SEC908's Personal Name List

Asher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ASH-ər(English)
Rating: 44% based on 16 votes
Means "happy, blessed" in Hebrew. Asher in the Old Testament is a son of Jacob by Leah's handmaid Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in Genesis 30:13.
Elise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, English
Pronounced: eh-LEE-zə(German) eh-LEE-seh(Norwegian, Danish, Swedish) i-LEES(English) EE-lees(English)
Rating: 61% based on 17 votes
Short form of Elizabeth.
Emerson
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ər-sən
Rating: 34% based on 11 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of Emery". The surname was borne by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), an American writer and philosopher who wrote about transcendentalism.
Hale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAYL
Rating: 48% based on 13 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" from Old English healh.
Lottie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: LAHT-ee(English)
Rating: 45% based on 13 votes
Diminutive of Charlotte or Liselotte.
Odessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 42% based on 13 votes
From the name of a Ukrainian city that sits on the north coast of the Black Sea, which was named after the ancient Greek city of Ὀδησσός (Odessos), of uncertain meaning. This name can also be used as a feminine form of Odysseus.
Rebekah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: רִבְקָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: rə-BEHK-ə(English)
Rating: 35% based on 13 votes
Form of Rebecca used in some versions of the Bible.
Reina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: RAY-na
Rating: 43% based on 15 votes
Means "queen" in Spanish.
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