JDill's Personal Name List

Basque feminine equivalent of Ramos.

Spanish form of Abundantia. This is also the Spanish word for "abundance".

Old Norse name with uncertain meaning. The first element Á- is possibly from either Old Norse áss "god", or *az "fear, terror, point, edge", or from *anu "ancestor". The second element is fríðr "beautiful, beloved". The name Áfríðr appears on runestone U 1011 in Uppland, Sweden where it says that she carved the runes together with Vígmundr. This makes Áfríðr one of the very few known female runemasters.

Derived from Kazakh айна (ayna) meaning "mirror", of Persian origin.

Means "ether (quintessence)" in Sanskrit and Hindi. Related to the masculine Akash meaning "open sky". Used by Anne Rice in her Vampire Chronicles for the mother of all vampires, a pre-Egyptian queen.

Means "light" or "white" in Turkmen, from ak meaning "white".

Feminine form of Alket.

Feminine form of Altin.

From Armenian ալ (al) meaning "bright red, scarlet" and վարդ (vard) meaning "rose".

Modern Greek form of Andromache.

Feminine form of Anjan. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Anjana is the mother of the god Hanuman.

Means "my dawn, my sunrise" from Kazakh aрай (aray) meaning "twilight, dawn" or "calm, tranquility".

From the Persian name of a type of flowering tree, known as Judas Tree in English.

Hebrew variant of Ariella, Polish feminine form of Ariel, Italian feminine form of Ariele as well as a Croatian and Albanian borrowing of the Italian name.

From Thai อารี (ari) meaning "kind, generous" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "jewel, gem".

Feminine form of Armel.

The name was borne by Armella Nicolas or La bonne Armelle (19 December 1606 – 24 October 1671), a Breton serving-maid important in French popular Catholic piety.

Means "one selected for birth" in Yoruba.

Icelandic younger form of Áshildr.

Cognate of Athanasia.

From Kazakh аяулы (ayauly) meaning "dear, beloved, precious" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".

Means "moonchild" in Chuvash, from Ай (ay) meaning "moon" combined with бала (bala) meaning "child".

Derived from Turkish ay "moon" and büke "queen, woman".

Means "moonlight" in Turkish.

Variant transcription of Ainash.

Azerbaijani form of Ayten.

Means "snowdrop flower" in Kurdish (genus Galanthus).

Turkish form of Berfîn.

Feminine form of Bjarni.

Feminine form of Bujar.

Directly taken from Japanese 千鳥 (chidori) meaning "plover", a type of wading bird. The individual kanji mean 千 (chi) "a thousand" and 鳥 (dori) "bird". This name has been heavily used for female characters in manga and anime.

French form of Ximena. It was used by Pierre Corneille in his play Le Cid (1636) for the wife of El Cid, known as Jimena Díaz in Spanish.

Modern Greek transcription of Chloe.

French form of Constantina.

Feminine form of Costantino.

Means "brocade (rich colourful silk)" in Persian.

Feminine form of Domingos.

Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Emiliana.

Derived from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη "knowledge, understanding; skill". Saint Episteme was a 3rd-century Syrian Christian martyred under the reign of Decius.

Modern Greek form of Episteme as well as a Romanian variant of Epistimia used in the Orthodox Church. The name coincides with Modern Greek επιστήμη (epistími) "science".

Modern Greek form of Herse.

Portuguese and Catalan cognate of Esperanza.

Derived from Basque gabon "Christmas", this name is the Basque equivalent of Navidad.

Basque equivalent of Spanish Gracia and Engracia and French Grâce and Engrâce.

Feminine form of Gratien.

Modern Greek transcription of Gregoria.

Feminine form of Guillermo.

Norwegian and Faroese form of Gunborg.

Combination of Icelandic heiðr "honour" and dís "goddess".

Armenian form of Ruth 1.

Modern Greek form of Hebe. This is borne by Greek Cypriot singer Ivi Adamou (1993-).

Provençal feminine form of Jòrgi.

Variant transcription of Katayun.

Feminine form of Krenar.

Feminine form of Kujtim.

Feminine form of Leonidas.

Feminine form of Lulzim.

Means "leader of a great assembly", derived from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large" combined with प्रजा (prajā) meaning "subjects, people" and पति (patī) meaning "husband, lord, master". This was the name of an aunt of the Gautama Buddha and the younger sister of Maya who raised Siddhartha.

Means "moonlight" in Persian.

Feminine form of Miljenko.

Derived from Basque naro meaning "abundant, fertile".

Means "comfort, consolation" in Hebrew.

Means "hidden, secret" in Persian and "finally" in Turkish.

Feminine form of Oihan.

From the name of a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary, located in Azpeitia, Spain, which is of unknown meaning. It dates to the 13th century and was visited by Saint Ignatius.

Means "fairy-like" in Uzbek.

Means "child of a fairy", from Persian پری (pari) meaning "sprite, fairy" combined with زاد (zâd) meaning "child of".

Modern Greek transcription of Parthenope.

Means "dawn" in Persian.

Cognate of Penelope.

Means "clean, pure, true" in Uzbek.

Feminine form of Prvoslav.

Modern Greek form of Rhode.

Modern Greek form of Salome.

Means "the main light, radiance". Sertab Erener is a famous singer with the name. Her name was chosen from a classical Turkish song called "Ey Şûh-i Sertab".

A combination of sev which means "love" and can which means "soul, life".

Means "glow; flame" in Sanskrit. Shachi is the Queen consort of Indra. She is the goddess of beauty, jealousy and rage. She is one of the seven Matrikas (mother goddesses). Shachi is described as beautiful and having the most beautiful eyes. She is associated with lions and elephants.

Assyrian and Armenian form of Semiramis.

Romanian, Italian, Provençal, Spanish and Portuguese form of Silvianus.

From Thai สุ (su) meaning "good" and พัตร (phat) meaning "cloth, robe, garment".

Means "chestnut tree" in Kazakh.

Means "flirtatious gesture" in Uzbek.

Derived from Arabic تَنْزِيل (tanzīl) meaning "sent down (from above)" or "descended (from above)".

Means "song" in Persian (see Tarana).

Means "humble" in Zulu.

Possibly from Kazakh тоқ (toq) meaning "full, well-fed, prosperous" and жан (zhan) meaning "soul".

Meaning unknown. It comes from the Tshiluba language, spoken in DR Congo.

Icelandic form of Valgerðr.

Directly taken from Estonian virge "alert, wakeful".

Derived from Basque zutabe "pillar". This name is considered a direct translation of Spanish Pilar.

Combination of Turkish ay "moon" and can "soul, life, being".

Means "compassion, mercy" in Sanskrit.

Means "peregrine falcon" in Kazakh.

From Turkish öz meaning "substance, essence, gist" or öz meaning "soul" combined with nur meaning "light".

Means "sadness, longing, langour" in Kazakh.

Means "onyx" or "sardonyx" in Hebrew. (see Onyx, see Sardonyx)

Means "posture, figure" in Kazakh.

Means "sure, certain, reliable" in Finnish.

Means "you are extra" in Zulu.

Modern Greek form of Achilleus (see also Achilleas).

Means "not dual" in Sanskrit. One of its forms advaita is a branch of Hinduism called advaita vedanta.

Czech and Slovak form of Albin.

Variant of Alketi.

Possibly a variant of Alarik, Adalrik or Alfríkr. Alternatively, it may be derived from the Old Norse elements ǫl "ale" and rikr "mighty, distinguished".

Means "safety came", derived from Kazakh and Kyrgyz аман (aman) meaning "healthy, safe", ultimately from Arabic أمان (aman), combined with Kazakh келді (keldi) or Kyrgyz келди (keldi) both meaning "came, arrived" (the past tense of Kazakh келу (kelu) or Kyrgyz кел (kel) meaning "to come").

Derived from Armenian andranik "older, senior", this being in the context of a family's first-born son.

Modern Iranian form of Anoshiruvan.

From the Armenian word անթառամ (antʿaṙam) meaning "unfading, brilliant, everlasting, doesn't wilt". This is the Armenian version of Amaranth.

Derived from Sanskrit अनुभव (anubhava) meaning "perception, understanding".

Means "sweet town" from Armenian անուշ (anuš) meaning "sweet" combined with ավան (avan) "town, village". Originally, it was formed from Avestan anaoša meaning "immortal" and urvan "soul", though it was also interpreted as meaning "slogan" or "adoring, loyal" or derived from a word meaning "coconut".

Means "(to) hope as well", derived from Lithuanian ar meaning "also, too, as well (as)" combined with Baltic vil meaning "hope" (see Viltautas).

Meaning uncertain. According to one Armenian scholar, the name comes from the ancient Urartian name Asud, which he states has the meaning of "quiet, peaceful". Others theorize that the name is possibly derived from the Armenian noun աշխարհ (ashkharh) meaning "world, universe" as well as "land, country". Yet others connect the name to the Persian noun آتش (atash) meaning "fire".

In the medieval period, this name was not only borne by several Armenian kings, but also by Georgian kings from the historical Tao-Klarjeti region.

Modern form of Astuacatur.

From the stem of adjective 厚/篤い (atsui) meaning "kind, cordial, hospitable, warm" (also used as 敦 or 充, the last one meaning "full") combined with 人 (hito) meaning "person," also used as 仁 meaning "benevolence, compassion, humanity."

Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and demir meaning "iron".

Meaning ''bulky, offensive, sullen and tough person'', ultimately from Persian.

Means "good friend; good companion" in Persian.

Means "sturdy stone" from Turkish pek meaning "hard, firm, solid" and taş meaning "stone, rock". Alternately it may be from Old Turkish beŋdeş meaning "equal, peer".

Spanish and Galician form of Bertram or Bertrand. It is sometimes given in reference to the 16th-century Spanish saint Louis Bertrand (known as Luis Beltrán in Spanish), a Dominican friar who preached in South America; he is called the "Apostle to the Americas".

From Turkish berk meaning "strong, hard, firm" combined with kan "blood, lineage".

Masculine form of Bienvenida.

Combination of Old Norse bjartr "bright" and mærr "famous".

Icelandic form of Bǫðvarr.

Icelandic form of Bryniulfr.

Derived from Albanian bukurosh "good-looking, handsome".

Turkish form of Jawad.

Derived from Albanian çliroj "to free; to set free; to release".

Catalan form of Constantine.

Catalan form of Damianus (see Damian).

Means "possessing ten chariots" from Sanskrit दश (dasha) meaning "ten" and रथ (ratha) meaning "chariot". In the Hindu epic the Ramayana he is the king of Ayodhya and the father of the hero Rama.

Modern form of Dasharatha.

Meaning and origin uncertain with various opinions relating to English "dull" plus the suffix ard, Old English dol meaning "conceited or proud" and ard meaning "hard", the French "d'Illard", or a variation of similar English names like Tilliard or Tilyard. Whatever the origin, it is likely that the use as a first name is taken from either one of several places in the U.S. called Dillard, or the surname for which most were named. Dillard, Georgia is named after early settler John Dillard (1760-1842); Dillard University is named after educator James H. Dillard (1856-1940), and Dillard's department store is named after founder William T. Dillard (1914-2002). American rapper Flo Rida (1979-) was born Tramar Dillard.

Means "straight-forward, no way out" in Armenian.

Czech and Hungarian form of Aemilianus.

Basque from of Arnold.

Means "grape cluster" in Hebrew.

Derived from Old Norse ey possibly meaning "good fortune" or "always" or "island" combined with Þór. A famous bearer is Icelandic singer Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson (1989-).

Means "culture" in Persian.

Means "wise; reasonable; intelligent" in Persian.

Derived from Albanian fat "fate, destiny; luck, fortune; good luck, success" and lum "lucky, blessed".

Means "festivity, celebration" in Albanian.

Icelandic form of Finnbjǫrn.

Italian form of Jason.

Modern Persian form of Gotarzes.

Means "to become accustomed to the people", derived from the old Lithuanian verb gusti meaning "to get used to, to inure, to accustom oneself" as well as "to learn" combined with Baltic tauta meaning "people, nation" (see Vytautas).

Derived from Albanian guxim "daring, boldness, courage; initiative; audacity".

Derived from Albanian hekur "iron".

Norwegian and Faroese form of Herbjörn.

Means "blessed, sacred, fortunate" in Persian.

Means "good thought" from Avestan hu meaning "good" and man meaning "to think".

Alternate transcription of Houshang.

From the Avestan name Haoshyangha possibly meaning "good choice" or "wise choice", from Proto-Iranian hu meaning "good, well" or Middle Persian ōš meaning "intelligence, wisdom" and a second uncertain element šyah perhaps meaning "selecting, deciding". This is the name of a character in the Persian epic the Shahnameh.

Means "fiery man", derived from Armenian hur "fire" combined with Armenian ayr "man".

Turkish form of Hormizd.

Romanian form of Irinei.

Romanian form of Iustinus (see Justin).

The first element of this name is derived from Serbo-Croatian jelen "deer, stag, buck", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic (j)elenъ "deer, stag". The second element is either derived from Slavic mir "peace" or Slavic mer "great, famous".

Basque form of Joachim.

Croatian, Serbian, Sorbian, Afrikaans and Scandinavian form of Jonah.

Variant of Carlos.

Modern masculine form of Karuna.

Modern form of Kathana.

Modern form of Keshava.

Meaning uncertain. It could derive from Sanskrit meaning "beautiful unshorn hair" or "slayer of Keshi demon" in Sanskrit.

Keshava is a name of Vishnu from the Hindu tradition. Keshava is venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck, or ill omens. His consort is Keerti.

Diminutive of Khachatur.

From Lao ຄໍາ (kham) meaning "gold" and ສິງ (sing) meaning "lion".

Derived from Basque kimetz, a variant of kimu "sprout".

Derived from Albanian kremtim "celebration; commemoration".

Derived from Albanian krenar "proud".

Derived from Albanian kreshnik "valiant hero; valiant; valorous".

Derived from the Turkish adjective kutlu meaning "blessed, auspicious" as well as "happy". As such, this name is basically the modern Turkish form of Qutluğ. Also see Kutluğ.

A known bearer of this name was the Turkish Cypriot journalist and poet Kutlu Adalı (1935-1996).

Attic and Ionic Greek form of Leonidas, because it contains the Attic and Ionic Greek patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides).

A notable bearer of this name was saint Leonides of Alexandria, who lived in the 2nd and early 3rd centuries AD.

Italian form of Lucretius.

Modern form of Madana.

Means "intoxicating, maddening" in Sanskrit. This is another name of Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love and desire.

Masculine form of Majlinda.

From the word meaning "fearless, courageous, aggressive."

Derived from Sanskrit मनन (manana) meaning "thinking, understanding, reflection, meditation".

From Sanskrit मनोहर (manohara) meaning "charming, attractive, captivating".

Catalan and Languedocian form of Martialis (see Martial).

Galician form of Martin.

Derived from the Lithuanian verb mąstyti meaning "to think (about), to ponder, to meditate" combined with Baltic vil meaning "hope" (see Viltautas).

Derived from Persian مهر (mehr) meaning "kindness, love" or "sun".

Derived from Albanian mërgim "exile; (archaic) departure".

Means "comforter, consoler" in Hebrew.

Romanian form of Nikita 1.

From Sanskrit नीति (niti) meaning "guidance, moral conduct" and ईश (isha) meaning "lord, ruler".

Means "award, bestowment, gift" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit अनुग्रह (anugraha).

Javanese form of Nugraha.

Modern Greek form of Orestes.

From Turkish öz meaning "core, essence" and can meaning "soul".

Modern Greek form of Pausanias. A known bearer of this name was the Greek army officer and politician Pafsanias Katsotas (1896-1991).

Derived from Albanian pajtim "accord, accordance; placation, conciliation".

Modern form of Paroyr.

Catalan and Ladin form of Pascal.

Means "oath, pledge, promise" in Persian.

Masculine form of Philomena.

From Sanskrit पूरण (pūraṇa) meaning "fulfilling, completing".

The first element of this name is derived from Serbo-Croatian rani or rano "early, forward", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic ranъ. Also compare Polish rano "morning" and Czech/Slovak ráno "morning", which also derive from the same Proto-Slavic root. The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory". As such, the meaning of this name is roughly "early glory".

Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Rufus.

Modern form of Sæmundr.

Means "whole, complete, entire" in Sinhalese, ultimately from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta). It is also sometimes associated with the name of the Buddhist deity Saman.

Catalan form of Sebastian.

Probably derived from the name of the North Albanian city Shkodër (also named Shkodra).

It is the given name of the Albanian-German football player Shkodran Mustafi.

Transferred use of the surname Stanton.

Modern form of Tanmaya.

German form of Thaddeus.

Either derived from Georgian ცოტა (tsota) meaning "a little, few" or from Georgian მცოდნე (mtsodne) meaning "able, adept".

This name is best known for being the name of Tsotne Dadiani, a 13th-century Georgian nobleman who participated in an attempt of the Georgian nobility to overthrow the Mongol rule of Georgia. This ultimately failed and most of the noblemen involved were arrested by the Mongols. Dadiani was one of the few who were not arrested, but he insisted upon sharing the fate of his kinsmen, after learning that the Mongols were torturing them. The Mongols were so impressed with his sacrifice that they ultimately set him and the other noblemen free. This act of selflessness made him one of the most popular historical figures of Georgia, which ultimately led to his canonization by the Georgian Orthodox Church in 1999.

Derived from Sanskrit वैभव (vaibhava) meaning "glory, might, power". This is one of the names of Vishnu as well as a manifestation of Lakshmi.

Modern form of Varuna as well as a Thai alternate transcription of Warun.

From Armenian վարուժան (varužan) meaning "male bird".

Catalan form of Venantius.

Derived from Albanian visar "treasure".

Derived from Gothic vilja "will, desire" combined with Gothic hardus (hart in Old High German) "brave, hardy."

Derived from Hebrew ya'anay meaning "he answers" or "Yahweh answers". This was the name of a Jewish poet from the 7th century AD.

Means "possessing glory" in Sanskrit.

Means "nightingale" in Hebrew.

Means "good voice" or "sweet voice" from Albanian zë meaning "voice" and mirë meaning "good".

Derived from Turkish ay "moon" and dinç "vigorous".

From 万里 (banri) meaning "thousands of miles​," the second kanji referring to a unit of distance called ri.
Other kanji can be used for this name, such as 伴 meaning "companion" for the first element and 理 meaning "reason, logic" or 吏 meaning "officer" for the second element.

One bearer of this name is politician and former president of the Democratic Party of Japan, Banri Kaieda (海江田 万里) (1949-).

Means "full moon" in Turkish.

Modern form of the Old Armenian name Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay), which was derived from Old Armenian հուր (hur) meaning "fire" and աչք (ačʿkʿ) "eyes, sight" (literally, "fire-eyed" or "eyes of fire"). The name was invented by Armenian poet Movses Khorenatsi as the name of a legendary Armenian king.

From Spanish and Portuguese ramos, the plural form of ramo meaning "bough, branch; bouquet."

From Sanskrit संतोष (santosha) meaning "satisfaction, contentment".

Derived from Sanskrit tanmaya (तन्मय) meaning "absorbed in, made up of, identified with."

Means "earth (soil), dry soil, land, country" in Turkish.

Means "francolin" in Turkish.

Swedish and Finnish form of Walafrid and Waldfrid, much more common as a male name. Valfrid Palmgren (1877-1967), a Swedish politician and teacher, was a famous female bearer of the name.