Behind the Name: MyNameIsSol's Personal Name List

Celeste

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English

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

Personal remark: (this list is a big wip)

Rating: 62% based on 5 votes

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

Nadia 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian

Other Scripts: Надя(Russian, Bulgarian) Надія(Ukrainian)

Pronounced: NA-DYA(French) NA-dya(Italian, Polish) NA-dhya(Spanish) NAD-ee-ə(English) NAHD-ee-ə(English) NA-dyə(Russian)

Personal remark: Nadia Adelaida

Rating: 60% based on 6 votes

Variant of Nadya 1 used in Western Europe, as well as an alternate transcription of the Slavic name. It began to be used in France in the 19th century [1]. The name received a boost in popularity from the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci (1961-) [2].

Salvador

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan

Pronounced: sal-ba-DHOR(Spanish) sal-vu-DOR(European Portuguese) sow-va-DOKH(Brazilian Portuguese) səl-bə-DHO(Catalan)

Personal remark: Salvador Ignacio

Rating: 52% based on 6 votes

Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of the Late Latin name Salvator, which meant "saviour", referring to Jesus. A famous bearer of this name was the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).

Tamara

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Hungarian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Lithuanian, Georgian

Other Scripts: Тамара(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian) თამარა(Georgian)

Pronounced: tu-MA-rə(Russian) TA-ma-ra(Czech, Slovak) ta-MA-ra(Polish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian) TAW-maw-raw(Hungarian) tə-MAR-ə(English) tə-MAHR-ə(English) TAM-ə-rə(English) tu-mu-RU(Lithuanian)

Personal remark: Tamara Celeste

Rating: 47% based on 6 votes

Russian form of Tamar. Russian performers such as Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), Tamara Drasin (1905-1943), Tamara Geva (1907-1997) and Tamara Toumanova (1919-1996) introduced it to the English-speaking world. It rapidly grew in popularity in the United States starting in 1957. Another famous bearer was the Polish cubist painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980).