Amparo's Personal Name List

Variant of Afanasiy.

Diminutive of Afanasiy.

Hungarian form of Aphrodite.

Derived from Basque ainuria or aiuria meaning "howl".

From Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".

Means "greater, greatest" in Arabic. This was the name of a 16th-century Mughal ruler who expanded the empire to include most of India.

Pakistani form of Akbar.

Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic, from the root علا ('ala) meaning "to be high". Ali ibn Abi Talib was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shia Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.

This name is borne by the hero in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, the tale of a man who finds the treasure trove of a band of thieves. Another famous bearer was the boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), who changed his name from Cassius Clay upon his conversion to Islam.

Contracted form of Amaliko, which is a diminutive of Amalia.

Means "protection, shelter, refuge" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Amparo, meaning "Our Lady of Refuge".

Means "(long) life" from Arabic عمر ('amara) meaning "to live long, to thrive".

From Akan ananse meaning "spider". In West African and Caribbean folklore, this is the name of a trickster who frequently takes the form of a spider.

Hungarian diminutive of Anna.

Alternate transcription of Anwar chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Altai form of Afanasiy.

From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from Old Persian meaning "message of truth" [1]. This is the name of a holy book in Manichaeism, written by Mani. It is also the name of a character in the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh.

Turkish form of Asif.

Possibly a variant of Asaf.

Modern form of Ashoka.

Means "protector" in Arabic.

Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and taç meaning "crown" (of Persian origin).

Kurdish version of Banu.

Means "sour cherry" in Kurdish.

From a Spanish surname, used as a given name in honour of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Borja (1510-1572). The surname, also spelled Borgia, is derived from the name of a Spanish town, ultimately from Arabic بُرْج (burj) meaning "tower".

Somali form of Ali 1.

French form of Christina, as well as a variant in other languages. It was used by the French author Gaston Leroux for the heroine, Christine Daaé, in his novel The Phantom of the Opera (1910).

This was a popular name in the 20th century (especially the middle decades) in French, German, and English-speaking countries. In the United States Christina has been more common since 1973, though both forms are currently floundering on the charts.

French masculine and feminine form of Claudius. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had French connections. A famous bearer of this name was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).

Means "conceived" in Italian, referring to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.

Feminine short form of Danuta, Danisława, Bohdana and Danijela or Daniella and masculine short form of Danijel.

Icelandic and Hungarian form of Debora.

Modern form of Dhruva.

From Persian دلاور‎ (delâvar) meaning "brave, courageous", derived from دل (del) meaning "heart" and آور (âvar) meaning "bringing, giving".

Derived from Persian دل (del) meaning "heart, mind" and ناز (naz) meaning "delight, comfort".

Polish form of Dionysios (see Dionysius).

Kurdish form of Deioces.

Hungarian variant form of Dolores.

Cognate of Epiphany, meaning "manifestation".

Alternate transcription of Arabic فاطمة (see Fatimah), as well as the usual Urdu and Bosnian form.

Means "leader, guide" in Arabic.

Means "custodian, guardian" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الحفيظ (al-Hafiz) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Feminine form of Hafiz.

Turkish and Albanian form of Hafiza.

Possibly derived from Arabic hamuza meaning "strong, steadfast". This was the name of the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad who was killed in battle.

Alternate transcription of Greek Χαρα (see Chara).

Derived from the name of the "Harghita Mountains" (Hargita in Hungarian) in Romania.

Hud was a prophet of ancient Arabia mentioned in the Qur’an.

Means "ruler of the world" from Sanskrit जगत् (jagat) meaning "world" and ईश (isha) meaning "ruler". This is another name of the Hindu god Vishnu.

Means "world" in Persian. This name was borne by Shah Jahan, a 17th-century Mughal emperor who is best known as the builder of the Taj Mahal.

Alternate transcription of Persian ژاله (see Zhaleh).

Means "garden" or "paradise" in Arabic.

Form of Judith used in several languages.

Hungarian form of Calypso.

Variant form of Kanî.

Elaborated form of Karin.

Urdu and Kazakh form of Kawthar. It is a unisex name in Urdu, but solely feminine in Kazakh.

Means "radiant beauty" in Kurdish.

From Sino-Vietnamese 慶 (khánh) meaning "congratulate, celebrate".

Derived from Middle Persian xirs meaning "bear", of which the modern Persian equivalent is خرس (xers).

From a title meaning "master, owner" in Persian. It is not generally used as a name itself.

Short form of Kisanna.

Form of Constantine in several languages.

From Arabic كلثوم (kulṯūm) meaning "elephant" or "full-bodied, full-cheeked, with ruddy cheeks". Though it is solely feminine in Chechen, its origin (Kulthum) is considered a masculine name in the Arab world.

Means "darling, favourite, cherished" in Hindi.

Means "water" in Arabic, a dialectal variant of ماء (ma).

Derived from malla meaning "blonde, fair-haired" and mirza meaning "scribe, scholar".

Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity" [1].

Means "prince" from Persian میرزا (mirza), earlier امیرزاده (amirzadeh), which is ultimately from Arabic أمير (amir) meaning "commander" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Spanish and European Portuguese form of Monica.

Means "varicoloured, embroidered" in Armenian.

Diminutive of Narine.

Bengali, Urdu and Tajik form of Narges.

Uzbek and Kyrgyz form of Narges.

Diminutive of Nasir and Naseer.

Means "the view" in Hebrew. It may also be a short form of Nofar.

Means "light" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition النور (al-Nur) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Alternate transcription of Arabic وداد (see Widad) chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Means "fairy" in Persian.

Diminutive of Parvati. This is the name of the female lead in Saratchandra Chattopadhyay's novel 'Devdas' (1917).

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

Chechen and Urdu form of Ramadan.

Urdu form of Ridha.

Persian form of Ridha.

Means "white antelope" in Arabic.

Means "fortunate, prosperous" in Persian, from روز (ruz) meaning "day" and به (beh) meaning "good, excellent".

Means "soft breeze" in Persian.

Alternate transcription of Sa'id chiefly used in Northern Africa.

It means lover, beloved,sweatheart

Latvian form of Charlotte.

Means "support" in Kazakh.

Form of Sa'id used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

The river poured into the bay of Iskenderun by splitting the Adana oven.

Means "dew" in Persian and Urdu.

Kurdish form of Shirin.

Alternate transcription of Sufyan chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Means "leaf" in Hungarian.

Means "crown" in Arabic.

Derived from Hebrew טַל (tal) meaning "dew".

Directly taken from Hungarian tavasz "springtime".

Means "fight, strive" in Kurdish.

Means "populous, flourishing", derived from Arabic عمر ('umr) meaning "life". Umar was a companion and strong supporter of the Prophet Muhammad who became the second caliph of the Muslims. He is considered to be one of the great founders of the Muslim state. The name was also borne by a 12th-century poet from Persia, Umar Khayyam.

Diminutive of Vasil and perhaps in some cases also of Gervasi.

Slovene form of Basil 1.

Derived from Georgian ვაჟი (vazhi) meaning "son".

Derived from the Slavic elements vojĭ "warrior, soldier" and utěxa "solace, comfort, joy". Saint Wojciech (also known by the Czech form of his name Vojtěch or his adopted name Adalbert) was a Bohemian missionary to Hungary, Poland and Prussia, where he was martyred in the 10th century.

Variant or feminine form of Yahya.

Arabic, Turkish and Persian form of Yochanan (see John). This name honours John the Baptist, a prophet in Islam.

Means "mountainside" in Turkish.

Hebrew feminine form of Jordan.

From the Arabic letters ي (called ya) and س (called sin). These letters begin the 36th chapter of the Quran (surah Ya Sin).

Modern Persian form of Zarathustra.