crawreb's Personal Name List

Adamat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Variant of Adhara.
Adem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian
Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Adam.
Alamak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: AL-ə-mak
Variant of Almach.
Alana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Breton
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə(English) a-LAHN-a(Breton)
Feminine form of Alan.
Alara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-LAH-rah(Turkish)
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.
Aldara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician
Galician form of the Visigothic name *Hildiwara, which was composed of the Gothic elements hilds "battle" and wars "aware, cautious". This was the name of the 7th-century wife of the Visigothic king Gundemar. It was also borne by the mother of Saint Rosendo (10th century).
Aldona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Polish
Pronounced: ul-do-NU(Lithuanian) al-DAW-na(Polish)
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 14th-century Polish queen, the daughter of a Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Alim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Circassian, Uyghur
Other Scripts: عليم(Arabic) Алим(Western Circassian, Eastern Circassian) ئالىم(Uyghur Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-LEEM(Arabic)
Means "learned, expert, scholar" in Arabic.
Alimjan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uyghur
Other Scripts: ئالىمجان(Uyghur Arabic)
Uyghur elaboration of Alim using the suffix جان (jan) meaning "dear, darling" (of Persian origin).
Almak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: AL-mak
Variant of Almach.
Alor
Usage: Spanish (Mexican)
Altan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "red dawn" in Turkish.
Amar 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
Other Scripts: अमर(Hindi, Marathi) অমর(Bengali) ਅਮਰ(Gurmukhi)
Means "immortal" in Sanskrit.
Amara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "grace" in Igbo.
Amareĸ
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greenlandic
Greenlandic variant of Amarok.
Amarok
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Inuit Mythology
Amarok is the name of a giant wolf in Inuit mythology. It will hunt down and devour anyone foolish enough to hunt alone at night. It is sometimes considered equivalent to the waheela of cryptozoology.
Amator
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lover (of God)". Saint Amator was a 5th-century bishop of Auxerre.
Amnon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַמְנוֹן(Hebrew) Ἀμνών(Ancient Greek)
Means "faithful" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the eldest son of King David. He was killed by his half-brother Absalom in revenge for the rape of his sister Tamar.
Amon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Pronounced: AH-mən(English)
From Ἄμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian jmn (reconstructed as Yamanu) meaning "the hidden one". In early Egyptian mythology he was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the god Ra and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deity Amon-Ra.
Amora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Apparently a modern coinage based on Latin amor meaning "love".
Anahera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Means "angel" in Maori.
Anar 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Анар(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ah-NAHR
Variant of Anara.
Anara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Анара(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.
Aram 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kurdish
Other Scripts: ئارام(Kurdish Sorani)
Means "calm" in Kurdish.
Arana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Strictly feminine form of Aran.
Ardal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: AHR-dəl(English)
Anglicized form of Ardghal.
Arjana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Feminine form of Arjan.
Asar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hypothetical)
Reconstructed Egyptian form of Osiris.
Asha 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
From Swahili ishi meaning "live, exist".
Atanas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Атанас(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Athanasius.
Atara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲטָרָה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew עֲטָרָה (see Atarah).
Avani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: अवनी(Marathi, Hindi) અવની(Gujarati)
Means "earth" in Sanskrit.
Bahar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani
Other Scripts: بهار(Persian)
Pronounced: ba-HAR(Turkish)
Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Bakar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ba-KAR
Masculine form of Bakarne.
Bara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 薔薇(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: BAH-ṘAH
From Japanese 薔薇 (bara) meaning "rose". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
Barakhsan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Барахсан(Yakut)
Means "favorite", "security, defense".
Baran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian, Turkish, Kurdish
Other Scripts: باران(Persian, Kurdish Sorani)
Means "rain" in Persian. It is typically feminine in Persian and masculine in Turkish and Kurdish.
Basima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: باسمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: BA-see-mah
Feminine form of Basim.
Bata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Pronounced: ba-ta
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque form of Beata. The name coincides with Basque bata, absolutive plural of bat, meaning "one".
Batari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Means "goddess" in Indonesian.
Belet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Beila.
Beren
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.
Bolek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: BAW-lehk
Diminutive of Bolesław.
Bora 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "storm, squall" in Turkish, ultimately related to Greek Βορέας (Boreas), the name of the god of the north wind.
Bukar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hausa
Short form of Abubakar.
Bulat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Болат(Kazakh)
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Болат (see Bolat).
Cador
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Cornish
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.'
Cavan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Either from the name of the Irish county, which is derived from Irish cabhán "hollow", or else from the Irish surname Cavan.
Cobus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: KO-buys
Short form of Jacobus.
Dagan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒁕𒃶(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Variant of Dagon.
Dalmat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian dalmat "Dalmatian (member of the people)", ultimately going back to the name of the Dalmatae, a group of Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia.
Damara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology
In Celtic mythology, Damara was a fertility goddess worshipped in Britain. She was associated with the month of May (Beltaine).
Damira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tatar
Other Scripts: Дамира(Kyrgyz, Kazakh) دامىيرا(Kazakh Arabic) Дамирә(Tatar)
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
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.
Dar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דַּר(Hebrew)
Means "mother-of-pearl, nacre" in Hebrew.
Dardan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
From the name of the Dardani, an Illyrian tribe who lived on the Balkan Peninsula. Their name may derive from an Illyrian word meaning "pear". They were unrelated to the ancient people who were also called the Dardans who lived near Troy.
Dardana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Pronounced: dahr-DAHN-ah
Feminine form of Dardan.
Darkhan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Дархан(Kazakh) دارحان(Kazakh Arabic)
Means "gallant, strong, sturdy" in Kazakh. It may also be derived from tarkhan, an ancient military title used by Mongol, Turkic and Iranian leaders, which is of uncertain origin. In the Mongol Empire this title granted exemption from taxation.
Davor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Давор(Serbian)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. This was the name of a supposed Slavic war god. His name was the basis for the word davorije, a type of patriotic war song popular in the 19th century [1].
Davorin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Variant of Davor.
Delara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دلآرا(Persian)
Means "adorning the heart", from Persian دل (del) meaning "heart" and آرا (ara) meaning "decorate, adorn".
Detar
Usage: Papuan
Dinara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Динара(Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz)
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic دينار (dinar), a currency used in several Muslim countries, ultimately derived from Latin denarius. Alternatively it may be a derivative of دين (din) meaning "religion".
Dokhsun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Дохсун(Yakut)
Means "sporty" in Yakut.
Dolgan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Долган(Yakut)
Donar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Old High German form of *Þunraz (see Thor).
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.
Doran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Deoradháin, from the byname Deoradhán, derived from Irish deoradh meaning "exile, wanderer" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Doruk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "mountaintop" in Turkish.
Dusit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: ดุสิต(Thai)
Pronounced: doo-SEET
From Sanskrit तुषित (tushita) referring to the fourth of the six heavenly realms in Buddhist cosmology.
Edan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עִידָן(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew עִידָן (see Idan).
Edera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Albanian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Maltese (Rare)
Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".
Edon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Means "he loves" in Albanian, ultimately derived from Albanian dua "to love".
Ela 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: eh-LA
Means "hazel (colour)" in Turkish.
Elanor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Means "star sun" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this is Sam's eldest daughter, named after a type of flower.
Elara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐλάρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHL-ə-rə(English)
Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Eldar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Pronounced: EL-dahr(Swedish)
Combination of Old Norse eldr "fire" and herr "army, warrior".
Eleneki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian (Rare)
Pronounced: e-le-NE-ki
Hawaiian form of Ernest.
Elira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Popularly derived from Albanian i lirë / e lirë "to be free", this is more likely a variant of Ilira. This name goes back to the tribal name of the Illyrians, who are believed to be the forefathers of modern-day Albanians.
Elisava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Russian, Bosnian (Rare, Archaic), Albanian (Rare)
Elmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Modern German form of Adelmar or Egilmar.
Eloren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian
Elorria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn". In Basque folklore, the hawthorn has been considered a sacred plant.
Eludor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Basque-style)
Basque form of Heliodorus.
Elurra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque elur "snow".
Elvana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Albanian form of Elvan.
Emela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare), Bosnian (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Emel.
Énora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton (Gallicized), French (Modern)
Gallicized form of Enora.
Envera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian, Turkish
Feminine form of Enver.
Erand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Erel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Эрэл(Yakut)
Means "elder" in Yakut.
Ermal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
From the Albanian word erë meaning "wind; smell" combined with mal meaning "mountain".
Errolan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Basque
Basque form of Roland.
Erzen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Masculine form of Erza.
Eteri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ეთერი(Georgian)
Pronounced: EH-TEH-REE
Form of Eter with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.
Evanora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English
The name of a witch in the movie Oz the Great and Powerful. Could be a female form of Evan, a combination of Eva and Nora 1 or an altered form of Eleanora
Gadar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Կատար(Armenian)
Western Armenian transcription of Katar.
Galdim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Galor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: גלאור, גל-אור(Hebrew)
Pronounced: gahl-OR
Combination of the name Gal 1 means "wave" and the name Or means "light".
Gara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: がら(Japanese Hiragana) 雅羅, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: GAH-ṘAH
From Japanese 雅 (ga) meaning "elegance" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Famous bearer of this name is Japanese voice actress Gara Takashima.

Garazi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Basque equivalent of Spanish Gracia and Engracia and French Grâce and Engrâce.
Garvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: GAHR-vən(English)
Anglicized form of Garbhán.
Gilen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Basque form of William.
Gilor
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: גילאור, גיל-אור(Hebrew)
Pronounced: geel-OR
Combination of the name Gil 3 means "joy, happiness" and the name Or means "light".
Gojard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Goran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Горан(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: GO-ran(Croatian, Serbian)
Derived from South Slavic gora meaning "mountain". It was popularized by the Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913-1943), who got his middle name because of the mountain town where he was born.
Gulzar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: گُلزار(Urdu)
Urdu form of Golzar.
Hadar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: הָדָר(Hebrew)
Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.
Hakar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kurdish, Turkish
its the name of a famous mountain in Turkey
Hama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 浜, 濱, 波麻(Japanese Kanji) はま(Japanese Hiragana) ハマ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: HA-MA
Directly taken from Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, sea coast". It can also be given as a combination of 波 (ha) meaning "waves" with 麻 (ma) meaning "flax, hemp".
Hamon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Variant of Hamo.
Hanan 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חָנָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HAY-nən(English)
Means "gracious" in Hebrew. This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament.
Hara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: HAR-UH
Means "wilderness" (noun) or "raw" (adj.) in Japanese.
Hekuran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian, Kosovar
Derived from Albanian hekur "iron".
Henar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kurdish (Rare)
Other Scripts: هەنار(Kurdish Sorani)
Derived from Kurdish hinar meaning "pomegranate".
Hideki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 秀樹, 英樹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひでき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-DEH-KYEE
From Japanese (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with (ki) meaning "tree". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Idir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵉⴷⵉⵔ(Tifinagh) إدير(Arabic)
Means "alive" in Tamazight.
Ila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: इला(Hindi)
Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.
Ilana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אִילָנָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Ilan.
Iliri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Albanian form of Illyrios.
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".
Inara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hittite Mythology
In Hittite–Hurrian mythology, Inara was the goddess of the wild animals of the steppe and daughter of the Storm-god Teshub.
Inhar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Variant of Inar.
Irisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian, Latvian (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Cognate of Iris.
Isara
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อิสระ(Thai)
Pronounced: eet-sa-RA
Alternate transcription of Thai อิสระ (see Itsara).
Izara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare), French (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
In the Basque country and French-speaking areas, this name is now generally considered a variant of Izar and Izarra. There is, however, another theory which derives Izara from izar, the Pyrenean French cognate of French isard "chamois".
Whichever theory might be true, this name is extremely rare in the French-speaking world with 7 births in France between 1916 and 1990 and 5 births in French-speaking Belgium from 2002 to present.
Izem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵉⵣⴻⵎ(Tifinagh)
Means "lion" in Tamazight [1].
Jahel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יָעֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Variant of Jael.
Jaron 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יָרוֹן(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָרוֹן (see Yaron).
Jashar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian, Kosovar
Albanian form of Yaşar.
Javan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יָוָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAY-vən(English)
Means "Greece" in Hebrew, possibly related to Ion 2. In the Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples.
Jenara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Feminine form of Jenaro.
Jintora
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dagbani
Means "counselor" in Dagbani.
Johara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Variant of Jawahir.
Joktan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יָקְטָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Means "small" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Eber in the Old Testament.
Joram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יוֹרָם(Ancient Hebrew)
Contracted form of Yehoram (see Jehoram). This name belongs to several minor characters in the Old Testament, as well as being another name for the kings Jehoram of Israel and Jehoram of Judah.
Jurdana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Basque form of Jordana.
Kadek
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Balinese
Possibly from Balinese adik meaning "younger sibling". This name is traditionally given to the second-born child.
Kader 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.
Kajal
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Other Scripts: काजल(Hindi, Marathi) কাজল(Bengali) કાજલ(Gujarati)
Means "kohl, collyrium, lotion for the eyes" in Sanskrit.
Kala 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil
Other Scripts: கலா(Tamil)
Means "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.
Kaloyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Калоян(Bulgarian)
From Greek καλός Ἰωάννης (kalos Ioannes) meaning "handsome John", the nickname of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. He successfully defended the empire from the Fourth Crusade.
Kamar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian Mythology
Other Scripts: კამარ(Georgian)
Meaning uncertain. Kamar was the daughter of the Georgian god of nature and the god of the sky. She was seen as a symbol of divine fire and her beauty caused Amirani to kidnap her from heaven.
Kamen
Usage: English
Karam
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: كرم(Arabic)
Pronounced: KA-ram
Means "nobility, generosity" in Arabic.
Karda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kurdish
Variant of Kardox.
Kardan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kurdish
Variant of Kardox.
Katar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Կատար(Armenian)
Pronounced: kah-TAHR
Means "summit, crest" in Armenian.
Kerem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish form of Karim.
Keskil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Кэскил(Yakut)
Means "a better future" in Yakut.
Ketevan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ქეთევან(Georgian)
Georgian form of Katayoun. It is sometimes used as a Georgian form of Katherine.
Khomus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Хомус(Yakut)
Means "cane" in Yakut.
Kima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Modern)
Derived from Basque kima "fine branches; ends of branches; mane", this name has come into use in recent years (possibly inspired by the international popularity of the name Kim 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)
Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kirana), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".
Koyon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Altai
Other Scripts: Койон(Altai)
Means "hare" in Altai.
Kustuk
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Кустук(Yakut)
Means "rainbow" in Yakut.
Laban
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: לָבָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LAY-bən(English)
Derived from Hebrew לָבָן (lavan) meaning "white". In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Rachel and Leah.
Lada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Czech, Russian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Лада(Russian)
Pronounced: LA-da(Czech) LA-də(Russian)
The name of a Slavic fertility goddess, derived from Old Slavic lada "wife" [1]. It can also be a diminutive of Vladislava or Vladimira.
Lamara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Svan, Georgian
Other Scripts: ლამარა(Georgian)
This is a relatively new name, as it was invented by the Georgian writer and playwright Grigol Robakidze (1880-1962) for his famous play Lamara (1928). He took the name from უშგულის ლამარია (Ushgulis Lamaria), the name of a medieval church in the Ushguli community in the Georgian region of Svaneti. The church's name literally means "Lamaria of Ushguli", and Lamaria itself means "of Mary", which is not surprising since the church is dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus.

The name Lamara is said to be etymologically related to the name of the Georgian goddess Lamaria, which is also of Svan origin.

A notable bearer of this name is the prominent Georgian soprano Lamara Chqonia (b. 1930).

Lazar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Лазарь(Russian) Лазар(Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: LA-zər(Russian) LA-zar(Serbian, Croatian)
Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian form of Lazarus. This name was borne by a 14th-century Serbian ruler who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo.
Lehava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: להבה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: le-hah-vah
"Flame, tongue of fire." The name is commonly given symbolically to girls born on Hanukkah or Lag b'Omer.
Lekan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Short form of Olamilekan.
Lenara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Soviet
Other Scripts: Ленара(Russian)
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.
Levana 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לְבָנָה(Hebrew)
Modern Hebrew transcription of Lebanah, used as a feminine name.
Loran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a variant of Lorenc.
Lurda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian
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.
Madan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Мадан(Yakut)
Makar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Макар(Russian)
Pronounced: mu-KAR
Russian form of Makarios (see Macario).
Malen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Basque contracted form of Madalen.
Manat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology
Other Scripts: مناة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ma-NAH(Arabic) ma-NAT(Arabic)
Probably either from Arabic مَنَا (manā) meaning "mete out, distribute" or "test, determine" or مُنِيَة (muniya) meaning "fate, destiny, desire, wish". This was the name of the Semitic goddess of time, fate, fortune and death who was worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia. She was one of the three principal goddesses of Mecca alongside her sisters Al-ʻuzzā and Allat.
Manol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Albanian
Other Scripts: Манол(Bulgarian)
Manyara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Shona
Means "you have been humbled" in Shona.
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.
Maram
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مرام(Arabic)
Pronounced: ma-RAM
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.
Marat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tatar
Other Scripts: Марат(Tatar)
Tatar form of Murad.
Marek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak, Estonian
Pronounced: MA-rehk(Polish, Czech, Slovak)
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.
Matas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Matthew.
Melek 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "angel" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin.
Melor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Мэлор(Russian)
Acronym of Russian Маркс Энгельс Ленин Октябрьская Революция (Marx, Engels, Lenin, October Revolution). This name commemorates the creation of the former Soviet state. It was created by communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Meral
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish form of Maral.
Meret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, German (Swiss), Sami
Pronounced: MEH-rett(German, Swiss German)
Low German variant of Merete as well as a Swiss German short form of Emerentia and a Sami variant of Märet.

A well-known bearer of this name was artist Meret Oppenheim.

Milen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Милен(Bulgarian)
From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear".
Miliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Romanian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Милиана(Serbian)
Serbian and Croatian variant of Milijana.
Milot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian, Kosovar
Derived from Milot, a town and a former municipality in the Lezhë County of northwestern Albania.
Mîran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish mîrza meaning "prince".
Mirana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian (Rare), Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Miran.
Miren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: MEE-rehn
Basque form of Maria.
Mirsad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Arabic meaning "watchtower" or Persian meaning "ambush".
Modun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Модун(Yakut)
Means "strong, brave" in Yakut.
Morena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Морена(Serbian)
Pronounced: maw-RRE-nah
Variant of Morana.
Naran
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Наран(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ(Traditional Mongolian)
Means "sun, sunny" in Mongolian.
Nasara
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Dagbani
It means ''victory'' or ''success'' in Dagbani.
Nasrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Bengali
Other Scripts: نسرین(Persian) নাসরীন(Bengali)
Pronounced: nas-REEN(Persian)
Means "wild rose" in Persian.
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.
Nazar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Turkmen, Armenian
Other Scripts: Назар(Russian, Ukrainian) Նազար(Armenian)
Pronounced: nah-ZAHR(Armenian)
Russian, Ukrainian, Turkmen and Armenian form of Nazarius.
Nevan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: NEHV-ən(English)
Anglicized form of Naomhán.
Nevara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Means "grandchild" in Uzbek.
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
Nikora
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Maori
Maori form of Nicholas or Nicole.
Orvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Norse Mythology
Means "arrow" in Old Norse. Orvar Odd is a legendary Norse hero who is the subject of a 13th-century Icelandic saga.
Pınar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "spring" in Turkish.
Piran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Possibly derived from Ciarán. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish monk who founded a monastery in Cornwall. He is the patron saint of Cornwall.
Raban
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Variant of Hraban.
Ravana
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: रावण(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: RA-vu-nu(Sanskrit) RAH-və-nə(English)
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.
Renar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of Renārs.
Rinat 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh
Other Scripts: Ринат(Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh)
Tatar, Bashkir and Kazakh form of Renat.
Runar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements rún "secret lore, rune" and herr "army, warrior". This name did not exist in Old Norse, but was created in the modern era.
Sabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Asturian
Asturian form of Isabel.
Sabela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician
Pronounced: sa-BEHL-a
Galician form of Isabel.
Sahana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Pronounced: sah-ana
Sanskrit, indian
Salara
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Samar 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سمر(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA-mar
Means "evening conversation" in Arabic, from the root سمر (samara) meaning "to talk in the evening".
Saranda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
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.
Saryada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Сарыада(Yakut)
Sayana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tuvan, Buryat
Other Scripts: Саяна(Tuvan, Buryat Cyrillic)
From the name of the Sayan Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly of Turkic origin.
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
Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.
Setareh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: ستاره(Persian)
Pronounced: seh-taw-REH
Means "star" in Persian.
Sevana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian (Rare)
Feminine form of Sevan.
Sevara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Other Scripts: Севара(Uzbek)
Means "love" in Uzbek.
Shri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: श्री(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: SHREE(Sanskrit)
Means "diffusing light, radiance, beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. This word is also commonly used as a title of respect in India.
Sitara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: ستارہ(Urdu)
Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.
Sitora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tajik, Uzbek
Other Scripts: Ситора(Tajik, Uzbek)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Sitara.
Sivan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סִיוָן, סִיווָן(Hebrew)
From the name of the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar (occurring in late spring). It was adopted from the Babylonian calendar, derived from Akkadian simānu meaning "season, occasion" [1].
Solan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: SO-lahn
From the Norwegian word sol, meaning "sun".
Sonal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: सोनल(Hindi, Marathi) સોનલ(Gujarati)
From Hindi सोना (sona), Marathi सोन (son) or Gujarati સોનું (sonum) meaning "gold", all derived from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarna) meaning literally "good colour".
Sulus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Сулус(Yakut)
Means "star" in Yakut.
Syral
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Сырал(Yakut)
Means "warm, sociable".
Tadala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chewa
Pronounced: tah-DAH-lah
Means "we have been blessed" in Chewa.
Tahel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: תָּהֶל(Hebrew)
Means "you will shine" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine" [1].
Talasa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Basque form of Thalassa.
Tal'at
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: طَلعَت(Arabic)
Pronounced: TAL-‘at
Possibly means "face, sight" in Arabic.
Talgat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Талғат(Kazakh)
Kazakh form of Tal'at.
Taman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Таман(Yakut)
Tamar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: תָּמָר(Hebrew) თამარ(Georgian)
Pronounced: TAHM-ahr(English) TAY-mahr(English)
Means "date palm" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. This was also the name of a daughter of King David. She was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading to his murder by her brother Absalom. The name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power.
Tamrat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ታምራት(Amharic)
Means "miracle" in Amharic.
Tanat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Таңат(Kazakh) تاڭات(Kazakh Arabic)
From Kazakh таң (tan) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and ат (at) meaning "horse".
Tanima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pashto
Other Scripts: تنيمه(Pashto)
Means "wave (of the sea)" in Pashto.
Tanovar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Uzbek feminine name derived from the name of a classical Uzbek folk dance melody.
Tolbon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yakut
Other Scripts: Толбон(Yakut)
Means "bright, colorful" in Yakut.
Tova 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: טוֹבָה(Hebrew)
Means "good" in Hebrew.
Turan
Usage: Turkish
Refers to Turan, an historical region in Central Asia inhabited by the nomadic Iranian Turanian people. The name itself means "land of the Tur" and is derived from the name of a Persian mythological figure, Tur (تور).
Vada
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yi
Other Scripts: ꃬꄉ(Yi)
Means "high cliff" in Yi.
Vador
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Short form of Salvador.
Varrak
Usage: Estonian
Varrak is an Estonian surname meaning "rich/wealthy".
Vela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Etruscan
Pronounced: WEH-la
Veleda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
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").

Zahara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זָהֳרָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Zohar.
Zura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chechen
Other Scripts: Зура(Chechen)
Either from Persian زور (zur) meaning "force, strength, power" or a form of the Arabic name Zahra.
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