coffee_pies's Personal Name List

Anahí

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish (Latin American)

Pronounced: a-na-EE

Possibly from the Guarani name for the cockspur coral tree (species Erythrina crista-galli). In a Guarani legend this is the name of a young woman burned at the stake by the conquistadors, after which she is transformed into the flowering tree.

Célestine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French

Pronounced: SEH-LEHS-TEEN

French feminine form of Caelestinus.

Hershel

Gender: Masculine

Usage: American, Yiddish

Other Scripts: הירשל(Yiddish) הירשׁל(Hebrew)

Yiddish diminutive of Hirsh. As a non-Jewish American name (somewhat common around the end of the 19th century), it was likely inspired by the German surname Herschel, borne for instance by the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822).

Leni

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German

Pronounced: LEH-nee

German diminutive of Helene or Magdalena.

Lian 2

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 莲, 濂, 廉, etc.(Chinese) 蓮, 濂, 廉, etc.(Traditional Chinese)

Pronounced: LYEHN

From Chinese 莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily", 濂 (lián) meaning "waterfall", or other Chinese characters that are pronounced similarly.

Lucrezia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: loo-KREHT-tsya

Italian form of Lucretia.