reidrane's Personal Name List

Acey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), English
Variant of Acie.
Aito
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: AH ee toh
Means "affection" in Japanese.
Aito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
From Finnish aito meaning "true, authentic".
Akamori
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 赤森(Japanese Kanji) あかもり(Japanese Hiragana) アカモリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: A-KA-MO-RYEE
From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" combined with 森 (mori) meaning "forest."

This surname is rarely used.

Akhil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
Other Scripts: अखिल(Hindi) అఖిల్(Telugu) അഖിൽ(Malayalam)
From Sanskrit अखिल (akhila) meaning "whole, complete".
Akihiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明宏, 昭大, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-KEE-KHEE-ṘO
From Japanese 昭 (aki) meaning "bright, luminous" combined with 大 (hiro) meaning "big, great" or 寛 (hiro) meaning "tolerant, generous". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Aksel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Variant of Axel.
Alecto
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀληκτώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-LEHK-to(English)
Latinized form of Greek Ἀληκτώ (Alekto), which was derived from ἄληκτος (alektos) meaning "unceasing". This was the name of one of the Furies or Ἐρινύες (Erinyes) in Greek mythology.
Aleister
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-ə-stər
Variant of Alister. According to Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, this is "the Gaelic form of Alexander".
Allegra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (Rare)
Pronounced: al-LEH-gra(Italian) ə-LEHG-rə(English)
Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian. It was borne by a short-lived illegitimate daughter of Lord Byron (1817-1822).
Althea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀλθαία(Ancient Greek)
From the Greek name Ἀλθαία (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek ἄλθος (althos) meaning "healing". In Greek myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son.
Ameĸ
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Means "skin" in Greenlandic.
Amoret
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: a-mor-et, a-mor-ay
Perhaps based on the Italian word amoretto which is a representation of Cupid in a work of art. The word is based on amore meaning "love" combined with a diminutive suffix.

This name was used by Edmund Spenser in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590), where it belongs to a sister of Belphoebe who allegorically represents married love and chastity.

An
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: あん(Japanese Hiragana) アン(Japanese Katakana) 愛杏, 愛夢, 安海, 杏, 晏, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AHN:
From Japanese あん (an) meaning "bean paste" or other kanji which are pronounced the same way. For females, the usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Ann or Anne 1.
Anioł
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: AN-ow
Directly taken from Polish anioł "angel", this is name was used early on used as a vernacular form of Angelus.
Antlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ANT-lee-ə
From Greek ἀντλία (antlia) meaning "hold of a ship". Antlia is one of the constellations created by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century. He originally named it Antlia Pneumatica, or Machine Pneumatique in French, in honour of French physicist Denis Papin’s invention, the air pump.
Aoide
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀοιδή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ay-EE-dee(English)
Means "song" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of song.
Aramis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
The surname of one of the musketeers in The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexandre Dumas. Dumas based the character on the 17th-century Henri d'Aramitz, whose surname was derived from the French village of Aramits (itself from Basque aran meaning "valley").
Aranya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Thai, Indian, Bengali
Other Scripts: อรัญญา(Thai) অরণ্য(Bengali)
Pronounced: a-ran-YA(Thai)
Derived from Sanskrit अरण्य (aranya) meaning "forest". It is used as a feminine name in Thailand while it is masculine in India and Bangladesh.
Artesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre, Arthurian Cycle
Likely from Artois, the name of a region in France (for which "artesian wells" are named), itself derived from Atrebates, a Belgic tribe that inhabited the region of Gaul and Britain during Julius Caesar's time; Atrebates is cognate with Irish aittrebaid meaning "inhabitant".

In the Elizabethan play The Birth of Merlin, this is the name of the sister of the Saxon leader Ostorius, who used her wiles to seduce King Aurelius Ambrosius of Britain, blinding him to the gradual Saxon invasion of his kingdom. Uther Pendragon discovered her treachery, but she managed to have Aurelius banish his brother from court. In the end, Artesia and her brother betrayed and murdered Aurelius. When Uther reclaimed the kingdom, he had Artesia executed.

Aru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Ару(Kazakh) ارۋ(Kazakh Arabic)
Means "beauty" in Kazakh.
Aslaug
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss meaning "god" and laug possibly meaning "vowed, promised, bound in oath".
Astra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AS-trə
Means "star", ultimately from Greek ἀστήρ (aster). This name has only been (rarely) used since the 20th century.
Astraea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀστραία(Ancient Greek)
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.
Athos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Literature, French, Italian, Greek, Brazilian
Other Scripts: Άεθος(Greek)
Pronounced: A-thos(Greek Mythology, Literature) A-THOS(French)
Athos was one of the Gigantes, children of Gaia, who hurled a mountain at Zeus. Zeus knocked the mountain to the ground near Macedonia, and it became Mount Athos, or the "Holy Mountain."

In "The Three Musketeers" by Père Alexandre Dumas, Athos is one of the titular characters, his name deriving from the village of Athos in the commune Athos-Aspis.

Auréane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Auréa.
Azalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Basil 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAZ-əl
From the Greek name Βασίλειος (Basileios), which was derived from βασιλεύς (basileus) meaning "king". Saint Basil the Great was a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea and one of the fathers of the early Christian church. Due to him, the name (in various spellings) has come into general use in the Christian world, being especially popular among Eastern Christians. It was also borne by two Byzantine emperors.
Beri-
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 苺, 果実, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: BE-ṘEE
From Japanese 苺 (beri-) meaning "strawberry", 果実 (beri-) meaning "fruit; nut; berry" or other kanji pronounced in the same way.

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

Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Caelum
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: KIE-loom(Latin) KAY-ləm(English)
The name of a faint constellation in the southern sky, which is from Latin caelum meaning "heaven, sky" (compare Caelius) or (allegedly) "burin" (a tool for engraving on copper or other metals).
Cairo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KIE-ro
From the name of the city in Egypt, called القاهرة (al-Qāhira) in Arabic, meaning "the victorious" [1].
Caius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: GA-ee-oos(Latin) KIE-əs(English)
Roman variant of Gaius.
Calla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-ə
From the name of two types of plants, the true calla (species Calla palustris) and the calla lily (species Calla aethiopica), both having white flowers and growing in marshy areas. Use of the name may also be inspired by Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty".
Callisto 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Καλλιστώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-LIS-to(English)
Latinized form of Kallisto. A moon of Jupiter bears this name.
Cao
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: KOW
From Sino-Vietnamese 高 (cao) meaning "tall, high".
Cassander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάσσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of Greek Κάσσανδρος (Kassandros), the masculine form of Cassandra. This was the name of a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon.
Cedar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEE-dər(American English) SEE-də(British English)
From the English word for the coniferous tree, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek κέδρος (kedros). Besides the true cedars from the genus Cedrus, it is also used to refer to some tree species in the cypress family.
Cedric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEHD-rik
Invented by Walter Scott for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819). Apparently he based it on the actual name Cerdic, the name of the semi-legendary founder of the kingdom of Wessex in the 6th century. The meaning of Cerdic is uncertain, but it does not appear to be Old English in origin. It could be connected to the Brythonic name Caratācos. The name was also used by Frances Hodgson Burnett for the main character in her novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886).
Choumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 蝶海, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: CHO:-MEE
From Japanese 蝶 (chou) meaning "butterfly" combined with 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Chuu
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: Choo
this is a japanese kanji "忠" that means "sincerity", is also the stage name of a kpop idol from the group LOONA
Clive
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLIEV
From an English surname derived from Old English clif meaning "cliff", originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.
Cloud
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)
Pronounced: KLOO(French)
Derived from various Germanic names beginning with the element Chlodo-, particularly Chlodowald and Chlodulf.
Crux
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Latin for "cross". This is the name of a constellation in the southern hemisphere, commonly known as the Southern Cross.
Cynbel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Welsh
Medieval Welsh name of uncertain meaning [1].
Cyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Meaning unknown. Saint Cyra was a 5th-century Syrian hermit who was martyred with her companion Marana.
Daidai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: だいだい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: DAH-EE-DAH-EE
From Japanese だいだい (daidai) meaning "orange (fruit)".
Danielo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Masculine form of Daniela.
Daren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ən
Variant of Darren. In fact this form occurs earlier in American records, though Darren eventually became more popular.
Dean
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEEN
From a surname, see Dean 1 and Dean 2. The actor James Dean (1931-1955) was a famous bearer of the surname.
Djóni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Faroese
Variant of Dion.
Do-Hyeon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 도현(Korean Hangul) 度賢, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: TO-YUN
From Sino-Korean (do) meaning "size, extent, limit" and (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, able", as well as many other hanja character combinations.
Dorado
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: do-RA-do
From Spanish dorar "to gild, to cover in gold". Dorado is one of the constellations created by Dutch explorers in the 16th century. It represents the dolphinfish.
Duomis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Sami
Sami form of Thomas.
Eevi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: EH-vee(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of Eva.
Eik
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Faroese
Derived from Old Norse eik "oak".
Eir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Means "mercy" in Old Norse. This was the name of a Norse goddess of healing and medicine.
Eko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 響, 慧子, 恵古, 絵子, 会子, 依子, 咲心, 笑子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) えこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: E-KO
From Japanese 響 (eko) meaning "echo, sound" or other kanji pronounced in the same way.

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

Eliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Feminine form of Elior.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Eluned
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: ehl-IN-ehd, ehl-EEN-ehd
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.
En
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 園, 円, 演, 縁, 苑, 恵舞, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: EN
From Japanese 園 (en) meaning "garden". Other kanji is possible.
Enver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian
Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Anwar.
Eoghan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: ON(Irish) O-ən(Irish)
Possibly means "born from the yew tree", from Old Irish "yew" and the suffix gan "born". Alternatively, it might be derived from the Latin name Eugenius. It was borne by several legendary or semi-legendary Irish figures, including a son of the king Niall of the Nine Hostages.
Eon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Afrikaans (Rare)
Eran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1], Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֵרָן(Hebrew)
Means "watchful, vigilant" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is a grandson of Ephraim.
Eriza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 絵理座, 絵里沙, 絵里紗, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: E-ṘEE-ZAH
From Japanese 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch", 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic" combined with 座 (ra) meaning "names of constellations". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.

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

Errol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHR-əl
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from village by this name in Perthshire. It was popularized as a given name by the Australian actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959).
Escher
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Escher.
Etta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHT-ə
Short form of Henrietta and other names that end with etta. A famous bearer was the American singer Etta James (1938-2012), who took her stage name from her real given name Jamesetta.
Ezra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts: עֶזְרָא(Hebrew)
Pronounced: EHZ-rə(English)
Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.
Fable
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY-bel
Derived from the word for a succinct story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities, and that illustrates a moral lesson.
The word "fable" comes from the Latin fabula (a "story"), itself derived from fari ("to speak") with the -ula suffix that signifies "little".
Fath
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: فتح(Arabic)
Meaning "conquest" in Arabic.
Fleur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch, English (British)
Pronounced: FLUUR(French, Dutch) FLU(British English) FLUR(American English)
Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).
Fouques
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Old French form of Fulco. This was recorded 8 times in the 1292 census of Paris.
Fúll
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
From an Old Norse byname, based on Old Norse fúll meaning 'foul, stinking, mean'.
Gawain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: gə-WAYN(English) GAH-win(English)
Meaning uncertain, from the Latin form Gualguainus used in the 12th-century chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth (appearing also as Walganus, Gwalguanus and other spellings in different copies of the text), where he is one of the knights who serve his uncle King Arthur. He can be identified with the earlier Welsh hero Gwalchmai, and it is possible that the name derives from Gwalchmai or a misreading of it.

Gawain was a popular hero in medieval tales such as those by Chrétien de Troyes, where his name appears in the French form Gauvain or Gauvains. He is the main character of the 14th-century anonymous poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in which he accepts a potentially fatal challenge from the mysterious Green Knight.

Gemi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Indonesian
Means "modest, careful" in Indonesian.
Gestný
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Icelandic combination of gestr "guest" and "new".
Giordano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jor-DA-no
Italian form of Jordan. A notable bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), who was burned at the stake by the Inquisition.
Gwilym
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Welsh form of William.
Gyatso
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tibetan
Other Scripts: རྒྱ་མཚོ(Tibetan)
Pronounced: GYA-TSO, GYAM-TSO
From Tibetan རྒྱ་མཚོ (rgya-mtsho) meaning "ocean". This is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).
Hadrian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: HAY-dree-ən(English)
From the Roman cognomen Hadrianus, which meant "from Hadria" in Latin. Hadria was the name of two Roman settlements. The first (modern Adria) is in northern Italy and was an important Etruscan port town. The second (modern Atri) is in central Italy and was named after the northern town. The Adriatic Sea is also named after the northern town.

A famous bearer of the name was Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian, a 2nd-century Roman emperor who built a wall across northern Britain. His family came from the town of Atri in central Italy.

Hakua
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 白愛, 白亜, 舶愛, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: HAH-KUU-AH
From Japanese 白 (haku) meaning "white" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Halia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Means "briny" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was the personification of sea salt, a sea nymph native to the Isle of Rhodes (sometimes believed to be one of the indigenous Rhodian gods) and the favourite of Poseidon. Her six sons forbade Aphrodite from landing on their island, and in retaliation Aphrodite drove them into such madness that they raped their own mother. Halia committed suicide by throwing herself into the sea, and the Rhodians believed that she was reincarnated as the goddess Leucothea ("white goddess"), whom they worshipped with great honour.
Hang
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Means "moon" in Vietnamese.
Hania 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KHA-nya
Polish diminutive of Hanna 1.
Hatsu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 初, 波津(Japanese Kanji) はつ(Japanese Hiragana) ハツ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: HAHTS, HAH-TSUU
This name can be used as 初 (sho, ui-, -so.meru, -zo.me, haji.me, haji.mete, hatsu, hatsu-) meaning "beginning, first time" or 波津 with 波 (ha, nami) meaning "billows, Poland, waves" and 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port."

When used as 初, it is, according to Suzuki Sakaye, usually used as the name of the first daughter.

Hatsu was very popular in the Edo period (1603-1868), but by the latter part of the Meiji period (1868-1912) it was dropping down in popularity and by the Taishō period/era (1912-1926), it became uncommon.

Heiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Low German, German, Frisian
Pronounced: HIE-ko(Low German)
Low German and Frisian diminutive of Henrik.
Hel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology this was the name of the daughter of Loki. She got her name from the underworld, also called Hel, where she ruled, which meant "to conceal, to cover" in Old Norse (related to the English word hell).
Hiina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: ひいな(Japanese Hiragana) ひい菜(Kanji/Hiragana) 雛, 一夏, 秀奈, 雛菜, 日衣菜, 緋奈, 陽衣菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: KHEE-NAH
From Japanese 雛 (hiina) meaning "young bird; chick​, hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Hino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 日乃, 日暖, 燈乃, 妃乃, 斐乃, 比乃, 緋乃, 姫乃, 陽乃, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひの(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HEE-NO
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Honora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Variant of Honoria. It was brought to England and Ireland by the Normans.
Horatio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: hə-RAY-shee-o, hə-RAY-sho
Variant of Horatius. Shakespeare used it for a character in his tragedy Hamlet (1600). It was borne by the British admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), famous for his defeat of Napoleon's forces in the Battle of Trafalgar, in which he was himself killed. Since his time the name has been occasionally used in his honour.
Hosea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: הוֹשֵׁעַ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ho-ZAY-ə(English) ho-ZEE-ə(English)
Variant English form of Hoshea, though the name is spelled the same in the Hebrew text. Hosea is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Hosea. Written in the northern kingdom, it draws parallels between his relationship with his unfaithful wife and the relationship between God and his people.
Hua
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 华, 花, etc.(Chinese) 華, 花, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: KHWA
From Chinese (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, Chinese" or (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" (which is usually only feminine). Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.
Iker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: EE-kehr
Means "visitation" in Basque. It is an equivalent of the Spanish name Visitación, coined by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.
Ilona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Pronounced: EE-lo-naw(Hungarian) ee-LO-na(German) EE-lo-na(German) EE-lo-nah(Finnish) ee-LAW-na(Polish) I-lo-na(Czech)
Old Hungarian form of Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word ilona, a derivative of ilo "joy".
Ineĸo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Greenlandic
Short form of inequnaq meaning 'sweet', 'cute'.
In-soo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 仁秀(Korean Hanja) 인수(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: EEN-SOO
From Sino-Korean 仁 (in) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel" combined with 秀 (soo) meaning "excellent, outstanding". Other hanja combinations are possible.

Famous bearers are Chun In-soo, a South Korean archer and Olympic champion, Insoo Hyun, an Associate Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and Kang In-Soo, a South Korean singer.

Iseul
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 이슬(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: EE-SUL
Means "dew" in Korean.
Isla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: IE-lə
Variant of Islay, typically used as a feminine name. It also coincides with the Spanish word isla meaning "island".
Isobel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Anglicized form of Iseabail.
Itoha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 純葉, 純羽, 純巴, 絃葉, 絃羽, 綸巴, 綸葉, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: EE-TO-HAH
From Japanese 純 (ito) meaning "innocent, pure" combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feathers, plumes". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ivor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
Pronounced: IE-və(British English) IE-vər(American English)
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was probably derived from the elements ýr "yew tree, bow" and herr "army, warrior". During the Middle Ages it was brought to Britain by Scandinavian settlers and invaders, and it was adopted in Ireland (Irish Íomhar), Scotland (Scottish Gaelic Iomhar) and Wales (Welsh Ifor).
Jaysen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of Jason.
Ji-hoo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Ji-hoo (surname is Yoon) is one of the main characters of well-known 2009 South-Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. Along with Jun-pyo, Yi-Jung and Woo-bin is part of F4.
Ji-tae
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 智泰(Korean Hanja) 지태(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: JEE-TAY
From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect, reason" combined with 泰 (tae) meaning "peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great". Other hanja combinations are possible.

A famous bearer is Yoo Ji-tae, a South Korean actor and director.

Jungyoon
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 정윤(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: DJANG-YUN, jeong-iun
正 "Jung" as in "correct, straight, centre" and 潤 as in "moist, glossy", other hanja combinations can be made
Juniper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JOON-i-pər(American English) JOON-i-pə(British English)
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.
Kaede
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) かえで(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-EH-DEH
From Japanese (kaede) meaning "maple" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Kai 4
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Chinese) , etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: KIE
From Chinese (kǎi) meaning "triumph, victory, music of triumph", as well as other characters pronounced in a similar way.
Kalliope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καλλιόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAL-LEE-O-PEH(Classical Greek)
Means "beautiful voice" from Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "voice". In Greek mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
Kaon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 華音, 架穏, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: KAH-ON
From Japanese 華 (ka) meaning "flower" combined with 音 (on) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ke'asa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ke'Asia.
Kian 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: کیان(Persian)
Means "king, foundation, symbol of pride" in Persian.
Kielo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEE-lo
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).
Kisu
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Means "kitty" in Finnish.
Kori
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAWR-ee
Feminine form of Corey.
Kot
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Meaning "cat".
Kyros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Persian (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁(Old Persian) Κῦρος(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Old Persian Kuruš (see Cyrus).
Lacerta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Means "lizard" in Latin (the feminine form of lacertus). Lacerta is the name of a constellation created in 1687 by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius. It is located between Cygnus, Cassiopeia and Andromeda on the northern celestial sphere. The northern part lies on the Milky Way.
Laelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: LIE-lee-a
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning. This is also the name of a type of flower, an orchid found in Mexico and Central America.
Lake
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LAYK
From the English word lake, for the inland body of water. It is ultimately derived from Latin lacus.
Lance
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LANS
From the Germanic name Lanzo, originally a short form of names that began with the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element land, Old High German lant meaning "land" (Proto-Germanic *landą). During the Middle Ages it became associated with Old French lance meaning "spear, lance". A famous bearer is American cyclist Lance Armstrong (1971-).
Lanzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Old German form of Lance.
Laquan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: lə-KWAHN(English)
Combination of the phonetic elements la and quan. It can be spelled LaQuan or Laquan.
Leb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Means "white" in Russian.
Liesel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LEE-zəl
German diminutive of Elisabeth.
Lillevi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: LIL-le-vee
From the Swedish word lilla "little" combined with the popular name suffix vi, found in such names as Åsvi, Hillevi, and Torvi. The second element is often regarded as a derivative of Old Norse "devoted, dedicated", and the name has been interpreted to mean "little devoted one". It has been in use only since the 20th century.
Linnéa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.
Liora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Strictly feminine form of Lior.
Liren
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 丽蓮, 丽恋, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: LEE-REN
Combination of the names Li 1 and Ren
Llyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Unaccented variant of Llŷr.
Lóegaire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Old Irish
Means "calf herder", derived from Old Irish lóeg "calf". In Irish legend Lóegaire Búadach was an Ulster warrior. He saved the life of the poet Áed, but died in the process. This was also the name of several Irish high kings.
Lorcán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: LAWR-kan
Means "little fierce one", derived from Old Irish lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix. Saint Lorcán was a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.
Loren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-ən
Either a short form of Laurence 1 (masculine) or a variant of Lauren (feminine).
Lotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, German
Pronounced: LAW-tə(Dutch, German)
Short form of Charlotte or Liselotte.
Loveday
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (African), English (British, Rare), Cornish (Rare), Medieval English, Literature
Pronounced: LUV-day(English)
Medieval form of the Old English name Leofdæg, literally "beloved day". According to medieval English custom, a love day or dies amoris was a day for disputants to come together to try to resolve their differences amicably. Mainly a feminine name, with some male usage. Known textual examples date from the 11th century. It seems to have been most common in Cornwall and Devon, according to the British births, deaths and marriages index. Currently very rare.

The novel Coming Home (1995) by Rosamunde Pilcher, set in 1930s Cornwall, has a character called Loveday. Loveday Minette is a fictional character in the children's fantasy novel The Little White Horse (1946) by Elizabeth Goudge (in the novel's film adaptation, she is known as Loveday de Noir). Also, a character in Poldark.

Luv
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hmong
Means "sparrow" in Hmong.
Lycus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λύκος(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek name Λύκος (Lykos) meaning "wolf". This name was borne by several characters in Greek mythology including a legendary ruler of Thebes.
Lydian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Pronounced: LI-dee-ən(English) LI-di-ən(English)
Variant of Lydia, occasionally used in Norway as a masculine form. In some cases it may be directly from the word which means "of ancient Lydia" (and also refers to "a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate").
Mădălina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: mə-də-LEE-na
Romanian form of Magdalene.
Maho
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: まほ(Japanese Hiragana) ま帆(Kanji/Hiragana) マホ(Japanese Katakana) 愛渉, 愛歩, 雅穂, 間保, 今歩, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: MAH-HO
From Japanese 愛 (ma) meaning "love, affection" combined with 渉 (ho) meaning "to cross a body of water". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mallory
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-ree
From an English surname was derived from Old French maleüré meaning "unfortunate" [1]. It first became common in the 1980s due to the American sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989), which featured a character by this name.
Maple
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-pəl
From the English word for the tree (comprising the genus Acer), derived from Old English mapul. This is the name of a girl in Robert Frost's poem Maple (1923) who wonders about the origin of her unusual name.
Mateo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Croatian
Pronounced: ma-TEH-o(Spanish)
Spanish form of Matthew. This form is also sometimes used in Croatia, from the Italian form Matteo.
Me
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hmong
Means "small, petite" in Hmong.
Melon
Usage: Bengali
Mikelo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: mee-KEH-lo
Modern Esperanto form of Michael.
Nam-seon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 남선(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: NAM-SUN
variation of Namsun, means "city" and "first" other combinations can be made on the way of spelling the hanja.
Nand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Walloon
Walloon form of Fernand.
Narcisse
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: NAR-SEES
French masculine and feminine form of Narcissus. This is also the French word for the narcissus flower.
Nari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 나리(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: NA-REE
Means "lily" in Korean.
Neave
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Anglicized form of Niamh.
Nekoda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: נְקוֹדָא(Ancient Hebrew) Νεκωδά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: nə-KO-də(English) NEH-ko-də(English)
Means "marked" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the head of a family of temple servants.
Neo 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: NEE-o(English)
From a prefix meaning "new", ultimately from Greek νέος (neos).

In the film series beginning with The Matrix (1999), this is the main character's screen alias and the name he later goes by in the real world. The character is also called The One, one being an anagram of Neo.

Nera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Hebrew
Other Scripts: נֵרה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NER-ah(Croatian) NE-rah(Croatian, Hebrew)
Feminine form of Ner. It also means "candle" in Hebrew (hence may be given to girls born during Hanukkah).
Noam
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, French
Other Scripts: נוֹעַם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: NO-am(Hebrew) NOM(English) NAW-AM(French)
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew. A famous bearer is Noam Chomsky (1928-), an American linguist and philosopher.
Noyou
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 노유(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: NO-YOO
爐 "No" meaning "Heart" and 有 "you, yu" as in "Existence" other hanja combinations can be made
Océane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AW-SEH-AN
Derived from French océan meaning "ocean".
Ocha
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Pet
Pronounced: o:-chah
From Japanese ocha, a type of Japanese green tea.
Opal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: O-pəl
From the English word opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October. The word ultimately derives from Sanskrit उपल (upala) meaning "jewel".
Orion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὠρίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AW-REE-AWN(Classical Greek) o-RIE-ən(English)
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.
Othello
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: o-THEHL-o(English)
Perhaps a diminutive of Otho. William Shakespeare used this name in his tragedy Othello (1603), where it belongs to a Moor who is manipulated by Iago into killing his wife Desdemona.
Ourania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Οὐρανία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: O-RA-NEE-A(Classical Greek)
Derived from Greek οὐράνιος (ouranios) meaning "heavenly". In Greek mythology she was the goddess of astronomy and astrology, one of the nine Muses.
Øyvindr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Variant of Eyvindr.
Pallavi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Other Scripts: पल्लवी(Hindi, Marathi) ಪಲ್ಲವಿ(Kannada) పల్లవి(Telugu) பல்லவி(Tamil)
Feminine form of Pallav.
Parvin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Persian, Urdu, Hindi
Other Scripts: پروین(Persian, Urdu) परवीन(Hindi)
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian. The Pleiades are a group of stars in the constellation Taurus. This name is typically feminine in Iran, but unisex in India.
Persis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Περσίς(Ancient Greek)
Greek name meaning "Persian woman". This is the name of a woman mentioned in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament.
Pictor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
From the Roman cognomen Pictor, which is derived from Latin pictor "painter." Quintus Fabius Pictor was a Roman historian from the 3rd century BC.
Prior
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish (Rare)
Ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for "earlier, first".
Qiao
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: (Chinese)
From Chinese 巧 (qiǎo) meaning "skillful".
Qingmei
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 青梅, 清梅, 庆梅, 晴梅, 青美, 清美, 庆美, 晴美(Chinese)
Pronounced: CHEENG-MAY
Combination of Qing and Mei 1. Alternatively, the first character can be used as 清 (qīng) meaning "pure, clean," 庆 (qìng) meaning "celebration" or 晴 (qíng) meaning "clear/fine weather."

Except 晴梅 and 晴美, which are exclusively given to females, other combinations can be given to males as well, though they are still mainly feminine.

Rain 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RAYN
Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.
Refugio
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Mexican)
Pronounced: reh-FOO-khyo(Mexican Spanish)
Means "refuge, shelter" in Spanish. As a feminine name, it is often part of the compound name María del Refugio, from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Refugio (de los Pecadores) meaning "Our Lady, Refuge (of Sinners)".
Rei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 鈴, 麗, 玲, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REH
From Japanese (rei) meaning "bell", (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Remus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Romanian
Pronounced: REH-moos(Latin) REE-məs(English)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Old Latin *yemos meaning "twin" with the initial consonant altered due to the influence of Romulus. In Roman legend the twin brothers Romulus and Remus were the founders of the city of Rome. Remus was later slain by his brother.
Reuel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: רְעוּאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ROOL(English) ROO-əl(English)
Means "friend of God" in Hebrew, from רֵעַ (reaʿ) meaning "friend" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the Old Testament this is another name for Jethro. The fantasy author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a famous bearer.
Reverie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: REHV-ə-ree
From the English word meaning "daydream, fanciful musing", derived from Old French resverie, itself from resver meaning "to dream, to rave".
Rødh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Rauðr.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Sapir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סַפִּיר(Hebrew)
Means "sapphire" in Hebrew.
Saskia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: SAHS-kee-a(Dutch) ZAS-kya(German)
From the Old German element sahso meaning "a Saxon". The Saxons were a Germanic tribe, their name ultimately deriving from the Germanic word *sahsą meaning "knife". Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612-1642) was the wife of the Dutch painter Rembrandt.
Sebie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ethiopian
Meaning "Autumn".
Seiza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 星座(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SE:-ZAH
From Japanese 星座 (seiza) meaning "constellation".
Sextans
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: SEHK-stənz
Sextans is one of the constellations introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius. It represents the astronomical sextant. Hevelius named the constellation after the sextant he used to measure star positions. The constellation’s original name was Sextans Uraniae, but it was later shortened to simply Sextant.
Shirou
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 四郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しろう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEE-RO
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 四郎 (see Shirō).
Shouma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 尚真, 正真, 相魔, 翔麻, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SHO:-MAH
From Japanese 尚 (shou) meaning "esteem" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Silke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish
From the Scandinavian word silke meaning "silk".
Solmi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Pronounced: Soul-MEE
Means "forever Pretty"
Sonnet
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: SAHN-it
Diminutive of Italian sonetto - song, sound; little song. Also the term for a short lyric poem, usually with eight line stanzas, followed by six line
stanzas.

The sonnets of William Shakespeare, on the other hand, are typically three Sicilian quatrains, followed by an heroic couplet.

Sono
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji) その(Japanese Hiragana) ソノ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SO-NO
This name is used as 園 (en, sono) meaning "farm, garden, park, yard."

It's not known how popular Sono was in the early and middle part of the Edo period (1603-1868), but it was moderately popular in the latter part of that period. By the Meiji period (1868-1912), it dropped down in popularity, becoming uncommon by the end of that period and in the Taishō period (1912-1926).

Soo-bin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 수빈(Korean Hangul)
Pronounced: SOO-BEEN
Variant transcription of Su-Bin.
Sora
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 空, 昊, etc.(Japanese Kanji) そら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SO-RA
From Japanese (sora) or (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Soran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kurdish
Means "prince" in Kurdish.
Søren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish
Pronounced: SUUW-ən
Danish form of Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.
Spirv
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Swedish
Variant of Spørv.
Storma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Storm.
Taru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-roo
Means "legend, myth" in Finnish. It is also used as a diminutive of Tarja.
Tea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Finnish, Georgian
Other Scripts: თეა(Georgian)
Pronounced: TEH-ah(Finnish)
Short form of Dorothea, Theodora and other names containing a similar sound.
Théau
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Contracted form of Thélau and Théliau, which are both French forms of the Germanic given name Teilo (see Till).

In addition to that, this name can also be a variant spelling of Théo, which can be a short form of Germanic given names like Theobald as well as of Greek given names like Théodore and Théophile.

Thorgan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
This is the name of Belgian footballer Thorgan Hazard. His name was inspired by the Belgian comic strip "Thorgal".
Thyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish
Variant of Tyra.
Tristan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: TRIS-tən(English) TREES-TAHN(French)
Probably from the Celtic name Drustan, a diminutive of Drust, which occurs as Drystan in a few Welsh sources. As Tristan, it first appears in 12th-century French tales, probably altered by association with Old French triste "sad". According to the tales Tristan was sent to Ireland by his uncle King Mark of Cornwall in order to fetch Iseult, who was to be the king's bride. On the way back, Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a potion that makes them fall in love. Later versions of the tale make Tristan one of King Arthur's knights. His tragic story was very popular in the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since then.
Tsuru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) つる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TSOO-ROO
From Japanese (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)", as well as other kanji combinations with the same pronunciation.
U​
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 羽, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: UU
From Japanese 羽 (u) meaning "feather".
Un
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 雲, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: OON:
From Japanese 雲 (un) meaning "cloud".
Úna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Medieval Irish [1]
Pronounced: OO-nə(Irish)
Probably derived from Old Irish úan meaning "lamb". This was a common name in medieval Ireland.
Ura
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tahitian
From Tahitian 'ura meaning "red" or "purple".
Vairis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian
Masculine form of Vaira.
Valko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Вълко(Bulgarian)
Derived from Bulgarian вълк (valk) meaning "wolf".
Valtteri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHLT-teh-ree
Finnish form of Walter.
Vita 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish, Slovene
Pronounced: VEE-ta(Italian)
Feminine form of Vitus.
Voney
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Rare)
From Old Norse ván meaning "hope, expectation" combined with ey meaning "island" or ey meaning "good fortune".
Wyatt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIE-ət
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval given name Wyard or Wyot, from the Old English name Wigheard. Wyatt Earp (1848-1929) was an American lawman and gunfighter involved in the famous shootout at the OK Corral.
Yoosung
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
This is the name of the fictional character Yoosung Kim from the hit Korean otome app Mystic Messanger.
Yoroi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: YO-ROI
Means "armor" in Japanese.
Young-Ho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 영호(Korean Hangul) 英浩, 泳浩, 映皓, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: YUNG-HO
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영호 (see Yeong-Ho).
Yui
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 結衣, 優衣, 結, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-EE
From Japanese (yu) meaning "tie, bind" or (yu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" combined with (i) meaning "clothing, garment". It can also come from stand-alone (yui) using a different nanori reading. This name can be formed of other kanji or kanji combinations as well.
Zion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Jewish, Biblical
Other Scripts: צִיוֹן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ZIE-ən(English)
From the name of a citadel that was in the center of Jerusalem. Zion is also used to refer to a Jewish homeland and to heaven.
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