lunarssong's Personal Name List

Agáta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: A-ga-ta
Czech and Slovak form of Agatha.
Anastázie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: A-na-sta-zi-yeh
Czech form of Anastasia.
Baranov
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Баранов(Russian)
Pronounced: bu-RA-nəf
From Russian баран (baran) meaning "ram, sheep".
Beranová
Usage: Czech
Feminine form of Beran.
Brozović
Usage: Croatian
Derived from Broz.
Dagmar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: DOW-mar(Danish) DAK-mar(German) DAG-mar(Czech)
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the popular Bohemian wife of the Danish king Valdemar II when they married in 1205. Her birth name was Markéta.
Darina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak, Czech, Bulgarian, Russian
Other Scripts: Дарина(Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: DA-ree-na(Slovak) DA-ri-na(Czech)
Derived from the Slavic word darŭ meaning "gift". It is sometimes used as a diminutive of names beginning with Dar.
Dáša
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: DA-sha
Czech and Slovak diminutive of Dagmar.
Dorota
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: daw-RAW-ta(Polish) DO-ro-ta(Czech) DAW-raw-ta(Slovak)
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of Dorothea.
Emílie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: EH-mee-li-yeh
Czech feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).
Ilona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, German, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Pronounced: EE-lo-naw(Hungarian) ee-LO-na(German) EE-lo-na(German) EE-lo-nah(Finnish) ee-LAW-na(Polish) I-lo-na(Czech)
Old Hungarian form of Helen, possibly via a Slavic form. In Finland it is associated with the word ilona, a derivative of ilo "joy".
Ilonka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, Czech
Pronounced: EE-long-kaw(Hungarian) I-long-ka(Czech)
Hungarian and Czech diminutive of Ilona.
Irena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Lithuanian
Other Scripts: Ирена(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: ee-REH-na(Polish) I-reh-na(Czech) EE-reh-na(Slovak) i-ryeh-NU(Lithuanian)
Form of Irene in several languages.
Irenka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, Czech
Pronounced: ee-RENG-ka(Polish) I-reng-ka(Czech)
Polish and Czech diminutive of Irena.
Klára
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: KLA-raw(Hungarian) KLA-ra(Czech, Slovak)
Hungarian, Czech and Slovak form of Clara.
Kříž
Usage: Czech
Means "cross" in Czech, ultimately from Latin crux.
Květa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: KVYEH-ta
Either a short form of Květoslava or directly from Czech květ "flower, blossom".
Květoslava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: KVYEH-to-sla-va
Feminine form of Květoslav.
Magda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene, Romanian, Portuguese, Greek
Other Scripts: Μάγδα(Greek)
Pronounced: MAK-da(German) MAHKH-da(Dutch) MAG-da(Czech, Slovak, Polish) MAWG-daw(Hungarian)
Short form of Magdalena.
Markéta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: MAR-keh-ta
Czech form of Margaret.
Mila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Мила(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian) Міла(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: MYEE-lə(Russian)
From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names containing that element.
Mirka 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian
Other Scripts: Мирка(Serbian)
Pronounced: MIR-ka(Czech) MEER-ka(Slovak)
Diminutive of Miroslava and other names containing the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace" or "world".
Nicol 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Czech
Pronounced: nee-KOL(Spanish)
Spanish and Czech form of Nicole.
Nikol
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Bulgarian, Greek
Other Scripts: Никол(Bulgarian) Νικόλ(Greek)
Pronounced: NI-kol(Czech)
Czech, Bulgarian and Greek form of Nicole.
Nikola 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Czech, Basque
Other Scripts: Никола(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: NI-ko-la(Czech) nee-KO-la(Basque)
Form of Nicholas in several languages. Note, in Czech this is also a feminine name (see Nikola 2). A famous bearer was the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856-1943).
Schovajsa
Usage: Czech
Means "hide yourself" in Czech, of Moravian origin.
Svatava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: SVA-ta-va
Derived from Czech svatý meaning "sacred, holy", ultimately from Old Slavic *svętŭ.
Tereza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian
Other Scripts: Тереза(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Pronounced: TEH-reh-za(Czech) teh-REH-za(Romanian)
Form of Theresa in various languages.
Terezie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: TEH-reh-zi-yeh
Czech variant form of Theresa.
Zita 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, Latvian
Pronounced: DZEE-ta(Italian) TSEE-ta(German) ZI-ta(Czech) ZEE-ta(Slovak) zyi-TU(Lithuanian)
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian. This was the name of a 13th-century saint, the patron saint of servants.
Zita 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: ZEE-taw
Diminutive of Felicitás.
Zora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Other Scripts: Зора(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZO-ra(Czech) ZAW-ra(Slovak)
Means "dawn, aurora" in the South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak.
Zorka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Зорка(Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: ZOR-ka(Czech)
Diminutive of Zora.
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