StarryEyes's Personal Name List

Adelinde
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: a-deh-LIN-də
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
German form of Adallinda.
Aloysia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German (Rare)
Pronounced: a-LOI-zya
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
German feminine form of Aloysius.
Altin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Derived from Turkish altın meaning "gold".
Antonina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Ancient Roman
Other Scripts: Антонина(Russian, Bulgarian) Антоніна(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: an-to-NEE-na(Italian) an-taw-NYEE-na(Polish) un-tu-NYEE-nə(Russian) un-to-NYEE-nu(Ukrainian)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Feminine form of Antoninus.
Asterope
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἀστεροπή(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Means "lightning, flash of light" in Greek. This is the name of several characters from Greek mythology, including a naiad who died fleeing Aesacus.
Astris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Αστρις(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Derived from αστερ (aster) meaning "star, starry". It is the name of a star-nymph daughter of the sun-god Helios.
Basim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: باسم(Arabic)
Pronounced: BA-seem
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Means "smiling" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".
Berlewen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish (Modern, Rare)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Derived from Cornish Borlowen "morning star, Venus".
Bixing
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 碧杏, 碧星(Chinese)
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
From the Chinese characters 碧 (bì) meaning "jade; green, blue" and 杏 (xìng) meaning "apricot; almond" or 星 (xīng) meaning "star, planet, point of light".
Eiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 栄子, 英子, 永子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) えいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EH-KO
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
From Japanese 栄 (ei) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper" or 英 (ei) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Elvy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Swedish short form of Elvira.
Enzo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, French
Pronounced: EHN-tso(Italian) EHN-ZO(French)
Personal remark: in use
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
The meaning of this name is uncertain. In some cases it seems to be an old Italian form of Heinz, though in other cases it could be a variant of the Germanic name Anzo. In modern times it is also used as a short form of names ending in enzo, such as Vincenzo or Lorenzo.

A famous bearer was the Italian racecar driver and industrialist Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988).

Evanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Latinized form of Euanthe.
Evdokiya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Russian
Other Scripts: Евдокия(Bulgarian, Russian)
Pronounced: yiv-du-KYEE-yə(Russian) iv-du-KYEE-yə(Russian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Bulgarian form of Eudocia, and an alternate transcription of Russian Евдокия (see Yevdokiya).
Gryfina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Polish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Medieval Polish variant of Agrypina. Gryfina (c. 1248 – between 1305 and 1309) was a Princess of Kraków by her marriage to Leszek II the Black; she later became a nun and abbess.
Hyacinth 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HIE-ə-sinth
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone that also bears this name), ultimately from Greek hyakinthos (see Hyacinthus).
Iskra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian
Other Scripts: Искра(Bulgarian, Macedonian)
Pronounced: EES-kru(Bulgarian) EES-kra(Macedonian, Croatian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "spark" in South Slavic.
Ivayla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ивайла(Bulgarian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Ivaylo.
Ivka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovak, Czech
Other Scripts: Ивка(Bulgarian)
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Iva 1, Iva 2 or Iva 3.
Izar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: ee-SAR
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Basque.
Izaya
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 伊佐也(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: EE-ZAH-YAH
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Japanese form of Isaiah.
Lilas
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Portuguese
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Liliana.
Lolia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ijaw
Pronounced: LO LIA
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Ijaw.
Mareva
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Literally means "the one that passes quickly without turning", metaphorically meaning "shooting star".
Marinus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Dutch
Pronounced: ma-REE-nuys(Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Roman family name Marinus, which derives either from the name Marius or from the Latin word marinus "of the sea". Saint Marinus was a 4th-century stonemason who built a chapel on Monte Titano, in the country that is today known as San Marino.
Mayga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indian, Hinduism
Pronounced: MAY-ga(Indian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Variant of Indian Hindu name Megha. Means "cloud," "rain cloud," "rain," or "star" in Sanskrit.
Mazel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
In Hebrew, the word is generally transliterated as mazal, and literally refers to a "star" or "planet in the night sky" or "zodiac constellation." It came to mean "lucky" in medieval times due to the widespread belief in astrology and that the planets and constellations can influence one's fate.
Naleli
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sotho
Pronounced: Na lay de
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Sotho.
Nicanor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Spanish
Other Scripts: Νικάνωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: nee-ka-NOR(Spanish)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Greek name Νικάνωρ (Nikanor), which was derived from νίκη (nike) meaning "victory" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man". This name was borne by several notable officers from ancient Macedon. It is also mentioned in the New Testament as belonging to one of the original seven deacons of the church, considered a saint.
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)
Personal remark: in use
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
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.
Seda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Armenian (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Seiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 聖子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) せいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SEH-KO
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 聖 (sei) meaning "holy, sacred" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Sem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1], Dutch
Other Scripts: Σήμ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: SEHM(Dutch)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Form of Shem used in the Greek and Latin Bibles.
Sena
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Ewe
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "destiny gives" in Ewe.
Seren
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: SEH-rehn
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "star" in Welsh. This is a recently created Welsh name.
Silas
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Greek, Danish, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Σίλας(Greek)
Pronounced: SIE-ləs(English)
Personal remark: in use
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The name of a companion of Saint Paul in the New Testament. It is probably a short form of Silvanus, a name that Paul calls him by in the epistles. It is possible that Silvanus and Silas were Latin and Greek forms of the Hebrew name Saul (via Aramaic).

As an English name it was not used until after the Protestant Reformation. It was utilized by George Eliot for the title character in her novel Silas Marner (1861).

Simo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish, Serbian
Other Scripts: Симо(Serbian)
Pronounced: SEE-mo(Finnish)
Finnish and Serbian form of Simon 1.
Wei
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 威, 巍, 伟, 微, 薇, etc.(Chinese) 威, 巍, 偉, 微, 薇, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: WAY
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Chinese 威 (wēi) meaning "power, pomp", 巍 (wēi) meaning "high, lofty, towering" or 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary". As a feminine name it can come from 微 (wēi) meaning "small" or 薇 (wēi) meaning "fern". This name can be formed by other Chinese characters besides those shown here.
Yasha
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Яша(Russian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Russian diminutive of Yakov.
Yonina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: יוֹנִינָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Yona.
Zornitsa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Зорница(Bulgarian)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "morning star" in Bulgarian.
Zoryana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Зоряна(Ukrainian)
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Derived from Ukrainian зоря (zorya) meaning "dawn, star".
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