inthenameofthemoon's Personal Name List

Diminutive of Matilda.

From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.

From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.

Means "sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.

Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse ský "cloud".

From an Old Testament place name possibly meaning "tranquil" in Hebrew. It is also used prophetically in the Old Testament to refer to a person, often understood to be the Messiah (see Genesis 49:10). This may in fact be a mistranslation.

This name was brought to public attention after actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave it to their daughter in 2006.

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.

From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.

From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank".

Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese. A city in Brazil bears this name. Its full name is Rio de Janeiro, which means "river of January", so named because the first explorers came to the harbour in January and mistakenly thought it was a river mouth.

Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.

Derived from Latin novus meaning "new". It was first used as a name in the 19th century.

Modern Hebrew form of Noah 2, the daughter of Zelophehad in the Bible. It is also the form used in several other languages, as well as the spelling used in some English versions of the Old Testament.

Possibly means "a drink of water" in Arabic. It is sometimes associated with the Arabic word نَحْلَة (naḥla) meaning "bee".

This name gained some popularity in the United States after it was used by American actress Halle Berry for her daughter born 2008; in this case it could also be variant of Nala 2.

From an English surname that was taken from a place name meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the Jamaican musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).

Diminutive of María Victoria, María Virtudes or María Virginia. Known bearer Mariví Bilbao (1930-2013), a Spanish television actress, was born María Victoria.

Diminutive of María and Alejandra. Actress Maleja Restrepo

Combination of María and Teresa.

Diminutive of María del Carmen.

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucianus.

From a Scottish surname that was derived from the name of a district in Scotland. The district, called Leamhnachd in Gaelic, possibly means "place of elms". This name steadily rose in popularity in the 2000s, at the same time as the similar-sounding (but unrelated) names Lennon and Knox.

Koi means "Love, Affection, Yearn For" similarly to Ai 1, but it mostly refers to "Romantic, Passionate" love, rather than compassionate love. This is rarely used at all, my source is in the notes.

Means "warrior, koa tree" in Hawaiian.

From 聖 (kiyo) "holy, sacred" or 清 (kiyo) "pure, clean" and 美 (mi) "beautiful".

Kiyomi is also a Japanese citrus fruit, a hybrid of Miyagawa Wase mikan and a Citrus sinensis orange created in 1949.

Feminine form of Kenneth.

Possibly from the Scandinavian name Kaia, or simply an invented name based on the sounds found in other names such as Maya.

From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".

Variant of Gray.

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.

Either from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname. The surname was borne by George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of the Quakers.

Feminine form of Elior.

From the English word cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek kuparissos.

Either a French form of Koralia, or a derivative of Latin corallium "coral" (see Coral).

Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek ἀρτεμής (artemes) meaning "safe" or ἄρταμος (artamos) meaning "a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of Apollo and the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was known as Diana to the Romans.

Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".

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.

Means "altar of the sky" from Latin ara "altar" and coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin Mary in her role as the patron saint of Lucena, Spain.

Diminutive of Alejandra. It might also be the feminine form of Alejo.