Behind the Name: mamamarleigh's Personal Name List

Takeshi

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 武, 健, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たけし(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: TA-KEH-SHEE

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From Japanese 武 (takeshi) meaning "military, martial", 健 (takeshi) meaning "strong, healthy", or other kanji having the same reading.

Sølvi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Norwegian

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Norwegian variant of Solveig. It is also used as a short form of Silvia.

Reva

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hinduism, Hindi

Other Scripts: रेवा(Sanskrit, Hindi)

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Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Rati.

Menes

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Egyptian (Hellenized)

Other Scripts: Μήνης(Ancient Greek)

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Greek form of Egyptian mnj probably meaning "he who endures", derived from mn "to endure". According to tradition, Menes was the Egyptian pharaoh who first united Upper and Lower Egypt around the 31st century BC. He is probably the same as the pharaoh known as Narmer; Menes could have been his throne name.

Mayra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)

Pronounced: MIE-ra(Spanish)

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Hispanic variant of Myra.

Galo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: GA-lo

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Spanish form of Gallus.

Erva

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

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Turkish form of Arwa.

Dmitrii

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Medieval Slavic [1][2][3]

Other Scripts: Дмитрий(Russian) Дмитріи, Дмитрии, etc.(Church Slavic)

Pronounced: DMEE-tree(Russian)

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Alternate transcription of Russian Дмитрий (see Dmitriy), as well as a transcription of the medieval Slavic form.

Deysi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Modern)

Pronounced: DAY-see

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Spanish form of the English name Daisy.

Deisy

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Modern)

Pronounced: DAY-see

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Spanish form of the English name Daisy.

Arve

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Norwegian

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Variant of Arvid.