Lostris's Personal Name List

Means "eldest daughter of the king" in Igbo.

Means "eldest daughter of the father" in Igbo.

Means "eldest daughter of her father" in Igbo.

Means "noble" in Hebrew.

Means "jewel, ornament" in Hebrew.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a short form of Adelina.

Means "strong, mighty" in Hebrew. This word is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe God.

Means "bundled up and set to dry" in Yoruba.

Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Means "moon-like" in Kazakh, from ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the suffix дай (day) meaning "like".

Variant of Ayelen.

Variant of Aino. It also means "always" in Finnish.

From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

From Japanese 昭 (akira) meaning "bright", 明 (akira) meaning "bright" or 亮 (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written 明.

Diminutive of Adelaide.

Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.

From the Old Norse Alvíss meaning "all wise". In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf who was to marry Thor's daughter Thrud. Thor was not pleased with this so he tricked Alvis by asking him questions until the sun rose, at which time the dwarf was turned into stone.

Derived from Sanskrit अमल (amala) meaning "clean, pure".

Means "grace" in Igbo.

Means "immortal" from Sanskrit अ (a) meaning "not" and मृत (mṛta) meaning "dead". In Hindu texts it refers to a drink that gives immortality.

Means "will understand" in Azerbaijani [1].

Maori form of Andrew.

Means "sweet" in Armenian. This was the name of an 1890 novel by the Armenia writer Hovhannes Tumanyan. It was adapted into an opera in 1912 by Armen Tigranian.

From Sanskrit अरविन्द (aravinda) meaning "lotus".

Possibly means "marker, stake" in Turkish.

Western Armenian transcription of Arevik.

Means "like the sun" in Armenian.

Derived from Hebrew אֲרִי (ʾari) meaning "lion", an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Judah (see Genesis 49:9). This is the name of an officer of King Pekahiah in the Old Testament.

Means "wish, hope" in Persian.

Means "love" in Maori.

From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.

Modern Hebrew transcription of Athaliah.

From Sanskrit अवनी (avanī) meaning "earth".

Western Armenian transcription of Avetis.

Means "stag, male deer" in Hebrew.

From Mapuche ayelen "laughing", ayliñ "clear" or aylen "ember".

Variant of Ayelen.

Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Variant and feminine form of Bal.

Means "solid, firm, strong" in Turkish.

Means "first born" in Akan.

Means "crystal woman" in Mongolian, from болор (bolor) meaning "crystal" and the feminine suffix маа (maa).

Variant of Abosede.

Means "happiness, joy" in Greek.

Means "kindness, goodness" in Hebrew.

Means "God exists" in Igbo, derived from Chi 2, referring to God, and dị meaning "is". It is also a short form of Igbo names beginning with Chidi.

Means "God is strong" in Igbo.

Means "God is good" in Igbo.

Means "God possesses" in Igbo. It is also a short form of Igbo names beginning with Chinwe.

Means "good God" in Igbo, derived from Chi 2, referring to God, and ọ́má meaning "good, beautiful".

Means "curly hair" in Yoruba.

From Hebrew דָּלִיָּה (daliyya) meaning "hanging branch".

Means "water drop" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Means "compassion of Rama", from Sanskrit दया (dayā) meaning "compassion" combined with the name of the god Rama 1.

Derived from Sanskrit देवी (devī) meaning "goddess". This name can be used to refer to Mahadevi.

Means "tears" in Tswana.

Means "love" in Turkish.

Turkish form of Delara.

Variant of Ebere.

Modern form of Eir.

Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.

Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.

Means "diamond" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Means "colours" in Turkish.

Means "peace" in Ibibio.

Meaning unknown. In Irish legend she was the wife of Cúchulainn. She was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood: beauty, voice, speech, needlework, wisdom and chastity.

Means "friend, brother" in Turkish. This name was borne by the 13th-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre.

Means "person of wealth" in Yoruba.

Means "person with a story, storied person" in Yoruba.

Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Anwar.

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

From Shona fara meaning "rejoice, be happy" [1].

Means "radiance of the moon" in Turkish.

Turkish form of Farid.

From the Turkish name of the Euphrates River, which was derived (via Persian and Arabic) from Elamite or Sumerian.

Means "respect and honour me" in Yoruba.

Elaboration of Gal 1. It could also be considered a compound meaning "wave from God", using the element יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.

Means "steel courage" in Mongolian, from ган (gan) meaning "steel" and зориг (zorig) meaning "courage".

Diminutive of Gáspár.

Armenian form of George.

Feminine form of Gil 3.

Hebrew form of Gilead.

From an Old Testament place name meaning "heap of witness" in Hebrew. This is a mountainous region east of the Jordan River. Besides being a place name, it is also borne by people in the Bible.

From Sanskrit गीत (gīta) meaning "song". The word appears in the name of the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred text of Hinduism (meaning "divine song").

From Persian گوهر (gōhar) meaning "jewel, gemstone". This name is typically feminine in Iran and Armenia, but masculine in Pakistan.

Alternate transcription of Arabic هاجر (see Hajar).

Means "emperor, ruler" in Turkish.

From the name Hari (an epithet of Vishnu) combined with Sanskrit ईश (īśa) meaning "lord".

Derived from Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa) meaning "happiness".

From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.

Probably means "to dance, to circle, to twist" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is both a place name and a masculine personal name.

Means "useful man" in Turkish.

Meaning unknown. This is the narrator of the medieval poem Canu Heledd, which laments the loss of her family, including her brother Prince Cynddylan, and the destruction of the kingdom of Powys in the 7th century.

From Japanese 光 (hikari) meaning "light". Other kanji can also form this name. It is often written with the hiragana writing system.

Means "halo, aura" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine".

Means "girl" in Maori.

From Japanese 蛍 (hotaru) meaning "firefly".

From Yoruba ìfẹ́ meaning "love".

Means "power of the father" in Igbo.

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Means "tree" in Hebrew.

Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

Means "support, pillar" in Arabic, a derivative of عمد (ʿamada) meaning "to support".

Means "faith" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic إيمان (ʾīmān).

Means "patience" in Ibibio.

Means "beauty" in Sanskrit. This is another name of Lakshmi, the wife of the Hindu god Vishnu. A notable bearer was India's first female prime minister, Indira Gandhi (1917-1984).

Means "river" in Turkish.

Modern Greek form of Hero 1.

Means "deer" in Choctaw.

Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Turkish form of Ismat.

Means "star" in Basque.

Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.

Means "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.

Hawaiian form of Sarah.

Means "joy, happiness" in Hawaiian.

Variant of Calla.

Means "butterfly" in Turkish.

Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

Means "cherry" in Turkish.

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-).

From Yiddish קרוין (kroin) meaning "crown".

Diminutive of László.

Short form of Alana (English) or Svetlana (Russian). In the English-speaking world it was popularized by actress Lana Turner (1921-1995), who was born Julia Jean Turner.

Means "sky, heaven, royal, majesty" in Hawaiian.

Short form of Olanrewaju.

From Sanskrit लता (latā) meaning "vine, creeping plant".

From Sanskrit लावण्य (lāvaṇya) meaning "beauty, loveliness, charm".

Means "love" in Sotho.

Means "light" in Tswana.

Possibly from Old Irish líath meaning "grey". According to an Irish tale this was the name of a poet who became a nun, but then missed her lover Cuirithir so much that she died of grief. The name was also borne by a 5th-century saint, the mother of Saint Ciarán the Elder.

Means "play, amusement" in Sanskrit.

Means "my light" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אוֹר (ʾor) "light".

Means "my song, my joy" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and רֹן (ron) "joy, song".

From Greek μαῖα (maia) meaning "good mother, dame, foster mother", perhaps in origin a nursery form of μήτηρ (meter). In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, a group of stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Her son by Zeus was Hermes.

From Tupi maya arya meaning "great-grandmother".

Means "necklace" in Sanskrit.

Means "jasmine" in Sanskrit.

Means "jewel" in Sanskrit. This name is mentioned briefly in the Mahabharata belonging to both a giant serpent and an attendant of Skanda.

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Means "illusion, magic" in Sanskrit. In Buddhist tradition this is the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha). This is also another name of the Hindu goddess Durga.

Means "honoured" in Turkish.

Feminine form of Meir.

Means "jasmine flower" in Malay and Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit मालती (mālatī).

Alternate transcription of Hebrew מֶלֶך (see Melech).

Means "angel" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Maori and Fijian form of Mary.

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna) meaning "fish", which in Hindu astrology is the name of a sign of the zodiac.

From Sanskrit मीर (mīra) meaning "sea, ocean". This was the name of a 16th-century Indian princess who devoted her life to the god Krishna.

Means "lies" in Tupí. This name appears in the poem Caramuru (1781) by the Brazilian poet Santa Rita Durão.

Modern masculine form of Mohana.

German form of Moses.

Means "first (child)" in Swahili.

Means "incantation, dirge" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of funerals.

Means "stream" in Hebrew.

Variant of Nawel using Spanish spelling conventions.

Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Greek Ναϊάς (Naias), a type of water nymph in Greek mythology (plural Ναϊάδες). Alternatively it might be related to Persian Nahid.

From Aymara nayra meaning "eye" or "early".

From Sanskrit नलिनी (nalinī) meaning "lotus".

Latinized form of Nanaya.

Variant of Narendra used by Sikhs.

Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

From Sanskrit नव (nava) meaning "new, fresh".

Short form of Linnéa.

Short form of Nedeljka.

Possibly from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha) meaning "love, tenderness".

Means "gift" in Tswana, a derivative of naya "to give".

Probably a feminized form of Welsh nêr meaning "lord".

Short form of Geneva.

Anglicized form of Niamh.

Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".

Means "purpose, aim" in Swahili, borrowed from Arabic نيّة (nīya) [1].

Variant of Nieves.

From Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue".

From Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue".

Turkish form of Nimat.

Means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara.

Reversal of the surname Lenin. Lenin was the founder of the former Soviet state. This name was created by communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

From Sanskrit नीरज (nīraja) meaning "water-born, lotus".

Derived from Hebrew נוֹי (noi) meaning "beauty, ornament".

Means "light" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic نور (nūr).

From the name of a type of African antelope, ultimately derived from the Bantu word nyálà.

From Shona nyara meaning "be shy, be quiet, be humble" [1].

Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.

Anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn, which was derived from óðr meaning "inspiration, rage, frenzy". It ultimately developed from Proto-Germanic *Wōdanaz. The name appears as Woden in Anglo-Saxon sources (for example, as the founder of several royal lineages in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) and in forms such as Wuotan, Wotan or Wodan in continental Europe, though he is best known from Norse sources.

In Norse mythology Odin is the highest of the gods, presiding over war, wisdom and death. He is the husband of Frigg and resides in Valhalla, where warriors go after they are slain. He is usually depicted as a one-eyed older man, carrying two ravens on his shoulders who inform him of all the events of the world. At the time of Ragnarök, the final battle, it is told that he will be killed fighting the great wolf Fenrir.

Means "fawn" in Hebrew. This makes it a modern variant of the Classical Hebrew name Ophrah.

Hebrew form of Ophir. In modern times it is also used as a feminine name.

Means "fawn" in Hebrew.

The masculine biblical name Ophrah is derived from the same root.

Means "my God has come" in Yoruba.

Means "child is family" in Yoruba.

Means "honour" in Turkish (borrowed from French honneur).

Derived from Turkish or, of uncertain meaning, possibly from a Turkic root meaning "place", and han meaning "khan, ruler, leader". This was the name of a 14th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Means "born at night" in Luo.

Means "bard, poet" in Turkish.

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa) meaning "breath".

Means "beloved" in Sanskrit. It appears briefly in the Puranas belonging to a daughter of King Daksha.

From Chinese 秋 (qiū) meaning "autumn", 丘 (qiū) meaning "hill, mound", or other characters with a similar pronunciation. The given name of the philosopher Confucius was 丘.

Possibly from Mapuche küde meaning "burning torch".

Probably a Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Herais.

From Yiddish רויז (roiz) meaning "rose".

From Sanskrit राणी (rāṇī) meaning "queen".

Means "sun" in Sanskrit. Ravi is a Hindu god of the sun, sometimes equated with Surya. A famous bearer was the musician Ravi Shankar (1920-2012).

Means "flower" in Mapuche.

From Japanese 鈴 (rei) meaning "bell", 麗 (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 玲 (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Derived from Yiddish ריין (rein) meaning "clean, pure".

Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Rati.

From Japanese 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

From Sanskrit रीण (rīṇa) meaning "melted".

Diminutive of Rivka.

Means "love" in Shona [1].

Means "happiness" in Shona [1].

Latin form of Saveliy.

Turkish form of Safiyya.

Means "elevated, sublime" in Hebrew.

Finnish form of Zacharias.

Alternate transcription of Arabic صالح (see Salih), as well as the usual Indonesian form.

Means "eternal" in Arabic.

Finnish short form of Alexander.

From Sanskrit सरल (sarala) meaning "straight".

Means "moonlight" in Mongolian, from саран (saran) meaning "moon" and гэрэл (gerel) meaning "light".

Means "possessing water" from Sanskrit सरस् (saras) meaning "fluid, water, lake" and वती (vatī) meaning "having". This is the name of a Hindu river goddess, also associated with learning and the arts, who is the wife of Brahma. She appears in the Vedas.

From a Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).

Italian form of Xavier.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a derivative of Mapuche ayün "love".

Means "voice, echo" in Turkish.

Turkish form of Sadaf.

Possibly a Swahili form of Saif.

Derived from Turkish ser meaning "head, top" and han, which is from the title khan meaning "leader".

Means "support" in Kazakh.

Means "leader, chief" from Turkish ser "head, top" and kan "blood".

From the name of the largest lake in Armenia, which may be from the Urartian word suinia simply meaning "lake".

Means "love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic سوداء (sawdāʾ) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness" [1].

German and Scandinavian form of Severinus.

Means "love" in Turkish.

Means "loved" in Turkish.

From a surname that was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.

Welsh form of Charles.

Turkish feminine form of Siddiq.

Roman cognomen meaning "of the woods", derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". Silvanus was the Roman god of forests. This name appears in the New Testament belonging to one of Saint Paul's companions, also called Silas.

Norwegian form of Sindri.

Welsh form of George.

Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of Rama (and an avatar of Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. In this story Sita is abducted by the demon king Ravana, with her husband and his allies attempting to rescue her.

Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.

Means "shepherd" in Kurdish.

Short form of names containing the Slavic element slava meaning "glory". It is typically masculine in Russia and Belarus, unisex in Ukraine, and feminine the South Slavic countries.

Possibly from Greek σόλος (solos) meaning "lump of iron". This was the name of an Athenian statesman who reformed the laws and government of the city.

Derived from Thai สม (som) meaning "worthy" combined with ชาย (chai) meaning "man" or ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

From Turkish son meaning "last, final" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

From Japanese 空 (sora) or 昊 (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.

Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.

Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

Means "intelligence, wisdom" in Khmer.

Derived from Greek σωτήρ (sotir) meaning "saviour, deliverer", referring to Jesus, or σωτηρία (sotiria) meaning "salvation, deliverance".

Variant of Sotirios.

Short form of Yisroel.

From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.

From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Possibly means "he who inspires awe" in Amharic. This name was borne by Lij Tafari Makonnen (1892-1975), also known as Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia. Rastafarians (Ras Tafari meaning "king Tafari") revere him as the earthly incarnation of God.

Means "virtuous, pure, chaste" in Arabic.

Means "my dew" in Hebrew.

Contracted form of Tamara.

Means "rain" in Quechua.

Means "star" in Sanskrit. Tara is the name of a Hindu astral goddess, the wife of Brhaspati. She was abducted by Chandra, the god of the moon, leading to a great war that was only ended when Brahma intervened and released her. This name also appears in the epic the Ramayana belonging to the wife of Vali and, after his death, his younger brother Sugriva. In Buddhist belief this is the name of a bodhisattva associated with salvation and protection.

Turkish form of Tariq.

Means "hope" in Shona [1].

Means "queen" in Akan.

Means "hope, expectation" in Tswana.

Means "exalted, high" in Turkish, from Arabic علْويّ (ʿulwīy).

Variant of Valerie.

Feminine form of Valdis.

Derived from Old Norse valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and dís meaning "goddess".

Means "valuable" in Esperanto.

From Khmer វណ្ណ (von) meaning "colour", ultimately from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa).

Derived from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language.

Means "knowledge" in Sanskrit.

Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

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.

Possibly a variant of Fiona influenced by Viola.

Means "wind, air" in Quechua.

Means "peace" in Zulu.

Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

From the Xhosa root -zola meaning "calm".