Frappuccino's Personal Name List

Arabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ar-ə-BEHL-ə
Rating: 33% based on 17 votes
Medieval Scottish name, probably a variant of Annabel. It has long been associated with Latin orabilis meaning "invokable, yielding to prayer", and the name was often recorded in forms resembling this.

Unrelated, this was an older name of the city of Irbid in Jordan, from Greek Ἄρβηλα (Arbela).

Autumn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-təm
Rating: 48% based on 18 votes
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.
Clementine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-ən-teen, KLEHM-ən-tien
Rating: 45% based on 15 votes
English form of Clémentine.
Ember
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHM-bər
Rating: 26% based on 14 votes
From the English word ember, ultimately from Old English æmerge.
Evelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Εβελίνα(Greek) Эвелина(Russian) Евелина(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ehv-ə-LEE-nə(English) eh-veh-LEE-na(Italian, Swedish)
Rating: 42% based on 16 votes
Latinate form of Aveline. It was revived by the author Fanny Burney for the heroine of her first novel Evelina (1778). It is often regarded as a variant of the related name Evelyn or an elaboration of Eve.
Gabriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish
Pronounced: ga-bree-EHL-la(Italian) GAWB-ree-ehl-law(Hungarian) ga-bree-EHL-ə(English) gah-bree-EHL-lah(Swedish)
Rating: 27% based on 16 votes
Feminine form of Gabriel.
Liviana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: lee-VYA-na(Italian)
Rating: 31% based on 15 votes
Feminine form of the Roman family name Livianus, which was itself derived from the family name Livius.
Mabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-bəl
Rating: 54% based on 14 votes
Medieval feminine form of Amabilis. This spelling and Amabel were common during the Middle Ages, though they became rare after the 15th century. It was revived in the 19th century after the publication of C. M. Yonge's 1854 novel The Heir of Redclyffe [1], which featured a character named Mabel (as well as one named Amabel).
Violet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIE-lit, VIE-ə-lit
Rating: 63% based on 18 votes
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola. It was common in Scotland from the 16th century, and it came into general use as an English given name during the 19th century.
Winter
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIN-tər
Rating: 43% based on 16 votes
From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.
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