lunarssong's Personal Name List

Means "keeper of sacred places". Derived from Lithuanized ancient Prussian "alkas" (a sacred woods, sacred hill, a place of worship) and Lithuanian "menanti" (the one, who remembers), which, in turn, came from "minėti" (to remember, to talk about).

Possibly from Hungarian álom "dream", though perhaps of Turkic origin meaning "bought". This was the name of the semi-legendary father of Árpád, the founder of the Hungarian state. Álmos's mother Emese supposedly had a dream in which a turul bird impregnated her and foretold that her son would be the father of a great nation.

Low German and Dutch diminutive of Anna and other names beginning with An.

Feminine form of Ardit.

Albanian form of Bahriye.

Derived from Besiana, one of the Albanian names of Podujevo, a city in north-eastern Kosovo. Allegedly, the name is ultimately derived from Albanian besë "faith; belief; trust; oath; promise".

Directly taken from Romanian călin "guelder rose (a type of flower)".

From Old Irish Cellach, of uncertain origin, traditionally said to mean "bright-headed". Alternatively it could be derived from Old Irish cellach "war, strife" or cell "church". This name was borne by several early Irish kings and by a 12th-century saint, an archbishop of Armagh.

French form of the Breton name Kaourintin, possibly from korventenn meaning "hurricane, storm". Alternatively, it could be connected to the Brythonic root *karid meaning "love" (modern Breton karout). This was the name of a 5th-century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.

Derived from Romanian crizantemă "chrysanthemum".

Basically means "acting strong" or "working to be(come) strong", derived from Lithuanian daryti meaning "to do, to act" as well as "to work" combined with old Lithuanian gailas, which usually means "strong, potent" but has also been found to mean "sharp, jagged" as well as "angry, fierce, violent" and "miserable, sorrowful, remorseful". Also compare the modern Lithuanian noun galia meaning "power, might, force".

Short form of names beginning with the Old High German element diota (Old Frankish þeoda) meaning "people".

Derived from either the Lithuanian noun drąsa meaning "courage, bravery" or the Lithuanian adjective drąsus meaning "brave, courageous, bold".

Derived from Latvian drosme "courage, bravery".

Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".

Norwegian and Dutch variant form of Helen. This is the name of the title character in the novel Eline Vere (1889) by the Dutch writer Louis Couperus.

Derived from Greek ἐνδύω (endyo) meaning "to dive into, to enter". In Greek mythology he was an Aeolian mortal loved by the moon goddess Selene, who asked Zeus to grant him eternal life. Zeus complied by putting him into an eternal sleep in a cave on Mount Latmos.

Breton form of Honoria, or directly from Breton enor "honour" (a word of Latin origin). This was the name of a 6th-century saint, the wife of Saint Efflamm.

Greek form of Erebus.

Means "our wind" or "wind from the Ionian Sea" in Albanian, from the elements erë, era meaning "wind" and jonë meaning "our" or Jon (Ionian Sea).

Possibly means either "white fire" or "white ancient" in Irish. According to legend this was the name of the only Irish person to survive the great flood. This name was also borne by many Irish saints.

Possibly derived from Old Irish grán meaning "grain" or gráin meaning "hatred, fear". In the Irish legend The Pursuit of Diarmaid and Gráinne she escaped from her arranged marriage to Fionn mac Cumhaill by fleeing with her lover Diarmaid. Another famous bearer was the powerful 16th-century Irish landowner and seafarer Gráinne Ní Mháille (known in English as Grace O'Malley), who was sometimes portrayed as a pirate queen in later tales.

Dutch diminutive of Johanna.

Danish and Norwegian short form of Johanne, or a German and Dutch short form of Johanna. This can also be a Dutch short form of Johannes (masculine).

Derived from Old Norse heiðr "bright, clear; honour", from which Heidi also derives. This is the name of several characters in Norse mythology: a giant, the son of Hrímnir; another name for the seeress Gullveig; and a name often given to witches or seeresses, possibly an epithet for "good" witches.

Derived from Old Norse hulda meaning "hiding, secrecy". This was the name of a sorceress in Norse mythology. As a modern name, it can also derive from archaic Swedish huld meaning "gracious, sweet, lovable" [2].

From the name of a small lake (also called Ygla) in southwestern Lithuania. It was popularized after 2016 by the singer Iglė Bernotaitytė (1999-).

This name can be used as 生 (shou, sei, i.kiru, i.keru, -u, u.mare, o.u, ki, na.ru, ha.eru, iku) meaning "birth, genuine, life," 郁 (iku) meaning "cultural progress, perfume," 幾 (ki, iku-, iku.tsu, iku.ra) meaning "how far/long/many/much" or it can be used to combine 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one" with 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story" or 玖 (kyuu, ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine (used in legal documents)."

It's not known how popular Iku was in the early and middle part of the Edo period (1603-1868), but it was uncommon in the latter part of that period and in the first half of the Meiji period/era (1868-1912) before it became really uncommon, and eventually rare, in the second half and into the Taishō period (1912-1926).

German and Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth, used independently.

Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element irmin meaning "whole, great".

Hungarian form of Emmerich. This was the name of an 11th-century Hungarian saint, the son of Saint Istvan. He is also known as Emeric.

Borrowed from the name of a lake and river in the Utena district municipality of north-eastern Lithuania, derived from Eastern Aukštaitian Lithuanian indrė (standard Lithuanian nendrė) meaning "reed."
This was also the name of the personification of the planet Jupiter in Lithuanian mythology, sometimes attributed as meaning "water witch" and probably related to Indra. She was a daughter of the sun goddess Saulė. Originally a water spirit, she was meant to marry the god of thunder, Perkunas, on a Thursday; when she was taken away from her wedding, she turned into the planet Jupiter.

From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with fríðr "beautiful, beloved". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

From Japanese 以 (i) meaning "compared to", 佐 (sa) meaning "aid, help" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Means "spark" in South Slavic.

From Japanese 慈 (itsu) meaning "mercy", 逸 (itsu) "flee, escape, break loose" or 淑 (itsu) meaning "graceful" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 逸 (itsu) meaning "superb, great, outstanding", 一 (itsu) meaning "one", 乙 (itsu) meaning "strange" or 五 (itsu) meaning "five" combined with 巳 (mi), referring to the Snake, the sixth of the twelve Earthly Branches. Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 泉 (izumi) meaning "fountain, spring". This name can also be constructed from other combinations of kanji.

This name combines 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring" with 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "wild apple," 菜 (sai, na) meaning "greens, side dish, vegetable" or 名 (myou, mei, na) meaning "name, reputation."

As a word, it (飯綱) refers to a type of fox spirit, though it's being written in hiragana as いづな so, technically, it's written in romaji as Idzuna. Also, it's not used as a name in Japan.

This name is rarely given to girls, if given at all.

Recorded in Latvia in the late Middle Ages, this name is of uncertain origin and meaning. However, a derivation from Latvian jauns "young; new" has been suggested as well as an adoption of the Old Prussian given name Jawne. The name is occasionally found in present-day Estonia.

Rare name that comes from the word "jezero", meaning "lake".

Feminine form of Kalnius.

Allegedly derived from Albanian i/e kaltër "light blue" (compare Kaltrina).

From the Lithuanian element karė which is either derived from karas (war) or karys (warrior).

Of uncertain origin and meaning.

Ledina has been debated to be a variant of Lëndina, an Albanian name directly taken from the word lëndina "(the) meadow".
However, "ledina" also seems to be an Old Church Slavonic word with a similar meaning, going back to the same Proto-Indoeuropean root as the common English word "land". So Ledina might in fact be a borrowing from this source.

German and Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a Latvianized variant of Lia and a direct derivation from Latvian lija "hen-harrier; mild, soft rain".

Combination of Lise and Charlotte.

The first element of this name is possibly derived from Russian lug "meadow". Also compare modern Polish łąka, Czech louka and Slovak lúka, all of which also mean "meadow". All of them are ultimately derived from Old Church Slavonic lǫka "wet meadow, swamp, bay". The Old Church Slavonic word lañka "bend (in a river)" is also said to be derived from the same root - just compare modern Russian luká "bend (in a river or road)" and Polish łuk "bow, bend, curve". The second element of this name is derived from either Slavic mir "peace" or Slavic mer "great, famous". There is a river named Lugomir in central Serbia, in which case the described etymology above certainly makes sense. Perhaps the name of Lugomir really started out as a toponym at first, and eventually also came into use as a (very rare) male first name, thanks to parents who were inspired by the river.

Derived from either Albanian lumë "river" or from Albanian lume, a term referring to "powerful and beautiful mountain fairies".

Variant of Lisanne.

The first element of this name is either derived from Lithuanian mantus meaning "intelligent" (see Daumantas) or from Lithuanian manta meaning "property, estate" as well as "wealth, riches, fortune". The second element is derived from old Lithuanian gailas, which usually means "strong, potent" but has also been found to mean "sharp, jagged" as well as "angry, fierce, violent" and "miserable, sorrowful, remorseful". Also compare the modern Lithuanian noun galia meaning "power, might, force".

Derived from the Lithuanian noun meilė meaning "love, affection".

Means "blackbird" in Dutch.

Meaning unknown. According to the 19th-century Polish-Lithuanian historian Teodor Narbutt, this was the name of a Lithuanian goddess of love.

Means "star" in Arabic.

Means "little deer", derived from Old Irish oss "deer, stag" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend Oisín was a warrior hero and a poet, the son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the narrator in many of his tales.

Means "fruitfulness, fertility" in Latvian.

Feminine form of Rens.

Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.

Derived from Lithuanian rytas meaning "morning".

Feminine diminutive of Siet.

Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

Scandinavian form of the Old English name Sunngifu, which meant "sun gift" from the Old English elements sunne "sun" and giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.

Derived from Old Norse sunna "sun" and löð "invitation" (poetic).

Breton form of Tanguy.

Derived from Romanian trandafir "rose".

Possibly derived from Lithuanian vaidytis / vaidentis "to appear; to ghost; to haunt" or else a short form of Vaidota and Vaidotė.

Diminutive of Vaidilė, since this name contains the feminine diminutive suffix -utė. However, it is important to note that vaidilutė is also a regular word in the Lithuanian language, with the meaning of "priestess" (as in, a pagan one). The masculine equivalent is vaidila meaning "priest" as well as "bard" (see Vaidilas).

From the Roman family name Velius, which possibly means "concealed" in Latin.

Derived from the Old Norse elements víg "war" and dís "goddess".

This name can be the Lithuanian form of Viola as well as be an independent, authentic Lithuanian name. In the case of the latter, the name is derived from Vijolė, the name of a river in the Lithuanian county of Šiauliai. In turn, the river derives its name from the old Lithuanian verb vijotis meaning "to curl, to coil, to twist", which is related to the modern Lithuanian noun vija meaning "strand" as well as "coil, winding, spire, loop". Also compare the Latvian noun vija meaning "garland, wreath", which is probably etymologically related.

The name may either come directly from the Lithuanian word vilna meaning "wool" or vilnis "to surge." The name may also be used in reference to the Vilnia river as well as the name of the city, Vilnius which both share the same etymological root with vilnis.

Feminine form of Vitale.

Swedish form of Vibeke.

Derived from Albanian yll "star" and, figuratively, "fate, luck" combined with the feminine adjective suffix -ore.