Behind the Name: IsabelleL's Personal Name List

Astrophel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Literature

Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" and φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend". This name was first used by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney in his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella.

Iah

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Egyptian Mythology

From Egyptian jꜥḥ meaning "moon". In Egyptian mythology this was the name of a god of the moon, later identified with Thoth.

Matthias

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, French, Dutch, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Ματθίας, Μαθθίας(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: ma-TEE-as(German) MA-TYAS(French) mah-TEE-yahs(Dutch) mə-THIE-əs(English) MAT-tee-as(Latin)

From Greek Ματθίας (Matthias), a variant of Ματθαῖος (see Matthew). This form appears in the New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot. This was also the name of kings of Hungary (spelled Mátyás in Hungarian), including Matthias I who made important reforms to the kingdom in the 15th century.

Uriel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Hebrew

Other Scripts: אוּרִיאֵל(Hebrew)

Pronounced: YUWR-ee-əl(English)

From the Hebrew name אוּרִיאֵל (ʾUriʾel) meaning "God is my light", from אוּר (ʾur) meaning "light, flame" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". Uriel is an archangel in Hebrew tradition. He is mentioned only in the Apocrypha, for example in the Book of Enoch where he warns Noah of the coming flood.

Zuriel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: צוּרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)

Means "my rock is God" in Hebrew, derived from צוּר (tsur) meaning "rock" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the Old Testament this name is borne by a chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the Exodus.