Behind the Name: dogstar21's Personal Name List

Xenocrates

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Ξενοκράτης(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: zə-NAHK-rə-teez(English)

From the Greek name Ξενοκράτης (Xenokrates), which was derived from ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest" and κράτος (kratos) meaning "power". This was the name of a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher.

Wyatt

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: WIE-ət

From an English surname that was derived from the medieval given name Wyard or Wyot, from the Old English name Wigheard. Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) was an American lawman and gunfighter involved in the famous shootout at the OK Corral.

Tisiphone

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Τισιφόνη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: ti-SIF-ə-nee(English)

Means "avenging murder" in Greek, derived from τίσις (tisis) meaning "vengeance" and φόνος (phonos) meaning "murder". This was the name of one of the Furies or Ἐρινύες (Erinyes) in Greek mythology. She killed Cithaeron with the bite of one of the snakes on her head.

Sergei

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Bulgarian

Other Scripts: Сергей(Russian, Bulgarian)

Pronounced: syir-GYAY(Russian)

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Сергей (see Sergey).

Rowena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: ro-EEN-ə

Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements hroð "fame" and wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements ron "spear" and gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).

Nikolai

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Bulgarian

Other Scripts: Николай(Russian, Bulgarian)

Pronounced: nyi-ku-LIE(Russian)

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (see Nikolay).

Melanthios

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Μελάνθιος(Ancient Greek)

Derived from Greek μέλας (melas) meaning "black, dark" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". In Homer's epic the Odyssey this is the name of an insolent goatherd killed by Odysseus.

Maksim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Максим(Russian, Macedonian, Ukrainian) Максім(Belarusian)

Pronounced: muk-SYEEM(Russian)

Russian, Belarusian and Macedonian form of Maximus, as well as an alternate transcription of Ukrainian Максим (see Maksym).

Kira 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

Other Scripts: Кира(Russian) Кіра(Ukrainian, Belarusian)

Pronounced: KYEE-rə(Russian)

Russian feminine form of Cyrus.

Dmitri

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian

Other Scripts: Дмитрий(Russian)

Pronounced: DMEE-tree

Alternate transcription of Russian Дмитрий (see Dmitriy).

Aleksandr

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Александр(Russian, Ukrainian) Ալեքսանդր(Armenian)

Pronounced: u-lyik-SANDR(Russian) ah-lehk-SAHN-dər(Eastern Armenian) ah-lehk-SAHN-tər(Western Armenian)

Russian and Armenian form of Alexander. This name was borne by the Russian writer Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837).