protobo998's Personal Name List
Alanna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LAN-ə
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Amaya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: a-MA-ya(Spanish) ə-MIE-ə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Variant of
Amaia.
In America, this name was popularized in 1999 by a contestant on the reality television series The Real World [1].
Amery
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AM-ə-ree
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Aniyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-NIE-ə(English) ə-NEE-ə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
An invented name, probably based on the sounds found in names such as
Anita and
Aaliyah.
Arielle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: A-RYEHL(French)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
French feminine form of
Ariel, as well as an English variant.
Asher
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew, English, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Other Scripts: אָשֵׁר(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ASH-ər(American English) ASH-ə(British English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means
"happy, blessed" in Hebrew, derived from
אָשַׁר (ʾashar) meaning "to be happy, to be blessed". Asher in the
Old Testament is a son of
Jacob by
Leah's handmaid
Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The meaning of his name is explained in
Genesis 30:13.
Aylin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh
Other Scripts: Айлин(Kazakh)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Elaborated form of Turkish or Azerbaijani
ay meaning
"moon".
Azaliya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian
Other Scripts: Азалия(Russian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Azaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew, English (Modern)
Other Scripts: עֲזַרְיָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Hebrew form of
Azariah (masculine), as well as a feminine variant in the English-speaking world.
Baxter
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAK-stər(American English) BAK-stə(British English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an occupational surname that meant
"(female) baker", from Old English
bæcere and a feminine agent suffix.
Bex
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BEKS
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Brenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BREHN-ə
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Brixton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: American
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a district in south London, England. Entered popular usage in the US in early 2000s.
Chesney
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: CHEZ-nee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the traditionally English and French topographic surname for someone who lived by or in an oak wood, from the Old French chesnai "oak grove", from chesne 'oak tree'.
Darian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAR-ee-ən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Probably an elaborated form of
Darren.
Daxton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DAK-stən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Drea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Dresden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the name of the city in Germany, which is derived from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning "people of the riverside forest".
Emmaline
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-leen, EHM-ə-lien
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Emory
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: EHM-ə-ree
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Finella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Scottish
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Garrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: GAR-ik
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname, of French Huguenot origin, that was derived from Occitan garric meaning "oak tree grove".
Halsten
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Swedish (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Old Swedish form of
Hallsteinn (see
Hallstein).
Holden
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: HOL-dən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "deep valley" in Old English. This is the name of the main character in J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Holden Caulfield.
Iliana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek, Bulgarian
Other Scripts: Ηλιάνα(Greek) Илиана(Bulgarian)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of
Ilias (Greek) or
Iliya (Bulgarian).
Indy 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-dee
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jareth
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Pronounced: JAR-əth(English)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Invented name, probably inspired by names such as
Jared and
Gareth. This is the name of the Goblin King, played by David Bowie, in the movie
Labyrinth (1986).
Jaxton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JAK-stən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Elaboration of
Jax influenced by similar-sounding names such as
Paxton and
Braxton.
Jazz
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of
Jazmine/
Jasmine or
Jazper/
Jasper, or possibly given in reference to "jazz", the genre of music, or the English word
jazz meaning "energy, excitement, excitability; very lively; of excellent quality, the genuine article".
Jessa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: JEHS-ə
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAYD
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KASH
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kashton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KASH-tən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Probably a combination of
Kash and the popular name suffix
ton, inspired by names such as
Ashton.
Kason
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KAY-sən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kellen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KEHL-ən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Possibly from a German surname, itself derived from Middle Low German kel "swampy area". This name began to be used in the United States in the early 1980s after the American football player Kellen Winslow (1957-) began his professional career.
Kendrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KEHN-drik
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a surname that has several different origins. It could be from the Old English given names
Cyneric "royal power" or
Cenric "bold power", or from the Welsh name
Cynwrig "chief hero". It can also be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname
Mac Eanraig meaning "son of
Henry".
As an American given name, it got a boost in popularity in 2012 after the rapper Kendrick Lamar (1987-) released his debut album.
Knoxley
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: NAHKS-lee(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Kyson
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KIE-sən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
An invented name, using the same sound found in names such as
Bryson and
Tyson.
Landen
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: LAN-dən
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Lysander
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Λύσανδρος(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Latinized form of the Greek name
Λύσανδρος (Lysandros), derived from Greek
λύσις (lysis) meaning "a release, loosening" and
ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive
ἀνδρός). This was the name of a notable 5th-century BC Spartan general and naval commander.
Maddox
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAD-əks
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a Welsh surname meaning
"son of Madoc". It was brought to public attention when the actress Angelina Jolie gave this name to her adopted son in 2002.
Merrick
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MEHR-ik
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From a Welsh surname that was originally derived from the given name
Meurig.
Nalu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian (Rare)
Pronounced: NA-loo
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the word meaning "wave, surf."
Nerissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: nə-RIS-ə(English)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Created by Shakespeare for a character in his play
The Merchant of Venice (1596). He possibly took it from Greek
Νηρηΐς (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god
Nereus, who supposedly fathered them.
Neville
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (British)
Pronounced: NEHV-əl(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Norman French. As a given name it is chiefly British and Australian.
Nik
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Greek, Slovene
Other Scripts: Νικ(Greek)
Pronounced: NIK(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Pax
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American, Modern)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Paxton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: PAK-stən
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "Pœcc's town". Pœcc is an Old English given name of unknown meaning.
Quade
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KWAYD
Transferred use of the surname
Quade.
Quillan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KWIL-ən, KWIL-in
Transferred use of the surname
Quillen.
Raelyn
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: RAY-lin
Combination of
Rae and the popular name suffix
lyn.
Stormy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: STAWR-mee(American English) STAW-mee(British English)
From the English word meaning "stormy, wild, turbulent", ultimately from Old English stormig.
Sunny
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SUN-ee
From the English word meaning "sunny, cheerful".
Tenley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: TEHN-lee
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
From an English surname, itself possibly from a place name derived from Old English tind "point" and leah "woodland, clearing". This name was popularized in 2010 by a contestant on the reality television series The Bachelor.
Zariah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: zə-RIE-ə, ZAHR-ee-ə
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Zenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Zenna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Zeno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian
Other Scripts: Ζήνων(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DZEH-no(Italian)
From the Greek name
Ζήνων (Zenon), which was derived from the name of the Greek god
Zeus (the poetic form of his name being
Ζήν). Zeno was the name of two famous Greek philosophers: Zeno of Elea and Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic school in Athens.
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