SaphiraTheBlue's Personal Name List

Ionic Greek variant of Άμαστρις (Amāstris), the Hellenized form of an Old Persian name, perhaps from a hypothetic name like *Amāstrī- (composed of the elements *ama- "strength, strong" and *strī- "woman"). It could be connected to the biblical name Esther, both perhaps derived from the Akkadian Ummu-Ishtar "Ishtar is (my) mother" (or Ammu-Ishtar). Alternatively it could be derived from an Old Persian word meaning "friend". It was borne by the wife of Xerxes and mother of Artaxerxes.

Derived from Old High German frāgēn "to ask" and Old Saxon swīth, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz "strong".

Means "strong, firm, stable" in Swahili.

Possibly from Greek ιφιος (iphios) meaning "strong, stout". This was the name of seven characters in Greek myth, both male and female, including the slave woman given to Patroclus by his cousin Achilles in Homer's 'Iliad'.

In the case for males, this uncommonly used name is used as 勇 "yuu, isa.mu" meaning "bravery, be in high spirits, courage, heroism", although it's more often used as Isamu. Rarer examples of Isami include 勇海 with 海 (kai, umi) meaning "ocean, sea" and 功己 with 功 (isao) meaning "achievement, credit, honour, merits" and 己 (ki, onore, mi) meaning "self, serpent, snake."

For females, this is a very rare name. If it's used, it usually consists of 2 or 3 kanji. Examples include 勇美 with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" (although it's more often written as Yūmi) and 衣紗美 with 衣 (i) meaning "clothes, dressing, garment" and 紗 (sa, sha) meaning "gauze, gossamer."

One famous bearer is Isami Kondō (近藤 勇), the leader of Shinsengumi, a pro-shogunate group that was around in the last decades of the Edo era (1603-1868).

Derived from Old Norse magn "power, strength" and hildr "battle". This was the name of an 1877 novel by the Norwegian author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.

Old Norse combination of ríkr "mighty", "distinguished", "rich" and vé "home", "temple", "sanctuary".

From Chinese 子 (zǐ) meaning "child" combined with 建 (jiàn) "build, establish" or 健 (jiàn) "strong, healthy". This name can be formed from other character combinations as well.