Kayla_christine's Personal Name List
Adi 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: עֲדִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-DEE
Means "jewel, ornament" in Hebrew.
Aella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄελλα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: A-EHL-LA(Classical Greek)
Means
"whirlwind" in Greek. In Greek
myth this was the name of an Amazon warrior killed by
Herakles during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle.
Ahava
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַהֲבָה(Hebrew)
Means "love" in Hebrew.
Ahtahkakoop
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Cree (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ(Cree)
From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.
Ahuva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲהוּבָה(Hebrew)
Means "beloved" in Hebrew.
Alberich
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Germanic [1], Germanic Mythology
Derived from the Old German elements
alb "elf" and
rih "ruler, king". It was borne by two Lombard dukes of Spoleto in the 10th century. It was also the name of a 12th-century French
saint who helped found the Cistercian Order.
Alberich is a sorcerer dwarf who guards the treasure of the Nibelungen in the medieval German epic the Nibelungenlied. The dwarf also appears in Ortnit as a helper to the hero.
Algernon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AL-jər-nən
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons "having a moustache", which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror. It was first used a given name in the 15th century (for a descendant of William de Percy). This name was borne by a character (a mouse) in the short story Flowers for Algernon (1958) and novel of the same title (1966) by the American author Daniel Keyes.
Anima 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi
Other Scripts: अणिमा(Hindi)
Means
"minuteness" from Sanskrit
अणिमन (aṇiman). In yoga texts, this is the name of the ability to make oneself infinitely small so to be invisible.
Anima 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AN-i-mə
Means "soul, spirit" in Latin. In Jungian psychology the anima is an individual's true inner self, or soul.
Aniruddha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi
Other Scripts: अनिरुद्ध(Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi) অনিরুদ্ধ(Bengali)
Pronounced: u-nee-ROOD-du(Sanskrit)
Means
"unobstructed, ungovernable" in Sanskrit. According to the
Puranas this was the name of a grandson of the Hindu deity
Krishna and his wife
Rukmini. He is sometimes considered to be an avatar of
Vishnu.
Astrophel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek
ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star" and
φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend". This name was first used by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney in his collection of sonnets
Astrophel and Stella.
Aton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Pronounced: AH-tən(English)
From Egyptian
jtn meaning
"solar disk". Aton was an Egyptian god of the sun, depicted as a solar disk with long rays extending downwards. The worship of Aton was especially extensive during the 14th-century BC reign of the pharaoh
Akhenaton, who proclaimed Aton was the only god.
Aylin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айлин(Kazakh)
Means
"of the moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, from Turkic
ay "moon".
Aysel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means
"moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from
ay "moon" and
sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).
Bakar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ba-KAR
Bamidele
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Yoruba
Means "follow me home" in Yoruba.
Baptiste
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: BA-TEEST
Means
"baptist" in French, originally deriving from Greek
βάπτω (bapto) meaning "to dip". This name is usually given in honour of
Saint John the Baptist, and as such it is often paired with the name
Jean.
Belial
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: בְּלִיַעַל(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: BEE-lee-əl(English)
Means
"worthless" in Hebrew. In the
Old Testament this term is used to refer to various wicked people. In the
New Testament, Paul uses it as a name for Satan. In later Christian tradition Belial became an evil angel associated with lawlessness and lust.
Bellatrix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: bə-LAY-triks(English) BEHL-ə-triks(English)
Means "female warrior" in Latin. This is the name of the star that marks the left shoulder of the constellation Orion.
Bích
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: BIK, BIT
From Sino-Vietnamese
碧 (bích) meaning
"bluish green, cyan".
Blodeuwedd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: blaw-DAY-wedh(Welsh)
Means
"face of flowers" in Welsh. According to the Fourth Branch of the
Mabinogi [1], she was created out of flowers by
Gwydion to be the wife of his nephew
Lleu Llaw Gyffes. Originally she was named
Blodeuedd meaning simply "flowers". She was eventually transformed into an owl by Gwydion after she and her lover
Gronw attempted to murder Lleu, at which point he renamed her
Blodeuwedd.
Blythe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BLIEDH
From a surname meaning "cheerful" in Old English.
Bopha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: បុប្ផា(Khmer)
Pronounced: bop-PA
From Pali
puppha meaning
"flower", written as
បុប្ផ (bop) in Khmer, from Sanskrit
पुष्प (puṣpa).
Bora 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Means
"storm, squall" in Turkish, ultimately related to Greek
Βορέας (Boreas), the name of the god of the north wind.
Botum
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: បទុម(Khmer)
Pronounced: pa-TOOM
From Pali
paduma meaning
"lotus", from Sanskrit
पद्म (padma).
Bulut
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: boo-LOOT
Means "cloud" in Turkish.
Can
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: JAN
Means
"soul, life" or by extension
"darling, sweetheart" in Turkish, from Persian
جان (jān).
Canan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Means "sweetheart, beloved" in Turkish.
Ceren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: jeh-REHN
Means "gazelle" in Turkish (probably of Mongolian origin, originally referring to the Mongolian gazelle, the zeren).
Ceridwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: keh-RID-wehn
Possibly from
cyrrid "bent, crooked" (a derivative of Old Welsh
cwrr "corner") combined with
ben "woman" or
gwen "white, blessed". According to the medieval Welsh legend the
Tale of Taliesin (recorded by Elis Gruffyd in the 16th century) this was the name of a sorceress who created a potion that would grant wisdom to her son Morfan. The potion was instead consumed by her servant Gwion Bach, who was subsequently reborn as the renowned bard
Taliesin.
This name appears briefly in a poem in the Black Book of Carmarthen in the form Kyrridven [1] and in a poem in the Book of Taliesin in the form Kerrituen [2]. Some theories connect her to an otherwise unattested Celtic goddess of inspiration, and suppose her name is related to Welsh cerdd "poetry".
Cerise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SU-REEZ
Means "cherry" in French.
Channary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Means
"moon-faced girl" from Khmer
ចន្ទ (chan) meaning "moon" and
នារី (neari) meaning "woman, girl".
Chantrea
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ចន្ទ្រា(Khmer)
Means "moonlight" in Khmer.
Circe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κίρκη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SUR-see(English)
Latinized form of Greek
Κίρκη (Kirke), possibly from
κίρκος (kirkos) meaning
"hawk". In Greek
mythology Circe was a sorceress who changed
Odysseus's crew into hogs, as told in Homer's
Odyssey. Odysseus forced her to change them back, then stayed with her for a year before continuing his voyage.
Coşkun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: josh-KOON
Means "enthusiastic" in Turkish.
Culhwch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: KIL-huwkh(Welsh)
Means
"hiding place of the pig" in Welsh. In the Welsh tale
Culhwch and Olwen he was the lover of
Olwen, the daughter of the giant Yspaddaden. Before the giant would allow Culhwch to marry his daughter, he insisted that Culhwch complete a series of extremely difficult tasks. Culhwch managed to complete the tasks with the help of his cousin King
Arthur, and he returned to marry Olwen and kill the giant.
Dara 2
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ដារា, តារា(Khmer)
Pronounced: dah-RAH
Means
"star" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit
तारा (tārā).
Deniz
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: deh-NEEZ
Means "sea" in Turkish.
Dilara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Duygu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: dooy-GOO
Means "emotion, sensation" in Turkish.
Echo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἠχώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EH-ko(English)
From the Greek word
ἠχώ (echo) meaning
"echo, reflected sound", related to
ἠχή (eche) meaning "sound". In Greek
mythology Echo was a nymph given a speech impediment by
Hera, so that she could only repeat what others said. She fell in love with
Narcissus, but her love was not returned, and she pined away until nothing remained of her except her voice.
Eira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AY-ra
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.
Enfys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: EHN-vis
Means "rainbow" in Welsh. This name was first used in the 19th century.
Era
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Derived from Albanian erë meaning "wind".
Esen
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: eh-SEHN
Means "the wind" in Turkish.
Evadne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάδνη(Ancient Greek)
From Greek
Εὐάδνη (Euadne), from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" possibly combined with Cretan Greek
ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy". This name was borne by several characters in Greek legend, including the wife of Capaneus. After Capaneus was killed by a lightning bolt sent from
Zeus she committed suicide by throwing herself onto his burning body.
Evren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Means
"cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic
mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Fatimah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: فاطمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: FA-tee-ma(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic
فاطمة (see
Fatima), as well as the usual Malay and Indonesian form.
Gaia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Italian
Other Scripts: Γαῖα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: GIE-A(Classical Greek) GIE-ə(English) GAY-ə(English) GA-ya(Italian)
From the Greek word
γαῖα (gaia), a parallel form of
γῆ (ge) meaning
"earth". In Greek
mythology Gaia was the mother goddess who presided over the earth. She was the mate of
Uranus and the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.
Göker
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
From Turkish
gök meaning "sky" and
er meaning "man, hero, brave".
Gry
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Means "to dawn" in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish.
Hala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: هالة(Arabic)
Pronounced: HA-la
Means
"halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Iah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
From Egyptian
jꜥḥ meaning
"moon". In Egyptian
mythology this was the name of a god of the moon, later identified with
Thoth.
Into
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: EEN-to
Means "enthusiasm" in Finnish.
Io
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-AW(Classical Greek) IE-o(English)
Meaning unknown. In Greek
mythology Io was a princess loved by
Zeus, who changed her into a heifer in order to hide her from
Hera. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Isra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-RA
Means
"nocturnal journey" in Arabic, derived from
سرى (sarā) meaning "to travel by night". According to Islamic tradition, the
Isra was a miraculous journey undertaken by the Prophet
Muhammad.
Itzal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-TSAL
Means "shadow, protection" in Basque.
Ixchel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mayan Mythology, Mayan
Pronounced: eesh-CHEHL(Mayan)
Possibly means "rainbow lady", from Classic Maya ix "lady" and chel "rainbow". Ixchel was a Maya goddess associated with the earth, jaguars, medicine and childbirth. She was often depicted with a snake in her hair and crossbones embroidered on her skirt.
Keshet
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: קֶשֶׁת(Hebrew)
Means "rainbow" in Hebrew.
Kolab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer (Rare)
Other Scripts: កុលាប(Khmer)
Pronounced: ko-LAP
Means
"rose" in Khmer, ultimately from Persian
گلاب (golāb).
Kunthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: គន្ធា(Khmer)
Means
"perfume, fragrance" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit
गनध (gandha). It is also said to derive from Khmer
គុណ (kun) meaning "virtue, good deed" and
ធារ (thear) meaning "profusion, abundance".
Lev 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לֵב(Hebrew)
Means "heart" in Hebrew.
Liat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לִיאַת(Hebrew)
Means "you are mine" in Hebrew.
Maeve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV(English)
Anglicized form of the Irish name
Medb meaning
"intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband
Ailill fought against the Ulster king
Conchobar and the hero
Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic
The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Malina 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Serbian, Polish
Other Scripts: Малина(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Pronounced: ma-LEE-na(Polish)
Means "raspberry" in several Slavic languages.
Mandeep
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਮਨਦੀਪ(Gurmukhi)
From Sanskrit
मनस् (manas) meaning "mind, intellect, spirit" and
दीप (dīpa) meaning "lamp, light".
Maninder
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indian (Sikh)
Other Scripts: ਮਨਿੰਦਰ(Gurmukhi)
From Sanskrit
मनस् (manas) meaning "mind, intellect, spirit" combined with the name of the Hindu god
Indra.
Manish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Nepali
Other Scripts: मनीष(Hindi, Marathi, Nepali) মণীশ(Bengali) മനീഷ്(Malayalam) ਮਨੀਸ਼(Gurmukhi) மணீஷ்(Tamil)
From Sanskrit
मनीषा (manīṣā) meaning
"thought, wisdom".
Mavourneen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish (Rare)
Derived from the Irish phrase mo mhúirnín meaning "my darling".
Mneme
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Μνήμη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: MNEH-MEH(Classical Greek) NEE-mee(English)
Means
"memory" in Greek. In Greek
mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of memory.
Nadim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: نديم(Arabic) ندیم(Urdu)
Pronounced: na-DEEM(Arabic)
Means
"drinking companion" in Arabic, derived from
ندم (nadima) meaning "to drink together"
[1].
Na'ima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: نعيمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: na-‘EE-ma
Alternate transcription of Arabic
نعيمة (see
Naima).
Naira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aymara
From Aymara nayra meaning "eye" or "early".
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".
Nemo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: NEE-mo(English)
Means "nobody" in Latin. This was the name used by author Jules Verne for the captain of the Nautilus in his novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870). It was later used for the title character (a fish) in the 2003 animated movie Finding Nemo.
Neo 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Tswana
Means "gift" in Tswana, a derivative of naya "to give".
Nephele
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νεφέλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NEH-PEH-LEH(Classical Greek) NEHF-ə-lee(English)
From Greek
νέφος (nephos) meaning
"cloud". In Greek legend Nephele was created from a cloud by
Zeus, who shaped the cloud to look like
Hera in order to trick Ixion, a mortal who desired her. Nephele was the mother of the centaurs by Ixion, and was also the mother of Phrixus and Helle by Athamus.
Nerissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: nə-RIS-ə(English)
Created by Shakespeare for a character in his play
The Merchant of Venice (1596). He possibly took it from Greek
Νηρηΐς (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god
Nereus, who supposedly fathered them.
Nuha 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: نهى(Arabic)
Pronounced: NOO-ha
Means "mind, wisdom" in Arabic.
Océane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: AW-SEH-AN
Derived from French océan meaning "ocean".
Odysseus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὀδυσσεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: O-DUYS-SEWS(Classical Greek) o-DIS-ee-əs(English)
Perhaps derived from Greek
ὀδύσσομαι (odyssomai) meaning
"to hate". In Greek legend Odysseus was one of the Greek heroes who fought in the Trojan War. In the
Odyssey Homer relates Odysseus's misadventures on his way back to his kingdom and his wife
Penelope.
Orpheus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ὀρφεύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: OR-PEWS(Classical Greek) AWR-fee-əs(English)
Perhaps related to Greek
ὄρφνη (orphne) meaning
"the darkness of night". In Greek
mythology Orpheus was a poet and musician who went to the underworld to retrieve his dead wife Eurydice. He succeeded in charming Hades with his lyre, and he was allowed to lead his wife out of the underworld on the condition that he not look back at her until they reached the surface. Unfortunately, just before they arrived his love for her overcame his will and he glanced back at her, causing her to be drawn back to Hades.
Pandora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Πανδώρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PAN-DAW-RA(Classical Greek) pan-DAWR-ə(English)
Means
"all gifts", derived from a combination of Greek
πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" and
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". In Greek
mythology Pandora was the first mortal woman.
Zeus gave her a jar containing all of the troubles and ills that mankind now knows, and told her not to open it. Unfortunately her curiosity got the best of her and she opened it, unleashing the evil spirits into the world.
Perdita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Derived from Latin
perditus meaning
"lost". Shakespeare created this name for the daughter of
Hermione and
Leontes in his play
The Winter's Tale (1610). Abandoned as an infant by her father the king, she grows up to be a shepherdess and falls in love with with
Florizel.
Peregrine
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEHR-ə-grin
From the Late Latin name
Peregrinus, which meant
"traveller". This was the name of several early
saints.
Perpetua
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Late Roman
Pronounced: pehr-PEH-twa(Spanish)
Derived from Latin
perpetuus meaning
"continuous". This was the name of a 3rd-century
saint martyred with another woman named Felicity.
Phaedra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Φαίδρα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FEED-rə(English) FEHD-rə(English)
From the Greek
Φαίδρα (Phaidra), derived from
φαιδρός (phaidros) meaning
"bright". Phaedra was the daughter of Minos and the wife of
Theseus in Greek
mythology.
Aphrodite caused her to fall in love with her stepson
Hippolytos, and after she was rejected by him she killed herself.
Phirun
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ពិរុណ(Khmer)
Pocahontas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Powhatan (Anglicized)
Means
"little playful one" in Powhatan, an Algonquian language. This was the nickname of a 17th-century Powhatan woman, a daughter of the powerful chief
Wahunsenacawh. She married the white colonist John Rolfe and travelled with him to England, but died of illness before returning.
Priya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali
Other Scripts: प्रिया(Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi) பிரியா(Tamil) ప్రియ(Telugu) പ്രിയാ(Malayalam) ಪ್ರಿಯಾ(Kannada) প্রিয়া(Bengali)
Means
"beloved" in Sanskrit. It appears briefly in the
Puranas belonging to a daughter of King
Daksha.
Purnima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada
Other Scripts: पूर्णिमा(Hindi, Marathi) পূর্ণিমা(Bengali) பூர்ணிமா(Tamil) ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮಾ(Kannada)
Pyry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: PUY-ruy
Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.
Ra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology
Pronounced: RAH(English)
From Egyptian
rꜥ meaning
"sun" or
"day". Ra was an important Egyptian sun god originally worshipped in Heliopolis in Lower Egypt. He was usually depicted as a man with the head of a falcon crowned with a solar disc. In later times his attributes were often merged with those of other deities, such as
Amon,
Atum and
Horus.
Rhys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: REES
From Old Welsh
Ris, probably meaning
"ardour, enthusiasm". Several Welsh rulers have borne this name, including the 12th-century Rhys ap Gruffydd who fought against the invading
Normans.
Roxelana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: History
From a Turkish nickname meaning
"Ruthenian". This referred to the region of Ruthenia, covering Belarus, Ukraine and western Russia. Roxelana (1504-1558), also called
Hürrem, was a slave and then concubine of
Süleyman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottoman Empire. She eventually became his wife and produced his heir, Selim II.
Samnang
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សំណាង(Khmer)
Pronounced: sahm-NANG
Means "luck, fortune" in Khmer.
Saoirse
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SEER-shə
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic. It was first used as a given name in the 20th century.
Satu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: SAH-too
Means "fairy tale, fable" in Finnish.
Sayuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小百合, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さゆり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-YOO-REE
From Japanese
小 (sa) meaning "small" and
百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations.
Sevda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Pronounced: sehv-DA(Turkish) sehv-DAH(Azerbaijani)
Means
"love, infatuation" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic
سوداء (sawdāʾ) meaning "black bile, melancholy, sadness"
[1].
Sitara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Urdu
Other Scripts: ستارہ(Urdu)
Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.
Sothy
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សុធី(Khmer)
Means "intelligence, wisdom" in Khmer.
Sunniva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian
Scandinavian form of the Old English name
Sunngifu, which meant
"sun gift" from the Old English elements
sunne "sun" and
giefu "gift". This was the name of a legendary English
saint who was shipwrecked in Norway and killed by the inhabitants.
Tarana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani
Təranə.
Taru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-roo
Tenskwatawa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Shawnee
Means
"open door" in Shawnee. This name was borne by the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa (1775-1836). With his brother
Tecumseh he urged resistance against American expansion.
Tesni
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Means "warmth" in Welsh.
Thor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: THAWR(English) TOOR(Norwegian, Swedish) TOR(Danish)
From the Old Norse
Þórr meaning
"thunder", ultimately from Proto-Germanic *
Þunraz. In Norse
mythology Thor is a god of storms, thunder, war and strength, a son of
Odin. He is portrayed as red-bearded, short-tempered, armed with a powerful hammer called Mjölnir, and wearing an enchanted belt called Megingjörð that doubles his strength. During Ragnarök, the final battle at the end of the world, it is foretold that Thor will slay the monstrous sea serpent
Jörmungandr but be fatally poisoned by its venom.
Tormod
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian
From the Old Norse name
Þórmóðr, which meant
"Thor's wrath" from the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
Thor) combined with
móðr "wrath".
Tural
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Azerbaijani
Means "to be alive" in Azerbaijani.
Uilleag
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Vanamo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Modern)
Pronounced: VAH-nah-mo
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.
Vanna 2
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: វណ្ណា(Khmer)
Pronounced: van-NA
From Khmer
វណ្ណ (von) meaning
"colour", ultimately from Sanskrit
वर्ण (varṇa).
Wickaninnish
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Nuu-chah-nulth (Anglicized)
Pronounced: wik-ə-NIN-ish(English)
Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.
Worknesh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ወርቅነሽ(Amharic)
Xochiquetzal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Pronounced: sho-chee-KEHT-sash(Nahuatl)
Derived from Nahuatl
xōchitl "flower" and
quetzalli "quetzal feather, precious thing"
[1]. This was the name of the Aztec goddess of love, flowers and the earth, the twin sister of
Xochipilli.
Zarathustra
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History
Pronounced: zar-ə-THOOS-trə(English)
From Avestan
𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (Zarathushtra), in which the second element is
𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (ushtra) meaning "camel". Proposed meanings for the first element include "old", "moving", "angry" and "yellow". Zarathustra was an Iranian prophet who founded the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism around the 10th century BC. He is also called
Zoroaster in English, from the Greek form of his name
Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).
Zola 2
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Xhosa
From the Xhosa root -zola meaning "calm".
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