Behind the Name: nargles's Personal Name List

Elias

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Dutch, Greek, Amharic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: Ηλίας(Greek) ኤልያስ(Amharic) Ἠλίας(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: i-LEE-ush(European Portuguese) eh-LEE-us(Brazilian Portuguese) eh-LEE-as(German) EH-lee-ahs(Finnish) i-LIE-əs(English) ee-LIE-əs(English)

Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament.

Evren

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Hadi

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indonesian

Other Scripts: هادي(Arabic) هادی(Persian)

Pronounced: HA-dee(Arabic)

Means "leader, guide" in Arabic.

Hafsa

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Turkish

Other Scripts: حفصة(Arabic) حفصہ(Urdu)

Pronounced: HAF-sah(Arabic)

Means "gathering" in Arabic. This was the name of the daughter of Umar, the second caliph, and a wife of Muhammad. It was also borne by the influential mother of Süleyman the Magnificent.

Hala

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: هالة(Arabic)

Pronounced: HA-lah

Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.

Nadia 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: ناديّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: na-DEE-yah

Alternate transcription of Arabic ناديّة (see Nadiyya).

Nour

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: نور(Arabic)

Pronounced: NOOR

Alternate transcription of Arabic نور (see Nur).

Rami

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Albanian

Other Scripts: رامي(Arabic)

Means "archer, shooter, thrower" in Arabic, derived from رام (rām) meaning "to wish, to aim at, to dream, to be ambitious".

Saniyya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سنيّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-NEE-yah

Feminine form of Sani 1.

Soraya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian)

Other Scripts: ثریا(Persian)

Pronounced: so-ray-YAW(Persian) so-RA-ya(Spanish)

Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.

Thamina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: ثمينة(Arabic)

Pronounced: tha-MEE-nah

Means "valuable, precious, priceless" in Arabic.

Zayn

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: زين(Arabic)

Pronounced: ZIEN

Means "beauty, grace" in Arabic. This was the name of a son of Husayn ibn Ali. Shia Muslims consider him to be the fourth imam.

This name is borne by the British singer Zayn Malik (1993-), formerly a member of the band One Direction. It gained popularity in America and parts of Europe after One Direction became well-known in 2011.