krisjanisliepins's Personal Name List

Aalto
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHL-to
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Finnish aalto meaning "wave". A famous bearer was Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898-1976).
Aiello
Usage: Italian
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From various place names in Italy, such as Aiello del Friuli, Aiello del Sabato and others. They are derived from Latin agellus meaning "little field".
Albero
Usage: Italian
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From Italian albero meaning "tree", ultimately from Latin arbor, referring to someone who lived in the woods or worked as a woodcutter.
Albini
Usage: Italian
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Means "son of Albino".
Amato
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-MA-to
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the given name Amato.
Aquino
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From the name of an Italian town near Rome, derived from Latin aqua meaning "water", the home town of the 13th-century saint Thomas Aquinas. In Italy the surname is derived directly from the town's name. As a Spanish-language surname, it was sometimes bestowed by missionaries in honour of the saint as they evangelized in Spanish colonies.
Arena
Usage: Italian
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Italian cognate of Arenas.
Arenas
Usage: Spanish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From various Spanish place names, which are derived from Spanish arena meaning "sand".
Armani
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ar-MA-nee
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Means "son of Ermanno".
Baggio
Usage: Italian
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Originally denoted a person from the Italian town of Baggio (now part of Milan). It is probably derived from Latin Badalocum meaning "watch place".
Baldini
Usage: Italian
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Derived from the given name Baldino, a diminutive of Baldo.
Barone
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ba-RO-neh
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From the title barone "baron", derived via Latin from Frankish baro "man, warrior, servant".
Bartolomei
Usage: Italian
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Derived from the given name Bartolomeo.
Basile
Usage: Italian, French
Pronounced: ba-ZEE-leh(Italian) BA-ZEEL(French)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From the given name Basilio or Basile.
Bellini
Usage: Italian
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From Italian bello meaning "beautiful".
Belmonte
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From various place names in Italy and Spain meaning "beautiful mountain".
Bianchi
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: BYAN-kee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Italian bianco meaning "white", originally given to a person who was white-haired or extremely pale.
Bianco
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: BYAN-ko
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Variant of Bianchi.
Biondi
Usage: Italian
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "fair-haired, blond" in Italian. This name was borne by the American swimmer Matt Biondi (1965-).
Biondo
Usage: Italian
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Variant of Biondi.
Borgia
Usage: Italian
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Italian form of Borja. This was the name of an Italian noble family who were influential during the Renaissance period.
Cassidy
Usage: Irish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Irish Ó Caiside meaning "descendant of Caiside". Caiside is a given name meaning "curly haired".
Eek
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Possibly a corruption of Estonian leek, meaning "flame" or "blaze". Or perhaps a corruption of the Swedish word ek "oak" (see Ek).
Harjo
Usage: Creek
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Creek Ha'chō meaning "crazy brave; recklessly brave".
Harjo
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Harjo is an Estonia surname, a variation of "Harju"; from Harju County.
Ilves
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "lynx" in Estonian.
Laine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: LIE-neh
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "wave" in Finnish and Estonian.
Medici
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: Med-eh-chee
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Patronymic or plural form of Medico. Medici is the family name of one of Italy's most powerful families.
O'Byrne
Usage: Irish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin meaning "descendant of Bran 1".
Ó Caiside
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: O KA-shə-dyə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Irish Gaelic form of Cassidy.
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