Snailbella Gal's Personal Name List

Wynne 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: WIN
Variant of Wyn, sometimes used as a feminine form.
Sinikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-neek-kah
Elaborated form of Sini, also meaning "bluebird".
Savannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: sə-VAN-ə
From the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taino (Native American) word zabana. It came into use as a given name in America in the 19th century. It was revived in the 1980s by the movie Savannah Smiles (1982).
Mila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Мила(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian) Міла(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: MYEE-lə(Russian)
From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names containing that element.
Mia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, English
Pronounced: MEE-ah(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) MEE-a(Dutch, German, Italian) MEE-ə(English)
Diminutive of Maria. It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".

This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [1]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.

Maija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Latvian
Pronounced: MIE-yah(Finnish)
Finnish and Latvian variant of Maria or Marija. The Latvian playwright Anna Brigadere used this name for the main character in her play Maija un Paija (1922).
Kyveli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Κυβέλη(Greek)
Pronounced: kyee-VEH-lee
Modern Greek form of Cybele.
Kierra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: kee-EHR-ə
Variant of Kiara influenced by the spelling of Sierra.
Jade
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: JAYD(English) ZHAD(French)
From the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings. It is derived from Spanish (piedra de la) ijada meaning "(stone of the) flank", relating to the belief that jade could cure renal colic. As a given name, it came into general use during the 1970s. It was initially unisex, though it is now mostly feminine.
Cybele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κυβέλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SIB-ə-lee(English)
Meaning unknown, possibly from Phrygian roots meaning either "stone" or "hair". This was the name of the Phrygian mother goddess associated with fertility and nature. She was later worshipped by the Greeks and Romans.
Camryn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAM-rən
Variant (typically feminine) of Cameron.
behindthename.com   ·   Copyright © 1996-2024