fleurspalette's Personal Name List

Either a variant of Abel, or from the English word able, "having the power, skill, means, or opportunity to do something", ultimately from Latin habere "to hold".

Hungarian borrowing of Adele.

Scottish form of Aibhne.

Means "time" in Finnish.

Means "born on Wednesday" in Akan.

West Frisian short form of names that contain the Germanic element amal "work". However, there are also instances where it is a short form of names of which the second element starts with an 'm' - the name Adelmar is a good example of that.

Variant of Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.

This name experienced a rise in popularity at the end of the 20th century. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 2011 to 2015.

A Greek goddess of vengence and destruction, the personification of curses. Her name is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀρά (ara) meaning "prayer, vow; curse".

From the name of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.

Variant of Arlie.

From the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland in the Firth of Clyde.

Short form of Ashley. It can also come directly from the English word denoting either the tree or the residue of fire.

From the name of the season, ultimately from Latin autumnus. This name has been in general use since the 1960s.

Short form of Beatrix and other names beginning with B.

Short form of Beverly.

From a Scottish surname that was derived from the Old Irish given name Bláán.

Derived from the Old Norse elements brynja "armour" and dís "goddess".

From the English word meaning "friend". It probably originated as a nursery form of the word brother.

Variant of Burney.

Variant of Beleth. This is the name of an avatar character in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Diminutive of Caroline, or sometimes of names beginning with Cal.

Short form of Cameron.

From the name of the flowering shrub, which was named for the botanist and missionary Georg Josef Kamel.

Spanish and Corsican form of Katherine.

Means "god, spiritual being" in Igbo, referring to the personal spiritual guardian that each person is believed to have. Christian Igbo people use it as a name for the personal Christian god (as opposed to the omnipresent Chukwu, though the names are used synonymously in some contexts). This can also be a short form of the many Igbo names that begin with this element.

Diminutive of Chi 2.

Diminutive of Jesus or Jesusa.

Diminutive of Cecilia and other names beginning with or containing the sound Ci.

French masculine and feminine form of Claudius. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had French connections. A famous bearer of this name was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926).

Short form of Clement.

Late Latin name meaning "dove". The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Christianity. This was the name of several early saints both masculine and feminine, most notably the 6th-century Irish monk Saint Columba (or Colum) who established a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. He is credited with the conversion of Scotland to Christianity.

From the English word for the purplish-red color. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose.

The word came from Late Middle English cremesyn, which came from obsolete French cramoisin or Old Spanish cremesin, which by itself came from Arabic قِرْمِز‎ (qirmiz), ultimately from Persian کرمست‎ (kirmist), which came from Middle Persian; related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš. Cognate with Sanskrit कृमिज (kṛmija).

According to the USA Social Security Administration, 70 girls and 44 boys were named Crimson in 2016. Also in 2012, 59 girls and 32 boys in the USA were named Crimsion.

Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye". It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined.

This name was fairly popular at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The American author F. Scott Fitzgerald used it for the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (1925). The Walt Disney cartoon character Daisy Duck was created in 1940 as the girlfriend of Donald Duck. It was at a low in popularity in the United States in the 1970s when it got a small boost from a character on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard in 1979.

From the English word dawn, ultimately derived from Old English dagung.

Short form of names beginning with D. It may also be given in reference to the Dee River in Scotland.

Derived from Greek δυσδαίμων (dysdaimon) meaning "ill-fated". This is the name of the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play Othello (1603).

Anglicized form of Irish Deasmhumhain meaning "south Munster", referring to the region of Desmond in southern Ireland, formerly a kingdom. It can also come from the related surname (an Anglicized form of Ó Deasmhumhnaigh), which indicated a person who came from that region. A famous bearer is the South African archbishop and activist Desmond Tutu (1931-2021).

Short form of Dimitra.

Means "Beloved" relate to Nwadinobi

Diminutive of Dorothy.

Means "sweet" or "candy" in Spanish.

From an Old German name, which was derived from the elements adal "noble" and gart "enclosure, yard".

Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and weard "guard". This was the name of several Anglo-Saxon kings, the last being Saint Edward the Confessor shortly before the Norman Conquest in the 11th century. He was known as a just ruler, and because of his popularity his name remained in use after the conquest when most other Old English names were replaced by Norman ones. The 13th-century Plantagenet king Henry III named his son and successor after the saint, and seven subsequent kings of England were also named Edward.

This is one of the few Old English names to be used throughout Europe (in various spellings). A famous bearer was the British composer Edward Elgar (1857-1934). It was also used by author Charlotte Brontë for the character Edward Rochester, the main love interest of the title character in her novel Jane Eyre (1847).

Means "tears become joy" in Yoruba.

Form of Helen used in various languages, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Елена (see Yelena).

Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a variant of Ena and an adoption of German Enna.

Means "falcon" in German.

Short form of Serafina. Saint Fina, also known as Saint Serafina, was a 13th-century girl from the town of San Gimignano in Italy.

Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).

Derived from the English word “flurry”, which is used to describe a light and gentle snowfall.

Feminine form of Frederico or Frederick.

From the English word ginger for the spice or the reddish-brown colour. It can also be a diminutive of Virginia, as in the case of actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (1911-1995), by whom the name was popularized.

Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.

Greek diminutive of Georgia.

Derived from the Old German given name Goda 1.

From a Scots name for the daisy and other golden or white field flowers, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse gollinn "golden". Robert Burns' poem "To a Mountain Daisy" (1786) was originally titled "The Gowan". In the 17th and 18th centuries it occurs in the region as a masculine name, possibly a variant of Gawain or from the surname Gowan, which is from Gaelic gobhan "metal worker, blacksmith" (genitive gobhainn; compare Gobán).

Younger form of Gramr. This is the name of a legendary Danish king.

Alternate spelling of Harry (English and Dutch) as well as a short form of Harriet (English).

This name is unisex in English, but strictly masculine in Dutch.

In the United States, Harrie as a masculine name was mostly used in the late 1800s, whereas in the Dutch-speaking world, it is commonly used to this day.

From Yoruba ìfẹ́ meaning "love".

Diminutive of Isaac. This was the nickname of the American president Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), based on the initial sound of his surname.

Diminutive of Isidore, Isabel, Israel and other names beginning with a similar sound.

This name was first used in this form by William Shakespeare in his play The Merchant of Venice (1596), where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Shakespeare probably based it on the biblical name Iscah, which would have been spelled Jescha in his time. It was not commonly used as a given name until the middle of the 20th century. It reached its peak of popularity in the United States in 1987, and was the top ranked name for girls between 1985 and 1995, excepting 1991 and 1992 (when it was unseated by Ashley). Notable bearers include actresses Jessica Tandy (1909-1994) and Jessica Lange (1949-).

From the name of the month, which was originally derived from the name of the Roman goddess Juno. It has been used as a given name since the 19th century.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.

Form of Macarius (see Macario) used by the Finnish author Juhani Aho in his novel Panu (1897).

From the Sanskrit word कर्म (karma) meaning "action, deed, fate".

Finnish and Estonian diminutive of Katariina and a Hungarian diminutive of Katalin.

Short form of Katherine and other names beginning with K.

Frisian pet form of Cornelius, Gerard and Nicolaas. In other words, you could say that this name is a variant form of Kai 1.

From a surname that was a variant of Kerr.

Short form of Kenneth.

Diminutive of Kenneth.

Diminutive of Kristina.

Diminutive of names beginning with or containing the sound K.

Old English for "male salmon".

Short form of names beginning with the Old German element kunni meaning "clan, family". It can also be a short form of Konrad.

From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.

Means "night" in Arabic. Layla was the love interest of the poet Qays (called Majnun) in an old Arab tale, notably retold by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi in his poem Layla and Majnun. This story was a popular romance in medieval Arabia and Persia. The name became used in the English-speaking world after the 1970 release of the song Layla by Derek and the Dominos, the title of which was inspired by the medieval story.

Either from the surname or from the English word leaf.

Diminutive of Leonard.

From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).

Short form of Angelino and other names ending in lino.

Short form of Melissa.

Meaning unknown, possibly derived from the Germanic root *luką meaning "lock". In Norse mythology Loki was a trickster god associated with magic and shape shifting. Loki's children include the wolf Fenrir, the sea serpent Jörmungandr, and the queen of the dead Hel. After he orchestrated the death of Balder, the other gods tied him to a rock below a snake that dripped venom onto his face. It is told that he will break free during Ragnarök, the final battle, and slay and be slain by Heimdall.

Short form of Charlotte or Liselotte.

Romanian and English form of Lucianus. Lucian is the usual name of Lucianus of Samosata in English.

Roman praenomen, or given name, which was derived from Latin lux "light". This was the most popular of the praenomina. Two Etruscan kings of early Rome had this name as well as several prominent later Romans, including Lucius Annaeus Seneca (known simply as Seneca), a statesman, philosopher, orator and tragedian. The name is mentioned briefly in the New Testament belonging to a Christian in Antioch. It was also borne by three popes, including the 3rd-century Saint Lucius. Despite this, the name was not regularly used in the Christian world until after the Renaissance.

Diminutive of names beginning with Lou or Lu, such as Louise or Lucinda.

Variant of Lynn.

Variant of Mack 1.

Spanish contraction of María Luisa or María Lucía. A famous bearer is Spanish singer Malú.

This is the word for "moon" in Old Norse, and unlike in Greek and Roman mythology, is a god and not a goddess.

Estonian, Finnish, Welsh and Breton form of Maria, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of Mária. It is also a Scandinavian, Georgian and Armenian form of the French name Marie.

Diminutive of Mary and May.

Variant of Mercy.

Diminutive of Maria. It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".

This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [1]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.

From the Germanic name Milo, introduced by the Normans to England in the form Miles. The meaning is not known for certain. It is possibly connected to the Slavic name element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear". From an early date it was associated with Latin miles meaning "soldier".

A notable bearer was the American musician Miles Davis (1926-1991). In Scotland this name was historically used to Anglicize Maoilios.

Short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir (often the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world").

From the English word misty, ultimately derived from Old English. The jazz song Misty (1954) by Erroll Garner may have helped popularize the name.

From the English word for Earth's natural satellite, ultimately from Old English mona.

From a surname, which is either Scottish or Irish in origin (see Murray 1 and Murray 2).

Russian and Bulgarian diminutive of Nadezhda. It is also an alternate transcription of Ukrainian Надія (see Nadiya).

From an Akan word used as a title of a monarch.

Means "holy" in Irish. This name was created in the 20th century.

Short form of Nathan or Nathaniel.

From the companion fairy character from the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Variant of Nia 2, probably modelled on Maya 2. It was borne by the actress Naya Rivera (1987-2020).

Scottish Gaelic form of Nicholas.

Short form of Cornelia and Petronella.

Anglicized form of Niamh.

Finnish form of Nicholas, as well as a Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form.

Short form of names that end in nina, such as Antonina or Giannina. It was imported to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century. This name also nearly coincides with the Spanish word niña meaning "little girl" (the word is pronounced differently than the name).

A famous bearer was the American jazz musician Nina Simone (1933-2003).

Derived from Greek ὠφέλεια (opheleia) meaning "help, advantage". This was a rare ancient Greek name, which was either rediscovered or recreated by the poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a character in his poem Arcadia (1480). It was borrowed by Shakespeare for his play Hamlet (1600), in which it belongs to the daughter of Polonius and the potential love interest of Hamlet. She eventually goes insane and drowns herself after Hamlet kills her father. In spite of this negative association, the name has been in use since the 19th century.

Derived from the name of the fruit, which itself derived its name from Late Latin persica, which came from older Latin malum persicum meaning "Persian fruit." In popular culture, this is the name of the Nintendo video game character Princess Peach, whom Mario often rescues from the evil Bowser.

From the English word for the spice, which is prepared from the dried berries of the pepper plant. The word is derived from Latin piper, ultimately from an Indo-Aryan source. In popular culture, Pepper is the nickname of Virginia Potts from the Iron Man series of comic books and movies, created 1963.

From an English surname that was derived from the name of a Norman town Perci, which was itself perhaps derived from a Gaulish given name that was Latinized as Persius. The surname was borne by a noble English family, and it first used as a given name in their honour. A famous bearer was Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), an English romantic poet whose works include Adonais and Ozymandias. This name can also be used as a short form of Percival.

Medieval variant of Molly. The reason for the change in the initial consonant is unknown.

Taken from the material porcelain, ultimately derived from Italian porcellana "cowrie shell".

Variant of Quill.

From the English word meaning "daydream, fanciful musing", derived from Old French resverie, itself from resver meaning "to dream, to rave".

Short form of Maria.

Frisian form of Rein.

Diminutive of Rita, Rihanna and other names that begin with the phonetic element ree.

Diminutive of Robert or Roberta.

Short form of Ronald.

Anglicized form of Ruaidhrí. Typically a masculine name, it gained some popularity for girls in the United States after it was used on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007), in this case as a nickname for Lorelai. Despite this, the name has grown more common for boys in America, especially after 2011, perhaps due to Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy (1989-).

Latinate form of Rosaline.

Originally a Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis meaning "famous type", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and heit "kind, sort, type". The Normans introduced it to England in the forms Roese and Rohese. From an early date it was associated with the word for the fragrant flower rose (derived from Latin rosa). When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably with the flower in mind.

A maiden loved by Gerhart of Riviers.

When her father, Tjofabier, refused to grant her to Gerhart, Gerhart launched a war, slaying Gilbert, the brother of Sabie. The war was ended by Arthur’s Sir Garel, who defeated Gerhart.

Short form of Sally, Salvador and other names beginning with Sal.

From Arabic ثانٍ (thānin) meaning "second", a derivative of اثنان (ithnān) meaning "two" [1]. If two or more siblings share the same given name, this name may be appended to that of the second.

Form of Sarah used in various languages.

Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.

From the English word for the number, derived from Old English seofon (from an Indo-European root shared by Latin septem and Greek ἑπτά (hepta)).

Perhaps a variant of Chad.

Transferred use of the surname Shadow or simply from the English word shadow.

Irish word for "a skilled teller of tales or legends, especially Gaelic ones." From the Scots Gaelic word seanachaidh, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae, meaning historian, derived from sen, meaning old.

Anglicized form of O'Shea.

Short form of Michelle or Shelley. It can also be simply from the English word shell (ultimately from Old English sciell).

In the case of a male bearer, this name is probably (but not certain) a short form of a Germanic name containing the Old High Germanic element sigu "victory" (a younger form of Gothic sigis, see Sigisbert). It has also been spotted as a short name for Silvester. In the case of a female bearer, this name is most often seen as a short form for Cecilia.

Anglicized form of Sadhbh.

Means "sun" in Spanish or Portuguese.

From the English word sonic meaning "related to sound", derived from Latin sonus meaning "sound". It also connotates speediness, or the speed of sound, due to words like supersonic or hypersonic. A notable fictional bearer is the speedy video game character Sonic the Hedgehog, introduced in 1991 by Sega. He is called ソニック (Sonikku) in Japan.

From a nickname that is commonly used to denote a young boy, derived from the English word son.

Short form of Estelle.

Derived from Basque su meaning "fire".

From the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandæg, which was composed of the elements sunne "sun" and dæg "day". This name is most common in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.

Diminutive of Tabitha.

From the English word, ultimately deriving from Old French tané, which means "light brown".

Scottish Gaelic form of Toirdhealbhach. It is sometimes Anglicized as Charles.

Diminutive of Edward or Theodore.

Variant of Tea.

From the English word meaning "storm". It appears in the title of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest (1611).

Short form of names ending with tia. It has been suggested that its use since the 1950s is the result of the brand name for the coffee liqueur Tia Maria [1]. In the brand name, Tia is not a given name; rather, it means "aunt" in Spanish or Portuguese.

Diminutive of Tinker Bell.

Diminutive of Victoria.

From Japanese 魚 (toto) meaning "fish" or from Japanese 時 (to) meaning "time", 兎 (to) meaning "rabbit", 都 (to) meaning "capital (city)" or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 時 (to) meaning "time" or 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.

From the English word, ultimately from Greek θησαυρός (thesauros) meaning "treasure, collection".

From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the Christian belief that God has one essence, but three distinct expressions of being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It has only been in use as a given name since the 20th century.

Meaning uncertain. It is possibly related to a root meaning "the sea" (cognate with Old Irish trethan). Alternatively it could be connected to Greek τρεῖς (treis) meaning "three" (ordinal form τρίτος). In Greek mythology Triton was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite. He was often depicted as a merman, half-human and half-fish. The largest of Neptune's moons is named after him.

Transferred use of the surname and pseudonym, Twain. Twain is an archaic term for "two", as in "The veil of the temple was rent in twain."

Short form of Tyler, Tyson, Tyrone and other names beginning with Ty.

Means "young man" in Urhobo.

Meaning uncertain. It is possibly from the Old Norse name Uni. It could also come from Latin unus "one".

English and German form of Valeria, as well as a Czech variant of Valérie.

Short form of names beginning with V.

From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.

Short form of Violet.

Swedish form of Vibeke.

Feminine form of Ximeno. This was the name of the wife of El Cid.

Short form of names beginning with Z.

Short form of Griselda. This is the name of a princess in the Legend of Zelda video games, debuting in 1986 and called ゼルダ (Zeruda) in Japanese. According to creator Shigeru Miyamoto she was named after the American socialite Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948).