cs121990's Personal Name List

Adaire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Feminine variant of Adair.
Adalet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "justice" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic عدل ('adala) meaning "to act justly".
Ælfwynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Derived from the Old English elements ælf "elf" and wynn "joy". This name was borne by a daughter of Æðelflæd who ruled Mercia briefly in the 10th century.
Æðelþryð
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and þryþ "strength".
Áine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: A-nyə(Irish)
Means "radiance, brilliance" in Irish. This was the name of a goddess of love and fertility in Irish legend, thought to dwell at the hill of Cnoc Áine in Limerick. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Anne.
Aisling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ASH-lyən
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.
Aithne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Eithne.
Annelien
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ah-nə-LEEN
Combination of Anna and lien (from names such as Carolien).
Annuska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Diminutive of Anna, inspired by the Russian form Annushka.
Anu 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: AH-noo
Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Anna.
Anwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Means "very beautiful" in Welsh, from the intensive prefix an- combined with gwen "white, blessed".
Aoife
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fyə(Irish)
From Old Irish Aífe, derived from oíph meaning "beauty" (modern Irish aoibh). This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a woman at war with Scáthach (her sister in some versions). She was defeated in single combat by the hero Cúchulainn, who spared her life on the condition that she bear him a child (Connla). Another legendary figure by this name appears in the Children of Lir as the jealous third wife of Lir.

This name is sometimes Anglicized as Eve or Eva.

Arete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρετή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REH-TEH(Classical Greek)
Means "virtue" in Greek. In Greek mythology Arete was the personification of virtue and excellence.
Arianwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: ar-YAN-wehn
Derived from Welsh arian "silver" and gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint, one of the supposed daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.
Arianwyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Variant of Arianwen used in the English-speaking world.
Aune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OW-neh
Finnish form of Agnes.
Ayame
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 菖蒲, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやめ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-MEH
From Japanese 菖蒲 (ayame) meaning "iris (flower)". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can also form this name.
Ayelet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַיֶלֶת(Hebrew)
Means "doe, female deer, gazelle". It is taken from the Hebrew phrase אַיֶלֶת הַשַׁחַר ('ayelet hashachar), literally "gazelle of dawn", which is a name of the morning star.
Aylin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айлин(Kazakh)
Means "of the moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, from Turkic ay "moon".
Azélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: A-ZEH-LEE
Perhaps a form of Azalaïs. It was borne by Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877), also called Zélie, the mother of Thérèse of Lisieux.
Caoimhe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEE-vyə
Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".
Eira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AY-ra
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.
Eirene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Εἰρήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-REH-NEH(Classical Greek) ie-REE-nee(English)
Ancient Greek form of Irene.
Eirwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Means "white snow" from the Welsh elements eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed". This name was created in the early 20th century.
Elen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Armenian, Czech
Other Scripts: Էլեն(Armenian)
Pronounced: EHL-ehn(Welsh)
Welsh and modern Armenian form of Helen, as well as a Czech variant form. This was the name of a 4th-century Welsh saint, traditionally said to be the wife of the Roman emperor Magnus Maximus. According to the Welsh legend The Dream of Macsen Wledig (Macsen Wledig being the Welsh form of Magnus Maximus), she convinced her husband to build the roads in Wales.
Éliane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-LYAN
Probably from Aeliana, the feminine form of the Roman name Aelianus, which was derived from the Roman family name Aelius. This was the name of an obscure early saint and martyr from Amasea.
Elisabet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, Spanish, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ἐλισάβετ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: eh-LEE-sa-beht(Swedish, Norwegian) eh-LEE-sa-behd(Danish) EH-lee-sah-beht(Finnish) eh-lee-sa-BEHT(Spanish)
Scandinavian and Finnish form of Elizabeth. It is also used in Spain alongside the traditional form Isabel.
Elisabetĭ
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Елїсабеть(Church Slavic)
Old Church Slavic form of Elizabeth.
Elisaveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Елисавета(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Elizabeth.
Elixabete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: eh-LEE-sha-beh-teh
Basque form of Elizabeth.
Eluned
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: ehl-IN-ehd, ehl-EEN-ehd
Derived from Welsh eilun meaning "image, likeness, idol". This was the name of a legendary 5th-century Welsh saint, also known as Eiliwedd, one of the supposed daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.
Gaiane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Γαϊανή(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Gaiana.
Gwyneira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: gwi-NAY-ra
Means "white snow" from the Welsh element gwyn meaning "white, blessed" combined with eira meaning "snow". This is a recently created Welsh name.
Illuminata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Means "illuminated, brightened, filled with light" in Latin. This name was borne by a 4th-century saint from Todi, Italy.
Ilse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: IL-zə(German) IL-sə(Dutch)
German and Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth, used independently.
Ione
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἰόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ie-O-nee(English)
From Ancient Greek ἴον (ion) meaning "violet flower". This was the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, though perhaps based on the Greek place name Ionia, a region on the west coast of Asia Minor.
Isabeau
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, French (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Medieval French variant of Isabel. A famous bearer of this name was Isabeau of Bavaria (1385-1422), wife of the French king Charles VI.
Isibéal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Irish form of Isabel.
Izora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Louisiana Creole
Possibly a variant form of Isora.
Katalin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, Basque
Pronounced: KAW-taw-leen(Hungarian) ka-TA-leen(Basque)
Hungarian and Basque form of Katherine.
Mariya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Мария(Russian, Bulgarian) Марія(Ukrainian) Марыя(Belarusian)
Pronounced: mu-RYEE-yə(Russian) mu-RYEE-yu(Ukrainian)
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Maria, as well as an alternate transcription of Belarusian Марыя (see Maryia).
Mirele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: מירעלע(Yiddish)
Yiddish diminutive of Miriam.
Miren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: MEE-rehn
Basque form of Maria.
Quena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, English (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Old English cwén "woman", this name was originally a diminutive of names containing said element.
The name's usage in modern times is more than likely influenced by the use of Queen as a name.
Rhiannon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: ri-AN-awn(Welsh) ree-AN-ən(English)
Probably derived from an unattested Celtic name *Rīgantonā meaning "great queen" (Celtic *rīganī "queen" and the divine or augmentative suffix -on). It is speculated that Rigantona was an old Celtic goddess, perhaps associated with fertility and horses like the Gaulish Epona. As Rhiannon, she appears in Welsh legend in the Mabinogi [1] as a beautiful magical woman who rides a white horse. She was betrothed against her will to Gwawl, but cunningly broke off that engagement and married Pwyll instead. Their son was Pryderi.

As an English name, it became popular due to the Fleetwood Mac song Rhiannon (1976), especially in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Rhonwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Welsh form of Rowena, appearing in medieval Welsh poems and stories as a personification of the English people.
Rohese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Norman French form of Hrodohaidis.
Rosemonde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
French form of Rosamund.
Runa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nah(Norwegian) ROO-na(Danish, Swedish)
Feminine form of Rune.
Sabine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Dutch, Danish
Pronounced: SA-BEEN(French) za-BEE-nə(German)
French, German, Dutch and Danish form of Sabina.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Seren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SEH-rehn
Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.
Síle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHEE-lyə
Irish form of Cecilia.
Silke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: ZIL-kə(German)
German and Dutch diminutive of Celia or Cecilia.
Sorne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Means "conception" in Basque. It was coined by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name Concepción.
Susa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Short form of Susanna.
Theia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θεία(Ancient Greek)
Possibly derived from Greek θεά (thea) meaning "goddess". In Greek myth this was the name of a Titan goddess of light, glittering and glory. She was the wife of Hyperion and the mother of the sun god Helios, the moon goddess Selene, and the dawn goddess Eos.
Undine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: UN-deen(English) un-DEEN(English)
Derived from Latin unda meaning "wave". The word undine was created by the 16th-century Swiss author Paracelsus, who used it for female water spirits.
Urania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Οὐρανία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: yoo-RAY-nee-ə(English)
Latinized form of Ourania.
Vianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.
Vibiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Vibianus.
Virginie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VEER-ZHEE-NEE
French form of Virginia.
Virva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEER-vah
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.
Xulia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician
Pronounced: SHOO-lyu
Galician form of Julia.
Yveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Czech form of Yvette.
Zaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: DZIE-ra(Italian) THIE-ra(European Spanish) SIE-ra(Latin American Spanish)
Italian and Spanish form of Zaïre. It was used by Vincenzo Bellini for the heroine of his opera Zaira (1829), which was based on Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre.
Zinaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Зинаида(Russian) Зінаіда(Belarusian) Зінаїда(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: zyi-nu-EE-də(Russian)
Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian form of Zenaida.
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