meowzie's Personal Name List

Wallis

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Pronounced: WAHL-is(American English) WAWL-is(British English)

From a surname that was a variant of Wallace. Wallis Simpson (1895-1986) was the divorced woman whom Edward VIII married, which forced him to abdicate the British throne.

Munroe

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Rare)

Personal remark: Raine Lee Munroe (?)

From a surname that was a variant of Monroe.

Lorenzo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: lo-REHN-tso(Italian) lo-REHN-tho(European Spanish) lo-REHN-so(Latin American Spanish)

Italian and Spanish form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1). Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492), known as the Magnificent, was a ruler of Florence during the Renaissance. He was also a great patron of the arts who employed Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and other famous artists.

Laverne

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: lə-VURN(American English) lə-VUN(British English)

Personal remark: Val Lorenzo

From a French surname that was derived from a place name, ultimately from the Gaulish word vern "alder". It is sometimes associated with the Roman goddess Laverna or the Latin word vernus "of spring".

Hoàng

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Vietnamese

Pronounced: HWANG, WANG

From Sino-Vietnamese 潢 (hoàng) meaning "expanse of water, lake, pond", 凰 (hoàng) meaning "female phoenix" or 煌 (hoàng) meaning "bright, shining, luminous".

Hemlock

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English (Rare), Romani (Archaic), Theatre

Transferred use of the surname Hemlock. Hemlock Marreau is a fictional Francophone detective created by Robert Farrow who appeared in eleven plays (1991-2014).

Briar

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: BRIE-ər(American English) BRIE-ə(British English)

From the English word for the thorny plant.