Loyal_Rage's Personal Name List
Zoltán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian, Slovak
Pronounced: ZOL-tan(Hungarian) ZAWL-tan(Slovak)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Possibly related to the Turkish title sultan meaning "king, sultan". This was the name of a 10th-century ruler of Hungary, also known as Zsolt.
Zenobia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ζηνοβία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZDEH-NO-BEE-A(Classical Greek) zə-NO-bee-ə(English)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means
"life of Zeus", derived from Greek
Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of
Zeus" and
βίος (bios) meaning "life". This was the name of the queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which broke away from Rome in the 3rd-century and began expanding into Roman territory. She was eventually defeated by the emperor
Aurelian. Her Greek name was used as an approximation of her native Aramaic name.
Voitto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VOIT-to
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "victory" in Finnish.
Viking
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: VEE-king
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse name Víkingr meaning "viking, raider", ultimately from vík "cove, inlet".
Veikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAYK-ko
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".
Valto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHL-to
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Finnish short form of
Valdemar and other names containing
vald.
Väinö
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VIE-nuu
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Taimi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TIE-mee(Finnish)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From Finnish taimi meaning "sapling, young tree" or Estonian taim meaning "plant" (words from a common origin).
Tähti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Pronounced: TAKH-tee(Finnish)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Finnish and Estonian.
Sloan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SLON
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Slade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SLAYD
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from Old English slæd meaning "valley".
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of the Late Latin name
Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word
seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant
"fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.
This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.
Sakari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-kah-ree
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Säde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SA-deh
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "ray of light" in Finnish.
Oliver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Catalan, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Carolingian Cycle
Other Scripts: Оливер(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: AHL-i-vər(English) O-lee-vu(German) O-lee-vehr(Finnish) oo-lee-BEH(Catalan) O-li-vehr(Czech) AW-lee-vehr(Slovak)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
From Old French
Olivier, which was possibly derived from Latin
oliva "olive tree" [1]. Alternatively there could be an underlying Germanic name, such as Old Norse
Áleifr (see
Olaf) or Frankish
Alawar (see
Álvaro), with the spelling altered by association with the Latin word. In the Middle Ages the name became well-known in Western Europe because of the French epic
La Chanson de Roland, in which Olivier is a friend and advisor to the hero
Roland.
In England Oliver was a common medieval name, however it became rare after the 17th century because of the military commander Oliver Cromwell, who ruled the country following the civil war. The name was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due in part to the title character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838), about a poor orphan living on the streets of London. It became very popular at the beginning of the 21st century, reaching the top rank for boys in England and Wales in 2009 and entering the top ten in the United States in 2017.
Octavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ahk-TAY-vee-ə(English) ok-TA-bya(Spanish) ok-TA-wee-a(Latin)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of
Octavius. Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony and the sister of the Roman emperor Augustus. In 19th-century England it was sometimes given to the eighth-born child.
Nikola 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: NI-ko-la(German, Czech) NEE-kaw-la(Slovak)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
German, Polish, Czech and Slovak feminine form of
Nicholas. Note, in Czech this is also a masculine name (see
Nikola 1).
Nicola 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: NI-ko-la(German) NIK-ə-lə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of
Nicholas. In the English-speaking world this name is more common outside of America, where
Nicole is more usual.
Miska
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEES-kah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Mirja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEER-yah
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Minty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MIN-tee
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Minttu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEENT-too
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "mint" in Finnish.
Minta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIN-tə
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Milo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: MIE-lo(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Old German form of
Miles, as well as the Latinized form. This form was revived as an English name in the 19th century
[2].
Milko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Милко(Bulgarian)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Originally a
diminutive of names containing the Slavic element
milŭ meaning
"gracious, dear".
Milka 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Милка(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: MEEL-ka(Croatian)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Originally a
diminutive of names containing the Slavic element
milŭ meaning
"gracious, dear".
Miles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIELZ
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
From the Germanic name
Milo, introduced by the
Normans to England in the form
Miles. The meaning is not known for certain. It is possibly connected to the Slavic name element
milŭ meaning
"gracious, dear". From an early date it was associated with Latin
miles meaning
"soldier".
A notable bearer was the American musician Miles Davis (1926-1991). In Scotland this name was historically used to Anglicize Maoilios.
Mile
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Миле(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: mee-LEH(Croatian, Serbian)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of
Miodrag,
Milan, and other names containing the Slavic element
milŭ meaning
"gracious, dear". It is often used independently.
Mila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Мила(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian) Міла(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: MYEE-lə(Russian)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the Slavic element
milŭ meaning
"gracious, dear", originally a short form of names containing that element.
Miku
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美空, 美久, 未来, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みく(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-KOO
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Japanese
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with
空 (ku) meaning "sky" or
久 (ku) meaning "long time". It can also come from a
nanori reading of
未来 (mirai) meaning "future". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
Miksa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: MEEK-shaw
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Mikko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEEK-ko
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Mikkel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: MEEG-gehl(Danish) MIK-kəl(Norwegian)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Danish form of
Michael. It can also derive from the Scandinavian root
mikill meaning "enormous".
Mikelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: mee-KEH-lo
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Mikaela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: MEE-kah-eh-lah(Finnish)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Mika 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MEE-kah
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Mika 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美香, 美加, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-KA
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
From Japanese
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with
香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or
加 (ka) meaning "increase". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Miha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Mielikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from Finnish mieli meaning "mind, mood". This was the name of a Finnish goddess of forests and hunting. By some accounts she is the wife of the god Tapio.
Micah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: מִיכָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: MIE-kə(English)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Contracted form of
Micaiah. Micah is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament. He authored the Book of Micah, which alternates between prophesies of doom and prophesies of restoration. This is also the name of a separate person in the Book of Judges, the keeper of an idol. It was occasionally used as an English given name by the
Puritans after the
Protestant Reformation, but it did not become common until the end of the 20th century.
Mica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Melor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Мэлор(Russian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Acronym of Russian
Маркс Энгельс Ленин Октябрьская Революция (Marx, Engels, Lenin, October Revolution). This name commemorates the creation of the former Soviet state. It was created by communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Mave
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Mauri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MOW-ree
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Masha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Маша(Russian)
Pronounced: MA-shə
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Marko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Estonian, Basque
Other Scripts: Марко(Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MAHR-ko(Finnish)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Form of
Mark in several languages.
Markku
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHRK-koo
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Finnish form of
Marcus (see
Mark).
Marjo 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-yo
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Finnish and Dutch form of
Maria.
Marama
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Maori, Polynesian Mythology
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means
"moon" in Maori. This is the name of a moon god (or goddess) in Maori
mythology.
Maleko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Màiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: MA-ryi
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Scottish Gaelic form of
Maria (see
Mary). The form
Moire is used to refer to the Virgin Mary.
Máire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: MA-ryə
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Irish form of
Maria (see
Mary). The form
Muire is used to refer to the Virgin Mary.
Maire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: MIE-reh(Finnish)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Derived from Finnish mairea meaning "gushing, sugary".
Mair
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: MIER
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Welsh form of
Maria (see
Mary).
Mainio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: MIE-nee-o
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "excellent" in Finnish.
Maikel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Modern), Spanish (Modern)
Pronounced: MIE-kəl(Dutch) MIE-kehl(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Dutch and Spanish variant of
Michael (based on the English pronunciation).
Maela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Mael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Mackenzie
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mə-KEHN-zee
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Mac Coinnich, itself derived from the given name
Coinneach. As a feminine given name it was popularized by the American actress Mackenzie Phillips (1959-), especially after she began appearing on the television comedy
One Day at a Time in 1975. In the United Kingdom it is more common as a masculine name.
Maala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Μααλά(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Lyyti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: LUY-tee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Lior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means
"my light" in Hebrew, from
לִי (li) "for me" and
אוֹר (ʾor) "light".
Lassi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LAHS-see
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Larunda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: la-ROON-da(Latin)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Possibly connected to Greek
λαλέω (laleo) meaning
"to talk, to chatter", or the Latin term
Lares referring to minor guardian gods. In Roman
mythology Larunda or Lara was a water nymph who was overly talkative. She revealed to
Juno that her husband
Jupiter was having an affair with
Juturna, so Jupiter had Larunda's tongue removed. By the god
Mercury she had two children, who were Lares.
Lari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LAH-ree
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kyösti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KYUUS-tee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kyllikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KUYL-leek-kee(Finnish)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from Finnish kyllä "abundance" or kyllin "enough". This is the name of a character in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.
Kusti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOOS-tee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kukka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOOK-kah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "flower" in Finnish.
Korey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAWR-ee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kirsikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-seek-kah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "cherry" in Finnish.
Kirsi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-see
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Finnish form of
Christina, or a short form of
Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.
Kauko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KOW-ko
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "far away" in Finnish.
Kamon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: กมล(Thai)
Pronounced: ka-MON
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "heart, mind" in Thai.
Jyrki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YUYR-kee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jyri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YUY-ree
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Juuso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOO-so
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Justice
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JUS-tis
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
From an occupational surname meaning "judge, officer of justice" in Old French. This name can also be given in direct reference to the English word justice.
Jussi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOOS-see
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Juska
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOOS-kah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jouni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YO-nee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jouko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YO-ko
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Josefiina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YO-seh-fee-nah
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Finnish feminine form of
Joseph.
Jorma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOR-mah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Finnish (allegedly Karelian) form of
Jeremiah. This was the name of a character in Juhani Aho's novel
Panu (1897).
Jooseppi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Archaic)
Pronounced: YO-sehp-pee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Johanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Pronounced: yo-HA-na(German) yuw-HAN-na(Swedish) yo-HAHN-nah(Danish) yo-HAH-na(Dutch) YO-hawn-naw(Hungarian) YO-hahn-nah(Finnish) jo-HAN-ə(English) jo-AN-ə(English)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Latinate form of Greek
Ioanna (see
Joanna).
Jess
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHS
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Jere
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Croatian, English
Pronounced: YEH-reh(Finnish) JEHR-ee(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jason
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Greek Mythology (Anglicized), Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἰάσων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: JAY-sən(English) ZHA-ZAWN(French)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
From the Greek name
Ἰάσων (Iason) meaning
"healer", derived from Greek
ἰάομαι (iaomai) meaning "to heal". In Greek
mythology Jason was the leader of the Argonauts. After his uncle
Pelias overthrew his father
Aeson as king of Iolcos, Jason went in search of the Golden Fleece in order to win back the throne. During his journeys he married the sorceress
Medea, who helped him gain the fleece and kill his uncle, but who later turned against him when he fell in love with another woman.
This name also appears in the New Testament, belonging to man who sheltered Paul and Silas. In his case, it may represent a Hellenized form of a Hebrew name. It was not used in England until after the Protestant Reformation.
Jaska
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHS-kah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jarkko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHRK-ko
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jarkki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jalo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAH-lo
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "noble, gracious" in Finnish.
Jalmari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHL-mah-ree
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jaami
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jaakoppi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: YAH-kop-pee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jaakko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YAHK-ko
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jaakkima
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: YAHK-kee-mah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Ismo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EES-mo
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Iris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἶρις(Ancient Greek) Ίρις(Greek)
Pronounced: IE-ris(English) EE-ris(German, Dutch) EE-rees(Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Italian) EE-REES(French)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.
Iisakki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-sahk-kee
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Iiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-ro
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Iikka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEK-kah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Iida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-dah
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Honour
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AHN-ər
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the English word
honour, which is of Latin origin. This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans in the 17th century. It can also be viewed as a form of
Honoria or
Honorata, which are ultimately derived from the same source.
Hero 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἡρώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HIR-o(English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek
ἥρως (heros) meaning
"hero". In Greek legend she was the lover of
Leander, who would swim across the Hellespont each night to meet her. He was killed on one such occasion when he got caught in a storm while in the water, and when Hero saw his dead body she drowned herself. This is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's play
Much Ado About Nothing (1599).
Hemmo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Helmi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish
Pronounced: HEHL-mee(Finnish)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Hellä
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHL-la
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "gentle, tender" in Finnish.
Helka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHL-kah
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Finnish variant of
Helga.
Heli 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: HEH-lee(Finnish)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of
Helena. In Estonian this coincides with the word
heli meaning "sound".
Heino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: HIE-no(German) HAY-no(Finnish)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
German form of
Haimo (see
Hamo).
Heikki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAYK-kee
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Hale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAYL
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "nook, retreat" from Old English healh.
Grace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYS
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
From the English word
grace, which ultimately derives from Latin
gratia. This was one of the virtue names created in the 17th century by the
Puritans. The actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) was a famous bearer.
This name was very popular in the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century. Though it declined in use over the next 100 years, it staged a successful comeback at the end of the 20th century. The American sitcom Will and Grace (1998-2006) may have helped, though the name was already strongly rising when it premiered. It was the top name for girls in England and Wales in 2006.
Gore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GAWR
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From an English surname meaning "triangular" (from Old English gara), originally referring to someone who lived on a triangular piece of land. A famous bearer was American writer Gore Vidal (1925-2012).
Glory
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GLAWR-ee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.
Flick
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FLIK
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Evangeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: i-VAN-jə-leen, i-VAN-jə-lien
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means
"good news" from Greek
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
ἄγγελμα (angelma) meaning "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1847 epic poem
Evangeline [1][2]. It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.
Evangelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English
Pronounced: eh-ban-kheh-LEE-na(Spanish) i-van-jə-LEE-nə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Essi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EHS-see
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Erkki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: EHRK-kee(Finnish)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Finnish and Estonian form of
Eric.
Eerikki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EH-reek-kee
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Eenokki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Eemeli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EH-meh-lee
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Echo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠχώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-ko(English)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From the Greek word
ἠχώ (echo) meaning
"echo, reflected sound", related to
ἠχή (eche) meaning "sound". In Greek
mythology Echo was a nymph given a speech impediment by
Hera, so that she could only repeat what others said. She fell in love with
Narcissus, but her love was not returned, and she pined away until nothing remained of her except her voice.
Ebony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: EHB-ən-ee(English)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
From the English word ebony for the black wood that comes from the ebony tree. It is ultimately from the Egyptian word hbnj. In America this name is most often used in the black community.
Drahomíra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: DRA-ho-mee-ra(Czech) DRA-haw-mee-ra(Slovak)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Czech and Slovak feminine form of
Dragomir.
Clay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAY
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that originally referred to a person who lived near or worked with clay. This name can also be a short form of
Clayton.
Charlton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAHRL-tən, KAHRL-tən
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "settlement of free men" in Old English.
Charisma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-RIZ-mə
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From the English word meaning
"personal magnetism", ultimately derived from Greek
χάρις (charis) meaning "grace, kindness".
Cash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KASH
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From an English occupational surname for a box maker, derived from Norman French casse meaning "case", from Latin capsa. It coincides with the English word cash meaning "money" (derived from the same French and Latin roots). A famous bearer of the surname was American musician Johnny Cash (1932-2003).
Cara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-ə, KEHR-ə, KAR-ə
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
From an Italian word meaning "beloved" or an Irish word meaning "friend". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century, though it did not become popular until after the 1950s.
Caprice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kə-PREES
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From the English word meaning "impulse", ultimately (via French) from Italian capriccio.
Cam 2
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAM
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Bryn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIN(English)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Means
"hill, mound" in Welsh. In Wales it is almost always a masculine name, though elsewhere in the English-speaking world it can be unisex (see
Brynn).
Bristol
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIS-təl
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From the name of the city in southwestern England that means "the site of the bridge".
Briar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIE-ər
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Blaze
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BLAYZ
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Modern variant of
Blaise influenced by the English word
blaze.
Blake
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BLAYK
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was derived from Old English blæc "black" or blac "pale". A famous bearer of the surname was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). It was originally a mainly masculine name but in 2007 actress Blake Lively (1987-) began starring in the television series Gossip Girl, after which time it increased in popularity for girls.
Blair
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: BLEHR(English)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
From a Scottish surname that was derived from Gaelic
blàr meaning
"plain, field, battlefield". In Scotland this name is typically masculine.
In the United States it became more common for girls in the early 1980s, shortly after the debut of the television sitcom The Facts of Life (1979-1988), which featured a character named Blair Warner. The name left the American top 1000 rankings two decades later, but was resurrected by another television character, this time Blair Waldorf from the series Gossip Girl (2007-2012).
Blaine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BLAYN
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From a Scottish surname that was derived from the Old Irish given name
Bláán.
Avis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-vis
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Probably a Latinized form of the Germanic name
Aveza, which was derived from the element
awi, of unknown meaning. The
Normans introduced this name to England and it became moderately common during the Middle Ages, at which time it was associated with Latin
avis "bird".
Aukusti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OW-koos-tee
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Ashton
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ASH-tən
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
From an English surname, itself derived from a place name meaning
"ash tree town" in Old English. This was a rare masculine name until the 1980s, when it gradually began becoming more common for both genders. Inspired by the female character Ashton Main from the 1985 miniseries
North and South, parents in America gave it more frequently to girls than boys from 1986 to 1997
[1]. Since then it has been overwhelmingly masculine once again, perhaps due in part to the fame of the actor Ashton Kutcher (1978-).
Asher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ASH-ər(English)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means
"happy, blessed" in Hebrew, derived from
אָשַׁר (ʾashar) meaning "to be happy, to be blessed". Asher in the
Old Testament is a son of
Jacob by
Leah's handmaid
Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in
Genesis 30:13.
Ash
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ASH
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Short form of
Ashley. It can also come directly from the English word denoting either the tree or the residue of fire.
Aro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Armo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: AHR-mo
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "grace, mercy" in Finnish.
Aria 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AHR-ee-ə
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Means "song, melody" in Italian (literally means "air"). An aria is an elaborate vocal solo, the type usually performed in operas. As an English name, it has only been in use since the 20th century, its rise in popularity accelerating after the 2010 premier of the television drama Pretty Little Liars, featuring a character by this name. It is not traditionally used in Italy.
Aoide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀοιδή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ay-EE-dee(English)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means
"song" in Greek. In Greek
mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song.
Anna-Liisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHN-nah-lee-sah
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Angelica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Romanian, Carolingian Cycle
Pronounced: an-JEHL-i-kə(English) an-JEH-lee-ka(Italian)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Derived from Latin
angelicus meaning
"angelic", ultimately related to Greek
ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger". The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their
Orlando poems (1483 and 1532), where she is the love interest of both
Orlando and
Rinaldo. It has been used as a given name since the 18th century.
Anemone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-NEHM-ə-nee
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From the name of the anemone flower, which is derived from Greek
ἄνεμος (anemos) meaning "wind".
Andraste
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ἀνδράστη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Possibly means
"invincible" in Celtic. According to the Greco-Roman historian Cassius Dio
[1], this was the name of a Briton goddess of victory who was invoked by
Boudicca before her revolt.
America
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-MEHR-i-kə
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
In the English-speaking world, this name is usually given in reference to the United States of America (see
Amerigo). It came into use as an American name in the 19th century.
Amber
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: AM-bər(English) AHM-bər(Dutch)
Rating: 70% based on 5 votes
From the English word
amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour. The word ultimately derives from Arabic
عنبر (ʿanbar) meaning "ambergris". It began to be used as a given name in the late 19th century, but it only became popular after the release of Kathleen Winsor's novel
Forever Amber (1944).
Alyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AL-iks
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Feminine variant of
Alex.
Alva 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-və
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Alvah. A famous bearer of this name was the inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).
Alpertti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: AHL-pehrt-tee
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Aleksanteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-lehk-sahn-teh-ree
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Akseli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHK-seh-lee
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Adrian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Other Scripts: Адриан(Russian)
Pronounced: AY-dree-ən(English) a-dree-AN(Romanian) A-dryan(Polish) A-dree-an(German) u-dryi-AN(Russian)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Form of
Hadrianus (see
Hadrian) used in several languages. Several
saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it was not popular until modern times.
Adria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-dree-ə
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Adeliina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-de-lee-nah
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Achilles
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀχιλλεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-KIL-eez(English) a-KEEL-lehs(Latin)
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
From the Greek
Ἀχιλλεύς (Achilleus), which is of unknown meaning, perhaps derived from Greek
ἄχος (achos) meaning
"pain" or else from the name of the Achelous River. This was the name of a warrior in Greek legend, one of the central characters in
Homer's
Iliad. The bravest of the Greek heroes in the war against the Trojans, he was eventually killed by an arrow to his heel, the only vulnerable part of his body.
This name was sometimes used as a personal name, and was borne by a few early saints, including a Roman soldier martyred with Nereus in the 1st century.
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