crawreb's Personal Name List
Acamar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: A-kə-mahr
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Derived from Arabic
Ākhir an-nahr, meaning "end of the river". This is the traditional name of the star Theta Eridani in the constellation
Eridanus.
Ádhamh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: OW, AV
Adhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-DEHR-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Arabic
عذارى ('adhara) meaning
"maidens". This is the name of the second brightest star (after
Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.
Adria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-dree-ə
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Aella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄελλα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-EHL-LA(Classical Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means
"whirlwind" in Greek. In Greek
myth this was the name of an Amazon warrior killed by
Herakles during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle.
Aerion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: Air-e-on
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Probably derived from Greek
aēr "air", though it may also be an elaboration of
Aaron.
Aftandil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Афтандил(Azerbaijani Cyrillic, Kyrgyz)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz form of
Avtandil. A known bearer of this name is the retired Azerbaijani soccer player Aftandil Hacıyev (b. 1981).
Aidamir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Circassian, Chechen
Other Scripts: Айдэмыр(Western Circassian, Eastern Circassian) Айдамир(Chechen)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From Turkish ay meaning "moon, month" combined with demir "iron".
Aiglanor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Αἰγλάνωρ(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Greek noun αἴγλη
(aigle) meaning "light (of the sun or moon)" as well as "radiance" and "glory" (see
Aegle) combined with the Greek noun ἀνήρ
(aner) meaning "man".
Ailan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 爱兰, 蔼岚, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: AH-EE-LAHN
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh (Rare)
Other Scripts: Айнара(Kazakh) اينارا(Kazakh Arabic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" combined with Arabic نَار (nār) meaning "fire, flame, light" or Persian نار (nâr) meaning "pomegranate" (or also, "fire").
Ainhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Navarro-Lapurdian Basque
ainhara "swallow (the bird)" (compare
Ainara).
Aiora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Medieval Basque
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Alaia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.
Alamar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, Portuguese (Brazilian), American (Hispanic)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
The first element of this name is derived from Gothic alls "all" or from Gothic alhs (alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Old High German mâri "famous."
Alander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Alanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Alara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-LAH-rah(Turkish)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.
Aldona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Polish
Pronounced: ul-do-NU(Lithuanian) al-DAW-na(Polish)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 14th-century Polish queen, the daughter of a Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Aleria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Corsican (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Possibly a variant of
Ilaria or
Valeria.
It could also be given because of the town of Aléria in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. While many baby name sites and books list this name as being Latin for 'eagle', that is Aquila. The source of this mistaken etymology may be due to the Avalerion, sometimes called an Alerion, a mythological bird compared to an eagle, and seen in medieval heraldry (coats of arms). Aleria, however, is the Latin and Corsican form of the original Ancient Greek name for the town, Alaliē (Ἀλαλίη). This could possibly have been derived from the Ancient Greek lalia (λαλιά) 'talking, talk, chat; form of speech, dialect', from laleō (λαλέω) meaning 'talk, chatter, chirp, make sound'.
Alira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Altan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "red dawn" in Turkish.
Altana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Buryat, Kalmyk
Other Scripts: Алтана(Buryat Cyrillic, Kalmyk Cyrillic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden".
Amaranth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek αμαραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading".
Amiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Pronounced: ah-mee-el(Biblical English, Hebrew)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Ammiel. Occurs in the Book of Numbers 13:12: Amiel, who represented the tribe of Dan, was one of the twelve spies sent out by Moses to survey the land of Canaan.
Amira 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַמִירָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ah
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Amora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Apparently a modern coinage based on Latin
amor meaning
"love".
Anael
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: אָנָּאֵל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-nah-EL(Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Biblical English, Hebrew) ə-NAYL(Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Biblical English, Hebrew) ə-NAY-əl(Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend, Biblical English, Hebrew) AN-yul(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Biblical Hebrew name of uncertain meaning, possibly "God answers" (making it an equivalent of
Anaiah, using
el "God" as the second element as opposed to
yah "
Yahweh"); alternatively the first element may be related to
chanah "favour, grace" (making it a relative of
Hananiah and perhaps a form of
Hanniel or
Channiel). This name is mentioned only briefly in the Apocrypha (Tobit 1:21) belonging to a brother of
Tobit. In Jewish tradition Anael is an angel (also known as
Aniel or
Hanael), often named as one of the seven archangels and associated with the planet
Venus.
Anahera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "angel" in Maori.
Ananias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Ἁνανίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: an-ə-NIE-əs(English)
From
Ἁνανίας (Hananias), the Greek form of
Hananiah. In Acts in the
New Testament this is the name of three characters: a disciple in Damascus, the husband of
Sapphira, and the high priest of the Jews who tries
Paul.
Anara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Анара(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz
анар (anar) meaning
"pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.
Anárion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "son of the sun" in Quenya. This was the name of the younger son of Elendil in Tolkien's works. He was a king of Gondor and slain in combat with Sauron.
Aravis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature
Pronounced: ER-ə-vis
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Aravis is a main character in C.S. Lewis'
The Horse and his Boy. She is a Tarkheena, a female member of the ruling class of the fictional empire of Calormen, located far to the south of Narnia.
The name possibly originates from this cartographic reference:
The Aravis (French: Chaîne des Aravis) is a mountain range in Haute-Savoie, eastern France. It is part of the French Prealps, a lower chain of mountain ranges west of the main chain of the Alps. Its highest summit is the Pointe Percée, at 2752m. The orientation of the Aravis is north-south, and it stretches from Cluses in the north, to Ugine in the south. The Bornes massif, sometimes considered part of the Aravis, lies to its west. The Aravis is separated from the Chablais mountains in the north-east by the Arve river valley, and from the Pennine Alps in the south-east by the Arly river valley.
Araziel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Apparently means "light of God" or "moon of God" in Hebrew. This is the name of a fallen angel who was cast out of heaven by God for having relations with earthly women.
Arden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-dən
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".
Arianwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: ar-YAN-wehn
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Derived from Welsh
arian "silver" and
gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh
saint, one of the supposed daughters of
Brychan Brycheiniog.
Astraea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀστραία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek
Ἀστραία (Astraia), derived from Greek
ἀστήρ (aster) meaning
"star". Astraea was a Greek goddess of justice and innocence. After wickedness took root in the world she left the earth and became the constellation Virgo.
Audra 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWD-rə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Audrey, used since the 19th century. It jumped in popularity in the United States after the debut of the television series
The Big Valley (1965-1969), which featured the character Audra Barkley.
Aurvandill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "beam; morning; morning star", or possibly derived from
aur ("water") and
vandill ("sword"). In Norse mythology one of Aurvandill's toes broke off.
Thor threw it into the sky, where it became a star.
Aušra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "dawn" in Lithuanian.
Austri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Old Norse
austr meaning "east". In Norse mythology this is the name of a dwarf who upholds the sky, made of the jötunn
Ymir's skull, in the east. (Also see
Vestri,
Norðri and
Suðri.)
Avriel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare), English
Other Scripts: אַבְרִיאֵל, אבריאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-vree-EL(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Name of an angel in judaism, meaning unknown.
Aylmer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was a variant of
Elmer.
Belimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Pronounced: BEL-ee-meer
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The first element of this name is derived from Proto-Slavic
bělъ "white, pale". Also see
Běla, which is of the same etymology. The second element is derived from Slavic
mir "peace".
Bellona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: behl-LO-na(Latin) bə-LON-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin
bellare meaning
"to fight". This was the name of the Roman goddess of war, a companion of
Mars.
Berwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means
"white top" from the Welsh elements
barr "top, head" and
gwyn "white, blessed". This is the name of a mountain range in Wales.
Brielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: bree-EHL
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Short form of
Gabrielle. This is also the name of towns in the Netherlands and New Jersey, though their names derive from a different source.
Cador
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Cornish
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Probably a form of
Cadeyrn, perhaps derived from its Cornish cognate. In Arthurian romance this was the name of Guinevere's guardian. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cador was a ruler of Cornwall and the father of Constantine, King Arthur's successor.
K.M. Sheard writes, 'It is not even beyond the realms of possibility that it derives ultimately from the name of the Celtic god Belactucadros.'
Caelestis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly".
Caelifer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From a poetic Latin epithet of the Greek god
Atlas which meant "supporting the heavens", from
caelum "heaven" and
ferre "to bear, to carry, to bring". In Greek mythology Atlas was a Titan punished by Zeus by being forced to support the heavens on his shoulders.
Caelus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: KIE-luws(Classical Latin)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "sky" or "the heavens" in Latin (related to the word
caelum). Caelus is the Roman god of the sky, the equivalent of the Greek god
Uranus.
Callahan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-ə-han
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of
Ó Ceallacháin, itself from the given name
Cellachán.
Calluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the genus name of common heather, a flowering shrub. It comes from the Greek verb καλλύνω
(kalluno) meaning "to beautify, sweep clean", ultimately from καλός
(kalos) "beautiful".
Camaël
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Celandine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEHL-ən-deen, SEHL-ən-dien
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek
χελιδών (chelidon) meaning "swallow (bird)".
Cerin
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Chanthara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: จันทร์ธารา(Thai)
Pronounced: chan-ta-RA
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Thai จันทร์ (chan) meaning "moon" and ธารา (thara) meaning "water, stream".
Chinara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Other Scripts: Чинара(Uzbek Cyrillic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "Platanus" (a type of tree) in Uzbek.
Damira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tatar
Other Scripts: Дамира(Kyrgyz, Kazakh) دامىيرا(Kazakh Arabic) Дамирә(Tatar)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Derived from Persian ضمیر (zamir) meaning "heart, mind, secret", though it may also be from Turkic *temür meaning "iron".
Dandara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian, History
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Dandara was an Afro-Brazilian warrior of the colonial period of Brazil and was part of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Brazilian people who freed themselves from enslavement, in the present-day state of Alagoas. After being arrested on February 6, 1694, she committed suicide, refusing to return to a life of slavery. She is a mysterious figure today, because not much is known about her life. Most of the stories about her are varied and disconnected. She was the wife of Zumbi dos Palmares, the last king of the Quilombo dos Palmares.
Daris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian (Modern)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic
دارس (daris) meaning
"studying, learning".
Declan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: DEHK-lən(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Irish
Deaglán, Old Irish
Declán, which is of unknown meaning.
Saint Declan was a 5th-century missionary to the Déisi peoples of Ireland and the founder of the monastery at Ardmore.
In America, this name received boosts in popularity from main characters in the movies The Jackal (1997) and Leap Year (2010).
Delara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دلآرا(Persian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means
"adorning the heart", from Persian
دل (del) meaning "heart" and
آرا (ara) meaning "decorate, adorn".
Derian
Patronymic from classical Armenian tēr meaning ‘lord’.
Diantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: die-AN-thə(English)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").
Donara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Soviet, Russian (Rare), Armenian
Other Scripts: Донара(Russian) Դոնարա(Armenian)
Pronounced: du-NA-rə(Russian)
Contraction of Russian дочь народа (doč naroda) meaning "daughter of the people". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Dorin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: DO-reen
Driada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Possibly from Albanian driadë "dryad".
Dubheasa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Meaning "dark waterfall" from the Gaelic word dubh meaning dark or black and eas meaning waterfall.
Earendel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Old English cognate of the Germanic name
Auriwandalo, from Proto-Germanic *
Auziwandilaz, composed of *
auzi "dawn" and *
wandilaz "wandering, fluctuating, variable". Ēarendel occurs in the Old English poem
Christ I as a personification of the morning star; the following couplet (from lines 104-5, translated from the Old English) influenced J. R. R. Tolkien's portrayal of Middle-earth and his character
Earendil: "Hail Earendel brightest of angels, / over Middle Earth sent to men."
Edla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Pronounced: EHD-lah(Swedish) EHD:-lah(Finnish)
Contracted form of
Edela.
Efimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ефимир(Bulgarian)
Composed of efi with an unknown meaning and miru meaning "peace, world".
Eindra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: အိန္ဒြာ(Burmese)
Pronounced: AYN-DRA
Alternate transcription of
Eaindra.
Eistla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: EYEST-lah
Derived from eist "oast", a kiln used for drying hops. This is the name of a Jǫtunn in Norse mythology.
Elberen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: East Frisian (Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: el-ber-ən
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
The name is formed from the two Germanic name elements AGIL "edge (of a sword)" (via Eil-) and BERIN "she-bear".
Elbereth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Means "queen of the stars" in Sindarin, composed of êl "star" and bereth "queen, spouse". In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, this was an epithet of Varda, the deity to whom the Elvish hymn 'A Elbereth Gilthoniel' was directed.
Elda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Short form of names containing the element eld, from Old Norse eldr, "fire".
Eldar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Pronounced: EL-dahr(Swedish)
Combination of Old Norse eldr "fire" and herr "army, warrior".
Eldir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: EHLD-eer(Norse Mythology)
Meaning unknown. In Norse mythology Eldir is one of
Ægir's servants. After
Loki is driven out of Ægir's hall for killing
Fimafengr, he tries to regain entry, but Eldir refuses to let him in.
Elestren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish elester meaning "iris flower". This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Eliantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Eliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Elisava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Russian, Bosnian (Rare, Archaic), Albanian (Rare)
Elisif
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Finland Swedish (Rare)
Elna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Scandinavian short form of
Helena.
Elnara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar
Other Scripts: Эльнара(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ayl-nah-RAH(Azerbaijani)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Turkic el meaning "people, country, nation" and Persian انار (anâr) meaning "pomegranate".
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Elros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Means "glitter of stars" or "foam of stars" from Sindarin
êl "star" and
ros, which can mean "polished metal, glitter" or "foam, rain, dew, spray (of fall or fountain)". It belonged to the brother of
Elrond and first king of Númenor in J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954).
Eluned
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: ehl-IN-ehd, ehl-EEN-ehd
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Derived from Welsh
eilun meaning
"image, likeness, idol". This was the name of a legendary 5th-century Welsh
saint, also known as Eiliwedd, one of the supposed daughters of
Brychan Brycheiniog.
Elvir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian, Croatian
Elwë
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Means "star person" in Quenya. Elwë Singollo (also known as Elu Thingol) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth 'Legendarium'.
Endellion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Pronounced: ehn-DEHL-ee-ən(English)
Anglicized form of
Endelienta, the Latin form of a Welsh or Cornish name. It was borne by a 5th or 6th-century Cornish
saint whose birth name is lost. According to some traditions she was a daughter of
Brychan Brycheiniog (identifying her with Cynheiddon).
Endymion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐνδυμίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHN-DUY-MEE-AWN(Classical Greek) ehn-DIM-ee-ən(English)
Derived from Greek
ἐνδύω (endyo) meaning
"to dive into, to enter". In Greek
mythology he was an Aeolian mortal loved by the moon goddess
Selene, who asked
Zeus to grant him eternal life. Zeus complied by putting him into an eternal sleep in a cave on Mount Latmos.
Envera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian, Turkish
Ephyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Εφυρα(Ancient Greek)
The name of a nymph of the town of Ephyraia (Corinth) on the Isthmos. The name is either taken from that place or means "fiery", from the element φυρα (phyra).
Eryl
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EH-ril
From Welsh eryl meaning "watcher" or "lookout" (originally "hunt"), derived from ar, an intensifying prefix, and hyl "a hunt". In regular use since the 1920s, though infrequently. Trefor R. Davies reports in his 'Book of Welsh Names' (1952) that Eryl was first used by John and Dilys Glynne Jones for their daughter, born in 1893. They lived in a house called Eryl-y-môr ("lookout over the sea"). It was subsequently used for boys as well as girls.
Espen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: EHS-pən
Espiridión
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: ehs-pee-ree-DHYON
Esyllt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EH-sisht
Evanas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian (Modern)
Lithuanian form of
Evan, in use since the 2000s.
Evanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic
mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Faline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: fə-LEEN(English) fah-LEE-nə(German)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Used by Disney and Austrian author Felix Salten for a female roe deer in his novel 'Bambi' (1923).
Fiachna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Derived from Irish fiach meaning "raven". This is the name of several characters from Irish legend. It was also borne by Fiachna mac Báetáin, a 7th-century king of Dál Araide.
Fiachra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: FYEEKH-rə(Irish)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Old Irish
Fiachrae, possibly from
fiach "raven" or
fích "battle" combined with
rí "king". This was the name of several legendary figures, including one of the four children of
Lir transformed into swans for a period of 900 years. This is also the name of the patron
saint of gardeners: a 7th-century Irish abbot who settled in France, usually called Saint Fiacre.
Gereon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Late Roman
Pronounced: GEH-reh-awn(German)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from Greek
γέρων (geron) meaning
"old man, elder". This was the name of a
saint martyred in Cologne in the 4th century.
Ghislaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHEES-LEHN, GEE-LEHN
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Gwendolen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: GWEHN-də-lin(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Possibly means
"white ring", derived from Welsh
gwen meaning "white, blessed" and
dolen meaning "ring, loop". This name appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century chronicles, written in the Latin form
Guendoloena, where it belongs to an ancient queen of the Britons who defeats her ex-husband in battle
[1]. Geoffrey later used it in
Vita Merlini for the wife of the prophet
Merlin [2]. An alternate theory claims that the name arose from a misreading of the masculine name
Guendoleu by Geoffrey
[3].
This name was not regularly given to people until the 19th century [4][3]. It was used by George Eliot for a character in her novel Daniel Deronda (1876).
Gwenivar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Gwydion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Probably means
"born of trees" from Old Welsh
guid "trees" and the suffix
gen "born of". In the Fourth Branch of the
Mabinogi [1], Gwydion is the nephew of King
Math of Gwynedd, and like him a powerful magician. In an elaborate plot to give his brother a chance to rape his uncle's footbearer, he arranged a war between Gwynedd and the neighbouring kingdom of Dyfed. Gwydion himself killed King
Pryderi of Dyfed at the end of the war. In punishment for the rape, Math transformed Gwydion and his brother into different animals over the course of three years. Gwydion was the uncle of
Lleu Llaw Gyffes, whom he fostered. Math and Gwydion fashioned Lleu a wife,
Blodeuwedd, out of flowers and they later aided him after her betrayal. Gwydion also appears in older Welsh poetry such as the
Book of Taliesin.
Halla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse, Finnish, Norwegian (Archaic), Faroese
Pronounced: HUL-lah(Finnish)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Hallr. Halla is also a Finnish word for an occasion when in growing season temperature lowers so much that ground gets covered with frost.
Haulwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Derived from Welsh elements haul meaning "sun" and gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed."
Haven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-vən
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.
Haymar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: ဟေမာ(Burmese)
Pronounced: HEH-MA
Means "deep forest" in Burmese.
Henar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kurdish (Rare)
Other Scripts: هەنار(Kurdish Sorani)
Derived from Kurdish hinar meaning "pomegranate".
Hirune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-ROO-neh
Hîvron
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish heyveron meaning "moonlight, moonshine".
Hyacinthus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ὑάκινθος(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek name
Ὑάκινθος (Hyakinthos), which was derived from the name of the hyacinth flower. In Greek legend Hyakinthos was accidentally killed by the god
Apollo, who mournfully caused this flower to arise from his blood. The name was also borne by several early
saints, notably a 3rd-century martyr who was killed with his brother Protus.
Idra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Aramaic
Pronounced: ih-DRA(Aramaic)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "fig tree" in Aramaic.
Ila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: इला(Hindi)
Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.
Ilana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אִילָנָה(Hebrew)
Ilari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-lah-ree
Ilduara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Portuguese, Medieval Spanish, Medieval Galician
A regional Medieval Latin name, from a Suevic or Gothic name, reconstructed in Proto-Germanic as *Hildiwarō, composed of the elements hild "battle" and warin "to guard, protect".
Ileana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: ee-LYA-na(Romanian)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Possibly a Romanian variant of
Elena. In Romanian folklore this is the name of a princess kidnapped by monsters and rescued by a heroic knight.
Ilina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Илина(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Ilion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Iliriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Ilmarinen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: EEL-mah-ree-nehn(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish
ilma meaning
"air". Ilmarinen is an immortal smith in Finnish
mythology, the creator of the sky and the magic mill known as the Sampo. He is one of the main characters in the Finnish epic the
Kalevala.
Ilmatar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: EEL-mah-tahr(Finnish)
Ilona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Pronounced: EE-lo-naw(Hungarian) ee-LO-na(German) EE-lo-na(German) EE-lo-nah(Finnish) ee-LAW-na(Polish) I-lo-na(Czech)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Old Hungarian form of
Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word
ilona, a derivative of
ilo "joy".
Iluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Ancient Basque name that was first found on inscriptions in Aquitaine dating back to the 1st to 3rd centuries.
Its origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that it might be derived from the Basque adjective ilun (illun in Old Basque, ilunn in Aquitain), meaning "darkness; dark; sombre; gloomy; mysterious; obscure".
Ilya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Илья(Russian) Ілья(Belarusian)
Pronounced: i-LYA(Russian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Russian and Belarusian form of
Elijah.
Imandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Of uncertain origin and meaning. It has been suggested to be a blend of
Imanta and
Andra 1.
Imre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EEM-reh
Hungarian form of
Emmerich. This was the name of an 11th-century Hungarian
saint, the son of Saint Istvan. He is also known as Emeric.
Inaaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: عنایا(Urdu)
Alternate transcription of Urdu
عنایا (see
Inaya).
Inanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒈹(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: i-NAH-nə(English)
Possibly derived from Sumerian
nin-an-a(k) meaning
"lady of the heavens", from
𒎏 (nin) meaning "lady" and the genitive form of
𒀭 (an) meaning "heaven, sky". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and war. She descended into the underworld where the ruler of that place, her sister
Ereshkigal, had her killed. The god
Enki interceded, and Inanna was allowed to leave the underworld as long as her husband
Dumuzi took her place.
Inanna was later conflated with the Semitic (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian) deity Ishtar.
Indraja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian (Rare), Baltic Mythology
Pronounced: ind-ru-YU(Lithuanian)
Borrowed from the name of a lake and river in the Utena district municipality of north-eastern Lithuania, derived from Eastern Aukštaitian Lithuanian
indrė (standard Lithuanian
nendrė) meaning "reed."
This was also the name of the personification of the planet Jupiter in Lithuanian mythology, sometimes attributed as meaning "water witch" and probably related to
Indra. She was a daughter of the sun goddess
Saulė. Originally a water spirit, she was meant to marry the god of thunder, Perkunas, on a Thursday; when she was taken away from her wedding, she turned into the planet Jupiter.
Irune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-ROO-neh
Means
"trinity" in Basque, derived from
hiru meaning "three". It was proposed by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name
Trinidad.
Isala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Flemish
The first Belgian woman to graduate from medical school was Isala van Diest, educated in Switzerland and admitted to practice only after a royal decree made it so.
Isara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อิสระ(Thai)
Pronounced: eet-sa-RA
Alternate transcription of Thai อิสระ (see
Itsara).
Iselin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: is-e-LEEN
Norwegian adoption of an originally German short form of Old High German names containing the element
isarn meaning "iron" (e.g.,
Isengard,
Iselinde,
Isburg), as well as an adoption of an obsolete German diminutive of
Isa 2 and a Norwegian adoption and adaption of the Irish name
Aisling (compare
Isleen).
Iskra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Искра(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: EES-kru(Bulgarian) EES-kra(Macedonian, Croatian)
Means "spark" in South Slavic.
Ismeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, Medieval German, Spanish
Quasi-Marian name connected to the devotion of
Notre Dame de Liesse in Picardy. According to the legend,
Ismeria ("the Black Madonna") was a Moorish girl who converted to Christianity and released the crusaders captivated by her father because of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
The name
Ismeria is now most frequently found in association with the legend of Saint Ismeria, an obscure figure who dates back to 12th century European folklore. According to Jacobus de Voragine's
The Golden Legend (c.1260), Ismeria was the sister of Saint
Anne 1, the mother of
Mary and grandmother of
Jesus. Ismeria herself was the mother of
Elizabeth, and therefore grandmother of Saint
John the Baptist.
The origins and meaning of the name itself are debated. Theories include a feminine variant of the Germanic name
Ismar, a Picard corruption of some unidentified Arabic name, a corruption of
Ismenia and a corruption of Arabic
Isma and
Asma.
Isolda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: i-SOL-də(English) i-ZOL-də(English)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Isra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-RA
Means
"nocturnal journey", derived from Arabic
سرى (sara) meaning "to travel at night".
Ivola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Janus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Limburgish (Rare), West Frisian (Rare), Danish, Finnish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Pronounced: YAH-nus(Dutch, Flemish, Limburgish, West Frisian)
Dutch, Flemish, Limburgish and West Frisian short form of
Adrianus and sometimes also of
Johannes (which is also found spelled as
Johannus). The name has also seen some use in Scandinavia (particularly in Denmark), where it can also be a (more or less) latinized form of
Jens.
Also compare Jaan, Jannes, Janusz as well as Janus, which is the name of a god from Roman mythology.
Jenara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Jensiva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Faroese (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Jivan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ջիվան(Armenian)
Johara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Jovaras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Derived from the Lithuanian noun jovaras, which refers to several types of tree, namely: the black poplar, the common hornbeam and the sycamore.
Jūra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Derived from the Lithuanian noun jūra meaning "sea".
Jura
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Pronounced: YOO-rah, YOO-rrah
Kaderin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Caribbean
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Kaleva
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KAH-leh-vah(Finnish)
From the name of the mythological ancestor of the Finns, which is of unknown meaning. The name of the Finnish epic the Kalevala means "the land of Kaleva".
Kalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Калина(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ka-LEE-na(Polish)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.
Kalyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
Other Scripts: कल्याण(Hindi) কল্যাণ(Bengali) కళ్యాణ్(Telugu)
Means "beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit.
Kerensa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "love" in Cornish.
Kertu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: KEHR-too
Kestrel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KEHS-trəl
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From the name of the bird of prey, ultimately derived from Old French crecelle "rattle", which refers to the sound of its cry.
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)
Derived from Sanskrit
किरण (kirana), which can mean
"dust" or
"thread" or
"sunbeam".
Kirara
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Modern), Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 煌, 光, 輝, 慧, 雲母, 希星, 稀星, 綺星, 姫星, 妃星, 輝星, 稀月, 輝空, 煌空, 希来々, 稀良々, 綺羅々, 騎蘭々, 喜楽々, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きらら(Japanese Hiragana) キララ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KYEE-RA-RA(Japanese)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the stem of adjective 煌らか
(kiraraka) meaning "glittering, sparkling, twinkling." The word for "mica" or "isinglass" (雲母) is a derivation.
A single kanji which relates to the adjective can be used, like 光 meaning "light; ray, beam, glow," 輝 meaning "brightness, brilliance" or 慧 meaning "wisdom, enlightenment."
It can also be written with multiple, mainly using a
ki kanji, like 希/稀 meaning "rare," 綺 meaning "thin silk" or 姫/妃 meaning "princess," and combining it with a kanji that, again, relates to the adjective, like 星, normally
hoshi meaning "star," 月, normally
tsuki meaning "moon," or 空, normally
sora meaning "sky." The second element can be split into two, using a
ra kanji, like 来 meaning "arrival," 良 meaning "good," 羅 meaning "thin silk, gauze," 蘭 meaning "orchid" or 楽 meaning "comfort, ease." The first
ra kanji can be repeated with duplication or by way of the repeating mark 々 or a second different
ra kanji can be chosen.
One fictional bearer of this name is Kirara (雲母), one of the protagonists from manga and anime 'Inuyasha'.
Kirsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, German
Pronounced: KEER-sah
Danish form of
Kirsi and coincidentally also a Middle High German word for "cherry".
Lagamar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite Mythology
This was the name of a goddess in Elamite religion. Her name is Akkadian and means "no mercy". The Elamite form of her name is said to be Lakamar. The fact that her name is Akkadian rather than Elamite, is possibly due to the fact that Elam had repeatedly been under Akkadian rule and was thus influenced by the Akkadian language and culture. It is not certain whether Lagamar was originally an Akkadian goddess that was eventually adopted by the Elamites, or whether she had always been an Elamite goddess but was simply given an Akkadian name (possibly during a period of Akkadian rule) rather than an Elamite one. It should be noted though, that where the first possibility is concerned, there is barely evidence (archeological or otherwise) available of her having been worshipped outside of Elam. Either way, her function in the Elamite pantheon was to support the god Inshushinak in his position as judge of the dead. She did this together with the goddess Ishme-karab, so in other words, Inshushinak really had two assistants. Some sources say that she also acted as judge of the dead (a co-judge perhaps?), while others say that she acted as a counsel for prosecution for the newly dead in the underworld (while Ishme-karab acted as a counsel for defence), before Inshushinak made his final judgement about the newly dead. Not much else is known about Lagamar, unfortunately.
Laida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
From the name of a beach on the Basque coast.
Lamaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian Mythology
Other Scripts: ლამარია(Georgian)
Meaning unknown. Lamaria is a goddess in Georgian mythology and a part of the Svan pantheon. She is named "eye of the earth" and is the goddess of the hearth, cattle and a protector of women (especially with matters of childbirth).
Lanre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Lenara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Soviet
Other Scripts: Ленара(Russian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Derived as a contracted form of Ленинская армия (Leninskaya armya), meaning "Lenin's army". This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Levente
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: LEH-vehn-teh
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Old Hungarian name, possibly of Slavic origin, or possibly from Hungarian lesz "will be". This name was used by the Árpád royal family since at least the 10th century.
Liëlle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Lieven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Flemish
Lífa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse
Lilavati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi (Rare)
Other Scripts: लीलावती(Hindi)
Means "amusing, charming, graceful" in Sanskrit. The 12th-century mathematician Bhaskara named one of his systems of mathematics after his daughter Lilavati. This was also the name of a 13th-century queen of Sri Lanka.
Lilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LEE-lya(Spanish) LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Spanish and Italian form of
Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian
Лилия or Ukrainian
Лілія (see
Liliya).
Lilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: LEEL-law
Liloia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gascon
Derived from Gascon lilòia "daisy".
Líndís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements lín "flax; linen; linen garment, linen gear" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
Linna
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LEEN-nah
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "castle" in Finnish. A famous namesake is Väinö Linna (1920-1992), Finnish author of The Unknown Soldier.
Lior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means
"my light" in Hebrew, from
לִי (li) "for me" and
אוֹר ('or) "light".
Liora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Strictly feminine form of
Lior.
Liriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Liron
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִירוֹן(Hebrew)
Means
"my song, my joy" in Hebrew, from
לִי (li) "for me" and
רֹן (ron) "joy, song".
Lisse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Danish (Rare), English (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Literature
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
It is used in the science fiction novel Invitation to the Game as the name of the main character. It is also the name of a fine gauze fabric.
Liva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish (Modern)
Pronounced: li-va
Maybe derived from Arabic لِوَاء (liwāʾ) "banner, flag; brigade".
Llyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Unaccented variant of
Llŷr.
Loran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a variant of
Lorenc.
Loredana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Romanian
Used by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel Mattea (1833) and later by the Italian author Luciano Zuccoli in his novel L'amore de Loredana (1908). It was possibly based on the Venetian surname Loredan, which was derived from the place name Loreo.
Loriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Lucine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Լուսինե(Armenian)
Pronounced: loo-see-NEH
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Luma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Luminița
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: loo-mee-NEE-tsa
Means
"little light", derived from Romanian
lumina "light" combined with a
diminutive suffix.
Lunete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Form of
Eluned used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes in his poem
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. In the poem she is a servant of the Lady of the Fountain who aids the knight
Yvain.
Lupa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Medieval Romanian, Esperanto
Feminine form of
Lupus (Late Roman) and
Lup (Medieval Romanian).
In Esperanto, the name means "lupine, wolfish" and is therefore etymologically related to the aforementioned two names.
Lysandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Λυσάνδρα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Lysandros (see
Lysander).
Mabon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Later Welsh form of
Maponos [1][2][3]. In the Welsh tale
Culhwch and Olwen he is a prisoner freed by
Arthur's warriors in order to help hunt the great boar Trwyth. His mother is
Modron.
Maëlle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Breton
Pronounced: MA-EHL(French)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Maelwys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Maëlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-EH-LEES
Feminine form of
Maël, possibly influenced by the spelling of
Mailys.
Mahalath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מָחֲלַת(Ancient Hebrew)
Mairwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Combination of
Mair and Welsh
gwen meaning "white, blessed".
Malaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, History
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Derived from Gothic
malvjan "to crush, to grind" combined with
rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic
rîg or
rix and Gothic
reiks, which all mean "king, ruler." This name might also be a short form (with reduction of the 'a') of
Amalaric, but it can also be a form of
Madalric and
Mahalric. Malaric was the name of a 6th-century Suebi king of Galicia.
Malene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian short form of
Magdalena.
Malina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani
Of uncertain origin. Either a borrowing of the Slavic name
Malina 2 or the Romanian name
Mălina, a direct derivation from the Romani word
mal'ina "raspberry" (and thus ultimately a cognate of the Slavic name), or else there might be a relation to the source of the Indian name
Malini.
Manovir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sanskrit, Hinduism, Indian, Marathi, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Gujarati, Sinhalese, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: मनोवीर(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: manovIr(Sanskrit) manoveer(Indian)
MEANING - "brave by heart", courageous person, bold. Here मनः means by heart or mind + वीर means brave, courageous, warrior
Manya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Маня(Russian)
Maral
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Turkmen
Other Scripts: Марал(Mongolian Cyrillic) Մարալ(Armenian)
Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.
Mardena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Maret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: MAHRR-eht
Maribel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ma-ree-BEHL
Marrit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Danish, Frisian, Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Maruta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Originally a diminutive of
Marija, now used as a given name in its own right.
Mehana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit, Hinduism, Hindi, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhalese
Other Scripts: मेहना(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: mehanA(Sanskrit)
MEANING - abundantly, in streams
Mel-dela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Caucasian Mythology
This was the name of the supreme goddess in Vainakh mythology.
Melete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μελέτη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means
"practice, exercise" in Greek. In Greek
mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of meditation.
Melora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: mə-LAWR-a(English)
Probably a variant of
Meliora. This name was (first?) used in the Arthurian romance
The Adventures of Melora and Orlando (1696).
Melwas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Possibly means "prince of death" or "princely youth". This is an older form of
Maelwys.
Meraud
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Meaning unknown, perhaps based on Cornish mor "sea".
Merewyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Variant of
Mærwynn used by Anya Seton in her historical novel
Avalon (1965). In the story Merewyn is a niece of Merwinna, abbess of Romsey Abbey.
Meri 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian, Armenian, Greek
Other Scripts: მერი(Georgian) Մերի(Armenian) Μαίρη(Greek)
Pronounced: MEH-REE(Georgian)
Georgian, Armenian and Greek form of the English name
Mary.
Merrin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Although the exact origin and meaning of this name are unknown, many modern-day academics believe this name to be the (possibly Anglicized) Cornish form of
Morien.
Its variant Merryn was the name of a Cornish saint.
In the English-speaking world, all forms have been occasionally used from the 19th century onwards.
Merula
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: MEH-roo-la(Latin)
Roman cognomen derived from Latin merula "blackbird".
Miervalda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Mîhrîvan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Means "merciful" in Kurdish.
Milena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Italian
Other Scripts: Милена(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: MI-leh-na(Czech) MEE-leh-na(Slovak) mee-LEH-na(Polish, Italian) myi-LYEH-nə(Russian)
Feminine form of
Milan. It began to be used in Italy in honour of Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), mother of Helen of Montenegro, the wife of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III. In Italy it can also be considered a combination of
Maria and
Elena.
Mileva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Милева(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: mee-LEH-va(Serbian)
From the Slavic element
milŭ meaning
"gracious, dear".
Minela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian, Croatian, Romanian (Rare)
Minka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: min-ka, meen-ka, ming-ka
Mirana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian (Rare), Albanian (Rare)
Mireia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Catalan, Spanish
Pronounced: mee-REH-yə(Catalan) mee-REH-ya(Spanish)
Mireli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Miruna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace" or Romanian mira meaning "to wonder, to astound".
Modra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Derived from Latvian modrs "alert; watchful, vigilant".
Morla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: MOR-lah(Literature)
Transferred use of the surname
Morla.
Morla, also known as 'The Ancient One', is a giant turtle in German author Michael Ende's 'The Neverending Story' (1979). She assists the protagonist
Atreyu in his quest.
Morowa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Akan
Means "queen" in Akan.
Morvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Pronounced: MOR-vahn
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From an old Breton name of uncertain meaning. According to Albert Deshayes, the first element is equivalent to Modern Breton
meur "great" and the second element, an aspirated form of
man, is cognate with Latin
manus "hand, strength, power over"; alternatively, the first element may be Breton
mor "sea", while the second element may mean "wise, sage" from the Indo-European root *
men "to think" (or "mind, understanding, reason"). This was the name of a Breton chieftain who led a revolt against the Franks after Charlemagne's death in 814; he was killed in battle in 818.
From the early 1600s onwards, when every given name "had to" be linked with a Catholic saint, until fairly recently Morvan was used as a quasi-equivalent of
Maurice.
In recent times this name was borne by Breton patriot Morvan Marchal (1900-1963), who designed the national flag of Brittany in 1923, as well as journalists Morvan Lebesque (1911-1970) and Morvan Duhamel (1928-).
Naira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romansh, German (Swiss)
Pronounced: NIE-rah(Romansh, Swiss German)
Derived from the Surselvan Romansh word nair (ner in other Romansh variants) "black; dark".
Nandar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: နန္ဒာ(Burmese)
Pronounced: NAN-DA
Derived from Sanskrit नन्द
(nanda) meaning "joy, delight".
Naran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Наран(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ(Traditional Mongolian)
Means "sun, sunny" in Mongolian.
Navarana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic, Danish (Rare)
Greenlandic name meaning "one who alternates between different parties", derived from the Proto-Eskimo root *naverar "to trade, exchange" and the name suffix na. In legend Navarana was an Inuit woman who brought about disunity by alternating between her tribe of native Greenlanders and the Norse colonists. The name was assumed by the first wife of Danish polar explorer and author Peter Freuchen (1886-1957), a Greenlandic Inuit woman formerly known as Mekupaluk (died 1921). This was later used by Knud Rasmussen for the heroine of 'The Wedding of Palo' (1934), filmed in East Greenland in 1933.
Nehalennia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic Mythology, German (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Modern, Rare)
Name of a Gaulish goddess of commerce worshipped in what is now the Netherlands, whose worship was prevalent when the Romans arrived to the area. She is believed to be a goddess of the sea, divination, and the Otherworld. The etymology is unknown, even though linguists agree that its origin is not Latin. Theories include a derivation from Indo-European *nāu- "boat" (in which case it may have meant "seafarer" or "steerswoman"), a derivation from Proto-Germanic *nehwa "close", a derivation from the Proto-Indo-European root *neiH- "to lead", a combination of Celtic *halen– "sea" and *ne- "on, at" and a combination of Indogermanic nebh "moisture, wetness" and either hel "to cover, to hide" or Gothic linnan "to disappear; to leave".
Nenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Finnish
Short form of various names. It probably developed from the Scandinavian diminutives
Nanna 1 and
Nina 1. (The former has been used as a diminutive of such names as
Anna,
Johanna,
Amanda and
Marianne, but coincides with an Old Norse name which may be derived from
nėnna "to dare, to have an inclination towards, to travel".)
Nephele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νεφέλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NEH-PEH-LEH(Classical Greek) NEHF-ə-lee(English)
From Greek
νέφος (nephos) meaning
"cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by
Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like
Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.
Neven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Derived from Breton
neñv "sky; heaven", this name is occasionally considered the Breton equivalent of
Caelestinus.
Nevena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Невена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".
Nieves
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: NYEH-behs
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means
"snows" in Spanish, derived from the title of the Virgin
Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".
Nihara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit, Hindi, Hinduism, Indian, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu
Other Scripts: निहारा, नीहारा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: nIhArA(Sanskrit) nEEhaaraa(Hindi)
MEANING - mist , fog, dew, hoar-frost
Nimra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pakistani, Indian, Arabic
Variant transcription of
Nimira.
Nimue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: NIM-ə-way(English)
Meaning unknown. In Arthurian legends this is the name of a sorceress, also known as the Lady of the Lake, Vivien, or Niniane. Various versions of the tales have
Merlin falling in love with her and becoming imprisoned by her magic. She first appears in the medieval French
Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
Nineveh
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English (Rare)
Pronounced: NIN-i-və(English) NIN-ə-və(English)
Named after the ancient city in Assyria, which is said to derive from Latin
Ninive and Septuagint Greek
Nineyḗ (Νινευή) under influence of Biblical Hebrew
Nīnewēh (נִינְוֶה). Nīnewēh is, itself, derived from Akkadian
Ninua/Ninâ or Old Babylonian
Ninuwā. Though it is unclear what the original meaning of Nineveh was, it may have been referred to a goddess associated with fish, probably since the cuneiform of Ninâ is a fish within a house (compare Aramaic
nuna meaning "fish.")
There is a character so named in an episode of Perry Mason (The Case of the Nebulous Nephew). She was played by Meg Wyllie.
Noreia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology, German (Modern, Rare), Galician (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Noreia used to be considered the epithet of an unidentified pre-Roman mother goddess who left her name in inscriptions throughout the Roman province Noricum (present-day Austria and Slovenia). Current theories suggest, however, that she might have been a Roman "creation" to gain the loyalty of the Norici (ever since
Vespasian's time, she was associated with the goddess
Isis and referred to as Isisi-Noreia). It has been claimed that she was a goddess of fate and fortune, life's happiness, fertility, mining and healing waters. The origin and meaning of her name are lost to time.
Oriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: o-RYA-na
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from Latin
aurum "gold" or from its derivatives, Spanish
oro or French
or. In medieval legend Oriana was the daughter of a king of England who married the knight
Amadis.
Oriol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: oo-ree-AWL
From a Catalan surname meaning
"golden". It has been used in honour of
Saint Joseph Oriol (1650-1702).
Orlaithe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Celtic, Celtic Mythology, English, Scottish, Irish
Pronounced: or-LAYTH
Osana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Basque
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Basque otzan "tame" or a derivation from Basque otso "wolf".
Ouriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Οὐριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Parisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: پریسا(Persian)
Means
"like a fairy" in Persian, derived from
پری (pari) meaning "fairy, sprite, supernatural being".
Persinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History, Literature
Other Scripts: Περσίννα(Ancient Greek)
Possibly derived from Greek Περσίς
(Persis) meaning "Persian woman" or περσέα
(persea), the Greek name for a type of tree (species Mimusops kummel). This is the name of a character in the ancient Greek novel
Aethiopica by Heliodorus of Emesa; Persinna is the queen of Ethiopia and the mother of the protagonist
Chariclea.
Phaenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Φαέννα(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek
φαεινός (phaeinos) meaning
"shining". According to some Greek myths this was the name of one of the three Graces or
Χάριτες (Charites).
Raihan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: রায়হান(Bengali)
Derived from Arabic ريحان
(rayhan) meaning "basil" (see
Rayhana). It is used as a unisex name in Bangladesh and Malaysia (more commonly masculine in the former and primarily feminine in the latter) while it is only masculine in Indonesia.
Raivis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Ravana
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: रावण(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: RA-vu-nu(Sanskrit) RAH-və-nə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "roaring, screaming" in Sanskrit, derived from रव
(rava) meaning "roar, yell, cry". In the Hindu epic
Ramayana, this is the name of a demon king who abducts
Sita.
Ravinder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਰਵਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Ravindra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: रवीन्द्र(Sanskrit, Hindi) रवींद्र(Marathi) రవీంద్ర(Telugu) ರವೀಂದ್ರ(Kannada)
Means
"lord of the sun" from Sanskrit
रवि (ravi) meaning "sun" combined with the name of the Hindu god
Indra, used here to mean "lord". This is another name for the Hindu god
Surya.
Rhian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: REE-an
Derived from Welsh rhiain meaning "maiden, young woman".
Rinnah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
1 Chronicles 4:20 from the root ranan meaning joyous cry
Rivanon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Breton
Variant of
Riwanon. This was the name of the mother of Saint
Hervé.
Ruensa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
This is the real name of Albanian singer Enca Haxhia.
Rumen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Румен(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ROO-mehn
Means "ruddy, rosy" in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Saemira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian sa "so; how (much)", the particle e and mirë "good".
Saengchanh
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Lao
Other Scripts: ແສງຈັນ(Lao)
Pronounced: seng-CHAN
Safira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: su-FEE-ru(European Portuguese) sa-FEE-ru(Brazilian Portuguese)
Portuguese form of
Sapphira. It coincides with the Portuguese word for
"sapphire".
Sahana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Pronounced: sah-ana
Sanskrit, indian
Salara
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Samarinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: sah-mah-RIN-də
The use of this extremely rare name was inspired by a character from the 1992 book "Ik ook van jou" (English: "I love you too" - the literal translation is "I also of you"), who is featured much more prominently in the 2000 sequel "Ik omhels je met duizend armen" (English: "I embrace you with a thousand arms"). Both books were written by Dutch author Ronald Giphart (b. 1965) and both have been made into films. The author has stated that he derived the name from Samarinda, a major city on the Indonesian island Borneo. The city derives its name from Indonesian samarenda meaning "equal in height", which was a term originally used in reference to the way in which the Bugis people constructed their houses.
Sami 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-mee
Saranda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Saranda (or Sarandë), the name of a city in Albania. The name itself derives from the Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (Agioi Saranda), meaning "Forty Saints", honouring the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.
Sarangerel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Сарангэрэл(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: sah-RAHN-geh-rehl
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means
"moonlight" in Mongolian, from
саран (saran) meaning "moon" and
гэрэл (gerel) meaning "light".
Sarchel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SAHR-chəl
Sarissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Satanaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Caucasian Mythology
Other Scripts: Сэтэнай(Western Circassian) Сэтэней(Eastern Circassian)
Pronounced: sa-ta-nie(Adyghe, Kabardian)
Means "mother of one-hundred (sons)" from Persian صد
(sad) (through the Iranian root
*/sata-/) meaning "(one) hundred" combined with the Northwest Caucasian root
/na/ meaning "mother" (descended into Kabardian анэ
(ānă) and Adyghe ны
(nə)) and the Indo-Iranian suffix
/-ya/ meaning "the one who is". This refers to Satanaya’s one-hundred giant sons (Narts) in Caucasian mythology.
Satanaya Guasha (or Satana) was the matriarch of the Narts (a race of giants) and an important figure in the 'Nart' sagas and Caucasian mythology. To the Ossetians, she was the daughter of the Uastyrdzhi and mother of Soslan. She was also viewed as a deity of fertility similar to the Greek Demeter but was portrayed as a goddess of crafts and women's work in Vainakh (Chechen and Ingush) belief.
Satella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Possibly derived from Latin satelles "attendant, guard". A known bearer of this name was Satella Sharps (1856-1875), daughter of American gunsmith Christian Sharps (1810-1874). Another known bearer is her daughter (who was named after her mother, because she had died while giving birth to her), American author Satella Sharps Waterstone (1875-1938).
Saveria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Italian feminine form of
Xavier.
Saviëlle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: SAH-vee-yel, SAH-vee-yel-lə
Strictly feminine form of
Saviël.
Selinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: sə-LIN-də
This given name can be a Dutch variant of
Sieglinde as well as be a combination of
Selina with
Linde.
Selvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Derived from Albanian selvi "cypress".
Selwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEHL-win
From a surname that was originally derived from an Old English given name, which was formed of the elements sele "manor" and wine "friend".
Senara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Pronounced: ze-NAH-rah
From the name of the patron saint of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, which is of obscure origin. Conceivably it may be derived from the Breton name
Azenor or the old Celtic
Senovara. According to local legend Saint Senara was originally Princess Azenor of Brest in Lower Brittany, the mother of Saint Budoc. She is also said to have been a mermaid before her conversion (though even after becoming a Christian, "she continued to pine for the sea"). This name was given to 52 girls born in England and Wales in the years 1916-2005.
Seren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SEH-rehn
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.
Sevana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian (Rare)
Shahla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Urdu
Other Scripts: شهلا(Persian) شہلا(Urdu)
Means "dark blue (eyes)" or "dark red (eyes)" in Persian.
Sibylla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, German
Other Scripts: Σίβυλλα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: zee-BI-la(German)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Sidonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Georgian
Other Scripts: სიდონია(Georgian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Sidonius. This is the name of a legendary
saint from Georgia. She and her father Abiathar were supposedly converted by Saint
Nino from Judaism to Christianity.
Sihana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian si "as; like" and Gheg Albanian hanë, a variant of hënë "moon".
Sireli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Derived from Estonian sireli, the genitive form of sirel, "lilac".
Sirona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: si-RO-na(Celtic Mythology)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
The name of a Celtic goddess mainly worshipped in middle Europe and the region of the Danube. She was associated with healing, wolves, and children.
The name comes from a combination of Gaulish roots - ser- or ster- meaning "star" (cognate with the first element in Welsh Seren) plus the -ona termination common to the names of female deities (as in Epona, Angerona.)
The Gaulish goddess of astronomy, and goddess of the Mosel Valley.
Solan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: SO-lahn
From the Norwegian word sol, meaning "sun".
Solenne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Breton
Pronounced: SO-LEN(French) so-LEN(Breton)
Stelara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: steh-LA-ra
From Esperanto stelaro meaning "constellation", ultimately from Latin stella "star".
Stellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: STEHL-lan
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
Suvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-vee
Means "summer" in Finnish.
Svala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse
svala "swallow (bird)". This name is also considered a short form of
Svalaug.
Synnöve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Taahira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Taalke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: East Frisian
Taco
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, American (Rare)
Pronounced: TAH-ko
Dutch or Frisian short form of names containing the name element
DIET resp.
THIAD (from Germanic *
þeudō) "people".
Tafrara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kabyle
Other Scripts: ⵜⴰⴼⵔⴰⵔⴰ(Kabyle Tifinagh)
Means "aurora, dawn, daybreak" in Kabyle.
Talfryn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
From a Welsh place name meaning
"front hill", derived from Welsh
tal "front, extremity" and
bryn "hill".
Taliesin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: tal-YEH-sin(Welsh) tal-ee-EHS-in(English)
Means
"shining brow", derived from Welsh
tal "brow, head" and
iesin "shining, radiant". This was the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century Welsh poet and bard, supposedly the author of the collection of poems the
Book of Taliesin. He appears briefly in the Welsh legend
Culhwch and Olwen and the Second Branch of the
Mabinogi. He is the central character in the
Tale of Taliesin, a medieval legend recorded in the 16th century, which tells how
Ceridwen's servant Gwion Bach was reborn to her as Taliesin; how he becomes the bard for Elffin; and how Taliesin defends Elffin from the machinations of the king
Maelgwn Gwynedd.
Tamarin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare), South African (Rare)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Tanaquil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Etruscan (Latinized), Ancient Roman
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Etruscan name Thanchvil which meant "gift of Thana", presumably from the name of a lost Etruscan goddess Thana combined with Etruscan cvil. This was the name of the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome in the 7th century BC. Edmund Spenser also used it (in the form Tanaquill) in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590), where it belongs to a daughter of Oberon who becomes the fairy queen Gloriana. In modern times it was borne by prima ballerina Tanaquil LeClercq (1929-2000).
Tanimara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Some sources claim this name means "lonely north wind" in Comanche, though no evidence supporting this meaning can be found. The name appears most common in Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch speaking nations, which further suggests the name is not of Comanche origin.
It's likely a modern name, either invented or a combination of names containing the elements -tani- and -mara-.
Tanith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐤕𐤍𐤕(Phoenician)
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Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. She was particularly associated with the city of Carthage, being the consort of
Ba'al Hammon.
Tavi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Ancient Hebrew
Other Scripts: טבי(Ancient Hebrew)
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Means "good" in Hebrew.
Tavi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Yiddish
Pronounced: ta-vi(Yiddish)
Feminine diminutive of
David. Diminutive of
Octavia. Variation of
Tavish.
A notable bearer is fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson.
Thrasamar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Derived from Old Norse thras "quarrel, battle" combined with Old High German mâri "famous."
Tímea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: TEE-meh-aw
Created by the Hungarian author Mór Jókai for a character in his novel
The Golden Man (1873). The name is apparently based on the Greek word
εὐθυμία (euthymia) meaning
"good spirits, cheerfulness".
Tinúviel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Means "daughter of twilight, nightingale" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Tinuviel was another name of Lúthien, the daughter of Thingol the elf king. She was the beloved of Beren, who with her help retrieved one of the Silmarils from the iron crown of Morgoth.
Tirsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician
Tiruhi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Տիրուհի(Armenian)
Derived from Armenian տիրուհի (tiruhi) meaning "mistress, lady".
Tuuli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TOO-lee(Finnish)
Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.
Udara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Means "summer" in Basque.
Ulana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kalmyk
Other Scripts: Улана(Kalmyk Cyrillic)
Unna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Danish (Rare), Faroese, Icelandic (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: UHN-nah(Swedish)
Derived from Old Norse
unna "to love" or
unnr "wave".
Vadomar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, History
Derived from Gothic vadi "pledge, pact" combined with Old High German mâri "famous." Vadomar was the name of a 4th-century king of the Alamanni, a Germanic tribe.
Vador
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Vala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Short form of names containing the Old Norse name element valr- "the slain (in Valhalla)" as well as a direct adoption of Swedish vala (or völva) "fortune teller; prophet" (ultimately from Old Norse vǫlva).
Valda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
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Valdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse
valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and
dís meaning "goddess".
Valdrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Combination of Albanian
valë "wave" and
Drin.
Valmira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Derived from Albanian valë "wave" and mirë "good".
Valquíria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
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Vanadís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
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Means
"goddess of the Vanir" in Old Norse. This was an epithet of the Norse goddess
Freya, given because she was a member of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir).
Vanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Pronounced: VAN-da(Czech, Slovak) VAWN-daw(Hungarian) VAN-du(Lithuanian)
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Form of
Wanda in several languages.
Vaniah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
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One of many sons of
Bani named in Ezra 10:36.
Vasanta
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: वसन्त(Sanskrit)
Means "brilliant" or "spring" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Hindu personification of the spring.
Védís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Icelandic
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Derived from Old Norse
vé meaning "temple, sanctuary" and
dís meaning "goddess".
Vela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Etruscan
Pronounced: WEH-la
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Veleda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
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Veleda was a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions.
Her name is of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory believes that it might be Celtic in origin and in fact be a generic title for a prophetess, in which case it would likely be derived from Proto-Celtic *welet- "seer" (ultimately from *wel- "to see").
Vespera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: vehs-PEH-ra
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Means "of the evening", derived from Esperanto vespero "evening", ultimately from Latin vesper.
Vidhani
Usage: Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: विधानी(Marathi) વિદ્યાની(Gujarati)
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Derived from Sanskrit विधान (vidhāna) meaning "disposing, arranging".
Vildan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bashkir, Bosnian
Other Scripts: Вилдан(Bashkir)
Pronounced: VEEL-dahn(Turkish, Bosnian) vyeel-DAN(Bashkir) weel-DAHN(Bashkir)
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Derived from Arabic وِلْدَان
(wildān) meaning "children". It is also a Bashkir variant transcription of
Uyildan, of the same origin.
Vildana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Pronounced: veel-DAH-nah
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Visna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Old Norse name of unknown origin and meaning. Visna is the name of a warrior-like queen mentioned in the Gesta Danorum.
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