crawreb's Personal Name List

Either from Persian زور (zur) meaning "force, strength, power" or a form of the Arabic name Zahra.

Feminine form of Zohar.

Veleda was a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions.

Her name is of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory believes that it might be Celtic in origin and in fact be a generic title for a prophetess, in which case it would likely be derived from Proto-Celtic *welet- "seer" (ultimately from *wel- "to see").

Varrak is an Estonian surname meaning "rich/wealthy".

Short form of Salvador.

Means "high cliff" in Yi.

Refers to Turan, an historical region in Central Asia inhabited by the nomadic Iranian Turanian people. The name itself means "land of the Tur" and is derived from the name of a Persian mythological figure, Tur (تور).

Means "good" in Hebrew.

Means "bright, colorful" in Yakut.

Uzbek feminine name derived from the name of a classical Uzbek folk dance melody.

Means "wave (of the sea)" in Pashto.

From Kazakh таң (tan) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and ат (at) meaning "horse".

Means "miracle" in Amharic.

Means "date palm" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. This was also the name of a daughter of King David. She was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading to his murder by her brother Absalom. The name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power.

Kazakh form of Talat.

Alternate transcription of Arabic طلعت (see Talat).

Basque form of Thalassa.

Means "you will shine" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine" [1].

Means "we have been blessed" in Chewa.

Means "warm, sociable".

Means "star" in Yakut.

From Hindi सोना (sonā), Marathi सोन (son) or Gujarati સોનું (sonum) meaning "gold", all derived from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) meaning literally "good colour".

From the Norwegian word sol, meaning "sun".

From the name of the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar (occurring in late spring). It was adopted from the Babylonian calendar, derived from Akkadian simānu meaning "season, occasion" [1].

Tajik and Uzbek form of Sitara.

Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.

Means "diffusing light, radiance, beauty" in Sanskrit, a word used as a title of respect in India. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

Means "love" in Uzbek.

Feminine form of Sevan.

Means "star" in Persian.

Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.

From the name of the patron saint of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, which is of obscure origin. Conceivably it may be derived from the Breton name Azenor or the old Celtic Senovara. According to local legend Saint Senara was originally Princess Azenor of Brest in Lower Brittany, the mother of Saint Budoc. She is also said to have been a mermaid before her conversion (though even after becoming a Christian, "she continued to pine for the sea"). This name was given to 52 girls born in England and Wales in the years 1916-2005.

From the name of the Sayan Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly of Turkic origin.

From Saranda (or Sarandë), the name of a city in Albania. The name itself derives from the Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (Agioi Saranda), meaning "Forty Saints", honouring the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.

Means "evening conversation" in Arabic, from the root سمر (samara) meaning "to talk in the evening".

Sanskrit, indian

Galician form of Isabel.

Asturian form of Isabel.

Derived from the Old Norse elements rún "secret lore, rune" and herr "army, warrior". This name did not exist in Old Norse, but was created in the modern era.

Tatar, Bashkir and Kazakh form of Renat.

Estonian form of Renārs.

Means "roaring, screaming", derived from Sanskrit रव (rava) meaning "roar, yell". In the Hindu epic the Ramayana this is the name of the demon king who abducts Sita.

Variant of Hraban.

Possibly derived from Ciarán. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish monk who founded a monastery in Cornwall. He is the patron saint of Cornwall.

Means "spring" in Turkish.

Means "arrow" in Old Norse. Orvar Odd is a legendary Norse hero who is the subject of a 13th-century Icelandic saga.

Maori form of Nicholas or Nicole.

MEANING - mist , fog, dew, hoar-frost

Means "grandchild" in Uzbek.

Anglicized form of Naomhán.

Russian, Ukrainian, Turkmen and Armenian form of Nazarius.

Greenlandic name meaning "one who alternates between different parties", derived from the Proto-Eskimo root *naverar "to trade, exchange" and the name suffix na. In legend Navarana was an Inuit woman who brought about disunity by alternating between her tribe of native Greenlanders and the Norse colonists. The name was assumed by the first wife of Danish polar explorer and author Peter Freuchen (1886-1957), a Greenlandic Inuit woman formerly known as Mekupaluk (died 1921). This was later used by Knud Rasmussen for the heroine of 'The Wedding of Palo' (1934), filmed in East Greenland in 1933.

Means "wild rose" in Persian.

It means ''victory'' or ''success'' in Dagbani.

Means "sun, sunny" in Mongolian.

Variant of Morana.

Means "strong, brave" in Yakut.

Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Arabic meaning "watchtower" or Persian meaning "ambush".

Basque form of Maria.

Feminine form of Miran.

Derived from Kurdish mîrza meaning "prince".

Derived from Milot, a town and a former municipality in the Lezhë County of northwestern Albania.

Serbian and Croatian variant of Milijana.

From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear".

Low German variant of Merete as well as a Swiss German short form of Emerentia and a Sami variant of Märet.

A well-known bearer of this name was artist Meret Oppenheim.

Turkish form of Maral.

Acronym of Russian Маркс Энгельс Ленин Октябрьская Революция (Marx, Engels, Lenin, October Revolution). This name commemorates the creation of the former Soviet state. It was created by communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Means "angel" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Lithuanian form of Matthew.

Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.

Tatar form of Murad.

Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Means "you have been humbled" in Shona.

Probably either from Arabic مَنَا (manā) meaning "mete out, distribute" or "test, determine" or مُنِيَة (muniya) meaning "fate, destiny, desire, wish". This was the name of the Semitic goddess of time, fate, fortune and death who was worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia. She was one of the three principal goddesses of Mecca alongside her sisters Al-ʻuzzā and Allat.

Basque contracted form of Madalen.

Russian form of Makarios (see Macario).

Later Welsh form of Maponos [1][2][3]. In the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen he is a prisoner freed by Arthur's warriors in order to help hunt the great boar Trwyth. His mother is Modron.

Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a variant of Lorenc.

Hebrew form of Lebanah. In modern Hebrew it is typically a feminine name.

Derived as a contracted form of Ленинская армия (Leninskaya armya), meaning "Lenin's army". This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Short form of Olamilekan.

"Flame, tongue of fire." The name is commonly given symbolically to girls born on Hanukkah or Lag b'Omer.

Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian form of Lazarus. This name was borne by a 14th-century Serbian ruler who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo.

This is a relatively new name, as it was invented by the Georgian writer and playwright Grigol Robakidze (1880-1962) for his famous play Lamara (1928). He took the name from უშგულის ლამარია (Ushgulis Lamaria), the name of a medieval church in the Ushguli community in the Georgian region of Svaneti. The church's name literally means "Lamaria of Ushguli", and Lamaria itself means "of Mary", which is not surprising since the church is dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus.

The name Lamara is said to be etymologically related to the name of the Georgian goddess Lamaria, which is also of Svan origin.

A notable bearer of this name is the prominent Georgian soprano Lamara Chqonia (b. 1930).

The name of a Slavic fertility goddess, derived from Old Slavic lada "wife" [1]. It can also be a diminutive of Vladislava or Vladimira.

Derived from Hebrew לָבָן (lavan) meaning "white". In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Rachel and Leah.

Means "rainbow" in Yakut.

Means "hare" in Altai.

Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

Derived from Basque kima "fine branches; ends of branches; mane", this name has come into use in recent years (possibly inspired by the international popularity of the name Kim 1).

Means "cane" in Yakut.

Georgian form of Katayoun. It is sometimes used as a Georgian form of Katherine.

Means "a better future" in Yakut.

Turkish form of Karim.

Means "summit, crest" in Armenian.

Variant of Kardox.

Variant of Kardox.

Means "nobility, generosity" in Arabic, derived from كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous".

Meaning uncertain. Kamar was the daughter of the Georgian god of nature and the god of the sky. She was seen as a symbol of divine fire and her beauty caused Amirani to kidnap her from heaven.

From Greek καλός Ἰωάννης (kalos Ioannes) meaning "handsome John", the nickname of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. He successfully defended the empire from the Fourth Crusade.

Means "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.

From Sanskrit कज्जल (kajjala) meaning "kohl, collyrium", referring to a black powder traditionally used as an eyeliner.

Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.

Possibly from Balinese adik meaning "younger sibling". This name is traditionally given to the second-born child.

Basque form of Jordana.

Contracted form of Yehoram (see Jehoram). This name belongs to several minor characters in the Old Testament, as well as being another name for the kings Jehoram of Israel and Jehoram of Judah.

Means "small" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Eber in the Old Testament.

Variant of Jawahir.

Means "counselor" in Dagbani.

Feminine form of Jenaro.

Means "Greece" in Hebrew, probably related to Greek Ἴωνες (Iones), the name for the tribe of the Ionians. In the Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples.

Albanian form of Yaşar.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָרוֹן (see Yaron).

Variant of Jael.

Means "lion" in Tamazight [1].

In the Basque country and French-speaking areas, this name is now generally considered a variant of Izar and Izarra. There is, however, another theory which derives Izara from izar, the Pyrenean French cognate of French isard "chamois".
Whichever theory might be true, this name is extremely rare in the French-speaking world with 7 births in France between 1916 and 1990 and 5 births in French-speaking Belgium from 2002 to present.

Alternate transcription of Thai อิสระ (see Itsara).

Cognate of Iris.

Variant of Inar.

In Hittite–Hurrian mythology, Inara was the goddess of the wild animals of the steppe and daughter of the Storm-god Teshub.

Ancient Basque name that was first found on inscriptions in Aquitaine dating back to the 1st to 3rd centuries.
Its origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that it might be derived from the Basque adjective ilun (illun in Old Basque, ilunn in Aquitain), meaning "darkness; dark; sombre; gloomy; mysterious; obscure".

Albanian form of Illyrios.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Means "alive" in Tamazight.

From Japanese 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or 英 (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 樹 (ki) meaning "tree". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Derived from Kurdish hinar meaning "pomegranate".

Derived from Albanian hekur "iron".

Means "wilderness" (noun) or "raw" (adj.) in Japanese.

Means "gracious" in Hebrew. This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament.

Variant of Hamo.

Directly taken from Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, sea coast". It can also be given as a combination of 波 (ha) meaning "waves" with 麻 (ma) meaning "flax, hemp".

its the name of a famous mountain in Turkey

Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

Urdu form of Golzar.

Derived from South Slavic gora meaning "mountain". It was popularized by the Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913-1943), who got his middle name because of the mountain town where he was born.

Combination of the name Gil 3 means "joy, happiness" and the name Or means "light".

Basque form of William.

Anglicized form of Garbhán.

Basque equivalent of Spanish Gracia and Engracia and French Grâce and Engrâce.

From Japanese 雅 (ga) meaning "elegance" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Famous bearer of this name is Japanese voice actress Gara Takashima.

Combination of the name Gal 1 means "wave" and the name Or means "light".

Western Armenian transcription of Katar.

The name of a witch in the movie Oz the Great and Powerful. Could be a female form of Evan, a combination of Eva and Nora 1 or an altered form of Eleanora

Form of Eter with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.

Masculine form of Erza.

Basque form of Roland.

From the Albanian word erë meaning "wind; smell" combined with mal meaning "mountain".

Means "elder" in Yakut.

Feminine form of Enver.

Gallicized form of Enora.

Variant of Emel.

Albanian form of Elvan.

Derived from Basque elur "snow".

Basque form of Heliodorus.

Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn". In Basque folklore, the hawthorn has been considered a sacred plant.

Modern German form of Adelmar or Egilmar.

Popularly derived from Albanian i lirë / e lirë "to be free", this is more likely a variant of Ilira. This name goes back to the tribal name of the Illyrians, who are believed to be the forefathers of modern-day Albanians.

Hawaiian form of Ernest.

Combination of Old Norse eldr "fire" and herr "army, warrior".

Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.

Means "star sun" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this is Sam's eldest daughter, named after a type of flower.

Means "hazel (colour)" in Turkish.

Means "he loves" in Albanian, ultimately derived from Albanian dua "to love".

Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".

Alternate transcription of Hebrew עִידָן (see Idan).

From Sanskrit तुषित (tushita) referring to the fourth of the six heavenly realms in Buddhist cosmology.

Means "mountaintop" in Turkish.

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Deoradháin, from the byname Deoradhán, derived from Irish deoradh meaning "exile, wanderer" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Contraction of Russian дочь народа (doč naroda) meaning "daughter of the people". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Old High German form of *Þunraz (see Thor).

Means "sporty" in Yakut.

Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic دينار (dīnār), a currency used in several Muslim countries, ultimately derived from Latin denarius. Alternatively it may be a derivative of دين (dīn) meaning "religion".

Means "adorning the heart", from Persian دل (del) meaning "heart" and آرا (ārā) meaning "decorate, adorn".

Variant of Davor.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. This was the name of a supposed Slavic war god. His name was the basis for the word davorije, a type of patriotic war song popular in the 19th century [1].

Means "gallant, strong, sturdy" in Kazakh. It may also be derived from tarkhan, an ancient military title used by Mongol, Turkic and Iranian leaders, which is of uncertain origin. In the Mongol Empire this title granted exemption from taxation.

Feminine form of Dardan.

From the name of the Dardani, an Illyrian tribe who lived on the Balkan Peninsula. Their name may derive from an Illyrian word meaning "pear". They were unrelated to the ancient people who were also called the Dardans who lived near Troy.

Means "mother-of-pearl, nacre" in Hebrew.

Dandara was an Afro-Brazilian warrior of the colonial period of Brazil and was part of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Brazilian people who freed themselves from enslavement, in the present-day state of Alagoas. After being arrested on February 6, 1694, she committed suicide, refusing to return to a life of slavery. She is a mysterious figure today, because not much is known about her life. Most of the stories about her are varied and disconnected. She was the wife of Zumbi dos Palmares, the last king of the Quilombo dos Palmares.

Derived from Persian ضمیر (zamir) meaning "heart, mind, secret", though it may also be from Turkic *temür meaning "iron".

In Celtic mythology, Damara was a fertility goddess worshipped in Britain. She was associated with the month of May (Beltaine).

Derived from Albanian dalmat "Dalmatian (member of the people)", ultimately going back to the name of the Dalmatae, a group of Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia.

Variant of Dagon.

Short form of Jacobus.

Either from the name of the Irish county, which is derived from Irish cabhán "hollow", or else from the Irish surname Cavan.

Probably a form of Cadeyrn, perhaps derived from its Cornish cognate. In Arthurian romance this was the name of Guinevere's guardian. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cador was a ruler of Cornwall and the father of Constantine, King Arthur's successor.
K.M. Sheard writes, 'It is not even beyond the realms of possibility that it derives ultimately from the name of the Celtic god Belactucadros.'

Alternate transcription of Kazakh Болат (see Bolat).

Short form of Abubakar.

Means "storm, squall" in Turkish, ultimately related to Greek Βορέας (Boreas), the name of the god of the north wind.

Diminutive of Bolesław.

Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.

Diminutive of Beila.

Means "goddess" in Indonesian, derived from the Sanskrit noble title भट्टारी (bhaṭṭārī) meaning "noble lady".

Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque form of Beata. The name coincides with Basque bata, absolutive plural of bat, meaning "one".

Feminine form of Basim.

Means "rain" in Persian. It is typically feminine in Persian and masculine in Turkish and Kurdish.

Means "favorite", "security, defense".

From Japanese 薔薇 (bara) meaning "rose". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.

Masculine form of Bakarne.

Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.

From Sanskrit अवनी (avanī) meaning "earth".

Hebrew form of Atarah.

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Athanasius.

From Swahili ishi meaning "live, exist", derived from Arabic عاش (ʿāsha).

Reconstructed Egyptian form of Osiris.

Feminine form of Arjan.

Anglicized form of Ardghal.

Strictly feminine form of Aran.

Means "calm" in Kurdish.

From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.

Variant of Anara.

Means "angel" in Maori.

Apparently a modern coinage based on Latin amor meaning "love".

From Ἄμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian jmn (reconstructed as Yamanu) meaning "the hidden one". In early Egyptian mythology he was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the god Ra and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deity Amon-Ra.

Means "faithful" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the eldest son of King David. He was killed by his half-brother Absalom in revenge for the rape of his sister Tamar.

Late Latin name meaning "lover (of God)". Saint Amator was a 5th-century bishop of Auxerre.

Amarok is the name of a giant wolf in Inuit mythology. It will hunt down and devour anyone foolish enough to hunt alone at night. It is sometimes considered equivalent to the waheela of cryptozoology.

Greenlandic variant of Amarok.

Means "grace" in Igbo.

From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal".

Means "red dawn" in Turkish.

Variant of Almach.

Uyghur elaboration of Alim using the suffix جان (jan) meaning "dear, darling" (of Persian origin).

Means "learned, expert, scholar" in Arabic.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 14th-century Polish queen, the daughter of a Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Galician form of the Visigothic name *Hildiwara, which was composed of the Gothic elements hilds "battle" and wars "aware, cautious". This was the name of the 7th-century wife of the Visigothic king Gundemar. It was also borne by the mother of Saint Rosendo (10th century).

Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.

Feminine form of Alan.

Variant of Almach.

Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Adam.

Variant of Adhara.