kaceyjustine's Personal Name List

Zoie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZO-ee
Variant of Zoe.
Zoë
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, English
Pronounced: ZO-veh(Dutch) ZO-ee(English)
Dutch form and English variant of Zoe.
Zeke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEEK
Short form of Ezekiel.
Zane 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZAYN
From an English surname of unknown meaning. It was introduced as a given name by American author Zane Grey (1872-1939). Zane was in fact his middle name — it had been his mother's maiden name.
Willa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-ə
Feminine form of William.
Skye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
From the name of the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. It is sometimes considered a variant of Sky.
Shaw
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SHAW
From a surname. As an English surname it is derived from Old English sceaga meaning "thicket". As a Scottish surname it is derived from the Gaelic byname Sitheach meaning "wolf".
Ryker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-kər
Possibly a variant of the German surname Riker, a derivative of Low German rike "rich". As a modern English name, it has become popular because it shares the same trendy sounds found in other names such as Ryan and Ryder.
Ryder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-dər
From an English occupational surname derived from Old English ridere meaning "mounted warrior" or "messenger". It has grown in popularity in the 2000s because it starts with the same sound found in other popular names like Ryan and Riley.
Piper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PIE-pər
From an English surname that was originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute). It was popularized as a given name by a character from the television series Charmed, which debuted in 1998 [1].
Phoenix
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FEE-niks
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird that appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology. After living for several centuries in the Arabian Desert, it would be consumed by fire and rise from its own ashes, with this cycle repeating every 500 years. The name of the bird was derived from Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix) meaning "dark red".
Phoebe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Φοίβη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FEE-bee(English)
Latinized form of the Greek name Φοίβη (Phoibe), which meant "bright, pure" from Greek φοῖβος (phoibos). In Greek mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess Artemis. The name appears in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae.

In England, it began to be used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. It was moderately common in the 19th century. It began to rise in popularity again in the late 1980s, probably helped along by characters on the American television shows Friends (1994-2004) and Charmed (1998-2006). It is currently much more common in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand than the United States.

A moon of Saturn bears this name, in honour of the Titan.

Maddox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAD-əks
From a Welsh surname meaning "son of Madoc". It was brought to public attention when the actress Angelina Jolie gave this name to her adopted son in 2002.
Kade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAYD
Variant of Cade.
Jett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JEHT
From the English word jet, which denotes either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).
Jayne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYN
Variant of Jane.
Jayde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAYD
Variant of Jade.
Jayce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYS
Variant of Jace.
Jace
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYS
Short form of Jason, sometimes used independently. It was brought to limited attention in America by the lead character in the western television series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955-1958). Towards the end of the 20th century it began steadily increasing in popularity, reaching the 66th spot for boys in the United States in 2013.
Clare
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHR, KLAR
Medieval English form of Clara. The preferred spelling in the English-speaking world is now the French form Claire, though Clare has been fairly popular in the United Kingdom and Australia.

This is also the name of an Irish county, which was itself probably derived from Irish clár meaning "plank, level surface".

Cade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAYD
From an English surname that was originally derived from a nickname meaning "round" in Old English.
Burke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BURK
From an English surname that was derived from Old English burg meaning "fortress".
Blaire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BLEHR
Variant of Blair.
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