hermeline's Personal Name List

Possibly a Parsi form of Chobin.

From Yiddish זיס (zis) meaning "sweet".

Short form of Zigfried or Zachary.

Diminutive of Rozalija.

Armenian form of Isabel. A 13th-century ruling queen of Cilician Armenia bore this name.

Variant of Yuri 1. Derived from Greek 'geōrgós' and means "farmer". It is also used as a diminutive of Yuri.

Azerbaijani form of Jonah.

Means "to sing, to shout" in Hebrew.

Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννα (see Gianna).

From the word xana, a type of fairy in Asturian mythology who are said to live in pure rivers and fountains. It may derive from the Roman mythological name Diana.

Derived from the Slavic elements vojĭ "warrior, soldier" and utěxa "solace, comfort, joy". Saint Wojciech (also known by the Czech form of his name Vojtěch or his adopted name Adalbert) was a Bohemian missionary to Hungary, Poland and Prussia, where he was martyred in the 10th century.

Derived from the Latin adjective verus meaning "true, genuine" as well as "right, just".

Alternate transcription of Russian Василий (see Vasiliy).

Russian feminine form of Basil 1.

Modern Greek form of Basil 1.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory links this name to Latvian vasara "summer", while other academics rather see a connection to Finnish vasara "hammer".

In Bulgaria and Russia, this name is a variant transcription of the unisex name Valya.

In Georgia, this name is a diminutive of Valentina and Valerian, though there can certainly be cases where it is the georgianized form of the aforementioned Valya. In this day and age, Valia is primarily used on women in Georgia.

In Greece, this name is strictly feminine and is a pet form of Vasilia and Vasiliki.

Known bearers of this name include the Georgian revolutionary Valerian "Valia" Bakhtadze (1896-1930) and the Greek model Valia Kakouti (b. 1981).

Diminutive of Valery.

From the English word meaning "wide river valley".

Combination of Albanian valë "wave" and Drin.

Feminine form of Valdis.

German diminutive of Ursula.

Feminine form of Ursus. This is the name of two constellations in the northern sky: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

Albanian form of Theodore.

It probably derives from the hebrew "tach", meaning "crown".

Means "falcon" in Lezgin.

Greek form of Tanith.

Probably means "fire", from Old Slavic sŭvarŭ meaning "heat". This was the name of a Slavic god associated with blacksmithing.

Demon from the Ars Goetia, part of The Lesser Key of Solomon book series, those were anonymously written demonology books from the mid-17th century.
Stolas (also known as Stolos, Stoppas and Solas) is "a Great Prince of Hell, commands twenty-six legions of demons. He teaches astronomy and is knowledgeable about herbs, plants, and precious stones. He is often depicted as a raven or a crowned owl with long legs."

Represents sage Shaunaka, who was the son of Gritsamada. This sage invented the system of the four levels of human life. He was very renowned to the epic Mahabharata, and very renowned storyteller Ugrasrava Sauti, explains him the entire story of it. This name comes from North India, and it mostly means, wise, and very smart and intelligent.

Means "good news" in Turkish.

Masculine form of Saulė. This is also the Lithuanian form of Saul.

From the Hebrew name שָׁאוּל (Shaʾul) meaning "asked for, prayed for". This was the name of the first king of Israel, as told in the Old Testament. Before the end of his reign he lost favour with God, and after a defeat by the Philistines he was succeeded by David as king. In the New Testament, Saul was the original Hebrew name of the apostle Paul.

A notable bearer of the name is the Morocan-German politician Sanae Abdi, member of the 20th German Bundestag.

From Salvatrix, the feminine form of Salvator (see Salvador).

Feminine form of Ruslan.

Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

Feminine form of Rune.

In Silesian legends, Rübezahl is the 'lord of the mountains' in the Riesengebirge. He is also described as a 'prince of gnomes'.

The origin of the name is unclear. In the legend itself it is explained as "turnip counter" because he was forced to count turnips. The name is seen as derogatory and calling it aloud in the mountains calls for trouble. However, Rübezahl has a good heart and is helpful to people who call him in hardship.

Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements hroð "fame" and wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements ron "spear" and gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).

From Japanese 露 (ro) meaning "dew" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Means "my joy" or "my song" in Hebrew.

Possibly a variant of Romana.

From Lithuanian rimti "to calm down" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Created by author Sarah J. Maas for 'A Court of Thorns and Roses series'.

Meaning unknown, perhaps related to ῥέω (rheo) meaning "to flow" or ἔρα (era) meaning "ground". In Greek mythology Rhea was a Titan, the wife of Cronus, and the mother of the Olympian gods Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Also, in Roman mythology a woman named Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome.

Feminine form of Renatus.

From a French surname meaning "ruler" in Occitan. This name is often given in honour of Saint Jean-François Régis (1597-1640), a French Jesuit priest.

Means “the Lord’s secret” in Hebrew.

Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.

Catalan form of Raymond.

Diminutive of Rafael.

Transferred use of the surname Radley.

Feminine form of Priel.

Means "black" in portuguese. This name is borne by the Brazilian actress and singer Preta Maria Gadelha Gil Moreira, mostly known as Preta Gil.

Variant form of Pomelline. This name is best known for being one of the middle names of Charlotte Casiraghi (b. 1986), who is the daughter of Princess Caroline of Hanover (formerly of Monaco). She was given this middle name in honour of her ancestor Pomellina Fregoso (c. 1387-1468), a Genovese noblewoman who was the wife of Jean I of Monaco (c. 1382-1454). Her name had been gallicized to Pomelline in Monaco, as it was (and still is) predominantly a French-speaking country.

Latinized form of Peirene.

Hebrew form of Phinehas.

Picus was the founder of the first Latin tribe and settlement, Laurentum, located a few miles to the Southeast of the site of the later city of Rome. According to Festus he got his name as a consequence of the fact that he used to rely on a woodpecker for the purpose of divination.

French form of Pharaildis.

Serbian, Croatian, and Romanian form of Persis. This was the name of the wife of Alexander Karadordevic, Prince of Serbia and ancestor to the monarchs of Yugoslavia.

Italian and Spanish cognate of Pearl.

Lithuanian form of Paul.

From the Armenian word փաշայ (pʿašay) meaning "pasha", the title of a high-ranking Ottoman military officer.

The earliest known bearer of this name is the 7th-century saint Pascharius of Nantes. He was a native of the city, which is located in the cultural and historical region of Brittany in western France. This means that he was likely of Celtic origin, but a Germanic origin is also possible, as at the time Nantes was located in Neustria, the western part of the Kingdom of the Franks.

His name is either fully or partially Latin (i.e. a hybrid). In both cases, the first element is ultimately derived from the Latin noun pascha meaning "Easter" as well as "Passover". The second element can consist of the Latin adjectival suffix -arius, in which case the meaning of the name is virtually the same as that of Paschalis.

In the case of a hybrid, the second element is either of Celtic or Germanic origin. For the former, it might possibly come from Old Breton air meaning "battle, carnage", in which case the overall meaning of the name is the same as that of the Breton name Pascweten (ultimately also a hybrid). As for a Germanic origin, the most likely candidate appears to be Frankish *hari meaning "army".

Lastly, it is important to note that this name is often conflated with the older but related name Paschasius. This has been happening since the medieval period, and is at least partly due to the similarity in appearance and meaning between the two names.

Feminine form of Paschalis.

Variant of Paschalis (see Pascal). Paschal or Paschalis was the name of two popes.

French form of Paschasius (masculine) and Paschasia (feminine).

From the Late Latin name Paschalis, which meant "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha "Easter", which was in turn from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ) meaning "Passover" [1]. Passover is the ancient Hebrew holiday celebrating the liberation from Egypt. Because it coincided closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the same Latin word was used for both. The name Pascal can also function as a surname, as in the case of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), the French philosopher, mathematician and inventor.

Variant form of Pamphile 2.

Variant of Oseri.

Derived from the passive voice of an older Slavic verb ozreti se meaning "to look, glance".
This is the name of three mountains, two in Serbia and one in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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From Serbian озарити/ozariti meaning "to make radiant".

Diminutive of Ottilie. A famous bearer was the British socialite Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938).

Swedish form of Odilia.

Variant of Hoshea used in some versions of the Bible.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אוֹפִירָה (see Ofira).

Short form of Aleksander.

From the Old Norse name Áleifr meaning "ancestor's descendant", derived from the elements anu "ancestor" and leif "inheritance, legacy". This was the name of five kings of Norway, including Saint Olaf (Olaf II).

Variant of Odele.

American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Oak + -ie which is a common suffix added to names throughout Appalachia.

Italian diminutive of Nora 1.

Means "wind" in Ojibwe.

Derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory".

Means "bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god Manannán mac Lir in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet Oisín, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill. It has been used as a given name for people only since the early 20th century.

From Greek νέφος (nephos) meaning "cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.

Ukrainian and Russian form of Nazarius.

Means "coy" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian نازان (nāzān).

Means "my struggle, my strife" in Hebrew, a derivative of פָּתַל (paṯal) meaning "to twist, to struggle, to wrestle". In the Old Testament he is a son of Jacob by Rachel's servant Bilhah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Dutch and German form of Misha. It is occasionally used as a feminine name in Dutch.

From the Japanese kanji 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful", 海 (mi) meaning "sea" or 三 (mi) meaning "three" combined with 沙 (sa) meaning "fine sand" or 幸 (sa) meaning "happiness".

Other Kanji combinations available.

Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace" or Romanian mira meaning "to wonder, to astound".

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Saint Mirin (born in 565) is the patron saint of the town and Roman Catholic diocese of Paisley, Scotland. He was the founder of a religious community which grew to become Paisley Abbey. The shrine of this saint in the abbey became a centre of pilgrimage.

Romanian form of Mirče. This name was borne by a 14th-century ruler of Wallachia, called Mircea the Great.

Meaning unknown. According to the 19th-century Polish-Lithuanian historian Teodor Narbutt, this was the name of a Lithuanian goddess of love.

From Latin Michaelis, which is the genitive of the third declension of Michael, the biblical Latin (and also Greek) form of the Hebrew name Mikha'el.

In the Netherlands, this has been used as a Latin form of Michael (thus basically making it a latinization of a latinization) since at least late medieval times.

Meluza is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She was depicted in a Russian lubok of the 17th or 18th century. She is described as half-woman, half-snake, or as the half-woman, half-fish creature. She is also said to be the deity of deception.
She is represented as a sea monster with the head of a beautiful dark-haired maiden, having the body and belly of a striped beast, a dragon tail with a snake's mouth at the end, and legs resembling those of an elephant with the same snake mouths at the end. She also wears a crown.

According to belief, her snake mouths contained a deadly dragon poison. She was said to live in the Sea near the Ethiopian abyss, or in the Western Ocean.

Means "ash tree" in Greek, a derivative of μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This was the name of a nymph in Greek myth, the daughter of the Greek god Okeanos.

Alternate transcription of Russian Максим or Belarusian Максім (see Maksim) or Ukrainian Максим (see Maksym). This is also the Czech form.

Medieval Dutch form of Matthijs as well as the modern Afrikaans and West Frisian form of Matthijs. In the Netherlands, the name has survived to modern times, but it is highly rare there currently, especially when compared to its modern counterpart.

A known bearer of this name was the Flemish painter and draughtsman Matthys Cock (c. 1505-1548).

Possibly related to Latin mas meaning "male" (genitive maris). In Roman mythology Mars was the god of war, often equated with the Greek god Ares. This is also the name of the fourth planet in the solar system.

French diminutive of Marie.

Feminine form of Marinus. This name was borne by a few early saints. This is also the name by which Saint Margaret of Antioch is known in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Meaning unknown. Margiris was a legendary Lithuanian prince who defended the fort of Pilėnai in 1336.

Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.

Greek form of Macario.

Latinized form of Mayeul.

Saint Majolus of Cluny is a famous bearer.

Mari variant of Mariya.

Medieval feminine form of Amabilis. This spelling and Amabel were common during the Middle Ages, though they became rare after the 15th century. It was revived in the 19th century after the publication of C. M. Yonge's 1854 novel The Heir of Redclyffe [1], which featured a character named Mabel (as well as one named Amabel).

Alternate transcription of Armenian Լուսինե (see Lusine).

French form of Ludovicus, the Latinized form of Ludwig. This was the name of 18 kings of France, starting with Louis I the son of Charlemagne. Others include Louis IX (Saint Louis) who led two crusades and Louis XIV (called the Sun King) who was the ruler of France during the height of its power, the builder of the Palace of Versailles, and the longest reigning monarch in the history of Europe. It was also borne by kings of Germany (as Ludwig), Hungary (as Lajos), and other places.

Apart from royalty, this name was only moderately popular in France during the Middle Ages. After the French Revolution, when Louis XVI was guillotined, it became less common.

The Normans brought the name to England, where it was usually spelled Lewis, though the spelling Louis has been more common in America. Famous bearers include French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French actor Louis de Funès (1914-1983), Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), who wrote Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).

Alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).

German form of Leobwin.

Russian and Ukrainian form of Leonidas.

Meaning unknown. It was popularized by a character in Estonian writer Andres Saal's historical stories Vambola (1889) and Aita (1891). Saal associated it with Estonian leidma "to find".

French form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Modern German masculine form of Laura.

German short form of Nicholas, now used independently.

Means "love" in Cornish.

Breton form of Katherine.

Meaning uncertain, perhaps a variant of Junia or Juno.

French form of Julius. A notable bearer of this name was the French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905), author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and other works of science fiction.

Diminutive of Julia or Julian.

Masculine form of Josiane.

German form of Yolanda.

From the Hebrew name יוֹאֵל (Yoʾel) meaning "Yahweh is God", from the elements יוֹ (yo) and אֵל (ʾel), both referring to the Hebrew God. Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel, which describes a plague of locusts. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the Protestant Reformation.

Derived from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning "victory". In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form जया (long final vowel) and the masculine form जय (short final vowel), both of which are used as names or epithets for several characters in Hindu texts. As a modern personal name, this transcription is both feminine and masculine in southern India, but typically only feminine in the north.

Albanian form of Yaşar.

From Ἰάϊρος (Iairos), the Greek form of Jair used in the New Testament, where it belongs to the father of a young girl brought back to life by Jesus.

Used by the author C. S. Lewis as the proper name of the White Witch, the antagonist in his novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). He may have based it on French jadis meaning "long ago, of old" or Persian جادو (jādū) meaning "magic, witch".

German form of Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.

From Japanese 衣 (i) meaning "clothes", 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Form of Irene in several languages.

Variant of Joritz. This name is borne by professional soccer player Ioritz Landeta Batiz (born 10 October 1995).

Diminutive of Iorwerth.

Lithuanian form of Ignatius.

Means "eyes of fire", from Old Armenian հուր (hur) meaning "fire" and աչք (achk) meaning "eyes, sight". This name was mentioned by the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi as belonging to an early Armenian king.

From the Hebrew name חֶפְצִי־בָּה (Ḥeftsi-ba) meaning "my delight is in her". In the Old Testament she is the wife of King Hezekiah of Judah and the mother of Manasseh. The meaning of her name is explained in Isaiah 62:4.

Upper Sorbian form of Agnes. Hańža Bjeńšowa (*1919) is a Sorbian writer.

From the Old German name Gundahar, derived from the elements gunda "war" and heri "army" (making it a cognate of Gunnar). This was the name of a semi-legendary 5th-century Burgundian king. He appears in the medieval German saga the Nibelungenlied, which has him wooing the Icelandic queen Brunhild. He wins her hand in marriage with the help of the hero Siegfried. He ultimately betrays Siegfried, but Siegfried's widow Kriemhild (Gunther's sister) takes her revenge upon him.

This was also the name of an 11th-century saint who was a hermit in Bavaria and Bohemia.

Guiron le Courtois is a character in Arthurian legend, a knight-errant and one of the central figures in the French romance known as Palamedes, with later versions named Guiron le Courtois and the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa.

Variant of Greta.

Variant of Grania.

Originally an Italian short form of Ermenegilda and other names containing the Old German element gelt meaning "payment, tribute, compensation". This is the name of a character in Verdi's opera Rigoletto (1851). It is also the name of a 1946 American movie, starring Rita Hayworth in the title role.

French diminutive of Georgine or Virginie.

Hungarian form of Gregory.

French form of George. This name was borne by the French artists Georges Seurat (1859-1891) and Georges Braque (1882-1963).

Alternate transcription of Russian Геннадий (see Gennadiy).

Italian variant form of Jasper.

Russian and Bulgarian feminine form of Galenos (see Galen).

Variant transcription of Галя (see Galya).

From the Greek word γαῖα (gaia), a parallel form of γῆ (ge) meaning "earth". In Greek mythology Gaia was the mother goddess who presided over the earth. She was the mate of Uranus and the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.

Short form of names containing the element "Fred-".

The name of the protagonist in the German expressionist film, Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang.

Diminutive of Francisc.

Feminine form of Fortunato.

Derived from Latin fons, meaning "fountain, spring; source". This was the name of a god of wells and springs in Roman mythology, the son of Juturna and Janus.

Dutch form of Florentius (see Florence).

Elaborated form of Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower".

Derived from Latin florens meaning "prosperous, flourishing" (see Florence) combined with Old High German mund meaning "protection."

In popular culture and theatre, Florimund is best known as the (alternative) name that Prince Désiré is known under in some versions of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty.

From the Chinese 芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, perfume" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful".

Variant of Fay.

Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Phaenna.

Alternate transcription of Greek Φαίδρα (see Fedra and Phaedra).

Old French form of Odo.

Diminutive of Hubert. Stage name of jazz singer Eubie Blake (Born James Hubert Blake, 1877-1983).

Short form of Etelka.

Cornish form of Iseult.

Meaning uncertain, possibly contains the Old Irish elements eó "yew" and either dos "tree, copse, thicket; protector" or guss "vigour, strength, force".

From an Irish surname that was derived from inis meaning "island".

Means "very rare" in Turkish.

Lithuanian form of Aemilius (see Emil).

Means "desire" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin, making this name a relative of Amal.

Short form of Elisabeth.

From Adelaide and Eliana 2

Variant of Aegaeon. This is the name of a Syracusan merchant in William Shakespeare's play 'The Comedy of Errors' (1592).

Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".

Derived from the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious", originally a diminutive of names beginning with that element.

Variant of Dracula. From the epithet of Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad the Impaler, which meant either "dragon" (alluding to his membership in the noble Order of the Dragon) or "the devil" from Romanian drac "devil".

Variant of Dragoș.

Derived from the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious" combined with mirŭ meaning "peace, world".

Originally a short form of names beginning with the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious".

Feminine form of Dorin.

Contraction of Russian дочь народа (doč naroda) meaning "daughter of the people". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Slovene form of Dominicus (see Dominic).

Goddess of fate in East Slavic Mythology, personification of the fate bestowed upon a man at birth. She is described as a plainly dressed woman able to turn herself into various shapes. When she is positive she is named Dolya, when negative she turns into Nedolya.

Walloon form of Julien.

From a French surname, possibly from doré meaning "golden". As a given name it has been inspired by the French luxury fashion house Dior, founded by the designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).

From Greek Διός (Dios) meaning "of Zeus". By extension, it means "goddess". This was the name of a Greek goddess who, according to some legends, was the mother of Aphrodite. A moon of Saturn is named after her.

Latinization of Dione 1 as well as the Albanian form of the name.

Possibly a corruption of Delilah.

Czech goddess of the hunt.

Derived from Sanskrit दया (dayā) meaning "compassion, mercy".

Variant of Davor.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. This was the name of a supposed Slavic war god. His name was the basis for the word davorije, a type of patriotic war song popular in the 19th century [1].

Variant transcription of Dasha (for Russia and the Ukraine) as well as the main form of Dasha in Germany and the Netherlands.

A known bearer of this name is the Dominican-American actress Dascha Polanco (b. 1982).

Diminutive of names beginning with Dar.

Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic دارس (dāris) meaning "learned, educated", a derivative of درس (darasa) meaning "to study, to learn".

Lithuanian form of Dorothea via its Polish form Dorota. It should be noted, though, that some Lithuanian sources state that Darata is a short form of Dorotėja.

Transferred use of the surname Danton in honor of French revolutionary Georges Danton (1759-1794).

Occitan form of Denis.

Variant of Daniela.

Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").

Means “far away” in Slovak.

Masculine form of Dagnija.

Spanish form of Daphnis.

Diminutive of Cezary.

Diminutive of Cezary.

Variant of Ciro.

Diminutive of Cyryl.

Used by Shakespeare in his tragedy King Lear (1606).

Romanian form of Cosmas.

Latinized form of the Greek name Κόριννα (Korinna), which was derived from κόρη (kore) meaning "maiden". This was the name of a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. The Roman poet Ovid used it for the main female character in his book Amores [1]. In the modern era it has been in use since the 17th century, when Robert Herrick used it in his poem Corinna's going a-Maying [2].

From the traditionally English surname, which is a variant of Collins.

Variant of Clori.

Short form of Clinton. A notable bearer is American actor Clint Eastwood (1930-), who became famous early in his career for his western movies.

Derived from Greek κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory" and βροτός (brotos) meaning "mortal man, human being".

Feminine form of Claudius. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the 16th century.

Quasi-Latinization of Claire.

Masculine form of Cilda.

Diminutive of Graciela or Marcela.

Ancient Greek feminine form of Chares. This was the word (in the singular) for one of the three Graces (plural Χάριτες).

This is also a Modern Greek transcription of the masculine form Chares.

Variant of Cathaoir.

Most likely a variant of Callum.

Variant of Borbardha. This is the Albanian cognate of Schneewittchen.

Derived from Latin betula meaning "birch".

From Japanese 辺, 邊 (be) “area, place, vicinity” or 倍 (be) meaning “multiple times” or 部 (be) meaning “part, section” combined with 四 (shi) “four”, 清 (shi) “clean, pure, clear”, 詩 (shi) “poetry, poem, verse” 志 (shi) “will, purpose, ambition”, or 史 (shi) meaning “history”. Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Aragonese form of Bebrycius. Not commonly used as a given name.

Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed". This was the name of a few minor saints.

Feminine form of Basil 1 as well as the latinized form of Basileia.

From the root aus- "dawn", attached to the derivative suffix -eklis. Auseklis is a Latvian god that represents the first star to appear in the mornings on the east side of the sky.

Late Latin name that was derived from aureus "golden". This was the name of a 3rd-century saint from Ostia (near Rome), as well as an 11th-century Spanish saint.

Means "willing, helpful" in Finnish.

Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Astraios.

From a German and French surname derived from Occitan astur meaning "hawk". The wealthy and influential Astor family, prominent in British and American society, originated in the Italian Alps.

Alternate transcription of Russian Артемий (see Artemiy).

Derived from Albanian artë meaning "golden".

Modern Greek form of Ares. It is also used as a short form of Aristotelis.

Russian, Bulgarian and Belarusian form of Andrew.

Latinization of Amice.

Means "grace" in Igbo.

Son of Shobal.

Derived from Arabic الْأَمِين (al-ʾamīn) meaning "the trustworthy".

This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning "the soul".

Latvian form of Alice.

Romansh form of Alexis, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.

Polish form of Agnes.

Aeternitas was a Roman goddess and the personification of eternity.

Derived from Germanic adal "noble".

Cognate of Adilie.

Diminutive of Adamantios.

Meaning uncertain. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian politician Adamir Jerković (b. 1958).

A North Caucasian term used for a lonely warrior living a partisan lifestyle outside power and law and fighting for a just cause. Means "bandit" in Russian.

Short form of names beginning with Ab, such as Abdonas, Abromas and Abelis.