QueenOfTheElfsLOL's Personal Name List

Vedast
Gender: Masculine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Personal remark:
Variant of Vedastus.
Valora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Esperanto
Pronounced: va-LO-ra
Personal remark:
Means "valuable" in Esperanto.
Taga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish (Archaic)
Feminine form of Tage.
Sylas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern), Biblical Polish
Pronounced: SIE-ləs(English)
Variant of Silas, as well as the form found in the Polish New Testament.
Sindri
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Old Norse [1], Icelandic
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Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "sparkle" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology this was the name of a dwarf, also named Eitri. With his brother Brokkr he made several magical items for the gods, including Odin's ring Draupnir and Thor's hammer Mjölnir.
Semir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark:
Turkish form of Samir 1.
Saga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, Swedish, Icelandic
Pronounced: SAH-gah(Swedish) SA-gha(Icelandic)
Personal remark:
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From Old Norse Sága, possibly meaning "seeing one", derived from sjá "to see". This is the name of a Norse goddess, possibly connected to Frigg. As a Swedish and Icelandic name, it is also derived from the unrelated word saga "story, fairy tale, saga".
Rowan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-ən(English)
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Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ruadhán. As an English name, it can also be derived from the surname Rowan, itself derived from the Irish given name. It could also be given in reference to the rowan tree, a word of Old Norse origin (coincidentally sharing the same Indo-European root meaning "red" with the Irish name).
Nadir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
Other Scripts: نادر(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: NA-deer(Arabic)
Personal remark:
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "rare" in Arabic.
Lyra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Astronomy
Pronounced: LIE-rə(English)
The name of the constellation in the northern sky containing the star Vega. It is said to be shaped after the lyre of Orpheus. This is the name of the main character in the His Dark Materials series of books by Philip Pullman (beginning 1995).
Lorcán
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: LAWR-kan
Personal remark:
Means "little fierce one", derived from Old Irish lorcc "fierce" combined with a diminutive suffix. Saint Lorcán was a 12th-century archbishop of Dublin.
Liam
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, English, French (Modern), Dutch (Modern), German (Modern), Swedish (Modern), Norwegian (Modern)
Pronounced: LYEEYM(Irish) LEE-əm(English) LYAM(French) LEE-ahm(Dutch)
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Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Irish short form of William. It became popular in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, and elsewhere in Europe and the Americas after that. It was the top ranked name for boys in the United States beginning in 2017. Famous bearers include British actor Liam Neeson (1952-), British musician Liam Gallagher (1972-), and Australian actor Liam Hemsworth (1990-).
Keren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: קֶרֶן(Hebrew)
Personal remark:
Means "horn" or "ray of light" in Hebrew.
Kelan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHL-ən
Variant of Kellen.
Karim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Other Scripts: كريم(Arabic) کریم(Persian) Карим(Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz) Кәрім(Kazakh) Кәрим(Tatar)
Pronounced: ka-REEM(Arabic, Persian, Tajik Persian)
Personal remark:
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "generous, noble" in Arabic, from the root كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous". In Islamic tradition الكريم (al-Karīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Kadir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark:
Turkish form of Qadir.
Junia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical, Ancient Roman
Pronounced: YOO-nee-a(Latin)
Feminine form of Junius. This is the name of an early Christian mentioned in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament (there is some debate about whether the name belongs to a woman Junia or a man Junias).
Jehona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Pronounced: yeh-HAWN-ah
Personal remark:
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Albanian jehonë meaning "echo".
Iveta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Latvian
Pronounced: I-veh-ta(Czech) EE-veh-ta(Slovak)
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Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Czech, Slovak and Latvian form of Yvette.
Isra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-RA
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Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "nocturnal journey" in Arabic, derived from سرى (sarā) meaning "to travel by night". According to Islamic tradition, the Isra was a miraculous journey undertaken by the Prophet Muhammad.
Ilmatar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Pronounced: EEL-mah-tahr(Finnish)
Personal remark:
Derived from Finnish ilma "air" combined with a feminine suffix. In Finnish mythology Ilmatar was a semi-androgynous goddess of the heavens. She was the mother of Ilmarinen, Väinämöinen and Lemminkäinen.
Ilma 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare)
Pronounced: EEL-mah
Personal remark:
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Means "air" in Finnish.
Galenos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Γαληνός(Ancient Greek)
Greek form of Galen.
Galena
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Галена(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Personal remark:
Bulgarian and Macedonian feminine form of Galenos (see Galen).
Farid
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali
Other Scripts: فريد(Arabic) فرید(Persian, Urdu) ফরিদ(Bengali)
Pronounced: fa-REED(Arabic, Persian)
Personal remark:
Means "unique, precious" in Arabic, derived from فرد (farada) meaning "to be unique, to be alone" [1]. This was the name of a 13th-century Persian poet.
Evren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: ehv-REHN
Personal remark: ✅I thought I had made this name up for a book, but it's ACTUALLY a name?! wow.
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Everild
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: History (Ecclesiastical)
Personal remark:
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of Eoforhild. This was the name of a 7th-century English saint.
Evander 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Εὔανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-VAN-dər(American English) i-VAN-də(British English)
Personal remark:
Variant of Evandrus, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὔανδρος (Euandros) meaning "good of man", derived from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός). In Roman mythology Evander was an Arcadian hero of the Trojan War who founded the city of Pallantium near the spot where Rome was later built.
Elroy
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHL-roi
Personal remark:
Altered form of Leroy, using the Spanish definite article el as opposed to the French le.
Elric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval English
Pronounced: EHL-rik(English)
Personal remark:
Middle English form of either of the Old English names Ælfric or Æðelric. Both were rarely used after the Norman Conquest.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Personal remark:
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Elmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Personal remark:
Modern German form of Adelmar or Egilmar.
Eliora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹרָה(Hebrew)
Personal remark:
Feminine form of Elior.
Elior
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֱלִיאוֹר(Hebrew)
Means "my God is my light" in Hebrew.
Dragana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Other Scripts: Драгана(Serbian, Macedonian)
Personal remark:
Feminine form of Dragan.
Dagmar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: DOW-mar(Danish) DAK-mar(German) DAG-mar(Czech)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the popular Bohemian wife of the Danish king Valdemar II when they married in 1205. Her birth name was Markéta.
Corrine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: kə-REEN
Personal remark: ✅Variant of Corinne, which is the French form of Corinna, which is derived from κόρη (kore) meaning "maiden".
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Variant of Corinne.
Ceren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: jeh-REHN
Personal remark:
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "gazelle" in Turkish (probably of Mongolian origin, originally referring to the Mongolian gazelle, the zeren).
Cemil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark:
Turkish form of Jamil.
Cedric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SEHD-rik
Personal remark:
Invented by Walter Scott for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819). Apparently he based it on the actual name Cerdic, the name of the semi-legendary founder of the kingdom of Wessex in the 6th century. The meaning of Cerdic is uncertain, but it does not appear to be Old English in origin. It could be connected to the Brythonic name Caratācos. The name was also used by Frances Hodgson Burnett for the main character in her novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886).
Caradoc
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Welsh, Arthurian Cycle
Pronounced: ka-RA-dawk(Welsh)
Personal remark:
Variant of Caradog.
Cara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-ə, KAR-ə, KEHR-ə
Personal remark:
From an Italian word meaning "beloved" or an Irish word meaning "friend". It has been used as a given name since the 19th century, though it did not become popular until after the 1950s.
Calder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Transferred use of the surname Calder.
Calanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-LAN-thee
Personal remark:
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the name of a type of orchid, ultimately meaning "beautiful flower", derived from Greek καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower".
Beren
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark:
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "strong, smart" in Turkish.
Basil 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: باسل(Arabic)
Pronounced: BA-seel
Personal remark: ✅the main character in the aforementioned book.
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "brave, valiant" in Arabic.
Barak 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: בָּרָק(Hebrew) Βαράκ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: BAR-ək(English)
Personal remark:
Means "lightning" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament, Barak was a military commander under the guidance of the prophetess Deborah. They defeated the Canaanite army led by Sisera.
Avtandil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Georgian, Literature
Other Scripts: ავთანდილ(Georgian)
Pronounced: AV-TAN-DEEL(Georgian)
Personal remark:
Created by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for his 12th-century epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin. Rustaveli based it on Persian آفتاب (āftāb) meaning "sunshine" and دل (del) meaning "heart". In the poem Avtandil is a knight who is sent by Tinatin to search for the mysterious knight of the title.
Asil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Turkish
Personal remark:
Means "noble" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic أصيل (ʾaṣīl).
Amir 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian
Other Scripts: أمير(Arabic) امیر(Persian, Urdu) Әмір(Kazakh) Әмир(Tatar, Bashkir) Амир(Russian)
Pronounced: a-MEER(Arabic, Persian, Tatar) ə-MEER(Urdu)
Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.
Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
Personal remark:
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Alva 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian
Pronounced: AL-va(Swedish)
Personal remark:
Feminine form of Alf 1.
Alastar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: A-lə-stər
Personal remark:
Irish form of Alexander.
Alaric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Gothic (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃(Gothic)
Pronounced: AL-ə-rik(English)
Personal remark:
From the Gothic name *Alareiks meaning "ruler of all", derived from the element alls "all" combined with reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.
Aerona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Personal remark:
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Variant of Aeron.
Adara
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַדָרָה(Hebrew)
Personal remark:
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Means "noble" in Hebrew.
Adalet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced: a-da-LEHT
Personal remark:
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Means "justice" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic عدل (ʿadala) meaning "to act justly".
Acacia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KAY-shə
Personal remark:
From the name of a type of tree, ultimately derived from Greek ἀκή (ake) meaning "thorn, point".
Abelone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Danish (Rare)
Personal remark:
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Danish form of Apollonia.
Abaddon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבַדּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-BAD-ən(English)
Personal remark:
Means "ruin, destruction" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.
Aaren
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: EHR-ən, AR-ən
Personal remark:
Variant or feminine form of Aaron.
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