Behind the Name: Mirai Kurai's Personal Name List

Wekesa

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Luhya

Personal remark: "born during harvest"

Means "born during harvest" in Luhya [1].

Wafai

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: وفائي(Arabic)

Pronounced: wa-FA-ee

Personal remark: "loyalty"

Means "loyalty, faithfulness" in Arabic, derived from وفى (wafā) meaning "to fulfill, to live up to a promise".

Vivek

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali

Other Scripts: विवेक(Hindi, Marathi) વિવેક(Gujarati) விவேக்(Tamil) ವಿವೇಕ್(Kannada) వివేక్(Telugu) വിവേക്(Malayalam) বিবেক(Bengali)

Personal remark: "wisdom, distinction, discrimination"

From Sanskrit विवेक (viveka) meaning "wisdom, distinction, discrimination".

Vered

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: וֶרֶד(Hebrew)

Personal remark: "rose"

Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

Varduhi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Armenian

Other Scripts: Վարդուհի(Armenian)

Pronounced: vahr-doo-HEE(Eastern Armenian) vahr-too-HEE(Western Armenian)

Personal remark: "rose lady"

Means "rose lady", from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose" and the feminine suffix ուհի (uhi).

Vaimiti

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Tahitian

Personal remark: "sea"

From Tahitian vai "water" and miti "sea, salt".

Tuuli

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish, Estonian

Pronounced: TOO-lee(Finnish)

Personal remark: "wind"

Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.

Tanvi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati

Other Scripts: तन्वी(Hindi, Marathi) તન્વી(Gujarati)

Personal remark: "slender woman"

Means "slender woman", derived from Sanskrit तनु (tanu) meaning "slender".

Tambudzai

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Shona

Personal remark: "make trouble, frustrate"

From Shona tambudza meaning "make trouble, frustrate" [1].

Taina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Chinese (Modern)

Other Scripts: 太娜, etc.(Chinese)

Personal remark: 太娜 → very + graceful

Combination of Tai and Na.

Tahel

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: תָּהֶל(Hebrew)

Personal remark: "you will shine"

Means "you will shine" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine" [1].

Sovanna

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Khmer

Other Scripts: សុវណ្ណា(Khmer)

Personal remark: "golden", "dream"

Variant of Sovann.

Simisola

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Yoruba

Personal remark: "rest in wealth"

Means "rest in wealth" in Yoruba.

Sevara

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Uzbek

Other Scripts: Севара(Uzbek)

Personal remark: "love"

Means "love" in Uzbek.

Sarnai

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Mongolian

Other Scripts: Сарнай(Mongolian Cyrillic)

Personal remark: "rose"

Means "rose" in Mongolian.

Roshanak

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: روشنک(Persian)

Personal remark: "dawn"

Feminine form of Roshan, used in Persian to refer to Roxana the wife of Alexander the Great.

Revaz

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Georgian

Other Scripts: რევაზ(Georgian)

Pronounced: REH-VAZ

Personal remark: "wealthy, successful"

Possibly of Persian origin meaning "wealthy, successful".

Reva

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hinduism, Hindi

Other Scripts: रेवा(Sanskrit, Hindi)

Personal remark: "one that moves"

Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Rati.

Pilvi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish, Estonian

Pronounced: PEEL-vee(Finnish)

Personal remark: "cloud"

Means "cloud" in Finnish and Estonian.

Pembe

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: pehm-BEH

Personal remark: "pink"

Means "pink" in Turkish.

Noelani

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Pronounced: no-eh-LA-nee

Personal remark: "heavenly mist"

Means "heavenly mist" from Hawaiian noe "mist" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Nilima

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Marathi, Hindi, Telugu

Other Scripts: नीलिमा(Marathi, Hindi) నీలిమ(Telugu)

Personal remark: "dark blue"

From Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue".

Nehir

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: neh-HEER

Personal remark: "river"

Means "river" in Turkish.

Nazli

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: نازلی(Persian)

Personal remark: "delicate, beautiful, coy"

Means "delicate, beautiful, coy" in Persian.

Naliaka

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Luhya

Personal remark: "born during the weeding season"

Means "born during the weeding season", from Luhya liliaka meaning "weeding".

Mohinder

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Indian (Sikh)

Other Scripts: ਮੋਹਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)

Personal remark: "great" + Indra

Variant of Mahendra used by Sikhs.

Metehan

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Turkish

Personal remark: "khan, ruler, leader"

Combination of Mete and Turkish han meaning "khan, ruler, leader", referring to the 3rd-century BC Xiongnu ruler Modu Chanyu.

Merav

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]

Other Scripts: מֵרַב(Hebrew)

Personal remark: "abundant"

Hebrew form of Merab 1.

Mehetabel

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: םְהֵיטַבְאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: mə-HEHT-ə-behl(English)

Personal remark: "God makes happy"

From the Hebrew name םְהֵיטַבְאֵל (Meheṭavʾel) meaning "God makes happy", derived from the roots יָטַב (yaṭav) meaning "to be happy" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This name is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament.

Makana

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Pronounced: ma-KA-na

Personal remark: "gift"

Means "gift" in Hawaiian.

Mahvash

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: مهوش(Persian)

Pronounced: mah-VASH

Personal remark: "moon-like"

Means "moon-like" in Persian.

Mahesha

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hinduism

Other Scripts: महेश(Sanskrit)

Personal remark: "great lord"

Means "great lord" from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great" and ईश (īśa) meaning "lord, ruler". This is another name of the Hindu god Shiva.

Levente

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: LEH-vehn-teh

Personal remark: "will be"

Old Hungarian name, possibly of Slavic origin, or possibly from Hungarian lesz "will be". This name was used by the Árpád royal family since at least the 10th century.

Khamis

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: خميس(Arabic)

Pronounced: kha-MEES

Personal remark: "born on Thursday"

Means "Thursday" in Arabic.

Kanda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Thai

Other Scripts: กานดา(Thai)

Pronounced: kan-DA

Personal remark: "beloved"

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Means "beloved" in Thai.

Kamala

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hinduism, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali

Other Scripts: कमला, कमल(Sanskrit) கமலா(Tamil) ಕಮಲಾ(Kannada) కమలా(Telugu) कमला(Hindi, Nepali)

Personal remark: "lotus", "pale red"

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Means "lotus" or "pale red" in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form कमला and the masculine form कमल, though in modern languages it is only a feminine form. In Tantric Hinduism and Shaktism this is the name of a goddess, also identified with the goddess Lakshmi.

Idir

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Berber

Other Scripts: ⵉⴷⵉⵔ(Tifinagh) إدير(Arabic)

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "alive" in Tamazight.

Hilal

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Turkish

Other Scripts: هلال(Arabic)

Pronounced: hee-LAL(Arabic)

Personal remark: "crescent moon"

Rating: 0% based on 1 vote

Means "crescent moon" in Arabic, also referring to the new moon on the Islamic calendar. As a given name it is typically masculine in Arabic and feminine in Turkish.

Hema

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada

Other Scripts: हेमा(Hindi, Marathi) ஹேமா(Tamil) ಹೇಮಾ(Kannada)

Personal remark: "golden"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "golden" in Sanskrit.

Hazan

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Personal remark: "autumn"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "autumn" in Turkish.

Hallel

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: הָלֵּל(Hebrew)

Personal remark: "praise"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Derived from Hebrew הָלַל (halal) meaning "praise". This is the name of a Jewish prayer, consisting of several psalms. The more traditional name Hillel, which is typically only masculine, is spelled the same but is vocalized with a different vowel.

Hadil

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: هديل(Arabic)

Pronounced: ha-DEEL

Personal remark: "cooing (of a pigeon)"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "cooing (of a pigeon)" in Arabic.

Fumnanya

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Igbo

Personal remark: "love me"

Rating: 0% based on 1 vote

Means "love me" in Igbo.

Fariha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: فريحة(Arabic) فریحہ(Urdu)

Pronounced: fa-REE-ha(Arabic)

Personal remark: "happy"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "happy" in Arabic, from the root فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".

Farai

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Shona

Personal remark: "rejoice"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

From Shona fara meaning "rejoice, be happy" [1].

Evren

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: ehv-REHN

Personal remark: "cosmos, the universe"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Eteri

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Georgian

Other Scripts: ეთერი(Georgian)

Pronounced: EH-TEH-REE

Personal remark: "ether, air"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Form of Eter with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.

Efemena

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Urhobo

Personal remark: "here is my wealth"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "here is my wealth" in Urhobo.

Devaraja

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hinduism

Other Scripts: देवराज(Sanskrit)

Personal remark: "king of gods"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "king of gods" from Sanskrit देव (deva) meaning "god" and राज (rāja) meaning "king". This is another name of the Hindu god Indra.

Desta

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Amharic

Other Scripts: ደስታ(Amharic)

Personal remark: "joy"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "joy" in Amharic.

Danai 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Shona

Personal remark: "love one another"

Rating: 0% based on 2 votes

From Shona dana meaning "call, summon" [1][2].

Dakarai

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Shona

Personal remark: "rejoice"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "rejoice" in Shona.

Chiamaka

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Igbo

Personal remark: "God is beautiful"

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Means "God is more beautiful" in Igbo.

Bora 3

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Korean

Other Scripts: 보라(Korean Hangul)

Pronounced: PO-RA

Personal remark: "purple"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Means "purple" in Korean.

Ayten

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Personal remark: "moon skin"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Derived from Turkish ay meaning "moon" and ten meaning "skin" (of Persian origin).

Ayo

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Yoruba

Pronounced: A-YAW

Personal remark: "joy"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

From Yoruba ayọ̀ meaning "joy", or a short form of other names containing this element.

Awiti

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Luo

Rating: 50% based on 2 votes

Means "thrown away" in Luo, possibly used for a child born prematurely.

Aviv

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: אֲבִיב(Hebrew)

Pronounced: a-VEEV

Personal remark: "spring"

Rating: 0% based on 2 votes

Means "spring" in Hebrew.

Atieno

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Luo

Personal remark: "born at night"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Feminine form of Otieno.

Asha 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swahili

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

From Swahili ishi meaning "live, exist", derived from Arabic عاش (ʿāsha).

Anisha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hindi

Other Scripts: अनिशा(Hindi)

Personal remark: "nightless, sleepless"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Means "nightless, sleepless" in Sanskrit.

Altan 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Turkish

Personal remark: "red dawn"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Means "red dawn" in Turkish.

Albina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Polish, German, Lithuanian, Belarusian, Ancient Roman

Other Scripts: Альбина(Russian) Альбіна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)

Pronounced: ul-BYEE-nə(Russian) al-BEE-na(Italian, Spanish, Polish) ul-byi-NU(Lithuanian)

Personal remark: 🐝

Rating: 0% based on 2 votes

Feminine form of Albinus. This was the name of a few early saints, including a 3rd-century martyr from Caesarea.

Akachi

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Igbo

Personal remark: "the hand of God"

Rating: 50% based on 2 votes

Means "the hand of God" in Igbo.

Aibek

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz

Other Scripts: Айбек(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)

Rating: 0% based on 2 votes

Derived from Kazakh and Kyrgyz ай (ay) meaning "moon" combined with the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Afrim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Albanian

Personal remark: "approach"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Means "approach" in Albanian.

Afra 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: عفرا(Arabic)

Pronounced: ‘AF-ra

Personal remark: "whitish red"

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Means "whitish red" in Arabic.