konstancja's Personal Name List

Derived from Sanskrit अभिमन् (abhimān) meaning "to long for, to desire, to wish". In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Abhimanyu is the son of the hero Arjuna.

Combination of an a hanja, like 雅 meaning "clean, pure" or 亜 meaning "next, second," and a hyeon hanja, e.g. 賢 meaning "benevolent; wise, sensible."

Either a Lithuanian borrowing of Latvian Aina 4 or derived from Lithuanian ainis "descendant, offspring".

Feminine form of Aivar.

From Kazakh ақ (aq) meaning "white" and ерке (erke) meaning "naughty, spoiled, darling".

Means "learned, expert, scholar" in Arabic.

Combination of Ali 1 and Reza, given in honour of the 9th-century Shia imam Ali ar-Rida.

Croatian form of Anthony.

From the name of a mountain in eastern Turkey (formerly part of Armenia), the place where Noah's Ark came to rest according to the Old Testament.

Means 'they are thankful' in Zulu.

Means "beautiful moon", derived from Kazakh ай (ay) meaning "moon" and ару (aru) meaning "beauty".

Means "shining, brilliant, bright" in Arabic, derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Means "magnificent, great, powerful" in Arabic. This can also be used an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əzim. In Islamic tradition العظيم (al-Azim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Means "strong, firm" in Mongolian. Batu Khan was a 13th-century Mongol leader, the founder of the Golden Horde.

Combination of Batu and Turkish han meaning "khan, ruler, leader", referring to the 13th-century Mongol ruler Batu Khan.

From the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" and the Persian suffix زاد (zād) meaning "son of".

Means "wetting, moistening" in Arabic. This was the name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

Means "swiftness" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the man who marries Ruth. This was also the name of one of the two pillars that stood outside Solomon's Temple (with Jachin).

Two separate words in Hungarian; "amber" and "ivy".

Means "sea" in Turkish.

Finnish and Estonian form of Eric. A famous bearer was the architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961).

Means "thanks, gratitude" in Igbo.

Means "friend, brother" in Turkish. This name was borne by the 13th-century Turkish poet Yunus Emre.

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Means "be happy" in Tswana, from itumela meaning "to be happy".

Means "strength, power, courage" in Kazakh and Kyrgyz.

From Kazakh қанат (qanat) or Kyrgyz канат (kanat) both meaning "wing".

From Sanskrit करण (karaṇa) meaning "clever, skillful".

Form of Kavita.

Finnish form of Gertrude.

Derived from Old Hungarian kev- or köv- (kő in Hungarian) "stone; rock".

Western Armenian transcription of Gevorg.

From Sanskrit क्षितिज (kṣitija) meaning "born of the earth" or "horizon".

Variant of Laney.

Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Nazli.

Means "Yahweh comforts" in Hebrew, derived from נָחַם (naḥam) meaning "to comfort" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. According to the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament he was a leader of the Jews who was responsible for the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian captivity.

Masculine form of Nevena.

Variant of Norihan.

Means "wisdom" in Chewa.

Short form of Revaz.

Armenian form of Isaac. This was the name of a 5th-century patriarch of the Armenian Church.

Means "noble, eminent" in Arabic, a derivative of شرف (sharufa) meaning "to be noble, to be illustrious". This was a title used by the descendants of Muhammad.

Meaning uncertain, though allegedly a form of Jean 1. It is probably modelled after Yohan and Lohan.

Modern form of Suresha.

Italian form of Tatius.

From Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan-'dzin) meaning "upholder of teachings". This is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (1935-).

Means "angel, heavenly queen" in Burmese, of Sanskrit origin.

Derived from Lithuanian ugnis meaning "fire".

Means "freedom" in Swahili.

Meaning “a higher place; sky; paradise; heaven”.

Coined by Estonian author Eduard Börnhohe for a character in his 1880 novel 'Tasuja'. Börnhohe allegedly derived the name from Estonian vahva "brave".

From Armenian վարուժան (varužan) meaning "male bird".

Hungarian form of Václav.

From Chinese 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant", 新 (xīn) meaning "fresh, new", 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted", or 鑫 (xīn) meaning "prosperous, wealthy" combined with 予 (yǔ) meaning "give, grant", 宇 (yǔ) meaning "house, eaves, universe", 玗 (yú) meaning "precious stone, jade", or 瑜 (yú) meaning "excellence, virtues, lustre of gems". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسين (see Yasin) chiefly used in North Africa.

Combination of Yunus and Emre, given in reference to the 13th-century poet.