JDill's Personal Name List

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

Means "nightingale" in Hebrew.

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

Means "possessing glory" in Sanskrit.

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

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

Means "you are extra" in Zulu.

Derived from Albanian visar "treasure".

Directly taken from Estonian virge "alert, wakeful".

Catalan form of Venantius.

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

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

Means "sure, certain, reliable" in Finnish.

Icelandic form of Valgerðr.

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.

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

Means "francolin" in Turkish.

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.

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

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

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

Means "humble" in Zulu.

German form of Thaddeus.

Means "song" in Persian (see Tarana).

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

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

Modern form of Tanmaya.

Means "flirtatious gesture" in Uzbek.

Means "chestnut tree" in Kazakh.

Means "posture, figure" in Kazakh.

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

Transferred use of the surname Stanton.

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

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

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.

Assyrian and Armenian form of Semiramis.

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.

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

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".

Catalan form of Sebastian.

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

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

Modern Greek form of Salome.

Means "sadness, longing, langour" in Kazakh.

Modern form of Sæmundr.

Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Rufus.

Modern Greek form of Rhode.

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".

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

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

Feminine form of Prvoslav.

Means "clean, pure, true" in Uzbek.

Masculine form of Philomena.

Means "oath, pledge, promise" in Persian.

Cognate of Penelope.

Means "dawn" in Persian.

Catalan and Ladin form of Pascal.

Modern form of Paroyr.

Modern Greek transcription of Parthenope.

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

Means "fairy-like" in Uzbek.

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

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

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

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

Modern Greek form of Orestes.

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.

Feminine form of Oihan.

Javanese form of Nugraha.

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

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

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

Romanian form of Nikita 1.

Means "comfort, consolation" in Hebrew.

Derived from Basque naro meaning "abundant, fertile".

Means "comforter, consoler" in Hebrew.

Feminine form of Miljenko.

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

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

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

Galician form of Martin.

Catalan and Languedocian form of Martialis (see Martial).

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

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

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

Masculine form of Majlinda.

Means "moonlight" in Persian.

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

Modern form of Madana.

Feminine form of Lulzim.

Italian form of Lucretius.

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.

Feminine form of Leonidas.

Means "peregrine falcon" in Kazakh.

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).

Feminine form of Kujtim.

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

Feminine form of Krenar.

Derived from Albanian krenar "proud".

Derived from Albanian kremtim "celebration; commemoration".

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

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

Diminutive of Khachatur.

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.

Modern form of Keshava.

Modern form of Kathana.

Variant transcription of Katayun.

Means "compassion, mercy" in Sanskrit.

Modern masculine form of Karuna.

Variant of Carlos.

Provençal feminine form of Jòrgi.

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

Basque form of Joachim.

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".

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

Romanian form of Iustinus (see Justin).

Romanian form of Irinei.

Turkish form of Hormizd.

Armenian form of Ruth 1.

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

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 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.

Alternate transcription of Houshang.

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

Means "blessed, sacred, fortunate" in Persian.

Norwegian and Faroese form of Herbjörn.

Derived from Albanian hekur "iron".

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

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

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).

Norwegian and Faroese form of Gunborg.

Feminine form of Guillermo.

Modern Greek transcription of Gregoria.

Feminine form of Gratien.

Modern Persian form of Gotarzes.

Italian form of Jason.

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

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

Icelandic form of Finnbjǫrn.

Means "festivity, celebration" in Albanian.

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

Means "wise; reasonable; intelligent" in Persian.

Means "culture" in Persian.

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-).

Portuguese and Catalan cognate of Esperanza.

Means "grape cluster" in Hebrew.

Modern Greek form of Herse.

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".

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

Basque from of Arnold.

Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Emiliana.

Czech and Hungarian form of Aemilianus.

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

Feminine form of Domingos.

Means "full moon" in Turkish.

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 "brocade (rich colourful silk)" in Persian.

Modern form of Dasharatha.

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.

Catalan form of Damianus (see Damian).

Feminine form of Costantino.

French form of Constantina.

Catalan form of Constantine.

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

Modern Greek transcription of Chloe.

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.

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.

Turkish form of Jawad.

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

Feminine form of Bujar.

Icelandic form of Bryniulfr.

Icelandic form of Bǫðvarr.

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

Feminine form of Bjarni.

Masculine form of Bienvenida.

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

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

Turkish form of Berfîn.

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".

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".

Means "good friend; good companion" in Persian.

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-).

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

Azerbaijani form of Ayten.

Variant transcription of Ainash.

Means "moonlight" in Turkish.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

Cognate of Athanasia.

Modern form of Astuacatur.

Icelandic younger form of Áshildr.

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.

Means "one selected for birth" in Yoruba.

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

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.

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

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

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

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".

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

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

Modern Iranian form of Anoshiruvan.

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

Modern Greek form of Andromache.

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

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").

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

Feminine form of Altin.

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

Feminine form of Alket.

Variant of Alketi.

Czech and Slovak form of Albin.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Modern Greek form of Achilleus (see also Achilleas).

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

Basque feminine equivalent of Ramos.