pennydeadful's Personal Name List

Modern Hebrew name meaning both "willow tree" and "desert" or "savanna, prairie". Traditionally the ערבה (aravah), a leafy willow branch, is used in a waving ceremony during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. In Israel the name also refers to a geographical plain near the Jordan, appearing in Deuteronomy 3, 17 as Arabah. (Interestingly, the Hebrew word arabha "desert" may ultimately relate to English Arab.)

Combination of Old Norse arn "eagle" and vé meaning "holy" or "devoted, dedicated".

French form of Aspasia.

Both a French elaboration of Aude and a variant of Odélia. In the Jewish community, however, this name is considered and used as a variant of Odelia 2.

Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since the Renaissance.

Possibly a variant of Azalaïs.

Possibly a feminization of Azel.

Hungarian form, German variant and Luxembourgish vernacular form of Babette. Babett Peter is a football player who had 118 appearances in the German national team winning among other titles the 2007 FIFA Wolrd Cup.

Variant of Brynja.

Variant transcription of Kalia.

Alternate transcription of Κάλλια or Καλλία (see Kallia).

Variant of Caliste.

Feminine form of Caelestius.

English form of Caelestinus. It is more commonly used as a feminine name, from the French feminine form Célestine.

Name of Hebrew and Yiddish origin. In musical Fiddler On The Roof, used as alternative name for Chava. Meaning of Chava is "life" so Chaveleh must have a similar meaning.

Means "pleasant, beloved, darling" in Hebrew, making it a cognate of Habiba.

German variant and East Prussian German form of Celestine.

Variant of Celestine (see also Zölestina).

Diminutive for names that starting with "Ef" like Efraim and Efrat

This name is derived from the Germanic name stem agil "edge (of a sword)".

German diminutive of Elfriede and Estonian diminutive of Elfriide.

Variant of Elfi.

A dithematic name composed from the Germanic name elements alb "elf" and drud "strength".

It is a High German cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Ælfþryð.

Variant of Elftraud.

Feminine form of Eliav.

From the Hebrew name אֶסְתֵר (ʾEsṯer), which possibly means "star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar. The Book of Esther in the Old Testament tells the story of Queen Esther, the Jewish wife of the king of Persia. The king's advisor Haman persuaded the king to exterminate all the Jews in the realm. Warned of this plot by her cousin Mordecai, Esther revealed her Jewish ancestry and convinced the king to execute Haman instead. Her original Hebrew name was Hadassah.

This name has been used in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. In America it received a boost in popularity after the birth of Esther Cleveland (1893-1980), the daughter of President Grover Cleveland [1].

Derived from the Ancient Greek name Eúdēmos, composed of two elements: eû meaning "well" plus dêmos meaning "district, country, land".

Alternate transcription of Greek Φαίδρα (see Fedra and Phaedra).

Medieval German hypochoristic form of Sophie.

Variant of Genovefa.

Modern Hebrew name meaning "lady, mistress" (identical to the biblical title גְּבִירָה (gebirah), which suggested female royal power, and ultimately relates to the first element in Gabriel).

Hebrew form of Hadassah, as well as the usual spelling in Portuguese and German.

Medieval Polish variant of Alina.

Modern Greek form of Elektra.

Means "ravine" or "valley" in Hebrew.

In modern Greek Κάλλια (Kallia) can function as a short form of Kalliopi or Kallirroi.

Καλλία (Kallia) is recorded as an ancient Greek name; it may have been a feminine form of Kallias.

Original Hebrew form of Carmel, also used in other languages. In Basque, it is exclusively a masculine name.

Feminine form of Kassianos. This was the name of a 9th-century Byzantine saint famous as a hymnographer, who supposedly fell in love with the emperor Theophilos but was rejected when she proved to be more intelligent than he.

Variant of Catalina.

Derived from Greek κερά (kerá) meaning "lady, mistress" (an alternative form of κυρά (kurá)). It is also associated with the Greek word κερασιά (kerasiá) meaning "cherry tree".

The 15th-century Greek saint Matrona of Chios was also known by the names Kerasia, Kera and Kyratso.

Variant transcription of Kyveli.

Means "nights" in Arabic.

"Flame, tongue of fire." The name is commonly given symbolically to girls born on Hanukkah or Lag b'Omer.

A Hebrew name meaning incense. Form of Levana 1.

Combination of the name Lev 2 means "heart" with the letters ya (יה) (which are part of the name of God) means "Heart of God" in Hebrew.

Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Eulalia.

Variant of Linnéa.

Combination of Li 2 and Nor. A known bearer of this name is Israeli beauty queen, lawyer and activist Linor Abargil (1980-), who won the Miss World beauty pageant in 1998.

Strictly feminine form of Lior.

Sicilian and Sardinian form of Maura 1.

Alternate transcription of Arabic نادرة (see Nadira), as well as a Malay and Indonesian variant.

Means "river" in Hebrew.

Means "wild rose" in Persian.

This name has some meanings: The first is "beautiful" (from the name Nava). And the second is "oasis" (from the name Neveh).

Variant transliteration of Νεφέλη (see Nefeli).

Feminine form of Ner. It also means "candle" in Hebrew (hence may be given to girls born during Hanukkah).

Italian form of Nereida.

Means "my candle" in Hebrew.

Variant of Neriya.
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Modern Hebrew variant of Neriah.

Variant of Nasrin.

Short form of Honora or Eleanor. Henrik Ibsen used it for a character in his play A Doll's House (1879).

Noreia used to be considered the epithet of an unidentified pre-Roman mother goddess who left her name in inscriptions throughout the Roman province Noricum (present-day Austria and Slovenia). Current theories suggest, however, that she might have been a Roman "creation" to gain the loyalty of the Norici (ever since Vespasian's time, she was associated with the goddess Isis and referred to as Isisi-Noreia). It has been claimed that she was a goddess of fate and fortune, life's happiness, fertility, mining and healing waters. The origin and meaning of her name are lost to time.

Variant transliteration of نورية (see Nouria).

Alternate transcription of Arabic نورة or نورا (see Nura).

Derived from Arabic نَوْرَة (nawra) meaning "blossom, bloom".

Alternate transcription of Arabic نورة or نورا (see Nura).

Alternate transcription of Arabic نورة or نورا (see Nura).

French variant of Odélie and Portuguese form of Odelia 1. Also compare Odília.

Medieval Silesian form of Euphemia.

From Japanese 麗 (rei) meaning "lovely, graceful, beautiful", 玲 (rei) meaning "the sound of jewels", 禮 (rei) meaning "courtesy", 礼 (rei) meaning "ceremony" or 令 (rei) meaning "good, law" combined with Japanese 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 加 (ka) meaning "increase". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Hebrew origin meaning “rose of grace”.

Feminine form of Rune.

Possibly a variant of Safia.

Greek feminine name, a cognate of the given name Sabine.

Variant of Seraphine.

Norman form of Seraphina.

French form of Seraphia.

Silesian German diminutive of Seraphia.

Diminutive of Serena. It also coincides with one of the Italian words for "lilac".

Variant of Seraphia.

Variant of Severina.

A modern English feminine variant of the Hebrew masculine name Shai.

Combination of the name Shai "gift" and El "Lord"

Combination of Shai and Li 2; means "gift for me" from Hebrew שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" and לִי (li) meaning "to me, for me".

" A girl who is as high as a mountain "

Anglicised form of Siobhán.

Means "fairy, sprite, elf" in Irish.

Feminine form of Stelios.

Derived from Old High German and Old Norse sunna meaning "sun". This was the name of the Germanic goddess who personified the sun. In Scandinavia it has also been used as a short form of Sunniva and Susanna. Use of the name in Iceland has been influenced by a character (Sunna Angelíka) from Margit Sandemo's Ísfólkið series of books (known in English as The Legend of the Ice People), first published in 1982.

Variant of Sunniva.

Derived from Greek βελούδο (veloudo) meaning "velvet".

Of debated origin and meaning. Some scholars consider this name a short form of Elvezia, while other see a connection to the Ancient Roman masculine Vetius. Others again consider it an Italian form of Ancient Roman Vettius or Vectius.

Swedish form of Vibeke.

Feminine form of Vivius.

Swiss German diminutive of Verena, which has also been used as an official name in the Netherlands. Vreneli is also the informal name for a range of legal tender gold coins produced in Switzerland.

Known bearers of this name include the Dutch actress Vreneli van Helbergen (b. 1987) and the Dutch author and feminist Vreneli Stadelmaier (b. 1962), whose official first name is Verena.

Variant of Yael.

Diminutive of Yael.

In Turkish origin the name means “beautiful” it’s a common name in turkey

The Arabic meaning of the name is “One who brings peace and prosperity wherever she goes”

Alternate transcription of Greek Γενοβέφα (Genovefa), the Greek form of Geneviève via Italian Genoveffa.

Possibly a variant transcription of Giasemi, which means "jasmine" in Greek (from the vocabulary word γιασεμί (yiasemi)).

Combination of Ylva and the popular name suffix -li (compare Novalie).

Variant of Yvonne.

Feminine form of Zafir.

From Greek ζαφείρι ή σαπφειρός meaning "sapphire".

French diminutive of Isabelle. The French author Raymond Queneau used this for the title character of his novel 'Zazie dans le métro' (1959; English: 'Zazie in the Metro'), which was adapted by Louis Malle into a film (1960).

Means "brightness" in Hebrew.

Short form of Joséphine. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel 'Les Misérables' (1862).

Variant of Séraphine.

Unknown origin, possibly a variant of a last name.

The name of a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787), to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was based on the legend of Don Juan.

It is not entirely clear where Mozart found this name: either he (thought he) invented it (possibly based on the Italian surname Zerla) or he adopted and adapted the old Yiddish name Zerline and Zerlina.
Zerline and Zerlina themselves are elaborated forms and diminutives of the Yiddish names Zerle and Zaerle, all of which have first been recorded, in the German-speaking world, between the late 1300s and early 1500s. They have been occasionally used up until the late 1800s and early 1900s, although their later uses might have been inspired by the opera.

Short form of names ending in -zetta, -cetta and -setta.

Sephardic form of Tzvia.

Combination of the name Ziv and the letters יה (ya) which are part of the name of God.

Possibly a variant of Zofia.

Feminine form of Zölestin.

Greek form of the French name Joséphine. Also compare Iosifina.

Variant of Xylina.