Behind the Name: Dianatiger's Personal Name List

Sira

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)

Pronounced: SEE-ra

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Spanish and Italian feminine form of Syrus.

Sharia

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic (Rare)

Other Scripts: شريعة(Arabic)

Pronounced: sha-REE-‘a

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

Means "divine law, noble law" in Arabic, from the root شرع (sharaʿa) meaning "to go, to enact" [1].

Pyaari

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Indian (Rare, ?)

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

Loosely translated to "Cutie" or "Sweetie", a term of endearment occasionally used as a given name.

Piera

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: PYEH-ra

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Italian feminine form of Peter.

Phoenicia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (American, Rare)

Pronounced: fə-NEE-shə(American English)

Rating: 35% based on 2 votes

Taken directly from the ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization Phoenicia.

Peninnah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: ףְּנִנָּה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: pi-NIN-ə(English) pi-NEE-nə(English)

Rating: 57% based on 3 votes

Means "pearl, coral, precious stone" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the wives of Elkanah, the other being Hannah.

Pavlina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Slovene

Other Scripts: Павлина(Bulgarian, Macedonian) Παυλίνα(Greek)

Bulgarian, Macedonian and Greek form of Paulina.

Ozma

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Literature

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Princess Ozma of Oz is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum.

Oseas

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Spanish

Rating: 50% based on 3 votes

Form of Hoshea used in some versions of the Latin Bible.

Oliverio

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: o-lee-BEH-ryo

Rating: 40% based on 3 votes

Spanish form of Oliver.

Mattathias

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical Greek [1], Biblical

Other Scripts: Ματταθίας(Ancient Greek)

Rating: 73% based on 3 votes

Form of Mattithiah used in the Greek Bible. It is used in some English translations of the New Testament. This spelling also appears in most English translations of the Books of Maccabees.

Luena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Portuguese

Rating: 53% based on 3 votes

Meaning unknown, possibly from the name of a city in Angola. It was popularized in Portugal by a character on the telenovela A Única Mulher (2015-2017).

Lucrezia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: loo-KREHT-tsya

Italian form of Lucretia.

Léopoldine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French

Pronounced: LEH-AW-PAWL-DEEN

French feminine form of Leopold.

Iluminada

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: ee-loo-mee-NA-dha

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

Spanish form of Illuminata.

Hoda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian, Arabic

Other Scripts: هدی(Persian) هدى(Arabic)

Pronounced: HOO-da(Arabic)

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Persian form of Huda, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.

Hira 1

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Urdu, Nepali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi

Other Scripts: ہیرا(Urdu) हिरा(Nepali) ਹੀਰਾ(Gurmukhi) હીરા(Gujarati) हीरा(Hindi)

Pronounced: HEE-ra(Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi)

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Derived from Sanskrit हीर (hīra) meaning "diamond". It is typically feminine in Pakistan and unisex in India and Nepal.

Hana 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Bosnian

Other Scripts: هناء(Arabic)

Pronounced: ha-NA(Arabic)

Rating: 73% based on 3 votes

Means "bliss, happiness" in Arabic, from the root هنأ (hanaʾa) meaning "to gladden, to enjoy".

Evandro

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Rating: 50% based on 3 votes

Portuguese form of Evander 1.

Evaldo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Rating: 57% based on 3 votes

Portuguese form of Ewald.

Espérance

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French

Pronounced: EHS-PEH-RAHNS

French cognate of Esperanza, currently most common in Francophone Africa.

Desideria

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Late Roman

Pronounced: deh-zee-DEH-rya(Italian) deh-see-DHEH-rya(Spanish)

Rating: 47% based on 3 votes

Feminine form of Desiderio. This was the Latin name of a 19th-century queen of Sweden, the wife of Karl XIV. She was born in France with the name Désirée.

Crescentius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Late Roman

Rating: 40% based on 3 votes

Latin name that was a derivative of the name Crescens. This was the name of a few early saints, including a child martyred in Rome during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.

Costanza

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: ko-STAN-tsa

Italian feminine form of Constans.

Caelestius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Late Roman

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

Variant of Caelestis. This was the name of a noted follower of the Christian heretic Pelagius.

Astrida

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Kashubian

Rating: 45% based on 4 votes

Czech and Slovak variant and Kashubian form of Astrid.