Werewolf_Pack's Personal Name List

Abraxas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology, Gnosticism, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: ΑΒΡΑΞΑΣ(Greek)
Pronounced: ə-BRAK-səs(English)
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From a word thought to have originated with the Gnostics or the Egyptians, found on many amulets during the last years of the Roman Empire. Abraxas was used by the Basilideans, a Gnostic sect of the 2nd century, to refer to the Supreme Being or god whom they worshipped; they believed it to be a name of power because it contained the seven Greek letters which, computed numerically, equal the number 365 (the number of days in the year). However, older mythologists placed Abraxas among the Egyptian gods, while some demonologists cite him as a demon with the head of a king and serpents forming his feet. He has been represented on amulets with a whip in his hand. The mystic word abracadabra is supposedly derived from his name (itself perhaps derived from Aramaic avra kedabra "what was said, occurred" or "I will create as I speak"). Many stones and gems were cut with his capricious symbolic markings, such as a human body having a fowl's or lion's head, and snakes as limbs, which were worn by the Basilideans as amulets. Gnostic symbols were later adopted by many societies devoted to magic and alchemy, therefore it is likely that most "abraxas-stones" made in the Middle Ages that contained kabbalistic symbols were talismans.

According to some sources this was an alternative name of one of the four immortal horses of the Greek sun god Helios. It was used by author J. K. Rowling in her 'Harry Potter' series of books for a minor character, the grandfather of Draco Malfoy.

Adragon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
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Combination of the prefix a and the English word dragon, a legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. Child prodigy Adragon De Mello was given the name because he was born in the Chinese year of the dragon.
Aer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Latin
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
This name means "air" in Latin.
Æsc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon [1]
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "ash tree" in Old English. This was the nickname of a 5th-century king of Kent, whose birth name was Oeric.
Ahana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亜華, 天花, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AH-HAH-NAH
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" or 天 (a) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 華 (hana) or 花 (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Aheng
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kurdish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "harmony" in Kurdish.
Alaska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Aleut alaxsxaq "object to which the action of the sea is directed" or "mainland". It is the name of a US state.
Alpha
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-fə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Α.
Alter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: אַלטער(Yiddish) אלתר(Hebrew)
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From Yiddish אַלט (alt) meaning "old". This name was traditionally given to a sickly newborn by Jewish parents in order to confuse the Angel of Death, in the hopes that he would go looking for somebody younger or somebody else.
Amalthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀμάλθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: am-əl-THEE-ə(English)
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From the Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amaltheia), derived from μαλθάσσω (malthasso) meaning "to soften, to soothe". In Greek myth she was a nymph (in some sources a goat) who nursed the infant Zeus.
Amen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ay-MEHN(American English) ah-MEHN(British English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the English word amen, uttered at the end of a prayer or hymn, meaning "so be it".
Anakin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: AN-ə-kin(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a character (also known as Darth Vader) in the Star Wars movie saga, created by George Lucas. Lucas may have based it on the surname of his friend and fellow director Ken Annakin.
Anthem
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AN-THEM, An-THEM
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From the English word anthem, "a rousing or uplifting song", ultimately from the Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), a call and response style of singing.
Anubis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνουβις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ə-NOO-bis(English)
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Latinized form of Ἄνουβις (Anoubis), the Greek form of Egyptian jnpw (reconstructed as Anapa and other forms), which coincided with a word meaning "royal child, prince". However, it might alternatively be derived from the root jnp meaning "to decay". Anubis was the Egyptian god who led the dead to the underworld. He was often depicted as a man with the head of a jackal. The Greeks equated him with their god Hermes.
Aragorn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning unexplained, though the first element is presumably Sindarin ara "noble, kingly". This is the name of a character in The Lord of the Rings (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien. In the book Aragorn is the heir of the Dúnedain kings of the north.
Aramis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The surname of one of the musketeers in The Three Musketeers (1844) by Alexandre Dumas. Dumas based the character on the 17th-century Henri d'Aramitz, whose surname was derived from the French village of Aramits (itself from Basque aran meaning "valley").
Arizona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: ar-i-ZO-nə(American English)
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From the name of the state in the Southwestern region of the United States. Its etymology is uncertain; it may be derived from O'odham alĭ ṣonak meaning "small spring", via the Spanish intermediary form Arizonac. Alternatively, it could derive from Basque haritz ona meaning "good oak", brought by Basque settlers.
Arkansas
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: AHR-kən-saw(American English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the place name Arkansas.
Arman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bengali
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
In Bengali, Arman means poetry or poems
Arrow
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AR-o, ER-o
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word arrow, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- "bow, arrow".
Aslan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Ossetian, Circassian, Literature
Other Scripts: Аслан(Kazakh, Chechen, Ossetian) Аслъан(Western Circassian) Аслъэн(Eastern Circassian)
Pronounced: as-LAN(Turkish)
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From Turkic arslan meaning "lion". This was a byname or title borne by several medieval Turkic rulers, including the Seljuk sultan Alp Arslan (a byname meaning "brave lion") who drove the Byzantines from Anatolia in the 11th century. The author C. S. Lewis later used the name Aslan for the main protagonist (a lion) in his Chronicles of Narnia series of books, first appearing in 1950.
Audio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Latin audiō 'hear, listen'.
Avalon
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: AV-ə-lahn(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.
Azzurra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ad-DZOOR-ra
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "azure, sky blue" in Italian.
Banks
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BANGKS
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From an English surname that that was given to a person who lived near a hillside or a bank of land.
Barrow
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BA-ro
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Transferred use of the surname Barrow.
Bryony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of a type of Eurasian vine, formerly used as medicine. It ultimately derives from Greek βρύω (bryo) meaning "to swell".
Chimera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Χίμαιρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kie-MEHR-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Ancient Greek word Χίμαιρα meaning "she-goat". In Greek Mythology, this was the name of a legendary fire-breathing beast which consisted of three animals merged into one, usually depicted as a lion with a goat's head on its back and a tail capped with a snake's head, and is the enemy of the hero Bellerophon.
Daemon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: DAY-mun
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Although in classical mythology, a "daemon" is said to be a malevolent spirit, recent use of this name is almost certainly derived from a literary source.

In the "His Dark Materials" series by Philip Pullman, a "Daemon" is the word for the physical manifestation of a person's soul, which mimics the form of an animal.
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Daemon Sadi, son of Saetan SaDiablo, High Lord of Hell. Character from Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy; Warlord Prince, Black Widow and wielder of a Black Jewel.

Dark
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: dahrk(American English) dahk(British English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Literally taken from the English word dark, which is ultimately derivwd from Middle English derk, from Old English deorc, from Proto-West Germanic *derk meaning "dark", according to Wiktionary.

This is the first middle name of Exa Dark Sideræl Musk (2021—), daughter of Elon Musk and Grimes.

Day
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Old English dæġ, from the Proto-Germanic dagaz, from the Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- meaning 'to burn'.
Discordia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: dees-KOR-dee-a(Latin)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "discord, strife" in Latin. This was the name of the Roman goddess of discord, equivalent to the Greek goddess Eris.
Dragon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Ancient Greek δράκων, Latin draco "dragon; snake".
Drake
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DRAYK
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From an English surname derived from the Old Norse byname Draki or the Old English byname Draca both meaning "dragon", both via Latin from Greek δράκων (drakon) meaning "dragon, serpent". This name coincides with the unrelated English word drake meaning "male duck". A famous bearer is the Canadian actor and rapper Drake (1986-), who was born as Aubrey Drake Graham.
Dream
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DREEM
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word dream referring to imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping or a hope or wish.
Dune
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DOON, DYOON
Early 17th century from Dutch duin, from Middle Dutch dūne, probably ultimately from the same Celtic base as down3.
Dust
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Simply from the English word, apparently used as an English translation of Hebrew Aphrah (see Aphra) from the biblical passage: 'Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust' (Micah 1:10). According to the antiquarian William Camden, the given names Dust and Ashes were in use in the days of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI and I. It was likely given in reference to the body returning to the earth, as in the phrase ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Echo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠχώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-ko(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Greek word ἠχώ (echo) meaning "echo, reflected sound", related to ἠχή (eche) meaning "sound". In Greek mythology Echo was a nymph given a speech impediment by Hera, so that she could only repeat what others said. She fell in love with Narcissus, but her love was not returned, and she pined away until nothing remained of her except her voice.
Evening
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word, evening, the last part of the day.
Evergreen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American), Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the group of plants that do not shed leaves annually. As a Romani name, this was generally masculine.
Fae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Variant of Fay.
Faolán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Pronounced: FEH-lan, FEE-lan
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "little wolf", derived from Old Irish fáel "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an Irish saint who did missionary work in Scotland.
Forest
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWR-ist
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Variant of Forrest, or else directly from the English word forest.
Forever
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word forever.
Four
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: fôr
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Name of a character in Veronica Roth's book Divergent, number
Nickname for Tobias
Free
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American)
From Middle English free, fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”). May also be transferred use of the surname Free.
Freedom
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan), English (African)
Pronounced: FREE-dəm(English)
From Old English frēodōm, used in reference to the Biblical verse 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." The name found a resurgence in usage during the American centennial of 1876 and bicentennial of 1976. At present this name is most commonly used in English-speaking Africa.
Grayden
Usage: Irish
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Variation of Graden.
Harvest
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Harvester.
This name has been in occasional use since the 1800s.
Hawkeye
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English words "Hawk", referring to the type of predatory bird, and "eye". Having a 'hawkeye' means being "particularly observant, especially to small details, or having excellent vision in general".

Hawkeye is the superhero name of Marvel comics character and Avenger, Clint Barton, whose hero name is due to him being an expert marksman with a bow and arrow. This is also the superhero name of his protege, Kate Bishop, who is also highly skilled with a bow. Hawkeye Pierce is the main protagonist of the 'M*A*S*H' novels, film, and television series. The character was played by Donald Sutherland in the film and by Alan Alda on television. Hawkeye is also a character in the novel, film, and television series 'Last of the Mohicans'.

Honest
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan), African
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word meaning "honorable, virtuous". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans around the 17th century.
Honesty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Puritan)
Pronounced: AH-nes-tee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word "honesty" referring to "fairness and truthfulness". Also the name of a plant with purple flowers, Lunaria annua, also known as 'money plant'. Ultimately from Latin honōrāre 'honor, repute'.
Imogen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: IM-ə-jehn
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The name of the daughter of King Cymbeline in the play Cymbeline (1609) by William Shakespeare. He based her on a legendary character named Innogen, but it was printed incorrectly and never emended. Innogen is probably derived from Gaelic inghean meaning "maiden". As a given name it is chiefly British and Australian.
Ishtar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒈹, 𒌋𒁯(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: ISH-tahr(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Semitic root ʿṯtr, which possibly relates to the Evening Star. Ishtar was an Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian goddess who presided over love, war and fertility. She was cognate with the Canaanite and Phoenician Ashtoreth, and she was also identified with the Sumerian goddess Inanna. Her name in Akkadian cuneiform 𒀭𒈹 was the same as the Sumerian cuneiform for Inanna.
Ixchel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mayan Mythology, Mayan
Pronounced: eesh-CHEHL(Mayan)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Possibly means "rainbow lady", from Classic Maya ix "lady" and chel "rainbow". Ixchel was a Maya goddess associated with the earth, jaguars, medicine and childbirth. She was often depicted with a snake in her hair and crossbones embroidered on her skirt.
Knox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NAHKS
From a Scots surname that was derived from various places named Knock, from Gaelic cnoc "round hill". It jumped in popularity after the actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had a baby by this name in 2008.
Kodiak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
From Russian Kadiak, from Alutiiq (Eskimo) qikertaq meaning "island."
Kylo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: KIE-lo(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning unexplained. This is the name of the villain, Kylo Ren, in the Star Wars movie sequels, starting with The Force Awakens in 2015. Originally named Ben Solo, he is the son of Han Solo and Leia Skywalker. His name might simply be formed from the ky of Skywalker and the lo of Solo.
Lazuli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: LAZ-yuw-lie, LAZ-yuw-lee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From an ellipsis of lapis lazuli, the name of a deep blue semiprecious stone. It is derived from medieval Latin lazulum meaning "heaven, sky", ultimately from Persian لاجورد (lajvard) meaning "lapis lazuli, azure (color)".
Light
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: LIET(English)
From the English word light meaning "Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light".

From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”).

It's also transferred from the surname Light.

As a given name, it's most common in Nigeria and several African countries.

Link
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Short form of Lincoln. This is the name of the hero in the Legend of Zelda video game series (first appearing in 1986), derived from the English word link meaning "link, connection". He is called リンク (Rinku) in Japanese.
Lore 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: lo-REH
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "flower" in Basque.
Lunaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "moon-like" in Latin. Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants.
Malachite
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MA-lə-kiet
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the mineral. The stone's name derives from Greek μαλαχίτης (λίθος) (malachíti̱s (líthos)) meaning "mallow stone," which is, ultimately, from Ancient Greek μαλαχή (malakhḗ) meaning "mallow." The mineral was given this name due to its resemblance to the leaves of the Mallow plant.

In the show Steven Universe, Malachite is the fusion of Jasper and Lapis Lazuli.

Maverick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAV-ə-rik
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Derived from the English word maverick meaning "independent". The word itself is derived from the surname of a 19th-century Texas rancher who did not brand his calves.
Midnight
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Obscure (Modern)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Middle English midnight (also as middelniȝte), from Old English midniht, middeniht, middeneaht, (also as midderneaht and middelniht), from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts, equivalent to mid- +‎ night.
Mystic
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Nightmare
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word nightmare referring to a bad dream seen in the mind while sleeping. This is the name of a character in Marvel Comics.
Nimue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: NIM-ə-way(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. In Arthurian legends this is the name of a sorceress, also known as the Lady of the Lake, Vivien, or Niniane. Various versions of the tales have Merlin falling in love with her and becoming imprisoned by her magic. She first appears in the medieval French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
Nova
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: NO-və(English) NO-va(Swedish, Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin novus meaning "new". It was first used as a name in the 19th century.
Obsidian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: ahb-SID-ee-yən
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from obsidian, the English name for a specific type of volcanic glass. The name is ultimately derived from Latin obsidianus meaning "of Obsidius", after the Roman (also called Obsius in some instances) who supposedly was the first to discover this type of volcanic glass. The name Obsidius is possibly a corruption of Opsidius, which is apparently a very obscure Roman nomen gentile.** Etymologically, Opsidius may be a more elaborate form of Opsius. It could also be Oscan in origin, in which case it may have been derived from Oscan úpsed meaning "worked, laboured" (which would thus make the name related to Oppius). Last but not least, if the discoverer's name was Obsius rather than Obsidius, then his name was probably a corruption of Opsius. In either case the etymology is very similar. Finally, in popular culture, Obsidian is the name of a character in the "Transformers" franchise as well as a character in a comic published by DC Comics.

** Please see page 638 of the book "The Italic Dialects" written by Robert Seymour Conway.

Onyx
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHN-iks
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the gemstone (a variety of chalcedony), which can be black, red or other colours. It is derived from Greek ὄνυξ (onyx) meaning "claw, nail".
Orion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὠρίων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AW-REE-AWN(Classical Greek) o-RIE-ən(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning uncertain, but possibly related to Greek ὅριον (horion) meaning "boundary, limit". Alternatively it may be derived from Akkadian Uru-anna meaning "light of the heavens". This is the name of a constellation, which gets its name from a legendary Greek hunter who was killed by a scorpion sent by the earth goddess Gaia.
Otter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word otter, a semi-aquatic mammal. The word otter is derived from Old English otor or oter, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ "water".
Peace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: PEES
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word peace, ultimately derived from Latin pax. This name is most common in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
Pegasus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Πήγασος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHG-ə-səs(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Greek Πήγασος (Pegasos), possibly either from πηγός (pegos) meaning "strong" or πηγαῖος (pegaios) meaning "from a water spring". In Greek mythology Pegasus was the winged horse that sprang from the blood of Medusa after she was killed by Perseus. There is a constellation in the northern sky named after the horse.
Perdita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Latin perditus meaning "lost". Shakespeare created this name for the daughter of Hermione and Leontes in his play The Winter's Tale (1610). Abandoned as an infant by her father the king, she grows up to be a shepherdess and falls in love with with Florizel.
Phlox
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Taken from the name of the flower, whose name is derived from Greek phlox "flame". As a given name, it has been in occasional use in the English-speaking world from the late 19th century onwards.
Phoenix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FEE-niks
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of a beautiful immortal bird that appears in Egyptian and Greek mythology. After living for several centuries in the Arabian Desert, it would be consumed by fire and rise from its own ashes, with this cycle repeating every 500 years. The name of the bird was derived from Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix) meaning "dark red".
Prairie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word for a flat treeless grassland, taken from French prairie "meadow". This was used by Thomas Pynchon for a character in his novel 'Vineland' (1990).
Ransom
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAN-sum
Possibly used in reference to the word ransom, meaning money paid or delivered in exchange for the release of something or someone.

Used most often in the 19th-century it has since fallen out of use. Notable bearers include L.A. city council member Ransom M. Callicott, writer Ransom Riggs, automobile businessman Ransom E. Olds (for whom Oldsmobile was named), and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Ransom Asa Moore.

The name has also been used for numerous fictional characters, from books such as C.S. Lewis' 'Out of the Silent Planet' and films such as 'Knives Out'.

Rayla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Combination of Ray and Ayla 3.
Reverie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: REHV-ə-ree
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word meaning "daydream, fanciful musing", derived from Old French resverie, itself from resver meaning "to dream, to rave".
Rhiannon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: ri-AN-awn(Welsh) ree-AN-ən(English)
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Probably derived from an unattested Celtic name *Rīgantonā meaning "great queen" (Celtic *rīganī "queen" and the divine or augmentative suffix -on). It is speculated that Rigantona was an old Celtic goddess, perhaps associated with fertility and horses like the Gaulish Epona. As Rhiannon, she appears in Welsh legend in the Mabinogi [1] as a beautiful magical woman who rides a white horse. She was betrothed against her will to Gwawl, but cunningly broke off that engagement and married Pwyll instead. Their son was Pryderi.

As an English name, it became popular due to the Fleetwood Mac song Rhiannon (1976), especially in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Riot
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: RIE-ət
From the English word riot which refers to an uproar, tumult or unrestrained behaviour. The word derives from Old French riote meaning "dispute, quarrel, chattering, argument". This name was used by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her son born 2023.
Rosegold
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: ROZ-gold
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Derived from English rose gold, the name of a gold-copper alloy which is sometimes also used to describe a colour that is golden yet somewhat reddish.

This name is the middle name of the British-Vincentian singer Marlon Roudette (b. 1983).

Rosepetal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
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Referring to the Petals of a rose.
Rune
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nə(Norwegian) ROO-neh(Danish, Swedish)
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Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune".
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
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From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".
Salem 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سالم(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA-leem
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Alternate transcription of Arabic سالم (see Salim).
Seawillow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Rare)
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Seawillow Margaret Ann Wells was named Seawillow after the unusual circumstances of her birth. The community Seawillow in Texas is named after her.
Seven
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SEHV-ən
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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)).
Shasta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), Literature
Pronounced: SHAS-tə(English)
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20th-century adoption of the name of Mount Shasta in Northern California (or the Shasta daisy, named after the mountain), which comes from the name of a Native American tribe that lived in the area; its origin and meaning is lost to time.

While the main character Shasta in the 1954 C. S. Lewis novel The Horse and His Boy was male, this is now generally considered a feminine name in the English-speaking world.

Shire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Somali
Other Scripts: شيري‎(Arabic)
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Sideræl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Pronounced: sie-dir-ee-ehl(English)
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From the second middle name of Exa Dark Sideræl Musk (2021-), daughter of Elon Musk and Grimes. According to Grimes, it is a spelling variation of the English word sidereal.

The word itself is ultimately derived from Latin sīdereus meaning "of/belonging to the stars/stellar constellations/Sun", and from Latin sīdus meaning "a star, a constellation".

Solstice
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: SAWL-stis
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Derived from Latin solsticium and thus ultimately from sol "sun" and stito "to stand still". The English word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun's apparent position in the sky reaches its northernmost or southernmost extremes.

Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Shriver), used Solstice for a character in her novel 'Big Brother' (2013).

Spirit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SPIR-it
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath, energy", a derivative of spirare "to blow".
Starlight
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
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Combination of Star, from Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra and light, from Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht (“light, daylight; power of vision; luminary; world”).
Starshine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
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Popularized by the song "Good Morning, Starshine" from the 1967 anti-war, counter-culture, rock musical Hair.
Storm
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern), Dutch (Modern), Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWRM(English, Dutch)
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From the vocabulary word, ultimately from Old English or Old Dutch storm, or in the case of the Scandinavian name, from Old Norse stormr. It is unisex as an English name, but typically masculine elsewhere.
Styx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Στύξ(Ancient Greek)
In Greek mythology the Styx is the river that forms the boundary between the underworld and the world of the living, as well as a goddess and a nymph that represents the river.
Summerfield
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
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Transferred use of the surname Summerfield.
Sundance
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: SUN-dans(American English)
The Sundance Kid was the nickname of American outlaw Harry Longabaugh (1867-1908), in whose case it was taken from Sundance, Wyoming, the only town that ever jailed him, where he was incarcerated for eighteen months for horse thievery at the age of 15. The place name Sundance was taken from the sun dance ceremony practiced by several Native American tribes.

As a given name this is borne by Australian physicist Sundance Bilson-Thompson. American professional beach volleyball players Kerri Walsh Jennings and Casey Jennings named their son Sundance in 2010.

Sunshine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-shien
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From the English word, ultimately from Old English sunne "sun" and scinan "shine".
Tasman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Australian)
Pronounced: TAZ-mən(Australian English)
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Transferred use of the surname Tasman. Used in honour of the 17th century Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who claimed the island now known as Tasmania in 1642. Many places in Australia and New Zealand are named after him, most notably the Tasman Sea which lies between the two countries.

Tasman is a Dutch form of the German surname Tessmann, derived from both Slavic and German. Slavonic personal names such as Techmir, meaning “consolation”, become Tess in German. The -mann part of the name usually means “servant of”. So Tasman means “servant of Techmir”.

Trigger
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare), English (British, Rare)
Pronounced: TRIG-gər(American) TRIG-ə(British English)
Meaning can be particular to the bearer, such as "trigger of a gun" for someone noted for marksmanship. In the British television series 'Only Fools and Horses' (1981-1991) one character was called Trigger after the horse owned by Roy Rogers.
Turquoise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
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From the opaque blue-green mineral whose name is derived from French pierre turquois "Turkish stone".

In the English-speaking world, it was occasionally used from the late 19th century onwards.

Warden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: WAR-dən(British English)
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Could be from the English word 'warden', or a transferred use of the surname
Wild
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Transferred use of the surname Wild.
Wolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Jewish, English (Rare), Germanic [1]
Other Scripts: װאָלףֿ(Yiddish)
Pronounced: VAWLF(German) WUWLF(English)
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Short form of Wolfgang, Wolfram and other names containing the Old German element wolf meaning "wolf" (Proto-Germanic *wulfaz). It can also be simply from the German or English word. As a Jewish name it can be considered a vernacular form of Zeev.
Zephyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ζέφυρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ZEHF-ər(English)
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From the Greek Ζέφυρος (Zephyros) meaning "west wind". Zephyros was the Greek god of the west wind.
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