Lady_Skywalker's Personal Name List
Ziva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זִיוָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Zelda 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEHL-də
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Short form of
Griselda. This is the name of a princess in the
Legend of Zelda video games, debuting in 1986 and called
ゼルダ (Zeruda) in Japanese. According to creator Shigeru Miyamoto she was named after the American socialite Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948).
Zeke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEEK
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Zeia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Upper German (Rare, Archaic), Romansh (Archaic)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Upper German short form of
Luzei and Surselvan Romansh variant of
Zia.
Ylva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".
Ylenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish (Modern)
Pronounced: ee-LEH-nya(Spanish)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Yesina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Pronounced: Ye-see-nə(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Xinnia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Xiamara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Aramaic
Pronounced: zee-ah-MAH-ra(Aramaic)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Means "joyful deer" in Aramaic.
Xenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξένια(Greek) Ξενία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SEH-nya(Spanish)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means
"hospitality" in Greek, a derivative of
ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest". This was the name of a 5th-century
saint who is venerated in the Eastern Church.
Xena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: ZEE-nə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Probably a variant of
Xenia. This was the name of the main character in the 1990s television series
Xena: Warrior Princess.
Xanthia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Modern elaborated form of
Xanthe.
Xanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KSAN-TEH(Classical Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek
ξανθός (xanthos) meaning
"yellow, blond, fair-haired". This was the name of a few minor figures in Greek
mythology.
Willory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Willoby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Willemina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: vi-lə-MEE-na
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Willamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Wilhelmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German (Rare), English
Pronounced: vil-hehl-MEE-na(Dutch, German) wil-ə-MEEN-ə(English) wil-hehl-MEEN-ə(English)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Dutch and German feminine form of
Wilhelm. This name was borne by a queen of the Netherlands (1880-1962).
Westley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEST-lee
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
From a surname that was a variant of
Wesley.
Wesley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WEHS-lee, WEHZ-lee
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name, itself meaning
"west meadow" from Old English
west "west" and
leah "woodland, clearing". It has been sometimes given in honour of John Wesley (1703-1791), the founder of Methodism.
Víðarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Vígdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Old Norse elements
víg "war" and
dís "goddess".
Vidar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: VEE-dahr(Swedish)
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
From Old Norse
Víðarr, which was possibly derived from
víðr "wide" and
herr "army, warrior". In Norse
mythology Víðarr was the son of
Odin and
Grid. At the time of the end of the world, Ragnarök, it is said he will avenge his father's death by slaying the wolf
Fenrir.
Verity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VEHR-i-tee
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
From the English word meaning
"verity, truth", from Latin
verus "true, real". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans in the 17th century.
Valen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname
Valen.
Valdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from Old Norse
valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and
dís meaning "goddess".
Ullr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Ullr is the name of an old Norse god. In the Edda, he's a son of
Sif and a stepson of
Thor.
His name derives from Gothic wulþus "glory".
Úlfur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Ulfríkr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Old Norse combination of ulfr "wolf" and ríkr "mighty, distinguished, rich".
Ulfrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Danish, Old Swedish
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Old Danish and Old Swedish form of
Ulfríkr.
Ulfric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: ULF-rik
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Germanic elements
wulf "wolf" and
rik "power; ruler".
This is the name of a major character in 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim', Ulfric Stormcloak.
Úlfr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1][2]
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Ulfarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Variant form of
Ulfgæirr and a combination of
ulfr "wolf" and
herr "army".
Tristran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
The name of a character in Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
Tristiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: trish-YA-nə
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Tristian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Tristia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: TRIS-tee-ə
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Elaboration of
Trista. It coincides with the neuter plural form of Latin
tristis "sad".
Toby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bee
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Medieval form of
Tobias. It was sometimes used as a feminine name in the 1930s and 40s due to the influence of American actress Toby Wing (1915-2001).
Tobin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bin
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was itself derived from the given name
Tobias.
Tobias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Τωβίας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: to-BEE-as(German) tuw-BEE-as(Swedish) tə-BIE-əs(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Greek form of
Tobiah. This is the name of the hero of the apocryphal Book of Tobit, which appears in many English versions of the
Old Testament. It relates how
Tobit's son Tobias, with the help of the angel
Raphael, is able to drive away a demon who has plagued Sarah, who subsequently becomes his wife. This story was popular in the Middle Ages, and the name came into occasional use in parts of Europe at that time. In England it became common after the
Protestant Reformation.
Tobiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: טוֹבִיָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: to-BIE-ə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
טוֹבִיָּה (Ṭoviyya) meaning
"Yahweh is good", from the elements
טוֹב (ṭov) meaning "good" and
יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This was the name of an Ammonite in the Book of Nehemiah in the
Old Testament.
Tisiphone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Τισιφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ti-SIF-ə-nee(English)
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
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.
Tirzah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: תִּרְצָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: TIR-zə(American English) TEEY-zə(British English)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
From the Hebrew name
תִּרְצָה (Tirtsa) meaning
"favourable". Tirzah is the name of one of the daughters of
Zelophehad in the
Old Testament. It also occurs in the Old Testament as a place name, the early residence of the kings of the northern kingdom.
Tiare
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means "flower" in Tahitian, also specifically referring to the species Gardenia taitensis.
Thorryn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Thorismund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic, History
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Variant of
Thurismund. Thorismund was a 5th-century king of the Visigoths.
Thorfin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Danish, Old Swedish, Manx (Archaic)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Old Danish and Old Swedish form of
Þórfinnr which was also used on the Isle of Man.
Þórdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Personal remark: Thor-deess
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"Thor's goddess" from the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
Thor) combined with Old Norse
dís "goddess".
Theora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Often a contracted form of
Theodora, but there are also instances where it is actually a name on its own, then derived from Greek
theorein "to watch, to look at."
Theonas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Θεωνᾶς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Possibly a variant of
Theon. This belonged to a 3rd-century patriarch of Alexandria who is venerated as a saint as well as others.
Theona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name Θεωνη (
Theone), the feminine form of
Theon. In Virgil's 'Aeneid',
Theano or Theona was a sister of Queen Hecuba and wife of Amycus. She and her sister gave birth on the same night to their sons Paris and Mimas, respectively.
Theodora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θεοδώρα(Greek)
Pronounced: thee-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
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.
Thedra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: THE-drə(American English) THEE-drə(American English)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Thaddea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Filipino (Rare), German (Rare)
Pronounced: THAD-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Thackery
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, Literature, English
Rating: 20% based on 9 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Thackery.
Tesni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Means "warmth" in Welsh.
Tate
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAYT
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the Old English given name
Tata.
Tarja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAHR-yah
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Tanith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐤕𐤍𐤕(Phoenician)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. She was particularly associated with the city of Carthage, being the consort of
Ba'al Hammon.
Tandy
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 19% based on 7 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Tandy.
Talon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TAL-ən
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From the English word meaning "talon, claw", ultimately derived (via Norman French) from Latin talus "anklebone".
Taika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: TAH-ee-kah
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means "magic, spell" in Finnish.
Sylvester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Danish
Pronounced: sil-VEHS-tər(American English) sil-VEHS-tə(British English) zil-VEHS-tu(German)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Medieval variant of
Silvester. This is currently the usual English spelling of the name. A famous bearer is the American actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-).
Sylvander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Svana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Sully
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUL-ee
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Sullivan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: SUL-i-vən(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of
Ó Súileabháin, itself from the given name
Súileabhán, which was derived from Irish
súil "eye" and
dubh "dark, black" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This name has achieved a moderate level of popularity in France since the 1970s. In the United States it was rare before the 1990s, after which it began climbing steadily. A famous fictional bearer of the surname was James P. Sullivan from the animated movie
Monsters, Inc. (2001).
Stryker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Of uncertain origin. Possibly a transferred use of the surname
Stryker. Alternately, from the Norwegian words
stryker meaning "stretcher" or from
stryke (“use a bow”) +
-er or from
stryker, indefinite plural
strykere, meaning a string player (musician who plays a string instrument).
Strider
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature, Popular Culture
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname
Strider. In J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, Strider is the alias of
Aragorn. Strider Hiryu is the lead protagonist of game studio Capcom's 'Strider' game series.
Stella 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Dutch, German
Pronounced: STEHL-ə(English) STEHL-la(Italian) STEH-la(Dutch)
Rating: 82% based on 5 votes
Means "star" in Latin. This name was created by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney for the subject of his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella. It was a nickname of a lover of Jonathan Swift, real name Esther Johnson (1681-1728), though it was not commonly used as a given name until the 19th century. It appears in Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), belonging to the sister of Blanche DuBois and the wife of Stanley Kowalski.
Stelian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Solveig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: SOOL-vie(Norwegian) SOOL-vay(Swedish)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
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).
Silene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Silena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Italian, English, German (Swiss, Rare)
Other Scripts: Σειληνα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Selby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEHL-bee
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was from a place name meaning "willow farm" in Old Norse.
Seija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAY-yah
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Derived from Finnish seijas meaning "tranquil, serene".
Samson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, French, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: שִׁמְשׁוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SAM-sən(English) SAHN-SAWN(French)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name
שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshon), derived from
שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh) meaning "sun". Samson was an
Old Testament hero granted exceptional strength by God. His mistress
Delilah betrayed him and cut his hair, stripping him of his power. Thus he was captured by the Philistines, blinded, and brought to their temple. However, in a final act of strength, he pulled down the pillars of the temple upon himself and his captors.
This name was known among the Normans due to the Welsh bishop Saint Samson, who founded monasteries in Brittany and Normandy in the 6th century. In his case, the name may have been a translation of his true Celtic name. As an English name, Samson was common during the Middle Ages, having been introduced by the Normans. It is currently most common in Africa, especially in countries that have an British colonial past.
Samira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: سميرة(Arabic) سمیرا(Persian)
Pronounced: sa-MEE-ra(Arabic) sa-mee-RAW(Persian)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Samara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Possibly derived from the name of the city of Samarra (in Iraq) or Samara (in Russia). The former appears in the title of the novel
Appointment in Samarra (1934) by John O'Hara, which refers to an ancient Babylonian legend about a man trying to evade death. Alternatively, this name could be derived from the word for the winged seeds that grow on trees such as maples and elms.
The name received a boost in popularity after it was borne by the antagonist in the horror movie The Ring (2002).
Sabine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, Dutch, Danish
Pronounced: SA-BEEN(French) za-BEE-nə(German) sa-BEE-nə(Dutch)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
French, German, Dutch and Danish form of
Sabina.
Ryker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIE-kər(American English) RIE-kə(British English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Possibly a variant of the German surname
Riker, a derivative of Low German
rike "rich". As a modern English name, it has become popular because it shares the same trendy sounds found in other names such as
Ryan and
Ryder.
Rúni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Faroese
Pronounced: RO-ni(Faroese)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Old Norse and Faroese form of
Rune.
Rúna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic, Faroese
Pronounced: ROO-na(Icelandic)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese feminine form of
Rune.
Roxina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: South American (Rare), American (Rare, ?)
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Rowenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare), English (Rare), Cornish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Roswitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: raws-VEE-ta
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old German elements
hruod "fame" and
swind "strong". This was the name of a 10th-century nun from Saxony who wrote several notable poems and dramas.
Roslyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHZ-lin(American English) RAWZ-lin(British English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Roslindis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Roslin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZ-lin
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from the place name Roslin belonging to a village in Scotland.
Roseltha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Roselore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: ro-zə-LAW-rə
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Roselina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), Dutch (Rare), Dutch (Surinamese), Flemish (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Rosel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Upper German
Pronounced: RO-zl
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Rosanie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Folklore
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Probably an elaboration of
Rose. This is the name of a princess in the fairy tale 'Ricdin-Ricdon' by Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier. It was also used by the Comte de Caylus for the titular princess in his fairy tale 'Rosanie' (usually known in English as 'Rosanella').
Rosaleah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Rosalba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Italian name meaning
"white rose", derived from Latin
rosa "rose" and
alba "white". A famous bearer was the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757).
Rosabelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Pronounced: ROZ-ə-bel(English)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Rosabella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Romina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ro-MEE-na
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Rocío
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-THEE-o(European Spanish) ro-SEE-o(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"dew" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin
Mary María del Rocío meaning "Mary of the Dew".
River
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIV-ər(American English) RIV-ə(British English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank".
Riagán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: REEY-gan
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Old Irish
Riacán, probably derived from
rí "king" combined with a
diminutive suffix.
Raya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
Other Scripts: Рая(Bulgarian, Russian)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Ragan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: RAY-gən
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Quinton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN-tən
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Variant of
Quentin, also coinciding with an English surname meaning "queen's town" in Old English.
Quinten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: KWIN-tən(English)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Quinlin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: KWIN-lən(American English)
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
From an Irish surname which was a variant of
Quinlan.
Quincy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN-see
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived (via the place name
Cuinchy) from the personal name
Quintus. A famous bearer was John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth president of the United States, who was born in the town of Quincy, Massachusetts. Both the town and the president were named after his maternal great-grandfather John Quincy (1689-1767). Another notable bearer is the American musician Quincy Jones (1933-).
Quentin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KAHN-TEHN(French) KWEHN-tən(English)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
French form of the Roman name
Quintinus. It was borne by a 3rd-century
saint, a missionary who was martyred in Gaul. The
Normans introduced this name to England. In America it was brought to public attention by president Theodore Roosevelt's son Quentin Roosevelt (1897-1918), who was killed in World War I. A famous bearer is the American movie director Quentin Tarantino (1963-).
Qaiyaan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Inuit
Pronounced: KI-yawn(Inuktitut)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Phillip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FIL-ip
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Variant of
Philip, inspired by the usual spelling of the surname.
Philippe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: FEE-LEEP
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Philippa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British), German
Pronounced: FI-li-pə(British English)
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
Latinate feminine form of
Philip. As an English name, it is chiefly British.
Philip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Biblical
Pronounced: FIL-ip(English) FEE-lip(Dutch)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the Greek name
Φίλιππος (Philippos) meaning
"friend of horses", composed of the elements
φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover" and
ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse". This was the name of five kings of Macedon, including Philip II the father of Alexander the Great. The name appears in the
New Testament belonging to two people who are regarded as
saints. First, one of the twelve apostles, and second, an early figure in the Christian church known as Philip the Deacon.
This name was initially more common among Eastern Christians, though it came to the West by the Middle Ages. It was borne by six kings of France and five kings of Spain. It was regularly used in England during the Middle Ages, although the Spanish king Philip II, who attempted an invasion of England, helped make it less common by the 17th century. It was revived in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. Famous bearers include the Elizabethan courtier and poet Philip Sidney (1554-1586) and the American science fiction novelist Philip K. Dick (1928-1982).
Palesa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sotho
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means "flower" in Sotho.
Osheen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of
Oisín.
Orielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
"My light is God."
Oriella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (British)
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Ophelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Literature, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ὠφελία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: o-FEEL-ee-ə(English) o-FEEL-yə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek
ὠφέλεια (opheleia) meaning
"help, advantage". This was a rare ancient Greek name, which was either rediscovered or recreated by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a character in his poem
Arcadia (1480). It was borrowed by Shakespeare for his play
Hamlet (1600), in which it belongs to the daughter of
Polonius and the potential love interest of
Hamlet. She eventually goes insane and drowns herself after Hamlet kills her father. In spite of this negative association, the name has been in use since the 19th century.
Oisín
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: aw-SHEEN(Irish) o-SHEEN(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means
"little deer", derived from Old Irish
oss "deer, stag" combined with a
diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisín was a warrior hero and a poet, the son of
Fionn mac Cumhaill and the narrator in many of his tales.
Octavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ahk-TAY-vee-ə(American English) awk-TAY-vee-ə(British English) ok-TA-bya(Spanish) ok-TA-wee-a(Latin)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Octavius. Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony and the sister of the Roman emperor Augustus. In 19th-century England it was sometimes given to the eighth-born child.
Oakley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: OK-lee
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was from various place names meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).
Oakleigh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: OK-lee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Strictly feminine variant of
Oakley.
Nyx
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Nyree
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (New Zealand)
Pronounced: NIE-ree
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of
Ngaire. It was borne by New Zealand actress Nyree Dawn Porter (1936-2001).
Novenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Nolan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French (Modern)
Pronounced: NO-lən(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of
Ó Nualláin, itself derived from the given name
Nuallán. The baseball player Nolan Ryan (1947-) is a famous bearer. This name has climbed steadily in popularity since the 1970s.
Noctiluca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Literature
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From Latin
noctilūca meaning "something that shines by night" - thus also "moon" and "lantern" - from
nox "night" and
luceo "to shine". It may be an epithet of the Roman goddess
Juno. It also occurs in John of Salisbury's 12th-century treatise the
Policraticus as an alternative name for the goddess
Herodias.
Nix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Pronounced: NIKS(English)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Nix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
This is the name of masculine shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology, who apparently derive their name from Proto-Germanic
nikwus or
nikwis(i) "wash". See also
Nixe for the female counterpart(s).
Nevia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Croatian
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Italian feminine form of
Nevio, also occasionally used in English and, Croatian and Slovene.
Nevena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Невена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".
Nayana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: नयना(Hindi)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Hindi colloquial form of the Sanskrit word nayanam "eyes".
Navera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pakistani
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Natela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ნათელა(Georgian)
Pronounced: NAH-TEH-LAH
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Derived from Georgian
ნათელი (nateli) meaning
"light, bright".
Naria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Naria was a Gallo-Roman goddess worshiped in western Switzerland. While her functions have been lost to time, it can be deduced from the sole image of her that she may have been a goddess of good luck and blessings, as her image was done in the generic style of
Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck. The origin and meaning of her name are unknown.
Naira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aymara
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Aymara nayra meaning "eye" or "early".
Naevia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Miray
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Միրեյ(Armenian)
Pronounced: mi-Ray
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "glowing like a moon" in Armenian.
Milėja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian (Modern)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Micaiah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מִיכָיָהוּ, מִיכָיְהוּ, מִיכָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: mi-KIE-ə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means
"who is like Yahweh?" in Hebrew, derived from the interrogative pronoun
מִי (mi) combined with
ךְּ (ke) meaning "like" and
יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This name occurs in the
Old Testament in a variety of Hebrew spellings, belonging to both males and females. It is the full name of
Micah, both the prophet and the man from the Book of Judges. As a feminine name it belongs to the mother of King
Abijah (at
2 Chronicles 13:2), though her name is listed as
Maacah in other passages.
Micah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: מִיכָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: MIE-kə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Contracted form of
Micaiah. Micah is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament. He authored the Book of Micah, which alternates between prophesies of doom and prophesies of restoration. This is also the name of a separate person in the Book of Judges, the keeper of an idol. It was occasionally used as an English given name by the
Puritans after the
Protestant Reformation, but it did not become common until the end of the 20th century.
Merwenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Meliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin melior meaning "better".
Melior
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Older form of
Meliora, thought to come from Latin
melior "better". Melior occurs as both family name and given name in Christian inscriptions of the Roman Empire. A Saint Meliorius gave his name to a church in Cornwall, which may account for the tradition that Meliora is an exclusively Cornish name. In fact it was generally used by the Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries, often as
Melyor,
Mellear, etc. By the 19th century it had acquired its final
-a and was regarded, according to Mrs Craik's remark in her bestselling novel 'Olive', as "eccentric". But wherever Meliora went, Mrs Craik tells us, 'she always brought "better things" - at least in anticipation.' The name is now rare.
Méline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MEH-LEEN
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Meiriona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Maxwell
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAKS-wehl
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From a Scottish surname meaning
"Mack's stream", from the name
Mack, a short form of the Scandinavian name
Magnus, combined with Old English
wille "well, stream". A famous bearer of the surname was James Maxwell (1831-1879), a Scottish physicist who studied gases and electromagnetism.
As a given name it has increased in popularity starting from the 1980s, likely because it is viewed as a full form of Max [1].
Maximus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: MAK-see-moos
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that was derived from Latin
maximus "greatest".
Saint Maximus was a monk and theologian from Constantinople in the 7th century.
Max
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Russian, French, Catalan
Other Scripts: Макс(Russian)
Pronounced: MAKS(German, English, Czech, Russian, French, Catalan) MAHKS(Dutch)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Short form of
Maximilian or
Maxim. In English it can also be short for
Maxwell, and it coincides with the informal word
max, short for
maximum.
Famous bearers include the German intellectual Max Weber (1864-1920) and the German physicist Max Planck (1858-1947). This name is also borne by the title character in the Mad Max series of movies, starting 1979.
Marlowe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAHR-lo(American English) MAH-lo(British English)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "remnants of a lake" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593).
Marit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch
Pronounced: MA-rit(Dutch)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Marise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-REEZ
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Margalo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MAHR-gə-lo
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
In the case of English-born American actress Margalo Gillmore (1897-1986), it appears to be a combination of
Margaret and
Lorraine, her given names (compare
Marga,
Lo). The author E. B. White used this name in his children's novel 'Stuart Little' (1945).
Maret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: MAHRR-eht
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Maraina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian), English (New Zealand), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Malon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Other Scripts: マロン(Japanese Katakana)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Malon is a recurring character in the Legend of Zelda video game series.
Maggie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAG-ee
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Magdalen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAG-də-lən
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Madragana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Portuguese (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
A famous bearer was Madragana Ben Aloandro a mistress of king Afonso III of Portugal.
Madelief
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ma-də-LEEF
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Derived from Dutch madeliefje meaning "daisy".
Lysander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λύσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λύσανδρος (Lysandros), derived from Greek
λύσις (lysis) meaning "a release, loosening" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). This was the name of a notable 5th-century BC Spartan general and naval commander.
Luzei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Upper German (Archaic)
Pronounced: loo-TSIE, LOO-tsie
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Old Upper German variant of
Lucia.
Luscinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Roman Mythology
Pronounced: loos-KEE-nee-a, loosh-SHEE-nee-a
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin luscinia "nightingale". This was an epithet of the Roman goddess Minerva. As an English name, it has been used sparingly since the 19th century.
Lucinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
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-a(Dutch) LOO-shə(English) loo-SEE-ə(English) luy-SEE-a(Swedish) LOO-chya(Romanian) LOO-kee-a(Latin)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
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.
Locke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname
Locke.
Lilja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish
Pronounced: LIL-ya(Icelandic) LEEL-yah(Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Lilith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: לילית(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LIL-ith(English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
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.
Lilania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Liani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Afrikaans
Pronounced: lee-AHN-ee(English)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Leopold
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish
Pronounced: LEH-o-pawlt(German, Dutch) LEE-ə-pold(English) LEH-o-polt(Czech) LEH-aw-pawld(Slovak) leh-AW-pawlt(Polish)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Old German elements
liut "people" and
bald "bold, brave". The spelling was altered due to association with Latin
leo "lion". This name was common among German royalty, first with the Babenbergs and then the Habsburgs.
Saint Leopold was a 12th-century Babenberg margrave of Austria, who is now considered the patron of that country. It was also borne by two Habsburg Holy Roman emperors, as well as three kings of Belgium. Since the 19th century this name has been occasionally used in England, originally in honour of Queen Victoria's uncle, a king of Belgium, after whom she named one of her sons. It was later used by James Joyce for the main character, Leopold Bloom, in his novel
Ulysses (1922).
Lennox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LEHN-əks
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From a Scottish surname that was derived from the name of a district in Scotland. The district, called
Leamhnachd in Gaelic, possibly means "place of elms". This name steadily rose in popularity in the 2000s, at the same time as the similar-sounding (but unrelated) names
Lennon and
Knox.
Lennon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LEHN-ən
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
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].
Lélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Leighton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAY-tən
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Layton. It jumped in popularity as a feminine name after 2007, when actress Leighton Meester (1986-) began appearing on the television series
Gossip Girl.
Leena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: LEH-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Leander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λέανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lee-AN-dər(American English) lee-AN-də(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λέανδρος (Leandros), derived from
λέων (leon) meaning "lion" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.
Lavanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Other Scripts: लावण्या(Hindi) లావణ్యా(Telugu) லாவண்யா(Tamil)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
From Sanskrit
लावण्य (lāvaṇya) meaning
"beauty, loveliness, charm".
Larkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Pronounced: LAHR-kin(American English) LAH-kin(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Lark
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LAHRK(American English) LAHK(British English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the type of songbird.
Laila 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: LIE-lah
Personal remark: Pronounced: Lie-La
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Scandinavian and Finnish form of
Láilá.
Kyveli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Κυβέλη(Greek)
Pronounced: kyee-VEH-lee
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Kyler
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KIE-lər(American English) KIE-lə(British English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Probably a blend of the sounds of
Kyle and
Tyler. It also coincides with the surname
Kyler, an Anglicized form of Dutch
Cuyler.
Koriolan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Polish, Serbian
Other Scripts: Кориолан(Serbian)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Knox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAHKS(American English) NAWKS(British English)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
From a Scots surname that was derived from various places named Knock, from Gaelic cnoc "round hill". It jumped in popularity after the actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had a baby by this name in 2008.
Kiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori. This name has been brought to public attention by New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-).
Kingsley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KINGZ-lee
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "king's wood" in Old English. This name may have received a minor boost in popularity after the release of the 2007 movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, featuring the character Kingsley Shacklebolt.
Killian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, French
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of
Cillian, also used in France.
Kiarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means "from the marsh". In Norse mythology this is the name of a king of Valland.
Kestrel
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KEHS-trəl
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the name of the bird of prey, ultimately derived from Old French crecelle "rattle", which refers to the sound of its cry.
Kesler
Usage: German, Jewish
Personal remark: M
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Kenina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Keeva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEE-və(English)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Keely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEE-lee
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Caolaidhe, itself derived from the given name Caoladhe, from Irish caol "slender".
Kateline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern, Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Swiss, Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Kasperi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KAHS-pe-ri
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Kashmala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pashto, Urdu, Pakistani
Other Scripts: کشمالہ(Urdu) کشماله(Pashto)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "basilica flower" in Pashto.
Kallixena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Καλλιξένα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Kalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Polish
Other Scripts: Калина(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ka-LEE-na(Polish)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.
Kaija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KIE-yah
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Kadri 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: KAH-dree
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Justinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Banat Swabian, Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Journey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JUR-nee(American English) JU-nee(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the English word, derived via Old French from Latin diurnus "of the day".
Journee
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JUR-nee(American English) JU-nee(British English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Joss
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAWS
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Josiphiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: jos-i-FIE-ə(English)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
From the Hebrew name יוֹסִפְיָה
(Yosiphyah) meaning "may
Yahweh add", which makes this name closely related to
Yosef (see
Joseph).
Jordânia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: zhor-DA-nee-u(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From
Jordânia, the Portuguese form of the Middle East country
Jordan, used as a feminine name.
Jeyne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 25% based on 8 votes
Probably intended as a variant of
Jane, this name is borne by Jeyne Westerling, a character in George R. R. Martin's
A Song of Ice and Fire.
Jetson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: jet-SUN
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname
Jetson.
Jessina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: West Frisian (Rare), North Frisian (Rare)
Pronounced: yes-SEE-nah(West Frisian)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of the Frisian masculine name
Jesse.
Jemma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: JEHM-ə
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Jayne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYN
Rating: 26% based on 9 votes
Javan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יָוָן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JAY-vən(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Means
"Greece" in Hebrew, probably related to Greek
Ἴωνες (Iones), the name for the tribe of the Ionians. In the
Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of
Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples.
Jareth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: JAR-əth(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Invented name, probably inspired by names such as
Jared and
Gareth. This is the name of the Goblin King, played by David Bowie, in the movie
Labyrinth (1986).
Jansen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Jamesina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Jalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: North Frisian (Rare)
Pronounced: yah-LEE-nah
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
19th-century elaboration of
Jale.
Jale
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, North Frisian
Pronounced: YAH-lə
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Short form of (now extinct) names whose first element was derived from Proto-Germanic
*gailan meaning "jovial".
Also compare its masculine counterparts Gale (West Frisian) and Gale 2 (English).
Jairus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From
Ἰάϊρος (Iairos), the Greek form of
Jair used in the
New Testament, where it belongs to the father of a young girl brought back to life by
Jesus.
Jadis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: JAY-dis(English)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Used by the author C. S. Lewis as the proper name of the White Witch, the antagonist in his novel
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). He may have based it on French
jadis meaning
"long ago, of old" or Persian
جادو (jādū) meaning
"magic, witch".
Iver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Norwegian variant of
Ivar.
Ivar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian
Pronounced: EE-var(Swedish) EE-vahr(Norwegian)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Scandinavian form of
Ivor.
Ismena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Of obscure origin and meaning.
Ísleifr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from Old Norse íss "ice" and leifr "heir, descendant".
Iskandar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: إسكندر(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-KAN-dar(Arabic)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Arabic, Indonesian and Malay form of
Alexander.
Isamae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Iona 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: ie-O-nə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the name of the island off Scotland where
Saint Columba founded a monastery. The name of the island is Old Norse in origin, and apparently derives simply from
ey meaning "island".
Ilona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Pronounced: EE-lo-naw(Hungarian) ee-LO-na(German) EE-lo-na(German) EE-lo-nah(Finnish) ee-LAW-na(Polish) I-lo-na(Czech)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Old Hungarian form of
Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word
ilona, a derivative of
ilo "joy".
Illona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Pronounced: ee-LO-na
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Hjördís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: KHUUR-tees
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Hesther
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Swedish
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Old Swedish variant of
Hester.
Heleia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἑλεία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From a Greek title of the goddess
Artemis meaning "of marshes" (which may reflect her role as a goddess of streams and marshes). It is derived from Greek ἕλειος
(heleios), from ἕλος
(helos) "marsh-meadow". This is also the genus name of a type of bird.
Hawthorne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Hawthorn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Hawthorn.
Hamish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: HAY-mish(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of
a Sheumais, the vocative case of
Seumas.
Hæfnir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Old Norse hefnir meaning "avenger, heir, son".
Gyða
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Old Norse and Icelandic form of
Gytha.
Gyda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Danish and Norwegian form of
Gyða (see
Gytha).
Gwenora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Gwenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish, Breton
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Younger Cornish form of
Wenna and Breton variant of
Gwenn.
Gwena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GWEN-uh
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Gwenna. According to the Social Security Administration, Gwena was given to 11 girls in 1964.
Gunnulfr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from Old Norse gunnr "battle, fight" and ulfr "wolf."
Grímúlfr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Ancient Scandinavian form of
Grimulf.
Grant
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: GRANT(English)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
From an English and Scottish surname that was derived from Norman French grand meaning "great, large". A famous bearer of the surname was Ulysses Grant (1822-1885), the commander of the Union forces during the American Civil War who later served as president. In America the name has often been given in his honour.
Govannon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Githa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Gideon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, English, Dutch
Other Scripts: גִּדְעוֹן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: GID-ee-ən(English) GHEE-deh-awn(Dutch)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
From the Hebrew name
גִּדְעוֹן (Giḏʿon) meaning
"feller, hewer", derived from
גָּדַע (gaḏaʿ) meaning "to cut, to hew"
[1]. Gideon is a hero and judge of the
Old Testament. He led the vastly outnumbered Israelites against the Midianites, defeated them, and killed their two kings. In the English-speaking world,
Gideon has been used as a given name since the
Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the
Puritans.
Gertie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch
Pronounced: GUR-tee(American English) GU-tee(British English) GHEHR-tee(Dutch)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Garren
Usage: French
Personal remark: M
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Galen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAY-lən
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Modern form of the Greek name
Γαληνός (Galenos), which meant
"calm" from Greek
γαλήνη (galene). It was borne by a 2nd-century BC Greco-Roman physician who contributed to anatomy and medicine. In modern times the name is occasionally given in his honour.
Galatea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Γαλάτεια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of Greek
Γαλάτεια (Galateia), probably derived from
γάλα (gala) meaning
"milk". This was the name of several characters in Greek
mythology including a sea nymph who was the daughter of
Doris and
Nereus and the lover of Acis. According to some sources, this was also the name of the ivory statue carved by
Pygmalion that came to life.
Fríða
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Frida 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element
fridu meaning
"peace" (Proto-Germanic *
friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
Feya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FAY-uh
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Variant of the Scottish name
Fia.
It is given a different pronunciation in order to differentiate it from the sound of the word "fear" as said in an Australian accent, and also because Fia is sometimes interpreted as "dark fairy" - hence "fey".
It can therefore also be seen as a a variant of Fay.
Fenton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FEHN-tən
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was originally taken from a place name meaning "marsh town" in Old English.
Femke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch
Pronounced: FEHM-kə(Dutch)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Felicity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: fə-LIS-i-tee
Rating: 78% based on 6 votes
From the English word
felicity meaning
"happiness", which ultimately derives from Latin
felicitas "good luck". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the
Puritans around the 17th century. It can sometimes be used as an English form of the Latin name
Felicitas. This name jumped in popularity in the United States after the premiere of the television series
Felicity in 1998. It is more common in the United Kingdom.
Feia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, West Frisian, East Frisian (Archaic)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Fastúlfr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1][2]
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From the Old Norse elements
fastr "firm, solid" and
ulfr "wolf".
Farúlfr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Ancient Scandinavian form of
Farulf.
Faina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Фаина(Russian)
Pronounced: fu-EE-nə
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from
Phaenna.
Eydís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Old Norse elements
ey "good fortune" or "island" and
dís "goddess".
Evren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means
"cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic
mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Everly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər-lee(American English) EHV-ə-lee(British English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was from a place name, itself derived from Old English
eofor "boar" and
leah "woodland, clearing". Notable bearers of the surname were the musical duo the Everly Brothers, Don (1937-2021) and Phil (1939-2014).
This name began rising on the American popularity charts in 2008, slowly until 2012 and then rapidly after that. This might have been triggered by the folk band Everly (not associated with the Everly Brothers), which had music featured on the television series One Tree Hill in that period. It also might have simply been inspired by similar-sounding names like Everett, Evelyn and Beverly.
Everilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Medieval English, Romani, Spanish (Rare)
Pronounced: ev-ə-RIL-də(Old English, Middle English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Everild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of
Eoforhild. This was the name of a 7th-century English
saint.
Everelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Archaic)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Evalora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Evalett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: E-va-let
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Essie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHS-ee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Esmira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Derived from Arabic أَسْمَر (ʾasmar) meaning "dark-skinned, brown, brunette".
Esmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian (Rare), South American (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Bosnian elaboration of
Esma.
Esmerine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belgian
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Esméria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Esmene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Basque
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Eriona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Erion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Means "our wind" or "wind from the Ionian Sea" in Albanian, from the elements erë, era meaning "wind" and jonë meaning "our" or Jon (Ionian Sea).
Eret
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sami
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Eraina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EE-Rain-uh
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Epona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gaulish Mythology
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from Gaulish epos meaning "horse" with the divine or augmentative suffix -on. This was the name of a Gaulish goddess of horses and fertility. She was worshipped not only in Gaul, but elsewhere in the Roman Empire.
Emrys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-ris
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Welsh form of
Ambrose. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. Tales of his life were used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth to help shape the early character of
Merlin, whom he called Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin.
Emma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Latvian, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: EHM-ə(English) EH-MA(French) EHM-ma(Spanish) EHM-mah(Finnish) EH-ma(Dutch, German) EHM-maw(Hungarian)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element
irmin meaning
"whole" or
"great" (Proto-Germanic *
ermunaz). It was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife both of King Ethelred II (and by him the mother of Edward the Confessor) and later of King Canute. It was also borne by an 11th-century Austrian
saint, who is sometimes called
Hemma.
After the Norman Conquest this name became common in England. It was revived in the 18th century, perhaps in part due to Matthew Prior's 1709 poem Henry and Emma [2]. It was also used by Jane Austen for the central character, the matchmaker Emma Woodhouse, in her novel Emma (1816).
In the United States, it was third in rank in 1880 (behind only the ubiquitous Mary and Anna). It declined steadily over the next century, beginning another rise in the 1980s and eventually becoming the most popular name for girls in 2008. At this time it also experienced similar levels of popularity elsewhere, including the United Kingdom (where it began rising a decade earlier), Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and the Netherlands. Famous bearers include the actresses Emma Thompson (1959-), Emma Stone (1988-) and Emma Watson (1990-).
Emlyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHM-lin
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From the name of an ancient region of southwestern Wales, its name meaning
"around the valley" from Welsh
am "around" and
glyn "valley". It has also been suggested that this name is a Welsh form of Latin
Aemilianus (see
Emiliano), though this appears to be unfounded.
Emiliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: eh-mee-LYA-na(Italian, Spanish)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Emilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Greek, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Αιμιλία(Greek) Емилия(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: eh-MEE-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish) EH-mee-lee-ah(Finnish) eh-MEE-lee-ah(Swedish) i-MEE-lee-ə(English) eh-mee-LEE-a(Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of
Aemilius (see
Emily). In Shakespeare's tragedy
Othello (1603) this is the name of the wife of
Iago.
Emiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: eh-MEEL
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Dutch form of
Aemilius (see
Emil).
Emeria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Shorter form of
Emerentia.
According to "'Ancient Magnificence': St Andrews in the Middle Ages", this name belonged to one of the three consecrated virgins, along with Saint Triduana, who accompanied Saint Regulus to Scotland with the bones of Saint Andrew.
Emerenzia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Upper German, Italian (Rare)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Italian and Upper German variant of
Emerentia.
Emelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə, ə-MEEL-yə
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Elsabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Combination of
Elsa and the common suffix
-bel.
Ellisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Also may be after the flower, Ellisia or a feminization of
Ellis.
Eliya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֵלִיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Modern Hebrew variant form of
Elijah.
Elisette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), French (African, Rare), Malagasy (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Elisetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre, Italian (Rare)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Contracted form of
Elisabetta. It was used for one of the main characters in Cimarosa's opera
Il matrimonio segreto (
The Secret Marriage) which debuted in 1792.
Elessar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: ELL-ess-ahr
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Created by JRR Tolkien for his The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. This is the name, meaning Elfstone, given to Aragorn in Lórien by Galadriel and later adopted by him as King of Gondor.
Elena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Czech, Lithuanian, Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Greek, German, English
Other Scripts: Елена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian) Έλενα(Greek)
Pronounced: EH-leh-na(Italian, Slovak, Czech, German) eh-LEH-na(Spanish, Romanian, German) eh-LEH-nu(Bulgarian) eh-lyeh-NU(Lithuanian) EH-leh-nah(Finnish) yi-LYEH-nə(Russian) i-LYEH-nə(Russian) EHL-ə-nə(English) ə-LAY-nə(English)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Form of
Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian
Елена (see
Yelena).
Eirwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means
"white snow" from the Welsh elements
eira "snow" and
gwen "white, blessed". This name was created in the early 20th century.
Eira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AY-ra
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.
Einarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Eilidh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: EH-li
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Eija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AY-yah
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Possibly from the Finnish happy exclamation eijaa.
Eglantine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHG-lən-tien, EHG-lən-teen
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the flower also known as sweetbrier. It is derived via Old French from Vulgar Latin *aquilentum meaning "prickly". It was early used as a given name (in the form Eglentyne) in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century story The Prioress's Tale (one of The Canterbury Tales).
Edric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHD-rik
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the Old English elements
ead "wealth, fortune" and
ric "ruler, king". After the
Norman Conquest this Old English name was not commonly used. It has occasionally been revived in modern times.
Echo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠχώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-ko(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the Greek word
ἠχώ (echo) meaning
"echo, reflected sound", related to
ἠχή (eche) meaning "sound". In Greek
mythology Echo was a nymph given a speech impediment by
Hera, so that she could only repeat what others said. She fell in love with
Narcissus, but her love was not returned, and she pined away until nothing remained of her except her voice.
Eben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Dyson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DIE-sən
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that meant
"son of Dye". As a given name it is likely inspired by similar-sounding names such as
Bryson and
Tyson.
Dulcinea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: dool-thee-NEH-a(European Spanish) dool-see-NEH-a(Latin American Spanish) dul-si-NEE-ə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Derived from Spanish dulce meaning "sweet". This name was (first?) used by Miguel de Cervantes in his novel Don Quixote (1605), where it belongs to the love interest of the main character, though she never actually appears in the story.
Dulcie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUL-see
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
From Latin
dulcis meaning
"sweet". It was used in the Middle Ages in the spellings
Dowse and
Duce, and was recoined in the 19th century.
Drogo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Norman name, possibly derived from Gothic
dragan meaning
"to carry, to pull" or Old Saxon
drog meaning
"ghost, illusion". Alternatively, it could be related to the Slavic element
dorgŭ meaning
"precious, dear". The
Normans introduced this name to England.
Draven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: DRAY-vən(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
From a surname (of unknown meaning) that was used in the movie The Crow (1994).
Detta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DEHT-ə
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Short form of names that end in detta.
Denver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHN-vər(American English) DEHN-və(British English)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was from a place name meaning "Dane ford" in Old English. This is the name of the capital city of Colorado, which was named for the politician James W. Denver (1817-1892).
Delora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: də-LAWR-ə
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Delania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Dastan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology, Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: داستان(Persian, Kazakh Arabic) Дастан(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
Pronounced: daws-TAWN(Persian) dahs-TAHN(Kazakh)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "story, legend" in Persian. This is another name for
Zal, a character in the
Shahnameh epic.
Darvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHR-win
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Darly
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: dar-LEE(Brazilian Portuguese) DAR-lee(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Darley
Usage: English
Personal remark: F
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means "person from Darley", Derbyshire ("glade frequented by deer").
Dara 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of
Dáire.
Danielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, Dutch
Pronounced: DA-NYEHL(French) dan-YEHL(English)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
French feminine form of
Daniel. It has been commonly used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.
Dagný
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Old Norse and Icelandic form of
Dagny.
Daggeir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic (Rare)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Icelandic combination of dagr "day" and geirr "spear".
Cyrus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Persian (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κῦρος(Ancient Greek) 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁(Old Persian)
Pronounced: SIE-rəs(English)
Rating: 82% based on 6 votes
Latin form of Greek
Κῦρος (Kyros), from the Old Persian name
𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (Kuruš), possibly meaning
"young" or
"humiliator (of the enemy)" [1]. Alternatively it could be of Elamite origin. The name has sometimes been associated with Greek
κύριος (kyrios) meaning "lord".
The most notable bearer of the name was Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BC. He is famous in the Old Testament for freeing the captive Jews and allowing them to return to Israel after his conquest of Babylon. As an English name, it first came into use among the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation.
Cybele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Near Eastern Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κυβέλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SIB-ə-lee(English)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly from Phrygian roots meaning either "stone" or "hair". This was the name of the Phrygian mother goddess associated with fertility and nature. She was later worshipped by the Greeks and Romans.
Crispinian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
English form of
Crispinianus. This name was borne by a Roman saint from the 3rd century AD.
Cornelis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: kawr-NEH-lis
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Corin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Cordelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: kawr-DEEL-ee-ə(American English) kaw-DEE-lee-ə(British English)
Rating: 80% based on 6 votes
From
Cordeilla, a name appearing in the 12th-century chronicles
[1] of Geoffrey of Monmouth, borne by the youngest of the three daughters of King
Leir and the only one to remain loyal to her father. Geoffrey possibly based her name on that of
Creiddylad, a character from Welsh legend.
The spelling was later altered to Cordelia when Geoffrey's story was adapted by others, including Edmund Spenser in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590) and Shakespeare in his tragedy King Lear (1606).
Corben
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Coralaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Conleth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of the Old Irish name
Conláed, possibly meaning
"constant fire" from
cunnail "prudent, constant" and
áed "fire".
Saint Conláed was a 5th-century bishop of Kildare.
Colvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Colvin. It may also be used as a variant of
Calvin.
Claudio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: KLOW-dyo(Italian) KLOW-dhyo(Spanish)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Claudettia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Claudette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KLO-DEHT
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Citlali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Circe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κίρκη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SUR-see(American English) SU-see(British English)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Κίρκη (Kirke), possibly from
κίρκος (kirkos) meaning
"hawk". In Greek
mythology Circe was a sorceress who changed
Odysseus's crew into hogs, as told in Homer's
Odyssey. Odysseus forced her to change them back, then stayed with her for a year before continuing his voyage.
Christiane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, French
Pronounced: kris-tee-A-nə(German) KREES-TYAN(French)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
German and French feminine form of
Christian.
Cerise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SU-REEZ
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means "cherry" in French.
Cera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Irish (Anglicized), History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Early Anglicization of
Ciara 1. Saint Cera of Ireland was an abbess in the 7th century who died in 679.
Celeste
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English
Pronounced: cheh-LEH-steh(Italian) theh-LEHS-teh(European Spanish) seh-LEHS-teh(Latin American Spanish) sə-LEST(English)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Italian feminine and masculine form of
Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.
Cecily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEHS-ə-lee
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
English form of
Cecilia. This was the usual English form during the Middle Ages.
Cathán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Derived from Old Irish
cath "battle" combined with a
diminutive suffix.
Saint Cathán was a 6th-century Irish monk, a missionary to the Isle of Bute.
Castella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Derived From the Italian word
castello meaning "castle". It could also be a diminutive of
Castellana.
Cassius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KAS-see-oos(Latin) KASH-əs(English) KAS-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin
cassus meaning
"empty, vain". This name was borne by several early
saints. In modern times, it was the original first name of boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016), who was named after his father Cassius Clay, who was himself named after the American abolitionist Cassius Clay (1810-1903).
Cassio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: KAS-syo(Italian) KAS-ee-o(English)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Italian form of
Cassius. This is the surname of
Othello's lieutenant Michael Cassio in Shakespeare's tragedy
Othello (1603).
Cassinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
The name of a family of daisy flowers.
Cassian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman (Anglicized)
Pronounced: KASH-ən(English) KAS-ee-ən(English)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the Roman family name
Cassianus, which was derived from
Cassius. This was the name of several
saints, including a 3rd-century martyr from Tangier who is the patron saint of stenographers and a 5th-century mystic who founded a monastery in Marseille.
Cassia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KAS-see-a(Latin) KA-shə(English) KAS-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Cassarah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-SEHR-ə, kə-SAR-ə, KAS-ə-rə
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Recently created name intended to mean "what will be, will be". It is from the title of the 1956 song Que Sera, Sera, which was taken from the Italian phrase che sarà sarà. The phrase que sera, sera is not grammatically correct in any Romance language.
Cassander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάσσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Κάσσανδρος (Kassandros), the masculine form of
Cassandra. This was the name of a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon.
Casimira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, English (Rare), Italian
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Casimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: KAZ-i-mir(American English) KAZ-i-meey(British English) KA-ZEE-MEER(French)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
English form of the Polish name
Kazimierz, derived from the Slavic element
kaziti "to destroy" combined with
mirŭ "peace, world". Four kings of Poland have borne this name, including Casimir III the Great, who greatly strengthened the Polish state in the 14th century. It was also borne
Saint Casimir, a 15th-century Polish prince and a patron saint of Poland and Lithuania. The name was imported into Western Europe via Germany, where it was borne by some royalty.
Cas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: KAHS
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Carwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Derived from Welsh
caru "to love" and
gwyn "white, blessed". This name was created in the 20th century
[1].
Carrington
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KER-ing-ton(American English)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Carina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Late Roman
Pronounced: kə-REE-nə(English) ka-REE-na(Spanish, German)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Late Latin name derived from
cara meaning
"dear, beloved". This was the name of a 4th-century
saint and martyr. It is also the name of a constellation in the southern sky, though in this case it means "keel" in Latin, referring to a part of
Jason's ship the Argo.
Caraline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: car - ə - lien(American English) car - ə - lin(American English)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Caoimhe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEE-vyə
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".
Candacy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Caribbean (Rare), Trinidadian Creole, English Creole
Rating: 22% based on 10 votes
Variant of
Candace, reflecting an older English pronunciation. It is mainly found in Guyana and the West Indies.
Camena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Goddess who enables the child to sing.
Calliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-LIE-ə-pee(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Caitria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Caiside
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Irish byname meaning "curly haired", from Irish cas "twisted, curly".
Cairistìona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish Gaelic [1]
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Caieta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
The name of Aeneas's wet-nurse in the Aeneid.
It is also another spelling of Gaeta, a town in Italy.
(Compare Caietanus).
Caelus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: KIE-luws(Classical Latin)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "sky" or "the heavens" in Latin (related to the word
caelum). Caelus is the Roman god of the sky, the equivalent of the Greek god
Uranus.
Caelum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: KIE-loom(Latin) KAY-ləm(English)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
The name of a faint constellation in the southern sky, which is from Latin
caelum meaning "heaven, sky" (compare
Caelius) or (allegedly) "burin" (a tool for engraving on copper or other metals).
Caelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KIE-lee-oos
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Roman family name that was derived from Latin caelum meaning "heaven".
Caelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Caelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KIE-lee-a
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Caedmon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Pronounced: KAD-mən(English)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, though the first element is likely connected to Brythonic
kad meaning "battle".
Saint Caedmon was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon poet who supposedly received his poetic inspiration from a dream. Our only knowledge of him is through the 8th-century writings of the historian Bede.
Cadeyrn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From Old Welsh
Catigirn meaning
"battle king", derived from
cat "battle" and
tigirn "king, monarch". This was the name of a 5th-century king of Powys in Wales, the son of
Vortigern.
Cabin
Usage: English
Personal remark: M
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Brynna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: BRIN-ə
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Elaborated form of
Brynn (probably influenced by
Brenna) as well as a variant of
Bryna.
Brynjulfr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Brynjarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Brynjar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old Norse elements
brynja "armour" and
herr "army, warrior".
Brynhildr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1]
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Old Norse
cognate of
Brunhild. In the Norse epic the
Völsungasaga Brynhildr was rescued by the hero
Sigurd in the guise of
Gunnar. Brynhildr and Gunnar were married, but when Sigurd's wife
Gudrun let slip that it was in fact Sigurd who had rescued her, Brynhildr plotted against him. She accused Sigurd of taking her virginity, spurring Gunnar to arrange Sigurd's murder.
Brynhilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Scandinavian, Swedish (Archaic)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Medieval Norwegian and Swedish variant of
Brynhildr.
Bryna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Yiddish (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: ברײַנא(Yiddish)
Pronounced: brin-ah(English) bry-na(Yiddish)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Yiddish ברײַנא from German Bräune "brown(ness)".
Bryer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Bry-er(American English)
Rating: 24% based on 8 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Bryer.
Bryar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Brünnhilde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Form of
Brünhild, used by Richard Wagner in 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'.
Briseis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Βρισηΐς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: brie-SEE-is(English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Patronymic derived from
Βρισεύς (Briseus), a Greek name of unknown meaning. In Greek
mythology Briseis (real name Hippodameia) was the daughter of Briseus. She was captured during the Trojan War by
Achilles. After
Agamemnon took her away from him, Achilles refused to fight in the war.
Brin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene
Pronounced: BREEN
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "juniper" in Slovene.
Briaca
Usage: ?
Personal remark: F
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Brenya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: Bren-ya(American English)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Brenson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: BREN-sən(American English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Breckin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREK-in
Rating: 24% based on 9 votes
Branwyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRAN-win
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Brana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from Old Norse brattr "steep". This is the name of a jotunn in Norse mythology.
Berit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: BEH-rit(Swedish)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Autry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: AW-tree(American English)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Autry.
Auðný
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Icelandic
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Combination of Old Norse auðr meaning "prosperity, fortune" or "fate, destiny" and nýr "new".
Auðin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Derived from Old Norse auðr "prosperity, fortune, riches" and vinr "friend".
Aurina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Baltic
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Recorded in Lithuania in the 16th-century
Audra 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: OW-dru
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Means "storm" in Lithuanian.
Atreyu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature (Anglicized)
Pronounced: ə-TRAY-yoo
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Anglicized variant of
Atréju, which was created by German author Michael Ende for the hero of his fantasy novel 'Die unendliche Geschichte' (1979; English: 'The Neverending Story'). The character is a boy warrior whose name is explained as meaning "son of all" in his fictional native language, given to him because he was raised by all of the members of his village after being orphaned as a newborn.
Current usage is influenced by the name of a Californian metal-core band named after the hero in 'The neverending story'.
Atreus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀτρεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TREWS(Classical Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Means
"fearless", derived from the Greek negative prefix
ἀ (a) and
τρέω (treo) meaning "to fear, to flee". In Greek
mythology, Atreus was a king of Mycenae and the father of
Agamemnon and
Menelaus.
Atréju
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Created by German author Michael Ende for the hero of his fantasy novel 'Die unendliche Geschichte' (1979; English: 'The Neverending Story'). The character is a boy warrior whose name is explained as meaning "son of all" in his fictional native language, given to him because he was raised by all of the members of his village after being orphaned as a newborn.
Atley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British, Anglicized, Rare)
Pronounced: At-lee(British English)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Atley.
Athalmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Upper German
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Germanic name elements *adal "noble" and *mar "famous".
Aðalbrandr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Astreta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Polish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Possibly a Polish Medieval form of
Astrid.
Áskatla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare)
Other Scripts: ᛅᛋᚴᛅᛏᛚᛅ(Norse Runes)
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Ashland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ASH-lənd
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Ashland.
Áshildr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 30% based on 9 votes
Áshilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Old Norse younger variant of
Áshildr.
Áshild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Faroese
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Asherah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Pronounced: ə-SHEER-ə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea". This was the name of a Semitic mother goddess. She was worshipped by the Israelites before the advent of monotheism.
Arwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
From the Welsh intensifying prefix
ar- and
gwyn meaning
"white, blessed".
Arwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHR-wyn
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Possibly a variant of
Arwyn, the name of the wacky engineer on Disney Channel's 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody'
Arwel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AR-wehl
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Old Welsh name of unknown meaning.
Artemus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Artemius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀρτέμιος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Arran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
From the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde.
Arnþóra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Icelandic
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Arnmundur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Arnbrandr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Derived from Old Norse ari or arn "eagle" combined with Old Norse brandr "sword."
Arius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄρειος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of
Areios. Arius (AD 250 or 256–336) was an ascetic Christian presbyter of Libyan birth, possibly of Berber extraction, and priest in Alexandria, Egypt, of the church of the Baucalis.
Ariston
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀρίστων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-REES-TAWN
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Aris 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Άρης(Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Aricia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology, Literature, Theatre
Other Scripts: Άρικία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of the Greek Άρικία
(Arikia), probably derived from Latin
aro "to plough". Aricia was a niece of King
Aegeus of Athens and became the wife of
Virbius - the name by which
Hippolytos went after he came back to life as a demigod. According to Roman tradition, she gave her name to a place holy to Diana (to whom Virbius was particularly devoted) which in time became a Roman town.
In the literary world, Aricia was one of the main characters in Jean Racine's tragedy Phèdre (1677).
Arawn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the god of the underworld, called Annwfn, in Welsh
mythology.
Aramis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
The surname of one of the musketeers in The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexandre Dumas. Dumas based the character on the 17th-century Henri d'Aramitz, whose surname was derived from the French village of Aramits (itself from Basque aran meaning "valley").
Anona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. It was possibly inspired by an American song by this name written by Vivian Grey in 1903 and recorded by musician Vess Ossman. The lyrics tell of a Native American woman named Anona from Arizona.
Annemie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Upper German, Flemish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Annemei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Alsatian
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Angeyja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
The etymology of this name is uncertain. It could be derived from Old Norse
angi "sweet odour" and
ey, a name element which might mean "island" (compare
Eyja). Alternatively, it might be connected to Old Norse
geyja "bark", or possibly means "those of the narrow island" or "the harasser". In Norse mythology this was the name of a giantess, one of the nine mothers of
Heimdallr.
Angelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: AN-jeh-lo
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Italian form of
Angelus (see
Angel).
Angelique
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ahn-zhə-LEEK
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Anelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Анелия(Bulgarian)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Andriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ανδριάνα(Greek) Андриана(Bulgarian)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Andreya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aragonese
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Andreina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Andreia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Portuguese feminine form of
Andrew.
Ánarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Derived from Old Norse anu "ancestor" and herr "army".
Amitai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲמִתַּי(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Modern Hebrew transcription of
Amittai.
Amalasuintha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰(Gothic)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Alys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-is
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Alusia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ah-LOO-shah
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Alton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWL-tən
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "town at the source of the river" in Old English.
Altansarnai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Алтансарнай(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Alizienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Aliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַלִיזָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-LEE-zah
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means "joyful" in Hebrew.
Alisėja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Aliena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre, Literature
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means "stranger" in Latin. This was the false identity of
Celia in Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It' (1599) when she goes into hiding in the forest of Arden, presumably a pun on the word
alias. It was also used by author Ken Follett for a character in his historical novel 'The Pillars of the Earth' (1989).
Alianora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), English (British, Rare), Medieval English, Cornish (Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Algernon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-jər-nən(American English) AL-gər-nən(American English) AL-jə-nən(British English)
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons "having a moustache", which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror. It was first used a given name in the 15th century (for a descendant of William de Percy). This name was borne by a character (a mouse) in the short story Flowers for Algernon (1958) and novel of the same title (1966) by the American author Daniel Keyes.
Alexius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλέξιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-LEHK-see-oos(Latin)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Ἀλέξιος (Alexios), a derivative of
Ἄλεξις (see
Alexis). This was the name of five Byzantine emperors. It was also borne by a 5th-century Syrian
saint who is especially venerated in the Eastern Church.
Alexistratos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀλεξίστρατος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Derived from Greek ἀλέξω
(alexo) meaning "to defend, to help" and στρατός
(stratos) meaning "army".
Alexios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀλέξιος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Aleixo
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Personal remark: M
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Aleida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: a-LAY-da(Dutch) a-LAY-dha(Spanish)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Dutch and Spanish short form of
Adelaide.
Aldric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Rare), Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-DREEK(French)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
From a Germanic name, derived from the elements
alt "old" and
rih "ruler, king".
Saint Aldric was a 9th-century bishop of Le Mans.
Aldona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Polish
Pronounced: ul-do-NU(Lithuanian) al-DAW-na(Polish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 14th-century Polish queen, the daughter of a Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Aldéric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Quebec)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Alden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AWL-dən
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
From a surname that was derived from the Old English given name
Ealdwine.
Alaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AL-ə-rik(English)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
From the Gothic name *
Alareiks meaning
"ruler of all", derived from the element
alls "all" combined with
reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
Aisling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: ASH-lyən
Rating: 83% based on 7 votes
Means "dream" or "vision" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.
Ainslie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AYNZ-lee
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Ainsley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AYNZ-lee(English)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From an English surname that was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire. The place names themselves derive from Old English
anne "alone, solitary" or
ansetl "hermitage" and
leah "woodland, clearing".
In America, this name received a boost of popularity in 2000 when a character bearing it began appearing on the television series The West Wing.
Ainara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Pronounced: ie-NA-ra
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Aimeric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Probably a variant of
Heimirich. Aimeric (or Aimery) was the name of several viscounts of Narbonne between the 11th and 13th centuries. It was also borne by the first king of Cyprus (12th century), originally from Poitou, France.
Ailie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scots, English (Australian)
Pronounced: EH-li(Scots)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Of uncertain origin and meaning. This name is, however, considered both an Anglicization of
Eilidh and a diminutive of
Aileen and
Ailison.
Aila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: IE-lah
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Aidan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-dən(English)
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of
Aodhán. In the latter part of the 20th century it became popular in America due to its sound, since it shares a sound with such names as
Braden and
Hayden. It peaked ranked 39th for boys in 2003.
Agathangelos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀγαθάγγελος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means
"bearer of good news", derived from Greek
ἀγαθός (agathos) meaning "good" and
ἄγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger, angel".
Saint Agathangelus of Rome was a 4th-century deacon who was martyred during the persecutions of the emperor Diocletian.
Aemiliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of
Aemilianus (see
Emiliano).
Aella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄελλα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-EHL-LA(Classical Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means
"whirlwind" in Greek. In Greek
myth this was the name of an Amazon warrior killed by
Herakles during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle.
Aelita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Russian, Latvian
Other Scripts: Аэлита(Russian)
Pronounced: ui-LYEE-tə(Russian)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Created by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy for his science fiction novel Aelita (1923), where it belongs to a Martian princess. In the book, the name is said to mean "starlight seen for the last time" in the Martian language.
Aeliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Aela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton (Modern)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Adrastia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronounced: ad-RAS-ti-a
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Adiari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: AD-ee-AHR-ee
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Adelunia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ah-de-LOO-nyah
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Adelphia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, English
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Adelmira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Tuscan), Emilian-Romagnol
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Adelmia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Adelita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: a-dheh-LEE-ta
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Spanish
diminutive of
Adela. It is used especially in Mexico, where it is the name of a folk song about a female soldier.
Adelisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Adeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-DU-LEEN(French) AD-ə-lien(English)
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
French and English form of
Adelina.
Adelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Аделина(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: a-deh-LEE-na(Italian) a-dheh-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 78% based on 8 votes
From a Germanic name that was derived from the element
adal meaning
"noble" (Proto-Germanic *
aþalaz).
Adelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Medieval English
Pronounced: AD-ə-lee(English)
Rating: 74% based on 7 votes
Anglicized form of
Adélie and medieval English short form of
Adelicia.
Adelfina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Adelena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, English, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Adeleia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: AD-ah-Lay-ah(American English)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Possibly an American variant of
Adelaide.
Adelaira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Adamira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Combination of
Ada 1 and the popular suffix
-mira.
Adamaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Adalore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Combination of
Ada 1 and common suffix
-lore.
Adalland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Means "noble land", derived from Old High German adal "noble" combined with land "land."
Adalinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French
Rating: 78% based on 5 votes
Adalena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish (Rare)
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
Adalae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AD-ə-lay, ad-ə-LAY
Rating: 70% based on 8 votes
Adaiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עֲדָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-DAY-yə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Adahlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ə-DAH-lee-ə
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
Either a variant of
Adalia, or a combination of the prefix
a with
Dahlia.
Aalis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Old French form of
Alice.
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