hermeline's Personal Name List
Abis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian (Rare)
Pronounced: U-byis
Abrek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Adyghe, Circassian, Kabardian, Chechen, Ingush, Ossetian, Russian
Other Scripts: Абрэдж(Circassian) Обарг(Chechen) Эба́рг(Ingush) Абырæг(Ossetian) Абрек(Russian)
A North Caucasian term used for a lonely warrior living a partisan lifestyle outside power and law and fighting for a just cause. Means "bandit" in Russian.
Adamir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian politician Adamir Jerković (b. 1958).
Adamis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Αδάμης(Greek)
Pronounced: a-DA-mis
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Adilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Flemish
Adolis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Derived from Germanic adal "noble".
Aeternitas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Aeternitas was a Roman goddess and the personification of eternity.
Agnieszka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ag-NYEH-shka
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Airida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Alberina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kosovar, Albanian (Rare)
Alesch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romansh
Romansh form of
Alexis, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Alise 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Alma 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Slovene, Croatian
Pronounced: AL-mə(English) AL-ma(Spanish) AHL-ma(Dutch)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin
almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning
"the soul".
Almin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian
Derived from Arabic الْأَمِين (al-ʾamīn) meaning "the trustworthy".
Alvas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Amara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "grace" in Igbo.
Amicia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Latinized)
Andrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Андрей(Russian, Bulgarian) Андрэй(Belarusian)
Pronounced: un-DRYAY(Russian)
Russian, Bulgarian and Belarusian form of
Andrew.
Aris 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Άρης(Greek)
Artan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Derived from Albanian artë meaning "golden".
Artemy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Артемий(Russian)
Astor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AS-tər(American English) AS-tə(British English)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From a German and French surname derived from Occitan astur meaning "hawk". The wealthy and influential Astor family, prominent in British and American society, originated in the Italian Alps.
Astrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Астрей(Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian)
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of
Astraios.
Aulis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: OW-lees
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Means "willing, helpful" in Finnish.
Aurea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Late Latin name that was derived from
aureus "golden". This was the name of a 3rd-century
saint from Ostia (near Rome), as well as an 11th-century Spanish saint.
Auseklis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Baltic Mythology
From the root aus- "dawn", attached to the derivative suffix -eklis. Auseklis is a Latvian god that represents the first star to appear in the mornings on the east side of the sky.
Basilea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare, Archaic), German (Rare), Indian (Christian), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Beata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish, German, Swedish, Danish, Late Roman
Pronounced: beh-A-ta(Polish, German)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Derived from Latin
beatus meaning
"blessed". This was the name of a few minor
saints.
Bébrix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Aragonese
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Aragonese form of
Bebrycius. Not commonly used as a given name.
Beshi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 辺四, 邊四, 辺清, 辺詩, 辺志, 辺史, 邊清, 邊詩, 邊志, 邊史, 倍四, 倍清, 倍詩, 倍志, 倍史, 部四, 部清, 部詩, 部志, 部史, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
From Japanese 辺, 邊 (be) “area, place, vicinity” or 倍 (be) meaning “multiple times” or 部 (be) meaning “part, section” combined with 四 (shi) “four”, 清 (shi) “clean, pure, clear”, 詩 (shi) “poetry, poem, verse” 志 (shi) “will, purpose, ambition”, or 史 (shi) meaning “history”. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Betula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BET-yoo-lə
Derived from Latin betula meaning "birch".
Borëbardha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Folklore
Bresha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Calem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Most likely a variant of
Callum.
Cathair
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KA-hər
Charis
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Greek
Other Scripts: Χάρις(Ancient Greek) Χάρης, Χάρις(Greek)
Pronounced: KA-REES(Classical Greek) KHA-rees(Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Ancient Greek feminine form of
Chares. This was the word (in the singular) for one of the three Graces (plural
Χάριτες).
This is also a Modern Greek transcription of the masculine form Chares.
Chela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: CHEH-la
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Cildis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian (Archaic)
Claira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
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: 52% based on 5 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.
Cleombrotus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κλεόμβροτος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kleh-om-bro-tos(Attic Greek) kleh-OM-bro-tos(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek)
Derived from Greek κλέος
(kleos) meaning "glory" and βροτός
(brotos) meaning "mortal man, human being".
Clint
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLINT
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Short form of
Clinton. A notable bearer is American actor Clint Eastwood (1930-), who became famous early in his career for his western movies.
Clora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Collis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CAH-liss
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From the traditionally English surname, which is a variant of
Collins.
Corinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Italian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κόριννα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ko-RI-na(German) kə-REEN-ə(English) kə-RIN-ə(English)
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Κόριννα (Korinna), which was derived from
κόρη (kore) meaning
"maiden". This was the name of a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BC. The Roman poet
Ovid used it for the main female character in his book
Amores [1]. In the modern era it has been in use since the 17th century, when Robert Herrick used it in his poem
Corinna's going a-Maying [2].
Cosman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Swiss, Archaic)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Cosmin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: KOS-meen
Curan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Theatre
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Used by Shakespeare in his tragedy King Lear (1606).
Cyrek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Cyro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Czarek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: CHAH-rek
Czaruś
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: CHA-roosh
Dafnis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Hispanicized)
Pronounced: DAV-nees
Dagnis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Latvian (Modern)
Daira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Dalek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovak
Means “far away” in Slovak.
Daley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Modern)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Combination of the Old Norse name elements dalr "dale, valley" and ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Danela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian
Danis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Occitan, Lengadocian
Danton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Soviet
Other Scripts: Дантон(Russian)
Transferred use of the surname
Danton in honor of French revolutionary Georges Danton (1759-1794).
Darata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of
Dorothea via its Polish form
Dorota. It should be noted, though, that some Lithuanian sources state that Darata is a short form of
Dorotėja.
Daris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian (Modern)
Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic
دارس (dāris) meaning
"learned, educated", a derivative of
درس (darasa) meaning "to study, to learn".
Dary
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEHR-ee
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of names beginning with Dar.
Dascha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
Other Scripts: Даша(Russian, Ukrainian)
Variant transcription of
Dasha (for Russia and the Ukraine) as well as the main form of
Dasha in Germany and the Netherlands.
A known bearer of this name is the Dominican-American actress Dascha Polanco (b. 1982).
Davor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Other Scripts: Давор(Serbian)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow. This was the name of a supposed Slavic war god. His name was the basis for the word
davorije, a type of patriotic war song popular in the 19th century
[1].
Davorin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Daya
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: दया(Hindi, Nepali)
Derived from Sanskrit दया (dayā) meaning "compassion, mercy".
Devana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Czech goddess of the hunt.
Dilaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani
Rating: 87% based on 7 votes
Diona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Albanian
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Latinization of
Dione 1 as well as the Albanian form of the name.
Dione 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Διώνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEE-AW-NEH(Classical Greek) die-O-nee(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From Greek
Διός (Dios) meaning
"of Zeus". By extension, it means
"goddess". This was the name of a Greek goddess who, according to some legends, was the mother of
Aphrodite. A moon of Saturn is named after her.
Dior
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
From a French surname, possibly from doré meaning "golden". As a given name it has been inspired by the French luxury fashion house Dior, founded by the designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).
Djulén
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Walloon
Pronounced: juy-LEHN, juy-LYEHN
Dodona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kosovar
Dolya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Slavic Mythology
Goddess of fate in East Slavic Mythology, personification of the fate bestowed upon a man at birth. She is described as a plainly dressed woman able to turn herself into various shapes. When she is positive she is named Dolya, when negative she turns into Nedolya.
Domen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovene
Slovene form of
Dominicus (see
Dominic).
Donara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Soviet, Russian (Rare), Armenian
Other Scripts: Донара(Russian) Դոնարա(Armenian)
Pronounced: du-NA-rə(Russian)
Contraction of Russian дочь народа (doč naroda) meaning "daughter of the people". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Dorcily
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
Dorina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: do-REE-na
Drago
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Драго(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Slavic element
dorgŭ (South Slavic
drag) meaning
"precious".
Dragomir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Other Scripts: Драгомир(Serbian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: dra-go-MEER(Romanian)
Derived from the Slavic element
dorgŭ (South Slavic
drag) meaning "precious" combined with
mirŭ meaning "peace, world".
Dragos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Drakul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture (Modern)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Variant of
Dracula. From the epithet of Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad the Impaler, which meant either "dragon" (alluding to his membership in the noble Order of the Dragon) or "the devil" from Romanian
drac "devil".
Dražen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Дражен(Serbian)
Pronounced: DRA-zhehn
Derived from the Slavic element
dorgŭ (South Slavic
drag) meaning
"precious", originally a
diminutive of names beginning with that element.
Edera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Albanian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Maltese (Rare)
Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".
Egeon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Theatre
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Aegaeon. This is the name of a Syracusan merchant in William Shakespeare's play 'The Comedy of Errors' (1592).
Eline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Elisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Finnish, English
Pronounced: eh-LEE-za(Italian, German) eh-LEE-sa(Spanish) EH-lee-sah(Finnish) ə-LEE-sə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Emel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"desire" in Turkish, ultimately of Arabic origin, making this name a relative of
Amal.
Emilis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of
Aemilius (see
Emil).
Ender
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "very rare" in Turkish.
Ennis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From an Irish surname that was derived from inis meaning "island".
Eodhus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly contains the Old Irish elements
eó "yew" and either
dos "tree, copse, thicket; protector" or
guss "vigour, strength, force".
Eseld
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Etel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EH-tehl
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Eubie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of
Hubert. Stage name of jazz singer Eubie Blake (Born James Hubert Blake, 1877-1983).
Eudes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval French
Pronounced: UUD(French)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Faidra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Φαίδρα(Greek)
Alternate transcription of Greek Φαίδρα (see
Fedra and
Phaedra).
Faina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Фаина(Russian)
Pronounced: fu-EE-nə
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from
Phaenna.
Faye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Fenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 芬娜(Chinese)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
From the Chinese 芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, perfume" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful".
Florimund
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Archaic), Dutch (Archaic), English (Archaic), Popular Culture, Theatre
Pronounced: FLO-ree-muwnt(German) FLAW-ree-mənd(English)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Derived from Latin
florens meaning "prosperous, flourishing" (see
Florence) combined with Old High German
mund meaning "protection."
In popular culture and theatre, Florimund is best known as the (alternative) name that Prince Désiré is known under in some versions of the ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
Florinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: flo-REEN-da(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Elaborated form of Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower".
Floris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: FLO-ris
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Dutch form of
Florentius (see
Florence).
Fontus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: FON-toos(Classical Latin)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin
fons, meaning "fountain, spring; source". This was the name of a god of wells and springs in Roman mythology, the son of
Juturna and
Janus.
Fortunata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: for-too-NA-ta(Italian, Spanish)
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Frânghiș
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Romanian
Freder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), Theatre
Pronounced: FREH-dər
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Short form of names containing the element "Fred-".
The name of the protagonist in the German expressionist film, Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang.
Gaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Italian
Other Scripts: Γαῖα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: GIE-A(Classical Greek) GIE-ə(English) GAY-ə(English) GA-ya(Italian)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
From the Greek word
γαῖα (gaia), a parallel form of
γῆ (ge) meaning
"earth". In Greek
mythology Gaia was the mother goddess who presided over the earth. She was the mate of
Uranus and the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.
Galia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Галя(Bulgarian)
Variant transcription of
Галя (see
Galya).
Galina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Галина(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: gu-LYEE-nə(Russian)
Russian and Bulgarian feminine form of
Galenos (see
Galen).
Gasparo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: GA-spa-ro
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Italian variant form of
Jasper.
Gennady
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Геннадий(Russian)
Pronounced: gyi-NA-dyee
Georges
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHAWRZH
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
French form of
George. This name was borne by the French artists Georges Seurat (1859-1891) and Georges Braque (1882-1963).
Gergely
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: GEHR-gay
Gigi 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHEE-ZHEE
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Gilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: JEEL-da(Italian)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Originally an Italian short form of
Ermenegilda and other names containing the Old German element
gelt meaning
"payment, tribute, compensation". This is the name of a character in Verdi's opera
Rigoletto (1851). It is also the name of a 1946 American movie, starring Rita Hayworth in the title role.
Gjorche
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian
Granya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Gretta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GREHT-ə
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Guiron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Guiron le Courtois is a character in Arthurian legend, a knight-errant and one of the central figures in the French romance known as Palamedes, with later versions named Guiron le Courtois and the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa.
Gunther
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: GUWN-tu(German)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
From the Old German name
Gundahar, derived from the elements
gunda "war" and
heri "army" (making it a
cognate of
Gunnar). This was the name of a semi-legendary 5th-century Burgundian king. He appears in the medieval German saga the
Nibelungenlied, which has him wooing the Icelandic queen
Brunhild. He wins her hand in marriage with the help of the hero
Siegfried. He ultimately betrays Siegfried, but Siegfried's widow
Kriemhild (Gunther's sister) takes her revenge upon him.
This was also the name of an 11th-century saint who was a hermit in Bavaria and Bohemia.
Hańža
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sorbian
Pronounced: HIEN-zha
Upper Sorbian form of
Agnes. Hańža Bjeńšowa (*1919) is a Sorbian writer.
Hephzibah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: חֶפְצִי־בָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: HEHF-zi-bə(English) HEHP-zi-bə(English)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Hrachya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Հրաչյա(Armenian)
Pronounced: hə-rah-CHYAH
Means
"eyes of fire", from Old Armenian
հուր (hur) meaning "fire" and
աչք (achk) meaning "eyes, sight". This name was mentioned by the 5th-century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi as belonging to an early Armenian king.
Ignas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Iori
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: YAW-ree
Ioritz
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Variant of
Joritz. This name is borne by professional soccer player Ioritz Landeta Batiz (born 10 October 1995).
Irina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Georgian, Finnish, Estonian
Other Scripts: Ирина(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian) ირინა(Georgian)
Pronounced: i-RYEE-nə(Russian) EE-ree-nah(Finnish)
Form of
Irene in several languages.
Irisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 衣里紗, 衣利沙, 以莉沙, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: EE-ṘEE-SAH
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 衣 (i) meaning "clothes", 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Isolde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: ee-ZAWL-də(German) i-SOL-də(English) i-ZOL-də(English) i-SOLD(English) i-ZOLD(English) EE-ZAWLD(French)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
German form of
Iseult, appearing in the 13th-century German poem
Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. In 1865 the German composer Richard Wagner debuted his popular opera
Tristan und Isolde and also used the name for his first daughter.
Jadis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: JAY-dis(English)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Used by the author C. S. Lewis as the proper name of the White Witch, the antagonist in his novel
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). He may have based it on French
jadis meaning
"long ago, of old" or Persian
جادو (jādū) meaning
"magic, witch".
Jairus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
From
Ἰάϊρος (Iairos), the Greek form of
Jair used in the
New Testament, where it belongs to the father of a young girl brought back to life by
Jesus.
Jashar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian, Kosovar
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Jaya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: जया, जय(Sanskrit) ஜெயா, ஜெய(Tamil) జయ(Telugu) जया(Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: JU-yah(Sanskrit) JU-yu(Sanskrit)
Derived from Sanskrit
जय (jaya) meaning
"victory". In Sanskrit this is a transcription of both the feminine form
जया (long final vowel) and the masculine form
जय (short final vowel), both of which are used as names or epithets for several characters in Hindu texts. As a modern personal name, this transcription is both feminine and masculine in southern India, but typically only feminine in the north.
Joel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Biblical
Other Scripts: יוֹאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: JO-əl(English) JOL(English) kho-EHL(Spanish) ZHWEHL(European Portuguese) zho-EW(Brazilian Portuguese) YO-ehl(Swedish, Finnish)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From the Hebrew name
יוֹאֵל (Yoʾel) meaning
"Yahweh is God", from the elements
יוֹ (yo) and
אֵל (ʾel), both referring to the Hebrew God. Joel is one of the twelve minor prophets of the
Old Testament, the author of the Book of Joel, which describes a plague of locusts. In England, it was first used as a Christian name after the
Protestant Reformation.
Jolanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: yo-LAN-tə
Josian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Jules 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHUYL
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
French form of
Julius. A notable bearer of this name was the French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905), author of
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and other works of science fiction.
Jules 2
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOOLZ
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Juna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: YUY-na(Dutch)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain, perhaps a variant of
Junia or
Juno.
Katarin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Kerensa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "love" in Cornish.
Klaus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: KLOWS(German, Finnish)
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
German short form of
Nicholas, now used independently.
Lauras
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Modern)
Pronounced: LOW-ras
Modern German masculine form of
Laura.
Laurent
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: LAW-RAHN
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Leida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Meaning unknown. It was popularized by a character in Estonian writer Andres Saal's historical stories Vambola (1889) and Aita (1891). Saal associated it with Estonian leidma "to find".
Leonid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Леонид(Russian) Леонід(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: lyi-u-NYEET(Russian)
Levin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Lilya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Louis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English, Dutch
Pronounced: LWEE(French) LOO-is(English) LOO-ee(English) loo-EE(Dutch)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
French form of
Ludovicus, the Latinized form of
Ludwig. This was the name of 18 kings of France, starting with Louis I the son of
Charlemagne. Others include Louis IX (
Saint Louis) who led two crusades and Louis XIV (called the Sun King) who was the ruler of France during the height of its power, the builder of the Palace of Versailles, and the longest reigning monarch in the history of Europe. It was also borne by kings of Germany (as
Ludwig), Hungary (as
Lajos), and other places.
Apart from royalty, this name was only moderately popular in France during the Middle Ages. After the French Revolution, when Louis XVI was guillotined, it became less common.
The Normans brought the name to England, where it was usually spelled Lewis, though the spelling Louis has been more common in America. Famous bearers include French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French actor Louis de Funès (1914-1983), Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), who wrote Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and American jazz musician Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).
Lucine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Լուսինե(Armenian)
Pronounced: loo-see-NEH
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Mabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-bəl
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Medieval feminine form of
Amabilis. This spelling and
Amabel were common during the Middle Ages, though they became rare after the 15th century. It was revived in the 19th century after the publication of C. M. Yonge's 1854 novel
The Heir of Redclyffe [1], which featured a character named Mabel (as well as one named Amabel).
Maira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mari
Other Scripts: Майра(Mari)
Majolus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of
Mayeul.
Saint Majolus of Cluny is a famous bearer.
Makarios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Μακάριος(Ancient Greek)
Marek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak, Estonian
Pronounced: MA-rehk(Polish, Czech, Slovak)
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of
Mark.
Margiris
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian, History
Meaning unknown. Margiris was a legendary Lithuanian prince who defended the fort of Pilėnai in 1336.
Marina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Μαρίνα(Greek) Марина(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian) მარინა(Georgian)
Pronounced: ma-REE-na(Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Macedonian) mə-REE-nə(Catalan) mə-REEN-ə(English) mu-RYEE-nə(Russian) MA-ri-na(Czech)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Marinus. This name was borne by a few early
saints. This is also the name by which Saint
Margaret of Antioch is known in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Marise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-REEZ
Mars
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: MARS(Latin) MAHRZ(American English) MAHZ(British English)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Possibly related to Latin
mas meaning
"male" (genitive
maris). In Roman
mythology Mars was the god of war, often equated with the Greek god
Ares. This is also the name of the fourth planet in the solar system.
Matthys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans, West Frisian
Pronounced: mah-TIES(Dutch) mah-TEES(West Frisian)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Medieval Dutch form of
Matthijs as well as the modern Afrikaans and West Frisian form of
Matthijs. In the Netherlands, the name has survived to modern times, but it is highly rare there currently, especially when compared to its modern counterpart.
A known bearer of this name was the Flemish painter and draughtsman Matthys Cock (c. 1505-1548).
Maxim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech
Other Scripts: Максим(Russian, Ukrainian) Максім(Belarusian)
Pronounced: muk-SYEEM(Russian) MAK-sim(Czech)
Melia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μελία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MEH-LEE-A(Classical Greek)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means
"ash tree" in Greek, a derivative of
μέλι (meli) meaning "honey". This was the name of a nymph in Greek
myth, the daughter of the Greek god Okeanos.
Meluza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Folklore, Slavic Mythology
Meluza is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She was depicted in a Russian lubok of the 17th or 18th century. She is described as half-woman, half-snake, or as the half-woman, half-fish creature. She is also said to be the deity of deception.
She is represented as a sea monster with the head of a beautiful dark-haired maiden, having the body and belly of a striped beast, a dragon tail with a snake's mouth at the end, and legs resembling those of an elephant with the same snake mouths at the end. She also wears a crown.
According to belief, her snake mouths contained a deadly dragon poison. She was said to live in the Sea near the Ethiopian abyss, or in the Western Ocean.
Michaelis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From Latin
Michaelis, which is the genitive of the third declension of
Michael, the biblical Latin (and also Greek) form of the Hebrew name
Mikha'el.
In the Netherlands, this has been used as a Latin form of Michael (thus basically making it a latinization of a latinization) since at least late medieval times.
Milda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian, Latvian, Baltic Mythology
Meaning unknown. According to the 19th-century Polish-Lithuanian historian Teodor Narbutt, this was the name of a Lithuanian goddess of love.
Mircea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: MEER-chya, MEER-cha
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Romanian form of
Mirče. This name was borne by a 14th-century ruler of Wallachia, called Mircea the Great.
Mirin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美凛, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: mee-ṙeen
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Mirin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Saint Mirin (born in 565) is the patron saint of the town and Roman Catholic diocese of Paisley, Scotland. He was the founder of a religious community which grew to become Paisley Abbey. The shrine of this saint in the abbey became a centre of pilgrimage.
Miruna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace" or Romanian mira meaning "to wonder, to astound".
Misa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美沙, 海沙, 三幸, 三桜(Japanese Kanji) みさ(Japanese Hiragana) ミサ(Japanese Katakana)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
From the Japanese kanji 美 (
mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful", 海 (
mi) meaning "sea" or 三 (
mi) meaning "three" combined with 沙 (
sa) meaning "fine sand" or 幸 (
sa) meaning "happiness".
Other Kanji combinations available.
Mischa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German
Pronounced: MEE-sha
Dutch and German form of
Misha. It is occasionally used as a feminine name in Dutch.
Naphtali
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: נַפְתָלִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: NAF-tə-lie(English)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means
"my struggle, my strife" in Hebrew, a derivative of
פָּתַל (paṯal) meaning "to twist, to struggle, to wrestle". In the
Old Testament he is a son of
Jacob by
Rachel's servant
Bilhah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Nazan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: na-ZAN
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Means "coy" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian نازان (nāzān).
Nazariy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ukrainian, Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Назарій(Ukrainian) Назарий(Russian)
Nephele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νεφέλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NEH-PEH-LEH(Classical Greek) NEHF-ə-lee(English)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From Greek
νέφος (nephos) meaning
"cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by
Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like
Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.
Niamh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: NYEEYW(Irish) NYEEYV(Irish) NYEEV(Irish)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means
"bright" in Irish. She was the daughter of the sea god
Manannán mac Lir in Irish legends. She fell in love with the poet
Oisín, the son of
Fionn mac Cumhaill. It has been used as a given name for people only since the early 20th century.
Nikon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Russian
Other Scripts: Νίκων(Ancient Greek) Никон(Russian)
Pronounced: NEE-KAWN(Classical Greek)
Derived from Greek
νίκη (nike) meaning
"victory".
Nodin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ojibwe
Means "wind" in Ojibwe.
Norina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Novy
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: No-vee
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Oakie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: American (South)
Pronounced: OHK-ee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
American English regional name (Appalachian) influenced by Oak + -ie which is a common suffix added to names throughout Appalachia.
Odéle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Olaf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Polish
Pronounced: O-laf(German) O-lahf(Dutch) AW-laf(Polish)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the Old Norse name
Áleifr meaning
"ancestor's descendant", derived from the elements
anu "ancestor" and
leif "inheritance, legacy". This was the name of five kings of Norway, including
Saint Olaf (Olaf II).
Olek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: AW-lehk
Ophira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹפִירָה(Hebrew)
Oshea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: הוֹשֵׁעַ(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Hoshea used in some versions of the Bible.
Ottilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: oot-TEE-lee-ah
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Ottoline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of
Ottilie. A famous bearer was the British socialite Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873-1938).
Ozren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Озрен(Serbian)
Pronounced: AWZ-ren(Croatian) AWZ-rren(Croatian, Serbian)
Derived from the passive voice of an older Slavic verb ozreti se meaning "to look, glance".
This is the name of three mountains, two in Serbia and one in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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From Serbian озарити/ozariti meaning "to make radiant".
Ozzery
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Pamphila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Παμφίλα(Ancient Greek)
Pascal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, German, Dutch
Pronounced: PAS-KAL(French) pas-KAL(German) pahs-KAHL(Dutch)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From the Late Latin name
Paschalis, which meant
"relating to Easter" from Latin
Pascha "Easter", which was in turn from Hebrew
פֶּסַח (pesaḥ) meaning "Passover"
[1]. Passover is the ancient Hebrew holiday celebrating the liberation from Egypt. Because it coincided closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the same Latin word was used for both. The name Pascal can also function as a surname, as in the case of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), the French philosopher, mathematician and inventor.
Paschaise
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic)
Paschal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Variant of
Paschalis (see
Pascal). Paschal or Paschalis was the name of two popes.
Paschalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish (Archaic)
Pascharius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval
The earliest known bearer of this name is the 7th-century saint Pascharius of Nantes. He was a native of the city, which is located in the cultural and historical region of Brittany in western France. This means that he was likely of Celtic origin, but a Germanic origin is also possible, as at the time Nantes was located in
Neustria, the western part of the Kingdom of the Franks.
His name is either fully or partially Latin (i.e. a hybrid). In both cases, the first element is ultimately derived from the Latin noun pascha meaning "Easter" as well as "Passover". The second element can consist of the Latin adjectival suffix -arius, in which case the meaning of the name is virtually the same as that of Paschalis.
In the case of a hybrid, the second element is either of Celtic or Germanic origin. For the former, it might possibly come from Old Breton air meaning "battle, carnage", in which case the overall meaning of the name is the same as that of the Breton name Pascweten (ultimately also a hybrid). As for a Germanic origin, the most likely candidate appears to be Frankish *hari meaning "army".
Lastly, it is important to note that this name is often conflated with the older but related name Paschasius. This has been happening since the medieval period, and is at least partly due to the similarity in appearance and meaning between the two names.
Pasha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Փաշա(Armenian)
Pronounced: pah-SHAH(Eastern Armenian)
From the Armenian word փաշայ (pʿašay) meaning "pasha", the title of a high-ranking Ottoman military officer.
Paulius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Perla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Pronounced: PEHR-la
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Persida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Slovene
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
Serbian, Croatian, and Romanian form of
Persis. This was the name of the wife of Alexander Karadordevic, Prince of Serbia and ancestor to the monarchs of Yugoslavia.
Phaedre
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FE-drə
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Pharaïlde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Belgian, Rare), French (Rare, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical, Gallicized)
Pronounced: FA-RA-EELD(French)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Picus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Picus was the founder of the first Latin tribe and settlement, Laurentum, located a few miles to the Southeast of the site of the later city of Rome. According to Festus he got his name as a consequence of the fact that he used to rely on a woodpecker for the purpose of divination.
Pinchas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: פִּינְחָס(Hebrew)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Pirene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Πειρήνη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Pomeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: PAWM-EH-LEEN, PAWM-LEEN
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Variant form of
Pomelline. This name is best known for being one of the middle names of Charlotte Casiraghi (b. 1986), who is the daughter of Princess Caroline of Hanover (formerly of Monaco). She was given this middle name in honour of her ancestor Pomellina Fregoso (c. 1387-1468), a Genovese noblewoman who was the wife of Jean I of Monaco (c. 1382-1454). Her name had been gallicized to
Pomelline in Monaco, as it was (and still is) predominantly a French-speaking country.
Preta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Means "black" in portuguese. This name is borne by the Brazilian actress and singer Preta Maria Gadelha Gil Moreira, mostly known as Preta Gil.
Priela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: פריאלה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: Pree'ella
Pulcelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Radley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Radley.
Ráfis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Hungarian
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Ramon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan
Pronounced: rə-MON
Raya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
Other Scripts: Рая(Bulgarian, Russian)
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Razel
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Pronounced: ray-zuhl
Means “the Lord’s secret” in Hebrew.
Régis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: REH-ZHEES
From a French surname meaning
"ruler" in Occitan. This name is often given in honour of
Saint Jean-François Régis (1597-1640), a French Jesuit priest.
Renata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Polish, Czech, Lithuanian, Croatian, Slovene, Romanian, Late Roman
Pronounced: reh-NA-ta(Italian, Spanish, German, Polish) REH-na-ta(Czech)
Rhea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Ῥέα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: REH-A(Classical Greek) REE-ə(English) REH-a(Latin)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Rhysand
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: ree-sand
Created by author Sarah J. Maas for 'A Court of Thorns and Roses series'.
Rimantas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: RYI-mun-tus
From Lithuanian rimti "to calm down" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".
Romina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ro-MEE-na
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Roni 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: רוֹנִי(Hebrew)
Means "my joy" or "my song" in Hebrew.
Rora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 露羅, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: ṘO-ṘAH
From Japanese 露 (ro) meaning "dew" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Rowena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ro-EEN-ə
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements
hroð "fame" and
wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements
ron "spear" and
gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel
Ivanhoe (1819).
Rübezahl
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic Mythology
Pronounced: RUY-bə-tsahl
In Silesian legends, Rübezahl is the 'lord of the mountains' in the
Riesengebirge. He is also described as a 'prince of gnomes'.
The origin of the name is unclear. In the legend itself it is explained as "turnip counter" because he was forced to count turnips. The name is seen as derogatory and calling it aloud in the mountains calls for trouble. However, Rübezahl has a good heart and is helpful to people who call him in hardship.
Runa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nah(Norwegian) ROO-na(Danish, Swedish)
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Ruslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: Руслан(Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar) Руслъан(Western Circassian, Eastern Circassian)
Pronounced: ruws-LAN(Russian)
Form of
Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem
Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.
Ruslana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Руслана(Ukrainian)
Salvatrice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sal-va-TREE-cheh
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
From
Salvatrix, the feminine form of
Salvator (see
Salvador).
Sanae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
A notable bearer of the name is the Morocan-German politician Sanae Abdi, member of the 20th German Bundestag.
Saul
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: שָׁאוּל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: SAWL(English)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
From the Hebrew name
שָׁאוּל (Shaʾul) meaning
"asked for, prayed for". This was the name of the first king of Israel, as told in the
Old Testament. Before the end of his reign he lost favour with God, and after a defeat by the Philistines he was succeeded by
David as king. In the
New Testament, Saul was the original Hebrew name of the apostle
Paul.
Saulius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lithuanian
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Masculine form of
Saulė. This is also the Lithuanian form of
Saul.
Selen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: seh-LEHN
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Means "good news" in Turkish.
Shaunak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: शौनक(Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: Sha-ow-nick
Represents sage Shaunaka, who was the son of Gritsamada. This sage invented the system of the four levels of human life. He was very renowned to the epic Mahabharata, and very renowned storyteller Ugrasrava Sauti, explains him the entire story of it. This name comes from North India, and it mostly means, wise, and very smart and intelligent.
Stolas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: Stolas(Latin)
Pronounced: STOLəS
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Demon from the Ars Goetia, part of The Lesser Key of Solomon book series, those were anonymously written demonology books from the mid-17th century.
Stolas (also known as Stolos, Stoppas and Solas) is "a Great Prince of Hell, commands twenty-six legions of demons. He teaches astronomy and is knowledgeable about herbs, plants, and precious stones. He is often depicted as a raven or a crowned owl with long legs."
Svarog
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
Probably means "fire", from Old Slavic sŭvarŭ meaning "heat". This was the name of a Slavic god associated with blacksmithing.
Tanis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology (Hellenized)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Tarlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Lezgin
Other Scripts: Тарлан(Lezgin)
Means "falcon" in Lezgin.
Tasché
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Afrikaans
Pronounced: Ta-sché
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
It probably derives from the hebrew "tach", meaning "crown".
Theodhori
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Ursa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of
Ursus. This is the name of two constellations in the northern sky: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Ursel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Valda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian
Valdrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Combination of Albanian
valë "wave" and
Drin.
Vale
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: VAYL
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the English word meaning "wide river valley".
Valera
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Валера(Russian, Ukrainian)
Valia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Bulgarian, Georgian (Rare), Greek, Russian
Other Scripts: Валя(Bulgarian, Russian) ვალია(Georgian) Βάλια(Greek)
In Bulgaria and Russia, this name is a variant transcription of the unisex name
Valya.
In Georgia, this name is a diminutive of Valentina and Valerian, though there can certainly be cases where it is the georgianized form of the aforementioned Valya. In this day and age, Valia is primarily used on women in Georgia.
In Greece, this name is strictly feminine and is a pet form of Vasilia and Vasiliki.
Known bearers of this name include the Georgian revolutionary Valerian "Valia" Bakhtadze (1896-1930) and the Greek model Valia Kakouti (b. 1981).
Vasara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Livonian (Rare), Medieval Baltic (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. One theory links this name to Latvian vasara "summer", while other academics rather see a connection to Finnish vasara "hammer".
Vasilis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Βασίλης(Greek)
Vasilisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Василиса(Russian)
Pronounced: və-syi-LYEE-sə
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Vasily
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Василий(Russian)
Pronounced: vu-SYEE-lyee
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Verus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Derived from the Latin adjective
verus meaning "true, genuine" as well as "right, just".
Wojciech
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: VOI-chekh
Derived from the Slavic elements
vojĭ "warrior, soldier" and
utěxa "solace, comfort, joy".
Saint Wojciech (also known by the Czech form of his name
Vojtěch or his adopted name
Adalbert) was a Bohemian missionary to Hungary, Poland and Prussia, where he was martyred in the 10th century.
Xana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Asturian (Modern), Galician (Modern)
Pronounced: sha-na(Asturian) sha-nu(Galician)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
From the word
xana, a type of fairy in Asturian mythology who are said to live in pure rivers and fountains. It may derive from the Roman mythological name
Diana.
Yadis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Yanna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Γιάννα(Greek)
Pronounced: YA-na
Yaron
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יָרוֹן(Hebrew)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means "to sing, to shout" in Hebrew.
Yunis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Azerbaijani form of
Jonah.
Yurik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Юрик(Russian)
Pronounced: yoo-reek
Variant of
Yuri 1. Derived from Greek 'geōrgós' and means "farmer". It is also used as a diminutive of Yuri.
Zabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Զաբել(Armenian)
Pronounced: zah-BEHL(Eastern Armenian) zah-PEHL(Western Armenian)
Armenian form of
Isabel. A 13th-century ruling queen of Cilician Armenia bore this name.
Zala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Ziggy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZIG-ee
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Zisel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: זיסל(Yiddish)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
From Yiddish
זיס (zis) meaning
"sweet".
Zubin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian (Parsi)
Other Scripts: ज़ुबिन(Hindi)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Possibly a Parsi form of
Chobin.
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