Behind the Name: mukybat's Personal Name List

Zora

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak

Other Scripts: Зора(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)

Pronounced: ZO-ra(Czech) ZAW-ra(Slovak)

Means "dawn, aurora" in the South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak.

Venus

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Roman Mythology

Pronounced: WEH-noos(Latin) VEE-nəs(English)

Means "love, sexual desire" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of love and sex. Her character was assimilated with that of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. As the mother of Aeneas she was considered an ancestor of the Roman people. The second planet from the sun is named after her.

Octavia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman

Pronounced: ahk-TAY-vee-ə(American English) awk-TAY-vee-ə(British English) ok-TA-bya(Spanish) ok-TA-wee-a(Latin)

Feminine form of Octavius. Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony and the sister of the Roman emperor Augustus. In 19th-century England it was sometimes given to the eighth-born child.

Citra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Indonesian

Pronounced: CHEET-ra

Means "image" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra).

Andromeda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Ἀνδρομέδα, Ἀνδρομέδη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: AN-DRO-MEH-DA(Classical Greek) an-DRAH-mi-də(American English) an-DRAW-mi-də(British English)

Derived from Greek ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός) combined with one of the related words μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.

Aelita

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Literature, Russian, Latvian

Other Scripts: Аэлита(Russian)

Pronounced: ui-LYEE-tə(Russian)

Created by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy for his science fiction novel Aelita (1923), where it belongs to a Martian princess. In the book, the name is said to mean "starlight seen for the last time" in the Martian language.