hermeline's Personal Name List

Chechen form of Zulaykha.

Means "elite, prime, cream" in Arabic. This was the name of a 9th-century wife of Harun ar-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of The 1001 Nights.

Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

From Sanskrit युवन् (yúvan) meaning “young, youthful, healthy”.

From Japanese 優 (yuu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
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From Japanese 百合 (yuri) for "lily" and 愛 (a) for "love."

Yiddish short form of Judith.

From Persian یار (yār) meaning "friend, helper".

Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Jana 1.

Hebrew form of Jachin.

Means "flower" in Nahuatl [1].

Derived from Greek ξενος (xenos) meaning "stranger, foreigner".

This is the name of one of the Thirteen and later king of Qarth in George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire.

Variant of Weimar.

Weymar Rois is the name of Waymar Royce in the German translation of 'The song of ice and fire'.

Variant of Vanderley.

Variant of Varlaam.

Transferred use of the surname Vaden.

Means "victory mood" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Turin was a cursed hero, the slayer of the dragon Glaurung. He was also called Turambar, Mormegil, and other names. This is also the Anglicized name of the city of Torino in Italy.

Yiddish form of Theodore. This name was originally used to translate Nathan and Jonathan.

Czech, Slovak and Romanian form of Tímea.

German form of Tiburtius (see Tiburcio).

Alternate transcription of Burmese သူရိန် (see Thurein).

From the name of an ancient Greek town in Boeotia, itself supposedly named after a nymph. In a Greek legend (the oldest surviving version appearing in Latin in Ovid's Metamorphoses) this is the name of a young woman from Babylon. Believing her to be dead, her lover Pyramus kills himself, after which she does the same to herself. The splashes of blood from their suicides is the reason mulberry fruit are red.

Means "law of nature, divine law, custom" in Greek. In Greek mythology this was the name of a Titan who presided over custom and natural law. She was often depicted blindfolded and holding a pair of scales. By Zeus she was the mother of many deities, including the three Μοῖραι (Moirai) and the three Ὥραι (Horai).

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Thela Wernstedt is a German politician.

Short form of Theodora. A famous bearer was actress Theda Bara (1885-1955), who was born Theodosia Goodman.

Variant of Tewodros.

Tchelio is a magician and the king's (and prince's) protector in "L'amour des trois oranges", a 1921 satirical French-language opera by Sergei Prokofiev.

Modern Hebrew acronym for "Made in The Beautiful Land of Israel" (Hebrew: תוצרת ארץ ישראל היפה)

Alternate transcription of Tawus.

Means "spring rain" in Kurdish and/or "healthy, strong" in Uzbek.

In Etruscan mythology, Tarchon and his brother, Tyrrhenus, were cultural heroes who founded the Etruscan League of twelve cities, the Dodecapoli.

An invented name, combining the phonetic elements ta, my and ya, and based on the sounds of names such as Tamia and Amaya. It can be spelled Tamya or with a capitalized third letter as TaMya (or Ta'Mya).

Means "rain" in Quechua.

From Japanese 鈴 (suzu) meaning "bell" or other kanji having the same pronunciation.

From Japanese 水 (sui) meaning "water" and 神 (jin) meaning "god, spirit". This is the name of the god (or gods) of water, lakes and pools in Japanese mythology.

Means "buttercup (flower)" in Icelandic (genus Ranunculus), derived from sól "sun" and ey "island".

Most likely a variant of Catherine.

Means "first daughter" in Khana.

A minor character from the 2014 young-adult book "Dorothy Must Die" by Danielle Paige bears this name.

Derived from Gothic sinþs "way, path" and Ancient Germanic rēdaz, "counsel".

Sindered was the last Archbishop of Toledo in Visigothic Hispania around the year 710.

Old Swedish form of Sigríkr.

Modern Scandinavian form of Signý.

Feminine form of Sidonius. This is the name of a legendary saint from Georgia. She and her father Abiathar were supposedly converted by Saint Nino from Judaism to Christianity.

Irish form of Isabel.

Variant of Sheila, or a combination of the popular phonetic elements shy and la.

Shurali is a forest spirit in Tatar and Bashkir mythology. According to legends, Shurali lives in forests. He has long fingers, a horn on its forehead, and a woolly body. He lures victims into the thickets and can tickle them to death.

From the Chinese 姝 (shū) meaning "beautiful girl" and 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate".

Name borne by a Kassite goddess that was closely associated with the royal family.

From Japanese 真 (shin) meaning "real, genuine" combined with 司 (ji) meaning "officer, boss" or 二 (ji) meaning "two". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.

From Sanskrit शान्ती (śāntī) meaning "quiet, peace, tranquility".

Variant of Shandi.

Anglicized form of Séamus.

From a Late Latin name that was derived from Latin serenus meaning "clear, tranquil, serene". This name was borne by an obscure early saint. Edmund Spenser also used it in his poem The Faerie Queene (1590). A famous bearer from the modern era is tennis player Serena Williams (1981-).

Meaning uncertain, possibly a derivative of Mapuche ayün "love".

Modern form of Sanjaya.

Turkish feminine form of Sami 2.

Diminutive of Sarah, often used independently.

Transferred use of the surname Sagan, usually used in reference to astronomer Carl Sagan.

The name of a werewolf-like creature in Laurentian French. It is derived from standard French loup garou "werewolf" (where loup means "wolf" and garou is a borrowed word from Germanic were-wolf via Frankish garulf).

Variant of Rommela and Romella.

Common diminutive of Restituto. This is also occasionally used as a diminutive of Restituta.

Variant of Ryan.

Means "wife" / "beloved" in Hebrew.

Scandinavian, Finnish and Estonian form of Erasmus.

From Japanese 雷 (rai) meaning "thunder" and 神 (jin) meaning "god, spirit". This is the name of the god (or gods) of thunder and storms in the mythology of Japan.

Originally a diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element radŭ meaning "happy, willing". In Poland it is usually a diminutive of Radosław.

Italian variant of Rachele, Polish form of Rachel as well as a Latinate form of Rachel.

Means "it has rained", derived from Nahuatl quiyahuitl "rain, rainstorm", the nineteenth day sign of the tonalpohualli.

Feminine of Pyrrhos.

In Greek mythology, Pyrrha and her husband, Deucalion, built an arc to survive a great flood created by Zeus. When they reached land, they threw rocks over their shoulders, and the rocks became men and women.

Means "rain" in Sotho.

French form of Priscilla.

Pravuil is an archangel briefly mentioned in the Second Book of Enoch as God's scribe and recordkeeper. In Enoch II, God commands Pravuil to bring Enoch writing materials so he could document his journey through the heavens.

Ancient Greek form of Polyxena.

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.

Most likely used as a first name due to John Joseph Pershing, General of the Armies for the United States at the end of World War I. His paternal ancestors were of German descent, and the original spelling was likely Pfoersching. The name derives from pfersich, the German word meaning "peach", and was used as a metonymic occupational name meaning "grower or seller of peaches". Pfersich comes from persica, the Late Latin word for peach, originally malum persicum meaning "Persian apple".

Diminutive form of Pierre, Perre and Pier.

French feminine form of Paulinus (see Paulino).

Feminine form of Paschasios (Greek) and Paschasius (Latin).

A notable bearer of this name was saint Paschasia of Dijon (2nd century AD).

Means "son of Pritha" in Sanskrit. This is another name for the three elder Pandavas, who were sons of Pritha (another name of Kunti) and Pandu.

French form of Pamphilus.

Ovie means “King” in Urhobo, a language that belongs to the Urhobo people of Nigeria. It will have baby walking (or crawling) around with all the swagger deserving of a monarch.

Romanian and Spanish form of Odilia.

The name of an obscure earth goddess, mentioned in poems by William Sharp and W. B. Yeats.

Combination of Latin oct- "eight" and Greek -ander "man" given to children born in October or to the eighth child of the family.

English form of Noël or Noëlle (rarely). It was fairly popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in the middle of the 20th century. It is occasionally written with a diaeresis, like in French. A famous bearer is British musician Noel Gallagher (1967-).

From Sanskrit निखिल (nikhila) meaning "whole, entire".

Hellenized form of Nero 1 as well as the Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian form of the name.

Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".

Spanish and Portuguese form of Naiara.

Variant of Nia 2, probably modelled on Maya 2. It was borne by the actress Naya Rivera (1987-2020).

Means "wild rose" in Persian.

Means "New" in Hindi

Derived from Arabic أَمِير (ʾamīr) meaning "prince, commander" (see Amir 1) combined with the name Ali 1.

Meaning unknown. According to the 19th-century Polish-Lithuanian historian Teodor Narbutt, this was the name of a Lithuanian goddess of love.

Probably a variant of Meliora. This name was (first?) used in the Arthurian romance The Adventures of Melora and Orlando (1696).

Of African origin meaning "the luxurious.”

Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Latin maius "the month of may" and a diminutive of Germanic names containing the element mag, a variant of megin meaning "strength". This was the name of a 10th-century abbot of Cluny.

Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Máel Ísu or Maol Íosa meaning "disciple of Jesus".

Swedish and Norwegian short form of Magdalene.

It is an acronym of the name of the martyred Rabbinic scholar Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg

Possibly a variant of Mahala, or from Tagalog "mahál", meaning 'loved one.'

Variant of Mahala.

Transferred use of the surname Luxon.

Meaning unknown, though possibly related to the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world". In Czech legend this is the name of a bard.

From the name of the lotus flower (species Nelumbo nucifera) or the mythological lotus tree. They are ultimately derived from Greek λωτός (lotos). In Greek and Roman mythology the lotus tree was said to produce a fruit causing sleepiness and forgetfulness.

Short form of Charlotte or Liselotte.

A character in the Game of Thrones universe, Loras Tyrell.

Hawaiian form of Lorin.

Short form of Lochlainn or taken directly from the Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Scots word loch meaning ''lake''.

It could also be transferred from the originally German surname Loch.

Variant of Liwen using Spanish spelling conventions.

Derived from Latin leo meaning "lion", a cognate of Leon. It was popular among early Christians and was the name of 13 popes, including Saint Leo the Great who asserted the dominance of the Roman bishops (the popes) over all others in the 5th century. It was also borne by six Byzantine emperors and five Armenian kings. Another famous bearer was the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), name spelled Лев in Russian, whose works include War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Leo is also a constellation and the fifth sign of the zodiac.

Meaning unknown. It was popularized by a character in Estonian writer Andres Saal's historical stories Vambola (1889) and Aita (1891). Saal associated it with Estonian leidma "to find".

From a surname that was derived from Lassy, the name of a town in Normandy. The name of the town was Gaulish in origin, perhaps deriving from a personal name that was Latinized as Lascius. Formerly more common for boys in America, this name began to grow in popularity for girls in 1975.

Meaning unknown.

Diminutive of Klara.

French form of Junia.

Transferred use of the surname Jetson.

Languedocian form of of Jaufré. 'Jaufre' is the only surviving Arthurian romance written in Occitan; its main character is equivalent to Sir Griflet son of Do, a Knight of the Round Table known from other literature.

Means "beautiful" in Arabic, from the root جمل (jamala) meaning "to be beautiful".

Means "alone, unique, only", from Nahuatl icel.

Acronym of the phrase I love you.

Means "visitation" in Basque. It is an equivalent of the Spanish name Visitación, coined by Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

Means "sparkle brilliance" in the fictional language Sindarin. In the Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Idril was the daughter of Turgon, the king of Gondolin. She escaped the destruction of that place with her husband Tuor and sailed with him into the west.

This name can used as 炎 (en, honoo) meaning "blaze, flame" or 秀邑 with 秀 (shuu, hii.deru, ho) meaning "beauty, excel(lence), surpass" and 邑 (yuu, ure.eru, kuni, mura) meaning "village, hamlet."

As a word, Homura (炎) refers to a blaze or a flame.

Two fictional bearers of this name are Homura Akemi (暁美 ほむら), the antihero in the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Homura Akai (赤井 ほむら) from dating sim Tokimeki Memorial 2.

Homura is very rarely given to girls, if given at all.

Homura is also used as a surname.

Alternate transcription of Hila.

Form of Nerthus. The spelling change from N to H resulted from a misreading of Tacitus's text.

Medieval Dutch and Frisian form of Heribern.

From Sanskrit हेमन्त (hemanta) meaning "winter", referring to the Indian ecological season from November to January.

Picard form of Hélène.

Derived from Greek ἥβη (hebe) meaning "youth". In Greek mythology Hebe was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. She was a goddess of youth who acted as the cupbearer to the gods.

Derived from the surname Hanley.

Welsh form of William.

Variant spelling of Góyąń.

From Yiddish גאָלד (gold) meaning "gold". This is the name of Tevye's wife in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964). It was also borne by the Israeli prime minister Golda Meir (1898-1978).

An uncommon Indian (Christian) Name, used mostly by St Thomas Christians. Also known as the name of Malayalam actress Gopika’s younger sister.

Means "joy" in Italian.

Oscan form of the Ancient Roman praenomen Gaius. Possibly connected to the Latin "gaudere" meaning "to rejoice."

Variant of Fionn.

Turkish form of Fadl.

Means "butterfly" in Italian. This is the name of the titular character of the ballet Le papillon (1860). Farfalla is a Circassian princess who is kidnapped by a fairy and enchanted in the form of a butterfly.

Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Phaenna.

Feminine form of Evan.

Possibly derived from Greek ἄλαρα (alara) meaning "hazelnut, spear-shaft". In Greek mythology Elara was one of Zeus's mortal lovers and by him the mother of the giant Tityos. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.

Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.

Diminutive of Dorothy or Doris. This is the name of a fish in the animated film Finding Nemo (2003).

Means "planting stars" in Navajo. This is the Navajo name of the star cluster known in English as the Pleiades.

Diminutive of Desmond, Desiree and other names beginning with a similar sound. In the case of musician and actor Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) it was a diminutive of Desiderio.

Combination of Da and Li 1.

Short form of Jacobus.

Means "anguishes" in Caló. This name is used as the Caló form of Angustias.

Probably a form of Cadeyrn, perhaps derived from its Cornish cognate. In Arthurian romance this was the name of Guinevere's guardian. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, Cador was a ruler of Cornwall and the father of Constantine, King Arthur's successor.
K.M. Sheard writes, 'It is not even beyond the realms of possibility that it derives ultimately from the name of the Celtic god Belactucadros.'

From a Welsh surname that was derived from ap Evan meaning "son of Evan". As a given name, it is particularly common in New Zealand and Australia.

Means "knife" in Apache. This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Tchihende Apache.

Combination of Bahri and the Minangkabau masculine suffix -zal.

Transferred use of the surname Aven.

Means "light of the early dawn" or "sunset glow" in Hawaiian, literally "flaming road" from Hawaiian ala "path, road" and ula "flame".

Variant of Ayelen.

In Mandaeism, Adathan is an uthra who stands with Yadathan at the Gate of Life in the World of Light, praising and worshipping Hayyi Rabbi.

Hungarian diminutive of Ábrahám.

Short form of names beginning with Ab, such as Abdonas, Abromas and Abelis.