shelbytism's Personal Name List

Aneliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish (Rare)
Pronounced: ah-neh-LEE-zah
Rare combination of Anna and Eliza, likely influenced by German Anneliese.
Anon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: อานนท์(Thai)
Pronounced: a-NON
Means "joy, delight, pleasure" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit आनन्द (ananda).
Asha 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
From Swahili ishi meaning "live, exist", derived from Arabic عاش (ʿāsha).
Chandler
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAND-lər
From an occupational surname that meant "candle seller" or "candle maker" in Middle English, ultimately from Latin candela via Old French. It surged in popularity after the 1994 debut of the American sitcom Friends, featuring a character by this name.
Chastity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHAS-ti-tee
From the English word chastity, which is ultimately from Latin castus "pure". It was borne by the child of Sonny Bono and Cher, which probably led to the name's increase in popularity during the 1970s.
Chrysalis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Pronounced: KRIS-ə-lis(English)
From the word referring to the pupa of a butterfly or moth or the cocoon where the pupa is enclosed inside, derived via Latin from Ancient Greek χρυσαλλίς (khrusallís), from χρυσός (khrusós) meaning "gold."

A My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic villain bears this name.

Cindi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIN-dee
Diminutive of Cynthia.
Dallon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Dallon.
Erebi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ijaw
Means "the beauty of womanhood" in Ijaw.
Indigo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-di-go
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".
Kanika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mwera
Meaning “black cloth”.
Liling
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: 理灵, 丽铃, etc.(Chinese)
Combination of the names Li 1 and Ling.
Lucky
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Hindi
Other Scripts: लकी(Hindi)
Pronounced: LUK-ee(English)
From a nickname given to a lucky person. It is also sometimes used as a diminutive of Luke. A famous bearer was the Italian-American gangster "Lucky" Luciano (1897-1962).
Manaia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Maori
From the name of a stylized design common in Maori carvings. It represents a mythological creature with the head of a bird and the body of a human.
Muna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: منى(Arabic)
Pronounced: MOO-na
Means "wishes, desires", from the plural form of Munya.
Murphy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-fee
From a common Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Murchadha, itself derived from the given name Murchadh. As a given name, it has been borne by female characters on the American television series Murphy Brown (1988-1998) and the movie Interstellar (2014).
Rain 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RAYN
Simply from the English word rain, derived from Old English regn.
Ruya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رؤية(Arabic)
Pronounced: ROO-ya
Means "vision, sight" in Arabic.
Tati
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Georgian, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Other Scripts: ტატი, თათი(Georgian) Тати(Russian)
Diminutive or short form of Tatiana, Tatiane, Tatjana and Tatyana. For Georgian, this only applies when the name is written as ტატი.

When Tati is written as თათი in Georgian, it is a diminutive or short form of the common feminine names Tamar, Tamta, Tatia and Tatuli.

Also compare the related names Tata 2 and Tato.

Yu-Mi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 유미(Korean Hangul) 有美, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: YOO-MEE
From Sino-Korean (yu) meaning "have, possess" and (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other hanja character combinations can also form this name.
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