Behind the Name: JiwonAstrid's Personal Name List

Amadeus

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Late Roman

Pronounced: ahm-ə-DAY-əs(English) ahm-ə-DEE-əs(English)

Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God". A famous bearer was the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was actually born Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart but preferred the Latin translation of his Greek middle name. This name was also assumed as a middle name by the German novelist E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who took it in honour of Mozart.

Astrid

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, English

Pronounced: AS-strid(Swedish) AHS-tri(Norwegian) AS-trit(German) AS-TREED(French) AS-trid(English)

Modern Scandinavian form of Ástríðr. This name was borne by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the author of Pippi Longstocking. It was also borne by a Swedish princess (1905-1935) who became the queen of Belgium as the wife of Leopold III.

Ji-Won

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Korean

Other Scripts: 지원(Korean Hangul) 智媛, 志媛, 知媛, 智元, etc.(Korean Hanja)

Pronounced: CHEE-WUN

From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" combined with 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman" or 元 (won) meaning "first, origin". This name can also be formed from many other hanja combinations.