hermeline's Personal Name List

Feminine form of Achille. It is also the botanical name of the genus of flowering plants (Yarrow).

Possibly intended to be a feminine form of Aeneas, or possibly taken from the Latin word aēneus meaning "made of copper, made of bronze; brazen" (feminine aēnea), a derivative of aes "copper, bronze". This was used by the author Dan Simmons in his 'Hyperion' series of science fiction novels, where it belongs to a character who first appears in 1996.

Means "splendour, beauty" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites). This name was also borne by a 4th-century saint from Rome.

Possibly derived from name Amazili, (first?) used in the novel of Jean-François Marmontel "Les Incas, ou la destruction de l'Empire du Pérou" (1777), where it belongs to a Peruvian maiden. Most likely this name was artificially created to imitate exotic language and has no meaning.

Later it was used by Giovanni Pacini in his work "Amazilia" (1826), where it belongs to a young Indian woman, and the scene takes place in Florida. Looks like he borrowed this unsual name from the novel of Marmontel. The daughter of the composer was also named Amazilia. She is depicted on famous painting "Horsewoman" (1832) by Karl Bryullov.

Recorded in 16th-century French-speaking Switzerland.

Meaning unknown, perhaps first used by Sir John Vanbrugh for a young widow in his play 'The Relapse' (1697). It was subsequently used by Richard Brinsley Sheridan for a widow in his play 'A Trip to Scarborough' (1777), and also appears in Dickens's 'Dombey and Son' (1848) belonging to Mrs Pipchin's niece.

Bethulia is a biblical city whose deliverance by Judith, when besieged by Holofernes, forms the subject of the Book of Judith. Bethulia in Hebrew translates to "a virgin".

Derived from Latin cardo meaning "hinge, axis". This was the name of the Roman goddess of thresholds, door pivots, and change.

The name of a family of daisy flowers.

Variant of Chelsea.

Diminutive for Christan

Means "of the earth, underground" in Greek, a derivative of χθών (chthon) meaning "earth, ground, soil". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.

Derived from Greek εὔλαλος (eulalos) meaning "sweetly-speaking", itself from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and λαλέω (laleo) meaning "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century saint and martyr from Mérida in Spain. Another martyr by this name, living at the same time, is a patron saint of Barcelona. These two saints might be the same person.

Diminutive of Felicja, Feliksa or Felicyta.

Latinized form of Greek Γαλάτεια (Galateia), probably derived from γάλα (gala) meaning "milk". This was the name of several characters in Greek mythology including a sea nymph who was the daughter of Doris and Nereus and the lover of Acis. According to some sources, this was also the name of the ivory statue carved by Pygmalion that came to life.

Feminine form of Galileo.

Possibly derived from Genista, the Latin name of the broom plant. This is the name of the good fairy in the French fairy tale "Heart of Ice". Genesta is a fairy who brings up the protagonist, Mannikin, and assists him on his journey. This name was also used as the name of a fairy in the video game King's Quest IV.

Norwegian combination of Helene or Helga and Andrea 2.

Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla was an Augusta and later regent of the Roman Empire, married to Emperor Decius, and mother of Emperors Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian.

Feminine form of Herminius.

Derived from Greek hesperos "evening" (see Hesperos). In Greek myth this was the name of one of the three Hesperides, goddesses of the evening and sunsets. Hesperia was also a Greek name of Italy, meaning "the land where the sun sets" (as in the case of asteroid 69 Hesperia).

From the Hebrew name הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshe'a) meaning "salvation", from the root יָשַׁע (yasha'). In the Old Testament at Numbers 13:16, Moses gives the spy Hoshea the new name Yehoshu'a (see Joshua), which has a related origin. This name was also borne by an 8th-century BC king of Israel, who was the last ruler of that state before it was conquered by Assyria.

Spanish diminutive of Isabel and French and Flemish variant of Isalie.

Late Latin name meaning "from Isauria". Isauria was the name of a region in Asia Minor.

Variant of Yesenia.

Variant of Katiria.

Feminine form of Kyrenius.

borne by the last wife of Caligula and mother to his child, Julia Drusilla, Milonia Caesonia.

From Aramaic nura "fire". In some Gnostic writings she is the youngest daughter of Adam and Eve and wife of Noah. She was refused to enter the Ark and burnt it three times.

Derived from Latin numerus meaning "number". In Roman mythology, Numeria is the goddess who grants young children the ability to count.

Derived from Romanian a opri "to stop". This name was given to a child in the hopes that it would be the last child born into the family.

Variant of Otelia.

Romanian form of Pelagia.

Variant of Perigune used in A Midsommer Night's Dream

Feminine form of Philotheos.

Variant of Signe and Signa.

Elaboration of Verona, a a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy. Rarely used as a given name.