Claystarfire's Personal Name List

Chandler
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAND-lər(American English) CHAND-lə(British English)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Occupational name meaning "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately derived from Latin candela via Old French.
Lars
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, German
Pronounced: LAHSH(Swedish, Norwegian) LAHS(Danish) LAHRS(Finnish, Dutch) LARS(German)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.
Lyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: LIE-rə(English)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).
Mavis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-vis
Rating: 71% based on 7 votes
From the name of the type of bird, also called the song thrush, derived from Old French mauvis, of uncertain origin. It was first used as a given name by the British author Marie Corelli, who used it for a character in her novel The Sorrows of Satan (1895).
Scarsi
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SKAR-see
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Nickname for a poor or miserly person, from Italian scarso "scarce, scant".
Thomas
Usage: English, Welsh, French, German
Other Scripts: തോമസ്(Malayalam)
Pronounced: TAHM-əs(American English) TAWM-əs(British English) TAW-MA(French) TO-mas(German)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Derived from the given name Thomas.
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