blackelectric's Personal Name List
Aberash
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: አበራሽ(Amharic)
Personal remark: Amharic
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "giving off light, shining" in Amharic.
Abimbola
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Personal remark: Yoruba
Means "born to me with wealth" in Yoruba.
Adalet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark: Turkish
Means
"justice" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic
عدل ('adala) meaning "to act justly".
Adilet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Other Scripts: Адилет(Kyrgyz) Әділет(Kazakh)
Personal remark: "ah-DEE-let;" Kyrgyz & Kazakh
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means
"justice" in Kyrgyz and Kazakh, ultimately from Arabic
عدل ('adala) meaning "to act justly".
Aia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ie-a
Personal remark: "ie-a;" Basque
From the name of a town situated on the slopes of Mount Pagoeta in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Pronounced: ie-NA-ra
Personal remark: "ie-NA-ra;" Basque
Akash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Other Scripts: आकाश(Hindi, Marathi) আকাশ(Bengali)
Pronounced: a-KASH(Hindi)
Personal remark: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "open space, sky" in Sanskrit.
Akasha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Indian
Other Scripts: आकाश(Hindi)
Pronounced: a-KAH-sha
Personal remark: as above. Feminine form of Akash.
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
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.
Alasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-LA-see-ə
Personal remark: Astronomy
Alasia is the name of the star HD 168746. The star is named after an ancient name for Cyprus.
Alisher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Other Scripts: Алишер(Uzbek, Tajik, Russian) Әлішер(Kazakh)
Personal remark: "a-lee-SHER;" Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
From the given name
Ali 1 combined with Persian
شیر (sher) meaning "lion". It was borne by the Timurid poet Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441-1501), who wrote in the Chagatai Turkic language.
Alsephina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: al-sə-FEE-nə
Personal remark: astronomy
Derived from Arabic al-safīnah meaning "the ship". Alsephina, also known as Delta Velorum, is a triple star system that is a part of the constellation Vela.
Altair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: al-TEHR(English)
Personal remark: Astronomy
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "the flyer" in Arabic. This is the name of a star in the constellation Aquila.
Amala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: அமலா(Tamil) അമല(Malayalam)
Personal remark: Tamil, Malayalam
Derived from Sanskrit
अमल (amala) meaning
"clean, pure".
Ambrus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: AWM-broosh
Personal remark: "AWM-broosh;" Hungarian
Hungarian form of
Ambrosius (see
Ambrose).
Arantzazu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: a-RAN-tsa-soo
Personal remark: "a-RAN-tsa-soo;" Basque
From the name of a place near the Spanish town of Oñati where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. Its name is derived from Basque
arantza "thornbush".
Asha 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Other Scripts: आशा(Hindi, Marathi) ಆಶಾ(Kannada) ആശാ(Malayalam)
Personal remark: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Derived from Sanskrit
आशा (asha) meaning
"wish, desire, hope".
Azat
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tatar, Kazakh, Turkmen, Turkish, Armenian
Other Scripts: Азат(Tatar, Kazakh) Ազատ(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-ZAHT(Kazakh, Armenian)
Personal remark: Tatar, Kazakh, Turkmen, Turkish, Armenian
Form of
Azad in several languages.
Chinatsu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千夏, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちなつ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHEE-NA-TSOO
Personal remark: Japanese
From Japanese
千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and
夏 (natsu) meaning "summer", as well as other kanji combinations.
Cochise
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Apache (Anglicized)
Personal remark: "koh-CHEESS;" Anglicized Apache
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Apache go-chizh "his firewood" or go-chįh "his nose". This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Chiricahua Apache.
Csilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: CHEEL-law
Personal remark: "CHEEL-law;" Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.
Dezirinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: deh-zee-REEN-da
Personal remark: Esperanto
Means "desirable" in Esperanto.
Edmundus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized), Dutch, German
Personal remark: Latinization
Edurne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: eh-DHOOR-neh
Personal remark: "eh-DHOOR-neh;" hard 'th;' Basque
Means
"snow" in Basque, from
edur, a variant of
elur "snow". It is an equivalent of
Nieves, proposed by the writer Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque
saints names.
Edvinas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Personal remark: Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of
Edwin.
Enara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: eh-NA-ra
Personal remark: "eh-NA-ra;" Basque
Means "swallow (bird)" in Basque.
Erramun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Personal remark: Basque
Esra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark: Turkish
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Possibly a Turkish form of
Asra.
Estee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Diminutive of
Esther. A famous bearer was the American businesswoman Estée Lauder (1908-2004), founder of the cosmetics company that bears her name. Her birth name was Josephine Esther Mentzer. Apparently she added the accent to her name
Estee in order to make it appear French.
Etenesh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: እቴነሽ(Amharic)
Personal remark: Amharic
Means "you are my sister" in Amharic.
Farzana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pashto, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: فرزانه(Pashto) فرزانہ(Urdu) ফারজানা(Bengali)
Personal remark: "far-zaw-NEH;" Pashto, Urdu, Bengali
Pashto, Urdu and Bengali form of
Farzaneh.
Flemming
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Pronounced: FLEHM-ming
From a medieval Norse nickname meaning "from Flanders".
Florissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic), Spanish (Philippines)
Personal remark: Archaic English, Philipino Spanish
Haizea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ie-SEH-a
Personal remark: "ie-SEH-a;" Basque
Means "wind" in Basque.
Iara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tupi
Personal remark: "(ee)YA-rah;" Tupi
Means "lady of the water" in Tupi, from y "water" and îara "lady, mistress". In Brazilian folklore this is the name of a beautiful river nymph who would lure men into the water. She may have been based upon earlier Tupi legends.
Ikenna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Igbo
Personal remark: Igbo
Means "power of the father" in Igbo.
Ilias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ηλίας(Greek)
Pronounced: ee-LEE-ahs
Personal remark: "ee-LEE-ahs;" Greek
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Modern Greek form of
Elias.
Irati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-RA-tee
Personal remark: "ee-RA-tee;" Basque
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "fern field" in Basque.
Irune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-ROO-neh
Personal remark: "ee-ROO-neh;" Basque
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means
"trinity" in Basque, derived from
hiru meaning "three". It was proposed by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name
Trinidad.
Iseul
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 이슬(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: EE-SUL
Personal remark: "EE-SUL;" Korean
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "dew" in Korean.
İsmet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ees-MEHT
Personal remark: "ees-MEHT;" Turkish
Izar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-SAR
Personal remark: "ee-SAR;" Basque
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Basque.
Izara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare), French (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Personal remark: Basque
In the Basque country and French-speaking areas, this name is now generally considered a variant of
Izar and
Izarra. There is, however, another theory which derives Izara from
izar, the Pyrenean French cognate of French
isard "chamois".
Whichever theory might be true, this name is extremely rare in the French-speaking world with 7 births in France between 1916 and 1990 and 5 births in French-speaking Belgium from 2002 to present.
Izaskun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Personal remark: "ee-sah-SKOON;" Basque
From the name of a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin
Mary near Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Spain. It possibly means "broom bush above the valley" in Basque.
Ji-Su
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 지수(Korean Hangul) 志秀, 智秀, 芝秀, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHEE-SOO
From Sino-Korean
志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or
智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with
秀 (su) meaning "luxuriant, beautiful". Other hanja character combinations are possible.
Ji-sung
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 지성(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: CHEE-SUNG, JEE-SUNG
Personal remark: "JEE-SUNG;" Korean
Kaisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: KIE-sah(Finnish)
Personal remark: "KIE-sah;" Finnish
Kanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 栞菜, 環那, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かんな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KAN-NA
Personal remark: Japanese
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
栞 (kan) meaning "bookmark" and
菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Kirsi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-see
Personal remark: "KEER-see;" Finnish
Finnish form of
Christina, or a short form of
Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.
Lestari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: ləs-TA-ree
Personal remark: "ləs-TA-ree;" Indonesian
Means "eternal, abiding" in Indonesian.
Lusine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Լուսինե(Armenian)
Pronounced: loo-see-NEH
Personal remark: "loo-see-NEH;" Armenian
From Armenian
լուսին (lusin) meaning
"moon".
Maialen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: MIE-a-lehn, mie-A-lehn
Personal remark: "MIE-a-lehn, mie-A-lehn;" Basque
Marianthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Μαριανθη(Greek)
Personal remark: Greek
Marsida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Melusine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mythology
Personal remark: "European folklore?"
Meaning unknown. In European folklore Melusine was a water fairy who turned into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. She made her husband, Raymond of Poitou, promise that he would never see her on that day, and when he broke his word she left him forever.
Miksa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: MEEK-shaw
Personal remark: Hungarian
Ming
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 明, 铭, etc.(Chinese) 明, 銘, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: MEENG
Personal remark: "MEENG;" Chinese
From Chinese
明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or
铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Misi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: MEE-shee
Personal remark: "MEE-shee;" Hungarian
Naiara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: nie-A-ra
Personal remark: "nie-A-ra;" Basque
From the Basque name of the Spanish city of Nájera, which is Arabic in origin. In the 12th century there was a reported apparition of the Virgin
Mary in a nearby cave.
Naveen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: नवीन(Hindi, Marathi) ನವೀನ್(Kannada) నవీన్(Telugu) நவீன்(Tamil) നവീൻ(Malayalam)
Orsolya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: OR-sho-yaw
Personal remark: "OR-sho-yaw;" Hungarian
Remény
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: REH-mehn
Personal remark: "REH-mehn;" Hungarian
Directly taken from Hungarian
remény "hope". Theories include that this name was coined as a translation of
Nadezhda.
Romas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: RAW-mus
Personal remark: "RAW-mus;" Lithuanian
Rusudan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: რუსუდან(Georgian)
Personal remark: "ROO-soo-dan(e);" Georgian
Possibly derived from Persian
روز (ruz) meaning
"day". This name was borne by a 13th-century ruling queen of Georgia.
Ruzan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ռուզան(Armenian)
Personal remark: "ROO-zan"? Armenian
Meaning unknown. It was used by the Armenian author Muratsan for the main character in his historical play Ruzan (1882).
Sarika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: सारिका(Hindi, Marathi)
Personal remark: Indian, Hindi, Marathi
From a Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).
Sarolt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Pronounced: SHAW-rolt
Personal remark: "SHAW-rolt;" Hungarian
From the Old Hungarian name
Saroldu, probably of Turkic origin meaning
"white weasel, ermine". This was the wife of the 10th-century Hungarian grand prince
Géza.
Sarolta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: SHAW-rol-taw
Personal remark: "SHAW-rol-taw;" Hungarian
Sharad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: शरद(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Personal remark: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
From Sanskrit
शरद् (sharad) meaning
"autumn".
Shashi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu
Other Scripts: शशि, शशी(Hindi, Marathi) শশী(Bengali) ಶಶಿ(Kannada) శశి(Telugu)
Personal remark: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu
Traditional name for the moon, it literally means "having a hare" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form
शशि and the feminine form
शशी (spelled with a long final vowel).
Shi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 时, 实, 史, 石, etc.(Chinese) 時, 實, 史, 石, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: SHEE
From Chinese
时 (shí) meaning "time, era, season",
实 (shí) meaning "real, honest",
史 (shǐ) meaning "history" or
石 (shí) meaning "stone". Other characters can form this name as well.
Shiva 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Other Scripts: शिव(Sanskrit, Nepali) శివ(Telugu) சிவா(Tamil) ಶಿವ(Kannada) ശിവ(Malayalam)
Pronounced: SHEE-və(English)
Derived from Sanskrit
शिव (shiva) meaning
"benign, kind, auspicious". Shiva is the Hindu god of destruction and restoration, the husband of the mother goddess
Parvati. His aspect is usually terrifying, but it can also be gentle.
Siranush
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Սիրանուշ(Armenian)
Personal remark: Armenian
Means "lovely" in Armenian.
Sirius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: SIR-ee-əs(English)
Personal remark: Astronomy
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek
σείριος (seirios) meaning
"burning".
Sovann
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សុវណ្ណ(Khmer)
Pronounced: so-VAN
Personal remark: "so-VAN;" Khmer
Means
"gold" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit
सुवर्ण (suvarna).
Suren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Սուրեն(Armenian)
Pronounced: soo-REHN
Personal remark: "soo-REHN;" Armenian
Derived from Parthian surena meaning "warrior" or sura meaning "strong".
Suvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-vee
Personal remark: "SOO-vee;" Finnish
Means "summer" in Finnish.
Suzu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 鈴, etc.(Japanese Kanji) すず(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SOO-ZOO
Personal remark: Japanese
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" or other kanji having the same pronunciation.
Tamari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: თამარი(Georgian)
Pronounced: TA-MA-REE
Personal remark: "TA-MA-REE;" Georgian
Form of
Tamar with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Tristrant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval German, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: TRIS-trant
Variant of
Tristram, used in Eilhart von Oberg's 'Tristrant und Isalde'.
Tsiala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ციალა(Georgian)
Personal remark: "(t)ZYA-la;" Georgian
Derived from the Georgian adjective ციალა (tsiala) meaning "shimmering".
Valentinas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: vu-lyehn-TYI-nus
Personal remark: Lithuanian
Voski
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Ոսկի(Armenian)
Pronounced: vaws-KEE
Personal remark: "vaws-KEE;" Armenian
Means "gold" in Armenian.
Wickaninnish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nuu-chah-nulth (Anglicized)
Pronounced: wik-ə-NIN-ish(English)
Personal remark: Nuu-chah-nulth (Anglicized)
Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.
Xabi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: SHA-bee
Personal remark: "SHA-bee;" Basque
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Xia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 夏, 霞, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHYA
Personal remark: "SHYA;" Chinese
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
From Chinese
夏 (xià) meaning "summer, great, grand",
霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds", or other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Xinyi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 欣怡, 心怡, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHEEN-EE
Personal remark: "SHEEN-EE;" Chinese
From Chinese
欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or
心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with
怡 (yí) meaning "joy, harmony". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Yaling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 雅玲, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: YA-LEENG
Personal remark: "YA-LEENG;" Chinese
From Chinese
雅 (yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" combined with
玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade". This name can be formed of other character combinations as well.
Yanna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Γιάννα(Greek)
Pronounced: YA-na
Personal remark: Greek
Yemayá
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afro-American Mythology
Spanish form of
Yemọja, used in various Afro-American syncretic religions in the Caribbean and South America. In Cuba she is identified with Our Lady of
Regla, an aspect of the Virgin
Mary.
Ye-rin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 예린(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: YE-REEN
Personal remark: "YE-REEN;" Korean
From Sino-Korean 藝 "art; talent, ability" and 潾 "clear water".
Yianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Γιάννα(Greek)
Personal remark: Greek
Yıldız
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: yul-DUZ
Personal remark: "yul-DUZ;" Turkish
Means "star" in Turkish.
Yixin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 怡欣, 怡昕, 懿欣, 宜心, 依欣, 艺馨(Chinese)
Personal remark: "YEE-SHEEN;" Chinese
Derived from the Chinese 怡 (yí) meaning "happy, joyful" or "harmony, pleasure, be glad", 懿 (yì) meaning "virtuous, admirable, esteemed", 宜 (yí) meaning "suitable, right, proper", 依 (yī) meaning "rely on, be set on, obey a wish" or 艺 (yì) meaning "art, talent, ability" and 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted", 昕 (xīn) meaning "dawn, early morning", 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance".
Yllka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Personal remark: Albanian
Yurena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Canarian)
Canarian Spanish name of recent origin, derived from the Guanche word
yruene meaning
"demon, evil spirit". This word was first recorded incorrectly as
yurena by the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Bory de
Saint-Vincent in 1803.
Yuzuki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 柚希, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆずき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-ZOO-KYEE
From Japanese
柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and
希 (ki) meaning "hope". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Zarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: Зарина(Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik) زرینہ(Urdu)
Personal remark: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Urdu, Malay
From Persian
زرین (zarin) meaning
"golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.
Zaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: заяа(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Personal remark: "ZIE-yah;" Mongolian
Means "fate, destiny" in Mongolian.
Zemfira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir, Literature
Other Scripts: Земфира(Tatar, Bashkir)
Personal remark: Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir
Meaning unknown, possibly of Romani origin. This name was (first?) used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem The Gypsies (1827).
Zhuldyz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Жұлдыз(Kazakh)
Pronounced: zhul-DUZ
Personal remark: "zhul-DUZ;" Kazakh
Means "star" in Kazakh.
Zhyldyz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Жылдыз(Kyrgyz)
Personal remark: Kyrgyz
Zolzaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Золзаяа(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Personal remark: Mongolian
Derived from Mongolian зол (zol) meaning "fortune, luck, blessing" and заяа (zayaa) meaning "future, fate, destiny".
Zsanett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: ZHAW-neht
Personal remark: "ZHAW-neht;" Hungarian
Zsazsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Rare)
Pronounced: ZHAW-zhaw
Personal remark: Hungarian
Zsóka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: ZHO-kaw
Personal remark: "ZHO-kaw;" Hungarian
Zsolt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: ZHOLT
Personal remark: Hungarian
Zümra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark: Turkish
From Turkish
zümrüt meaning
"emerald", derived via Arabic from Greek
σμάραγδος (smaragdos).
Zümrüd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Pronounced: zuym-RUYT
Personal remark: Azerbaijani
Means "emerald" in Azerbaijani, of Persian origin.
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