PiperRo's Personal Name List

From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.

Diminutive of Victoria.

Contracted form of Thomasina. It was traditionally used in Cornwall.

Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.

From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (1876).

From the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taino (Native American) word zabana. It came into use as a given name in America in the 19th century. It was revived in the 1980s by the movie Savannah Smiles (1982).

Diminutive of Roxana.

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

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].

Means "all gifts", derived from a combination of Greek πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". In Greek mythology Pandora was the first mortal woman. Zeus gave her a jar containing all of the troubles and ills that mankind now knows, and told her not to open it. Unfortunately her curiosity got the best of her and she opened it, unleashing the evil spirits into the world.

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

Medieval diminutive of Margaret. It is now also used as a short form of the related name Megan.

From an Irish surname, derived from the Irish byname Leannán meaning "lover". The surname was borne by musician and Beatle member John Lennon (1940-1980), and it may be used as a given name in his honour. In America it is now more common as a feminine name, possibly inspired in part by the singer Lennon Stella (1999-), who began appearing on the television series Nashville in 2012 [1].

Means "cherry" in Finnish.

From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers. It is ultimately derived from Old English ifig.

From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".

Russian and Belarusian form of Elijah.

From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen. Holly Golightly is the main character in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) by Truman Capote.

Old Irish form of Fionn, as well as the usual Anglicized spelling (with the Irish hero's name Anglicized as Finn McCool). As a surname it is borne by Huckleberry Finn, a character in Mark Twain's novels.

Medieval short form of Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.

From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.

Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".

Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".

Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).