Behind the Name: HallowsofWoe's Personal Name List

Arbasure

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American (South, Americanized)

Pronounced: AR-bə-shur

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian).

Bushrod

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (American)

Pronounced: BUSH-rahd(American English)

Rating: 15% based on 2 votes

Given name from surname of Medieval English origin—locational from a so called 'lost' village, likely to have been situated in Dorset, England. Surname Bushrod derives from the Old English 'bysc', a bushy thicket, with 'rod', a clearing in a forest.

Calhoun

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American

Pronounced: kal-HOON

Rating: 35% based on 2 votes

Transferred use of the surname Calhoun.

Celinda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: sə-LIN-də

Rating: 95% based on 2 votes

Probably a blend of Celia and Linda. This is also the Spanish name for a variety of shrub with white flowers, known as sweet mock-orange in English (species Philadelphus coronarius).

Clerecy

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: KLEHR-ə-see

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian).

Cornelius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical

Pronounced: kor-NEH-lee-oos(Latin) kawr-NEE-lee-əs(English) kawr-NEH-lee-uys(Dutch) kawr-NEH-lee-uws(German)

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

Roman family name that possibly derives from the Latin element cornu meaning "horn". In Acts in the New Testament Cornelius is a centurion who is directed by an angel to seek Peter. After speaking with Peter he converts to Christianity, and he is traditionally deemed the first gentile convert. The name was also borne by a few early saints, including a 3rd-century pope. In England it came into use in the 16th century, partly due to Dutch influence.

Darkus

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American (South, Americanized)

Pronounced: DAHR-kəs, DARK-əs

Rating: 80% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the name Dorcas.

Decorsie

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: də-KAWR-see

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian).

Deller

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South, Americanized)

Pronounced: DEHL-ər

Rating: 65% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Della.

Dewey

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: DYOO-ee, DOO-ee

Rating: 95% based on 2 votes

Probably a variant of Dewi 1.

Dinah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English

Other Scripts: דִּינָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: DIE-nə(English) DEE-nə(English)

Rating: 20% based on 2 votes

Means "judged" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament, Dinah was a daughter of Jacob and Leah who was abducted by Shechem. It has been used as an English given name since after the Protestant Reformation.

Dorcas

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, English (African)

Other Scripts: Δορκάς(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: DAWR-kəs(English)

Rating: 85% based on 2 votes

Derived from Greek δορκάς (dorkas) meaning "gazelle". This is the Greek translation of the name Tabitha in the New Testament (see Acts 9:36). At present it is most commonly used in English-speaking Africa.

Elloner

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: EHL-ə-nər

Rating: 65% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Eleanor.

Emer

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish Mythology

Pronounced: EE-mər(English)

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

Meaning unknown. In Irish legend she was the wife of Cúchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.

Emmer

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South, Archaic)

Rating: 85% based on 2 votes

Variant of Emma reflecting the Appalachian accent.

Fayetta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: fəy-EHT-ə

Rating: 40% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Lafayette and Fayette.

Flora

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Albanian, Roman Mythology

Other Scripts: Φλώρα(Greek)

Pronounced: FLAWR-ə(English) FLO-ra(Spanish, German, Latin) FLAW-ru(Portuguese)

Rating: 95% based on 2 votes

Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.

Garland

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: GAHR-lənd

Rating: 85% based on 2 votes

From a surname meaning "triangle land" from Old English gara and land. The surname originally belonged to a person who owned a triangle-shaped piece of land.

Genever

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: jə-NEE-vər

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the name Geneva.

Gisbert

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, Germanic [1]

Pronounced: GIS-behrt(German)

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

From a Germanic name in which the second element is beraht "bright". The first element is probably a shortened form of gisal "pledge, hostage" (making it a variant of Gilbert), though it could be related to Gaulish *gaisos "spear" (itself probably of Germanic origin [2]).

Grettie

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: GREH-tee

Rating: 35% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Greta with the addition of the suffix -ie which is a common suffix added to names throughout Appalachia.

Guyetta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: gie-EHT-ə

Rating: 80% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the masculine name Guy + the suffix -etta.

Gysbert

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American (South, Americanized, Rare)

Pronounced: GIZ-bert, GIS-bert

Rating: 85% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the name Gisbert.

Ham

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: חָם(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: HAM(English)

Rating: 65% based on 2 votes

Means "hot, warm" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Ham is one of Noah's three sons, along with Shem and Japheth. He was the ancestor of the Egyptians and Canaanites.

Hestle

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: Hes-əl

Rating: 80% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the surname Hestle.

Honora

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish, English

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Variant of Honoria. It was brought to England and Ireland by the Normans.

Isonie

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: ie-SO-nee

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian), possibly influenced by the name Ione.

Jennabeth

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South, Americanized)

Pronounced: JEHN-ə-BETH

Rating: 20% based on 2 votes

Combination of Jenna and Beth used mostly in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Louzine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South, Archaic)

Pronounced: LOO-zeen

Rating: 30% based on 1 vote

American English regional name (Appalachian).

Matthys

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Medieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans, West Frisian

Pronounced: mah-TIES(Dutch) mah-TEES(West Frisian)

Rating: 85% based on 2 votes

Medieval Dutch form of Matthijs as well as the modern Afrikaans and West Frisian form of Matthijs. In the Netherlands, the name has survived to modern times, but it is highly rare there currently, especially when compared to its modern counterpart.

A known bearer of this name was the Flemish painter and draughtsman Matthys Cock (c. 1505-1548).

Montana

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: mahn-TAN-ə

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

From the name of the American state, which is derived from Latin montanus "mountainous".

Myndert

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American (South, Americanized, Archaic)

Pronounced: min-dərt

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Mindert and Mendert.

Oakie

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: American (South, Americanized)

Pronounced: OHK-ee

Rating: 85% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Oak + -ie which is a common suffix added to names throughout Appalachia.

Ogee

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: AW-gee

Rating: 80% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Auggie.

Ogga

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: O-gə

Rating: 10% based on 1 vote

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the name Olga.

Orphelia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: awr-FEEL-yə

Rating: 15% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Ophelia.

Osha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhalese, Punjabi, Indonesian, Fijian, American, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Hinduism, Gujarati, Indian (Christian)

Other Scripts: ओषा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi)

Pronounced: o-shaa(Sanskrit)

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

Name- Osha ओषा
MEANING - shining, burning. It is derived from Sanskrit word Osh / ओष
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhala, Hindi, Sikh, Buddhist

Pleasant

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Puritan, Rare), Romani (Archaic)

Rating: 10% based on 1 vote

Derived from the English word, which is derived from Anglo-Norman plaisant "delightful" and ultimately from Latin placens "pleasing; agreeable".
As a given name, Pleasant has been in occasional use in the English-speaking world from the 16th century onwards. It was generally used as a masculine name among the English Romani community.

Posey

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: PO-zee

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

Transferred use of the surname Posey or variant of Posy.

Ranger

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (American)

Pronounced: RAYN-jər(American English)

Rating: 50% based on 1 vote

Transferred use of the surname Ranger.

Rehobah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical Hebrew (Americanized)

Rating: 70% based on 1 vote

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by the Biblical Hebrew masculine name Rehoboth.

Sheridan

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: SHEHR-i-dən

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Sirideáin), which was derived from the given name Sirideán possibly meaning "searcher".

Swanee

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: SWAN-ee

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Swan with the addition of the suffix -ie which is a common suffix added to names throughout Appalachia. It may also be influenced by the Shawnee indigenous tribe of Oklahoma located in Oklahoma and within Appalachia.

Tanner

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: TAN-ər

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

From an English surname meaning "one who tans hides".

Thomassin

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French (Cajun), African American, American (South)

Rating: 15% based on 2 votes

Variation of Tamsin or Thomasine.

Velda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: VEHL-də

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

Meaning unknown, possibly a derivative of the Old German element walt meaning "power, authority".

Winatha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: WIN-ə-thə

Rating: 65% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian).

Zenell

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American (South)

Pronounced: zə-NEHL

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

American English regional name (Appalachian).