30lehner03's Personal Name List
Abia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀβιά(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 20% based on 8 votes
Biblical Greek and Latin form of
Abijah.
Ada 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AY-də(English) A-dha(Spanish) A-da(Dutch, Polish) AH-dah(Finnish)
Rating: 58% based on 21 votes
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as
Adelaide or
Adelina that begin with the element
adal meaning "noble".
Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
Adia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igede, Swahili
Pronounced: A-dee-ya(Igede)
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Means "queen" in Igede and "(valuable) gift" in Swahili, from Hausa adia "gift".
Afton
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AF-tən
Personal remark: 8
Rating: 28% based on 18 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Afton. It is also the name of a river in Scotland, and it coincides with the Swedish noun
afton meaning "evening".
This name enjoyed a brief revival in the early 1980s, thanks to the character of Afton Cooper from the popular American television series Dallas (1978-1991).
Ala 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: علاء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ‘a-LA
Rating: 27% based on 15 votes
Means
"excellence, elevation" in Arabic, from the root
علا (ʿalā) meaning "to be high".
April
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AY-prəl
Rating: 64% based on 18 votes
From the name of the month, probably originally derived from Latin aperire "to open", referring to the opening of flowers. It has only been commonly used as a given name since the 1940s.
Aspen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AS-pən
Rating: 42% based on 15 votes
From the English word for a variety of deciduous trees in the genus Populus, derived from Old English æspe. It is also the name of a ski resort in Colorado.
Basil 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: باسل(Arabic)
Pronounced: BA-seel
Rating: 31% based on 16 votes
Means "brave, valiant" in Arabic.
Blythe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
Rating: 34% based on 16 votes
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Bramble
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRAM-bool
Rating: 20% based on 16 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Bramble.
Briar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIE-ər(American English) BRIE-ə(British English)
Rating: 43% based on 15 votes
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Britain
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 16 votes
Brynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIN
Rating: 37% based on 15 votes
Feminine variant of
Bryn. It was brought to limited public attention in 1978 when the actress Brynn Thayer (1949-) began appearing on the American soap opera
One Life to Live [1].
Cady
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KAY-dee
Rating: 23% based on 15 votes
While nowadays generally considered a phonetic spelling of
Katie or a diminutive of
Cadence,
Cady was originally derived from a surname which was either a variant of
Cade or an Anglicized form of Ó Ceadaigh ("descendant of
Céadach"), with Ceadach being a byname derived from Irish
ceadach "talkative".
A known bearer of the surname was the American feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902). It was also used for the central character in the film 'Mean Girls' (2004).
Cameron
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAM-rən
Rating: 37% based on 16 votes
From a Scottish surname meaning
"crooked nose" from Gaelic
cam "crooked" and
sròn "nose". As a given name it is mainly used for boys. It got a little bump in popularity for girls in the second half of the 1990s, likely because of the fame of actress Cameron Diaz (1972-). In the United States, the forms
Camryn and
Kamryn are now more popular than
Cameron for girls.
Casey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAY-see
Rating: 28% based on 16 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of
Ó Cathasaigh, a patronymic derived from the given name
Cathassach. This name can be given in honour of Casey Jones (1863-1900), a train engineer who sacrificed his life to save his passengers. In his case,
Casey was a nickname acquired because he was raised in the town of Cayce, Kentucky.
Danikah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 28% based on 14 votes
Delaney
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: di-LAYN-ee
Rating: 37% based on 18 votes
Ella 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə
Rating: 48% based on 16 votes
Norman name, originally a short form of Germanic names containing the element
alles meaning
"other" (Proto-Germanic *
aljaz). It was introduced to England by the
Normans and used until the 14th century, and it was later revived in the 19th century. A famous bearer was the American singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996).
Elle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHL
Personal remark: 10
Rating: 41% based on 17 votes
Diminutive of
Eleanor and other names beginning with
El. This name can also be given in reference to the French pronoun
elle meaning "she".
Already growing in popularity due to Australian model Elle Macpherson (1964-), this name received a boost in the United States after the release of the 2001 movie Legally Blonde featuring the main character Elle Woods. In the United Kingdom the name was already fairly common at the time the movie came out, and it actually started declining there shortly afterwards. A famous bearer is American actress Elle Fanning (1998-).
Ellie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ee
Rating: 48% based on 16 votes
Diminutive of
Eleanor,
Ellen 1 and other names beginning with
El. This name became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, being ranked second for girls in 2003.
Emilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Greek, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Αιμιλία(Greek) Емилия(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: eh-MEE-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish) EH-mee-lee-ah(Finnish) eh-MEE-lee-ah(Swedish) i-MEE-lee-ə(English) eh-mee-LEE-a(Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 17 votes
Feminine form of
Aemilius (see
Emily). In Shakespeare's tragedy
Othello (1603) this is the name of the wife of
Iago.
Fern
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FURN(American English) FUN(British English)
Rating: 37% based on 15 votes
From the English word for the plant, ultimately from Old English fearn. It has been used as a given name since the late 19th century.
Ginny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JIN-ee
Personal remark: 5
Rating: 49% based on 15 votes
Hazel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-zəl
Rating: 66% based on 16 votes
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.
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)
Rating: 49% based on 17 votes
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.
Hollyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 24% based on 17 votes
Elaboration of
Holly using the popular name suffix
lyn.
Ivy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IE-vee
Rating: 59% based on 16 votes
From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers. It is ultimately derived from Old English ifig.
Jada 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAY-də, JAD-ə
Rating: 34% based on 14 votes
Elaborated form of
Jade. This name came into general use in the 1960s, and was popularized in the 1990s by actress Jada Pinkett Smith (1971-).
Jade
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: JAYD(English) ZHAD(French)
Rating: 54% based on 15 votes
From the name of the precious stone that is often used in carvings. It is derived from Spanish (piedra de la) ijada meaning "(stone of the) flank", relating to the belief that jade could cure renal colic. As a given name, it came into general use during the 1970s. It was initially unisex, though it is now mostly feminine.
Jessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHS-ə
Personal remark: 3
Rating: 49% based on 15 votes
Karis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 28% based on 14 votes
Katie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAY-tee
Rating: 49% based on 14 votes
Kendal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHN-dəl
Personal remark: 6
Rating: 35% based on 14 votes
From a surname that was a variant of
Kendall.
Kessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: KES-uh
Rating: 27% based on 7 votes
Koryn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 21% based on 15 votes
Kyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIE-lə
Rating: 32% based on 14 votes
Feminine form of
Kyle, or a combination of the popular phonetic elements
ky and
la.
Kylie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIE-lee
Rating: 33% based on 15 votes
This name arose in Australia, where it is said to mean "boomerang" in the Australian Aboriginal language Nyungar. An early bearer was the author Kylie Tennant (1912-1988). It was among the most popular names in Australia in the 1970s and early 80s. It can also be considered a feminine form of
Kyle, or a combination of the popular sounds
ky and
lee, and it is likely in those capacities that it began to be used in America in the late 1970s. A famous bearer is the Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue (1968-).
Laurel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-əl
Rating: 55% based on 15 votes
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.
Lennon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LEHN-ən
Personal remark: 2
Rating: 42% based on 16 votes
From an Irish surname, derived from the Irish byname
Leannán meaning "lover". The surname was borne by musician and Beatle member John Lennon (1940-1980), and it may be used as a given name in his honour. In America it is now more common as a feminine name, possibly inspired in part by the singer Lennon Stella (1999-), who began appearing on the television series
Nashville in 2012
[1].
Lily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee
Rating: 65% based on 17 votes
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).
Miley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MIE-lee
Rating: 33% based on 16 votes
In the case of actress and singer Miley Cyrus (1992-), it is a shortened form of the nickname
Smiley, given to her by her father because she often smiled. Although it was not at all common before she brought it to public attention, there are some examples of its use before her time, most likely as a
diminutive of
Miles.
Molly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAHL-ee(American English) MAWL-ee(British English)
Personal remark: My fave 1
Rating: 64% based on 16 votes
Medieval
diminutive of
Mary, now often used independently. It developed from
Malle and
Molle, other medieval diminutives. James Joyce used this name in his novel
Ulysses (1922), where it belongs to Molly Bloom, the wife of the main character.
Nikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NIK-ee
Rating: 27% based on 16 votes
Olivia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: o-LIV-ee-ə(English) ə-LIV-ee-ə(English) o-LEE-vya(Italian, German) o-LEE-bya(Spanish) AW-LEE-VYA(French) O-lee-vee-ah(Finnish) o-LEE-vee-a(Dutch)
Rating: 49% based on 16 votes
This name was used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy
Twelfth Night (1602). This was a rare name in Shakespeare's time
[1] that may have been based on
Oliva or
Oliver, or directly on the Latin word
oliva meaning
"olive". In the play Olivia is a noblewoman wooed by Duke
Orsino. Instead she falls in love with his messenger Cesario, who is actually
Viola in disguise.
Olivia has been used in the English-speaking world since the 18th century, though it did not become overly popular until the last half of the 20th century. Its rise in popularity in the 1970s may have been inspired by a character on the television series The Waltons (1972-1982) [2] or the singer Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022). In 1989 it was borne by a young character on The Cosby Show, which likely accelerated its growth. It reached the top rank in England and Wales by 2008 and in the United States by 2019.
A famous bearer was the British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020).
Peyton
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAY-tən
Rating: 24% based on 16 votes
From an English surname, originally a place name meaning
"Pæga's town". This was a rare masculine name until the 1990s. In 1992 it was used for a female character in the movie
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and, despite the fact that it was borne by the villain, the name began to rise in popularity for girls as well as boys
[1].
Famous bearers include Peyton Randolph (1721-1775), the first president of the Continental Congress, and American football quarterback Peyton Manning (1976-).
Rain 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RAYN
Rating: 57% based on 15 votes
Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.
Reese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English
Personal remark: 7
Rating: 34% based on 16 votes
Anglicized form of
Rhys. It is also used as a feminine name, popularized by the American actress Reese Witherspoon (1976-).
Robyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHB-in(American English) RAWB-in(British English)
Rating: 43% based on 15 votes
Feminine variant of
Robin.
Roni 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHN-ee(American English) RAWN-ee(British English)
Rating: 27% based on 16 votes
Sage
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Rating: 64% based on 16 votes
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Shannon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAN-ən
Rating: 54% based on 16 votes
From the name of the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland, called
an tSionainn in Irish. It is associated with the legendary figure
Sionann and is sometimes said to be named for her. However it is more likely she was named after the river, which may be related to Old Irish
sen "old, ancient"
[1]. As a given name, it first became common in America after the 1940s.
Sondra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SAWN-drə
Rating: 26% based on 7 votes
Variant of
Sandra. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by a character in Theodore Dreiser's novel
An American Tragedy (1925) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1931).
Tegan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English (Modern)
Pronounced: TEH-gan(Welsh) TEE-gən(English)
Rating: 40% based on 14 votes
Means
"darling" in Welsh, derived from a
diminutive of Welsh
teg "beautiful, pretty". It was somewhat common in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada in the 1980s and 90s. It was borne by an Australian character on the television series
Doctor Who from 1981 to 1984.
Tiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: tee-AHN-ə, tee-AN-ə
Personal remark: 9
Rating: 35% based on 15 votes
Short form of
Tatiana or
Christiana. It was rare in the United States until it jumped in popularity in 1975, perhaps due to the Vietnamese-American actress Tiana Alexandra (1956-), who had some exposure at that time. It was used as the name of the princess in the Disney movie
The Princess and the Frog (2009).
Tianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: tee-AHN-ə, tee-AN-ə
Rating: 29% based on 15 votes
Vanessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Dutch
Pronounced: və-NEHS-ə(English) VA-NEH-SA(French) va-NEHS-sa(Italian) vu-NEH-su(European Portuguese) va-NEH-su(Brazilian Portuguese) ba-NEH-sa(Spanish) va-NEH-sa(German) vah-NEH-sa(Dutch)
Rating: 51% based on 16 votes
Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem
Cadenus and Vanessa [1]. He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first name and surname of
Esther Vanhomrigh, his close friend. Vanessa was later used as the name of a genus of butterfly. It was a rare given name until the mid-20th century, at which point it became fairly popular.
Veronica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Romanian, Late Roman
Pronounced: və-RAHN-i-kə(American English) və-RAWN-i-kə(British English) veh-RAW-nee-ka(Italian)
Personal remark: My own name
Rating: 53% based on 16 votes
Latin alteration of
Berenice, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase
vera icon meaning
"true image". This was the name of a legendary
saint who wiped
Jesus' face with a towel and then found his image imprinted upon it. Due to popular stories about her, the name was occasionally used in the Christian world in the Middle Ages. It was borne by the Italian saint and mystic Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727). As an English name, it was not common until the 19th century, when it was imported from France and Scotland.
Violet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIE-lit, VIE-ə-lit
Rating: 66% based on 19 votes
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola. It was common in Scotland from the 16th century, and it came into general use as an English given name during the 19th century.
Willow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIL-o
Rating: 61% based on 14 votes
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
Zoey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZO-ee
Rating: 51% based on 15 votes
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