hermeline's Personal Name List

Feminine form of Zeppelin.

From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize", 夢 (yu) meaning "dream", 優 (yu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 友 (yu) meaning "friend", 柚 (yu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" or 由 (yu) meaning "cause, reason" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.

Transferred use of the surname Youville. This name was given in honor of Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771), the first Canadian-born person to be canonized.

Combination of Middle English yong ”young” and husbonda ”farmer”.

Diminutive of Yolanda.

Variant of Tweety.

Greenlandic form of Trudi.

Diminutive of Kristiina.

Transferred use of the surname Thorby, which is a variant of Thorsby. This was used for the protagonist of Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction novel Citizen of the Galaxy (1957).

From Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika) meaning "lucky or auspicious object".

Combination of Suparman and شاه (shah), “king” in Persian

Namibian name.

From the surname of Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), the Russian revolutionist and secretary general of the Communist party of the Soviet Union. Despite the controversial character of the politician, the name is used as a given name in India and Latin America (particularly Ecuador).

Anglicized form of Sláine.

Nickname derived from a slang or humorous term for "mosquito." A famous bearer is female singer-songwriter Skeeter Davis (1931-2004).

Diminutive of Shoosan.

Ukrainian form of Simon 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Семён (see Semyon).

Feminine form of Sabri.

Derived from English sabbath, the name of the holy day of the week in Judeo-Christian tradition, which derives from Hebrew shabbath, properly "day of rest", from shabath "he rested". Alternatively it could be a feminine form of Sabbatai (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי), a Jewish name related to sabbath.

Tennessee Williams used this for the title character in his short story Sabbatha and Solitude (1973).

French form of Quiteria.

Variant of Quaterine.

Means "action, sex" in Greek. This was another name for the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Means "divine blessing", derived from Thai พร (phon) meaning "blessing" and ทิพย์ (thip) meaning "divine".

Possibly a form of Pontius. It was brought to Sweden by the French general Pontus De la Gardie, who served under the Swedish king John III.

Sardinian feminine diminutive of Vincent.

Variant of Purvis.

Transferred use of the surname Peniston.

Bearers of this name include Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne, and his son, the Hon. Peniston Lamb.

Transferred use of the surname Parley.

Transferred use of the surname Owsley. According to the SSA, Owsley was given to 6 boys in 2018.

Possibly a variant of Aurélie.

Diminutive of Olga.

Russian form of Moses.

From the English word, which derives from Latin miseria "wretchedness". It was used as a given name in the book 'Misery' (1987) by Stephen King, about the author of a popular series of romance novels set in Victorian times, the heroine of which is named Misery Chastain.

From an English surname that was originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.

Feminine form of Mathurin.

Lufthansa is the name of the German national carrier. It was given as a second name to a girl born on a Lufthansa flight to New York in the 1960s.

It is usually not admissible as a given name in Germany.

Provençal form of Léger.

Blend of Leopold and Napoleon.

Combination of la and Dynasty.

Variant of Dream.

Variant of Jankin.

Diminutive of Imogen.

Diminutive of Imogen or Imogene.

Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode is a character in the film 'Fried Green Tomatoes' (1991), based on the novel 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (1987) by American author Fannie Flagg.

Variant of names starting with the Old Norse element gunnr "battle, fight", such as Gunhilde and Gunnel. It is mainly used in Trøndelag county in Norway.

Gothel is a Hessian dialect word meaning "godmother".

This is the name of the German fairy tale and the Disney princess Rapunzel's foster mother, Mother Gothel (or Dame Gothel).

From the Japanese word geisha "geisha".

From the name of an ancient princess that is mentioned in the children's novel Dorothy of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1989). Her name might be the feminization of the name Gaylord.

From a Hispanicised spelling of Gat Sa Li-Han, a Chinese title meaning "lord of Li-Han". It was used by the rulers of Li-Han, an ancient Philippine state that was located in the present-day city of Malolos.

Variant of Jasper or Casper and an unaccented version of Gašper.

A notable name bearer is an American Football player: Gasper Urban.

Diminutive of Frederik.

Anglicized form of Frigg. It has occasionally been used as a Swedish given name (first documented in 1834), sometimes as a diminutive of Fredrika (compare Fricke).

Puritan name given after the first two words of 1 Corinthians 6:18 "Fly fornication", i.e. "avoid sexual immorality".

Means "little fish" in Yiddish, a diminutive of פֿיש (fish) meaning "fish".

Derived from Filbert.

In the case of American guitarist Dweezil Zappa (1969-), this was his father's affectionate nickname for his mother's pinkie toe.

The name of the Jazz singer and Sinti activist Dotschy Reinhardt.

Indonesian form of Dominicus (see Dominic).

Tajik and Uzbek form of Dildara.

Rare spelling variant of Charlene.

Possibly a variant of Countess.

Latinized form of Gunthard.

Variant of Cumi. This was borne by Cumie Talitha Walker (1874-1942), the mother of American outlaw Clyde Barrow.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from Apache go-chizh "his firewood" or go-chįh "his nose". This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Chiricahua Apache.

From Tibetan ཆོས་ལྡན (chos-ldan) meaning "devout, righteous, pious".

"lord of wisdom " ; "lord of intelligence ". Here बुद्धि means wisdom + ईश means lord

In ancient Roman religion, Bubona is thought to have been a goddess of cattle, but she is named only by Saint Augustine. Georg Wissowa thought that a festival of cattle (ludi boum causa) mentioned by Pliny must have been dedicated to Bubona. Those who celebrated the rites were called Bubetii, a title which appears only in Pliny.

Feminine form of Brigham. This name was mostly used by Mormon parents who wanted to honor Brigham Young, who was the 2nd president of the LDS Church.

Means "large city, community, province, country" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit पुरि (puri).

Either a variant of Bobette, most likely influenced by Beth, or a combination of Bob/Bobbie and Beth.

A phonetic rendering of the English word "blinks". Used by the eponymous feline main character of the Xbox game 'Blinx: The Time Sweeper".

Variant of Bjarney.

Variant of Bethany.

Blend of Bernice and Monica.

In the case of the character from Beverly Cleary's 'Ramona' book series, it originated as a nursery form of Beatrice (her real name), given to her by her younger sister.

Means "son of Jesus" in Hebrew, ultimately derived from Hebrew בר (bar) meaning "son" and ישע meaning "Jesus, to save". In the Bible, he was a false prophet that is mentioned in Acts 13:6.

Romansh regular and Danish vernacular form of Balthasar. It was borne by Danish politician Balzer Jacobsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.

Modern Hindi transcription of Baladeva.

Hellenized form of Old Persian *R̥šā, derived from *(w)ŕ̥šā meaning "man, hero" or "stallion, stud" (an element used in Xerxes). This was the name of an Achaemenid Persian ruler, also known by the regnal name Artaxerxes.

Presumably from the English phrase all's well.

Variant of Erica.