samarinezz's Personal Name List

Portuguese form of Victoria.

Feminine form of Vipsanius.

Means "victory" in Latin, being borne by the Roman goddess of victory. It is also a feminine form of Victorius. This name was borne by a 4th-century saint and martyr from North Africa.

Though in use elsewhere in Europe, the name was very rare in the English-speaking world until the 19th century, when Queen Victoria began her long rule of Britain. She was named after her mother, who was of German royalty. Many geographic areas are named after the queen, including an Australian state and a Canadian city.

Roman name meaning "victor, conqueror" in Latin. It was common among early Christians, and was borne by several early saints and three popes. It was rare as an English name during the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was the French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885), who authored The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Vincent.

Brazilian Portuguese form of Veronica.

Italian form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1).

Feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1). A famous bearer is the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Ursula.

Spanish, Portuguese and Irish form of Thomas.

Feminine form of Theodore. This name was common in the Byzantine Empire, being borne by several empresses including the influential wife of Justinian in the 6th century.

Means "sea" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was the personification of the sea. A small moon of Neptune is named for her.

Feminine form of Theodoros (see Theodore).

Portuguese form of Telemachus.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Richard.

From a French surname meaning "ruler" in Occitan. This name is often given in honour of Saint Jean-François Régis (1597-1640), a French Jesuit priest.

Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of Raymond.

Form of Raphael in various languages. A famous bearer is the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (1986-).

Portuguese form of Ophelia.

Portuguese form of Nubia.

French form of Nicholas.

Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of Natalia (see Natalie).

Russian and Belarusian form of Michael, and an alternate transcription of Bulgarian Михаил (see Mihail). This was the name of two Russian tsars. Other notable bearers include the Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841), the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022), and the Latvian-Russian-American dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-).

Possibly from Greek μήλινος (melinos) meaning "quince-coloured, yellow", a derivative of μῆλον (melon) meaning "fruit, apple". According to Greek mythology she was a chthonic nymph or goddess, often described as a daughter of Persephone and Zeus.

Italian form of Maximus.

Portuguese form of Marius.

Portuguese form of Magdalena.

Italian short form of Eleanor.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Eleanor. It was brought to Spain in the 12th-century by Eleanor of England, who married King Alfonso VIII of Castile.

Portuguese form of Leocadia.

Hungarian, Portuguese and Catalan form of Lavinia.

Italian and Portuguese form of Laertes.

Combination of Júlio and César, referring to the Roman general Julius Caesar.

Portuguese form of Julius.

Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian and Slovak form of Julia.

Portuguese form of Judith.

Spanish and Portuguese form of George. A famous bearer was the Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986).

Portuguese and Galician form of Italo.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Ikaros (see Icarus).

Portuguese form of Honorius.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Hippolyte 1.

Portuguese form of Hector.

Portuguese and Provençal feminine form of Guilherme.

Portuguese form of Gregorius (see Gregory).

Italian form of George.

Feminine form of George.

From the Greek name Γεώργιος (Georgios), which was derived from the Greek word γεωργός (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthworker", itself derived from the elements γῆ (ge) meaning "earth" and ἔργον (ergon) meaning "work". Saint George was a 3rd-century Roman soldier from Cappadocia who was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. Later legends describe his defeat of a dragon, with which he was often depicted in medieval art.

Initially Saint George was primarily revered by Eastern Christians, but returning crusaders brought stories of him to Western Europe and he became the patron of England, Portugal, Catalonia and Aragon. The name was rarely used in England until the German-born George I came to the British throne in the 18th century. Five subsequent British kings have borne the name.

Other famous bearers include two kings of Greece, the composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the first president of the United States, George Washington (1732-1797), and the Pacific explorer George Vancouver (1757-1798). This was also the pen name of authors George Eliot (1819-1880) and George Orwell (1903-1950), real names Mary Anne Evans and Eric Arthur Blair respectively.

This name is also used by Christians in India, notably Saint Thomas Christians in the state of Kerala in the spelling ജോർജ്ജ് (Jōrjj).

Spanish and Italian form of Galen.

Portuguese form of Flavius.

Portuguese feminine form of Flavius.

Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Lithuanian form of Philomena.

French, Spanish, Portuguese and Hungarian form of Felix.

Portuguese form of Fabricius (see Fabrice).

Portuguese form of Fabius.

Portuguese and Slovak form of Eulalia.

Form of Esther used in several languages.

English form of Éponine.

Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Domitian.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Constantinus (see Constantine).

Feminine form of Clement.

From the Late Greek name Χριστόφορος (Christophoros) meaning "bearing Christ", derived from Χριστός (Christos) combined with φέρω (phero) meaning "to bear, to carry". Early Christians used it as a metaphorical name, expressing that they carried Christ in their hearts. In the Middle Ages, literal interpretations of the name's etymology led to legends about a Saint Christopher who carried the young Jesus across a river. He has come to be regarded as the patron saint of travellers.

As an English given name, Christopher has been in general use since the 15th century. It became very popular in the second half of the 20th century, reaching the top of the charts for England and Wales in the 1980s, and nearing it in the United States.

In Denmark this name was borne by three kings (their names are usually spelled Christoffer), including the 15th-century Christopher of Bavaria who also ruled Norway and Sweden. Other famous bearers include Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), English architect Christopher Wren (1632-1723) and the fictional character Christopher Robin from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books.

French form of Christopher.

French, Spanish and Portuguese form of Caesar. A famous bearer was the American labour organizer César Chávez (1927-1993).

Anglicized form of Caitríona (Irish) or Caitrìona (Scottish Gaelic).

Portuguese, Occitan and Galician form of Katherine.

Portuguese feminine form of Cassius.

From the Greek name Κασσάνδρα (Kassandra), possibly derived from κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Greek myth Cassandra was a Trojan princess, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but when she spurned his advances he cursed her so nobody would believe her prophecies.

In the Middle Ages this name was common in England due to the popularity of medieval tales about the Trojan War. It subsequently became rare, but was revived in the 20th century.

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Casimir.

Portuguese form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

Portuguese feminine form of Caietanus (see Gaetano).

Portuguese form of Aurelius.

Slovak, Hungarian and Portuguese feminine form of Aurelius, as well as a French variant of Aurélie.

Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Augustus. This name was borne by the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006).

Feminine form of Augustus. It was introduced to Britain when King George III, a member of the German House of Hanover, gave this name to his second daughter in 1768.

Means "raising of the mind", from Greek ἄρσις (arsis) "raising" and νόος (noos) "mind, thought". This name was borne by Egyptian queens from the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Brazilian Portuguese form of Antonius (see Anthony).

Derived from the Greek noun ἀντήνωρ (antenor) meaning "instead of a man", which consists of Greek ἀντί (anti) meaning "against" as well as "instead of" and "compared to, like" combined with the Greek noun ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man".

Also compare the Greek name Antandros, which is closely related and essentially means the same.

This name was borne by an Athenian sculptor from the 6th century BC. In Greek mythology, Antenor is a counselor of king Priam of Troy during the Trojan War.

Hungarian, Portuguese and Slovak form of Amalia.

Spanish form of Alvarus, the Latinized form of a Visigothic name, possibly derived from the elements alls "all" and wars "aware, cautious" or wards "guard". Álvar Fáñez was an 11th-century military commander and duke of Toledo, who appears as a general of El Cid in the epic poem El Cantar de mio Cid. Verdi also used the name in his opera The Force of Destiny (1862).

Variant of Alyssa.

Short form of Adelina, Albina and names that end in alina.

Form of Alexander in several languages. This name was borne by the French author Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870), who wrote The Three Musketeers.

Spanish and Catalan form of Alcyone.