PiperRo's Personal Name List

Alexei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Алексей(Russian)
Pronounced: u-lyi-KSYAY
Rating: 69% based on 7 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Алексей (see Aleksey).
Ari 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic, Finnish
Pronounced: AH-ree(Finnish)
Rating: 69% based on 7 votes
Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".
Caoimhe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KEE-vyə
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Derived from Irish caomh meaning "dear, beloved, gentle".
Dahlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DAL-yə, DAHL-yə, DAYL-yə
Rating: 71% based on 7 votes
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
Dante
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: DAN-teh(Italian) DAHN-tay(English) DAN-tee(English)
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Medieval short form of Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.
Finn 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1], Irish, English, Dutch, German
Pronounced: FIN(English, Dutch, German)
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Old Irish form of Fionn, as well as the usual Anglicized spelling (with the Irish hero's name Anglicized as Finn McCool). As a surname it is borne by Huckleberry Finn, a character in Mark Twain's novels.
Holly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-ee
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen. Holly Golightly is the main character in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) by Truman Capote.
Ilya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Илья(Russian) Ілья(Belarusian)
Pronounced: i-LYA(Russian)
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Russian and Belarusian form of Elijah.
Indigo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-di-go
Rating: 70% based on 7 votes
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".
Ivy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IE-vee
Rating: 71% based on 9 votes
From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers. It is ultimately derived from Old English ifig.
Kirsikka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-seek-kah
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Means "cherry" in Finnish.
Lennon
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LEHN-ən
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
From an Irish surname, derived from the Irish byname Leannán meaning "lover". The surname was borne by musician and Beatle member John Lennon (1940-1980), and it may be used as a given name in his honour. In America it is now more common as a feminine name, possibly inspired in part by the singer Lennon Stella (1999-), who began appearing on the television series Nashville in 2012 [1].
Meg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHG
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Medieval diminutive of Margaret. It is now also used as a short form of the related name Megan.
Nikolai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Николай(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: nyi-ku-LIE(Russian)
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (see Nikolay).
Pandora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Πανδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PAN-DAW-RA(Classical Greek) pan-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Means "all gifts", derived from a combination of Greek πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". In Greek mythology Pandora was the first mortal woman. Zeus gave her a jar containing all of the troubles and ills that mankind now knows, and told her not to open it. Unfortunately her curiosity got the best of her and she opened it, unleashing the evil spirits into the world.
Piper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PIE-pər
Rating: 61% based on 8 votes
From an English surname that was originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute). It was popularized as a given name by a character from the television series Charmed, which debuted in 1998 [1].
Rafael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovene, Hebrew
Other Scripts: רָפָאֵל(Hebrew) Рафаел(Macedonian)
Pronounced: ra-fa-EHL(Spanish, European Portuguese) ha-fa-EW(Brazilian Portuguese) RA-fa-ehl(German) RAW-faw-ehl(Hungarian)
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Form of Raphael in various languages. A famous bearer is the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (1986-).
Roxy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAHK-see
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Roxana.
Savannah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: sə-VAN-ə
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
From the English word for the large grassy plain, ultimately deriving from the Taino (Native American) word zabana. It came into use as a given name in America in the 19th century. It was revived in the 1980s by the movie Savannah Smiles (1982).
Solveig
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Pronounced: SOOL-vie(Norwegian) SOOL-vay(Swedish)
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
From an Old Norse name, which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt (1876).
Sylvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Pronounced: SIL-vee-ə(English) SIL-vee-ya(Dutch) SUYL-vee-ah(Finnish)
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
Tamsin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: TAM-zin
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Contracted form of Thomasina. It was traditionally used in Cornwall.
Tori
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TAWR-ee
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Victoria.
Willow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIL-o
Rating: 69% based on 8 votes
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
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