Behind the Name: ElenaDobrevSom's Personal Name List

Bonnie

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: BAHN-ee

Means "pretty" from the Scottish word bonnie, which was itself derived from Middle French bon "good". It has been in use as an American given name since the 19th century, and it became especially popular after the movie Gone with the Wind (1939), in which it was the nickname of Scarlett's daughter.

Caroline

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch

Pronounced: KA-RAW-LEEN(French) KAR-ə-lien(English) KAR-ə-lin(English) ka-ro-LEE-nə(German, Dutch) ka-ro-LEEN(Dutch)

French feminine form of Carolus.

Damon

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology, English

Other Scripts: Δάμων(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: DAY-mən(English)

Derived from Greek δαμάζω (damazo) meaning "to tame". According to Greek legend, Damon and Pythias were friends who lived on Syracuse in the 4th century BC. When Pythias was sentenced to death, he was allowed to temporarily go free on the condition that Damon take his place in prison. Pythias returned just before Damon was to be executed in his place, and the king was so impressed with their loyalty to one another that he pardoned Pythias. As an English given name, it has only been regularly used since the 20th century.

Elena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Czech, Lithuanian, Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Greek, German, English

Other Scripts: Елена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian) Έλενα(Greek)

Pronounced: EH-leh-na(Italian, Czech, German) eh-LEH-na(Spanish, German) eh-lyeh-NU(Lithuanian) yi-LYEH-nə(Russian) i-LYEH-nə(Russian) EHL-ə-nə(English) ə-LAY-nə(English)

Form of Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Елена (see Yelena).

Holt

Usage: English, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian

Pronounced: HOLT(English)

From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".

Keith

Usage: Scottish

Pronounced: KEETH

From a place name that is probably derived from the Brythonic element cet meaning "wood". This was the surname of a long line of Scottish nobles.

Qetzi'a

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1]

Other Scripts: קְצִיעָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Hebrew form of Keziah.

Rebekah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, English

Other Scripts: רִבְקָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: rə-BEHK-ə(English)

Form of Rebecca used in some versions of the Bible.

Stefan

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian

Other Scripts: Стефан(Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)

Pronounced: SHTEH-fan(German) STEH-fan(Swedish, Polish, Serbian) STEH-fahn(Dutch)

Form of Stephen used in several languages. Famous bearers include the Serbian rulers Stefan Nemanja, Stefan Nemanjić, and Stefan Lazarević, who are all considered saints in the Orthodox Church.