Behind the Name: ListenToAsuka's Personal Name List

Oli

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: AHL-ee

Short form of Oliver.

Mitsuko

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 光子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みつこ(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: MEE-TSOO-KO, MEETS-KO

From Japanese 光 (mitsu) meaning "light" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Isa 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: EE-za(German) EE-sa(Dutch, Spanish)

Short form of Isabella.

Babette

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French, German, Dutch, English

Pronounced: BA-BEHT(French)

French diminutive of Élisabeth or Barbara.

Avice

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: AY-vis

Variant of Avis.

Aoi

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 葵, 碧, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あおい(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: A-O-EE

From Japanese 葵 (aoi) meaning "hollyhock, althea" or an adjectival form of 碧 (ao) meaning "green, blue". Other kanji with the same reading can form this name as well.

Anka

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene

Other Scripts: Анка(Bulgarian, Serbian)

Pronounced: ANG-ka(Polish)

Diminutive of Anna.

Alivia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: ə-LIV-ee-ə

Variant of Olivia.

Akira

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 昭, 明, 亮, 晶, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきら(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: A-KYEE-RA

From Japanese 昭 (akira) meaning "bright", 明 (akira) meaning "bright" or 亮 (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written 明.

Abilene

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Various (Rare)

Other Scripts: Ἀβιληνή(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: AB-i-leen(English) ab-i-LEE-nee(English)

From a place name mentioned briefly in the New Testament. It is probably from Hebrew אָבֵל (ʾavel) meaning "meadow, grassy area". It has occasionally been used as a given name in modern times.