Impala1729's Personal Name List
Zoa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Rating: 29% based on 12 votes
Latinate variant of
Zoe. The Christian martyr Zoe of Rome is sometimes referred to as Saint Zoa.
Zäzilie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Archaic)
Pronounced: tseh-TSEE-lyə
Rating: 35% based on 11 votes
Xanadu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Modern)
Pronounced: ZAN-ə-doo(English)
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
From the name of the summer capital of the 13th-century Mongol ruler Kublai Khan, located in Inner Mongolia, China. It is an anglicized form of Chinese 上都 (Shangdu), derived from 上 (shàng) meaning "above, upper" and 都 (dū) meaning "city".
Winnamine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
Name of one of the characters in Tamora Pierce's books Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen.
Willory
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
Wanderleia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 31% based on 13 votes
Victoriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman, Spanish
Pronounced: beek-to-RYA-na(Spanish)
Rating: 54% based on 12 votes
Victorian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), Provençal
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
English and Provençal form of
Victorianus. This name was borne by two obscure saints, from the 5th and 6th centuries AD.
Veralidaine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: vehr-AHL-ee-dayn
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
The first name of the protagnist in The Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce. A diminutive of the name is
Daine.
Vanderleia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Pronounced: vahn-dərr-LAY-ə(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Vanadís
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 26% based on 11 votes
Means
"goddess of the Vanir" in Old Norse. This was an epithet of the Norse goddess
Freya, given because she was a member of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir).
Valyria
Usage: Literature
Rating: 35% based on 11 votes
The name of a city in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.
Valérianne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 46% based on 12 votes
Valériane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VA-LEH-RYAN
Rating: 46% based on 11 votes
French feminine form of
Valerianus (see
Valerian).
Valeriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ba-leh-RYA-na(Spanish)
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
Feminine form of
Valerianus (see
Valerian).
Vala
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Short form of names containing the Old Norse name element valr- "the slain (in Valhalla)" as well as a direct adoption of Swedish vala (or völva) "fortune teller; prophet" (ultimately from Old Norse vǫlva).
Vaiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian
Rating: 25% based on 11 votes
Means "water cave" or "rock water" in Tahitian, from the phrase vai ana o te mato teitei meaning "water from the cave of the high rock".
Ursuline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch (Rare), French (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 51% based on 10 votes
Ursa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 51% based on 14 votes
Feminine form of
Ursus. This is the name of two constellations in the northern sky: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Tulsi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hinduism, Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali
Other Scripts: টালসি(Bengali) तुलसी(Hindi, Nepali)
Pronounced: tuwl-SEE(Hindi)
Rating: 34% based on 7 votes
From Sanskrit तुलसी
(tulasī) meaning "holy basil (a type of plant)". The plant is considered sacred in Hinduism, and it is sometimes personified as an avatar of
Lakshmi.
Tula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 48% based on 12 votes
Trinity
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TRIN-i-tee
Rating: 42% based on 13 votes
From the English word Trinity, given in honour of the Christian belief that God has one essence, but three distinct expressions of being: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It has only been in use as a given name since the 20th century.
Toula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Τούλα(Greek)
Rating: 51% based on 13 votes
Tinsel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: tin-SUL
Rating: 25% based on 11 votes
A "glittering metallic thread" invented in Nuremberg around 1610. It is usually found woven in fabric to give a shimmery aesthetic or hung in strands on trees, usually Christmas trees, during the winter season to simulate icicles. From the Middle French 'estincelle' meaning a "spark" or "flash", itself from the Vulgar Latin stincilla, a variant of scintilla meaning 'spark'.
A noted bearer is Canadian actress Tinsel Korey, born Harsha Patel, best known for her roles in the Twilight saga and the television series Blackstone.
Tiffany
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TIF-ə-nee
Rating: 60% based on 13 votes
Medieval form of
Theophania. This name was traditionally given to girls born on the Epiphany (January 6), the festival commemorating the visit of the Magi to the infant
Jesus. The name died out after the Middle Ages, but it was revived by the movie
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), the title of which refers to the Tiffany's jewelry store in New York.
Tiffani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TIF-ə-nee
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
Tierra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: TYEH-ra(Spanish)
Rating: 36% based on 10 votes
Means "earth" in Spanish.
Terra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: TEHR-ə
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
Variant of
Tara 1, perhaps influenced by the Latin word
terra meaning
"land, earth".
Tavia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Corsican
Rating: 45% based on 10 votes
Tatia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Georgian
Other Scripts: თათია(Georgian)
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Meaning uncertain. Georgian sources state that the name is of Kartvelian origin but neglect to provide its meaning, whilst one Russian source essentially states that the name is a georgianization of
Tatya, the Russian short form of
Tatyana. One English source even claims that Tatia is a nickname of
Tamar.
Tanwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: TAN-wen, TAHN-wen
Rating: 26% based on 9 votes
Means "white fire" from Welsh
tan "fire" (compare
Tanguy) combined with
gwen "white, fair, blessed". This is a modern Welsh name, first used in the 1960s.
Syrén
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Rating: 27% based on 9 votes
Means "lilac" in Swedish and Danish.
It could be also a variant of the English word siren meaning "mermaid".
Sylvian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Rating: 44% based on 10 votes
Surena
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Persian
Pronounced: SOORENAH
Rating: 26% based on 8 votes
Suren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Սուրեն(Armenian)
Pronounced: soo-REHN
Rating: 40% based on 9 votes
Derived from Parthian surena meaning "warrior" or sura meaning "strong".
Sun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SUN
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Directly taken from the English word
sun which is ultimately derived from Middle English
sunne. From Old English
sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic
*sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European
*sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of
*sóh₂wl̥.
In the USA, 14 boys and 5 girls were named SUN in 2018.
Sula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic), Literature
Rating: 42% based on 10 votes
Truncated form of
Ursula. This was the name of the titular character in Toni Morrison's 1973 novel
Sula.
Sudie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic)
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Stormi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWR-mee(American English) STAW-mee(British English)
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Sovanna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សុវណ្ណា(Khmer)
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Sorina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: so-REE-na
Rating: 45% based on 11 votes
Sora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish
Rating: 51% based on 11 votes
Yiddish form of
Sarah and Judeo-Spanish variant of
Sara.
Sookie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SOO-kee
Rating: 24% based on 11 votes
Skadi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology
Rating: 43% based on 10 votes
Siouxsie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SOO-zee
Rating: 32% based on 13 votes
Variant of
Susie, made famous by the British rock band
Siouxsie & The Banshees. This name is considered offensive to the Sioux Nation.
Sioux
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SOO
Rating: 18% based on 11 votes
The name of a Native American people, used as a variant of
Sue. Considered offensive amongst some Natives.
Silveria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Galician
Rating: 37% based on 9 votes
Italian and Galician feminine form of
Silverio.
Sierra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: see-EHR-ə
Rating: 46% based on 9 votes
Means "mountain range" in Spanish, referring specifically to a mountain range with jagged peaks.
Sicily
Usage: English
Pronounced: SI-si-lee
Rating: 44% based on 11 votes
From Latin
Sicilia, itself from Greek
Σικελία (Sikelia), named for the ancient tribe of the Sicels (
Σικελοί). They were probably of Italic origin, but the meaning of their tribal name is unknown. This is the name of a large island in the Mediterranean, part of
Italy.
Siary
Usage: French
Rating: 18% based on 10 votes
Shonee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Pronounced: Shoh-nee(Australian English)
Rating: 17% based on 10 votes
Famous bearer is Shonee Fairfax, competitor in season 3 and season 5 of Australian Survivor.
Shianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 34% based on 10 votes
Shiann
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: shie-AN
Rating: 17% based on 10 votes
Sheyanne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: shie-AN(American English)
Rating: 16% based on 10 votes
Shenandoah
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Oneida (Anglicized)
Pronounced: shehn-ən-DO-ə(English)
Rating: 38% based on 13 votes
Variant of
Skenandoa, or from the name of the Shenandoah River (names that may or may not be connected). The traditional American folk song
Oh Shenandoah may refer to the Oneida chief Skenandoa or to the river; it is unclear.
Shanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAN-ə
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
Possibly a feminine variant of
Shannon.
Shai
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: שַׁי(Hebrew)
Rating: 32% based on 9 votes
Shae
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SHAY
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Serra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-French
Rating: 15% based on 10 votes
Sandrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SAHN-DREEN
Rating: 29% based on 9 votes
Sandrene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Jamaican Patois
Rating: 27% based on 9 votes
Samira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: سميرة(Arabic) سمیرا(Persian)
Pronounced: sa-MEE-ra(Arabic) sa-mee-RAW(Persian)
Rating: 55% based on 14 votes
Salvatrix
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 33% based on 10 votes
Sairy
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Pronounced: SER-ee(English)
Rating: 28% based on 10 votes
As an English name, it is sometimes used as a nickname for
Sarah, which is the case for Sarah Bush Lincoln, the stepmother of Abraham Lincoln. It is also the case for Sarah Gamp, one of the characters in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit, whose nickname is Sairey (Sairy in the 1994 TV miniseries).
Sairey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Pronounced: SER-ee
Rating: 32% based on 10 votes
Diminutive of
Sarah. Charles Dickens used the name for the character of Mrs. Gamp in his novel '
Martin Chuzzlewit' (1844).
Safira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Pronounced: su-FEE-ru(European Portuguese) sa-FEE-ru(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Portuguese form of
Sapphira. It coincides with the Portuguese word for
"sapphire".
Safina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Malaysian
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Sabrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: sə-BREEN-ə(English) sa-BREE-na(Italian, Spanish) za-BREE-na(German) SA-BREE-NA(French) su-BREE-nu(European Portuguese) sa-BREE-nu(Brazilian Portuguese)
Rating: 61% based on 15 votes
Latinized form of
Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Sabrina was the name of a princess who was drowned in the Severn. Supposedly the river was named for her, but it is more likely that her name was actually derived from that of the river, which is of unknown meaning. She appears as a water nymph in John Milton's masque
Comus (1634).
The name was brought to public attention by Samuel A. Taylor's play Sabrina Fair (1953) and the movie adaptation Sabrina that followed it the next year. This is also the name of a comic book character, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, first introduced 1962 and with television adaptations in 1970-1974 and 1996-2003, both causing minor jumps in popularity. Another jump occurred in 1976, when it was used for a main character on the television series Charlie's Angels.
Roxanne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: rahk-SAN(American English) rawk-SAN(British English) RAWK-SAN(French)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Rosilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Estonian (Archaic), Italian (Archaic), English (American, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Walloon (Archaic)
Rating: 44% based on 11 votes
Estonian variant of
Rosilde and Italian, Québécois and Walloon form of
Roshilda.
Rosena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Haitian Creole
Rating: 37% based on 10 votes
Rosen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (Modern)
Rating: 41% based on 9 votes
Derived from Cornish rosen, the collective form of ros "rose".
Roselia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), American (South), French (Cajun)
Rating: 57% based on 15 votes
Roselda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
Rosamie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Filipino, Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic), French (Acadian, Rare, Archaic)
Pronounced: ROZ-ə-mee(English, Filipino)
Rating: 37% based on 10 votes
Perhaps a diminutive of
Rosamund (compare
Annemie,
Rosemay), though it is claimed to be a combination of
Rose with French
amie "friend".
Rosamée
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Luxembourgish (Rare)
Rating: 45% based on 10 votes
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a contraction of
Rose and
Aimée via the form
Amée.
Romina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ro-MEE-na
Rating: 55% based on 10 votes
Romelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
Romaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (African, Rare)
Pronounced: RAW-MA-LEEN(African French)
Rating: 48% based on 10 votes
Rivers
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 37% based on 12 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Rivers.
Rivanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Reiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 玲子, 礼子, 麗子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REH-KO
Rating: 31% based on 10 votes
From Japanese
玲 (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade" or
礼 (rei) meaning "ceremony" combined with
子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.
Ravenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: rə-VEHN-ə
Rating: 51% based on 11 votes
Either an elaboration of
Raven, or else from the name of the city of Ravenna in Italy.
Pyxis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Astronomy
Rating: 23% based on 11 votes
Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (contrasting with Circinus, which represents a draftsman's compasses). Pyxis was introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century, and is counted among the 88 modern constellations.
Posie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PO-zee
Rating: 39% based on 12 votes
Posey
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PO-zee
Rating: 51% based on 9 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Posey or variant of
Posy.
Polly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHL-ee(American English) PAWL-ee(British English)
Rating: 56% based on 11 votes
Medieval variant of
Molly. The reason for the change in the initial consonant is unknown.
Phoebe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: Φοίβη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: FEE-bee(English)
Rating: 72% based on 16 votes
Latinized form of the Greek name
Φοίβη (Phoibe), which meant
"bright, pure" from Greek
φοῖβος (phoibos). In Greek
mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess
Artemis. The name appears in
Paul's epistle to the Romans in the
New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae.
In England, it began to be used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. It was moderately common in the 19th century. It began to rise in popularity again in the late 1980s, probably helped along by characters on the American television shows Friends (1994-2004) and Charmed (1998-2006). It is currently much more common in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand than the United States.
A moon of Saturn bears this name, in honour of the Titan.
Phaedria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 44% based on 11 votes
Variant of
Phaedra used by Edmund Spenser in his epic poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590), where it belongs to a water fairy who lures knights to her enchanted island.
Petunia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: pə-TOON-yə
Rating: 35% based on 11 votes
From the name of the flower, derived ultimately from a Tupi (South American) word.
Petrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: pə-TREE-nə
Rating: 19% based on 11 votes
Petra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, English
Other Scripts: Петра(Bulgarian) Πέτρα(Greek)
Pronounced: PEH-tra(German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak) PEH-traw(Hungarian) PEHT-rah(Finnish) PEHT-rə(English)
Rating: 49% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of
Peter. This was also the name of an ancient city in the region that is now Jordan.
Petina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Shona
Rating: 27% based on 11 votes
The name of the Zimbabwian writer Petina Gappah.
Peony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEE-ə-nee
Rating: 41% based on 10 votes
From the English word for the type of flower. It was originally believed to have healing qualities, so it was named after the Greek medical god Pæon.
Pelagia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Greek, Polish (Rare)
Other Scripts: Πελαγία(Greek)
Pronounced: peh-LA-gya(Polish)
Rating: 47% based on 11 votes
Feminine form of
Pelagius. This was the name of a few early
saints, including a young 4th-century martyr who threw herself from a rooftop in Antioch rather than lose her virginity.
Peggy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PEHG-ee
Rating: 48% based on 11 votes
Medieval variant of
Meggy, a
diminutive of
Margaret. The reason for the change in the initial consonant is unknown.
Pegeen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Irish (?)
Rating: 14% based on 11 votes
Pearl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PURL(American English) PUL(British English)
Rating: 56% based on 17 votes
From the English word pearl for the concretions formed in the shells of some mollusks, ultimately from Late Latin perla. Like other gemstone names, it has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century. The pearl is the traditional birthstone for June, and it supposedly imparts health and wealth.
Patrise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 29% based on 10 votes
Patrice 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: pə-TREES
Rating: 37% based on 12 votes
Ophira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹפִירָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Opaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare)
Pronounced: O-pə-leen(English) AW-PA-LEEN(French)
Rating: 48% based on 11 votes
Elaborated form of
Opal. This is also an English and French word meaning
"resembling an opal".
Opal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: O-pəl
Rating: 63% based on 13 votes
From the English word
opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October. The word ultimately derives from Sanskrit
उपल (upala) meaning "jewel".
Oksana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian, Russian
Other Scripts: Оксана(Ukrainian, Russian)
Pronounced: uk-SA-nə(Russian)
Rating: 47% based on 15 votes
Ofira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אוֹפִירָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Nymphaea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 54% based on 11 votes
Latin for "water lily"
Nira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: נירה(Hebrew)
Rating: 63% based on 14 votes
Nimoway
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle (Anglicized)
Rating: 22% based on 11 votes
Nilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: NEEL-da(Spanish)
Rating: 36% based on 9 votes
Nerys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 39% based on 9 votes
Probably a feminized form of Welsh nêr meaning "lord".
Nemina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 44% based on 11 votes
Neeta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian
Pronounced: NEE-tə
Rating: 33% based on 8 votes
One who is being led, as in being led to knowledge or "to a path".
Neera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 29% based on 11 votes
Naylie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Modern)
Pronounced: nay-lee
Rating: 32% based on 11 votes
Nayely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), American (Hispanic)
Rating: 34% based on 10 votes
Nayeli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Pronounced: na-YEH-lee(Spanish)
Rating: 50% based on 15 votes
Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".
Naya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: NIE-ə
Rating: 44% based on 11 votes
Variant of
Nia 2, probably modelled on
Maya 2. It was borne by the actress Naya Rivera (1987-2020).
Naida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dagestani
Other Scripts: Наида(Russian)
Rating: 45% based on 10 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Greek
Ναϊάς (Naias), a type of water nymph in Greek
mythology (plural
Ναϊάδες). Alternatively it might be related to Persian
Nahid.
Myrtis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, English
Other Scripts: Μυρτίς(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 66% based on 5 votes
Ancient Greek name derived from μύρτος
(myrtos) meaning "myrtle". This was borne by Myrtis of Anthedon (fl. 6th century BC), an early lyric poet and teacher, who was celebrated for being 'sweet-sounding' and 'clear-voiced' – but also criticized for being over-competitive with fellow poets. Her students purportedly included
Pindaros of Thebes and
Korinna of Tanagra.
Myrtice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-tis
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Morgana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mawr-GAN-ə(American English) maw-GAN-ə(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 12 votes
Mirey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic)
Rating: 41% based on 8 votes
Mio 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美桜, 美緒, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みお(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-O
Rating: 27% based on 10 votes
From Japanese
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with
桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" or
緒 (o) meaning "thread". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
Millaray
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mapuche
Rating: 26% based on 9 votes
Means "golden flower" in Mapuche, from milla "gold" and rayen "flower".
Milah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Judeo-Arabic
Rating: 10% based on 2 votes
Miana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 43% based on 10 votes
Merricat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 34% based on 10 votes
Meg
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MEHG
Rating: 42% based on 11 votes
Meela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Мила(Russian)
Pronounced: mee-LAH
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Marienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Rating: 41% based on 9 votes
Magenta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Theatre
Pronounced: mə-JEN-tə
Rating: 45% based on 12 votes
Named for the mauvish-crimson colour. The dye to make the colour was discovered and named shortly after the Battle of Magenta in 1859 (the town is situated in northern Italy). The colour may have been inspired by the colour of the uniforms worn by the French troops, or by the colour of the land soaked in blood after the battle.
Magenta was a character in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” musical play and movie. She was a domestic maid played by Patricia Quinn.
Magaly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: ma-GHA-lee
Rating: 34% based on 9 votes
Variant of
Magali, predominantly found in Spanish-speaking countries.
Magalie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: MA-GA-LEE
Rating: 49% based on 8 votes
Magali
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Occitan
Pronounced: MA-GA-LEE(French)
Rating: 43% based on 11 votes
Maera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Μαῖρα(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 44% based on 9 votes
Lydiana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic), English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Rating: 43% based on 11 votes
Lydian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Pronounced: LI-dee-ən(English) LI-di-ən(English)
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Variant of
Lydia, occasionally used in Norway as a masculine form. In some cases it may be directly from the word which means "of ancient Lydia" (and also refers to "a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate").
Lurline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Jamaican Patois, Theatre
Pronounced: lər-LEEN(English)
Rating: 35% based on 10 votes
English poetic variant of
Lorelei. William Vincent Wallace used it for the title character, a nymph of the Rhine River, in his opera
Lurline (first performed 1860).
Lura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 39% based on 11 votes
Possibly a form of
Laura.
Lumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: LOO-mee
Rating: 46% based on 16 votes
Means "snow" in Finnish.
Lulle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 35% based on 10 votes
Lowena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 10 votes
Derived from Cornish lowena "happiness, bliss, joy". This is a modern Cornish name.
Loredana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Romanian
Rating: 35% based on 11 votes
Used by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel Mattea (1833) and later by the Italian author Luciano Zuccoli in his novel L'amore de Loredana (1908). It was possibly based on the Venetian surname Loredan, which was derived from the place name Loreo.
Liriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 43% based on 10 votes
Liria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician (Rare)
Rating: 47% based on 12 votes
Derived from Galician lirio "lily".
Lillemor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Pronounced: LIL-le-moor(Swedish) LIL-leh-moor(Norwegian)
Rating: 39% based on 8 votes
Means "little mother", from Swedish and Norwegian lille, an inflected form of liten meaning "little", combined with mor meaning "mother". This name was first recorded in Norway and Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century.
Lilika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Λιλίκα(Greek)
Rating: 39% based on 12 votes
Lilica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Lidian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LIDEEAN
Rating: 43% based on 11 votes
In the case of Lidian Emerson (1802-1892), the second wife of philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, it was an elaboration of
Lydia, her original name, changed by her at her husband's request, allegedly to avoid the hiatus between
Lydia and
Emerson.
Leeloo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: lee-LOO
Rating: 23% based on 12 votes
Short form of
Leeloominaï, which is revealed to mean "precious stones" in the (fictional) Divine Language. Leeloominaï, called Leeloo, is the heroine of the 1997 sci-fi movie "The Fifth Element". The name became popular in France after the release of the movie, usually spelled as
Lilou and sometimes as
Lylou or
Leelou.
Leelee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LEE-lee
Rating: 21% based on 11 votes
Diminutive of names beginning with or containing the sound
lee. In the case of actress Leelee Sobieski (1983-), it is short for her real name,
Liliane.
Leela
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam
Other Scripts: लीला(Hindi) లీలా(Telugu) ಲೀಲಾ(Kannada) லீலா(Tamil) ലീലാ(Malayalam)
Rating: 41% based on 9 votes
Alternate transcription of
Lila 1.
Leah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts: לֵאָה(Hebrew)
Pronounced: LEE-ə(English)
Rating: 69% based on 16 votes
From the Hebrew name
לֵאָה (Leʾa), which was probably derived from the Hebrew word
לָאָה (laʾa) meaning
"weary, grieved" [1]. Alternatively it might be related to Akkadian
littu meaning
"cow". In the
Old Testament Leah is the first wife of
Jacob and the mother of seven of his children. Jacob's other wife was Leah's younger sister
Rachel, whom he preferred. Leah later offered Jacob her handmaid
Zilpah in order for him to conceive more children.
Although this name was used by Jews in the Middle Ages, it was not typical as an English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation, being common among the Puritans.
Lazuli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: LAZ-yuw-lie, LAZ-yuw-lee
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
From an ellipsis of lapis lazuli, the name of a deep blue semiprecious stone. It is derived from medieval Latin lazulum meaning "heaven, sky", ultimately from Persian لاجورد (lajvard) meaning "lapis lazuli, azure (color)".
Layra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 38% based on 11 votes
Laynie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: LAYN-ee
Rating: 34% based on 11 votes
Laira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Rating: 56% based on 11 votes
Kleio
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Greek
Other Scripts: Κλειώ(Greek)
Pronounced: KLEH-AW(Classical Greek)
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Derived from Greek
κλέος (kleos) meaning
"glory". In Greek
mythology she was the goddess of history and heroic poetry, one of the nine Muses. She was said to have introduced the alphabet to Greece.
Kirsi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: KEER-see
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Finnish form of
Christina, or a short form of
Kirsikka. It also means "frost" in Finnish.
Kirrily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Pronounced: KIR-ə-lee
Rating: 34% based on 12 votes
Possibly an elaboration of
Kiri or
Kira 2. It seems to have been brought to attention in Australia in the 1970s by the actress Kirrily Nolan.
Kirra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indigenous Australian, English (Australian)
Rating: 24% based on 11 votes
Kirra is a beach-side suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland which has been popular with holidaymakers since the early 20th century. The name of the suburb is believed to be an Indigenous name, however the specific language and meaning are unknown. It was possibly derived from the Yuggera language in which kaiyar means "white cockatoo" or the Kabi language, in which kirran means "fire". It may also have been named after the boomerang.
Kiri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Maori
Rating: 35% based on 13 votes
Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori. This name has been brought to public attention by New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-).
Kiralee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Australian)
Rating: 34% based on 12 votes
Kimberley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KIM-bər-lee(American English) KIM-bə-lee(British English)
Rating: 41% based on 11 votes
Kiki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Greek
Other Scripts: Κική(Greek)
Pronounced: KEE-kee(English) kee-KEE(Greek)
Rating: 29% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of names beginning with or containing the sound
K.
Kida
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: key-DAH
Rating: 34% based on 13 votes
From the animated movie "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" where it was short for Kidagakash.
Kerrigan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KER-ə-gən
Rating: 34% based on 12 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Kerrigan.
Kaya 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ka-YA
Rating: 43% based on 13 votes
Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.
Katinka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Hungarian, Dutch
Pronounced: ka-TING-ka(German, Dutch) KAW-teeng-kaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 48% based on 16 votes
Katina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Κατίνα(Greek) Катина(Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Rating: 38% based on 13 votes
Greek contracted form of
Katerina. This name had a spike in popularity in America in 1972 when it was used for a newborn baby on the soap opera
Where the Heart Is.
Katica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian
Pronounced: KAW-tee-tsaw(Hungarian)
Rating: 42% based on 13 votes
Katerine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English, Medieval Welsh, Medieval Dutch, Medieval Baltic, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 17 votes
Medieval English and medieval Welsh variant of
Katerina, medieval Latvian variant of
Katarīna, medieval Dutch form of
Katherine and a Scandinavian spelling of French
Catherine.
Katerina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Macedonian, Albanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
Other Scripts: Катерина(Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian) Κατερίνα(Greek)
Pronounced: kə-tyi-RYEE-nə(Russian)
Rating: 66% based on 20 votes
Katalina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American)
Pronounced: ka-ta-LEE-na
Rating: 45% based on 13 votes
Julienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHUY-LYEHN
Rating: 58% based on 15 votes
French feminine form of
Iulianus (see
Julian).
Jordana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese, Macedonian, Serbian, English (Rare)
Other Scripts: Јордана(Macedonian, Serbian)
Pronounced: khor-DHA-na(Spanish) jawr-DAN-ə(American English) jaw-DAN-ə(British English)
Rating: 43% based on 12 votes
Jem
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Rating: 22% based on 13 votes
Variant of
Gem and a short form of
Jemima or possibly
Jerrica. This name was used for the name of the title character in the 80s American animated TV series:
JEM.
Jem is the leader of the Holograms where she provides the lead vocals. She is the alter-ego of Jerrica Benton, owner of Starlight Music and a foster home for girls known as "Starlight House" (later called "Starlight Mansion").
A real bearer of this name is a musical singer: Jem Cooke.
Jasira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian (Muslim)
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Derived from the Arabic verb جَسَرَ (jasara) "to dare, to venture boldly; to be foolhearted".
Janis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAN-is
Rating: 37% based on 10 votes
Jadis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: JAY-dis(English)
Rating: 51% based on 8 votes
Used by the author C. S. Lewis as the proper name of the White Witch, the antagonist in his novel
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950). He may have based it on French
jadis meaning
"long ago, of old" or Persian
جادو (jādū) meaning
"magic, witch".
Irisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian, Latvian (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Rating: 59% based on 14 votes
Irini
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ειρήνη(Greek)
Pronounced: ee-REE-nee
Rating: 43% based on 9 votes
Modern Greek form of
Irene.
Idgie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Popular Culture
Pronounced: IJ-ee
Rating: 23% based on 13 votes
Diminutive of
Imogen or
Imogene.
Imogene "Idgie" Threadgoode is a character in the film 'Fried Green Tomatoes' (1991), based on the novel 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (1987) by American author Fannie Flagg.
Hazeline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Pronounced: hay-za-LINE, hay-za-LEEN
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Gwenore
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 48% based on 13 votes
Form of
Guinevere used in Thomas Chestre's romance
Sir Launfal and in
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Grace
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GRAYS
Rating: 70% based on 21 votes
From the English word
grace, which ultimately derives from Latin
gratia. This was one of the virtue names created in the 17th century by the
Puritans. The actress Grace Kelly (1929-1982) was a famous bearer.
This name was very popular in the English-speaking world at the end of the 19th century. Though it declined in use over the next 100 years, it staged a successful comeback at the end of the 20th century. The American sitcom Will and Grace (1998-2006) may have helped, though the name was already strongly rising when it premiered. It was the top name for girls in England and Wales in 2006.
Gloriana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: glawr-ee-AN-ə
Rating: 46% based on 16 votes
Elaborated form of Latin gloria meaning "glory". In Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590) this was the name of the title character, a representation of Queen Elizabeth I.
Gloria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Spanish, Italian, German
Pronounced: GLAWR-ee-ə(English) GLO-rya(Spanish) GLAW-rya(Italian)
Rating: 62% based on 20 votes
Means
"glory", from the Portuguese and Spanish titles of the Virgin
Mary Maria da Glória and
María de Gloria. Maria da Glória (1819-1853) was the daughter of the Brazilian emperor Pedro I, eventually becoming queen of Portugal as Maria II.
The name was introduced to the English-speaking world by E. D. E. N. Southworth's novel Gloria (1891) and George Bernard Shaw's play You Never Can Tell (1898), which both feature characters with a Portuguese background [1]. It was popularized in the early 20th century by American actress Gloria Swanson (1899-1983). Another famous bearer is feminist Gloria Steinem (1934-).
Ginevra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: jee-NEH-vra
Rating: 59% based on 18 votes
Italian form of
Guinevere. This is also the Italian name for the city of Geneva, Switzerland. It is also sometimes associated with the Italian word
ginepro meaning "juniper".
Ginerva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ji-NUR-və
Rating: 32% based on 13 votes
Either a spelling error or a rare English variant of
Ginevra influenced by
Minerva.
Gilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced: JEEL-da(Italian)
Rating: 41% based on 17 votes
Originally an Italian short form of
Ermenegilda and other names containing the Old German element
gelt meaning
"payment, tribute, compensation". This is the name of a character in Verdi's opera
Rigoletto (1851). It is also the name of a 1946 American movie, starring Rita Hayworth in the title role.
Gibby
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GIB-ee
Rating: 21% based on 14 votes
Genevie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Archaic), Filipino
Pronounced: JEN-a-vee(Filipino)
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Fenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frisian, Dutch
Pronounced: FEH-na(Dutch)
Rating: 39% based on 15 votes
Faie
Usage: Indonesian
Rating: 30% based on 14 votes
Evanthia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Ευανθία(Greek)
Rating: 48% based on 14 votes
Modern Greek feminine form of
Εὐανθία (Euanthia), a variant of
Euanthe. This was the name of a 1st-century martyr from Skepsis who is considered a
saint in the Orthodox Church.
Eurosia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Spanish
Rating: 39% based on 15 votes
A famous bearer was Eurosia Fabris, also known as Mamma Rosa, who was beatified in 2005.
Euphoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare), Obscure
Pronounced: yoo-FAWR-ee-ə(English)
Rating: 31% based on 14 votes
From the English word meaning "feeling of intense happiness, state of joy", originally a medical Latin term meaning "condition of feeling healthy and comfortable (especially when sick)". It comes from Greek εὐφορία
(euphoria) "power of enduring easily", from εὔφορος
(euphoros) "bearing well, able to endure, patient", ultimately from εὖ
(eu) "good, well" and φέρω
(phero) "to bear".
This name debuted in the United States baby name data in 2007, when it was given to 6 girls born in the US. Use of the name has probably been influenced by the brand of perfume called Euphoria, which was introduced by Calvin Klein in 2005, and more recently by the American television show Euphoria which premiered in 2019 (19 girls born in the United States in 2021 were named Euphoria, and 16 in 2022).
Euphonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 32% based on 15 votes
From the name of the Euphonia bird, a tanager of the genus Tanagra.
Euphemia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], English (Archaic)
Other Scripts: Εὐφημία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: yoo-FEE-mee-ə(English) yoo-FEH-mee-ə(English)
Rating: 53% based on 15 votes
Means
"to use words of good omen" from Greek
εὐφημέω (euphemeo), a derivative of
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
φημί (phemi) meaning "to speak, to declare".
Saint Euphemia was an early martyr from Chalcedon.
Eudoxia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Εὐδοξία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 38% based on 16 votes
From Greek
εὐδοξία (eudoxia) meaning
"good repute, good judgement", itself from
εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and
δόξα (doxa) meaning "notion, reputation, honour".
Ethel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ETH-əl
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
Short form of names beginning with the Old English element
æðele meaning
"noble". It was coined in the 19th century, when many Old English names were revived. It was popularized by the novels
The Newcomes (1855) by William Makepeace Thackeray and
The Daisy Chain (1856) by C. M. Yonge. A famous bearer was American actress and singer Ethel Merman (1908-1984).
Esra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
Esmerine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Belgian
Elvy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 38% based on 12 votes
Elvaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American
Rating: 35% based on 13 votes
Elorie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque (Gallicized)
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
Eloria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Eloise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-o-eez, ehl-o-EEZ
Rating: 71% based on 17 votes
From the Old French name
Héloïse, which was probably from the Germanic name
Helewidis, composed of the elements
heil meaning "healthy, whole" and
wit meaning "wide". It is sometimes associated with the Greek word
ἥλιος (helios) meaning "sun" or the name
Louise, though there is no etymological connection. This name was borne by the 12th-century French scholar and philosopher Héloïse. Secretly marrying the theologian Peter Abelard at a young age, she became a nun (and eventually an abbess) after Abelard was violently castrated by order of her uncle Fulbert.
There was a medieval English form of this name, Helewis, though it died out after the 13th century. In the 19th century it was revived in the English-speaking world in the form Eloise.
Ellory
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ell-or-y
Rating: 35% based on 16 votes
Ellorie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 15 votes
Ellerie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Rating: 31% based on 15 votes
Eisley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IEZ-lee
Rating: 23% based on 14 votes
Transferred use of the surname
Eisley. In the fictional
Star Wars universe, Mos Eisley is a town on the planet Tatooine. This name is pronounced identically to
Eisele, which was used by American country singer Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum for her daughter born 2013.
Eirlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AYR-lis
Rating: 26% based on 12 votes
Means
"snowdrop (flower)" in Welsh, a compound of
eira "snow" and
llys "plant".
Eirian
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 38% based on 14 votes
Means
"bright, beautiful" in Welsh
[1].
Eira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AY-ra
Rating: 49% based on 14 votes
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.
Eilonwy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 36% based on 13 votes
From Welsh eilon meaning "deer, stag" or "song, melody". This name was used by Lloyd Alexander in his book series The Chronicles of Prydain (1964-1968) as well as the Disney film adaptation The Black Cauldron (1985).
Eiley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scots
Rating: 28% based on 11 votes
Dorothy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAWR-ə-thee(American English, British English) DAWR-thee(American English)
Rating: 69% based on 16 votes
Usual English form of
Dorothea. It has been in use since the 16th century. The author L. Frank Baum used it for the central character, Dorothy Gale, in his fantasy novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and several of its sequels.
Dorothea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, Dutch, English, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Δωροθέα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: do-ro-TEH-a(German, Dutch) dawr-ə-THEE-ə(English)
Rating: 61% based on 14 votes
Feminine form of the Greek name
Δωρόθεος (Dorotheos), which meant
"gift of god" from Greek
δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift" and
θεός (theos) meaning "god". The name
Theodore is composed of the same elements in reverse order. Dorothea was the name of two early
saints, notably the 4th-century martyr Dorothea of Caesarea. It was also borne by the 14th-century Saint Dorothea of Montau, who was the patron saint of Prussia.
Dior
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 23% based on 12 votes
From a French surname, possibly from doré meaning "golden". As a given name it has been inspired by the French luxury fashion house Dior, founded by the designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).
Dione 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Διώνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DEE-AW-NEH(Classical Greek) die-O-nee(English)
Rating: 45% based on 13 votes
From Greek
Διός (Dios) meaning
"of Zeus". By extension, it means
"goddess". This was the name of a Greek goddess who, according to some legends, was the mother of
Aphrodite. A moon of Saturn is named after her.
Dianny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Hispanic)
Rating: 34% based on 11 votes
Devony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare)
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
Devanie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DEV-a-nee
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
Deja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: DAY-zhə(English)
Rating: 39% based on 10 votes
Means "already" from the French phrase déjà vu meaning "already seen". It received a popularity boost in 1995 when a character named Deja appeared in the movie Higher Learning.
Defiance
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romani (Archaic)
Pronounced: di-FIE-əns
Rating: 16% based on 14 votes
Derived from the English word denoting a disposition to resist.
Davina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: də-VEE-nə
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of
David. It originated in Scotland.
Davaney
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Day-Vuh-Nee
Rating: 33% based on 6 votes
Davanee
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: Day-Vuh-NEE
Rating: 18% based on 6 votes
Darian
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ee-ən
Rating: 50% based on 14 votes
Probably an elaborated form of
Darren.
Dalene
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare), Afrikaans
Pronounced: də-LEEN(American English)
Rating: 23% based on 12 votes
Daine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Short form of
Veralidaine. The name of character in the
The Immortals books series by Tamora Pierce.
Culla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 23% based on 12 votes
Crescent
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical), Biblical Romanian, Biblical French, French (Rare), English (Rare)
Rating: 29% based on 12 votes
French and Romanian form and English variant of
Crescens. In the English-speaking world, it is now considered a nature name referring to the phase of the moon, derived from Old French
creissant, ultimately from Latin
crescere "come forth, spring up, grow, thrive".
As an English name, Crescent has been in use from the 17th century onwards, although increasingly rarely so; it was revived in the early 1970s. As a French name, it is now obsolescent while the Romanian name is not used outside of the biblical context.
Coriolana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Tuscan, Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 12 votes
Claris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English (Rare)
Pronounced: CLAH-riss(Middle English)
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
Clariana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Gascon (Rare)
Rating: 34% based on 12 votes
Claria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Medieval Occitan
Rating: 48% based on 12 votes
Citlalli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Nahuatl
Pronounced: see-CHAL-lee
Rating: 24% based on 9 votes
Means
"star" in Nahuatl
[1].
Circe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κίρκη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SUR-see(American English) SU-see(British English)
Rating: 52% based on 16 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Κίρκη (Kirke), possibly from
κίρκος (kirkos) meaning
"hawk". In Greek
mythology Circe was a sorceress who changed
Odysseus's crew into hogs, as told in Homer's
Odyssey. Odysseus forced her to change them back, then stayed with her for a year before continuing his voyage.
Cindra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SIN-drə
Rating: 41% based on 12 votes
Cierra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: see-EHR-ə
Rating: 24% based on 12 votes
Ciera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: see-EHR-ə
Rating: 26% based on 11 votes
Cicely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIS-ə-lee
Rating: 51% based on 12 votes
Charlotte
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Pronounced: SHAR-LAWT(French) SHAHR-lət(American English) SHAH-lət(British English) shar-LAW-tə(German) sha-LOT(Swedish) shahr-LAW-tə(Dutch)
Rating: 72% based on 22 votes
French feminine
diminutive of
Charles. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. It was the name of a German-born 18th-century queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland. Another notable bearer was Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), the eldest of the three Brontë sisters and the author of
Jane Eyre and
Villette. A famous fictional bearer is the spider in the children's novel
Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White.
This name was fairly common in France, England and the United States in the early 20th century. It became quite popular in France and England at the end of the 20th century, just when it was at a low point in the United States. It quickly climbed the American charts and entered the top ten in 2014.
Cera
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Rating: 37% based on 12 votes
Of uncertain origin and meaning, this name might be a variant of
Sera. It was used in the 1988 movie
The Land Before Time where it belongs to one of the main characters, a triceratops.
Cassinia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Obscure
Rating: 46% based on 13 votes
The name of a family of daisy flowers.
Caspia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 38% based on 14 votes
From the name of the caspia plant and feminization of
Caspian.
Carpathia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kahr-PAY-thee-uh
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
In reference to the mountain range of Eastern Europe, from Thracian Greek Karpates oros, probably literally literally "Rocky Mountain"; related to Albanian karpe "rock." From 1630s in reference to the island of Carpathos in the Aegean. Also the name of a ship, the RMS Carpathia which saved survivors from the Titanic.
Buttercup
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: BUT-ər-kup(American English) BUT-ə-kup(British English)
Rating: 24% based on 14 votes
From the English word for the yellow flower (genus Ranunculus). Author William Goldman used it for Princess Buttercup in his book The Princess Bride (1973) and the subsequent film adaptation (1987).
Bronwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: BRAWN-wehn
Rating: 46% based on 13 votes
Seemingly derived from Welsh
bron "breast" and
gwen "white, blessed", though it has sometimes occurred as a variant spelling of the legendary name
Branwen [1]. It has been used as a given name in Wales since the 19th century. It is borne by a character in Richard Llewellyn's 1939 novel
How Green Was My Valley, as well as the 1941 movie adaptation.
Brixia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Celtic Mythology
Rating: 41% based on 16 votes
Breifne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Rating: 33% based on 4 votes
Likely derived from
Bréifne (also
Bréfne), the name of a medieval Irish kingdom. The meaning of its name is uncertain, as it is disputed amongst scholars. Some derive the name from Old Irish
brí meaning "hill", whilst others state that it is derived from the feminine given name
Bréfne.
Branwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: BRAN-wehn(Welsh)
Rating: 40% based on 14 votes
Means
"white raven" from Old Welsh
bran "raven" and
gwen "white, blessed". According to the Second Branch of the
Mabinogi [1] she was the daughter of
Llŷr. After she was mistreated by her husband Matholwch, the king of Ireland, she managed to get a message to her brother
Brân, the king of Britain. Brân launched a costly invasion to rescue her, but she died of grief shortly after her return.
Bonny
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHN-ee, BON-ee
Rating: 29% based on 14 votes
Bonnie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHN-ee(American English) BAWN-ee(British English)
Rating: 49% based on 13 votes
Means "pretty" from the Scottish word bonnie, which was itself derived from Middle French bon "good". It has been in use as an American given name since the 19th century, and it became especially popular after the movie Gone with the Wind (1939), in which it was the nickname of Scarlett's daughter.
Blanchefleur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval French, Dutch (Rare), Literature, Arthurian Cycle
Rating: 29% based on 15 votes
Means "white flower" in French. It is borne by a number of characters, who reflect purity and idealized beauty, in literature of the High Middle Ages, notably in the romances of Floris and Blanchefleur and Tristan and Iseult.
Beverley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHV-ər-lee(American English) BEHV-ə-lee(British English)
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Beatrice
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English, Swedish, Romanian
Pronounced: beh-a-TREE-cheh(Italian) BEE-ə-tris(English) BEET-ris(English) BEH-ah-trees(Swedish) beh-ah-TREES(Swedish)
Rating: 72% based on 18 votes
Italian form of
Beatrix. Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290) was the woman who was loved by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. She serves as Dante's guide through paradise in his epic poem the
Divine Comedy (1321). This is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's comedy
Much Ado About Nothing (1599), in which Beatrice and
Benedick are fooled into confessing their love for one another.
Axeliane
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norwegian (Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 14 votes
Avina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval English
Rating: 40% based on 14 votes
Aurica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 43% based on 16 votes
Auréline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Rating: 55% based on 14 votes
Aurea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Rating: 45% based on 15 votes
Late Latin name that was derived from
aureus "golden". This was the name of a 3rd-century
saint from Ostia (near Rome), as well as an 11th-century Spanish saint.
Aure
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 26% based on 12 votes
French form of
Aurea and
Aura.
Aure has been in rare, but steady, use since the Middle Ages (despite also being the Old French vocabulary word for "breeze; soft wind").
Aura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Finnish
Pronounced: AWR-ə(English) OW-ra(Italian, Spanish) OW-rah(Finnish)
Rating: 64% based on 20 votes
From the word
aura (derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek
αὔρα meaning "breeze") for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.
Attie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (South, Archaic)
Rating: 40% based on 12 votes
Diminutive of various names beginning with Ad- and At-.
Attica
Usage: English, Ancient Roman
Rating: 33% based on 12 votes
From Greek
Ἀττική (Attike), derived from the name of the city of
Ἀθήναι (see
Athens). This is the name of the peninsula where Athens is located.
Astris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Αστρις(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 34% based on 13 votes
Derived from
αστερ (aster) meaning "star, starry". It is the name of a star-nymph daughter of the sun-god
Helios.
Astrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Occitan, Medieval Jewish
Rating: 39% based on 14 votes
Astoria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: as-TAWR-ee-ə
Rating: 53% based on 19 votes
Feminine form of
Astor. This is also the name of several American towns, after the businessman John Jacob Astor.
Asra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أسرى(Arabic)
Pronounced: AS-ra
Rating: 63% based on 6 votes
Means "travel at night" in Arabic.
Arianwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: ar-YAN-wehn
Rating: 51% based on 13 votes
Derived from Welsh
arian "silver" and
gwen "white, blessed". This was the name of a 5th-century Welsh
saint, one of the supposed daughters of
Brychan Brycheiniog.
Antheia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄνθεια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 45% based on 15 votes
Anthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-thee-ə(English)
Rating: 49% based on 15 votes
From the Greek
Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from
ἄνθος (anthos) meaning
"flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess
Hera.
Ambria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: am-bree-uh(English)
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Ambia
Usage: Bengali
Rating: 30% based on 14 votes
Aloysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: a-LOI-zya
Rating: 41% based on 14 votes
Alodia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Gothic (Latinized)
Rating: 52% based on 15 votes
Possibly from a Visigothic name, maybe from Gothic elements such as
alls "all" or
aljis "other" combined with
auds "riches, wealth".
Saint Alodia was a 9th-century Spanish martyr with her sister Nunilo.
Allegria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 41% based on 13 votes
Means "cheerfulness, joy" in Italian.
Alexine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 46% based on 14 votes
Alastrina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: a-la-STREE-nə
Rating: 47% based on 17 votes
Alasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: ə-LA-see-ə
Rating: 40% based on 14 votes
Alasia is the name of the star HD 168746. The star is named after an ancient name for Cyprus.
Alaia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Rating: 49% based on 16 votes
Means "joyful, happy" from Basque alai.
Ailey
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scots
Pronounced: EH-li
Rating: 35% based on 13 votes
Aiday
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айдай(Kazakh)
Pronounced: ie-DIE
Rating: 24% based on 14 votes
Means
"moon-like" in Kazakh, from
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and the suffix
дай (day) meaning "like".
Adrienne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-DREE-YEHN(French)
Rating: 67% based on 16 votes
French feminine form of
Adrian.
Adelasia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Italian, Theatre, Italian, Sardinian
Rating: 51% based on 14 votes
Medieval Italian variant of
Adelaide.
Adelasia of Torres (1207-1259) was the Judge of Logudoro from 1236 and Judge of Gallura from 1238, while Adelasia del Vasto (c. 1075 – 16 April 1118) was the third wife of Roger I of Sicily and mother of Roger II of Sicily, as well as Queen consort of Jerusalem due to her later marriage to Baldwin I of Jerusalem, as his third wife.
Adelasia ed Aleramo (1806) is an opera composed by Johann Simon Mayr.
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