Behind the Name: bwood's Personal Name List

Ambrose

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: AM-broz

Personal remark: Spelled AMBROZ

From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.

Clíodhna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology

Pronounced: KLYEE-nə(Irish)

Personal remark: same as below just different spelling

Meaning unknown. In Irish legend this was the name of a beautiful goddess. She fell in love with a mortal named Ciabhán and left the Land of Promise with him, but when she arrived on the other shore she was swept to sea by a great wave.

Delphina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Late Roman

Feminine form of the Latin name Delphinus, which meant "of Delphi". Delphi was a city in ancient Greece, the name of which is possibly related to Greek δελφύς (delphys) meaning "womb". The Blessed Delphina was a 14th-century Provençal nun.

Draven

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Popular Culture

Pronounced: DRAY-vən(English)

From a surname (of unknown meaning) that was used in the movie The Crow (1994).

Leonidas

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Λεωνίδας(Greek)

Derived from Greek λέων (leon) meaning "lion" combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). Leonidas was a Spartan king of the 5th century BC who sacrificed his life and his army defending the pass of Thermopylae from the Persians. This was also the name of a 3rd-century saint and martyr, the father of Origen, from Alexandria.

Nikon

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Russian

Other Scripts: Νίκων(Ancient Greek) Никон(Russian)

Pronounced: NEE-KAWN(Classical Greek)

Derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory".

Timon

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Biblical, Biblical Greek [2], Biblical Latin, Dutch

Other Scripts: Τίμων(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: TEE-MAWN(Classical Greek) TIE-mən(English) TEE-mawn(Dutch)

Personal remark: middle name

Derived from Greek τιμάω (timao) meaning "to honour, to esteem". According to ancient writers, this was the name of a wealthy man of Athens who grew to hate humanity after he lost his riches and his friends deserted him. His story is related in Shakespeare's tragedy Timon of Athens (1607). This name is also mentioned in the New Testament as belonging to one of the original seven deacons of the church, considered a saint.