threevelvetbullets's Personal Name List

'Aisha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عائشة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘A-ee-shah
Rating: 39% based on 14 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic عائشة (see Aisha).
Carsten
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Low German, Danish
Pronounced: KAR-stən(Low German) KAS-dən(Danish)
Rating: 34% based on 14 votes
Variant of Karsten.
Catrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, German
Pronounced: KAT-rin(Welsh) ka-TREEN(German)
Rating: 38% based on 14 votes
Welsh form of Katherine, as well as a German short form of Katharina.
Cordelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: kawr-DEE-lee-ə(English) kawr-DEEL-yə(English)
Rating: 67% based on 19 votes
From Cordeilla, a name appearing in the 12th-century chronicles [1] of Geoffrey of Monmouth, borne by the youngest of the three daughters of King Leir and the only one to remain loyal to her father. Geoffrey possibly based her name on that of Creiddylad, a character from Welsh legend.

The spelling was later altered to Cordelia when Geoffrey's story was adapted by others, including Edmund Spenser in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590) and Shakespeare in his tragedy King Lear (1606).

Diamond
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), African American (Modern)
Pronounced: DIE-mənd(English)
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
From the English word diamond for the clear colourless precious stone, the traditional birthstone of April. It is derived from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, which is of Greek origin meaning "unconquerable, unbreakable".
Emerald
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHM-ə-rəld
Rating: 43% based on 14 votes
From the word for the green precious stone, which is the traditional birthstone of May. The emerald supposedly imparts love to the bearer. The word is ultimately from Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos).
Galadriel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: gə-LAD-ree-əl(English)
Personal remark: Rielle
Rating: 58% based on 16 votes
Means "maiden crowned with a radiant garland" in the fictional language Sindarin. Galadriel was a Noldorin elf princess renowned for her beauty and wisdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels. The elements are galad "radiant" and riel "garlanded maiden". Alatáriel is the Quenya form of her name.
Kasumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 霞, 花澄, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かすみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-SOO-MEE
Rating: 44% based on 13 votes
From Japanese (kasumi) meaning "mist". It can also come from (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with (sumi) meaning "clear, pure". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
London
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LUN-dən
Rating: 51% based on 16 votes
From the name of the capital city of the United Kingdom, the meaning of which is uncertain. As a surname it was borne by the American author Jack London (1876-1916).
Maci
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAY-see
Personal remark: Masey, Macy, Macey
Rating: 19% based on 14 votes
Variant of Macy.
Mao
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 真央, 真緒, 舞桜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まお(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-O
Rating: 21% based on 12 votes
From Japanese (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or (mai) meaning "dance" combined with (o) meaning "center", (o) meaning "thread" or (o) meaning "cherry blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Misaki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美咲, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みさき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-SA-KYEE
Rating: 42% based on 14 votes
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" and (saki) meaning "blossom". This name can be formed from other combinations of kanji as well.
Raisa 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: רייזאַ(Yiddish)
Rating: 44% based on 14 votes
From Yiddish רויז (roiz) meaning "rose".
Regan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: REE-gən(English)
Rating: 44% based on 14 votes
Meaning unknown. In the chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth it is the name of a treacherous daughter of King Leir. Shakespeare adapted the story for his tragedy King Lear (1606). In the modern era it has appeared in the horror movie The Exorcist (1973) belonging to a girl possessed by the devil. This name can also be used as a variant of Reagan.
Ruby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-bee
Rating: 57% based on 18 votes
Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century [1].
Sakura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜, 咲良, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さくら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-KOO-RA
Rating: 54% based on 16 votes
From Japanese (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from (saku) meaning "blossom" and (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.
Sapphire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAF-ie-ər
Rating: 46% based on 15 votes
From the name of the gemstone, typically blue, which is the traditional birthstone of September. It is derived from Greek σάπφειρος (sappheiros), ultimately from the Hebrew word סַפִּיר (sappir).
Thalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Greek
Other Scripts: Θάλεια(Greek)
Pronounced: THAY-lee-ə(English) thə-LIE-ə(English)
Rating: 57% based on 16 votes
From the Greek name Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).
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