hermeline's Personal Name List

Meaning unknown. In Greek mythology Abaris was a sage, healer and priest of Apollo who came to the Athenians as envoy from the Hyperboreans when famine was affecting Greece.

From a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament. It is probably from Hebrew אָבֵל ('avel) meaning "meadow, grassy area". It has occasionally been used as a given name in modern times.

From the English word meaning "highest rank". More commonly a nickname, it is occasionally used as a given name.

Old German form of Adelaide.

Meaning uncertain. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian politician Adamir Jerković (b. 1958).

Means "jewel, ornament" in Hebrew.

Variant of Hadley.

From the mythological device called the Aegis. In the Iliad, the Aegis is a device worn by Greek gods Athena and Zeus, resembling an animal skin or a shield and sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon.

Elaborated form of Laura or a variant of Elora.

Form of Albinus in several languages.

Slovak form of Alice.

From the Old Norse Alvíss meaning "all wise". In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf who was to marry Thor's daughter Thrud. Thor was not pleased with this so he tricked Alvis by asking him questions until the sun rose, at which time the dwarf was turned into stone.

Variant of Alice.

Hungarian form of Ambrosius (see Ambrose).

French form of Amelina.

Transferred use of the surname Ames.

Variant of Amyas.

Russian, Bulgarian and Belarusian form of Andrew.

French diminutive of Angela.

Italian form of Angelus (see Angel).

Anglicized form of Aonghus.

Variant of Archie.

Famous fictional Archy is the cockroach in Don Marquis' stories “archy and mehitabel” (1916).

Diminutive of Arkadiusz.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אראלה (see Erela).

Latinized form of Areios. Arius (AD 250 or 256–336) was an ascetic Christian presbyter of Libyan birth, possibly of Berber extraction, and priest in Alexandria, Egypt, of the church of the Baucalis.

Either a Scandinavian form of Arwin (see Erwin) or a combination of the Old Norse name elements ari "eagle" and vinr "friend".

Possibly an altered form of Acheron, the name of a god of an underworld river in Greek mythology. This was used for Asheron Realaidain, the titular character in the fantasy online role-playing game Asheron's Call.

Latinized form of Greek Ἀστέριος (Asterios) meaning "starry", a derivative of ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". This is the name of several figures from Greek mythology. It was also borne by a few early saints.

Transferred use of the surname Atley.

Combination of either Audrey or Aude and Aurélie.

Medieval diminutive of Æðelþryð. This was the name of a 7th-century saint, a princess of East Anglia who founded a monastery at Ely. It was also used by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy As You Like It (1599). At the end of the Middle Ages the name became rare due to association with the word tawdry (which was derived from St. Audrey, the name of a fair where cheap lace was sold), but it was revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Variant form of Aufroy. Also compare Geoffrey versus Geoffroy.

Diminutive of Aureliusz, Aurelian or Aureli.

Variant of Aurélie.

The masculine variant of Azalia, and a variant of Azaliah.

Azalia is a girl's name of mixed origins. In Greek traditions, it means “dry.” However, in Hebrew Azalia means "reserved by God," and is related to the name of the biblical figure Azaliah. He was believed to be the son Meshullam and father of Shaphan the scribe.

Derived from the name of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. Saint Babylas was a 3rd-century patriarch of Antioch who was martyred during the reign of the Roman emperor Decius.

From an English surname derived from Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", originally denoting one who was a bailiff.

Already an uncommon masculine name, it slowly grew in popularity for American girls beginning in 1978 after the start of the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, which featured a character with this name. Though it remained more common as a feminine name, it got a boost for boys in 1994 from another television character on the drama Party of Five. In the United Kingdom and Australia it has always been more popular for boys.

Roman cognomen meaning "stammerer" in Latin. This was a family name of the mother of Emperor Augustus, Atia Balba Caesonia.

Medieval German and Dutch form of Baldric.

Variant transcription of Μπάμπης (see Mpampis).

Croatian short form of Barbara.

English form of Barnabas, originally a medieval vernacular form.

Variant of Barsali.

Short form of Sebastian.

Galician feminine form of Bastián, Corsican feminine form of Bastianu and Gascon feminine form of Bastian.

Meaning unknown. According to Wikipedia, this name is a Scottish cat name that is equivalent to the affectionate term puss in English.

Means "rich" in Buryat.

Variant of Monobaz.

Short form of Beatrix or Beáta.

Derived from Middle French beau (via Old French biau, bel) "beautiful, fair; handsome, comely" and Old French viz or vit "sight, visage".

From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "Becca's homestead". The Old English byname Becca meant "pickaxe". A famous bearer of the surname is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).

Variant of Belial.

Hebrew boy's name meaning "son of strengths"

Borne by a Guanche noble from Tenerife.

Short form of Benzion.

Derived from Old High German, Old Saxon bero meaning "bear" combined with Old High German rih "ruler".

Feminine form of Besar.

In the case of French swimmer Bienna Pélégry (1899-1989), it is a short form of one of her names, Bibiena.

Variant of Billfrith.

The name Bodan is a name of South Slavic or possibly Germanic origin, it is a shortened form of the name Slobodan which is of Serbian origin and means Freedom. Alternatively it could derive from Proto-Germanic *butmaz (ground) via Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (bottom)

Likely an invented name based on the popular name syllable Bode, from names such as Bodhi or Bode. Alternatively it may be a transferred use of the surname Boden, or a variant of Beauden.

Short form of Abraham. This name was borne by Bram Stoker (1847-1912), the Irish author who wrote Dracula.

Feminine form of Braulio.

From an English surname that originally indicated a person who lived near or worked on a bridge.

Variant of Brody.

Cornish form of Brioc.

Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa. The name is an anagram for the latin word decanus, meaning Dean, because he was the dean of St. Patricks.

Transferred use of the surname Caffrey.

Variant of Caius.

From Greek κάλαμος (kalamos) meaning "reed". This was the name of two sculptors of ancient Greece.

Short form of Calixtus.

Variant of Kamari.

Variant of Camili.

From the English word canyon, ultimately from Greek kanna "small reed", after the plants that grow in the bottom of canyons.

French form of Carmelia.

Transferred use of the surname Carrick.

Derived from Old Irish cath "battle" and fal "rule". This was the name of a 7th-century Irish saint. It was also borne by several Irish kings. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Charles.

Variant of Céline.

From an occupational surname that meant "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately from Latin candela via Old French. It surged in popularity after the 1994 debut of the American sitcom Friends, featuring a character by this name.

Means "moonlight" in Khmer.

Feminine form of Chester.

This name is used as 千浦 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore."

One bearer of this name was Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata (小圃 千浦) (1885-1975).

This name is very rarely given to boys, if given at all.
Chiura is also used as a surname.

Short form of Polychronis.

Feminine form of Chrysanthos.

The meaning is unknown. This name is used in the book Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede.

Short form of Lucinda.

Variant of Clarice.

Diminutive of Claude.

Latinized form of Greek Κλεοβουλίνη (Kleobouline), derived from the name Kleoboulos combined with the feminine adjectival suffix -ινη (-ine). This was the name of a 6th-century BC Greek poet from Lindos, a small town on the island of Rhodes. She was the daughter of Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. According to Plutarch, her real name was Eumetis.

From a surname, either Cullen 1 or Cullen 2. It jumped a little in popularity as a given name after Stephenie Meyer's novel Twilight (2005), featuring a vampire named Edward Cullen, was adapted into a movie in 2008.

Latin form of Greek Κῦρος (Kyros), from the Old Persian name 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (Kuruš), possibly meaning "young" or "humiliator (of the enemy)" [1]. Alternatively it could be of Elamite origin. The name has sometimes been associated with Greek κύριος (kyrios) meaning "lord".

The most notable bearer of the name was Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BC. He is famous in the Old Testament for freeing the captive Jews and allowing them to return to Israel after his conquest of Babylon. As an English name, it first came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation.

Variant of Delvin.

Feminine form of Dan 1. It can also be considered a compound meaning "judgement from God", using the element יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.

Daulis was the Naiad-nymph of a well or fountain in the town of Daulis in Boiotia, central Greece. She was a daughter of the local river-god Cephisus.

The name of at least three different figures in Greek mythology.

Possibly a variant of Devin influenced by David.

Transferred use of the surname Delara or combination of the popular prefix De- with Lara 1.

Diminutive of Adela or Adelaide. A famous bearer was American actress and singer Della Reese (1931-2017).

Combination of the given names Dell and Allan

Possibly a short form of Adelma.

Possibly an alteration of Leroy.

The name of a character from the book series The Sword of Truth written by Terry Goodkind.

Usual English, German and Dutch form of Denis.

Alternate transcription of Hindi देव (see Dev).

Masculine form of Diana. This was the name of an obscure god in Roman mythology. Some experts theorize that Dianus is not a separate god on his own; they claim that Dianus is merely a different name for Ianus (see Janus).

Combination of dio (from Dionisio and Dionisia) and the suffix -mar, present in names such as Leomar and Gladimar. It is often conflated with Dietmar or interpreted as a variant of it.

Derived from Greek δυσμή (dysme) meaning "sunset". This is the name traditionally assigned to the repentant thief who was crucified beside Jesus.

Diminutive of Dorothy. Doll and Dolly were used from the 16th century, and the common English word doll (for the plaything) is derived from them. In modern times this name is also sometimes used as a diminutive of Dolores.

Romanian, possibly a form of Dorian or a diminutive of Teodor.

Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωρόθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of god" from Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" and θεός (theos) meaning "god". The name Theodore is composed of the same elements in reverse order. Dorothea was the name of two early saints, notably the 4th-century martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It was also borne by the 14th-century Saint Dorothea of Montau, who was the patron saint of Prussia.

Diminutive of Theodosia.

Diminutive of Douglas.

Based off of surname.

Scottish variant of Dougal.

From the Roman name Duilius, which is possibly derived from Latin duellum "war". This was the name of a Roman consul who defeated the Carthaginians in a naval battle.

Lithuanian form of Edgar.

In Greek mythology, Edonus was the ancestor of the Edonians in Thrace and Thracian Macedonia. He was the son of Ares (god of war) and Calliope (muse of epic poetry).

From the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and ric "ruler, king". After the Norman Conquest this Old English name was not commonly used. It has occasionally been revived in modern times.

Variant of Idris 2.

Used by the popular British novelist Eleanor Burford (1906-1993) as a pen name, in which case it was formed from a contraction of her birth name, i.e., by combining the initial syllables of Eleanor (El) and Burford (-bur). She wrote four novels under the pseudonym Elbur Ford between 1950 and 1953, in which period a few boys were named Elbur, possibly after her literary alias.

It is also a surname which may be related to the surname and given name Wilbur.

Elmus Wicker, author of "Banking Panics of the Gilded Age", was one famous bearer of this name

Derived from Mapuche elun meaning "give".

Variant of Alvin.

Means "valley" in Hebrew.

Masculine form of Emelia.

Variant of Emerenzius.

Variant of Emerentius.

Lithuanian form of Aemilius (see Emil).

Turkish form and Bosnian variant of Amir 1.

This is the Haitian Voodoo love goddess and goddess of elemental forces. She is personified as a water snake. She is also called Ezili.

it's a kind of a tree-tamarisk.

Brazilian borrowing of Ashley.

Elaboration of Ethel.

Short form of Eulalia.

Latinized form of Euanthe.

Variant of Everilda.

Feminine form of Everett.

Of uncertain etymology.

Used by Disney and Austrian author Felix Salten for a female roe deer in his novel 'Bambi' (1923).

Spanish form of Felicia.

Feminine form of Fen 2.

Name of country music artist Ferlin Husky (1925-2011).

From the Late Latin name Fidelis meaning "faithful", a derivative of fides "faith". A famous bearer was the revolutionary leader and Cuban president Fidel Castro (1926-2016).

This name might have been derived from Latin fidus meaning "faithful."

Variant of Fenella.

Derived from Old Irish finn "white, blessed". This was the name of several Irish saints, including the founders of monasteries at Clonard and Movilla (both 6th century).

French feminine form of Florian.

Transferred use of the surname Foley.

Diminutive of Christoforos.

Contracted form of Francesca.

English form of the Late Latin name Franciscus meaning "Frenchman", ultimately from the Germanic tribe of the Franks, who were named for a type of spear that they used (Proto-Germanic *frankô). This name was borne by the 13th-century Saint Francis of Assisi, who was originally named Giovanni but was given the nickname Francesco by his father, an admirer of the French. Francis went on to renounce his father's wealth and devote his life to the poor, founding the Franciscan order of friars. Later in his life he apparently received the stigmata.

Due to the renown of the saint, this name became widespread in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. However, it was not regularly used in Britain until the 16th century. Famous bearers include Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), a missionary to East Asia, the philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the explorer and admiral Francis Drake (1540-1595), and Pope Francis (1936-).

In the English-speaking world this name is occasionally used for girls, as a variant of the homophone Frances.

Combination of the names Freya and Kaylee.

Short form of Sophronia.

Variant of Fumia.

French form of Gabinus (see Gavino).

Transferred use of the surname Gable.

Ancient Greek feminine form of Galen.

Variant transcription of Галя (see Galya).

Original Latin form of Galileo, meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".

A son of Zeus, from whom the town and mountain of Gargara in Mysia, Greece were believed to have derived their name.

Transferred use of the surname Garvin.

Variant of Garyfallia.

Variant of Jenelyn. In the case of Genelyn Magsaysay, the mother of the late Filipino actor Ramgen Revilla, it appears to be a combination of Genaro and Lyn, the names of her parents.

Alternate transcription of Russian Геннадий (see Gennadiy).

Latinized form of Georgios.

Variant of Geraldine or Jerry using the popular name suffix lyn.

Latinized form of Γέσανδρος (Gesandros). This given name could possibly be derived from Greek γῆ (ge) "the earth, soil, land" combined with Greek ανδρος (andros) "of a man", but most likely it is actually of Scythian origin. After all, in Greek mythology, Gesander was a Scythian warrior who fought for Perses in the Colchian civil war(1). He slayed the Argonaut Canthus(2) and the Amazon Lyce(3) during that war. A son of Voraptus, Gesander was king of the Iazyges, a Scythian tribe(4). It should be mentioned that an other source states that the Iazyges were actually a Sarmatian tribe(5), even though that should not matter all that much in practice, since both the Sarmatians and the Scythians were ultimately an Iranian people(6) who spoke a Scythian language(7). Either way, it is not known what the original Scythian form was of the name Gesander, which makes it very difficult to find out what its meaning must have been in Scythian.

Ghosha was an ancient Vedic period Indian philosopher and seer.

Diminutive of Gilbert or Gibson.

Derived from Manx guilley "servant; boy, lad" and the given name Andreays with the intended meaning of "servant of Saint Andrew" (since the names of saints were considered too holy for everyday use, they were usually prefixed until the 17th century).

Variant of Gilroy.

Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.

Gower means "pure" from Welsh origin.

Diminutive of Grace.

Transferred use of the surname Greeley.

Combination of Grete and Liese.

Variant of Guillaumette. A known bearer of this name was the French noblewoman Guillemette of Neufchâtel (1260-1317).

From the Norman French form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar meaning "white phantom", ultimately from the old Celtic roots *windos meaning "white" (modern Welsh gwen) and *sēbros meaning "phantom, magical being" [1]. In Arthurian legend she was the beautiful wife of King Arthur. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, she was seduced by Mordred before the battle of Camlann, which led to the deaths of both Mordred and Arthur. According to the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, she engaged in an adulterous affair with Sir Lancelot.

The Cornish form of this name, Jennifer, has become popular in the English-speaking world.

From the Chinese 桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia" and 任 (rèn) meaning "allow, appoint, trust, rely on".

Short form of Augustas and other names containing gust.

Transferred use of the surname Guthrie, borne by the jazz musician Guthrie Govan.

She is a kindly forest goddess in Haida mythology whose name translates to "Lady Hanging Hair."

From Gyða, an Old Norse diminutive of Guðríðr. It was borne by a Danish noblewoman who married the English lord Godwin of Wessex in the 11th century. The name was used in England for a short time after that, and was revived in the 19th century.

From a Hungarian royal title, which was probably of Turkic origin. This name is also used as a Hungarian form of Julius.

Perhaps from the Turkish Gül meaning rose, or from to the Georgian word გული (guli) meaning "heart".Related to the Georgian Gulisa

Derived from Greek ἁβρὸς (habros) "refined".

Variant of Hadar.

Meaning "Destroyer".

From the Greek word χαλαρά (halara) meaning "to take it easy". A notable bearer is a character called Halara Nightmare featured in the video game Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.

Transferred use of the surname Halley.

It peaked in popularity in 1986, when the comet was last spotted from earth. Some people might use it as a spelling variant to Hallie or Hayley but it originates from Edmond Halley's surname.

Upper Sorbian form of Agnes. Hańža Bjeńšowa (*1919) is a Sorbian writer.

Meaning "with pierced nose." May also mean "destroyed" or "dedicated to God" depending on your source.

One notable bearer of this name is rising supermodel Harleth Kuusik.

Hashim It means Strong or Destroyer of Evil

Czech and Slovak form of Gallus.

Combination of Helen with a feminine name that ends in -aine, such as Elaine and Lorraine.

There might be cases where the name is actually derived from the French surname Hélaine, but these should be few and far between, as the surname is extremely rare in the USA.

From a Greek title of the goddess Artemis meaning "of marshes" (which may reflect her role as a goddess of streams and marshes). It is derived from Greek ἕλειος (heleios), from ἕλος (helos) "marsh-meadow". This is also the genus name of a type of bird.

Means "day" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess who personified the daytime. According to Hesiod she was the daughter of Nyx, the personification of the night.

Maori form of Helen.

French form of Hersilia.

This was the name of a Leucippide, the wife of Castor.

German form of Hilderic.

Transferred use of the surname Hughen.

From an English surname that was derived from the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer of the surname was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).

Lithuanian form of Ignatius.

Means "tree" in Hebrew.

Diminutive of Irma.

Elaborated form of Isel as well as a truncated form of Marisela and Gisela. This was borne by Mexican actress Isela Vega (1939-2021).

Arabic form of Isaac.

Form of Ishmael in several languages. It is also an alternate transcription of Arabic إسماعيل (see Isma'il).

Popularly claimed to be derived from the Italian word isola "island", this name might actually rather be a variant of Isolda.

Isola Wilde was the younger sister of author and playwright Oscar Wilde. Isola died aged eight of meningitis, and her brother dedicated the poem Requiescat to her memory.

19th-century elaboration of Isola.

Portuguese variant of Isolde

Means “iron arm”, from a combination of French and Anglo-Saxon. Sir Isumbras is a famous character from medieval English literature.

Means "of Italy" in Latin. In Roman legend Italus was the father of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. He supposedly gave his name to the region known as Italia or Italy (in fact the region may have gotten its name from Oscan Víteliú meaning "land of bulls").

Variant of Ivalia.

Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian

From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers. It is ultimately derived from Old English ifig.

Elaboration of Janelle

From the Hebrew name יָרֶד (Yared) or יֶרֶד (Yered) meaning "descent". This is the name of a close descendant of Adam in the Old Testament. It has been used as an English name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popularized in the 1960s by the character Jarrod Barkley on the television series The Big Valley [1].

Diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element jarŭ meaning "fierce, energetic", such as Jarosław or Jaroslav. It is sometimes used independently.

Variant of Jace and a short form of Jason.

The title character of a 1944 melodramatic novel by Norah Lofts, made into a film in 1947. In the story, Jassy is a wild gypsy girl. The name seems to be a form of Jessie 1 – probably not short for Jessica, but a pet form of Jane.

Variant of Javan.

"jericho"

Means "taught by God" in Hebrew (see also Jeriah). In the Bible, this was the name of a chief of Issachar.

From Hebrew יָרַשׁ (yarash) meaning "possession". In the Old Testament she is the wife of King Uzziah of Judah and the mother of Jotham.

Possibly a variant of Jerusalén using the popular name suffix lyn.

Variant of Javan or Jevaughn.

From Chinese 建 (jiàn) meaning "build, establish", 健 (jiàn) meaning "strong, healthy", or other characters that are pronounced in a similar fashion.

Diminutive of Jill.

Means "Yahweh is brother" in Hebrew. This is the name of four people in the Old Testament.

Diminutive of Job and other names beginning with Jo.

Meaning uncertain. It might perhaps be a masculinization of Jolanda, or a combination of a name starting with Jo- (such as Johan) with a name that contains the Germanic element lant meaning "land" (such as Roeland).

Dutch, Low German and North Frisian name derived from both Georg and Gregor.

Variant of Jocelene.

Latin "judge!" (imperative).

Judica is the name of the fifth Sunday of lent, after first word of the antiphon used on that Sunday. It is occasionally used as a given name in Germany.

Elaborated form of Julie and Julia.

Juniel Querecuto is an infielder in major league baseball.

Likely an invented name, possibly a blend of the name prefix ka with Latrell or Montrell.

Danish and Norwegian contracted form of Katherine.

Short form of Kaya'aton'my', a name invented for the Native American girl of the Nimíipuu or Nez Percé tribe in the American Girl series of dolls, accompanied by books. The doll was the eighth historical character in the series and released together with the book in 2002.

It was made clear by the creators that in reality a Nez Percé girl wouldn't shorten her name, however it was used in this manner to make it easier for younger readers.

Irish meaning for Kealan is Slender

Derived from Arabic كَنْز (kanz) meaning "treasure".

Means "creator" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الخليق (al-Khaliq) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kirana), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

From an English surname that was originally from a place name meaning "church settlement" in Old Norse. This name briefly spiked in popularity for American girls in 1982 after the character Kirby Anders Colby was introduced to the soap opera Dynasty.

English feminine form of Laurence 1.

Danish and Norwegian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

The surname Laveran probably became popular as a first name thanks to the French Nobel Prize in Medicine Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran. Laveran discovered that protozoan parasites were the causative agent of malaria.

Gallicized form of Lavinia.

French form of Leontios, also used as a feminine name.

Latinized form of Leon. Leonis is also the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.

Derived from Attic Greek λεώς (leos) meaning "the people". Also compare Greek λαος (laos), which has the same meaning and is found in names like Archelaus and Menelaus.

Means "mirage" in Kurdish.

Short form of Elizabeth (English), Yelizaveta (Russian), Elisavet (Greek) or Elisabed (Georgian).

Hawaiian form of Lorraine.

Variant of Lommán.

Variant of Lovisa.

Possibly from one of the Indo-European roots *lewk- "light, brightness", *lewg- "dark" or *lewgh- "oath". This was the name of a Celtic (Gaulish) god of commerce and craftsmanship, who was equated by the Romans with Mercury. He probably forms the basis for the characters and names of Lugh (Irish) and Lleu (Welsh).

Medieval Scottish form of Lughlagh. Lulach mac Gille Coemgáin ( before 1033 – 17 March 1058) was King of Scots between 15 August 1057 and 17 March 1058.

From a German surname, itself derived from the Old German given name Leuthar. The surname was borne by Martin Luther (1483-1546), a monk and theologian who started the Protestant Reformation by nailing his famous 95 theses to a church door. It has since been used as a given name in his honour, especially among Protestants. A notable bearer from the modern era was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).

Variant of Allyriane.

Medieval Dutch variant of Mabilia.

Italian name which is a masculine form of Magdalene. Most famously used in the poem “Julian and Maddalo” (1819) by Percy Bysshe Shelley, in which the philosophical Julian is based on himself, and the cynical Maddalo is based on Lord Byron.

Alleged Prussian Lithuanian goddess of wrath.

Maggila was first mentioned in the form Magyla in Matthäus Prätorius' work Deliciae Prussica, published in 1703, and later corroborated by the writings of Jakob Brodowski and Philipp Ruhig.

As the goddess of wrath, her role is akin to that of the Furiae in Roman mythology. According to Prätorius, she is a servant of the goddess Giltinė and will act as the executor of her wishes.

The meaning of her name is yet unknown.

Variant of Mahalia.

Russian form of Makarios (see Macario).

Indian name coming from the Urdu word for “gilded”.

Hindi, Nepali, Sindhi, Bengali, Dogri, Odia, Konkani, Urdu, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi and Marathi form of Mowgli.

The author Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols is a famous bearer of this name.

Combination of Mary and Gail; perhaps a blend of Marigold and Abigail.

Variant of Marlene using the suffix la.

Feminine form of Marold.

From a noble title that derives from the Old French word marche meaning "march, borderland". The title originally referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm.

This English name means 'strong mill'. Meldrick Taylor, a two-weight world champion in boxing, is a famous bearer of this name.

Spanish form of Meliboea. This is the name of the female protagonist in the Spanish novel 'La Celestina' (1499).

Greek form of Micaiah. It is also used in the Greek Old Testament when referring to the prophet Micah.

Diminutive of Mildred, Millicent and other names containing the same sound.

Contracted form of Melinda as well as a truncated form of both Aminda and Eminda.

Diminutive of Romeo.

Anglicized form of Muireann.

Moshi has an unknown origin, although bears a resemblance to the Japanese phrase "Moshi moshi".

Anglicized form of Irish Muirgel and Scottish Muireall. A form of this name was also used in Brittany, and it was first introduced to medieval England by Breton settlers in the wake of the Norman Conquest. In the modern era it was popularized by a character from Dinah Craik's novel John Halifax, Gentleman (1856).

Latin natalis "natal, of birth" + Proto-Germanic linþaz "gentle, sweet, mild".

Coined for a short story called The Dice of God by South African romance novelist Cynthia Stockley (1863-1936). The short story was serialized in Cosmopolitan magazine starting in February of 1926, and appears to have been expanded and published as a stand-alone book the same year.

Ukrainian and Russian form of Nazarius.

Nedra is a name inspired from a novel, namely 'Nedra' by George Barr McCutcheon published in 1905. In the novel, Nedra is the name of an island where the protagonists are stranded, but the cover of the novel can give the impression that it were a girl's name. After that, Nedra was reused for several characters in early films.

Transferred use of the surname Nedrick.

A notable bearer of this name is the American actor Nedrick Young (1914-1968).

Means "returner, homecomer" in Greek, from νέομαι (neomai) meaning "to return". In Homer's Iliad this was the name of the king of Pylos, famous for his great wisdom and longevity, who acted as a counselor to the Greek allies.

Variant of French Noélie.

From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Nualláin, itself derived from the given name Nuallán. The baseball player Nolan Ryan (1947-) is a famous bearer. This name has climbed steadily in popularity since the 1970s.

Either a variant of Nolia or a variant of Noelie.

Diminutive of Adriani.

In literature/popular culture, Novis is a member of the Council and Adam's Creator in the Mageri Series by Dannika Dark. Novis has also been used as a male and female name in the United States since as early as 1912.

Old High German ōt, Old Saxon ōd "wealth, riches" + Old High German rih "ruler".

French form of Ophelia.

Directly taken from the archaic word meaning "prayer", which is derived from Anglo-Norman oreison and ultimately from Latin oro (via Latin oratio) "to beg; to beseech".

As a given name, it has found occasional usage from the 19th century onwards. One known bearer is Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924), who wrote books on positive thinking.

Bulgarian form of Orseis.

Form of Uriel used in the Greek Old Testament.

Derived from the passive voice of an older Slavic verb ozreti se meaning "to look, glance".
This is the name of three mountains, two in Serbia and one in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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From Serbian озарити/ozariti meaning "to make radiant".

From an English surname meaning "pilgrim". It is ultimately from Latin palma "palm tree", since pilgrims to the Holy Land often brought back palm fronds as proof of their journey.

Latinized form of Greek Πάνδαρος (Pandaros), which was possibly derived from παν (pan) "all" and an uncertain second element. This is the name of a mythical archer who appears in stories of the Trojan War, and "who by an arrow-shot violates the truce between the Trojans and Greeks, and is afterwards slain by Diomedes." In Homer's 'Iliad' he is portrayed as an energetic and impetuous warrior, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between Troilus and Cressida. In Shakespeare's play 'Troilus and Cressida' (1602) he is portrayed as an aged degenerate and coward, who ends the play by telling the audience he will bequeath them "my diseases".

In Greek, “virgin, pure.” Related to Parthena.

Derived from Romanian Paște "Easter".

Latin form of Peter. As a Dutch name, it is used on birth certificates though a vernacular form such as Pieter is typically used in daily life.

The use of Phileine as a feminine first name in The Netherlands is due to the 2003 film "Phileine Zegt Sorry" (English: "Phileine Says Sorry"). The film is based on a book written by Dutch author Ronald Giphart (b. 1965), which carries the same title and was published in 1996. Phileine is the first name of the book's main character, and the author derived the name from the Dutch adjective vilein, which means "mean, evil" in English and is etymologically related to the English noun villain. This is both fitting and deliberate, as it points to the unlikability of the main character.

The name Phileine first started to get used in 2004, which is the year immediately following the release year of the book's film adaptation. The name was not in use before that, despite the book having been released in 1996 already. It was the film that finally popularised the name. According to the first names database of the Meertens Institute, the name was at its most popular in 2009, in which year 59 girls were given this name. However, according to the popularity statistics on this website, Phileine was at its most popular in 2011, i.e. more popular in 2011 than it was in 2009 (while the Meertens Institute states the reverse).

It is easy to mistake the name Phileine as being a variant of Philine, which is derived from the Greek verb philein "to love". However, this is not the case, as Phileine as a first name in The Netherlands is completely inspired by the film (and thus indirectly, the book). And since the author derived it from Dutch vilein (as I explained before), that is really the only correct meaning for Phileine.

Latinized form of Greek Φιλόκλεια (Philokleia), a feminine form of Philokles. Sir Philip Sydney (1554-1586) used this name for a character, the younger sister of Pamela, in his pastoral romance The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.

Greek adoption of Piero.

Means "abounding in song", derived from Greek πολύς (polys) meaning "much" and ὕμνος (hymnos) meaning "song, hymn". In Greek mythology she was the goddess of dance and sacred songs, one of the nine Muses.

Diminutive of Efpsychia.

Means "handsome" in Arabic.

Possibly derived from Mongolian хацар (khatsar) meaning "cheek, face; flank".

Elaboration of Quade using the popular phonetic suffix den.

Means "urinated on" in Greenlandic. Quissik was the name of a shaman, still remembered in local legends, who acquired that name when foxes in human figure urinated on him.

Diminutive of Raphael.

Brazilian variant of Raquel.

Ravus is another word for "gray" in Latin, and it's also the conditional form of the word ravi, which means "To delight, to enchant".

Ravus Nox Fleuret is the name of an important character in the video game Final Fantasy XV and its prequel movie Kingsglaive.

Derived from Hebrew rekhah "soft; tender; velvety; silky".

Recha Freier (1892-1984) was a German-born Jewish teacher and poet who founded the Youth Aliyah organization in 1933. The organization saved the lives of 22,000 Jewish children by helping them to leave Nazi Germany for Palestine.

Recha is also a prominent character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the Wise, a fervent plea for religious tolerance published in 1779.

Apparently a Greek form of Régis.

Contraction of Russian революция мировая (revolyutsiya mirovaya) meaning "world revolution" as well as of революционный мир (revolyutsionnyy mir) meaning "revolutionary world". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Latinized form of Old English Hrêðe or Hrêða. Rheda is a goddess attested solely by Bede in his 8th-century work De temporum ratione, where she is connected with the month "Rhedmonth" (which is the equivalent of modern day March).

From the Old Welsh name Rotri, derived from rod "wheel" and ri "king". This name was borne by several medieval Welsh rulers, including Rhodri the Great, a 9th-century king of Gwynedd.

Variant of Rickel, last recorded in the 1700s.

Means "cord" in Malagasy.

Russian form of Roland.

Greek form of Roland.

Transferred use of the surname Romie.

Spanish and European Portuguese form of Romulus.

Means "golden rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and aurea "golden". This name was (first?) used by Pedro Calderón de la Barca for a character in his play Life Is a Dream (1635).

Diminutive of Christoforos.

Variant of Roly.

Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

Rynagh O'Grady, Irish actress.

Galician form of Isabel.

Transferred use of the surname Sadler.

Means "lizard" in Arabic.

Transferred use of the name of the Sahalie Falls, Oregon.

Means "safe", derived from Arabic سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe".

The use of this extremely rare name was inspired by a character from the 1992 book "Ik ook van jou" (English: "I love you too" - the literal translation is "I also of you"), who is featured much more prominently in the 2000 sequel "Ik omhels je met duizend armen" (English: "I embrace you with a thousand arms"). Both books were written by Dutch author Ronald Giphart (b. 1965) and both have been made into films. The author has stated that he derived the name from Samarinda, a major city on the Indonesian island Borneo. The city derives its name from Indonesian samarenda meaning "equal in height", which was a term originally used in reference to the way in which the Bugis people constructed their houses.

Likely coined by the English poet Robert Greene in the late sixteenth century for his poem "Samela", Samela is most likely a reworking of Semele.

This is a Japanese name which refers to a scabbard or sheath for a sword. Beyond being a simple noun, Saya connotes peace because of the image of a sword that remains in its scabbard.
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From 沙 (sa) "sand" and 耶 (ya), a kanji used exclusively in names meaning "question mark."

A Hindi name meaning 'king of mountains'. One notable bearer is Shailen Bhatt, the administrator of the American Federal Highway Administration.

Transferred use of surname Sherwin.

Means "beloved of Shiva 1" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Parvati.

Yiddish diminutive of Shoshana.

In Yiddish literature, Shosha is the name of the eponymous character of the novel Shosha (1978) written by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903-1991).

Means "flame" in Arabic.

Means "one who has accomplished a goal", derived from Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha) meaning "accomplished" and अर्थ (artha) meaning "goal". Siddhartha Gautama was the real name of the Buddha.

From an English surname that was derived from the French town of Sigournais, called Segurniacum in medieval Latin, itself of unknown meaning. The American actress Sigourney Weaver (1949-), real name Susan, adopted this name in 1963 after the minor character Sigourney Howard in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925).

Feminine form of Silvinus.

Finnish variant of Simon 1.

Variant of Zoélie.

Nicaragua-spanish

Air Headed

From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh), which was derived from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". As told in the Old Testament, Solomon was a king of Israel, the son of David and Bathsheba. He was renowned for his wisdom and wealth. Towards the end of his reign he angered God by turning to idolatry. Supposedly, he was the author of the Book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon.

This name has never been overly common in the Christian world, and it is considered typically Jewish. It was however borne by an 11th-century Hungarian king.

From a nickname that is commonly used to denote a young boy, derived from the English word son.

From the Greek name Σόφος (Sophos) meaning "skilled, clever".

Variant of Spilios.

Variant of Starlie.

Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.

Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of Stoyan.

Derived from Parthian surena meaning "warrior" or sura meaning "strong".

Means "good-tempered, well-disposed", derived from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" combined with शील (shila) meaning "conduct, disposition". This is a transcription of both the feminine form सुशीला and the masculine form सुशील. This name is borne by wives of the Hindu gods Krishna and Yama.

Means "good colour" or "golden", a contraction of the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" and वर्ण (varna) meaning "colour". This is a transcription of both the masculine form स्वर्ण and the feminine form स्वर्णा (spelled with a long final vowel).

Tabarey is a variant transcription of the name Tabari.

Transferred use of the surname Taber.

Famous bearer is Taborah Johnson (born March 21, 1953), also known as Tabby Johnson, a Canadian singer and actress.

Means "study, learning" in Arabic.

Means "virtuous, pure, chaste" in Arabic.

Combination of Tai and Lan 1.

Means "strength, vigour" in Mongolian.

This was a name given to a cross between a demon, Tash and a god, Aslan to trick citizens into thinking they were one, in the novel the Last Battle, by C.S. Lewis.

French form of Taurinus.

Means "world", "universe" or "macrocosm" in Hebrew.

Albanian form of Theodore.

Variant of Tyra.

From an English surname that was itself derived from the given name Tobias.

It means "God Is Good" It is derived from the Greek name Tobias

Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.

Possibly from Slavic tomiti meaning "to torment". In some cases communist parents may have derived it from the phrase торжество Маркса и Ленина (torzhestvo Marksa i Lenina) meaning "victory of Marx and Lenin".

Bulgarian form of Trajan 2.

Diminutive of Ulysses which was occasionally used as a feminine form of this name.

Of uncertain etymology.

Feminine form of Valdis.

Probably a variant of Wilma, the spelling with an e perhaps due to the influence of Selma 1. This name has been in use since the 19th century.

Variant of Virginia.

Transferred use of the surname Vox.

This name comes from the ancient Indian language Sanskrit. It is one of the names given to the Hindu goddess Radha, one of the god Vishnu's many lovers. The name is also used for the tulsi plant, a sacred plant in Hinduism, because it is said Radha's hair was wavy and luxurious, like the leaves on the plant.

the history goes back to the Mahabharata where it is the name of karna's wife.

Place name from Old English: “wooded valley”.

Most famous as the name of Walden Pond in Massachusetts where philosopher Henry David Thoreau wrote his book “Walden”.

Used as a male name by J.K. Rowling in the "Harry Potter" books.

Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil meaning "a Vandal". The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and North Africa in the 5th century. Their tribal name, which may mean "wanderer", has often been confused with that of the Wends, a Slavic people living between the Elbe and the Oder.

This is another name for Saint Wendelin.