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If found a book (more of a report, actually) in my university's library of Mongolian personal names recorded in a 1966 CIA study. The names are used in the Khalkha Mongolian dialect (the de facto national variety of the country).

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The first name in each line is the Mongolian to English transliteration. The second listed is the Russian version of a name, often a respelling that takes into account "Russian linguistic practices, Mongolian pronunciation, or both". When the Mongolian and Russian are identical, the transliteration is not repeated.

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No meaning to etymologies were listed, but they're still interesting -- and a starting point for original research. The report does note, however, that "the outstanding characteristic of Mongolian personal names is the use of compound names. Many may be traced to Sanskrit, Tibetan, early Mongolian, or other roots. They have a definite meaning, realizable in many instances only through a knowledge of ancient languages. A compound name usually represents two otherwise independent given names used as one name ... the compound given name may be written as one word, or as a hyphenated name."

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I'm listing the female names in this thread, since there are a lot less of them; I will do the males tomorrow. Some of the names here are unisex, and will be repeated in the male set.

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Baasanjab, Basandzhav
Banjin, Bandzhin
Chimid
Dapaapil, Dapapil
Densmaa, Densma
Dobchin
Dolgor
Dolgorsüren, Dolgorsuren
Dugar
Dulamsüren, Dulamsuren
Dulmaa, Dulma
Güdzee, Gudze
Ichinhorloo, Ichinkhorlo
Lhagbasüren, Lkhagvasuren
Lhamjab, Lkhamdzhav
Pürebjab, Purevdzhav
Sodnomtseren
Sosorbaram
Togtoon, Togton
Tsebegjab, Tsevegdzhav
Tsebebmed, Tsevevmed
Tsedelmaa, Tsedelma
Tsend
Tsend-Bayasgalan
Udbal, Udval
Yanjindulam, Yandzhindulam

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As for pronunciation, long vowels are distinguished by double letters, and in most names stress is on the initial syllable.

This message was edited 5/25/2012, 7:40 PM