Mirai Kurai's Personal Name List

Wynnstan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: "joy" + "stone"
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and stan "stone".
Wolfram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: VAWL-fram
Personal remark: "wolf raven"
Derived from the Old German element wolf meaning "wolf" combined with hram meaning "raven". Saint Wolfram (or Wulfram) was a 7th-century archbishop of Sens. This name was also borne by the 13th-century German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach, the author of Parzival.
Witimer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Personal remark: "famous forest"
Means "famous forest", derived from Old High German witu "forest, wood" combined with Old High German mâri "famous."
Visvaldis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Personal remark: "all" + "rule"
From Latvian viss "all" and valdīt "to rule". It is thus a cognate of the Slavic name Vsevolod.
Vervain
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Means "foliage", from the Latin verbena. Vervain, also known as verbena, is a genus in the botanical family Verbenaceae.
Vertiline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Personal remark: orig. unknown
Verdell
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: ver-DEL(American English)
Personal remark: "green"
Derived from the Spanish verde, meaning "green," combined with the suffix -ell. A notable bearer is Native American singer Verdell Primeaux (1966-).
Vartilet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chuvash
Other Scripts: Вартилет(Chuvash)
Personal remark: "kind, friendly"
Combination of Chuvash варлă (varlă) meaning "kind, friendly" and тилет (tilet) with an unknown meaning.
Valter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Swedish, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian
Pronounced: VAL-tehr(Italian, Swedish)
Personal remark: "ruler of the army"
Form of Walter used in several languages.
Vachel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Personal remark: orig. unknown
Of unknown origin and meaning.

A famous bearer of the name is the American poet Vachel Lindsay.

Trevelyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: tri-VEHL-yən
Personal remark: "homestead on the hill"
From a surname that was derived from a Cornish place name meaning "homestead on the hill".
Torill
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Personal remark: "Thor's battle"
Variant of Torhild.
Theodoxia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Greek, History (Ecclesiastical)
Other Scripts: Θεοδοξία(Ancient Greek)
Derived from the Greek noun θεός (theos) meaning "god" combined with the Greek noun δόξα (doxa) meaning "notion, reputation, honour".

This name has regularly been confused with Theodosia, Theodota and Theodotia.

Theodota
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Theodote.
Theodoret
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek (Anglicized), Late Greek (Germanized)
Anglicized and germanized form of Theodoretos.

Notable bearers of this name include saint Theodoret of Antioch (died in 362 AD) and the theologian Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus (died around 458 AD).

Tavish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Personal remark: Scottish form of THOMAS (twin).
Anglicized form of a Thàmhais, vocative case of Tàmhas. Alternatively it could be taken from the Scottish surname McTavish, Anglicized form of Mac Tàmhais, meaning "son of Tàmhas".
Taskill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish (Rare)
Personal remark: "god helmet"
Anglicized form of Tasgall.
Tancred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norman [1]
Pronounced: TANG-krid(English)
Personal remark: "thought and counsel"
Norman form of the Germanic name Thancrat meaning "thought and counsel", derived from the elements thank meaning "thought, consideration, thanks" (Old High German danc, Old Frankish þank) and rat meaning "counsel, advice". This name was common among the medieval Norman nobility of southern Italy, being the name of the founder of the Hauteville family. It was borne by a leader of the First Crusade, described by Torquato Tasso in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580).
Taionia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Personal remark: orig. unknown
Syer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: Sire(British English) sigh-er(British English)
Personal remark: orig. unknown
Possibly of Old French origin, Syer is a rare English given name primarily used as a secondary name within a longer compound name; e.g. Frederick Syer. It is particularly associated with the Eighteen family of Reading, Berkshire.
Sirvard
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Սիրվարդ(Armenian)
Personal remark: "love rose"
Means "love rose" in Armenian.
Sidony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Personal remark: "of Sidon"
Feminine form of Sidonius. This name was in use in the Middle Ages, when it became associated with the word sindon (of Greek origin) meaning "linen", a reference to the Shroud of Turin.
Sefton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEHF-tən
Personal remark: "town in the rushes"
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "town in the rushes" in Old English.
Roswell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHZ-wehl
Personal remark: "horse spring"
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "horse spring".
Rohese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Personal remark: "rose" (medieval english)
Norman French form of Hrodohaidis.
Richmal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Personal remark: uncertain: Richard + Mary?
Meaning uncertain, possibly a combination of Richard and Mary. This name has been used since at least the late 18th century, mainly confined to the town of Bury in Lancashire.
Radcliff
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RAD-klif
Personal remark: "red cliff"
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "red cliff" in Old English.
Praise
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: PRAYZ
From the English word praise, which is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Late Latin preciare, a derivative of Latin pretium "price, worth". This name is most common in English-speaking Africa.
Paget
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PAJ-it
Personal remark: "little page"
From a French and English surname that meant "little page" (see Paige).
Ortrun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare), Germanic
Pronounced: AWRT-roon(German)
Personal remark: "secret point"
Derived from the Old German elements ort "point" and runa "secret lore, rune". In the medieval German epic Kudrun this is the name of Hartmut's sister.
Orrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Personal remark: "little pale green one"/ "orange"
Anglicized form of Odhrán.
Myrthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MEER-tə
From Dutch mirte, a cognate of Myrtle.
Morven
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: MAWR-vehn
Personal remark: "big gap"
From the name of a region in western Scotland, also called Morvern or in Gaelic A' Mhorbhairne, meaning "the big gap". This is the location of Fingal's kingdom in James Macpherson's 18th-century poems.
Masterman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MAS-tər-mən
From an English surname that originally belonged to a person who worked as a servant.
Margery
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHR-jə-ree
Personal remark: Medieval English form of MARGARET.
Medieval English form of Margaret.
Madoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Personal remark: "fortunate"
From the Old Welsh name Matauc, derived from mad meaning "good, fortunate" combined with a diminutive suffix. This is the name of a warrior mentioned in the 7th-century Welsh poem Y Gododdin. It was also borne by several medieval rulers, including the 12th-century Madoc ap Maredudd, the last prince of Powys. Another bearer, according to later folklore, was a son of the 12th-century Owain the Great who sailed to the Americas.
Lowell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LO-əl
Personal remark: "wolf"
From an English surname that was derived from a Norman French nickname, from lou "wolf" and a diminutive suffix. The surname was borne by American poet and satirist James Russell Lowell (1819-1891).
Letha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Personal remark: "truth"
Possibly a short form of Aletha.
Knox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAHKS
Personal remark: "round hill"
From a Scots surname that was derived from various places named Knock, from Gaelic cnoc "round hill". It jumped in popularity after the actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had a baby by this name in 2008.
Kinneret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: כִּנֶּרֶת(Hebrew)
Personal remark: "harp"
Alternate transcription of Hebrew כִּנֶּרֶת (see Kineret).
Kinborough
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Personal remark: "royal fortress"
Middle English form of Cyneburg.
Kenelm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KEHN-əlm
Personal remark: "bold / keen helmet"
From the Old English name Cenhelm, which was composed of the elements cene "bold, keen" and helm "helmet". Saint Kenelm was a 9th-century martyr from Mercia, where he was a member of the royal family. The name was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, but has since become rare.
Katla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Personal remark: "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet")
Feminine form of Ketil.
Jotham
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יוֹתָם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JO-thəm(English)
Personal remark: "YAHWEH is perfect"
Means "Yahweh is perfect" in Hebrew, derived from יוֹ (yo) referring to the Hebrew God and תָּם (tam) meaning "perfect, complete". In the Old Testament this is the name of both a son of Gideon and a king of Judah.
Ingvar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish
Personal remark: Germanic god YNGVI + arr ("warrior")
From the Old Norse name Yngvarr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god Yngvi combined with herr meaning "army, warrior".
Inge
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch, Estonian
Pronounced: ING-eh(Danish, Norwegian, Swedish) ING-ə(German, Dutch)
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Germanic god Ing. In Sweden and Norway this is primarily a masculine name, elsewhere it is usually feminine.
Inbar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עִןְבָּר, עִיןְבָּר(Hebrew)
Personal remark: "amber"
Means "amber" in Hebrew.
Howell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Personal remark: "eminent"
Anglicized form of Hywel.
Hiram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: חִירָם(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HIE-rəm(English)
Personal remark: "exalted brother"
From Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤌 (Ḥirom) meaning "exalted brother". This was the name of a king of Tyre according to the Old Testament. He may have reigned in the 10th century BC. As an English given name, Hiram came into use after the Protestant Reformation. In the 17th century the Puritans brought it to America, where it gained some currency.
Hillevi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: HIL-leh-vee(Swedish) HEEL-leh-vee(Finnish)
Personal remark: "happy hearty healthy war"
Swedish and Finnish form of Heilwig.
Helewise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Personal remark: var: Helewis
Medieval English form of Eloise.
Hekla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: HEHH-kla
Personal remark: "cloak"
From the name of an active Icelandic volcano, derived from Old Norse hekla meaning "cloak".
Heard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: "brave, hardy"
Short form of various Old English names containing the element heard meaning "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
Harlow
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lo
Personal remark: hær ("rock") or here ("army") + hlaw ("hill")
From an English surname derived from a place name, itself derived from Old English hær "rock, heap of stones" or here "army", combined with hlaw "hill". As a name for girls, it received some attention in 2008 when the American celebrity Nicole Richie used it for her daughter.
Halsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Personal remark: "rock, stone"
Old Swedish form of Hallsteinn (see Hallstein).
Gry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Means "to dawn" in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.
Flannery
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FLAN-ə-ree
Personal remark: "red valour"
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Flannghaile, derived from the given name Flannghal meaning "red valour". A famous bearer was American author Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964).
Finnian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Personal remark: "white"
Derived from Old Irish finn "white, blessed". This was the name of several Irish saints, including the founders of monasteries at Clonard and Movilla (both 6th century).
Finnbar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: FIN-bahr(English)
Variant of Finbar.
Fenimore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Personal remark: "fine love"
Transferred use of the surname Fenimore, an English surname which was originally a nickname derived from Old French fin "fine, splendid" and amour "love".
Fenella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Personal remark: "white shoulder"
Form of Fionnuala used by Walter Scott for a character in his novel Peveril of the Peak (1823).
Everard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Personal remark: "brave boar"
From Everardus, the Latinized form of Eberhard. The Normans introduced it to England, where it joined the Old English cognate Eoforheard. It has only been rarely used since the Middle Ages. Modern use of the name may be inspired by the surname Everard, itself derived from the medieval name.
Ender
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "very rare" in Turkish.
Embeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
The name of one of the three Beten (or Bethen, Beden), a German group of three saints. They are adored in minor churches and chapels in South Tyrol (Italy), Upper Bavaria, Baden and the Rhineland. Although the cult of the ''Three Virgins' is known since the late Middle Ages, it is only distributed regionally and not contained in the official lists of saints of the Catholic church. St. Einbeth (Embeth) is known in Strasbourg already in the second half of the 12th century. In the second half of the 14th century she is accompanied by Wilbeth and Borbeth. The origin of the three names is unknown. In the time of Romanticism in the 19th century speculation arose that the Three Virgins could be some kind of Christianized pagan Germanic, Celtic or Roman goddesses. Some theorize three saints are from a Germanic or Indo-European Triple Goddess, similar to the Fates of Greece.
Ellery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə-ree
Personal remark: "cheerful"
From an English surname that was originally derived from the medieval masculine name Hilary.
Driskoll
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DRIS-kəl
Personal remark: "descendant of the messenger"
Variant of Driscoll.
Dimity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian, Rare)
The name given to a type of lightweight sheer cotton fabric used for bed upholstery and curtains, used as a female given name mainly in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Daveth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Cornish form of David.
Cyneric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Personal remark: "royal ruler"
Derived from Old English cyne "royal" and ric "ruler, king".
Corbin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAWR-bin
From a French surname that was derived from corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair. The name was probably popularized in America by actor Corbin Bernsen (1954-) [1].
Conleth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Anglicized form of the Old Irish name Conláed, possibly meaning "constant fire" from cunnail "prudent, constant" and áed "fire". Saint Conláed was a 5th-century bishop of Kildare.
Clovis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History, French
Pronounced: KLO-vis(English) KLAW-VEES(French)
Personal remark: "famous battle"
Contemporary spelling, via the Latinized form Clodovicus, of the Germanic name Hludwig (see Ludwig). Clovis was a Frankish king who united the Franks under his rule in the 5th century. The name was subsequently borne by two further Merovingian kings.
Clive
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLIEV
Personal remark: "cliff"
From an English surname derived from Old English clif meaning "cliff", originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.
Cenric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Personal remark: "bold ruler"
Derived from Old English cene "bold" and ric "ruler, king".
Cavan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
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Either from the name of the Irish county, which is derived from Irish cabhán "hollow", or else from the Irish surname Cavan.
Branwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: BRAN-wehn(Welsh)
Personal remark: "beautiful raven"
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Means "white raven" from Old Welsh bran "raven" and gwen "white, blessed". According to the Second Branch of the Mabinogi [1] she was the daughter of Llŷr. After she was mistreated by her husband Matholwch, the king of Ireland, she managed to get a message to her brother Brân, the king of Britain. Brân launched a costly invasion to rescue her, but she died of grief shortly after her return.
Blodwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: BLOD-wehn
Personal remark: "white flowers"
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Means "white flowers" from Welsh blodau "flowers" combined with gwen "white, blessed". This is the name of an 1878 Welsh opera by Joseph Parry.
Bellabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
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Combination of Bella and Beth.
Bairre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
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Diminutive of Finbar or Bairrfhionn.
Azmaveth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עַזְמָוֶת(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AZ-mə-veth(Biblical English)
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This name is comprised of two parts: עזז ('azaz) meaning "to be strong" and מות (mut) meaning "to kill". Some sources claim the combined meaning of this name is "Death is Strong".

This name is used many times in the Bible. It is also the name a town mentioned in Nehemiah 12:29.

Averill
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Personal remark: "boar battle"
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From an English surname that was originally derived from the feminine given name Eoforhild.
Ashling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ASH-ling(English)
Personal remark: "vision, dream"
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Anglicized form of Aisling.
Asenath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אָסְנַת(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AS-i-nath(English)
Personal remark: "devoted to the goddess Neith"
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Means "belonging to the goddess Neith" in Ancient Egyptian. In the Old Testament this is the name of Joseph's Egyptian wife. She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Armistice
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, American (Rare)
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From the English word armistice meaning "truce, ceasefire", ultimately derived from Latin arma "arms" and -stitium "stoppage". This is the name of a character on the HBO series 'Westworld'.
Anneth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (?)
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From the Cornish word annedh "home". A fictional bearer is Anneth Sizemore in Silas House's 2001 novel 'Clay's Quilt'.
Annesley
Usage: English
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From Old English anne "alone, solitary" and leah "woodland, clearing". This is the name of a town in Nottinghamshire.
Androw
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic), Cornish
Personal remark: var: androwe
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Archaic English variant and Cornish form of Andrew. This was borne by Androw Myllar (floruit 1503-1508), the first Scottish printer.
Amyas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
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Meaning unknown, perhaps a derivative of Amis. Alternatively, it may come from a surname that originally indicated that the bearer was from the city of Amiens in France. Edmund Spenser used this name for a minor character in his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590).
Amity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: A-mi-tee
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From the English word meaning "friendship", ultimately deriving from Latin amicitia.
Amice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
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Medieval name derived from Latin amicus meaning "friend". This was a popular name in the Middle Ages, though it has since become uncommon.
Aldara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician
Personal remark: hild ("battle") + war ("vigilant, cautious")
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Galician form of the Visigothic name *Hildiwara, which was composed of the Gothic elements hilds "battle" and wars "aware, cautious". This was the name of the 7th-century wife of the Visigothic king Gundemar. It was also borne by the mother of Saint Rosendo (10th century).
Adair
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-DEHR
Personal remark: (ə-DEHR) From EDGAR.
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From an English surname that was derived from the given name Edgar.
Accepted
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Pronounced: ak-SEHP-tid
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Referring to being accepted into the Kingdom of God.
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