Sharley's Personal Name List

From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.

Elaboration of Azure.

French feminine and masculine form of Camilla. It is also used in the English-speaking world, where it is generally only feminine.

From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandæg, which was composed of the elements sunne "sun" and dæg "day". This name is most common in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

Hungarian form of Vitus.

Means "gentle" in Finnish.

Diminutive of Adelaide, Adeline, Addison and other names containing the same sound.

From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.

Possibly means "enduring" from Greek τλάω (tlao) meaning "to endure". In Greek mythology he was a Titan punished by Zeus by being forced to support the heavens on his shoulders.

From the English word that means "sky blue". It is ultimately (via Old French, Latin and Arabic) from Persian لاجورد (lajvard) meaning "azure, lapis lazuli".

From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.

A transferred use of the surname Fairlight used as far back as the 1800's in England and the States.

From the Latin name Florentius or the feminine form Florentia, which were derived from florens "prosperous, flourishing". Florentius was borne by many early Christian saints, and it was occasionally used in their honour through the Middle Ages. In modern times it is mostly feminine.

The name can also be given in reference to the city in Italy, as in the case of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). She was a nurse in British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the founder of modern nursing.

From the name of the month, which was originally named for Julius Caesar.

Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer.

Means simply "lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek λυρικός (lyrikos).

From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr.

From the English word, ultimately from Greek θησαυρός (thesauros) meaning "treasure, collection".

Diminutive of Valentina or Valentin.

From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.

From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.