BellamynSora's Personal Name List

Derived from Basque zuri "white". This is a Basque equivalent of Blanca.

From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, bind" and 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".

Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָפָה (see Yafa).

Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was born in a village by this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.

Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.

Means "spring" in many Slavic languages. This was the name of a Slavic spirit associated with the springtime. It has been used as a given name only since the 20th century.

Russian, Greek, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Barbara.

Feminine form of Ulysses.

Alternate transcription of Ancient Greek Θαΐς (see Thaïs), as well as the usual Spanish form.

Russian and Ukrainian form of Thaïs (referring to the saint).

Means "summer" in Finnish.

Means "sun" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Vedic Hindu god of the sun who rides a chariot across the sky.

From Japanese 空 (sora) or 昊 (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.

Biblical Hebrew form of Susanna.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a derivative of Mapuche ayün "love".

Diminutive of Sari 1.

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".

From a Scottish and English surname that originally indicated a person from a place called Ross (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), derived from Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland". A famous bearer of the surname was James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.

Means "light, bright" in Persian.

From the Germanic name Hrodger meaning "famous spear", derived from the elements hruod "fame" and ger "spear". The Normans brought this name to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Hroðgar (the name of the Danish king in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf). It was a common name in England during the Middle Ages. By the 18th century it was rare, but it was revived in following years. The name was borne by the Norman lords Roger I, who conquered Sicily in the 11th century, and his son Roger II, who ruled Sicily as a king.

This name was very popular in France in the first half of the 20th century. In the English-speaking world it was popular especially from the 1930s to the 50s. Famous bearers include British actor Roger Moore (1927-2017) and Swiss tennis player Roger Federer (1981-).

Short form of Roeland or Roelof.

Diminutive of Rivka.

Short form of Maria.

From Japanese 鈴 (rei) meaning "bell", 麗 (rei) meaning "beautiful, lovely" or 玲 (rei) meaning "the tinkling of jade". This name can also be formed by other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Scots short form of Robert.

Chiefly Australian feminine form of Peter.

From the Roman family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble" in Latin. Paul was an important leader of the early Christian church. According to Acts in the New Testament, he was a Jewish Roman citizen who converted to Christianity after the resurrected Jesus appeared to him. After this he travelled the eastern Mediterranean as a missionary. His original Hebrew name was Saul. Many of the epistles in the New Testament were authored by him.

Due to the renown of Saint Paul the name became common among early Christians. It was borne by a number of other early saints and six popes. In England it was relatively rare during the Middle Ages, but became more frequent beginning in the 17th century. In the United States it was in the top 20 names for boys from 1900 to 1968, while in the United Kingdom it was very popular from the 1950s to the 80s. It has also been heavily used in Germany and France and continues to be popular there, though it is currently on the decline in the English-speaking world.

A notable bearer was the American Revolutionary War figure Paul Revere (1735-1818), who warned of the advance of the British army. Famous bearers in the art world include the French impressionists Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) and Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), and the Swiss expressionist Paul Klee (1879-1940). It is borne by actor Paul Newman (1925-2008) and the musicians Paul Simon (1941-) and Paul McCartney (1942-). This is also the name of the legendary American lumberjack Paul Bunyan and the fictional Paul Atreides from Frank Herbert's novel Dune (1965).

Means "light for me" in Hebrew.

French, Spanish, Portuguese and Hungarian form of Noah 1.

From Basque nahi meaning "desire, wish".

Variant of Maura 2.

Yiddish diminutive of Miriam.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" or 緒 (o) meaning "thread". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.

Derived from Latin melior meaning "better".

Means "practice, exercise" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was one of the original three muses, the muse of meditation.

Feminine form of Meir.

Form of Martha used in various languages.

Dutch form of Margaret, as well as a Swedish and German variant form.

Means "pearl" in Hebrew, ultimately from Greek μαργαρίτης (margarites).

Diminutive of Élisabeth. It is also the French word for "lily".

Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian form of Lazarus. This name was borne by a 14th-century Serbian ruler who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo.

Means "lark" in Danish.

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 協 or 京 or 郷 or 杏 (see Kyō).

Means "love" in Cornish.

Means "horn" or "ray of light" in Hebrew.

From Japanese 香 (kaori) meaning "fragrance". It can also come from an alternate reading of 香 (ka) combined with 織 (ori) meaning "weaving". Other kanji combinations are possible. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.

Estonian form of Katherine.

From the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה (Yehuḏa), probably derived from יָדָה (yaḏa) meaning "praise". In the Old Testament Judah is the fourth of the twelve sons of Jacob by Leah, and the ancestor of the tribe of Judah. An explanation for his name is given in Genesis 29:35. His tribe eventually formed the Kingdom of Judah in the south of Israel. King David and Jesus were among the descendants of him and his wife Tamar. This name was also borne by Judah Maccabee, the Jewish priest who revolted against Seleucid rule in the 2nd century BC, as told in the deuterocanonical Books of Maccabees.

The name appears in the New Testament with the spellings Judas and Jude.

From the Hebrew name אִיּוֹב (ʾIyyov), which means "persecuted, hated". In the Book of Job in the Old Testament he is a righteous man who is tested by God, enduring many tragedies and hardships while struggling to remain faithful.

Derived from Hebrew יְרֵשָׁה (yeresha) meaning "possession" [1]. In the Old Testament she is the wife of King Uzziah of Judah and the mother of Jotham.

Derived from South Slavic jasno meaning "clearly, obviously".

Feminine form of James.

Feminine form of Jacob.

Means "star" in Basque.

Late Latin name meaning "from Isauria". Isauria was the name of a region in Asia Minor.

Means "beautiful" in Indonesian.

Hungarian diminutive of Ildikó.

Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

Armenian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Gregory. This is the name of the patron saint of Armenia (known as Saint Gregory the Illuminator in English).

German short form of Brigitta and a Hungarian short form of Margit.

From the Hebrew name גִּדְעוֹן (Giḏʿon) meaning "feller, hewer", derived from גָּדַע (gaḏaʿ) meaning "to cut, to hew" [1]. Gideon is a hero and judge of the Old Testament. He led the vastly outnumbered Israelites against the Midianites, defeated them, and killed their two kings. In the English-speaking world, Gideon has been used as a given name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.

Diminutive of Gennadiy, Yevgeniy or Yevgeniya.

Variant of Gail or Gale 2.

Yiddish variant of Gabriel.

Meaning uncertain. It appears in this form in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends Le Morte d'Arthur, in which the knight Gareth (also named Beaumains) is a brother of Gawain. He goes with Lynet to rescue her sister Lyonesse from the Red Knight. Malory based the name on Gaheriet or Guerrehet, which was the name of a similar character in French sources. It may ultimately have a Welsh origin, possibly from the name Gwrhyd meaning "valour" (found in the tale Culhwch and Olwen) or Gwairydd meaning "hay lord" (found in the chronicle Brut y Brenhinedd).

Elaboration of Gal 1. It could also be considered a compound meaning "wave from God", using the element יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God.

From Chinese 芬 (fēn) meaning "fragrance, aroma, perfume" (which is usually only feminine) or 奋 (fèn) meaning "strive, exert" (usually only masculine). Other Chinese characters are also possible.

Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.

Form of Ḥawwa (see Eve) used in the Greek Bible. Ḥawwa is also translated as Zoe in the Greek Old Testament.

Derived from Albanian erë meaning "wind".

Alternate transcription of Russian Елизавета (see Yelizaveta).

Meaning unknown, possibly of Greek or Welsh origin. It may have been inspired by the name of the Ήλιδα (Ilida) valley and ancient city in western Greece (Elis in English).

Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.

From the English word dawn, ultimately derived from Old English dagung.

Feminine form of David.

In the case of American author Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) it was from his mother's surname, which was possibly an Anglicized form of French de Chiel, of unknown meaning.

French form of Quirinus.

Ancient Greek feminine form of Chares. This was the word (in the singular) for one of the three Graces (plural Χάριτες).

This is also a Modern Greek transcription of the masculine form Chares.

French form of Carina 1. It can also function as a short form of Catherine, via Swedish Karin.

Means "armour" in Old Norse.

Diminutive of Birgitta.

Means "moon flood" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from ay "moon" and sel "flood, stream" (of Arabic origin).

Elaborated form of Turkish or Azerbaijani ay meaning "moon".

From Japanese 彩 (aya) meaning "colour", 綾 (aya) meaning "design", or other kanji characters with the same pronunciation.

Feminine variant of Aviv.

Modern Hebrew form of Abijah.

From the name of the island paradise to which King Arthur was brought after his death. The name of this island is perhaps related to Welsh afal meaning "apple", a fruit that was often linked with paradise.

French form of Athenais.

From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.

From the Greek Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.

German diminutive of Anna or short form of Anneliese.

Feminine form of Alter.

Means "the flyer" in Arabic. This is the name of a star in the constellation Aquila.

From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

French and Catalan form of Agnes.

Means "small wave, ripple" in Hebrew.