MxBramble's Personal Name List

Amédée

Gender: Masculine

Usage: French

Pronounced: A-MEH-DEH

French form of Amadeus.

Belvina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Literature

Pronounced: bel-VEE-nə

Apparently from the Latin word meaning "beast-like" (also written beluina), derived from bēlua "beast, monster" (Italian belva) with the adjectival suffix‎ -īnus "of, like". The author J. K. Rowling used this name in her 'Harry Potter' books for a member of the Black family.

Espen

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Norwegian

Pronounced: EHS-pən

Variant of Asbjørn.

Geir

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic

Pronounced: GAYR(Norwegian)

Derived from the Old Norse element geirr meaning "spear".

Marinos

Usage: Greek

Other Scripts: Μαρίνος(Greek)

Derived from the given name Marinos.

Niv

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: נִיב(Hebrew)

Means either "speech, expression" or "fang, tusk" in Hebrew.

Therion

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek, Astronomy

Other Scripts: θηρίον(Ancient Greek)

Means "beast; wild animal" in Ancient Greek.

This is the name of a constellation named by Hipparchus of Bithynia in the 2nd century BC. It was later identified by Ptolemy with a wolf and it is currently known as Lupus.

Tor

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Norwegian, Swedish

Pronounced: TOOR

Modern Scandinavian form of Þórr (see Thor). It was not used as a personal name until the 18th century. It is sometimes used as a short form of names of Old Norse origin that begin with the element Tor, which is also a derivative of Þórr.

Ziza

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: זִיזָא(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: Zee-zah(Biblical English)

From Hebrew זִיז (ziyz) "abundance" or "wild beast". This name is mentioned in the Old Testament as belonging to two Israelites.