Addycakes's Personal Name List

Carmelita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: kar-meh-LEE-ta
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Spanish diminutive of Carmel.
Conner
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAHN-ər(American English) KAWN-ə(British English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Variant of Conor.
Contessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), Medieval Italian, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the aristocratic title, derived from Latin comitissa "countess". More commonly a word, it was occasionally used as a medieval given name.
Dimitri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian, French
Other Scripts: Димитрий(Russian) დიმიტრი(Georgian)
Pronounced: dyi-MYEE-tryee(Russian) DEE-MEE-TREE(Georgian, French)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Russian variant of Dmitriy, as well as the Georgian form.
Guard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Personal remark: The guards from the Sly Cooper series. XD
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Jean 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHAHN
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Modern French form of Jehan, the Old French form of Iohannes (see John). Since the 12th century it has consistently been the most common male name in France. It finally dropped from the top rank in 1958, unseated by Philippe.

The French theologian Jean Calvin (1509-1564) and the philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) are well-known bearers of this name. It was also borne by the German-French Dadaist artist Jean Arp (1886-1966).

Murray
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: MUR-ee
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From a surname, which is either Scottish or Irish in origin (see Murray 1 and Murray 2).
Neyla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: NAY-la(Latin American Spanish) NAY-lu(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Variant of Neila.
Octavio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ok-TA-byo
Personal remark: A villain from Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves. + 115th name saved into this collection
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Spanish form of Octavius.
Rajan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Nepali
Other Scripts: രാജൻ(Malayalam) ராசன்(Tamil) राजन(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) ਰਾਜਨ(Gurmukhi)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan) meaning "king".
Raleigh
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAW-lee, RAH-lee
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning either "red clearing" or "roe deer clearing" in Old English. A city in North Carolina bears this name, after the English courtier, poet and explorer Walter Raleigh (1552-1618).
Ruby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-bee
Rating: 73% 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].
Sly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SLIE
Personal remark: 10th name in this Sly Cooper collection.
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Short form of Sylvester. The actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-) is a well-known bearer of this nickname.
Vinnie
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIN-ee
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of Vincent and other names containing vin.
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