crawreb's Personal Name List

Derived from Arabic Ākhir an-nahr, meaning "end of the river". This is the traditional name of the star Theta Eridani in the constellation Eridanus.

Derived from Arabic عذارى (ʿadhārā) meaning "maidens". This is the name of the second brightest star (after Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.

Short form of Adriana.

Means "whirlwind" in Greek. In Greek myth this was the name of an Amazon warrior killed by Herakles during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle.

Probably derived from Greek aēr "air", though it may also be an elaboration of Aaron.

Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz form of Avtandil. A known bearer of this name is the retired Azerbaijani soccer player Aftandil Hacıyev (b. 1981).

From Turkish ay meaning "moon, month" combined with demir "iron".

Derived from the Greek noun αἴγλη (aigle) meaning "light (of the sun or moon)" as well as "radiance" and "glory" (see Aegle) combined with the Greek noun ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man".

Combination of Ai 2 and Lan 1.

Derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" combined with Arabic نَار (nār) meaning "fire, flame, light" or Persian نار (nâr) meaning "pomegranate" (or also, "fire").

Derived from Navarro-Lapurdian Basque ainhara "swallow (the bird)" (compare Ainara).

Feminine form of Aioro.

Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.

The first element of this name is derived from Gothic alls "all" or from Gothic alhs (alah in Old High German) "temple." The second element is derived from Old High German mâri "famous."

Contracted form of Alexander.

Feminine form of Alan.

Alara appears in Turkic Mythology as a beautiful water fairy. She lives in the lakes and rivers of the Caspian basin and grants the wishes of those she deems worthy. She is said to be capable of repairing broken hearts and making them capable of love again.

Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaios) meaning "strong", derived from ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess". This was the name of a 7th-century BC lyric poet from the island of Lesbos.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of a 14th-century Polish queen, the daughter of a Grand Duke of Lithuania.

Possibly a variant of Ilaria or Valeria.

It could also be given because of the town of Aléria in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. While many baby name sites and books list this name as being Latin for 'eagle', that is Aquila. The source of this mistaken etymology may be due to the Avalerion, sometimes called an Alerion, a mythological bird compared to an eagle, and seen in medieval heraldry (coats of arms). Aleria, however, is the Latin and Corsican form of the original Ancient Greek name for the town, Alaliē (Ἀλαλίη). This could possibly have been derived from the Ancient Greek lalia (λαλιά) 'talking, talk, chat; form of speech, dialect', from laleō (λαλέω) meaning 'talk, chatter, chirp, make sound'.

Etymology unknown. This was the name of a 10th-century princess regnant of Capua.

Means "red dawn" in Turkish.

Derived from Mongolian алтан (altan) meaning "golden".

Means "golden sun" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and нар (nar) meaning "sun".

From the name of the River Alwen in northern Wales (a tributary of the River Dee).

From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek αμαραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading".

Variant of Ammiel. Occurs in the Book of Numbers 13:12: Amiel, who represented the tribe of Dan, was one of the twelve spies sent out by Moses to survey the land of Canaan.

Feminine form of Amir 2.

Apparently a modern coinage based on Latin amor meaning "love".

Biblical Hebrew name of uncertain meaning, possibly "God answers" (making it an equivalent of Anaiah, using el "God" as the second element as opposed to yah "Yahweh"); alternatively the first element may be related to chanah "favour, grace" (making it a relative of Hananiah and perhaps a form of Hanniel or Channiel). This name is mentioned only briefly in the Apocrypha (Tobit 1:21) belonging to a brother of Tobit. In Jewish tradition Anael is an angel (also known as Aniel or Hanael), often named as one of the seven archangels and associated with the planet Venus.

Means "angel" in Maori.

From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.

Means "son of the sun" in Quenya. This was the name of the younger son of Elendil in Tolkien's works. He was a king of Gondor and slain in combat with Sauron.

Old Welsh name, possibly from the Latin name Honorius [1]. This was the name of a 6th-century Brythonic poet, also known as Neirin or Aneurin [2], who is said to be the author of the poem Y Gododdin.

Aravis is a main character in C.S. Lewis' The Horse and his Boy. She is a Tarkheena, a female member of the ruling class of the fictional empire of Calormen, located far to the south of Narnia.

The name possibly originates from this cartographic reference:
The Aravis (French: Chaîne des Aravis) is a mountain range in Haute-Savoie, eastern France. It is part of the French Prealps, a lower chain of mountain ranges west of the main chain of the Alps. Its highest summit is the Pointe Percée, at 2752m. The orientation of the Aravis is north-south, and it stretches from Cluses in the north, to Ugine in the south. The Bornes massif, sometimes considered part of the Aravis, lies to its west. The Aravis is separated from the Chablais mountains in the north-east by the Arve river valley, and from the Pennine Alps in the south-east by the Arly river valley.

Apparently means "light of God" or "moon of God" in Hebrew. This is the name of a fallen angel who was cast out of heaven by God for having relations with earthly women.

From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".

Derived from Welsh arian "silver" and gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh saint, one of the supposed daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.

Derived from Hebrew אֲרִי (ʾari) meaning "lion", an animal particularly associated with the tribe of Judah (see Genesis 49:9). This is the name of an officer of King Pekahiah in the Old Testament.

Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of Arwel.

Old Welsh name of unknown meaning.

Latinized form of the Greek Ἀστραία (Astraia), derived from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". Astraea was a Greek goddess of justice and innocence. After wickedness took root in the world she left the earth and became the constellation Virgo.

Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" and φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend". This name was first used by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney in his collection of sonnets Astrophel and Stella.

Short form of Athanasios (see Athanasius).

From a diminutive form of Auberi, an Old French form of Alberich. It is the name of the fairy king in the 13th-century epic Huon de Bordeaux.

Variant of Audrey, used since the 19th century. It jumped in popularity in the United States after the debut of the television series The Big Valley (1965-1969), which featured the character Audra Barkley.

Medieval Breton form of Aodren which was revived in the 1970s. While this name was strictly masculine in medieval times, in modern times it is used on men and women alike.
In Breton legend, this name was borne by Saint Audren, a son of the legendary Breton king Salomon I.

Romanian and German form of Aurelius.

According to the 1st-century Roman historian Tacitus in his book "Germania", Aurinia was the name of an ancient Germanic prophetess, who was venerated by her people (i.e. the ancient Germans). Aurinia is most likely a latinized form of the prophetess' actual name; some sources have said that her actual name may have been Albruna, Alioruna, Aliruna or Alrynia.

Means "beam; morning; morning star", or possibly derived from aur ("water") and vandill ("sword"). In Norse mythology one of Aurvandill's toes broke off. Thor threw it into the sky, where it became a star.

Means "dawn" in Lithuanian.

From Old Norse austr meaning "east". In Norse mythology this is the name of a dwarf who upholds the sky, made of the jötunn Ymir's skull, in the east. (Also see Vestri, Norðri and Suðri.)

Western Armenian transcription of Avetis.

Name of an angel in judaism, meaning unknown.

From an English surname that was a variant of Elmer.

The first element of this name is derived from Proto-Slavic bělъ "white, pale". Also see Běla, which is of the same etymology. The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace".

Derived from Latin bellare meaning "to fight". This was the name of the Roman goddess of war, a companion of Mars.

Means "white top" from the Welsh elements barr "top, head" and gwyn "white, blessed". This is the name of a mountain range in Wales.

Short form of Gabrielle. This is also the name of towns in the Netherlands and New Jersey, though their names derive from a different source.

From Old Welsh Catmail meaning "battle prince", from cat "battle" and mael "prince". This was apparently the birth name of Saint Cadoc. It was used by the British author Ellis Peters for the main character in her books The Cadfael Chronicles, first released in 1977.

Probably a form of Cadeyrn, perhaps derived from its Cornish cognate. In Arthurian romance this was the name of Guinevere's guardian. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cador was a ruler of Cornwall and the father of Constantine, King Arthur's successor.
K.M. Sheard writes, 'It is not even beyond the realms of possibility that it derives ultimately from the name of the Celtic god Belactucadros.'

Meaning ‘Fair Speech,’ or ‘Fine Speech’.

Late Latin name meaning "of the sky, heavenly", a derivative of Latin caelum "heaven, sky".

From a poetic Latin epithet of the Greek god Atlas which meant "supporting the heavens", from caelum "heaven" and ferre "to bear, to carry, to bring". In Greek mythology Atlas was a Titan punished by Zeus by being forced to support the heavens on his shoulders.

Means "sky" or "the heavens" in Latin (related to the word caelum). Caelus is the Roman god of the sky, the equivalent of the Greek god Uranus.

Means "Down", "Son of the Sun". It can also have a meaning of "the tomorrow that will always come" - for the ancient Quechua had a circular-time notion.

From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Ceallacháin, itself from the given name Cellachán.

From the genus name of common heather, a flowering shrub. It comes from the Greek verb καλλύνω (kalluno) meaning "to beautify, sweep clean", ultimately from καλός (kalos) "beautiful".

Dutch form of Camael.

From the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek χελιδών (chelidon) meaning "swallow (bird)".

Means "holly" in Welsh. It appears briefly in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen [1], belonging to a son of Caw, but was not typically used as a given name until the 20th century.

From Thai จันทร์ (chan) meaning "moon" and ธารา (thara) meaning "water, stream".

Means "Platanus" (a type of tree) in Uzbek.

French form of the Breton name Kaourintin, possibly from korventenn meaning "hurricane, storm". Alternatively, it could be connected to the Brythonic root *karid meaning "love" (modern Breton karout). This was the name of a 5th-century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.

French form of Quirinus.

From an English surname, derived from Old French cordoan "leather", ultimately from the name of the Spanish city of Cordova.

Latin name that was derived from crescere "to grow". This name is mentioned briefly in one of Paul's epistles in the New Testament.

French form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian).

Derived from Persian ضمیر (zamir) meaning "heart, mind, secret", though it may also be from Turkic *temür meaning "iron".

Dandara was an Afro-Brazilian warrior of the colonial period of Brazil and was part of the Quilombo dos Palmares, a settlement of Afro-Brazilian people who freed themselves from enslavement, in the present-day state of Alagoas. After being arrested on February 6, 1694, she committed suicide, refusing to return to a life of slavery. She is a mysterious figure today, because not much is known about her life. Most of the stories about her are varied and disconnected. She was the wife of Zumbi dos Palmares, the last king of the Quilombo dos Palmares.

Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic دارس (dāris) meaning "learned, educated", a derivative of درس (darasa) meaning "to study, to learn".

Davalon The Proud is one of Arthur’s knights in Heinrich von dem Türlin’s "Diu Crône". The name is corrupted and split from Guigomar d’Avalon, found in Chrétien’s Erec.

Anglicized form of Irish Deaglán, Old Irish Declán, which is of unknown meaning. Saint Declan was a 5th-century missionary to the Déisi peoples of Ireland and the founder of the monastery at Ardmore.

In America, this name received boosts in popularity from main characters in the movies The Jackal (1997) and Leap Year (2010).

Means "adorning the heart", from Persian دل (del) meaning "heart" and آرا (ārā) meaning "decorate, adorn".

Patronymic from classical Armenian tēr meaning ‘lord’.

From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").

Contraction of Russian дочь народа (doč naroda) meaning "daughter of the people". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Romanian, possibly a form of Dorian or a diminutive of Teodor.

Possibly from Albanian driadë "dryad".

Meaning "dark waterfall" from the Gaelic word dubh meaning dark or black and eas meaning waterfall.

Old English cognate of the Germanic name Auriwandalo, from Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz, composed of *auzi "dawn" and *wandilaz "wandering, fluctuating, variable". Ēarendel occurs in the Old English poem Christ I as a personification of the morning star; the following couplet (from lines 104-5, translated from the Old English) influenced J. R. R. Tolkien's portrayal of Middle-earth and his character Earendil: "Hail Earendel brightest of angels, / over Middle Earth sent to men."

Contracted form of Edela.

Composed of efi with an unknown meaning and miru meaning "peace, world".

Derived from Welsh eilir "butterfly; regneration; spring".

Alternate transcription of Burmese အိန္ဒြာ (see Eaindra).

Means "bright, beautiful" in Welsh [1].

Derived from eist "oast", a kiln used for drying hops. This is the name of a Jǫtunn in Norse mythology.

Means "star sun" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this is Sam's eldest daughter, named after a type of flower.

The name is formed from the two Germanic name elements AGIL "edge (of a sword)" (via Eil-) and BERIN "she-bear".

Means "queen of the stars" in Sindarin, composed of êl "star" and bereth "queen, spouse". In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, this was an epithet of Varda, the deity to whom the Elvish hymn 'A Elbereth Gilthoniel' was directed.

Short form of names containing the element eld, from Old Norse eldr, "fire".

Combination of Old Norse eldr "fire" and herr "army, warrior".

Meaning unknown. In Norse mythology Eldir is one of Ægir's servants. After Loki is driven out of Ægir's hall for killing Fimafengr, he tries to regain entry, but Eldir refuses to let him in.

An Arthurian knight.

The name Elemmírë was a Quenya word that meant "star jewel", which comes from the words elen, meaning "star" and mírë, meaning "jewel". The form of the word does not specify gender.

Elemmírë was best known for composing the Aldudénië, which lamented the poisoning of the Two Trees and the Darkening of Valinor, all of which Elemmírë was likely to have witnessed.

Derived from Cornish elester meaning "iris flower". This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Variant form of Elianthe. In some cases it might also be a blend of Elisabeth and Anthonia.

Feminine form of Elior.

Variant of Elisiv, the Old Swedish form of the Russian name Yelizaveta.

Anglicized form of Ealar.

Scandinavian short form of Helena.

From Turkic el meaning "people, country, nation" and Persian انار (anâr) meaning "pomegranate".

Possibly from a Breton word meaning "light". This name was borne by an obscure 6th-century saint who is now venerated mainly in Brittany and Cornwall.

Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.

Means "star dome" in the fictional language Sindarin. In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Elrond was the elven ruler of Rivendell.

Means "glitter of stars" or "foam of stars" from Sindarin êl "star" and ros, which can mean "polished metal, glitter" or "foam, rain, dew, spray (of fall or fountain)". It belonged to the brother of Elrond and first king of Númenor in J. R. R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954).

Derived from Welsh eilun meaning "image, likeness, idol". This was the name of a legendary 5th-century Welsh saint, also known as Eiliwedd, one of the supposed daughters of Brychan Brycheiniog.

Male form of Elvira.

Means "star person" in Quenya. Elwë Singollo (also known as Elu Thingol) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth 'Legendarium'.

From the name of an ancient region of southwestern Wales, its name meaning "around the valley" from Welsh am "around" and glyn "valley". It has also been suggested that this name is a Welsh form of Latin Aemilianus (see Emiliano), though this appears to be unfounded.

Welsh form of Ambrose. Emrys Wledig (or Ambrosius Aurelianus) was a Romano-British military leader who fought against the invading Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century. Tales of his life were used by the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth to help shape the early character of Merlin, whom he called Merlinus Ambrosius in Latin.

Anglicized form of Endelienta, the Latin form of a Welsh or Cornish name. It was borne by a 5th or 6th-century Cornish saint whose birth name is lost. According to some traditions she was a daughter of Brychan Brycheiniog (identifying her with Cynheiddon).

Derived from Greek ἐνδύω (endyo) meaning "to dive into, to enter". In Greek mythology he was an Aeolian mortal loved by the moon goddess Selene, who asked Zeus to grant him eternal life. Zeus complied by putting him into an eternal sleep in a cave on Mount Latmos.

From Sumerian 𒂗 (en) meaning "lord" and possibly 𒆤 (lil) meaning "wind". Enlil was the Sumerian god of the wind and storms, the son of An and Ki. He was later worshipped by the Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and other Mesopotamian peoples [1].

Feminine form of Enver.

The name of a nymph of the town of Ephyraia (Corinth) on the Isthmos. The name is either taken from that place or means "fiery", from the element φυρα (phyra).

Means "noble hero" in Kazakh, from ер (er) meaning "man, hero" and асыл (asyl) meaning "precious, noble".

From Welsh eryl meaning "watcher" or "lookout" (originally "hunt"), derived from ar, an intensifying prefix, and hyl "a hunt". In regular use since the 1920s, though infrequently. Trefor R. Davies reports in his 'Book of Welsh Names' (1952) that Eryl was first used by John and Dilys Glynne Jones for their daughter, born in 1893. They lived in a house called Eryl-y-môr ("lookout over the sea"). It was subsequently used for boys as well as girls.

This name seems to be comprised of Irish/Norse.
Esca is Irish, from old Irish Escae, from Proto-Celtic Eskyom, from Proto-Indo-European H,eysk which means "to shine, glitter" and is associated to the moon primarily.
Nor is an element used with verients and deminutives of old Norse and old High Germanic, meaning "North".
Both together making up the name Es-ca-nor meaning "North Shine".

The first recorded use is thought to be Arthurian Legend. His name in full is Escanor the Large, or de la Montagne which translates from Italian meaning "of the mountain". He hailed from a mountainous region making an appearance in legend where he was the antagonist and killed by King Arthur's newphew, Gawaine.
His father was a giant and his mother was a witch.
Escanor's nephew bore the same name with a different title, Escanor the Handsom and in his own legend became King of the White Mountains.
People often confuse both characters because of their similar names, although their places in legend differ.

"killed by Gawaine" is another claim to the name's meaning. However with little to no evidence supporting this, and having his name exist before his death, as well as his newphew having the same name, this meaning makes little sense.
Fewer claims have been made that the name Escanor is of Italian origin with reference to Sun and/or Sunlight, but is difficult to prove, as Sunlight in Italian translates to "Luce de Sole" and in Latin translates to "Solis".
Furthermore you can see the name in part used in names such as; Escadour, Esclarimonde and Escavalon.

With all this information we can assume both Escanors hailed from the mountains North of Italy, bordering Switzerland, Austria, but most likely France as to link with the origin of Arthurian legend. Which helps summerise what languages this names cultural and lingual ties.

With the Sun/Star giving off sun rays, and the Moon reflecting them, this would tie in with how in legend his ability grows stronger from the sunlight, an ability which he has in common with Gawaine. Escanor de la Montagne would ultimately translate to North Shine of the Mountains.

Possible variants to the meaning of Escanor could include; North Glitter, North Moon, North Sun and North Star.

Greek form of Ezra. This spelling is used in parts of the Old Testament Apocrypha.

Variant of Asbjørn.

Estel is the Sindarin word for 'hope'. This name was given to the character Aragorn in Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' when he lived with the Elves in Rivendell and Imladris.

Derived from the name of a massif in southeastern France. Its etymology is uncertain, but theories include a derivation from old Provençal estelell, meaning "sun"; from the Latin word sterilis, meaning "sterile", because of the poor quality of the soil; and a derivation from pre-Latin ester, meaning "steep rock, gorge".

An emperor of Rome who, according to Perlesvaus, mounted a sacred stone in the pommel of the Grail Sword.

Lithuanian form of Evan, in use since the 2000s.

Latinized form of Euanthe.

From Éimhín with the typical Irish diminutive suffix ending with the letter 'n'. From the root word eimh meaning "swift" or "lively".

Borne by British actress Evin Crowley of 'Upstairs, Downstairs' fame.

Not to be confused with Evan which is a form of John that is pronounced differently, as EHV-ən.

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Feminine variant of Ferran.

Used by Disney and Austrian author Felix Salten for a female roe deer in his novel 'Bambi' (1923).

From Old Irish Fiachrae, possibly from fiach "raven" or fích "battle" combined with rí "king". This was the name of several legendary figures, including one of the four children of Lir transformed into swans for a period of 900 years. This is also the name of the patron saint of gardeners: a 7th-century Irish abbot who settled in France, usually called Saint Fiacre.

Means "maiden crowned with a radiant garland" in the fictional language Sindarin. Galadriel was a Noldorin elf princess renowned for her beauty and wisdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels. The elements are galad "radiant" and riel "garlanded maiden". Alatáriel is the Quenya form of her name.

Possibly derived from Welsh garan meaning "heron, crane" and gwyn meaning "white".

Possibly derived from Greek γέρων (geron) meaning "old man, elder". This was the name of a saint martyred in Cologne in the 4th century.

Feminine form of Ghislain.

Possibly means "white ring", derived from Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed" and dolen meaning "ring, loop". This name appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th-century chronicles, written in the Latin form Guendoloena, where it belongs to an ancient queen of the Britons who defeats her ex-husband in battle [1]. Geoffrey later used it in Vita Merlini for the wife of the prophet Merlin [2]. An alternate theory claims that the name arose from a misreading of the masculine name Guendoleu by Geoffrey [3].

This name was not regularly given to people until the 19th century [4][3]. It was used by George Eliot for a character in her novel Daniel Deronda (1876).

Breton form of Guinevere.

Probably means "born of trees" from Old Welsh guid "trees" and the suffix gen "born of". In the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi [1], Gwydion is the nephew of King Math of Gwynedd, and like him a powerful magician. In an elaborate plot to give his brother a chance to rape his uncle's footbearer, he arranged a war between Gwynedd and the neighbouring kingdom of Dyfed. Gwydion himself killed King Pryderi of Dyfed at the end of the war. In punishment for the rape, Math transformed Gwydion and his brother into different animals over the course of three years. Gwydion was the uncle of Lleu Llaw Gyffes, whom he fostered. Math and Gwydion fashioned Lleu a wife, Blodeuwedd, out of flowers and they later aided him after her betrayal. Gwydion also appears in older Welsh poetry such as the Book of Taliesin.

Feminine form of Hallr. Halla is also a Finnish word for an occasion when in growing season temperature lowers so much that ground gets covered with frost.

From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning either "at the rocks" or "at the nook" in Old English.

Derived from Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa) meaning "happiness".

Derived from Welsh elements haul meaning "sun" and gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed."

From the English word for a safe place, derived ultimately from Old English hæfen.

Means "winebearer, dispenser" in Welsh. According to the Second Branch of the Mabinogi [1] he was one of only seven warriors to return from Brân's invasion of Ireland.

Means "sunny hill", from Welsh haul "sun" and bryn "hill".

Variant of Irune.

Means "fig tree" in Aramaic.

Means "sparkle brilliance" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Idril was the daughter of Turgon, the king of Gondolin. She escaped the destruction of that place with her husband Tuor and sailed with him into the west.

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Finnish form of Hilarius.

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Hilarion.

A regional Medieval Latin name, from a Suevic or Gothic name, reconstructed in Proto-Germanic as *Hildiwarō, composed of the elements hild "battle" and warin "to guard, protect".

Possibly a Romanian variant of Elena. In Romanian folklore this is the name of a princess kidnapped by monsters and rescued by a heroic knight.

Feminine form of Iliya.

Feminine form of Ilirian.

A prince of Wales who joined Arthur’s battle against the Saxons at Vambieres. He is found exclusively in the Livre d’Artus.

His cousin, Guinganbresi, was an enemy of Gawain. When Illesgaleron did not show sufficient hatred for Gawain, Guinganbresil turned on him. His other cousins were Li Giromelans (Guiromelant), Greoreas le Rous and Brandeliz.

There is a twelfth-century non-Arthurian French romance called Illes et Galeron.

Derived from Finnish ilma meaning "air". Ilmarinen is an immortal smith in Finnish mythology, the creator of the sky and the magic mill known as the Sampo. He is one of the main characters in the Finnish epic the Kalevala.

Derived from Finnish ilma "air" combined with a feminine suffix. In Finnish mythology Ilmatar was a semi-androgynous goddess of the heavens. She was the mother of Ilmarinen, Väinämöinen and Lemminkäinen.

Old Hungarian form of Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word ilona, a derivative of ilo "joy".

Ancient Basque name that was first found on inscriptions in Aquitaine dating back to the 1st to 3rd centuries.
Its origin and meaning are uncertain; there is, however, a theory that it might be derived from the Basque adjective ilun (illun in Old Basque, ilunn in Aquitain), meaning "darkness; dark; sombre; gloomy; mysterious; obscure".

Russian and Belarusian form of Elijah.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. It has been suggested to be a blend of Imanta and Andra 1.

Hungarian form of Emmerich. This was the name of an 11th-century Hungarian saint, the son of Saint Istvan. He is also known as Emeric.

Means "trinity" in Basque, derived from hiru meaning "three". It was proposed by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name Trinidad.

The first Belgian woman to graduate from medical school was Isala van Diest, educated in Switzerland and admitted to practice only after a royal decree made it so.

Alternate transcription of Thai อิสระ (see Itsara).

Norwegian adoption of an originally German short form of Old High German names containing the element isarn meaning "iron" (e.g., Isengard, Iselinde, Isburg), as well as an adoption of an obsolete German diminutive of Isa 2 and a Norwegian adoption and adaption of the Irish name Aisling (compare Isleen).

Quasi-Marian name connected to the devotion of Notre Dame de Liesse in Picardy. According to the legend, Ismeria ("the Black Madonna") was a Moorish girl who converted to Christianity and released the crusaders captivated by her father because of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
The name Ismeria is now most frequently found in association with the legend of Saint Ismeria, an obscure figure who dates back to 12th century European folklore. According to Jacobus de Voragine's The Golden Legend (c.1260), Ismeria was the sister of Saint Anne, the mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus. Ismeria herself was the mother of Elizabeth, and therefore grandmother of Saint John the Baptist.
The origins and meaning of the name itself are debated. Theories include a feminine variant of the Germanic name Ismar, a Picard corruption of some unidentified Arabic name, a corruption of Ismenia and a corruption of Arabic Isma and Asma.

Latinate form of Iseult.

Means "nocturnal journey" in Arabic, derived from سرى (sarā) meaning "to travel by night". According to Islamic tradition, the Isra was a miraculous journey undertaken by the Prophet Muhammad.

Possibly means "God is with me" in Hebrew. This is the name of a minor character in the Old Testament.

Older form of Ibolya and Viola.

Means "archway" in Latin. Janus was the Roman god of gateways and beginnings, often depicted as having two faces looking in opposite directions. The month of January is named for him.

Feminine form of Jenaro.

Variant of Jawahir.

Derived from the Lithuanian noun jovaras, which refers to several types of tree, namely: the black poplar, the common hornbeam and the sycamore.

Short form of Juraj.

From the name of the mythological ancestor of the Finns, which is of unknown meaning. The name of the Finnish epic the Kalevala means "the land of Kaleva".

Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.

From Sanskrit कल्याण (kalyāṇa) meaning "beautiful, lovely, auspicious".

Means "love" in Cornish.

From the name of the bird of prey, ultimately derived from Old French crecelle "rattle", which refers to the sound of its cry.

Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

From the stem of adjective 煌らか (kiraraka) meaning "glittering, sparkling, twinkling." The word for "mica" or "isinglass" (雲母) is a derivation.
A single kanji which relates to the adjective can be used, like 光 meaning "light; ray, beam, glow," 輝 meaning "brightness, brilliance" or 慧 meaning "wisdom, enlightenment."
It can also be written with multiple, mainly using a ki kanji, like 希/稀 meaning "rare," 綺 meaning "thin silk" or 姫/妃 meaning "princess," and combining it with a kanji that, again, relates to the adjective, like 星, normally hoshi meaning "star," 月, normally tsuki meaning "moon," or 空, normally sora meaning "sky." The second element can be split into two, using a ra kanji, like 来 meaning "arrival," 良 meaning "good," 羅 meaning "thin silk, gauze," 蘭 meaning "orchid" or 楽 meaning "comfort, ease." The first ra kanji can be repeated with duplication or by way of the repeating mark 々 or a second different ra kanji can be chosen.

One fictional bearer of this name is Kirara (雲母), one of the protagonists from manga and anime 'Inuyasha'.

Danish form of Kirsi and coincidentally also a Middle High German word for "cherry".

Means "of God" in Hebrew. This is the name of the father of Eliasaph in the Old Testament. It is misspelled as Δαήλ (Dael) in the Greek translation, the Septuagint.

From the name of a beach on the Basque coast.

Meaning unknown. Lamaria is a goddess in Georgian mythology and a part of the Svan pantheon. She is named "eye of the earth" and is the goddess of the hearth, cattle and a protector of women (especially with matters of childbirth).

Means "green leaves" in the fictional language Sindarin, from laeg "green" combined with go-lass "collection of leaves". In The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Legolas is the son of the elf lord Thranduil and a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Derived as a contracted form of Ленинская армия (Leninskaya armya), meaning "Lenin's army". This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Old Hungarian name, possibly of Slavic origin, or possibly from Hungarian lesz "will be". This name was used by the Árpád royal family since at least the 10th century.

Flemish form of Leobwin.

Means "amusing, charming, graceful" in Sanskrit. The 12th-century mathematician Bhaskara gave this name to one of his books on mathematics, possibly after his daughter. This was also the name of a 13th-century queen of Sri Lanka.

Spanish and Italian form of Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).

Hungarian diminutive of Lívia or Lídia.

Derived from Gascon lilòia "daisy".

Means "castle" in Finnish. A famous namesake is Väinö Linna (1920-1992), Finnish author of The Unknown Soldier.

Strictly feminine form of Lior.

Feminine form of Lirian.

Means "my song, my joy" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and רֹן (ron) "joy, song".

It is used in the science fiction novel Invitation to the Game as the name of the main character. It is also the name of a fine gauze fabric.

Maybe derived from Arabic لِوَاء (liwāʾ) "banner, flag; brigade".

Variant of Llywelyn influenced by the Welsh word llew "lion".

Unaccented variant of Llŷr.

Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a variant of Lorenc.

Used by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel Mattea (1833) and later by the Italian author Luciano Zuccoli in his novel L'amore de Loredana (1908). It was possibly based on the Venetian surname Loredan, which was derived from the place name Loreo.

Variant of Lauriana.

From the Sindarin name Lothlórien, an Elven city in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Named for a land called Lórien in Aman, from which Galadriel had been exiled, Lothlórien means Lórien of the Blossom. Often shortened to Lórien, which means "Land of Gold," although it often carries with it the meaning "dream." (Treebeard referred to it as "The Dreamflower.")

In Tolkien's Silmarillion, Lórien, also known as Irmo, is one of the two Valar brothers known as Feanturi (the root of which is 'fëa'). Irmo resides and keeps the garden of Lórien, in Valinor, which was known as the fairest of all places in the world and filled with many spirits of beauty and power. His wife is Estë the gentle.

Alternate transcription of Armenian Լուսինե (see Lusine).

Middle French form of Lucretia, still occasionally found in French-speaking Africa.

Form of Eluned used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes in his poem Yvain, the Knight of the Lion. In the poem she is a servant of the Lady of the Fountain who aids the knight Yvain.

Feminine form of Lupus (Late Roman) and Lup (Medieval Romanian).

In Esperanto, the name means "lupine, wolfish" and is therefore etymologically related to the aforementioned two names.

Feminine form of Lysandros (see Lysander).

Latinized form of Mabile, recorded in 15th-century French-speaking Switzerland.

Later Welsh form of Maponos [1][2][3]. In the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen he is a prisoner freed by Arthur's warriors in order to help hunt the great boar Trwyth. His mother is Modron.

Feminine form of Maël.

From the Hebrew name מָחֲלַת (Maḥalaṯ) meaning "lyre". In the Old Testament she is the daughter of Ishmael and the wife of Esau.

Combination of Mair and Welsh gwen meaning "white, blessed".

Derived from Gothic malvjan "to crush, to grind" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler." This name might also be a short form (with reduction of the 'a') of Amalaric, but it can also be a form of Madalric and Mahalric. Malaric was the name of a 6th-century Suebi king of Galicia.

Danish and Norwegian short form of Magdalena.

Of uncertain origin. Either a borrowing of the Slavic name Malina 2 or the Romanian name Mălina, a direct derivation from the Romani word mal'ina "raspberry" (and thus ultimately a cognate of the Slavic name), or else there might be a relation to the source of the Indian name Malini.

Russian diminutive of Maria.

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

Originally the Basque form of Mariano, it is now used for both genders. As a female name, it is probably seen as a variant of Miren, the Basque form of Maria.

Short form of María Isabel.

Variant of Mary or Marina.

Variant of Marit.

Originally a diminutive of Marija, now used as a given name in its own right.

MEANING - abundantly, in streams

From the name of the Welsh county of Meirionnydd, formerly a part of the kingdom of Gwynedd. It is probably derived from the Roman name Marianus.

This was the name of the supreme goddess in Vainakh mythology.

Means "practice, exercise" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of meditation.

Probably a variant of Meliora. This name was (first?) used in the Arthurian romance The Adventures of Melora and Orlando (1696).

Possibly means "prince of death" or "princely youth". This is an older form of Maelwys.

Turkish form of Maral.

Meaning unknown, perhaps based on Cornish mor "sea".

Variant of Mærwynn used by Anya Seton in her historical novel Avalon (1965). In the story Merewyn is a niece of Merwinna, abbess of Romsey Abbey.

Georgian, Armenian and Greek form of the English name Mary.

From Jarrel used as a surname to congratulate someone for an effort. But also feminine due to Merry is a feminine name.

Although the exact origin and meaning of this name are unknown, many modern-day academics believe this name to be the (possibly Anglicized) Cornish form of Morien.

Its variant Merryn was the name of a Cornish saint.

In the English-speaking world, all forms have been occasionally used from the 19th century onwards.

Feminine form of Miervaldis.

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.

From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear".

An elaboration of Mina.

Means "sun-like" in Pashto.

Feminine form of Miran.

Catalan form of Mirèio (see Mireille).

Variant of Mirelli.

Romanian, Russian and Polish form of Myron.

Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace" or Romanian mira meaning "to wonder, to astound".

Transferred use of the surname Morla.
Morla, also known as 'The Ancient One', is a giant turtle in German author Michael Ende's 'The Neverending Story' (1979). She assists the protagonist Atreyu in his quest.

Means "queen" in Akan.

From an old Breton name of uncertain meaning. According to Albert Deshayes, the first element is equivalent to Modern Breton meur "great" and the second element, an aspirated form of man, is cognate with Latin manus "hand, strength, power over"; alternatively, the first element may be Breton mor "sea", while the second element may mean "wise, sage" from the Indo-European root *men "to think" (or "mind, understanding, reason"). This was the name of a Breton chieftain who led a revolt against the Franks after Charlemagne's death in 814; he was killed in battle in 818.
From the early 1600s onwards, when every given name "had to" be linked with a Catholic saint, until fairly recently Morvan was used as a quasi-equivalent of Maurice.

In recent times this name was borne by Breton patriot Morvan Marchal (1900-1963), who designed the national flag of Brittany in 1923, as well as journalists Morvan Lebesque (1911-1970) and Morvan Duhamel (1928-).

Derived from the Surselvan Romansh word nair (ner in other Romansh variants) "black; dark".

Alternate transcription of Burmese နန္ဒ or နန္ဒာ (see Nanda).

Means "sun, sunny" in Mongolian.

Greenlandic name meaning "one who alternates between different parties", derived from the Proto-Eskimo root *naverar "to trade, exchange" and the name suffix na. In legend Navarana was an Inuit woman who brought about disunity by alternating between her tribe of native Greenlanders and the Norse colonists. The name was assumed by the first wife of Danish polar explorer and author Peter Freuchen (1886-1957), a Greenlandic Inuit woman formerly known as Mekupaluk (died 1921). This was later used by Knud Rasmussen for the heroine of 'The Wedding of Palo' (1934), filmed in East Greenland in 1933.

Name of a Gaulish goddess of commerce worshipped in what is now the Netherlands, whose worship was prevalent when the Romans arrived to the area. She is believed to be a goddess of the sea, divination, and the Otherworld. The etymology is unknown, even though linguists agree that its origin is not Latin. Theories include a derivation from Indo-European *nāu- "boat" (in which case it may have meant "seafarer" or "steerswoman"), a derivation from Proto-Germanic *nehwa "close", a derivation from the Proto-Indo-European root *neiH- "to lead", a combination of Celtic *halen– "sea" and *ne- "on, at" and a combination of Indogermanic nebh "moisture, wetness" and either hel "to cover, to hide" or Gothic linnan "to disappear; to leave".

Short form of various names. It probably developed from the Scandinavian diminutives Nanna 1 and Nina 1. (The former has been used as a diminutive of such names as Anna, Johanna, Amanda and Marianne, but coincides with an Old Norse name which may be derived from nėnna "to dare, to have an inclination towards, to travel".)

From Greek νέφος (nephos) meaning "cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.

Derived from Breton neñv "sky; heaven", this name is occasionally considered the Breton equivalent of Caelestinus.

Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".

From the Greek name Νικάνωρ (Nikanor), which was derived from νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man". This name was borne by several notable officers from ancient Macedon. It is also mentioned in the New Testament as belonging to one of the original seven deacons of the church, considered a saint.

Means "snows" in Spanish, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".

MEANING - mist , fog, dew, hoar-frost

Variant transcription of Nimira.

Meaning unknown. In Arthurian legends this is the name of a sorceress, also known as the Lady of the Lake, Vivien, or Niniane. Various versions of the tales have Merlin falling in love with her and becoming imprisoned by her magic. She first appears in the medieval French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.

Named after the ancient city in Assyria, which is said to derive from Latin Ninive and Septuagint Greek Nineyḗ (Νινευή) under influence of Biblical Hebrew Nīnewēh (נִינְוֶה). Nīnewēh is, itself, derived from Akkadian Ninua/Ninâ or Old Babylonian Ninuwā. Though it is unclear what the original meaning of Nineveh was, it may have been referred to a goddess associated with fish, probably since the cuneiform of Ninâ is a fish within a house (compare Aramaic nuna meaning "fish.")

There is a character so named in an episode of Perry Mason (The Case of the Nebulous Nephew). She was played by Meg Wyllie.

Noreia used to be considered the epithet of an unidentified pre-Roman mother goddess who left her name in inscriptions throughout the Roman province Noricum (present-day Austria and Slovenia). Current theories suggest, however, that she might have been a Roman "creation" to gain the loyalty of the Norici (ever since Vespasian's time, she was associated with the goddess Isis and referred to as Isisi-Noreia). It has been claimed that she was a goddess of fate and fortune, life's happiness, fertility, mining and healing waters. The origin and meaning of her name are lost to time.

Means "apple" in Finnish.

From the Hebrew name אוֹפִיר (ʾOfir), meaning unknown. This is the name of a son of Joktan in the Old Testament (where it is also used as a place name).

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.

From a Catalan surname meaning "golden". It has been used in honour of Saint Joseph Oriol (1650-1702).

Meaning uncertain, but possibly related to Greek ὅριον (horion) meaning "boundary, limit". Alternatively it may be derived from Akkadian Uru-anna meaning "light of the heavens". This is the name of a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter who was killed by a scorpion sent by the earth goddess Gaia.

Anglicized variant of Órlaith.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Basque otzan "tame" or a derivation from Basque otso "wolf".

Form of Uriel used in the Greek Old Testament.

Old French form of Petronilla borne by Perenelle Flamel (1320-1402), wife and fellow alchemist of Nicolas Flamel. They are known for their quest to discover the philosopher's stone, a legendary substance said to turn any metal into gold and to make its owner immortal.

Today, Perenelle is most commonly known for her mention in J.K. Rowling's fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in which she and her husband have succeeded in creating the stone and have lived to be in their mid 600s.

Medieval French form of Persis.

Possibly derived from Greek Περσίς (Persis) meaning "Persian woman" or περσέα (persea), the Greek name for a type of tree (species Mimusops kummel). This is the name of a character in the ancient Greek novel Aethiopica by Heliodorus of Emesa; Persinna is the queen of Ethiopia and the mother of the protagonist Chariclea.

Derived from Greek φαεινός (phaeinos) meaning "shining". According to some Greek myths this was the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Perhaps based on Philadelphia or Fidelis. It was used by John Dryden in his opera 'King Arthur; or, the British Worthy' (1691), where it belongs to an air spirit in the service of Merlin who saves Arthur from the evil schemes of Osmond, a Saxon sorcerer, and Grimbald, an enemy earth spirit.

A king appearing in "Erec" by Chrétien de Troyes.

Biblical Latin form of Rachel, as well as a German form.

Perhaps a variant of Rauno or Ragnhild, or derived from Old Norse reynir meaning "rowan". In Finnish mythology Rauni was either the name of god Ukko's spouse, or another name for Ukko himself. Rauni may also be a female variant of Rauno.

Earlier Rauni was used for boys as well as girls, but today it's considered to be mostly feminine name.

Means "roaring, screaming", derived from Sanskrit रव (rava) meaning "roar, yell". In the Hindu epic the Ramayana this is the name of the demon king who abducts Sita.

Variant of Ravindra used by Sikhs.

Means "lord of the sun" from Sanskrit रवि (ravi) meaning "sun" combined with the name of the Hindu god Indra, used here to mean "lord". This is another name for the Hindu god Surya.

Derived from Welsh rhiain meaning "maiden, young woman".

As a masculine name, this is a modern Welsh form of Ryan, or a masculine form of Rhian, coined from Welsh rhi "leader".
As a feminine name, this is a variant of Rhian (which is essentially a short form of Rhiannon, though it is often associated with Welsh rhiain "maiden").
This name has been used since the mid-20th century.

1 Chronicles 4:20 from the root ranan meaning joyous cry

Medieval form of Rhiwallon used in the early German versions of the Tristan legend, where it belongs to Tristan's father, the king of Parmenie.

Variant of Riwanon. This was the name of the mother of Saint Hervé.

This is the real name of Albanian singer Enca Haxhia.

Means "ruddy, rosy" in Bulgarian and Macedonian.

Proto-Germanic sadaz "full, sated", related to Latin satis "sufficiently, adequately" + Old High German hiltja "battle".

Derived from Albanian sa "so; how (much)", the particle e and mirë "good".

Portuguese form of Sapphira. It coincides with the Portuguese word for "sapphire".

Sanskrit, indian

A hypocoristic deriving from Proto-Germanic sadaz "full, sated", related to Latin satis "sufficiently, adequately".

Means "drawn, unsheathed" or "son, descendant" in Arabic.

The use of this extremely rare name was inspired by a character from the 1992 book "Ik ook van jou" (English: "I love you too" - the literal translation is "I also of you"), who is featured much more prominently in the 2000 sequel "Ik omhels je met duizend armen" (English: "I embrace you with a thousand arms"). Both books were written by Dutch author Ronald Giphart (b. 1965) and both have been made into films. The author has stated that he derived the name from Samarinda, a major city on the Indonesian island Borneo. The city derives its name from Indonesian samarenda meaning "equal in height", which was a term originally used in reference to the way in which the Bugis people constructed their houses.

From Saranda (or Sarandë), the name of a city in Albania. The name itself derives from the Greek Άγιοι Σαράντα (Agioi Saranda), meaning "Forty Saints", honouring the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste.

Means "moonlight" in Mongolian, from саран (saran) meaning "moon" and гэрэл (gerel) meaning "light".

Elaboration of Sara.

Means "mother of one-hundred (sons)" from Persian صد (sad) (through the Iranian root */sata-/) meaning "(one) hundred" combined with the Northwest Caucasian root /na/ meaning "mother" (descended into Kabardian анэ (ānă) and Adyghe ны (nə)) and the Indo-Iranian suffix /-ya/ meaning "the one who is". This refers to Satanaya’s one-hundred giant sons (Narts) in Caucasian mythology.

Satanaya Guasha (or Satana) was the matriarch of the Narts (a race of giants) and an important figure in the 'Nart' sagas and Caucasian mythology. To the Ossetians, she was the daughter of the Uastyrdzhi and mother of Soslan. She was also viewed as a deity of fertility similar to the Greek Demeter but was portrayed as a goddess of crafts and women's work in Vainakh (Chechen and Ingush) belief.

Possibly derived from Latin satelles "attendant, guard". A known bearer of this name was Satella Sharps (1856-1875), daughter of American gunsmith Christian Sharps (1810-1874). Another known bearer is her daughter (who was named after her mother, because she had died while giving birth to her), American author Satella Sharps Waterstone (1875-1938).

From Old Occitan saur "blond" and mond "world". This is the name of an evil entity who manifested herself as a girl with fair hair and blue eyes.

Italian feminine form of Xavier.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. One current theory, however, links this name to Latin sedile "seat; chair".

This given name can be a Dutch variant of Sieglinde as well as be a combination of Selina with Linde.

Means "cypress" in Turkish (derived from Persian, ultimately from Sumerian).

From a surname that was originally derived from an Old English given name, which was formed of the elements sele "manor" and wine "friend".

From the name of the patron saint of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, which is of obscure origin. Conceivably it may be derived from the Breton name Azenor or the old Celtic Senovara. According to local legend Saint Senara was originally Princess Azenor of Brest in Lower Brittany, the mother of Saint Budoc. She is also said to have been a mermaid before her conversion (though even after becoming a Christian, "she continued to pine for the sea"). This name was given to 52 girls born in England and Wales in the years 1916-2005.

Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.

Means "support" in Kazakh.

Feminine form of Sevan.

Means "deep blue, bluish-black" in Arabic, also used to refer to a person with such an eye colour.

Latinate form of Sibyl.

Feminine form of Sidonius. This is the name of a legendary saint from Georgia. She and her father Abiathar were supposedly converted by Saint Nino from Judaism to Christianity.

Derived from Albanian si "as; like" and Gheg Albanian hanë, a variant of hënë "moon".

Derived from Estonian sireli, the genitive form of sirel, "lilac".

The name of a Celtic goddess mainly worshipped in middle Europe and the region of the Danube. She was associated with healing, wolves, and children.

The name comes from a combination of Gaulish roots - ser- or ster- meaning "star" (cognate with the first element in Welsh Seren) plus the -ona termination common to the names of female deities (as in Epona, Angerona.)

The Gaulish goddess of astronomy, and goddess of the Mosel Valley.

From the Norwegian word sol, meaning "sun".

Breton variant of Solène used as both a masculine and feminine name.

Variant of Solène.

From Esperanto stelaro meaning "constellation", ultimately from Latin stella "star".

Variant of Stylianos.

Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.

Derived from the Celtic name Sulgen meaning "born from the sun". This was the name of a Celtic sun god. It was borne by several early saints.

Derived from Old Norse svala "swallow (bird)". This name is also considered a short form of Svalaug.

Variant of Tahira.

Means "aurora, dawn, daybreak" in Kabyle.

Means "sky, heaven" in Finnish.

From a Welsh place name meaning "front hill", derived from Welsh tal "front, extremity" and bryn "hill".

Means "shining brow", derived from Welsh tal "brow, head" and iesin "shining, radiant". This was the name of a semi-legendary 6th-century Welsh poet and bard, supposedly the author of the collection of poems the Book of Taliesin. He appears briefly in the Welsh legend Culhwch and Olwen and the Second Branch of the Mabinogi. He is the central character in the Tale of Taliesin, a medieval legend recorded in the 16th century, which tells how Ceridwen's servant Gwion Bach was reborn to her as Taliesin; how he becomes the bard for Elffin; and how Taliesin defends Elffin from the machinations of the king Maelgwn Gwynedd.

Latinized form of the Etruscan name Thanchvil which meant "gift of Thana 1", composed of the name of the goddess Thana and cvil meaning "gift". This was the name of the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome in the 7th century BC. In modern times it was borne by prima ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929-2000).

Some sources claim this name means "lonely north wind" in Comanche, though no evidence supporting this meaning can be found. The name appears most common in Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch speaking nations, which further suggests the name is not of Comanche origin.

It's likely a modern name, either invented or a combination of names containing the elements -tani- and -mara-.

Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Phoenician goddess of love, fertility, the moon and the stars. She was particularly associated with the city of Carthage, being the consort of Ba'al Hammon.

Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian form of the Greek name Ταράσιος (Tarasios), which possibly means "from Taras". Taras was an Italian city, now called Taranto, which was founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC and was named for the Greek mythological figure Taras, a son of Poseidon. Saint Tarasios was an 8th-century bishop of Constantinople. It was also borne by the Ukrainian writer and artist Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861).

Created by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for his 12th-century epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin. He may have based it on Persian تاجور (tājvar) meaning "king" or تار (tār) meaning "dark, obscure" combined with یل (yal) meaning "hero". In the poem Tariel, the titular knight who wears a panther skin, is an Indian prince who becomes a companion of Avtandil.

The meaning is unfortunately unknown to me. This was the name of a Welsh saint from the 5th century AD; sources conflict over whether the saint was a male or a female. In the case of the latter, the saint was thought to be a daughter of a King of Gwent.

Means "good" in Hebrew.

Feminine diminutive of David. Diminutive of Octavia. Variation of Tavish.

A notable bearer is fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson.

Derived from Greek θηράω (therao) meaning "to hunt".

Derived from Old Norse thras "quarrel, battle" combined with Old High German mâri "famous."

Slovene form of Aegidius (see Giles).

Means "daughter of twilight, nightingale" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Tinuviel was another name of Lúthien, the daughter of Thingol the elf king. She was the beloved of Beren, who with her help retrieved one of the Silmarils from the iron crown of Morgoth.

Cognate of Tirzah.

Derived from Armenian տիրուհի (tiruhi) meaning "mistress, lady".

Means "strength vigour" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Tuor was the mortal man who came to the hidden city of Gondolin to warn of its imminent doom. When Gondolin was attacked and destroyed he escaped with his wife Idril and son Eärendil, and sailed into the west.

Means "victory mood" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Turin was a cursed hero, the slayer of the dragon Glaurung. He was also called Turambar, Mormegil, and other names. This is also the Anglicized name of the city of Torino in Italy.

Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.

Means "summer" in Basque.

Feminine form of Ulan.

Derived from Old Norse unna "to love" or unnr "wave".

Derived from Gothic vadi "pledge, pact" combined with Old High German mâri "famous." Vadomar was the name of a 4th-century king of the Alamanni, a Germanic tribe.

Short form of Salvador.

Short form of names containing the Old Norse name element valr- "the slain (in Valhalla)" as well as a direct adoption of Swedish vala (or völva) "fortune teller; prophet" (ultimately from Old Norse vǫlva).

Feminine form of Valdis.

Combination of Albanian valë "wave" and Drin.

Derived from Albanian valë "wave" and mirë "good".

Portuguese form of Valkyrie.

Means "goddess of the Vanir" in Old Norse. This was an epithet of the Norse goddess Freya, given because she was a member of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir).

Form of Wanda in several languages.

One of many sons of Bani named in Ezra 10:36.

Means "spring" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Hindu personification of the springtime.

Derived from Old Norse vé meaning "temple, sanctuary" and dís meaning "goddess".

Veleda was a priestess and prophet of the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri who achieved some prominence during the Batavian rebellion of AD 69–70, headed by the Romanized Batavian chieftain Gaius Julius Civilis, when she correctly predicted the initial successes of the rebels against Roman legions.

Her name is of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory believes that it might be Celtic in origin and in fact be a generic title for a prophetess, in which case it would likely be derived from Proto-Celtic *welet- "seer" (ultimately from *wel- "to see").

From the name of a Cornish town, which is taken from Sen Veryan meaning "Saint Veryan", a Cornish corruption of Severian, itself a corrupted form of Symphorian (the saint to whom the village church is dedicated). Today this name is more commonly found on women than on men.

Means "of the evening", derived from Esperanto vespero "evening", ultimately from Latin vesper.

Derived from Sanskrit विधान (vidhāna) meaning "disposing, arranging".

Derived from Arabic وِلْدَان‏ (wildān) meaning "children". It is also a Bashkir variant transcription of Uyildan, of the same origin.

Feminine form of Vildan.

Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It is derived from Latin viola "violet".

Old Norse name of unknown origin and meaning. Visna is the name of a warrior-like queen mentioned in the Gesta Danorum.