Wendy--heart---heart's Personal Name List

Variant of Aidan.

From a nickname meaning "baby", also a slang term meaning "attractive person". As a feminine name, in some cases it is a diminutive of Barbara.

From babi, "infant of either sex," diminutive of babe (see babe) with -y (3). Meaning "childish adult person" is from c. 1600. Meaning "youngest of a group" is by 1897.

Short form of Barbara.

Diminutive of Barbara. This is the name of a doll produced by the Mattel toy company since 1959. It was named after the original designer's daughter.

Diminutive of Bernard, Bernadette, Bernice and other names beginning with Bern.

Diminutive of Elizabeth.

Diminutive of Bertha, Bernice and other names with a similar sound, or sometimes simply from the English word bird.

Short form of Robert. It arose later than Dob, Hob and Nob, which were medieval rhyming nicknames of Robert. It is borne by the character Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol (1843). Other famous bearers include American folk musician Bob Dylan (1941-) and Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).

Diminutive of Roberta or Barbara.

Variant of Bobby. As a feminine name it can be a diminutive of Roberta or Barbara.

Combination of Bryn and the popular phonetic suffix lee. It also coincides with an English surname, which was derived from the name of a town meaning "burned clearing" in Old English.

Diminutive of Elizabeth, from a child's pronunciation of the final syllable. It is now associated with the main character from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003).

Diminutive of Berenice.

Diminutive of Catherine. It can also be a nickname from the English word for the animal.

Diminutive of Catherine.

Diminutive of Catherine.

Variant of Chelsea.

Diminutive of Christine or Christina.

Diminutive of Chuck.

Diminutive of Dorothy or Doris. This is the name of a fish in the animated film Finding Nemo (2003).

Medieval short form of Dionysia.

Variant of Gay.

From the English word gay meaning "gay, happy". By the mid-20th century the word had acquired the additional meaning of "homosexual", and the name has subsequently dropped out of use.

Variant of Gay.

Variant of Gina.

Short form of Georgina, Regina, Luigina and other names ending in gina. It can also be used as a diminutive of Virginia or Eugenia. It was popularized in the 1950s by Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023), whose birth name was Luigina.

From the English word ginger for the spice or the reddish-brown colour. It can also be a diminutive of Virginia, as in the case of actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (1911-1995), by whom the name was popularized.

Originally a medieval English diminutive of Jane. Since the middle of the 20th century it has been primarily considered a diminutive of Jennifer.

Diminutive of Katherine.

Diminutive of Kate.

Diminutive of Kate.

Means "earth" in Sumerian. This was the name of the Sumerian goddess of the earth, the consort of An.

Diminutive of names beginning with or containing the sound K.

At the present it is usually considered a short form of Kimberly, but it in fact predates it as a given name. The author Rudyard Kipling used it for the title hero of his novel Kim (1901), though in this case it was short for Kimball. In her novel Show Boat (1926) Edna Ferber used it for a female character who was born on the Mississippi River and was named from the initials of the states Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi. The name was popularized in America by the actresses Kim Hunter (1922-2002) and Kim Novak (1933-), both of whom assumed it as a stage name.

Diminutive of Kim 2.

Diminutive of Kimberly or Kim 1.

Diminutive of Katherine.

From Japanese 心 (kokoro) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or other kanji and kanji combinations having the same pronunciation. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.

Diminutive of Margaret.

From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 麻 (ma) meaning "flax" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.

Diminutive of Mary or Margaret.

Diminutive of Margaret.

Medieval diminutive of Margaret. It is now also used as a short form of the related name Megan.

Diminutive of Maria.

In Portuguese often used to form diminutives of composed names, as in Milú or Mitó.

Diminutive of Maria. It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".

This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [1]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 紀 (ki) meaning "chronicle". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with M.

Short form of Maurice or Morris, or sometimes of other names beginning with a similar sound.

From Japanese 萌 (moe) meaning "bud, sprout". Other kanji with the same reading can also form this name.

Medieval diminutive of Mary, now often used independently. It developed from Malle and Molle, other medieval diminutives. James Joyce used this name in his novel Ulysses (1922), where it belongs to Molly Bloom, the wife of the main character.

Swedish diminutive of Maria.

Variant of Ninni.

Variant of Patty.

Medieval variant of Molly. The reason for the change in the initial consonant is unknown.

Means "daughter" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit पुत्री (putrī).

From the English word royalty, derived (via Old French) from Latin regalitas, a derivative of rex "king".

Short form of names ending with tia. It has been suggested that its use since the 1950s is the result of the brand name for the coffee liqueur Tia Maria [1]. In the brand name, Tia is not a given name; rather, it means "aunt" in Spanish or Portuguese.

Diminutive of Timothy.

Short form of Christina, Martina and other names ending in tina. In addition to these names, it is also used in Dutch as a short form of Catharina, in Swedish and Croatian as a short form of Katarina, and in Georgian as a short form of Tinatin. A famous bearer is the American musician Tina Turner (1939-2023), born Anna Mae Bullock.

From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)", as well as other kanji combinations with the same pronunciation.

From Japanese 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Variant of Zane 1.