Namemaven's Personal Name List

Latinised form of Abgar.

Variant of Æthelweald. Also compare Æthelwold. A known bearer of this name was Æthelwald Moll, an 8th-century king of Northumbria.

Latinized form of Agaue.

Latinized form of Agilulf. Agilulfus of Cologne was an 8th-century saint.

Variant of Alkippe.

Feminine form of Alphonsus (see Alfonso). Saint Alphonsa (1910-1946) adopted this as a monastic name in honour of Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787).

Cognate of Amandine. Amandina of Schakkebroek is a saint in the Catholic Church. She was martyred during the Boxer Rebellion.

Diminutive of any name ending in -antha.

Feminine given name from Greek Mythology which means "bloom". Anthe was one of the Alkyonides, nymphs of fair weather. After the death of their father at the hands of Herakles, they threw themselves into the sea in their grief and were transformed into kingfishers.

French form of Arete.

From Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa) meaning "quick water", which is possibly derived from ἄρδω (ardo) meaning "water" and θοός (thoos) meaning "quick, nimble". This was the name of a nymph in Greek mythology who was transformed into a fountain.

Feminine form of Asterios (see Asterius). In Greek mythology Asteria was a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus.

Meaning Unknown. Auspicius of Trier was a 2nd century Christian saint.

Basina (c. 438 – 477) was a queen of Thuringia in the middle of the fifth century.

From the Middle English personal name Baye, from Old English Beaga (masculine) or Beage (feminine).

A diminutive of Baylee, or any name containing the element or sound -bay-.

May also be given in reference to the English word "bay," from the Middle English baye, from the Old English beġ 'berry', as in beġbēam 'berry-tree'.

Bolina was the nymph of the town of Bolina of Greece.

Latinized form of Kalligeneia.

Phoenician origin with the meaning of "he who jokes" or "he who likes to joke". Saint Cucuphas is a is a martyr of Spain who lived from roughly 269 A.D. to 304 A.D.

His feast day is July 25, but in some areas it is celebrated on July 27 to avoid conflict with the important feast day of Santiago, the patron saint of Spain.

Euddogwy is the name of a 6th century male Welsh saint. His name is sometimes Latinized as Oudoceus.

Derived from Old Norse grîma "mask" combined with Old High German bald "bold, brave."

Kalleis comes from the Greek word "kallos", meaning "beauty". It was the name of one the three Kharites, or Graces.

Derived from Ancient Greek καρύα "hazel, hazel tree, hazel bush", ultimately from Ancient Greek κάρυον "nut". In Greek Mythology, Karya is attributed to the hamadryads, one of those nymphs who live in trees and are closely linked to the fate of the tree. She is associated with both the hazel and walnut, and possibly also the sweet chestnut.
Karya of Laconia was the daughter of King Dion and Amphithea, herself the daughter of Pronax of Argos.

Alternate transcription of Greek Χάρις (see Charis). The Greek mythological figure Aglaia was also known as Kharis or Charis (Grace).

Latinized form of Greek Λαμπετίη (Lampetiê), a derivative of λαμπετάω (lampetaô) "to shine". In Greek mythology Lampetia and her sister Phaethousa were two nymphs who pastured the sacred herds of the sun god Helios on the mythical island of Thrinakie, or Thrinacia.

Variant of Marcella.

This is the name of a fourth century saint. His sister, Poma, is also venerated as a saint.

Mesembria is the name of the of the Greek Horae, goddesses of the hours. Her name means "midday", or "noon".

Latinized form of Monegund. This was the name of a 6th-century Frankish saint.

Means "new rising" from Greek νέος (neos) meaning "new, fresh" as well as "young, youthful" and αἴρω (airo) "lift, raise up". In Greek mythology this name belonged to a nymph of Thrinakia, a mythical island, who was loved by the sun god Helios. Her name may be descriptive of the dawn sun, and she was probably the personification of the sun's risings. This name was also borne by a 4th-century BC Greek hetaira.

Means "light" in Aramaic. This was the name of a Maronite saint.

This is the name of an ancient Galatian Celtic queen. Her name appears to be a compound, with variants the "-maris" element appearing in several Celtic languages, meaning "great". It may also mean "mountain ash", or possibly "like a great mountain ash or rowan tree". One possible element for the beginning of her name is ono or on(n)o, meaning "river".

Means "beaming, radiant" in Greek, being a participle of the verb φαέθω (phaethô) "to shine". In Greek mythology this was the name of a daughter of the sun god Helios by the nymph Neaira. She and her sister Lampetia pastured the sacred herds of Helios on the mythical island of Thrinacia.

Means "dusky" or "grey" in Greek, from φαιός (phaios). This is the name of the Crommyonian Sow, a mythological pig slain by Theseus. Some versions of the story say that this was the name of the old woman who owned the sow, which was named after her. Plutarch reports that Phaia may have actually been a murderous female bandit slain by Theseus, and who had received the nickname of 'sow' due to her uncouth habits.

Means "light" (phôster) in Greek. This was the name of one of the Alcyonides, Alkyoneus, the King of the Giants. When Herakles slew their father, they cast themselves into the sea and were transformed by Amphitrite into kingfishers.

Possibly from Greek πλείων (pleion) meaning "more, greater". According to Greek mythology Pleione was an Oceanid nymph who was the husband of Atlas. Together with her seven daughters and Atlas she forms the group of stars called the Pleiades, part of the constellation Taurus.

Variant of Praxedes.

Latin form of Praxedes. This name was used by Joseph Victor von Scheffel for a character in his historical novel 'Ekkehard' (1857).

Means "a going forward, advance, progress" in Latin. According to Christian legend Saint Processus was the name of a Roman soldier who guarded the apostles Peter and Paul when they were imprisoned at the Mamertine Prison in Rome, then converted to Christianity and was martyred.

Means "celebrate in song". This is the name of one of the Asterionides, Naiads who nursed the goddess Hera in her infancy.

This is the name of a Persian saint, martyred with St. Abdon.

Variant of Theophania. Theophanu (c. 955 – June 15, 991) was the niece of the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes. By her marriage with Holy Roman Emperor Otto II, she was Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire and held regency as Empress dowager upon her husband's death in 983.

Latinized form of Þórlakr.

Old Swedish form of Þórlæikr and variant of Torlak.

This was the name of a 7th-century Irish saint who evangelized in Franconia, with saints Cillian and Colmán.

Variant of Waltheof.