Behind the Name: Mz Dean's Personal Name List

Ila

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hindi

Other Scripts: इला(Hindi)

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Micah

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, English

Other Scripts: מִיכָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: MIE-kə(English)

Contracted form of Micaiah. Micah is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. He authored the Book of Micah, which alternates between prophesies of doom and prophesies of restoration. This is also the name of a separate person in the Book of Judges, the keeper of an idol. It was occasionally used as an English given name by the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation, but it did not become common until the end of the 20th century.

Mohana

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hinduism

Other Scripts: मोहन, मोहना(Sanskrit)

Means "bewitching, infatuating, charming" in Sanskrit. This is a transcription of both the masculine form मोहन (an epithet of the Hindu gods Shiva and Krishna) and the feminine form मोहना (spelled with a long final vowel).

Mohini

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi

Other Scripts: मोहिनी(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi)

Means "perplexing, enchanting" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a beautiful female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, a form he took in order to trick the asuras (demons) into relinquishing the amrita (elixir of immortality).

Nayeli

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)

Pronounced: na-YEH-lee(Spanish)

Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".

Tal

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: טַל(Hebrew)

Pronounced: TAL

Derived from Hebrew טַל (ṭal) meaning "dew".