lauisverycold's Personal Name List
Zorion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Means "happiness" in Basque.
Warin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German name derived from the element
war meaning
"aware, cautious" (Proto-Germanic *
waraz, and the related verbs *
warjaną "to ward off" and *
warnōną "to ward off").
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
From Old Norse
Sága, possibly meaning
"seeing one", derived from
sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to
Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word
saga "story, fairy tale, saga".
Remington
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REHM-ing-tən
From an English surname that was derived from the name of the town of Rimington in Lancashire, itself meaning "settlement on the Riming stream". It may be given in honour of the American manufacturer Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861) or his sons, founders of the firearms company that bears their name.
Ourias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Οὐρίας(Ancient Greek)
Form of
Uriah used in the Greek Bible.
Murphy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-fee
From a common Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Ó Murchadha, itself derived from the given name
Murchadh. As a given name, it has been borne by female characters on the American television series
Murphy Brown (1988-1998) and the movie
Interstellar (2014).
Merryn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Meaning unknown. This was the name of an early Cornish (male)
saint.
Mellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: MEHL-ən(English)
Meliton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Georgian
Other Scripts: Μελίτων(Ancient Greek) მელიტონ(Georgian)
Derived from Greek
μέλι (meli) meaning
"honey" (genitive
μέλιτος). This was the name of a 2nd-century bishop of Sardis who is regarded as a
saint in the Orthodox Church.
Meira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מֵאִירָה(Hebrew)
Lobke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: West Frisian
Feminine form of
Lobbe, where the diminutive suffix
ke has been added to the name.
Leif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: LAYF
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.
Haul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Pronounced: HIEL
Means "sun" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Harsha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit
Other Scripts: ಹರ್ಷ(Kannada) హర్ష(Telugu) हर्ष(Sanskrit)
Means "happiness" in Sanskrit. Harsha (or Harṣa, also called Harshavardhana) was a 7th-century emperor of northern India. He was also noted as an author.
Harlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lən
From a surname that was from a place name meaning "hare land" in Old English. In America it has sometimes been given in honour of Supreme Court justice John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911).
Everard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
From
Everardus, the Latinized form of
Eberhard. The
Normans introduced it to England, where it joined the Old English
cognate Eoforheard. It has only been rarely used since the Middle Ages. Modern use of the name may be inspired by the surname
Everard, itself derived from the medieval name.
Emlyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-lin
From the name of an ancient region of southwestern Wales, its name meaning
"around the valley" from Welsh
am "around" and
glyn "valley". It has also been suggested that this name is a Welsh form of Latin
Aemilianus (see
Emiliano), though this appears to be unfounded.
Elian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: EH-lee-yahn
Eirian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Means
"bright, beautiful" in Welsh
[1].
Delano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHL-ə-no
From a surname, recorded as de la Noye in French, indicating that the bearer was from a place called La Noue (ultimately Gaulish meaning "wetland, swamp"). It has been used in honour of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), whose middle name came from his mother's maiden name.
Deemer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DEEM-ər
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "judge", from Old English demere.
Dar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דַּר(Hebrew)
Means "mother-of-pearl, nacre" in Hebrew.
Collyn
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kah-LEEN, KAHL-in, KOL-in
Cináed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Scottish, Old Irish [1]
Possibly from Old Irish
cin "respect, esteem, affection" or
cinid "be born, come into being" combined with
áed "fire", though it might actually be of Pictish origin. This was the name of the first king of the Scots and Picts (9th century). It is often Anglicized as
Kenneth. The originally unrelated name
Coinneach is sometimes used as the modern Scottish Gaelic form.
Ciar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KEER(Irish)
Derived from Irish
ciar meaning
"black". In Irish legend Ciar was a son of
Fergus mac Róich and
Medb, and the ancestor of the tribe of the Ciarraige (after whom County Kerry is named). As a feminine name, it was borne by an Irish nun (also called
Ciara) who established a monastery in Tipperary in the 7th century.
Cian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: KYEEN(Irish)
Means
"ancient, enduring" in Irish. In Irish
mythology this was the name of the father of
Lugh Lámfada. It was also borne by the mythical ancestor of the Ciannachta and by a son-in-law of
Brian Boru.
Chaim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: חַיִּים(Hebrew)
Pronounced: KHA-yeem
Derived from the Hebrew word
חַיִּים (chayim) meaning
"life". It has been used since medieval times.
Catharina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Swedish
Pronounced: ka-ta-REE-na(Dutch)
Cathaoir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: KA-heer
Irish Gaelic form of
Cahir.
Caspian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: KAS-pee-ən(English)
Used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his Chronicles of Narnia series, first appearing in 1950. Prince Caspian first appears in the fourth book, where he is the rightful king of Narnia driven into exile by his evil uncle Miraz. Lewis probably based the name on the Caspian Sea, which was named for the city of Qazvin, which was itself named for the ancient Cas tribe.
Caelestis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly", a derivative of Latin caelum "heaven, sky".
Cadeyrn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
From Old Welsh
Catigirn meaning
"battle king", derived from
cat "battle" and
tigirn "king, monarch". This was the name of a 5th-century king of Powys in Wales, the son of
Vortigern.
Balfour
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BAL-fər
From a Scottish surname, originally from various place names, themselves derived from Gaelic baile "village" and pòr "pasture, crop, cropland".
Ask
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse
askr "ash tree". In Norse
mythology Ask and his wife
Embla were the first humans created by the gods.
Arda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: AHR-dah
Short form of given names containing the Germanic element
aran or
arn meaning "eagle", such as
Arnolda and
Arenda. In that respect, one could basically consider it to be the feminine equivalent of
Ard. However, the name can also be a short form of names ending in
-arda (which is often derived from Germanic
hard meaning "brave, hardy"), such as
Bernarda,
Gerarda and
Leonarda.
A known bearer of this name is the Dutch left-wing politician Arda Gerkens (b. 1965).
Ante 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian
Short form of names beginning with the Old German element
anto "zeal".
Allyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-in
Variant or feminine form of
Alan.
Aderyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Means "bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
Adair
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-DEHR
From an English surname that was derived from the given name
Edgar.
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