batsqueak's Personal Name List

Amelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Medieval French
Pronounced: ə-MEE-lee-ə(English) ə-MEEL-yə(English) a-MEH-lya(Spanish, Italian, Polish)
Personal remark: Amy for short, character is Australian
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Amalia, though it is sometimes confused with Emilia, which has a different origin. The name became popular in England after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century — it was borne by daughters of both George II and George III. The author Henry Fielding used it for the title character in his novel Amelia (1751). Another famous bearer was Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean.

This name experienced a rise in popularity at the end of the 20th century. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 2011 to 2015.

Mar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Catalan
Pronounced: MAR
Personal remark: Character is Mexican, character is also neutrois (non-binary)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "sea" in Spanish and Catalan. It is from a devotional title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Mar "Our Lady of the Sea", the patron saint of the Spanish province of Almería.
Martin
Usage: English, French, German, Swedish
Pronounced: MAHR-tin(English) MAR-TEHN(French) MAR-teen(German) MAT-in(Swedish)
Personal remark: Amy's surname
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.
Maximov
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Максимов(Russian)
Pronounced: mu-KSYEE-məf
Personal remark: Veko's surname
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Maksimov.
Orellana
Usage: Spanish
Personal remark: Mar's surname
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Originally indicated a person from one of the two towns named Orellana in Badajoz, Spain. Their names are probably derived from Latin Aureliana meaning "of Aurelius".
Sólja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Faroese
Pronounced: SUUL-ya
Personal remark: Nickname used for the character Sólveig
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Faroese (genus Ranunculus). The buttercup is the national flower of the Faroe Islands.
Sólveig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic
Personal remark: Character is Faroese, see Sólja
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Old Norse and Icelandic form of Solveig.
Sørensen
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Personal remark: Sólveig's surname, using the feminine variant + Faroese spelling Sørinsdóttir
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "son of Søren".
Vjekoslav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Croatian
Personal remark: Using variant spelling Vekoslav, character is Russian, Veko (vee-ko) for short
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Slavic elements věkŭ "age" and slava "glory".
Wan
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: (Chinese) (Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: WAHN
Personal remark: Yichén's surname, using the character 万
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Chinese 万 (wàn) referring to a city that existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.
Yichen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 易辰, 轶琛, 依晨, 义臣, 奕辰, etc.(Chinese) 易辰, 軼琛, 依晨, 義臣, 奕辰, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: EE-CHUN
Personal remark: Using the characters 奕辰 and variant spelling Yichén, character is Chinese, Chén for short
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From Chinese 易 (yì) meaning "exchange, change", 轶 (yì) meaning "excel, surpass", 依 () meaning "rely on" 义 () meaning "justice, righteousness" or 奕 (yì) meaning "grand, great, elegant, graceful" combined with 辰 (chén) meaning "early morning, dragon of the Chinese zodiac", also referring to the fifth of the twelve earthly branches, 琛 (chēn) meaning "treasure, gem", 晨 (chén) meaning "early morning, daybreak" or 臣 (chén) meaning "minister, official". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
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