Behind the Name: aby's Personal Name List

Æðelmær

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]

Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and mære "famous". A famous bearer was the 11th-century English monk Æðelmær of Malmesbury who attempted to fly with a gliding apparatus (breaking his legs in the process).

Asha 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam

Other Scripts: आशा(Hindi, Marathi) ಆಶಾ(Kannada) ആശാ(Malayalam)

Derived from Sanskrit आशा (asha) meaning "wish, desire, hope".

Fubuki

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 冬雪, 吹雪, 吹雪, 吹風綺, 芙咲, 風吹, 風吹, 風舞姫, 風舞季, 風舞希, 風舞綺, 風舞記, 風舞貴, 風舞貴, etc.(Japanese Kanji)

Pronounced: FUU-BUU-KEE

From Japanese 冬 (fu) meaning "winter", 吹 (fu) meaning "blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke", 芙 (fu) meaning "lotus, Mt Fuji" or 風 (fu) meaning "wind, air, style, manner", 風 (bu) meaning "wind, air, style, manner" or 舞 (bu) meaning "dance" combined with 雪 (buki) meaning "snow", 綺 (ki) meaning "figured cloth, beautiful", 咲 (buki) meaning "blossom", 吹 (buki) meaning "blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke", 姫 (ki) meaning "princess", 季 (ki) meaning "seasons", 希 (ki) meaning "hope, beg, request, rare", 記 (ki) meaning "scribe, account, narrative" or 貴 (ki) meaning "precious, value, prize, esteem, honor". Other kanji combinations are possible.

A famous bearer is Fubuki Takane, born as Yukihime Asada, is a Japanese actress and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, where she specialized in playing male characters (Otokoyaku).

Jeong

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Korean

Other Scripts: 정(Korean Hangul) 靜, 貞, 正, etc.(Korean Hanja)

Pronounced: CHUNG

From Sino-Korean 靜 (jeong) meaning "quiet, still, gentle" or 貞 (jeong) meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name.

Ray

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: RAY

Short form of Raymond, often used as an independent name. It coincides with an English word meaning "beam of light". Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) and musician Ray Charles (1930-2004) are two notable bearers of the name.

Raymond

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: RAY-mənd(English) REH-MAWN(French)

From the Germanic name Raginmund, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and munt "protection". The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Reimund. It was borne by several medieval (mostly Spanish) saints, including Saint Raymond Nonnatus, the patron of midwives and expectant mothers, and Saint Raymond of Peñafort, the patron of canonists.

Shia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: しあ(Japanese Hiragana) 月愛, 幸愛, 史愛, 史有, 思亜, 紫亜, 詩愛, 自開, etc.(Japanese Kanji)

Pronounced: SHEE-AH

From Japanese 月 (shi) meaning "moon", 幸 (shi) meaning "happiness", 史 (shi) meaning "history, chronicle", 思 (shi) meaning "think", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple, violet", 詩 (shi) meaning "poem, poetry" or 自 (shi) meaning "oneself" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 有 (a) meaning "exist", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" or 開 (a) meaning "open, unfold, unseal". Other kanji combinations are possible.