Jiafei's Personal Name List

Carrie

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: KAR-ee, KEHR-ee

Diminutive of Caroline. This name declined in use shortly after the 1976 release of the horror movie Carrie, which was based on a 1974 novel by Stephen King.

Carrietta

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (American, Rare), Popular Culture

Pronounced: kehr-ee-EHT-ə(American English, Popular Culture)

Elaborated form or diminutive of Carrie. In many movie adaptations of Stephen King's horror novel Carrie (1974) this is the full name of the title character, Carrie White, though her full name is spelled Carietta in the original novel.

Domingo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: do-MEENG-go

Spanish form of Dominicus (see Dominic).

Iggy

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: IG-ee

Diminutive of Ignatius.

Jayde

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: JAYD

Variant of Jade.

Kaci

Gender: Feminine

Usage: American

Pronounced: KAY-see

Variant of Casey.

Mercedes

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: mehr-THEH-dhehs(European Spanish) mehr-SEH-dhehs(Latin American Spanish) mər-SAY-deez(American English) mə-SAY-deez(British English)

Means "mercies" (that is, the plural of mercy), from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, meaning "Our Lady of Mercies". It is ultimately from the Latin word merces meaning "wages, reward", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning "favour, pity" [1].

Sylvia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish

Pronounced: SIL-vee-ə(English) SIL-vee-a(Dutch) SUYL-vee-ah(Finnish)

Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.

Toni 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: TO-nee

Short form of Antonia and other related names.