Lady_Skywalker's Personal Name List
Alvey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Alvey.
Amichai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עַמִיחַי(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "my people are alive" in Hebrew.
Angelise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ann-gel-lease
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Aninna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish (Rare)
Pronounced: a-NI-na
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Annelore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Árelía
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Ari 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲרִי(Hebrew)
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
Means "lion" in Hebrew.
Ariaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Ariaric was a 4th-century Thervingian Gothic pagan ruler. He lost a war to Constantine the Great in 332. His son, Aoric, was raised in Constantinople.
Averina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Avett
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Avi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִי(Hebrew)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Avriel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew (Rare), English
Other Scripts: אַבְרִיאֵל, אבריאל(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-vree-EL(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Name of an angel in judaism, meaning unknown.
Awinita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cherokee
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means
"fawn" in Cherokee, derived from
ᎠᏫ (awi) meaning "deer".
Awley
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Bear
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BEHR(American English) BEH(British English)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the animal, derived from Old English bera, probably derived from a root meaning "brown".
Bowen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BO-ən
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From a Welsh surname, derived from
ap Owain meaning
"son of Owain".
Branagán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Briar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIE-ər(American English) BRIE-ə(British English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Broccán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Irish [1]
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Brunhilde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Pronounced: bruwn-HIL-də
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Brünnhilde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Theatre
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Form of
Brünhild, used by Richard Wagner in 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'.
Caillín
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain. According to one source, the name means "little cowl" in Irish, in which case it should ultimately be derived from the Irish noun
caille meaning "veil".
With that example in mind, it might also be possible that the name is instead derived from the similar-looking Irish noun caill meaning "forest, woodland".
A notable bearer of this name was the Irish saint Caillín of Fenagh (late 6th century AD).
Carafina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Possibly derived from surname
Carafa (
Caraffa), which belonged to the House of Carafa (Caraffa), a noble Neapolitan family known from XII century. Also it could be a contraction of names
Cara and
Fina. Carafina Gambarelli (mentioned in 1236) was married to Balduino della Scala (circa 1113 - circa 1166).
Carisma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Castellan
Usage: Italian
Personal remark: M
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
This name is of Latin origin. It comes from "castellanus" meaning 'castellan, steward of a castle'.
Castulus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Derived from Latin castus "pure, chaste, virtuous". This was the name of a Roman saint from the 3rd century AD.
Cataleya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Variant of cattleya, a genus of orchids native to Central and South America, which were named for the British horticulturist William Cattley. This name was popularized by the main character from the movie Colombiana (2011).
Courtlyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Inspired by
Courtney, with the
-lyn suffix.
Dallen
Usage: English
Personal remark: M
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Damaris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Δάμαρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DAM-ə-ris(English)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Probably means
"calf, heifer, girl" from Greek
δάμαλις (damalis). In the
New Testament this is the name of a woman converted to Christianity by
Saint Paul.
D'Artagnan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means "from Artagnan" in French, Artagnan being a town in southwestern France. This was the name of a character in the novel The Three Musketeers (1884) by Alexandre Dumas. In the novel D'Artagnan is an aspiring musketeer who first duels with the three title characters and then becomes their friend.
Devereaux
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DEV-ə-ro, DEV-uh-ro
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Eifion
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AY-vyawn
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From an Old Welsh given name of unknown meaning, the source of the place name Eifionydd (also called Eifion) in northwestern Wales. This name was revived in the 19th century, probably via the place name.
Eldwyth
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Elenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Modern), Italian
Pronounced: e-LEH-nee-a(German) eh-LENN-ya(German) eh-LEHN-ya(German)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Elliott
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-ee-ət
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From an English surname that was derived from a
diminutive of the medieval name
Elias.
Elora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English (Modern)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Probably an invented name. This is the name of an infant girl in the fantasy movie Willow (1988). Since the release of the movie the name has been steadily used, finally breaking into the top 1000 in the United States in 2015.
Eluney
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Mapuche
Pronounced: i-loo-NAY
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Derived from Mapuche elun meaning "give".
Emeran
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (African), History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Enora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: EH-NAW-RA(French)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Breton form of
Honoria, or directly from Breton
enor "honour" (a word of Latin origin). This was the name of a 6th-century
saint, the wife of Saint Efflamm.
Ethelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: Eh-thee-Leah
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Evalotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Combination of
Eva and
Lotte. The variant
Eva-Lotta was used by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren in her
Kalle Blomkvist series of books (1946, 1951, 1953), where it belongs to a friend of the central character.
Evaluna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic, Modern)
Pronounced: eh-ba-LOO-na(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Combination of
Eva and
Luna. This is the name of Venezuelan actress and singer Evaluna Montaner (1997-).
Evanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Ever
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: EHV-ər(American English) EHV-ə(British English)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Simply from the English word ever, derived from Old English æfre.
Everilde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Everlina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Dutch, East Frisian (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Borne by a daughter of George W Mills.
Fennec
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Fredricka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American), German (Bessarabian)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Friday
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (African)
Pronounced: FRIE-day
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
From the English word for the day of the week, which was derived from Old English
frigedæg meaning "
Frig's day". Daniel Defoe used it for a character in his novel
Robinson Crusoe (1719). As a given name, it is most often found in parts of Africa, such as Nigeria and Zambia.
Galateia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Γαλάτεια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Garmr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
In Norse mythology this was the name of the wolf or dog companion of the goddess
Hel who guards Hel's gate.
Geoff
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHF
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Geoffrey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: JEHF-ree(English) ZHAW-FREH(French)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From a Norman French form of a Frankish name. The second element is Old German
fridu "peace", while the first element could be *
gautaz "Geat" (a North Germanic tribe),
gawi "territory" or
walah "foreigner". It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form. In the later Middle Ages
Geoffrey was further confused with the distinct name
Godfrey.
The Normans introduced this name to England where it became common among the nobility. Famous medieval literary bearers include the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of The Canterbury Tales. By the end of the Middle Ages it had become uncommon, but it was revived in the 20th century, often in the spelling Jeffrey.
Glendon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GLEN-dən
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Glendon.
Granya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Gustav
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Czech
Pronounced: GUYS-stav(Swedish) GUWS-taf(German) GOOS-taf(Czech)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Possibly means
"staff of the Geats", derived from the Old Norse elements
gautr meaning "Geat" and
stafr meaning "staff". However, the root name
Gautstafr is not well attested in the Old Norse period. Alternatively, it might be derived from the Old Slavic name
Gostislav.
This name has been borne by six kings of Sweden, including the 16th-century Gustav I Vasa. Another notable bearer was the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918).
Gwennina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Gwyneira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: gwi-NAY-ra
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Means
"white snow" from the Welsh element
gwyn meaning "white, blessed" combined with
eira meaning "snow". This is a recently created Welsh name.
Halona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: Hah-LOH-nah
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means "peering; place from which to peer, place to peer at, lookout" in Hawaiian.
Halwyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Means "salt" in Welsh.
Helaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Íde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: EE-dyə
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From Old Irish
Íte, possibly derived from
ítu meaning
"thirst". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish nun, the patron
saint of Killeedy.
Idonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, History, Literature, Theatre
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Idonea.
It was used for a character in Domenico Mazzocchi's opera
La catena d'Adone (1626), and also occurs in James Burnley's
Idonia: And Other Poems (1869), Virginie Loveling's novel
Idonia (1891) and Arthur Frederick Wallis' novel
Idonia: A Romance of Old London (1913).
Idonia was also the wife of Henry, 9th Baron Percy and 2nd Baron Percy of Alnwick.
Idony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Medieval English vernacular form of
Idonea.
Idun
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Modern Scandinavian form of
Iðunn.
Ilaina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ah-lay-na
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Variant of Elaina.
Ilione
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰλιόνη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Greek place name Ἴλιον
(Ilion), an alternative name of
Troy, the ancient city that was besieged by the Greeks in Homer's
Iliad. In Greek mythology Ilione or Iliona is a Trojan princess, the eldest daughter of
Priam, who later becomes a queen of the Thracian Chersonese as the wife of Polymnestor or Polymestor. She is briefly mentioned in Virgil's
Aeneid: Aeneas gives her scepter to Dido.
Isadora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Portuguese
Pronounced: iz-ə-DAWR-ə(English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Isidora. A famous bearer was the American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927).
Jorey
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Lilliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Loptr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Possibly from Old Norse
lopt "air". This is an alternative name for the Norse god
Loki, used in the epic works 'Poetic Edda' and 'Prose Edda' by
Snorri Sturluson. The name is also mentioned in 'Heimskringla' by the same author.
Mackenzie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mə-KEHN-zee
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Mac Coinnich, itself derived from the given name
Coinneach. As a feminine given name it was popularized by the American actress Mackenzie Phillips (1959-), especially after she began appearing on the television comedy
One Day at a Time in 1975. In the United Kingdom it is more common as a masculine name.
Malone
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mə-LON
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of
Ó Maoil Eoin meaning
"descendant of a disciple of Saint John".
Maralee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Maralyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAR-ə-lin
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Maryrose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
Matreya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Canadian, Modern, Rare), Obscure
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain, perhaps based on
Maitreya.
Mattenai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
The name of a minor Biblical character, a priest during the return from Babylonia.
Melise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Gallicized form of Turkish
Melis.
Melora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: mə-LAWR-a(English)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Probably a variant of
Meliora. This name was (first?) used in the Arthurian romance
The Adventures of Melora and Orlando (1696).
Mohe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cherokee
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Mohe is a Native American (Cherokee) name meaning "elk".
Mona 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English
Pronounced: MO-nə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Anglicized form of
Muadhnait. It is also associated with Greek
monos "one" and Leonardo da Vinci's painting the
Mona Lisa (in which case it is a contraction of Italian
ma donna meaning "my lady").
Morvana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Breton (Rare)
Pronounced: mohr-VAH-nah
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Najiha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Malay
Other Scripts: ناجحة(Arabic)
Pronounced: NA-jee-ha(Arabic)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Natia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: ნათია(Georgian)
Pronounced: NAH-TEE-AH
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Natilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Ned
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: NEHD
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Diminutive of
Edward or
Edmund. It has been used since the 14th century, and may have had root in the medieval affectionate phrase
mine Ed, which was later reinterpreted as
my Ned.
Nehalennia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Germanic Mythology, German (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Name of a Gaulish goddess of commerce worshipped in what is now the Netherlands, whose worship was prevalent when the Romans arrived to the area. She is believed to be a goddess of the sea, divination, and the Otherworld. The etymology is unknown, even though linguists agree that its origin is not Latin. Theories include a derivation from Indo-European *nāu- "boat" (in which case it may have meant "seafarer" or "steerswoman"), a derivation from Proto-Germanic *nehwa "close", a derivation from the Proto-Indo-European root *neiH- "to lead", a combination of Celtic *halen– "sea" and *ne- "on, at" and a combination of Indogermanic nebh "moisture, wetness" and either hel "to cover, to hide" or Gothic linnan "to disappear; to leave".
Nekoda
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: נְקוֹדָא(Ancient Hebrew) Νεκωδά(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: nə-KO-də(English) NEH-ko-də(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means
"marked" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this is the name of the head of a family of temple servants.
Nimue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: NIM-ə-way(English)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. In Arthurian legends this is the name of a sorceress, also known as the Lady of the Lake, Vivien, or Niniane. Various versions of the tales have
Merlin falling in love with her and becoming imprisoned by her magic. She first appears in the medieval French
Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
Patrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English, French, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Pronounced: PAT-rik(English) PA-TREEK(French) PA-trik(German)
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From the Latin name
Patricius, which meant
"nobleman". This name was adopted in the 5th-century by
Saint Patrick, whose birth name was Sucat. He was a Romanized Briton who was captured and enslaved in his youth by Irish raiders. After six years of servitude he escaped home, but he eventually became a bishop and went back to Ireland as a missionary. He is traditionally credited with Christianizing the island, and is regarded as Ireland's patron saint. He is called
Pádraig in Irish.
In England and elsewhere in Europe during the Middle Ages this name was used in honour of the saint. However, it was not generally given in Ireland before the 17th century because it was considered too sacred for everyday use. It has since become very common there.
Phelan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Quentine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Pronounced: KAHN-TEEN(French, Quebec French)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Ragan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: RAY-gən
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Rhodric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: Roh-drik
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Rhoslyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: HRAWS-lin
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Roan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Frisian
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element
hraban meaning
"raven".
Roana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Roanoke
Usage: Algonquian
Pronounced: Ro-ən-ok
Personal remark: M, gp
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
The name Roanoke is said to have originated from rawrenock, an Algonquian word for "shell money".
Romiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Other Scripts: רוֹמִיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Combination of the name
Romi, means "my exaltation" and the letters
ya (יה) (which are part of the name of God)
Rosalenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Rosangela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ro-ZAN-jeh-la
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Rosebelle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Pronounced: RO-zə-behl(American English) ROZ-behl(American English) RAHZ-ə-behl(American English)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Roselaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Quebec), French (Rare)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Roselda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Roselinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gascon, Medieval Occitan
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Roselise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: roz-e-LEES
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Rósfríður
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Derived from Icelandic
rós meaning "rose" (see
Rós) and Old Norse
fríðr meaning "beautiful, beloved". Also see
Rosfrith.
Rosilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian (Archaic), Italian (Archaic), English (American, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Walloon (Archaic)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Estonian variant of
Rosilde and Italian, Québécois and Walloon form of
Roshilda.
Roswyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Rowin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch
Pronounced: RO-win
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Dutch variant of
Rowan. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch professional soccer player Rowin van Zaanen (b. 1984).
Sæla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From Old Norse sæla, meaning “happiness, bliss”. Officially approved as a given name in 2015.
Salome
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), German (Rare), Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: სალომე(Georgian) Σαλώμη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: sə-LO-mee(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From an Aramaic name that was related to the Hebrew word
שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning
"peace". According to the historian Josephus this was the name of the daughter of
Herodias (the consort of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee). In the
New Testament, though a specific name is not given, it was a daughter of Herodias who danced for Herod and was rewarded with the head of
John the Baptist, and thus Salome and the dancer have traditionally been equated.
As a Christian given name, Salome has been in occasional use since the Protestant Reformation. This was due to a second person of this name in the New Testament: one of the women who witnessed the crucifixion and later discovered that Jesus' tomb was empty. It is used in Georgia due to the 4th-century Salome of Ujarma, who is considered a saint in the Georgian Church.
Sebina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian (Rare)
Pronounced: se-BEE-na
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Senuna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
A Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. Her name is possibly related to the Proto-Celtic 'seno' meaning "old". Some academics have associated the name to the ancient river Senua that was once located in southern Britain, which may have also been known as Alde, from the Anglo-Saxon 'ald' meaning old.
Not much is known of Senuna though correlations have been drawn between her and Minerva due to the few representations of her iconography that exist. Some items have been found which portray classical images of Minerva with her sword, shield, and owl but which are inscribed with Senuna's name. From this we can deduce that she may have been a goddess of wisdom and defense.
Sequoyah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cherokee
Other Scripts: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, ᏎᏉᏯ(Cherokee)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Probably derived from Cherokee
ᏏᏆ (siqua) meaning
"hog". This was the name of the Cherokee man (also known as George Guess) who devised the Cherokee writing system in the 19th century.
Shenandoah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Oneida (Anglicized)
Pronounced: shehn-ən-DO-ə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Skenandoa, or from the name of the Shenandoah River (names that may or may not be connected). The traditional American folk song
Oh Shenandoah may refer to the Oneida chief Skenandoa or to the river; it is unclear.
Shepard
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Sif
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Danish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SIV(Icelandic)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Old Norse, Danish and Icelandic form of
Siv.
Sigríðr
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Old Norse [1][2]
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Silvain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, French (Belgian), Flemish, French (Swiss), German (Swiss)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Snow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SNO
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.
Solfrid
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Pronounced: SUWL-free
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the Old Norse elements
sól "sun" and
fríðr "beautiful, beloved". This name was coined in the 19th century.
Sølvi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Norwegian variant of
Solveig. It is also used as a short form of
Silvia.
Sylvie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Czech
Pronounced: SEEL-VEE(French) SIL-vi-yeh(Czech)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
French and Czech form of
Silvia.
Sylvius
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British), French (Rare), German (Rare)
Pronounced: sil-VEE-us(British English) SEEL-VEE-US(French) SEEL-vee-us(German)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Silvius.
A famous bearer of this name is the German composer and lutenist, Sylvius Leopold Weiss.
Tashina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sioux (Anglicized)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From Lakota Tȟašína meaning "her blanket", derived from šiná "blanket, shawl". This is the first part of the name of historic figures such as Tȟašína Lúta, called Red Blanket, or Tȟašína Máni, called Moving Robe Woman.
Theoda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Theodoar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1]
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Germanic name composed of the elements
theod meaning "people" (Old High German
diota, Old Frankish
þeoda) and
war meaning "aware, cautious".
Theodolinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History, Lombardic (Latinized)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Theodelinda. (See also
Teodolinda,
Dietlinde.) This was borne by Finnish writer Theodolinda Hahnsson (1838-1919), known for being the first woman writing in Finnish. American mystery writer Rex Stout used it in his novel
The Hand in the Glove (1937), where it belongs to private detective Theodolinda "Dol" Bonner.
Thesander
Usage: Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Personal remark: M
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Thiada
Gender: Feminine
Usage: West Frisian
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Thioda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Thomlyn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Manx
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Thyrza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare)
Pronounced: TEER-za
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Tyr
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From
Týr, the Old Norse form of the name of the Germanic god *
Tīwaz, related to Indo-European *
Dyēws (see
Zeus). In Norse
mythology he was a god associated with war and justice, by some accounts a son of
Odin. While the gods bound the great wolf
Fenrir, Tyr placated the beast by placing his right hand in its mouth. After the binding was successful, Fenrir bit off Tyr's hand. At the time of the end of the world, Ragnarök, it is foretold that Tyr will slay and be slain by the giant hound Garm.
Uaithne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Irish [1]
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Possibly from Old Irish
úaine meaning
"green". Alternatively, it may come from the name of the Irish tribe the Uaithni
[2].
Ultán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Old Irish [1]
Pronounced: UWL-tan(Irish)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Means
"of Ulster" in Irish. Ulster is a region in the north of Ireland. This name was borne by two 7th-century Irish
saints.
Uri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוּרִי(Hebrew)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Means
"my light" in Hebrew, a possessive form of
אוּר (ʾur) meaning "light". This is the name of the father of Bezalel in the
Old Testament.
Waverly
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAY-vər-lee(American English) WAY-və-lee(British English)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
From the rare English surname
Waverley, derived from the name of a place in Surrey, itself possibly from Old English
wæfre "flickering, wavering" and
leah "woodland, clearing".
The surname was borne by the title character in the novel Waverley (1814) by Walter Scott. Streets in New York and San Francisco have been named Waverly after the novel, and a female character in Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club (1989) is named after the San Francisco street. The name received a small boost in popularity for girls after the 1993 release of the novel's movie adaptation, and it rose further after the debut of the television series Wizards of Waverly Place (2007-2012).
Wendelin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, Germanic [1]
Pronounced: VEHN-deh-leen(German)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Old
diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element
wentil (see
Wendel).
Saint Wendelin was a 6th-century hermit of Trier in Germany.
Wenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Cornish
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Early Cornish form of
Gwen. It was borne by two 5th-century Cornish saints.
Whittaker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname Whittaker, a variant of
Whitaker.
Wilby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: WIL-bee
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Zaharina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Захарина(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Bulgarian and Macedonian feminine form of
Zechariah.
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