z.z.z's Personal Name List

Feminine form of Zima.

From an Old Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.

Cantonese romanization of Ruan.

Variant of Wolf.

Denoted a person who lived near a warren, from Norman French warrene meaning "animal enclosure" (of Germanic origin).

From the given name Bonaventura.

Variant of Snyder.

Originally indicated a dweller on a hill range or ridge, from Spanish sierra "mountain range", derived from Latin serra "saw".

Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.

Means "red" in Spanish, referring to the colour of the hair or complexion.

Variant of Rojo.

Means "king" in Old French, Spanish and Catalan, ultimately from Latin rex (genitive regis), perhaps originally denoting someone who acted like a king.

Originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English.

Means "close, together, often, frequently" in Khmer. It may also be from a short form of Chinese 涅槃 (nièpán) meaning "nirvana".

English cognate of Neumann.

From the Irish Ó Maoláin meaning "descendant of Maolán". The given name Maolán meant "devotee, servant, tonsured one".

From Japanese 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Variant of Monet.

From Catalan mola meaning "millstone".

Occupational name for a trader in textiles, from Old French mercier, derived from Latin merx meaning "merchandise".

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Meino.

Variant of Marlow.

Derived from the given name Marino.

Means "the white" in French, from blanc "white". The name referred to a person who was pale or whose hair was blond.

Americanized spelling of Langlais.

Means "cellar" in German, an occupational name for one in charge of the food and drink.

Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Judith.

From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "this" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

From the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yaraḏ) meaning "descend" or "flow down".

Derived from the given name Ingram.

From Japanese 稲 (ina) meaning "rice plant" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

From Old English graf meaning "grove of trees". A famous bearer was the American president Grover Cleveland (1837-1908).

Means "joy" in German, a nickname for a cheerful person. A famous bearer was the psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest (see Forst).

Means "beautiful child" in Middle English.

Means "son of Dumitru".

Referred to someone from the Leon region of Spain.

Means "polite, courteous" in Spanish.

From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair.

Originally indicated someone from the town of Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, which was derived from the Old English byname Blīþa (meaning "happy, blithe") combined with worð "enclosure".

From a diminutive of the name Blanc.

Means "son of Avag".

From Basque place names, themselves derived from Basque arri "stone" and -ola "place of, house".

Variant of Arends.

Means "son of Andrew".

Means "son of Adalheidis".