Furcifer's Personal Name List

Abaddon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: אֲבַדּוֹן(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: ə-BAD-ən(English)
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Means "ruin, destruction" in Hebrew. In Revelation in the New Testament this is another name of the angel of the abyss.
Abraxas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Egyptian Mythology, Gnosticism, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: ΑΒΡΑΞΑΣ(Greek)
Pronounced: ə-BRAK-səs(English)
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
From a word thought to have originated with the Gnostics or the Egyptians, found on many amulets during the last years of the Roman Empire. Abraxas was used by the Basilideans, a Gnostic sect of the 2nd century, to refer to the Supreme Being or god whom they worshipped; they believed it to be a name of power because it contained the seven Greek letters which, computed numerically, equal the number 365 (the number of days in the year). However, older mythologists placed Abraxas among the Egyptian gods, while some demonologists cite him as a demon with the head of a king and serpents forming his feet. He has been represented on amulets with a whip in his hand. The mystic word abracadabra is supposedly derived from his name (itself perhaps derived from Aramaic avra kedabra "what was said, occurred" or "I will create as I speak"). Many stones and gems were cut with his capricious symbolic markings, such as a human body having a fowl's or lion's head, and snakes as limbs, which were worn by the Basilideans as amulets. Gnostic symbols were later adopted by many societies devoted to magic and alchemy, therefore it is likely that most "abraxas-stones" made in the Middle Ages that contained kabbalistic symbols were talismans.

According to some sources this was an alternative name of one of the four immortal horses of the Greek sun god Helios. It was used by author J. K. Rowling in her 'Harry Potter' series of books for a minor character, the grandfather of Draco Malfoy.

Achlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀχλύς(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AK-lis(English)
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
Means "mist, darkness" in Greek. According to a poem by Hesiod, she was one of the figures portrayed on the shield of Herakles. She is described as a wraithlike woman personifying death and sorrow.
Angerona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: an-geh-RO-na(Latin) an-jə-RO-nə(English)
Rating: 62% based on 5 votes
Possibly from Latin angor "strangulation, torment" or angustus "narrow, constricted". Angerona was the Roman goddess of the winter solstice, death, and silence.
Antiphonus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἀντίφονόν(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 20% based on 3 votes
Latinized form of Greek Ἀντίφονόν (Antiphonon), derived from Greek ἀντίφονος (antiphonos) meaning "in return for slaughter" or "in revenge for blood", from ἀντί (anti) "in return for; for the sake of, for" and φόνος (phonos) "murder, slaughter; blood shed in murder, gore". In Greek legend Antiphonus was one of the sons of the Trojan king Priam.
Apate
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀπάτη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Directly taken from Greek ἀπάτη (apatê) meaning "deceit, fraud, trick". Apate was the personification of deceit in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Nyx, the personification of night.
Atropos
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἄτροπος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Means "inevitable, inflexible" in Greek, derived from the negative prefix (a) combined with τρόπος (tropos) meaning "direction, manner, fashion". Atropos was one of the three Fates or Μοῖραι (Moirai) in Greek mythology. When her sister Lachesis decided that a person's life was at an end, Atropos would choose the manner of death and cut the person's life thread.
Azrael
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Rating: 78% based on 6 votes
Variant of Azarel. This is the name of an angel in Jewish and Islamic tradition who separates the soul from the body upon death. He is sometimes referred to as the Angel of Death.
Belladonna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: behl-ə-DAHN-ə(American English) behl-ə-DAWN-ə(British English)
Rating: 72% based on 6 votes
From the name of a toxic plant, also called deadly nightshade (species Atropa belladonna). The plant's name is of Italian origin, probably derived from Latin bladona "mullein plant" and altered through association with the Italian words bella "beautiful, fair" and donna "lady".
Charon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χάρων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KEHR-ən(English)
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Possibly means "fierce brightness" in Greek. In Greek mythology Charon was the operator of the ferry that brought the newly dead over the River Acheron into Hades.
Chernobog
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Slavic Mythology
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Means "the black god" from Old Slavic čĭrnŭ "black" and bogŭ "god". According to a few late sources, Chernobog was a Slavic god of misfortune.
Crimson
Usage: English
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Cronus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κρόνος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KRO-nəs(English)
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Latinized form of the Greek Κρόνος (Kronos), possibly derived from the Indo-European root *(s)ker- meaning "to cut". Cronus was the Titan who fathered the Greek gods. As his wife Rhea gave birth to the gods, Cronus swallowed them fearing the prophecy that he would be overthrown by one of his children. However Rhea hid Zeus, her last child, who eventually forced his father to disgorge his siblings. Cronus and the rest of the Titans were then defeated by the gods and exiled.
Crow
Usage: English
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
From Middle English crow, Old English crawa, applied as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a dark complexion or for someone thought to resemble the bird in some other way.
Demon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Δήμων(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
Ancient Greek name derived from δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people".
Desdemona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: dehz-də-MO-nə(English)
Rating: 83% based on 6 votes
Derived from Greek δυσδαίμων (dysdaimon) meaning "ill-fated". This is the name of the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play Othello (1603).
Enyo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἐνυώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: i-NIE-o(English)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown. She was a bloodthirsty Greek war goddess and a companion of Ares.
Erebus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἔρεβος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-ə-bəs(English)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Latinized form of the Greek Ἔρεβος (Erebos), which means "nether darkness". Erebus was the personification of the primordial darkness in Greek mythology.
Eris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἔρις(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EHR-is(English)
Rating: 62% based on 6 votes
Means "strife, discord" in Greek. In Greek mythology Eris was the goddess of discord. She was the sister and companion of Ares.
Hades
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἅιδης, ᾍδης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HAY-deez(English)
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
From Greek Ἅιδης (Haides), derived from ἀϊδής (aides) meaning "unseen". In Greek mythology Hades was the dark god of the underworld, a place that also came to be called Hades. His brothers were Zeus and Poseidon and his wife was Persephone, whom he had abducted.
Hecate
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἑκάτη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HEHK-ə-tee(English)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
From the Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekate), possibly derived from ἑκάς (hekas) meaning "far off". In Greek mythology Hecate was a goddess associated with witchcraft, crossroads, tombs, demons and the underworld.
Kara 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ottoman Turkish
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Means "black, dark" in Turkish. This was sometimes used as a byname by Ottoman officials, figuratively meaning "courageous".
Klotho
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Κλωθώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KLAW-TAW(Classical Greek)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
Means "spinner" in Greek. In Greek mythology Klotho was one of the three Fates or Μοῖραι (Moirai). She was responsible for spinning the thread of life.
Layla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, English
Other Scripts: ليلى(Arabic)
Pronounced: LIE-la(Arabic) LAY-lə(English)
Rating: 73% based on 6 votes
Means "night" in Arabic. Layla was the love interest of the poet Qays (called Majnun) in an old Arab tale, notably retold by the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi in his poem Layla and Majnun. This story was a popular romance in medieval Arabia and Persia. The name became used in the English-speaking world after the 1970 release of the song Layla by Derek and the Dominos, the title of which was inspired by the medieval story.
Libitina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: lee-bee-TEE-na(Latin)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Etruscan lupu "dead". Libitina was the Roman goddess of funerals, corpses and death.
Lilith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: לילית(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LIL-ith(English)
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Derived from Akkadian lilitu meaning "of the night". This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish tradition she was Adam's first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam (or Samael) and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.
Loviatar
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish Mythology
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Meaning unknown. In Finnish mythology Loviatar, also known as Louhi, was a goddess of death and plague.
Lucifer
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Pronounced: LOO-si-fər(American English) LOO-si-fə(British English)
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Means "bringing light", derived from Latin lux "light" and ferre "to bring". In Latin this name originally referred to the morning star, Venus, but later became associated with the chief angel who rebelled against God's rule in heaven (see Isaiah 14:12). In later literature, such as the Divine Comedy (1321) by Dante and Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton, Lucifer became associated with Satan himself.
Luna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English
Pronounced: LOO-na(Latin, Spanish, Italian) LOO-nə(English)
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Means "the moon" in Latin (as well as Italian, Spanish and other Romance languages). Luna was the Roman goddess of the moon, frequently depicted driving a white chariot through the sky.
Lycan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: LIE-kən
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Derived from the ability of man to turn into a wolf (lycanthropy which comes from the Greek words lycos ("wolf") and anthropos ("human being"). It means "wolf". Made famous by the Underworld films.
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From the Underworld films. Means werebeast.
Medea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Georgian
Other Scripts: Μήδεια(Ancient Greek) მედეა(Georgian)
Pronounced: mə-DEE-ə(English) MEH-DEH-AH(Georgian)
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
From Greek Μήδεια (Medeia), derived from μήδεα (medea) meaning "plans, counsel, cunning". In Greek mythology Medea was a sorceress from Colchis (modern Georgia) who helped Jason gain the Golden Fleece. They were married, but eventually Jason left her for another woman. For revenge Medea slew Jason's new lover and also had her own children by Jason killed.
Morana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Slavic Mythology, Croatian
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
From Old Slavic morŭ meaning "death, plague" [1]. In Slavic mythology this was the name of a goddess associated with winter and death.
Morticia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: mawr-TISH-ə(American English) maw-TISH-ə(British English)
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
From the American English word mortician meaning "undertaker, funeral director", ultimately derived from Latin mortis meaning "death". This name was created for the mother on the Addams Family television series (1964-1966). She was based on an unnamed recurring character in cartoons by Charles Addams, starting 1938.
Nyx
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Νύξ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: NUYKS(Classical Greek) NIKS(English)
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
Means "night" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek goddess of the night, the daughter of Khaos and the wife of Erebos.
Onyx
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AHN-iks(American English) AWN-iks(British English)
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From the English word for the gemstone (a variety of chalcedony), which can be black, red or other colours. It is derived from Greek ὄνυξ (onyx) meaning "claw, nail".
Otieno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Luo
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Means "born at night" in Luo.
Persephone
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Περσεφόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: PEHR-SEH-PO-NEH(Classical Greek) pər-SEHF-ə-nee(American English) pə-SEHF-ə-nee(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Meaning unknown, probably of Pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek πέρθω (pertho) meaning "to destroy" and φόνος (phonos) meaning "murder". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She was abducted to the underworld by Hades, but was eventually allowed to return to the surface for part of the year. The result of her comings and goings is the changing of the seasons. With her mother she was worshipped in the Eleusinian Mysteries, which were secret rites practiced at the city of Eleusis near Athens.
Raven
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RAY-vən
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English hræfn. The raven is revered by several Native American groups of the west coast. It is also associated with the Norse god Odin.
Rose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ROZ
Rating: 63% based on 7 votes
Originally a Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis meaning "famous type", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and heit "kind, sort, type". The Normans introduced it to England in the forms Roese and Rohese. From an early date it was associated with the word for the fragrant flower rose (derived from Latin rosa). When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably with the flower in mind.
Saber
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian
Other Scripts: صابر(Arabic, Persian)
Pronounced: SA-beer(Arabic) saw-BEHR(Persian)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic صابر (see Sabir) as well as the Persian form.
Sable
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAY-bəl
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
From the English word meaning "black", derived from the name of the black-furred mammal native to northern Asia, ultimately of Slavic origin.
Shade
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 23% based on 3 votes
From the English word shade or transferred use of the surname Shade, which may be a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary (from the Old English scead "boundary") or a nickname for a thin man, (from the Middle English schade, "shadow", "wraith") or an Americanized spelling of the German and Dutch surname Schade.
Shadow
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Pet
Pronounced: SHAD-o
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Shadow or simply from the English word shadow.
Thanatos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Θάνατος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: TA-NA-TOS(Classical Greek) THAN-ə-tahs(American English) THAN-ə-taws(British English)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Means "death" in Greek. This was the name of the Greek god of death who resided with Hades in the underworld.
Zelophehad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: צְלָפְחָד(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: zi-LAHF-i-had(American English) zi-LAWF-i-had(British English)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Possibly means either "first born" or "shadow from terror" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Zelophehad is a man who dies while the Israelites are wandering in the wilderness, leaving five daughters as heirs.
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