Jackie's Personal Name List

Csaba
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: CHAW-baw
Personal remark: 'shepherd / gift'
Possibly means either "shepherd" or "gift" in Hungarian. According to legend this was the name of a son of Attila the Hun.
Dîyar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Kurdish
Other Scripts: دییار(Kurdish Sorani)
Pronounced: dee-YAHR
Personal remark: 'gift'
Variant of Diyar.
Évariste
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French
Pronounced: EH-VA-REEST
Personal remark: 'well pleased'
French form of Evaristus.
Ferapont
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Ферапонт(Russian)
Personal remark: 'servant / worshipper'
Russian form of Therapon.
Freya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern), German
Pronounced: FRAY-ə(English) FRAY-a(German)
Personal remark: 'lady'
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This is the name of a goddess associated with love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claims half of the heroes who are slain in battle and brings them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she is one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg.

This is not the usual spelling in any of the Scandinavian languages (in Sweden and Denmark it is Freja and in Norway it is Frøja) but it is the common spelling of the goddess's name in English. In the 2000s it became popular in Britain.

Illés
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: EEL-lesh
Hungarian form of Elias.
Koit
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Estonian
Personal remark: 'dawn'
Means "dawn" in Estonian.
Lakshmi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hinduism, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi, Odia
Other Scripts: लक्ष्मी(Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali) లక్ష్మి(Telugu) ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ(Kannada) லட்சுமி(Tamil) ലക്ഷ്മി(Malayalam) ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ(Odia)
Pronounced: LUK-shmee(Sanskrit, English, Hindi) lək-SHMEE(Marathi)
Personal remark: 'sign or mark'. Goddess of Prosperity, Good Luck and Beauty
Means "sign, mark" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu goddess of prosperity, good luck, and beauty. She is the wife of Vishnu and her symbol is the lotus flower, with which she is often depicted.
Larisa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Лариса(Russian, Ukrainian) Λάρισα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: lu-RYEE-sə(Russian) lu-ryi-SU(Lithuanian)
Personal remark: 'citadel'
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, which meant "citadel". In Greek legends, the nymph Larisa was either a daughter or mother of Pelasgus, the ancestor of the mythical Pelasgians. This name was later borne by a 4th-century Greek martyr who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Church. The name (of the city, nymph and saint) is commonly Latinized as Larissa, with a double s. As a Ukrainian name, it is more commonly transcribed Larysa.
Melchiorre
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: mehl-KYAWR-reh
Italian form of Melchior.
Tanya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian, English
Other Scripts: Таня(Russian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced: TA-nyə(Russian) TAHN-yə(English) TAN-yə(English)
Personal remark: unknown meaning
Russian diminutive of Tatiana. It began to be used in the English-speaking world during the 1930s.
Tasha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Russian, English
Other Scripts: Таша(Russian)
Pronounced: TAHSH-ə(English)
Short form of Natasha.
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