Behind the Name: Microwave_Oven2's Personal Name List

Akakios

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Ακάκιος(Greek) Ἀκάκιος(Ancient Greek)

Personal remark: Using this name for a character who acts evil accidentally

From a Greek word meaning "innocent, not evil", derived from ἀ (a), a negative prefix, combined with κάκη (kake) meaning "evil". This was the name of three early saints, two of whom were martyred.

Aloe

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern, Rare)

Personal remark: Aloe Vera

Aloe is a genus containing over 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most widely known species is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". It is called this because it is cultivated as the standard source for assorted pharmaceutical purposes.

Athina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek

Other Scripts: Αθηνά(Greek)

Pronounced: a-thee-NA

Personal remark: One of my friend's names

Modern Greek form of Athena.

Charissa

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Dutch

Pronounced: kə-RIS-ə(English) sha-RI-sa(Dutch)

Personal remark: My name

Elaborated form of Charis. Edmund Spencer used it in his epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590).

Elwood

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: EHL-wuwd

Personal remark: Why does this name remind me of Elton John?

From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "elder tree forest" in Old English.

Evangeline

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: i-VAN-jə-leen, i-VAN-jə-lien

Personal remark: This name sounds very formal. 9/10

Means "good news" from Greek εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄγγελμα (angelma) meaning "news, message". It was (first?) used by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his 1847 epic poem Evangeline [1][2]. It also appears in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the full name of the character Eva.

Ferb

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Popular Culture

Pronounced: FURB

Ferb Fletcher is one of the two main protagonists in Disney's animated TV series 'Phineas and Ferb' (2007-2015). According to the series showrunner, Ferb is short for "Ferbs". It may have been originally coined in resemblance of names like Ferd and Herb.

Gay

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: GAY

Personal remark: It means happy.

From the English word gay meaning "gay, happy". By the mid-20th century the word had acquired the additional meaning of "homosexual", and the name has subsequently dropped out of use.

Joe

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JO

Personal remark: Funny

Short form of Joseph. Five famous sports figures who have had this name are boxers Joe Louis (1914-1981) and Joe Frazier (1944-2011), baseball player Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), and football quarterbacks Joe Namath (1943-) and Joe Montana (1956-). It is also borne by the American president Joe Biden (1942-).

Pranee

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Thai

Other Scripts: ปราณี(Thai)

Pronounced: pra-NEE

Personal remark: "living being, one that breathes"

Means "living being, one that breathes" in Thai, of Sanskrit origin.

Prometheus

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Προμηθεύς(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: PRO-MEH-TEWS(Classical Greek) pro-MEE-thee-əs(English)

Derived from Greek προμήθεια (prometheia) meaning "foresight, forethought". In Greek myth he was the Titan who gave the knowledge of fire to mankind. For doing this he was punished by Zeus, who had him chained to a rock and caused an eagle to feast daily on his liver, which regenerated itself each night. Herakles eventually freed him.

Viola

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak

Pronounced: vie-O-lə(English) vi-O-lə(English) VIE-ə-lə(English) VYAW-la(Italian) vi-OO-la(Swedish) VEE-o-la(German) vee-O-la(German) VEE-o-law(Hungarian) VI-o-la(Czech) VEE-aw-la(Slovak)

Personal remark: I play the viola!

Means "violet" in Latin. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1602). In the play she is the survivor of a shipwreck who disguises herself as a man named Cesario. Working as a messenger for Duke Orsino, she attempts to convince Olivia to marry him. Instead Viola falls in love with the duke.