Behind the Name: Mirai Kurai's Personal Name List

Zamfir

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian (Rare), Old Church Slavic

Pronounced: zahm-fir(Romanian)

Personal remark: "sapphire"

From the archaic Old Church Slavonic word самфиръ (samfirŭ) meaning "sapphire".

Vigiliu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian

Personal remark: "awake, alert, ready"

Romanian form of Vigilius.

Vespera

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Esperanto

Pronounced: vehs-PEH-ra

Personal remark: "of the evening"

Means "of the evening", derived from Esperanto vespero "evening", ultimately from Latin vesper.

Verena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, Late Roman

Pronounced: veh-REH-na(German)

Personal remark: "true"

Possibly related to Latin verus "true". This might also be a Coptic form of the Ptolemaic name Berenice. Saint Verena was a 3rd-century Egyptian-born nurse who went with the Theban Legion to Switzerland. After the legion was massacred she settled near Zurich.

Teona

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Georgian

Other Scripts: თეონა(Georgian)

Personal remark: "goddess"

Georgian form of Theano.

Sulamita

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Romanian (Rare)

Personal remark: "peace"

Romanian form of Shulammite.

Stere

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian

Pronounced: ste-re

Personal remark: "solid"

Likely derived from the Greek stereos (στερεός) meaning "solid".

Stav

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: סתָו, סתיו(Hebrew)

Personal remark: "autumn"

Means "autumn" in Hebrew.

Scarlat

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian (Archaic)

Possibly derived from medieval Latin scarlatum meaning "scarlet cloth", itself ultimately derived from an Arabic or Persian word. It was primarily in use in the 1700s and 1800s

This name was borne by two princes of Moldavia and Wallachia, namely Scarlat Ghica (1715-1766) and his grandson Scarlat Callimachi (1773-1821).

Saveriu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Corsican

Personal remark: Corsican version of XAVIER.

Corsican form of Xavier.

Rodica

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Romanian

Pronounced: ro-DEE-ka

Personal remark: "fertile"

Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Romanian rod (a Slavic borrowing) meaning "fruit" or Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose".

Rava

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Esperanto

Pronounced: RA-va

Personal remark: "ravishing"

Means "lovely, delightful" in Esperanto.

Rahela

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Romanian, Croatian, Serbian

Other Scripts: Рахела(Serbian)

Personal remark: "ewe"

Romanian, Croatian and Serbian form of Rachel.

Pipra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Esperanto

Pronounced: PEE-pra

Personal remark: "peppery"

From Esperanto pipro meaning "pepper".

Ozana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Romanian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)

Personal remark: "deliver us"

Romanian and Croatian form of Osanna.

Noemina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Romanian (Rare)

Personal remark: Romanian variant of NAOMI (pleasantness)

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Variant of Naomi 1.

Neofit

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Bulgarian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)

Other Scripts: Неофит(Bulgarian, Macedonian)

Personal remark: "newly planted"

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Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Neophytos.

Naia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Basque

Pronounced: NIE-a

Personal remark: "wave, sea foam"

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Means "wave, sea foam" in Basque.

Manaia

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Maori

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From the name of a stylized design common in Maori carvings. It represents a mythological creature with the head of a bird and the body of a human.

Ginevra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: jee-NEH-vra

Personal remark: "white phantom"

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Italian form of Guinevere. This is also the Italian name for the city of Geneva, Switzerland. It is also sometimes associated with the Italian word ginepro meaning "juniper".

Evaristo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

Pronounced: eh-ba-REES-to(Spanish) eh-va-REE-sto(Italian) i-vu-REESH-too(European Portuguese) eh-va-REES-too(Brazilian Portuguese)

Personal remark: "well pleasing"

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Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Evaristus.

Estera

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Polish, Slovak, Romanian, Lithuanian

Pronounced: eh-STEH-ra(Polish)

Personal remark: "star" (?)

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Polish, Slovak, Romanian and Lithuanian form of Esther.

Epictet

Gender: Masculine

Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)

Personal remark: "newly acquired"

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Romanian form of Epiktetos via its latinized form Epictetus. This is the name of one of the earliest saints of Romania.

Edera

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Albanian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Maltese (Rare)

Personal remark: "ivy"

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Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".

Dovev

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: דּוֹבֵב(Hebrew)

Personal remark: "whisper"

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Means "to draw out, cause to speak", though "whisper" is the more commonly accepted meaning.

Doroteia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Portuguese

Pronounced: doo-roo-TAY-u(European Portuguese) do-ro-TAY-u(Brazilian Portuguese)

Personal remark: "gift of god"

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Portuguese form of Dorothea.

Dezideriu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian (Rare)

Personal remark: "longing, desire"

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Romanian form of Desiderius.

Corentin

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Breton, French

Pronounced: ko-REHN-teen(Breton) KAW-RAHN-TEHN(French)

Personal remark: "hurricane" (?)

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French form of the Breton name Kaourintin, possibly from korventenn meaning "hurricane, storm". Alternatively, it could be connected to the Brythonic root *karid meaning "love" (modern Breton karout). This was the name of a 5th-century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.

Codru

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian (Rare)

Pronounced: KOD-roo

Personal remark: "forest"

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Derived from Romanian codru "wood, forest".

Chiru

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian (Archaic)

Personal remark: "lord"

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Romanian form of Kyrios.

Cetina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Medieval Romanian

Derived from Romanian cetină "fallen needle leaves".

Antim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Bulgarian, Romanian

Other Scripts: Антим(Bulgarian)

Personal remark: "flower, blossom"

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Bulgarian and Romanian form of Anthimos.

Amimona

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Personal remark: "the blameless one"

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Romanian form of Amymone.

Amaia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Basque

Personal remark: "the end"

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Means "the end" in Basque. This is the name of a character in the historical novel Amaya, or the Basques in the 8th century (1879) by Francisco Navarro-Villoslada (Amaya in the Spanish original; Amaia in the Basque translation).

Ahava

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: אַהֲבָה(Hebrew)

Personal remark: "love"

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Means "love" in Hebrew.

Afina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Romanian

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Derived from Romanian afin meaning "bilberry".