konstancja's Personal Name List

Combination of Yunus and Emre, given in reference to the 13th-century poet.

Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسين (see Yasin) chiefly used in North Africa.

From Chinese 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant", 新 (xīn) meaning "fresh, new", 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted", or 鑫 (xīn) meaning "prosperous, wealthy" combined with 予 (yǔ) meaning "give, grant", 宇 (yǔ) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 玗 (yú) meaning "precious stone, jade", or 瑜 (yú) meaning "excellence, virtues, lustre of gems". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Hungarian form of Václav.

From Armenian վարուժան (varužan) meaning "male bird".

Coined by Estonian author Eduard Börnhohe for a character in his 1880 novel 'Tasuja'. Börnhohe allegedly derived the name from Estonian vahva "brave".

Meaning “a higher place; sky; paradise; heaven”.

Means "freedom" in Swahili.

Derived from Lithuanian ugnis meaning "fire".

Means "angel, heavenly queen" in Burmese, of Sanskrit origin.

From Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan-'dzin) meaning "upholder of teachings". This is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).

Italian form of Tatius.

Modern form of Suresha.

Meaning uncertain, though allegedly a form of Jean 1. It is probably modelled after Yohan and Lohan.

Means "noble, eminent" in Arabic, a derivative of شرف (sharufa) meaning "to be noble, to be illustrious". This was a title used by the descendants of Muhammad.

Armenian form of Isaac. This was the name of a 5th-century patriarch of the Armenian Church.

Short form of Revaz.

Means "wisdom" in Chewa.

Variant of Norihan.

Masculine form of Nevena.

Means "Yahweh comforts" in Hebrew, derived from נָחַם (naḥam) meaning "to comfort" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. According to the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament he was a leader of the Jews who was responsible for the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity.

Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Nazli.

Variant of Laney.

From Sanskrit क्षितिज (kṣitija) meaning "born of the earth" or "horizon".

Western Armenian transcription of Gevorg.

Derived from Old Hungarian kev- or köv- (kő in Hungarian) "stone; rock".

Finnish form of Gertrude.

Form of Kavita.

From Sanskrit करण (karaṇa) meaning "clever, skillful".

From Kazakh қанат (qanat) or Kyrgyz канат (kanat) both meaning "wing".

Means "strength, power, courage" in Kazakh and Kyrgyz.

Means "be happy" in Tswana, from itumela meaning "to be happy".

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Means "friend, brother" in Turkish. This name was borne by the 13th-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre.

Means "thanks, gratitude" in Igbo.

Finnish and Estonian form of Eric. A famous bearer was the architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961).

Means "sea" in Turkish.

Two separate words in Hungarian; "amber" and "ivy".

Means "swiftness" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the man who marries Ruth. This was also the name of one of the two pillars that stood outside Solomon's Temple (with Jachin).

Means "wetting, moistening" in Arabic. This was the name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

From the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" and the Persian suffix زاد (zād) meaning "son of".

Combination of Batu and Turkish han meaning "khan, ruler, leader", referring to the 13th-century Mongol ruler Batu Khan.

Means "strong, firm" in Mongolian. Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol leader, the founder of the Golden Horde.

Means "magnificent, great, powerful" in Arabic. This can also be used an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əzim. In Islamic tradition العظيم (al-Azim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Means "shining, brilliant, bright" in Arabic, derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Means "beautiful moon", derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and ару (aru) meaning "beauty".

Means 'they are thankful' in Zulu.

From the name of a mountain in eastern Turkey (formerly part of Armenia), the place where Noah's Ark came to rest according to the Old Testament.

Croatian form of Anthony.

Combination of Ali 1 and Reza, given in honour of the 9th-century Shia imam Ali ar-Rida.

Means "learned, expert, scholar" in Arabic.

From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and ерке (erke) meaning "naughty, spoiled, darling".

Feminine form of Aivar.

Either a Lithuanian borrowing of Latvian Aina 4 or derived from Lithuanian ainis "descendant, offspring".

Combination of an a hanja, like 雅 meaning "clean, pure" or 亜 meaning "next, second," and a hyeon hanja, e.g. 賢 meaning "benevolent; wise, sensible."

Derived from Sanskrit अभिमन् (abhimān) meaning "to long for, to desire, to wish". In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Abhimanyu is the son of the hero Arjuna.