nicola28orefice's Personal Name List

Yuno
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 柚乃, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: YOO:-NO
Variant transcription of Yuuno.
Yūma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 悠真, 優真, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうま(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-MA
From Japanese () meaning "permanence" or () meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" combined with (ma) meaning "real, genuine". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Stella 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Dutch, German
Pronounced: STEHL-ə(English) STEHL-la(Italian) STEH-la(Dutch)
Means "star" in Latin. This name was created by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney for the subject of his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella. It was a nickname of a lover of Jonathan Swift, real name Esther Johnson (1681-1728), though it was not commonly used as a given name until the 19th century. It appears in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), belonging to the sister of Blanche DuBois and the wife of Stanley Kowalski.
Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
From the Old German element sahso meaning "a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Ren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 蓮, 恋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REHN
From Japanese (ren) meaning "lotus", (ren) meaning "romantic love", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Porfirio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: por-FEE-ryo
Derived from the Greek name Πορφύριος (Porphyrios), which was derived from the word πορφύρα (porphyra) meaning "purple dye". This was the name of several early saints.
Norika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: のりか(Japanese Hiragana) 季花, 紀佳, 紀加, 紀夏, 紀果, 紀花, 紀華, 紀香, 規佳, 慶香, 矩加, 敬華, 憲香, 孝佳, 識華, 昇伽, 慎華, 仙夏, 稚香, 典可, 典夏, 典花, 典香, 典芳, 徳夏, 徳香, 乃利佳, 乃梨香, 乃里佳, 乃里香, 風香, 法華, 法香, 野梨華, 野理香, 誉花, 理楓, 緑夏, 倫佳, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: NO-ṘEE-KAH
From Japanese 季 (nori) meaning "seasons", 紀 (nori) meaning "chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period", 規 (nori) meaning "standard, measure", 慶 (nori) meaning "jubilation, congratulate, rejoice, be happy", 矩 (nori) meaning "ruler", 敬 (nori) meaning "awe, respect, honor, revere", 憲 (nori) meaning "constitution, law", 孝 (nori) meaning "filial piety", 識 (nori) meaning "discriminating, know, write", 昇 (nori) meaning "rise up", 慎 (nori) meaning "humility, be careful, discreet, prudent", 仙 (nori) meaning "immortal, transcendent, celestial being, fairy", 稚 (nori) meaning "immature, young", 典 (nori) meaning "code, ceremony, law, rule", 徳 (nori) meaning "benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect", 乃 (no), a possessive particle, 風 (nori) meaning "wind, air, style, manner", 法 (nori) meaning "method, law, rule, principle, model, system", 野 (no) meaning "plains, field, rustic, civilian life", 誉 (nori) meaning "reputation, praise, honor, glory", 理 (nori) meaning "reason, logic", 緑 (nori) meaning "green" or 倫 (nori) meaning "ethics, companion", 利 (ri) meaning "profit, advantage, benefit", 梨 (ri) meaning "pear" or 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) meaning "flower", 佳 (ka) meaning "excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled", 加 (ka) meaning "add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada", 夏 (ka) meaning "summer", 果 (ka) meaning "fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 可 (ka) meaning "can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not" or 芳 (ka) meaning "perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant". Other kanji combinations are possible.

A famous bearer is Norika Fujiwara, a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress.

Morgana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mawr-GAN-ə
Feminine form of Morgan 1.
Morgan 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, French
Pronounced: MAWR-gən(English) MAWR-GAN(French)
From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor "sea" and cant "circle". Since the 1980s in America Morgan has been more common for girls than boys, perhaps due to stories of Morgan le Fay or the fame of actress Morgan Fairchild (1950-).
Madoka
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 円, 円香, 円花, 円華, 円佳, 窓香, 窓花, 窓華, 窓佳, 真香, 真花, 真華, 真佳, 真登香, 麻都香(Japanese Kanji) まどか(Japanese Hiragana) マドカ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: MA-DO-KA
This name can be used as 円 (en, maru(.i), mado(.ka), maro.yaka) meaning "round, tranquil." It, along with 窓 (sou, su, (ten)mado, kemudashi) meaning "window" or 真 (shin, ma(-), makoto, mana, mado) meaning "real, true," can be combined with 香 (kou, kyou, ka, kao.ri/u) meaning "incense, smell, perfume," 花 or 華 (ka, ke, hana), both meaning "flower," or 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent​."
Examples of 3-kanji combinations include 真登香 and 麻都香 with 麻 (ma, maa, asa) meaning "flax, hemp," 登 (tou, to, dou, shou, chou, nobo.ru, a.garu) meaning "ascend" and 都 (to, tsu, miyako) meaning "metropolis."

Bearers of this name include voice actress Madoka Kimura (木村 まどか) (1980-) and professional shōgi player Madoka Kitao (北尾 まどか) (1980-).

Luka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Russian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: Лука(Serbian, Macedonian, Russian) ლუკა(Georgian) Лꙋка(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: LOO-ka(Croatian) LOO-KAH(Georgian)
Form of Lucas (see Luke) in several languages.
Lancelot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: LAN-sə-laht(English)
Possibly an Old French diminutive of Lanzo (see Lance). In Arthurian legend Lancelot was the bravest of the Knights of the Round Table. He became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere, ultimately causing the destruction of Arthur's kingdom. His earliest appearance is in the works of the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes: briefly in Erec and Enide and then as a main character in Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart.
Ken 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) けん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KEHN
From Japanese (ken) meaning "healthy, strong" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Iulius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: YOO-lee-oos
Latin form of Julius.
Giovanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jo-VAN-na
Italian form of Iohanna (see Joanna), making it the feminine form of Giovanni.
Gandolfo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Italian form of Gandulf.
Gabriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish
Pronounced: ga-bree-EHL-la(Italian) GAWB-ree-ehl-law(Hungarian) ga-bree-EHL-ə(English) gah-bree-EHL-lah(Swedish)
Feminine form of Gabriel.
Gabriele 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ga-bree-EH-leh
Italian form of Gabriel.
Eden
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern), French (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֵדֶן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EE-dən(English)
From the biblical place name, itself possibly from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿeḏen) meaning "pleasure, delight" [1], or perhaps derived from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they were expelled.
Arjuna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: अर्जुन(Sanskrit)
Means "white, clear" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the Mahabharata this is the name of one of the five Pandavas, the sons of Pandu. He was actually fathered by the god Indra and Pandu's wife Kunti. Arjuna was known as a skilled archer.

The Bhagavad Gita (a part of the Mahabharata) takes the form of a philosophical dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna.

Andrea 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: an-DREH-a
Italian form of Andreas (see Andrew). A notable bearer of this name was Andrea Verrocchio, a Renaissance sculptor who taught Leonardo da Vinci and Perugino.
Alessandro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: a-lehs-SAN-dro
Italian form of Alexander. A famous bearer was Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), the Italian physicist who invented the battery.
Alain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-LEHN
French form of Alan. A notable bearer is the French actor Alain Delon (1935-).
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