FlakyMatt's Personal Name List

Means "servant of the king" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with ملك (malik) meaning "king". This was the name of the fifth Umayyad caliph, who made Arabic the official language of the empire.

Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and ræd "counsel, advice". This was the name of two Saxon kings of England including Æðelræd II "the Unready" whose realm was overrun by the Danes in the early 11th century. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.

From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.

Norwegian form of Arnbjǫrg.

Derived from the Old German elements bald "bold, brave" and mari "famous".

Variant of Bent 1.

Possibly an Irish form of Belenus, though it may derive from an Irish word meaning "sacred tree, scion, hero". In Irish mythology this was the name of one of the Milesians who was drowned while invading Ireland.

From the Old Norse byname Bjartr, which meant "bright".

Danish and Norwegian form of Björn.

Modern variant of Blaise influenced by the English word blaze.

From the Late Latin name Bonifatius, which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate, destiny". This was the name of nine popes and also several saints, including an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany (originally named Winfrið) who is now regarded as the patron saint of that country. It came into use in England during the Middle Ages, but became rare after the Protestant Reformation.

Roman cognomen meaning "heavy" in Latin. Famous bearers include Lucius Junius Brutus, the traditional founder of the Roman Republic, and Marcus Junius Brutus, the statesman who conspired to assassinate Julius Caesar.

Diminutive of Berenice.

Form of Caleb used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

Variant of Kyle.

Modern English form of Christos 1.

Latinized form of Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klytaimnestra) and Κλυταιμήστρα (Klytaimestra), in which the first element is κλυτός (klytos) meaning "famous, noble". The spelling Klytaimnestra would suggest the second element is μνηστήρ (mnester) meaning "courter, wooer", while Klytaimestra would suggest a connection to μήδομαι (medomai) meaning "to plan, to intend". There is debate over which spelling is earlier or more authentic [1], since the ancient texts seem to make puns based on both etymologies. Klytaimestra appears in the works of the Greek tragedians such as Aeschylus, while Klytaimnestra appears in Homer's poems (the earliest extant copy dating from the post-classical period).

In Greek legend Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon and the mother of Orestes and Electra. While her husband was away during the Trojan War she took a lover, and upon his return she had Agamemnon murdered. She was subsequently killed by her son Orestes.

Variant of Knut.

Latin form of Korbinian.

From an Ojibwe or Cree name recorded as Kiwisance [1], said to mean "little child", possibly related to Ojibwe gwiiwizens meaning "boy" or Cree ᐊᐋᐧᓯᐢ (awâsis) meaning "child". This was the name of a late 19th-century chief of a mixed band of Plains Cree and Saulteaux people.

Derived from Hungarian csillag meaning "star". This name was created by the Hungarian author András Dugonics for an 1803 novel and later used and popularized by the poet Mihály Vörösmarty.

Polish form of Ctibor.

Russian, Belarusian and Greek form of Daniel.

Ancient Greek name derived from δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people".

Reconstructed Egyptian form of Thoth.

Old English form of Egbert.

Hungarian and Swedish form of Edith.

Finnish form of Eric.

Means "gratitude belongs to God" in Igbo.

Originally a short form of names ending with the Old German element helm meaning "helmet, protection", such as Guglielmo or Anselmo. It is also a derivative of Erasmus, via the old Italian short form Ermo. Saint Elmo, also known as Saint Erasmus, was a 4th-century martyr who is the patron of sailors. Saint Elmo's fire is said to be a sign of his protection.

In the English-speaking world this name is now associated with a red muppet character from the children's television program Sesame Street.

English form of Ermendrud. It was occasionally used until the 19th century.

Middle English form of Æþelbeorht. The name was very rare after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived briefly in the 19th century.

English form of Eugenius, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὐγένιος (Eugenios), which was derived from the Greek word εὐγενής (eugenes) meaning "well born". It is composed of the elements εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and γενής (genes) meaning "born". This was the name of several saints and four popes.

This name was not particularly common in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. It became more popular in part due to the fame of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736), a French-born general who served the Austrian Empire. A notable bearer was the American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953).

Biblical Hebrew form of Ezra.

Latin form of Ezra.

Means "foxglove" in Welsh (species Digitalis purpurea). This is a recently created Welsh name.

Russian form of Philip.

Means "white warrior", derived from Old Irish finn "white, blessed" and láech "warrior". An earlier form was Findláech — this was the name of the father of the 11th-century Scottish king Macbeth.

Variant of Fritjof.

Old Norse form of Fritjof.

Malayalam form of George, used by Saint Thomas Christians in the Indian state of Kerala (mainly when referring to the saint).

Variant of Geoffrey.

Form of George in several languages. This name was borne by the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).

French form of George. This name was borne by the French artists Georges Seurat (1859-1891) and Georges Braque (1882-1963).

Feminine form of Gerard.

German variant form of Gerard.

Armenian form of George.

Romanian form of George.

Corsican form of John.

Means "flower bud" in Persian.

Short form of Gijsbert.

Albanian form of George.

Albanian form of John.

Macedonian form of George.

Polish form of Gregory.

Welsh form of Victor. This name appears in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen belonging to the rival of Gwyn for the maiden Creiddylad. Seeking peace between the two, King Arthur declared that Gwyn and Gwythyr shall only fight once each year on May Day.

Means "victor" in Hungarian.

Means "hot, warm" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Ham is one of Noah's three sons, along with Shem and Japheth. He was the ancestor of the Egyptians and Canaanites.

From the English word happy, derived from Middle English hap "chance, luck", of Old Norse origin.

Latin form of Jerome, formerly common in Germany and the Netherlands. Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) was a Dutch painter known for his depictions of the torments of hell.

Old German form of Robert.

Old German form of Roland.

English form of Hyacinthus.

Greek and Georgian form of Jason.

From the Late Latin name Innocentius, which was derived from innocens "innocent". This was the name of several early saints. It was also borne by 13 popes including Innocent III, a politically powerful ruler and organizer of the Fourth Crusade.

As an English-language name in the modern era, it is most common in Africa.

Romanian diminutive of John.

Latin form of Julius.

Alternate transcription of Arabic عزّ الدين (see Izz ad-Din).

Finnish form of Joachim.

Finnish and Estonian form of Jacob (or James).

From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonaṯan), the full form of Jonathan. This is the name of a few minor characters in the Old Testament.

Means "Yahweh has judged" in Hebrew, from the roots יְהוֹ (yeho) referring to the Hebrew God and שָׁפַט (shafaṭ) meaning "to judge". According to the Old Testament he was the fourth king of Judah, noted for having a generally peaceful and prosperous reign.

Old Swedish variant of Erik.

Variant of Joyce.

Short form of Jurryt.

Dutch form of George.

Frisian form of Gerard.

Finnish form of John.

Danish form of Jutta.

Means "he who walks on four claws" in Cree, derived from ᓀᐅᐧ (newo) "four" and the root ᐊᐢᑲᓯᕀ (askasiy) "claw". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan, also known as George Gordon.

Russian form of Karpos (see Carpus).

Combination of the popular name prefix ke and Shawn.

Western Armenian transcription of Gevorg.

Means "lion cub" in Hebrew.

Means "king, chief" in Tswana.

Feminine form of Khayri.

Means "tent maker" in Arabic. This was the surname of the 12th-century Persian poet Umar Khayyam.

Middle English form of Cyneburg.

From Cree ᑮᓯᑳᐊᐧᒑᕁ (Kîsikâawcâhk) meaning "day star", derived from ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (kîsikâw) "day" and ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan.

Variant of Ketil.

Derived from Old Norse knútr meaning "knot". Knut was a Danish prince who defeated Æðelræd II, king of England, in the early 11th century and became the ruler of Denmark, Norway and England.

Diminutive of Jacob.

Western Armenian transcription of Grigor.

Polish form of Xavier.

Polish form of Xenia, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Ксения or Ukrainian/Belarusian Ксенія (see Kseniya).

Alternate transcription of Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬚𐬭𐬀⸱𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (see Xshathra Vairya).

Derived from Finnish kyllä "abundance" or kyllin "enough". This is the name of a character in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.

From the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love", or a short form of names beginning with that element. It is typically masculine in Serbia and feminine elsewhere.

Macedonian feminine form of Lyuben.

From the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love" combined with a diminutive suffix. It can also come from the Serbian and Croatian word ljubica meaning "violet (flower)".

Dutch short form of Lucas.

Finnish form of Lucas (see Luke).

Variant of Lindsay.

Finnish diminutive of Lydia.

Icelandic diminutive of María.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband Ailill fought against the Ulster king Conchobar and the hero Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.

German variant of Marcellus.

Hebrew form of Mattithiah.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Maximilianus (see Maximilian).

From a surname meaning "happy weather" in Middle English, originally belonging to a cheery person. A notable bearer of the name was Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), who, with William Clark, explored the west of North America.

Means "lord of Mictlan" in Nahuatl. In Aztec mythology he was the skeletal ruler of Mictlan, the realm of the dead, with his wife Mictecacihuatl.

Derived from the South Slavic word mlad meaning "young", ultimately from Old Slavic *moldŭ.

Yiddish diminutive of Mordecai. This is the name of a character in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964).

Cornish form of Michael.

Ukrainian form of Michael.

Lithuanian form of Michael.

Means "pleasant" in Hebrew. This name is borne in the Old Testament by both a daughter of Lamech and a wife of Solomon. Some later Jewish texts give Naamah as the name of Noah's wife, even though she is not named in the Old Testament.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Nathanael.

Finnish form of Nicholas.

From Sanskrit नीति (nīti) meaning "guidance, moral conduct".

Finnish form of Noah 1.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of a Finnish god of the hunt, the son of Tapio.

Means "God has dropped honey into wealth" in Yoruba.

Medieval Norwegian form of Jurian.

Norwegian form of Eysteinn.

Estonian form of Peter.

Means "little leaf" in Greenlandic, from piloqut "leaf" and the diminutive suffix -nnguaq.

From the Greek name Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaios), derived from Greek πολεμήϊος (polemeios) meaning "aggressive, warlike". Ptolemy was the name of several Greco-Egyptian rulers of Egypt, all descendants of Ptolemy I Soter, one of the generals of Alexander the Great. This was also the name of a 2nd-century Greek astronomer.

Ukrainian form of Philip.

Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.

From Sino-Vietnamese 權 (quyền) meaning "power, right, authority".

Combination of the prefix ra with the name Shawn.

Means "of Rhaetia". Rhaetia is a region in eastern Switzerland that got its name from the Rhaeti, a Celtic tribe who originally inhabited the area.

From an Irish surname (Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Ríoghbhárdáin), which was derived from the given name Rígbarddán.

Variant of Roland.

Medieval variant of Roland.

From Old Irish Ruaidrí meaning "red king", from rúad "red" combined with rí "king". This was the name of the last high king of Ireland, reigning in the 12th century.

From a now extinct English surname that was derived from a Norman place name. It was occasionally given in honour of the English preacher Henry Sacheverell (1674-1724), especially by the Sitwell noble family.

Italian form of the Roman cognomen Scaevola, which was derived from Latin scaevus "left-handed". The first bearer of this name was Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who acquired it, according to legend, after he thrust his right hand into a blazing fire in order to intimidate the Etruscan king Porsenna, who was blockading the city of Rome.

Means "voice, echo" in Turkish.

Dutch form of Jacques or Isaac.

Limburgish form of Gerard. Its spelling has been influenced by the French pronunciation of Gérard.

Means "joy" in Luganda.

Croatian and Serbian form of Stephen.

Hungarian short form of Alexandra.

Polish form of Stephen.

Hungarian form of Silvester.

Finnish form of David.

Means "we are pleased" in Shona, from fadza meaning "please, make happy".

From Turkish tan meaning "dawn" and er meaning "man, hero, brave".

Means "open door" in Shawnee. This name was borne by the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa (1775-1836). With his brother Tecumseh he urged resistance against American expansion.

Gothic form of Theodoric.

Anglo-Saxon form of *Þunraz (see Thor).

Old Norse form of Tyra.

Dutch short form of Arthur.

Basque form of Dominic.

Hebrew form of Zion.

Biblical Hebrew form of Uriel.

Russian form of Bartholomew.

Ukrainian form of Basil 1.

Diminutive of Veer.

Alternate transcription of Russian Вениамин (see Veniamin).

Derived from the Slavic elements věkŭ "age" and slava "glory".

Avestan form of Bahman.

Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Vladislav.

Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.

Galician form of George.

Biblical Hebrew form of Isaiah.

Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영 (see Yeong).

Slovak variant of Zdenko.

Croatian form of Zdzisław. This name was borne by a 9th-century duke of Croatia.

Slavic name, possibly from the element děti "to do, to say" combined with slava "glory".

Means "blessed, happy" in Yiddish, a vernacular form of Asher.

Meaning unknown. It could be a variant of Xenia or a diminutive of names featuring this sound, such as Alexina, Rosina or Zenobia. This name has occasionally been used since the 19th century.

Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of Zeus" and βίος (bios) meaning "life". This was the name of the queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which broke away from Rome in the 3rd-century and began expanding into Roman territory. She was eventually defeated by the emperor Aurelian. Her Greek name was used as an approximation of her native Aramaic name.

The name of a Greek god, related to the old Indo-European god *Dyēws, from the root *dyew- meaning "sky" or "shine". In Greek mythology he was the highest of the gods. After he and his siblings defeated the Titans, Zeus ruled over the earth and humankind from atop Mount Olympus. He had control over the weather and his weapon was a thunderbolt.

This theonym has cognates in other Indo-European languages including Latin Jupiter, Sanskrit Dyaus, and Old Norse Tyr.

Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Jeanne.

Means "rod, staff" or "punishment" in Basque.

Derived from South Slavic zlato meaning "gold", a derivative of Old Slavic zolto.

Diminutive of Zlatan.

Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Old variant of Zoltán.

Medieval Venetian form of John.

Derived from Croatian zvijezda meaning "star".

Polish form of Sigmund.