Felie's Personal Name List

From Turkish zümrüt meaning "emerald", derived via Arabic from Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos).

Meaning uncertain, possibly of Arabic origin. According to medieval tradition, notably related by the 15th-century Persian poet Jami, this was the name of the biblical Potiphar's wife. She has been a frequent subject of poems and tales.

Feminine form of Zaran.

From Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (Zarathushtra), in which the second element is 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (ushtra) meaning "camel". Proposed meanings for the first element include "old", "moving", "angry" and "yellow". Zarathustra was an Iranian prophet who founded the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism around the 10th century BC. He is also called Zoroaster in English, from the Greek form of his name Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).

Means "golden" in Persian.

Means "young" in Pashto.

Alternate transcription of Arabic زينب (see Zaynab), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Derived from Sanskrit युवराज (yuvaraja) meaning "heir apparent, crown prince" (literally "young king"), from युवन् (yuvan) meaning "young" and राज (raja) meaning "king".

Means "dauntless, intrepid" in Turkish.

Means "jasmine" in Arabic and Hebrew, derived from Persian یاسمین (yasamin). In modern times it has been used in the western world, as an Arabic-influenced variant of Jasmine.

Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Means "meeting, joining" in Azerbaijani.

Derived from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language.

Means "shield" in Armenian.

Means "victory" in Turkish.

Means "exalted, high" in Turkish, from Arabic عُلْوِيّ ('ulwiy).

Means "to be alive" in Azerbaijani.

Derived from Turkish tuğ meaning "banner, crest", referring to a type of banner made of horse hairs used in the Ottoman Empire, ultimately from Chinese 纛 (dào).

Derived from Georgian ცის (tsis) meaning "of the sky", the genitive case of ცა (tsa) meaning "sky, heaven".

Means "earth (soil), dry soil, land, country" in Turkish.

From the Turkic and Mongol name Temür meaning "iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian تیمور لنگ (Timur e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia.

Maybe a Romani version of the French name Etienne.

Timbo Mehrstein is a contemporary Gypsy Jazz violinist.

Derived from Sanskrit तरुण (taruna) meaning "young, youthful".

Means "music, song" in Azerbaijani.

Means "good colour" or "golden", a contraction of the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" and वर्ण (varna) meaning "colour". This is a transcription of both the masculine form स्वर्ण and the feminine form स्वर्णा (spelled with a long final vowel).

Derived from Hindi स्वामी (svāmī) meaning "master, lord, owner," from Sanskrit स्वामिन् (svāmin), used as an honorific title for yogis initiated into the religious monastic order in Hinduism.
This name was introduced, or popularised at least, in Italy by television presenter, model and actress Elenoire Casalegno (1976-) who gave this name to her daughter in November of 1999.

Variant of Surendra used by Sikhs.

Means "sun" in several northern Indian languages, derived from Sanskrit सूर्य (surya).

Used in Turkey. This is the name of "last moony nights of summer" in Azerbaijan folklore. In 2015 film Mustang Sonay is the oldest of five sisters main characters of the movie.

From Hindi सोना (sona), Marathi सोन (son) or Gujarati સોનું (sonum) meaning "gold", all derived from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarna) meaning literally "good colour".

Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.

Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of Rama (and an avatar of Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. In this story Sita is rescued by her husband from the demon king Ravana.

Means "one who has accomplished a goal", derived from Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha) meaning "accomplished" and अर्थ (artha) meaning "goal". Siddhartha Gautama was the real name of the Buddha.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a form of of the name Cybele or derived from Arabic سبيل (sabil) meaning "water fountain".

Means "famous" in Persian.

Means "sweet" in Persian. This was the name of a character in Persian and Turkish legend.

Derived from Hindi शेर (śer) meaning "lion", ultimately of Persian origin (see Sher). A notable bearer of this name is Saroo Brierley (1981-), an Indian-Australian businessman and author whose birth name was Sheru.

Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.

This name means "gift". Shekiba is the main character of the book "the pearl that broke its shell" by Nadia Hashimi.

Means "quiet, peace, tranquility" in Sanskrit.

Derived from Sanskrit शकुन्त (shakunta) meaning "bird". This is the name of a character in Hindu legend, her story adapted by Kalidasa for the 5th-century play Abhijnanashakuntalam. It tells how Shakuntala, who was raised in the forest by birds, meets and marries the king Dushyanta. After a curse is laid upon them Dushyanta loses his memory and they are separated, but eventually the curse is broken after the king sees the signet ring he gave her.

Means "royal face" in Persian, from شاه (shah) meaning "king" and رخ (rokh) meaning "face". This was the name of a 15th-century ruler of the Timurid Empire (a son of Timur).

Means "dew" in Persian and Urdu.

Means "love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic سوداء (sawda) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness".

Means "leader, chief" from Turkish ser "head, top" and kan "blood".

Form of Sheru.

A notable bearer of this name is Saroo Brierley, the author of 'A Long Way Home', whose birth name is Sheru.

From a title meaning "chief, leader", derived from Persian سر (sar) meaning "head, authority" and the suffix دار (dar) meaning "possessor".

Means "possessing water" from Sanskrit सरस् (saras) meaning "fluid, water, lake" and वती (vati) meaning "having". This is the name of a Hindu river goddess, also associated with learning and the arts, who is the wife of Brahma.

Feminine form of Saral.

From Sanskrit संतोष (santosha) meaning "satisfaction, contentment".

Derived from Sanskrit संजीव (sanjiva) meaning "living, reviving".

Means "uniting, joining" in Sanskrit.

Possibly means "full of grace" in Persian.

Means "fame, reputation" in Turkish.

From Sanskrit सम्पद् (sampad) meaning "success, wealth, prosperity".

Believed to be another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi, though its ultimate meaning and origin are uncertain. It may be from Sanskrit सा (sa) referring to Lakshmi combined with अन्वि (anvi) meaning "follow, pursue, go after" or from सानु (sanu) meaning "peak, summit, ridge".

Derived from Sanskrit रोहण (rohana) meaning "ascending".

Form of Revaz with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.

Possibly of Persian origin meaning "wealthy, successful".

Meaning unknown, possibly related to the name Radovan. Alternatively it may have been brought to Romania by the Romani people (note that Romanian and Romani are unrelated), perhaps ultimately from Rizwan.

Means "sun" in Sanskrit. Ravi is a Hindu god of the sun, sometimes equated with Surya. A famous bearer was the musician Ravi Shankar (1920-2012).

Derived from Sanskrit रत्न (ratna) meaning "jewel, treasure". This is a transcription of both the feminine form रत्ना and the masculine form रत्न.

Means "ruler of kings" from Sanskrit राज (raja) meaning "king" and ईश (isha) meaning "lord, ruler".

Means "the dark one" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Kali or Durga.

Means "hope" in Arabic.

German borrowing of Rajka as well as a German variant of Reika.

Means either "friend" or "gentle" in Arabic.

Means "full moon" in Sanskrit.

From Sanskrit प्रियंकर (priyankara) meaning "agreeable, amiable".

Means "beloved" in Sanskrit. In Hindu legend this is the name of a daughter of King Daksha.

Means "pleasure, joy, love" in Sanskrit.

Feminine form of Prem.

Probably a variant of Priti or a short form of names ending in -preet such as Manpreet or those beginning with preet- such as Preetinder.

Means "the Pleiades" in Persian. The Pleiades are a group of stars in the constellation Taurus. This name is typically feminine in Iran, but unisex in India.

From Sanskrit परम (parama) meaning "highest, best" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra.

Means "like a fairy" in Persian, derived from پری (pari) meaning "fairy, sprite, supernatural being".

Means "fairy" in Persian.

Alternate transcription of Persian پرستو (see Parastoo).

Possibly means "sugar" in Persian.

Means "multitude of lotuses", a derivative of Sanskrit पद्म (padma) meaning "lotus".

Means "lotus" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form पद्मा and the masculine form पद्म.

According to Hindu tradition a lotus holding the god Brahma arose from the navel of the god Vishnu. The name Padma is used in Hindu texts to refer to several characters, including the goddess Lakshmi and the hero Rama.

Derived from Turkic otar meaning "pasture, meadow".

Means "bright moon" in Turkish, Azerbaijani and Kazakh, ultimately from Arabic نور (nur) meaning "light" and Turkic ay meaning "moon".

Means "night's end, dawn" in Sanskrit.

Means "water-born, lotus" in Sanskrit.

Finnish form of Nicholas, as well as a Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form.

Uzbek and Tajik form of Negar.

From Persian نرم (narm) meaning "soft, gentle". It is typically masculine in Bosnian, and feminine in Turkish and Arabic.

Feminine form of Nedim.

Means "new" in Sanskrit.

Alternate transcription of Hindi/Marathi नवीन, Kannada ನವೀನ್, Telugu నవీన్, Tamil நவீன் or Malayalam നവീൻ (see Navin).

Means "wild rose" in Persian.

Means "breeze" in Arabic.

Modern northern Indian form of Narayana.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 4th-century queen consort of Georgia who is regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church.

Turkish and Bosnian form of Murad.

Means "distinguished" in Arabic. The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631).

Means "liberated, set free" in Sanskrit.

Variant of Mahendra used by Sikhs.

Means "sea, ocean" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a 16th-century Indian princess who devoted her life to the god Krishna.

Means "sun and moon" in Farsi from the word مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" and ماه (mah) meaning "moon".

A famous bearer is the daughter of the Ottoman Empire's Sultan Suleiman I The Magnificent.

Both names Mehr and Mah are also tied with Ancient Persian deities.

Means "strong" in Turkish.

Turkish form of Maral.

Means "sea wind" in Turkish.

From Persian مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" or "friendship" and ناز (naz) meaning "delight, comfort". This is the name of a character in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.

Means "kind, gracious" in Azerbaijani, from Persian مهربان (mehraban).

From Persian مهر (mehr) meaning "sun" or "friendship" and آب (ab) meaning "water". This is the name of the king of Kabul in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.

Means "illusion, magic" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist tradition this is the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha). This is also another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Modern form of Manoja.

Means "play, amusement" in Sanskrit.

Derived from Persian لاله (laleh) meaning "tulip". This was the name of the heroine of Thomas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh (1817). In the poem, Lalla, the daughter of the emperor of Delhi, listens to a poet sing four tales.

Means "playful, charming, desirable" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief this is the name of one of the playmates of the young Krishna. It is also another name of the goddess Parvati.

Means "tulip" in Turkish, of Persian origin.

Directly taken from Romani lala "ruby; red; fiery".
Occasionally found in the 1800s.

Modern Persian form of Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆⸱𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (Huuarə Xshaēta) meaning "shining sun". In Zoroastrianism this was the name of a Yazata (a holy being) who was associated with the sun.

From the Turkic title khatun meaning "lady, woman", a feminine form of khan.

Means "butterfly" in Turkish.

Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.

From a title for a poet, meaning "wise man, sage, poet" in Sanskrit.

Means "lotus" or "pale red" in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form कमला and the masculine form कमल, though in modern languages it is only a feminine form. This is the name of one of the Krittikas, or Pleiades, in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. It is also another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

Means "beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the Mahabharata this is the name of one of the Krittikas, or Pleiades. It is also another name of the Hindu goddess Parvati.

Variant of Jyotsna.

It's origin of Indian. A famous bearer is fictional character Jesminder Bhamra.

Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory". This is a transcription of both the feminine form जया (an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga) and the masculine form जय (borne by several characters in Hindu texts). As a modern personal name, this transcription is both feminine and masculine in southern India, but typically only feminine in the north.

Means "eternal" in Persian.

Persian form of Jawad.

Means "beauty" in Arabic, from the root جمل (jamala) meaning "to be beautiful".

From the Middle Persian Ērič, derived from ēr meaning "an Iranian" or "noble". In Persian traditional history he was the youngest son of Fereydoun and the eponymous hero of the Iranians. Ultimately this name is cognate to Arya 1.

The name of a griffin- or phoenix-like bird in Iranian mythology and Sufi tradition.

Derived from Arabic حَسَنَات (ḥasanāt) meaning "good deeds, benefactions", though it could also be from حَسَن (ḥasan) "beautiful, handsome, good" (see Hasan).

Means "crusher, breaker" in Arabic. This was the nickname of a great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad. He acquired this nickname because of his practice of crumbling bread and giving it to pilgrims.

Means "resurrection" in Armenian.

Means "brown, yellow, tawny" in Sanskrit, and by extension "monkey, horse, lion". This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu, and sometimes of Krishna. It is also borne by the son of the Garuda, the bird-like mount of Vishnu.

Means "emperor, ruler" in Turkish.

Western Armenian transcription of Hakob.

Derived from Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) meaning "story, tale" or "hadith", referring to records of the sayings and actions of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

Means "confidence, courage, trust" in Turkish.

From Sanskrit गुरु (guru) meaning "teacher, guru" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra.

Derived from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭥𐭫𐭢 (gurg) meaning "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several Georgian kings and princes.

Means "sun" in Turkish.

Means "rose blossom", from Turkish gül meaning "rose" combined with Turkish çiçek meaning "flower, blossom".

Means "spring flower", from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and بهار (bahar) meaning "spring".

From Persian گوهر (gohar) meaning "jewel, gemstone". This name is typically feminine in Iran and Armenia, but masculine in Pakistan.

Means "song" in Sanskrit. The word appears in the name of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text of Hinduism (meaning "divine song").

Turkish form of Fikriyya.

Means "angel" in Persian.

Means "wise, intelligent" in Persian.

Means "happy, auspicious" in Persian. This was the birth name of the musician Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), who was born on Zanzibar to Parsi parents.

Means "unique, precious", derived from Arabic فرد (farada) meaning "to be unique". This was the name of a 13th-century Persian poet.

Means "September" in Turkish.

Means "saint, holy person" in Turkish.

Means "friend, brother" in Turkish. This name was borne by the 13th-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre.

Possibly means "ambassador" in Azerbaijani [1].

Means "queen" or "beautiful woman" in Turkish.

Possibly means "golden-haired, shining", perhaps related to Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold". In Ossetian mythology Dzerassa is the daughter of the sea god Donbettyr.

Directly taken from Turkish döndü meaning "returned".

Means "nature" in Turkish.

Means "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" in Sanskrit.

Derived from Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god".

Means "adorning the heart", from Persian دل (del) meaning "heart" and آرا (ara) meaning "decorate, adorn".

Derived from Sanskrit दया (dayā) meaning "compassion, mercy".

Means "star" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tara).

Means "wealthy" in Persian.

Means "wise" in Persian.

Azeri form of Genghis.

Means "mouse, rat" probably a variant of the Hindi word चूहा chooha (or chuha) with the same meaning.

Chuyia is the protagonist in Bapsi Sidhwa's 2006 novel 'Water'.

Means "phoenix" in Romani.

Means "gazelle" in Turkish (probably of Mongolian origin, originally referring to the Mongolian gazelle, the zeren).

Turkish form of Jam.

Azerbaijani form of Jafar.

Turkish form of Bushra.

Means "sweet smelling, fragrant" in Turkish.

From Persian بلند (boland) meaning "high, mighty".

Means "very white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic بيضاء (bayda).

Means "solid, firm, strong" in Turkish.

Afghani variant of Banafsheh.

Azerbaijani form of Bakhtiar.

From Sanskrit बल (bala) meaning "strength, might" and राज (raja) meaning "king".

Means "free" in Persian. This word has derivatives in several other languages, such as Hindi and Turkish.

Means "long life" in Sanskrit.

Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).

Means "moonlight, halo" in Turkish.

Derived from the Turkic element ay meaning "moon" combined with Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose". In some languages this is also a name for a variety of flowering plant that grows in central Asia (species Fritillaria eduardii).

Audjah is an Indonesian name. Audjah Syarifam Rachmi is a competitor in the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi 2017-18

Modern Persian form of Atossa.

From Sanskrit अश्विन् (ashvin) meaning "possessed of horses". The Ashvins are twin Hindu gods of the sunrise and sunset.

Contracted form of Middle Persian اسفندارمذ (spandarmad) meaning “holy thought” that was originally the name of the fourth Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism. Esfand is the twelfth month of the solar Persian calendar as well as a name for the wild rue, used in fumigation against evil eye.

From Sanskrit अरुष (arusha) meaning "reddish, dawn", a word used in the Rigveda to describe the red horses of Agni. This name also appears in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata belonging to a daughter of Manu and the wife of Chyavana, though in this case it might derive from Sanskrit आरुषी (arushi) meaning "hitting, killing".

Turkish variant and Turkmen form of Aslan.

Means "desire" in Persian.

Means "like the sun" in Armenian.

Derived from Romani aranya "lady".

Modern form of Ananda.

Derived from Sanskrit अमल (amala) meaning "clean, pure".

Means "red dawn" in Turkish.

Means "diamond" in Armenian, ultimately from Persian الماس (almas).

Modern form of Ajita.

Means "unconquered", from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".

Means "prosperity, wealth" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer is the Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1973-).

Means "austere" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle. It was also borne by a son of Ali, the fourth caliph.

From the name of a Hindu ritual in which offerings of lamps or candles are made to various gods, derived from Sanskrit आरात्रिक (aratrika).