vampgrrl's Personal Name List
Aguirre
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-GHEE-reh
From Basque ageri meaning "open, cleared, prominent", originally given to a peron who lived in an open area.
Barr
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHR(American English) BAH(British English)
Indicated a person who lived near a barrier, from Old French barre.
Blackwood
Usage: English, Scottish
Pronounced: BLAK-wuwd(English)
From an English place name meaning "black wood".
Choudhary
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: चौधरी(Hindi, Marathi)
Pronounced: CHAWD-ree(Hindi) CHOD-ree(Marathi)
Cox
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHKS(American English) KAWKS(British English)
Espinoza
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ehs-pee-NO-tha(European Spanish) ehs-pee-NO-sa(Latin American Spanish)
Forester
Usage: English
Pronounced: FAWR-is-tər(American English) FAWR-is-tə(British English)
Denoted a keeper or one in charge of a forest, or one who has charge of growing timber in a forest (see
Forest).
Graves
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYVZ
Occupational name for a steward, derived from Middle English
greyve, related to the German title
Graf.
Harley
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHR-lee(American English) HAH-lee(British English)
Derived from a place name meaning "hare clearing", from Old English
hara "hare" or
hær "rock, heap of stones" and
leah "woodland, clearing".
Hart
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHRT(American English) HAHT(British English)
Means "male deer". It was originally acquired by a person who lived in a place frequented by harts, or bore some resemblance to a hart.
Hathaway
Usage: English
Pronounced: HATH-ə-way
Habitational name for someone who lived near a path across a heath, from Old English hæþ "heath" and weg "way".
Hussein
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: حسين(Arabic)
Pronounced: hoo-SIEN
From the given name
Husayn. A famous bearer was the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).
Idowu
From the given name
Idowu.
Irvine 2
Usage: English
Pronounced: UR-vien(American English) UR-vin(American English) U-vin(British English)
James
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAYMZ
Derived from the given name
James.
Kariuki
Derived from the given name
Kariuki.
Kimura
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 木村(Japanese Kanji) きむら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KYEE-MOO-RA
From Japanese
木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and
村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Liao
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 廖(Chinese)
Pronounced: LYOW
From Chinese
廖 (liào) referring to the ancient state of Liao, which was located in present-day Henan province.
Lorenz
Usage: German
Pronounced: LO-rents
Derived from the given name
Lorenz.
Maddox
Derived from the given name
Madoc.
Mai
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: MIE
Vietnamese form of
Mei, from Sino-Vietnamese
梅 (mai).
Moon 1
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 문(Korean Hangul) 文(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: MOON
Korean form of
Wen, from Sino-Korean
文 (mun).
Moore 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUWR(American English) MUW(British English)
Originally indicated a person who lived on a moor, from Middle English mor meaning "open land, bog".
Moroz
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Мороз(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: maw-RAWZ
Means "frost" in Ukrainian.
Roux
Derived from Old French ros meaning "red", from Latin russus, a nickname for a red-haired person.
Roxas
Usage: Filipino
Pronounced: RO-has
Filipino form of the Spanish
Rojas.
Shirley
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHUR-lee(American English) SHU-lee(British English)
From an English place name, derived from Old English
scir "bright" and
leah "woodland, clearing".
Singh
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: सिंह(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) ਸਿੰਘ(Gurmukhi)
Pronounced: SINGG(Hindi)
From Sanskrit
सिंह (siṃha) meaning
"lion". In 1699 Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh male followers the surname
Singh and all females
Kaur. It is among the most common surnames in India.
Son
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 손(Korean Hangul) 孫(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: SON
Korean form of
Sun, from Sino-Korean
孫 (son).
Sterling
Derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning.
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