crawreb's Personal Name List

Variant of Adhara.

Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Adam.

Variant of Almach.

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.

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).

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

Means "learned, expert, scholar" in Arabic.

Uyghur elaboration of Alim using the suffix جان (jan) meaning "dear, darling" (of Persian origin).

Variant of Almach.

Means "red dawn" in Turkish.

From Sanskrit अमर (amara) meaning "immortal".

Means "grace" in Igbo.

Greenlandic variant of Amarok.

Amarok is the name of a giant wolf in Inuit mythology. It will hunt down and devour anyone foolish enough to hunt alone at night. It is sometimes considered equivalent to the waheela of cryptozoology.

Late Latin name meaning "lover (of God)". Saint Amator was a 5th-century bishop of Auxerre.

Means "faithful" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the eldest son of King David. He was killed by his half-brother Absalom in revenge for the rape of his sister Tamar.

From Ἄμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian jmn (reconstructed as Yamanu) meaning "the hidden one". In early Egyptian mythology he was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the god Ra and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deity Amon-Ra.

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

Means "angel" in Maori.

Variant of Anara.

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

Means "calm" in Kurdish.

Strictly feminine form of Aran.

Anglicized form of Ardghal.

Feminine form of Arjan.

Reconstructed Egyptian form of Osiris.

From Swahili ishi meaning "live, exist", derived from Arabic عاش (ʿāsha).

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Athanasius.

Hebrew form of Atarah.

From Sanskrit अवनी (avanī) meaning "earth".

Means "spring" in Persian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Masculine form of Bakarne.

From Japanese 薔薇 (bara) meaning "rose". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.

Means "favorite", "security, defense".

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

Feminine form of Basim.

Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque form of Beata. The name coincides with Basque bata, absolutive plural of bat, meaning "one".

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

Diminutive of Beila.

Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.

Diminutive of Bolesław.

Means "storm, squall" in Turkish, ultimately related to Greek Βορέας (Boreas), the name of the god of the north wind.

Short form of Abubakar.

Alternate transcription of Kazakh Болат (see Bolat).

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.'

Either from the name of the Irish county, which is derived from Irish cabhán "hollow", or else from the Irish surname Cavan.

Short form of Jacobus.

Variant of Dagon.

Derived from Albanian dalmat "Dalmatian (member of the people)", ultimately going back to the name of the Dalmatae, a group of Illyrian tribes in Dalmatia.

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

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.

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

From the name of the Dardani, an Illyrian tribe who lived on the Balkan Peninsula. Their name may derive from an Illyrian word meaning "pear". They were unrelated to the ancient people who were also called the Dardans who lived near Troy.

Feminine form of Dardan.

Means "gallant, strong, sturdy" in Kazakh. It may also be derived from tarkhan, an ancient military title used by Mongol, Turkic and Iranian leaders, which is of uncertain origin. In the Mongol Empire this title granted exemption from taxation.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. This was the name of a supposed Slavic war god. His name was the basis for the word davorije, a type of patriotic war song popular in the 19th century [1].

Variant of Davor.

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

Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic دينار (dīnār), a currency used in several Muslim countries, ultimately derived from Latin denarius. Alternatively it may be a derivative of دين (dīn) meaning "religion".

Means "sporty" in Yakut.

Old High German form of *Þunraz (see Thor).

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.

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Deoradháin, from the byname Deoradhán, derived from Irish deoradh meaning "exile, wanderer" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Means "mountaintop" in Turkish.

From Sanskrit तुषित (tushita) referring to the fourth of the six heavenly realms in Buddhist cosmology.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew עִידָן (see Idan).

Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".

Means "he loves" in Albanian, ultimately derived from Albanian dua "to love".

Means "hazel (colour)" in Turkish.

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.

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.

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

Hawaiian form of Ernest.

Popularly derived from Albanian i lirë / e lirë "to be free", this is more likely a variant of Ilira. This name goes back to the tribal name of the Illyrians, who are believed to be the forefathers of modern-day Albanians.

Modern German form of Adelmar or Egilmar.

Derived from Basque elorri "hawthorn". In Basque folklore, the hawthorn has been considered a sacred plant.

Basque form of Heliodorus.

Derived from Basque elur "snow".

Albanian form of Elvan.

Variant of Emel.

Gallicized form of Enora.

Feminine form of Enver.

Means "elder" in Yakut.

From the Albanian word erë meaning "wind; smell" combined with mal meaning "mountain".

Basque form of Roland.

Masculine form of Erza.

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

The name of a witch in the movie Oz the Great and Powerful. Could be a female form of Evan, a combination of Eva and Nora 1 or an altered form of Eleanora

Western Armenian transcription of Katar.

Combination of the name Gal 1 means "wave" and the name Or means "light".

From Japanese 雅 (ga) meaning "elegance" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Famous bearer of this name is Japanese voice actress Gara Takashima.

Basque equivalent of Spanish Gracia and Engracia and French Grâce and Engrâce.

Anglicized form of Garbhán.

Basque form of William.

Combination of the name Gil 3 means "joy, happiness" and the name Or means "light".

Derived from South Slavic gora meaning "mountain". It was popularized by the Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913-1943), who got his middle name because of the mountain town where he was born.

Urdu form of Golzar.

Means "splendour, glory" in Hebrew.

its the name of a famous mountain in Turkey

Directly taken from Japanese 浜 (hama) meaning "beach, seashore" or 濱 (hama) meaning "beach, sea coast". It can also be given as a combination of 波 (ha) meaning "waves" with 麻 (ma) meaning "flax, hemp".

Variant of Hamo.

Means "gracious" in Hebrew. This is the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament.

Means "wilderness" (noun) or "raw" (adj.) in Japanese.

Derived from Albanian hekur "iron".

Derived from Kurdish hinar meaning "pomegranate".

From Japanese 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or 英 (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 樹 (ki) meaning "tree". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Means "alive" in Tamazight.

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Feminine form of Ilan.

Albanian form of Illyrios.

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".

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

Variant of Inar.

Cognate of Iris.

Alternate transcription of Thai อิสระ (see Itsara).

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.

Means "lion" in Tamazight [1].

Variant of Jael.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָרוֹן (see Yaron).

Albanian form of Yaşar.

Means "Greece" in Hebrew, probably related to Greek Ἴωνες (Iones), the name for the tribe of the Ionians. In the Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples.

Feminine form of Jenaro.

Means "counselor" in Dagbani.

Variant of Jawahir.

Means "small" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Eber in the Old Testament.

Contracted form of Yehoram (see Jehoram). This name belongs to several minor characters in the Old Testament, as well as being another name for the kings Jehoram of Israel and Jehoram of Judah.

Basque form of Jordana.

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

Means "fate, destiny" in Turkish.

From Sanskrit कज्जल (kajjala) meaning "kohl, collyrium", referring to a black powder traditionally used as an eyeliner.

Means "art form, virtue" in Sanskrit.

From Greek καλός Ἰωάννης (kalos Ioannes) meaning "handsome John", the nickname of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. He successfully defended the empire from the Fourth Crusade.

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".

Variant of Kardox.

Variant of Kardox.

Means "summit, crest" in Armenian.

Turkish form of Karim.

Means "a better future" in Yakut.

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

Means "cane" in Yakut.

Derived from Basque kima "fine branches; ends of branches; mane", this name has come into use in recent years (possibly inspired by the international popularity of the name Kim 1).

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

Means "hare" in Altai.

Means "rainbow" in Yakut.

Derived from Hebrew לָבָן (lavan) meaning "white". In the Old Testament this is the name of the father of Rachel and Leah.

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

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).

Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian form of Lazarus. This name was borne by a 14th-century Serbian ruler who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo.

"Flame, tongue of fire." The name is commonly given symbolically to girls born on Hanukkah or Lag b'Omer.

Short form of Olamilekan.

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.

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

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

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.

Russian form of Makarios (see Macario).

Basque contracted form of Madalen.

Probably either from Arabic مَنَا (manā) meaning "mete out, distribute" or "test, determine" or مُنِيَة (muniya) meaning "fate, destiny, desire, wish". This was the name of the Semitic goddess of time, fate, fortune and death who was worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia. She was one of the three principal goddesses of Mecca alongside her sisters Al-ʻuzzā and Allat.

Means "you have been humbled" in Shona.

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

Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

Tatar form of Murad.

Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Mark.

Lithuanian form of Matthew.

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

Acronym of Russian Маркс Энгельс Ленин Октябрьская Революция (Marx, Engels, Lenin, October Revolution). This name commemorates the creation of the former Soviet state. It was created by communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

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.

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

Serbian and Croatian variant of Milijana.

Derived from Milot, a town and a former municipality in the Lezhë County of northwestern Albania.

Derived from Kurdish mîrza meaning "prince".

Feminine form of Miran.

Basque form of Maria.

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

Means "strong, brave" in Yakut.

Variant of Morana.

Means "sun, sunny" in Mongolian.

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

Means "wild rose" in Persian.

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.

Russian, Ukrainian, Turkmen and Armenian form of Nazarius.

Anglicized form of Naomhán.

Means "grandchild" in Uzbek.

MEANING - mist , fog, dew, hoar-frost

Maori form of Nicholas or Nicole.

Means "arrow" in Old Norse. Orvar Odd is a legendary Norse hero who is the subject of a 13th-century Icelandic saga.

Means "spring" in Turkish.

Possibly derived from Ciarán. This was the name of a 5th-century Irish monk who founded a monastery in Cornwall. He is the patron saint of Cornwall.

Variant of Hraban.

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.

Estonian form of Renārs.

Tatar, Bashkir and Kazakh form of Renat.

Derived from the Old Norse elements rún "secret lore, rune" and herr "army, warrior". This name did not exist in Old Norse, but was created in the modern era.

Asturian form of Isabel.

Galician form of Isabel.

Sanskrit, indian

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

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.

From the name of the Sayan Mountains, of uncertain meaning, possibly of Turkic origin.

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 "star" in Persian.

Feminine form of Sevan.

Means "love" in Uzbek.

Means "diffusing light, radiance, beauty" in Sanskrit, a word used as a title of respect in India. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.

Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.

Tajik and Uzbek form of Sitara.

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 Norwegian word sol, meaning "sun".

From Hindi सोना (sonā), Marathi सोन (son) or Gujarati સોનું (sonum) meaning "gold", all derived from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) meaning literally "good colour".

Means "star" in Yakut.

Means "warm, sociable".

Means "we have been blessed" in Chewa.

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

Basque form of Thalassa.

Alternate transcription of Arabic طلعت (see Talat).

Kazakh form of Talat.

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 "miracle" in Amharic.

From Kazakh таң (tan) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and ат (at) meaning "horse".

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

Uzbek feminine name derived from the name of a classical Uzbek folk dance melody.

Means "bright, colorful" in Yakut.

Means "good" in Hebrew.

Refers to Turan, an historical region in Central Asia inhabited by the nomadic Iranian Turanian people. The name itself means "land of the Tur" and is derived from the name of a Persian mythological figure, Tur (تور).

Means "high cliff" in Yi.

Short form of Salvador.

Varrak is an Estonian surname meaning "rich/wealthy".

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").

Feminine form of Zohar.

Either from Persian زور (zur) meaning "force, strength, power" or a form of the Arabic name Zahra.