sweetkit's Personal Name List

Ambrose
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: AM-broz
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal". Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century theologian and bishop of Milan, who is considered a Doctor of the Church. Due to the saint, the name came into general use in Christian Europe, though it was never particularly common in England.
Argento
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ar-JEHN-to
Means "silver" in Italian, originally used as an occupational name for a silversmith or a nickname for a person with gray hair.
Barker
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAHR-kər(American English) BAH-kə(British English)
From Middle English bark meaning "to tan". This was an occupational name for a leather tanner.
Bates
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAYTS
Means "son of Bate".
Bierce
Usage: English, Welsh
Pronounced: BEERS(English)
English variant and Welsh form of Pierce. A famous bearer was the American author, journalist and poet Ambrose Bierce (1842-c. 1914), who wrote The Devil's Dictionary and other works. He was also an American Civil War veteran.
Boyle
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: BOIL(English)
From Irish Ó Baoighill meaning "descendant of Baoigheall". The meaning of the given name Baoigheall is uncertain, but it is thought to be connected to Irish geall meaning "pledge".
Burton
Usage: English
Pronounced: BUR-tən(American English) BU-tən(British English)
From a common English place name, derived from Old English meaning "fortified town".
Cameron
Usage: Scottish
Pronounced: KAM-rən(English)
Means "crooked nose" from Gaelic cam "crooked" and sròn "nose".
Carmilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Used by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu for the title character of his Gothic novella 'Carmilla' (1872), about a lesbian vampire. Le Fanu probably based the name on Carmella.
Carpenter
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAHR-pən-tər(American English) KAH-pən-tə(British English)
From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").
Cesare
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: CHEH-za-reh
Italian form of Caesar.
Clark
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLAHRK(American English) KLAHK(British English)
Means "cleric" or "scribe", from Old English clerec meaning "priest", ultimately from Latin clericus. A famous bearer was William Clark (1770-1838), an explorer of the west of North America.
Clive
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLIEV
From an English surname derived from Old English clif meaning "cliff", originally belonging to a person who lived near a cliff.
Dario
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Italian, Croatian
Pronounced: DA-ryo(Italian) DA-ree-o(Croatian)
Italian form of Darius.
De Palma
Usage: Italian
Means "from the palm tree" in Italian.
Edgar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, French, Portuguese, German
Pronounced: EHD-gər(American English) EHD-gə(British English) EHD-GAR(French)
Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gar "spear". This was the name of a 10th-century English king, Edgar the Peaceful. The name did not survive long after the Norman Conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), which tells of the tragic love between Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton [1]. Famous bearers include author and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), French impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), and author Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950).
Gordon
Usage: Scottish
From the name of a place in Berwickshire, Scotland, derived from Brythonic words meaning "spacious fort".
Grimm
Usage: German
From a nickname for a stern person, derived from Old High German grim "stern, severe, angry". Famous bearers include Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859), known for compiling German folktales.
Hildred
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HIL-drid
Possibly from the Old English masculine name Hildræd, which was composed of the elements hild "battle" and ræd "counsel, advice". This name was revived in the late 19th century, probably because of its similarity to the popular names Hilda and Mildred.
Hitchcock
Usage: English
Hooper
Usage: English
Pronounced: HOOP-ər(American English) HOOP-ə(British English)
Occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.
Irving
Usage: Scottish, English
Pronounced: UR-ving(American English) U-ving(British English)
Variant of Irvine 1 or Irwin.
Isaac
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Other Scripts: יִצְחָק(Hebrew)
Pronounced: IE-zək(English) ee-sa-AK(Spanish) EE-ZAK(French) EE-ZA-AK(French)
From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitsḥaq) meaning "he will laugh, he will rejoice", derived from צָחַק (tsaḥaq) meaning "to laugh". The Old Testament explains this meaning, by recounting that Abraham laughed when God told him that his aged wife Sarah would become pregnant with Isaac (see Genesis 17:17), and later Sarah laughed when overhearing the same prophecy (see Genesis 18:12). When Isaac was a boy, God tested Abraham's faith by ordering him to sacrifice his son, though an angel prevented the act at the last moment. Isaac went on to become the father of Esau and Jacob with his wife Rebecca.

As an English Christian name, Isaac was occasionally used during the Middle Ages, though it was more common among Jews. It became more widespread after the Protestant Reformation. Famous bearers include the physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton (1643-1727) and the science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992).

Itō
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 伊藤(Japanese Kanji) いとう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EE-TO
From Japanese (i) meaning "this" and () meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.
Jackson
Usage: English
Pronounced: JAK-sən
Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).
King
Usage: English
Pronounced: KING
From Old English cyning "king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
Krueger
Usage: German, Jewish
Kubrick
Usage: Jewish, Polish
Pronounced: KOO-BRIK(Polish)
Derived from Polish kubryk "ship's forecastle". Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer, widely considered as the greatest filmmaker of all time.
Lovecraft
Usage: English
Pronounced: LUV-kraft
An English surname coming from the Old English lufu, meaning "love, desire", and cæft, meaning "strength, skill".

A well-known bearer of this surname is author H. P. Lovecraft.

Lynch
Usage: Irish
From Irish Ó Loingsigh meaning "descendant of Loingseach", a given name meaning "mariner".
Mccready
Usage: Irish
Morgan
Usage: Welsh
Derived from the given name Morgan 1.
Myers
Usage: English
Patronymic form of Myer or Mayer 3.
Romero
Usage: Spanish
Pronounced: ro-MEH-ro
Derived from Spanish romero meaning "pilgrim to Rome".
Shelley
Usage: English, Irish (Anglicized)
Pronounced: SHEHL-ee(English)
Habitational name from any of the three places called Shelley (Essex Suffolk Yorkshire) or from Shelley Plain in Crawley (Sussex). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf "rock ledge, shelf" and leah "woodland clearing". Shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sealbhaigh "descendant of Sealbhach" a byname from the adjective sealbhach "having possessions wealthy".
Stoker
Usage: Scottish, Irish
Means "trumpeter", from Scottish Gaelic and Irish stoc "trumpet, bugle, horn".
Tarantino
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: ta-ran-TEE-no
Locational name that originally designated a person who came from Taranto, a city in southeastern Italy, which was originally called Τάρας (Taras) by Greek colonists. A famous bearer of this name is the American director Quentin Tarantino (1963-).
Thorn
Usage: English, Danish
Pronounced: THAWRN(American English) THAWN(British English)
Originally applied to a person who lived in or near a thorn bush.
Torrence
Usage: Scottish, Irish
Scottish and northern Irish habitational name from either of two places called Torrance (one near East Kilbride, the other north of Glasgow under the Campsie Fells), named with Gaelic torran ‘hillock’, ‘mound’, with the later addition of the English plural -s.
Irish reduced Anglicized form of Ó Toráin (see Toran).
Warden
Usage: English
Pronounced: WAW-dən(British English) WAWR-dən(American English)
Occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old French wardein meaning "protector, guard". It was also used as a habbitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Warden. Alternately, it may be from Old English weard meaning "guard, watch" and dun meaning "hill, mountain".
West
Usage: English, German
Pronounced: WEST(English) VEST(German)
Denoted a person who lived to the west of something, or who came from the west.
Wright 1
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIET
From Old English wyrhta meaning "wright, maker", an occupational name for someone who was a craftsman. Famous bearers were Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of the first successful airplane.
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