Aseretisacoolname's Personal Name List

Finnish form of Áile.

From the Gothic name *Alareiks meaning "ruler of all", derived from the element alls "all" combined with reiks "ruler, king". This was the name of a king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in the 5th century.

Used by Ludovico Ariosto in his poem Orlando Furioso (1532), where it belongs to a sorceress who abducts Ruggiero. Ariosto may have borrowed the name from the mythological Alcinoe or directly from the Greek word ἀλκή (alke) meaning "strength, prowess". George Frideric Handel adapted the story into his opera Alcina in 1735.

Possibly a variant of Valentina.

Possibly a Romanian masculine form of Alina. Alternatively it may derive from Romanian alina "to soothe".

Variant of Elmira 1. Handel used it for the title character in his opera Almira (1705).

Latinized form of Alfhild. This was the name of a legendary female Scandinavian pirate, also called Awilda.

Derived from Greek ἀμαρύσσω (amarysso) meaning "to sparkle". This is the name of a character appearing in Virgil's pastoral poems Eclogues [1]. The amaryllis flower is named for her.

Means "lovable" in Esperanto.

Russian form of the Greek name Ἀνθοῦσα (Anthousa), which was derived from Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This was the name of a 9th-century Byzantine saint.

Meaning unknown, possibly of Sumerian origin. In Armenian legend this was the name of an Armenian king who was so handsome that the Assyrian queen Semiramis went to war to capture him. During the war Ara was slain.

Means "calm" in Kurdish.

Means "eagle" in Lithuanian (a poetic word).

Means "light" in Basque.

Derived from Basque argi "light" and eder "beautiful".

Short form of names beginning with the Old German element arn meaning "eagle".

The name of a Gaulish hero (Astérix in the original French) in a comic book series of the same name, debuting 1959. His name is a pun based on French astérisque meaning "asterisk, little star" but appearing to end with the Gaulish element rix meaning "king" (seen for example in the historical figure Vercingetorix). All male Gauls in the series have humorous names ending with -ix.

Means "willing, helpful" in Finnish.

Variant of Belshazzar. Balthazar is the name traditionally assigned to one of the wise men (also known as the Magi, or three kings) who visited the newborn Jesus. He was said to have come from Arabia. This name was utilized by Shakespeare for minor characters in The Comedy of Errors (1594) and The Merchant of Venice (1596).

Derived from Old French baiart meaning "bay coloured". In medieval French poetry Bayard was a bay horse owned by Renaud de Montauban and his brothers. The horse could magically adjust its size to carry multiple riders.

Derived from a diminutive of Scottish Gaelic beatha meaning "life".

Modern form of the Old English name Baeda, possibly related to Old English bed "prayer". Saint Bede, called the Venerable Bede, was an 8th-century historian, scholar and Doctor of the Church.

Means "reflection of the moon on a lake" in Turkish [1].

Hungarian form of Vincent. It is also used as a short form of Benedek.

From Icelandic birki meaning "birch", specifically the downy birch (species Betula pubescens).

From the Old Norse byname Bjartr, which meant "bright".

From the Roman name Blasius, which was derived from Latin blaesus meaning "lisping". Saint Blaise was a 4th-century Armenian martyr. A famous bearer was the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662).

Means "juniper" in Slovene.

Means "cloud" in Turkish.

Meaning unknown, though the first element is likely connected to Brythonic kad meaning "battle". Saint Caedmon was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon poet who supposedly received his poetic inspiration from a dream. Our only knowledge of him is through the 8th-century writings of the historian Bede.

Scottish Gaelic form of Columba.

Derived from Latin caritas meaning "dearness, esteem, love".

From Hebrew קַפצִיאֵל (Qaftsiʾel), of uncertain meaning. Suggested meanings include "leap of God", "drawn together by God" or "wrath of God". This is the name of an angel in medieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic mysticism.

Means "moon" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra).

Italian form of Clara. Saint Chiara (commonly called Clare in English) was a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Short form of Nicolette. Saint Colette was a 15th-century French nun who gave her money to the poor. This was also the pen name of the French author Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954).

From the Latin name Constantinus, a derivative of Constans. Constantine the Great (272-337), full name Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was the first Roman emperor to adopt Christianity. He moved the capital of the empire from Rome to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople (modern Istanbul).

Romanian diminutive of Constantin.

Meaning unknown. Saint Cyra was a 5th-century Syrian hermit who was martyred with her companion Marana.

Polish form of Cyril.

Means "star" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

Frisian short form of Dieuwer or Dieuwert.

Derived from Greek δυσμή (dysme) meaning "sunset". This is the name traditionally assigned to the repentant thief who was crucified beside Jesus.

Lithuanian form of Dominicus (see Dominic).

Pictish name probably derived from the old Celtic root *trusto- meaning "noise, tumult". This name was borne by several kings of the Picts, including their last king Drust X, who ruled in the 9th century.

Hungarian form of Alexius.

Dutch variant of names beginning with Eli, such as Elijah or Elisabeth.

Czech form of Elijah.

Italian form of Aelius or Helios.

Anglicized form of Ealar.

Means "diamond" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Possibly a shortened form of Edelmira. It appears in the play Tartuffe (1664) by the French playwright Molière (often spelled in the French style Elmire).

Icelandic form of Alvar.

Catalan form of Heinrich (see Henry).

Kazakh cognate of Ercan.

Anglicized form of Iomhar.

Ukrainian form of Theodore.

Russian form of Theodora.

From Latin fidus meaning "faithful". This a stereotypical name for dogs.

Means "white stranger", derived from the Old Irish elements finn "white, blessed" and gall "foreigner, stranger". This was the name of the hero in the Scottish author James Macpherson's 1761 poem Fingal [1], which he claimed to have based on early Gaelic legends about Fionn mac Cumhaill.

From the Roman family name Flavianus, which was derived from Flavius. This was the name of several early saints including a 5th-century patriarch of Constantinople who was beaten to death.

Derived from Lithuanian giedras meaning "clear, serene".

From the Roman name Gratianus, which meant "grace" from Latin gratus. Saint Gratian was the first bishop of Tours (4th century). This was also the name of a Roman emperor.

Variant of Halvard.

Means "young eagle" in Arabic.

Means "deer" in Yiddish, from Old High German hiruz. This was a vernacular form of the Hebrew name Tzvi. The deer is particularly associated with the tribe of Naphtali (see Genesis 49:21).

Swedish form of the Old Norse name Hjǫrdís meaning "sword goddess", derived from the elements hjǫrr "sword" and dís "goddess".

Scottish Gaelic form of Iohannes (see John).

Diminutive of Ireneusz.

Russian form of Irenaeus.

Polish form of Hyacinthus. Saint Jacenty was a 13th-century Dominican monk from Krakow who was said to have taken missionary journeys throughout Northern Europe and Asia.

Diminutive of Jadwiga.

Means "heart" or "soul" in Arabic, a derivative of جنّ (janna) meaning "to cover, to hide".

Feminine form of Jaromír.

Modern French form of Jehan, the Old French form of Iohannes (see John). Since the 12th century it has consistently been the most common male name in France. It finally dropped from the top rank in 1958, unseated by Philippe.

The French theologian Jean Calvin (1509-1564) and the philosophers Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) are well-known bearers of this name. It was also borne by the German-French Dadaist artist Jean Arp (1886-1966).

Means "star" in Kyrgyz.

Means "sea" in Hawaiian.

From Hawaiian kai "ocean, sea" and mana "power". It is also Hawaiian meaning "diamond", derived from the English word diamond.

Hawaiian form of Charles.

Means "joy, happiness" in Hawaiian.

Means "the flowers" or "the child" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lei "flowers, lei, child".

Means "the beauty" from Hawaiian ka "the" and nani "beauty, glory".

Means "the good one" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and pono "good, moral".

Means "the life" from Hawaiian ke, a definite article, and ola "life, health".

Hawaiian form of John.

Means "love" in Cornish.

Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).

Short form of Klyment.

Means "warrior, koa tree" in Hawaiian.

Coined by Polish writer Juliusz Słowacki for the title character of his drama Kordian (1833). Słowacki likely based the name on Latin cor "heart" (genitive cordis).

Feminine form of Krasimir.

Polish variant of Christian.

Means "sky, heaven, royal, majesty" in Hawaiian.

Means "flowers, lei, child" in Hawaiian.

Means "heavenly flowers" or "royal child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Variant of Lionel.

Means "lion" in Russian, functioning as a vernacular form of Leo. This was the real Russian name of both author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) and revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940).

Georgian form of Leon.

From the Ottoman Turkish term levend, referring to a member of the navy, which is possibly ultimately derived from Italian levante "person from the eastern Mediterranean". The Turkish word has now come to mean "tall, handsome, roguish".

Armenian form of Leon. This was the name of several kings of Cilician Armenia, including the first king Levon I the Magnificent.

Variant of Elouan.

Alternate transcription of Bulgarian Любен (see Lyuben).

Derived from the Slavic elements ľuby "love" and mirŭ "peace, world".

Diminutive of Luce. Shakespeare used this name for a character in his play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594).

Italian feminine form of Ludwig.

From Armenian լուսին (lusin) meaning "moon".

Means "calm" in Hawaiian.

Feminine form of Malcolm.

Italian form of Matthew.

From a Scottish surname, derived from Scots muir meaning "moor, fen". This name could also be inspired by Scottish Gaelic muir meaning "sea".

Ukrainian form of Nicholas.

Derived from Georgian ნათელი (nateli) meaning "light, bright".

Diminutive of Jerneja.

Variant of Auberon. Oberon and Titania are the king and queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595). A moon of Uranus bears this name in his honour.

Means "happiness, luck" in Finnish.

Italian form of Ursus (see Urs).

Variant of Oisín used by James Macpherson in his 18th-century poems, which he claimed to have based on early Irish legends. In the poems Ossian is the son of Fingal, and serves as the narrator.

From the Roman family name Ovidius, which was possibly derived from Latin ovis "a sheep". Alternatively, it could have a Sabellic origin. Publius Ovidius Naso, better known as Ovid, was a 1st-century BC Roman poet who is best known as the author of the Metamorphoses. He was sent into exile on the coast of the Black Sea by Emperor Augustus for no apparent reason.

From the Old Norse name Eyvindr, which was derived from ey meaning "island" or "good fortune" and vindr possibly meaning "victor".

Hawaiian form of Ben 1.

Derived from Latin perditus meaning "lost". Shakespeare created this name for the daughter of Hermione and Leontes in his play The Winter's Tale (1610). Abandoned as an infant by her father the king, she grows up to be a shepherdess and falls in love with with Florizel.

From an English word meaning "nightingale" (ultimately from Philomela). It has been used frequently in poetry to denote the bird.

Modern form of the Roman family name Pompeius, which was probably derived from a Sabellic word meaning "five". A notable bearer was the 1st-century BC Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey the Great. Initially an ally of Julius Caesar, he later fought against him in the Roman civil war of 49-45 BC.

Ukrainian form of Philip.

Means "snowstorm, blizzard" in Finnish.

Possibly from Hebrew רָעמִיאֵל (Raʿmiʾel) meaning "thunder of God". The Book of Enoch names him as an archangel. He is often identified with Jeremiel.

Means "my secret is God" in Hebrew. This is the name of an archangel in Jewish tradition.

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.

French form of the Latin name Remigius, which was derived from Latin remigis "oarsman, rower". Saint Rémy was a 5th-century bishop who converted and baptized Clovis, king of the Franks.

Short form of Rimantas.

Derived from the Old Norse elements rún "secret lore, rune" and herr "army, warrior". This name did not exist in Old Norse, but was created in the modern era.

Means "star" in Persian.

From Old English scir "shire, district" and wudu "wood". This is the name of a forest near Nottingham. It is known in English folklore as the home of the outlaw hero Robin Hood.

Meaning uncertain, though allegedly a form of Jean 1. It is probably modelled after Yohan and Lohan.

Danish form of Severinus. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher who is regarded as a precursor of existentialism.

Possibly derived from Romanian soare meaning "sun".

Variant of Sovann.

Meaning unknown, perhaps related to Old Norse stilling "calm", or perhaps of German origin.

From the name of a region in historic Armenia (now in Turkey).

From the Gothic name *Þiudareiks meaning "ruler of the people", derived from the elements þiuda "people" and reiks "ruler, king". It was notably borne by Theodoric the Great, a 6th-century king of the Ostrogoths who eventually became the ruler of Italy. By Theodoric's time the Ostrogoths were partially Romanized and his name was regularly recorded as Theodoricus. This was also the name of two earlier (5th century) Visigothic kings.

Dutch form of the Germanic name Theotman, derived from the elements theod meaning "people" (Old High German diota, Old Dutch thiad) and man meaning "person, man".

Means "October" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit तुल (tula), referring to the constellation Libra.

Dutch diminutive of Antoon.

Means "faith" in Finnish.

Croatian short form of Valentin.

Russian feminine form of Basil 1.

Possibly a Latinized form of a Germanic or Celtic name, possibly Germanic Widogast. This was the name of a 6th-century saint who helped to convert the Frankish king Clovis to Christianity. He is called Gaston in French and Vaast in Flemish.

From the Roman family name Velius, which possibly means "concealed" in Latin.

Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It is derived from Latin viola "violet".

Derived from Albanian vjollcë meaning "violet", referring to both the flower and the colour.

Polish diminutive of Waldemar.

Means both "ash tree" and "clear, serene" in Bulgarian.

Portuguese form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Means "God is my righteousness" in Hebrew. This is the name of an archangel associated with mercy in Jewish and Christian tradition, sometimes said to be the angel who stops Abraham from sacrificing his son Isaac.

Alternate transcription of Arabic زهرة (see Zahra 2).

From Hebrew צָפַן (tsafan) meaning "to hide" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This is the name of an angel in medieval Jewish mysticism.

Possibly means "command of God" in Hebrew. The Book of Enoch names him as one of the seven archangels. His name is sometimes rendered as Sarakiel.

Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz Жылдыз (see Jyldyz).

From the Xhosa root -zola meaning "calm".

Polish form of Siegfried.

Possibly a Polish form of Zita 1, or possibly a short form of Felicyta.