Behind the Name: Chariot of Artemis's Personal Name List

Ximena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: khee-MEH-na

Feminine form of Ximeno. This was the name of the wife of El Cid.

Xavier

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish

Pronounced: ZAY-vyər(English) ig-ZAY-vyər(English) GZA-VYEH(French) shu-vee-EHR(European Portuguese) sha-vee-EKH(Brazilian Portuguese) shə-bee-EH(Catalan) kha-BYEHR(Spanish) sa-BYEHR(Spanish)

Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was born in a village by this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.

Sayuri

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 小百合, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さゆり(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: SA-YOO-REE

From Japanese 小 (sa) meaning "small" and 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations.

Sayaka

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 沙也香, 沙耶香, 沙也加, 紗耶香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さやか(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: SA-YA-KA

From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 紗 (sa) meaning "thread, silk" with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 耶 (ya), an interjection, combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 加 (ka) meaning "increase". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.

Rowena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: ro-EEN-ə

Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements hroð "fame" and wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements ron "spear" and gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).

Priam

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Anglicized)

Other Scripts: Πρίαμος(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: PRIE-əm(English)

From the Greek Πρίαμος (Priamos), possibly meaning "redeemed". In Greek legend Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and the father of many children including Hector and Paris.

Morla

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Literature, Italian (Rare), English (Rare)

Pronounced: MOR-lah(Literature)

Transferred use of the surname Morla.
Morla, also known as 'The Ancient One', is a giant turtle in German author Michael Ende's 'The Neverending Story' (1979). She assists the protagonist Atreyu in his quest.

Mireia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Catalan, Spanish

Pronounced: mee-REH-yə(Catalan) mee-REH-ya(Spanish)

Catalan form of Mirèio (see Mireille).

Merlyn

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: MUR-lin

Variant of Merlin, sometimes used as a feminine form. It has perhaps been influenced by the Welsh word merlyn meaning "pony".

Lysias

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek

Other Scripts: Λυσίας(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: luy-see-as(Attic Greek) luy-SEE-as(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) lee-SEE-as(Constantinopolitan Greek) LI-see-əs(English)

Derived from Greek λύσις (lysis) meaning "a release, loosening".

Ezra

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical

Other Scripts: עֶזְרָא(Hebrew)

Pronounced: EHZ-rə(English)

Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.

Eneida

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)

Pronounced: eh-NAY-dha(Spanish)

From the Portuguese and Spanish name of the Aeneid (see Aeneas).

Consuelo

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: kon-SWEH-lo

Means "consolation" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo, meaning "Our Lady of Consolation".

Cáel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Irish Mythology

From Old Irish cáel meaning "slender". In Irish legend Cáel was a warrior of the Fianna and the lover of Créd.

Basil 2

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: باسل(Arabic)

Pronounced: BA-seel

Means "brave, valiant" in Arabic.

Basajaun

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Basque Mythology

Pronounced: ba-sa-YOWN(Basque) ba-sa-KHOWN(Basque)

Means "lord of the woods" from Basque baso "woods" and jaun "lord". This is the name of a character in Basque folklore, the Old Man of the Woods.

Atsuko

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 温子, 篤子, 敦子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あつこ(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: A-TSOO-KO

From Japanese 温 (atsu) meaning "warm", 篤 (atsu) meaning "deep, true, sincere" or 敦 (atsu) meaning "honest" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Artemis

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek

Other Scripts: Ἄρτεμις(Ancient Greek) Άρτεμις(Greek)

Pronounced: AR-TEH-MEES(Classical Greek) AHR-tə-mis(English)

Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek ἀρτεμής (artemes) meaning "safe" or ἄρταμος (artamos) meaning "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.

Álmos

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: AL-mosh

Possibly from Hungarian álom "dream", though perhaps of Turkic origin meaning "bought". This was the name of the semi-legendary father of Árpád, the founder of the Hungarian state. Álmos's mother Emese supposedly had a dream in which a turul bird impregnated her and foretold that her son would be the father of a great nation.