Behind the Name: Luccca's Personal Name List

Mea

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Medieval Italian, Italian

Personal remark: Junia or Livia as MN

Rating: 29% based on 8 votes

Short form of Bartolomea.

Matteo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: mat-TEH-o

Personal remark: Aurel or Eneas or Valentijn as MN

Rating: 33% based on 8 votes

Italian form of Matthew.

Livia 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Romanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Ancient Roman

Pronounced: LEE-vya(Italian)

Personal remark: Mathea as MN

Rating: 38% based on 10 votes

Feminine form of Livius. This was the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla.

Eneas

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Galician, Spanish

Personal remark: Aurel or Matteo or Valentijn as MN

Rating: 27% based on 9 votes

Galician and Spanish form of Aeneas.

Enea

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Basque

Personal remark: Junia as MN

Rating: 37% based on 9 votes

Derived from Basque enea "mine" (compare Nerea).

Elias

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Dutch, Greek, Amharic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Ηλίας(Greek) ኤልያስ(Amharic) Ἠλίας(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: i-LEE-ush(European Portuguese) eh-LEE-us(Brazilian Portuguese) eh-LEE-as(German) EH-lee-ahs(Finnish) i-LIE-əs(English) ee-LIE-əs(English) EH-lee-yahs(Dutch)

Personal remark: Aurel or Matteo or Valentijn as MN

Rating: 33% based on 9 votes

Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.