hebeCotogna's Personal Name List
Zephyria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ζεφυρια(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek ζεφύριος (zephyrios) "of the West". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Xanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Ξάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KSAN-TEH(Classical Greek)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek
ξανθός (xanthos) meaning
"yellow, blond, fair-haired". This was the name of a few minor figures in Greek
mythology.
Wynd
Usage: Scottish, Irish
Pronounced: WIEND
Scotland or Ireland not sure of original origin. There was a childe Wynd some type of royal who slayed a dragon type thing worm or something and a Henery Wynd who was a mercenary in a battle at north inch in Scotland
Willow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIL-o
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
Whisper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
From the English word whisper, meaning "speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords", itself from Proto-Germanic *hwisprōną (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Vedra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Umbra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Umbro. In some cases, however, it can also be a variant of
Ombra.
Teal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TEEL
From the English word for the type of duck or the greenish-blue colour.
Spirit
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SPIR-it
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word spirit, ultimately from Latin spiritus "breath, energy", a derivative of spirare "to blow".
Sky
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SKIE
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Simply from the English word sky, which was ultimately derived from Old Norse ský "cloud".
Sen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 森(Chinese)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Chinese character 森 (
sēn, shēn) meaning "full of trees; dense" but also "dark; gloomy; cold".
Other characters combinations are also possible.
Sapphire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAF-ie-ər
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the gemstone, typically blue, which is the traditional birthstone of September. It is derived from Greek
σάπφειρος (sappheiros), ultimately from the Hebrew word
סַפִּיר (sappir).
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Quartz
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KWORTZ
Derived from Middle High German
twarc, probably from a West Slavic source (compare Czech
tvrdy and Polish
twardy, both coming from Old Church Slavonic
tvrudu meaning "hard," which is derived from Proto-Slavic
*tvrd- and then a Proto-Indo-European root
*(s)twer- meaning "to grasp, hold, hard.")
In the show Steven Universe, Rose Quartz is Steven's mother. Quartz is also Steven's middle name.
Poppy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHP-ee
From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.
Peony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEE-ə-nee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Pearl
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PURL
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
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.
Opal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: O-pəl
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word
opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October. The word ultimately derives from Sanskrit
उपल (upala) meaning "jewel".
Nisaba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒉀(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Sumerian element 𒉀 naga, meaning "wheat". Nisaba was the Sumerian goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest. She was considered a patron goddess of scribes.
Nila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tamil, Hindi, Indonesian, Burmese
Other Scripts: நீலா(Tamil) नीला(Hindi) နီလာ(Burmese)
Pronounced: NEE-LA(Burmese)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Sanskrit
नील (nīla) meaning
"dark blue".
Murren
Usage: Irish (Anglicized)
Muriel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French, Irish, Scottish, Medieval Breton (Anglicized)
Pronounced: MYUWR-ee-əl(English) MUY-RYEHL(French)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of Irish
Muirgel and Scottish
Muireall. A form of this name was also used in Brittany, and it was first introduced to medieval England by Breton settlers in the wake of the
Norman Conquest. In the modern era it was popularized by a character from Dinah Craik's novel
John Halifax, Gentleman (1856).
Mist
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Old Norse
mistr meaning "cloud, mist".
In Norse mythology, Mist is a Valkyrie, appearing in the Valkyrie list in the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, and in both of the Nafnaþulur valkyrie lists.
Mint
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch
Pronounced: MINT(English)
Mica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Malachite
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: MA-lə-kiet
From the name of the mineral. The stone's name derives from Greek
μαλαχίτης (λίθος) (malachíti̱s (líthos)) meaning "mallow stone," which is, ultimately, from Ancient Greek
μαλαχή (malakhḗ) meaning "mallow." The mineral was given this name due to its resemblance to the leaves of the Mallow plant.
In the show Steven Universe, Malachite is the fusion of Jasper and Lapis Lazuli.
Lunaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Brazilian (Rare), Filipino (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "moon-like" in Latin. Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants.
Luna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English
Pronounced: LOO-na(Latin, Spanish, Italian) LOO-nə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
Lúa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Galician
Pronounced: LOO-u
Lotus
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LO-təs
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.
Lorelei
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English
Pronounced: LAWR-ə-lie(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From German
Loreley, the name of a rock headland on the Rhine River. It is of uncertain meaning, though the second element is probably old German
ley meaning "rock" (of Celtic origin). German romantic poets and songwriters, beginning with Clemens Brentano in 1801, tell that a maiden named the Lorelei lives on the rock and lures boaters to their death with her song.
In the English-speaking world this name has been occasionally given since the early 20th century. It started rising in America after the variant Lorelai was used for the main character (and her daughter, nicknamed Rory) on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000-2007).
Livia 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Romanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: LEE-vya(Italian)
Feminine form of
Livius. This was the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus, Livia Drusilla.
Levanah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: לבנה, לונה(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Lear
Means (i) "person from Leire", Leicestershire ("place on the river Leire", a river-name that may also be the ancestor of Leicestershire); or (ii) "person from Lear", any of several variously spelled places in northern France with a name based on Germanic lār "clearing". British artist and poet Edward Lear (1812-1888) was a bearer of this surname.
Lazzari
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: LAD-dza-ree
Laya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Tagalog and Cebuano laya meaning "free, freedom".
Lani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: LA-nee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "sky, heaven, royal, majesty" in Hawaiian.
Kiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Allegedly means "mine" in Oromo.
Iska
Gender: Feminine
Usage: East Frisian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Iscah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: יִסְכָּה(Ancient Hebrew)
From the Hebrew name
יִסְכָּה (Yiska) meaning
"to behold". In the
Old Testament this is the name of
Abraham's niece, mentioned only briefly. This is the basis of the English name
Jessica.
Io
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-AW(Classical Greek) IE-o(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Meaning unknown. In Greek
mythology Io was a princess loved by
Zeus, who changed her into a heifer in order to hide her from
Hera. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Ino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ινώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-NO(Classical Greek) IE-NO(Classical Greek) EE-no(Greek Mythology) IE-no(Greek Mythology)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
In Greek mythology, she was the second wife of Athamas, a Theban maenad who raised her dead sister
Semele's son Dionysos and who was apotheosized into the sea goddess
Leucothea.
Inanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sumerian Mythology
Other Scripts: 𒀭𒈹(Sumerian Cuneiform)
Pronounced: i-NAH-nə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Possibly derived from Sumerian
nin-an-a(k) meaning
"lady of the heavens", from
𒎏 (nin) meaning "lady" and the genitive form of
𒀭 (an) meaning "heaven, sky". Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility and war. She descended into the underworld where the ruler of that place, her sister
Ereshkigal, had her killed. The god
Enki interceded, and Inanna was allowed to leave the underworld as long as her husband
Dumuzi took her place.
Inanna was later conflated with the Semitic (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian) deity Ishtar.
Ianthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"violet flower", derived from Greek
ἴον (ion) meaning "violet" and
ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This was the name of an ocean nymph in Greek
mythology.
Hyacinth 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HIE-ə-sinth
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone that also bears this name), ultimately from Greek
hyakinthos (see
Hyacinthus).
Hazel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-zəl
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.
Hasmik
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian
Other Scripts: Հասմիկ(Armenian)
Pronounced: hahs-MEEK(Eastern Armenian) hahs-MEEG(Western Armenian)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Means "jasmine" in Armenian.
Gormelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish (Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Latinate form of
Gormal. This became the usual form of the name in the 19th century, along with
Gormilia and
Gormula.
Fei
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 菲, 非, 霏 飛, 飞, 肥(Chinese)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Chinese character 菲 (
fēi) meaning "fragrant; luxuriant" or 非 (
fēi) meaning "not; not be" or 霏 (
fēi) meaning "to fall (referred to rain or snow)" or 飛 and 飞 (
fēi) meaning "to fly, to float; rapid; swifty; unexpected" or 肥 (
féi) meaning "fat, plump".
Other characters combinations are also possible.
Feather
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Pronounced: FEDH-ər(American English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the English word feather.
Ethereal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word ethereal, meaning "celestial, heavenly".
Derwyn
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: DEHR-win
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Welsh derw "oak" or the obsolete Welsh element der(w) "true" and gwyn "white; fair; blessed".
Deniz
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: deh-NEEZ
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "sea" in Turkish.
Dawa
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tibetan, Bhutanese
Other Scripts: ཟླཝ, ཟླབ(Tibetan)
Pronounced: TA-WA(Tibetan)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "moon, month" in Tibetan.
Darya 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian
Other Scripts: دریا(Persian)
Pronounced: dar-YAW
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "sea, ocean" in Persian.
Dandelion
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DAN-de-lie-on
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
The English name, Dandelion, is a corruption of the French dent de lion meaning "lion's tooth", referring to the coarsely toothed leaves. It is usually is used as a nickname.
Crystal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KRIS-təl
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the English word
crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone. The English word derives ultimately from Greek
κρύσταλλος (krystallos) meaning "ice". It has been in use as a given name since the 19th century.
Clover
Usage: English
Pronounced: clo-ver
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Clova
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Clary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic), Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
English diminutive form of
Clara and
Clarissa as well as an adoption of the name of the
clary sage (
salvia sclarea in Latin).
As a Swedish name, Clary is both an adoption of the English name as well as an adoption of the surname
Clary which was first introduced by 19th-century Swedish queen
Desideria who was born Désirée Clary.
Caelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: KIE-lee-a
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Brook
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BRUWK
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that denoted one who lived near a brook.
Betony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BEHT-nee, BEHT-ə-nee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the name of the minty medicinal herb.
Azzurra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ad-DZOOR-ra
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "azure, sky blue" in Italian.
Azura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-ZHUWR-ə, AZH-rə
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Aysu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from Turkish and Azerbaijani
ay meaning "moon" and
su meaning "water".
Aura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Finnish
Pronounced: AWR-ə(English) OW-ra(Italian, Spanish) OW-rah(Finnish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the word
aura (derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek
αὔρα meaning "breeze") for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.
Ariel
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"lion of God" in Hebrew, from
אֲרִי (ʾari) meaning "lion" and
אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". In the
Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play
The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem
The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film
The Little Mermaid (1989).
Arianna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-RYAN-na(Italian) ar-ee-AN-ə(English) ar-ee-AHN-ə(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Aria 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AHR-ee-ə
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means "song, melody" in Italian (literally means "air"). An aria is an elaborate vocal solo, the type usually performed in operas. As an English name, it has only been in use since the 20th century, its rise in popularity accelerating after the 2010 premier of the television drama Pretty Little Liars, featuring a character by this name. It is not traditionally used in Italy.
Araceli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: a-ra-THEH-lee(European Spanish) a-ra-SEH-lee(Latin American Spanish)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means
"altar of the sky" from Latin
ara "altar" and
coeli "sky". This is an epithet of the Virgin
Mary in her role as the patron
saint of Lucena, Spain.
Aqua
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: A-kwa
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Derived from Latin aqua meaning "water". It is also used in English in reference to a bluish-green colour.
Aolani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian (Rare)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Derived from Hawaiian ao "cloud" and lani "sky, heaven".
Anemone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-NEHM-ə-nee
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
From the name of the anemone flower, which is derived from Greek
ἄνεμος (anemos) meaning "wind".
Aloe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Aloe is a genus containing over 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most widely known species is Aloe vera, or "true aloe". It is called this because it is cultivated as the standard source for assorted pharmaceutical purposes.
Almond
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Aidana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айдана(Kazakh)
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Means
"wise moon" in Kazakh, from
ай (ay) meaning "moon" and
дана (dana) meaning "wise".
Agate
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Latvian, Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Swedish, French (Rare), Picard, Basque
Pronounced: A-GAT(French) a-gha-teh(Basque)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
French variant and Nordic, Picard, Basque and Latvian form of
Agathe. In French and Basque, the name coincides with the word for the gemstone.
Aethra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αιθρα, Αἴθρη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-thrə
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of Greek Αιθρη (
Aithre) meaning "bright, purer air; the sky" in Greek (from
aithein "to burn, shine"). This was the name of several characters in Greek myth including the mother of
Theseus, a captive of Troy, at the service of
Helen until the city was besieged.
Aether
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Αἰθήρ(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 0% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Greek
Αἰθήρ (Aither) meaning
"ether, heaven", derived from
αἴθω (aitho) meaning "to burn, to ignite". In Greek
mythology this was the name of the god of light and the upper sky.
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