sekejap's Personal Name List

Derived from Sundanese adi meaning "sibling".

Variant of Aizhan.

French form of Alan. A notable bearer is the French actor Alain Delon (1935-).

Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.

Means "infinite, endless" in Thai.

Derived from Sanskrit अञ्जस् (anjas) meaning "straight, open, true, certain".

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

Means "calm" in Kurdish.

Means "forest, jungle" in Thai.

Means "learned, knowing, expert" in Arabic.

Derived from the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" or Persian bai meaning "mister" combined with Persian سنگ (sang) meaning "stone, rock". Baysangur of Benoa (1794-1861) was a Chechen commander of the 19th century.

Means "blessing" in Albanian.

Turkish and Crimean Tatar form of Bakr or Bakir.

From the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master" and the Persian suffix زاد (zad) meaning "son of".

Means "faith, trust" in Albanian.

From Persian بلند (boland) meaning "high, mighty".

From Arabic براق (Buraq), the name of the legendary creature that, according to Islamic tradition, transported the Prophet Muhammad. Its name is derived from Arabic برق (barq) meaning "lightning".

Means "proof" in Arabic.

Means "spring, well, water source" in Albanian.

French feminine and masculine form of Camilla. It is also used in the English-speaking world, where it is generally only feminine.

Means "gazelle" in Turkish, of Persian origin.

From Thai ชล (chonla) meaning "water" and สิทธิ์ (sit) meaning "right, authority, privilege".

Means "resin, sap" or "light, lamp" in Indonesian.

French form of Damian.

Combination of Dashi and Nima.

Portuguese form of David.

Means "great happiness" in Tibetan.

Means "candle" in Indonesian.

Means "respect" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic احترام (ihtiram).

Means "one, first" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit एक (eka).

Means "my God is God" in Hebrew. This name is borne by a number of characters in the Old Testament.

From Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath", derived from the roots אֵל ('el) referring to the Hebrew God and שָׁבַע (shava') meaning "oath". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.

Among Christians, this name was originally more common in Eastern Europe. It was borne in the 12th century by Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, a daughter of King Andrew II who used her wealth to help the poor. In medieval England it was occasionally used in honour of the saint, though the form Isabel (from Occitan and Spanish) was more common. It has been very popular in England since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. In American name statistics (as recorded since 1880) it has never ranked lower than 30, making it the most consistently popular name for girls in the United States.

Besides Elizabeth I, this name has been borne (in various spellings) by many other European royals, including a ruling empress of Russia in the 18th century. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011).

Means "virtue" in Turkish.

Means "born on Sunday" in Akan.

Derived from Sundanese asih meaning "love, affection".

From Javanese esthi meaning "intent, desire, wish".

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic.

Means "intellectual" in Arabic, a derivative of فكر (fakara) meaning "to think, to reflect".

Derived from the Arabic word فردوس (firdaws) meaning "paradise", ultimately from an Iranian language, akin to Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (pairi daēza) meaning "garden, enclosure".

Means "decree, commandment" in Indonesian, ultimately from Persian فرمان (farman).

Means "mystery" in Turkish.

Means "cooing (of a pigeon)" in Arabic.

Variant of Haikal.

Means "emperor, ruler" in Turkish.

Persian form of Hala.

Turkish and Albanian form of Khalil.

Means "plowman, cultivator" in Arabic.

Possibly from Kurdish xezal meaning "gazelle, antelope" (of Arabic origin). It is also associated with Turkish hazan meaning "autumn" (of Persian origin).

Means "crescent moon" in Arabic, also referring to the new moon on the Islamic calendar. As a given name it is typically masculine in Arabic and feminine in Turkish.

Derived from Sanskrit हिरण (hirana) meaning "gold" (in Thai it is more commonly used to mean "money" or "silver"). It is used as a unisex name in India while it is solely masculine in Thailand and Sri Lanka.

Means "strong" in Hawaiian.

Means "inspiration" in Arabic.

Arabic form of Amram. This is the name Muslims traditionally assign to the father of the Virgin Mary (analogous to the Christian Joachim).

Means "diamond" in Malay and Indonesian.

Means "knowledge, awareness, learning" in Arabic.

Alternate transcription of Arabic إسحاق (see Ishaq), as well as the usual Malay and Indonesian form.

Arabic, Indonesian and Malay form of Alexander.

Form of Ishmael in several languages. It is also an alternate transcription of Arabic إسماعيل (see Isma'il).

Means "lion" in Tamazight [1].

Alternate transcription of Chirayu.

From Javanese jaka meaning "young man, boy". A notable bearer is Joko Widodo (1961-), the current president of Indonesia.

Means "perfection" in Arabic.

Means "successful, prosperous, fortunate" in Persian.

From Kazakh қанат (qanat) or Kyrgyz канат (kanat) both meaning "wing".

Ukrainian form of Katherine.

Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.

Variant of Khairul.

First part of compound Arabic names beginning with خير ال (Khayr al) meaning "goodness of the" (such as Khayrullah).

Means "onager, wild donkey" in Mongolian. This was the name of a wife of Genghis Khan.

From Sino-Vietnamese 堅 (kiên) meaning "hard, firm".

Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kirana), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

From Chinese 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid, elegant" combined with 芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, aroma, perfume". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

From the Ottoman Turkish term levend, referring to a member of the navy, which is possibly ultimately derived from Italian levante "person from the eastern Mediterranean". The Turkish word has now come to mean "tall, handsome, roguish".

Variant of Leila, and the usual Turkish, Azerbaijani and Kurdish form.

Means "my God" in Hebrew, from לִי (li) "for me" and אֵל ('el) "God".

From Sino-Vietnamese 蓮 (liên) meaning "lotus, water lily".

From Sino-Vietnamese 靈 (linh) meaning "spirit, soul".

Means "kind, gentle" in Arabic.

Possibly means "beautiful, elegant, youthful" in Georgian.

Means "beacon, guiding light" in Arabic.

Means "deer" in Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian and Turkmen, referring to the Caspian Red Deer.

French variant form of Matthew.

French form of Maximus.

From a Malay title of nobility that was traditionally given to a son whose father was a commoner but whose mother was descended from royalty.

French form of Michael. Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566), also known as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer who made predictions about future world events. Another famous bearer is the retired French soccer player Michel Platini (1955-). This is also the German diminutive form of Michael.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 実 (mi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth" combined with 穂 (ho) meaning "ear, head (of grain)", 帆 (ho) meaning "sail", 保 (ho) meaning "protection, guarantee", or 朋 (ho) meaning "friend" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom", 華 (ka) meaning "flower, splendour", or 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Derived from the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace" or "world".

Means "noble" in Arabic.

Alternate transcription of Arabic نبيلة (see Nabila), as well as the Malay and Indonesian form.

From the Avestan name Nairemanah which meant "manly mind" or "heroic minded", derived Avestan from nairiia meaning "heroic, manly" and manah meaning "mind, thought".

In the medieval Persian epic Shahnameh written by Ferdowsi, Nariman is the father of the legendary hero Sam 2.

Means "returner, homecomer" in Greek, from νέομαι (neomai) meaning "to return". In Homer's Iliad this was the name of the king of Pylos, famous for his great wisdom and longevity, who acted as a counselor to the Greek allies.

Arabic alternate transcription of Nima 1 as well as the Indonesian form.

Means "forever, eternal" in Thai.

Derived from Indonesian nirwana meaning "heaven" or "enlightenment, liberation", ultimately from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvana).

The first month name of the Babylonian calendar. It denotes the month of April in modern Turkish.

Means "system, order, method" in Arabic.

Perhaps from Arabic نزير (nazir) meaning "little".

Alternate transcription of Arabic/Urdu نور (see Nur).

Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.

Means "message" in Persian.

Means "spring" in Turkish.

From Sino-Vietnamese 瓊 (quỳnh) meaning "deep red". This is also the Vietnamese name for a variety of flowering plant (genus Epiphyllum).

Chechen and Urdu form of Ramadan.

Uzbek form of Ra'na.

From Tibetan རིན་ཆེན (rin-chen) meaning "treasure, gem, jewel".

Form of Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.

From Sinhala රුවන (ruvana) meaning "gem" [1].

Means "vision, sight" in Arabic.

Means "valiant, brave" in Persian.

From Mongolian сайхан (saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".

Means "evening conversation" in Arabic, from the root سمر (samara) meaning "to talk in the evening".

Means "luck, fortune" in Khmer.

Means "happy, joyful" in Thai.

Means "rose" in Mongolian.

Anglicized form of Seán. This name name, along with variants Shawn and Shaun, began to be be used in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland around the middle of the 20th century.

Means "dawn" in Persian.

Means "star" in Persian.

Means "spearhead, arrowhead" in Arabic.

Means "furrow" in Sanskrit. Sita is the name of the Hindu goddess of the harvest in the Rigveda. This is also the name of the wife of Rama (and an avatar of Lakshmi) in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. In this story Sita is rescued by her husband from the demon king Ravana.

Indonesian and Tajik form of Salih.

Means "unfading, unwilting" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, a negative form of the Turkic root sol "to fade, to wilt".

Means "gold" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarna).

Form of Timur e Lang (see Timur) used in several languages.

Alternate transcription of Thatsanai.

From the Turkic and Mongol name Temür meaning "iron". This was the name of several Mongol, Turkic and Yuan leaders. A notable bearer was Timur, also known as Tamerlane (from Persian تیمور لنگ (Timur e Lang) meaning "Timur the lame"), a 14th-century Turkic leader who conquered large areas of western Asia.

Short form of Oluwatosin.

Feminine form of Valerius. This was the name of a 2nd-century Roman saint and martyr.

Derived from Sanskrit विकास (vikasa) meaning "development, progress, expansion, growth".

From Sanskrit वीणा (Vina) meaning "lute".

Means "spring (the season)" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta).

Thai alternate transcription of Vira as well as the Sinhalese form.

Means "knowledge, study, subject" in Thai.

Means "beautiful, charming, pretty" in Thai.

Means "bright, radiant, brilliant" in Burmese.

Means "hero" in Indonesian and Malay, ultimately from Sanskrit वीर (vira).

Arabic, Turkish and Persian form of Yochanan (see John). This name honours John the Baptist, a prophet in Islam.

From Tibetan དབྱངས་ཅན (dbyangs-can) meaning "singer" or "vowel, song". This is the Tibetan name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati.

From Javanese yatna meaning "to be careful, to take care, to be alert", ultimately from Sanskrit यत्न (yatna) meaning "zeal, energy, enthusiasm".

Arabic and Turkish form of Jonah.

From Japanese 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Georgian, Malay and Indonesian form of Zechariah and Zacharias, as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic زَكَرِيّا (see Zakariyya).

Turkish form of Zaynab.

From Chinese 志 (zhì) meaning "will, purpose, ambition", 智 (zhì) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 之 (zhī), a possessive marker, combined with 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary", 韦 (wéi) meaning "soft leather, tanned leather" or 玮 (wěi) meaning "precious, rare, valuable". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Malay and Indonesian form of Dhu al-Kifl.