katyuana's Personal Name List
Qetzi'a
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: קְצִיעָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Lyric
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LIR-ik
Means simply
"lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek
λυρικός (lyrikos).
Luvenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Possibly a form of
Lavinia. It has been used in America since the 19th century.
Lusine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Լուսինե(Armenian)
Pronounced: loo-see-NEH
From Armenian
լուսին (lusin) meaning
"moon".
Luna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English
Pronounced: LOO-na(Latin, Spanish, Italian) LOO-nə(English)
Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
Lulit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ሉሊት(Amharic)
From Amharic
ሉል (lul) meaning
"pearl".
Luksa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: LOOK-sa
Means "luxurious" in Esperanto.
Lucretia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: loo-KREH-tee-a(Latin) loo-KREE-shə(English)
Feminine form of the Roman family name
Lucretius, possibly from Latin
lucrum meaning
"profit, wealth". According Roman legend Lucretia was a maiden who was raped by the son of the king of Rome. This caused a great uproar among the Roman citizens, and the monarchy was overthrown. This name was also borne by a 4th-century
saint and martyr from Mérida, Spain.
Lucina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: loo-KEE-na(Latin) loo-SIE-nə(English) loo-SEE-nə(English)
Derived from Latin lucus meaning "grove", but later associated with lux meaning "light". This was the name of a Roman goddess of childbirth.
Lucifer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: LOO-si-fər(English)
Means
"bringing light", derived from Latin
lux "light" and
ferre "to bring". In Latin this name originally referred to the morning star, Venus, but later became associated with the chief angel who rebelled against God's rule in heaven (see
Isaiah 14:12). In later literature, such as the
Divine Comedy (1321) by Dante and
Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton, Lucifer became associated with Satan himself.
Lucia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, German, Dutch, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: loo-CHEE-a(Italian) LOO-tsya(German) loo-TSEE-a(German) LUY-see-ya(Dutch) LOO-shə(English) loo-SEE-ə(English) luy-SEE-a(Swedish) LOO-chya(Romanian) LOO-kee-a(Latin)
Feminine form of
Lucius.
Saint Lucia was a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse. She was said to have had her eyes gouged out, and thus she is the patron saint of the blind. She was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). It has been used in the England since the 12th century, usually in the spellings
Lucy or
Luce.
Luana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: loo-AN-ə(English) LWA-na(Italian)
From the movie
Bird of Paradise (1932), in which it was borne by the main character, a Polynesian girl
[1]. The movie was based on a 1912 play of the same name set in Hawaii.
Loretta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian
Pronounced: lə-REHT-ə(English) lo-REHT-ta(Italian)
Perhaps a variant of
Lauretta or
Loreto. A famous bearer was the American actress Loretta Young (1913-2000), whose birth name was Gretchen.
Lorena 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: law-REHN-ə
Latinized form of
Lauren. This name was first brought to public attention in America by the song
Lorena (1856), written by Joseph Webster, who was said to have created the name as an anagram of
Lenore (from the character in Poe's poem
The Raven)
[1].
Lorea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: lo-REH-a
Lorcán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: LAWR-kan
Means
"little fierce one", derived from Old Irish
lorcc "fierce" combined with a
diminutive suffix.
Saint Lorcán was a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.
Lonán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: LUW-nan(Irish)
Means
"little blackbird", derived from Old Irish
lon "blackbird" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This name was borne by several early
saints.
Llywellyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Pronounced: loo-EHL-in(English)
Llinos
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SHEE-naws, SHI-naws
Means "linnet, finch" in Welsh. The linnet (species Linaria cannabina) is a small European bird in the finch family.
Lleucu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SHAY-ki
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from
Lleu. This name appears in the 14th-century poem
Marwnad Lleucu Llwyd, written by Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen for his deceased lover Lleucu Llwyd.
Livy 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: LIV-ee(English)
Form of
Livius used to refer to the Roman historian Titus Livius.
Livius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman family name that may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious". Titus Livius, also known as Livy, was a Roman historian who wrote a history of the city of Rome.
Lior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means
"my light" in Hebrew, from
לִי (li) "for me" and
אוֹר (ʾor) "light".
Lindita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Means "the day is born" in Albanian, from lind "to give birth" and ditë "day".
Lileas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic
Lilavati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit
Other Scripts: लीलावती(Sanskrit)
Means "amusing, charming, graceful" in Sanskrit. The 12th-century mathematician Bhaskara gave this name to one of his books on mathematics, possibly after his daughter. This was also the name of a 13th-century queen of Sri Lanka.
Lilach
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִילָךּ(Hebrew)
Means "lilac" in Hebrew.
Lilac
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LIE-lək
From the English word for the shrub with purple or white flowers (genus Syringa). It is derived via Arabic from Persian.
Lieber
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: ליבער(Yiddish)
From Yiddish
ליבע (libe) meaning
"love".
Liber
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: LEE-behr(Latin) LIE-bər(English)
Derived from Latin
liber meaning
"free". This was the name of a Roman fertility god, often identified with
Dionysus.
Libby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIB-ee
Lhamo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Tibetan, Bhutanese
Other Scripts: ལྷ་མོ(Tibetan)
Pronounced: SHA-MO(Tibetan)
Means "goddess" in Tibetan.
Leto
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Λητώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: LEH-TAW(Classical Greek) LEE-to(English)
Possibly from Lycian
lada meaning
"wife". Other theories connect it to Greek
λήθω (letho) meaning
"hidden, forgotten". In Greek
mythology she was the mother of
Apollo and
Artemis by
Zeus.
Lesya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Леся(Ukrainian)
Lesedi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Tswana
Means "light" in Tswana.
Lerato
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Sotho
Means "love" in Sotho.
Leofwine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Means
"dear friend", derived from the Old English elements
leof "dear, beloved" and
wine "friend". This was the name of an 8th-century English
saint, also known as
Lebuin, who did missionary work in Frisia.
Lenza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: LEN-tsa
Leland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
From a surname, originally from an English place name, which meant "fallow land" in Old English. A famous bearer was the politician, businessman and Stanford University founder Leland Stanford (1824-1893).
Leelo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Means "folk song" in Estonian.
Leeba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: ליבאַ(Yiddish) ליבּה(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Yiddish
ליבאַ (see
Liba).
Lavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לָבִיא(Hebrew)
Means "lion" in Hebrew.
Lavender
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LAV-ən-dər
From the English word for the aromatic flower or the pale purple colour.
Laurel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-əl
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.
Lauma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian, Baltic Mythology
Pronounced: LOW-ma(Latvian)
Meaning unknown. In Latvian
mythology this is the name of a forest spirit sometimes associated with childbirth and weaving.
Lauchlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Latif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: لطيف(Arabic) لطیف(Urdu)
Pronounced: la-TEEF(Arabic)
Means
"gentle, kind" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition
اللطيف (al-Laṭīf) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Lamia 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Λάμια(Ancient Greek)
Possibly from Greek
λαιμός (laimos) meaning
"throat". In Greek
mythology this is the name of a queen of Libya who was a mistress of
Zeus.
Hera, being jealous, kills Lamia's children, causing her to go mad and transform into a monster that hunts the children of others.
Lalitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu
Other Scripts: லலிதா(Tamil) ലളിത(Malayalam) లలితా(Telugu)
Southern Indian form of
Lalita.
Lali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ლალი(Georgian)
Pronounced: LAH-LEE
Means "ruby" in Georgian, of Sanskrit origin.
Laleh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: لاله(Persian)
Pronounced: law-LEH
Means "tulip" in Persian.
Lakshmi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi, Odia
Other Scripts: लक्ष्मी(Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali) లక్ష్మి(Telugu) ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ(Kannada) லட்சுமி(Tamil) ലക്ഷ്മി(Malayalam) ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ(Odia)
Pronounced: LUK-shmee(Sanskrit, English)
Means
"sign, mark" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu goddess of prosperity, good luck, and beauty. She is the wife of
Vishnu and her symbol is the lotus flower, with which she is often depicted.
Laima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Latvian, Baltic Mythology
Pronounced: LIE-ma(Latvian)
From Latvian laime and Lithuanian laima, which mean "luck, fate". This was the name of the Latvian and Lithuanian goddess of fate, luck, pregnancy and childbirth. She was the sister of the goddesses Dēkla and Kārta, who were also associated with fate.
Laelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: LIE-lee-a
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning. This is also the name of a type of flower, an orchid found in Mexico and Central America.
Lael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: לָאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Means
"of God" in Hebrew. This is the name of the father of Eliasaph in the
Old Testament. It is misspelled as
Δαήλ (Dael) in the Greek translation, the Septuagint.
Lachlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: LAKH-lən(Scottish) LAWK-lən(British English) LAK-lən(American English)
Anglicized form of
Lachlann, the Scottish Gaelic form of
Lochlainn. In the English-speaking world, this name was especially popular in Australia towards the end of the 20th century.
Kyou
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 協, 京, 郷, 杏, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きょう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KYO
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji
協 or
京 or
郷 or
杏 (see
Kyō).
Kunthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: គន្ធា(Khmer)
Means
"perfume, fragrance" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit
गनध (gandha). It is also said to derive from Khmer
គុណ (kun) meaning "virtue, good deed" and
ធារ (thear) meaning "profusion, abundance".
Kunegunda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: koo-neh-GOON-da
Polish form of
Kunigunde. The 13th-century
Saint Kunegunda was the daughter of Bela IV, king of Hungary. She married Boleslaus V of Poland, but after his death refused to assume power and instead became a nun.
Kulap
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: กุหลาบ(Thai)
Pronounced: koo-LAP
Means "rose" in Thai (of Persian origin).
Krishna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Other Scripts: कृष्ण(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) কৃষ্ণ(Bengali) કૃષ્ણ(Gujarati) కృష్ణ(Telugu) கிருஷ்ணா(Tamil) ಕೃಷ್ಣ(Kannada) കൃഷ്ണ(Malayalam)
Pronounced: KURSH-nu(Sanskrit) KRISH-nə(English)
Derived from Sanskrit
कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) meaning
"black, dark". This is the name of a Hindu deity believed to be an incarnation of the god
Vishnu. According to the
Mahabharata and the
Puranas he was the youngest of King
Vasudeva's eight sons by
Devaki, six of whom were killed by King Kamsa because of a prophecy that a child of Vasudeva would kill Kamsa. However, Krishna and his brother
Balarama were saved and he eventually fulfilled the prophecy by slaying the evil king. He then helped the Pandavas defeat the Kauravas in the Mahabharata War. His philosophical conversation with the Pandava leader
Arjuna forms the text of the important Hindu scripture the
Bhagavad Gita.
In some Hindu traditions, Krishna is regarded as the supreme deity. He is usually depicted with blue skin. He is also known by many epithets, such as Govinda, Gopala, and the patronymic Vasūdeva.
Kreszentia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: krehs-TSEHN-tsya
Krasimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Красимир(Bulgarian)
Derived from the Slavic elements
krasa "beauty, adornment" and
mirŭ "peace, world".
Kouki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 光希, 幸輝, etc.(Japanese Kanji) こうき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-KYEE
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji
光希 or
幸輝 (see
Kōki).
Kotone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 琴音, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ことね(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-TO-NEH
From Japanese
琴 (koto), which refers to a type of musical instrument similar to a harp, combined with
音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Kore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κόρη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KO-REH(Classical Greek)
Means "maiden" in Greek. This was another name for the Greek goddess Persephone.
Korbinian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: kawr-BEE-nee-an
Derived from Latin
corvus meaning
"raven". This was the name of an 8th-century Frankish
saint who was sent by Pope Gregory II to evangelize in Bavaria. His real name may have been
Hraban.
Koray
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "ember moon" in Turkish.
Kolab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer (Rare)
Other Scripts: កុលាប(Khmer)
Pronounced: ko-LAP
Means
"rose" in Khmer, ultimately from Persian
گلاب (golāb).
Koharu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小春, 心春, etc.(Japanese Kanji) こはる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-HA-ROO
From Japanese
小 (ko) meaning "small" or
心 (ko) meaning "heart" combined with
春 (haru) meaning "spring". The compound word
小春 means "late summer". Other combinations of kanji characters can form this name as well.
Kohaku
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 琥珀(Japanese Kanji) こはく(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-HA-KOO
From Japanese
琥珀 (kohaku) meaning "amber".
Kirsikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-seek-kah
Means "cherry" in Finnish.
Kirsi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-see
Finnish form of
Christina, or a short form of
Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.
Kirsan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kalmyk
Other Scripts: Кирсан(Kalmyk Cyrillic)
Derived from Kalmyk киртә (kirtä) meaning "dirty".
Kirilŭ
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Slavic [1]
Other Scripts: Кѷрилъ, Кирилъ, etc.(Church Slavic)
Medieval Slavic form of
Cyril.
Kiraz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: kyee-RAZ
Means "cherry" in Turkish.
Kirabo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Ganda
Means "gift" in Luganda.
Kinga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Hungarian
Pronounced: KEENG-ga(Polish) KEENG-gaw(Hungarian)
Killa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Quechua
Means "moon" in Quechua.
Kielo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEE-lo
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).
Kidist
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ቅድስት(Amharic)
Means "blessed" in Amharic.
Kibwe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kongo
Meaning unknown.
Khurshid
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Urdu, Uzbek
Other Scripts: خورشید(Urdu) Хуршид(Uzbek)
Khamerernebty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Pronounced: ku-MEER-u-NEH-tee
From Egyptian
ḫꜥ-mrr-nb.tj meaning "the beloved of the two ladies appears", derived from
ḫꜥ "to rise, appear, shine forth",
mrj "to love", and
nbtj "the Two Ladies", a royal title referring to the dual protective goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt. This was the name of several royal Egyptian women.
Kfir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: ךְּפִיר(Hebrew)
Means "lion cub" in Hebrew.
Keziah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: קְצִיעָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: kə-ZIE-ə(English)
From the Hebrew name
קְצִיעָה (Qetsiʿa) meaning
"cassia, cinnamon", from the name of the spice tree. In the
Old Testament she is a daughter of
Job.
Ketut
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Balinese
Pronounced: kə-TUWT
Possibly from a Balinese word meaning "small banana". This name is traditionally given to the fourth child.
Kestrel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KEHS-trəl
From the name of the bird of prey, ultimately derived from Old French crecelle "rattle", which refers to the sound of its cry.
Kenina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Kazimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Russian
Other Scripts: Казимир(Russian)
Pronounced: kə-zyi-MYEER(Russian)
Croatian, Slovene and Russian form of
Casimir.
Kazimiera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Lithuanian
Pronounced: ka-zhee-MYEH-ra(Polish)
Kayode
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Means "bringing joy" in Yoruba.
Kayin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba (Rare)
Means "celebrate" in Yoruba.
Katlego
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tswana
Means "success, prosperity" in Tswana.
Katida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: ka-TEE-da
From Esperanto katido meaning "kitten", ultimately from Latin cattus.
Katayun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: کتایون(Persian)
Pronounced: ka-taw-YOON
Kariuki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kikuyu
Means "reincarnated one" in Kikuyu.
Karim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Other Scripts: كريم(Arabic) کریم(Persian) Карим(Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz) Кәрім(Kazakh) Кәрим(Tatar)
Pronounced: ka-REEM(Arabic, Persian, Tajik Persian)
Means
"generous, noble" in Arabic, from the root
كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous". In Islamic tradition
الكريم (al-Karīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Kanga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, Literature
Kanga is a female kangaroo and the doting mother of
Roo in the Winnie-the-Pooh books.
Kamau
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kikuyu
Meaning unknown. This was the birth name of the Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta (1897-1978).
Kamaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Comorian
From Arabic
qamar meaning
"moon", also the root of the name of the island country of the Comoros.
Kamakshi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi
Other Scripts: कामाक्षी(Sanskrit, Hindi)
From Sanskrit
काम (kāma) meaning "love, desire" and
अक्षि (akṣi) meaning "eye". This is the name of a Hindu goddess. She is sometimes considered to be an aspect of
Parvati.
Kalyani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi
Other Scripts: कल्याणी(Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi) కల్యాణి(Telugu) கல்யாணி(Tamil) കല്യാണി(Malayalam) ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಿ(Kannada) কল্যাণী(Bengali)
Means
"beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess
Parvati.
Kalyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Bengali, Telugu
Other Scripts: कल्याण(Hindi) কল্যাণ(Bengali) కళ్యాణ్(Telugu)
From Sanskrit
कल्याण (kalyāṇa) meaning
"beautiful, lovely, auspicious".
Kalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Калина(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ka-LEE-na(Polish)
Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.
Kahurangi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Maori
From the name of a type of green gemstone found in New Zealand, meaning "sky blue" in Maori.
Kahina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⴽⴰⵀⵉⵏⴰ(Tifinagh) كهينة(Arabic)
Derived from Arabic
الكاهنة (al-Kāhina) meaning
"the diviner, the fortuneteller". This was a title applied to the 7th-century Berber queen Dihya, who resisted the Arab expansion into North Africa.
Junia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: YOO-nee-a(Latin)
Feminine form of
Junius. This is the name of an early Christian mentioned in
Paul's epistle to the Romans in the
New Testament (there is some debate about whether the name belongs to a woman
Junia or a man
Junias).
Jumana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: جمانة(Arabic)
Pronounced: joo-MA-na
Means "pearl" in Arabic.
Jochebed
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יוֹכֶבֶד(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: YAHK-i-behd(English)
Jemima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: יְמִימָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jə-MIE-mə(English)
Traditionally said to mean
"dove", it may actually be related to Hebrew
יוֹמָם (yomam) meaning
"daytime" [1]. This was the oldest of the three daughters of
Job in the
Old Testament. As an English name,
Jemima first became common during the
Puritan era.
Jelani
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: jə-LAHN-ee
This name began to be used rarely in the United States in 1973 after it was featured in a nation-wide newspaper article about African baby names
[1]. It probably represents the Arabic name
Jilani, given in honour of the Sufi scholar Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (the meaning quoted by the newspaper article ("mighty") coincides with the meaning of
Qadir).
The name reached its peak of popularity in 1998, likely because it had sounds in common with other fashionable African-American names of the time.
Jedidah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְדִידָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jə-DIE-də(English)
From Hebrew
יָדִיד (yaḏiḏ) meaning
"beloved, friend". In the
Old Testament this is the name of the wife of King Amon of Judah and the mother of
Josiah.
Jaya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: जया, जय(Sanskrit) ஜெயா, ஜெய(Tamil) జయ(Telugu) जया(Hindi, Marathi)
Derived from Sanskrit
जय (jaya) meaning
"victory". In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form
जया (long final vowel) and the masculine form
जय (short final vowel), both of which are used as names or epithets for several characters in Hindu texts. As a modern personal name, this transcription is both feminine and masculine in southern India, but typically only feminine in the north.
Jamyang
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tibetan, Bhutanese
Other Scripts: འཇམ་དབྱངས(Tibetan)
Means
"gentle song" in Tibetan, from
འཇམ ('jam) meaning "gentle, soft" and
དབྱངས (dbyangs) meaning "song, voice".
Jam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: جم(Persian)
Pronounced: JAM(Persian)
Persian form of Avestan
𐬫𐬌𐬨𐬀 (Yima) meaning
"twin" (related to Sanskrit
Yama). This was the name of a mythological king, more commonly called
Jamshid.
Jagoda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Јагода(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ya-GAW-da(Polish)
Means
"strawberry" in South Slavic, and
"berry" in Polish. Also in Poland, this can be a
diminutive of
Jadwiga.
Jael
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Portuguese
Other Scripts: יָעֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAY-əl(English) JAYL(English)
From the Hebrew name
יָעֵל (Yaʿel) meaning
"ibex, mountain goat". This name appears in the
Old Testament belonging to the wife of
Heber the Kenite. After Sisera, the captain of the Canaanite army, was defeated in battle by
Deborah and
Barak he took refuge in Heber's tent. When he fell asleep Jael killed him by hammering a tent peg into his head.
Jacira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tupi
Pronounced: zha-SEE-ru(Brazilian Portuguese)
Means "honey moon" in Tupi, from îasy "moon" and yra "honey".
Izolda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian, Russian, Hungarian, Polish (Rare)
Other Scripts: იზოლდა(Georgian) Изольда(Russian)
Pronounced: i-ZOL-də(Russian) ee-ZAWL-da(Polish)
Georgian, Russian, Hungarian and Polish form of
Iseult.
Izem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵉⵣⴻⵎ(Tifinagh)
Means
"lion" in Tamazight
[1].
Iunia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: YOO-nee-a(Latin)
Itsaso
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-TSA-so
Means "ocean" in Basque.
Itsasne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-TSAS-neh
Itri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⵉⵜⵔⵉ(Tifinagh)
Means "star" in Tamazight.
'Ismat
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عصمت(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘EES-mat
Alternate transcription of Arabic
عصمت (see
Ismat).
Islwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
From the name of a mountain in Wales that means "below the forest" from Welsh is "below" and llwyn "forest, grove".
Isingoma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ganda
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.
Isidore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Georgian (Rare), Jewish
Other Scripts: ისიდორე(Georgian)
Pronounced: IZ-ə-dawr(English) EE-ZEE-DAWR(French)
From the Greek name
Ἰσίδωρος (Isidoros) meaning
"gift of Isis", derived from the name of the Egyptian goddess
Isis combined with Greek
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".
Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century archbishop, historian and theologian.
Though it has never been popular in the English-speaking world among Christians, it has historically been a common name for Jews, who have used it as an Americanized form of names such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah.
Isidora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Исидора(Serbian, Russian) Ἰσιδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-see-DHO-ra(Spanish) ee-zee-DAW-ra(Italian) iz-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Feminine form of
Isidore. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian
saint and hermitess.
Ishtar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒈹, 𒌋𒁯(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: ISH-tahr(English)
From the Semitic root
ʿṯtr, which possibly relates to the Evening Star. Ishtar was an Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess who presided over love, war and fertility. She was
cognate with the Canaanite and Phoenician
Ashtoreth, and she was also identified with the Sumerian goddess
Inanna. Her name in Akkadian cuneiform
𒀭𒈹 was the same as the Sumerian cuneiform for Inanna.
Iscah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִסְכָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name
יִסְכָּה (Yiska) meaning
"to behold". In the
Old Testament this is the name of
Abraham's niece, mentioned only briefly. This is the basis of the English name
Jessica.
Isana
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 鯨, 勇魚, 勇那, 勇和, 功名, 功和, 沙那, 伊紗那, 伊紗奈, 依沙奈, 依瑳菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) いさな(Japanese Hiragana) イサナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: EE-SA-NA
From 鯨
(isana), an old name for a whale now known as
kujira in Japanese, sometimes written as 勇魚 with the addition of 魚
(na) meaning "fish." Another reading for 鯨 is simply
isa and it may appear to be the same element used in the verb 勇む
(isamu) meaning "to be in high spirits, be lively."
The final kanji can be substituted with one that can be read as
na, like 那, 奈, 和 meaning "mild, calm," 名 meaning "name" or 菜 meaning "greens." The first kanji can also be substituted with one that can be shortened to
isa, e.g. 功 meaning "distinguished/meritorious service" or 沙 meaning "sand." Mainly occurring on girls, it can be split into two kanji with an
i kanji, like 伊 or 依 meaning "reliance, dependence," and a
sa kanji, like 沙, 紗 meaning "gauze" or 瑳 meaning "polish, shine."
This name is rarely used.
Isaac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: יִץְחָק(Hebrew)
Pronounced: IE-zək(English) ee-sa-AK(Spanish) EE-ZAK(French) EE-ZA-AK(French)
From the Hebrew name
יִץְחָק (Yitsḥaq) meaning
"he will laugh, he will rejoice", derived from
צָחַק (tsaḥaq) meaning "to laugh". The
Old Testament explains this meaning, by recounting that
Abraham laughed when God told him that his aged wife
Sarah would become pregnant with Isaac (see
Genesis 17:17), and later Sarah laughed when overhearing the same prophecy (see
Genesis 18:12). When Isaac was a boy, God tested Abraham's faith by ordering him to sacrifice his son, though an angel prevented the act at the last moment. Isaac went on to become the father of
Esau and
Jacob with his wife
Rebecca.
As an English Christian name, Isaac was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, though it was more common among Jews. It became more widespread after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and the science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992).
Isa 3
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
is meaning
"ice" (Proto-Germanic *
īsą).
Iolyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Iole
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰόλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-O-LEH(Classical Greek) IE-ə-lee(English)
Ioanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ιωάννα(Greek) Ἰωάννα(Ancient Greek)
Ioana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Йоана(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ee-WA-na(Romanian)
Romanian feminine form of
John. This is also an alternate transcription of Bulgarian
Йоана (see
Yoana).
Inzhu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Інжу(Kazakh)
Means "pearl" in Kazakh.
Inka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Frisian, German
Pronounced: EENG-kah(Finnish) ING-ka(German)
Finnish and Frisian feminine form of
Inge.
Indumathi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil
Other Scripts: இந்துமதி(Tamil)
Indrani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Hindi
Other Scripts: इन्द्राणी(Sanskrit) ইন্দ্রানী(Bengali) इन्द्राणी, इंद्राणी(Hindi)
Means
"wife of Indra" in Sanskrit. This is a
Vedic Hindu goddess who is the wife of
Indra. She is associated with beauty and jealousy.
Indira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Other Scripts: इन्दिरा(Sanskrit) इन्दिरा, इंदिरा(Hindi) इंदिरा(Marathi) ಇಂದಿರಾ(Kannada) இந்திரா(Tamil)
Pronounced: IN-di-ra(Hindi)
Means
"beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of
Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god
Vishnu. A notable bearer was India's first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).
Inanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒈹(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: i-NAH-nə(English)
Possibly derived from Sumerian
nin-an-a(k) meaning
"lady of the heavens", from
𒎏 (nin) meaning "lady" and the genitive form of
𒀭 (an) meaning "heaven, sky". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and war. She descended into the underworld where the ruler of that place, her sister
Ereshkigal, had her killed. The god
Enki interceded, and Inanna was allowed to leave the underworld as long as her husband
Dumuzi took her place.
Inanna was later conflated with the Semitic (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian) deity Ishtar.
Imriška
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak
Imke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch, Low German
Pronounced: IM-kə(Dutch, Low German)
Imani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Swahili, African American
Means
"faith" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic
إيمان (ʾīmān).
Ilmatar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: EEL-mah-tahr(Finnish)
Ilmarinen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: EEL-mah-ree-nehn(Finnish)
Derived from Finnish
ilma meaning
"air". Ilmarinen is an immortal smith in Finnish
mythology, the creator of the sky and the magic mill known as the Sampo. He is one of the main characters in the Finnish epic the
Kalevala.
Ilmari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEL-mah-ree
İlkay
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"new moon" in Turkish, derived from
ilk "first" and
ay "moon".
Ilithyia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εἰλείθυια(Ancient Greek)
From the Greek
Εἰλείθυια (Eileithyia), which was derived from
εἰλήθυια (eilethyia) meaning
"the readycomer". This was the name of the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery.
Ilana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אִילָנָה(Hebrew)
Ila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: इला(Hindi)
Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.
Ikenna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Igbo
Means "power of the father" in Igbo.
IJsbrand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: AYS-brahnt
Derived from the Old German elements
is "ice" and
brant "fire, torch, sword".
Iisakki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-sahk-kee
Igone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-GHO-neh
Means
"ascension" in Basque. It is an equivalent of
Ascensión coined by the Basque writer Sabino Arana in 1910.
Ifunanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "love" in Igbo (literally "to see in one's eye").
Ife
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
From Yoruba
ìfẹ́ meaning
"love".
Ieva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Latvian
Lithuanian and Latvian form of
Eve. This is also the Lithuanian and Latvian word for a type of cherry tree (species Prunus padus).
Idoya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-DHOI-a
Icarus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἴκαρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: IK-ə-rəs(English)
From the Greek
Ἴκαρος (Ikaros), of unknown meaning. In Greek
myth Icarus was the son of
Daedalus, locked with his father inside the Labyrinth by
Minos. They escaped from the maze using wings devised from wax, but Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, plunging him to his death.
Iahmesu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Hypothetical)
Reconstructed Egyptian form of
Ahmose.
Iahel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin
Iah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
From Egyptian
jꜥḥ meaning
"moon". In Egyptian
mythology this was the name of a god of the moon, later identified with
Thoth.
Hyperion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὑπερίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HUY-PEH-REE-AWN(Classical Greek) hie-PEER-ee-ən(English)
Derived from Greek
ὑπέρ (hyper) meaning
"over". In Greek
myth this was the name of a Titan who presided over the sun and light. By
Theia he was the father of the sun god
Helios, the moon goddess
Selene, and the dawn goddess
Eos.
Hrafn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Pronounced: RAPN(Icelandic)
Means "raven" in Old Norse.
Hoshi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 星, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ほし(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HO-SHEE
From Japanese
星 (hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Honey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HUN-ee
Simply from the English word honey, ultimately from Old English hunig. This was originally a nickname for a sweet person.
Hjördís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: KHUUR-tees
Hiwot
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ህይወት(Amharic)
Means "life" in Amharic.
Hinata
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 日向, 陽向, 向日葵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひなた(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-NA-TA
From Japanese
日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place",
陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of
向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible. Because of the irregular readings, this name is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Hiezecihel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin
Heulwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: HAYL-wehn
Means
"sunshine" in Welsh (a compound of
haul "sun" and
gwen "white, blessed").
Hesperos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἕσπερος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHS-PEH-ROS
Means
"evening" in Greek. This was the name of the personification of the Evening Star (the planet Venus) in Greek
mythology.
Hesiod
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ἡσίοδος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHS-ee-əd(English) HEE-see-əd(English)
From the Greek name
Ἡσίοδος (Hesiodos), which probably meant
"to throw song" from
ἵημι (hiemi) meaning "to throw, to speak" and
ᾠδή (ode) meaning "song, ode". This was the name of an 8th-century BC Greek poet.
Hertha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: HEHR-ta
Form of
Nerthus. The spelling change from
N to
H resulted from a misreading of Tacitus's text.
Hera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἥρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEH-RA(Classical Greek) HEHR-ə(English) HEE-rə(English)
Uncertain meaning, possibly from Greek
ἥρως (heros) meaning
"hero, warrior";
ὥρα (hora) meaning
"period of time"; or
αἱρέω (haireo) meaning
"to be chosen". In Greek
mythology Hera was the queen of the gods, the sister and wife of
Zeus. She presided over marriage and childbirth.
Heqet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Heqet was an Egyptian goddess of fertility and was identified with Hathor. She was linked to the annual flooding of the Nile, and was represented as a frog.
Hephzibah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֶףְצִי־בָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HEHF-zi-bə(English) HEHP-zi-bə(English)
Henriikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHN-reek-kah
Finnish feminine form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Helios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἥλιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEH-LEE-OS(Classical Greek) HEE-lee-ahs(English) HEE-lee-əs(English)
Means
"sun" in Greek. This was the name of the young Greek sun god, a Titan, who rode across the sky each day in a chariot pulled by four horses. His sister was the moon goddess
Selene.
Heliodoro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: eh-lyo-DHO-ro(Spanish)
From the Greek name
Ἡλιόδωρος (Heliodoros), derived from the elements
ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" and
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".
Saint Heliodoro was a 4th-century bishop of Altino.
Heledd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: HEH-ledh
Meaning unknown. This is the narrator of the medieval poem Canu Heledd, which laments the loss of her family, including her brother Prince Cynddylan, and the destruction of the kingdom of Powys in the 7th century.
Heiðrún
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Old Norse and Icelandic form of
Heidrun.
Hecuba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἑκάβη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHK-yuw-bə(English)
Latinized form of Greek
Ἑκάβη (Hekabe), which is of uncertain meaning. According to Greek
mythology this was the name of the primary wife of King
Priam of Troy. By him she was the mother of
Hector,
Paris,
Cassandra and many others.
Havilah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֲוִילָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HAV-i-lə(English)
Probably means
"to dance, to circle, to twist" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this is both a place name and a masculine personal name.
Haven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-vən
From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.
Hattie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAT-ee
Haneul
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 하늘(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: HA-NUL
Means "heaven, sky" in Korean.
Hana 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 花, 華, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-NA
From Japanese
花 (hana) or
華 (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Hala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: هالة(Arabic)
Pronounced: HA-la
Means
"halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Haizea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ie-SEH-a
Means "wind" in Basque.
Hadil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: هديل(Arabic)
Pronounced: ha-DEEL
Means "cooing (of a pigeon)" in Arabic.
Hadassah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: הֲדַסָּה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: hə-DAS-ə(English)
Hadas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: הֲדַס(Hebrew)
Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.
Gyatso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tibetan
Other Scripts: རྒྱ་མཚོ(Tibetan)
Pronounced: GYA-TSO, GYAM-TSO
From Tibetan
རྒྱ་མཚོ (rgya-mtsho) meaning
"ocean". This is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).
Gulisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: გულისა(Georgian)
Means
"of the heart" in Georgian, from
გულის (gulis), the genitive of
გული (guli) meaning "heart".
Graciela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: gra-THYEH-la(European Spanish) gra-SYEH-la(Latin American Spanish)
Gowad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Middle Persian form of
Vata.
Gormflaith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Irish
Gemma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Catalan, English (British), Dutch
Pronounced: JEHM-ma(Italian) ZHEHM-mə(Catalan) JEHM-ə(British English) GHEH-ma(Dutch)
Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone". It was borne by the wife of the 13th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
Garsea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Spanish
Pronounced: gar-SEH-a(Spanish)
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Basque word hartz meaning "bear". This was the name of several medieval kings of Navarre and Leon.
Gabija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Probably from Lithuanian
gaubti meaning
"to cover". In Lithuanian
mythology this was the name of the goddess of fire and the home.
Fumnanya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Igbo
Means "love me" in Igbo.
Fríða
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Fishel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: פֿישל(Yiddish) פישׁל(Hebrew)
Means
"little fish" in Yiddish, a
diminutive of
פֿיש (fish) meaning "fish".
Fioralba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Combination of Italian
fiore "flower" (Latin
flos) and
alba "dawn".
Fiachra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: FYEEKH-rə(Irish)
From Old Irish
Fiachrae, possibly from
fiach "raven" or
fích "battle" combined with
rí "king". This was the name of several legendary figures, including one of the four children of
Lir transformed into swans for a period of 900 years. This is also the name of the patron
saint of gardeners: a 7th-century Irish abbot who settled in France, usually called Saint Fiacre.
Ffion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: FEE-awn, FI-awn
Means "foxglove" in Welsh (species Digitalis purpurea). This is a recently created Welsh name.
Féchín
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Pronounced: FYEH-kheen(Irish)
Means
"little raven" from Old Irish
fiach "raven" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of an Irish
saint of the 7th century, the founder of the monastery at Fore. He died of the yellow plague.
Fauna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FOW-na(Latin) FAW-nə(English)
Feminine form of
Faunus. Fauna was a Roman goddess of fertility, women and healing, a daughter and companion of Faunus.
Faolán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: FEH-lan, FEE-lan
Means
"little wolf", derived from Old Irish
fáel "wolf" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of an Irish
saint who did missionary work in Scotland.
Fáelán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Ezgi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehz-GYEE
Means "melody" in Turkish.
Ezequiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: eh-theh-KYEHL(European Spanish) eh-seh-KYEHL(Latin American Spanish)
Spanish and Portuguese form of
Ezekiel.
Eydís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements
ey "good fortune" or "island" and
dís "goddess".
Eveleen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHV-ə-leen
Evangeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: i-VAN-jə-leen, i-VAN-jə-lien
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.
Euterpe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Εὐτέρπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EW-TEHR-PEH(Classical Greek) yoo-TUR-pee(English)
Means
"delight" in Greek, ultimately from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
τέρπω (terpo) meaning "to satisfy, to cheer". In Greek
mythology she was one of the nine Muses, the muse of music and joy. She was said to have invented the double flute.
Eumelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Εὐμελία(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek
εὐμέλεια (eumeleia) meaning
"melody".
Eulalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: UU-LA-LEE
Eulalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Εὐλαλία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ew-LA-lya(Spanish, Italian) yoo-LAY-lee-ə(English)
Derived from Greek
εὔλαλος (eulalos) meaning
"sweetly-speaking", itself from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
λαλέω (laleo) meaning "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century
saint and martyr from Mérida in Spain. Another martyr by this name, living at the same time, is a patron saint of Barcelona. These two saints might be the same person.
Ethelinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
English form of the Germanic name
Adallinda. The name was very rare in medieval times, but it was revived in the early 19th century.
Étaín
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: EH-teen(Irish)
Possibly derived from Old Irish
ét meaning
"jealousy, passion". In Irish legend she is the subject of the 9th-century tale
The Wooing of Étaín [2]. She was the wife of Midir, but his jealous first wife Fuamnach transformed her into a fly. She was accidentally swallowed, and then reborn to the woman who swallowed her. After she grew again to adulthood she married the Irish high king Eochaid Airem, having no memory of Midir. Midir and Étaín were eventually reunited after Midir defeated Eochaid in a game of chess.
In modern Irish this name is properly spelled Éadaoin.
Estibaliz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Esti 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Rare)
Means "sweet, honey", from Basque ezti.
Esraa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-RA
Alternate transcription of Arabic
إسراء (see
Isra).
Esmé
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French. It was first recorded in Scotland, being borne by the first Duke of Lennox in the 16th century. It is now more common as a feminine name.
Esmat
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian, Arabic
Other Scripts: عصمت(Persian) عصمت(Arabic)
Pronounced: ehs-MAT(Persian) ‘EES-mat(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
عصمت (see
Ismat), as well as the usual Persian transcription (typically feminine).
Eseoghene
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Urhobo
Means "God's gift" in Urhobo.
Esen
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: eh-SEHN
Means "the wind" in Turkish.
Erzsébet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EHR-zheh-beht
Hungarian form of
Elizabeth. This is the native name of
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. It was also borne by the infamous Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), a countess and alleged murderer.
Ereshkigal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒊩𒆠𒃲(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: ay-RESH-kee-gahl(English) ehr-esh-KIG-əl(English)
Means
"lady of the great earth", from Sumerian
𒊩𒌆 (ereš) meaning "lady, queen" combined with
𒆠 (ki) meaning "earth" and
𒃲 (gal) meaning "great, big". In Sumerian
mythology she was the goddess of death and the underworld.
Ephraim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֶףְרָיִם(Hebrew) Ἐφραίμ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EEF-ree-əm(English) EEF-rəm(English)
From the Hebrew name
אֶףְרָיִם (ʾEfrayim) meaning
"fruitful". In the
Old Testament Ephraim is a son of
Joseph and
Asenath and the founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. This name was also borne by two early
saints: Ephraim or Ephrem the Syrian, a 4th-century theologian, and Ephraim of Antioch, a 6th-century patriarch of Antioch.
Eos
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠώς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-AWS(Classical Greek) EE-ahs(English)
Means "dawn" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the dawn.
Enyo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐνυώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-NIE-o(English)
Meaning unknown. She was a bloodthirsty Greek war goddess and a companion of
Ares.
Énna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Possibly from Old Irish
én meaning
"bird". This was the name of several Irish kings and heroes. It was also borne by a 6th-century
saint who built the monastery of Killeany on Aran.
Enfys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHN-vis
Means "rainbow" in Welsh. This name was first used in the 19th century.
Endzela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ენძელა(Georgian)
Pronounced: EHN-DZEH-LA
Means "snowdrop (flower)" in Georgian (genus Galanthus).
Emrys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-ris
Welsh form of
Ambrose. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. Tales of his life were used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth to help shape the early character of
Merlin, whom he called Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin.
Emmeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-leen, EHM-ə-lien
From Old French
Emeline, a
diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element
amal meaning
"unceasing, vigorous, brave". The
Normans introduced this name to England.
Emmanuel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, French, English
Other Scripts: עִמָּנוּאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: EH-MA-NWEHL(French) i-MAN-yoo-ehl(English)
From the Hebrew name
עִמָּנוּאֵל (ʿImmanuʾel) meaning
"God is with us", from the roots
עִם (ʿim) meaning "with" and
אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This was the foretold name of the Messiah in the
Old Testament. It has been used in England since the 16th century in the spellings
Emmanuel and
Immanuel, though it has not been widespread
[1]. The name has been more common in continental Europe, especially in Spain and Portugal (in the spellings
Manuel and
Manoel).
Emese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EH-meh-sheh
Possibly derived from Finno-Ugric eme meaning "mother". In Hungarian legend this was the name of the grandmother of Árpád, founder of the Hungarian state.
Elspet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Eliška
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: EH-lish-ka(Czech) EH-leesh-ka(Slovak)
Elaheh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: الهه(Persian)
Pronounced: eh-law-HEH
Means "goddess" in Persian.
Ekene
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "thanks, gratitude" in Igbo.
Eirlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AYR-lis
Means
"snowdrop (flower)" in Welsh, a compound of
eira "snow" and
llys "plant".
Eiluned
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Eileithyia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Εἰλείθυια(Ancient Greek)
Eglė
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Means "spruce tree" in Lithuanian. In a Lithuanian folktale Eglė is a young woman who marries a grass snake. At the end of the tale she turns herself into a spruce.
Eglantine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHG-lən-tien, EHG-lən-teen
From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier. It is derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *aquilentum meaning "prickly". It was early used as a given name (in the form Eglentyne) in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century story The Prioress's Tale (one of The Canterbury Tales).
'Efrayim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אֶףְרָיִם(Ancient Hebrew)
Eden
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern), French (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֵדֶן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-dən(English)
From the biblical place name, itself possibly from Hebrew
עֵדֶן (ʿeḏen) meaning "pleasure, delight"
[1], or perhaps derived from Sumerian
𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the
Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people,
Adam and
Eve, lived before they were expelled.
Ebele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Ealasaid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: EHL-ə-sət
Dzvonimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Macedonian
Other Scripts: Ѕвонимир(Macedonian)
Dzvezda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Macedonian
Other Scripts: Ѕвезда(Macedonian)
Pronounced: DZVEHZ-da
Means "star" in Macedonian.
Dušanka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Slovene, Croatian
Other Scripts: Душанка(Serbian)
Dušana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Душана(Serbian)
Pronounced: DOO-sha-na(Slovak)
Dušan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Душан(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: DOO-shan(Slovak, Czech)
Derived from Slavic
duša meaning
"soul, spirit".
Divya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Other Scripts: दिव्या(Hindi, Marathi) ದಿವ್ಯಾ(Kannada) திவ்யா(Tamil) దివ్యా(Telugu) ദിവ്യ(Malayalam)
Means "divine, heavenly" in Sanskrit.
Dionysodoros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Διονυσόδωρος(Ancient Greek)
Means
"gift of Dionysos" from the name of the god
Dionysos combined with Greek
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".
Diarmaid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: DYEER-ə-məd(Irish)
Meaning unknown, though it has been suggested that it means
"without envy" in Irish. In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior who became the lover of
Gráinne. It was also the name of several ancient Irish kings.
Diantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: die-AN-thə(English)
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").
Diana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Armenian, Georgian, Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Диана(Russian, Bulgarian) Діана(Ukrainian) Դիանա(Armenian) დიანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: die-AN-ə(English) DYA-na(Spanish, Italian, Polish) dee-U-nu(European Portuguese) jee-U-nu(Brazilian Portuguese) dee-A-nə(Catalan) dee-A-na(German, Dutch, Latin) dyee-A-nu(Ukrainian) DI-ya-na(Czech) DEE-a-na(Slovak)
Means
"divine, goddesslike", a derivative of Latin
dia or
diva meaning
"goddess". It is ultimately related to the same Indo-European root *
dyew- found in
Zeus. Diana was a Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess
Artemis.
As a given name, Diana has been regularly used since the Renaissance. It became more common in the English-speaking world following Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy (1817), which featured a character named Diana Vernon. It also appeared in George Meredith's novel Diana of the Crossways (1885). A notable bearer was the British royal Diana Spencer (1961-1997), the Princess of Wales.
Dhaval
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati
Other Scripts: धवल(Marathi) ધવલ(Gujarati)
From Sanskrit
धवल (dhavala) meaning
"dazzling white".
Devika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: देविका(Hindi)
Means
"little goddess" from Sanskrit
देवी (devī) meaning "goddess" and
क (ka) meaning "little".
Devi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Tamil
Other Scripts: देवी(Sanskrit, Hindi) தேவி(Tamil)
Derived from Sanskrit
देवी (devī) meaning
"goddess". This name can be used to refer to
Mahadevi.
Desta
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ደስታ(Amharic)
Means "joy" in Amharic.
Desideria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: deh-zee-DEH-rya(Italian) deh-see-DHEH-rya(Spanish)
Feminine form of
Desiderio. This was the Latin name of a 19th-century queen of Sweden, the wife of Karl XIV. She was born in France with the name
Désirée.
Derya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: dehr-YA
Means "sea, ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
Delilah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: דְּלִילָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: di-LIE-lə(English)
Means
"delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament she is the lover of
Samson, whom she betrays to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which is the source of his power. Despite her character flaws, the name began to be used by the
Puritans in the 17th century. It has been used occasionally in the English-speaking world since that time.
Dekel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דֶּקֶל(Hebrew)
Means "palm tree" in Hebrew.
Deja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: DAY-zhə(English)
Means "already" from the French phrase déjà vu meaning "already seen". It received a popularity boost in 1995 when a character named Deja appeared in the movie Higher Learning.
Deirdre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: DIR-drə(English) DIR-dree(English) DYEHR-dryə(Irish)
From the Old Irish name
Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from
der meaning
"daughter". This was the name of a tragic character in Irish legend who died of a broken heart after
Conchobar, the king of Ulster, forced her to be his bride and killed her lover
Naoise.
It has only been commonly used as a given name since the 20th century, influenced by two plays featuring the character: William Butler Yeats' Deirdre (1907) and J. M. Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows (1910).
Dayo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Means "joy arrives" in Yoruba.
Dalitso
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chewa
Pronounced: dah-LEE-tso
Means "blessing" in Chewa.
Dalisay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tagalog
Pronounced: da-LEE-sie
Means "pure" in Tagalog.
Dalia 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Pronounced: du-LYEH(Lithuanian)
From Lithuanian
dalis meaning
"portion, share". This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of weaving, fate and childbirth, often associated with
Laima.
Dakarai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Shona
Means "rejoice" in Shona.
Dáirine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly derived from
Dáire. This was the name of the daughter of the legendary Irish king
Túathal Techtmar.
Dagrun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse name
Dagrún, which was derived from the Old Norse elements
dagr "day" and
rún "secret lore, rune".
Dagmar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: DOW-mar(Danish) DAK-mar(German) DAG-mar(Czech)
From the Old Norse name
Dagmær, derived from the elements
dagr "day" and
mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the popular Bohemian wife of the Danish king Valdemar II when they married in 1205. Her birth name was
Markéta.
Dada
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Pronounced: DA-DA
Means "curly hair" in Yoruba.
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.
Cvetka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Derived from Slovene cvet meaning "blossom, flower".
Cupido
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: koo-PEE-do(Latin)
Cúchulainn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Means
"hound of Culann" in Irish. This was the usual name of the warrior hero who was named Sétanta at birth, given to him because he took the place of one of Culann's hounds after he accidentally killed it. The Ulster Cycle of Irish
mythology tells of Cúchulainn's many adventures, including his single-handed defence of Ulster against the army of Queen
Medb.
Cúán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Means
"little wolf" or
"little hound" from Old Irish
cú meaning "wolf, hound" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of an 8th-century
saint.
Csilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: CHEEL-law
Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.
Cosette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Literature
Pronounced: KAW-ZEHT(French)
From French
chosette meaning
"little thing". This is the nickname of the illegitimate daughter of Fantine in Victor Hugo's novel
Les Misérables (1862). Her real name is
Euphrasie, though it is seldom used. In the novel young Cosette is the ward of the cruel Thénardiers until she is retrieved by Jean Valjean.
Concha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: KON-cha
Concepción
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kon-thehp-THYON(European Spanish) kon-sehp-SYON(Latin American Spanish)
Means
"conception" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin
Mary. A city in Chile bears this name.
Cionaodh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: KYI-nee
Cináed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Scottish, Old Irish [1]
Possibly from Old Irish
cin "respect, esteem, affection" or
cinid "be born, come into being" combined with
áed "fire", though it might actually be of Pictish origin. This was the name of the first king of the Scots and Picts (9th century). It is often Anglicized as
Kenneth. The originally unrelated name
Coinneach is sometimes used as the modern Scottish Gaelic form.
Chiyoko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千代子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちよこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHEE-YO-KO
From Japanese
千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and
代 (yo) meaning "generation" and
子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Chiamaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "God is more beautiful" in Igbo.
Chernobog
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
Means
"the black god" from Old Slavic
čĭrnŭ "black" and
bogŭ "god". According to a few late sources, Chernobog was a Slavic god of misfortune.
Chenda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ចិន្តា(Khmer)
From Pali
cintā meaning
"thought, care", from Sanskrit
चिनता (cintā).
Chea
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ជា(Khmer)
Pronounced: KYEE
Means "healthy" in Khmer.
Chausiku
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
Means "born at night" in Swahili.
Châu
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: CHUW, KYUW
From Sino-Vietnamese
珠 (châu) meaning
"pearl, gem".
Chatzkel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: חאַצקל(Yiddish)
Charity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEHR-ə-tee, CHAR-ə-tee
From the English word
charity, ultimately derived from Late Latin
caritas "generous love", from Latin
carus "dear, beloved".
Caritas was in use as a Roman Christian name. The English name
Charity came into use among the
Puritans after the
Protestant Reformation. It is currently most common in parts of English-influenced Africa.
Chantrea
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ចន្ទ្រា(Khmer)
Means "moonlight" in Khmer.
Channary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Means
"moon-faced girl" from Khmer
ចន្ទ (chan) meaning "moon" and
នារី (neari) meaning "woman, girl".
Chandra
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Other Scripts: चन्द्र, चन्द्रा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) চন্দ্র(Bengali) চন্দ্ৰ(Assamese) चंद्रा(Marathi) చంద్ర(Telugu) சந்திரா(Tamil) ಚಂದ್ರ(Kannada)
Pronounced: CHAWND-ro(Bengali)
Means
"moon" in Sanskrit, derived from
चन्द (cand) meaning "to shine". This is a transcription of both the masculine form
चण्ड (the god of the moon personified) as well as the feminine form
चण्डा (spelled with a long final vowel).
Chan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ចន្ទ(Khmer)
Pronounced: KYAHN
Means
"moon" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit
चन्द्र (candra).
Cernunnos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gaulish Mythology (Latinized)
Means
"great horned one", from Celtic *
karnos "horn" and the divine or augmentative suffix
-on. This was the name of the Celtic god of fertility, animals, wealth, and the underworld. He was usually depicted having antlers, and was identified with the Roman god
Mercury.
Cerise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SU-REEZ
Means "cherry" in French.
Ceridwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: keh-RID-wehn
Possibly from
cyrrid "bent, crooked" (a derivative of Old Welsh
cwrr "corner") combined with
ben "woman" or
gwen "white, blessed". According to the medieval Welsh legend the
Tale of Taliesin (recorded by Elis Gruffyd in the 16th century) this was the name of a sorceress who created a potion that would grant wisdom to her son Morfan. The potion was instead consumed by her servant Gwion Bach, who was subsequently reborn as the renowned bard
Taliesin.
This name appears briefly in a poem in the Black Book of Carmarthen in the form Kyrridven [1] and in a poem in the Book of Taliesin in the form Kerrituen [2]. Some theories connect her to an otherwise unattested Celtic goddess of inspiration, and suppose her name is related to Welsh cerdd "poetry".
Celyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Means
"holly" in Welsh. It appears briefly in the Welsh tale
Culhwch and Olwen [1], belonging to a son of Caw, but was not typically used as a given name until the 20th century.
Celeste
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English
Pronounced: cheh-LEH-steh(Italian) theh-LEHS-teh(European Spanish) seh-LEHS-teh(Latin American Spanish) sə-LEST(English)
Italian feminine and masculine form of
Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.
Celandine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEHL-ən-deen, SEHL-ən-dien
From the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek
χελιδών (chelidon) meaning "swallow (bird)".
Caoimhe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEE-vyə
Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".
Candelaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kan-deh-LA-rya
Means
"Candlemas" in Spanish, ultimately derived from Spanish
candela "candle". This name is given in honour of the church festival of Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin
Mary.
Cambyses
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Latinized), History
Other Scripts: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹(Old Persian)
Latin form of
Καμβύσης (Kambyses), the Greek form of the Old Persian name
𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (Kabujiya), which is of uncertain meaning, possibly related to the geographical name
Kamboja, a historical region in Central Asia
[1]. Two Persian kings bore this name, including Cambyses II, the second ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, who conquered Egypt.
Calypso
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Καλυψώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-LIP-so(English)
From Greek
Καλυψώ (Kalypso), which probably meant
"she that conceals", derived from
καλύπτω (kalypto) meaning "to cover, to conceal". In Greek
myth this was the name of the nymph who fell in love with
Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on her island of Ogygia. When he refused to stay with her she detained him for seven years until
Zeus ordered her to release him.
Branwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: BRAN-wehn(Welsh)
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.
Božidar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Sorbian
Other Scripts: Божидар(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: BAW-zee-dar(Sorbian)
Means
"divine gift" from the Slavic elements
božĭjĭ "divine" and
darŭ "gift". This is a Slavic translation of
Theodore.
Botum
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: បទុម(Khmer)
Pronounced: pa-TOOM
From Pali
paduma meaning
"lotus", from Sanskrit
पद्म (padma).
Boróka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: BO-ro-kaw
Bopha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: បុប្ផា(Khmer)
Pronounced: bop-PA
From Pali
puppha meaning
"flower", written as
បុប្ផ (bop) in Khmer, from Sanskrit
पुष्प (puṣpa).
Bolormaa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Болормаа(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: PAW-zhuwr-ma
Means
"crystal woman" in Mongolian, from
болор (bolor) meaning "crystal" and the feminine suffix
маа (maa).
Bolívar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: bo-LEE-bar
From a surname that was taken from the Basque place name Bolibar, which was derived from bolu "mill" and ibar "riverside". A famous bearer of the surname was Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), a South American revolutionary leader, after whom the country of Bolivia is named.
Boglárka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: BOG-lar-kaw
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Hungarian (genus Ranunculus), derived from the archaic word boglár meaning "ornament".
Blazhe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Macedonian
Other Scripts: Блаже(Macedonian)
Alternate transcription of Macedonian
Блаже (see
Blaže).
Bláthnat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology
Means
"little flower" from Irish
bláth "flower" combined with a
diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a maiden abducted and married by Cú Roí. She was rescued by
Cúchulainn, who killed her husband, but was in turn murdered by one of Cú Roí's loyal servants.
Bithiah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: בִּתְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: bi-THIE-ə(English)
Means
"daughter of Yahweh" in Hebrew, from the roots
בַּת (baṯ) meaning "daughter" and
יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the
Old Testament this is the name of a daughter of Pharaoh. She is traditionally equated with the pharaoh's daughter who drew
Moses from the Nile.
Bisera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Бисера(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Derived from the South Slavic word
бисер (biser) meaning
"pearl" (ultimately of Arabic origin).
Bibigul
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Бибігүл(Kazakh)
Means "nightingale" in Kazakh.
Bezhan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian (Rare)
Other Scripts: ბეჟან(Georgian)
Georgian form of
Bizhan, which is an older form of
Bijan.
Beulah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: בְּעוּלָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: BYOO-lə(English)
Bessarion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek
Other Scripts: Βησσαρίων(Ancient Greek)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek
βῆσσα (bessa) meaning
"wooded valley". This was the name of a 5th-century Egyptian hermit who was a disciple of
Saint Anthony the Great. It was later adopted by the scholar Basilios Bessarion (1403-1472), a Greek born in Byzantine Anatolia who became a Roman Catholic bishop.
Belén
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: beh-LEHN
Spanish form of
Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King
David and
Jesus were born. The town's name is from Hebrew
בֵּית־לֶחֶם (Beṯ-leḥem) meaning "house of bread".
Behrooz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: بهروز(Persian)
Pronounced: behh-ROOZ
Bébinn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Pronounced: BYEH-vyin(Irish) BYEH-vyeen(Irish)
Means
"white woman", from Old Irish
bé "woman" and
finn "white, blessed". This name was borne by several characters in Irish
mythology, including the mother of the hero Fráech.
Bathsheba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: בַּת־שֶׁבַע(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: bath-SHEE-bə(English)
Means
"daughter of the oath" in Hebrew, derived from
בַּת (baṯ) meaning "daughter" and
שָׁבַע (shavaʿ) meaning "oath". According to the
Old Testament, this was the name of a woman married to
Uriah the Hittite. She became pregnant by King
David, so he arranged to have her husband killed in battle and then married her. She was the mother of
Solomon.
Bast
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Pronounced: BAST(English)
Bahram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: بهرام(Persian)
Pronounced: bah-RAWM(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Avestan
𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬖𐬥𐬀 (Vərəthraghna) meaning
"victory over resistance". This was the name of a Zoroastrian god (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with victory and war. It was also borne by several Sasanian emperors. It is also the Persian name for the planet Mars.
Babak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: بابک(Persian)
Pronounced: baw-BAK
From Middle Persian
𐭯𐭠𐭯𐭪𐭩 (Papak) meaning
"little father". This was the name of the father of
Ardashir, the founder of the Sasanian Empire in Persia. It was also borne by the 9th-century resistance leader Babak Khorramdin.
Azucena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-thoo-THEH-na(European Spanish) a-soo-SEH-na(Latin American Spanish)
Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.
Azubah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲזוּבָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-ZOO-bə(English)
Azmy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: عزمي(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘AZ-mee
Alternate transcription of Arabic عزمي (see
Azmi).
Aysu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Derived from Turkish and Azerbaijani
ay meaning "moon" and
su meaning "water".
Ayokunle
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yoruba
Means "joy has filled the home" in Yoruba.
Ayla 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "moonlight, halo" in Turkish.
Austėja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Means "to weave" in Lithuanian. This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of bees.
Aušra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Means "dawn" in Lithuanian.
Aune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OW-neh
Atieno
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Luo
Athaliah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲתַלְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Possibly means
"Yahweh is exalted" in Hebrew, from
עֲתַל (ʿaṯal) possibly meaning "exalted" and
יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the
Old Testament this is both a feminine and masculine name. It was borne by the daughter of
Ahab and
Jezebel, who later came to rule Judah as a queen.
Atarah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲטָרָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AT-ə-rə(English)
Asya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ася(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: A-syə(Russian)
Aswathi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Malayalam
Other Scripts: അശ്വതി(Malayalam)
From Sanskrit
अशवत्थ (aśvattha) meaning
"sacred fig tree".
Ástríðr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Derived from the Old Norse elements
áss "god" and
fríðr "beautiful, beloved".
Aspen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AS-pən
From the English word for a variety of deciduous trees in the genus Populus, derived from Old English æspe. It is also the name of a ski resort in Colorado.
Aslaug
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements
áss meaning "god" and
laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".
Ashtoreth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: עַשְׁתֹרֶת(Ancient Hebrew) 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕(Phoenician)
From
עַשְׁתֹרֶת (ʿAshṯoreṯ), the Hebrew form of the name of a Phoenician goddess of love, war and fertility. Her name is
cognate to that of the East Semitic goddess
Ishtar.
Ashtad
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: اشتاد(Persian)
Modern Persian form of Avestan
𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬁𐬙 (Arshtāt) meaning
"justice, honesty, rightness", derived from
𐬀𐬴𐬀 (asha) meaning "truth, order". This was the name of a Yazata (a holy being) in Zoroastrianism.
Asherah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Pronounced: ə-SHEER-ə(English)
Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea". This was the name of a Semitic mother goddess. She was worshipped by the Israelites before the advent of monotheism.
Asha 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
From Swahili
ishi meaning
"live, exist", derived from Arabic
عاش (ʿāsha).
Asenath
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אָסְנַת(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AS-i-nath(English)
Ascensión
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: as-thehn-SYON(European Spanish) a-sehn-SYON(Latin American Spanish)
Means
"ascension" in Spanish. This name is given in reference to the Ascension of
Jesus into heaven.
Arzu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uyghur
Other Scripts: ئارزۇ(Uyghur Arabic)
Turkish, Azerbaijani and Uyghur form of
Arezou.
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.
Artemidoros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀρτεμίδωρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AR-TEH-MEE-DAW-ROS
Means
"gift of Artemis" from the name of the goddess
Artemis combined with Greek
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". This was the name of a Greek author of the 2nd century who wrote about the interpretation of dreams.
Arianrhod
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: ar-YAN-rawd(Welsh)
Probably means
"silver wheel" from Welsh
arian "silver" and
rhod "wheel". According to the Fourth Branch of the
Mabinogi [1], Arianrhod was the mother of the twins
Dylan and
Lleu Llaw Gyffes, whom she spontaneously birthed when she stepped over a magical wand. It is speculated that in earlier myths she may have been a goddess of the moon.
Aravind
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil
Other Scripts: अरविन्द, अरविंद(Hindi, Marathi) ಅರವಿಂದ(Kannada) அரவிந்த்(Tamil)
Arachne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀράχνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-RA-KNEH(Classical Greek) ə-RAK-nee(English)
Means
"spider" in Greek. In Greek
myth Arachne was a mortal woman who defeated
Athena in a weaving contest. After this Arachne hanged herself, but Athena brought her back to life in the form of a spider.
Aqissiaq
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greenlandic
Means
"young ptarmigan" in Greenlandic (a ptarmigan is a type of bird that lives in cold regions)
[1].
Apphia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: Ἀπφία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AF-ee-ə(English) AP-fee-ə(English)
Greek form of a Hebrew name that possibly meant
"increasing". This is a name mentioned in
Paul's epistle to
Philemon in the
New Testament.
Apollodoros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀπολλόδωρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-POL-LO-DAW-ROS
Means
"gift of Apollo" from the name of the god
Apollo combined with Greek
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".
Aoide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀοιδή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ay-EE-dee(English)
Means
"song" in Greek. In Greek
mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song.
Aoi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 葵, 碧, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あおい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-O-EE
From Japanese
葵 (aoi) meaning "hollyhock, althea" or an adjectival form of
碧 (ao) meaning "green, blue". Other kanji with the same reading can form this name as well.
Anuli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "joy" in Igbo.
Anong
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อนงค์(Thai)
Pronounced: a-NONG
Means "beautiful woman" in Thai.
Annunziata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: an-noon-TSYA-ta
Means
"announced" in Italian, referring to the event in the
New Testament in which the angel Gabriel tells the Virgin
Mary of the imminent birth of
Jesus.
Anh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: IENG, EHN, AN
Often from Sino-Vietnamese
英 (anh) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero". This name is frequently combined with a middle name to create a compound name; the meaning of
Anh can change depending on the Sino-Vietnamese characters underlying the compound.
Angel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Ангел(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: AYN-jəl(English)
From the medieval Latin masculine name
Angelus, which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word
ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger"). It has never been very common in the English-speaking world, where it is sometimes used as a feminine name in modern times.
Anargul
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Анаргүл(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ah-nahr-GUYL
Means "blooming pomegranate tree" in Kazakh.
Anara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Анара(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
Pronounced: ah-nah-RAH(Kazakh)
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz
анар (anar) meaning
"pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.
Anandi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: आनंदी(Hindi)
Anand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati
Other Scripts: आनंद, आनन्द(Hindi) आनंद(Marathi) ஆனந்த்(Tamil) ఆనంద్(Telugu) ആനന്ദ്(Malayalam) ಆನಂದ್(Kannada) આનંદ(Gujarati)
Pronounced: A-nənd(Hindi) AH-nənd(Gujarati)
Anahita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: آناهیتا(Persian) 𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫(Old Persian)
Pronounced: aw-naw-hee-TAW(Persian)
Means
"immaculate, undefiled" in Old Persian, from the Old Iranian prefix *
an- "not" combined with *
āhita "unclean, dirty". This was the name of an Iranian goddess of fertility and water. In the Zoroastrian religious texts the
Avesta she is called
𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬍 (Arəduuī) in Avestan, with
𐬀𐬥𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬀 (anāhita) appearing only as a descriptive epithet
[1]. In origin she is possibly identical to the Indian goddess
Saraswati. She has historically been identified with the Semitic goddess
Ishtar and the Greek goddess
Artemis.
Anah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲנָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Means
"answer" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this name belongs to one female character and two male characters.
Amista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chamorro
Means "loyalty" in Chamorro, derived from Spanish amistad "friendship".
Amika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: a-MEE-ka
Means "friendly" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin amicus "friend".
Ameretat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬁𐬙(Avestan)
Means
"immortality" in Avestan. This was the name of a Zoroastrian goddess (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with plants and long life. She was often mentioned with
Haurvatat.
Ameqran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Berber
Other Scripts: ⴰⵎⴻⵇⵔⴰⵏ(Tifinagh)
Means "large, great" in Tamazight.
Amalthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀμάλθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: am-əl-THEE-ə(English)
From the Greek
Ἀμάλθεια (Amaltheia), derived from
μαλθάσσω (malthasso) meaning
"to soften, to soothe". In Greek
myth she was a nymph (in some sources a goat) who nursed the infant
Zeus.
Amalasuintha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰(Gothic)
Alžběta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: ALZH-byeh-ta
Aludra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Derived from Arabic
العذراء (al-ʿadhrāʾ) meaning
"the maiden". This is the name of a star in the constellation Canis Major.
Alondra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: a-LON-dra
Derived from Spanish alondra meaning "lark".
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.
Alcmene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλκμήνη(Ancient Greek)
From Greek
Ἀλκμήνη (Alkmene), derived from
ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess" combined with
μήνη (mene) meaning "moon" or
μῆνις (menis) meaning "wrath". In Greek
mythology Alcmene was the wife of Amphitryon. She was the mother of
Herakles by
Zeus, who bedded her by disguising himself as her absent husband.
Alastríona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ə-ləs-TRYEE-nə, A-ləs-tryee-nə
Alaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AL-ə-rik(English)
From the Gothic name *
Alareiks meaning
"ruler of all", derived from the element
alls "all" combined with
reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
Akpofure
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Urhobo
Means "life is peaceful" in Urhobo.
Aisling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ASH-lyən
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.
Airi 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛莉, 愛梨, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-REE
From Japanese
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with
莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or
梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Aiman 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айман(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ie-MAHN
Possibly means
"my moon" in Kazakh, from
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the Persian possessive
من (man) meaning "my". Aiman and
Sholpan are sisters in a 19th-century Kazakh epic poem, later adapted into the 1934 play
Aiman-Sholpan by Mukhtar Auezov.
Ailill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Pronounced: A-lyil(Irish)
Means
"elf" in Irish. This name was borne by several early Irish kings. It also occurs frequently in Irish legend, borne for example by the husband of Queen
Medb. It was also the name of two
saints, both bishops of Armagh in the 6th century.
Aiday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айдай(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ie-DIE
Means
"moon-like" in Kazakh, from
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the suffix
дай (day) meaning "like".
Aibek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Айбек(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
Derived from Kazakh and Kyrgyz
ай (ay) meaning "moon" combined with the Turkic military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master".
Ahinoam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲחִינֹעַם(Ancient Hebrew)
Means
"my brother is pleasant" in Hebrew, derived from
אָח (ʾaḥ) meaning "brother" and
נָעַם (naʿam) meaning "to be pleasant". In the
Old Testament this is the name of wives of both
Saul and
David.
Aghavni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Աղավնի(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-rahv-NEE
Means "dove" in Armenian.
Æðelric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Derived from the Old English elements
æðele "noble" and
ric "ruler, king". This was the name of several early Anglo-Saxon kings.
Aëlla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Aelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: IE-lee-oos
Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word
ἥλιος (helios) meaning
"sun". This was the family name of the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Aelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: IE-lee-a
Aditi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada
Other Scripts: अदिति(Sanskrit, Hindi) अदिती(Marathi) অদিতি(Bengali) ಅದಿತಿ(Kannada)
Pronounced: U-dee-tee(Sanskrit)
Means
"boundless, entire" or
"freedom, security" in Sanskrit, derived from the negative prefix
अ (a) and
दिति (diti) meaning "giving". This is the name of a Hindu goddess of the cosmos, motherhood and fertility. According to the
Vedas she is the mother of several of the gods.
Adhara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-DEHR-ə(English)
Derived from Arabic
عذارى (ʿadhārā) meaning
"maidens". This is the name of the second brightest star (after
Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.
Aderyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Adannaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "eldest daughter of her father" in Igbo.
Adaeze
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Means "eldest daughter of the king" in Igbo.
Achieng
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Luo
Abijah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבִיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-BIE-jə(English)
Means
"my father is Yahweh" in Hebrew, from
אָב (ʾav) meaning "father" and
יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the
Old Testament this is the name of several characters, both male and female, including the second king of Judah (also known as
Abijam).
Abidemi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Means "born in my absence" in Yoruba. It is typically given to children born when the father is away.
Abhilash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Malayalam, Hindi
Other Scripts: അഭിലാഷ്(Malayalam) अभिलाष(Hindi)
Abeni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Pronounced: A-BEH-NEEN
Means "we prayed and we received" in Yoruba.
Abaddon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבַדּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-BAD-ən(English)
Means
"ruin, destruction" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the
New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.
Aaliyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Other Scripts: عالية(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘A-lee-ya(Arabic) ə-LEE-ə(English) ah-LEE-ə(English)
Feminine form of
Aali. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by the singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001), who was known simply as Aaliyah. This name received a boost in popularity after she released her debut album in 1994, and also in 2001 after her untimely death in an airplane crash.
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