Rothaid1278's Personal Name List

Aada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: AH-dah
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
Finnish form of Ada 1.
Adelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Germanic (Latinized) [1]
Other Scripts: Аделина(Bulgarian)
Pronounced: a-deh-LEE-na(Italian) a-dheh-LEE-na(Spanish)
Rating: 80% based on 5 votes
From a Germanic name that was derived from the element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).
Adva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדְוָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ahd-VAH
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Means "small wave, ripple" in Hebrew.
Aleida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: a-LAY-da(Dutch) a-LAY-dha(Spanish)
Rating: 70% based on 5 votes
Dutch and Spanish short form of Adelaide.
Anita 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Latvian, Hungarian
Pronounced: a-NEE-ta(Spanish, Dutch, German) ə-NEET-ə(English) AH-nee-tah(Finnish) a-NYEE-ta(Polish) AW-nee-taw(Hungarian)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of Ana.
Aoife
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fyə(Irish)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From Old Irish Aífe, derived from oíph meaning "beauty" (modern Irish aoibh). This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a woman at war with Scáthach (her sister in some versions). She was defeated in single combat by the hero Cúchulainn, who spared her life on the condition that she bear him a child (Connla). Another legendary figure by this name appears in the Children of Lir as the jealous third wife of Lir.

This name is sometimes Anglicized as Eve or Eva.

Aruzhan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Аружан(Kazakh)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Means "beautiful soul" in Kazakh.
Asherah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Pronounced: ə-SHEER-ə(English)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Perhaps derived from Semitic roots meaning "she who walks in the sea". This was the name of a Semitic mother goddess. She was worshipped by the Israelites before the advent of monotheism.
Betje
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: BEH-chə
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth.
Chenda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ចិន្តា(Khmer)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From Pali cintā meaning "thought, care", from Sanskrit चिनता (cintā).
Chika 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千佳, 智佳, 千花, 智花, 散花, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ちか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHEE-KA
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (chi) meaning "thousand", (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with (ka) meaning "good, beautiful" or (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Chloris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χλωρίς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Derived from Greek χλωρός (chloros) meaning "pale green". Chloris, in Greek mythology, was a minor goddess of vegetation.
Dallilja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and lilja "lily".
Darya 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دریا(Persian)
Pronounced: dar-YAW
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Means "sea, ocean" in Persian.
Derya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: dehr-YA
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
Means "sea, ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
Eliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Elior.
Émeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-MU-LEEN
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
French form of Emmeline.
Emmeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-leen, EHM-ə-lien
Rating: 70% based on 6 votes
From Old French Emeline, a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element amal meaning "unceasing, vigorous, brave". The Normans introduced this name to England.
Erlantz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ehr-LANTS
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Means "glow, shine" in Basque.
Frida 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Rating: 66% based on 5 votes
Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element fridu meaning "peace" (Proto-Germanic *friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).
Haizea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ie-SEH-a
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Means "wind" in Basque.
Hanae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 花絵, 華恵, 華絵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はなえ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-NA-EH
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From Japanese (hana) or (hana), which both mean "flower", combined with (e) meaning "picture" or (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hrodohaidis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Old German form of Rose.
Iskra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Искра(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: EES-kru(Bulgarian) EES-kra(Macedonian, Croatian)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Means "spark" in South Slavic.
Kassandra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1], English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Κασσάνδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-SAN-DRA(Classical Greek) kə-SAN-drə(English) kə-SAHN-drə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Greek form of Cassandra, as well as a modern English variant.
Katara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
The name of a character in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Her name was apparently taken from the Arabic word قطرة (qatra) meaning "raindrop, droplet".
Keziah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: קְצִיעָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: kə-ZIE-ə(English)
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
From the Hebrew name קְצִיעָה (Qetsiʿa) meaning "cassia, cinnamon", from the name of the spice tree. In the Old Testament she is a daughter of Job.
Ljubica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Љубица(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: LYOO-bee-tsa(Serbian, Croatian)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love" combined with a diminutive suffix. It can also come from the Serbian and Croatian word ljubica meaning "violet (flower)".
Lūcija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Latvian form of Lucia.
Mae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Variant of May. A famous bearer was the American actress Mae West (1893-1980), whose birth name was Mary.
Mæja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: MIE-yah
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Icelandic diminutive of María.
Maela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Maël.
Maraĵa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: ma-RA-zha
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Means "made of the sea" in Esperanto, a derivative of maro "sea", ultimately from Latin mare.
Marisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Pronounced: ma-REE-za(Italian) ma-REE-sa(Spanish) mə-RIS-ə(English)
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of Maria and Luisa.
Maya 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַיָּה(Hebrew)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Derived from Hebrew מַיִם (mayim) meaning "water".
Maylis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MAY-LEES, MA-EE-LEES
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From the name of a town in southern France, said to derive from Occitan mair "mother" and French lys "lily". It is also sometimes considered a combination of Marie and lys.
Meryem
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Uyghur
Other Scripts: مەريەم(Uyghur Arabic)
Pronounced: mehr-YEHM(Turkish)
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Turkish and Uyghur form of Miriam (see Mary).
Milena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Italian
Other Scripts: Милена(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: MI-leh-na(Czech) MEE-leh-na(Slovak) mee-LEH-na(Polish, Italian) myi-LYEH-nə(Russian)
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Milan. It began to be used in Italy in honour of Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), mother of Helen of Montenegro, the wife of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III. In Italy it can also be considered a combination of Maria and Elena.
Naia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: NIE-a
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Means "wave, sea foam" in Basque.
Nitika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: नीतिका(Hindi)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
From Sanskrit नीति (nīti) meaning "guidance, moral conduct".
Octavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ahk-TAY-vee-ə(English) ok-TA-bya(Spanish) ok-TA-wee-a(Latin)
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Octavius. Octavia was the wife of Mark Antony and the sister of the Roman emperor Augustus. In 19th-century England it was sometimes given to the eighth-born child.
Oriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: o-RYA-na
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Possibly derived from Latin aurum "gold" or from its derivatives, Spanish oro or French or. In medieval legend Oriana was the daughter of a king of England who married the knight Amadis.
Raisa 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: רייזאַ(Yiddish)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From Yiddish רויז (roiz) meaning "rose".
Rei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 鈴, 麗, 玲, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REH
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (rei) meaning "bell", (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Rohesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Latinized)
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of the medieval name Rohese (see Rose).
Romana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Late Roman
Pronounced: ro-MA-na(Italian) RO-ma-na(Czech) RAW-ma-na(Slovak)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Romanus (see Roman).
Rosalía
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Galician
Pronounced: ro-sa-LEE-a(Spanish)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Spanish and Galician form of Rosalia.
Rosalva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-SAL-ba
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Variant of Rosalba.
Rosie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RO-zee
Rating: 78% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Rose.
Roswitha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: raws-VEE-ta
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Derived from the Old German elements hruod "fame" and swind "strong". This was the name of a 10th-century nun from Saxony who wrote several notable poems and dramas.
Rozālija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Latvian form of Rosalia.
Rozalija
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Розалија(Macedonian)
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Form of Rosalia in several languages.
Ruzha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Ружа(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Means "hollyhock" in Bulgarian (referring to flowering plants from the genera Alcea and Althaea). This is also an alternate transcription of Macedonian Ружа (see Ruža).
Satomi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 里美, 聡美, 智美, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さとみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-TO-MEE
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (sato) meaning "village" or (sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, bright" combined with (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Vladimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian
Other Scripts: Владимир(Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: vlu-DYEE-myir(Russian) VLA-dee-meer(Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian)
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
From the Old Slavic name *Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements volděti meaning "to rule" and měrŭ meaning "great, famous". The second element has also been associated with mirŭ meaning "peace, world".

This was the name of a 9th-century ruler of Bulgaria. It was also borne by an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv, Vladimir the Great, who is venerated as a saint because of his efforts to Christianize his realm. Other notable bearers include the revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet state Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924), the Russian author Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), and the Russian president and prime minister Vladimir Putin (1952-).

Zala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Rozalija.
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