aby's Personal Name List

Valdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and dís meaning "goddess".
Shia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: しあ(Japanese Hiragana) 月愛, 幸愛, 史愛, 史有, 思亜, 紫亜, 詩愛, 自開, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SHEE-AH
From Japanese 月 (shi) meaning "moon", 幸 (shi) meaning "happiness", 史 (shi) meaning "history, chronicle", 思 (shi) meaning "think", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple, violet", 詩 (shi) meaning "poem, poetry" or 自 (shi) meaning "oneself" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 有 (a) meaning "exist", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" or 開 (a) meaning "open, unfold, unseal". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Raymond
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: RAY-mənd(English) REH-MAWN(French)
From the Germanic name Raginmund, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and munt "protection". The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Reimund. It was borne by several medieval (mostly Spanish) saints, including Saint Raymond Nonnatus, the patron of midwives and expectant mothers, and Saint Raymond of Peñafort, the patron of canonists.
Ray
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY
Short form of Raymond, often used as an independent name. It coincides with an English word meaning "beam of light". Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) and musician Ray Charles (1930-2004) are two notable bearers of the name.
Jeong
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 정(Korean Hangul) 靜, 貞, 正, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHUNG
From Sino-Korean 靜 (jeong) meaning "quiet, still, gentle" or 貞 (jeong) meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name.
Gale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYL
From a surname that was derived from Middle English gaile "jovial". It also coincides with the English word gale meaning "storm".
Fubuki
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 冬雪, 吹雪, 吹雪, 吹風綺, 芙咲, 風吹, 風吹, 風舞姫, 風舞季, 風舞希, 風舞綺, 風舞記, 風舞貴, 風舞貴, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: FUU-BUU-KEE
From Japanese 冬 (fu) meaning "winter", 吹 (fu) meaning "blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke", 芙 (fu) meaning "lotus, Mt Fuji" or 風 (fu) meaning "wind, air, style, manner", 風 (bu) meaning "wind, air, style, manner" or 舞 (bu) meaning "dance" combined with 雪 (buki) meaning "snow", 綺 (ki) meaning "figured cloth, beautiful", 咲 (buki) meaning "blossom", 吹 (buki) meaning "blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke", 姫 (ki) meaning "princess", 季 (ki) meaning "seasons", 希 (ki) meaning "hope, beg, request, rare", 記 (ki) meaning "scribe, account, narrative" or 貴 (ki) meaning "precious, value, prize, esteem, honor". Other kanji combinations are possible.

A famous bearer is Fubuki Takane, born as Yukihime Asada, is a Japanese actress and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, where she specialized in playing male characters (Otokoyaku).

Asha 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Other Scripts: आशा(Hindi, Marathi) ಆಶಾ(Kannada) ആശാ(Malayalam)
Derived from Sanskrit आशा (āśā) meaning "wish, desire, hope".
Æðelmær
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and mære "famous". A famous bearer was the 11th-century English monk Æðelmær of Malmesbury who attempted to fly with a gliding apparatus (breaking his legs in the process).
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