Deanne97's Personal Name List

Boudicca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brythonic (Latinized)
Pronounced: BOO-di-kə(English)
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Derived from Brythonic boud meaning "victory" [1]. This was the name of a 1st-century queen of the Iceni who led the Britons in revolt against the Romans. Eventually her forces were defeated and she committed suicide. Her name is first recorded in Roman histories, as Boudicca by Tacitus [2] and Βουδουῖκα (Boudouika) by Cassius Dio [3].
Domenico
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: do-MEH-nee-ko
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Italian form of Dominicus (see Dominic). Domenico Veneziano was a Renaissance painter who lived in Florence.
Fenrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Fen-Rick
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Refers to the rank of ‘Second Lieutenant’ in the Norwegian military.
Fenton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FEHN-tən
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
From a surname that was originally taken from a place name meaning "marsh town" in Old English.
Fredrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: FREHD-rik(Swedish, Norwegian) FREHD-reek(Finnish)
Rating: 51% based on 8 votes
Swedish and Norwegian form of Frederick. This was the name of an 18th-century king of Sweden.
Ivana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Italian
Other Scripts: Ивана(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: I-va-na(Czech) EE-va-na(Slovak) ee-VA-na(Italian)
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Ivan.
Jameson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYM-ə-sən
Rating: 15% based on 8 votes
From an English surname meaning "son of James".
Magdalena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Lithuanian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Slovene, Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, English
Other Scripts: Магдалена(Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: mag-da-LEH-na(Polish) mak-da-LEH-na(German) mahgh-da-LEH-na(Dutch) magh-dha-LEH-na(Spanish) məg-də-LEH-nə(Catalan) MAG-da-leh-na(Czech) mag-də-LAY-nə(English)
Rating: 68% based on 9 votes
Latinate form of Magdalene.
Medea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Georgian
Other Scripts: Μήδεια(Ancient Greek) მედეა(Georgian)
Pronounced: mə-DEE-ə(English) MEH-DEH-AH(Georgian)
Rating: 30% based on 7 votes
From Greek Μήδεια (Medeia), derived from μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". In Greek mythology Medea was a sorceress from Colchis (modern Georgia) who helped Jason gain the Golden Fleece. They were married, but eventually Jason left her for another woman. For revenge Medea slew Jason's new lover and also had her own children by Jason killed.
Merrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHR-ik
Rating: 26% based on 7 votes
From a Welsh surname that was originally derived from the given name Meurig.
Nimah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian
Other Scripts: نعمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: NEE‘-ma(Arabic) NEE-mah(Indonesian)
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic نعمة (see Nima 1), as well as the usual Indonesian form.
Sarai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew [1], Spanish
Other Scripts: שָׂרָי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: SEHR-ie(English) sə-RIE(English)
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Means "my princess" in Hebrew, a possessive form of שָׂרָה (sara) meaning "lady, princess, noblewoman". In the Old Testament, this was Sarah's name before God changed it (see Genesis 17:15).
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