Tisiphone's Personal Name List

September
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sehp-TEHM-bər(American English) sehp-TEHM-bə(British English)
Rating: 71% based on 20 votes
From the name of the ninth month (though it means "seventh month" in Latin, since it was originally the seventh month of the Roman year), which is sometimes used as a given name for someone born in September.
Pentecost
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Puritan, Archaic)
Rating: 49% based on 18 votes
From the name of the Christian festival which commemorates the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles, celebrated on the fiftieth day after Easter, ultimately deriving from Greek pentekoste (hemera) "fiftieth (day)". This name was traditionally given to children born at Whitsuntide. It can also be from a nickname given to a person with some connection to that time of year, such as owing a feudal obligation then.
Odalis
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: o-DHA-lees
Rating: 59% based on 23 votes
Possibly an elaboration of Odilia used in Latin America. In most countries it is a feminine name, but in the Dominican Republic it is commonly masculine.
October
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ahk-TO-bər(American English) awk-TO-bə(British English)
Rating: 54% based on 18 votes
From the name of the tenth month. It is derived from Latin octo meaning "eight", because it was originally the eighth month of the Roman year.
Frost
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 54% based on 16 votes
Transferred use of the surname Frost or from the English word.
Cloud
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: KLOWD
Rating: 51% based on 21 votes
Derived from the English word cloud. In Popular Culture, this is the name of the main protagonist (Cloud Strife) in "Final Fantasy VII", who also makes an appearance in "Dissidia: Final Fantasy".
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