Behind the Name: Dianatiger's Personal Name List

Astrida

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Kashubian

Rating: 45% based on 4 votes

Czech and Slovak variant and Kashubian form of Astrid.

Caelestius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Late Roman

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

Variant of Caelestis. This was the name of a noted follower of the Christian heretic Pelagius.

Costanza

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: ko-STAN-tsa

Italian feminine form of Constans.

Crescentius

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Late Roman

Rating: 40% based on 3 votes

Latin name that was a derivative of the name Crescens. This was the name of a few early saints, including a child martyred in Rome during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.

Desideria

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Late Roman

Pronounced: deh-zee-DEH-rya(Italian) deh-see-DHEH-rya(Spanish)

Rating: 47% based on 3 votes

Feminine form of Desiderio. This was the Latin name of a 19th-century queen of Sweden, the wife of Karl XIV. She was born in France with the name Désirée.

Espérance

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French

Pronounced: EHS-PEH-RAHNS

French cognate of Esperanza, currently most common in Francophone Africa.

Evaldo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Rating: 57% based on 3 votes

Portuguese form of Ewald.

Evandro

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese

Rating: 50% based on 3 votes

Portuguese form of Evander 1.

Hana 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Bosnian

Other Scripts: هناء(Arabic)

Pronounced: ha-NA(Arabic)

Rating: 73% based on 3 votes

Means "bliss, happiness" in Arabic, from the root هنأ (hanaʾa) meaning "to gladden, to enjoy".

Hira 1

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Urdu, Nepali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi

Other Scripts: ہیرا(Urdu) हिरा(Nepali) ਹੀਰਾ(Gurmukhi) હીરા(Gujarati) हीरा(Hindi)

Pronounced: HEE-ra(Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi)

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Derived from Sanskrit हीर (hīra) meaning "diamond". It is typically feminine in Pakistan and unisex in India and Nepal.

Hoda

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian, Arabic

Other Scripts: هدی(Persian) هدى(Arabic)

Pronounced: HOO-da(Arabic)

Rating: 70% based on 2 votes

Persian form of Huda, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.

Iluminada

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: ee-loo-mee-NA-dha

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

Spanish form of Illuminata.

Léopoldine

Gender: Feminine

Usage: French

Pronounced: LEH-AW-PAWL-DEEN

French feminine form of Leopold.

Lucrezia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: loo-KREHT-tsya

Italian form of Lucretia.

Luena

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Portuguese

Rating: 53% based on 3 votes

Meaning unknown, possibly from the name of a city in Angola. It was popularized in Portugal by a character on the telenovela A Única Mulher (2015-2017).

Mattathias

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical Greek [1], Biblical

Other Scripts: Ματταθίας(Ancient Greek)

Rating: 73% based on 3 votes

Form of Mattithiah used in the Greek Bible. It is used in some English translations of the New Testament. This spelling also appears in most English translations of the Books of Maccabees.

Oliverio

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Spanish

Pronounced: o-lee-BEH-ryo

Rating: 40% based on 3 votes

Spanish form of Oliver.

Oseas

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Spanish

Rating: 50% based on 3 votes

Form of Hoshea used in some versions of the Latin Bible.

Ozma

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Literature

Rating: 40% based on 1 vote

Princess Ozma of Oz is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum.

Pavlina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Slovene

Other Scripts: Павлина(Bulgarian, Macedonian) Παυλίνα(Greek)

Bulgarian, Macedonian and Greek form of Paulina.

Peninnah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: ףְּנִנָּה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: pi-NIN-ə(English) pi-NEE-nə(English)

Rating: 57% based on 3 votes

Means "pearl, coral, precious stone" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the wives of Elkanah, the other being Hannah.

Phoenicia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (American, Rare)

Pronounced: fə-NEE-shə(American English)

Rating: 35% based on 2 votes

Taken directly from the ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization Phoenicia.

Piera

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: PYEH-ra

Rating: 100% based on 1 vote

Italian feminine form of Peter.

Pyaari

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Indian (Rare, ?)

Rating: 90% based on 2 votes

Loosely translated to "Cutie" or "Sweetie", a term of endearment occasionally used as a given name.

Sharia

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic (Rare)

Other Scripts: شريعة(Arabic)

Pronounced: sha-REE-‘a

Rating: 60% based on 2 votes

Means "divine law, noble law" in Arabic, from the root شرع (sharaʿa) meaning "to go, to enact" [1].

Sira

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Spanish, Italian (Rare)

Pronounced: SEE-ra

Rating: 100% based on 2 votes

Spanish and Italian feminine form of Syrus.