buzzard's Personal Name List

Astaire
Usage: English
Personal remark: Wylie Astaire, after Fred Astaire
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Bader
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: بدر(Arabic)
Personal remark: after Douglas Bader
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Means "full moon" in Arabic.
Baumeister
Usage: German
Pronounced: bauh-MEIH-stir
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Occupational name for a "builder" in German; from Middle High German 'buwen' 'to build' + meister 'master'.

The surname has been used in the strategy series 'Chocolatier' by PlayFirst, one bearer of this is the grandmother of Alex Fletcher in the game, Evangeline Baumeister.

Cosmo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, English
Pronounced: KAWZ-mo(Italian) KAHZ-mo(English)
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Italian variant of Cosimo. It was introduced to Britain in the 18th century by the second Scottish Duke of Gordon, who named his son and successor after his friend Cosimo III de' Medici. On the American sitcom Seinfeld (1989-1998) this was the seldom-used first name of Jerry's neighbour Kramer.
Fyfe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish (Rare)
Personal remark: Ashby Fyfe
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Variant of Fife.
Heron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἥρων(Ancient Greek)
Personal remark: after the bird
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Derived from Greek ἥρως (heros) meaning "hero". This was the name of a 1st-century Greek inventor (also known as Hero) from Alexandria.
Nazaire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: NA-ZEHR
Personal remark: in honour of the St Nazaire raid
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French form of Nazarius.
Noel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NOL, NO-əl
Personal remark: Huey Noel
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English form of Noël or Noëlle (rarely). It was fairly popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in the middle of the 20th century. It is occasionally written with a diaeresis, like in French. A famous bearer is British musician Noel Gallagher (1967-).
Phoenix
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FEE-niks
Personal remark: Bowie Phoenix
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From the name of a beautiful immortal bird that appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology. After living for several centuries in the Arabian Desert, it would be consumed by fire and rise from its own ashes, with this cycle repeating every 500 years. The name of the bird was derived from Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix) meaning "dark red".
Polo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, English, Italian, English (American), Medieval Spanish, Medieval Italian
Pronounced: POH-LOH(Spanish) Po-LOH(English) PI-OLO(Italian) PO-LO(American English) PO-lo(Medieval Spanish) po-LO(Medieval Italian)
Personal remark: after the sport
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This name likely roots from Paolo or Paulo, and Polo is a variant of both. It can be used in association with the sport also, but very rarely is.
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