crawreb's Personal Name List

Abror
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tajik, Uzbek
Other Scripts: Аброр(Tajik, Uzbek Cyrillic)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Abrar.
Adhiran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian
The literal translation of the name in Tamil is "the shaker"
Afzal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: أفضل(Arabic) افضل(Urdu)
Pronounced: AF-dal(Arabic)
Means "better, superior" in Arabic, a derivative of the root فضل (faḍala) meaning "to be in excess, to excel".
Agliss
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AH-GLISS
Derived from the English-speaking words "a glistening," meaning shining or glittering.
Ahrora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
From the Uzbek word ahror meaning "one able to free oneself from worldly desires".
Alaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AL-ə-rik(English)
From the Gothic name *Alareiks meaning "ruler of all", derived from the element alls "all" combined with reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
Alisher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Other Scripts: Алишер(Uzbek, Tajik, Russian) Әлішер(Kazakh)
From the given name Ali 1 combined with Persian شیر (shīr) meaning "lion". It was borne by the Timurid poet Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441-1501), who wrote in the Chagatai Turkic language.
Amrita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali
Other Scripts: अमृता(Hindi) ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਾ(Gurmukhi) অমৃতা(Bengali)
Feminine form of Amrit.
Amrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Combination of Amri and the masculine suffix -zal.
Andrass
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Faroese (Archaic)
Pronounced: AN-dras
Variant of Andreas. A well-known bearer of this name is Andrass Samuelsen (1873-1954), prime minister of the Faroe Islands (1948-1950).
Anzala
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Araylym
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Арайлым(Kazakh)
Means "my beautiful" in Kazakh, from арайлы (arayly) meaning "beautiful, like the dawn" combined with a possessive suffix.
Arthek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Derived from Cornish arth "bear" (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *arto- "bear").
Ashkhen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Աշխեն(Armenian)
Feminine Armenian given name with a number of possible meanings and etymologies - firstly, from the Ossetian æхсин meaning "lady, mistress", or otherwise from Middle Median *xšay-, meaning "to shine" or the Ossetian æхсид meaning "dawn".
Asror
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tajik, Uzbek
Other Scripts: Асрор(Tajik, Uzbek Cyrillic)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Asrar.
Avror
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare), Armenian (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare), Tajik (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ավրոր(Armenian) Аврор(Russian, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek)
Russian masculine form of Aurora, which is also occasionally used in countries that were once part of the Soviet Union.
Azal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: أَزَل(Persian)
Pronounced: uh-zAhl
Azal is a name used in mostly Western Asia, it is also sometimes a Jewish name. Some boys can have this name but its a little more common for girls to have it.
Azaliah
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Biblical, English (Puritan, Rare)
English form of Atsalyahu via its latinized form Aslia. This was the name of a character from the Old Testament, who appeared in 2 Kings 22:3 (also known as 4 Kings 22:3). He was a son of Meshullam and was himself the father of Shaphan the scribe.

Although this biblical bearer is male, the Puritans used it as a feminine name in the 1600s, probably due to its similarity to other feminine names in use at the time (see Azelia and Azalea).

Azaliya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Азалия(Russian)
Russian cognate of Azalea.
Badrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian (Rare)
Combination of the name Badri and the masculine suffix -zal.
Bahrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian (Rare)
Pronounced: BAH-ree-zal
Combination of Bahri and the Minangkabau masculine suffix -zal.
Bakhytzhan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Бақытжан(Kazakh) باقىتجان(Kazakh Arabic)
Pronounced: bah-kut-ZHAHN
Alternate transcription of Bakytzhan.
Basrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: ba-SREE-zal
Combination of Basri and the masculine suffix -zal.
Bassam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: بسّام(Arabic)
Pronounced: bas-SAM
Means "smiling" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".
Betzalel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish
Pronounced: beh-tzahl-el
Means "in God's shadow" in Hebrew.
Bezaleel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Anglicized), English (Puritan)
Anglicized form of Hebrew Betsalel, meaning "in the shadow." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Uri who was one of the architects of the tabernacle, and the name of an Israelite.
Bezalel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Pronounced: beh-ZAH-lel(Biblical English)
Hebrew, meaning "protected by God". It occurs in the Bible as the name of a celebrated skilled craftsman. As a result, the school of arts set up in Jerusalem in the 20th century was named Bezalel.
Bilol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tajik, Uzbek
Other Scripts: Билол(Tajik, Uzbek Cyrillic)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Bilal.
Bror
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: BROOR
From the Old Norse name Bróðir meaning "brother".
Crassus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was derived from the Latin adjective crassus, which can mean "solid, thick, dense" as well as "fat, gross, plump". This name was borne by several ancient Romans, such as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus (1st century BC).
Damilola
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Pronounced: Da-mi-lo-la
Means "God makes me wealthy" in Yoruba.
Deror
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דְּרוֹר(Hebrew)
Alternate transcription of Hebrew דְּרוֹר (see Dror).
Drora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דְּרוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Dror.
Drorit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: דְּרוֹרִית(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Dror.
Drustan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pictish
Diminutive of Drust. This name was borne by a 7th-century Irish saint who was active among the Picts in Scotland.
Durgo‘zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek dur meaning "pearl, jewel" and go'zal meaning "beauty".
Dymphna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), Irish
Pronounced: DIMF-nə(English)
Form of Damhnait. According to legend, Saint Dymphna was a young 7th-century woman from Ireland who was martyred by her father in the Belgian town of Geel. She is the patron saint of the mentally ill.
Dzerassa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ossetian Mythology, Ossetian
Other Scripts: Дзерассӕ(Ossetian)
Pronounced: dzzyi-RA-sə(Russian)
Possibly means "golden-haired, shining", perhaps related to Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold". In Ossetian mythology Dzerassa is the daughter of the sea god Donbettyr.
Eldrass
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Elgo'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
From the Uzbek el meaning "people, nation, country" and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Enitan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Means "person with a story, storied person" in Yoruba.
Erazem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene
Slovene form of Erasmus.
Erolvur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Faroese
Faroese variant of Herolvur.
Erramun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Basque form of Raymond.
Eymen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Turkish form of Ayman.
Fachrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Variant of Fakhrizal.
Fadhili
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swahili
Means "kindness, favour" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic.
Firoz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali
Other Scripts: ফিরোজ(Bengali)
Bengali form of Firouz.
Gazal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: gah-zahl
Masculine form of Gazale.
Ghazal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: غزل(Persian)
Pronounced: gha-ZAL
This name is derived from an Arabic word of the same name which is a form of lyrical love poetry.
Go'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Means "beautiful" in Uzbek.
Gulgo'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek gul meaning "rose, flower" and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Guzal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tatar, Bashkir
Other Scripts: Гүзәл(Tatar, Bashkir)
Pronounced: guy-ZAL(Bashkir)
Means "beautiful" in Tatar and Bashkir.
Guzalya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Uzbek form of Guzalia.
Hallolkis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Hazal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: HA-zal
Possibly from Kurdish xezal meaning "gazelle, antelope" (of Arabic origin). It is also associated with Turkish hazan meaning "autumn" (of Persian origin).
Imri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew [1], Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: אִםְרִי(Hebrew)
Possibly means "eloquent" in Hebrew. This name appears in the Old Testament belonging to two minor characters.
Inzali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: အဉ္ဇလီ(Burmese)
Pronounced: IN-ZU-LEE
Means "salutation, gesture of respect" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali).
Iqbal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: إقبال(Arabic) اقبال(Urdu) ইকবাল(Bengali)
Pronounced: eek-BAL(Arabic)
Means "fortunate" in Arabic. Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) was a poet, philosopher, and scholar from Pakistan.
Irorezi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Isoko (Rare)
Pronounced: ee-row-ray-zee
Means "good thoughts" in Isoko.
Itzal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-TSAL
Means "shadow, protection" in Basque.
Ivamara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Feminine form of Ivamar.
Izalda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Polish
Medieval Polish variant of Izolda.
Izalra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Isalra.
Jalol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tajik, Uzbek
Other Scripts: Ҷалол(Tajik) Жалол(Uzbek Cyrillic)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Jalal.
Khechara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: खेचरा(Sanskrit, Hindi)
Pronounced: khecharaa
MEANING : moving in air, flying, a bird, (in music ) a particular melody ( मूर्छना ) Here खे means in air + चराmeans moving
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhalese, Hindi, Sikh, Buddhist, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada
Khyzyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Karachay-Balkar
Other Scripts: Хызыр(Karachay-Balkar)
Karachay-Balkar form of Khidr.
Klym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Клим(Ukrainian)
Short form of Klyment.
Kymri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KIM-ree
English corruption of cymry, the Welsh word for "Welsh people, the Welsh". Likely inspired by the name Kimberly.
Lamria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Batak
From Batak lam meaning "more" and ria meaning "festive, happy, together".
Lazalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Rare)
Perhaps a blend of the popular prefix la with the name Azalea.
Lazare
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LA-ZAR
French form of Lazarus.
Leakhena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: លាខឹណ(Khmer)
Pronounced: /l̪iǝkenɑ:/
Means "quality" in Khmer.
Lidror
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: לִידְּרוֹר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: LEED-RAWR
Means "my freedom, my sparrow" in Hebrew. A combination of the names Li 2 and Dror.
Lolaqiz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek lola meaning "tulip", "red, scarlet" or "nectarine" and qiz meaning "girl".
Lolazor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from lola meaning "tulip", "red, scarlet" or "nectarine" and zor meaning "entreaty, strong need, desire".
Lolek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Diminutive of Karol 1.
Loleka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: lo-LE-ka
Hawaiian form of Loretta.
Lolimar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Caribbean), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Pronounced: lo-lee-MAR(Spanish)
Diminutive of Dolores María, most often used in Venezuela. In other words, this is a combination of Loli (a diminutive of Dolores) and -mar from names beginning with that syllable, such as Spanish María and Portuguese Maria.
Lolth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: l-all-th
Lolth, from R.A.Salvatore's, is the dark elf goddess of spiders and their ruler. She is often described as a beautiful female drow, or as a giant spider with a drow head.
Lolwa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: لولوة(Arabic)
Pronounced: LOOL-wa
Alternate transcription of Arabic لولوة (see Lulwa).
Lupula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Feminine form of Lupulus. A known bearer of this name was Arria Lupula, one of the half-sisters of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (86-161).
Maksym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian, Polish
Other Scripts: Максим(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: MAK-sim(Polish)
Ukrainian and Polish form of Maximus.
Marora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Diminutive of Maria Aurora.
Marzala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aragonese (Rare)
Pronounced: mar-THAH-la
Feminine form of Marzal.
Matuzalem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Polish form of Methuselah via its latinized form Mathusalem.
Mayzilol
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from may meaning "wine" and zilol meaning "crystal clear, unclouded".
Mazal
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish
Other Scripts: מזל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: Mah-zahl(Hebrew) MAH-ZAHL(Hebrew) mah-zahl(Judeo-Spanish)
Means "luck" in Hebrew.
Mazaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nigerian
Of African origin meaning "the luxurious.”
Mazalit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of Mazal.
Mazalta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Judeo-Provençal (Rare), Judeo-Spanish
Most likely derived from the Hebrew expression mazal tov "good fortune".
Mridvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit
Other Scripts: मृद्वी(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: mRidvee
MEANING : a vine with red grapes, tender, gentle, soft
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhalese, Hindi, Sikh, Buddhist, Sindhi, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Mauritian, Fijian , Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali
Mrika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian, Theatre
Variant of Mrikë. Mrika (1958) is an opera in three acts composed by Prenkë Jakova with a libretto in Albanian by Llazar Siliqi.
Mrinal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Assamese, Bengali, Indian
Other Scripts: মৃনাল(Assamese) মৃণাল(Bengali)
Mritika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bengali
“Mother Earth; Acceptance” Bengali, Assamese, Kokborok, Kannada
Mukhethwa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Venda
Means "the chosen one" in Tshivenda.
Mykhei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Михей(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: MI-hey
Ukrainian form of Micaiah.
Naglis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: NAG-lyis
From Lithuanian legends about Neringa and Naglis.

In Lithuanian folklore, Neringa is a beautiful, gentle giantess who built a mound of sand to keep the stormy waves of the Baltic sea at bay and protect the village and the people who live in it. One day, she catches the eye of Naglis, a dragon (some legends call him a sea serpent) living nearby, who madly falls in love with her. When Naglis realizes that his love is unrequited, in his wrath and his grief, he starts eating the fishermen living in Neringa's village one by one. Neringa is greatly saddened by these occurences, and so she creates a strip of sand between the bay and the Baltic sea, which would seperate her and her subjects from the dragon forever.

Its designated name day is August 13.

Nakheel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: نَخِيل(Arabic)
Plural form of Nakhlah, means "date palm," but it also means "something that is purified."
Nasrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: na-SREE-zal
Combination of Nasri and the masculine suffix -zal.
Neringa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
Pronounced: nyeh-rying-GU(Lithuanian)
From Lithuanian legends about Neringa and Naglis. The exact origin and meaning of the name are uncertain, however some scholars believe that it is derived from Old Prussian neria "to dive (like a swimmer)."

In Lithuanian folklore, Neringa is a beautiful, gentle giantess who built a mound of sand to keep the stormy waves of the Baltic sea at bay and protect the village and the people who live in it. One day, she catches the eye of Naglis, a dragon (some legends call him a sea serpent) living nearby, who madly falls in love with her. When Naglis realizes that his love is unrequited, in his wrath and his grief, he starts eating the fishermen living in Neringa's village one by one. Neringa is greatly saddened by these occurences, and so she creates a strip of sand between the bay and the Baltic sea, which would seperate her and her subjects from the dragon forever.

Its designated name day is August 20.

Nizar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian
Other Scripts: نزار(Arabic)
Pronounced: nee-ZAR(Arabic)
Perhaps from Arabic نزير (nazīr) meaning "little" [1]. Nizar ibn Ma'ad was an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.
Norgo'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek nor which can mean "camel", "birthmark", "pomegranate" or "fire" and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Nosakhele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zulu
Means "build for us" in Zulu.
Nurassyl
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Нұрасыл(Kazakh) نۇراسىل(Kazakh Arabic)
Variant of Nurasyl.
Nurgo'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek nur meaning "divine light" and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Olvyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Ontzalu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Basque
Medieval Basque form of Gonzalo.
Opula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil
Oqgo'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek oq meaning "white", "grey", "silver" or "clear" and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Oror
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Օրոր(Armenian)
Means "lullaby" in Armenian.
Orora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 緒露良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: O-ṘO-ṘAH
From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "beginning", 露 (ro) meaning "naked, bare" combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Aurora.

Ortiqgo'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from ortiq meaning "superior" and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Orzala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pashto
Other Scripts: اورژاله(Pashto)
Means "firelight" in Pashto.
Oyzilol
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from oy meaning "moon" and zilol meaning "crystal clear".
Ozzalyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Piankher
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Meroitic
May derive from Ancient Egyptian element ankh, meaning "life, truth". Name borne by a Nubian queen who lived in the 6th century BCE.
Polvon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Полвон(Uzbek Cyrillic)
Uzbek form of Palvan, which is a medieval Persian contraction of the Persian name Pahlavan (see Pahlavon).

In Uzbek, polvon is also a word that can mean "strong, heroic, brave" (adjective) and "strong man, wrestler" (noun). It is derived from the same root as the aforementioned Persian name Pahlavan, so ultimately, there is no etymological difference between the two.

Polvonbek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Полвонбек(Uzbek Cyrillic)
The first element of this name is derived from either the name Polvon or the Uzbek word polvon meaning "strong, heroic, brave" as well as "strong man, wrestler". Both are ultimately derived from the same root, namely the Persian noun پهلوان (pahlavan) meaning "hero, paladin, champion". The second element of this name consists of the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".
Polyzalos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Πολύζαλος(Ancient Greek)
Doric Greek form of Polyzelos, because it contains ζᾶλος (zalos), which is the Doric Greek form of ζῆλος (zelos) meaning "emulation, zealous imitation" as well as "jealousy" (see Zelos). Also compare the Greek noun ζάλη (zale) meaning "squall, storm, driving rain".

This name was borne by a tyrant of Gela in Sicily (5th century BC). He is better known under the latinized form of his name, which is Polyzalus.

Polyzalus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Polyzalos. This was the name of a tyrant of Gela in Sicily, who lived in the 5th century BC.
Prorsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Contracted form of Proversa, which means "forwards looking, turned toward the front" from Latin pro- "forward direction" and the verb vertere "to turn". Postverta and Prorsa were surnames of Carmenta, a Roman goddess of prophecy and childbirth. She was 'the backwards and forwards looking goddess', described as turning backward and looking at the past (Postverta) as well as looking into the future (Prorsa, i.e. Proversa); 'poets, however, have personified these attributes of Carmenta, and thus describe them as the companions of the goddess.' Prorsa was considered a goddess who averts breech birth (when a baby is born bottom first instead of head first).
Pulareddu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Corsican
Diminutive of Paulu.
Pulchera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sicilian
Sicilian form of Pulcheria.
Pulchra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Directly taken from Latin pulchra meaning "beautiful, lovely, pretty".
Puleun
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean (Modern)
Other Scripts: 푸른(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: POO-RUN
Variant transcription of Pureun.
Pulisena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian (Tuscan)
Variant of Polyxena.
Pulkheriya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Пульхерия(Russian)
Pronounced: puwl-KHYEH-ryi-yə
Russian form of Pulcheria.
Pulod
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tajik
Other Scripts: Пӯлод(Tajik)
Means "steel" in Tajik.
Qhora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Quechua
Variant of Qura.
Qumri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Means "turtledove" in Uzbek.
Qumriqiz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek qumri meaning "turtledove" and qiz meaning "girl".
Radhika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Other Scripts: राधिका(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) રાધીકા(Gujarati) രാധിക(Malayalam) ರಾಧಿಕಾ(Kannada) రాధిక(Telugu) ராதிகா(Tamil)
Used in Hindu scripture as an endearing form of Radha.
Rakesh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Other Scripts: राकेश(Hindi, Marathi) રાકેશ(Gujarati) ਰਾਕੇਸ਼(Gurmukhi) ರಾಕೇಶ್(Kannada) രാകേഷ്(Malayalam) ராகேஷ்(Tamil) రాకేష్(Telugu)
Means "lord of the full moon" from Sanskrit राका (rākā) meaning "full moon" and ईश (īśa) meaning "lord, ruler".
Rakhel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish, Hebrew
Hebrew spelling of a Judeo-Spanish variant of Rachel.
Rakhym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Рахым(Kazakh) راحىم(Kazakh Arabic)
Kazakh form of Rahim.
Rassan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Pakistani
Pronounced: RA-SAHN
Razali
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Malay, Indonesian
Pronounced: ra-ZA-lee
Malay and Indonesian variant of Ghazali.
Rekhetre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Rekhetre was an ancient Egyptian queen from the late 4th dynasty or early 5th dynasty. She was a daughter of Pharaoh Khafra.
Riddhil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: ऋद्धिल(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: Rriddhil, Riddhil
MEANING - one having magical powers, prosperous, successful
Here ऋद्धि means prosperity, success, magical powers, wealth +लाति(ला) means to give or obtain ल is used from verb ल
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhala, Hindi, Sikh, Buddhist
Rizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: ريزل(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: REE-zal(Indonesian)
Short form of Afrizal.
Rokhe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Diminutive of Ruchel.
Rytkheu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chukchi
Means "unknown" in Chukchi. A bearer is Yuri Rytkheu, born Rytkheu, a Chukchi-Russian writer.
Saadhik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Odia
Means "winner" in Odia.
Sabzal
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Balochi
Derived from sabz meaning "green".
Safargo'zal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from safar, the name of the second month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Saidafzal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek said meaning "fortunate" and afzal meaning "better, superior".
Saidjalol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek said meaning "fortunate" and the given name Jalol.
Samadhi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (?), Mexican (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare), Various
Pronounced: sə-MAH-dee(American English)
From the Sanskrit word समाधि (samādhi) meaning "placing together", from सम (sama) "together" combined with the prefix आ (ā) and धा (dhā) "to place". This word refers to the practice which produces complete meditation (though usage of the term varies among the Indian religious traditions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism). Bearers of this name include Sri Lankan actress Samadhi Arunachaya (1990-) and Mexican actress Samadhi Zendejas (1994-).
Samri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical
Form of Shimri used in the Vulgate (Latin Bible) as well as at least one English Bible: the Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610).
Sazali
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Malay
From the name of 13th-century Moroccan Sufi and scholar Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili.
Selvam
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tamil
Other Scripts: செல்வம்(Tamil)
Pronounced: selvəm
This is a typical Tamil name of persons, and is mostly masculine, rarely used also in the feminine. However, 'Selvan' would be only masculine; and 'Selvi' would be only feminine. 'Selvam' in poetic Tamil means, 'wealth', or 'something precious'. In Tamil literature, wealth is spoken of as being various types: material wealth, and wisdom and education. Persons can be named as 'Wealth of Wisdom', which would be: 'Gnanaselvam' -ஞானசெல்வம். The latter form could be used for boys and girls.
Semri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: שִׁמְרִי(Ancient Hebrew) Σαμαρι(Greek)
Pronounced: SEM-rie(Biblical English)
Variant transcription of Shimri, as used in 1 Chronicles 4:37 and 1 Chronicles 26:10.

This transcription is used in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible and English translations of the Septuagint Bible (1 Chronicles 4:37 only).

Shahrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Malay
Other Scripts: شهريزل(Malay Jawi)
Possibly from Persian شاه‬ (shah) meaning "king" combined with the name Rizal.
Sharora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Means "flames, sparks" in Uzbek.
Shayma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: شيماء(Arabic)
Pronounced: shie-MA
Alternate transcription of Arabic شيماء (see Shaima).
Shimrith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: שמרית(Hebrew)
From Hebrew שמר (shamar) meaning "to keep or guard". In the Bible, she is a Moabitess that can be found on 2 Chronicles 24:26.
Solveiga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian, Lithuanian
Latvian and Lithuanian form of Solveig.
Solveyllida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Solbellida.
Solvor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Norwegian form of Sǫlvǫr.
Spulga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
From the Latvian spulgs meaning "bright; radiant."
Srosh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭱(Pahlavi)
Middle Persian form of Soroush.
Sulola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Of Yoruba origin, but the meaning of the name is yet unknown to me.
Syafrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
From Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king" combined with the name Afrizal.
Syamsurizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Combination of the name Syamsuri and the masculine suffix -zal.
Szalvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Feminine form of Szalviusz.
Szymon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: SHI-mawn
Polish form of Simon 1.
Tafazal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: تفضل(Urdu)
Means “thank you” in Urdu.
Tamazzalt
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Berber
Means "devoted" in Tamazight.
Tamrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic (Rare), Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: تمرين(Arabic)
Pronounced: tam-REEN(Arabic)
Means "practice, habituation, accustoming" in Arabic, from the root مَرَّنَ (marrana) meaning "to practise, to exercise".
Tanzala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Likely an invented name.
Tarquin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: TAHR-kwin(English)
From Tarquinius, a Roman name of unknown meaning, possibly Etruscan in origin. This was the name of two early kings of Rome.
Tekhe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Buryat
Other Scripts: Тэхэ(Buryat Cyrillic)
Means "goat" in Buryat.
Tentkheta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Egyptian
Possibly meaning "she from the land of the Hittites". This name was borne by the Great Royal Wife of Amasis II.
Tezal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Rare)
Pronounced: Te-zal
"First ray of the sun"
Thamrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Tamrin.
Thekla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Θέκλα(Greek)
From the ancient Greek name Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεός (theos) meaning "god" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 1st-century saint, appearing (as Θέκλα) in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. The story tells how Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.
Thrassa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θρασσα(Ancient Greek)
Means “Thracian", referring to someone from the region of Thrace. In mythology, Thrassa was a nymph, the daughter of Ares and the Naiad Tereine. Her daughter Polyphonte was cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with a bear.
Tiloleko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nsenga
We shall see
Tolv
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Þólfr. This was often associated with the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian word tolv meaning "twelve" and hence given to the twelfth child of the family.
Tolvydas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: Tol-Vy-das
Trym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Norwegian
From Old Norse Þrymr meaning "noise, uproar". In Norse mythology he was a king of the giants who stole Mjölnir, Thor's hammer. Trym demanded that he wed the beautiful Freya in exchange for it, so Thor disguised himself in a wedding dress and killed the giant.
Turorne
Gender: Unknown
Usage: Anglo-Scandinavian
Form of Þórormr or Þórarinn, or possibly Þórarna, found in Domesday Book.
Tuzal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Uzbek
Means "to recover, get better, improve" in Uzbek.
Tzalanti
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Nahuatl
Probably related to Nahuatl tzalantic, "clear water".
Umri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Potentially derived from umri bilan bergan bo'lsin, a phrase said at the birth of Uzbek children which translates to "May he/she live long".
Uvamokozis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Lepontic
Name of a Lepontic man or woman mentioned on the Prestino stone, possibly its creator.

This name means having the most esteemed guests, the last element in the name coming from Proto-Celtic gostis, meaning "guest"

Uzal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוּזָ֖ל(Ancient Hebrew)
Uzal is a Biblical name (Genesis 10:27) with different meanings tied to the verb "to go". Uzal is son of Joktan and ancestor of Abraham.
Vadym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Вадим(Ukrainian)
Ukrainian form of Vadim.
Vadzim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Belarusian
Other Scripts: Вадзім(Belarusian)
Belarusian form of Vadim.
Varpuli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Finnish dialectal variant form (East Finland) of Valborg.
Vikhed
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil, Hinduism, Sinhalese
Other Scripts: विखेद(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: vikhed(Indian)
MEANING : free from weariness, alert, fresh, free from depression . Here वि means free from + खेद means weariness, sorrow or pain
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhalese, Hindi, Sikh, Punjabi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Bengali, Fijian, Hinduism
Vikheda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sanskrit
Other Scripts: विखेदा(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali)
Pronounced: vikhedaa
MEANING : free from weariness, alert, fresh, free from depression . Here वि means free from + खेद / खेदा means weariness, sorrow or pain
Usage : Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhalese, Hindi, Sikh, Punjabi, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Assamese, Malayalam, Bengali, Fijian, Hinduism
Vipul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi
Other Scripts: विपुल(Marathi, Hindi) વિપુલ(Gujarati)
From Sanskrit विपुल (vipula) meaning "large, extensive, plenty".
Xezal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Means "gazelle, deer" or "yellow autumnal leaves" in Kurdish.
Yallola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Potentially derived from Uzbek yallo meaning "merry-making".
Yusrizal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: yoo-SREE-zal
Combination of Yusri and the masculine suffix -zal.
Zal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology
Other Scripts: زال(Persian)
Means "albino" in Persian. According to the 10th-century Persian epic the Shahnameh this was the name of a white-haired warrior, the father of Rostam.
Zal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kurdish
Means "triumphant" in Kurdish.
Zala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Diminutive of Rozalija.
Zalair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: Z-UH-L-AIR
Alair
Zalaph
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Means "shadow, ringing" in Hebrew.
Zalika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Rozalija, used as a given name in its own right.
Zalim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Circassian
Other Scripts: Залым(Eastern Circassian)
Circassian form of Zelim.
Zalinah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Malay
Other Scripts: زالينه(Malay Jawi)
Variant of Zalina.
Zalka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Zala, used as a given name in its own right.
Zalman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: זלמן(Yiddish)
Yiddish variant of Solomon.
Zalmoxis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Thracian
Zalmunna
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
The name of a King along with Zebah who hosted the Midianites who invaded Israel, who were both executed by Gideon.
Zaltana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indigenous American
Means "high mountain"
Zalxa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zuleikha.
Zekhel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mordvin
Other Scripts: Зэхель(Mordvin)
Means "quiet, calm, peaceful" in Erzya.
Zeror
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Zeror, son of Bechorath, of the tribe of Benjamin, was the great-grandfather of King Saul and of his commander Abner. According to Saul, his family was the least of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Samuel 9)
Zilol
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Means "crystal clear, limpid" in Uzbek.
Zimri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: זִםְרִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ZIM-ree(English) ZIM-rie(English)
Probably means "my music" in Hebrew, a possessive form of זִםְרָה (zimra) meaning "music, song". This was the name of a king of Israel according to the Old Testament. He ruled for only seven days, when he was succeeded by the commander of the army Omri. Another Zimri in the Old Testament was the the lover of the Midianite woman Cozbi.
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