Lynxosophy's Personal Name List

Zlata
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Злата(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced: ZLA-ta(Czech) ZLA-tə(Russian)
Personal remark: Zlata Vidmar
Feminine form of Zlatan.
Valpuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VAHL-poo-ree
Personal remark: Valpuri Kallio
Finnish form of Walburga.
Ulrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: OOL-rik
Personal remark: Ulrik Ulvestad
Scandinavian form of Ulrich.
Taru
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: TAH-roo
Personal remark: Taru Hautamäki
Means "legend, myth" in Finnish. It is also used as a diminutive of Tarja.
Shiho
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 詩穂, 志穂, 紫穂, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SHEE-HO
Personal remark: Shiho Fujimori
From 詩 (shi) meaning "song, poem" and 穂 (ho) meaning "grain". Other kanji combinations can be used to spell this name.
Saffira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical Latin
Personal remark: Saffira Frett
Latin form of Sapphira.
Rosario
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian
Pronounced: ro-SA-ryo(Spanish) ro-ZA-ryo(Italian)
Personal remark: Rosario Reyes
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary". This name is feminine in Spanish and masculine in Italian.
Oksana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Оксана(Ukrainian, Russian)
Pronounced: uk-SA-nə(Russian)
Personal remark: Oksana Ignatyeva
Ukrainian form of Xenia.
Nikifor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Никифор(Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Personal remark: Nikifor Solntsev
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Nikephoros.
Marzena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Polish
Pronounced: ma-ZHEH-na
Personal remark: Marzena Żelazna
Probably originally a Polish diminutive of Maria or Małgorzata.
Malla
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Swedish
Pronounced: MAHL-lah
Personal remark: Malla "Mal" Saras
Short form of various names including Amalia, Maria, Magdalena and Matilda. A notable bearer was Swedish writer and salon hostess Magdalena "Malla" Silfverstolpe (1782-1861). Malla is also the name of two fells and a nature reserve in northern Finland.
Leonie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch
Pronounced: LEH-o-nee(German) leh-o-NEE(Dutch)
Personal remark: Leonie Levant
German and Dutch feminine form of Leonius.
Kiyo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 清, 喜代, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きよ(Japanese Hiragana) キヨ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KYEE-YO
Personal remark: Migizi Animikikaa (Kiyo)
From Japanese 清 (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" or other homophonic words. This was a popular name in the Edo period and remained common until the early 20th century, at which time it was usually spelled using katakana.
Kalev 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Personal remark: Kalev Ülavere
Estonian form of Kaleva. This is the name of a character (the father of Kalevipoeg) in the Estonian epic poem Kalevipoeg.
Jasper
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: JAS-pər(American English) JAS-pə(British English) YAHS-pər(Dutch)
Personal remark: Jasper Frett
From Latin Gaspar, perhaps from the Biblical Hebrew word גִּזְבָּר (gizbar) meaning "treasurer" [1], derived from Old Persian ganzabarah. This name was traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who were said to have visited the newborn Jesus. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since the Middle Ages. The name can also be given in reference to the English word for the gemstone.
Heath
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HEETH
Personal remark: Heath Sinclair
From an English surname that denoted one who lived on a heath. It was popularized as a given name by the character Heath Barkley from the 1960s television series The Big Valley [1].
Giuliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: joo-LYA-na
Personal remark: Giuliana Altomare
Feminine form of Giuliano.
Eskil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Personal remark: Eskil Ulvestad
Modern Scandinavian form of Ásketill.
Demyan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Демьян(Russian) Дем'ян(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: dyi-MYAN(Russian) deh-MYAN(Ukrainian)
Personal remark: Demyan Urusov
Russian and Ukrainian form of Damian.
Corentin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Breton, French
Pronounced: ko-REHN-teen(Breton) KAW-RAHN-TEHN(French)
Personal remark: Corentin Levant
French form of the Breton name Kaourintin, possibly from korventenn meaning "hurricane, storm". Alternatively, it could be connected to the Brythonic root *karid meaning "love" (modern Breton karout). This was the name of a 5th-century bishop of Quimper in Brittany.
Brynja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Old Norse
Pronounced: PRIN-ya(Icelandic)
Personal remark: Brynja Sigurðardóttir
Means "armour" in Old Norse.
Anatoliy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Анатолий(Russian) Анатолій(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: u-nu-TO-lyee(Russian) u-nu-TAW-lyee(Ukrainian)
Personal remark: Anatoliy Kovalenko
Russian and Ukrainian form of Anatolius.
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