Behind the Name: Deanne97's Personal Name List

Sarai

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew [1], Spanish

Other Scripts: שָׂרָי(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: SEHR-ie(English) sə-RIE(English)

Rating: 40% based on 6 votes

Means "my princess" in Hebrew, a possessive form of שָׂרָה (sara) meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman". In the Old Testament, this was Sarah's name before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).

Nimah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Indonesian

Other Scripts: نعمة(Arabic)

Pronounced: NEE‘-ma(Arabic) NEE-mah(Indonesian)

Rating: 51% based on 7 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic نعمة (see Nima 1), as well as the usual Indonesian form.

Merrick

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: MEHR-ik

Rating: 26% based on 7 votes

From a Welsh surname that was originally derived from the given name Meurig.

Medea

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Georgian

Other Scripts: Μήδεια(Ancient Greek) მედეა(Georgian)

Pronounced: mə-DEE-ə(English) MEH-DEH-AH(Georgian)

Rating: 30% based on 7 votes

From Greek Μήδεια (Medeia), derived from μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". In Greek mythology Medea was a sorceress from Colchis (modern Georgia) who helped Jason gain the Golden Fleece. They were married, but eventually Jason left her for another woman. For revenge Medea slew Jason's new lover and also had her own children by Jason killed.

Magdalena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Lithuanian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, English

Other Scripts: Магдалена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)

Pronounced: mag-da-LEH-na(Polish) mak-da-LEH-na(German) mahgh-da-LEH-na(Dutch) magh-dha-LEH-na(Spanish) məg-də-LEH-nə(Catalan) MAG-da-leh-na(Czech) mag-də-LAY-nə(English)

Rating: 68% based on 9 votes

Latinate form of Magdalene.

Jameson

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JAYM-ə-sən

Rating: 15% based on 8 votes

From an English surname meaning "son of James".

Ivana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Italian

Other Scripts: Ивана(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)

Pronounced: I-va-na(Czech) EE-va-na(Slovak) ee-VA-na(Italian)

Rating: 40% based on 7 votes

Feminine form of Ivan.

Fredrik

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish

Pronounced: FREHD-rik(Swedish, Norwegian) FREHD-reek(Finnish)

Rating: 51% based on 8 votes

Swedish and Norwegian form of Frederick. This was the name of an 18th-century king of Sweden.

Fenton

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: FEHN-tən

Rating: 25% based on 6 votes

From a surname that was originally taken from a place name meaning "marsh town" in Old English.

Fenrik

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: Fen-Rick

Rating: 47% based on 6 votes

Refers to the rank of ‘Second Lieutenant’ in the Norwegian military.

Domenico

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: do-MEH-nee-ko

Rating: 42% based on 6 votes

Italian form of Dominicus (see Dominic). Domenico Veneziano was a Renaissance painter who lived in Florence.

Boudicca

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Brythonic (Latinized)

Pronounced: BOO-di-kə(English)

Rating: 32% based on 6 votes

Derived from Brythonic boud meaning "victory" [1]. This was the name of a 1st-century queen of the Iceni who led the Britons in revolt against the Romans. Eventually her forces were defeated and she committed suicide. Her name is first recorded in Roman histories, as Boudicca by Tacitus [2] and Βουδουῖκα (Boudouika) by Cassius Dio [3].