Elyllabethannie's Personal Name List

Belîze
Usage: Kurdish
Other Scripts: بەلیز(Kurdish Sorani)
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Kurdish form of Belize.
Belize
Usage: English, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: Белизе(Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: bə-LEEZ(English) BEH-LEEZ(French) beh-LEE-zə(Dutch) beh-LEE-zeh(Polish) BEH-lee-zeh(Hungarian) BEH-li-zeh(Czech)
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
From Spanish Belice, earlier Balis, from the name of the Belize River, which may itself be from Mayan beliz meaning "muddy water". This is the name of a country on the Atlantic coast of Central America.
Bell
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEL
Rating: 22% based on 5 votes
Transferred use of the surname Bell 1.
Bet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Frisian, Limburgish
Pronounced: BEHT(Limburgish)
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Frisian and Limburgish short form of Elisabeth.
Betty
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHT-ee
Personal remark: as in brown betty
Rating: 28% based on 5 votes
Diminutive of Elizabeth.
Camellia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-MEE-lee-ə, kə-MEHL-ee-ə
Personal remark: plant name
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From the name of the flowering shrub, which was named for the botanist and missionary Georg Josef Kamel.
Elizabetha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Bulgarian (Rare), Hungarian (Archaic)
Personal remark: plant name
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Variant of Elisabeta and Elisabetha.
Is
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 28% based on 4 votes
Short form of Isabel, Isidore, and other names beginning with the is- sound. An alternate version of Iz.
Isabelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Personal remark: orchid name
Rating: 20% based on 5 votes
Elaboration of Isabel and Isabela. In some cases, the name is apparently also inspired by the name of the mountain range in Nicaragua, Cordillera Isabelia.
Libya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λιβύη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 12% based on 5 votes
Latinized form of Λιβύη (Libye), the Greek name of the ancient region of Libya (North Africa). According to Greek legend Libya was the daughter of Epaphus, the king of Egypt.
Lily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee
Personal remark: plant name
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).
List
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic (Rare)
Rating: 6% based on 5 votes
From Old Norse list meaning "art, craft" as well as "skill, adroitness, dexterity". This is also the Icelandic word for "art".
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Viva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: American (Rare, Archaic), Medieval Occitan, Italian (Archaic)
Pronounced: VEE-və(American)
Personal remark: means live in Spanish
Rating: 78% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Ancient Roman Vivus. In English-speaking countries, it may also be used as a diminutive of Vivian.
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