Feminine Submitted Names

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Berangiero f Provençal
Provençal form of Bérangère.
Berarda f Gascon
Feminine form of Berard.
Berarde f Medieval French
Feminine form of Berard.
Berardina f Gascon (Archaic)
Feminine form of Berard.
Beraskita f Medieval Basque
Feminine form of Berasko, using the feminine Spanish suffix -ita. It was common in 12th-century Navarra.
Berav f Kurdish
Means "shore" in Kurdish.
Berb f Limburgish
Limburgish short form of Barbara.
Berbang f Kurdish
Means "dawn" in Kurdish.
Berbe f Limburgish
Limburgish short form of Barbara.
Berbel f Sorbian, Dutch (Rare)
Sorbian and Dutch diminutive of Borbora and Barbara (compare Bärbel).
Berbke f Limburgish
Limburgish diminutive form of Barbara (see also Berb).
Berbla f Silesian
Silesian diminutive of Barbara.
Berc'hed f Breton
Breton form of Bridget.
Berdien f Dutch
Variant form of Berdine, with its spelling more phonetical in nature. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch flutist Berdien Stenberg (b. 1957).
Berdil f Kurdish
Means "sweetheart" in Kurdish.
Berdina f Bodo
Means "glorious" in Bodo.
Berdine f Dutch
Contracted form of Bernardine. In some cases, it can also be a variant form of Bertine.
Bere f Spanish
Diminutive of Berenice.
Beredugo f & m Ijaw
Means "judgement" in Ijaw.
Berengela f Medieval Basque
Basque form of Bérengère and Berengaria. Berengela was the birth name of the sister of Sancho VII of Navarre who went on to marry Richard I of England.
Berenguièra f Gascon
Gascon form of Berengaria.
Berenguiera f Provençal
Provençal form of Berengaria.
Berenguiero f Provençal
Provençal form of Bérengère.
Bereniç f Catalan
Catalan form of Berenice.
Berenici f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Brazilian form of the name Berenice, reflecting the Brazilian pronunciation.
Bereniczka f Polish
Diminutive of Berenika.
Bereniké f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Berenike.
Berenilde f Portuguese (Brazilian), French (Rare)
Portuguese and French form of Bernhild.... [more]
Berenisia f Polish
Diminutive of Berenika.
Berenize f Basque
Basque form of Berenice and Bérénice.
Berentrud f Germanic
Derived from Proto-Germanic beran or bernu "bear" (bero and bern in Old High German) combined with þruþ "strength."
Beretta f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Beretta. The usage in the USA is probably influenced by the fact that there is a producer of firearms named Beretta.
Berette f Swedish
Variant of Berete.
Berezira f Afghan
Precious
Berezko f Basque Mythology
The natural form of Aide as oppose to Aideko, the supernatural form
Berfende f Kurdish
Means "avalanche" in Kurdish.
Bergama f Medieval Italian
Feminine form of Bergamo.
Bergdís f Old Norse, Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister" or dis "wise woman, seeress; woman, virgin".
Bergfríð f Faroese
From the Old Norse borg meaning "castle" and fríðr meaning "beautiful".
Bergida f Provençal
Provençal form of Bridget.
Berglind f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and lind "lime-tree, linden tree; linden spear-shaft; (protective shield of) linden wood".
Bergliót f Old Norse
Old Norse variant of Bergljót.
Bergmannía f Icelandic
Icelandic feminine form of Bergmann.
Bergny f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Borgny.
Bergný f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese variant of Borgný.
Bergrán f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Old Norse bjǫrg "help, salvation" combined with the name of the Norse goddess Rán.
Bergrós f Icelandic
Combination of the Old Norse name elements borg "stronghold, fortification, castle" or bjǫrg "help, deliverance" and rós "rose" (ultimately from Latin rosa "rose").
Bergthora f Faroese
Faroese variant of Bergtóra.
Bergtóra f Faroese
Faroese form of Bergþóra.
Berguitta f French
French spelling of Bergita.... [more]
Bergüzar f Turkish
Famous bearer: Turkish actress Bergüzar Korel
Berhem f Kurdish
Means "work, creation" in Kurdish.
Bêrî f Kurdish
Means "desire, yearning" in Kurdish.
Beri f Kurdish (Rare)
Beri means a lady shepherd, mountain lady, or it's from the name "Berivan", which can mean a certain type of mountain flower
Beri- f Japanese
From Japanese 苺 (beri-) meaning "strawberry", 果実 (beri-) meaning "fruit; nut; berry" or other kanji pronounced in the same way. ... [more]
Bêrîcan f Kurdish
From bêrî meaning "yearning" and can meaning "soul".
Berika f Japanese
From Japanese 苺 (beri) meaning "strawberry" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Beril f English (Rare)
Variant of Beryl. Beril Jents (1918-2013) was an Australian fashion designer. She is recognized as "Australia’s first queen of haute couture".
Berill f Hungarian (Modern, Rare)
Hungarian adoption of Beryl.
Berilla f English (Rare, Archaic)
This name is probably an elaboration of Beryl. It was used from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century.
Berimira f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Berimir.
Beri-na f Japanese
From Japanese 苺 (beri-) meaning "strawberry" combined with 楠 (na) meaning "camphor tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Berina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Berin.
Beringhiera f Italian
Feminine form of Beringhiero, itself a variant of Berengario.
Berinthia f Theatre, Literature, English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps first used by Sir John Vanbrugh for a young widow in his play 'The Relapse' (1697). It was subsequently used by Richard Brinsley Sheridan for a widow in his play 'A Trip to Scarborough' (1777), and also appears in Dickens's 'Dombey and Son' (1848) belonging to Mrs Pipchin's niece.
Berislava f Croatian
Feminine form of Berislav.
Berita f Swedish (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Birgitta found in Scania.
Berivan f Kurdish
"Shepard" Sivan in Kurdish
Berke m & f Turkish, Medieval Mongolian
From Turkish berk and Mongolian бэрх (berkh) both meaning "strong, firm" or "difficult, hard", derived from Old Turkic bérk. This was the name of a ruler of the Mongol Golden Horde from 1257-1266... [more]
Berkeley m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Berkeley.
Berkenye f Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian berkenye "rowan".
Berkley m & f English
Variant of Berkeley.
Berlewen f Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star, Venus".
Berlian f & m Indonesian
Means "diamond" in Indonesian, ultimately from English brilliant.
Berlie f English (Rare), American (South, Archaic)
Berlie Doherty (born 1943) is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for children's books, for which she has twice won the Carnegie Medal.
Berlina f Indonesian, South African, Filipino, Dutch (Rare)
Clearly feminine form of Berlin or a simplified form of Berlinda.
Berlind f Germanic, German (Rare)
Derived from Proto-Germanic *beran or *bernu "bear" (bero and bern in Old High German) combined with Old High German lind or lindi "soft, tender."
Berlinda f Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of Berlind.
Berlinde f German
From the Old High German name Berlind. It is borne by Belgian artist Berlinde de Bruyckere (1964-).
Berlyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Berlin using the popular suffix lyn.
Berma f Kurdish
Means "lady" in Kurdish.
Berna f Hungarian, German (Bessarabian), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Afrikaans
Short form of Bernadett and Bernadetta as well as a Dutch and Afrikaans short form of names beginning with the element Bern-.
Berna f Spanish
Short form of Bernardina or Bernarda.
Bernabe f Medieval Occitan
Medieval Occitan variant feminine form of Bernat.
Bernabea f Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Bernabé.
Bernabela f Spanish
Feminine form of Bernabe.
Bernada f Catalan (Archaic)
Feminine form of Bernat.
Bernadet f Sorbian
Sorbian form of Bernadette.
Bernadèta f Lengadocian, Gascon
Languedocian and Gascon form of Bernadette.
Bernadeto f Provençal
Provençal form of Bernadette.
Bernadòta f Gascon (Archaic), Lengadocian
Gascon and Languedocian cognate of Bernadette.
Bernalda f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Bernarda.
Bernarde f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of Bernard. Marie-Bernarde Soubirous was the birth name of Saint Bernadette.
Bernardeta f Lithuanian, Polish, Albanian, Czech
Albanian, Czech, Lithuanian and Polish form of Bernardette.
Bernardete f Albanian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Albanian and Brazilian form of Bernardette.
Bernardia f Various (Rare)
Feminine form of Bernard.
Bernardien f Dutch
Dutch form of Bernardine.
Bernardika f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Bernarda, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
Bernardka f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Bernarda, used as a given name in its own right. This name is also treated as the Slovene form of Bernadette.
Bernardyna f Polish
Feminine form of Bernardyn.
Bernatka f Kashubian
Kashubian form of Bernadette.
Berneda f American (Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Berneda.
Berneen f South African (Modern, Rare), Irish
Irish short form of Bernadette using the diminuitive suffix ín.
Bernegilde f Frankish
Derived from the Old Frankish or Old High German element bern meaning "bear" and Proto-Germanic *geldą meaning "reward, gift, money".
Bernelle f English (Rare)
Either a diminutive of names beginning with the element Bern-, such as Bernadette and Bernice, combined with the French feminine ending -elle or a quasi-feminization of the surname Bernell.
Bernett m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Bernett.
Bernhardine f German
Feminine form of Bernhard.
Bernhild f German (Rare)
Derived from the Germanic elements bern meaning "bear" and hild meaning "battle."
Bernita f American
Variant of Bernadette or diminutive of names containing Bern and followed by the suffix -ita.
Bernnadette f African American (Rare)
Variant of Bernadette. Actress Bernadette Stanislaus, profesionally known as Bern Nadette Stanis, bears this name.
Bernódía f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic feminine form of Bernódus.
Bernye m & f Spanish, English
Form of Bernie.
Beroe f Greek Mythology
This was the name of multiple characters in Greek mythology, including an old Epidaurian woman who nursed Semele.
Berolina f German (Rare)
The allegoric personification of the German city Berlin. Extremely rarely used as a given name.
Beronica f American (Hispanic)
Unaccented form of Berónica mainly used in the United States.
Beronika f Basque
Basque form of Veronica.
Beronike f Basque
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Verónica and Véronique.
Beròta f Occitan
Feminine form of Beròt.
Berra f Turkish
Means "blessed soul" in Turkish.
Berrie f & m English (?)
Variant of Barry or Berry 2.
Berrin f Turkish
From Persian برین (barīn) meaning "highest, sublime".
Berrye f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Berry 2.
Bersa f Old Norse
Feminine form of Bersi.
Bersab f Armenian
Diminutive form of Bersabeh.
Bersabee f Hebrew (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Greek form of Bathsheba, as it first appeared in the Septuagint. The modern Greek form of the name is Virsavee.
Bersabeh f Armenian, Amharic
Armenian and Amharic form of Bathsheba.
Bersinda f Asturian
Asturian form of Gumersinda.
Bèrta f Gascon
Gascon form of Bertha.
Berta f Spanish, Spanish (Philippines)
Short form of Alberta, Roberta and other names ending in berta.
Bertácska f Hungarian
Diminutive form of Berta.
Bertana f Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Possibly derived from Old English beorht "bright".
Bertautė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Bertautas.
Berte f Jewish, Yiddish
Means "knoll" in Yiddish. It is also considered the Yiddish form of the name Bertha.
Berte f Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), French (Rare)
Variant of Berta as well as a French variant of Berthe.
Bertechildis f Frankish
Bertechildis was the fifth wife of Dagobert I, king of Austrasia, Neustria, Burgundy, and also king of all the Franks.
Bertefleda f Germanic
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with flâdi "beauty, respectability."
Berteflede f Germanic, History
Variant of Bertefleda. Berteflede was a daughter of Charibert I, a 6th-century Merovingian king of Paris.
Bertegilde f Frankish
Derived from the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element berht, Old High German beraht meaning "bright" (Proto-Germanic *berhtaz) and Proto-Germanic *geldą meaning "reward, gift, money"... [more]
Bertegund f Germanic
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with Old High German gund "war."
Berteka f Old Swedish
Old Swedish diminutive of Berta.
Bertel m & f German
Diminutive of Berta, Berthold or other names with Bert-.
Berteline f Danish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Berte as well as a feminine form of Bertel.
Berþa f Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of Bertha, from earlier Old English Berhte meaning "bright one" (from beorht "bright")... [more]
Berthabelle f English (?)
Berthabelle is a compound of Bertha and Belle.
Berthenia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Parthenia via its variant Perthenia. Also compare Barthenia.... [more]
Berthilde f Germanic, Dutch, English, German, History
Variant of Berthild. Berthilde lived in the 7th century AD and was one of the five wives of Dagobert I, king of the Franks.
Berthoumine f Medieval French, French (Archaic)
Archaic southern French feminine form of Berthoumieu, a southern French form of Barthélémy.
Bertica f Slovene
Diminutive of Berta.
Bertička f Czech
Diminutive of Berta, not used as a given name in its own right.
Bertien f Dutch
Dutch form of Bertine, with its spelling phonetical in nature.
Bertila f Asturian
Asturian form of Berthild.
Bertilia f Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese
Form of Berthild. Bertilia was the name of a 7th-century saint from Mareuil (France).
Bertilîna f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Berteline.
Bertina f Hungarian
Short form of Albertina as well as an elaboration of Berta.
Bertine f Dutch, French (Rare), Norwegian, Flemish, Walloon
Diminutive of Berte as well as a short form of names ending in -bertine.
Bertisma f Germanic, Medieval French
Derived from the Old Frankish or Old Saxon element berht, Old High German beraht meaning "bright" (compare Bertha) combined with -isma, a variant of the Latin superlative suffix -issima.
Bertka f Slovene
Diminutive of Berta.
Bertlinde f Germanic, Medieval French
Derived from the Old German elements beraht "bright" and lind "soft, gentle, tender".
Bertolda f Hungarian
Feminine form of Bertold.
Bertolfa f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Bertolfo
Bertolomeva f Aragonese
Feminine form of Bertolomeu.
Bertomiva f Gascon
Feminine form of Bertomiu.
Bertrade f Frankish
French form of Bertrada. This name was borne by Bertrade of Montfort, a queen consort of France.
Bertranda f Provençal
Feminine form of Bertrand.
Bertraneta f Medieval Occitan, Gascon (Archaic)
Medieval Gascon feminine diminutive of Bertran.
Bertresa f English (American)
Maybe derived from the surname Bertrés.
Bertrice f English (Rare)
Maybe a rhotic dialect form of Beatrice. An influence of popular names beginning in Ber- like Bert is possible.
Bertrud f Germanic, German
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" combined with þruþ "strength."
Bertrude f Frankish
Variant of Bertrud. This was the name of a 7th-century Frankish queen consort.
Bertrun f Germanic
Derived from Old High German beraht "bright" and run "secret lore".
Bertsetseg f Mongolian
Means "pincushion flower" (species Scabiosa comosa) in Mongolian, a kind of purple-blue flower in the honeysuckle genus. Ultimately derived from бэр (ber) meaning "bride, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".
Bertta f Finnish
Finnish form of Berta.
Bertuccia f Medieval Italian
Medieval Italian diminutive of Berta, as -uccia is an Italian feminine diminutive suffix.... [more]
Beru f Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 鈴 (beru) meaning "bell". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
Beru f Bariba
Name traditionally given to the sixth born daughter.
Beruka f Ancient Greek
Beruka is a Old Greek name and a derivative of the name Beronica.
Berunka f Czech
Diminutive form of Berenika.
Berura f American, Yiddish, Hebrew
Means "pure" in Hebrew.
Beruša f Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Czech and Slovak diminutive of Berenika. Also compare Beruška.
Beruška f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak diminutive of Berenika. Also compare Beruša.
Bervainė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Bervainas.
Béryl f & m French (Modern, Rare)
French form of Beryl.
Berylla f Obscure
Variant of Beryl.
Bérylune f Theatre
Perhaps an elaborated form of French béryl meaning "beryl", possibly blending it with the word lune "moon". This was used by the Belgian playwright and poet Maurice Maeterlinck for a fairy in his play 'The Blue Bird' (1908).
Berzê f Kurdish
From Kurdish berz meaning "high".
Bes f English
Variant spelling of Bess or Bessy.
Besa f Albanian
Derived from Akbanian besë "pledge, word of honor; trust, faith".
Besamət f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Basima.
Besara f Albanian
Feminine form of Besar.
Beşaret f Turkish
Means "announcement (of good news)" in Turkish.... [more]
Besarta f Albanian
Feminine form of Besart.
Bescha f Yiddish
Variant of Bascha.
Besê f Kurdish
From Kurdish bes meaning "only" or "enough".
Besel f Jewish
Diminutive of Basya
Beselot f Amharic
Means "gained through prayer" in Amharic.
Beshi f & m Japanese
From Japanese 辺, 邊 (be) “area, place, vicinity” or 倍 (be) meaning “multiple times” or 部 (be) meaning “part, section” combined with 四 (shi) “four”, 清 (shi) “clean, pure, clear”, 詩 (shi) “poetry, poem, verse” 志 (shi) “will, purpose, ambition”, or 史 (shi) meaning “history”... [more]
Besiana f Albanian
Variant of Besjana.
Besime f Albanian
Feminine form of Besim 2.
Besime f Turkish
Turkish form of Basima.
Besina f Medieval Italian
Of uncertain origin and meaning. It might be a diminutive of Elisabetta.
Besjana f Albanian
Derived from Besiana, one of the Albanian names of Podujevo, a city in north-eastern Kosovo. Allegedly, the name is ultimately derived from Albanian besë "faith; belief; trust; oath; promise".
Besjona f Albanian
Variant of Besjana.
Besma f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Basma (chiefly Algerian and Tunisian).
Besmira f Albanian
Feminine form of Besmir.
Besnike f Albanian
Feminine form of Besnik.
Besorah f Hebrew
Besorah means news. Paired with Tova it means good news.