Behind the Name: Virvo's Personal Name List

Aviv

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: אֲבִיב(Hebrew)

Pronounced: a-VEEV

Rating: 58% based on 6 votes

Means "spring" in Hebrew.

Chan

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Khmer

Other Scripts: ចន្ទ(Khmer)

Pronounced: KYAHN

Rating: 57% based on 3 votes

Means "moon" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra).

Chandra

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali

Other Scripts: चन्द्र, चन्द्रा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) চন্দ্র(Bengali) চন্দ্ৰ(Assamese) चंद्रा(Marathi) చంద్ర(Telugu) சந்திரா(Tamil) ಚಂದ್ರ(Kannada)

Pronounced: CHAWND-ro(Bengali)

Rating: 57% based on 3 votes

Means "moon" in Sanskrit, derived from चन्द (cand) meaning "to shine". This is a transcription of both the masculine form चण्ड (the god of the moon personified) as well as the feminine form चण्डा (spelled with a long final vowel).

Chea

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Khmer

Other Scripts: ជា(Khmer)

Pronounced: KYEE

Rating: 57% based on 3 votes

Means "healthy" in Khmer.

Emery

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: EHM-ə-ree

Rating: 66% based on 5 votes

Norman French form of Emmerich. The Normans introduced it to England, and though it was never popular, it survived until the end of the Middle Ages. As a modern given name, now typically feminine, it is likely inspired by the surname Emery, which was itself derived from the medieval given name. It can also be given in reference to the hard black substance called emery.

İlkay

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Turkish

Rating: 63% based on 3 votes

Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

Neo 1

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Tswana

Rating: 37% based on 3 votes

Means "gift" in Tswana, a derivative of naya "to give".

Nilam

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hindi, Marathi

Other Scripts: नीलम(Hindi, Marathi)

Rating: 67% based on 3 votes

From Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue".

Nitya

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hinduism, Hindi

Other Scripts: नित्या(Sanskrit) नित्या, नित्य(Hindi)

Rating: 67% based on 3 votes

Means "always, eternal" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form नित्या (an epithet of the Hindu goddess Durga) and the masculine form नित्य.

Noy

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: נוֹי(Hebrew)

Rating: 62% based on 5 votes

Means "beauty" in Hebrew.