PAY's Personal Name List

Ash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ASH
Short form of Ashley. It can also come directly from the English word denoting either the tree or the residue of fire.
Aud
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Norwegian form of Auðr.
Bay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, English
Pronounced: BAY(Middle English)
From the Middle English personal name Baye, from Old English Beaga (masculine) or Beage (feminine).

A diminutive of Baylee, or any name containing the element or sound -bay-.

May also be given in reference to the English word "bay," from the Middle English baye, from the Old English beġ 'berry', as in beġbēam 'berry-tree'.

Bea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hungarian, Dutch
Pronounced: BEE(English)
Short form of Beatrix or Beáta.
Bee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEE
Short form of Beatrix and other names beginning with B.
Bud
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUD
Short form of Buddy.
Coy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KOI
From a surname that meant "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.
Eir
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Means "mercy" in Old Norse. This was the name of a Norse goddess of healing and medicine.
Els
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: EHLS
Short form of Elisabeth.
Fay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAY
In part from the English word fay meaning "fairy", derived from Middle English faie meaning "magical, enchanted", ultimately (via Old French) from Latin fata meaning "the Fates". It appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's chronicles in the name of Morgan le Fay. In some cases it may be used as a short form of Faith. It has been used as a feminine given name since the 19th century.

As a rarer (but older) masculine name it is probably derived from a surname: see Fay 1 or Fay 2.

Fen 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frisian
Originally a Frisian short form of Ferdinand (and other names starting with the Old German element fridu "peace" and a second element beginning with n [1]).
Fox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: FAHKS
Either from the English word fox or the surname Fox, which originally given as a nickname. The surname was borne by George Fox (1624-1691), the founder of the Quakers.
Gus 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GUS
Short form of Augustus or Angus.
Haf
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: HAV
Means "summer" in Welsh.
Jac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Welsh form of Jack.
Joy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JOI
Simply from the English word joy, ultimately derived from Norman French joie, Latin gaudium. It has been regularly used as a given name since the late 19th century.
Kip
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIP
From a nickname, probably from the English word kipper meaning "male salmon".
Kir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Кир(Russian)
Pronounced: KYEER
Russian form of Cyrus.
Kit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIT
Diminutive of Christopher or Katherine. A notable bearer was Kit Carson (1809-1868), an American frontiersman and explorer.
Liv 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: LEEV
Derived from the Old Norse name Hlíf meaning "protection". Its use has been influenced by the modern Scandinavian word liv meaning "life".
Lys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: LEES
Diminutive of Élisabeth. It is also the French word for "lily".
Mab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: MAB(English)
Used by William Shakespeare for the queen of the fairies in his play Romeo and Juliet (1596). Of uncertain origin, it is possibly derived from Mabel or the Irish name Medb. After being used by Shakespeare, the name subsequently appeared in other literary works such as Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem Queen Mab (1813).
Max
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Russian, French, Catalan
Other Scripts: Макс(Russian)
Pronounced: MAKS(German, English, Czech, Russian, French, Catalan) MAHKS(Dutch)
Short form of Maximilian or Maxim. In English it can also be short for Maxwell, and it coincides with the informal word max, short for maximum.

Famous bearers include the German intellectual Max Weber (1864-1920) and the German physicist Max Planck (1858-1947). This name is also borne by the title character in the Mad Max series of movies, starting 1979.

May
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY
Derived from the name of the month of May, which derives from Maia, the name of a Roman goddess. May is also another name of the hawthorn flower. It is also used as a diminutive of Mary, Margaret or Mabel.
Mór 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Irish [1]
Pronounced: MOR(Irish)
Means "great" in Irish. This was a popular medieval Irish name. It was probably given in some cases as an alternative to Máire, which was considered too sacred for general use.
Niv
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נִיב(Hebrew)
Means either "speech, expression" or "fang, tusk" in Hebrew.
Nor 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Malay
Malay variant of Nur.
Nye
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Diminutive of Aneirin.
Oak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Old English āc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eik and German Eiche.
Pax
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: PAKS(Latin, English)
Means "peace" in Latin. In Roman mythology this was the name of the goddess of peace.
Rae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY
Short form of Rachel. It can also be used as a feminine form of Ray.
Ray
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY
Short form of Raymond, often used as an independent name. It coincides with an English word meaning "beam of light". Science-fiction author Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) and musician Ray Charles (1930-2004) are two notable bearers of the name.
Ren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 蓮, 恋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REHN
From Japanese (ren) meaning "lotus", (ren) meaning "romantic love", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Rós
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Means "rose" in Icelandic.
Ros
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHZ, RAHS
Short form of Rosalind, Rosamund and other names beginning with Ros.
Rue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO
From the name of the bitter medicinal herb, ultimately deriving from Greek ῥυτή (rhyte). This is also sometimes used as a short form of Ruth 1.
Rye
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIE
Transferred use of the English surname Rye.

It is occasionally used as a diminutive of names that contain the -rye sound/element, for example Zachariah and Rylie.

Sef
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Filipino
Tag
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: TAG
Diminutive of Taggart or variant of Tagg. Also used as a nickname by people with initials T.A.G.
Wyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: WIN
Derived from Welsh gwyn meaning "white, blessed".
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