Vulcan-rebel's Personal Name List

Amirah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Malay
Other Scripts: أميرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: a-MEE-ra(Arabic)
Rating: 49% based on 10 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic أميرة (see Amira 1), as well as the usual Malay form.
Aysel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Rating: 12% based on 9 votes
Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).
Azalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
Rating: 43% based on 10 votes
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Benita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: beh-NEE-ta
Rating: 35% based on 8 votes
Feminine form of Benito.
Brielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: bree-EHL
Rating: 46% based on 9 votes
Short form of Gabrielle. This is also the name of towns in the Netherlands and New Jersey, though their names derive from a different source.
Danica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Macedonian, English
Other Scripts: Даница(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: DA-nee-tsa(Serbian, Croatian) DA-nyee-tsa(Slovak) DAN-i-kə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus". This name occurs in Slavic folklore as a personification of the morning star. It has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
Eliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian
Other Scripts: ელიზა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-LIE-zə(English) eh-LEE-za(Polish) EH-lee-zaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Short form of Elizabeth. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913) and the subsequent musical adaptation My Fair Lady (1956).
Esme
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
Rating: 38% based on 10 votes
Variant of Esmé.
Gaila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GAY-lə
Rating: 31% based on 7 votes
Elaborated form of Gail.
Genesis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JEHN-ə-sis
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
Means "birth, origin" in Greek. This is the name of the first book of the Old Testament in the Bible. It tells of the creation of the world, the expulsion of Adam and Eve, Noah and the great flood, and the three patriarchs.
Hallie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAL-ee
Rating: 38% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of Harriet.
Juniper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JOON-i-pər
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.
Marica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Hungarian, Italian
Other Scripts: Марица(Serbian)
Pronounced: MAW-ree-tsaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 21% based on 8 votes
Diminutive of Marija (Croatian, Serbian and Slovene) or Mária (Hungarian).
Nadine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, German, English, Dutch
Pronounced: NA-DEEN(French) na-DEE-nə(German, Dutch) na-DEEN(German, Dutch) nay-DEEN(English)
Rating: 41% based on 10 votes
French diminutive of Nadia 1.
Ramona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Romanian, English
Pronounced: ra-MO-na(Spanish) rə-MON-ə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 10 votes
Feminine form of Ramón. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona (1884), as well as several subsequent movies based on the book.
Trinity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TRIN-i-tee
Rating: 33% based on 10 votes
From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the Christian belief that God has one essence, but three distinct expressions of being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It has only been in use as a given name since the 20th century.
Xenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Spanish, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξένια(Greek) Ξενία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SEH-nya(Spanish)
Rating: 20% based on 8 votes
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.
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