Behind the Name: katyuana's Personal Name List

Župan

Usage: Croatian

Zuñiga

Usage: Basque

From the name of a Spanish town, formerly named Estuniga in Basque, possibly derived from Basque istuin "channel, strait".

Zubizarreta

Usage: Basque

Means "old bridge", from Basque zubia "bridge" and zahar "old". A famous bearer is the Spanish soccer player Andoni Zubizarreta (1961-).

Živković

Usage: Serbian, Croatian

Other Scripts: Живковић(Serbian)

Means "son of Živko".

Žitnik

Usage: Slovene

From the Slavic root žito meaning "rye, grain". This was an occupational name for a dealer in rye or a baker.

Ziskind

Usage: Jewish

Other Scripts: זיסקינד(Yiddish)

Ornamental name, or from a given name, meaning "sweet child", derived from Yiddish זיס (zis) meaning "sweet" and קינד (kind) meaning "child", both words of Old High German origin.

Zima

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian

Other Scripts: Зима(Russian)

Pronounced: ZI-ma(Czech) ZEE-ma(Slovak) ZHEE-ma(Polish) zyi-MA(Russian)

From an Old Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.

Zawisza

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: za-VEE-sha

Derived from the Old Polish given name Zawisza.

Yukimura

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 雪村(Japanese Kanji) ゆきむら(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: YOO-KYEE-MOO-RA

From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

Ybarra

Usage: Spanish, Basque

Variant of Ibarra.

Vrubel

Usage: Czech

From a dialectal variant of Czech vrabec "sparrow".

Voronin

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Воронин(Russian)

Derived from Russian ворона (vorona) meaning "crow".

Veselý

Usage: Czech, Slovak

From a nickname meaning "cheerful" in Czech and Slovak.

Vela

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: BEH-la

Occupational name for a guard, from Spanish vela meaning "watch, vigil".

Valenta

Usage: Czech

Derived from the given name Valentin.

Văduva

Usage: Romanian

From Romanian văduvă meaning "widow".

Tesař

Usage: Czech

Means "carpenter" in Czech, ultimately from the Old Slavic word tesla meaning "adze".

Tchaikovsky

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Чайковский(Russian)

Pronounced: chee-KOF-skyee

Alternate transcription of Russian Чайковский (see Chaykovsky).

Tash

Usage: English

Pronounced: TASH

From Middle English at asche meaning "at the ash tree".

Szarka

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: SAWR-kaw

From Hungarian szarka meaning "magpie", often used as a euphemistic term for a thief.

Sýkora

Usage: Czech, Slovak

Pronounced: SEE-ko-ra(Czech)

Means "tit (bird)" in Czech and Slovak.

Svoboda

Usage: Czech

Pronounced: SVO-bo-da

Means "freedom" in Czech. This was a medieval name for a freeman, someone who was not a serf.

Sulzbach

Usage: German

Toponymic name from German places named Sulzbach meaning "salty stream", derived from Old High German sulza "salty water" and bah "stream".

Slavík

Usage: Czech

Means "nightingale" in Czech.

Selby

Usage: English

Pronounced: SEHL-bee

From the name of a village that meant "willow farm" in Old English.

Seelenfreund

Usage: Jewish

From German Seele meaning "soul" and Freund meaning "friend".

Schovajsa

Usage: Czech

Means "hide yourself" in Czech, of Moravian origin.

Sasaki

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 佐々木(Japanese Kanji) ささき(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: SA-SA-KYEE

From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid" (repeated, indicated by the iteration mark 々) and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Růžička

Usage: Czech

Means "little rose" in Czech.

Ruskin 2

Usage: English

From a diminutive of the feminine given name Rose.

Roosa

Usage: Dutch

From Dutch roos meaning "rose".

Rigó

Usage: Hungarian

Pronounced: REE-go

Means "thrush" in Hungarian.

Resnik

Usage: Slovene

Possibly from Slovene resa meaning "heather".

Procházka

Usage: Czech

Means "walk, wander, stroll" in Czech. This was an occupational name for a travelling tradesman.

Pilkvist

Usage: Swedish

Pronounced: PEEL-kvist

From Swedish pil (Old Norse píli) meaning "willow" and qvist (Old Norse kvistr) meaning "twig, branch".

Ochoa

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: o-CHO-a

Spanish form of Otxoa.

Novak

Usage: Slovene, Croatian, Serbian

Other Scripts: Новак(Serbian)

Derived from Slavic novŭ "new", originally a name for someone who was new to a village.

Myška

Usage: Czech

From a nickname derived from Czech myš meaning "mouse".

Muyskens

Usage: Dutch

Means "little mouse" in Dutch.

Merlo

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: MEHR-lo

Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Medved

Usage: Slovene, Croatian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Медведь(Ukrainian, Russian)

Means "bear" in several languages, from the Old Slavic root medvědĭ.

Maruška

Usage: Czech

Derived from the given name Marie.

Lovelace

Usage: English

Pronounced: LUV-lays

From a nickname for a lothario, derived from Middle English lufeles, Old English lufuleas meaning "loveless".

Love

Usage: English

Pronounced: LUV

From the Old English given name Lufu meaning "love".

Lončar

Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene

Other Scripts: Лончар(Serbian)

Means "potter", from Serbo-Croatian lonac, Slovene lonec meaning "pot".

Llewellyn

Usage: Welsh

Derived from the Welsh given name Llywelyn.

Li 1

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 李(Chinese)

Pronounced: LEE

From Chinese 李 (lǐ) meaning "plum, plum tree". This was the surname of Chinese emperors of the Tang dynasty.

Li 2

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 黎(Chinese)

Pronounced: LEE

From Chinese 黎 (lí) meaning "black".

Láska

Usage: Czech, Slovak

Means "love" in Czech and Slovak.

Kučera

Usage: Czech, Slovak

Means "curl" in Czech and Slovak, a nickname for a person with curly locks of hair.

Košar

Usage: Croatian

From Croatian koš meaning "basket", originally indicating a person who made or sold baskets.

Kokkinos

Usage: Greek

Other Scripts: Κόκκινος(Greek)

From a nickname meaning "red" in Greek.

Knežević

Usage: Croatian, Serbian

Other Scripts: Кнежевић(Serbian)

Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).

Kaluža

Usage: Slovene, Czech

Slovene and Czech form of Kałuża.

Kadlec

Usage: Czech

From Czech tkadlec meaning "weaver".

Ježek

Usage: Czech

Pronounced: YEH-zhehk

Diminutive form of Jež.

Jelen

Usage: Czech, Slovene

From a nickname meaning "stag" in Czech and Slovene.

Jedlička

Usage: Czech

Derived from Czech jedle meaning "fir tree", given to a person who lived near a prominent one.

Jaso

Usage: Basque

Derived from Basque jats meaning "sorghum", a type of cereal grass.

Ibarra

Usage: Basque, Spanish

From Basque place names derived from ibar meaning "meadow".

Holub

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Голуб(Ukrainian)

Pronounced: HAW-luwb(Ukrainian)

Means "dove, pigeon" in Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian.

Hendry

Usage: Scottish, English

Derived from the given name Henry.

Halloran

Usage: Irish

From Irish Ó hAllmhuráin meaning "descendant of Allmhurán". The given name Allmhurán means "stranger from across the sea".

Hájek

Usage: Czech

Means "thicket" in Czech, a diminutive of háj "woods".

Fiala

Usage: Czech

Means "violet" in Czech, referring to the flower. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing violets, or it may have been given to a person who lived in a place where violets grew.

Dressler

Usage: German

Means "turner" from Middle High German dreseler, an agent derivative of drehen "to turn". A turner was a person who used a lathe to create small objects from wood or bone.

Doran

Usage: Irish

From Irish Ó Deoradháin meaning "descendant of Deoradhán", where Deoradhán is a given name meaning "exile, wanderer".

Donne

Usage: Scottish, Irish

From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.

Desrosiers

Usage: French

Means "from the rose bushes", from French rosier "rose bush". It probably referred to a person who lived close to, or cared for a rose garden.

Czajkowski

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: chie-KAWF-skee

Originally indicated a person from any of the Polish towns named Czajków, all derived from Polish czajka meaning "lapwing (bird)".

Czajka

Usage: Polish

Pronounced: CHIE-ka

Means "lapwing (bird)" in Polish.

Crnčević

Usage: Serbian, Croatian

Other Scripts: Црнчевић(Serbian)

Derived from Serbian and Croatian црн (crn) meaning "black".

Čížek

Usage: Czech

Pronounced: CHEE-zhehk

Means "siskin" in Czech, referring to a type of bird in the finch family.

Chvátal

Usage: Czech

Derived from chvátat meaning "to hurry".

Chalupa

Usage: Czech

Pronounced: KHA-loo-pa

Means "cottage" in Czech.

Černý

Usage: Czech

Pronounced: CHEHR-nee

Means "black" in Czech.

Čermák

Usage: Czech

Means "redstart (bird)" in Czech.

Bosko

Usage: Polish

Derived from Polish bosy meaning "barefoot".

Bobal

Usage: Czech

Derived from Czech bob meaning "bean".

Beránek

Usage: Czech

Means "little ram, male lamb" in Czech.

Bellerose

Usage: French

Means "beautiful rose" in French.

Bellamy

Usage: French, English

From Old French bel ami meaning "beautiful friend".

Azarola

Usage: Basque

Possibly from Basque azeri meaning "fox".

Ateljević

Usage: Serbian

Other Scripts: Атељевић(Serbian)

Probably from Hatelji, the name of a town in Serbia, which is of unknown meaning.

Aritza

Usage: Spanish, Basque

From Basque aritz meaning "oak tree". This was a nickname of Iñigo, the first king of Pamplona, Spain (9th century).

Alvey

Usage: English

Derived from the given name Ælfwig.

Alamilla

Usage: Spanish

From Spanish alamillo meaning "poplar, aspen".

Abasolo

Usage: Basque

Means "priest's meadow" from Basque abas "priest" and solo "meadow".

Abaroa

Usage: Basque

Possibly from Basque abaro meaning "refuge".

Aakster

Usage: Dutch

Derived from Old Dutch ekster "magpie".