Dianatiger's Personal Name List

Adana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ə-DAY-nə, ə-DAH-nə
Allegedly a feminine form of Adán.
Adda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: A-dha
Welsh form of Adam.
Alara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Medieval Turkic (Rare)
Pronounced: Ah-LAH-rah(Turkish)
Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.
Aluma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: אֲלוּמָה, אלומה(Hebrew)
Possibly from the (medieval) Hebrew word אֲלוּמָה (aluma) meaning "strong, brave" (which, in modern Hebrew, sounds like the word אֲלֻמָּה (alma) "sheaf"). It is sometimes associated with the word עלמה (alma) "a young girl, a damsel".
Amaris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Pronounced: a-MARE-iss, OM-er-is
Hebrew feminine form of Amariah.
Ameline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, French (Belgian), Flemish
French form of Amelina.
Arietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture (Rare)
Pronounced: ahr-ee-ET-ə, ar-ee-ET-ə
Either a diminutive of Aria 1, or from the major antagonist and God-General in Tales of the Abyss. Given after the musical term for a small song, from the Italian word "arietta."
Astrild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Claimed to mean "love fire" from Old Norse ást "love" and eldr "fire". Astrild was a personification of love in Scandinavian poetry (particularly during the Baroque and Rococo eras), probably introduced in the 17th century by Swedish poet Georg Stiernhielm.
Brené
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Probably a combination of two names, such as a name starting with B- with René or Renée.

A known bearer of this name is the American research professor and author Dr. Brené Brown (b. 1965).

Brighton
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRIE-tun
Transferred use of the surname Brighton.
Callidora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Rare), American (Rare)
Pronounced: KAL-EE-DOR-A(Classical Greek) kal-ee-DOR-a(American)
Feminine form of Calidore.
Calvina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Feminization of Calvin.
Carmilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Used by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu for the title character of his Gothic novella 'Carmilla' (1872), about a lesbian vampire. Le Fanu probably based the name on Carmella.
Cassandria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: kə-SAN-dree-ə(English)
Elaborated form of Cassandra.
Cérès
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology (Gallicized), French (Rare, Archaic)
French form of Ceres.
Charlise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Chriselda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afrikaans, South African, Filipino
Presumably a variant of Griselda, influenced by names beginning with "Chris-", such as Christine.
Chrysanthemum
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kris-AN-the-mum
Taken directly from the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek khrusos "gold" and anthemon "flower".
This name has been in occasional use from the 19th century onwards, making it one of the many Victorian flower names.
Chrysanthia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Variant of Chrysanthe.
Cleonora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Columbia
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, Italian
Pronounced: cə-LUM-bee-ə(Spanish, Italian) Col-LUM-bee-ah(English)
The name Colombia comes from the name of Christopher Columbus (Spanish: Cristóbal Colón). It was conceived by the revolutionary Francisco de Miranda as a reference to all the New World, but especially to those territories and colonies under Spanish and Portuguese rule. The name was later adopted by the Republic of Colombia of 1819, formed out of the territories of the old Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern day Colombia, Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador).
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Cristofania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Spanish
Spanish form of Christophania.
Delphinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Elaboration of Delphina.
Emerancia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Louisiana Creole
Pronounced: e-me-RAN-thya
Louisiana Spanish form of Emeranthe.
Enchantra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: in-CHANT-rə(American English) ehn-CHANT-rə(American English)
Coined name based on the English word enchant.
Endelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Cornish form of Endellion (which survives in the place name San Endelyn).
Fluri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Possibly a variant to Fleur. This name was used in European area during the Middle Ages and Renaissance eras.
Innogen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Probably derived from Old Irish ingen meaning "daughter" or "girl" (see Imogen).
This was the form of Ignoge used by Milton. (According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Ignoge was the name of a princess who was given in marriage by her father, King Pandrasus of Greece, to the Trojan exile Brutus in exchange for Pandrasus' freedom. In Britain, she became the mother of Locrine, Albanact and Humber.)
The spelling Inogen was used by Richard Hole in his prose Arthur (1789), where the name belonged to the daughter of Merlin, later the wife of Arthur.
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