Derived from Greek ἀμαρύσσω (amarysso) meaning "to sparkle". This is the name of a character appearing in Virgil's pastoral poems Eclogues[1]. The amaryllis flower is named for her.
Arjuna
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts:अर्जुन(Sanskrit)
Means "white, clear" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a hero in Hindu texts, the son of the god Indra and the princess Kunti.
Björk
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced:PYUURK
Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.
Blake
Gender:Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced:BLAYK
From an English surname that was derived from Old English blæc"black" or blac"pale". A famous bearer of the surname was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). It was originally a mainly masculine name but in 2007 actress Blake Lively (1987-) began starring in the television series Gossip Girl, after which time it increased in popularity for girls.
Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.
Meaning unknown. Laverna was the Roman goddess of thieves and thievery.
Lucasta
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Literature
This name was first used by the poet Richard Lovelace for a collection of poems called Lucasta (1649). The poems were dedicated to Lucasta, a nickname for the woman he loved Lucy Sacheverel, whom he called lux casta"pure light".
Meaning unknown. In European folklore Melusine was a water fairy who turned into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. She made her husband, Raymond of Poitou, promise that he would never see her on that day, and when he broke his word she left him forever.
Morana
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Croatian
From Old Slavic morŭ meaning "death, plague"[1]. In Slavic mythology this was the name of a goddess associated with winter and death.
Nemanja
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Serbian
Other Scripts:Немања(Serbian)
Possibly from Slavic ne maniti meaning "not deceiving, not luring, not attracting"[1]. Another theory states that it means "without possessions", derived from Serbo-Croatian nemati meaning "have not". This was the name of a 12th-century Serbian king, and the name of the dynasty he began.
Perun
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
From Old Slavic perunŭ meaning "thunder". In Slavic mythology Perun was the god of lightning and the sky, sometimes considered to be the supreme god. Oak trees were sacred to him.
Rasmus
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian
Scandinavian, Finnish and Estonian form of Erasmus.
Reuel
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts:רְעוּאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced:ROOL(English)
Means "friend of God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is another name for Jethro. The fantasy author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a famous bearer.
Saoirse
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced:SEER-shə
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Scevola
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced:SHEH-vo-la
Italian form of the Roman cognomenScaevola, which was derived from Latin scaevus"left-handed". The first bearer of this name was Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who acquired it, according to legend, after he thrust his right hand into a blazing fire in order to intimidate the Etruscan king Porsenna, who was blockading the city of Rome.
Senka
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Other Scripts:Сенка(Serbian)
Means "shadow, shade" in Serbian and Croatian. It can also be a diminutive of Ksenija.
Short form of Timothy or (in Germany) Dietmar. It is borne by the fictional character Tiny Tim, the ill son of Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol (1843).