dischord33's Personal Name List

Annabel

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Dutch

Pronounced: AN-ə-behl(English) ah-na-BEHL(Dutch)

Variant of Amabel, with the spelling altered as if it were a combination of Anna and French belle "beautiful". This name appears to have arisen in Scotland in the Middle Ages.

Celia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Spanish

Pronounced: SEEL-yə(English) SEE-lee-ə(English) THEHL-ya(European Spanish) SEHL-ya(Latin American Spanish)

Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius. Shakespeare used it in his play As You Like It (1599), which introduced the name to the English-speaking public at large. It is sometimes used as a short form of Cecilia.

Juno

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Roman Mythology

Pronounced: YOO-no(Latin) JOO-no(English)

Meaning unknown, possibly related to an Indo-European root meaning "young", or possibly of Etruscan origin. In Roman mythology Juno was the wife of Jupiter and the queen of the heavens. She was the protectress of marriage and women, and was also the goddess of finance.

Lewis

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: LOO-is

Medieval English form of Louis. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This was also the surname of C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), the author of the Chronicles of Narnia series.

Matty 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: MAT-ee

Diminutive of Matthew.