Behind the Name: Vulcan-rebel's Personal Name List

Nevada

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: nə-VAD-ə

From the name of the American state, which means "snow-capped" in Spanish.

Indigo

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: IN-di-go

From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".

Angelica

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Romanian, Carolingian Cycle

Pronounced: an-JEHL-i-kə(English) an-JEH-lee-ka(Italian)

Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger". The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their Orlando poems (1483 and 1532), where she is the love interest of both Orlando and Rinaldo. It has been used as a given name since the 18th century.

Andromeda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Ἀνδρομέδα, Ἀνδρομέδη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: AN-DRO-MEH-DA(Classical Greek) an-DRAH-mi-də(English)

Derived from Greek ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) combined with one of the related words μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.