kjasdfads's Personal Name List

Finnish and Estonian form of Arne 1.

Means "treasure" in Finnish. It may also be used as a variant of the uncommon older name Aaretti, itself from a Low German form of Arnold.

Means "thought" in Finnish.

Means "generous amount" in Finnish.

Means "the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the Kalevala this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man Väinämöinen.

Latvian form of Ivar. The Latvian author Vilis Lācis used it for a character in his novel Uz Jauno Krastu (1952).

From the Roman cognomen Albanus, which meant "from Alba". Alba (from Latin albus "white") was the name of various places within the Roman Empire, including the city Alba Longa. This name was borne by Saint Alban, the first British martyr (4th century). According to tradition, he sheltered a fugitive priest in his house. When his house was searched, he disguised himself as the priest, was arrested in his stead, and was beheaded. Another 4th-century martyr by this name was Saint Alban of Mainz.

As an English name, Alban was occasionally used in the Middle Ages and was revived in the 18th century, though it is now uncommon.

Finnish, Bulgarian and Georgian form of Alexius.

Variant of Alan. The American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) got his middle name from the surname of the parents who adopted him.

Form of Andrew in several languages.

Latvian form and Hungarian diminutive of Andrew.

Form of Antonius (see Anthony) used in various languages. A notable bearer was the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904).

Finnish form of Andrew.

Means "beloved" in Finnish (an archaic poetic word).

Finnish form of Arthur.

Means "value, worth" in Finnish and Estonian.

The meaning of this name is not known for certain. It could be derived from Hungarian bél meaning "guts, bowel" or Old Slavic bělŭ meaning "white". This was the name of four Hungarian kings. It was also borne by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945).

Danish feminine form of Benedict.

Derived from the Old German element bern "bear" combined with hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Beornheard. This was the name of several saints, including Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include the Irish playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and the British World War II field marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976).

Originally a diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element borna (South Slavic brana) meaning "protection".

Form of Edward in various languages.

Lithuanian form of Edwin.

Latvian form of Einar.

Meaning unknown, possibly a Finnish form of a Scandinavian name.

Variant of Øyvind.

Finnish, Estonian and Swedish form of Helen.

From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

Finnish and Estonian form of Eric.

Latvian form of Ernest.

Hungarian, Albanian, Croatian and Estonian form of Erwin.

Lithuanian form of Erwin.

Finnish form of Ásketill.

Bosnian form of Farid.

From Arabic فكرة (fikra) meaning "thought, idea", a derivative of فكر (fakara) meaning "to think, to reflect".

Danish and Swedish form of Freya.

Means "lord" in Old Norse, derived from the Germanic root *fraujô. This is the name of a Norse god. He may have originally been called Yngvi, with the name Freyr being his title. Freyr is associated with fertility, sunlight and rain, and is the husband of the giantess Gerd. With his twin sister Freya and father Njord he is one of the group of deities called the Vanir.

Estonian form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Finnish form of Heinrich (see Henry).

German form of Haimo (see Hamo).

Derived from the Germanic element id possibly meaning "work, labour" (Proto-Germanic *idiz). The Normans brought this name to England, though it eventually died out there in the Middle Ages. It was strongly revived in the 19th century, in part due to the heroine in Alfred Tennyson's poem The Princess (1847), which was later adapted into the play Princess Ida (1884) by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Though the etymology is unrelated, this is the name of a mountain on the island of Crete where, according to Greek myth, the god Zeus was born.

Lithuanian and Latvian form of Eve. This is also the Lithuanian and Latvian word for a type of cherry tree (species Prunus padus).

Short form of Ilmarinen.

Estonian form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Variant of Estonian Jaana 2 and Jane.

Variant of Janek.

Estonian, Polish and Czech diminutive of Jaan or Jan 1.

Finnish form of Iohannes (see John), as well as a Hungarian diminutive form.

Latvian form of John.

Swedish diminutive of Jan 1, also used as a full name in Finland.

Croatian diminutive of John.

Hungarian form of John.

Derived from Finnish järvi meaning "lake". It is one of the most common surnames in Finland.

Danish form of John.

Estonian form of Joseph.

Finnish diminutive of Johannes, now used independently.

Lithuanian form of Joseph.

From Lithuanian jūra meaning "sea". This is the name of a sea goddess who falls in love with a fisherman in the Lithuanian folktale Jūratė and Kastytis.

Estonian and Latvian form of Jutta. This is the name of a character in the Estonian legend Lake Endla and Juta (1852) by Friedrich Robert Faehlmann.

Finnish form of Joseph.

Scandinavian diminutive of Katarina.

Means "echo" in Estonian.

Estonian form of Kaleva. This is the name of a character (the father of Kalevipoeg) in the Estonian epic poem Kalevipoeg.

Variant of Kaleva.

German and Scandinavian form of Charles. This was the name of seven rulers of the Franks and the Holy Roman Empire. It was also borne by a beatified emperor of Austria (1887-1922), as well as ten kings of Sweden. Other famous bearers include the German philosophers Karl Marx (1818-1883), one of the developers of communism, and Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), an existentialist and psychiatrist.

Latvian form of Charles.

Short form of Kertu.

Finnish form of Kasper.

Estonian form of Gertrude.

From Lithuanian kęsti meaning "to cope, to endure" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 14th-century ruler of Lithuania.

Danish form of Kate.

Finnish form of Clemens.

Finnish form of Gustav.

Means "wave" in Estonian.

Scandinavian form of Laurence 1.

Finnish and Estonian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Danish and Norwegian form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Finnish form of Levi.

Probably from Laila 2, but also associated with Estonian leil meaning "vapour, steam". It became popular due to Andres Saal's novel Leili (1892).

Form of Lydia in several languages.

Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender" (Proto-Germanic *linþaz). It also coincides with the Spanish and Portuguese word linda meaning "beautiful". In the English-speaking world this name experienced a spike in popularity beginning in the 1930s, peaking in the late 1940s, and declining shortly after that. It was the most popular name for girls in the United States from 1947 to 1952.

German, Scandinavian, Dutch and Lithuanian form of Lucas (see Luke). This was the most popular name for boys in Germany, Austria and Lithuania in some years of the 1990s and 2000s.

Diminutive of Maarja (Estonian) or Maaria (Finnish).

Originally a short form of Mattias and Matteus, now used as a given name in its own right.

Danish short form of the Old German name Helmold. This name was used by the Austrian author Rainer Maria Rilke for the title character in his novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (1910).

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.

Finnish and Sorbian form of Maria, as well as a Dutch variant. It also means "berry" in Finnish.

Finnish form of Martin.

Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of Matthias, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. It is occasionally used as a feminine name.

From Greek Ματθίας (Matthias), a variant of Ματθαῖος (see Matthew). This form appears in the New Testament as the name of the apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot. This was also the name of kings of Hungary (spelled Mátyás in Hungarian), including Matthias I who made important reforms to the kingdom in the 15th century.

Finnish form of Matthew.

From Estonian meel meaning "mind, mood".

Danish diminutive of Margaret.

Originally a short form of Miķelis, now used as a given name in its own right.

From the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names that began with that element. It was originally used in Czech, Slovak, and the South Slavic languages, though it has recently become popular elsewhere in Europe.

A city in Italy bears this name, though in this case it originates from Latin Mediolanum, perhaps ultimately of Celtic origin meaning "middle of the plain". In some cases the city name may be an influence on the use of the given name.

Originally a diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear". This was the name of a 14th-century Serbian hero who apparently killed the Ottoman sultan Murad I at the Battle of Kosovo.

Diminutive of Miroslav and other names beginning with the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world". It is sometimes used independently.

Form of Miriam in several languages.

Danish form of Nicholas. A famous bearer was Niels Bohr (1885-1962), a Danish physicist who investigated the structure of atoms.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Alari, a variant of Olavi and a variant of Ülari.

Finnish and Estonian form of Olaf.

Estonian form of Olaf.

Finnish form of Oscar.

Finnish form of Peter.

Rarely used as a given name. Possibly derived from Benjamin. Penni is a Finnish word for "penny".

Diminutive of Petar.

Means "son of Petras".

Finnish and Basque form of Peter.

Finnish form of Peter.

Finnish and Estonian form of Pia.

Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.

Variant of Rein.

Variant of Raivo.

Meaning uncertain. It is possibly a diminutive of Raimond or it could be related to the Old Estonian word raivo meaning "fury, rage".

Originally a short form of Reinholds and Reinhards, this name has been used in its own right since the early 1600s.

Derived from Lithuanian rytas meaning "morning".

Finnish form of Sarah.

Meaning unknown. In Czech legend Šárka was a maiden who joined other women in declaring war upon men. She tricked the men by having herself tied to a tree, and, after they came to her rescue, offering them mead laced with a sleeping potion. After the men fell asleep the other women slew them.

Originally a short form of Siimon, used as a given name in its own right.

Finnish and Serbian form of Simon 1.

Danish form of Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.

Means "vigour, energy, drive" in Estonian and Finnish.

Means "peaceful, modest" in Karelian Finnish.

Short form of Terhenetär, which was derived from Finnish terhen meaning "mist". In the Finnish epic the Kalevala Terhenetär is a sprite associated with mist and forests.

Estonian form of Terhi.

Means "hope" in Finnish.

A diminutive form of several names beginning with the element "Tol-", including Tolmintas, Tolvydas, Tolvaišas. Relatively rare.
The element tol means "far away".

Form of Thomas used in several languages.

Estonian form of Anthony.

Estonian form of Thomas.

Danish short form of Katrine.

Estonian variant of Tuuli.

Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.

Derived from Finnish tyyni meaning "calm, serene".

Originally a short form of Ulrihs, now used as a given name in its own right. Latvian poet and playwright Rainis used this name on a character in his play Pūt, vējini! (1913).

Masculine form of Use.

Means "faith" in Finnish.

Finnish form and Estonian variant of Uno.

Contracted form of an older Czech name Veceslav, derived from the Slavic elements vęťĭjĭ "more, greater" and slava "glory". Saint Václav (known as Wenceslas or Wenceslaus in English) was a 10th-century Duke of Bohemia murdered by his brother. He is the patron saint of the Czech Republic. This was also the name of several Bohemian kings.

Possibly derived from Lithuanian vaidytis / vaidentis "to appear; to ghost; to haunt" or else a short form of Vaidota and Vaidotė.

Short form of Väinämöinen.

From a colloquial form of the Finnish word veli meaning "brother".

Means "brother" in Finnish.

From a diminutive form of the Estonian word veli meaning "brother".

Variant of Viivi.

Form of Victor used in various languages.

Finnish diminutive of Vilhelm, used independently.

From Estonian virves meaning "sprout, shoot" or virve meaning "ripple, shimmer".