Glitchtrap's Personal Name List

From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.

From Japanese 優 (yuu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
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From Japanese 百合 (yuri) for "lily" and 愛 (a) for "love."

From Japanese 弓 (yumi) meaning "archery bow" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" or 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

From Japanese 雪 (yuki) "snow" combined with 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens." Other kanji combinations are possible.

Means "night" in Japanese.

Hebrew form of Jonah. It is a unisex name in modern Hebrew.

Russian form of Helen.

From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet", 康 (yasu) meaning "peaceful" or 坦 (yasu) meaning "flat, smooth, level", as well as other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

This can be read as Yanagi meaning "willow".

Catalan variant of Chantal.

Italian form of Victoria.

Claimed to be a Mordvin name meaning "seeing in the forest". This was used for the title character of 'Virineya' (1969), a Soviet film which was ultimately based on a 1924 novel by Lidiya Seyfullina (1889-1954).

Means "shining, brilliant, splendid" in Sanskrit.

Earlier form of Beatrix.

Feminine form of Bézian via the variant Vezian.

From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.

Diminutive of Evgenia.

Variant of Venetia. It also coincides with the Italian name of the city Venice.

Possibly related to Valencia.

Literary references:

Isabella Valancy Crawford, first Canadian woman poet and writer.

Valancy Sterling, the central character in L. M. Montgomery's book, "The Blue Castle."

From Tahitian vai "water" and miti "sea, salt".

Latinized form of Ourania.

Anglicized form of Irish Úna or Scottish Ùna. It is also associated with Latin una, feminine form of unus meaning "one". The name features in Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590).

Feminine form of Umbro. In some cases, however, it can also be a variant of Ombra.

From Japanese 羽 (u) meaning "feathers" combined with 唄 (ka) meaning "song". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Meaning unknown. This is the name of a character from the 1908 play 'The Blue Bird' (French: 'L'Oiseau bleu') by Belgian playwright and poet Maurice Maeterlinck.

Diminutive of Beatrix.

燈 (tō, tou) meaning "lamp, light" and 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also be used.

Short form of Antonija.

Perhaps based on Latin Titanius meaning "of the Titans". This name was (first?) used by William Shakespeare in his comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) where it belongs to the queen of the fairies, the wife of Oberon. This is also a moon of Uranus, named after the Shakespearean character.

Short form of Tatiana or Christiana. It was rare in the United States until it jumped in popularity in 1975, perhaps due to the Vietnamese-American actress Tiana Alexandra (1956-), who had some exposure at that time. It was used as the name of the princess in the Disney movie The Princess and the Frog (2009).

From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa. It was first recorded as Therasia, being borne by the Spanish wife of Saint Paulinus of Nola in the 4th century. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek θέρος (theros) meaning "summer", from Greek θερίζω (therizo) meaning "to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini).

The name was mainly confined to Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages. After the 16th century it was spread to other parts of the Christian world, due to the fame of the Spanish nun and reformer Saint Teresa of Ávila. Another famous bearer was the Austrian Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), who inherited the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, beginning the War of the Austrian Succession.

From the Greek name Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Russian and Bulgarian form of Tatiana.

Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia (as Татьяна) and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s.

In Cornish folklore, Tamara is a nymph who lived in the underworld and wanted to wander freely in the mortal world, against the advice of her parents. When she falls in love with the giant Tawradge, she refuses to return to the underworld with her father. He becomes enraged and casts a spell on Tamara, turning her into a bubbling spring, which produced the Tamar river (Dowr Tamar in Cornish), that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall.

Means "diamond" in Samoan.

Means "gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the New Testament was a woman restored to life by Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as Dorcas (see Acts 9:36). As an English name, Tabitha became common after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.

Diminutive form of Vasili.

Old Swedish variant of Sigrid.

Norwegian variant of Sunniva.

Variant of Solveig.

Variant of Silvana.

German and French form of Sibyl.

This name is used as 朱雀, referring to the Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, that is said to rule over the southern heavens. It is made up of 朱 (shu, ake, su) meaning "vermillion, cinnabar" and 雀 (jaku, jan, saku, shaku, suzume) meaning "sparrow."

Fictional bearers of this name include Suzaku Kururugi (枢木 スザク) from the anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and Suzaku (朱雀), one of the Four Beasts from the manga and anime series Yū Yū Hakusho.

This name is rarely used.

Means "lovely eyes" in Hindi.

From Japanese 菫 (sumire) meaning "violet (flower)". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.

Sino-Japanese reading of kanji like 翠 meaning "green," 粋 meaning "chic, smart, stylish, refined," 穂 meaning "ear/head (of plant); point, tip," 彗, part of 彗星 (suisei) meaning "comet," and 遂 meaning "accomplishment," among others, also written as 好, stemming from 好き (suki) meaning "(well-)liked, favourite."
These single kanji, alongside those that can be (partially) read as su, like 澄 meaning "lucidity, transparency" or 朱 meaning "vermilion," can be suffixed with an i kanji, such as 衣 meaning "clothing" or 依 meaning "reliance, dependence."

Derived from the Greek noun σωτηρία (soteria) meaning "salvation, deliverance, preservation".

In Greek mythology, Soteria was the goddess or daimon ("spirit") of safety, and of deliverance and preservation from harm. She was a daughter of either Zeus or Dionysus.

Means "Sky child" in Japanese.

From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky", 宙 (sora) meaning "mid-air" or 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 歌 (ka) meaning "song, poetry", 叶 (ka) meaning "fulfill, come true", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 風 (ka) meaning "wind" or 遥 (ka) meaning "distant, remote". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Russian diminutive of Sophia. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace (1869, English translation 1886).

Variant of Sonya.

Kurdish form of Shirin.

The name of a giantess in the poem 'Fjǫlsvinnsmál' (a very late part of the Poetic Edda) whom scholars sometimes identify with the underworld goddess Hel. The second element of this obscure character's name is often thought to be Old Norse mara, which refers to a type of evil spirit or incubus in Germanic folklore. An alternative proposed meaning is "she who maims the sinews", based on Old Norse sina "sinew" and the hypothetic *mara "one who maims".

Means "clean, pure" in Burmese.

Simply from the English word silence, from Middle English from Old French, from Latin silentium, from silere "be silent". A popular virtue name amongst the Puritans in the 17th century, it was usually given to girls (very occasionally to boys), ultimately taken from the admonition of Saint Paul: "Let the women learn in silence, with all subjection." Translated into Latin it became Tace, which "in its turn developed into Tacey". It was used by Pamela Belle for a Puritan character in her novels Wintercombe, Herald of Joy and Treason's Gift.

Irish form of Cecilia.

Means "victorious girl-friend" from the Old Norse elements sigr "victory" and vinr "friend" (feminine vina). In Norse mythology Sigyn was the wife of the trickster god Loki. When he was chained to a rock by the other gods, Sigyn stayed by her husband's side, holding a basin over his face to catch the venom dripping from a serpent that Skaði had fastened above him; still a few drops fell onto Loki, causing him to writhe in pain so violently that he caused earthquakes. According to Cleasby-Vigfusson this is the source of the Old Norse name Signý. It was used by Norwegian author Olav Duun in his novel 'Sigyn' (1913).

From Old Norse sigr "victory" (Icelandic sigur) and ást "love, affection".

Norwegian form of Sigrún.

shyla means godess parvati.

Shirogane typically spelt "白銀"
"白" is white.　"銀" is silver. Although put together it can mean something similar to platinum or silver.

This name can be used as 志樹, 志基, 志希, 志輝, 志騎, 志季, 詩希, 詩季, 詩稀 with 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling," 詩 (shi, uta) meaning "poem, poetry," 樹 (ju, ki) meaning "timber trees, wood," 基 (ki, moto, motoi) meaning "foundation, fundamentals," 希 (ki, ke, mare) meaning "beg, few, hope, phenomenal, pray, rare, request," 輝 (ki, kagaya.ku) meaning "gleam, radiance, shine, sparkle, twinkle," 騎 (ki) meaning "equestrian, riding on horses," 季 (ki) meaning "seasons," 起 (ki, o.kiru, o.kosu, oko.su, o.koru, ta.tsu) meaning "get/wake up, rouse" and 稀 (ki, ke, mabora, mare) meaning "phenomenal, rare."

Except for 志季, 志起 and 詩稀, which is used for girls, all the other kanji combinations are given to boys.

In the Edo period (1603-1868), this was a rare feminine name. Today, it's still rarely given, although it's now given to both girls and boys.

Feminine form of Seurin.

From Japanese 刹那 (setsuna) meaning "a moment, an instant". It can also be given as a combination of 刹 (setsu) meaning "temple" or 雪 (setsu) meaning "snow" combined with Japanese 那 (na) a phonetic kanji or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". 刹那 is by far the most popular spelling for boys, for girls the name is often written in hiragana. Other kanji combinations are possible. This name is extremely popular in Japanese manga and anime with many characters bearing the name.

Variant of Zenaida (compare Sinaida).

Variant of Celinda.

Latinized form of Selene. This name was borne by popular Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla (1971-1995), who was known simply as Selena. Another famous bearer is the American actress and singer Selena Gomez (1992-).

Either a variant of Scarlett or else from the English word for the red colour (both of the same origin, a type of cloth).

Sanskrit. Name of beautiful white flower: Jasminum multiflorum

Means "mother of one-hundred (sons)" from Persian صد (sad) (through the Iranian root */sata-/) meaning "(one) hundred" combined with the Northwest Caucasian root /na/ meaning "mother" (descended into Kabardian анэ (ānă) and Adyghe ны (nə)) and the Indo-Iranian suffix /-ya/ meaning "the one who is". This refers to Satanaya’s one-hundred giant sons (Narts) in Caucasian mythology.

Satanaya Guasha (or Satana) was the matriarch of the Narts (a race of giants) and an important figure in the 'Nart' sagas and Caucasian mythology. To the Ossetians, she was the daughter of the Uastyrdzhi and mother of Soslan. She was also viewed as a deity of fertility similar to the Greek Demeter but was portrayed as a goddess of crafts and women's work in Vainakh (Chechen and Ingush) belief.

From Japanese 真 (sana) meaning "real, genuine" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

From Japanese 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji characters.

From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk" combined with 姫 (hime) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From the English word meaning "black", derived from the name of the black-furred mammal native to northern Asia, ultimately of Slavic origin.

Polish and Latvian form of Ruth 1.

Sicilian form of Rosalia.

Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century [1].

Italian diminutive of Rosa 1.

Latinate form of Rosaline.

A main character in the videogame Final Fantasy VIII. The name is believed to either be a variation of the Irish ríoghan meaning "queen," or the Japanese translation of Lenore.

Short form of Caterina or Catharina as well as other names ending in rina.

From Japanese 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

Diminutive of Aurelia or Amarilla (variant of Amaryllis). Also compare Rilla.

Short form of Fredrika, Henrika and other names ending in rika.

Feminine form of Remir, which is a variant form of Revomir.

From Japanese 麗 (re) meaning "beautiful, lovely" combined with 舞 (ma) meaning "dance". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Means "queen" in French, ultimately from Latin regina.

From Japanese 怜 (rei) meaning "wise" and 奈 (na), a phonetic character. This name can also be formed by other combinations of kanji.

From Japanese 鈴 (rei) meaning "bell", 麗 (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 玲 (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Transferred use of the surname Rayne, thus a variant of Raine. It can also be considered a variant of Rain.

Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.

Means "lovely, delightful" in Esperanto.

Possibly a habitational name from Ratsbury in Lynton, Devon.

Variant of Rana.

Means "to gaze, to look intently" in Arabic.

Feminine form of Ramón. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona (1884), as well as several subsequent movies based on the book.

Feminine form of Ram 1.

Means "exalted" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Hezron in the Old Testament.

Probably a Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Herais.

Diminutive of Rain 1.

Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".

Means "the soul", derived from Greek ψύχω (psycho) meaning "to breathe". The Greeks thought that the breath was the soul. In Greek mythology Psyche was a beautiful maiden who was beloved by Eros (or Cupid in Roman mythology). She is the subject of Keats's poem Ode to Psyche (1819).

Roman name, a diminutive of Prisca. In Acts in the New Testament Paul lived with Priscilla (also known as Prisca) and her husband Aquila in Corinth for a while. It has been used as an English given name since the Protestant Reformation, being popular with the Puritans. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used it in his 1858 poem The Courtship of Miles Standish [1].

Feminine form of Primus (see Primo).

Derived from the name of the fruit, which itself derived its name from Late Latin persica, which came from older Latin malum persicum meaning "Persian fruit." In popular culture, this is the name of the Nintendo video game character Princess Peach, whom Mario often rescues from the evil Bowser.

Derived from Greek παρθένος (parthenos) meaning "maiden, virgin". This was the name of one of the mares of Marmax in Greek mythology.

Derived from oy meaning "moon" and shirin meaning "sweet, pleasant".

Means "weaving princess". According to Shinto beliefs, there was a woman named Orihime who had a lover. But her lover became too distracting for her to continue her weaving, her father separated them, only allowing them to see each other once a year. If it rained on the given date, they would have to wait until next year. Today, the Tanabata Festival is held in Japan and China to celebrate this story.

From the eponymous flowering plant. The plant's name derives from Latin orchis, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (orkhis), meaning "testicle" (the name was given to the plant because of the testicle-shaped subterranean parts of some European orchids).

Anglicized form of Odhrán.

Meaning unknown, possibly a diminutive of Naomi 1.

Maybe a one-off variant of Numeria.

Nymeria is a feminine name that is used several times in the book series, 'A song of Ice and Fire' by George R R Martin. Queen Nymeria of the Rhoynar was a great warrior. Later Arya Stark names her direwolf Nymeria after Queen Nymeria. Nymeria Sand is a 'sand snake' one of the bastard daughters of Oberyn Martell, she is extremely skilled with blades.

Means "light" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic نور (nūr).

Combination of Nur and the popular suffix -lyn.

Derived from nurli meaning "radiant, shining" and jon meaning "spirit, soul".

Elaboration of Nora 1 using the popular name suffix lyn.

Variant spelling of Nyx.

Meaning unknown. In Arthurian legends this is the name of a sorceress, also known as the Lady of the Lake, Vivien, or Niniane. Various versions of the tales have Merlin falling in love with her and becoming imprisoned by her magic. She first appears in the medieval French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.

Diminutive of Nicole.

Nezuko means Ancestral shrine or One father's tome zu means bean in Japanese And ko means child
There is Nezuko Kamado from Demon slayer:Kimetsu no yaiba

From Japanese 子 (ne) meaning "child", 子 (ne) meaning "child" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

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Russian diminutive of Natalya. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace (1865). It has been used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.

Variant of native Korean 날개 (nalgae) meaning "wing." It can also be written with hanja, combining a na hanja, like 娜 meaning "beauty" or 羅 meaning "net(ting)," with a rae hanja, such as 萊, referring to the goosefoot, or 來 meaning "coming."

Variant of Nya.

Most commonly spelled as 凪 (nagi) which is derived directly from the Japanese word for "calm (at sea), lull". It is sometimes spelled in hiragana or katakana. Other kanji combinations are possible but rather uncommon.

French diminutive of Nadia 1.

Derived from the Japanese kanji 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" combined with 郷 (sato) meaning "village" or 里 (sato) meaning "village, hometown, country".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

From Japanese 操 (misao) meaning "chastity, honour". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". This name can be formed from other combinations of kanji as well.

Hebrew form of Miriam, as well as a Spanish variant.

From Serbo-Croatian miran meaning "peaceful, calm".

Means "miracle" in Basque. It is equivalent to Alazne and Milagros.

Derived from Latin mirabilis meaning "wonderful". This name was coined during the Middle Ages, though it eventually died out. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.

Possibly derived from Latin mens meaning "intellect", but more likely of Etruscan origin. Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and war, approximately equivalent to the Greek goddess Athena. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since after the Renaissance.

Diminutive of Mildred, Millicent and other names containing the same sound.

From the Gothic name *Amalaswinþa, composed of the elements amals "unceasing, vigorous, brave" and swinþs "strong". Amalaswintha was a 6th-century queen of the Ostrogoths. The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Melisent or Melisende. Melisende was a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II.

From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names containing that element.

Biblical Hebrew form of Michal 2.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 加 (ka) meaning "increase". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Variant of Mia or Maya 2.

Diminutive of Maria. It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".

This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [1]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.

Variant of Maret (Estonian) or Marit (Swedish).

From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, from Old Welsh forms such as Margetud, possibly from mawredd "greatness, magnificence" combined with iudd "lord". The Welsh forms of this name were well used through the Middle Ages. Since the mid-1920s it has been used more often for girls than for boys in English-speaking countries, though it is still a masculine name in Wales. A famous bearer of this name as surname was the English novelist and poet George Meredith (1828-1909).

Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity" [1].

Ancient Attic Greek variant of Melissa.

"Dear gift" in Sindarin. Melian was the queen of Doriath in J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion.

From Chinese 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful" combined with itself. Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Latinized form of Greek Μέγαιρα (Megaira), which was derived from μεγαίρω (megairo) meaning "to grudge". This was the name of one of the Furies or Ἐρινύες (Erinyes) in Greek mythology. The name is used as a word in several European languages to denote a shrewish, ill-tempered woman (for example, French mégère and Italian megera).

Hispanic variant of Maeleth influenced by Maya 2.

Derived from Ottoman Turkish ماوى (mavi) meaning "blue, azure", ultimately from Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy) meaning "watery".

From the Germanic name Mahthilt meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hilt "battle". Saint Matilda was the wife of the 10th-century German king Henry I the Fowler. The name was common in many branches of European royalty in the Middle Ages. It was brought to England by the Normans, being borne by the wife of William the Conqueror himself. Another notable royal by this name was a 12th-century daughter of Henry I of England, known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the Holy Roman emperor Henry V. She later invaded England, laying the foundations for the reign of her son Henry II.

The name was very popular until the 15th century in England, usually in the vernacular form Maud. Both forms were revived by the 19th century. This name appears in the popular Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda, written in 1895.

Combination of Marta and Celia.

French diminutive of Marie.

Latin form of Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see Mary). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European languages, as well as a secondary form in other languages such as English (where the common spelling is Mary). In some countries, for example Germany, Poland and Italy, Maria is occasionally used as a masculine middle name.

This was the name of two ruling queens of Portugal. It was also borne by the Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), whose inheritance of the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, began the War of the Austrian Succession.

French diminutive of Marie.

Variant of Melaina.

Variant of Muirenn.

Derived from Finnish mairea meaning "gushing, sugary".

Gallicized form of Maialen.

From Japanese 万 (ma) meaning "ten thousand", 愛 (ma) meaning "love, affection", 眞 (ma) meaning "truth, reality", 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 舞 (ma) meaning "dance", 茉 (ma) meaning "jasmine" or 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp, flax, linen", 布 (fu) meaning "linen, cloth, spread, distribute", 扶 (fu) meaning "aid, help, assist", 芙 (fu) meaning "lotus, Mt Fuji", 楓 (fu) meaning "maple" or 風 (fu) meaning "wind, air, style, manner" combined with 冬 (fuyu, yu) meaning "winter", 柚 (yu) meaning "citron", 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause", 有 (yu) meaning "exist", 侑 (yu) meaning "help, assist, repay kindness", 佑 (yu) meaning "help, assist", 優 (yu) meaning "tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness", 友 (yu) meaning "friend", 結 (yu) meaning "tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten" or 悠 (yu) meaning "permanence, distant, long time, leisure". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Variant of Mabel. It also coincides with the French phrase ma belle meaning "my beautiful".

Armenian form of Lucia.

A deviant of Lynn. Used in the popular videogame "Fire Emblem."

Means "it is growing, increasing" in Zulu and Xhosa, referring to love or the child’s family.

Form of Eluned used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes in his poem Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. In the poem she is a servant of the Lady of the Fountain who aids the knight Yvain.

Means "moon-like" in Latin. Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants.

Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.

Feminine form of Lucius. Saint Lucia was a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse. She was said to have had her eyes gouged out, and thus she is the patron saint of the blind. She was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). It has been used in the England since the 12th century, usually in the spellings Lucy or Luce.

From the name of the lotus flower (species Nelumbo nucifera) or the mythological lotus tree. They are ultimately derived from Greek λωτός (lotos). In Greek and Roman mythology the lotus tree was said to produce a fruit causing sleepiness and forgetfulness.

Short form of Lillian or an elaborated form of Lily.

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of Lily.

Combination of Lilia and Dora.

From the name of a zodiacal constellation shaped like a set of scales, derived from Latin libra meaning "scales, balance".

Italian (particularly Sicilian) feminine form of Liborius.

Diminutive of Lettice.

Derived from Greek λήθη "forgetfulness, oblivion" (source of the word alethes "true" (compare Alethea), literally "not concealing"). In Greek mythology this name belonged to a daimona of oblivion. She was the daughter of Eris and the counterpart Mnemosyne. Together with Hesychia and Aergia, she protects the realm of Hypnos. Lethe, one of the five rivers of the underworld of Hades, is named after her.

Northern Sami variant of Lea.

Transferred use of the surname Lavelle.

Feminine form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

From the French title of the Virgin Mary Notre-Dame de La Salette meaning "Our Lady of La Salette". Also compare Saleta.

Short form of Alana (English) or Svetlana (Russian). In the English-speaking world it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995), who was born Julia Jean Turner.

Meaning, "a passionate expression of grief or sorrow." Referring to being sorry for sin. Name given to 'bastard' children.

Elaboration of Laine.

Means "barker" from the Russian лаять (layat') meaning "to bark". This was the name of a Soviet dog who became one of the first animals to go to space.

Means "apportioner" in Greek. She was one of the three Fates or Μοῖραι (Moirai) in Greek mythology. She was responsible for deciding how long each person had to live.

English corruption of cymry, the Welsh word for "Welsh people, the Welsh". Likely inspired by the name Kimberly.

Directly taken from Japanese 胡桃 meaning "walnut". This name is mostly used for girls in Japan but occasionally given to boys as well. It is also often written in hiragana. Other kanji combinations are possible, but rather uncommon.

Means "Black Eyes" in Japanese.

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 九郎 (see Kurō).

Means "shadow" in Japanese.

Variant of Crystal.

Derived from the Old German elements grimo "mask" and hilt "battle". Kriemhild was a beautiful heroine in the medieval German saga the Nibelungenlied, where she is the sister of Gunther and the wife of Siegfried. After her husband is killed by Hagen with the consent of Gunther, Kriemhild tragically exacts her revenge. She is called Gudrun in Norse versions of the tale.

From Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 桜 (ra) meaning "cherry blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Diminutive of Katherine.

Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer.

From Japanese 桐 (kiri) "paulownia" or 霧 (kiri) "mist" combined with 子 (ko) "child"

From Japanese 桐 (kiri) meaning "paulownia" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

From Japanese 綺 (ki) meaning "elegant, beautiful", 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric", 騎 (ki) meaning "mount" combined with 蘭 (ra) meaning "orchid". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum", as well as other kanji characters that are pronounced the same way.

Fijian form of Grace.

From Japanese 慧 (kei) meaning "intelligent", 圭 (kei) meaning "gemstone" or 慶 (kei) meaning "celebration". This name can also be formed from other kanji or kanji combinations.

From Japanese 賀 (ka) meaning "congratulate, greet, celebrate" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Anglicized form of Caitrìona.

Means "the crowned Lord" (or possibly "crown of God") in Hebrew. From the Hebrew keter (כֶּתֶר) "crown" and el (אֵל) "god".

Known since the 15th century, Karna was used as a variant of Karla in the southern parts of Sweden and as a variant of Karen 1 in the eastern parts of Denmark.

The name of a character in 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'.

Swedish short form of Katherine.

Kano is a fictional character from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.

From Japanese 栞 (kan) meaning "bookmark" and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.

In the German translation of "The Lord of the Rings", Kankra is the name of Shelob. The name is derived from Kanker, a rare or dialectal German word meaning "spider".

From 要 (kaname) meaning "pivot; vital point, cornerstone, keystone," likely sound shifted from 蟹の目 (kani no me) meaning "crab's eye," likely by influence from 金目, which looks as if it's read as kaname, literally meaning "golden eye." The derivation refers to a metal fitting (resembling a crab's eye) used for fastening the frame at the end of the fan, which would fall apart if no metal fitting is inserted.
It can also be used as 枢, which refers to a pivot hinge (read as kururu). 要 can be suffixed with a kanji that can (partially) read as me, like 芽/萌 meaning "bud, sprout" or 夢 (yume) meaning "dream." In that case, substitutes for the first kanji include 叶 (kana) meaning "grant, answer," 奏 (kanade) meaning "playing of music" or 哉 (kana), a phonetic kanji that is otherwise referring to a particle expressing wonder on the part of the speaker.

Means "bright, shining" in Japanese. It is spelled with the kanji 赫 (kagaya) meaning "bright" and 映 (ya) meaning "reflect". The name originates from the old Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, about a bamboo cutter who finds a tiny baby in a bamboo stalk and names her Kaguya-hime "shining princess". When she grows up she rejects all proposals for marriage (including that from the Emperor) and eventually returns to her true home on the moon.

Many characters from Japanese anime and other popular culture bear this name, after her.

From Japanese 鏡 (kagami) meaning "mirror". This name can also be formed by combining 鏡 (kagami, kaga, kyō) with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty", 実 (mi) meaning "berry, fruit, nut, real", 看 (mi) meaning "to watch, to care for", or 見 (mi) meaning "to see".

From Japanese 花園 (kaen) meaning "flower garden" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with 媛 (en) meaning "princess". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Meaning unknown, possibly related to an Indo-European root meaning "young", or possibly of Etruscan origin. In Roman mythology Juno was the wife of Jupiter and the queen of the heavens. She was the protectress of marriage and women, and was also the goddess of finance.

Anglicized form of Giulietta or Juliette. This spelling was used for the ill-fated lover of Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet (1596) by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare based his story on earlier Italian tales such as Giulietta e Romeo (1524) by Luigi Da Porto.

Likely an invented name, a combination Julia and the name suffix -anthe (See Anthea).

Name of a character who appeared in classic issues of the Incredible Hulk from 1971 to 1976.

From the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings. It is derived from Spanish (piedra de la) ijada meaning "(stone of the) flank", relating to the belief that jade could cure renal colic. As a given name, it came into general use during the 1970s. It was initially unisex, though it is now mostly feminine.

This name combines 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring" with 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "wild apple," 菜 (sai, na) meaning "greens, side dish, vegetable" or 名 (myou, mei, na) meaning "name, reputation."

As a word, it (飯綱) refers to a type of fox spirit, though it's being written in hiragana as いづな so, technically, it's written in romaji as Idzuna. Also, it's not used as a name in Japan.

This name is rarely given to girls, if given at all.

Variant of Islay, typically used as a feminine name. It also coincides with the Spanish word isla meaning "island".

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.

"Rock, stone" Stone connotates a dependable, nurturing character

Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.

MEANING : wife of king (queen)
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhala, Hindi, Sikh, Buddhist

From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with fríðr "beautiful, beloved". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

Old Hungarian form of Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word ilona, a derivative of ilo "joy".

Ilm is an Estonian surname meaning "weather".

Means "inspiration" in Arabic.

The god Eitumatupua climbed down from the sky on a great tree, and took a worm descendant, Ilaheva, as his wife.

Lithuanian and Latvian form of Eve. This is also the Lithuanian and Latvian word for a type of cherry tree (species Prunus padus).

Norwegian variant form of Iðunn.

Feminine form of Hostus.

From the Korean word 혼자 (honja) meaning "alone".

From Japanese 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun" or 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From 向日葵 (himawari) which refers to the sunflower, originally deriving from 日 (hi) meaning "sun" combined with 回り (mawari) meaning "rotation, circulation," from the misconception that the sunflowers follow the direction of the sun, the behaviour only occuring in immature flower buds and not in fully grown sunflowers (which faces east).
Other ways to write this name include 向日花, 日向咲, 向夏花, 陽葵, 陽周 and 葵 with 花 meaning "flower," 咲 meaning "blossom," 夏 meaning "summer" and 周, related to 回.

Originally a short form of names containing the Old Frankish element hildi, Old High German hilt, Old English hild meaning "battle" (Proto-Germanic *hildiz). The short form was used for both Old English and continental Germanic names. Saint Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby was a 7th-century English saint and abbess. The name became rare in England during the later Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century.

From 彼岸花 higanbana (red spider lily) and 彼岸 higan (nirvana; literally means the other shore). The red spider lily is portrayed as the "flower of heavens" in Buddhist scriptures. However, it is also known as 死人花 shibitobana (flower of the dead) in Japan and symbolizes "sorrowful memories" in the language of flowers.

From Japanese 雲雀 (hibari) meaning "lark, skylark" or other kanji pronounced in the same way.

A famous bearer was Hibari Misora, an award-winning Japanese enka singer and actress

Derived from Greek ἑστία (hestia) meaning "hearth, fireside". In Greek mythology Hestia was the goddess of the hearth and domestic activity.

Means "thunder" in Hawaiian. Apparently in the past, Herman was sometimes used as its Anglicized form.

From Polynesian meaning "powerful crown moving the sky".

From the English word heather for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers, which commonly grow in rocky areas. It is derived from Middle English hather. It was first used as a given name in the late 19th century, though it did not become popular until the last half of the 20th century.

From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.

Means "beautiful snow" from Hawaiian hau "snow" and nani "beauty, glory".

From Japanese 悠 (haru) meaning "permanence, distant, long time, leisure", 明 (haru) meaning "bright", 春 (haru) meaning "spring", 晴 (haru) meaning "clear up", 暖 (haru) meaning "warmth", 温 (haru) meaning "warm", 美 (haru) meaning "beautiful", 花 (haru) meaning "flower", 遥, 遙 (haru) meaning "far off, distant, long ago", 遼 (haru) meaning "distant", 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male", 啓 (haru) meaning "disclose, open, say", 桜 (haru) meaning "cherry blossom", 治 (haru) meaning "reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve", 東 (haru) meaning "east", 晏 (haru) meaning "late, quiet", 羽 (ha) meaning "feather" or 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf", 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" combined with 寧 (ne) meaning "rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility", 音 (ne) meaning "sound", 夢 (ne) meaning "dream", 根 (ne) meaning "root", 嶺 (ne) meaning "peak, summit", 子 (ne) meaning "child" or 希 (ne) meaning "hope, beg, request, rare, few, phenomenal". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Arabic هنيء (hanīʾ) meaning "pleasant, beneficial", from the root هنأ (hanaʾa) meaning "to gladden, to enjoy".

From Japanese 英 (hana) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 耶 (ya), a phonetic character. Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Means "peering; place from which to peer, place to peer at, lookout" in Hawaiian.

From Japanese 白 (haku) meaning "white" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From the Japanese kanji 白 (haku) meaning "white" or 伯 (haku) meaning "count; eldest brother; chief official" or 魄 (haku) meaning "soul".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearers are fictional characters Haku in 'Naruto' and 'Haku' (a.k.a. Kohaku) in 'Spirited Away'.

Maori form of Simon 1.

Variant of Gwendolen. This is the usual spelling in the United States.

Possibly derived from the Old German elements gris "grey" and hilt "battle". It is not attested as a Germanic name. This was the name of a patient wife in medieval folklore, adapted into tales by Boccaccio (in The Decameron) and Chaucer (in The Canterbury Tales).

Short form of Margareta. A famous bearer of this name was the Swedish actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990).

Origins unknown. This is the name of a demon identified in 'The Lesser Key of Solomon' who appears in the form of a beautiful woman.

Feminine form of Glyn influenced by the name Lynette.

Anglicized form of the epithet glas "gray, green, blue" or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.

Means "twins" in Latin. This is the name of the third sign of the zodiac. The two brightest stars in the constellation, Castor and Pollux, are named for the mythological twin sons of Leda.

From Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganymedes), which was possibly derived from γάνυμαι (ganymai) meaning "to be glad" and μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". In Greek mythology this was the name of a beautiful boy who was abducted by Zeus to become the cupbearer to the gods, the successor of Hebe. A moon of Jupiter is named after him.

Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.

Possibly from Februa, a Roman purification festival that was held during the month of February (and which gave the month its name). The festival was derived from Latin februum meaning "purging, purification". This name was borne by Saint Febronia of Nisibis, a 4th-century martyr.

Means "joy, delight" in Arabic, a variant of فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".

Variant of Fanny.

Means "dawn, beginning" in Arabic. This is the name of a daily prayer that is recited in the morning by observant Muslims.

Elaboration of Eva using popular suffix -leta.

Latinized form of Greek Εὐρώπη (Europe), which meant "wide face" from εὐρύς (eurys) meaning "wide" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In Greek mythology Europa was a Phoenician princess who was abducted and taken to Crete by Zeus in the guise of a bull. She became the first queen of Crete, and later fathered Minos by Zeus. The continent of Europe said to be named for her, though it is more likely her name is from that of the continent. This is also the name of a moon of Jupiter.

Means "good gift" in Greek, from the elements εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". This was the name of a nymph, one of the Hyades, in Greek mythology.

Means "desire, wish" in Sanskrit.

Basque name that appeared during the 1700s and early to mid-1800s.
Its exact origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that suggests a derivation from Ramos.

Variant of Éowyn, which J. R. R. Tolkien invented using the Old English elements e(o)h "horse" and wynn "joy".

Variant of Ean.

From the English word envy meaning "envy, resentful desire", itself ultimately from Latin invidia, of the same meaning (compare Invidia). Use of the name has been influenced by the brand of perfume called Envy, which was introduced by Gucci in 1997.

Feminine form of Emeterio.

Diminutive of Elizabeth. It was popularized in the early 1980s by a character from the television comedy Family Ties.

Diminutive of Elżbieta.

Variant of Elowen.

From the Old French name Héloïse, which was probably from the Germanic name Helewidis, composed of the elements heil meaning "healthy, whole" and wit meaning "wide". It is sometimes associated with the Greek word ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" or the name Louise, though there is no etymological connection. This name was borne by the 12th-century French scholar and philosopher Héloïse. Secretly marrying the theologian Peter Abelard at a young age, she became a nun (and eventually an abbess) after Abelard was violently castrated by order of her uncle Fulbert.

There was a medieval English form of this name, Helewis, though it died out after the 13th century. In the 19th century it was revived in the English-speaking world in the form Eloise.

The name is influenced by names like Elliana and Eleanor or other names with similar starting sounds, and names like Cassandra and Alondra or other names with similar ending sounds.

Italian form of Elijah.

Middle English form of both the Old English names Æðelflæd and Ælfflæd. These names became rare after the Norman Conquest, but Elfleda was briefly revived in the 19th century.

Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian and Polish form of Eleutheria.

Sindarin name invented by J.R.R. Tolkien; it is one of the names of the highest mountain in Arda (the Earth). It means: crowned with stars. The other name is Taniquetil. It is mentioned in 'Silmarillion'.

Form of Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Елена (see Yelena).

Latinate form of Eleanor.

Modern form of Eir.

Possibly from the Finnish happy exclamation eijaa.

Means "snow" in Basque, from edur, a variant of elur "snow". It is an equivalent of Nieves, proposed by the writer Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "wealth, fortune" and guð "battle". It was popular among Anglo-Saxon royalty, being borne for example by Saint Eadgyeth;, the daughter of King Edgar the Peaceful. It was also borne by the Anglo-Saxon wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I. The name remained common after the Norman Conquest. It became rare after the 15th century, but was revived in the 19th century.

Variant of Echo.

Means "lamp, light" in Hindi.

Derived from the Greek element Διός (Dios) meaning "of Zeus". This was the name of a 4th-century BC tyrant of Syracuse. It has been used as an American given name since the middle of the 20th century.

Means "judged" in Hebrew, derived from דִּין (din) meaning "to judge". According to the Old Testament, Dinah was a daughter of Jacob and Leah who was abducted by Shechem. It has been used as an English given name since after the Protestant Reformation.

Feminine form of Demetrius.

Transferred use of the surname Deji.

From the Old Irish name Derdriu, meaning unknown, possibly derived from der meaning "daughter". This was the name of a tragic character in Irish legend who died of a broken heart after Conchobar, the king of Ulster, forced her to be his bride and killed her lover Naoise.

It has only been commonly used as a given name since the 20th century, influenced by two plays featuring the character: William Butler Yeats' Deirdre (1907) and J. M. Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows (1910).

From Greek δηιόω (deioo) meaning "to slay" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man". In Greek mythology this was the name of the wife of Herakles. She unwittingly poisoned her husband by giving him the Shirt of Nessus.

From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus". This name occurs in Slavic folklore as a personification of the morning star. It has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.

Means "love each other" in Shona.

Latinized form of Greek Κυνθία (Kynthia), which means "woman from Cynthus". This was an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, given because Cynthus was the mountain on Delos on which she and her twin brother Apollo were born. It was not used as a given name until the Renaissance, and it did not become common in the English-speaking world until the 19th century. It reached a peak of popularity in the United States in 1957 and has declined steadily since then.

Form of Criseida used by Shakespeare in his play Troilus and Cressida (1602).

Feminine form of Ciar. This is another name for Saint Ciar.

Patronymic derived from Chryses. In Greek legend she was the daughter of Chryses, a priest of Apollo. After she was taken prisoner by the Greeks besieging Troy, Apollo sent a plague into their camp, forcing the Greeks to release her.

Means "green shoot" in Greek, referring to new plant growth in the spring. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter. The name is also mentioned by Paul in one of his epistles in the New Testament.

As an English name, Chloe has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. It started getting more popular in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and then the United States. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 1997 to 2002. This is one of the few English-language names that is often written with a diaeresis, as Chloë.

Means "God's blessing".

Directly taken from Japanese 千鳥 (chidori) meaning "plover", a type of wading bird. The individual kanji mean 千 (chi) "a thousand" and 鳥 (dori) "bird". This name has been heavily used for female characters in manga and anime.

Variant of Cherylee, from the word "cherry."

Simply means "cherry" from the name of the fruit. It can also be a diminutive of Charity. It has been in use since the late 19th century.

French feminine diminutive of Charles. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. It was the name of a German-born 18th-century queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland. Another notable bearer was Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), the eldest of the three Brontë sisters and the author of Jane Eyre and Villette. A famous fictional bearer is the spider in the children's novel Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White.

This name was fairly common in France, England and the United States in the early 20th century. It became quite popular in France and England at the end of the 20th century, just when it was at a low point in the United States. It quickly climbed the American charts and entered the top ten in 2014.

From the English word charity, ultimately derived from Late Latin caritas "generous love", from Latin carus "dear, beloved". Caritas was in use as a Roman Christian name. The English name Charity came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation. It is currently most common in parts of English-influenced Africa.

Variant of Charity.

Possibly means "crooked tooth". In Irish myth she was the wife of Balor of the Evil Eye, king of the Fomorians and by him the mother of Ethniu (or Eithne, Ethlenn).

Irish archaeologist R. A. Stewart Macalister (1870-1950) proposed that it was originally a variant of Ethlenn arising from the frequent identification of Lugh (son of Ethlenn) by the matronymic "Lugh Mac Ethlenn": thus, Mac Ethlenn → Mac Cethlenn. Also, the town of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland is named for her, from Irish Inis Cethlinn "Cethlenn's island".

Derived from Latin caelicus, meaning "heavenly, celestial". It jumped in popularity after the Japanese car company Toyota used it for one of their vehicles in 1970.

Latinate feminine form of Caelestinus.

Italian feminine and masculine form of Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.

Diminutive of Celestino and Celestina.

Scottish Gaelic form of Katie.

From the name of a tropical American orchid (genus Cattleya) with purple, pink or white flowers, which was named after William Cattley (1788-1835).

French form of Katherine, and also a common English variant.

Italian and Catalan form of Katherine.

Diminutive of Cassandra and other names beginning with Cass.

Combination of Carrie and Ann

French feminine form of Carolus.

Italian form of Charlotte.

Diminutive of Caroline, or sometimes of names beginning with Cal.

Variant of Kaliyah.

Feminine form of Caietanus.

Derived from the Welsh elements caer "fortress" and gwyn "white, blessed".

Feminine form of Brin.

From a medieval French nickname meaning "white, fair-coloured". This word and its cognates in other languages are ultimately derived from the Germanic word *blankaz. An early bearer was the 12th-century Blanca of Navarre, the wife of Sancho III of Castile. Her granddaughter of the same name married Louis VIII of France, with the result that the name became more common in France.

Means "daughter of Yahweh" in Hebrew, from the roots בַּת (baṯ) meaning "daughter" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of a daughter of Pharaoh. She is traditionally equated with the pharaoh's daughter who drew Moses from the Nile.

Italian cognate of Blanche. Shakespeare had characters named Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (1593) and Othello (1603).

Diminutive of Barbara.

Elaboration of Azure.

Means "treasure, rarity, something valuable; lover" in Swahili, derived from Arabic عَزِيز‎ (ʕazīz); compare Aziz. A known (female) bearer is American model Azizi Johari (1948-), in whose case it is a pseudonym.

French form of Azalea. See also Azélie; as a French given name, the form Azélie appears to be more common (in French-Canadian, Louisiana Creole French regions).

Azalee, without the diacritic, is also the German form of Azalea.

Bearers: Azalee Wilson Montgomery (1902–1985), the wife of former Louisiana state senator Harold Montgomery (1911—1995), after whom he named his farm "Ranch Azalee".

From Japanese 歩 (ayu) meaning "walk, step" and 夢 (mu) meaning "dream, vision". It can also be written with 歩 alone, or with other combinations of kanji.

From Japanese 彩 (aya) meaning "colour" or 綾 (aya) meaning "design" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Ayanami, meaning "twilled waves" in Japanese

Japanese destroyer class ship Ayanami and the name of 3 other ships
Rei Ayanami, a fictional character from the Japanese media franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion
Ayanami, a fictional character from the Japanese fantasy manga 07-Ghost

From Japanese 菖蒲 (ayame) meaning "iris (flower)". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Variant of Alwilda.

Derived from the Old Norse elements auðr meaning "wealth, fortune" (or possibly the poetic word auðr which meant "fate, destiny") and rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Derived from the Old Norse elements auðr "fortune, riches" and lín "flax, linen". Alternatively the second element could be derived from Hlín (which occurs in many Old Norse poetic compounds meaning "woman") or Lína.

Finnish diminutive of Aura, occasionally also used in Estonia.

German variant of Aurelia and Czech variant of Aurélie.

Variant of Athena.

Meaning unknown. Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of the city of Athens in Greece. It is likely that her name is derived from that of the city, not vice versa. The earliest mention of her seems to be a 15th-century BC Mycenaean Greek inscription from Knossos on Crete.

The daughter of Zeus, she was said to have sprung from his head fully grown after he impregnated and swallowed her mother Metis. Athena is associated with the olive tree and the owl.

Etymology uncertain, possibly a variant form of Atara.

From kanji 明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Swahili ishi meaning "live, exist", derived from Arabic عاش (ʿāsha).

From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.

Means "reddish brown, dawn" in Sanskrit. The Hindu god Aruna (अरुण) is the charioteer who drives the sun god Surya across the sky. The modern feminine form अरुणा (spelled with a final long vowel) is also transcribed as Aruna, however the modern masculine form is Arun.

Derived from Old Norse ari or arn "eagle" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle".

Argine is the name of the Queen of Clubs on French playing cards. While the names on other cards are recognisable figures from history or mythology, Argine is more obscure, it is explained as an anagram of the Latin word regina "queen".

Means "virtue" in Greek. In Greek mythology Arete was the personification of virtue and excellence.

From the Gaulish arduo- meaning "height". Arduinna was a Celtic goddess of the Ardennes Forest and region, represented as a huntress riding a boar. The name Arduenna silva for "wooded heights" was applied to several forested mountains, not just the modern Ardennes.

From Sanskrit अर्चन (arcana) meaning "honouring, praising". This is the name of a Hindu ritual.

Means "eye of the universe" in Guarani.

Spanish and Galician form of Basque Arantza.

Meaning unknown. This name was (first?) used by William Congreve in his comedy The Old Bachelor (1693) and later by John Vanbrugh in his comedy The Confederacy (1705). This was the original given name of abolitionist Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), who was born Araminta Ross.

Diminutive of Guarani word ára meaning "sky, heavens".

Means "very beautiful" in Welsh, from the intensive prefix an- combined with gwen "white, blessed".

Feminine diminutive of Antoine. This name was borne by Marie Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. She was executed by guillotine.

French diminutive of Anne 1. It has also been widely used in the English-speaking world, and it became popular in America in the late 1950s due to the fame of actress Annette Funicello (1942-2013).

Form of Hannah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary.

In England, this Latin form has been used alongside the vernacular forms Ann and Anne since the late Middle Ages. Anna is currently the most common of these spellings in all English-speaking countries (since the 1970s), however the biblical form Hannah is presently more popular than all three.

The name was borne by several Russian royals, including an 18th-century empress of Russia. It is also the name of the main character in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina (1877), about a married aristocrat who begins an ultimately tragic relationship with Count Vronsky.

French diminutive of Angela.

From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus, which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger"). It has never been very common in the English-speaking world, where it is sometimes used as a feminine name in modern times.

Derived from Greek ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) combined with one of the related words μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.

Possibly means "invincible" in Celtic. According to the Greco-Roman historian Cassius Dio [1], this was the name of a Briton goddess of victory who was invoked by Boudicca before her revolt.

Popularity rising together with Nevaeh and Neveah

Feminine form of Anastasius. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. Due to her, the name has been common in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (in various spellings). As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer was the youngest daughter of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II, who was rumoured to have escaped the execution of her family in 1918.

Alternate transcription of Arabic أميرة (see Amira 1), as well as the usual Malay form.

Malay feminine form of Amir 1.

Latinization of Amy via the variant Amya.

French diminutive of Amanda.

Variant of Alyssa.

Variant of Allyn.

The sky father of the Aranda tribes of Central Australia, Altjira is looked on as the god of the Alchera, the dream time.

The name of a character in the classic 1956 science fiction film, Forbidden Planet. Altaira Morbius was the daughter of the scientist and space voyager Dr. Edward Morbius. The name Altaira is derived from Altair, the brightest star in the constellation of the Eagle (Aquila).

Variant of Alison.

From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see Adelaide). This name became popular in France and England in the 12th century. It was among the most common names in England until the 16th century, when it began to decline. It was revived in the 19th century.

This name was borne by the heroine of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871).

Italian form of Alexandra.

Variant of Aleida.

Middle English form of Ealdgyð.

Means "living, alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Some time after Muhammad's death she went to war against Ali, the fourth caliph, but was defeated. Her name is used more by Sunni Muslims and less by Shias.

This name began to be used in America in the 1970s, possibly inspired by Princess Aisha of Jordan (1968-), the daughter of King Hussein and his British-born wife. It received a boost in popularity after Stevie Wonder used it for his first daughter in 1975.

Derived from airelle, the French name for the plant genus Vaccinium. The French derived the name from Portuguese airella, which in turn was derived from Latin atra "dark, black, gloomy".

Means "of love" or "of the love" in japanese. A notable name bearer is a fictional character "Minako Aino" in the "Sailor Moon" anime
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Ai means "indigo" and no means "field/wilderness or meadow".

Medieval form of Æðelgyð.

Variant of Ayda. This name was used in Verdi's opera Aida (1871), where it belongs to an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt.

Latinized form of the Greek name Ἅγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ἁγνός (hagnos) meaning "chaste". Saint Agnes was a virgin martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian. The name became associated with Latin agnus "lamb", resulting in the saint's frequent depiction with a lamb by her side. Due to her renown, the name became common in Christian Europe.

As an English name it was highly popular from the Middle Ages until the 17th century. It was revived in the 19th century and was common into the 20th, but it fell into decline after the 1930s. It last appeared on the American top 1000 rankings in 1972.

Russian form of Aglaia.

Latinized form of Greek Αἴτνη (Aitne), perhaps from aithein "to burn". Aetna was the Greek personification of Mount Etna, a volcano on Sicily. Its strange noises were attributed to the ironworking of Vulcan's forge.