Behind the Name: Yucrowr's Personal Name List

Aanakwadmeskwa

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Ojibwe

Derived from the Ojibwe word aanakwad meaning "cloud" and meskwa meaning "red".

Aemylia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arthurian Cycle

A character in "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser.

Akari

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 明里, 朱里, 朱莉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あかり(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: A-KA-REE

From Japanese 明 (aka) meaning "bright" or 朱 (aka) meaning "vermilion red" combined with 里 (ri) meaning "village" or 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Crow

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: KRO

Derived from the small black bird. All in all, crows represent death, danger, misfortune, and illness but also rebirth, self-reflection, intelligence, and loyalty, and as such can be both good and bad omens, depending on the culture and beliefs.

Elis

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Swedish, Medieval English

Pronounced: EH-lis(Swedish)

Swedish variant of Elias, as well as a medieval English form.

Elysia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Various

Pronounced: i-LIZ-ee-ə(English) i-LIS-ee-ə(English) i-LEE-zhə(English)

From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology.

Kasuke

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 嘉輔, 華輔, etc.(Japanese Kanji)

Pronounced: KAH-SKE

From Japanese 嘉 (ka) meaning "praise, auspicious" or 華 (ka) meaning "flower" combined with 輔 (suke) meaning "help". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kichiro

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 吉郎(Japanese Kanji) きちろう(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: KYEE-CHEE-RO

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 吉郎 (see Kichirō).

Kurami

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 鞍美, 鞍三, 鞍見, 倉三, 倉美, 蔵三, 蔵美, 蔵巳, etc.(Japanese Kanji)

Pronounced: KUU-ṘAH-MEE

From Japanese 鞍 (kura) meaning "saddle" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Yasu 1

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 安, 康, 坦, etc.(Japanese Kanji) やす(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: YA-SOO

From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet", 康 (yasu) meaning "peaceful" or 坦 (yasu) meaning "flat, smooth, level", as well as other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

Yasuko

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 靖子, 泰子, 康子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) やすこ(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: YA-SOO-KO

From Japanese 靖 (yasu), 泰 (yasu) or 康 (yasu) all meaning "peaceful" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Yukino

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 雪乃, 幸乃, etc.(Japanese Kanji)

Pronounced: YUU-KEE-NO

From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" or 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.