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Personal remark: character name only
Probably derived from Old Irish ingen meaning "daughter" or "girl" (see Imogen).
This was the form of Ignoge used by Milton. (According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Ignoge was the name of a princess who was given in marriage by her father, King Pandrasus of Greece, to the Trojan exile Brutus in exchange for Pandrasus' freedom. In Britain, she became the mother of Locrine, Albanact and Humber.)
The spelling Inogen was used by Richard Hole in his prose Arthur (1789), where the name belonged to the daughter of Merlin, later the wife of Arthur.
Iowa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern)
Pronounced: IE-o-ə, IE-ə-wə
Personal remark: character name only
By way of French Aiouez, from the Dakota word ayúxba/ayuxwe and named after the Iowa tribe. The name seems to have no further known etymology though some give it the meaning "sleepy ones".
Irénée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EE-REH-NEH
Personal remark: Masculine in France, but I love it for a girl
French form of Irenaeus, also occasionally a feminine form.
Irina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Georgian, Finnish, Estonian
Other Scripts: Ирина(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) ირინა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-RYEE-nə(Russian) EE-ree-nah(Finnish)
Form of Irene in several languages.
Iris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἶρις(Ancient Greek) Ίρις(Greek)
Pronounced: IE-ris(English) EE-ris(German, Dutch) EE-rees(Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Italian) EE-REES(French)
Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.
Irisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian, Latvian (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Cognate of Iris.
Isabelline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Ismay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British), Dutch, Anglo-Norman, Medieval Irish
Variant of Isemay, an Anglo-Norman name of uncertain origin and meaning. It was also recorded in medieval Ireland on women born into Anglo-Norman families.
Ivelisse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Caribbean)
Spanish form of Yvelise, especially used in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
Jacoby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK-ə-bee, jə-KO-bee
Transferred use of the surname Jacoby.
Jagger
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAG-ər
From an English surname meaning "carter, peddler". It is used as a given name in honour of the British musician Mick Jagger (1943-), the lead vocalist of the Rolling Stones.
Jaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English, Indian
Pronounced: JAY-na(Literature, English)
Personal remark: also Jayna
The name of the daughter of Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars expanded universe.
James
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAYMZ(English)
English form of the Late Latin name Iacomus, a variant of the Biblical Latin form Iacobus, from the Hebrew name Ya'aqov (see Jacob). This was the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded under Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus.

This name has been used in England since the 13th century, though it became more common in Scotland where it was borne by several kings. In the 17th century the Scottish king James VI inherited the English throne, becoming the first ruler of all Britain, and the name grew much more popular. In American name statistics (recorded since 1880) this name has never been out of the top 20, making it arguably the era's most consistently popular name. It was the top ranked name for boys in the United States from 1940 to 1952.

Famous bearers include the English explorer Captain James Cook (1728-1779), the Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819), and the Irish novelist and poet James Joyce (1882-1941). This name has also been borne by six American presidents. A notable fictional bearer is the British spy James Bond, created by author Ian Fleming in 1953.

Jane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYN
Medieval English form of Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of Iohannes (see John). This became the most common feminine form of John in the 17th century, surpassing Joan. In the first half of the 20th century Joan once again overtook Jane for a few decades in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

Famous bearers include the uncrowned English queen Lady Jane Grey (1536-1554), who ruled for only nine days, British novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817), who wrote Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, British primatologist Jane Goodall (1934-), and American actress Jane Fonda (1937-). This is also the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847), which tells of Jane's sad childhood and her relationship with Edward Rochester.

January
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: ya-noo-WA-ri
Polish form of Januarius.
Japheth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יֶפֶת(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAY-fith(English)
From the Hebrew name יֶפֶת (Yefet) meaning "enlarged". In the Old Testament he is one of the three sons of Noah, along with Shem and Ham. He was the ancestor of the peoples of Europe and Northern Asia.
Jenalyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Modern), English (Modern)
Pronounced: jen-ə-lin(English)
Combination of Jena and the popular suffix lyn.
Jenara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Feminine form of Jenaro.
Jennet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic), Medieval English, Medieval Scottish, Scottish (Archaic)
Personal remark: "JEN-et," not "jen-ET"
Variant of Janet found in medieval documents from England, Scotland and Ireland.
Jeremy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JEHR-ə-mee(English) JEHR-mee(English)
English form of Jeremiah, originally a medieval vernacular form. This is the spelling used in some English versions of the New Testament.
Jessamy
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, Romani
Pronounced: JEH-sə-mi(English)
While in modern times this name is sometimes considered a blend of Jessa and Amy, it is actually an old form of Jasmine which was used from the late 1700s onwards.
Joely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Joel.

A well-known bearer of this name is British actress Joely Richardson.

Jolyon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Medieval form of Julian. The author John Galsworthy used it for a character in his Forsyte Saga novels (published between 1906 and 1922).
Jonas 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἰωνᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: YOO-nas(Swedish) YO-nas(German) JO-nəs(English)
From Ἰωνᾶς (Ionas), the Greek form of Jonah. This spelling is used in some English translations of the New Testament.
Jonquil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: JAHNG-kwəl
From the English word for the type of flower, derived ultimately from Latin iuncus "reed".
Josiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: יֹאשִׁיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jo-SIE-ə(English)
From the Hebrew name יֹאשִׁיָהוּ (Yoshiyahu) meaning "Yahweh supports". In the Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah famous for his religious reforms. He was killed fighting the Egyptians at Megiddo in the 7th century BC. In England this name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
Jubilee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Popular Culture
Pronounced: joo-bə-LEE(English) JOO-bə-lee(English)
From the English word jubilee meaning "season of rejoicing", which is derived from Hebrew יוֹבֵל (yovel) "ram, ram's horn; a jubilee year: a year of rest, prescribed by the Jewish Bible to occur each fiftieth year, after seven cycles of seven years; a period of celebration or rejoicing" (via Late Latin iubilaeus and Greek ἰώβηλος (iobelos)). In Latin, the form of the word was altered by association with the unrelated Latin verb iubilare "to shout with joy".

It may also refer to African-American folk songs known as Jubilees.

In popular culture, Jubilee is the 'mutant' name (a contraction of Jubilation Lee) of one of the protagonists of Marvel's X-Men line of comics.

Jynx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JINGKS
Personal remark: character name only
Latinized form of Iynx, or directly from the English word meaning “wryneck” (a bird used in witchcraft and divination).
Kanah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Other Scripts: קָנָה(Hebrew)
Personal remark: or Kana
Means "reedy, brook of reeds". It is a river, mentioned in the Old Testament, that extends from the Mediterranean to Tappuah.
Kanami
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 佳南, 光波, 奏心(Japanese Kanji)
Japanese feminine name with several possible meanings; 佳南 "good, auspicious, beautiful; south"; 光波 meaning "bright waves" and 奏心 "play music; heart, mind, soul", amongst many others.
Karia
Usage: Indian (Christian)
Derived from the given name Zechariah.
Kasmira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Contracted form of Kasimira.
Kateri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
From the Mohawk pronunciation of Katherine. This was the name adopted by the 17th-century Mohawk saint Tekakwitha upon her baptism.
Katriel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: כתריאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: kah-dhree-EL(Hebrew)
Means "the crowned Lord" (or possibly "crown of God") in Hebrew. From the Hebrew keter (כֶּתֶר) "crown" and el (אֵל) "god".
Kazimiera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Lithuanian
Pronounced: ka-zheen-MYEH-ra(Polish)
Feminine form of Kazimierz (Polish) or Kazimieras (Lithuanian).
Kellyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: American (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)
Personal remark: also Kellen/Kellan
Variant and feminine form of Kellan.
Kenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Feminine form of Kenneth.
Kephirah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: כְּפִירָה, כפירה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: kə-FIE-rə(English)
Personal remark: kǝ-FIE-rǝ
From the name of a city "in Benjamin" which is mentioned several times in the Old Testament, derived from Hebrew כְּפִיר (kephir), which meant both "village" (as covered in by walls) and "(young) lion" (perhaps as covered with a mane; compare Kfir).
Kes
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
The name of a character in Star Trek, as well as the name of Billy's kestrel in the play Kes.
Keterlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval German
Medieval German diminutive of Katharina.
Kincaid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIN-kayd
Derived from Gaelic ceann "top, head" and either caithe "pass" or catha "battle". Kincaid is a famous Scottish Clan.
The clan's name was used in the Strathclyde Kingdom and then by people who lived at Kincaid in the county of Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Kirrily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Pronounced: KEER-ə-lee
Personal remark: or Kiralee
Possibly an elaboration of Kiri or Kira 2. It seems to have been brought to attention in Australia in the 1970s by the actress Kirrily Nolan.
Kyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Kynan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Possibly a form of Kynon, the legendary son of Clydno in the Mabinogion. Means "Chief."
Landry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
French form of Landric. This name was borne by a few French saints, including a 5th-century bishop of Sées and a 7th-century bishop of Paris.
Laurel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-əl
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.
Levana 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לְבָנָה(Hebrew)
Modern Hebrew transcription of Lebanah, used as a feminine name.
Liberty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIB-ər-tee
Simply from the English word liberty, derived from Latin libertas, a derivative of liber "free". Interestingly, since 1880 this name has charted on the American popularity lists in three different periods: in 1918 (at the end of World War I), in 1976 (the American bicentennial), and after 2001 (during the War on Terrorism) [1].
Liliane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LEE-LYAN
French form of Lillian.
Lilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Lindley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: lind-lee
Transferred use of the English surname Lindley (see also Linley).
Lionel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: LYAW-NEHL(French) LIE-ə-nəl(English) LIE-nəl(English)
French diminutive of Léon. It appears in Arthurian legend in the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail Cycle, belonging to a knight who was the brother of Sir Bors. A notable modern bearer is the Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi (1987-).
Lovejoy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan)
A combination of Love 2 and Joy, which possibly originated as a given name with the Puritans.

This name also exists as a surname (see Lovejoy), in which case it is said to be derived from a Middle English nickname for a joyous person.

Loxley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAHKS-lee
Transferred use of the surname Loxley.
Luna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English
Pronounced: LOO-na(Latin, Spanish, Italian) LOO-nə(English)
Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
Mabli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: MAB-lee
Welsh form of Mabel. It was coined circa 1900.
Mabry
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Transferred use of the surname Mabry.
Macadden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Machi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 萬千, 萬知, 麻千, 麻知, 真千, 真知(kanji) まち (Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-CHEE
Derived from the Japanese kanji 萬 (ma) meaning "ten thousand" or 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp, flax" or 真 (ma) meaning "truth; pure; genuine" combined with 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" or 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom".

Using the kanji 町 or 街 (machi) this is a vocabulary word meaning "city, town, street".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Madalgrim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Personal remark: Character name only
Derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place" combined with Old Norse grîma "mask."
Madigan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American), Literature
Pronounced: MAD-i-gən(American English)
Transferred use of the Irish surname Madigan or from the Gaelic given name Madagán or Madadhán means "little dog".

It is the name of a primary character, Madigan "Maddie" Kinnick in Lauren Myracle's 'ttyl' series of young adult novels.

Mahara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori (Rare)
Malcolm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: MAL-kəm(English)
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Máel Coluim, which means "disciple of Saint Columba". This was the name of four kings of Scotland starting in the 10th century, including Malcolm III, who became king after killing Macbeth, the usurper who had defeated his father Duncan. The character Malcolm in Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth (1606) is loosely based on him. Another famous bearer was Malcolm X (1925-1965), an American civil rights leader.
Maple
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-pəl
From the English word for the tree, derived from Old English mapul. This is the name of a girl in Robert Frost's poem Maple (1923) who wonders about the origin of her unusual name.
March
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the name of the month, which was derived from the name of the Roman god Mars.
Margaret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-grit, MAHR-gə-rit
Derived from Latin Margarita, which was from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites) meaning "pearl", a word that was probably ultimately a borrowing from an Indo-Iranian language. Saint Margaret, the patron of expectant mothers, was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century. Later legends told of her escape from a dragon, with which she was often depicted in medieval art. The saint was popular during the Middle Ages, and her name has been widely used in the Christian world.

As an English name it has been very popular since the Middle Ages. It was the top name for girls in England and Wales in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, but it declined in the latter half of the 20th century.

Other saints by this name include a queen of Scotland and a princess of Hungary. It was also borne by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in the 14th century. Famous literary bearers include American writer Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), the author of Gone with the Wind, and Canadian writer Margaret Atwood (1939-). Others include American anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978) and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013).

Marilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of Mary or a variant of Amaryllis. More common in the 19th century, this name was borne by the American suffragist Marilla Ricker (1840-1920). It is also the name of the adoptive mother of Anne in L. M. Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables (1908).
Marsibil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Icelandic
Old Norse name of unknown meaning, perhaps related to Marcibilia.
Martha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Μάρθα(Greek) Марѳа(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: MAHR-thə(English) MAR-ta(German)
From Aramaic מַרְתָּא (marta') meaning "the lady, the mistress", feminine form of מַר (mar) meaning "master". In the New Testament this is the name of the sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethany (who is sometimes identified with Mary Magdalene). She was a witness to Jesus restoring her dead brother to life.

The name was not used in England until after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer was Martha Washington (1731-1802), the wife of the first American president George Washington. It is also borne by the media personality Martha Stewart (1941-).

Maryn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Marijn.
Marzana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Slavic Mythology, Baltic Mythology
Personal remark: see also Marzanna
Baltic and Slavic goddess associated with seasonal agrarian rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature, Marzana is often referred to as a goddess of death.

In medieval (Christian) written sources, she is mentioned as early as the 9th century, although her exact function seems to be somewhat disputed. The medieval encyclopedical dictionary Mater Verborum (also called Glosa Salomonis), written around 1240, compares her to the Greek goddess Hecate, associating her with sorcery, while 15th-century Polish chronicler Jan Długosz likened her to Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture.
Either way, to this day in some regions of Poland, there is a festival held where an effigy of Marzanna is made in the month of March, and is burned to symbolize the triumph of springtime over winter. This is known as The Burning and Drowning Ritual of Marzanna.

The origin and meaning of her name is also a source of dispute.
Some scholars derive her name from the same Indo-European root word that gave us Latin mors "death" and Russian mor "pestilence", emphasizing the death aspect of the goddess.
Others argue that her name might be related to a Slavic root word meaning "to freeze" or "frozen", in accordance with her function as a goddess of winter, while some scholars point out that mara is a Russian dialect word meaning "phantom; vision; hallucination", linking her to mare, an evil spirit in Germanic and Slavic folklore, associated with nightmares and sleep paralysis.
Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov, however, supposed that her name was derived from the same root as the name of the Roman god of war Mars, who was originally an agricultural deity (a theory that some academics like to back up by the fact that the Polish word for "(the month of) March" is marzec).

Maura 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: MAWR-ə(English)
Anglicized form of Máire. It has also been associated with Irish mór meaning "great". This was the name of an obscure 5th-century Irish martyr.
Mazvita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Shona
Pronounced: Ma-z-vhi-ta
Means "we are grateful" or "many thanks" in Shona.
Meditrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Roman goddess of wine and health, possibly created to explain the Roman holiday of Meditrinalia (Oct. 11); generally taken to mean 'healer'
Medora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Created by Lord Byron for a character in his poem The Corsair (1814). It is not known what inspired Byron to use this name. The year the poem was published, it was used as the middle name of Elizabeth Medora Leigh (1814-1849), a niece and rumoured daughter of Byron.
Megasthenes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Μεγασθένης(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: character name only
Means "great strength", derived from Greek μέγας (megas) "great, large, huge" combined with Greek σθενος (sthenos) "vigour, strength." This name was borne by a Greek ethnographer and explorer from the 3rd century BC.
Melinoe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μηλινόη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: mə-LIN-o-ee
Personal remark: character name only
Name of a minor figure in Greek mythology, spelled Μηλινοη (Mêlinoê) or Μειλινοη (Meilinoê), possibly derived from Greek μήλινος (mêlinos) "of a quince-yellow, having the colour of quince", quince being a type of fruit, the yellowish-green colour of which allegedly "evoked the pallor of illness or death for the Greeks." If originally spelled Meilinoe, it may be derived from Greek μείλια (meilia) "propitiations, offerings to the dead".
In Greek legend she was a chthonic nymph or goddess, often given as the daughter of Persephone and Zeus, and occasionally suggested to be the daughter of Hades (in his role as a kind of "underground or chthonic Zeus"). Melinoe presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead and was depicted with her limbs black on one side and white on the other. As a divinity she seems to have been worshipped only in the Orphic mysteries.
Melizanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Polish form of Mélisande.
Memphis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHM-fis
From the name of an important city of ancient Egypt, or the city in Tennessee that was named after it. It is derived from a Greek form of Egyptian mn-nfr meaning "enduring beauty".
Menolly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: MEN-ə-lee
The name of the heroine in Anne McCaffrey's The Harper Hall trilogy.
Mercer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Transferred use of the surname Mercer.
Mercy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-see
From the English word mercy, ultimately from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Merida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
The name of the main character in the Disney/Pixar movie Brave (2012) about a medieval Scottish princess. The meaning of her name is unexplained, though it could be based on the Spanish city of Mérida, derived from Latin Emerita Augusta meaning "veterans of Augustus", so named because it was founded by the emperor Augustus as a colony for his veterans.
Meridian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: mə-RID-ee-ən
From the English word, which is directly from Latin meridianus meaning "of midday, of noon, southerly, to the south". It was used by Alice Walker for the heroine of her novel 'Meridian' (1976).
Messalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Catalan
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Messalla, which was originally an agnomen derived from the place name Messana, applied to the 3rd-century BC Roman general Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus to commemorate his victory at the city of Messana in Sicily. The city's name is a Mycenaean Greek form of Messene (Greek: Μεσσήνη), which is of uncertain meaning, possibly from Greek μέσος (mesos) "middle". Messalina was the third wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, who was eventually executed for conspiring against her weak husband.
Michiyo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: MEE-CHEE-YO
A thousand generations of beauty
Three thousand generations
Miharu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美晴(Japanese Kanji) みはる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: ME-HAH-ROO
"Mi"=beauty or "Mi"=ocean and "haru"= clear or "haru"= Sun(light) or "haru"=spring. Mostly feminine.
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Means "beautiful clear sky".
Mikiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美 貴 子, 幹子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
From the kanji 美 (mi)- "beautiful, combined with 貴 (ki)- "honour, respect" and 子 (ko)- "child"; alternatively, 幹 (miki)- "tree trunk" and 子 (ko)- "child",as well as other kanji or kanji combinations which have the same reading.
Miller
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIL-ər
From an English occupational surname for a miller, derived from Middle English mille "mill".
Mímir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse, Icelandic
Pronounced: MEE-meer(Norse Mythology)
Derived from Old Norse mímir "memory", which is related to Old English gemimor "well-known", modern Dutch mijmeren "to muse, to ponder" and Latin memor "mindful, remembering." In Norse mythology, Mímir was a god who had omniscient wisdom and knowledge and who was keeper of the Well of Wisdom in Jotunheim (the world of the Giants).
Misa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美沙, 海沙, 三幸, 三桜(Japanese Kanji) みさ(Japanese Hiragana) ミサ(Japanese Katakana)
From the Japanese kanji 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful", 海 (mi) meaning "sea" or 三 (mi) meaning "three" combined with 沙 (sa) meaning "fine sand" or 幸 (sa) meaning "happiness".

Other Kanji combinations available.

Moon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MOON, MUWN
From Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô.
Morana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Croatian
Personal remark: Also Morena
From a Slavic root meaning "death, plague" [1]. In Slavic mythology this was the name of the goddess of winter and death.
Narcyza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: nar-TSI-za
Polish form of Narcissa.
Natalya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Наталья(Russian)
Pronounced: nu-TA-lyə
Russian form of Natalia (see Natalie).
Nathaniel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: נְתַנְאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: nə-THAN-yəl(English)
Variant of Nathanael. It has been regularly used in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. This has been the most popular spelling, even though the spelling Nathanael is found in most versions of the New Testament. The American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), author of The Scarlet Letter, was a famous bearer of this name.
Navarre
Usage: French
Pronounced: NU-VAWR
From the name of the historic Royaume de Navarre, a kingdom in the West Pyrenees mountains which is divided today between Spain and France. It is either derived from the Basque nabar, meaning "brownish" or "multicolor" (which would be a contrast with the green mountain lands north of the original County of Navarre); or from the Basque naba, "valley" or "plain", and herri, "land" or "people".
Netali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נֶטַעלִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: Netta-Lee
Means "my seedling" from Hebrew נֶטַע (neta) "seedling, plant" (see Neta) combined with לִי (li) "for me, to me" or "I have". This is a modern Hebrew name often given to girls born on Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day or Holiday of Trees.
Nira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נירה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Nir.
Nortia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Etruscan Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Nurtia. This was the name of the Etruscan goddess of fate and fortune. Her attribute is a large nail and at the beginning of the New Year a nail was driven into a wall in her sanctuary. This is variously explained as a fertility rite, an expiation rite, or symbolizing the conclusion of the year just past. Her temple was located in Volsini, the center of the Etruscan federation (currently the Italian city Bolsena).
Oak
Usage: English
Topographic surname for someone who lived near an oak tree or in an oak wood, from Middle English oke "oak".
Octavie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Luxembourgish, French (Belgian), Flemish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
French form of Octavia.
Olivine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare), Jamaican Patois, Central African
Diminutive or elaborated form of Olive, or directly from the English and French word olivine that denotes a type of gemstone, whose name ultimately goes back to Latin oliva "olive" (so named in the late 18th century for its olive green color).
Parsley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Parsley.
Pathma
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Sinhalese
Other Scripts: පත්ම(Sinhala)
Sinhalese form of Padma.
Patia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic)
Short form of Patience.
Pepper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PEHP-ər
From the English word for the spice, which is prepared from the dried berries of the pepper plant. The word is derived from Latin piper, ultimately from an Indo-Aryan source. In popular culture, Pepper is the nickname of Virginia Potts from the Iron Man series of comic books and movies, created 1963.
Petal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEHT-əl
From the English word for the flower part, derived from Greek πέταλον (petalon) meaning "leaf".
Peter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Slovene, Slovak, Biblical
Pronounced: PEE-tər(English) PEH-tu(German) PEH-tər(Dutch, Danish, Slovene) PEH-tehr(Slovak)
Derived from Greek Πέτρος (Petros) meaning "stone". This is a translation used in most versions of the New Testament of the name Cephas, meaning "stone" in Aramaic, which was given to the apostle Simon by Jesus (compare Matthew 16:18 and John 1:42). Simon Peter was the most prominent of the apostles during Jesus' ministry and is often considered the first pope.

Due to the renown of the apostle, this name became common throughout the Christian world (in various spellings). In England the Normans introduced it in the Old French form Piers, which was gradually replaced by the spelling Peter starting in the 15th century [1].

Besides the apostle, other saints by this name include the 11th-century reformer Saint Peter Damian and the 13th-century preacher Saint Peter Martyr. It was also borne by rulers of Aragon, Portugal, and Russia, including the Russian tsar Peter the Great (1672-1725), who defeated Sweden in the Great Northern War. Famous fictional bearers include Peter Rabbit from Beatrix Potter's children's books, Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play, and Peter Parker, the real name of the comic book superhero Spider-Man.

Petra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English
Other Scripts: Петра(Bulgarian) Πέτρα(Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-tra(German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak) PEH-traw(Hungarian) PEHT-rah(Finnish) PEHT-rə(English)
Feminine form of Peter. This was also the name of an ancient city in the region that is now Jordan.
Philian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German
Derived from Philianus, which is the latinized form of Greek Philianos. It is ultimately derived from Greek philos "friend" or phileo "to love". Compare also Philon. A known bearer of this name is the American actor Ethan Embry, who carries Philian as a middle name.
Philip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Biblical
Pronounced: FIL-ip(English) FEE-lip(Dutch)
From the Greek name Φίλιππος (Philippos) meaning "friend of horses", composed of the elements φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover" and ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse". This was the name of five kings of Macedon, including Philip II the father of Alexander the Great. The name appears in the New Testament belonging to two people who are regarded as saints. First, one of the twelve apostles, and second, an early figure in the Christian church known as Philip the Deacon.

This name was initially more common among Eastern Christians, though it came to the West by the Middle Ages. It was borne by six kings of France and five kings of Spain. It was regularly used in England during the Middle Ages, although the Spanish king Philip II, who attempted an invasion of England, helped make it less common by the 17th century. It was revived in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. Famous bearers include the Elizabethan courtier and poet Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and the American science fiction novelist Philip K. Dick (1928-1982).

Philothea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Φιλοθέα(Ancient Greek)
Feminine form of Philotheos.
Philotheos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Φιλόθεος(Ancient Greek)
Means "friend of god" from Greek φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend" and θεός (theos) meaning "god".
Philyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Φιλύρα(Ancient Greek)
Means "lime tree, linden tree" in Greek. In Greek mythology Philyra was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was loved by the Titan Cronus. 'When his wife Rhea came upon their rendezvous, he quickly transformed himself into a horse to escape detection. As a result, Philyra birthed a half-horse, half-man hybrid, the centaur Chiron. To ease her shame, Cronus transformed her into a lime-tree.'
Phineas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: פִּינְחָס(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: FIN-ee-əs(English)
Variant of Phinehas used in some English versions of the Old Testament.
Pindar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Pronounced: PIN-DAWR(Classical Greek)
Anglicized form of Pindaros. This was the name of a Greek lyric poet from Thebes (died around 438 AD).
Plum
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PLUM
From Middle English ploume, from Old English plume "plum, plum tree," from an early Germanic borrowing (Middle Dutch prume, Dutch pruim, Old High German pfluma, pfruma, German Pflaume) from Vulgar Latin *pruna, from Latin prunum "plum," from Greek prounon, a later form of proumnon, a word of unknown origin, which is probably, like the tree itself, of Anatolian origin.
Poesy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Originally a variant of Posy, this name was sometimes associated with poetry, from Old French poesie, ultimately from Greek poesis "composition, poetry," from poein "to make or compose"
Poet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: East Frisian (Archaic)
As an East Frisian name, Poet is a short form of names containing the element boto "messenger", for example Boeterich.

This name was in use as a strictly masculine name during the 1700s and 1800s.

Poetry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Prairie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
From the English word for a flat treeless grassland, taken from French prairie "meadow". This was used by Thomas Pynchon for a character in his novel 'Vineland' (1990).
Providence
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan), English (African), Romani (Archaic)
Derived from the English word denoting "a manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention".
Pyrrha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Feminine of Pyrrhos.

In Greek mythology, Pyrrha and her husband, Deucalion, built an arc to survive a great flood created by Zeus. When they reached land, they threw rocks over their shoulders, and the rocks became men and women.

Pythia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Πυθία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PIE-THE-A(Classical Greek)
From the name of Apollo's master priestess at Delphi, who was also known as the Oracle of Delphi. The name is derived from Πυθώ (Pytho), which is the old name of the city of Delphi. In turn, the city's old name is ultimately derived from the Greek verb πυθώ (putho) or (pytho) meaning "to rot, to decay". Also see Python.
Quaid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KWAYD
Personal remark: also Quade (dev. Wat/Walter?)
Reduced form of Mcquaid.
Rafferty
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAF-ər-tee
From an Irish surname, itself derived from the given name Rabhartach meaning "flood tide".
Raya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
Other Scripts: Рая(Bulgarian, Russian)
Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.
Reason
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Puritanical name.
Risa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Either a short form of names ending in -risa or a transferred use of the surname.
Rogan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-gən
Transferred use of the surname Rogan.
Romilly
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the name of various Norman towns, themselves from the given name Romilius.
Rook
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Archaic)
Pronounced: RO:K
Short form of Rochus as well as of its variant forms Rocus and Rokus. This name is not to be confused with rook, the Dutch word for "smoke".
Rosanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English
Pronounced: ro-ZAN-na(Italian) ro-ZAN-ə(English)
Combination of Rosa 1 and Anna.
Rosanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: ro-ZAN-thee
Presumably an altered form of Rhodanthe, using the Latin element rosa (compare Rose) as opposed to the Greek rhodon (compare Rhoda). The name was (first?) used by Welsh writer Ann Julia Hatton for a character in her popular Gothic novel 'Deeds of Olden Times' (1826). It was also used by Eliza Rennie in her poetic sketch 'The Myrtle Branch' (1828).
Roseberry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZE-bree
Rossana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ros-SA-na
Italian form of Roxana.
Rufin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare), French, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Provençal
Other Scripts: Руфин(Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian)
Bulgarian, Croatian, French, Provençal, Polish, Russian and Serbian form of Rufinus.
Rusalka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Theatre, German (Rare)
A water nymph in Slavic Mythology. Also the name of an opera written by the Czech writer Antonín Dvorák.
Rynna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Malaysian (Rare)
Saba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Polish, German
Pronounced: SAH-bah
Croatian, Polish and German short form of Sabina.
Sabbath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan, Rare), Literature
Pronounced: sah-BATH(English (Puritan)) SAH-bith(English (Puritan))
From the word "sabbath," referring to the day of rest (Saturday).
Sabbatha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature
Pronounced: SAB-ə-thə(English)
Derived from English sabbath, the name of the holy day of the week in Judeo-Christian tradition, which derives from Hebrew shabbath, properly "day of rest", from shabath "he rested". Alternatively it could be a feminine form of Sabbatai (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי), a Jewish name related to sabbath.

Tennessee Williams used this for the title character in his short story Sabbatha and Solitude (1973).

Sabrael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Sabrael is a male angel of hebrew origin.
Sachiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 幸子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さちこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-CHEE-KO
Personal remark: Also Sachi
From Japanese (sachi) meaning "happiness, good luck" and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Saffira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin
Latin form of Sapphira.
Saige
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Variant of Sage.
Samarinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: sah-mah-RIN-də
The use of this extremely rare name was inspired by a character from the 1992 book "Ik ook van jou" (English: "I love you too" - the literal translation is "I also of you"), who is featured much more prominently in the 2000 sequel "Ik omhels je met duizend armen" (English: "I embrace you with a thousand arms"). Both books were written by Dutch author Ronald Giphart (b. 1965) and both have been made into films. The author has stated that he derived the name from Samarinda, a major city on the Indonesian island Borneo. The city derives its name from Indonesian samarenda meaning "equal in height", which was a term originally used in reference to the way in which the Bugis people constructed their houses.
Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
From the Old German element sahso meaning "a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Season
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Either derived from the English word season, and thus ultimately from Latin satio "sowing; planting" (which later came to be understood as "time of planting"), or a transferred use of the surname Season. It has been occasionally used as a feminine given name from the 1800s onwards.
Severus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: seh-WEH-roos(Latin) si-VIR-əs(English) SEHV-ə-rəs(English)
Roman family name meaning "stern" in Latin. This name was borne by several early saints including a 6th-century patriarch of Antioch.
Shiloh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שִׁלוֹ, שִׁילֹה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHIE-lo(English)
From an Old Testament place name possibly meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew. It is also used prophetically in the Old Testament to refer to a person, often understood to be the Messiah (see Genesis 49:10). This may in fact be a mistranslation.

This name was brought to public attention after actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave it to their daughter in 2006.

Sibylline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Sibylle.
Sidony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Feminine form of Sidonius. This name was in use in the Middle Ages, when it became associated with the word sindon (of Greek origin) meaning "linen", a reference to the Shroud of Turin.
Sidra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Northern African
Other Scripts: סדרה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: see-drah
Means "order, sequence" in Hebrew. It refers to a weekly reading portion of the Torah, so the whole Torah is completed every year. This name is typical of North African Jewry.
Sienna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: see-EHN-ə
From the English word meaning "orange-red". It is ultimately from the name of the city of Siena in Italy, because of the colour of the clay there.
Solstice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: SAWL-stis
Derived from Latin solsticium and thus ultimately from sol "sun" and stito "to stand still". The English word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.

Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Shriver), used Solstice for a character in her novel 'Big Brother' (2013).

Sonnet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: SAHN-it
Diminutive of Italian sonetto - song, sound; little song. Also the term for a short lyric poem, usually with eight line stanzas, followed by six line
stanzas.

The sonnets of William Shakespeare, on the other hand, are typically three Sicilian quatrains, followed by an heroic couplet.

Starling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STAHR-ling
From the English word for the type of bird. It is commonly associated with the name Star.

It is the original name of children's illustrator Tasha Tudor.

Story
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: STOR-ee
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Late Latin storia meaning "history."
Sybilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Late Roman
Pronounced: si-BYEEL-la(Polish)
Polish form and Latin variant of Sibylla.
Tabitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ταβιθά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TAB-i-thə(English)
Means "gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the New Testament was a woman restored to life by Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as Dorcas (see Acts 9:36). As an English name, Tabitha became common after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.
Tacy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TAY-see
Variant of Tacey. In the Betsy-Tacy series of children's books by American writer Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980), it is a diminutive of Anastacia.
Tanaquil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Etruscan (Latinized), Ancient Roman
Latinized form of the Etruscan name Thanchvil which meant "gift of Thana", presumably from the name of a lost Etruscan goddess Thana combined with Etruscan cvil. This was the name of the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome in the 7th century BC. Edmund Spenser also used it (in the form Tanaquill) in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590), where it belongs to a daughter of Oberon who becomes the fairy queen Gloriana. In modern times it was borne by prima ballerina Tanaquil LeClercq (1929-2000).
Tanwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: TAN-wen, TAHN-wen
Means "white fire" from Welsh tan "fire" (compare Tanguy) combined with gwen "white, fair, blessed". This is a modern Welsh name, first used in the 1960s.
Taura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Taw-rah, Tore-ah
Feminine form of Taurus or variant of Tara.
Tearle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Tennessee
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Other Scripts: ᏔᎾᏏ(Cherokee)
Pronounced: ten-ə-SEE(American English)
From the Cherokee word Ta'nasi' of uncertain meaning which was originally the name of a village in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee (U.S.A.).
Tess
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: TEHS
Short form of Theresa. This is the name of the main character in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Ubervilles (1891).
Tessarah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: TES-sa-ruh
Apparently a blend of Tessa and Sarah.
Thaddeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Θαδδαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: THAD-ee-əs(English) tha-DEE-əs(English)
From Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaios), the Greek form of the Aramaic name Thaddai. It is possibly derived from a word meaning "heart", but it may in fact be an Aramaic form of a Greek name such as Θεόδωρος (see Theodore). In the Gospel of Matthew, Thaddaeus is listed as one of the twelve apostles, though elsewhere in the New Testament his name is omitted and Jude's appears instead. It is likely that the two names refer to the same person.
Thalassa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θάλασσα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TA-LAS-SA(Classical Greek)
Means "sea" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was the personification of the sea.
Theodore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: THEE-ə-dawr
From the Greek name Θεόδωρος (Theodoros), which meant "gift of god" from Greek θεός (theos) meaning "god" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". The name Dorothea is derived from the same roots in reverse order. This was the name of several saints, including Theodore of Amasea, a 4th-century Greek soldier; Theodore of Tarsus, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury; and Theodore the Studite, a 9th-century Byzantine monk. It was also borne by two popes.

This was a common name in classical Greece, and, due to both the saints who carried it and the favourable meaning, it came into general use in the Christian world, being especially popular among Eastern Christians. It was however rare in Britain before the 19th century. Famous bearers include three tsars of Russia (in the Russian form Fyodor) and American president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919).

Thessaly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Thessaly is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. This name is borne by Thessaly Lerner, American stage, film and voice actress.
Thetis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θέτις(Ancient Greek)
Possibly derived from Greek θέτης (thetes) meaning "one who places", a derivative of τίθημι (tithemi) meaning "to set, to place". This was the name of one of the Nereids in Greek mythology. With Peleus she was the mother of Achilles.
Thisbe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Θίσβη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TEEZ-BEH(Classical Greek) THIZ-bee(English) TEES-beh(Latin)
From the name of an ancient Greek town in Boeotia, itself supposedly named after a nymph. In a Greek legend (the oldest surviving version appearing in Latin in Ovid's Metamorphoses) this is the name of a young woman from Babylon. Believing her to be dead, her lover Pyramus kills himself, after which she does the same to herself. The splashes of blood from their suicides is the reason mulberry fruit are red.
Thyme
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon).
Tisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Тиса(Serbian)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the name of the river flowing through Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Serbia and a derivation from tisa "yew tree".
Titus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: TEE-toos(Latin) TIE-təs(English) TEE-tuws(German)
Roman praenomen, or given name, which is of unknown meaning, possibly related to Latin titulus "title of honour". It is more likely of Oscan origin, since it was borne by the legendary Sabine king Titus Tatius.

This name appears in the New Testament belonging to a companion of Saint Paul. He became the first bishop of Crete and was the recipient of one of Paul's epistles. This was also the praenomen of all three Roman emperors of the 1st-century Flavian dynasty, and it is the name by which the second of them is commonly known to history. Shakespeare later used it for the main character in his tragedy Titus Andronicus (1593). As an English name, Titus has been occasionally used since the Protestant Reformation.

Tressa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TREHS-ə
Contracted form of Theresa. It may also be associated with the English word tress meaning "long lock of hair".
Trilby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature
Pronounced: TRILL-bee(English)
The name of the titular character in George Du Maurier's 1894 novel 'Trilby', about an tone-deaf model who is hypnotized to become a talented singer. The name became a (now obsolete) colloquial term for a foot, as the character's feet were objects of admiration. The word is still associated with a style of hat.
Tristan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced: TRIS-tən(English) TREES-TAHN(French)
Personal remark: Really starting to like for a girl *blush*
Probably from the Celtic name Drustan, a diminutive of Drust, which occurs as Drystan in a few Welsh sources. As Tristan, it first appears in 12th-century French tales, probably altered by association with Old French triste "sad". According to the tales Tristan was sent to Ireland by his uncle King Mark of Cornwall in order to fetch Iseult, who was to be the king's bride. On the way back, Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a potion that makes them fall in love. Later versions of the tale make Tristan one of King Arthur's knights. His tragic story was very popular in the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since then.
Trudeliese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Combination of Trude and Liese.
True
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Pronounced: TROO
From the English word "true" meaning "conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct; loyal, faithful; genuine; legitimate; accurate". From the Middle English trewe, from the Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe 'trusty, faithful'.

True was first used as a virtue name by the Puritans, mainly as a feminine name back then. The name had almost died out by the end of the 1800s, but was revived in the last years of the 20th century.

Tuesday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TYOOZ-day, TOOZ-day, CHOOZ-day
From the English word for the day of the week, which derives from Old English tiwesdæg meaning "Tiw's day".
Tulip
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TOO-lip, TYOO-lip
From the name of the flower. Ultimately from Persian dulband, "turban", from the shape of the opened flower.

As a given name, it has been occasionally used from the 19th century onwards.

Tynan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Australian, Rare), Irish
Pronounced: TIE-nin(Australian English)
Variation of the transferred use of the surname Tuíneán.
Valenka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Valenka is a Bond girl in the James Bond film 'Casino Royale'.
Vanessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Dutch
Pronounced: və-NEHS-ə(English) VA-NEH-SA(French) va-NEH-sa(German)
Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa [1]. He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first name and surname of Esther Vanhomrigh, his close friend. Vanessa was later used as the name of a genus of butterfly. It was a rare given name until the mid-20th century, at which point it became fairly popular.
Verbena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: vər-BEEN-ə(English)
From the name of the verbena plant, which is derived from Latin verbena meaning "leaves, twigs".
Vesper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: WEHS-pehr(Latin) VEHS-pər(English)
Latin cognate of Hesperos. This name was used by the British author Ian Fleming for a female character, a love interest of James Bond, in his novel Casino Royale (1953). She also appears in the film adaptations of 1967 and 2006.
Vinca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Derived from vinca, the Latin name for the "periwinkle", ultimately from Latin vincio "to bind". This name has been in use since the 20th century.
Vincent
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
Pronounced: VIN-sənt(English, Dutch) VEHN-SAHN(French) VEEN-tsent(Slovak)
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was derived from Latin vincere meaning "to conquer". This name was popular among early Christians, and it was borne by many saints. As an English name, Vincent has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it did not become common until the 19th century. Famous bearers include the French priest Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) and the post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890).
Viridis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Archaic), Medieval Italian
Pronounced: VI-ri-diss
Derived from the Latin color word viridis "green".
As a given name, Viridis was intended to refer to the colour of growing foliage and thus acquired the transferred meaning of "young; youthful; fresh; lively; blooming".

A known bearer is Viridis della Scala (died 1394), daughter of Mastino II della Scala, lord of Verona, and wife of Niccolò II d'Este, lord of Ferrara, Modena and Parma.
Her niece Viridis Visconti later went on to marry Duke Leopold III of Austria.

Viviana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Pronounced: vee-VYA-na(Italian) bee-BYA-na(Spanish)
Feminine form of Vivianus (see Vivian). Saint Viviana (also known as Bibiana) was a Roman saint and martyr of the 4th century.
Walden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: WOHL-den
Place name from Old English: “wooded valley”.

Most famous as the name of Walden Pond in Massachusetts where philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote his book “Walden”.

Used as a male name by J.K. Rowling in the "Harry Potter" books.

Watson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAHT-sən
Personal remark: "Son of Wat (Walter)"
From an English surname meaning "son of Wat". A famous fictional bearer of the surname was Dr. Watson, the assistant to Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.
Waverly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAY-vər-lee
From the rare English surname Waverley, derived from the name of a place in Surrey, itself possibly from Old English wæfre "flickering, wavering" and leah "woodland, clearing".

The surname was borne by the title character in the novel Waverley (1814) by Walter Scott. Streets in New York and San Francisco have been named Waverly after the novel, and a female character in Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club (1989) is named after the San Francisco street. The name received a small boost in popularity for girls after the 1993 release of the novel's movie adaptation, and it rose further after the debut of the television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-2012).

Wenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Cornish
Early Cornish form of Gwen. It was borne by two 5th-century Cornish saints.
Wesley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEHS-lee, WEHZ-lee
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself meaning "west meadow" from Old English west "west" and leah "woodland, clearing". It has been sometimes given in honour of John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of Methodism.
West
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEST
From the English word, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *wes-pero- "evening, night". It may also be considered transferred use of the surname West or a short form of Weston.
Whitaker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIT-ə-kər
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "white field" in Old English.
Winona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Indigenous American, Sioux
Pronounced: wi-NON-ə(English)
Means "firstborn daughter" in Dakota or Lakota. According to folklore, this was the name of a daughter of a Dakota chief (possibly Wapasha III) who leapt from a cliff to her death rather than marry a man she hated. Numerous places in the United States have been named after her. The actress Winona Ryder (1971-) was named after the city in Minnesota where she was born.
Wisteria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: wis-TEHR-ee-ə, wis-TEER-ee-ə
From the name of the flowering plant, which was named for the American anatomist Caspar Wistar.
Yarrow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Pronounced: YAR-o(English)
Transferred use of the surname Yarrow, and/or from the word for the flowering plant (Achillea millefolium).
Yvaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Various
Pronounced: ee-VAYN(Literature)
It is most probable that it is the feminine form of the name Yvain. Though, it is commonly thought of as a combination of Yvonne and Elaine.

The name is most popularly recognized as the name of the fallen star in Neil Gaiman's novella 'Stardust'.

Yvette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: EE-VEHT(French) ee-VEHT(English) i-VEHT(English)
French feminine form of Yves.
Zane 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZAYN
From an English surname of unknown meaning. It was introduced as a given name by American author Zane Grey (1872-1939). Zane was in fact his middle name — it had been his mother's maiden name.
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