3dsscroller's Personal Name List

Brenton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREHN-tən
Rating: 33% based on 12 votes
From a surname that was derived from an English place name meaning "Bryni's town". Bryni was an Old English name meaning "fire".
Ebony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: EHB-ən-ee(English)
Rating: 44% based on 13 votes
From the English word ebony for the black wood that comes from the ebony tree. It is ultimately from the Egyptian word hbnj. In America this name is most often used in the black community.
Fabian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Polish, Romanian, English
Pronounced: FA-bee-an(German) FA-bee-ahn(Dutch) FA-byan(Polish) FAY-bee-ən(English)
Rating: 32% based on 12 votes
From the Roman cognomen Fabianus, which was derived from Fabius. Saint Fabian was a 3rd-century pope.
Holly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-ee
Rating: 54% based on 12 votes
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen. Holly Golightly is the main character in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) by Truman Capote.
Nico
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: NEE-ko(Italian, Dutch, Spanish)
Rating: 37% based on 13 votes
Short form of Nicholas (or sometimes Nicodemus).
Roy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English, Dutch
Pronounced: ROI(English, Dutch)
Rating: 37% based on 14 votes
Anglicized form of Ruadh. A notable bearer was the Scottish outlaw and folk hero Rob Roy (1671-1734). It is often associated with French roi "king".
Zekiye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 24% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of Zeki.
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