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This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Swiss.
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Doralba f Italian
Combination of Dora and Alba 1, with the overall meaning of "gift of dawn" or "white gift".
Doralice f Carolingian Cycle, Literature, Theatre, Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Name used by the Italian poets Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto in their epic poems Orlando innamorato (1483-1495) and Orlando furioso (1516-1532), where it belongs to a Saracen princess.... [more]
Doranda f Italian (Rare)
Truncated form of Adoranda.
Dorastella f French (Rare)
Combination of Dora and Stella 1.
Doraura f Italian, Literature
Possibly a contraction of names Dora and Aura. It appears in tragicomedy "L'Armelindo" (1664) by Francesco Maria de Luco Sereni and in a novel "Il Floridoro ò vero Historia del conte di Racalmuto" (1703) by Gabriele Martiano.
Dore f German
Variant of Dora.
Dorea f Literature, Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
The name of one of the "sand snakes" in 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. R. Martin.
Dorimène f French (Archaic), Theatre
Meaning unknown. It was used by Molière for a character in his play 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'.
Dorina f Romansh
Romansh diminutive of Dora.
Dorle f German
Diminutive of Dorothea.
Dorli f German (Swiss)
Diminutive of Dora and Dorothea.
Doro f German
Diminutive of Dorothea, typically used as a nickname, not as a given name in its own right. It is used as a stage name by the German hard-rock singer Dorothee Pesch.
Dortchen f German (Archaic)
German diminutive of Dorothea. This was the name of the wife of Wilhelm Grimm, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.
Dortlies f German (Rare)
Combination of Dort, a diminutive of Dorothea and Lies a diminutive of Elisabeth.
Dota f German (Modern, Rare)
German short form of the name Dorothea.
Douce f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Judeo-French
Derived from French douce, the feminine form of the adjective doux "sweet; soft; mild, gentle" (ultimately from Latin dulcis "sweet" via Old French dous "soft; tender"), this name is a cognate of Dulcie.
Douceline f Medieval French, French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Feminine form of Doucelin. This name was borne by Douceline of Digne, a 13th-century Provençal mystic and Roman Catholic saint.
Doulce f French (Rare), Medieval French
Medieval French form of Douce.
Driope f Italian, Catalan
Italian and Catalan form of Dryope.
Drusiana f Ancient Roman, Italian (Rare, Archaic), Gnosticism
Feminine form of Drusianus. The tale of the resurrection of Drusiana features prominently in the Acts of John.
Dschamila f German
German transcription of Jamila.
Duccia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Duccio.
Duchelle f French
the origin is not clear, it might derive from the french "douce", meaning "gentle".
Duilia f Italian
Feminine form of Duilio.
Dulcinée f French (Rare), Literature (Gallicized)
French form of Dulcinea. Due to the literary character, the name has become a poetic term describing an "inspiring, beautiful woman".
Dumengia f Romansh
Feminine form of Dumeng. The name coincides with Romansh dumengia "Sunday".
Dumenia f Romansh
Romansh form of Domenica, traditionally used in the Surselva region of Switzerland.
Dumina f Romansh
Variant of Dumenia, traditionally found in central Grisons.
Dürken f North Frisian, German (Rare)
Probably a diminutive of names like Theodora or Doris.
Duscha f Romansh (Archaic)
Variant of Ursula, traditionally found in the Surselva region, as well as a feminine form of Dusch.
Dusolina f Italian (Rare)
Of unknown meaning. Name of operatic soprano Dusolina Giannini (1902 - 1986).
Eberhardine f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Eberhard. This was borne by Christiane Eberhardine (1671-1727), the Saxon wife of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland.
Eco f & m Italian
Italian form of Echo, both the mythological figure and the word.
Ecretine f French (Archaic)
Archaic form of Christine. This name was recorded in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region up until the 1700s.
Edea f Italian (Modern, Rare)
Of very uncertain origin and meaning.... [more]
Edel f German, German (Austrian), Danish, English, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic (Rare), Norwegian, Sami, Swedish
Short form of names that begin with or end in the element "Edel-" meaning "noble", for example Edeltraud, Edelgard.... [more]
Edelfa f Italian (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Possibly a rare variant of Adelfa. A known bearer of this name is Edelfa Chiara Masciotta (1984-), an Italian television personality and former beauty queen who won Miss Italia 2005.
Edeline f Medieval French, Anglo-Norman, French, Haitian Creole
Old French variant of Adelina. It was borne by Edeline Thwenge, a 14th-century heiress of Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire, England. The Edeline Islands of Western Australia are named for Lady Edeline Sackville-West (1870-1918), the wife of Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland.
Edeltraud f German
Younger form of Adeltraud.
Éden m & f French (Modern)
French form of Eden.
Edera f Italian, Albanian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Maltese (Rare)
Means "ivy" in Italian, from Latin hedera "ivy", perhaps related to the Latin root -hendere "to grasp; to take; to cling onto".
Ederina f Italian, Albanian
Italian diminutive of Edera as well as an Albanian borrowing of this name.
Edilberta f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Edilberto. In other words, this is a Spanish and Italian cognate of Ethelberta.
Editta f Italian
Italian form of Edith.
Edmea f Italian, Maltese
Italian cognate of Edmée.
Edmondine f French (Rare)
Diminutive of Edmonde, as it contains the French feminine diminutive suffix -ine.
Edra f Italian, Albanian
Contracted form of Edera.
Edwardine f English, German
Feminine form of Edward.
Effi f Swedish (Rare, Archaic), Danish (Rare, Archaic), Norwegian (Archaic), Hungarian, German (Archaic), Literature
Scandinavian diminutive of Eufemia, German diminutive of Elfriede and Hungarian diminutive of Eufémia and Elfrida... [more]
Efrata f German (Modern, Rare)
Clearly feminine form of Efrat.
Égédie f French (Rare, Archaic)
French feminine form of Aegidius (see Giles). It belonged to the second wife of Élie, duc Decazes, a 19th-century French statesman.
Egialea f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Aegiale.
Egidia f Italian, Polish (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Egidio and Polish feminine form of Egidiusz.
Egilda f Italian
Alternative form of Ermenegilda.
Egilde f Italian
Alternative form of Ermenegilda.
Egista f Italian
Italian feminine form of Aigisthos.
Egle f Italian
Italian form of Aegle.
Égyptienne f French (Archaic), Malagasy (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Derived from French Égyptienne, the feminine form of the noun Égyptien "Egyptian (person)". This name is generally given in honour of the catholic and orthodox saint Marie l'Égyptienne (known in English as Mary of Egypt).
Ehrengard f German (Rare), Literature
Originally a variant of Irmgard, Ehrengard is reinterpreted as a combination of the German word Ehre "honour" and the name element gard "guard"... [more]
Ehrentraud f German, Germanic
From the Germanic elements arn "eagle" and trud "strong, defensive, power, violence".... [more]
Eilika f German (Rare, Archaic), Medieval German
This name is derived from the Germanic name stem agil "edge (of a sword)".
Élaine f French
French form of Elaine.
Elba f Italian
Directly taken from the name of the island of Elba. The island's modern name has developped from Medieval Italian Helba and Ilba and is ultimately derived from Latin Ilva.
Éléa f French (Modern)
French adoption of Elea.
Eléa f French (Belgian, Modern), French (Modern)
French variant and Belgian-French form of Éléa.
Éléna f French
French borrowing of Elena.
Eléna f French
French form of Elena.
Elenia f German (Modern), Italian
Elaboration of Elena influenced by Ilenia.
Eletta f Italian
Italian form of Electa, or directly from the Italian vocabulary word meaning "elected, chosen". It belonged to the mother of Petrarch.
Elfi f German, Estonian
German diminutive of Elfriede and Estonian diminutive of Elfriide.
Elfie f German
Variant of Elfi.
Elfrun f German
From ælf meaning "elf" combined with rún meaning "secret lore".
Elftraud f German (Modern, Rare)
A dithematic name composed from the Germanic name elements alb "elf" and drud "strength".... [more]
Elge f German (Rare)
Either a variant of Helge or a short form of names with the name element adal "noble", e.g., Edelgard.
Élia f French
French form of Aelia.
Elia f Italian, Albanian, Spanish
Feminine form of Elio.
Élianne f French
Variant of Éliane.
Elianthe f Dutch (Rare), French (Rare, Archaic), Flemish (Rare), Literature
Probably a variant form of Helianthe, with omission of the h-. However, in at least one recorded case (a Dutch family), this name was a blend of Elisabeth and Anthonia.... [more]
Elide f Italian
Italian name of the Ancient Greek region Elide, in Greek 'Hλις Elis.
Elielle f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Eliel.
Élienne f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Élien.
Éliette f French
French feminine form of Élie, derived from the old, now obsolete, masculine diminutive Éliet.
Élige f French (Rare)
French form of Eligia.
Élina f French
French form of Elina.
Élinda f French (Rare)
Elaborated variant of Élina.
Éline f French
French form of Elin.
Eliodora f Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of Eliodoro.
Élisa f French, Corsican
French form of Elisa, also used in Corsica.
Elisé m & f French, French (African), English (Rare)
Variant of Élisée, also used for girls. It is also used in English-speaking countries as a faux-Francised variant of Elise.
Éliséa f French (Modern)
Gallicized form of Elisea.
Élisée m & f French, French (African)
French form of Elisha. This name is also (uncommonly) used for girls.
Elisée m & f French, French (African)
Variant of Élisée, also used for girls.
Elisetta f Theatre, Italian (Rare)
Contracted form of Elisabetta. It was used for one of the main characters in Cimarosa's opera Il matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage) which debuted in 1792.
Elisita f Spanish, Italian
Diminutive of Elisa.
Elladia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Elladio.
Elle f Italian
Italian form of the mythological name Helle 2.
Ellengard f German (Archaic)
Blend of Ellen and names ending in -gard like Hildegard.
Ellenruth f German (Archaic)
Combination of Ellen and Ruth
Éllie f French (Rare)
Apparently comes from a Greek word hêlê who means Sunlight or Sunburst Feminine form of Élie or the diminutive of Eléonore.
Ellora f English, French (Modern)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. It might be a variant of Elora or an adoption of the name of the Ellora Caves of India, an ancient network of caverns containing hieroglyphic writings archeologists still have not deciphered the meaning of.
Elma f Italian, Catalan
Feminine form of Elmo.
Elmina f Dutch, German
Short form of Wilhelmina.
Éloa f French, Literature
French form of Eloah... [more]
Éloane f French (Modern)
Feminine form of Eloan.
Eloisia f Italian
Elaboration of Eloisa.
Eloiza f Russian (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare), Polish, Albanian, Italian (Rare)
Form of Eloise in several languages, also a variant of Polish Heloiza and Italian Eloisa.
Elpidia f Greek, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Theatre
Feminine form of Elpidius. Borne by the protagonist of 'L’Elpidia, ovvero Li rivali generosi' by Georg Friedrich Händel.
Elrike f German
Variation of Elrik.
Elsbeth f Scots (Rare), German
Ulster Scots variant of Elspeth and German contracted form of Elisabeth.
Eluana f Italian
Possibly an elaboration of Luana or a feminine version of Elouan.
Elvea f Italian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Elvia.
Élyette f French
Variant of Éliette.
Élysée f French
In this spelling, the name is probably intended as a French form of Elysia.... [more]
Émelie f French
Cognate of Emelie.
Emelin f German
Variation of Émeline.
Émelyne f French
Variant of Émeline.
Emelyne f French
Variant of Emeline.... [more]
Emérantienne f French
Local variant of Emérentienne found in the Bourgogne region up until the 1700s.
Émeraude f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Derived from French émeraude "emerald".
Emerentia f Late Roman, Dutch, German (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Feminine form of Emerentius. This name belonged to an early Christian martyr, and is also assigned to the mother of Saint Anna and grandmother of the Virgin Mary in some late 15th-century European traditions.
Emerentz f Polabian, German (Archaic)
Possibly a German and Polabian form of Emerentiana. A notable bearer was Emerentz Schultze (1668-1756), the last known speaker of the Polabian language.
Emerenz f & m Upper German (Rare)
Upper German form of Emerenzia and Emerenzius.
Emerenzia f Upper German, Italian (Rare)
Italian and Upper German variant of Emerentia.
Emerenziana f Italian, Sardinian
Italian and Sardinian form of Emerentiana.
Emerita f Late Roman, Catalan (Rare), Latvian (Rare), German (Swiss), Romansh, Hungarian
Derived from Latin emeritus "earned, completed one's service" (past participle form of emereo; see Emerentius). This was the name of a Roman-era saint, martyred with Saint Digna in 259.
Emette f French (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Amata.
Emidia f Italian
Feminine form of Emidio.
Emilande f French (Rare)
Feminine form of Emiland.
Émilia f French
French form of Emilia.
Emily f German
Variation of Amalia.
Emilya f Armenian, Azerbaijani, English (Modern, Rare), French (Modern, Rare)
Armenian and Azerbaijani feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily) as well as an English variant of Emilia and a French variant of Émilia.
Emmanuela f Greek (Modern, Rare), Italian (Rare), Provençal, Western African
Provençal feminine form of Emmanuèl and Italian variant of Emanuela, as well as an alternate transcription of Greek Εμμανουέλα (see Emmanouela).
Emmchen f German (Rare)
Diminutive of Emma, as it contains the German diminutive suffix -chen.... [more]
Emmelinde f German (Rare, Archaic)
Simplified form of Ermelinda, maybe showing a contamination from Emmeline.... [more]
Emmi f English, German
Variant of Emmy.
Emmyli f German (Rare)
Variation of Emily.
Emree m & f German, Turkish
Emree is a variation of “Emery”. ... [more]
Emylia f French (Modern, Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
French variant of Émilia and English variant of Emilia.
Ena f Italian
Short form of Maddalena.
Endeide f Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Endeïs.
Engela f German, Dutch (Rare)
Strictly feminine form of the unisex name Engel. There might also be instances where this name is a variant of Angela, in which case it must have been deliberately altered to make the connection to angels more obvious, since engel is the Dutch and German word for "angel".... [more]
Engeltraud f German
German variant spelling of Engeltrud.
Enja f German
Probably a hypochoristic form of Anna.
Ennia f Italian
Feminine form of Ennio.
Énola f French
French form of Enola.
Enolane f French (Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Enola.
Enula f Italian (Rare)
Italian word for the Elecampane (Inula helenium), a widespread plant species in the sunflower family Asteraceae.
Enza f Italian, Sicilian
Originally a feminine form of Enzo, this name is also used as a diminutive of names ending in -enza, such as Vincenza, Lorenza or Fiorenza.
Enzi f German (Rare)
Hypochoristic form of Enzia.
Epicharis f Ancient Greek, French (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from Greek ἐπίχαρις (epicharis) meaning "pleasing, charming". This was the name of a 1st-century Roman freedwoman who was a member of the Pisonian conspiracy against the emperor Nero... [more]
Epifania f Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Italian (Rare), Corsican, Polish (Rare)
Spanish, Galician, Italian, Corsican and Polish feminine form of Epiphanius. A fictional bearer is Epifania Fitzfassenden, a central character in George Bernard Shaw's play 'The Millionairess' (1936).
Épiphanie f French (Rare), French (African)
French form of Epiphania. It coincides with French épiphanie meaning "realisation, epiphany" and the French form of the Western Christian holiday known as Epiphany in Anglophone countries.
Era f Italian
Italian form of Hera.
Eraide f Italian (Archaic)
Italian form of Herais.
Eralda f Albanian, Italian
Albanian feminine form of Erald and Italian feminine form of Eraldo.
Erdmanna f German (Rare, Archaic)
Rare feminine form of Erdmann.
Erdmut f & m German (Rare, Archaic)
There are different theories about the etymology. ... [more]
Erdmuthe f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Erdmuth or Erdmut, derived from German Erde "earth" and Mut "courage, bravery" or "mood" (compare Hartmut)... [more]
Erina f Italian (Swiss), Italian
Originally a Swiss-Italian variant of Irene, its modern usage in Switzerland might be influenced by the name of the flower erinus alpinus, known in English as "fairy foxglove", "starflower" and "alpine balsam".... [more]
Erissena f Italian (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
Italian form of Eryxene. This is the name of a character in Johann Adolf Hasse's opera seria Cleofide (1731).
Erka f Germanic Mythology, German (Modern, Rare)
A short form derived from Old High German erkan "pure, genuine".... [more]
Erke m & f German (Rare)
Short version of names with Erken- such as Erkenbald or Erkenhild or version of Erik.
Erken m & f German (Rare)
Short version of names with Erken- such as Erkenbald or Erkenhild.
Erkenhild f German (Rare)
The name is made up of the name elements erken meaning "pure, holy, genuine" and hiltja meaning "battle".
Erlfriede f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Erlfried.
Ermanna f Italian
Feminine form of Ermanno.
Ermgen f German (Archaic)
Dialectal form of Irmchen.
Ermione f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Hermione.
Erni f & m German, Spanish
Diminutive of Erna 1 and Ernestine (both feminine) as well as Ernesto and Ernst (both masculine).... [more]
Erodiade f Italian
Italian form of Herodias.
Ervina f Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh
Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh and Lithuanian feminine form of Ervin.