PudentillafLate Roman Diminutive form of Pudentia. This was the name of the wife of the Latin-language prose writer Apuleius (2nd century AD).
PuellafRomani (Archaic), Judeo-Spanish Derived from Latin puella, meaning "girl, maiden; sweetheart, mistress". As a Judeo-Spanish name, it was used as a Latinate variant of Poncella.
PulcinellamTheatre Possibly derived from a diminutive of Italian pulcino "chick". This is the name of a character (male, despite the name form) that appeared in the commedia dell'arte in the 17th century.
PupellafItalian (Rare, ?) Pupella Maggio (1910-1999) was an Italian film actress. She was born Giustina Maggio. Pupella was her nickname, and it means "little doll" in Italian. She worked with Federico Fellini, the famous Italian film director.
QandilafUzbek Derived from qandil which can mean "chandelier" or a kind of apple.
QuartillafAncient Roman Diminutive of Quarta. In Roman times it was usually given to the fourth-born child (from Latin quartus "fourth"). This was the name of a character in Petronius' 1st-century novel 'The Satyricon'.
QuelalamLiterature In L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), Quelala is a once mentioned character in the prior history of Oz, who saved a race of Winged Monkeys from being destroyed by putting them into servitude... [more]
QuerellafRoman Mythology Means "complaint, lamentation" in Latin. In Roman mythology Querella was the personification of mockery, blame, ridicule, scorn, complaint and stinging criticism, equivalent to the Greek daemon Momos (who was expelled from heaven for ridiculing the gods).
QuetzalafSpanish (Mexican, Rare) From Quetzala, the name of a river in Mexico. Quetzala is likely derived from Nahuatl quetzalli, "quetzal feather". The word quetzalli also denotes something precious. The quetzal held great cultural and religious significance to the Aztecs, and other indigenous peoples of Central America... [more]
QuillafInca Mythology (Hispanicized) Hispanicized form of Killa. In Inca mythology Mama Quilla or Mama Killa was the goddess of the moon, worshipped in particular by women and often represented by a disc made of either gold or silver... [more]
Qullaf & mAymara Means "remedy, medicine" in Aymara.
RaamlafAfrican American In the case of American television writer Raamla Mohamed she was named after a little girl who had the same name her mom later added an extra a so her name could be pronounced correctly
RadolamSerbian, Croatian, Czech Slavicized variant of the Germanic name Rudolf, most notably used by Czech military commander and politician Radola Geidl, whose original name was Rudolf Geidl.
RhaellafLiterature Created by author George R.R. Martin for use in the series "A Song of Ice and Fire." Queen Rhaella Targaryen is the mother of the character Daenerys.
RolafArabic Alternate transcription of Arabic رولا (see Rula).
RolihlahlamXhosa, Southern African Means "pulling the branch of a tree" in Xhosa, colloquially "stirring up trouble" or "troublemaker". This was the given name of Nelson Mandela (Rolihlahla Mandela) and is now typically attributed to him as a middle name.
RonelafAlbanian A famous bearer is Ronela Hajati (1989-), an Albanian singer, songwriter and dancer. After winning the 60th edition of Festivali i Këngës in 2021, she was designated as the Albanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.
RosaiselafSpanish (Latin American, Rare) Combination of Rosa 1 and Isela. Rosa Isela was the name of a character in the Mexican comic María Isabel (1964), which was adapted into telenovelas in 1966 and again in 1997... [more]
RosanellafFolklore (Anglicized) From the French name Rosanie, which is probably an elaboration of Rose. This is the titular character of the French fairy tale 'Rosanella'... [more]
RuslafMedieval Scandinavian, History Rusla, sometimes translated as "Rusila" is the nickname given to a fierce Norwegian warrior from the 900's C.E. She is mentioned in Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus.
RusticulafHistory (Ecclesiastical) Diminutive of Rustica. This was the name of a Gallo-Roman saint (556-632), also called Marcia, who succeed saint Liliola in 575 as the abbess of Saint-Jean d'Arles, located in the French city of Arles.
ŠalafNear Eastern Mythology The name of the consort of Adad, often considered to be a minor goddess of non-Mesopotamian origin, potentially related to crop fertility. The etymology of her name is unknown, but may be from the Hurrian šāla meaning "daughter".
SamelafLiterature, English Likely coined by the English poet Robert Greene in the late sixteenth century for his poem "Samela", Samela is most likely a reworking of Semele.
SansparellafRomani (Archaic) From French sans pareil "unmatched, incomparable, peerless". Its use as a given name in the 19th century may be promoted by an eponymous warship (captured by the Britains from France) or by a famous steam locomotive built in 1829.
SatellafEnglish Possibly derived from Latin satelles "attendant, guard". A known bearer of this name was Satella Sharps (1856-1875), daughter of American gunsmith Christian Sharps (1810-1874). Another known bearer is her daughter (who was named after her mother, because she had died while giving birth to her), American author Satella Sharps Waterstone (1875-1938).
ScyllafGreek Mythology In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.... [more]
SearlafIrish Variant of Saorfhlaith. It means free princess or free noblewoman derived from Irish saor meaning "free" and Irish flaith meaning "princess, nobelwoman".
SecundillafAncient Roman Diminutive of Secunda, as it contains the Latin feminine diminutive suffix -illa. This name was borne by a saint from the 4th century AD.
SelamCaucasian Mythology Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Vainakh god of stars, thunder, and lightning. He is usually portrayed as an evil and cruel god who lives on the peak of Mount Kazbek with his fire chariot.
SellafAfrican, Southern African, Eastern African, Indonesian Meaning unknown. It may be a loan word from Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā), meaning "to pray, to bless," or Arabic سَلَّى (sallā), meaning "to amuse, entertain, comfort." It may also be a variation of Selah.
SerenellafItalian Diminutive of Serena. It also coincides with one of the Italian words for "lilac".
SerenolafLiterature This was used as a Welsh translation of Stellaluna (for a 2000 Welsh adaptation of the children's book 'Stellaluna'). It is derived in part from Welsh seren "star" (cf... [more]
SetefillafSpanish From the Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de Setefilla and Nuestra Señora de Setefilla, meaning "The Virgin of Setefilla" and "Our Lady of Setefilla," venerated at the hermitage in Lora del Río in the Andalusian province of Seville... [more]
SettelafRomani Meaning uncertain. A famous bearer of this given name was Settela Steinbach (1934-1944), a Dutch Sinti girl who lost her life in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. She posthumously became an icon of the Holocaust, due to her brief appearance in a video of the transit camp Westerbork, which had been made by fellow Holocaust victim Rudolf Breslauer (1903-1944 or 1945).
ShalafNear Eastern Mythology The name of a Mesopotamian corn goddess who is also associated with war as well as the name of a Sumerian goddes of grain and the emotion of compassion.... [more]