Cinnabar's Personal Name List

Virve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: VEER-veh(Finnish)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From Estonian virves meaning "sprout, shoot" or virve meaning "ripple, shimmer".
Virva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEER-vah
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp". In folklore, will o' the wisp is a floating ball of light that appears over water.
Veli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEH-lee
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "brother" in Finnish.
Tuulikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: TOO-leek-kee(Finnish)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Means "little wind" in Finnish, derived from tuuli "wind". This was the name of a Finnish forest goddess, the daughter of Tapio.
Tuuli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TOO-lee(Finnish)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.
Tuija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TOOY-yah
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "cedar" in Finnish.
Teija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAY-yah
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Finnish short form of Dorothea.
Tauno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: TOW-no(Finnish)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "peaceful, modest" in Karelian Finnish.
Taneli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-neh-lee
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Finnish form of Daniel.
Taavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-vee(Finnish)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Estonian and Finnish form of David.
Suvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOO-vee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "summer" in Finnish.
Sirje
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Possibly from Estonian sinisirje meaning "blue-feathered", a word associated with a magical bird in the Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg (1857) by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald. Apparently this name was suggested by the linguist Julius Mägiste in the 1920s. It was subsequently used in the 1945 opera Tasuleegid by Eugen Kapp.
Sinikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEE-neek-kah
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Elaborated form of Sini, also meaning "bluebird".
Severi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SEH-veh-ree
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Finnish form of Severus.
Seija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAY-yah
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Derived from Finnish seijas meaning "tranquil, serene".
Sanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: SAHN-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Short form of Susanna. It can also be derived from Swedish sann meaning "true".
Sakari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-kah-ree
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Finnish form of Zacharias.
Pyry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PUY-ruy
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.
Piret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Estonian form of Birgitta.
Pilvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: PEEL-vee(Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "cloud" in Finnish and Estonian.
Petteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHT-teh-ree
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Peter.
Pekka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PEHK-kah
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Peter.
Paavali
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: PAH-vah-lee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Finnish form of Paul used in the Bible.
Olavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: O-lah-vee(Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Finnish and Estonian form of Olaf.
Niko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Croatian, Slovene, Georgian, German
Other Scripts: ნიკო(Georgian)
Pronounced: NEE-ko(Finnish)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Nicholas, as well as a Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form.
Merike
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From Estonian meri "sea" with a diminutive suffix.
Matti
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: MAHT-tee
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Matthew.
Maarika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: MAH-ree-kah(Finnish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Maarja (Estonian) or Maaria (Finnish).
Kyllikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: KUYL-leek-kee(Finnish)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Derived from Finnish kyllä "abundance" or kyllin "enough". This is the name of a character in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.
Kirsikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-seek-kah
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "cherry" in Finnish.
Kirsi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-see
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Finnish form of Christina, or a short form of Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.
Kielo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEE-lo
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).
Kersti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Estonian
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Variant of Kerstin.
Katrin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Estonian
Pronounced: ka-TREEN(German) kah-TREEN(Swedish)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
German, Swedish and Estonian short form of Katherine.
Kaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Estonian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Katarina or Katariina.
Kadri 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: KAH-dree
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Estonian form of Katherine.
Kaarel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Estonian form of Charles.
Jyri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YUY-ree
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Jörg.
Jussi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: YOOS-see
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of John.
Janne 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Estonian
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Danish, Norwegian and Estonian diminutive of Johanne or Johanna.
Janika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian, Finnish
Pronounced: YAH-nee-kah(Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Jaan (Estonian) or Jani (Finnish).
Ilmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Estonian form of Ilmarinen.
Ilari
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EE-lah-ree
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Finnish form of Hilarius.
Hannele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HAHN-neh-leh
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Finnish diminutive of Johanna or Hannah.
Esteri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EHS-teh-ree
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Esther.
Annika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Estonian, German, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-ni-ka(Swedish) AH-nee-ka(Dutch) AHN-nee-kah(Finnish) A-nee-ka(German) AN-i-kə(English) AHN-i-kə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Swedish diminutive of Anna.
Anneli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, German
Pronounced: AHN-neh-lee(Finnish) A-nə-lee(German)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Annelie, as well as a German variant.
Aleksanteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-lehk-sahn-teh-ree
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Alexander.
Akseli
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AHK-seh-lee
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Axel.
Airi 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-ree
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From Finnish airut meaning "messenger, herald", also influenced by place names beginning with the same sound.
Aili
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: IE-lee(Finnish)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Finnish and Estonian form of Áile.
Aila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-lah
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Áile.
Aatami
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: AH-tah-mee
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Finnish form of Adam.
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