Rosamind's Personal Name List

Trea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: TRAY-ə
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Theresia.
Tiffany
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TIF-ə-nee
Personal remark: Tudor
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Medieval form of Theophania. This name was traditionally given to girls born on the Epiphany (January 6), the festival commemorating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. The name died out after the Middle Ages, but it was revived by the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), the title of which refers to the Tiffany's jewelry store in New York.
Rorie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAWR-ee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of Rory.
Radford
Usage: English
Personal remark: Iggy
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Habitational name from any of the various places so named, for example in Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and Hereford and Worcester. Most are named from Old English read "red" + ford "ford", but it is possible that in some cases the first element may be a derivative of Old English ridan "to ride", with the meaning "ford that can be crossed on horseback".
Paolo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: PA-o-lo
Personal remark: Necchi
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Italian form of Paulus (see Paul). Paolo Uccello and Paolo Veronese were both Italian Renaissance painters.
Nix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Personal remark: Gillman
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
This is the name of masculine shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology, who apparently derive their name from Proto-Germanic nikwus or nikwis(i) "wash". See also Nixe for the female counterpart(s).
Ned
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NEHD
Personal remark: Larkin
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Edward or Edmund. It has been used since the 14th century, and may have had root in the medieval affectionate phrase mine Ed, which was later reinterpreted as my Ned.
Necchi
Usage: Italian
Personal remark: Marcus & Paolo
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Possibly from Italian neccio, a type of flat bread.
Muffy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Personal remark: Baxter
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Margaret and Mary.
Mikah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Micah.
Marcus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: MAR-koos(Latin) MAHR-kəs(English) MAR-kuys(Swedish)
Personal remark: Necchi
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Roman praenomen, or given name, that was probably derived from the name of the Roman god Mars. This was among the most popular of the Roman praenomina. Famous bearers include Marcus Tullius Cicero (known simply as Cicero), a 1st-century BC statesman and orator, Marcus Antonius (known as Mark Antony), a 1st-century BC politician, and Marcus Aurelius, a notable 2nd-century emperor. This was also the name of a pope of the 4th century. This spelling has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world, though the traditional English form Mark has been more common.
Larkin
Usage: English
Personal remark: Ned & Z
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From a diminutive of Laurence (see Larkin).
Iggy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IG-ee
Personal remark: Radford
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Ignatius.
Foxy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, American (Archaic)
Personal remark: Larkin
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from the word foxy meaning "fox-like".
Dottie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHT-ee
Personal remark: Dorothy Necchi
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Dorothy.
Corie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAWR-ee
Personal remark: Clemmons
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Corrie.
Clemmons
Usage: English
Personal remark: Gambol & Corie
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Latin first name Clement, Clemmons means "merciful".
Baxter
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAK-stər
Personal remark: Muffy
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant (in origin a feminine form) of Baker.
Azzie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AZ-zee
Personal remark: Azalea Tudor
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Azalea and other names containing -az-.
Azalea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
Personal remark: Azzie Tudor
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Astra
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AS-trə
Personal remark: Tudor
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means "star", ultimately from Greek ἀστήρ (aster). This name has only been (rarely) used since the 20th century.
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