Name List: Character Names

Character Names
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Names I would maybe use for a character sometime, and also ones I've used already.
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Name M/F Remark Rating
Yōko f From Japanese 陽 (yō) meaning "light, sun, male" or 洋 (yō) meaning "ocean" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Yam m Means "sea" in Ugaritic. Yam was the Ugaritic god of the sea, also associated with chaos, storms and destruction. He was a son of the chief god El.
Vittoria f Sounds infinitely nicer than Victoria. less rough edges.
Valter m From the Germanic name Waltheri meaning "power of the army", from the elements walt "power, authority" and heri "army".
Valdice f From 'Valdis'. Short form of Voldemārs and other Latvian names containing the Baltic/Germanic element vald "rule".
Tolya m From 'Anatolius'. From the Greek Ἀνατόλιος (Anatolios), derived from ἀνατολή (anatole) meaning "sunrise".
Tali f Means "my dew" in Hebrew
Tal m / f 'Dew'
Tadhg m From Old Irish Tadg meaning "poet"
Svetlana f Derived from Russian свет (svet) meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem Svetlana (1813) by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine.
Sullivan m derived from Irish súil "eye" and dubh "dark, black"
Sophea f / m Means "judge, lawyer" in Khmer.
Sonny m Nickname.
Solomon m From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomo), which was derived from שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace".
Setia m / f Means "loyal, obedient, faithful" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit सत्य (satya).
Selle m
Sedna f
Scottie m / f
Santiago m Means "Saint James", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Yago, an old Spanish form of James, the patron saint of Spain.
Santana f / m From a contraction of Santa Ana (referring to Saint Anna)
Salle m
Salle m
Sabine f Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "a Sabine" in Latin.
Rocío f Means "dew" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary María del Rocío meaning "Mary of the Dew".
Rembrandt m From a Germanic name that was composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and brant "fire, torch, sword".
Reinhardt m From Reynard. From the Germanic name Raginhard, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". Reynard has since become a word for 'fox'.
Rasa f Means "dew" in Lithuanian and Latvian.
Ptolemy m From the Greek name Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaios), derived from Greek πολεμήϊος (polemeios) meaning "aggressive, warlike". Tansie and Ptolemy could be something.
Prince m Unwanted nickname.
Praxidike f name of one of jupiters moons. Can be a space themed name/
Philodice f Derived from φίλος (phílos) meaning “friend” and δίκη (dice) meaning "law, judgement, justice".
Phileine f from 'Phileine says Sorry'
Olwen f Means "white footprint" from Welsh ol "footprint, track" and gwen "white, blessed". In the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen she was a beautiful maiden
Oissíne m Means "little deer", derived from Old Irish oss "deer, stag" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisín was a warrior hero and a poet.
Nonna f Really like this one. Like, I really like this one.
Nomiki f Meaning relating to 'Law', Nomiki Lamont matches in meaning.
Nikita 1 m Extremely cool.
Nihad m Anagram of Dinah.
Netsai f From Shona netsa meaning "trouble, annoy, bother" [1].
Mousa m Persian form of Musa(another form of moses), as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.
Mot m Means "death" in Ugaritic. This was the name of the Ugaritic god of death and the lord of the netherworld. He was a son of the supreme god El.
Mortimer m
Mors f / m
Moisey m Russian form of Moses. From the Hebrew name מֹשֶׁה (Moshe), which is most likely derived from Egyptian mes meaning "son". The meaning suggested in the Old Testament of "drew out" from Hebrew מָשָׁה
Moema f Means "lies" in Tupí. This name appears in the poem Caramuru (1781) by the Brazilian poet Santa Rita Durão. Used for a swindling character. (Moema Roorback)
Merripen m Romani name of uncertain origin and meaning. It might be derived from Romani miripen "manner; fashion" or else from Romani meriben or merapen meaning "death".
Melusine f In european folklore, a 'water fairy'
Meino m
Masahiko m
Marlowe f / m
Marjorie f
Marisol f
Mariska f
Marinko m
Manca f
Malle f
Maks m Nickname for 'Mack'
Mafalda f
Mack 2 m
Lottie f
Lotta f
Loretta f 'Lottie'
Loreto f / m
Lorenzo m Form of Laurentius.
Lizaveta f From Yelizaveta. 'Shava', Hebrew word meaning "oath"
Linette f From 'Lin'. From an English surname that was derived from Welsh llyn meaning "lake".
Lidochka f From Lydia. In the New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by Saint Paul.
Laodice f Latinized form of Greek Λαοδίκη (Laodike) meaning "justice of the people", derived from Greek λαός (laos) meaning "people" and δίκη (dike) meaning "justice, custom, order".
Lanford m From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "long ford" in Old English.
Lana f The weird grey area between smoke-show knock-out girl next door and a kind old woman.
Lamont m From 'Law Man'
Juno f possibly related to an Indo-European root meaning "young", or possibly of Etruscan origin. In Roman mythology, she was the protectress of marriage and women, and was also the goddess of finance.
Jomo m
Jinny f invokes a particular personality.
Jadranka f stupid sounding.
Iser m Yiddish variant of Israel.
Isbrand m From Ijsbrand. Derived from the Old German elements is "ice" and brant "fire, torch, sword".
Ira 1 m Means "watchful" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament
Indah f
Ikenna m Means "power of the father" in Igbo.
Idoia f Like onomatopoeia of a water droplet. From the name of a sanctuary in Isaba, Navarre, possibly meaning "pond" in Basque, an important place of worship of the Virgin Mary.
Hulderic m
Holly f
Haru m / f
Grimwald m
Gita 2 f
Ginger f kind woman.
Gabino m boyish.
Fumie f From Japanese 文 (fumi) meaning "writing" or 史 (fumi) meaning "history" combined with 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet", 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" or 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting". Other kanji combi
Friedhold m
Fortunata f Supposed to be very literal. For a very literal character.
Flick f / m One of those 'nicknames based on an event' kinda things.
Fido m / f (useless) boy. using for an oc
Ferdowsi m
Fenton m Extremely cool, but still radiates himbo.
Feliciano m Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the Roman name Felicianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name Felix. It was borne by a number of early saints, including a 3rd-century bishop of Folig
Felagha f / m
Fedude m / f
Eustace m Saint Eustace was a 2nd-century Roman general who became a Christian after seeing a vision of a cross between the antlers of a stag he was hunting. He was seen as a patron saint of hunting.
Euri f
Eudice f
Esperanza f
Esau m
Enheduanna f
Ekaterina f
Eithne f
Eileithyia f From the Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileithyia), which was derived from εἰλήθυια (eilethyia) meaning "the readycomer". This was the name of the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery.
Dulcie f
Dulce f Stage name.
Donato m
Donatienne f pronounced 'daw na sein'
Donata f
Dolly f It gives off a mature vibe somehow.
Dinah f means 'to judge'. using for an OC.
Dimos m
Deemer m
Deedee f Nickname for Dinah.
Dee f / m good for conversational rhythm.
Dallas m / f Unfairly cool name.
Cruz f / m Mostly ironic.
Cristiana f It's just prettier this way, I think.
Concetta f hungry
Cokkie f I'm a little upset because when I first heard it I thought of soda pop...
Clark m one syllable names. you can't go wrong.
Chita f good syllable count, makes at least 10% more quotable when added to the end of a sentence.
Chidi m / f
Chico m It grew on me.
Chet m Name for a losernerd.
Chauncey m Twinky dinky
Charmaine f Could be from 'Charmion'. Geek name derived from χάρμα (charma) meaning "delight".
Catahecassa m sounds like onomatopoeia.
Cash m I really like straightforward names.
Cansel f Flood stream
Candy f Entirely self-indulgent. I would clutch my pearls and faint if I ever met a child with this name.
Callahan m From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Ceallacháin. He's the clark kent type country boy with good manners and a dedication to the local football scene.
Caligula m Means "little boot" in Latin. This was a nickname for the 1st-century Roman emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus given to him in his youth by his father's soldiers.
Cal m
Buenaventura m From Bonaventura. Means "good fortune" in Italian, from Latin bonus "good" and venturas "the things that will come, the future".
Brittany f region of Brittany in the northwest of France, called in French Bretagne. I only like it ironically. Using for an ironic character.
Bo 2 m / f From Chinese 波 (bō) meaning "wave", as well as other characters with a similar pronunciation.
Blondie f literal nicknames.
Basma f Means "smile" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".
Barbie f Nickname only.
Bambino m From bambino meaning "child, baby, toddler." It is more often used for females as its equivalent Bambina.
Baladeva m From Sanskrit बल (bala) meaning "strength, might" and देव (deva) meaning "god". Baladeva is another name of Balarama, the older brother of Krishna. Only here because of the root 'deva'.
Babe m / f Self-explanatory. Only here because it'd be funny.
Augustin m From the Roman name Augustinus, itself derived from the Roman name Augustus.
Atílio m Unknown origin.
Atenodoro m Means "gift of Athena" from the name of the god Athena combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". (taken from athenadoros, it's origin name)
Asante m / f Means "Thank you"
Ariadne f Means 'most holy'. Wife of Dionysus.
Archemoros m
Anup m From Sanskrit अनूप (anūpa) meaning "watery, place near the water, lagoon".
Ansaldo m Italian form of a Germanic name composed of the elements ansi "god" and walt "power, authority"
Anicet m
Angerona f Latin angor "strangulation, torment"or angustus "narrow, constricted"
Amnesty f From the english word, 'amnesty', meaning an official pardon. Latin from Greek amnēstia ‘forgetfulness’.
Amaranta f Spanish and Italian form of Amaranth, after the flower.
Alto m "to raise, to make high, to elevate", musical term, used as Alto of Altomünster, an Irish or Scottish saint who lived in Germany.
Altagracia f I used to hate virtue names, but now I realize I just hate them in my own language.
Alouette f Derived from French alouette "lark, skylark". Alouette is a popular Quebecois children's song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark.
Alevtina f From 'Valentina'
Aldebrand m from 'Brant' meaning fire.
Agrafena f ( derivative of Agrippa ---> Agrippina). Namesake of the scheming mother of the Roman emperor Nero.
Agostino m
Afuru f / m From 溢る (afuru), modern afureru, meaning "to flood, overflow, brim over," written as 感, from kan meaning "feeling, emotion, sensation," and 洸, from 洸洸 (kōkō) meaning "surge (of water), valiant, brave.
Adsila f Comes from 'Fire'.
Adramelech m Latin form of אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ (Adar-malik) meaning "king of fire" in Hebrew. He is possibly the sun god worshipped at Sippar (Sepharvaim).
Adhelm m From the Old German elements atto meaning "father" and helm meaning "helmet, protection".
Adelma f From the Old German elements atto meaning "father" and helm meaning "helmet, protection".
Addolorata f Means 'Grieving' in Italian. This is the title of Virgin Mary.
Abelone f