Elliedabear's Personal Name List

Sophronia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Σωφρονία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Sophronius. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580), in which it is borne by the lover of Olindo.
Serina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: sə-REEN-ə
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Variant of Serena.
Rowley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Variant of Roly.
Rosita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-SEE-ta
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Spanish diminutive of Rosa 1.
Rosemary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZ-mə-ree, ROZ-mehr-ee
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Combination of Rose and Mary. This name can also be given in reference to the herb, which gets its name from Latin ros marinus meaning "dew of the sea". It came into use as a given name in the 19th century.
Rosemarie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: ROZ-mə-ree(English) ROZ-mehr-ee(English) RO-zə-ma-ree(German)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Variant of Rosemary.
Rosanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English
Pronounced: ro-ZAN-na(Italian) ro-ZAN-ə(English)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Combination of Rosa 1 and Anna.
Rosalinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: ro-sa-LEEN-da(Spanish) ro-za-LEEN-da(Italian)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Latinate form of Rosalind.
Rosalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: raw-zu-LEE-nu(European Portuguese) ho-za-LEE-nu(Brazilian Portuguese) ro-sa-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Latinate form of Rosaline.
Rosalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Dutch, English
Pronounced: RAW-ZA-LEE(French) ro-za-LEE(German, Dutch) RO-sa-lee(Dutch) ro-sa-LEE(Dutch) RO-za-lee(Dutch) RO-zə-lee(English)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
French, German and Dutch form of Rosalia. In the English-speaking this name received a boost after the release of the movie Rosalie (1938), which was based on an earlier musical.
Rosabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
Variant of Rosabel.
Quinn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Cuinn, itself derived from the given name Conn. In the United States it was more common as a name for boys until 2010, the year after the female character Quinn Fabray began appearing on the television series Glee.
Nikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIK-ee
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Nicole.
Melina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek
Other Scripts: Μελίνα(Greek)
Pronounced: mə-LEE-nə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Elaboration of Mel, either from names such as Melissa or from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". A famous bearer was Greek-American actress Melina Mercouri (1920-1994), who was born Maria Amalia Mercouris.
Marlee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAHR-lee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of Marley.
Marie-Rose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-REE-ROZ
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Combination of Marie and Rose.
Marie-Ève
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-REE-EHV
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Combination of Marie and Ève.
Marie-Claire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-REE-KLEHR
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Combination of Marie and Claire.
Lucille
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: LUY-SEEL(French) loo-SEEL(English)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
French form of Lucilla. A famous bearer was American comedienne Lucille Ball (1911-1989).
Lottie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish
Pronounced: LAHT-ee(English)
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Charlotte or Liselotte.
Lorraine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: lə-RAYN
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
From the name of a region in eastern France, originally meaning "kingdom of Lothar". Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France that is now called Lorraine, or in German Lothringen (from Latin Lothari regnum). As a given name, it has been used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century, perhaps due to its similar sound with Laura. It became popular after World War I when the region was in the news, as it was contested between Germany and France.
Lavinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Romanian, Italian
Pronounced: la-WEE-nee-a(Latin) lə-VIN-ee-ə(English) la-VEE-nya(Italian)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of Aeneas, and the ancestor of the Roman people. According to the legend Aeneas named the town of Lavinium in honour of his wife.
Krystina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Variant of Christina.
Kristy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KRIS-tee
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Christina or Christine.
Kristanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Combined with the names Kristen 2 and Anna.

A famous bearer is American actress Kristanna Loken.

Kristalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Кристалина(Bulgarian)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Krista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian
Pronounced: KRIS-ta(German) KRIS-tə(English) KREES-tah(Finnish)
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Short form of Kristina.
Katya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Катя(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: KA-tyə(Russian)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Russian diminutive of Yekaterina.
Katrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: kə-TREE-nə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of Caitrìona.
Katina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Κατίνα(Greek) Катина(Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Greek contracted form of Katerina. This name had a spike in popularity in America in 1972 when it was used for a newborn baby on the soap opera Where the Heart Is.
Katia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, French, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Катя(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: KA-tya(Italian) KA-TYA(French) KA-tyə(Russian)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Italian and French form of Katya, as well as an alternate transcription of the Slavic name.
Katherina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German
Pronounced: kath-ə-REE-nə(English) kə-THREE-nə(English) ka-teh-REE-na(German)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Latinate form of Katherine. This is the name of the woman whom Petruchio marries and tries to tame in Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew (1593).
Katharina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: ka-ta-REE-na(German, Swedish)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
German form of Katherine.
Kateryna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Катерина(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: ku-teh-RI-nu
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Ukrainian form of Katherine.
Katerina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Macedonian, Albanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Катерина(Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian) Κατερίνα(Greek)
Pronounced: kə-tyi-RYEE-nə(Russian)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Macedonian and Albanian form of Katherine, a Russian short form of Yekaterina, a Bulgarian short form of Ekaterina, and a Greek variant of Aikaterine.
Katelin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAYT-lin
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Variant of Caitlin.
Katalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: ka-ta-LEE-na
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Variant of Catalina.
Gale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYL
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was derived from Middle English gaile "jovial". It also coincides with the English word gale meaning "storm".
Finnick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: FIN-ik(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Created by author Suzanne Collins for a character in the second book of The Hunger Games series, published 2009, later appearing in the 2013 movie adaptation. She may have derived it from the slang word finicky meaning "demanding, fussy".
Estelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ehs-TEHL(English) EHS-TEHL(French)
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
From an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately derived from Latin stella. It was rare in the English-speaking world in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due to the character Estella Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).
Elysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: i-LIZ-ee-ə(English) i-LIS-ee-ə(English) i-LEE-zhə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology.
Ellie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ee
Rating: 75% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of Eleanor, Ellen 1 and other names beginning with El. This name became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, being ranked second for girls in 2003.
Elisabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: eh-LEE-za-beht(German) eh-LEE-sa-beht(Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian) eh-LEE-sa-behd(Danish) i-LIZ-ə-bəth(English)
Rating: 70% based on 6 votes
German and Dutch form of Elizabeth. It is also a variant English form, reflecting the spelling used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament.
Eliane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Personal remark: eh-LEE-on
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Portuguese form of Éliane.
Eleanore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə-nawr
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Variant of Eleanor.
Eleanora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ehl-ə-NAWR-ə
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Latinate form of Eleanor.
Cristalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: krees-ta-LEE-na
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Derived from Spanish cristalina, "crystalline".
Christa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Danish, English
Pronounced: KRIS-ta(German) KRIS-tə(English)
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Short form of Christina.
Charlotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: SHAR-LAWT(French) SHAHR-lət(English) shar-LAW-tə(German) sha-LOT(Swedish) shahr-LAW-tə(Dutch)
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
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.

Celestine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEHL-ə-steen
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
English form of Caelestinus. It is more commonly used as a feminine name, from the French feminine form Célestine.
Celestina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: theh-lehs-TEE-na(European Spanish) seh-lehs-TEE-na(Latin American Spanish) cheh-leh-STEE-na(Italian)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Latinate feminine form of Caelestinus.
Catrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: kə-TREE-nə(English)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of Caitrìona.
Catina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Contracted form of Cătălina.
Catherina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kath-ə-REE-nə, ka-THREE-nə
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Variant of Katherine.
Caterina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Catalan
Pronounced: ka-teh-REE-na(Italian) kə-tə-REE-nə(Catalan)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Italian and Catalan form of Katherine.
Cateline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Medieval French form of Katherine.
Catalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Corsican
Pronounced: ka-ta-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Spanish and Corsican form of Katherine.
Bailey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAY-lee
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From an English surname derived from Middle English baili meaning "bailiff", originally denoting one who was a bailiff.

Already an uncommon masculine name, it slowly grew in popularity for American girls beginning in 1978 after the start of the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, which featured a character with this name. Though it remained more common as a feminine name, it got a boost for boys in 1994 from another television character on the drama Party of Five. In the United Kingdom and Australia it has always been more popular for boys.

Annemarie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German, Danish
Pronounced: ah-nə-ma-REE(Dutch) A-nə-ma-ree(German)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Combination of Anna and Marie.
Amberley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Variant of Amberly.
Aleyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish (Modern)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Possibly from Arabic علينا (ʿalaynā) meaning "to us". Alternatively, it could be from Arabic أليناء (ʾalaynāʾ), a plural form of ليّن (layyin) meaning "gentle, soft".
Alexina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: al-ik-SEE-nə
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Alex, or a diminutive of Alexis.
Alexia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, French, Spanish, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Αλεξία(Greek)
Pronounced: A-LEHK-SEE-A(French) a-LEHK-sya(Spanish) ə-LEHK-see-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
Feminine form of Alexis.
Alena 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: A-leh-na(Czech, Slovak)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Short form of Magdalena or Helena. This was the name of a saint, possibly legendary, who was martyred near Brussels in the 7th century.
Ainsley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AYNZ-lee(English)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

In America, this name received a boost of popularity in 2000 when a character bearing it began appearing on the television series The West Wing.

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