coralcoffeecream's Personal Name List
Ada 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AY-də(English) A-dha(Spanish) A-da(Polish) AH-dah(Finnish)
Rating: 88% based on 5 votes
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as
Adelaide or
Adelina that begin with the element
adal meaning "noble".
Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
Adamaris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic), English
Pronounced: ah-dah-MAR-is(Latin American Spanish, Hispanic American)
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
Either a combination of
Ada 1 and
Maris 2, or a combination of the prefix
a with
Damaris, or from Latin
adamō meaning "I love truly, earnestly, deeply or greatly; covet".
Adriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: עַדְרִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Aelita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, Russian, Latvian
Other Scripts: Аэлита(Russian)
Pronounced: ui-LYEE-tə(Russian)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Created by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy for his science fiction novel Aelita (1923), where it belongs to a Martian princess. In the book, the name is said to mean "starlight seen for the last time" in the Martian language.
Aífe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
'Ailana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Means "loving" in Hawaiian.
Note: "without the 'okina (= the diacritical mark), "ailana" could refer to sexual intercourse."
Akari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明里, 朱里, 朱莉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あかり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KA-REE
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
From Japanese
明 (aka) meaning "bright" or
朱 (aka) meaning "vermilion red" combined with
里 (ri) meaning "village" or
莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Alaia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.
Alegría
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Galician (Rare)
Derived from Spanish and Galician alegría "joy, happiness", taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de la Alegría, meaning "Our Lady of Joy".
Alice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Czech, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch
Pronounced: AL-is(English) A-LEES(French) u-LEE-si(European Portuguese) a-LEE-see(Brazilian Portuguese) a-LEE-cheh(Italian) a-LEES(German) A-li-tseh(Czech)
Rating: 96% based on 5 votes
From the Old French name
Aalis, a short form of
Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name
Adalheidis (see
Adelaide). This name became popular in France and England in the 12th century. It was among the most common names in England until the 16th century, when it began to decline. It was revived in the 19th century.
This name was borne by the heroine of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871).
Amaryllis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: am-ə-RIL-is(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Derived from Greek
ἀμαρύσσω (amarysso) meaning
"to sparkle". This is the name of a character appearing in
Virgil's pastoral poems
Eclogues [1]. The amaryllis flower is named for her.
Amelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: a-meh-LEE
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Anders
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: AN-desh(Swedish) AHN-nəsh(Norwegian) AHN-us(Danish)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Scandinavian form of
Andreas (see
Andrew). A famous bearer was the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874).
Andromeda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀνδρομέδα, Ἀνδρομέδη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-DRO-MEH-DA(Classical Greek) an-DRAH-mi-də(English)
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Derived from Greek
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός) combined with one of the related words
μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or
μέδω (medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over". In Greek
mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero
Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.
Anežka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Pronounced: A-nesh-ka
Ángel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ANG-khehl
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Spanish form of
Angelus (see
Angel).
Angelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Armenian
Other Scripts: Ангелина(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian) Αγγελίνα(Greek) Անգելինա(Armenian)
Pronounced: ang-jeh-LEE-na(Italian) an-jə-LEE-nə(English) un-gyi-LYEE-nə(Russian) ang-kheh-LEE-na(Spanish)
Latinate
diminutive of
Angela. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
Anjali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Nepali
Other Scripts: अञ्जली, अंजली(Hindi) अंजली(Marathi, Nepali) அஞ்சலி(Tamil) అంజలి(Telugu) അഞ്ജലി(Malayalam)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Anneliese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: A-nə-lee-zə(German) ah-nə-LEE-sə(Dutch)
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
Aoife
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: EE-fyə(Irish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From Old Irish
Aífe, derived from
oíph meaning
"beauty" (modern Irish
aoibh). This was the name of several characters in Irish legend, including a woman at war with
Scáthach (her sister in some versions). She was defeated in single combat by the hero
Cúchulainn, who spared her life on the condition that she bear him a child (
Connla). Another legendary figure by this name appears in the
Children of Lir as the jealous third wife of
Lir.
This name is sometimes Anglicized as Eve or Eva.
Aquila
Gender: Unisex
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: AK-wil-ə(English) ə-KWIL-ə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Ari 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲרִי(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means "lion" in Hebrew.
Art
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHRT
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Artemis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἄρτεμις(Ancient Greek) Άρτεμις(Greek)
Pronounced: AR-TEH-MEES(Classical Greek) AHR-tə-mis(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly related either to Greek
ἀρτεμής (artemes) meaning
"safe" or
ἄρταμος (artamos) meaning
"a butcher". Artemis was the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting, the twin of
Apollo and the daughter of
Zeus and
Leto. She was known as
Diana to the Romans.
Atalanta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀταλάντη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
From the Greek
Ἀταλάντη (Atalante) meaning
"equal in weight", derived from
ἀτάλαντος (atalantos), a word related to
τάλαντον (talanton) meaning "a scale, a balance". In Greek legend she was a fast-footed maiden who refused to marry anyone who could not beat her in a race. She was eventually defeated by Hippomenes, who dropped three golden apples during the race causing her to stop to pick them up.
Aura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Finnish
Pronounced: AWR-ə(English) OW-ra(Italian, Spanish) OW-rah(Finnish)
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
From the word
aura (derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek
αὔρα meaning "breeze") for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.
Aurangzeb
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Other Scripts: اورنگزیب(Urdu)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means "honouring the throne" in Persian. This was the name of a 17th-century Mughal emperor of India.
Aurelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-a(Latin) ow-REH-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Autumn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AW-təm
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.
Avril
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: A-VREEL(French) AV-ril(English)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
French form of
April. A famous bearer is the Canadian musician Avril Lavigne (1984-).
Axol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Swedish
Old Swedish variant of
Axel.
Azura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-ZHUWR-ə, AZH-rə
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Azure
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AZH-ər
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
From the English word that means "sky blue". It is ultimately (via Old French, Latin and Arabic) from Persian
لاجورد (lājvard) meaning "azure, lapis lazuli".
Bailey
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAY-lee
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From an English surname derived from Middle English
baili meaning
"bailiff", originally denoting one who was a bailiff.
Already an uncommon masculine name, it slowly grew in popularity for American girls beginning in 1978 after the start of the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, which featured a character with this name. Though it remained more common as a feminine name, it got a boost for boys in 1994 from another television character on the drama Party of Five. In the United Kingdom and Australia it has always been more popular for boys.
Bat-Erdene
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Бат-Эрдэнэ(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: PAT-ehr-tən
Means
"strong jewel" in Mongolian, from
бат (batu) meaning "strong, firm" and
эрдэнэ (erdene) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Bree
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREE
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of
Brígh. It can also be a short form of
Brianna,
Gabriella and other names containing
bri.
Bridget
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: BRIJ-it(English)
Rating: 82% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name
Brighid, Old Irish
Brigit, from old Celtic *
Brigantī meaning
"the exalted one". In Irish
mythology this was the name of the goddess of fire, poetry and wisdom, the daughter of the god
Dagda. In the 5th century it was borne by
Saint Brigid, the founder of a monastery at Kildare and a patron saint of Ireland. Because of the saint, the name was considered sacred in Ireland, and it did not come into general use there until the 17th century. In the form
Birgitta this name has been common in Scandinavia, made popular by the 14th-century Saint Birgitta of Sweden, patron saint of Europe.
Brigida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: BREE-jee-da
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Briseis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Βρισηΐς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: brie-SEE-is(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Patronymic derived from
Βρισεύς (Briseus), a Greek name of unknown meaning. In Greek
mythology Briseis (real name Hippodameia) was the daughter of Briseus. She was captured during the Trojan War by
Achilles. After
Agamemnon took her away from him, Achilles refused to fight in the war.
Candelaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kan-deh-LA-rya
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"Candlemas" in Spanish, ultimately derived from Spanish
candela "candle". This name is given in honour of the church festival of Candlemas, which commemorates the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the Virgin
Mary.
Carlisle
Gender: Unisex
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kahr-LIEL
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from the name of a city in northern England. The city was originally called by the Romans
Luguvalium meaning "stronghold of
Lugus". Later the Brythonic element
ker "fort" was appended to the name of the city.
Carlotta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: kar-LAWT-ta
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Carmen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, French, Romanian, German
Pronounced: KAR-mehn(Spanish, Italian) KAHR-mən(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Medieval Spanish form of
Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin
Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word
carmen meaning
"song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera
Carmen (1875).
Carys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: KA-ris
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Derived from Welsh caru meaning "love". This is a relatively modern Welsh name, in common use only since the middle of the 20th century.
Caspian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: KAS-pee-ən(English)
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his Chronicles of Narnia series, first appearing in 1950. Prince Caspian first appears in the fourth book, where he is the rightful king of Narnia driven into exile by his evil uncle Miraz. Lewis probably based the name on the Caspian Sea, which was named for the city of Qazvin, which was itself named for the ancient Cas tribe.
Cătălin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: kə-tə-LEEN
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Charlotta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: sha-LO-ta
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Charlotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: SHAR-LAWT(French) SHAHR-lət(English) shar-LAW-tə(German) sha-LOT(Swedish) shahr-LAW-tə(Dutch)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
French feminine
diminutive of
Charles. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. It was the name of a German-born 18th-century queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland. Another notable bearer was Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), the eldest of the three Brontë sisters and the author of
Jane Eyre and
Villette. A famous fictional bearer is the spider in the children's novel
Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White.
This name was fairly common in France, England and the United States in the early 20th century. It became quite popular in France and England at the end of the 20th century, just when it was at a low point in the United States. It quickly climbed the American charts and entered the top ten in 2014.
Charmaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: shahr-MAYN
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of
Charmian or the English word
charm with the
aine suffix from
Lorraine. It was (first?) used for a character in the play
What Price Glory (1924), which was made into a popular movie in 1926.
Charmion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Χάρμιον(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Greek name derived from
χάρμα (charma) meaning
"delight". This was the name of one of
Cleopatra's servants, as recorded by Plutarch.
Claudia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KLAW-dee-ə(English) KLOW-dya(German, Italian, Romanian) KLOW-dee-a(Dutch, Latin) KLOW-dhya(Spanish)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of
Claudius. It is mentioned briefly in the
New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the 16th century.
Clover
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KLO-vər
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the wild flower, ultimately deriving from Old English clafre.
Coral
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish
Pronounced: KAWR-əl(English) ko-RAL(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English and Spanish word
coral for the underwater skeletal deposits that can form reefs. It is ultimately derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek
κοράλλιον (korallion).
Coralie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KAW-RA-LEE
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Either a French form of
Koralia, or a derivative of Latin
corallium "coral" (see
Coral).
Dáire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: DA-ryə(Irish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means
"fruitful, fertile" in Irish. This name is borne by many figures in Irish legend, including the Ulster chief Dáire mac Fiachna who reneged on his promise to loan the Brown Bull of Cooley to
Medb, starting the war between Connacht and Ulster as told in the Irish epic
The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Dani 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAN-ee
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Daphne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Other Scripts: Δάφνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DA-PNEH(Classical Greek) DAF-nee(English) DAHF-nə(Dutch)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means
"laurel" in Greek. In Greek
mythology she was a nymph turned into a laurel tree by her father in order that she might escape the pursuit of
Apollo. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the end of the 19th century.
Daria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Croatian, Russian, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Дарья(Russian) Δαρεία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DA-rya(Italian, Polish, Romanian) DAHR-ee-ə(English) DAR-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of
Darius.
Saint Daria was a 3rd-century woman who was martyred with her husband Chrysanthus under the Roman emperor Numerian. It has never been a particularly common English given name. As a Russian name, it is more commonly transcribed
Darya.
Desdemona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: dehz-də-MO-nə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Derived from Greek
δυσδαίμων (dysdaimon) meaning
"ill-fated". This is the name of the wife of
Othello in Shakespeare's play
Othello (1603).
Desi
Gender: Unisex
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHZ-ee
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of
Desmond,
Desiree and other names beginning with a similar sound. In the case of musician and actor Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) it was a diminutive of
Desiderio.
Didier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: DEE-DYEH
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Dom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHM
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Dove
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DUV
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the variety of bird, seen as a symbol of peace.
Echo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠχώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-ko(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the Greek word
ἠχώ (echo) meaning
"echo, reflected sound", related to
ἠχή (eche) meaning "sound". In Greek
mythology Echo was a nymph given a speech impediment by
Hera, so that she could only repeat what others said. She fell in love with
Narcissus, but her love was not returned, and she pined away until nothing remained of her except her voice.
Eileen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: ie-LEEN(English) IE-leen(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of
Eibhlín. It is also sometimes considered an Irish form of
Helen. It first became popular in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland near the end of the 19th century.
Elaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: i-LAYN(English) ee-LAYN(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From an Old French form of
Helen. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation
Le Morte d'Arthur Elaine was the daughter of
Pelles, the lover of
Lancelot, and the mother of
Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the publication of Alfred Tennyson's Arthurian epic
Idylls of the King (1859).
Eleanor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ə-nawr
Rating: 98% based on 4 votes
From the Old French form of the Occitan name
Alienòr. Among the name's earliest bearers was the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was the queen of Louis VII, the king of France, and later Henry II, the king of England. She was named
Aenor after her mother, and was called by the Occitan phrase
alia Aenor "the other Aenor" in order to distinguish her from her mother. However, there appear to be examples of bearers prior to Eleanor of Aquitaine. It is not clear whether they were in fact Aenors who were retroactively recorded as having the name Eleanor, or whether there is an alternative explanation for the name's origin.
The popularity of the name Eleanor in England during the Middle Ages was due to the fame of Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as two queens of the following century: Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I. More recently, it was borne by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
Electra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἠλέκτρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-LEHK-trə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Ἠλέκτρα (Elektra), derived from
ἤλεκτρον (elektron) meaning
"amber". In Greek
myth she was the daughter of
Agamemnon and
Clytemnestra and the sister of
Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. Also in Greek mythology, this name was borne by one of the Pleiades, who were the daughters of
Atlas and
Pleione.
Elfa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Eliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Hungarian, Georgian
Other Scripts: ელიზა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-LIE-zə(English) eh-LEE-za(Polish) EH-lee-zaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Short form of
Elizabeth. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play
Pygmalion (1913) and the subsequent musical adaptation
My Fair Lady (1956).
Elle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHL
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of
Eleanor and other names beginning with
El. This name can also be given in reference to the French pronoun
elle meaning "she".
Already growing in popularity due to Australian model Elle Macpherson (1964-), this name received a boost in the United States after the release of the 2001 movie Legally Blonde featuring the main character Elle Woods. In the United Kingdom the name was already fairly common at the time the movie came out, and it actually started declining there shortly afterwards. A famous bearer is American actress Elle Fanning (1998-).
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Elva 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Esmé
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHZ-may, EHZ-mee
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French. It was first recorded in Scotland, being borne by the first Duke of Lennox in the 16th century. It is now more common as a feminine name.
Etheldred
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Etta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHT-ə
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Short form of
Henrietta and other names that end with
etta. A famous bearer was the American singer Etta James (1938-2012), who took her
stage name from her real given name Jamesetta.
Euthalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Greek
Other Scripts: Εὐθαλία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Means
"flower, bloom" from the Greek word
εὐθάλεια (euthaleia), itself derived from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". This name was borne by a 3rd-century
saint and martyr from Sicily.
Evangeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: i-VAN-jə-leen, i-VAN-jə-lien
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means
"good news" from Greek
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
ἄγγελμα (angelma) meaning "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1847 epic poem
Evangeline [1][2]. It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.
Ewan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: YOO-ən(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Faz
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Various
Personal remark: WELCOME TO THE CLAN OF FAZ, MOTHERFUCKER
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Feidlimid
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Old Irish [1], Irish Mythology
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Traditionally said to mean
"ever good", it might be related to Old Irish
feidil "enduring, constant". This was the name of three early kings of Munster. It was also borne by a 6th-century
saint, typically called Saint Felim. In Irish legend, it was the name of the father of
Deirdre.
Femke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch
Pronounced: FEHM-kə(Dutch)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Fiammetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: fyam-MEHT-ta
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Diminutive of
Fiamma. This is the name of a character appearing in several works by the 14th-century Italian author Boccaccio. She was probably based on the Neapolitan noblewoman Maria d'Aquino.
Fiona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: fee-O-nə(English)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of
Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem
Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as
Fióna.
Flannán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Fletcher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLECH-ər
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From a surname meaning "maker of arrows" in Middle English, ultimately from Old French flechier.
Fleur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch, English (British)
Pronounced: FLUUR(French, Dutch) FLU(British English) FLUR(American English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means
"flower" in French.
Saint Fleur of Issendolus (
Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels
The Forsyte Saga (1922).
Fleurette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: FLUU-REHT(French) flə-REHT(English)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Florin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: flo-REEN
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Fólki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Forest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWR-ist
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Forrest, or else directly from the English word
forest.
Foster 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWS-tər
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Galadriel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: gə-LAD-ree-əl(English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means "maiden crowned with a radiant garland" in the fictional language Sindarin. Galadriel was a Noldorin elf princess renowned for her beauty and wisdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels. The elements are galad "radiant" and riel "garlanded maiden". Alatáriel is the Quenya form of her name.
Gale 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAYL
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
From a surname that was derived from Middle English gaile "jovial". It also coincides with the English word gale meaning "storm".
Ganzorig
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Ганзориг(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Pronounced: GANG-tsaw-ryəg
Means
"steel courage" in Mongolian, from
ган (gan) meaning "steel" and
зориг (zorig) meaning "courage".
Gianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Greek, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: Γιάννα(Greek)
Pronounced: JAN-na(Italian) YA-na(Greek) jee-AHN-ə(English) JAHN-ə(English)
Italian short form of
Giovanna and a Modern Greek variant of
Ioanna.
Its use in America started increasing in the late 20th century. It spiked in popularity in 2020 after the death of Gianna Bryant and her father, the basketball player Kobe Bryant, in a helicopter crash.
Gidie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Medieval French form of
Aegidius (see
Giles).
Giselle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English (Modern)
Pronounced: ZHEE-ZEHL(French) ji-ZEHL(English)
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
Derived from the Old German element
gisal meaning
"hostage, pledge" (Proto-Germanic *
gīslaz). This name may have originally been a descriptive nickname for a child given as a pledge to a foreign court. This was the name of both a sister and daughter of
Charlemagne. It was also borne by a daughter of the French king Charles III who married the Norman leader Rollo in the 10th century. Another notable bearer was the 11th-century Gisela of Swabia, wife of the Holy Roman emperor Conrad II.
The name was popular in France during the Middle Ages (the more common French form is Gisèle). Though it became known in the English-speaking world due to Adolphe Adam's ballet Giselle (1841), it was not regularly used until the 20th century.
Harmon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-mən
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From a surname that was derived from the given name
Herman.
Harmonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἁρμονία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HAR-MO-NEE-A(Classical Greek) hahr-MO-nee-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"harmony, agreement" in Greek. She was the daughter of
Ares and
Aphrodite, given by
Zeus to
Cadmus to be his wife.
Harmony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-mə-nee
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
From the English word
harmony, ultimately deriving from Greek
ἁρμονία (harmonia).
Henry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HEHN-ree
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
From the Germanic name
Heimirich meaning
"home ruler", composed of the elements
heim "home" and
rih "ruler". It was later commonly spelled
Heinrich, with the spelling altered due to the influence of other Germanic names like
Haganrich, in which the first element is
hag "enclosure".
Heinrich was popular among continental royalty, being the name of seven German kings, starting with the 10th-century Henry I the Fowler (the first of the Saxon kings), and four French kings. In France it was usually rendered Henri from the Latin form Henricus.
The Normans introduced the French form to England, and it was subsequently used by eight kings, ending with the infamous Henry VIII in the 16th century. During the later Middle Ages it was fairly popular, and was generally rendered as Harry or Herry in English pronunciation. Notable bearers include arctic naval explorer Henry Hudson (1570-1611), American-British novelist Henry James (1843-1916), American automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947), and American actor Henry Fonda (1905-1982).
Hilarius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: hee-LA-ree-oos
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Roman name derived from Latin
hilaris meaning
"cheerful". Alternatively, it could be derived from the Greek name
Ἱλαρός (Hilaros) also meaning "cheerful" (the Greek word
ἱλαρός was the source of the Latin word
hilaris).
Saint Hilarius was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Poitiers. This was also the name of a 5th-century pope.
Holly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-ee
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen. Holly Golightly is the main character in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) by Truman Capote.
Ingrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: ING-rid(Swedish) ING-ri(Norwegian) ING-grit(German) ING-greet(German) ING-ghrit(Dutch)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
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).
Irène
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EE-REHN
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Irune
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-ROO-neh
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Means
"trinity" in Basque, derived from
hiru meaning "three". It was proposed by Sabino Arana in 1910 as an equivalent of the Spanish name
Trinidad.
Isla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: IE-lə
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Variant of
Islay, typically used as a feminine name. It also coincides with the Spanish word
isla meaning "island".
Ivelisse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Caribbean)
Pronounced: ee-beh-LEES
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Spanish form of
Yvelise, especially used in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
Ivor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
Pronounced: IE-və(British English) IE-vər(American English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From the Old Norse name
Ívarr, which was probably derived from the elements
ýr "yew tree, bow" and
herr "army, warrior". During the Middle Ages it was brought to Britain by Scandinavian settlers and invaders, and it was adopted in Ireland (Irish
Íomhar), Scotland (Scottish Gaelic
Iomhar) and Wales (Welsh
Ifor).
Jane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYN
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Medieval English form of
Jehanne, an Old French feminine form of
Iohannes (see
John). This became the most common feminine form of
John in the 17th century, surpassing
Joan. In the first half of the 20th century
Joan once again overtook
Jane for a few decades in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
Famous bearers include the uncrowned English queen Lady Jane Grey (1536-1554), who ruled for only nine days, British novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817), who wrote Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, British primatologist Jane Goodall (1934-), and American actress Jane Fonda (1937-). This is also the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847), which tells of Jane's sad childhood and her relationship with Edward Rochester.
Januarius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Roman
cognomen meaning
"January" in Latin. The name of the month derives from the name of the Roman god
Janus.
Saint Januarius, the patron saint of Naples, was a bishop who was beheaded during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.
Jay 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAY
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Short form of names beginning with the sound
J, such as
James or
Jason. It was originally used in America in honour of founding father John Jay (1749-1825), whose surname was derived from the jaybird.
Jennifer
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish
Pronounced: JEHN-i-fər(English) JEH-ni-fu(German) GYEH-nee-fehr(Spanish)
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
From a Cornish form of the Welsh name
Gwenhwyfar (see
Guinevere). This name has only been common outside of Cornwall since the beginning of the 20th century, after it was featured in George Bernard Shaw's play
The Doctor's Dilemma (1906). It barely ranked in the United until the late 1930s, when it began steadily growing in popularity, accelerating into the early 1970s. It was the most popular name for girls in America between 1970 and 1984, though it was not as common in the United Kingdom.
Famous bearers include the American actresses Jennifer Aniston (1969-), Jennifer Garner (1972-) and Jennifer Lawrence (1990-), as well as the singer/actress Jennifer Lopez (1969-).
Jess
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHS
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
Jesse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Finnish, Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשַׁי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JEHS-ee(English) YEH-sə(Dutch) YEHS-seh(Finnish)
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
From
Ἰεσσαί (Iessai), the Greek form of the Hebrew name
יִשַׁי (Yishai). This could be a derivative of the word
שַׁי (shai) meaning
"gift" or
יֵשׁ (yesh) meaning
"existence". In the
Old Testament Jesse is the father of King
David. It began to be used as an English given name after the
Protestant Reformation.
A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.
Jethro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִתְרוֹ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JETH-ro(English)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
From the Hebrew name
יִתְרוֹ (Yiṯro), which was derived from the Hebrew word
יֶתֶר (yeṯer) meaning
"abundance" [1]. According to the
Old Testament, Jethro was a Midianite priest who sheltered
Moses when he fled Egypt. He was the father of
Zipporah, who became Moses's wife. A famous bearer of the name was Jethro Tull (1674-1741), an English inventor and agriculturist.
Jett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JEHT
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From the English word jet, which denotes either a jet aircraft or an intense black colour (the words derive from different sources).
Juliet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: joo-lee-EHT, JOOL-yət
Rating: 90% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of
Giulietta or
Juliette. This spelling was used for the ill-fated lover of
Romeo in the play
Romeo and Juliet (1596) by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare based his story on earlier Italian tales such as
Giulietta e Romeo (1524) by Luigi Da Porto.
Juniper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JOON-i-pər
Rating: 93% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.
Kageki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Latinized)
Other Scripts: かたき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KAH-GEH-KEE
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From Japanese 影 (kage) meaning "shadow" combined with Japanese 希 (ki) meaning "hope."
Kaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Estonian
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Kandi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAN-dee
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Katja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Slovene, Croatian
Pronounced: KAT-ya(German) KAHT-ya(Dutch)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Form of
Katya in various languages.
Kayla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAY-lə
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Combination of the popular phonetic elements
kay and
la. Use of the name greatly increased after 1982 when the character Kayla Brady began appearing on the American soap opera
Days of Our Lives [1].
Kerensa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "love" in Cornish.
Koume
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小梅(Japanese Kanji) こうめ(Japanese Hiragana) コウメ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: Koh-oo-meh
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
From the Japanese kanji 小 (
ko) meaning "small" and 梅 (
ume) meaning "plum".
Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Kylie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIE-lee
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
This name arose in Australia, where it is said to mean "boomerang" in the Australian Aboriginal language Nyungar. An early bearer was the author Kylie Tennant (1912-1988). It was among the most popular names in Australia in the 1970s and early 80s. It can also be considered a feminine form of
Kyle, or a combination of the popular sounds
ky and
lee, and it is likely in those capacities that it began to be used in America in the late 1970s. A famous bearer is the Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue (1968-).
Lachlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: LAKH-lən(Scottish) LAWK-lən(British English) LAK-lən(American English)
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of
Lachlann, the Scottish Gaelic form of
Lochlainn. In the English-speaking world, this name was especially popular in Australia towards the end of the 20th century.
Landon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAN-dən
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "long hill" (effectively meaning "ridge"). Use of the name may have been inspired in part by the actor Michael Landon (1936-1991).
Lark
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LAHRK
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the type of songbird.
Larkin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Pronounced: LAHR-kin(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Laurence 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-əns
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From the Roman
cognomen Laurentius, which meant
"from Laurentum". Laurentum was a city in ancient Italy, its name probably deriving from Latin
laurus "laurel".
Saint Laurence was a 3rd-century deacon and martyr from Rome. According to tradition he was roasted alive on a gridiron because, when ordered to hand over the church's treasures, he presented the sick and poor. Due to the saint's popularity, the name came into general use in the Christian world (in various spellings).
In the Middle Ages this name was common in England, partly because of a second saint by this name, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury. Likewise it has been common in Ireland due to the 12th-century Saint Laurence O'Toole (whose real name was Lorcán). Since the 19th century the spelling Lawrence has been more common, especially in America. A famous bearer was the British actor Laurence Olivier (1907-1989).
Laurent
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LAW-RAHN
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Lavender
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LAV-ən-dər
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
From the English word for the aromatic flower or the pale purple colour.
Lavinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Romanian, Italian
Pronounced: la-WEE-nee-a(Latin) lə-VIN-ee-ə(English) la-VEE-nya(Italian)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of
Aeneas, and the ancestor of the Roman people. According to the legend Aeneas named the town of Lavinium in honour of his wife.
Leander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λέανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lee-AN-dər(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λέανδρος (Leandros), derived from
λέων (leon) meaning "lion" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.
Leda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Italian
Other Scripts: Λήδα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: LEH-DA(Classical Greek) LEE-də(English) LAY-də(English) LEH-da(Italian)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Lee
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LEE
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was derived from Old English
leah meaning
"clearing". The surname belonged to Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), commander of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. In his honour, it has been used as a given name in the American South. It is common as a middle name.
Lehua
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: leh-HOO-a
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Means "ohia flower" in Hawaiian.
Leif
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronounced: LAYF
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From the Old Norse name Leifr meaning "descendant, heir". Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer who reached North America in the early 11th century. He was the son of Erik the Red.
Liat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאַת(Hebrew)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Means "you are mine" in Hebrew.
Liesel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: LEE-zəl
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
Lila 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIE-lə
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Lilac
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LIE-lək
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
From the English word for the shrub with purple or white flowers (genus Syringa). It is derived via Arabic from Persian.
Lile
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Lily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).
Liv 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: LEEV
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Old Norse name Hlíf meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".
Livie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), Czech (Rare)
Pronounced: LEE-VEE(French) LI-vi-yeh(Czech)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
French and Czech feminine form of
Livius.
Livius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Roman family name that may be related to either Latin liveo "to envy" or lividus "blue, envious". Titus Livius, also known as Livy, was a Roman historian who wrote a history of the city of Rome.
Liz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIZ
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Short form of
Elizabeth. This is the familiar name of actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011).
Liza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Russian, Greek, Georgian
Other Scripts: Лиза(Russian) Λίζα(Greek) ლიზა(Georgian)
Pronounced: LIE-zə(English) LEE-zə(English) LEE-ZA(Georgian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Lizette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Lorelei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: LAWR-ə-lie(English)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
From German
Loreley, the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. It is of uncertain meaning, though the second element is probably old German
ley meaning "rock" (of Celtic origin). German romantic poets and songwriters, beginning with Clemens Brentano in 1801, tell that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures boaters to their death with her song.
In the English-speaking world this name has been occasionally given since the early 20th century. It started rising in America after the variant Lorelai was used for the main character (and her daughter, nicknamed Rory) on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).
Lorena 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Pronounced: lo-REH-na(Spanish, Italian)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of
Lorraine.
Lorraine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: lə-RAYN
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From the name of a region in eastern France, originally meaning "kingdom of
Lothar". Lothar was a Frankish king, the great-grandson of
Charlemagne, whose realm was in the part of France that is now called
Lorraine, or in German
Lothringen (from Latin
Lothari regnum). As a given name, it has been used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century, perhaps due to its similar sound with
Laura. It became popular after World War I when the region was in the news, as it was contested between Germany and France.
Lothar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: LO-tar(German)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From the Germanic name
Hlothar meaning
"famous army", derived from the elements
hlut "famous, loud" and
heri "army". This was the name of medieval Frankish rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, Italy and France. It was also borne by four earlier Merovingian kings of the Franks, though their names are usually spelled as
Chlothar.
Lucia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, German, Dutch, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: loo-CHEE-a(Italian) LOO-tsya(German) loo-TSEE-a(German) LUY-see-ya(Dutch) LOO-shə(English) loo-SEE-ə(English) luy-SEE-a(Swedish) LOO-chya(Romanian) LOO-kee-a(Latin)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of
Lucius.
Saint Lucia was a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse. She was said to have had her eyes gouged out, and thus she is the patron saint of the blind. She was widely revered in the Middle Ages, and her name has been used throughout Christian Europe (in various spellings). It has been used in the England since the 12th century, usually in the spellings
Lucy or
Luce.
Lucien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LUY-SYEHN
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Lynne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Lyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: LIE-rə(English)
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).
Lyric
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LIR-ik
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means simply
"lyric, songlike" from the English word, ultimately derived from Greek
λυρικός (lyrikos).
Lysander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λύσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λύσανδρος (Lysandros), derived from Greek
λύσις (lysis) meaning "a release, loosening" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). This was the name of a notable 5th-century BC Spartan general and naval commander.
Mac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAK
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Madeleine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, Swedish
Pronounced: MAD-LEHN(French) MAD-ə-lin(English) MAD-ə-lien(English) MAD-lin(English) mahd-eh-LEHN(Swedish)
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
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)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Maggie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAG-ee
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Magnolia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mag-NO-lee-ə
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol.
Maite 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: MIE-teh
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Maja 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Other Scripts: Маја(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MA-ya(German, Polish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Mallory
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAL-ə-ree
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that meant "unfortunate" in Norman French. It first became common in the 1980s due to the American sitcom Family Ties (1982-1989), which featured a character by this name.
Märta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: MAT-a
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Martinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Dutch
Pronounced: mahr-TEE-nuys(Dutch)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Original Latin form of
Martin. This is also the official Dutch form of the name, used on birth certificates but commonly rendered
Maarten or
Marten in daily life.
Mathis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, French
Pronounced: MA-tis(German) MA-TEES(French)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Matilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: mə-TIL-də(English) MAH-teel-dah(Finnish) MA-teel-da(Slovak)
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
From the Germanic name
Mahthilt meaning
"strength in battle", from the elements
maht "might, strength" and
hilt "battle".
Saint Matilda was the wife of the 10th-century German king Henry I the Fowler. The name was common in many branches of European royalty in the Middle Ages. It was brought to England by the
Normans, being borne by the wife of William the Conqueror himself. Another notable royal by this name was a 12th-century daughter of Henry I of England, known as the Empress Matilda because of her first marriage to the Holy Roman emperor Henry V. She later invaded England, laying the foundations for the reign of her son Henry II.
The name was very popular until the 15th century in England, usually in the vernacular form Maud. Both forms were revived by the 19th century. This name appears in the popular Australian folk song Waltzing Matilda, written in 1895.
Maude
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: MAWD(English) MOD(French)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Maxim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech
Other Scripts: Максим(Russian, Ukrainian) Максім(Belarusian)
Pronounced: muk-SYEEM(Russian) MAK-sim(Czech)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Maxine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mak-SEEN
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of
Max. It has been commonly used only since the beginning of the 20th century.
Mayumi 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 真弓, 真由美, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まゆみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-YOO-MEE
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From Japanese
真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" combined with
弓 (yumi) meaning "archery bow" or
由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" and
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". This name can also be constructed from other kanji combinations.
Meadow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHD-o
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
From the English word meadow, ultimately from Old English mædwe. Previously very rare, it rose in popularity after it was used as the name of Tony Soprano's daughter on the television series The Sopranos (1999-2007).
Medeia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μήδεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MEH-DEH-A(Classical Greek)
Meredith
Gender: Unisex
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: MEHR-ə-dith(English)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
From the Welsh name
Maredudd or
Meredydd, from Old Welsh forms such as
Margetud, possibly from
mawredd "greatness, magnificence" combined with
iudd "lord". The Welsh forms of this name were well used through the Middle Ages. Since the mid-1920s it has been used more often for girls than for boys in English-speaking countries, though it is still a masculine name in Wales. A famous bearer of this name as surname was the English novelist and poet George Meredith (1828-1909).
Meta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Danish, Swedish, Slovene
Pronounced: MEH-ta(German)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
German, Scandinavian and Slovene short form of
Margaret.
Methodius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Μεθόδιος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: meh-THO-dee-əs(English)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Μεθόδιος (Methodios), derived from Greek
μέθοδος (methodos) meaning
"pursuit" or
"method", ultimately from
μετά (meta) meaning "with" and
ὁδός (hodos) meaning "road, way, journey".
Saint Methodius was a Greek missionary to the Slavs who developed the Cyrillic alphabet (with his brother Cyril) in order to translate the Bible into Slavic.
Micha 2
Gender: Unisex
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: MEE-kha(Dutch)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Miep
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: MEEP
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Miloš
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Милош(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: MI-losh(Czech) MEE-lawsh(Slovak) MEE-losh(Serbian, Croatian)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Originally a
diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element
milŭ meaning
"gracious, dear". This was the name of a 14th-century Serbian hero who apparently killed the Ottoman sultan Murad I at the Battle of Kosovo.
Miriam
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Biblical
Other Scripts: מִרְיָם(Hebrew)
Pronounced: MIR-ee-əm(English) MI-ryam(German) MI-ri-yam(Czech) MEE-ree-am(Slovak)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Form of
Mary used in the
Old Testament, where it belongs to the elder sister of
Moses and
Aaron. She watched over the infant Moses as the pharaoh's daughter drew him from the Nile. The name has long been popular among Jews, and it has been used as an English Christian name (alongside
Mary) since the
Protestant Reformation.
Mithras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian Mythology (Hellenized)
Other Scripts: Μίθρας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MITH-rəs(English)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Molle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Mortimer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAWR-tə-mər
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the name of a town in Normandy, itself meaning "dead water, still water" in Old French.
Myles 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIELZ
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Myra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIE-rə
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville. He possibly based it on Latin
myrra meaning "myrrh" (a fragrant resin obtained from a tree). Otherwise, he may have simply rearranged the letters from the name
Mary. Although unrelated etymologically, this is also the name of an ancient city of Anatolia.
Nava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נָאוָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means "beautiful" in Hebrew.
Neve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of
Niamh.
Nikephoros
Gender: Unisex
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νικηφόρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Means
"carrying victory" from Greek
νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and
φέρω (phero) meaning "to carry, to bear". This name was borne by several Byzantine emperors, including the 10th-century Nikephoros II Phokas. Besides being a masculine personal name, it was also a title borne by the goddess
Athena.
Noble
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NO-bəl
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From an English surname meaning "noble, high-born". The name can also be given in direct reference to the English word noble.
Noemi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, German, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: no-EH-mee(Italian)
Form of
Naomi 1 in several languages.
Nozomu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 望, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: NO-ZO-MOO
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Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From 望 (
nozomu) meaning "hope, wish, desire". 望 can also be read as
Nozomi. Other spellings of the name are possible.
Nyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Olive
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: AHL-iv(English) AW-LEEV(French)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
From the English and French word for the type of tree, ultimately derived from Latin oliva.
Olivie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Ollie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHL-ee
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Ophelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Literature, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ὠφελία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: o-FEEL-ee-ə(English) o-FEEL-yə(English)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Derived from Greek
ὠφέλεια (opheleia) meaning
"help, advantage". This was a rare ancient Greek name, which was either rediscovered or recreated by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a character in his poem
Arcadia (1480). It was borrowed by Shakespeare for his play
Hamlet (1600), in which it belongs to the daughter of
Polonius and the potential love interest of
Hamlet. She eventually goes insane and drowns herself after Hamlet kills her father. In spite of this negative association, the name has been in use since the 19th century.
Penelope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Πηνελόπη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-NEH-LO-PEH(Classical Greek) pə-NEHL-ə-pee(English)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Probably derived from Greek
πηνέλοψ (penelops), a type of duck. Alternatively it could be from
πήνη (pene) meaning "threads, weft" and
ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In
Homer's epic the
Odyssey this is the name of the wife of
Odysseus, forced to fend off suitors while her husband is away fighting at Troy.
It has occasionally been used as an English given name since the 16th century. It was moderately popular in the 1940s, but had a more notable upswing in the early 2000s. This may have been inspired by the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz (1974-), who gained prominence in English-language movies at that time. It was already rapidly rising when celebrities Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick gave it to their baby daughter in 2012.
Persephone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περσεφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHR-SEH-PO-NEH(Classical Greek) pər-SEHF-ə-nee(English)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek
πέρθω (pertho) meaning "to destroy" and
φόνος (phonos) meaning "murder". In Greek
myth she was the daughter of
Demeter and
Zeus. She was abducted to the underworld by
Hades, but was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year. The result of her comings and goings is the changing of the seasons. With her mother she was worshipped in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which were secret rites practiced at the city of Eleusis near Athens.
Piet
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: PEET
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Short form of
Pieter. Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a Dutch abstract painter.
Presley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PREHS-lee
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "priest clearing" (Old English preost and leah). This surname was borne by musician Elvis Presley (1935-1977).
Primrose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PRIM-roz
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin prima rosa "first rose".
Psyche
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ψυχή(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PSUY-KEH(Classical Greek) SIE-kee(English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means
"the soul", derived from Greek
ψύχω (psycho) meaning "to breathe". The Greeks thought that the breath was the soul. In Greek
mythology Psyche was a beautiful maiden who was beloved by Eros (or Cupid in Roman mythology). She is the subject of Keats's poem
Ode to Psyche (1819).
Quinn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWIN
Rating: 88% based on 4 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Ó Cuinn, itself derived from the given name
Conn. In the United States it was more common as a name for boys until 2010, the year after the female character Quinn Fabray began appearing on the television series
Glee.
Ramona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Romanian, English
Pronounced: ra-MO-na(Spanish) rə-MON-ə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of
Ramón. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Helen Hunt Jackson's novel
Ramona (1884), as well as several subsequent movies based on the book.
Reinier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: ray-NEER
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Reino
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: RAY-no
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Renie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Rina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Dutch
Pronounced: REE-na
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
River
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RIV-ər
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
From the English word that denotes a flowing body of water. The word is ultimately derived (via Old French) from Latin ripa "riverbank".
Romola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: RAW-mo-la
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Rónán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: RO-nan(Irish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means
"little seal", derived from Old Irish
rón "seal" combined with a
diminutive suffix. This was the name of several early Irish
saints, including a pilgrim to Brittany who founded the hermitage at Locronan in the 6th century.
Rosalía
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Galician
Pronounced: ro-sa-LEE-a(Spanish)
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
Spanish and Galician form of
Rosalia.
Rose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ROZ
Rating: 98% based on 5 votes
Originally a Norman French form of the Germanic name
Hrodohaidis meaning
"famous type", composed of the elements
hruod "fame" and
heit "kind, sort, type". The
Normans introduced it to England in the forms
Roese and
Rohese. From an early date it was associated with the word for the fragrant flower
rose (derived from Latin
rosa). When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably with the flower in mind.
Rosemonde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Roxy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHK-see
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Rozabela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: ro-za-BEH-la
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means
"rosy-beautiful" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin
rosa "rose" and
bella "beautiful".
Ruaidhrí
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: RWU-ryee
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From Old Irish
Ruaidrí meaning
"red king", from
rúad "red" combined with
rí "king". This was the name of the last high king of Ireland, reigning in the 12th century.
Ruarc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From Old Irish
Ruarcc. It was possibly an early borrowing from the Old Norse name
Hrǿríkr. Alternatively it might be derived from Old Irish elements such as
rúad "red" and
arg "hero, champion". This was the name of a 9th-century king of Leinster.
Ruby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-bee
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin
ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century
[1].
Rune
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nə(Norwegian) ROO-neh(Danish, Swedish)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Derived from Old Norse
rún meaning
"secret lore, rune".
Rúni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Faroese
Pronounced: RO-ni(Faroese)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Old Norse and Faroese form of
Rune.
Rye
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIE
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Transferred use of the English surname
Rye.
It is occasionally used as a diminutive of names that contain the -rye sound/element, for example Zachariah and Rylie.
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Rating: 88% based on 5 votes
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Sasha
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Other Scripts: Саша(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: SA-shə(Russian) SASH-ə(English) SAH-shə(English) SA-SHA(French)
Saveria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VEH-rya
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Italian feminine form of
Xavier.
Scarlett
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SKAHR-lit
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
From an English surname that denoted a person who sold or made clothes made of scarlet (a kind of cloth, possibly derived from Persian
سقرلاط (saqrelāṭ)). Margaret Mitchell used it for the main character, Scarlett O'Hara, in her novel
Gone with the Wind (1936). Her name is explained as having come from her grandmother. Despite the fact that the book was adapted into a popular movie in 1939, the name was not common until the 21st century. It started rising around 2003, about the time that the career of American actress Scarlett Johansson (1984-) started taking off.
September
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sehp-TEHM-bər
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of the Late Latin name
Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word
seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant
"fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.
This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.
Serena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Late Roman
Pronounced: sə-REEN-ə(English) seh-REH-na(Italian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From a Late Latin name that was derived from Latin
serenus meaning
"clear, tranquil, serene". This name was borne by an obscure early
saint. Edmund Spenser also used it in his poem
The Faerie Queene (1590). A famous bearer from the modern era is tennis player Serena Williams (1981-).
Shannon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAN-ən
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
From the name of the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland, called
an tSionainn in Irish. It is associated with the legendary figure
Sionann and is sometimes said to be named for her. However it is more likely she was named after the river, which may be related to Old Irish
sen "old, ancient"
[1]. As a given name, it first became common in America after the 1940s.
Shui
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 水, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHWAY
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From Chinese
水 (shuǐ) meaning "water", as well as other characters pronounced in a similar way.
Silke
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: ZIL-kə(German)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Silver
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SIL-vər
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.
Silvius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: SEEL-wee-oos(Latin) SIL-vee-əs(English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Derived from Latin
silva meaning
"wood, forest". This was the family name of several of the legendary kings of Alba Longa. It was also the name of an early
saint martyred in Alexandria.
Skye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. It is sometimes considered a variant of
Sky.
Slava
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Croatian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Слава(Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: SLA-və(Russian) SLA-va(Croatian)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Short form of names containing the Slavic element
slava meaning
"glory". It is typically masculine in Russia and Belarus, unisex in Ukraine, and feminine the South Slavic countries.
Solomon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: שְׁלֹמֹה(Hebrew) Σολομών(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SAHL-ə-mən(American English) SAWL-ə-mən(British English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From the Hebrew name
שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomo), which was derived from
שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". As told in the
Old Testament, Solomon was a king of Israel, the son of
David and
Bathsheba. He was renowned for his wisdom and wealth. Towards the end of his reign he angered God by turning to idolatry. Supposedly, he was the author of the Book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon.
This name has never been overly common in the Christian world, and it is considered typically Jewish. It was however borne by an 11th-century Hungarian king.
Sparrow
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SPAR-o, SPEHR-o
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English spearwa.
Spring
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SPRING
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the name of the season, ultimately from Old English springan "to leap, to burst forth".
Starr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STAHR
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Sterling
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: STUR-ling
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
From a Scots surname that was derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning. The name can also be given in reference to the English word sterling meaning "excellent". In this case, the word derives from sterling silver, which was so named because of the emblem that some Norman coins bore, from Old English meaning "little star".
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.
Swithin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
From the Old English name
Swiðhun or
Swiþhun, derived from
swiþ "strong" and perhaps
hun "bear cub".
Saint Swithin was a 9th-century bishop of Winchester.
Sylvester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Danish
Pronounced: sil-VEHS-tər(English) zil-VEHS-tu(German)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Medieval variant of
Silvester. This is currently the usual English spelling of the name. A famous bearer is the American actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-).
Tabitha
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ταβιθά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TAB-i-thə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the
New Testament was a woman restored to life by
Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as
Dorcas (see
Acts 9:36). As an English name,
Tabitha became common after the
Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show
Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character.
Tenney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Teri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHR-ee
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Terra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHR-ə
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Tara 1, perhaps influenced by the Latin word
terra meaning "land, earth".
Themis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θέμις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TEH-MEES(Classical Greek) THEE-mis(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means
"law of nature, divine law, custom" in Greek. In Greek
mythology this was the name of a Titan who presided over custom and natural law. She was often depicted blindfolded and holding a pair of scales. By
Zeus she was the mother of many deities, including the three
Μοῖραι (Moirai) and the three
Ὥραι (Horai).
Theresa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: tə-REE-sə(English) tə-REE-zə(English) teh-REH-za(German)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the Spanish and Portuguese name
Teresa. It was first recorded as
Therasia, being borne by the Spanish wife of
Saint Paulinus of Nola in the 4th century. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek
θέρος (theros) meaning
"summer", from Greek
θερίζω (therizo) meaning
"to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia (the western island of Santorini).
The name was mainly confined to Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages. After the 16th century it was spread to other parts of the Christian world, due to the fame of the Spanish nun and reformer Saint Teresa of Ávila. Another famous bearer was the Austrian Habsburg queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), who inherited the domains of her father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, beginning the War of the Austrian Succession.
Thierry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: TYEH-REE
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
French form of
Theodoric. It was very popular in France from the 1950s, peaking in the mid-1960s before falling away. A famous bearer is the French former soccer player Thierry Henry (1977-).
Toby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TO-bee
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Medieval form of
Tobias. It was sometimes used as a feminine name in the 1930s and 40s due to the influence of American actress Toby Wing (1915-2001).
Tsisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ცისია(Georgian)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Derived from Georgian
ცის (tsis) meaning
"of the sky", the genitive case of
ცა (tsa) meaning "sky, heaven".
Ulli
Gender: Unisex
Usage: German
Pronounced: UW-lee
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Valerie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Czech
Pronounced: VAL-ə-ree(English) VA-lə-ree(German)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
English and German form of
Valeria, as well as a Czech variant of
Valérie.
Valkyrie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Pronounced: VAL-ki-ree(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse
valr "the slain" and
kyrja "chooser". In Norse
myth the Valkyries were maidens who led heroes killed in battle to Valhalla.
Vanaheo'o
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cheyenne
Means
"sage woman" in Cheyenne
[1].
Vanni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: VAN-nee
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Vaughn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VAWN
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From a Welsh surname, a variant of
Vaughan.
Veda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Telugu, Kannada
Other Scripts: వేద(Telugu) ವೇದ(Kannada)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means "knowledge" in Sanskrit.
Ve'keseha'e
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cheyenne
Means
"bird woman" in Cheyenne, derived from
vé'kėséhe- "bird" and the feminine suffix
-e'é [1].
Venantius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Derived from Latin
venans meaning
"hunting, chasing, pursuing". This name was borne by several early
saints, including a 6th-century bishop of Poitiers who was a noted poet.
Vé'otsé'e
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cheyenne
Means "Warpath Woman" in Cheyenne.
Vernon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VURN-ən
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From a Norman surname, which was from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder".
Verona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.
Veronika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Other Scripts: Вероника(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) Вероніка(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: vyi-ru-NYEE-kə(Russian) VEH-ro-ni-ka(Czech) VEH-raw-nee-ka(Slovak) veh-RO-nee-ka(German, Croatian) VEH-ro-nee-kaw(Hungarian) vyeh-RAW-nyi-ku(Lithuanian)
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Vidar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Norse Mythology
Pronounced: VEE-dahr(Swedish)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From Old Norse
Víðarr, which was possibly derived from
víðr "wide" and
herr "army, warrior". In Norse
mythology Víðarr was the son of
Odin and
Grid. At the time of the end of the world, Ragnarök, it is said he will avenge his father's death by slaying the wolf
Fenrir.
Vienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Pronounced: VYEHN(French)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From the French name for
Vienna, the capital city of Austria.
Viola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: vie-O-lə(English) vi-O-lə(English) VIE-ə-lə(English) VYAW-la(Italian) vi-OO-la(Swedish) VEE-o-la(German) vee-O-la(German) VEE-o-law(Hungarian) VI-o-la(Czech) VEE-aw-la(Slovak)
Rating: 83% based on 4 votes
Means
"violet" in Latin. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's comedy
Twelfth Night (1602). In the play she is the survivor of a shipwreck who disguises herself as a man named Cesario. Working as a messenger for Duke
Orsino, she attempts to convince
Olivia to marry him. Instead Viola falls in love with the duke.
Viorel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It is derived from Latin viola "violet".
Vitalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Vivienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VEE-VYEHN
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Ward 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAWRD
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
From an occupational surname for a watchman, derived from Old English
weard "guard".
Winona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Sioux
Pronounced: wi-NO-nə(English)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means
"firstborn daughter" in Dakota or Lakota. According to folklore, this was the name of a daughter of a Dakota chief (possibly
Wapasha III) who leapt from a cliff to her death rather than marry a man she hated. Numerous places in the United States have been named after her. The actress Winona Ryder (1971-) was named after the city in Minnesota where she was born.
Winter
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIN-tər
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.
Wolfe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: WUWLF
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Variant of
Wolf, influenced by the spelling of the surname (which is also derived from the animal).
Yanni
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek (Expatriate)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of
Yiannis. A famous bearer is the Greek-American musician Yiannis Chryssomallis (1954-), who goes by the single name Yanni.
Yeva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian
Other Scripts: Ева(Russian) Єва(Ukrainian) Եվա(Armenian)
Pronounced: YEH-və(Russian) yeh-VAH(Armenian)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of
Eve.
Zara 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: ZAHR-ə(English)
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
Used by William Congreve for a character in his tragedy
The Mourning Bride (1697), where it belongs to a captive North African queen. Congreve may have based it on the Arabic name
Zahra 1. In 1736 the English writer Aaron Hill used it to translate
Zaïre for his popular adaptation of Voltaire's French play
Zaïre (1732).
In England the name was popularized when Princess Anne gave it to her daughter in 1981. Use of the name may also be influenced by the trendy Spanish clothing retailer Zara.
Zelda 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ZEHL-də
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
Short form of
Griselda. This is the name of a princess in the
Legend of Zelda video games, debuting in 1986 and called
ゼルダ (Zeruda) in Japanese. According to creator Shigeru Miyamoto she was named after the American socialite Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948).
Zephyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ζέφυρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZEHF-ər(English)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the Greek
Ζέφυρος (Zephyros) meaning
"west wind". Zephyros was the Greek god of the west wind.
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)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means
"little girl" in Tuscan Italian. This was the name of a 13th-century
saint, the patron saint of servants.
Ziv
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זִיו(Hebrew)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew. This was the ancient name of the second month of the Jewish calendar.
Ziva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: זִיוָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Zixuan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 子萱, 子璇, 子瑄, 子絢, 子玄, 子轩, 子选, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: TSUZ-SHWEHN
From Chinese 子 (zǐ) meaning "child" combined with 萱 (xuān) meaning "day lily", 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade", 瑄 (xuān) meaning "ornamental piece of jade", 絢 (xuàn) meaning "adorned, decorated", 玄 (xuán) meaning "deep, profound, mysterious, dark, black", 轩 (xuān) meaning "tall, high, lofty, pavilion", or 选 (xuǎn) meaning "choose, pick, select". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Zoé
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Hungarian
Pronounced: ZAW-EH(French) ZO-eh(Hungarian)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
French and Hungarian form of
Zoe.
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