iZAR's Personal Name List
Achsah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: עַכְסָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: AK-sə(English)
Means
"anklet, bangle" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this is the name of a daughter of
Caleb.
Adolf
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: A-dawlf(German, Dutch) A-dolf(Czech) AW-dolf(Hungarian)
From the Old German name
Adalwolf, which meant
"noble wolf" from the elements
adal "noble" and
wolf. It was borne by several Swedish kings as a first or second name, most notably by Gustav II Adolf in the 17th century. Association with Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of the Nazi party in Germany during World War II, has lessened the use of this name.
Anıl
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means "to be remembered" in Turkish.
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)
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.
Ayhan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Derived from Turkish
ay meaning "moon" and
han meaning "khan, ruler, leader".
Aytaç
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ie-TACH
Derived from Turkish
ay meaning "moon" and
taç meaning "crown" (of Persian origin).
Beyza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"white" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic
بيضاء (bayḍāʾ) [1].
Codie
Gender: Unisex
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KO-dee
Variant or feminine form of
Cody.
Cree
Gender: Unisex
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KREE
From the name of a Native American tribe of central Canada. Their name derives via French from the Cree word kiristino.
Fran
Gender: Unisex
Usage: Spanish, English, Croatian, Slovene
Pronounced: FRAN(Spanish, English)
Fülöp
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: FUY-luup
Hendrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, German, Estonian
Pronounced: HEHN-drik(Dutch, German)
Honoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Feminine form of
Honorius. This name was borne by the sister of the Western Roman emperor Valentinian III. After her brother had her engaged to a man she did not like, she wrote to
Attila the Hun asking for help. Attila interpreted this as a marriage proposal and subsequently invaded.
Indrek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Estonian form of
Heinrich (see
Henry).
Jarek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish, Czech
Pronounced: YA-rehk
Diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element
jarŭ meaning
"fierce, energetic", such as
Jarosław or
Jaroslav. It is sometimes used independently.
Jüri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Pronounced: YUY-ree
Loren
Gender: Unisex
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-ən
Either a short form of
Laurence 1 (masculine) or a variant of
Lauren (feminine).
Nida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
Other Scripts: نداع(Arabic) ندا(Urdu)
Pronounced: nee-DA‘(Arabic)
Means
"call, proclamation" in Arabic, a derivative of
نادى (nādā) meaning "to call, to announce, to invite".
Olavi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Estonian
Pronounced: O-lah-vee(Finnish)
Finnish and Estonian form of
Olaf.
Safar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek
Other Scripts: سفر, صفر(Arabic) صفر(Persian) Сафар(Tajik, Uzbek)
Pronounced: SA-far(Arabic) sa-FAR(Persian, Tajik Persian)
From Arabic سفر (safar) meaning "journey, travel, voyage" or "campaign". It can also be derived from صفر (ṣafar) referring to the second month of the Islamic calendar, derived from the word صفر (ṣafr) meaning "empty, void" (so named because pagan Arabs looted houses empty during this month).
Samek
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Sator
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Derived from Latin sator "sower, planter; founder; progenitor; originator".
Scypion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Selvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "cypress" in Turkish (derived from Persian, ultimately from Sumerian).
Serap
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "mirage" in Turkish (a word of Arabic origin).
Sevda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Pronounced: sehv-DA(Turkish) sehv-DAH(Azerbaijani)
Means
"love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic
سوداء (sawdāʾ) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness"
[1].
Sivan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: סִיוָן, סִיווָן(Hebrew)
From the name of the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar (occurring in late spring). It was adopted from the Babylonian calendar, derived from Akkadian
simānu meaning "season, occasion"
[1].
Skarbimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Derived from Slavic skarbi "to be sad about, to grieve over, to worry" combined with Slavic mir "peace".
Śmiałomir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish śmiały "bold, daring", which is ultimately derived from Polish śmieć "to dare" (which in turn is derived from Proto-Slavic sъměti "to dare, to venture"). Also compare Croatian smjeti "to dare". The second element of this name is derived from Slavic mir "peace".
Veiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Wacław
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: VA-tswaf
Waldemar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Polish, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VAL-də-mar(German) val-DEH-mar(Polish)
From the Old German elements
walt "power, authority" and
mari "famous", also used as a translation of the Slavic
cognate Vladimir.
Ximena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: khee-MEH-na
Feminine form of
Ximeno. This was the name of the wife of El Cid.
Yıldız
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: yul-DUZ
Means "star" in Turkish.
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