DevinWolf95's Personal Name List

Aiolos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Αἴολος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
Means "quick-moving, nimble" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek god of the winds.
Alcaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλκαῖος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: al-SEE-əs(English)
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaios) meaning "strong", derived from ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess". This was the name of a 7th-century BC lyric poet from the island of Lesbos.
Aldus
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Medieval variant of Aldous.
Altan 2
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Алтан(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "golden" in Mongolian.
Amantius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Means "loving" in Latin. This was the name of several early saints. It has sometimes been confused with the name Amandus.
Azar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: آذر(Persian)
Pronounced: aw-ZAR
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Means "fire" in Persian.
Beren
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.
Bjoern
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
German variant of Björn. The Scandinavian names Björn and Bjørn are occasionally written with the digraph oe.
Conrad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: KAHN-rad(English) KAWN-rat(German)
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Means "brave counsel", derived from the Old German elements kuoni "brave" and rat "counsel, advice". This was the name of a 10th-century saint and bishop of Konstanz, in southern Germany. It was also borne by several medieval German kings and dukes, notably Conrad II, the first of the Holy Roman Emperors from the Salic dynasty. In England it was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, but has only been common since the 19th century when it was reintroduced from Germany.
Eden
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern), French (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֵדֶן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-dən(English)
Rating: 63% based on 11 votes
From the biblical place name, itself possibly from Hebrew עֵדֶן ('eden) meaning "pleasure, delight", or perhaps derived from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they were expelled.
Elian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Dutch variant of names beginning with Eli, such as Elijah or Elisabeth.
Elsie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: EHL-see(English)
Rating: 70% based on 9 votes
Diminutive of Elizabeth.
Felinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Late Latin name meaning "cat-like". This was the name of a possibly legendary saint who was martyred with Gratian in the 3rd century.
Gaioz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: გაიოზ(Georgian)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Georgian form of Gaius.
Guiomar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: gee-oo-MAR(Portuguese) gyo-MAR(Spanish)
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Possibly derived from the Germanic name Wigmar, which was formed of the elements wig "war, battle" and mari "famous". In the medieval Lancelot-Grail Cycle he plays a minor role as a cousin of Guinevere, who banishes him after he becomes a lover of Morgan le Fey. In modern Portugal and Spain it is a feminine name.
Hibiki
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji) ひびき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-BEE-KYEE
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
From Japanese (hibiki) meaning "sound, echo".
Hyeon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: (Korean Hangul) 賢, 顯, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: KHYUN
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
From Sino-Korean (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, able" or other characters that are pronounced similarly. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name.
Jamison
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYM-ə-sən
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of James".
Kaipo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means "the sweetheart" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and ipo "sweetheart".
Kaveh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: کاوه(Persian)
Pronounced: kaw-VEH(Persian)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown. In the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh Kaveh is a blacksmith who leads a rebellion against the evil ruler Zahhak.
Kay 3
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: KIE(German, Swedish)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Variant of Kai 1.
Kiran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, Nepali, Urdu
Other Scripts: किरण(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) ಕಿರಣ್(Kannada) కిరణ్(Telugu) കിരൺ(Malayalam) கிரண்(Tamil) કિરણ(Gujarati) کرن(Urdu)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kirana), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".
Koharu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小春, 心春, etc.(Japanese Kanji) こはる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-HA-ROO
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
From Japanese (ko) meaning "small" or (ko) meaning "heart" combined with (haru) meaning "spring". The compound word 小春 means "late summer". Other combinations of kanji characters can form this name as well.
Kreios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κρεῖος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Possibly derived from either Greek κρείων (kreion) meaning "lord, master" or κριός (krios) meaning "ram, male sheep". This was the name of a Titan in Greek mythology.
Kumara
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: कुमार(Sanskrit)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Derived from Sanskrit कुमार (kumara) meaning "boy, son". In Hindu texts this is an epithet of both the fire god Agni and the war god Skanda.
Leilani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: lay-LA-nee
Rating: 79% based on 7 votes
Means "heavenly flowers" or "royal child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Lowell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LO-əl
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a Norman French nickname, from lou "wolf" and a diminutive suffix. The surname was borne by American poet and satirist James Russell Lowell (1819-1891).
Lucianus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Roman family name that was derived from the Roman praenomen Lucius. Lucianus (or Λουκιανός in his native Greek) of Samosata was a 2nd-century satirist and author. This name was also borne by a 4th-century saint and martyr from Antioch.
Makana
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: ma-KA-na
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Means "gift" in Hawaiian.
Makena
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Kikuyu
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "happy one" in Kikuyu.
Mikael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Breton
Pronounced: MEE-ka-ehl(Swedish, Norwegian) MEE-kal(Danish) MEE-kah-ehl(Finnish)
Rating: 77% based on 6 votes
Scandinavian, Finnish and Breton form of Michael.
Mikkel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: MEEG-gehl(Danish) MIK-kəl(Norwegian)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Danish form of Michael. It can also derive from the Scandinavian root mikill meaning "enormous".
Mislav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Slavic element myslĭ "thought" or mojĭ "my" combined with slava "glory". This was the name of a 9th-century duke of Croatia, also called Mojslav. His name was recorded in Latin as Muisclavo.
Nereus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Νηρεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NEH-REWS(Classical Greek) NIR-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Derived from Greek νηρός (neros) meaning "water". In Greek myth this was the name of a god of the sea, the father of the Nereids. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament, belonging to a Christian in Rome. This was also the name of a Roman saint of the 1st century, a member of the army, who was martyred with his companion Achilleus because they refused to execute Christians.
Ori
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹרִי(Hebrew)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "my light" in Hebrew.
Radka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Радка(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: RAT-ka(Czech)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Radko.
Rostislav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Czech
Other Scripts: Ростислав(Russian)
Pronounced: rəs-tyi-SLAF(Russian) ROS-kyi-slaf(Czech)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Slavic elements orsti "to grow" and slava "glory".
Rowan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-ən(English)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ruadhán. As an English name, it can also be derived from the surname Rowan, itself derived from the Irish given name. It could also be given in reference to the rowan tree, a word of Old Norse origin (coincidentally sharing the same Indo-European root meaning "red" with the Irish name).
Ryouta
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 涼太, 亮太, 良太, etc.(Japanese Kanji) りょうた(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: RYO-TA
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 涼太 or 亮太 or 良太 (see Ryōta).
Shahin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Arabic
Other Scripts: شاهین(Persian) شاهين(Arabic)
Pronounced: sha-HEEN(Arabic)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "falcon" in Persian, referring more specifically to the Barbary falcon (species Falco pelegrinoides). The bird's name is a derivative of Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king".
Shou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 翔, 奨, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しょう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHO
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji or (see Shō).
Shyama
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi
Other Scripts: श्याम, श्यामा(Sanskrit, Hindi)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Derived from Sanskrit श्याम (shyama) meaning "dark, black, blue". This is a transcription of the masculine form श्याम, which is another name of the Hindu god Krishna, as well as the feminine form श्यामा, one of the many names of the wife of the god Shiva. It is also the name of a Jain goddess.
Sigdag
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Old German elements sigu "victory" and tag "day".
Silvanus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: SEEL-wa-noos(Latin) sil-VAYN-əs(English)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Roman cognomen meaning "of the woods", derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". Silvanus was the Roman god of forests. This name appears in the New Testament belonging to one of Saint Paul's companions, also called Silas.
Veselko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Веселко(Serbian)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Derived from Serbo-Croatian vesel meaning "cheerful".
Vieno
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: VEE-eh-no
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Means "gentle" in Finnish.
Volker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: FAWL-ku
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Old German element folk "people" combined with heri "army".
Yasen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ясен(Bulgarian)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Means both "ash tree" and "clear, serene" in Bulgarian.
Zhenya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Женя(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ZHEH-nyə(Russian)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Russian diminutive of Yevgeniya or Yevgeniy or a Bulgarian diminutive of Evgeniya.
Zora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Other Scripts: Зора(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZO-ra(Czech) ZAW-ra(Slovak)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Means "dawn, aurora" in the South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak.
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