erin_ex_machina's Personal Name List

Aífe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Old Irish form of Aoife.
Áine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: A-nyə(Irish)
Rating: 3% based on 3 votes
Means "radiance, brilliance" in Irish. This was the name of a goddess of love and fertility in Irish legend, thought to dwell at the hill of Cnoc Áine in Limerick. It has sometimes been Anglicized as Anne.
Anatol
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Анатоль(Belarusian)
Pronounced: a-NA-tawl(Polish)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Polish and Belarusian form of Anatolius.
Anatole
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-NA-TAWL
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
French form of Anatolius.
Anatolia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀνατολία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Anatolius. This was the name of a 3rd-century Italian saint and martyr. This is also a place name (from the same Greek origin) referring to the large peninsula that makes up the majority of Turkey.
André
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Portuguese, Galician, German, Dutch
Pronounced: AHN-DREH(French) un-DREH(Portuguese) an-DREH(Galician, German) AHN-dreh(Dutch) ahn-DREH(Dutch)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
French, Portuguese and Galician form of Andreas (see Andrew).
Aster
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AS-tər
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
From the name of the flower, which is derived via Latin from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star".
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)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
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.
Athena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἀθηνᾶ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-TEH-NA(Classical Greek) ə-THEE-nə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown. Athena was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of the city of Athens in Greece. It is likely that her name is derived from that of the city, not vice versa. The earliest mention of her seems to be a 15th-century BC Mycenaean Greek inscription from Knossos on Crete.

The daughter of Zeus, she was said to have sprung from his head fully grown after he impregnated and swallowed her mother Metis. Athena is associated with the olive tree and the owl.

Diana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Armenian, Georgian, Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Диана(Russian, Bulgarian) Діана(Ukrainian) Դիանա(Armenian) დიანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: die-AN-ə(English) DYA-na(Spanish, Italian, Polish) dee-U-nu(European Portuguese) jee-U-nu(Brazilian Portuguese) dee-A-nə(Catalan) dee-A-na(German, Dutch, Latin) dyee-A-nu(Ukrainian) DI-ya-na(Czech) DEE-a-na(Slovak)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "divine, goddesslike", a derivative of Latin dia or diva meaning "goddess". It is ultimately related to the same Indo-European root *dyew- found in Zeus. Diana was a Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.

As a given name, Diana has been regularly used since the Renaissance. It became more common in the English-speaking world following Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy (1817), which featured a character named Diana Vernon. It also appeared in George Meredith's novel Diana of the Crossways (1885). A notable bearer was the British royal Diana Spencer (1961-1997), the Princess of Wales.

Elior
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.
Estella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ehs-TEHL-ə
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Latinate form of Estelle. This is the name of the heroine, Estella Havisham, in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).
Étienne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-TYEHN(European French) EH-TSYEHN(Quebec French)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
French form of Stephen.
Florian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, French, Romanian, Polish, History
Pronounced: FLO-ree-an(German) FLAW-RYAHN(French) FLAW-ryan(Polish)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From the Roman cognomen Florianus, a derivative of Florus. This was the name of a short-lived Roman emperor of the 3rd century, Marcus Annius Florianus. It was also borne by Saint Florian, a martyr of the 3rd century, the patron saint of Poland and Upper Austria.
Honora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Variant of Honoria. It was brought to England and Ireland by the Normans.
Innes
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of Aonghas.
Isidora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Исидора(Serbian, Russian) Ἰσιδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ee-see-DHO-ra(Spanish) ee-zee-DAW-ra(Italian) iz-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Isidore. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian saint and hermitess.
Isidore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Georgian (Rare), Jewish
Other Scripts: ისიდორე(Georgian)
Pronounced: IZ-ə-dawr(English) EE-ZEE-DAWR(French)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From the Greek name Ἰσίδωρος (Isidoros) meaning "gift of Isis", derived from the name of the Egyptian goddess Isis combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". Saint Isidore of Seville was a 6th-century archbishop, historian and theologian.

Though it has never been popular in the English-speaking world among Christians, it has historically been a common name for Jews, who have used it as an Americanized form of names such as Isaac, Israel and Isaiah.

Marion 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: MA-RYAWN(French) MEHR-ee-ən(English) MAR-ee-ən(English)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Medieval French diminutive of Marie.
Oona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Finnish
Pronounced: OO-nə(English) O-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Anglicized form of Úna, as well as a Finnish form.
Órlaith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: OR-lə(Irish)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means "golden ruler", from Old Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "ruler, sovereign, princess". This name was borne by several medieval Irish royals, including a sister of the king Brian Boru.
Polina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Greek
Other Scripts: Полина(Russian, Bulgarian) Поліна(Ukrainian) Πωλίνα(Greek)
Pronounced: pu-LYEE-nə(Russian)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Either a Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek form of Paulina or a short form of Apollinariya.
Rafael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovene, Hebrew
Other Scripts: רָפָאֵל(Hebrew) Рафаел(Macedonian)
Pronounced: ra-fa-EHL(Spanish, European Portuguese) ha-fa-EW(Brazilian Portuguese) RA-fa-ehl(German) RAW-faw-ehl(Hungarian)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Form of Raphael in various languages. A famous bearer is the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (1986-).
Reina 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: RAY-na
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Means "queen" in Spanish.
Rónán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: RO-nan(Irish)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means "little seal", derived from Old Irish rón "seal" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of several early Irish saints, including a pilgrim to Brittany who founded the hermitage at Locronan in the 6th century.
Samuil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Самуил(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: sə-muw-EEL(Russian)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Russian and Bulgarian form of Samuel.
Stellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: STEHL-lan
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.
Vėtra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian (Rare)
Pronounced: VEH-tru, VYEH-tru
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Derived from Lithuanian vėtra "storm, tempest".
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