scotchtape's Personal Name List

Names I would maybe use for a character sometime, and also ones I've used already.
Name M/F Remark Rating
Addolorata f  Means 'Grieving' in Italian. This is the title of Virgin Mary. Consider... Addolorata Nonna. 
Adelma f
Adhelm m
Adontay m  One of the only AAVE names I like. 
Adramelech m  'King of Fire' 
Adsila f  Comes from 'Fire'. 
Afuru f & m  From 溢る (afuru), modern afureru, meaning "to flood, overflow, brim over," written as 感, from kan meaning "feeling, emotion, sensation," and 洸, from 洸洸 (kōkō) meaning "surge (of water), valiant, brave. 
Agostino m
Agrafena f  ( derivative of Agrippa ---> Agrippina). Namesake of the scheming mother of the Roman emperor Nero. 
Aldebrand m  from 'Brant' meaning fire. 
Alevtina f  From 'Valentina' 
Alouette f  Derived from French alouette "lark, skylark". Alouette is a popular Quebecois children's song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark. Although it is in French, it is well know 
Altagracia f  I used to hate virtue names, but now I realize I just hate them in my own language. 
Alto m
Amaranta f  Spanish and Italian form of Amaranth, after the flower. 
Amnesty f
Angerona f  Latin angor "strangulation, torment"or angustus "narrow, constricted" 
Anup m
Ariadne f  Means 'most holy'. Wife of Dionysus. 
Asante m & f  Means "Thank you" 
Atenodoro m  Means "gift of Athena" from the name of the god Athena combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". (taken from athenadoros, it's origin name) 
Atílio m
Augustin m
Babe m & f  only here because it'd be funny. 
Bambino m
Barbie f  Nickname only. 
Basma f  Means "smile" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile". 
Blondie f  literal nicknames. 
Bo 2 m & f  Wave 
Brittany f  Invokes a ditzy blonde cheerleader persona. I like the idea of subverting the expectations for a character. 
Buenaventura m
Cal m  One of my all time favorites. 
Caligula m  'little boot' 
Callahan m  He's the clark kent type country boy with good manners and a dedication to the local football scene. 
Candy f  Entirely self-indulgent. I would clutch my pearls and faint if I ever met a child with this name. 
Cansel f  Flood stream 
Cash m  I really like straightforward names. 
Catahecassa m  sounds like onomatopoeia. 
Charmaine f  Had a dog with this name. We called him char char. 
Chauncey m  Twinky dinky 
Chet m  Name for a losernerd. 
Chico m  It grew on me. 
Chita f  good syllable count, makes at least 10% more quotable when added to the end of a sentence. 
Clark m  one syllable names. you can't go wrong. 
Cokkie f  I'm a little upset because when I first heard it I thought of soda pop... apparently it invokes something else. 
Concetta f  hungry 
Cristiana f  It's just prettier this way, I think. 
Cruz f & m  Mostly ironic. 
Dallas m & f  Unfairly cool name. 
Dee f & m  good for conversational rhythm. 
Deedee f  Nickname for Dinah. 
Deemer m
Dinah f  means 'to judge'. using for an OC. 
Dolly f  It gives off a mature vibe somehow. 
Donata f
Donatienne f  pronounced 'daw na sein' 
Donato m
Dulce f  Stage name. 
Dulcie f
Eithne f
Ekaterina f
Esperanza f
Eudice f
Euri f
Eustace m
Feliciano m
Fenton m  Extremely cool, but still radiates himbo. 
Fido m & f  (useless) boy. using for an oc 
Flick f & m  One of those 'nicknames based on an event' kinda things. 
Fortunata f  Supposed to be very literal. For a very literal character. 
Fumie f  From Japanese 文 (fumi) meaning "writing" or 史 (fumi) meaning "history" combined with 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet", 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" or 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting". Other kanji combi 
Gabino m  boyish. 
Ginger f  kind woman. 
Gita 2 f
Haru m & f
Holly f
Hulderic m
Idoia f  Like onomatopoeia of a water droplet. From the name of a sanctuary in Isaba, Navarre, possibly meaning "pond" in Basque, an important place of worship of the Virgin Mary. 
Idoya f
Isbrand m
Jadranka f  stupid sounding. 
Jinny f  invokes a particular personality. 
Jomo m
Jorie f
Juno f  sounds inhuman. 
Lamont m  Comes from 'Law Man' 
Lana f  The weird grey area between smoke-show knock-out girl next door and a sweet cheek-pinching auntie. 
Lanford m
Laodice f
Lidochka f
Linette f
Lizaveta f  This one I really like. Sounds mature. 
Lorenzo m  cute. 
Loreto f & m
Loretta f
Mack 2 m
Maks m  Nickname for 'Mack' 
Malle f
Manca f
Marinko m
Mariska f
Marisol f
Marjorie f
Marlowe f & m
Masahiko m  I'm using this for an oc of mine. A little gifted kid with all the social delicacy of a blunt hand axe. 
Melusine f  In european folklore, a 'water fairy' 
Moisey m  Cute. Down to earth. 
Mors f & m
Mortimer m
Mot m
Mousa m  Persian form of Musa(another form of moses), as well as an alternate Arabic transcription. 
Nihad m
Nikita 1 m  Extremely cool. 
Nomiki f  Meaning relating to 'Law', Nomiki Lamont matches in meaning. 
Nonna f  Really like this one. Like, I really like this one. 
Phileine f  from 'Phileine says Sorry' Fileine Amnest is a double meaning. 
Philodice f
Praxidike f  name of one of jupiters moons. Can be a space themed name/ 
Prince m  Unwanted nickname. 
Ptolemy m
Rasa f
Rembrandt m  from 'brant' meaning fire 
Rocío f
Santana f & m
Santiago m
Scottie m & f  Using for an OC of mine. Scotty sounds like a 40 year old man in a greasy wife-beater. Scottie also sounds like a 40 year old man in a greasy wifebeater-- except this time a little cuter. 
Selle m
Setia m & f
Solomon m  I'm debating on using this for an OC 
Sonny m  Nickname. 
Sophea f & m
Sullivan m
Svetlana f  I really like this one. It gives off a mature, intriguing vibe. 
Tadhg m
Tal m & f  'Dew' 
Tali f
Tolya m
Valdice f
Valter m  From the Germanic name Waltheri meaning "power of the army", from the elements walt "power, authority" and heri "army". In medieval German tales (notably Waltharius by Ekkehard of Saint Gall) Walter o 
Vittoria f  Sounds infinitely nicer than Victoria. less rough edges. 
Yam m  Means "sea" in Ugaritic. Yam was the Ugaritic god of the sea, also associated with chaos, storms and destruction. He was a son of the chief god El. 
Yōko f  From Japanese 陽 (yō) meaning "light, sun, male" or 洋 (yō) meaning "ocean" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.