welovejamesarness's Personal Name List

Zuzka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: ZOOS-ka
Rating: 41% based on 15 votes
Diminutive of Zuzana.
Tilda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: TIL-də(English) TEEL-dah(Finnish)
Personal remark: "Tildy"-a zombie
Rating: 58% based on 20 votes
Short form of Matilda.
Rick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIK
Personal remark: a random Cab Calloway musician. after Rick Astley. (*swoons*)
Rating: 41% based on 19 votes
Short form of Richard or names ending in rick. A notable fictional bearer is Rick Blaine, portrayed by Humphrey Bogart, from the movie Casablanca (1942).
Nikolas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, English
Other Scripts: Νικόλας(Greek)
Pronounced: NIK-ə-ləs(English) NIK-ləs(English)
Personal remark: a seagull
Rating: 53% based on 20 votes
Variant of Nikolaos (Greek) or Nicholas (English).
Herbert
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Czech, Swedish, French
Pronounced: HUR-bərt(English) HEHR-behrt(German) HEHR-bərt(Dutch) HAR-bat(Swedish) EHR-BEHR(French)
Personal remark: a Scrubbing Bubble
Rating: 53% based on 19 votes
Derived from the Old German elements heri "army" and beraht "bright". It was borne by two Merovingian Frankish kings, usually called Charibert. The Normans introduced this name to England, where it replaced an Old English cognate Herebeorht. In the course of the Middle Ages it became rare, but it was revived in the 19th century.

This name was borne by a few medieval saints, including a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon priest and an 11th-century archbishop of Cologne.

Hendrik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Dutch, German, Estonian
Pronounced: HEHN-drik(Dutch, German)
Personal remark: "Hendrick"-an obscure western character
Rating: 54% based on 20 votes
Dutch and Estonian cognate of Heinrich (see Henry).
Héctor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: EHK-tor
Personal remark: a dead squid... a female squid, actually
Rating: 51% based on 22 votes
Spanish form of Hector.
Baxter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAK-stər
Personal remark: well, *I* didn't name him, but... "I want Meow mix, I want meow mix.."
Rating: 56% based on 19 votes
From an occupational surname that meant "(female) baker", from Old English bæcere and a feminine agent suffix.
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