Bertie2's Personal Name List

From a Germanic name that was derived from the element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz).

Bulgarian form of Xenia, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Аксинья (see Aksinya).

Form of Anna used in various languages.

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Anastasia. This name was borne by the wife of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible.

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Анелия (see Aneliya).

Diminutive of Anna.

Latinate diminutive of Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).

Form of Hannah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary.

In England, this Latin form has been used alongside the vernacular forms Ann and Anne since the late Middle Ages. Anna is currently the most common of these spellings in all English-speaking countries (since the 1970s), however the biblical form Hannah is presently more popular than all three.

The name was borne by several Russian royals, including an 18th-century empress of Russia. It is also the name of the main character in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina (1877), about a married aristocrat who begins an ultimately tragic relationship with Count Vronsky.

Feminine form of Antonius (see Anthony).

Feminine form of Antoninus.

Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian and Armenian form of Angela.

Derived from the South Slavic word бисер (biser) meaning "pearl" (ultimately of Arabic origin).

Feminine form of Branimir.

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Деница (see Denitsa).

Means "divine, goddesslike", a derivative of Latin dia or diva meaning "goddess". It is ultimately related to the same Indo-European root *dyew- found in Zeus. Diana was a Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

As a given name, Diana has been regularly used since the Renaissance. It became more common in the English-speaking world following Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy (1817), which featured a character named Diana Vernon. It also appeared in George Meredith's novel Diana of the Crossways (1885). A notable bearer was the British royal Diana Spencer (1961-1997), the Princess of Wales.

Short form of Dorothy, Theodora or Isidora.

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Katherine, and an alternate transcription of Russian Екатерина (see Yekaterina).

Form of Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Елена (see Yelena).

Form of Eleanor in several languages.

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Elizabeth.

Variant form of Elizabeth.

Feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily). In Shakespeare's tragedy Othello (1603) this is the name of the wife of Iago.

Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Russian feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Form of Eve used in various languages. This form is used in the Latin translation of the New Testament, while Hava is used in the Latin Old Testament. A notable bearer was the Argentine first lady Eva Perón (1919-1952), the subject of the musical Evita. The name also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) belonging to the character Little Eva, whose real name is in fact Evangeline.

This is also an alternate transcription of Russian Ева (see Yeva).

Bulgarian feminine form of Evangelos.

Latinate form of Aveline. It was revived by the author Fanny Burney for the heroine of her first novel Evelina (1778). It is often regarded as a variant of the related name Evelyn or an elaboration of Eve.

Feminine form of Gabriel.

Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Christina.

Form of Irene in several languages.

Means "willow tree" in South Slavic.

Feminine form of Ivaylo.

Diminutive of Iva 1, Iva 2 or Iva 3.

Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.

Greek contracted form of Katerina. This name had a spike in popularity in America in 1972 when it was used for a newborn baby on the soap opera Where the Heart Is.

Bulgarian form of Cornelia.

Feminine form of Krasimir.

From Bulgarian лале (lale) meaning "tulip". It is derived via Turkish from Persian لاله (lāleh).

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of Lydia.

Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of Lily.

Latinate form of Magdalene.

Old Church Slavic form of Magdalene, as well as a Bulgarian variant form.

Means "raspberry" in several Slavic languages.

Spanish and Bulgarian diminutive of Maria.

Feminine form of Marinus. This name was borne by a few early saints. This is also the name by which Saint Margaret of Antioch is known in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Feminine form of Mihail or Mihael.

Feminine form of Milan. It began to be used in Italy in honour of Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), mother of Helen of Montenegro, the wife of the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III. In Italy it can also be considered a combination of Maria and Elena.

Short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir (often the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world").

Feminine form of Miroslav.

Latinate form of Natalia (see Natalie).

Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".

Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Paraskeve.

Bulgarian and Russian feminine form of Patricius (see Patrick).

Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Петя (see Petya).

Feminine form of Peter. This was also the name of an ancient city in the region that is now Jordan.

Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.

Either a Bulgarian form of Regina or a feminine form of Rayno.

Means "dew" in the South Slavic languages.

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Росица (see Rositsa).

Feminine form of Rumen.

Means "hollyhock" in Bulgarian (referring to flowering plants from the genera Alcea and Althaea). This is also an alternate transcription of Macedonian Ружа (see Ruža).

Bulgarian form of Silvia.

Form of Sophia used in various languages.

English variant and Bulgarian form of Stephanie. A notable bearer is Stefani Germanotta (1986-), an American singer better known as Lady Gaga.

Feminine form of Theodoros (see Theodore).

Feminine form of Tihomir.

Feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1). A famous bearer is the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.

Diminutive of Valentina or Valentin.

Form of Venus, from the genitive form Veneris.

Form of Veronica in several languages.

Derived from Bulgarian весел (vesel) meaning "cheerful".

German, Scandinavian and Greek variant of Victoria. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Виктория or Ukrainian Вікторія (see Viktoriya) or Belarusian Вікторыя (see Viktoryia), as well as the usual Georgian transcription.