jzh045's Personal Name List

Alaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AL-ə-rik(English)
From the Gothic name *Alareiks meaning "ruler of all", derived from the element alls "all" combined with reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
Apolonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: a-po-LO-nya(Spanish) a-paw-LAW-nya(Polish)
Spanish and Polish form of Apollonia.
Araminta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Meaning unknown. This name was (first?) used by William Congreve in his comedy The Old Bachelor (1693) and later by John Vanbrugh in his comedy The Confederacy (1705). This was the original given name of abolitionist Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), who was born Araminta Ross.
Aurelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-a(Latin) ow-REH-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Feminine form of Aurelius.
Benjamine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: BEHN-ZHA-MEEN
French feminine form of Benjamin.
Fidelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: fee-DHEH-lya
Feminine form of Fidel. It appears in the epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590) belonging to the sister of Speranza.
Filomena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Lithuanian
Pronounced: fee-lo-MEH-na(Italian, Spanish)
Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Lithuanian form of Philomena.
Gisela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: GEE-zə-la(German) khee-SEH-la(Spanish)
German, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese form of Giselle.
Ilaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ee-LA-rya
Italian feminine form of Hilarius.
Isolina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Catalan, Galician
Diminutive of Italian Isola and Catalan and Galician Isolda.
Leonore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: leh-o-NO-rə
German short form of Eleanor.
Magdalen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAG-də-lən
Variant of Magdalene.
Mélisande
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
French form of Millicent used by Maurice Maeterlinck in his play Pelléas et Mélisande (1893). The play was later adapted by Claude Debussy into an opera (1902).
Peregrine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEHR-ə-grin
From the Late Latin name Peregrinus, which meant "traveller". This was the name of several early saints.
Philomena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φιλουμένη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: fil-ə-MEE-nə(English)
From Greek Φιλουμένη (Philoumene) meaning "to be loved", an inflection of φιλέω (phileo) meaning "to love". This was the name of an obscure early saint and martyr. The name came to public attention in 1802 after a tomb seemingly marked with the name Filumena was found in Rome, supposedly belonging to another martyr named Philomena. This may have in fact been a representation of the Greek word φιλουμένη, not a name.
Sélène
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern)
Pronounced: SEH-LEHN
French form of Selene.
Solena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Strictly feminine variant of Solen.
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