BornM's Personal Name List

Name M/F Remark
Alexandra f "Defender of man." German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology. Lesya
Cecilia f "Blind." English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, German. Sissy. Not too popular!
Emmeline f "Work." English, but French variant is similar. Popular. Emily (and "Milly," "Em") could be nicknames. Best off a middle name.
Genevieve f English version. Maybe means "kin, family" + "wife, woman"/unknown meaning. Patron Saint of Paris. "Vieve"
Helena f Moon, torch, light. German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene, Croatian, English. Lena, Ellie. Prefer Elena to Helena; it’s formal but less popular
Irene f "Peace." English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized). VERY popular in Spain. "Ren." Irene Adler
Líadan f "Grey lady." Irish. I don't enjoy accent marks (a pain on computers) but still, very pretty. "Li/Lee" as a nickname. Or Lia?
Odette f Derives from Germanic elements meaning "wealth, fortune" and maybe combined with "fatherland." French.
Odile f Derived from Germanic elements meaning "wealth, fortune" and "fatherland." French: "AW-DEEL."
Sophie f "Wisdom." French, English, German, Dutch. Way too popular, would have to be middle name. No cute nicknames. Beautiful, lovely sweet, and traditional...
Veronica f From Berenice ("bringing victory"), with vera icon/"true image." Legendary saint. English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman.