futari's Personal Name List

Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Angelina.

Diminutive of Arline and other names beginning with Arl.

Derived from the name of the country of Armenia (which is in fact named Հայաստան (Hayastan) in Armenian).

Feminine form of Callistus. As an English name it might also be a variant of Kallisto.

Medieval Spanish form of Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word carmen meaning "song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).

Possibly a variant of Devin influenced by David.

Short form of Eulalia.

This name was used by Victor Hugo for the mother of Cosette in his novel Les Misérables (1862). The name was given to her by a passerby who found the young orphan on the street. Hugo may have intended it to be a derivative of the French word enfant "child".

Variant of Fay.

Diminutive of Fiamma. This is the name of a character appearing in several works by the 14th-century Italian author Boccaccio. She was probably based on the Neapolitan noblewoman Maria d'Aquino.

Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.

Originally a short form of names containing the Old German element fridu meaning "peace" (Proto-Germanic *friþuz). A famous bearer was the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954).

From the Roman name Iulianus, which was derived from Julius. This was the name of the last pagan Roman emperor, Julian the Apostate (4th century). It was also borne by several early saints, including the legendary Saint Julian the Hospitaller. This name has been used in England since the Middle Ages, at which time it was also a feminine name (from Juliana, eventually becoming Gillian).

From a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Greek ἴουλος (ioulos) meaning "downy-bearded". Alternatively, it could be related to the name of the Roman god Jupiter. This was a prominent patrician family of Rome, who claimed descent from the mythological Julus, son of Aeneas. Its most notable member was Gaius Julius Caesar, who gained renown as a military leader for his clever conquest of Gaul. After a civil war he became the dictator of the Roman Republic, but was eventually stabbed to death in the senate.

Although this name was borne by several early saints, including a pope, it was rare during the Middle Ages. It was revived in Italy and France during the Renaissance, and was subsequently imported to England.

Variant of Carmen.

Short form of names ending in lena, such as Helena, Magdalena or Yelena. It is often used independently.

Short form of Alida, Dalida, Lidia, Lidiya and other feminine names that contain -lid-.

Means "linden tree" or "July" in Lithuanian.

Short form of names ending in lina.

Variant of Linnéa.

From the Gothic name *Amalaswinþa, composed of the elements amals "unceasing, vigorous, brave" and swinþs "strong". Amalaswintha was a 6th-century queen of the Ostrogoths. The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Melisent or Melisende. Melisende was a 12th-century queen of Jerusalem, the daughter of Baldwin II.

Diminutive of Mildred, Millicent and other names containing the same sound.

From the English word pearl for the concretions formed in the shells of some mollusks, ultimately from Late Latin perla. Like other gemstone names, it has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century. The pearl is the traditional birthstone for June, and it supposedly imparts health and wealth.

French feminine form of Perrin, a diminutive of Pierre.

Diminutive of Piroska.

Hungarian form of Prisca, influenced by the Hungarian word piros meaning "red".

Diminutive of Rayna 1 or Raisa 1.

Allegedly derived from Sanskrit riya "singer; graceful".

Anglicized form of Ruadh. A notable bearer was the Scottish outlaw and folk hero Rob Roy (1671-1734). It is often associated with French roi "king".

Form of Reuben in several languages. This was the name of an 11th-century Armenian ruler of Cilicia.

Derived from Hungarian rubin "ruby".

Either a variant of Scarlett or else from the English word for the red colour (both of the same origin, a type of cloth).

From the English word "sunset" referring to the setting of the sun at the end of the day.

Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

Variant of Eula or a feminine form of Yul and Yule (the latter of the two, as evidence shows, was used as a given name in the Middle Ages).
It has also been speculated that a woman named Yula possibly gave her name to the Scottish island of Islay.

Diminutive of Felicitás.