Behind the Name: Whitewolf513's Personal Name List

Abi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Personal remark: Name Captain Abihira Rah is usually called.

Diminutive of Abigail (typically British).

Adamina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: ad-ə-MEEN-ə

Personal remark: Middle name of Private Celeste LaMorgan

Feminine form of Adam.

Alecia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: ə-LEE-shə, ə-LEE-see-ə

Personal remark: Rexanna-Alecia "Rexa" Long, cook at InGEN 1

Variant of Alicia.

An 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Chinese, Vietnamese

Other Scripts: 安, etc.(Chinese)

Pronounced: AN(Chinese, Vietnamese) ANG(Vietnamese)

Personal remark: First name of An Fen Chu

From Chinese 安 (ān) meaning "peace, quiet" or other characters with a similar pronunciation. As a Vietnamese name, it is derived from Sino-Vietnamese 安 meaning "safe, secure".

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)

Personal remark: Private Celeste LaMorgan

Italian feminine and masculine form of Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.

Dani 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: DAN-ee

Personal remark: Name Danielle Tamari is usually called

Diminutive of Danielle.

Danielle

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French, English, Dutch

Pronounced: DA-NYEHL(French) dan-YEHL(English)

Personal remark: Danielle Tamari, one of the main characters

French feminine form of Daniel. It has been commonly used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.

Fen 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 芬, 奋, etc.(Chinese) 芬, 奮, etc.(Traditional Chinese)

Pronounced: FUN

Personal remark: Middle name of An Fen Chu

From Chinese 芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, aroma, perfume" (which is usually only feminine) or 奋 (fèn) meaning "strive, exert" (usually only masculine). Other Chinese characters are also possible.

Gráinne

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]

Pronounced: GRA-nyə(Irish)

Personal remark: Alias of "the Captain"

Possibly derived from Old Irish grán meaning "grain" or gráin meaning "hatred, fear". In the Irish legend The Pursuit of Diarmaid and Gráinne she escaped from her arranged marriage to Fionn mac Cumhaill by fleeing with her lover Diarmaid. Another famous bearer was the powerful 16th-century Irish landowner and seafarer Gráinne Ní Mháille (known in English as Grace O'Malley), who was sometimes portrayed as a pirate queen in later tales.

Hermione

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Ἑρμιόνη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: HEHR-MEE-O-NEH(Classical Greek) hər-MIE-ə-nee(American English) hə-MIE-ə-nee(British English)

Personal remark: Name of a vampire

Derived from the name of the Greek messenger god Hermes. In Greek myth Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen. This is also the name of the wife of Leontes in Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale (1610). It is now closely associated with the character Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series of books, first released in 1997.

Nancy

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: NAN-see

Personal remark: Nancy Aisu, gypsy girl

Previously a medieval diminutive of Annis, though since the 18th century it has been a diminutive of Ann. It is now usually regarded as an independent name. During the 20th century it became very popular in the United States. A city in the Lorraine region of France bears this name, though it derives from a different source.

Rexana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: rehk-SAN-ə

Personal remark: Rexanna-Alecia "Rexa" Long

Variant of Rexanne.

Steven

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Dutch

Pronounced: STEE-vən(English) STEH-vən(Dutch)

Personal remark: Steven Brown

Medieval English variant of Stephen, and a Dutch variant of Stefan. The filmmaker Steven Spielberg (1946-), director of E.T. and Indiana Jones, is a famous bearer of this name.

Wynter

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: WIN-tər(American English) WIN-tə(British English)

Personal remark: Middle name of Danielle Tamari

Variant of Winter.