iggystride's Personal Name List

Sirius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Astronomy

Pronounced: SIR-ee-əs(English)

The name of a bright star in the constellation Canis Major, derived via Latin from Greek σείριος (seirios) meaning "burning".

Ocean

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: O-shən

Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ὠκεανός (Okeanos), the name of the body of water thought to surround the Earth.

Iseabail

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]

Scottish Gaelic form of Isabel.

Euphemia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Ancient Greek [1], English (Archaic)

Other Scripts: Εὐφημία(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: yoo-FEE-mee-ə(English) yoo-FEH-mee-ə(English)

Means "to use words of good omen" from Greek εὐφημέω (euphemeo), a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and φημί (phemi) meaning "to speak, to declare". Saint Euphemia was an early martyr from Chalcedon.

Enfys

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Welsh

Pronounced: EHN-vis

Means "rainbow" in Welsh. This name was first used in the 19th century.

Blodwen

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Welsh

Pronounced: BLOD-wehn

Means "white flowers" from Welsh blodau "flowers" combined with gwen "white, blessed". This is the name of an 1878 Welsh opera by Joseph Parry.