hermeline's Personal Name List

Variant of Erica.

Presumably from the English phrase all's well.

Hellenized form of Old Persian *R̥šā, derived from *(w)ŕ̥šā meaning "man, hero" or "stallion, stud" (an element used in Xerxes). This was the name of an Achaemenid Persian ruler, also known by the regnal name Artaxerxes.

Modern Hindi transcription of Baladeva.

Romansh regular and Danish vernacular form of Balthasar. It was borne by Danish politician Balzer Jacobsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1655 to 1661.

Means "son of Jesus" in Hebrew, ultimately derived from Hebrew בר (bar) meaning "son" and ישע meaning "Jesus, to save". In the Bible, he was a false prophet that is mentioned in Acts 13:6.

In the case of the character from Beverly Cleary's 'Ramona' book series, it originated as a nursery form of Beatrice (her real name), given to her by her younger sister.

Blend of Bernice and Monica.

Variant of Bethany.

Variant of Bjarney.

A phonetic rendering of the English word "blinks". Used by the eponymous feline main character of the Xbox game 'Blinx: The Time Sweeper".

Either a variant of Bobette, most likely influenced by Beth, or a combination of Bob/Bobbie and Beth.

Means "large city, community, province, country" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit पुरि (puri).

Feminine form of Brigham. This name was mostly used by Mormon parents who wanted to honor Brigham Young, who was the 2nd president of the LDS Church.

In ancient Roman religion, Bubona is thought to have been a goddess of cattle, but she is named only by Saint Augustine. Georg Wissowa thought that a festival of cattle (ludi boum causa) mentioned by Pliny must have been dedicated to Bubona. Those who celebrated the rites were called Bubetii, a title which appears only in Pliny.

"lord of wisdom " ; "lord of intelligence ". Here बुद्धि means wisdom + ईश means lord

From Tibetan ཆོས་ལྡན (chos-ldan) meaning "devout, righteous, pious".

Meaning uncertain, possibly from Apache go-chizh "his firewood" or go-chįh "his nose". This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Chiricahua Apache.

Variant of Cumi. This was borne by Cumie Talitha Walker (1874-1942), the mother of American outlaw Clyde Barrow.

Latinized form of Gunthard.

Possibly a variant of Countess.

Rare spelling variant of Charlene.

Tajik and Uzbek form of Dildara.

Indonesian form of Dominicus (see Dominic).

The name of the Jazz singer and Sinti activist Dotschy Reinhardt.

In the case of American guitarist Dweezil Zappa (1969-), this was his father's affectionate nickname for his mother's pinkie toe.

Derived from Filbert.

Means "little fish" in Yiddish, a diminutive of פֿיש (fish) meaning "fish".

Puritan name given after the first two words of 1 Corinthians 6:18 "Fly fornication", i.e. "avoid sexual immorality".

Anglicized form of Frigg. It has occasionally been used as a Swedish given name (first documented in 1834), sometimes as a diminutive of Fredrika (compare Fricke).

Diminutive of Frederik.

Variant of Jasper or Casper and an unaccented version of Gašper.

A notable name bearer is an American Football player: Gasper Urban.

From a Hispanicised spelling of Gat Sa Li-Han, a Chinese title meaning "lord of Li-Han". It was used by the rulers of Li-Han, an ancient Philippine state that was located in the present-day city of Malolos.

From the name of an ancient princess that is mentioned in the children's novel Dorothy of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1989). Her name might be the feminization of the name Gaylord.

From the Japanese word geisha "geisha".

Gothel is a Hessian dialect word meaning "godmother".

This is the name of the German fairy tale and the Disney princess Rapunzel's foster mother, Mother Gothel (or Dame Gothel).

Variant of names starting with the Old Norse element gunnr "battle, fight", such as Gunhilde and Gunnel. It is mainly used in Trøndelag county in Norway.

Diminutive of Imogen or Imogene.

Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode is a character in the film 'Fried Green Tomatoes' (1991), based on the novel 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (1987) by American author Fannie Flagg.

Diminutive of Imogen.

Variant of Jankin.

Variant of Dream.

Combination of la and Dynasty.

Blend of Leopold and Napoleon.

Provençal form of Léger.

Lufthansa is the name of the German national carrier. It was given as a second name to a girl born on a Lufthansa flight to New York in the 1960s.

It is usually not admissible as a given name in Germany.

Feminine form of Mathurin.

From an English surname that was originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.

From the English word, which derives from Latin miseria "wretchedness". It was used as a given name in the book 'Misery' (1987) by Stephen King, about the author of a popular series of romance novels set in Victorian times, the heroine of which is named Misery Chastain.

Russian form of Moses.

Diminutive of Olga.

Possibly a variant of Aurélie.

Transferred use of the surname Owsley. According to the SSA, Owsley was given to 6 boys in 2018.

Transferred use of the surname Parley.

Transferred use of the surname Peniston.

Bearers of this name include Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne, and his son, the Hon. Peniston Lamb.

Variant of Purvis.

Sardinian feminine diminutive of Vincent.

Possibly a form of Pontius. It was brought to Sweden by the French general Pontus De la Gardie, who served under the Swedish king John III.

Means "divine blessing", derived from Thai พร (phon) meaning "blessing" and ทิพย์ (thip) meaning "divine".

Means "action, sex" in Greek. This was another name for the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Variant of Quaterine.

French form of Quiteria.

Derived from English sabbath, the name of the holy day of the week in Judeo-Christian tradition, which derives from Hebrew shabbath, properly "day of rest", from shabath "he rested". Alternatively it could be a feminine form of Sabbatai (Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַי), a Jewish name related to sabbath.

Tennessee Williams used this for the title character in his short story Sabbatha and Solitude (1973).

Feminine form of Sabri.

Ukrainian form of Simon 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Семён (see Semyon).

Diminutive of Shoosan.

Nickname derived from a slang or humorous term for "mosquito." A famous bearer is female singer-songwriter Skeeter Davis (1931-2004).

Anglicized form of Sláine.

From the surname of Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), the Russian revolutionist and secretary general of the Communist party of the Soviet Union. Despite the controversial character of the politician, the name is used as a given name in India and Latin America (particularly Ecuador).

Namibian name.

Combination of Suparman and شاه (shah), “king” in Persian

From Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika) meaning "lucky or auspicious object".

Transferred use of the surname Thorby, which is a variant of Thorsby. This was used for the protagonist of Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction novel Citizen of the Galaxy (1957).

Diminutive of Kristiina.

Greenlandic form of Trudi.

Variant of Tweety.

Diminutive of Yolanda.

Combination of Middle English yong ”young” and husbonda ”farmer”.

Transferred use of the surname Youville. This name was given in honor of Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771), the first Canadian-born person to be canonized.

From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize", 夢 (yu) meaning "dream", 優 (yu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 友 (yu) meaning "friend", 柚 (yu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" or 由 (yu) meaning "cause, reason" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.

Feminine form of Zeppelin.