Lady_Skywalker's Personal Name List

Adaleta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian, Medieval Catalan
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
Adaleta di Siena was the wife of Farinata degli Uberti (leader of the Ghibelline faction in Florence).
In 1283 Adaleta and Farinata were condemned as heretics by the inquisitor Fra Salomone of Lucca.

Lady Adaleta was the wife of Hug Dalmau de Cervera (son of Dalmau Vescomte de Berga and his wife Arsenda, 2nd Baron of Castellfollit).
They had one child Ponce de Cervera.

Adannaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Igbo
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Means "eldest daughter of her father" in Igbo.
Adélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-DEH-LEE
Rating: 38% based on 8 votes
Elaborated form of Adèle. Adélie Land in Antarctica was named in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville in honour of his wife Adèle (who was sometimes called Adélie).
Adelisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Variant of Adeliza, recorded in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Adelise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Norman
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Variant of Adelisa.
Adeliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, Old Swedish
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Medieval English and Old Swedish form of Adelais. The second wife of Henry I of England bore this name.
Agamemnon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀγαμέμνων(Ancient Greek) Αγαμέμνων(Greek)
Pronounced: A-GA-MEHM-NAWN(Classical Greek) ag-ə-MEHM-nahn(American English) ag-ə-MEHM-nawn(British English)
Rating: 5% based on 4 votes
Possibly means "very steadfast" in Greek. In Greek mythology he was the brother of Menelaus. He led the Greek expedition to Troy to recover his brother's wife Helen. After the Trojan War Agamemnon was killed by his wife Clytemnestra.
Ailana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айлана(Kazakh) ايلانا(Kazakh Arabic)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Derived from Turkish ayla meaning "halo, moonlight" (see Ayla 2).
Ailia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Pakistani
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Not available
Airisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian (Rare)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Adaption and phonetic approximation to English Iris.
Aladár
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: aw-law-dahr
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Hungarian form of either Aldric or Aldemar.
Albie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-bee
Rating: 13% based on 6 votes
Diminutive of Albert.
Alcira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
Galician form of Alzira.
Aleric
Usage: French
Personal remark: M
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Aleyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish (Modern)
Rating: 39% based on 7 votes
Possibly from Arabic علينا (ʿalaynā) meaning "to us". Alternatively, it could be from Arabic أليناء (ʾalaynāʾ), a plural form of ليّن (layyin) meaning "gentle, soft".
Alita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Possibly a variant of Alethea.
Alizée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern)
Pronounced: A-LEE-ZEH
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
From French alizé meaning "trade wind".
Aloara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lombardic
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Etymology unknown. This was the name of a 10th-century princess regnant of Capua.
Alwin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Dutch, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: AL-veen(German) AHL-vin(Dutch)
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
Contracted form of Adalwin.
Alwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
From the name of the River Alwen in northern Wales (a tributary of the River Dee).
Amaury
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: A-MAW-REE
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
French form of Amalric.
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
Rating: 80% based on 4 votes
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.
Amėja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian
Pronounced: ah-MAY-ah
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
A recent coinage, either a Livonized form of the Sanskrit Ameyaa or the Basque Amaia.
Ammiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Italian (Rare)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Ammianus. It might also be interesting to know that Ammiana was the name of one of the islands in the Venetian lagoon, which sank after the Christmas Day earthquake in 1223 AD.
Anara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Анара(Kazakh, Kyrgyz)
Pronounced: ah-nah-RAH(Kazakh)
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.
Angelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: an-JEHL-ee-ə
Rating: 70% based on 6 votes
Elaborated form of Angela.
Angeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AHN-ZHU-LEEN, AHN-ZHLEEN
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
French diminutive of Angela.
Anhelina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Ангеліна(Ukrainian, Belarusian)
Pronounced: un-heh-LYEE-nu(Ukrainian) an-ghyeh-LYEE-na(Belarusian)
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Angelina.
Annia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Annius. Annia Aurelia Faustina (c. 201 AD – c. 222 AD) was an Anatolian Roman noblewoman. She was an Empress of Rome and third wife of the Roman emperor Elagabalus briefly in 221.
Antanina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belarusian, Lithuanian
Other Scripts: Антаніна(Belarusian)
Pronounced: un-tu-nyi-NU(Lithuanian)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Belarusian and Lithuanian feminine form of Antoninus.
Aodren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Derived from Old Breton alt "high; elevated" and either Old Breton roen "royal" or Old Breton roen / roin "lineage of a king". In recent times, folk etymology likes to associate this name with Modern Breton aod "coast, shore, waterside".
Arania
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Pronounced: uh-RAY-nee-uh
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Means "spider" in Persian.
Aresander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Rating: 20% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of Aresandros.
Aresandros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρέσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 15% based on 6 votes
The first element of this name is a little bit uncertain. It is either derived from the name of the Greek god of war Ares (also compare Areios) or from Greek ἄρεσις (aresis) meaning "good pleasure, favour" as well as "help, supplication". The second element is derived from Greek ανδρος (andros) meaning "of a man".
Aretaeus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Rating: 12% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of Aretaios. A known bearer of this name of Aretaeus of Cappadocia, a Greek physician who lived in the 1st century AD.
Aretaios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἀρεταῖος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 14% based on 5 votes
Derived from either Greek ἀρετάω (aretao) "to thrive, to prosper" or from Greek ἀρετή (arete) meaning "goodness, excellence" as well as "virtue, skill".
Areti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Αρετή(Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Modern Greek form of Arete.
Arios
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Արիոս(Armenian)
Pronounced: ah-ree-YAWS(Eastern Armenian) ah-ree-AWS(Eastern Armenian)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Armenian form of Arius.
Arland
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Arl-and
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
Armel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: AR-MEHL(French)
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Breton and French form of the Old Welsh name Arthmail, which was composed of the elements arth "bear" and mael "prince, chieftain". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded abbeys in Brittany.
Artemisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ἀρτεμισία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Artemisios. This was the name of the 4th-century BC builder of the Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. She built it in memory of her husband, the Carian prince Mausolus.
Artemisius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of Artemisios.
Arthfael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Welsh
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Medieval Welsh form of Armel.
Arzela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Arzel.
Aselya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Other Scripts: Әселя(Kazakh) Аселя(Kyrgyz)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Variant of Asel.
Åshild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
From the Old Norse name Áshildr, derived from the elements áss "god" and hildr "battle".
Ashur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Semitic Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒀸𒋩(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
From the name of the city of Ashur, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, which is of unknown meaning. Ashur was the patron deity of the city and the chief god of Assyria.
Audrena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton (Rare)
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Strictly feminine form of Audren.
Aurelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Polish
Pronounced: ow-REH-lee-a(Latin) ow-REH-lya(Italian, Spanish, Polish)
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Aurelius.
Auria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Medieval Basque, Basque, History
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Derived from Latin aurum "gold" and aureus "golden, gilded". Auria was an early consort of Pamplona.
Avalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Variant of Avelina 1.
Avaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AV-ə-lien, AV-ə-leen
Rating: 57% based on 7 votes
Variant of Aveline.
Avela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton (Rare)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Avel.
Averett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Ayla 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English (Modern)
Pronounced: AY-lə(English)
Personal remark: Ay-la
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
Created for the novel Clan of the Cave Bear (1980) by author Jean M. Auel. In the novel Ayla is an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl adopted by Neanderthals. Ayla is the Neanderthal pronunciation of her real name, which is not given.

This name entered the American popularity charts after the release of the movie adaptation of the novel in 1986. Its continuing popularity is likely due to the fact that it contains the trendy phonetic elements ay and la.

Aymeric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EHM-REEK, EH-MU-REEK
Rating: 29% based on 7 votes
French form of Aimeric.
Azélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Pronounced: A-ZEH-LEE
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Perhaps a form of Azalaïs. It was borne by Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877), also called Zélie, the mother of Thérèse of Lisieux.
Benvolio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Means "good will" in Italian. This name appears in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet (1596) belonging to a friend of Romeo. The character had been created earlier by the Italian writer Matteo Bandello, whose story Giulietta e Romeo (1554) was one of Shakespeare's sources.
Boadicea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brythonic (Latinized)
Pronounced: bo-di-SEE-ə(English)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Medieval variant of Boudicca, possibly arising from a scribal error.
Bohdan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Polish
Other Scripts: Богдан(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: BOH-dan(Czech) BAWH-dan(Slovak) bawh-DAN(Ukrainian)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian form of Bogdan, as well as a Polish variant.
Boudiaca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gaulish
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Derived from Gaulish boudi- "victory; advantage, profit; loot".
Bowden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Transferred use from the surname Bowden.
Braddan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
Of debated origin and meaning. While some scholars consider this name a Manx form of Brendan, others derive it from Manx braddan "salmon" (ultimately via Irish bradán).
Brannigan
Usage: Irish
Personal remark: M
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Breckan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Variant of Brecken.
Brecken
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BREK-ən
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Transferred use of the surname Brecken.
Breeshey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Manx
Pronounced: BREE-shə
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
Manx form of Bridget.
Brennos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gaulish, History
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Brennos, chieftain of the Senones, led an army of Cisalpine Gauls in their attack on Rome in the Battle of the Allia, in 387 BC. Another Brennos was one of the leaders of the army of Gauls who attempted to invade and settle in the Greek mainland in 278 BC. After a looting spree and after managing to pass Thermopylae by encircling the Greek army and forcing it to retreat he made his way to the rich treasury at Delphi but he was defeated by the re-assembled Greek army.
It has been debated whether Brenno was an actual given name or rather a title.
Briaga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton (Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Briag, this name is occasionally also considered a Breton cognate of Cornish Breaca.
Cadhla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: KIE-lə
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Means "beautiful" in Irish.
Calan
Usage: English
Personal remark: M
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Caledon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAL-ə-dən
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Most likely a masculine form of Caledonia. In medieval tales about King Arthur, this is the name of a forest in southern Scotland and northern England. It is probably best known from the 1997 film Titanic, where it belonged to one of the main characters (namely Caledon Hockley, who went by Cal in daily life).
Caliadne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Καλιαδν(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Means "beautiful and holy". From the Greek kalos (καλή) 'beautiful' and adnos (αδνος) 'holy'. In Greek mythology she is a naiad of the river Nile in Egypt, a daughter of the god of the Nile, Neilus. She was one of the wives of Aegyptus, and bore him twelve sons.
Calix
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KAL-iks(American English)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Modern name taken from the Latin word calix meaning "wine cup, chalice".
Callan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-ən
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Cathaláin, derived from the given name Cathalán.
Callithea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Calwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Calypso
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Καλυψώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-LIP-so(English)
Rating: 64% based on 8 votes
From Greek Καλυψώ (Kalypso), which probably meant "she that conceals", derived from καλύπτω (kalypto) meaning "to cover, to conceal". In Greek myth this was the name of the nymph who fell in love with Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on her island of Ogygia. When he refused to stay with her she detained him for seven years until Zeus ordered her to release him.
Caralina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Pronounced: Car-A-Lee-Na(Australian English)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Variant of Carolina.
Carder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CAR-der
Rating: 23% based on 6 votes
Variant of Carter.
Carita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: ka-REE-ta
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Derived from Latin caritas meaning "dearness, esteem, love".
Carmine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: KAR-mee-neh
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
Italian masculine form of Carmen.
Carston
Usage: Scottish
Personal remark: M
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
Casian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Romanian form of Cassian.
Casiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Romanian (Rare)
Rating: 73% based on 6 votes
Spanish, Galician and Romanian form of Cassiana.
Casiano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Spanish and Galician form of Cassian.
Casius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Variant of Cassius.
Caspen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Possibly a variant of Caspian or Casper.
Cassiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Provençal
Rating: 82% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Cassian.
Cassianus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Original Latin form of Cassian.
Cassienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Cassien.
Cassiphone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κασσιφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
The daughter of Circe.
Castalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κασταλια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: kə-STAY-lee-ə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek Κασταλία (Kastalia), which is of uncertain origin, possibly related to Greek καθαρός (katharos) meaning "clean, spotless, pure" or κασσύω (kassuô) "to stitch". This was the name of a nymph of the prophetic springs of the Delphic oracle on Mount Parnassos. She may be the same as the nymph Κασσωτίς (Kassôtis) (see Cassotis).
Castamir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Possibly means "jeweled helmet" in Quenya. In Tolkien's legendarium this is the name of the evil King of Gondor who usurps the throne form Eldacar, the rightful king.
Castor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάστωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-tər(American English) KAS-tə(British English)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
From the Greek name Κάστωρ (Kastor), possibly related to κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κέκαστο). Alternatively it could be derived from the Greek word κάστωρ (kastor) meaning "beaver", though the legends about Castor do not mention beavers, which were foreign animals to the Greeks. In Greek myth Castor was a son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Cathelène
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norman
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Norman form of Cateline.
Catherène
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norman
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Norman form of Catherine.
Cerintha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From the name of a flower, literally "wax-flower" from Greek κηρος (keros) "beeswax" combined with ανθος (anthos) "flower".
Charisma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-RIZ-mə
Rating: 37% based on 7 votes
From the English word meaning "personal magnetism", ultimately derived from Greek χάρις (charis) meaning "grace, kindness".
Claudenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Portuguese elaborated from Claudia.
Colban
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Scottish
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Colwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
From the name of a bay and seaside town in Conwy, Wales.
Coralina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare), French (Rare), Italian, Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
Variant of Coraline.
Coretta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kaw-REHT-ə
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Cora. It was borne by Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
Coriolana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Tuscan, Rare)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Italian feminine form of Coriolanus.
Coriolano
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 5% based on 4 votes
Italian and Portuguese form of Coriolanus.
Cornéline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic), French (African, Rare)
Pronounced: KAWR-NE-LEEN(French)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Cornélie, as it contains the French feminine diminutive suffix -ine.
Corrick
Usage: Scottish
Personal remark: M
Rating: 23% based on 6 votes
Cortlan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KORT-lan
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Variant of Courtland.
Cregan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname Cregan.
Cyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. Saint Cyra was a 5th-century Syrian hermit who was martyred with her companion Marana.
Dáire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: DA-ryə(Irish)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish. This name is borne by many figures in Irish legend, including the Ulster chief Dáire mac Fiachna who reneged on his promise to loan the Brown Bull of Cooley to Medb, starting the war between Connacht and Ulster as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Daragh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of Dáire or Darach.
Darlee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: dahr-LEE
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Variant of Darlene using the popular name suffix lee.
Darlie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAHR-lee
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Darlene.
Darragh
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of Dáire or Darach.
Déaglán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 12% based on 5 votes
Original Gaelic form of Declan.
Delancey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: də-LANT-see, dee-LANT-see
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname Delancey.
Delancy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Variant of Delancey.
Drusilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Pronounced: droo-SIL-ə(English)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Drusus. In Acts in the New Testament Drusilla is the wife of Felix.
Dryden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Dryden.

A famous namesake is English poet, playwright and critic John Dryden (1631-1700).

Eina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese, Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: AY-nah(Finnish)
Rating: 39% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Einar.
Elby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EL-bee
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
English form of Ælfwig.
Elenoa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Fijian, Tongan
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Ellenor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Medieval Irish, Anglo-Norman
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Variant of Eleanor. This name was, among others, recorded in late medieval Ireland on women born into English and Anglo-Norman families.
Ellington
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Derived from the English surname Ellington.
Ellison
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: el-i-sun
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Ellison.
Eloren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Elyanora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Elyora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
From the Uzbek el meaning "people, nation, country" and yor meaning "friend, lover".
Emelius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Either a variant of Aemilius (see Emil) or a masculine form of Emelia.
Emerentius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Derived from Latin emereo meaning "to fully deserve".
Emerenzio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Italian form of Emerentius. A notable bearer of this name is the Italian politician Emerenzio Barbieri (b. 1946).
Émerick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Variant of Émeric.
Emich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval German
Pronounced: E-mikh
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Medieval German contracted form of Emmerich. Known bearers of this name include count Emich IV of Leiningen (c. 1215-1279), bishop Emich I of Worms (born long before 1294, died in 1299) and count Emich I of Nassau-Hadamar (born before 1289, died in 1334).
Emmaus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Biblical
Pronounced: i-MAY-əs(American English, Biblical English)
Rating: 8% based on 4 votes
From the name of a biblical town, Ἐμμαούς (Emmaous) in Greek, which is probably from Aramaic hammat meaning "hot spring". In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus appears to two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus after his death, burial and resurrection.
Emmeram
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Germanic name, in which the second element is hramn meaning "raven". The first element is often said to be heim meaning "home" (which would thus make this name a relative of Heimeran), but it could also be amal meaning "work, labour" or ermen meaning "whole, universal". Also compare the similar-looking name Emmerich, where the first element is similarly ambiguous.

This name was borne by a saint from the 7th century AD.

Emory
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-ree
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Variant of Emery.
Émrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Quebec, Modern), French (Acadian, Modern)
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
French Canadian form of Émeric.
Erin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: EHR-in(English)
Rating: 60% based on 9 votes
Anglicized form of Éireann. It was initially used by people of Irish heritage in America, Canada and Australia. It was rare until the mid-1950s.
Erinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ἤριννα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Erinna was a poet (poetess) on the island of Telos near Rhodes, said to have been a friend and contemporary of Sappho (600 BC), but she probably belonged to the earlier Alexandrian Period. Her poems have been compared to Homer's, but only fragments remain. They were reproduced in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Graeci (published in 1900).

Her name is of equally debated origin and meaning. Some scholars link Erinna to Greek êrinos "spring" while others base their theory on "Herinna", a form reconstructed by Italian scholar Camillo Neri, and derive the name from Greek hêrôs "hero" in combination with the feminine suffix -inna.

Esmay
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 40% based on 8 votes
Variant of Esmé.
Esmena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Elaboration of Esme
Esmeralda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, English, Albanian, Literature
Pronounced: ehz-meh-RAL-da(Spanish) izh-mi-RAL-du(European Portuguese) ehz-meh-ROW-du(Brazilian Portuguese) ehz-mə-RAHL-də(English)
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), in which Esmeralda is the Romani girl who is loved by Quasimodo. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since that time.
Esmerelda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic), Literature
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Corruption of Esmeralda. Esmerelda "Esme" Weatherwax (also Granny Weatherwax or Mistress Weatherwax) is a fictional character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (1983–2015).
Esmerina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Esmila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Ethlyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Jamaican Patois
Pronounced: ETH-lin(English)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Contracted form of Ethelyn.
Evelora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Everetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Everett.
Everley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər-lee
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Variant of Everly.
Evgenía
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Rare)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Icelandic form of Evgenia.
Ezme
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Variant of Esme.
Fenrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Fen-Rick
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Refers to the rank of ‘Second Lieutenant’ in the Norwegian military.
Finn 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish Mythology, Old Irish [1], Irish, English, Dutch, German
Pronounced: FIN(English, Dutch, German)
Rating: 78% based on 5 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.
Fíona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Irish fíon meaning "wine".
Fiona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: fee-O-nə(English)
Rating: 84% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as Fióna.
Fisher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FISH-ər(American English) FISH-ə(British English)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
From an English surname meaning "fisherman".
Flynn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FLIN
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Floinn, which was derived from the given name or byname Flann. A famous bearer of the surname was American actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959). As a given name, it grew in popularity after it was featured as a character in the Disney movie Tangled in 2010.
Galateia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Γαλάτεια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Greek form of Galatea.
Galian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval German, Medieval English
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Medieval German and English form of Galianus / Galienus. As a German name, it was recorded in German-speaking Switzerland in the 1400s.
Galven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 5% based on 4 votes
Variant of Galvin.
Galvin
Usage: Irish (Anglicized)
Personal remark: M
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of Ó Gealbháin.
Garanwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Possibly derived from Welsh garan meaning "heron, crane" and gwyn meaning "white".
Garen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Գարեն(Armenian)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Short form of Garegin.
Gratian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: GRAY-shən(English)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From the Roman name Gratianus, which was derived from Latin gratus meaning "grateful". Saint Gratian was the first bishop of Tours (4th century). This was also the name of a Roman emperor.
Gregor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Scottish, Slovak, Slovene
Pronounced: GREH-go(German) GREH-gawr(Slovak)
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
German, Scottish, Slovak and Slovene form of Gregorius (see Gregory). A famous bearer was Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a Czech monk and scientist who did experiments in genetics.
Halaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: hə-LAYN-ə
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Variant of Helena, the spelling possibly influenced by Alaina.
Halden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Swedish
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Old Swedish variant of Halfdan.
Hálfdán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
Icelandic variant of Hálfdan.
Hálvdan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Faroese
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Faroese form of Hálfdan.
Hania 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: هنيّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ha-NEE-ya
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic هنيّة (see Haniyya).
Haylen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Variant of Halen.
Heladia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Pronounced: khe-LA-dya(Polish)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Polish feminine form of Heladiusz and Galician feminine form of Heladio.
Henricus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Pronounced: hehn-REE-kuys(Dutch)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of Heinrich. As a Dutch name, it is used on birth certificates though a vernacular form such as Hendrik is typically used in daily life.
Hermóðr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
Variant of Hærmóðr. This is the name of one of Odin's sons.
Hilderic
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Old German elements hilt "battle" and rih "ruler, king". Hilderic was a 6th-century king of the Vandals. This name was also borne by three early Merovingian Frankish kings, though their name is usually spelled as Childeric.
Hylan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: hi-lan
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname Hylan.
Hylia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, Obscure
Pronounced: HIE-lee-ə(English)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Name of a goddess in the video game saga The Legend of Zelda. This name has been given to at least 45 women in the United States since 2017, when the game 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' was released.
Ianto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: YAN-taw
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Ifan.
Idris 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Means "ardent lord" from Old Welsh iudd "lord" combined with ris "ardent, enthusiastic". This name was borne by Idris the Giant, a 7th-century king of Meirionnydd.
Ilenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly an elaborated variant of Elena.
Ilia
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian, Russian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Old Church Slavic
Other Scripts: ილია(Georgian) Илья(Russian) Илия(Bulgarian) Ілья(Belarusian) Илїа(Church Slavic)
Pronounced: EE-LEE-AH(Georgian) i-LYA(Russian)
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Georgian form of Elijah. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Илья or Belarusian Ілья (see Ilya) or Bulgarian Илия (see Iliya).
Iliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ηλιάνα(Greek) Илиана(Bulgarian)
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Feminine form of Ilias (Greek) or Iliya (Bulgarian).
Iliza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Илиза(Russian)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Ilya
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Илья(Russian) Ілья(Belarusian)
Pronounced: i-LYA(Russian)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Russian and Belarusian form of Elijah.
Immilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval German (?), Medieval Italian (?)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Possibly a medieval diminutive of various names beginning with Old High German, Old Saxon irmin "strong, whole, universal".
Isaac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: יִצְחָק(Hebrew)
Pronounced: IE-zək(English) ee-sa-AK(Spanish) EE-ZAK(French) EE-ZA-AK(French)
Rating: 88% based on 5 votes
From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitsḥaq) meaning "he will laugh, he will rejoice", derived from צָחַק (tsaḥaq) meaning "to laugh". The Old Testament explains this meaning, by recounting that Abraham laughed when God told him that his aged wife Sarah would become pregnant with Isaac (see Genesis 17:17), and later Sarah laughed when overhearing the same prophecy (see Genesis 18:12). When Isaac was a boy, God tested Abraham's faith by ordering him to sacrifice his son, though an angel prevented the act at the last moment. Isaac went on to become the father of Esau and Jacob with his wife Rebecca.

As an English Christian name, Isaac was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, though it was more common among Jews. It became more widespread after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and the science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992).

Isaiah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Other Scripts: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ie-ZAY-ə(American English) ie-ZIE-ə(British English)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yeshaʿyahu) meaning "Yahweh is salvation", from the roots יָשַׁע (yashaʿ) meaning "to save" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. Isaiah is one of the four major prophets of the Old Testament, supposedly the author of the Book of Isaiah. He was from Jerusalem and probably lived in the 8th century BC, at a time when Assyria threatened the Kingdom of Judah. As an English Christian name, Isaiah was first used after the Protestant Reformation.
Isel
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Nahuatl
Pronounced: ee-SEHL
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Means "alone, unique, only", from Nahuatl icel.
Isela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Pronounced: ee-SEH-la(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Elaborated form of Isel as well as a truncated form of Marisela and Gisela. This was borne by Mexican actress Isela Vega (1939-2021).
Iseline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Variant of Iselin and Iselina.
Isella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Italian diminutive of Isa 2 as well as a Latin American variant of Isela.
Ishmerai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִשְׁמְרַי(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Means "he guards me" in Hebrew, derived from שָׁמַר (shamar) meaning "to guard". This name is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament.
Islwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From the name of a mountain in Wales that means "below the forest" from Welsh is "below" and llwyn "forest, grove".
Ismara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Either a feminine form of Ismar or a contraction of Isamara.
Ismene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰσμήνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EEZ-MEH-NEH(Classical Greek) is-MEE-nee(English)
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Possibly from Greek ἰσμή (isme) meaning "knowledge". This was the name of the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek legend.
Ismina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 5 votes
Albanian form of Ismena.
Isyana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Etymology unknown. This was the name of a queen regent of the Medang Kingdom, in modern day East Java.
Ithela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh (Rare, ?)
Pronounced: ee-THEL-a
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Ithel.
Ívarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Old Norse form of Ivor.
Izel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Variant of Isel.
Jaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
Variant of Jane.
Jehiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יְחִיאֵל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: jə-HIE-əl(English)
Rating: 12% based on 5 votes
Means "God will live" in Hebrew, from חָיָה (ḥaya) meaning "to live" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This is the name of several people in the Old Testament, including one of King David's lute players.
Jesimiel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Hebrew
Other Scripts: יְשִׂימִאֵל(Hebrew)
Rating: 18% based on 5 votes
Apparently means "God establishes" in Hebrew. In the bible, this was the name of a Simeonite.
Jestina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Jestin.
Jether
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יֶ֫תֶר(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 25% based on 6 votes
From the Hebrew name יֶ֫תֶר (Yeter) which meant "abundance" (see Jethro).
Jeziah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: jə-ZIE-ə(American English)
Rating: 10% based on 5 votes
Variant of Jesiah.
Johanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Pronounced: yo-HA-na(German) yuw-HAN-na(Swedish) yo-HAHN-nah(Danish) yo-HAH-na(Dutch) YO-hawn-naw(Hungarian) YO-hahn-nah(Finnish) jo-HAN-ə(English) jo-AN-ə(English)
Rating: 61% based on 7 votes
Latinate form of Greek Ioanna (see Joanna).
Jolinar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Filipino (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Jorgia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 27% based on 6 votes
Variant of Georgia.
Joselene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: JOHS-ə-Lean(American English)
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
A variant of Jocelyn
Juliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: yuy-lee-A-na(Dutch) yoo-lee-A-na(German) joo-lee-AN-ə(English) joo-lee-AHN-ə(English) khoo-LYA-na(Spanish) YOO-lee-a-na(Slovak)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Iulianus (see Julian). This was the name of a 4th-century saint and martyr from Nicomedia, and also of the Blessed Juliana of Norwich, also called Julian, a 14th-century mystic and author. The name was also borne by a 20th-century queen of the Netherlands. In England, this form has been in use since the 18th century, alongside the older form Gillian.
Julieta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: khoo-LYEH-ta(Spanish)
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Spanish and Portuguese form of Juliet.
Justina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Pronounced: jus-TEE-nə(English) khoos-TEE-na(Spanish) zhoosh-TEE-nu(European Portuguese) zhoos-CHEE-nu(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
From Latin Iustina, the feminine form of Iustinus (see Justin). This name was borne by several early saints and martyrs.
Kanlaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: กัลยา(Thai)
Pronounced: kan-la-YA
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "beautiful woman" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit कल्याणी (kalyani).
Kaplan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish, Bosnian (Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Means "tiger" in Turkish.
Kasimir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: KA-zee-meew
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
German form of Casimir.
Kasimira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Archaic)
Pronounced: ka-zee-MEE-ra
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Kasimir.
Katida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: ka-TEE-da
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From Esperanto katido meaning "kitten", ultimately from Latin cattus.
Katla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse [1]
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Ketil.
Keahi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: keh-A-hee
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Means "the fire" from Hawaiian ke, a definite article, and ahi "fire".
Keldan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: KEL-den
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Kellan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHL-ən
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Variant of Kellen. This particular spelling jumped in popularity after actor Kellan Lutz (1985-) appeared in the Twilight series of movies beginning 2008.
Kellen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHL-ən
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Possibly from a German surname, itself derived from Middle Low German kel "swampy area". This name began to be used in the United States in the early 1980s after the American football player Kellen Winslow (1957-) began his professional career.
Kendal
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHN-dəl
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was a variant of Kendall.
Kendan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Likely an invented name, an elaboration of Ken 1, or any name starting with Ken-.
Kerrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
This english name was found in real life.
Ketlīna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian (Modern)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Latvian boworring of Caitlin.
Kreszentia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: krehs-TSEHN-tsya
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
German form of Crescentia.
Kryspin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: KRI-speen
Rating: 10% based on 4 votes
Polish form of Crispin.
Kuiper
Usage: Dutch
Personal remark: M
Rating: 70% based on 4 votes
Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Dutch.
Kydon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
A Lord of Kydonia in Krete (in the Greek Aegean), a son of Hermes and the Kretan princess Akalle.
Lannan
Usage: English
Personal remark: M
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Lannon
Usage: Irish
Personal remark: M
Rating: 16% based on 5 votes
Variant of Lennon.
Léionore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norman
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Norman form of Eleanor.
Lelie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: LE-lee
Rating: 18% based on 5 votes
Dutch adaptation of the French name Lélie.


This form of the name coincides with the Dutch word for "lily".

Lenor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Alsatian (Archaic)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Vernacular form of Leonore.
Lenox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LEHN-əks
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From a surname that was a variant of Lennox.
Lilaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Liuna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romansh (Rare)
Pronounced: LYOO-nah
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Liun.
Liveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lithuanian (Modern)
Pronounced: lyi-vyeh-TU
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Elaboration of Livija through its short form Liva. This name was popularised, beginning in 1993 and 1994, by pop singer and politician Liveta Kazlauskienė (1964-).
Locryn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Possibly from Lloegyr, the medieval Welsh name for a region of southeastern Britain, which is of unknown meaning. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historical realm (which he Latinized as Loegria) was named after Locrinus, the eldest son of Brutus of Troy and Innogen.
Loraina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), French (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Pronounced: lo-RAY-na(English)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Variant of Lorraine.
Lorraina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Variant of Lorraine.
Lucidia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Pronounced: loo-SID-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Lucidius.
Luciliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Lucilianus.
Lucilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Ancient Roman
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Latin diminutive of Lucia. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint martyred in Rome.
Lyna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern)
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Variant of Lina 2.
Lysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Greek Mythology, English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare), Dutch (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Lysius as well as an epithet of both Artemis and Demeter.
Mae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Variant of May. A famous bearer was the American actress Mae West (1893-1980), whose birth name was Mary.
Mæva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Old Norse feminine form of Már.
Magdalane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (African, Rare)
Rating: 73% based on 6 votes
Variant of Magdalene.
Mahlah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: מַחְלָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: MAH-lə(English)
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From the Hebrew name מַחְלָה (Maḥla), derived from חָלָה (ḥala) meaning "weak, sick". This name is used in the Old Testament as both a feminine and masculine name. In some versions of the Bible the masculine name is spelled Mahalah.
Malachy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of Máel Sechnaill or Máel Máedóc, influenced by the spelling of Malachi. Saint Malachy (in Irish, Máel Máedóc) was a 12th-century archbishop of Armagh renowned for his miracles.
Marabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Pronounced: Mare-UH-beth(American English) Maw-RUH-beth(American English)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Combination of the names Mary and Elizabeth
Mareka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: East Frisian
Pronounced: ma-RAY-ka
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
East Frisian diminutive of Maria.
Marianela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ma-rya-NEH-la
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Combination of María and Estela.
Mathea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
Norwegian feminine form of Mathias.
Matthius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Caribbean, English
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Variant of Matthias.
Maxina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare), Literature
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a feminine form of Maginus and a corruption of Maxima. 'Maxina ou a filla espúrea' (also published under the titles 'Magina ou a filla espúrea' and 'Majina ou a filla espúrea', 1870) by Marcial Valladares is considered the first novel written in the Galician language.
McKinley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mə-KIN-lee
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Fhionnlaigh, from the given name Fionnlagh. A famous bearer of the surname was the American president William McKinley (1843-1901).

As a given name in America, it was mainly masculine in the late 19th century and the majority of the 20th, being most common around the times of the president's election and assassination. During the 1990s it began growing in popularity for girls, probably inspired by other feminine names beginning with Mac or Mc such as Mackenzie and McKenna.

Melesina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Meaning unknown, perhaps a form of Millicent. It was borne by the Irish writer and socialite Melesina Trench (1768-1827).
Meletia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Greek, Greek (Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Meletios.
Memphis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHM-fis
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
From the name of an important city of ancient Egypt, or the city in Tennessee that was named after it. It is derived from a Greek form of Egyptian mn-nfr meaning "enduring beauty".
Meriah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: mə-RIE-ə
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Variant of Mariah.
Merina
Usage: Spanish
Personal remark: F
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Miela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: mee-EH-la
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Means "sweet" in Esperanto, derived from mielo "honey", ultimately from Latin mel.
Mielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Mignonette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Literature, Popular Culture
Pronounced: mee-yə-NET(English) min-yə-NET(English)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Mignon, as -ette is a French feminine diminutive suffix. As such, this given name literally means "little darling" in French.

In the Anglosphere, Mignonette is the name of a flower (genus Reseda). As a given name, Mignonette was especially popular in Victorian times, as that is when more floral names began to be used as given names.

Last but not least, in literature, Mignonette is the middle name of Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis, the main character of the book The Princess Diaries written by the American author Meg Cabot (b. 1967). The book was later adapted into a film with the same title and starred American actress Anne Hathaway (b. 1982) as Mia.

Miri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מירי(Hebrew)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Hebrew diminutive of Miriam.
Miriama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovak
Pronounced: MEE-ree-a-ma
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Slovak variant of Miriam.
Mirian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Spanish, Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of Miriam.
Miriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Jewish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
Latinization of Mirian.
Miriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: mee-RYA-na
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Italian variant of Miriam.
Míríel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Icelandic form of Muirgel.
Morna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Anglicized form of Muirne used by James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is borne by the mother of the hero Fingal.
Myrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μυρινα, Μυρίνα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MOO-REE-NAH(Classical Greek) mie-REE-nə(English)
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Derived from the Greek ìõñïí (myron) meaning "myrrh". In Greek mythology, Myrina was the Queen of the Amazons.
Nadina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bosnian
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Nadin.
Naja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic, Danish
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
From Greenlandic najaa meaning "his younger sister" [1]. It was popularized in Denmark by the writer B. S. Ingemann, who used it in his novel Kunnuk and Naja, or the Greenlanders (1842).
Nektaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Νεκταρία(Greek)
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Nektarios.
Nerys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Probably a feminized form of Welsh nêr meaning "lord".
Netalee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נטעלי, נטע-לי(Hebrew)
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Alternate transcription of Hebrew נטעלי (see Netali). This is the birth name of Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman (1981-), born Neta-Lee Hershlag.
Netali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נֶטַעלִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: Netta-Lee
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Means "my seedling" from Hebrew נֶטַע (neta) "seedling, plant" (see Neta) combined with לִי (li) "for me, to me" or "I have". This is a modern Hebrew name often given to girls born on Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day or Holiday of Trees.
Nicander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Νίκανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of Nikandros.
Nicolai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Norwegian
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Danish and Norwegian variant form of Nicholas.
Nikias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Νικίας(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory". This was the name of an Athenian general who fought in the Peloponnesian war.
Ninna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic (Rare)
Pronounced: NIN-ah(Swedish)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Variant of Nina 1.
Nirṛti
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism
Other Scripts: निऋती(Sanskrit)
Pronounced: NEER-tee
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Means "absence of". Nirṛti is the Hindu goddess of deathly hidden realms, sorrows, death and corruption and one of the dikpāla (guardians of the directions), representing the southwest.
Nolana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Either derived from the flower of the same name or else intended as a feminine form of Nolan.
Nonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, History
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Nonius. A bearer of this name was Nonia Celsa, the wife of Roman Emperor Macrinus as well as the mother of Roman Emperor Diadumenian.
Novena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Medieval Latin, from Latin novem meaning ‘nine.’
Oaklyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: OK-lin
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Variant of Oakley using the popular name suffix lyn.
Octaviana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Romanian, Provençal
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
Anciant Roman feminine form of Octavianus and Romanian and Provençal feminine form of Octavian.
Óinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from óa-sk ("to be frightened"). In Norse mythology this is the name of a dwarf and a kenning for "snake".
Oliver
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Catalan, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Carolingian Cycle
Other Scripts: Оливер(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: AHL-i-vər(American English) AWL-i-və(British English) O-lee-vu(German) O-lee-vehr(Finnish) oo-lee-BEH(Catalan) O-li-vehr(Czech) AW-lee-vehr(Slovak)
Rating: 85% based on 4 votes
From Old French Olivier, which was possibly derived from Latin oliva "olive tree" [1]. Alternatively there could be an underlying Germanic name, such as Old Norse Áleifr (see Olaf) or Frankish Alawar (see Álvaro), with the spelling altered by association with the Latin word. In the Middle Ages the name became well-known in Western Europe because of the French epic La Chanson de Roland, in which Olivier is a friend and advisor to the hero Roland.

In England Oliver was a common medieval name, however it became rare after the 17th century because of the military commander Oliver Cromwell, who ruled the country following the civil war. The name was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due in part to the title character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838), about a poor orphan living on the streets of London. It became very popular at the beginning of the 21st century, reaching the top rank for boys in England and Wales in 2009 and entering the top ten in the United States in 2017.

Olivina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Faroese
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
Faroese variant of Olivia.
Olvin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, Central American
Rating: 12% based on 5 votes
Olvin was a king of Archenland who won the hand of the Lady Liln in a tale alluded to in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C.S. Lewis
Orienta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Latin, Medieval French
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
Derived from Latin oriens meaning "rising; east; daybreak, dawn, sunrise".
Orietta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: o-RYEHT-ta
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Oria.
Orrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ORIK
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname Orrick.
Ötzi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: UUT-see
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Ötzi was the name given to a neolithic mummy found in a glacier in 1991. The name derives from the location Ötztaler Alpen where he was found.

DJ Ötzi is the stage name of an Austrian singer and entertainer.

Paloma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: pa-LO-ma
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.
Phileas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Literature, German (Rare)
Other Scripts: Φιλέας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FIL-ee-əs(Literature)
Rating: 8% based on 4 votes
Originally a short form of a Greek name beginning with the element φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend". This was the name of an early Christian saint, a 3rd-century bishop of the Egyptian city of Thmuis. This name has been in rare use in the English-speaking world from as early as the late 17th century, used primarily by Catholics in honour of the saint. Jules Verne used it for the protagonist (Phileas Fogg, an Englishman) in his novel Around the World in 80 Days (1873).
Phineas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: פִּינְחָס(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: FIN-ee-əs(English)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Variant of Phinehas used in some English versions of the Old Testament.
Phineus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Φινεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEE-NEWS(Classical Greek)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek φίνις (phinis), a variant of φήνη (phene) meaning "vulture". According to Greek mythology this was the name of a king of Thrace visited by Jason and the Argonauts.
Pilar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: pee-LAR
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Means "pillar" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, María del Pilar, meaning "Mary of the Pillar". According to legend, when Saint James the Greater was in Saragossa in Spain, the Virgin Mary appeared on a pillar.
Pomona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: po-MO-na(Latin)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From Latin pomus "fruit tree". This was the name of the Roman goddess of fruit trees.
Qila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greenlandic
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "she, who is asking the spirits" in Greenlandic.
Quena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 6 votes
Derived from Old English cwén "woman", this name was originally a diminutive of names containing said element.
The name's usage in modern times is more than likely influenced by the use of Queen as a name.
Quenilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Medieval form of Cwenhild, documented in 1332.
Queniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Saxon (Latinized), Medieval English
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of Cwengifu.
Quenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Quill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 16% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Aquilla.

From the English word "quill" referring to a "pen made from a feather". From the Middle English quil 'fragment of reed' or 'shaft of feather'.

Quincia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Spanish form of Quintia and (American) English feminization of Quincy.
Quinna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Feminine elaboration of Quinn.
Quinta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Portuguese
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Quintus.
Quintia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Quintius.
Quintiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Quintianus.
Quintilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Dutch (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Quintilius.
Quintina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Quintinus.
Quintiniana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Quintinianus (see also Quintinian).
Quinzia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Emilian-Romagnol
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Italian and Emilian form of Quintia.
Quirina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Quirinus.
Radovan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Радован(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: RA-daw-van(Slovak) RA-do-van(Czech)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Derived from Slavic radovati meaning "to make happy, to gladden".
Raeburn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: RAY-bərn(American English) RAY-bən(British English)
Rating: 3% based on 4 votes
From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "stream where deer drink" (from Scots rae "roe deer" and burn "stream"). A famous bearer of the surname was Scottish portrait painter Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).
Rami
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رامي(Arabic)
Pronounced: RA-mee
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Means "archer, marksman" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name for the constellation Sagittarius.
Ramy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رامي(Arabic)
Pronounced: RA-mee
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic رامي (see Rami).
Rayna 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Райна(Bulgarian)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Either a Bulgarian form of Regina or a feminine form of Rayno.
Reece
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of Rhys.
Reesa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Either a variant of Risa or an elaboration of Reese. Reesa was given to 11 girls in 2015 according to the SSA.
Reese
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Anglicized form of Rhys. It is also used as a feminine name, popularized by the American actress Reese Witherspoon (1976-).
Renwick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname Renwick.
Rheia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ῥεία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Variant of Rhea.
Rheya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Pronounced: RAY-ə(English)
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Variant of Rhea.
Rhoderick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Variant spelling of Roderick. A known bearer of this name was Sir Rhoderick McGrigor (1893-1959), a senior officer of the British Royal Navy.
Rivanon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Breton
Rating: 30% based on 4 votes
Variant of Riwanon. This was the name of the mother of Saint Hervé.
Roese
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Anglo-Norman
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Variant of Rohese.
Romilly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
From an English surname that was derived from the name of various Norman towns, themselves from the given name Romilius.
Ronan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, Irish, French, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-nahn(Breton) RAW-NAHN(French) RO-nən(English)
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
Breton and Anglicized form of Rónán.
Rosabela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Rosafiere
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Dutch
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
I found it on a Dutch baby name site claiming it is a Dutch Medieval name, possibly from the Late Latin meaning fiery rose.
Rosalita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, Spanish (Philippines)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Possibly a diminutive of Rosalía or a combination of Rosa 1 and Lita. This is the title of a 1943 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. It was also used by Bruce Springsteen in his song Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973).
Rosalynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Either a variant of Rosalyn or a combination of Rosa 1 and Lynn.
Rosamée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Luxembourgish (Rare)
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a contraction of Rose and Aimée via the form Amée.
Rosamie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Filipino, Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: ROZ-ə-mee(English, Filipino)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Perhaps a diminutive of Rosamund (compare Annemie, Rosemay), though it is claimed to be a combination of Rose with French amie "friend".
Rosamina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Combination of Rosa 1 and the popular suffix -mina.
Rosamira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), English (Rare)
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Combination of Rosa 1 and the common suffix -mira.
Rosanella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Folklore (Anglicized)
Rating: 42% based on 6 votes
From the French name Rosanie, which is probably an elaboration of Rose. This is the titular character of the French fairy tale 'Rosanella'. Rosanella is a princess who is split into twelve identical forms, each with an aspect of her personality.
Rosaura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-SOW-ra
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Means "golden rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and aurea "golden". This name was (first?) used by Pedro Calderón de la Barca for a character in his play Life Is a Dream (1635).
Rosebud
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Popular Culture
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Name of Rosebud Denovo, street activist, and Rosebud the Basselope, a character in the comic strip Bloom County.
Rosée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Quebec, Rare)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
From French rosée meaning "dew".
Roseen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Manx
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Manx cognate of Róisín (compare Rosheen).
Rosela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Hispanic)
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Variant of Rosella.
Roselette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish, English
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Variant of Rosalette.
Roseli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Variant of Rosália.
Roselia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), American (South), French (Cajun)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Variant of Rosalia.
Roseline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ROZ-LEEN
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
French form of Rosalind. Saint Roseline of Villeneuve was a 13th-century nun from Provence.
Roselva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: South American
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Roselynn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ROZ-ə-lin
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Variant of Roselyn.
Rosemae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Variant of Rosemay.
Rosena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Haitian Creole
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Variant of Rosina.
Rosenetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Rosiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Rosianus. A bearer of this name was Rosiana Coleners, a Belgian poet from the 16th century AD.
Rosiane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish (Rare)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
French form of Rosiana.
Rosianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Indonesian
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Rosibel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Variant form of Rosabel.
Rosilde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Estonian form of Roshild.
Rosinella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Rosa 1.
Rosinete
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Brazilian
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Rósinkara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Rósinkar.
Rosmerta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology
Pronounced: roz-MER-tə(English)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Probably means "great provider" from Gaulish ro, an intensive prefix (hence "very, most, great"), combined with smert "purveyor, carer" and the feminine name suffix a. This was the name of an obscure Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility, abundance and prosperity. The author J. K. Rowling borrowed the name for a witch in her 'Harry Potter' series.
Rosmina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Possibly a variant of Rosmunda or Romina. This name was used by Francesco Cavalli for a character in his opera Giasone (1649).
Rosolina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Variant of Rosalia.
Rowen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-ən
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Variant of Rowan.
Rowena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ro-EEN-ə
Rating: 78% based on 6 votes
Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements hroð "fame" and wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements ron "spear" and gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).
Rowina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ro-EEN-ə
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Variant of Rowena.
Rozina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-zee-naw
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Hungarian form of Rosina.
Ruby
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO-bee
Rating: 70% based on 6 votes
Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century [1].
Rune
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: ROO-nə(Norwegian) ROO-neh(Danish, Swedish)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune".
Sadira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Persian form of Sidra.
Safiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hausa, Kazakh, Arabic
Other Scripts: Сафия(Kazakh) صفيّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-FEE-ya(Arabic)
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Hausa and Kazakh form of Safiyya. It is also an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.
Safiyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: صفية(Arabic) صفيه(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: sa-FEE-yah(Arabic, Indonesian)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Arabic alternte transcription of Safiyyah as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.
Salna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Directly taken from Latvian salna "frost, frostiness".
Sameline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Archaic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Norwegian dialectal variant of Samuline recorded in Austlandet.
Samia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Bengali
Other Scripts: سامية(Arabic) সামিয়া(Bengali)
Pronounced: SA-mee-ya(Arabic)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Arabic سامية (see Samiya), as well as the usual Bengali transcription.
Samina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: ثمينة(Arabic) ثمینہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: tha-MEE-na(Arabic)
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic ثمينة (see Thamina), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.
Sarahild
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from Old High German saro "armor" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."
Sarika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi
Other Scripts: सारिका(Hindi, Marathi)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
From a Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).
Sarissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Elaboration of Sara.
Sarnai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Сарнай(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Means "rose" in Mongolian.
Savina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: sa-VEE-na
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Italian variant of Sabina.
Sebine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: SEBeen(Latin)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Variant of Sabine.
Senara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Pronounced: ze-NAH-rah
Rating: 56% based on 5 votes
From the name of the patron saint of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, which is of obscure origin. Conceivably it may be derived from the Breton name Azenor or the old Celtic Senovara. According to local legend Saint Senara was originally Princess Azenor of Brest in Lower Brittany, the mother of Saint Budoc. She is also said to have been a mermaid before her conversion (though even after becoming a Christian, "she continued to pine for the sea"). This name was given to 52 girls born in England and Wales in the years 1916-2005.
Sephira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Variant of Saphira.
Seraphina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman
Pronounced: sehr-ə-FEEN-ə(English) zeh-ra-FEE-na(German)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.

This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.

Séraphine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SEH-RA-FEEN
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
French form of Seraphina.
Serenola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
This was used as a Welsh translation of Stellaluna (for a 2000 Welsh adaptation of the children's book 'Stellaluna'). It is derived in part from Welsh seren "star" (cf. Seren).
Sevara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek
Other Scripts: Севара(Uzbek)
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Means "love" in Uzbek.
Shea
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHAY(English)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Anglicized form of Séaghdha, sometimes used as a feminine name.
Shepherd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHEHP-ərd(American English) SHEHP-əd(British English)
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
From an English occupational surname meaning "sheep herder, shepherd".
Shira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שִׁירָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means "singing" in Hebrew.
Shoshana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה(Hebrew)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Susanna.
Shoshanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Hebrew
Other Scripts: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Biblical Hebrew form of Susanna.
Shreya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Other Scripts: श्रेया(Hindi, Marathi) শ্রেয়া(Bengali) શ્રેયા(Gujarati)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
From Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas) meaning "superior, better".
Sıdıka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Turkish feminine form of Siddiq.
Sidonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Georgian
Other Scripts: სიდონია(Georgian)
Rating: 70% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Sidonius. This is the name of a legendary saint from Georgia. She and her father Abiathar were supposedly converted by Saint Nino from Judaism to Christianity.
Sidony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 5% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Sidonius. This name was in use in the Middle Ages, when it became associated with the word sindon (of Greek origin) meaning "linen", a reference to the Shroud of Turin.
Sigrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic)
Pronounced: SEE-grid(Swedish) SEEG-reed(Finnish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Old Norse name Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved".
Silas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Greek, Danish, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Σίλας(Greek)
Pronounced: SIE-ləs(English)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
The name of a companion of Saint Paul in the New Testament. It is probably a short form of Silvanus, a name that Paul calls him by in the epistles. It is possible that Silvanus and Silas were Latin and Greek forms of the Hebrew name Saul (via Aramaic).

As an English name it was not used until after the Protestant Reformation. It was utilized by George Eliot for the title character in her novel Silas Marner (1861).

Silvana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: seel-VA-na
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Italian feminine form of Silvanus.
Silvanina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Elaborated form of Silvana.
Silvestra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slovene, Italian (Rare)
Pronounced: seel-VEH-stra(Italian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Silvester.
Silviana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Provençal, Late Roman
Rating: 45% based on 6 votes
Romanian, Italian, Provençal, Spanish and Portuguese form of Silvianus.
Simona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Lithuanian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Симона(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: see-MO-na(Italian) SI-mo-na(Czech) SEE-maw-na(Slovak)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Simon 1.
Skadi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Variant of Skaði.
Soheila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: سهیلا(Persian)
Pronounced: so-hay-LAW
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Persian feminine form of Suhail.
Solveiga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian, Lithuanian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Latvian and Lithuanian form of Solveig.
Sona 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: सोना(Hindi)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Means "gold" in Hindi, derived from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) meaning literally "good colour".
Sorcha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Scottish Gaelic [1]
Pronounced: SAWR-ə-khə(Irish) SAWR-kə(American English) SAWR-shə(American English) SAW-kə(British English) SAW-shə(British English) SAWR-aw-khə(Scottish Gaelic)
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Means "radiant, bright" in Irish. It has been in use since late medieval times [2]. It is sometimes Anglicized as Sarah (in Ireland) and Clara (in Scotland).
Sorina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: so-REE-na
Rating: 32% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Sorin.
Sovanna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សុវណ្ណា(Khmer)
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
Variant of Sovann.
Sven
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, German, Dutch
Pronounced: SVEHN(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Sveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Света(Russian)
Pronounced: SVYEH-tə
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Short form of Svetlana.
Svetlana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Georgian
Other Scripts: Светлана(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian) Սվետլանա(Armenian) სვეტლანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: svyit-LA-nə(Russian) svyeht-lu-NU(Lithuanian)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Derived from Russian свет (svet) meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem Svetlana (1813) by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine.
Sylvan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Either a variant of Silvanus or directly from the Latin word silva meaning "wood, forest".
Thatcher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: THACH-ər(American English) THACH-ə(British English)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
From an English surname that referred to a person who thatched roofs by attaching straw to them, derived from Old English þæc "thatch". The surname was borne by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013).
Thayden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Thélio
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton (Gallicized)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Variant of Télio.
Théoden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: THAY-aw-den
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "king, ruler" in Old English, probably from þeud "people" and þegen "thane, warrior" This name was invented by J. R. R. Tolkien who used Old English to represent the Rohirric language. In his novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) Théoden is the king of Rohan.
Theodin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
French form of Theodwin.
Theodore
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: THEE-ə-dawr(American English) THEE-ə-daw(British English)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
From the Greek name Θεόδωρος (Theodoros), which meant "gift of god" from Greek θεός (theos) meaning "god" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". The name Dorothea is derived from the same roots in reverse order. This was the name of several saints, including Theodore of Amasea, a 4th-century Greek soldier; Theodore of Tarsus, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury; and Theodore the Studite, a 9th-century Byzantine monk. It was also borne by two popes.

This was a common name in classical Greece, and, due to both the saints who carried it and the favourable meaning, it came into general use in the Christian world, being especially popular among Eastern Christians. It was however rare in Britain before the 19th century. Famous bearers include three tsars of Russia (in the Russian form Fyodor) and American president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919).

Theodosia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Greek
Other Scripts: Θεοδοσία(Greek)
Pronounced: TEH-O-DO-SEE-A(Classical Greek) thee-ə-DO-see-ə(English) thee-ə-DO-shə(English)
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Feminine form of Theodosius.
Theraephone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Θηραιφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of Greek Θηραιφόνη (Theraiphone), which probably means "slayer of wild beasts" from Greek θήρ (ther) "a wild beast, beast of prey" or θήρα (thera) meaning "the hunting of wild beasts, the chase", which is ultimately derived from θηράω (therao) "to hunt, to chase", combined with φόνος (phonos) "murder, slaughter". In Greek mythology, Theraephone and Theronice were the twin daughters of Dexamenus, king at Olenus. She married Eurytus and was the mother of Thalpius.
Therin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 15% based on 4 votes
Variant of Therinus.
Thetida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek (Rare)
Other Scripts: Θέτιδα(Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Modern Greek variant of Thetis.
Þórketill
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse [1]
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Old Norse form of Torkel.
Thorn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Medieval English
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Thorn.
Thorne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: THORN
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Thorne. Derived from the Old English word for "thorn." This was the name of a letter in the Old English alphabet, as well as the name of a character from the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."
Þorsteinína
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Archaic)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Þorsteinn.
Þráinn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
Possibly derived from Old Norse þrá meaning "obstinacy, stubbornness". Noted bearer is Þráinn Bertelsson, an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor.
Tiarnán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 45% based on 4 votes
Modern Irish form of Tighearnán.
Tigernán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Rating: 35% based on 4 votes
Old Irish form of Tighearnán.
Tighearnán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Pronounced: TYEEYR-nan
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
From Old Irish Tigernán meaning "little lord", from tigerna "lord" combined with a diminutive suffix. It was borne by a 6th-century saint who founded a monastery at Errew. It was also the name of a 12th-century king of Breifne.
Uainín
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: OO-NEEN
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Means "little lamb" in Irish.
Uallach
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Derived from Irish uall meaning "pride". Uallach ingen Muinechain (died 934) was an Irish woman poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland.
Úlfdís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse, Icelandic
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Derived from Old Norse úlfr "wolf" combined with Old Norse dís "goddess, priestess".
Úlfur
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Icelandic form of Ulf.
Ulla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German
Pronounced: OOL-lah(Finnish) UW-la(German)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Scandinavian diminutive of Ulrika or Hulda 1, or a German diminutive of Ursula.
Ulrica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Ulric.
Ulrich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: UWL-rikh(German)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From the Old German name Odalric, derived from the element uodil "heritage" combined with rih "ruler, king". This was the name of two German saints. Another famous bearer was Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531), also known as Huldrych, the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland.
Ulrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: OOL-rik
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Scandinavian form of Ulrich.
Ulrika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: uyl-REE-ka
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Swedish feminine form of Ulrich. This was the name of two queens of Sweden.
Úna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, Medieval Irish [1]
Pronounced: OO-nə(Irish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Probably derived from Old Irish úan meaning "lamb". This was a common name in medieval Ireland.
Vala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Short form of names containing the Old Norse name element valr- "the slain (in Valhalla)" as well as a direct adoption of Swedish vala (or völva) "fortune teller; prophet" (ultimately from Old Norse vǫlva).
Valora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: va-LO-ra
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Means "valuable" in Esperanto.
Vander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American, Brazilian
Pronounced: VAN-der
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Probably a contraction of the two words van der "from the" occurring as part of Dutch surnames like Van Der Waal promoted to a given name.
Varita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Vara.
Vasiliy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Василий(Russian)
Pronounced: vu-SYEE-lyee
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Russian form of Basil 1.
Vatnarr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Germanic name elements vatn "water, waters, river, brook, tears" and herr "army". Vatnarr was the name of a legendary Norwegian king.
Veigar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from Old Norse veig "strength" combined with herr "army, warrior". It can also be viewed as a masculine form of Veiga.
Victoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: vik-TAWR-ee-ə(English) beek-TO-rya(Spanish) vik-TO-rya(German) VEEK-TAW-RYA(French) week-TO-ree-a(Latin)
Rating: 53% based on 7 votes
Means "victory" in Latin, being borne by the Roman goddess of victory. It is also a feminine form of Victorius. This name was borne by a 4th-century saint and martyr from North Africa.

Though in use elsewhere in Europe, the name was very rare in the English-speaking world until the 19th century, when Queen Victoria began her long rule of Britain. She was named after her mother, who was of German royalty. Many geographic areas are named after the queen, including an Australian state and a Canadian city.

Vignir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Icelandic younger form of Vígnir.
Vígr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From Old Norse vígr meaning "in fighting condition, able to fight".
Vinjar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Either derived from of Old Norse vinr "friend" and herr "army" or based on place names that contains the Old Norse element vin "meadow, pasture".
Vitalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Feminine form of Vitale.
Vitaliy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Виталий(Russian) Віталій(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: vyi-TA-lyee(Russian) vyee-TA-lyee(Ukrainian)
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Russian and Ukrainian form of Vitalis (see Vitale).
Víðir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Icelandic form of Vide.
Walela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From Cherokee ᏩᎴᎳ (walela) meaning "hummingbird".
Xana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Asturian (Modern), Galician (Modern)
Pronounced: sha-na(Asturian) sha-nu(Galician)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
From the word xana, a type of fairy in Asturian mythology who are said to live in pure rivers and fountains. It may derive from the Roman mythological name Diana.
Xanatos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture, Greek
Pronounced: Zan-ə-Tohs(Popular Culture)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Variant of Thanatos.
Xanthias
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Theatre
Other Scripts: Ξανθίας(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek ξανθος (xanthos) meaning "yellow" or "fair hair". This was used by the Greek playwright Aristophanes in works including 'The Frogs'; all of the characters named Xanthias are slaves.
Xanthos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξάνθος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KSAN-TOS(Classical Greek)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
From Greek ξανθός (xanthos) meaning "yellow". This is the name of several minor figures in Greek mythology, including kings of Pelasgia and Thebes.
Xavier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish
Pronounced: ZAY-vyər(American English) ig-ZAY-vyər(American English) ZAY-vyə(British English) ig-ZAY-vyə(British English) GZA-VYEH(French) shu-vee-EHR(European Portuguese) sha-vee-EKH(Brazilian Portuguese) shə-bee-EH(Catalan) kha-BYEHR(Spanish) sa-BYEHR(Spanish)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was born in a village by this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.
Xenandros
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ξένανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Derived from Greek ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with Greek ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "of a man".
Xenodora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek
Other Scripts: Ξενοδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Xenodoros.
Yadira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Pronounced: gya-DHEE-ra(Spanish)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name. It has been used in Mexico since at least the 1940s [1], perhaps inspired by the Colombian actress Yadira Jiménez (1928-?), who performed in Mexican films beginning in 1946.
Yesenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: gyeh-SEH-nya
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
From Jessenia, the genus name of a variety of palm trees found in South America. As a given name, it was popularized by the writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché in the 1970 Mexican telenovela Yesenia and the 1971 film adaptation [1].
Yesper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: YES-pər
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Dutch variant spelling of Jesper.
Yngvi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Possibly an Old Norse cognate of Ing. This was an alternate name of the god Freyr, who as Yngvi-Freyr was regarded as the ancestor of the Swedish royal family.
Yorick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature, English, Dutch
Pronounced: YAWR-ik(English) YO-rik(Dutch)
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Possibly an altered form of Jörg. Shakespeare used this name for a deceased court jester in his play Hamlet (1600).
Yosef
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: יוֹסֵף(Hebrew)
Pronounced: yo-SEHF(Hebrew)
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Hebrew form of Joseph.
Ysabel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Archaic)
Pronounced: ee-sa-BEHL
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Medieval Spanish form of Isabel.
Ysobel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Variant of Isobel. Ysobel Stewart of Fasnacloich (1882-1968) co-founded the 'Scottish Country Dance Society' in 1923.
'Ysobel' was also the title of an opera by Pietro Mascagni, however, by 1911 the title seems to have been changed to 'Isabeau'.
Yuri 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Other Scripts: Юрий(Russian) Юрій(Ukrainian) Юрый(Belarusian)
Pronounced: YOO-ryee(Russian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Alternate transcription of Russian Юрий, Ukrainian Юрій or Belarusian Юрый (see Yuriy).
Yusef
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian, Arabic
Other Scripts: یوسف(Persian) يوسف(Arabic)
Pronounced: yoo-SEHF(Persian) YOO-soof(Arabic)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Persian یوسف (see Yousef) or Arabic يوسف (see Yusuf).
Zaccai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: זַכָּי(Ancient Hebrew)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From the Hebrew name זַכָּי (Zakkai) meaning "pure". This is the name of a minor character in the Old Testament.
Zahi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: زاهي(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZA-hee
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
Means "beautiful, brilliant" in Arabic.
Zahira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ظهيرة, زاهرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: dha-HEE-ra, ZA-hee-ra
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Zahir.
Zahra 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: زهراء(Arabic) زهرا(Persian)
Pronounced: zah-RA(Arabic)
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
From Arabic زهراء (zahrāʾ), the feminine form of أزهر (ʾazhar) meaning "shining, brilliant, bright". This is an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima.

See also the related name Zahra 2.

Zaida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare), Spanish
Other Scripts: زيدة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZIE-da(Arabic) THIE-dha(European Spanish) SIE-dha(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Zayd. This was the name of a Muslim princess who took refuge at the court of (and perhaps married) Alfonso VI of León and Castile in the 11th century.
Zaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: زينة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZIE-na
Rating: 67% based on 7 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينة (see Zayna).
Zana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian, Albanian Mythology
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Zana is an Albanian mythological figure of pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin, usually associated with mountains, vegetation and sometimes destiny. The derivation of the name itself is somewhat debated; theories include a derivation from Albanian zâni "voice" or from Gheg Albanian zana "voices" (with the sense of "muse") as well as a cognate of Romanian zână "fairy", itself ultimately derived from the name of the goddess Diana.
Zarina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: Зарина(Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik) زرینہ(Urdu)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
From Persian زرین (zarīn) meaning "golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.
Zechariah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, English
Other Scripts: זְכַרְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zehk-ə-RIE-ə(English)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the Hebrew name זְכַרְיָה (Zeḵarya) meaning "Yahweh remembers", from the roots זָכַר (zaḵar) meaning "to remember" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament, including the prophet Zechariah, the author of the Book of Zechariah. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to the father of John the Baptist, who was temporarily made dumb because of his disbelief. He is regarded as a saint by Christians. In some versions of the New Testament his name is spelled in the Greek form Zacharias or the English form Zachary. As an English given name, Zechariah has been in occasional use since the Protestant Reformation.
Zehra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Urdu
Other Scripts: زہرا, زہرہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: zehh-RA(Turkish)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Turkish and Urdu form of Zahra 1 or Zahra 2.
Zélie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Rating: 63% based on 6 votes
Short form of Azélie. This is another name of Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877).
Zerrin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Means "golden, yellow" or "daffodil, jonquil, narcissus" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian زرین (zarrin).
Zimri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: זִמְרִי(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ZIM-ree(English) ZIM-rie(English)
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
Probably means "my music" in Hebrew, a possessive form of זִמְרָה (zimra) meaning "music, song". This was the name of a king of Israel according to the Old Testament. He ruled for only seven days, when he was succeeded by the commander of the army Omri. Another Zimri in the Old Testament was the lover of the Midianite woman Cozbi.
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