Mingan's Personal Name List

Dunstan

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (Rare), Anglo-Saxon [1]

Pronounced: DUN-stən(English)

Personal remark: Dun Stan Dark Stone (OE)

From the Old English elements dunn "dark" and stan "stone". This name was borne by a 10th-century saint, the archbishop of Canterbury. It was occasionally used in the Middle Ages, though it died out after the 16th century. It was revived by the Tractarian movement in the 19th century.

Gethin

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Welsh

Personal remark: Dark Skinned (Wel)

Means "dark-skinned, swarthy" in Welsh.

Shyamal

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Bengali

Other Scripts: শ্যামল(Bengali)

Personal remark: Dark Black (Sans)

From Sanskrit श्यामल (śyāmala), a derivative of श्याम (śyāma) meaning "dark, black, blue".