Behind the Name: mistycrystal's Personal Name List

Winter

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: WIN-tər

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.

Vita 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish, Slovene

Pronounced: VEE-ta(Italian)

Rating: 70% based on 1 vote

Feminine form of Vitus.

Stevie

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: STEE-vee

Rating: 50% based on 1 vote

Diminutive of Stephen or Stephanie. A famous bearer is the American musician Stevie Wonder (1950-).

Maxine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: mak-SEEN

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

Feminine form of Max. It has been commonly used only since the beginning of the 20th century.

Maurine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: maw-REEN

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Variant of Maureen.

Marigold

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: MAR-i-gold, MEHR-i-gold

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

From the name of the flower, which comes from a combination of Mary and the English word gold.

Margo

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: MAHR-go

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

Variant of Margot.

Magnolia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: mag-NO-lee-ə

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Lumi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Finnish

Pronounced: LOO-mee

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

Means "snow" in Finnish.

Laird

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: LEHRD

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

From a Scottish surname meaning "landowner" in Scots.

Garnet 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: GAHR-nət

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

From the English word garnet for the precious stone, the birthstone of January. The word is derived from Middle English gernet meaning "dark red".

Fenna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Frisian, Dutch

Pronounced: FEH-na(Dutch)

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

Feminine form of Fen 2.

Avalon

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: AV-ə-lahn

Rating: 80% based on 1 vote

From the name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.