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Rawiyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay (Rare)
Other Scripts: راوية(Arabic)
Pronounced: RA-wee-yah(Arabic)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Arabic alternate transcription of Rawiya as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.
Pandora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Πανδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PAN-DAW-RA(Classical Greek) pan-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Means "all gifts", derived from a combination of Greek πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". In Greek mythology Pandora was the first mortal woman. Zeus gave her a jar containing all of the troubles and ills that mankind now knows, and told her not to open it. Unfortunately her curiosity got the best of her and she opened it, unleashing the evil spirits into the world.
Panda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: PAN-də
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
The origin of the word panda is the Nepalese word nigalya ponya, which means 'eater of bamboo'.
Isis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Ἶσις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: IE-sis(English)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Greek form of Egyptian ꜣst (reconstructed as Iset, Aset or Ueset), possibly from st meaning "throne". In Egyptian mythology Isis was the goddess of the sky and nature, the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus. She was originally depicted wearing a throne-shaped headdress, but in later times she was conflated with the goddess Hathor and depicted having the horns of a cow on her head. She was also worshipped by people outside of Egypt, such as the Greeks and Romans.
Iseul
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 이슬(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: EE-SUL
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Means "dew" in Korean.
Hakimah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: حكيمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ha-KEE-mah(Arabic)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Arabic alternate transcription of Hakima as well as the Malay and Indonesian form.
Hachi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: HAH-CHEE
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Means "bee" in Japanese.
Aina 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-NA
Rating: 23% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection" and (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", as well as other character combinations.
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