Behind the Name: shotgun_wedding's Personal Name List

Leila

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian, Arabic, Kurdish, English, French, Georgian

Other Scripts: لیلا(Persian) ليلى(Arabic) لەیلا(Kurdish Sorani) ლეილა(Georgian)

Pronounced: lay-LAW(Persian) LIE-la(Arabic) LAY-lə(English) LEE-lə(English) LIE-lə(English) LAY-LA(French)

Personal remark: "Reila" by The GazettE

Variant of Layla, and the usual Persian transcription.

This spelling was used by Lord Byron for characters in The Giaour (1813) and Don Juan (1819), and it is through him that the name was introduced to the English-speaking world.

Kasumi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 霞, 花澄, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かすみ(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: KA-SOO-MEE

From Japanese 霞 (kasumi) meaning "mist". It can also come from 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Juliet

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: joo-lee-EHT, JOOL-yət

Personal remark: "Romeo and Juliet" by the Dire Straits

Anglicized form of Giulietta or Juliette. This spelling was used for the ill-fated lover of Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet (1596) by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare based his story on earlier Italian tales such as Giulietta e Romeo (1524) by Luigi Da Porto.

Hana 3

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 花, 華, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はな(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: HA-NA

Personal remark: "Hana" by Alice Nine

From Japanese 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.