From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see Adelaide). This name became popular in France and England in the 12th century. It was among the most common names in England until the 16th century, when it began to decline. It was revived in the 19th century.
This name was borne by the heroine of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871).
Latinized form of the Greek Ἀστραία (Astraia), derived from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star". Astraea was a Greek goddess of justice and innocence. After wickedness took root in the world she left the earth and became the constellation Virgo.
Avalon
Gender:Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced:AV-ə-lahn
From the name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.
Derya
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced:dehr-YA
Means "sea, ocean" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.
Isis
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Other Scripts:Ἶσις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced:IE-sis(English)
Greek form of Egyptian ꜣst (reconstructed as Iset, Aset or Ueset), possibly from st meaning "throne". In Egyptian mythology Isis was the goddess of the sky and nature, the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus. She was originally depicted wearing a throne-shaped headdress, but in later times she was conflated with the goddess Hathor and depicted having the horns of a cow on her head. She was also worshipped by people outside of Egypt, such as the Greeks and Romans.
Kali 1
Gender:Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Bengali, Tamil
Other Scripts:काली(Sanskrit)কালী(Bengali)காளி(Tamil)
Pronounced:KAH-lee(English)
Means "the black one", derived from Sanskrit काल (kāla) meaning "black". The Hindu goddess Kali is the fierce destructive form of the wife of Shiva. According to stories in the Puranas, she springs from the forehead of Durga in order to defeat various demons. She is typically depicted with black skin and four arms, holding a severed head and brandishing a sword. As a personal name, it is generally masculine in India.
Mira 1
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Other Scripts:मीरा(Hindi, Marathi)മീര(Malayalam)மீரா(Tamil)ಮೀರಾ(Kannada)
From Sanskrit मीर (mīra) meaning "sea, ocean". This was the name of a 16th-century Indian princess who devoted her life to the god Krishna.