Mackadal's Personal Name List

Théotime
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: TEH-O-TEEM
French form of Theotimus.
Rémi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: REH-MEE
Variant of Rémy.
Réjean
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French (Quebec)
Mathis
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German, French
Pronounced: MA-tis(German) MA-TEES(French)
German and French variant of Matthias.
Maël
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Breton
Pronounced: MA-EHL(French)
French form of Breton Mael meaning "prince, chieftain, lord". Saint Mael was a 5th-century Breton hermit who lived in Wales.
Julien
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHUY-LYEHN
French form of Iulianus (see Julian).
Joël
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, Dutch
Pronounced: YAW-EHL(French)
French and Dutch form of Joel.
Jean-Philippe
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHAHN-FEE-LEEP
Combination of Jean 1 and Philippe.
Jasmin 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Bosnian
Bosnian masculine form of Jasmine.
Grégoire
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: GREH-GWAR
French form of Gregorius (see Gregory).
Ghislain
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: ZHEES-LEHN, GEE-LEHN
French form of Gislenus, a Latinized form of the Germanic name Gislin, derived from the element gisal meaning "hostage" or "pledge". This was the name of a 7th-century saint and hermit who built a chapel near Mons, Belgium.
Émeric
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EHM-REEK
French form of Emmerich.
Edmé
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Short form of Edmond, used independently.
Cyril
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: SIR-əl(English) SEE-REEL(French) TSI-ril(Czech)
From the Greek name Κύριλλος (Kyrillos), which was derived from Greek κύριος (kyrios) meaning "lord", a word used frequently in the Greek Bible to refer to God or Jesus.

This name was borne by a number of important saints, including Cyril of Jerusalem, a 4th-century bishop and Doctor of the Church, and Cyril of Alexandria, a 5th-century theologian. Another Saint Cyril was a 9th-century Greek missionary to the Slavs, who is credited with creating the Glagolitic alphabet with his brother Methodius in order to translate the Bible into Slavic. The Cyrillic alphabet, named after him, is descended from Glagolitic.

This name has been especially well-used in Eastern Europe and other places where Orthodox Christianity is prevalent. It came into general use in England in the 19th century.

Clément
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KLEH-MAHN
French form of Clemens (see Clement).
Clémence
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: KLEH-MAHNS
French feminine form of Clementius (see Clement).
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