nahida's Personal Name List
Zhishu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 志姝(Chinese)
From the Chinese 志 (zhì) meaning "purpose, will" and 姝 (shū) meaning "beautiful girl".
Zahide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish feminine form of
Zahid.
Yves
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EEV
Medieval French form of
Ivo 1. This was the name of two French
saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.
Yunyun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Yueshui
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 月水(Chinese)
From the Chinese 月 (yuè) meaning "moon" and 水 (shuǐ) meaning "water".
Yuanying
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 媛瑛, 苑莹(Chinese)
From the Chinese 媛 (yuàn) meaning "beauty, beautiful woman" or 苑 (yuàn) meaning "pasture, park, garden" and 瑛 (yīng) meaning "luster of gem, crystal" or 莹 (yíng) meaning "luster of gems, bright, lustrous".
Ying
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 英, 颖, 影, etc.(Chinese) 英, 穎, 影, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: EENG
From Chinese
英 (yīng) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero",
颖 (yǐng) meaning "clever", or
影 (yǐng) meaning "image, shadow", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Ye-eun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 예은(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: YE-UWN
From Sino-Korean 譽 "fame, reputation; praise" and 恩 "kindness, mercy, charity". A famous bearer is South Korean singer Park Ye-eun (1989-), also known as Yenny and HA:TFELT.
Xanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KSAN-TEH(Classical Greek)
Derived from Greek
ξανθός (xanthos) meaning
"yellow, blond, fair-haired". This was the name of a few minor figures in Greek
mythology.
Wonyoung
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
A famous bearier of this name, Jang Wonyoung from IZONE
Wonhee
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 원희(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: WUN-HEE
Wisdom
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WIZ-dəm
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".
Vicky
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIK-ee
Vazha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ვაჟა(Georgian)
Pronounced: VAH-ZHAH
Derived from Georgian
ვაჟი (vazhi) meaning
"son".
Vasiliki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Βασιλική(Greek)
Pronounced: va-see-lee-KYEE
Modern Greek feminine form of
Basil 1.
Tabitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ταβιθά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TAB-i-thə(English)
Means
"gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the
New Testament was a woman restored to life by
Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as
Dorcas (see
Acts 9:36). As an English name,
Tabitha became common after the
Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show
Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.
Susur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Possibly a form of
Caesar.
A famous bearer is the Hong-Kong-born Canadian celebrity chef Susur Lee (1958-).
Susu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese (Rare)
Sriyani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sinhalese
Other Scripts: ශ්රියානි(Sinhala)
Sparkle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American, Trinidadian Creole
Pronounced: SPAHR-kəl(English)
Middle English frequentative (verb) or diminutive (noun) of spark.
Soraya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Other Scripts: ثریا(Persian)
Pronounced: so-ra-YAW(Persian) so-RA-ya(Spanish)
Persian form of
Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.
Soraia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Sophie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Dutch
Pronounced: SAW-FEE(French) SO-fee(English) zo-FEE(German) so-FEE(Dutch)
Sohvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SOKH-vee
Sofia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian, English, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Σοφία(Greek) София(Russian, Bulgarian) Софія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: saw-FEE-a(Greek) so-FEE-a(Italian) soo-FEE-u(European Portuguese) so-FEE-u(Brazilian Portuguese) soo-FEE-ə(Catalan) suw-FEE-a(Swedish) zo-FEE-a(German) SO-fee-ah(Finnish) su-FYEE-yə(Russian)
Form of
Sophia used in various languages.
Sofia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 楚風亜, 聖愛, 麻日亜, 想妃愛, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SO-FEE-AH
From Japanese 楚 (
so) meaning "pain; suffering", 風 (
fi) meaning "wind" combined with 亜 (
a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Sofia or Sophia.
Sofi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian, Swedish, Spanish
Other Scripts: Սոֆի(Armenian)
Pronounced: saw-FEE(Armenian)
Armenian form of
Sophie, as well as a Swedish and Spanish short form of
Sofia.
Sirin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: ศิรินทร์(Thai)
Sin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒂗𒍪(Akkadian Cuneiform)
From earlier Akkadian
Su'en, of unknown meaning. This was the name of the Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian god of the moon. He was closely identified with the Sumerian god
Nanna.
Shufen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 淑芬, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHOO-FUN
From Chinese
淑 (shū) meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming" combined with
芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, aroma, perfume". Other character combinations are possible as well.
Shiyun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 诗芸(Chinese)
From the Chinese 诗 (shī) meaning "poetry, poem" and 芸 (yún) meaning "rue" or "art, talent, ability, skill".
Shiromi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 代美, 代実, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SHEE-ṘO-MEE
From Japanese 代 (shiro) meaning "generation" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Shiloh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שִׁלוֹ, שִׁילֹה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SHIE-lo(English)
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.
Shelly
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHEHL-ee
Sheila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: SHEE-lə(English)
Seol-hyun
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 설현(Korean Hangul) 雪炫, 雪賢, 設賢, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: SUR-YUN
Variant transcription of
Seol-hyeon.
A famous bearer of this name is singer and actress Kim Seol-hyun (1995-), a member of the South Korean girl group AOA.
Selene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Σελήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SEH-LEH-NEH(Classical Greek) si-LEE-nee(English) si-LEEN(English)
Means
"moon" in Greek. This was the name of a Greek goddess of the moon, a Titan. She was sometimes identified with the goddess
Artemis.
Sanae
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: さなえ(Japanese Hiragana) サナエ(Japanese Katakana) 早苗, 小苗, 真愛, 真絵, 真慧, 真得, 早菜枝, 早奈恵, 早奈枝, 早南恵, 早名恵, 颯苗, 小奈恵, 紗名江, 紗南江, 紗苗, 紗那江, 紗奈枝, 紗奈絵, 紗菜江, 五奈江, 佐菜絵, 佐菜枝, 佐奈絵, 佐奈江, 佐那絵, 佐那江, 佐南絵, 佐南江, 佐名絵, 佐苗, 左茄絵, 左菜絵, 左菜江, 左奈絵, 左奈江, 左那絵, 左那枝, 左苗, 左名江, 沙茄江, 沙菜恵, 沙奈恵, 沙那枝, 沙南枝, 沙苗, 沙名恵, 沙名枝, 砂茄恵, 砂茄枝, 砂菜恵, 砂奈絵, 砂那絵, 砂那枝, 砂南江, 砂名恵, 彩奈恵, 彩苗, 采奈依, 冴菜絵, 咲菜恵, 咲七枝, 咲奈恵, 咲那江, 咲苗, 作苗, 桜苗, 皐苗, 三直恵, 実苗, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SA-NA-EH
From Japanese 早 (sa) meaning "early, fast", 小 (sa) meaning "little, small", 真 (sana) meaning "true, reality", 颯 (sa) meaning "sudden, quick, sound of the wind", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze", 五 (sa) meaning "five", 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 左 (sa) meaning "left", 沙 (sa) or 砂 (sa) both meaning "sand", 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 采 (sa) meaning "dice, form, appearance, take, gather, colouring", 冴 (sa) meaning "be clear, serene, cold, skillful", 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 作 (sa) meaning "make, production, prepare, build", 桜 (sa) meaning "cherry blossom", 皐 (sa) meaning "swamp, shore", 三 (sa) meaning "three" or 実 (sa) meaning "reality, truth", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 奈 (na) meaning "what", 南 (na) meaning "south", 名 (na) meaning "name", 那 (na) meaning "what", 茄 (na) meaning "eggplant", 七 (na) meaning "seven" or 直 (na) meaning "straight" combined with 苗 (nae) meaning "seedling, sapling, shoot", 愛 (e) meaning "love, affection", 絵 (e) meaning "picture, drawing, painting, sketch", 慧 (e) meaning "wise", 得 (e) meaning "gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit", 枝 (e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", 恵 (e) meaning "favor, blessing, grace, kindness", 江 (e) meaning "creek, inlet, bay" or 依 (e) meaning "reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to". Other kanji combinations are possible.
A famous male bearer is Sanae Kikuta, a Japanese mixed martial artist who rose to popularity fighting in the Pancrase organization and a famous female bearer is Sanae Kobayashi, a Japanese voice actress formerly affiliated with Production Baobab, and now with Sigma Seven.
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Saeko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: SAH-EH-KOH
This name can be used as 冴希, 彩樹 or 彩木 with 冴 (go, ko, sa.eru, koo.ru, hi.eru) meaning "be clear, serene, cold, skilful", 彩 (sai, irodo.ru, sae) meaning "coloring, paint, makeup", combine with 子 (ko) meaning "child"
Sae
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 冴, 小恵, 小枝, 左恵, 佐栄, 紗英, 沙恵, 紗江, 三重, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さえ, さゑ(Japanese Hiragana) サエ, サヱ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SA-EH
From 冴え
(sae) meaning "clarity; skilfulness," also written with a combination of a
sa kanji, like 小 meaning "small," 左 meaning "left," 佐 meaning "help," 紗 meaning "gauze," 沙 meaning "sand" or 三 meaning "three," and an
e kanji, like 恵 meaning "wisdom," 枝 meaning "branch, bough," 栄 meaning "glory, prosperity," 英 meaning "wisdom, brilliance," 江 meaning "inlet, bay" or 重 meaning "fold, layer."
Female bearers of this name include actress Sae Isshiki (一色 紗英), born Sae Hatakeyama (畠山 紗英) (1977-), professional shōgi player Sae Itō (伊藤 沙恵) (1993-) and artistic gymnast Sae Miyakawa (宮川 紗江) (1999-).
Ruby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-bee
Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin
ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century
[1].
Riya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Other Scripts: रिया(Hindi, Marathi) রিয়া(Bengali)
Means "singer" in Sanskrit.
Rina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: רִינָה(Hebrew)
Means "joy, singing" in Hebrew.
Reubyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 鈴, 麗, 玲, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REH
From Japanese
鈴 (rei) meaning "bell",
麗 (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or
玲 (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Red
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: REHD
From the English word for the colour, ultimately derived from Old English read. It was originally a nickname given to a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
Rebbie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Can be a nickname for
Rebecca, but in the case of singer Rebbie Jackson, it is derived from her name Maureen Reilette.
Rachel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, French, Dutch, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: רָחֵל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: RAY-chəl(English) RA-SHEHL(French) RAH-khəl(Dutch) RA-khəl(German)
From the Hebrew name
רָחֵל (Raḥel) meaning
"ewe". In the
Old Testament this is the name of the favourite wife of
Jacob. Her father
Laban tricked Jacob into marrying her older sister
Leah first, though in exchange for seven years of work Laban allowed Jacob to marry Rachel too. Initially barren and facing her husband's anger, she offered her handmaid
Bilhah to Jacob to bear him children. Eventually she was herself able to conceive, becoming the mother of
Joseph and
Benjamin.
The name was common among Jews in the Middle Ages, but it was not generally used as a Christian name in the English-speaking world until after the Protestant Reformation. It was moderately popular in the first half of the 20th century, but starting in the 1960s it steadily rose, reaching highs in the 1980s and 90s. The character Rachel Green on the American sitcom Friends (1994-2004) may have only helped delay its downswing.
Notable bearers include American conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964), British actress Rachel Weisz (1970-), and Canadian actress Rachel McAdams (1978-).
Quanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Combination of the phonetic elements
quan and
da, or a blend of
quan with the name
Wanda.
Qiqi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 琦琦, 七七(Chinese)
Pronounced: CHEE-CHEE
From Chinese 琦 (
qí) meaning "gem" or 七 (
qī) meaning "seven" all combined with themselves. Other character combinations can form this name as well.
A character from the miHoYo video game Genshin Impact bears this name, using the combinations 七七.
Piper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PIE-pər
From an English surname that was originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute). It was popularized as a given name by a character from the television series
Charmed, which debuted in 1998
[1].
Phoebe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Φοίβη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FEE-bee(English)
Latinized form of the Greek name
Φοίβη (Phoibe), which meant
"bright, pure" from Greek
φοῖβος (phoibos). In Greek
mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess
Artemis. The name appears in
Paul's epistle to the Romans in the
New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae.
In England, it began to be used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. It was moderately common in the 19th century. It began to rise in popularity again in the late 1980s, probably helped along by characters on the American television shows Friends (1994-2004) and Charmed (1998-2006). It is currently much more common in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand than the United States.
A moon of Saturn bears this name, in honour of the Titan.
Phaxsi Jalsu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aymara
From the Aymara phaxsi meaning "moon" and jalsu meaning "east; sunrise" or "spring".
Palomba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Spanish, Medieval Italian
Pronounced: pa-LOHM-ba
Either a Judeo-Spanish form of
Paloma or derived from Vulgar Latin
palumba "dove; pigeon".
Oyuunchimeg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Оюунчимэг(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Means
"wisdom ornament" in Mongolian, from
оюун (oyuun) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and
чимэг (chimeg) meaning "ornament".
Oyuun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Оюун(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Means "wisdom, intellect" in Mongolian.
Olivia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: o-LIV-ee-ə(English) ə-LIV-ee-ə(English) o-LEE-vya(Italian, German) o-LEE-bya(Spanish) AW-LEE-VYA(French) O-lee-vee-ah(Finnish) o-LEE-vee-ya(Dutch)
This name was used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy
Twelfth Night (1602). This was a rare name in Shakespeare's time
[1] that may have been based on
Oliva or
Oliver, or directly on the Latin word
oliva meaning
"olive". In the play Olivia is a noblewoman wooed by Duke
Orsino. Instead she falls in love with his messenger Cesario, who is actually
Viola in disguise.
Olivia has been used in the English-speaking world since the 18th century, though it did not become overly popular until the last half of the 20th century. Its rise in popularity in the 1970s may have been inspired by a character on the television series The Waltons (1972-1982) [2] or the singer Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022). In 1989 it was borne by a young character on The Cosby Show, which likely accelerated its growth. It reached the top rank in England and Wales by 2008 and in the United States by 2019.
A famous bearer was the British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020).
Olena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Олена(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: aw-LEH-nu
Nuna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Arabic (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Norielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Modern, Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps an invented name.
Noriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Philippines, Rare)
Nori
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 儀, etc.(Japanese Kanji) のり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NO-REE
From Japanese
儀 (nori) meaning "ceremony, rites" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Noelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: no-EHL
Noélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, French (Swiss), French (Belgian), French (Quebec)
Noelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Louisiana Creole (Rare), German (Swiss, Rare)
Ningning
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 宁宁, etc.(Chinese) 寧寧, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: NEENG-NEENG
From Chinese 宁
(níng) meaning "peaceful, calm, serene" combined with itself. Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Ningning
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino (Rare), Tagalog (Rare)
Means "lustre, sparkle" in Tagalog.
Ning
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 宁, etc.(Chinese) 寧, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: NEENG
From Chinese
宁 (níng) meaning "peaceful, calm, serene", as well as other characters pronounced in a similar way.
Nikita 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Никита(Russian) Нікіта(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: nyi-KYEE-tə(Russian)
Russian form of
Niketas. This form is also used in Ukrainian and Belarusian alongside the more traditional forms
Mykyta and
Mikita. A notable bearer was the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971).
Nikita 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Marathi, Hindi
Other Scripts: निकिता(Marathi, Hindi)
Derived from Sanskrit
निकेत (niketa) meaning
"house, habitation".
Niji
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 虹(Japanese Kanji) にじ(Japanese Hiragana) ニジ(Japanese Katakana)
Means "rainbow" in Japanese.
Nickie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIH-kee
Nahida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bengali (Muslim), Indian (Muslim), Arabic
Other Scripts: নাহিদা(Bengali) ناہیدہ(Urdu) नाहिदा(Hindi) تهامي, ناهدة(Arabic)
Possibly a variant of
Nahid.
Nahi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: na-EE, na-HEE
From Basque meaning "wish".
Moonunit
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Obscure (Modern)
Mönkhtuya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Мөнхтуяа(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Mönkhtsetseg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Мөнхцэцэг(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: MONGKH-tseh-tsək
Means
"eternal flower" in Mongolian, from
мөнх (mönkh) meaning "eternal" and
цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".
Mona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: もな(Japanese Hiragana) モナ(Japanese Katakana) 最奈, 最菜, 最那, 望凪, 望南, 望奈, 望愛, 望渚, 望真, 望菜, 望那, 杏奈, 杜夏, 桃奈, 桃愛, 桃菜, 桃那, 椛愛, 百南, 百名, 百夏, 百奈, 百愛, 花梨, 苺愛, 茂名, 茂奈, 茂菜, 茂那, 萌南, 萌名, 萌夏, 萌奈, 萌愛, 萌椰, 萌永, 萌花, 萌菜, 萌那, 萌隆, 萠夏, 萠奈, 萠菜, 萠那, 裳納, 雲和, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: MO-NAH
From Japanese 最 (mo) meaning "utmost, most, extreme", 望 (mo) meaning "ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect", 杏 (mo) meaning "apricot", 杜 (mo) meaning "woods, grove", 桃 (mo) meaning "peach", 椛 (mo) meaning "autumn foliage, birch, maple, (kokuji)", 百 (mo) meaning "hundred", 花 (mo) meaning "flower", 苺 (mo) meaning "strawberry", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant", 萌 (mo) or 萠 (mo) both meaning "sprout, bud", 裳 (mo) meaning "skirt" or 雲 (mo) meaning "cloud" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 那 (na) meaning "what", 凪 (na) meaning "lull, calm", 南 (na) meaning "south", 愛 (na) meaning "love, affection", 渚 (na) meaning "beach", 真 (na) meaning "true, reality", 夏 (na) meaning "summer", 名 (na) meaning "name", 梨 (na) meaning "pear", 椰 (na) meaning "coconut tree", 永 (na) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy", 花 (na) meaning "flower", 隆 (na) meaning "noble, prosperous", 納 (na) meaning "settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store" or 和 (na) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Moka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 百椛, 萌花, 百歌, 百華, 百珈, 百香, 桃花, 萌楓, 桃歌, 萌華, 萌珈, 萌香, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: MO-KAH
It could be spelled with 百 (
mo) meaning "hundred, many" with 花 (
ka) meaning "flower; essence", 歌 (
ka) meaning "song; to sing", 華 (
ka) meaning "flower; flashiness; brilliance; beauty; fine", 珈 (
ka) meaning "hair accessory" or 香 (
ka) meaning "fragrance, scent, aroma". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Possibly a modern name inspired by the word "mocha" or the longer name Momoka.
A notable bearer is the idol singer Moka Hotei (2004-).
Mohinav
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from moh meaning "moon, month" and nav meaning "sort, kind".
Misha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Миша(Russian)
Pronounced: MYEE-shə
Min-ju
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 민주(Korean Hangul) 敏周, 慜珠, 珉妵, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: MEEN-JOO
Combination of a min hanja, like 敏 (also 慜) meaning "quick, agile; smart, clever" or 珉 meaning "gem," with a ju hanja, such as 周 meaning "circumference," 珠 meaning "jewel, pearl" or 妵 meaning "pretty; adorable; nice."
Mimi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEE-mee
Meiyue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 美月, 美悅, 美悦, 梅月, 梅悅, 梅悦, 莓月, 莓悅, 莓悦(Chinese)
Pronounced: MAY-YOO-AY
From Chinese 美 (měi) meaning "beauty", 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot", or 莓 (méi) meaning "berry, strawberry" combined with 月 (yuè) meaning "moon, month", 悅 (yuè) meaning "delighted, happy, pleased, content", 悦 (yuè) meaning "joy", or 越 (yuè) meaning "beyond, more". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Maya 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Buddhism, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
Other Scripts: माया(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: MAH-yah(Sanskrit)
Means
"illusion, magic" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist tradition this is the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the
Buddha). This is also another name of the Hindu goddess
Durga.
Luzie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare), Friulian
Pronounced: LOO-tsee(German)
Friulian form of
Lucia and German variant of
Luzia.
Lulu 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: LOO-loo
Lulu 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: لؤلؤ(Arabic)
Pronounced: LOO-loo
Means "pearls" in Arabic.
Lucy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LOO-see
English form of
Lucia, in use since the Middle Ages.
Lucinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese, Literature
Pronounced: loo-SIN-də(English)
An elaboration of
Lucia created by Cervantes for his novel
Don Quixote (1605). It was subsequently used by Molière in his play
The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1666).
Luciana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: loo-CHA-na(Italian) loo-THYA-na(European Spanish) loo-SYA-na(Latin American Spanish) loo-SYU-nu(European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese)
Lúcia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Hungarian
Pronounced: LOO-tsee-aw(Hungarian)
Portuguese and Hungarian form of
Lucia.
Lucia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, German, Dutch, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: loo-CHEE-a(Italian) LOO-tsya(German) loo-TSEE-a(German) LUY-see-ya(Dutch) LOO-shə(English) loo-SEE-ə(English) luy-SEE-a(Swedish) LOO-chya(Romanian) LOO-kee-a(Latin)
Feminine form of
Lucius.
Saint Lucia was a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse. She was said to have had her eyes gouged out, and thus she is the patron saint of the blind. She was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). It has been used in the England since the 12th century, usually in the spellings
Lucy or
Luce.
Lolita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: lo-LEE-ta
Diminutive of
Lola. This is the name of a 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
Lola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, French
Pronounced: LO-la(Spanish) LO-lə(English) LAW-LA(French)
Spanish
diminutive of
Dolores. A famous bearer was Lola Montez (1821-1861; birth name Eliza Gilbert), an Irish-born dancer, actress and courtesan.
Lizzy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIZ-ee
Lingling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 玲玲, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: LEENG-LEENG
From Chinese 玲
(líng) meaning "tinkling of jade" combined with itself. Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Linfei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 琳飞, 霖霏(Chinese)
From the Chinese 琳 (lín) meaning "beautiful jade, gem" or 霖 (lín) meaning "continuous heavy rain" and 飞 (fēi) meaning "fly, flying" or 霏 (fēi) meaning "falling of snow or rain".
Lina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Lithuanian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Slovene
Pronounced: LEE-nə(English) LEE-na(Italian, Spanish)
Short form of names ending in lina.
Lilyann
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LIL-ee-ən
Lily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).
Lilith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: לילית(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LIL-ith(English)
Derived from Akkadian
lilitu meaning
"of the night". This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish tradition she was
Adam's first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by
Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam (or
Samael) and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.
Lilach
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִילָךּ(Hebrew)
Means "lilac" in Hebrew.
Leilani
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: lay-LA-nee
Means "heavenly flowers" or "royal child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Laika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, Pet
Other Scripts: Лайка(Russian)
Pronounced: LIE-kə(Russian)
Means "barker" from the Russian лаять (layat') meaning "to bark". This was the name of a Soviet dog who became one of the first animals to go to space.
Kwang
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: กวาง(Thai)
Pronounced: KWANG
Means "deer" in Thai.
Kwanda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: KWAHN-də
Kiana 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian, English
Hawaiian form of
Diana. It was brought to wider attention in the late 1980s, likely by the Hawaiian fitness instructor Kiana Tom (1965-), who had a television show on ESPN beginning in 1988
[1].
Kamala
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: कमला, कमल(Sanskrit) கமலா(Tamil) ಕಮಲಾ(Kannada) కమలా(Telugu) कमला(Hindi, Nepali)
Means
"lotus" or
"pale red" in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form
कमला and the masculine form
कमल, though in modern languages it is only a feminine form. In Tantric Hinduism and Shaktism this is the name of a goddess, also identified with the goddess
Lakshmi.
Kalliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAL-LEE-O-PEH(Classical Greek)
Means
"beautiful voice" from Greek
κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and
ὄψ (ops) meaning "voice". In Greek
mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
Judy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOO-dee
Diminutive of
Judith. A well-known bearer of this name was the American singer and actress Judy Garland (1922-1969).
Jinni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Jinni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 锦霓(Chinese)
From the Chinese 锦 (jǐn) meaning "bright and beautiful, brocade, tapestry, embroidered" and 霓 (ní) meaning "rainbow".
Jelena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Lithuanian
Other Scripts: Јелена(Serbian)
Form of
Yelena in several languages. In Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia it is also associated with the South Slavic words
jelen meaning "deer, stag" and
jela meaning "fir tree".
Iroha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩葉, 彩羽(Japanese Kanji) いろは(Japanese Hiragana) イロハ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: EE-RO-HA
From Japanese 彩 (iro) meaning "color" combined with Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" or 羽 (ha) meaning "feathers". As a whole the word iroha refers to a Japanese poem.
Iris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἶρις(Ancient Greek) Ίρις(Greek)
Pronounced: IE-ris(English) EE-ris(German, Dutch) EE-rees(Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Italian) EE-REES(French)
Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.
Hyeonseo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 현서(Korean Hangul) 賢瑞, 賢敍, 賢書, 賢徐, 賢緖, 炫瑞, 炫敍, 炫書, 炫徐, 炫緖, 玄瑞, 玄敍, 玄書, 玄徐, 玄緖, 顯瑞, 顯敍, 顯書, 顯徐, 顯緖, 晛瑞, 晛敍, 晛書, 晛徐, 晛緖, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: hjŏnsŏ
Combination of Korean Hanja "賢" meaning "Smart" and "瑞" meaning "Felicitous". Other combinations are possible.
Huo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 火(Chinese)
Chinese name meaning "Fire"
Huanghun
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Chinese meaning "nightfall"
Hortence
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (African), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch (Surinamese), Flemish (Rare)
Honghwan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 홍환(Korean Hangul)
From Sino-Korean 弘 "enlarge, expand; liberal, great", 洪 "vast, immense; flood, deluge" or 泓 meaning "clear, deep pool of water" (hong) and 焕 "shining, brilliant, lustrous".
Herta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: HEHR-ta
Hatice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ha-tee-JEH
Haellusia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vilamovian
Guinevere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: GWIN-ə-vir(English)
From the Norman French form of the Welsh name
Gwenhwyfar meaning
"white phantom", ultimately from the old Celtic roots *
windos meaning "white" (modern Welsh
gwen) and *
sēbros meaning "phantom, magical being"
[1]. In Arthurian legend she was the beautiful wife of King
Arthur. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, she was seduced by
Mordred before the battle of Camlann, which led to the deaths of both Mordred and Arthur. According to the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, she engaged in an adulterous affair with Sir
Lancelot.
The Cornish form of this name, Jennifer, has become popular in the English-speaking world.
Grete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Danish, Norwegian
Pronounced: GREH-tə(German)
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of
Margaret.
Getter
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Originally an Estonian Swedish (estlandssvenska) name, historically common in Dagö (Hiiumaa island) while it belonged to Sweden and was inhabited by Swedes (until the 18th century), now commonly used among Estonians. Its meaning is uncertain. Famous bearers include Estonian pop singer Getter Jaani (1993-) and Estonian football player Getter Laar (1989-).
Gertrude
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, German
Pronounced: GUR-trood(English) ZHEHR-TRUYD(French) gehr-TROO-də(German)
Means
"spear of strength", derived from the Old German elements
ger "spear" and
drud "strength".
Saint Gertrude the Great was a 13th-century nun and mystic writer from Thuringia. It was probably introduced to England by settlers from the Low Countries in the 15th century. Shakespeare used the name in his play
Hamlet (1600) for the mother of
Hamlet. Another famous bearer was the American writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946).
Gerel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Гэрэл(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: KEH-rezh
Means "light" in Mongolian.
Genevieve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHN-ə-veev
Garam
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean (Modern)
Other Scripts: 가람(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: KA-RAM
From native Korean 가람 (garam) meaning "river."
Garam
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Гарам(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠮ(Traditional Mongolian)
Means "ford, crossing" in Mongolian.
Furina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Popular Culture
Pronounced: foo-REE-na(Latin)
Variant of
Furrina. This name also occurs in the 2020 video game
Genshin Impact.
Florentina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Romanian, Late Roman
Pronounced: flo-rehn-TEE-na(Spanish)
Fiore
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: FYO-reh
Means
"flower" in Italian. It can also be considered an Italian form of the Latin names
Flora and
Florus.
Fifi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: FEE-FEE
Fifi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Φιφή(Greek)
Fieke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FEE-kə
Fia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Pronounced: FEE-ah
Diminutive of
Sofia and other names containing the element -
fia-.
Ffion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: FEE-awn, FI-awn
Means "foxglove" in Welsh (species Digitalis purpurea). This is a recently created Welsh name.
Fatoumata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Western African
Form of
Fatima used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.
Faruzan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Persian
Other Scripts: فَروزان
It means "bright" in Persian.
Eun-chae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 은채(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: UWN-CHAY
From Sino-Korean 恩 "kindness, mercy, charity" and 彩 "variegated colors".
Eris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἔρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-is(English)
Means
"strife, discord" in Greek. In Greek
mythology Eris was the goddess of discord. She was the sister and companion of
Ares.
Erdenechimeg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Эрдэнэчимэг(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Means
"jewel ornament" in Mongolian, from
эрдэнэ (erdene) meaning "jewel, treasure" and
чимэг (chimeg) meaning "ornament".
Erdene
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Эрдэнэ(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: EHR-tən
Means "jewel, treasure" in Mongolian.
Enkhjargal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Энхжаргал(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: ENGKH-char-kazh
Means
"peace blessing" in Mongolian, from
энх (enkh) meaning "peace, calm" and
жаргал (jargal) meaning "blessing, happiness".
Ellen 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: EHL-ən(English) EHL-lehn(Finnish)
Medieval English form of
Helen. This was the usual spelling of the name until the 19th century, when the form
Helen also became common.
Ellen 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: EH-lən
Eirene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Εἰρήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-REH-NEH(Classical Greek) ie-REE-nee(English)
Ancient Greek form of
Irene.
Deedee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Originally a nickname, typically for names beginning with D. It can be spelled Deedee, DeeDee or Dee Dee.
Dahlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DAL-yə, DAHL-yə, DAYL-yə
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
Concha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: KON-cha
Clara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Catalan, Romanian, English, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: KLA-ra(German, Spanish, Italian) KLA-ru(Portuguese) KLA-RA(French) KLEHR-ə(American English) KLAR-ə(American English) KLAH-rə(British English)
Feminine form of the Late Latin name
Clarus, which meant
"clear, bright, famous". The name
Clarus was borne by a few early
saints. The feminine form was popularized by the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called
Chiara in Italian), a friend and follower of Saint Francis, who left her wealthy family to found the order of nuns known as the Poor Clares.
As an English name it has been in use since the Middle Ages, originally in the form Clare, though the Latinate spelling Clara overtook it in the 19th century and became very popular. It declined through most of the 20th century (being eclipsed by the French form Claire in English-speaking countries), though it has since recovered somewhat.
Citlali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Chuu
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 忠(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: Choo
this is a japanese kanji "忠" that means "sincerity", is also the stage name of a kpop idol from the group LOONA
Chloe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1], Ancient Greek [2], Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χλόη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KLO-ee(English)
Means
"green shoot" in Greek, referring to new plant growth in the spring. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess
Demeter. The name is also mentioned by
Paul in one of his epistles in the
New Testament.
As an English name, Chloe has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. It started getting more popular in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and then the United States. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 1997 to 2002. This is one of the few English-language names that is often written with a diaeresis, as Chloë.
Chishou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千尚, 知尚, 智将, 智昭, 智正, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: CHEE-SHO:
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" combined with 尚 (shou) meaning "esteem". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Chinatsu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千夏, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちなつ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHEE-NA-TSOO
From Japanese
千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and
夏 (natsu) meaning "summer", as well as other kanji combinations.
China
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: CHIE-nə
From the name of the Asian country, ultimately derived from Qin, the name of a dynasty that ruled there in the 3rd century BC.
Chika 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Igbo
Means "God is greater" in Igbo.
Chika 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千佳, 智佳, 千花, 智花, 散花, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHEE-KA
From Japanese
千 (chi) meaning "thousand",
智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or
散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with
佳 (ka) meaning "good, beautiful" or
花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Chie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千枝, 千恵, 千絵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちえ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHEE-EH
From Japanese
千 (chi) meaning "thousand" combined with
枝 (e) meaning "branch",
恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" or
絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Chevy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
A literary place name. There is a famous old poem called "The Ballad of Chevy Chase". A chase is a parcel of hunting land, and Chevy refers to the
Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border.
Comedian Chevy Chase took his name from this poem, which is mentioned in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
Cherry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEHR-ee
Simply means "cherry" from the name of the fruit. It can also be a
diminutive of
Charity. It has been in use since the late 19th century.
Celine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: sə-LEEN(English)
Célia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, French
Pronounced: SEH-lyu(Portuguese) SEH-LYA(French)
Portuguese and French form of
Celia.
Cecily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEHS-ə-lee
English form of
Cecilia. This was the usual English form during the Middle Ages.
Callista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-LIS-tə
Calliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-LIE-ə-pee(English)
Calista
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-LIS-tə(English) ka-LEES-ta(Spanish)
Feminine form of
Callistus. As an English name it might also be a variant of
Kallisto.
Bronislava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Russian
Other Scripts: Бронислава(Russian)
Pronounced: BRO-nyi-sla-va(Czech) BRAW-nyee-sla-va(Slovak) brə-nyi-SLA-və(Russian)
Czech, Slovak and Russian feminine form of
Bronisław.
Bonnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHN-ee
Means "pretty" from the Scottish word bonnie, which was itself derived from Middle French bon "good". It has been in use as an American given name since the 19th century, and it became especially popular after the movie Gone with the Wind (1939), in which it was the nickname of Scarlett's daughter.
Bonnibel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Apparently a combination of
Bonnie and the popular name suffix
-bel.
Bolortuyaa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Болортуяа(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Bessie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHS-ee
Becky
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHK-ee
Beatrice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English, Swedish, Romanian
Pronounced: beh-a-TREE-cheh(Italian) BEE-ə-tris(English) BEET-ris(English) BEH-ah-trees(Swedish) beh-ah-TREES(Swedish)
Italian form of
Beatrix. Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290) was the woman who was loved by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. She serves as Dante's guide through paradise in his epic poem the
Divine Comedy (1321). This is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's comedy
Much Ado About Nothing (1599), in which Beatrice and
Benedick are fooled into confessing their love for one another.
Barbie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHR-bee
Diminutive of
Barbara. This is the name of a doll produced by the Mattel toy company since 1959. It was named after the original designer's daughter.
Bárbara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced: BAR-ba-ra(Spanish)
Portuguese and Spanish form of
Barbara.
Barbara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Late Roman
Pronounced: BAHR-bə-rə(English) BAHR-brə(English) BAR-BA-RA(French) BAR-ba-ra(German) bar-BA-ra(Polish) BAWR-baw-raw(Hungarian) BAHR-ba-ra(Dutch)
Derived from Greek
βάρβαρος (barbaros) meaning
"foreign, non-Greek". According to legend,
Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning. She is the patron of architects, geologists, stonemasons and artillerymen. Because of her renown, the name came into general use in the Christian world in the Middle Ages. In England it became rare after the
Protestant Reformation, but it was revived in the 19th century.
Bahiyyih
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Bahíyyih Khánum (1846-1932), the daughter of Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith
Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (fl. 1962), a Persian writer born in Uganda, educated in the United Kingdom and the United States, living in France
Huening Bahiyyih (휴닝바히에) is a member of the K-pop girl group Kep1er (also stylised as Kepler).
Baeghab
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean (Rare)
Other Scripts: 백합(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: BEHGAB
Means "Lily" in Korean.
Athena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἀθηνᾶ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TEH-NA(Classical Greek) ə-THEE-nə(English)
Meaning unknown. Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of the city of Athens in Greece. It is likely that her name is derived from that of the city, not vice versa. The earliest mention of her seems to be a 15th-century BC Mycenaean Greek inscription from Knossos on Crete.
The daughter of Zeus, she was said to have sprung from his head fully grown after he impregnated and swallowed her mother Metis. Athena is associated with the olive tree and the owl.
Asuka
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明日香, 飛鳥, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あすか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-SOO-KA, A-SKA
From Japanese
明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow" and
香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", or from
飛 (asu) meaning "to fly" and
鳥 (ka) meaning "bird". Other kanji combinations can be possible as well.
Anushka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Sinhalese
Other Scripts: अनुष्का(Hindi) අනුෂ්කා(Sinhala)
Meaning uncertain, possibly inspired by the Russian name
Annushka.
Antonie 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: AN-to-ni-yeh
Annushka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Аннушка(Russian)
Annie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Dutch
Pronounced: AN-ee(English) A-NEE(French) AH-nee(Dutch)
Ankhbayar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Анхбаяр(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: ANGKH-pier
Means
"first joy" in Mongolian, from
анх (ankh) meaning "first" and
баяр (bayar) meaning "joy".
Angie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AN-jee
Diminutive of
Angela. The 1973 Rolling Stones song
Angie caused this name to jump in popularity.
Anahita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: آناهیتا(Persian) 𐎠𐎴𐏃𐎡𐎫(Old Persian)
Pronounced: aw-naw-hee-TAW(Persian)
Means
"immaculate, undefiled" in Old Persian, from the Old Iranian prefix *
an- "not" combined with *
āhita "unclean, dirty". This was the name of an Iranian goddess of fertility and water. In the Zoroastrian religious texts the
Avesta she is called
𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬍 (Arəduuī) in Avestan, with
𐬀𐬥𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬀 (anāhita) appearing only as a descriptive epithet
[1]. In origin she is possibly identical to the Indian goddess
Saraswati. She has historically been identified with the Semitic goddess
Ishtar and the Greek goddess
Artemis.
Anahid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian Mythology, Armenian
Other Scripts: اناهید(Persian) Անահիտ(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-nah-HEED(Western Armenian)
Modern Persian and Western Armenian form of
Anahita.
Əminə
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Pronounced: a-mee-NA
Ameretat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬁𐬙(Avestan)
Means
"immortality" in Avestan. This was the name of a Zoroastrian goddess (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with plants and long life. She was often mentioned with
Haurvatat.
Altansarnai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Алтансарнай(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Alkinoos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀλκίνοος(Ancient Greek)
Means
"strong mind", derived from Greek
ἀλκή (alke) "strength, prowess" and
νόος (noos) "mind, thought". According to Greek
mythology this was the name of a king of the Phaeacians.
Alana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Breton
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə(English) a-LAHN-a(Breton)
Akilah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, African American
Other Scripts: عقيلة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-KEE-la(Arabic) ə-KEE-lə(English)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
عقيلة (see
Aqila).
Aithne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Aidana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айдана(Kazakh)
Means
"wise moon" in Kazakh, from
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and
дана (dana) meaning "wise".
A-hyeon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 아현(Korean Hangul) 雅賢, 亜賢, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: A-YUN
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."
Aeris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English
Pronounced: ER-is
Variant of
Aerith, due to translation confusion. It may also be considered a variant of
Eris.
Abigail
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical German, Biblical Italian, Biblical Portuguese, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: אֲבִיגַיִל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AB-i-gayl(English)
From the Hebrew name
אֲבִיגָיִל (ʾAviḡayil) meaning
"my father is joy", derived from the roots
אָב (ʾav) meaning "father" and
גִּיל (gil) meaning "joy". In the
Old Testament this is the name of Nabal's wife. After Nabal's death she became the third wife of King
David.
As an English name, Abigail first became common after the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans. The biblical Abigail refers to herself as a servant, and beginning in the 17th century the name became a slang term for a servant, especially after the release of the play The Scornful Lady (1616), which featured a character named Abigail. The name went out of fashion at that point, but it was revived in the 20th century.
Abby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AB-ee
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