Behind the Name: varushka's Personal Name List

Alin

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Romanian

Possibly a Romanian masculine form of Alina. Alternatively it may derive from Romanian alina "to soothe".

Azazel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: עֲזָאזֵל(Ancient Hebrew)

Means "scapegoat" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is the name of the recipient of a sacrificial goat. The identity of Azazel is not clear; it may in fact be the name of the place where the goat is to be sacrificed, or it may be the name of some sort of evil desert demon.

Lena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, English, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Georgian, Armenian

Other Scripts: Лена(Russian, Ukrainian) Λένα(Greek) ლენა(Georgian) Լենա(Armenian)

Pronounced: LEH-na(Swedish, German, Dutch, Polish, Italian) LYEH-nə(Russian) LEE-nə(English) LEH-NA(Georgian) leh-NAH(Armenian)

Short form of names ending in lena, such as Helena, Magdalena or Yelena. It is often used independently.

Xerxes

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized), History

Other Scripts: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠(Old Persian) Ξέρξης(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: ZURK-seez(English)

Personal remark: Xerziz

Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (Xšayarša), which meant "ruler over heroes". This was the name of a 5th-century BC king of Persia, the son of Darius the Great. He attempted an invasion of Greece, which ended unsuccessfully at the battle of Salamis.