Behind the Name: LexiDizzle's Personal Name List

Alia 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: علياء, عالية, عليّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ‘al-YA, ‘A-lee-ya, ‘a-LEE-ya

Rating: 80% based on 3 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic علياء (see Alya 1), عالية (see Aaliyah) or عليّة (see Aliya 1).

Amara

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 天笑, 天良, etc.(Japanese Kanji)

Pronounced: AH-MAH-ṘAH

From Japanese 天 (ama) meaning "sky, heaven" combined with 笑 (ra) meaning "to laugh, to smile" or 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Beheshta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Afghan

Derived from the Persian noun بهشت (behesht) meaning "paradise, heaven". A known bearer of this name is the Afghan news anchor Beheshta Arghand.

Celeste

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English

Pronounced: cheh-LEH-steh(Italian) theh-LEHS-teh(European Spanish) seh-LEHS-teh(Latin American Spanish) sə-LEST(English)

Rating: 37% based on 3 votes

Italian feminine and masculine form of Caelestis. It is also the Portuguese, Spanish and English feminine form.

Celia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish

Pronounced: SEEL-yə(English) SEE-lee-ə(English) THEHL-ya(European Spanish) SEHL-ya(Latin American Spanish)

Rating: 73% based on 3 votes

Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius. Shakespeare used it in his play As You Like It (1599), which introduced the name to the English-speaking public at large. It is sometimes used as a short form of Cecilia.

Celina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Polish, Portuguese, German

Pronounced: tseh-LEE-na(Polish)

Rating: 40% based on 3 votes

Feminine form of Caelinus. This name can also function as a short form of Marcelina.

Celine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: German, English

Pronounced: sə-LEEN(English)

Rating: 40% based on 3 votes

Variant of Céline.

Eden

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern), French (Modern)

Other Scripts: עֵדֶן(Hebrew)

Pronounced: EE-dən(English)

Rating: 90% based on 4 votes

From the biblical place name, itself possibly from Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿeḏen) meaning "pleasure, delight" [1], or perhaps derived from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin) meaning "plain". According to the Old Testament the Garden of Eden was the place where the first people, Adam and Eve, lived before they were expelled.

Flaunys

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Manx (Modern, Rare)

Directly taken from Manx flaunys "heaven, paradise, Kingdom come", ultimately from older Manx Flathanas "Paradise" (in the Christian sense of the word). This is a newly coined name intended as a Manx form of Urania and Celeste.

Heaven

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: HEHV-ən

Rating: 50% based on 3 votes

From the English vocabulary word meaning "paradise". It is derived via Middle English hevene from Old English heofon "sky".

Hinerangi

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: HEE-NE-RA-NG-EE

Means "sky/heaven girl" in Maori.

Ilhuicacihuatl

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Nahuatl

From Nahuatl ilhuicac "celestial, heavenly; in the sky, in heaven" and cihuatl "woman".

Jannah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Indonesian

Other Scripts: جنة(Arabic)

Pronounced: JAN-nah

Rating: 65% based on 2 votes

Means "garden, paradise" in Arabic. In Islam this term refers to the concept of heaven.

Jinan

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جنان(Arabic)

Pronounced: jee-NAN

Rating: 30% based on 2 votes

Means "garden" or "paradise" in Arabic, ultimately from the root جنّ (janna) meaning "to cover, to hide".

Kalani

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Pronounced: ka-LA-nee

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Means "the heavens" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Keikilani

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Means "heavenly child" or "royal child" from Hawaiian keiki "child" and lani "heaven, sky". This name was popular in Hawaii from 2000-2005.

Kilia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Pronounced: KI-lee-ə

Means “heaven” in Hawaiian.

Lani

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Pronounced: LA-nee

Rating: 75% based on 2 votes

Means "sky, heaven, royal, majesty" in Hawaiian.

Lola

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Lingala

Rating: 30% based on 2 votes

Means "heaven" in Lingala.

Minoo

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: مینو(Persian)

Pronounced: mee-NOO

Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.

Minshu

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 旻姝, 旻淑(Chinese)

From the Chinese 旻 (mín) meaning "heaven" and 姝 (shū) meaning "beautiful girl" or 淑 (shū) meaning "kind and gentle".

Minu

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: مینو(Persian)

Pronounced: mee-NOO

Alternate transcription of Persian مینو (see Minoo).

Naenia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Roman Mythology

Means "incantation, dirge" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of funerals.

Nālani

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hawaiian

Pronounced: na-LA-nee

Rating: 95% based on 2 votes

Means "the heavens" or "the chiefs" from Hawaiian nā, a definite article, and lani "heaven, sky, chief".

Nava

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: נָאוָה(Hebrew)

Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.

Neamh

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish (Modern)

Personal remark: pron. "Nyahv"

Rating: 35% based on 2 votes

Derived directly from neamh, the Irish word for "heaven, paradise". Neamh is a modern Irish name.

Neema

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swahili

Means "divine grace" in Swahili, from Arabic نعمة (niʿma) meaning "blessing".

Nephele

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Νεφέλη(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: NEH-PEH-LEH(Classical Greek) NEHF-ə-lee(English)

From Greek νέφος (nephos) meaning "cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.

Nevena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Breton

Personal remark: Derived from Breton neñv "sky; heaven".

Rating: 80% based on 2 votes

Feminine form of Neven 2.

Nieves

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: NYEH-behs

Means "snows" in Spanish, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".

Nwyvre

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Welsh (Modern)

Pronounced: noo-EE-vrə, NOO-iv-rə

Personal remark: pron. "New-eve-rah"

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

From the poetic Middle Welsh word nwyfre meaning "sky, heaven, firmament" and "ether, quintessence", derived from nwyf "energy, vigour". This is a recently coined Welsh name.

Rakia

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Hebrew (Rare)

Other Scripts: רקיע(Hebrew)

Pronounced: rah-KEE-ah

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Poetic form of שמיים (shamayim) meaning "sky, heaven" in Hebrew.

Savane

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Lao

Other Scripts: ສະຫວັນ(Lao)

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

From the Sanskrit स्वर्ग (swarga) meaning "heaven".

Savanh

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Lao (Rare)

Other Scripts: ສະຫວັນ(Lao)

Pronounced: sa-WAN

Rating: 95% based on 2 votes

Means "heaven, paradise" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit स्वर्ग (svarga).

Sema

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish

Pronounced: seh-MA

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Means "sky, heaven" in Turkish.

Semira

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Rating: 80% based on 2 votes

Means "highest heaven" in Hebrew.

Sourkea

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Khmer

Other Scripts: សូរ្គា(Khmer)

Pronounced: sorkee

Means "heaven" in Khmer.

Suang

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Thai

Other Scripts: สรวง(Thai)

Pronounced: SWAHNG

Means "heaven, paradise" in Thai.

Sunmy

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Korean

Pronounced: SUHN-MEE

Korean Origin: Sunmi means "Heaven and sky or gift from the gods" and is of Korean origin.
Indian Origin: Sunmi is of Korean origin and means "heaven goddess and a gift form gods".
Ohio U.S: Sunmi means "Pure Beauty - Korean".
Sweden: Sunmi means "Pink".

Taivas

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Finnish (Modern, Rare)

Pronounced: TIE-vahs

Means "sky, heaven" in Finnish.

Tian

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 甜, 天, 恬, 添, etc.(Chinese)

Pronounced: TYEHN

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

From Chinese 甜 (tián) meaning "sweet", 天 (tiān) meaning "sky, heaven", 恬 (tián) meaning "calm, quiet, tranquil, peaceful" or 添 (tiān) meaning "add, increase", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Tianna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Chinese

Other Scripts: 天娜(Chinese)

From the Chinese 天 (tiān) meaning "sky, heaven, celestial" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate".

Tipnaree

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Thai

Other Scripts: ทิพนารี(Thai)

Pronounced: teep-na-ree

Means "Heaven girl" in Thai.

Urania

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Οὐρανία(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: yoo-RAY-nee-ə(English)

Latinized form of Ourania.

Uzuru

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Shona

Pronounced: Oo-zoo-roo

Meaning “a higher place; sky; paradise; heaven”.

Zerua

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Basque

Modern coinage derived from Basque zeru "sky; heavens; heaven".