Behind the Name: QueenOfTheElfsLOL's Personal Name List

Aaliyah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, English (Modern), African American (Modern)

Other Scripts: عالية(Arabic)

Pronounced: ‘A-lee-ya(Arabic) ə-LEE-ə(English) ah-LEE-ə(English)

Personal remark: Feminine form of Aali, which means "high, lofty, sublime" in Arabic.

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

Feminine form of Aali. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by the singer Aaliyah Haughton (1979-2001), who was known simply as Aaliyah. This name received a boost in popularity after she released her debut album in 1994, and also in 2001 after her untimely death in an airplane crash.

Ansley

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Personal remark: Variant of Ainsley, which is derived from Old English anne "alone, solitary" or ansetl "hermitage" and leah "woodland, clearing".

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Variant of Ainsley.

Calla

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: KAL-ə

From the name of two types of plants, the true calla (species Calla palustris) and the calla lily (species Calla aethiopica), both having white flowers and growing in marshy areas. Use of the name may also be inspired by Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty".

Corrine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: kə-REEN

Personal remark: Variant of Corinne, which is the French form of Corinna, which is derived from κόρη (kore) meaning "maiden".

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

Variant of Corinne.

Oakleigh

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: OK-lee

Personal remark: the Strictly feminine variant of Oakley, which is from an English surname that was from various place names meaning "oak clearing" in Old English.

Strictly feminine variant of Oakley.

Phyllida

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: FIL-i-də

Personal remark: From Φυλλίδος (Phyllidos), the genitive form of Phyllis, which Means "foliage" in Greek.

Rating: 70% based on 1 vote

From Φυλλίδος (Phyllidos), the genitive form of Phyllis. This form was used in 17th-century pastoral poetry.

Rosa 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German, English

Pronounced: RO-sa(Spanish, Dutch) RAW-za(Italian) RAW-zu(European Portuguese) HAW-zu(Brazilian Portuguese) RAW-zə(Catalan) RO-za(German) RO-zə(English)

Personal remark: from Latin rosa meaning "rose"

Rating: 90% based on 1 vote

Generally this can be considered to be from Latin rosa meaning "rose", though originally it may have come from the unrelated Germanic name Roza 2. This was the name of a 13th-century saint from Viterbo in Italy. In the English-speaking world it was first used in the 19th century. Famous bearers include the Polish-German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) and the American civil rights activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005).

Zariah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: zə-RIE-ə, ZAHR-ee-ə

Personal remark: means yaweh (the Hebrew god.) or blooming flower.

Rating: 60% based on 1 vote

Variant of Zaria or Sariah.