FlakyMatt's Personal Name List

Polish form of Sigmund.

Derived from Croatian zvijezda meaning "star".

Medieval Venetian form of John.

Old variant of Zoltán.

Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Diminutive of Zlatan.

Derived from South Slavic zlato meaning "gold", a derivative of Old Slavic zolto.

Means "rod, staff" or "punishment" in Basque.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Jeanne.

The name of a Greek god, related to the old Indo-European god *Dyēws, from the root *dyew- meaning "sky" or "shine". In Greek mythology he was the highest of the gods. After he and his siblings defeated the Titans, Zeus ruled over the earth and humankind from atop Mount Olympus. He had control over the weather and his weapon was a thunderbolt.

This theonym has cognates in other Indo-European languages including Latin Jupiter, Sanskrit Dyaus, and Old Norse Tyr.

Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of Zeus" and βίος (bios) meaning "life". This was the name of the queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which broke away from Rome in the 3rd-century and began expanding into Roman territory. She was eventually defeated by the emperor Aurelian. Her Greek name was used as an approximation of her native Aramaic name.

Meaning unknown. It could be a variant of Xenia or a diminutive of names featuring this sound, such as Alexina, Rosina or Zenobia. This name has occasionally been used since the 19th century.

Means "blessed, happy" in Yiddish, a vernacular form of Asher.

Slavic name, possibly from the element děti "to do, to say" combined with slava "glory".

Croatian form of Zdzisław. This name was borne by a 9th-century duke of Croatia.

Slovak variant of Zdenko.

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영 (see Yeong).

Biblical Hebrew form of Isaiah.

Galician form of George.

Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.

Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Vladislav.

Avestan form of Bahman.

Derived from the Slavic elements věkŭ "age" and slava "glory".

Alternate transcription of Russian Вениамин (see Veniamin).

Diminutive of Veer.

Ukrainian form of Basil 1.

Russian form of Bartholomew.

Biblical Hebrew form of Uriel.

Hebrew form of Zion.

Basque form of Dominic.

Dutch short form of Arthur.

Old Norse form of Tyra.

Anglo-Saxon form of *Þunraz (see Thor).

Gothic form of Theodoric.

Means "open door" in Shawnee. This name was borne by the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa (1775-1836). With his brother Tecumseh he urged resistance against American expansion.

From Turkish tan meaning "dawn" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Means "we are pleased" in Shona, from fadza meaning "please, make happy".

Finnish form of David.

Hungarian form of Silvester.

Polish form of Stephen.

Hungarian short form of Alexandra.

Croatian and Serbian form of Stephen.

Means "joy" in Luganda.

Limburgish form of Gerard. Its spelling has been influenced by the French pronunciation of Gérard.

Dutch form of Jacques or Isaac.

Means "voice, echo" in Turkish.

Italian form of the Roman cognomen Scaevola, which was derived from Latin scaevus "left-handed". The first bearer of this name was Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who acquired it, according to legend, after he thrust his right hand into a blazing fire in order to intimidate the Etruscan king Porsenna, who was blockading the city of Rome.

From a now extinct English surname that was derived from a Norman place name. It was occasionally given in honour of the English preacher Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724), especially by the Sitwell noble family.

From Old Irish Ruaidrí meaning "red king", from rúad "red" combined with rí "king". This was the name of the last high king of Ireland, reigning in the 12th century.

Medieval variant of Roland.

Variant of Roland.

From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Ríoghbhárdáin), which was derived from the given name Rígbarddán.

Means "of Rhaetia". Rhaetia is a region in eastern Switzerland that got its name from the Rhaeti, a Celtic tribe who originally inhabited the area.

Combination of the prefix ra with the name Shawn.

From Sino-Vietnamese 權 (quyền) meaning "power, right, authority".

Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.

Ukrainian form of Philip.

From the Greek name Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaios), derived from Greek πολεμήϊος (polemeios) meaning "aggressive, warlike". Ptolemy was the name of several Greco-Egyptian rulers of Egypt, all descendants of Ptolemy I Soter, one of the generals of Alexander the Great. This was also the name of a 2nd-century Greek astronomer.

Means "little leaf" in Greenlandic, from piloqut "leaf" and the diminutive suffix -nnguaq.

Estonian form of Peter.

Norwegian form of Eysteinn.

Medieval Norwegian form of Jurian.

Means "God has dropped honey into wealth" in Yoruba.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of a Finnish god of the hunt, the son of Tapio.

Finnish form of Noah 1.

From Sanskrit नीति (nīti) meaning "guidance, moral conduct".

Finnish form of Nicholas.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Nathanael.

Means "pleasant" in Hebrew. This name is borne in the Old Testament by both a daughter of Lamech and a wife of Solomon. Some later Jewish texts give Naamah as the name of Noah's wife, even though she is not named in the Old Testament.

Lithuanian form of Michael.

Ukrainian form of Michael.

Cornish form of Michael.

Yiddish diminutive of Mordecai. This is the name of a character in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964).

Derived from the South Slavic word mlad meaning "young", ultimately from Old Slavic *moldŭ.

Means "lord of Mictlan" in Nahuatl. In Aztec mythology he was the skeletal ruler of Mictlan, the realm of the dead, with his wife Mictecacihuatl.

From a surname meaning "happy weather" in Middle English, originally belonging to a cheery person. A notable bearer of the name was Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), who, with William Clark, explored the west of North America.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilianus (see Maximilian).

Hebrew form of Mattithiah.

German variant of Marcellus.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband Ailill fought against the Ulster king Conchobar and the hero Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.

Icelandic diminutive of María.

Finnish diminutive of Lydia.

Variant of Lindsay.

Finnish form of Lucas (see Luke).

Dutch short form of Lucas.

From the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love" combined with a diminutive suffix. It can also come from the Serbian and Croatian word ljubica meaning "violet (flower)".

Macedonian feminine form of Lyuben.

From the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love", or a short form of names beginning with that element. It is typically masculine in Serbia and feminine elsewhere.

Derived from Finnish kyllä "abundance" or kyllin "enough". This is the name of a character in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.

Alternate transcription of Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀⸱𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (see Xshathra Vairya).

Polish form of Xenia, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Ксения or Ukrainian/Belarusian Ксенія (see Kseniya).

Polish form of Xavier.

Western Armenian transcription of Grigor.

Diminutive of Jacob.

Derived from Old Norse knútr meaning "knot". Knut was a Danish prince who defeated Æðelræd II, king of England, in the early 11th century and became the ruler of Denmark, Norway and England.

Variant of Ketil.

From Cree ᑮᓯᑳᐊᐧᒑᕁ (Kîsikâawcâhk) meaning "day star", derived from ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (kîsikâw) "day" and ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan.

Middle English form of Cyneburg.

Means "tent maker" in Arabic. This was the surname of the 12th-century Persian poet Umar Khayyam.

Feminine form of Khayri.

Means "king, chief" in Tswana.

Means "lion cub" in Hebrew.

Western Armenian transcription of Gevorg.

Combination of the popular name prefix ke and Shawn.

Russian form of Karpos (see Carpus).

Means "he who walks on four claws" in Cree, derived from ᓀᐅᐧ (newo) "four" and the root ᐊᐢᑲᓯᕀ (askasiy) "claw". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan, also known as George Gordon.

Danish form of Jutta.

Finnish form of John.

Frisian form of Gerard.

Dutch form of George.

Short form of Jurryt.

Variant of Joyce.

Old Swedish variant of Erik.

Means "Yahweh has judged" in Hebrew, from the roots יְהוֹ (yeho) referring to the Hebrew God and שָׁפַט (shafaṭ) meaning "to judge". According to the Old Testament he was the fourth king of Judah, noted for having a generally peaceful and prosperous reign.

From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonaṯan), the full form of Jonathan. This is the name of a few minor characters in the Old Testament.

Finnish and Estonian form of Jacob (or James).

Finnish form of Joachim.

Alternate transcription of Arabic عزّ الدين (see Izz ad-Din).

Latin form of Julius.

Romanian diminutive of John.

From the Late Latin name Innocentius, which was derived from innocens "innocent". This was the name of several early saints. It was also borne by 13 popes including Innocent III, a politically powerful ruler and organizer of the Fourth Crusade.

As an English-language name in the modern era, it is most common in Africa.

Greek and Georgian form of Jason.

English form of Hyacinthus.

Old German form of Roland.

Old German form of Robert.

Latin form of Jerome, formerly common in Germany and the Netherlands. Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) was a Dutch painter known for his depictions of the torments of hell.

From the English word happy, derived from Middle English hap "chance, luck", of Old Norse origin.

Means "hot, warm" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Ham is one of Noah's three sons, along with Shem and Japheth. He was the ancestor of the Egyptians and Canaanites.

Means "victor" in Hungarian.

Welsh form of Victor. This name appears in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen belonging to the rival of Gwyn for the maiden Creiddylad. Seeking peace between the two, King Arthur declared that Gwyn and Gwythyr shall only fight once each year on May Day.

Polish form of Gregory.

Macedonian form of George.

Albanian form of John.

Albanian form of George.

Short form of Gijsbert.

Means "flower bud" in Persian.

Corsican form of John.

Romanian form of George.

Armenian form of George.

German variant form of Gerard.

Feminine form of Gerard.

French form of George. This name was borne by the French artists Georges Seurat (1859-1891) and Georges Braque (1882-1963).

Form of George in several languages. This name was borne by the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).

Variant of Geoffrey.

Malayalam form of George, used by Saint Thomas Christians in the Indian state of Kerala (mainly when referring to the saint).

Old Norse form of Fritjof.

Variant of Fritjof.

Means "white warrior", derived from Old Irish finn "white, blessed" and láech "warrior". An earlier form was Findláech — this was the name of the father of the 11th-century Scottish king Macbeth.

Russian form of Philip.

Means "foxglove" in Welsh (species Digitalis purpurea). This is a recently created Welsh name.

Latin form of Ezra.

Biblical Hebrew form of Ezra.

English form of Eugenius, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὐγένιος (Eugenios), which was derived from the Greek word εὐγενής (eugenes) meaning "well born". It is composed of the elements εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and γενής (genes) meaning "born". This was the name of several saints and four popes.

This name was not particularly common in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. It became more popular in part due to the fame of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), a French-born general who served the Austrian Empire. A notable bearer was the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953).

Middle English form of Æþelbeorht. The name was very rare after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived briefly in the 19th century.

English form of Ermendrud. It was occasionally used until the 19th century.

Originally a short form of names ending with the Old German element helm meaning "helmet, protection", such as Guglielmo or Anselmo. It is also a derivative of Erasmus, via the old Italian short form Ermo. Saint Elmo, also known as Saint Erasmus, was a 4th-century martyr who is the patron of sailors. Saint Elmo's fire is said to be a sign of his protection.

In the English-speaking world this name is now associated with a red muppet character from the children's television program Sesame Street.

Means "gratitude belongs to God" in Igbo.

Finnish form of Eric.

Hungarian and Swedish form of Edith.

Old English form of Egbert.

Reconstructed Egyptian form of Thoth.

Ancient Greek name derived from δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people".

Russian, Belarusian and Greek form of Daniel.

Polish form of Ctibor.

Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.

From an Ojibwe or Cree name recorded as Kiwisance [1], said to mean "little child", possibly related to Ojibwe gwiiwizens meaning "boy" or Cree ᐊᐋᐧᓯᐢ (awâsis) meaning "child". This was the name of a late 19th-century chief of a mixed band of Plains Cree and Saulteaux people.

Latin form of Korbinian.

Variant of Knut.

Latinized form of Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klytaimnestra) and Κλυταιμήστρα (Klytaimestra), in which the first element is κλυτός (klytos) meaning "famous, noble". The spelling Klytaimnestra would suggest the second element is μνηστήρ (mnester) meaning "courter, wooer", while Klytaimestra would suggest a connection to μήδομαι (medomai) meaning "to plan, to intend". There is debate over which spelling is earlier or more authentic [1], since the ancient texts seem to make puns based on both etymologies. Klytaimestra appears in the works of the Greek tragedians such as Aeschylus, while Klytaimnestra appears in Homer's poems (the earliest extant copy dating from the post-classical period).

In Greek legend Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon and the mother of Orestes and Electra. While her husband was away during the Trojan War she took a lover, and upon his return she had Agamemnon murdered. She was subsequently killed by her son Orestes.

Modern English form of Christos 1.

Variant of Kyle.

Form of Caleb used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

Diminutive of Berenice.

Roman cognomen meaning "heavy" in Latin. Famous bearers include Lucius Junius Brutus, the traditional founder of the Roman Republic, and Marcus Junius Brutus, the statesman who conspired to assassinate Julius Caesar.

From the Late Latin name Bonifatius, which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate, destiny". This was the name of nine popes and also several saints, including an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany (originally named Winfrið) who is now regarded as the patron saint of that country. It came into use in England during the Middle Ages, but became rare after the Protestant Reformation.

Modern variant of Blaise influenced by the English word blaze.

Danish and Norwegian form of Björn.

From the Old Norse byname Bjartr, which meant "bright".

Possibly an Irish form of Belenus, though it may derive from an Irish word meaning "sacred tree, scion, hero". In Irish mythology this was the name of one of the Milesians who was drowned while invading Ireland.

Variant of Bent 1.

Derived from the Old German elements bald "bold, brave" and mari "famous".

Norwegian form of Arnbjǫrg.

From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.

Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and ræd "counsel, advice". This was the name of two Saxon kings of England including Æðelræd II "the Unready" whose realm was overrun by the Danes in the early 11th century. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.

Means "servant of the king" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with ملك (malik) meaning "king". This was the name of the fifth Umayyad caliph, who made Arabic the official language of the empire.