crawreb's Personal Name List

Means "hopes, aspirations" in Arabic (a plural form of Amal 1).

Means "giving off light, shining" in Amharic.

Means "born into royalty" in Yoruba.

Means "adornment, ornament" in Hebrew. This is the name of the wives of both Lamech and Esau in the Old Testament.

Means "eldest daughter of the father" in Igbo.

Means "noble" in Hebrew.

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

Means "justice" in Uzbek and Tajik, ultimately from Arabic عَدَلَ ('adala) meaning "to act justly".

Means "small wave, ripple" in Hebrew.

Form of Agatha in various languages.

Means "love" in Hebrew.

Derived from Old Lithuanian alėti "to stream merrily; to run (referring to water)".
Alanta is also the name of a river in Lithuania.

From the name of the Aldan River that flows through Yakutia.

Galician form of the Visigothic name *Hildiwara, which was composed of the Gothic elements hilds "battle" and wars "aware, cautious". This was the name of the 7th-century wife of the Visigothic king Gundemar. It was also borne by the mother of Saint Rosendo (10th century).

Means "diamond" in Arabic, ultimately from Persian الماس (almās).

Derived from Yakut алтан (altan) meaning "copper".

Means "grace" in Igbo.

Means "immortality" in Avestan. This was the name of a Zoroastrian goddess (one of the Amesha Spenta) associated with plants and long life. She was often mentioned with Haurvatat.

Derived from Arabic أمن (ʾamina) meaning "safe, secure". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother, who died when he was young.

Means "answer" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name belongs to one female character and two male characters.

Means "angel" in Maori.

Means "immaculate, undefiled" in Old Persian, from the Old Iranian prefix *an- "not" combined with *āhita "unclean, dirty". This was the name of an Iranian goddess of fertility and water. In the Zoroastrian religious texts the Avesta she is called 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬍 (Arəduuī) in Avestan, with 𐬀𐬥𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬀 (anāhita) appearing only as a descriptive epithet [1]. In origin she is possibly identical to the Indian goddess Saraswati. She has historically been identified with the Semitic goddess Ishtar and the Greek goddess Artemis.

Possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring". Anat was a goddess of fertility, hunting and war worshipped by the Semitic peoples of the Levant. She was the sister and consort of the god Hadad.

Hebrew form of Anath 1. In modern times it is often used as a feminine name.

Means "nightless, sleepless" in Sanskrit.

Means "female ibex, mountain goat" in Arabic. This name was borne by some relatives of the Prophet Muhammad. It was also the name of a 12th-century queen of Yemen.

Derived from Tuvan аржаан (arzhaan) meaning "water spring, stream".

Means "honey" in Persian (of Arabic origin).

Uzbek elaboration of Asal.

From Arabic عسل (ʿasal) meaning "honey".

Possibly of Scythian origin meaning "blue". In Turkic mythology Asena was a grey wolf who gave birth to the ancestor of the Ashina tribe of Turks.

Means "belonging to the goddess Neith" in Ancient Egyptian. In the Old Testament this is the name of Joseph's Egyptian wife. She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.

Derived from asror meaning "secrets".

Short form of Astrid.

Hebrew form of Atarah.

Means "crown" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Atarah is a minor character, the wife of Jerahmeel.

From Sanskrit अवनी (avanī) meaning "earth".

Hebrew form of Abital, sometimes used as a masculine name in modern times.

Variant of Azahar. It can also be given in reference to the ruined Moorish city of Medina Azahara in Córdoba, which derives from the related Arabic root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Means "rain" in Persian. It is typically feminine in Persian and masculine in Turkish and Kurdish.

Means "clover" in Persian. This name was borne by a mistress of Alexander the Great (daughter of Artabazus) and also by one of his wives (Barsine-Stateira, daughter of King Darius III).

Derived from Basaraba, which is the Vlach name for the historical region of Bessarabia. It is said to be the native land of the Vlach people.

Means "goddess" in Indonesian, derived from the Sanskrit noble title भट्टारी (bhaṭṭārī) meaning "noble lady".

Means "quince" in Uzbek.

Diminutive of Beila.

Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.

Javanese form of Batari.

In Celtic mythology, Damara was a fertility goddess worshipped in Britain. She was associated with the month of May (Beltaine).

Means "mother-of-pearl, nacre" in Hebrew.

From Sanskrit दर्शन (darśana) meaning "seeing, observing, understanding".

Feminine form of Darshan.

Means "god, deity" in Chechen. In Chechen mythology, Dela was the supreme god who created the earth. In modern times, his name is sometimes used to refer to Allah, the Islamic God.

Czech goddess of the hunt.

Means "hazel (colour)" in Turkish.

Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.

Probably a variant of Ena or Énna.

There is a female character named Enna in the Elsie Dinsmore book series by Martha Finley.

Means "the back of the head" in Uzbek.

Means "the wind" in Turkish.

Means "desire, wish" in Sanskrit.

Polish, Slovak, Romanian and Lithuanian form of Esther.

Means "you are my sister" in Amharic.

Form of Eter with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.

Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

Means "myrtle tree" in Hebrew.

From Hebrew הֲדַס (haḏas) meaning "myrtle tree". In the Old Testament this is the Hebrew name of Queen Esther.

Probably created from Hagar with the clearly feminine ending -a.

Means "attempt, effort, deed" in Uzbek.

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

Feminine form of Harshad.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew חַוָּה (see Chava).

From a Greek title of the goddess Artemis meaning "of marshes" (which may reflect her role as a goddess of streams and marshes). It is derived from Greek ἕλειος (heleios), from ἕλος (helos) "marsh-meadow". This is also the genus name of a type of bird.

Means "golden" in Sanskrit.

Derived from Sanskrit हीर (hīra) meaning "diamond". It is typically feminine in Pakistan and unisex in India and Nepal.

Possibly a feminine form of Ib. It is associated with Danish ibenholt meaning "ebony".

Means "fig tree" in Aramaic.

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Latinized form of Ilione, as well as the Italian, French, Russian and Ukrainian form. Alternatively, it might be spelled Ἰλίωνα (Iliona) in Greek. In Greek myth Iliona or Ilione was a Trojan princess, a daughter of Priam and Hecuba and wife of Polymestor, a king in Thrace.

In Hittite–Hurrian mythology, Inara was the goddess of the wild animals of the steppe and daughter of the Storm-god Teshub.

Means "friendliness" in Arabic, from the root أنس (ʾanisa) meaning "to be friendly".

Means "tongue of a bell" in Hebrew.

Means "amber" in Hebrew.

Means "beautiful" in Indonesian.

Means "desire, passion" in Kazakh.

Means "master, lord, ruler" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the feminine form ईशा and the masculine form ईश (an epithet of the Hindu god Shiva). It is also the name of one of the Upanishads, which are parts of Hindu scripture.

Means "symbol, sign" in Uzbek.

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.

Derived from Uzbek istod meaning "milkwort".

In the Basque country and French-speaking areas, this name is now generally considered a variant of Izar and Izarra. There is, however, another theory which derives Izara from izar, the Pyrenean French cognate of French isard "chamois".
Whichever theory might be true, this name is extremely rare in the French-speaking world with 7 births in France between 1916 and 1990 and 5 births in French-speaking Belgium from 2002 to present.

Cognate of Isis.

Means "pigeon" in Uzbek.

Possibly from Balinese adik meaning "younger sibling". This name is traditionally given to the second-born child.

Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.

Means "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.

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

Means "imagining, fantasy" in Sanskrit.

Meaning uncertain. Kamar was the daughter of the Georgian god of nature and the god of the sky. She was seen as a symbol of divine fire and her beauty caused Amirani to kidnap her from heaven.

Means "nobility, generosity" in Arabic, derived from كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous".

Southern Indian form of Kashi.

Means "love" in Malay and Indonesian.

Means "summit, crest" in Armenian.

Means "clean, cool (water)" in Uzbek. It is also the name of a fountain in heaven (hovzi kavsar).

Georgian form of Katayoun. It is sometimes used as a Georgian form of Katherine.

Means "golden poppy" in Pashto.

Means "golden-eyed" from Abkhaz ахьы (ā-x̍ə́) meaning "gold" and ала (ā́lā) meaning "eye".

Means "golden sun" from Abkhaz ахьы (ā-x̍ə́) meaning "gold" and амра (amra) meaning "sun".

Alternate transcription of Hebrew כִּנֶּרֶת (see Kineret).

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

Derived from the Uzbek kishvar meaning "country, region".

Means "dove" in Pashto.

Means "hare" in Altai.

The name of a Slavic fertility goddess, derived from Old Slavic lada "wife" [1]. It can also be a diminutive of Vladislava or Vladimira.

Derived from Pashto lal meaning "ruby" and zar meaning "gold".

This is a relatively new name, as it was invented by the Georgian writer and playwright Grigol Robakidze (1880-1962) for his famous play Lamara (1928). He took the name from უშგულის ლამარია (Ushgulis Lamaria), the name of a medieval church in the Ushguli community in the Georgian region of Svaneti. The church's name literally means "Lamaria of Ushguli", and Lamaria itself means "of Mary", which is not surprising since the church is dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus.

The name Lamara is said to be etymologically related to the name of the Georgian goddess Lamaria, which is also of Svan origin.

A notable bearer of this name is the prominent Georgian soprano Lamara Chqonia (b. 1930).

Hebrew form of Lebanah. In modern Hebrew it is typically a feminine name.

Directly taken from Greek λιλαία meaning "lilac". In Greek mythology, Lilaea was a Naiad of a spring of the same name, daughter of the river god Cephissus. The ancient city of Lilaea and the modern village of Lilaia in Phocis are named after her.

Feminine form of Lysius as well as an epithet of both Artemis and Demeter.

Form of Mahlah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

Means "oryx" in Arabic. The oryx is a variety of antelope that is said to represent beauty.

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

Feminine form of Mahir.

Means "skill, expertise" in Uzbek.

Derived from Georgian მაყვალი (maqvali) meaning "blackberry".

Means "necklace" in Sanskrit.

Means both "heather" and "manna, divine food" in Georgian.

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

Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

Means "moon" in Maori. This is the name of a moon god (or goddess) in Maori mythology.

From an Aramaic phrase in the New Testament, translated as "O Lord, come".

Baltic and Slavic goddess associated with seasonal agrarian rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature, Marzana is often referred to as a goddess of death.

In medieval (Christian) written sources, she is mentioned as early as the 9th century, although her exact function seems to be somewhat disputed. The medieval encyclopedical dictionary Mater Verborum (also called Glosa Salomonis), written around 1240, compares her to the Greek goddess Hecate, associating her with sorcery, while 15th-century Polish chronicler Jan Długosz likened her to Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture.
Either way, to this day in some regions of Poland, there is a festival held where an effigy of Marzanna is made in the month of March, and is burned to symbolize the triumph of springtime over winter. This is known as The Burning and Drowning Ritual of Marzanna.

The origin and meaning of her name is also a source of dispute.
Some scholars derive her name from the same Indo-European root word that gave us Latin mors "death" and Russian mor "pestilence", emphasizing the death aspect of the goddess.
Others argue that her name might be related to a Slavic root word meaning "to freeze" or "frozen", in accordance with her function as a goddess of winter, while some scholars point out that mara is a Russian dialect word meaning "phantom; vision; hallucination", linking her to mare, an evil spirit in Germanic and Slavic folklore, associated with nightmares and sleep paralysis.
Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov and Vladimir Toporov, however, supposed that her name was derived from the same root as the name of the Roman god of war Mars, who was originally an agricultural deity (a theory that some academics like to back up by the fact that the Polish word for "(the month of) March" is marzec).

Probably a Polish variant of Marianna.

Means "rose" in Malay and Indonesian.

Means "angel" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin.

Means "sea wind" in Turkish.

Turkish form of Maral.

Low German variant of Merete as well as a Swiss German short form of Emerentia and a Sami variant of Märet.

A well-known bearer of this name was artist Meret Oppenheim.

Means "fruit, sweets, candy" in Uzbek.

Means "glowing like a moon" in Armenian.

Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Arabic meaning "watchtower" or Persian meaning "ambush".

Feminine form of Mirsad.

Means "pearl" in Persian.

Means "pleasant" in Hebrew. This name is borne in the Old Testament by both a daughter of Lamech and a wife of Solomon. Some later Jewish texts give Naamah as the name of Noah's wife, even though she is not named in the Old Testament.

Means "returning warrior" in Navajo, derived from nááná "again" and baa' "warrior, heroine, raid, battle".

It means ''victory'' or ''success'' in Dagbani.

Means "lilac (flower)" in Uzbek.

Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

Means "gift" in Arabic.

Means "grandchild" in Uzbek.

Derived from nor which can mean "camel", "birthmark", "pomegranate" or "fire" and sanam meaning "beauty, beautiful woman", also an Uyghur classical music genre.

Derived from Uzbek parda meaning "screen, curtain" and buvish meaning "lady".

Means "fairy-like" in Uzbek.

Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Pərvanə.

Means "moon" in Arabic.

Derived from Uzbek qamar meaning "moon".

Means "reed" in Uzbek.

Means "sugarcube" in Uzbek.

From Sanskrit रचन (racana) meaning "creation, preparation".

Derived from the Slavic element radŭ meaning "happy, willing", originally a short form of names beginning with that element.

Means "success, prosperity" in Sanskrit. This was the name of the favourite consort of the Hindu deity Krishna. She is associated with beauty and compassion, and is considered an avatar of Lakshmi.

Alternate transcription of Arabic رملة (see Ramla).

Means "young gazelle" in Arabic.

Means "silver" in Abaza.

Means "one that moves" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Rati.

Feminine form of Roshan, used in Persian to refer to Roxana the wife of Alexander the Great.

From Persian روشن (rōshan) meaning "light" and آرا (ārā) meaning "decorate, adorn". This was the name of the second daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.

Means "happiness, luck" in Arabic, a derivative of سعد (saʿida) meaning "to be happy, to be lucky".

Means "morning" in Arabic and Turkish.

Means "dawn" in Arabic.

Persian form of Sakina.

Means "good health, safety" in Persian.

Means "evening conversation" in Arabic, from the root سمر (samara) meaning "to talk in the evening".

Means "moon" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra).

Apparently derived from Latin sana meaning "healthy".

Variant of Saorlaith.

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 "blackbird" or "little mountain" in Armenian.

From a Hebrew musical term that occurs many times in the Old Testament Psalms. It was probably meant to indicate a musical pause.

Means "star" in Persian.

Means "love" in Uzbek.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew שַׁחַר (see Shachar).

Means "lamp, candle" in Hindi and other Indian languages, ultimately from Arabic شمْع (shamʿ).

Means "sun" in Arabic. This was the name of a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess of the sun, identified with the Akkadian sun god Shamash (whose name is related) and the northern Arabian goddess Nuha.

Derived from Arabic شَمْس (šams) meaning "sun" combined with قَمَر (qamar) meaning "moon".

Means "fairy" in Pashto.

Means "flames, sparks" in Uzbek.

Means "bright" in Persian.

Means "famous" in Persian.

From Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas) meaning "superior, better".

From the name of the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar (occurring in late spring). It was adopted from the Babylonian calendar, derived from Akkadian simānu meaning "season, occasion" [1].

From the Turkish word for a type of duck, the shelduck (genus Tadorna).

Means "smiling" in Arabic.

Means "we have been blessed" in Chewa.

Means "you will shine" in Hebrew, from the root הָלַל (halal) meaning "to praise, to shine" [1].

Derived from Hebrew טַל (ṭal) meaning "dew".

Alternate transcription of Armenian Թալին (see Talin).

Means "date palm" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah and later his wife. This was also the name of a daughter of King David. She was raped by her half-brother Amnon, leading to his murder by her brother Absalom. The name was borne by a 12th-century ruling queen of Georgia who presided over the kingdom at the peak of its power.

Means "wave (of the sea)" in Pashto.

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.

Means "slender woman", derived from Sanskrit तनु (tanu) meaning "slender".

Means "sea, ocean" in Chamorro.

Derived from Uzbek tavakkal meaning "resignation to God's will".

Means "needle" in Altai.

(Polish?) Yiddish diminutive of Tema. Found in Polish documents from the early 1800s.

Means "good" in Hebrew.

Means "high cliff" in Yi.

Old Norse diminutive of Valgerðr. The name is borne by a character in 'How to Train Your Dragon 2'.

Variant of Vered.

Means "rose lady", from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose" and the feminine suffix ուհի (uhi).

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa) meaning "rain".

Russian, Greek, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Barbara.

Short form of Vasilija.

Means "possessor of wealth" in Sanskrit, used to refer to the earth.

Means "butterfly" in Zulu.

Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

Feminine form of Vimal.