ceruleanskylark's Personal Name List

Rhys
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, English
Pronounced: REES
Rating: 64% based on 9 votes
From Old Welsh Ris, probably meaning "ardour, enthusiasm". Several Welsh rulers have borne this name, including the 12th-century Rhys ap Gruffydd who fought against the invading Normans.
Peridot
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PER-i-do, PER-i-daht
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
Taken from the name of the gemstone, whose name is of uncertain origin and meaning. A current theory, however, derives it from Anglo-Norman pedoretés, ultimately from Greek paiderôs (via Latin paederos): pais "child" and erôs "love".

As a given name, it has found occasional usage in the English-speaking world from the late 19th century onwards.

Onyx
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHN-iks
Rating: 56% based on 9 votes
From the English word for the gemstone (a variety of chalcedony), which can be black, red or other colours. It is derived from Greek ὄνυξ (onyx) meaning "claw, nail".
Nyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Novalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Modern)
Pronounced: NO-vah-lee
Rating: 41% based on 9 votes
Combination of Nova and the popular name suffix -lie (see also Novalee).
Maeve
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Irish, English, Irish Mythology
Pronounced: MAYV(English)
Rating: 85% based on 10 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name Medb meaning "intoxicating". In Irish legend this was the name of a warrior queen of Connacht. She and her husband Ailill fought against the Ulster king Conchobar and the hero Cúchulainn, as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
Kindred
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 36% based on 9 votes
From the English word "kindred" meaning "family".
Juniper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JOON-i-pər
Rating: 82% based on 9 votes
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.
Juliet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: joo-lee-EHT, JOOL-yət
Rating: 88% based on 10 votes
Anglicized form of Giulietta or Juliette. This spelling was used for the ill-fated lover of Romeo in the play Romeo and Juliet (1596) by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare based his story on earlier Italian tales such as Giulietta e Romeo (1524) by Luigi Da Porto.
Hyacinth 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HIE-ə-sinth
Rating: 63% based on 8 votes
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone that also bears this name), ultimately from Greek hyakinthos (see Hyacinthus).
Glory
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: GLAWR-ee
Rating: 67% based on 6 votes
Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.
Bellamy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 53% based on 9 votes
From an English surname derived from Old French bel ami meaning "beautiful friend".
Avigail
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֲבִיגַיִל(Hebrew)
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Modern Hebrew form of Abigail.
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