DevinWolf95's Personal Name List

Faith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAYTH
Rating: 59% based on 17 votes
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.
Glory
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GLAWR-ee
Rating: 38% based on 17 votes
Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.
Laelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: LIE-lee-oos
Rating: 34% based on 14 votes
Masculine form of Laelia.
Martha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Μάρθα(Greek) Марѳа(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: MAHR-thə(English) MAR-ta(German)
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
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-).

Pythios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Πύθιος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 36% based on 13 votes
From the Greek place name Πυθώ (Pytho), an older name of the city of Delphi, which was probably derived from Greek πύθω (pytho) meaning "to rot". This was an epithet of Apollo.
Sindri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 48% based on 14 votes
Means "sparkle" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf, also named Eitri. With his brother Brokkr he made several magical items for the gods, including Odin's ring Draupnir and Thor's hammer Mjölnir.
Skye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Rating: 49% based on 12 votes
From the name of the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. It is sometimes considered a variant of Sky.
Sterling
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STUR-ling
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From a Scots surname that was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning. The name can also be given in reference to the English word sterling meaning "excellent". In this case, the word derives from sterling silver, which was so named because of the emblem that some Norman coins bore, from Old English meaning "little star".
Thanatos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θάνατος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TA-NA-TOS(Classical Greek) THAN-ə-tahs(English)
Rating: 36% based on 11 votes
Means "death" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek god of death who resided with Hades in the underworld.
Verity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VEHR-i-tee
Rating: 68% based on 10 votes
From the English word meaning "verity, truth", from Latin verus "true, real". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Vikrama
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: विक्रम(Sanskrit)
Rating: 40% based on 11 votes
Means "stride, pace" or "valour" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu. This was also the name of a semi-legendary 1st-century BC king (full name Vikramaditya) of Ujjain in India.
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