Mathias Voorhees's Personal Name List

Means "older brother" in Sundanese.

Finnish form of Abraham.

Catalan form of Aaron.

Spanish form of Aaron.

From the Hebrew name אַבְרָהָם (ʾAvraham), which may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" or else as a contraction of Abram 1 and הָמוֹן (hamon) meaning "many, multitude". The biblical patriarch Abraham was originally named Abram but God changed his name (see Genesis 17:5). With his father Terah, he led his wife Sarah, his nephew Lot and their other followers from Ur into Canaan. He is regarded by Jews as being the founder of the Hebrews through his son Isaac and by Muslims as being the founder of the Arabs through his son Ishmael.

As an English Christian name, Abraham became common after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was the American president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), who pushed to abolish slavery and led the country through the Civil War.

Means "most commendable, most praiseworthy" in Arabic (a superlative form of Hamid 1).

Variant of Ahmad. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans.

English form of André.

French, Portuguese and Galician form of Andreas (see Andrew).

Variant of Bled.

German form of Brunhild, used when referring to the character from the Nibelungenlied.

Diminutive of Charles.

From the Late Greek name Χριστόφορος (Christophoros) meaning "bearing Christ", derived from Χριστός (Christos) combined with φέρω (phero) meaning "to bear, to carry". Early Christians used it as a metaphorical name, expressing that they carried Christ in their hearts. In the Middle Ages, literal interpretations of the name's etymology led to legends about a Saint Christopher who carried the young Jesus across a river. He has come to be regarded as the patron saint of travellers.

As an English given name, Christopher has been in general use since the 15th century. It became very popular in the second half of the 20th century, reaching the top of the charts for England and Wales in the 1980s, and nearing it in the United States.

In Denmark this name was borne by three kings (their names are usually spelled Christoffer), including the 15th-century Christopher of Bavaria who also ruled Norway and Sweden. Other famous bearers include Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), English architect Christopher Wren (1632-1723) and the fictional character Christopher Robin from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books.

Diminutive of Cornelius and Constance.

Slovene, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian form of Damian.

From the Slavic element darŭ meaning "gift", originally a diminutive of names containing that element.

From one of the related Slavic roots dějati "to do" or dějanĭje "deed, action".

Short form of Diana.

The president of Nauru's name is Baron Divavesi Waqa.

Croatian and Serbian form of Demetrius.

Diminutive of Donald.

Diminutive of Donald.

Derived from the Slavic element dorgŭ (South Slavic drag) meaning "precious".

Feminine form of Dragan.

Irish form of Henry.

From the Hebrew name אֱלִיָּהוּ (ʾEliyyahu) meaning "my God is Yahweh", derived from the roots אֵל (ʾel) and יָהּ (yah), both referring to the Hebrew God. Elijah was a Hebrew prophet and miracle worker, as told in the two Books of Kings in the Old Testament. He was active in the 9th century BC during the reign of King Ahab of Israel and his Phoenician-born queen Jezebel. Elijah confronted the king and queen over their idolatry of the Canaanite god Ba'al and other wicked deeds. At the end of his life he was carried to heaven in a chariot of fire, and was succeeded by Elisha. In the New Testament, Elijah and Moses appear next to Jesus when he is transfigured.

Because Elijah was a popular figure in medieval tales, and because his name was borne by a few early saints (who are usually known by the Latin form Elias), the name came into general use during the Middle Ages. In medieval England it was usually spelled Elis. It died out there by the 16th century, but it was revived by the Puritans in the form Elijah after the Protestant Reformation. The name became popular during the 1990s and 2000s, especially in America where it broke into the top ten in 2016.

Catalan form of Eric.

Variant of Eric.

Variant of Esmé.

Diminutive of Fábio or Fátima.

Hungarian form of Florianus (see Florian).

Slovak, Czech and Spanish form of Florianus (see Florian).

From the Roman cognomen Florianus, a derivative of Florus. This was the name of a short-lived Roman emperor of the 3rd century, Marcus Annius Florianus. It was also borne by Saint Florian, a martyr of the 3rd century, the patron saint of Poland and Upper Austria.

From the Old German elements folk "people" and beraht "bright". Saint Fulbert was an 11th-century bishop of Chartres.

From an English surname that was derived from Old French gaillard "high-spirited, boisterous". This name was rarely used after the mid-20th century, when the word gay acquired the slang meaning "homosexual".

Form of George in several languages. This name was borne by the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).

Variant of Georgiana.

Medieval Swedish form of George.

Medieval Norwegian form of George.

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.

Feminine form of Goran.

Gallicized form of Breton Gwenole, which was derived from Breton uuin, uuen, Middle Welsh guin, gwynn, guen meaning "sacred, pure, blessed; white" and Old Breton uual meaning "valor". This was the name of a legendary Breton saint who was inspired to found an abbey by a dream he had of Saint Patrick.

Japanese name meaning "green", influenced by the Japanese pronunciation of the English word green.

Icelandic form of Hafþórr. A known bearer of this name is Icelandic professional strongman and actor Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (1988-).

Spanish form of Hector.

Catalan form of Hector.

Latinized form of Greek Ἕκτωρ (Hektor), which was derived from ἕκτωρ (hektor) meaning "holding fast", ultimately from ἔχω (echo) meaning "to hold, to possess". In Greek legend Hector was one of the Trojan champions who fought against the Greeks. After he killed Achilles' friend Patroclus in battle, he was himself brutally slain by Achilles, who proceeded to tie his dead body to a chariot and drag it about. This name also appears in Arthurian legends where it belongs to King Arthur's foster father.

Hector has occasionally been used as a given name since the Middle Ages, probably because of the noble character of the classical hero. It has been historically common in Scotland, where it was used as an Anglicized form of Eachann.

Polish form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Derived from the Georgian noun ია (ia) meaning "violet", as in the spring flower (also see Violet). In turn, it is thought to be derived from the Georgian noun იასამანი (iasamani) meaning "lilac", which might possibly be of Persian origin. However, ია (ia) could also be derived from ancient Greek ἴα (ia), which is the plural form of ἴον (ion) meaning "violet".

Known bearers of this name include the Georgian actresses Ia Parulava (b. 1967) and Iamze "Ia" Sukhitashvili (b. 1980).

Older form of Iain.

Scottish Gaelic form of Iohannes (see John).

Russian form of the Old Norse name Yngvarr (see Ingvar). The Varangians brought it with them when they began settling in Eastern Europe in the 9th century. It was borne by two grand princes of Kyiv, notably Igor I the son of Rurik and the husband of Saint Olga. Other famous bearers include Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), a Russian composer known for The Rite of Spring, and Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972), the Russian-American designer of the first successful helicopter.

Diminutive of Isaac. This was the nickname of the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), based on the initial sound of his surname.

Means "lightning, thunder" in Azerbaijani.

Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian form of Elijah, and an alternate transcription of Bulgarian Илия (see Iliya).

Feminine form of İlqar.

Derived from Arabic إِنَارَة (ʾināra) meaning "illumination, light".

Icelandic form of Ivan.

Spanish and Hungarian form of Ivan.

Newer form of the Old Church Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see John). This was the name of six Russian rulers, including the 15th-century Ivan III the Great and 16th-century Ivan IV the Terrible, the first tsar of Russia. It was also borne by nine emperors of Bulgaria. Other notable bearers include the Russian author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), who wrote Fathers and Sons, and the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who is best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.

Form of Yvonne in several languages.

French form of Iacobus, the New Testament Latin form of James.

Variant of Göran.

German, Czech and Scandinavian form of Joseph.

From Chinese 菊 (jú) meaning "chrysanthemum" (which is usually only feminine) or 巨 (jù) meaning "big, enormous" (usually only masculine), besides other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Hungarian short form of Julia.

Portuguese, Catalan, Hungarian and Slovak form of Julia.

Icelandic form of Julius.

Short form of Katherine, often used independently. It is short for Katherina in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew (1593). It has been used in England since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer is the British actress Kate Winslet (1975-).

Diminutive of Leonard.

From an English surname that was originally from the name of an English city, called Lindum Colonia by the Romans, derived from Brythonic lindo "lake, pool" and Latin colonia "colony". This name is usually given in honour of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president of the United States during the American Civil War.

Catalan form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Short form of Alonzo and other names containing the same sound.

Dutch form of Marien.

French form of Marianus.

Northern Sami form of Maria.

Medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram. After the Middle Ages this name was rare, but it was revived at the end of the 19th century.

From an English surname that originally denoted a person who was a marshal. The word marshal originally derives from Latin mariscalcus, itself from Germanic roots akin to Old High German marah "horse" and scalc "servant". A famous bearer is the American rapper Marshall Mathers (1972-), who performs under the name Eminem.

Variant of Matthias.

Afrikaans form of Mathijs.

French variant of Matthias.

Spanish form of Matthias.

Variant of Matyáš.

Finnish and Portuguese form of Matthias.

Modern Irish form of Medb (see Maeve).

Diminutive of Milan or Mihovil.

From Hebrew נַעֲרָה (na'ará) meaning "girl" or "maiden". Naarah was of the tribe of Judah and as the second wife of Ashhur she gave birth to Ahuzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.

From the 15th-century Korean 날애(Nal-E), itself derived from the Traditional Korean 날개(Nal-Ge) meaning "Wing" from Korean 날(Nal) meaning 'fly' combined with suffix -개(Ge) meaning 'tool'.

Nebraska is derived from transliteration of the archaic Otoe words Ñí Brásge (contemporary Otoe Ñí Bráhge), or the Omaha Ní Btháska meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the state.

French form of Oedipus.

Icelandic form of the Hebrew name Omar 2 and the Arabic name Omar 1. It can also be interpreted as a compound of Old Norse name elements, such as the negative prefix Ó- (found in Ómundi and Óblauðr) and mærr meaning "famous".

Alternate transcription of Arabic عمر (see Umar). This is the usual English spelling of the name of the 12th-century poet Umar Khayyam. In his honour it has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world, notably for the American general Omar Bradley (1893-1981).

Modern Greek form of Homer.

Anglicized form of Úna, as well as a Finnish form.

Anglicized form of Úna.

Medieval Swedish form of Jurian.

From the Hebrew name רָחֵל (Raḥel) meaning "ewe". In the Old Testament this is the name of the favourite wife of Jacob. Her father Laban tricked Jacob into marrying her older sister Leah first, though in exchange for seven years of work Laban allowed Jacob to marry Rachel too. Initially barren and facing her husband's anger, she offered her handmaid Bilhah to Jacob to bear him children. Eventually she was herself able to conceive, becoming the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

The name was common among Jews in the Middle Ages, but it was not generally used as a Christian name in the English-speaking world until after the Protestant Reformation. It was moderately popular in the first half of the 20th century, but starting in the 1960s it steadily rose, reaching highs in the 1980s and 90s. The character Rachel Green on the American sitcom Friends (1994-2004) may have only helped delay its downswing.

Notable bearers include American conservationist Rachel Carson (1907-1964), British actress Rachel Weisz (1970-), and Canadian actress Rachel McAdams (1978-).

Diminutive of Reginald.

Variant of Rémy.

Diminutive of names containing the element ren, such as Rene, Irene, Rennard or Warren.

Pet form of various names that contain the -ren- sound.

Diminutive of Ronald or Veronica.

Diminutive of Ronald.

Alternate transcription of Arabic سعيد (see Said).

Alternate transcription of Sa'id chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Means "happy, lucky" in Arabic, from سعد (saʿida) meaning "to be happy, to be lucky". This was the name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

Azerbaijani form of Saida.

Form of Sa'ida used in Northern Africa and other French-influenced regions of the continent.

Means "one who prays" in Arabic, derived from سجد (sajada) meaning "to bow down, to prostrate".

Bosnian form of Said.

From Quechua sisa, meaning "flower".

Dutch form of Jacques or Isaac.

From Japanese 崇 (sou) meaning "adore", 壮 (sou) meaning "big, large", 双 (sou) meaning "set of two, pair, couple, double", 創 (sou) meaning "genesis", 奏 (sou) meaning "to play (music)", 爽 (sou) meaning "bright; clear", 想 (sou) meaning "thought, idea, concept", 操 (sou) meaning "chastity", 総 (sou) meaning "general, overall, total", 綜 (sou) meaning "arrange threads for weaving", 聡 (sou) meaning "intelligent, clever, bright", 草 (sou) meaning "herb", 蒼 (sou) meaning "blue, green", 装 (sou) meaning "dress, clothes, attire", 霜 (sou) meaning "frost", 慥 (sou) meaning "sincere, earnest" or 颯 (sou) meaning "the sound of the wind". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

A famous bearer is So Taguchi, a Japanese former outfielder.

Either a Finnish form of Terentius or a short form of Antero.

French form of Theophanes.

Means "hare" in Greenlandic [1].

Means "old man" in Finnish. In Finnish mythology Ukko is the god of the sky and thunder.

Spanish and Catalan form of Victor.

Esperanto diminutive of William.

Diminutive of Vincent and other names containing vin.

Diminutive of Vincent.

Icelandic and Faroese variant of Winnie.

Czech and Slovak form of Vladimir.

Means "born during the rainy season", from Luhya ifula meaning "rainy season".

Diminutive of Wojciech.

Catalan diminutive of Xavier.

Means "Italy" in Vietnamese.

Possibly an Old English name in which the second element is mære "famous". Saint Ymar was a 9th-century Benedictine monk at Reculver Abbey in Kent, England, who was killed by marauding Danes. Alternatively, may be a relation to Ímar.

Old Norse form of Ingvar.

Hebrew form of Joseph.