shanamah's Personal Name List

Latinized form of Aloys, an old Occitan form of Louis. This was the name of an Italian saint, Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591). The name has been in occasional use among Catholics since his time.

From an English surname meaning "son of Agnes".

Latinized form of Kallias.

Anglicized form of Calbhach.

Cornish form of David.

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.

Variant of Alvin.

Welsh form of Æðelstan.

English form of Eustachius or Eustathius, two names of Greek origin that have been conflated in the post-classical period. Saint Eustace, who is known under both spellings, was a 2nd-century Roman general who became a Christian after seeing a vision of a cross between the antlers of a stag he was hunting. He was burned to death for refusing to worship the Roman gods and is now regarded as the patron saint of hunters. Due to him, this name was common in England during the Middle Ages, though it is presently rare.

Manx form of Finlugh.

From an English surname that either referred to a person who made hinges (Old French carne) or was derived from the Norman name Guarin.

Anglicized form of Hywel.

1 Chronicles 2:41 Jekamiah was the son of Shallum and the father of Elishama.

From the Old English name Cenhelm, which was composed of the elements cene "bold, keen" and helm "helmet". Saint Kenelm was a 9th-century martyr from Mercia, where he was a member of the royal family. The name was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, but has since become rare.

Either a short form of Laurence 1 (masculine) or a variant of Lauren (feminine).

From an English surname that was derived from a Norman French nickname, from lou "wolf" and a diminutive suffix. The surname was borne by American poet and satirist James Russell Lowell (1819-1891).

Means "Yahweh has given" in Hebrew, derived from נָתַן (naṯan) meaning "to give" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Ishmael (the assassin of Gedaliah), as well as other minor characters.

Latinized form of the Greek given name Ποίμανδρος (Poimandros), which is derived from the Greek noun ποιμήν (poimen) meaning "herdsman, shepherd" (see Poimen) combined with Greek ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "of a man". As such, one could say that the name basically means "shepherd of men".

This name is not to be confused with Ποιμάνδρης (Poimandres), which is a name used as the title for the first chapter of the medieval literary work Corpus Hermeticum. That name is most likely a hellenization of the Egyptian theophoric name P-eime n-Re meaning "intelligence of Re" or "knowledge of Re", since it cannot be a genuine Greek given name because it doesn't follow the grammatical rules that all genuine Greek names do.

In Greek mythology, Poemander was the founder of the city of Tanagra.

From the Germanic name Raginheri, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and heri "army". Saint Rainerius was a 12th-century hermit from Pisa. The Normans brought this name to England where it came into general use, though it was rare by the end of the Middle Ages.

Latinized form of the Greek name Τίμαιος (Timaios), derived from τιμάω (timao) meaning "to honour". This is the name of one of Plato's dialogues, featuring Timaeus and Socrates. Timaeus is also the name of a person mentioned briefly in the New Testament (Mark 10:46).

Scottish Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Eysteinn.