Lady_Skywalker's Personal Name List

Adaleta di Siena was the wife of Farinata degli Uberti (leader of the Ghibelline faction in Florence).
In 1283 Adaleta and Farinata were condemned as heretics by the inquisitor Fra Salomone of Lucca.

Lady Adaleta was the wife of Hug Dalmau de Cervera (son of Dalmau Vescomte de Berga and his wife Arsenda, 2nd Baron of Castellfollit).
They had one child Ponce de Cervera.

Means "eldest daughter of her father" in Igbo.

Elaborated form of Adèle. Adélie Land in Antarctica was named in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville in honour of his wife Adèle (who was sometimes called Adélie).

Variant of Adeliza, recorded in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Variant of Adelisa.

Medieval English and Old Swedish form of Adelais. The second wife of Henry I of England bore this name.

Possibly means "very steadfast" in Greek. In Greek mythology he was the brother of Menelaus. He led the Greek expedition to Troy to recover his brother's wife Helen. After the Trojan War Agamemnon was killed by his wife Clytemnestra.

Derived from Turkish ayla meaning "halo, moonlight" (see Ayla 2).

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Adaption and phonetic approximation to English Iris.

Hungarian form of either Aldric or Aldemar.

Diminutive of Albert.

Galician form of Alzira.

Possibly from Arabic علينا (ʿalaynā) meaning "to us". Alternatively, it could be from Arabic أليناء (ʾalaynāʾ), a plural form of ليّن (layyin) meaning "gentle, soft".

Possibly a variant of Alethea.

From French alizé meaning "trade wind".

Etymology unknown. This was the name of a 10th-century princess regnant of Capua.

Contracted form of Adalwin.

From the name of the River Alwen in northern Wales (a tributary of the River Dee).

French form of Amalric.

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.

A recent coinage, either a Livonized form of the Sanskrit Ameyaa or the Basque Amaia.

Feminine form of Ammianus. It might also be interesting to know that Ammiana was the name of one of the islands in the Venetian lagoon, which sank after the Christmas Day earthquake in 1223 AD.

From Kazakh and Kyrgyz анар (anar) meaning "pomegranate", a word ultimately derived from Persian.

Elaborated form of Angela.

French diminutive of Angela.

Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Angelina.

Feminine form of Annius. Annia Aurelia Faustina (c. 201 AD – c. 222 AD) was an Anatolian Roman noblewoman. She was an Empress of Rome and third wife of the Roman emperor Elagabalus briefly in 221.

Belarusian and Lithuanian feminine form of Antoninus.

Derived from Old Breton alt "high; elevated" and either Old Breton roen "royal" or Old Breton roen / roin "lineage of a king". In recent times, folk etymology likes to associate this name with Modern Breton aod "coast, shore, waterside".

Means "spider" in Persian.

Latinized form of Aresandros.

The first element of this name is a little bit uncertain. It is either derived from the name of the Greek god of war Ares (also compare Areios) or from Greek ἄρεσις (aresis) meaning "good pleasure, favour" as well as "help, supplication". The second element is derived from Greek ανδρος (andros) meaning "of a man".

Latinized form of Aretaios. A known bearer of this name of Aretaeus of Cappadocia, a Greek physician who lived in the 1st century AD.

Derived from either Greek ἀρετάω (aretao) "to thrive, to prosper" or from Greek ἀρετή (arete) meaning "goodness, excellence" as well as "virtue, skill".

Modern Greek form of Arete.

Armenian form of Arius.

Breton and French form of the Old Welsh name Arthmail, which was composed of the elements arth "bear" and mael "prince, chieftain". This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded abbeys in Brittany.

Feminine form of Artemisios. This was the name of the 4th-century BC builder of the Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. She built it in memory of her husband, the Carian prince Mausolus.

Latinized form of Artemisios.

Medieval Welsh form of Armel.

Feminine form of Arzel.

Variant of Asel.

From the Old Norse name Áshildr, derived from the elements áss "god" and hildr "battle".

From the name of the city of Ashur, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, which is of unknown meaning. Ashur was the patron deity of the city and the chief god of Assyria.

Strictly feminine form of Audren.

Feminine form of Aurelius.

Derived from Latin aurum "gold" and aureus "golden, gilded". Auria was an early consort of Pamplona.

Variant of Avelina 1.

Variant of Aveline.

Feminine form of Avel.

Created for the novel Clan of the Cave Bear (1980) by author Jean M. Auel. In the novel Ayla is an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl adopted by Neanderthals. Ayla is the Neanderthal pronunciation of her real name, which is not given.

This name entered the American popularity charts after the release of the movie adaptation of the novel in 1986. Its continuing popularity is likely due to the fact that it contains the trendy phonetic elements ay and la.

French form of Aimeric.

Perhaps a form of Azalaïs. It was borne by Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877), also called Zélie, the mother of Thérèse of Lisieux.

Means "good will" in Italian. This name appears in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet (1596) belonging to a friend of Romeo. The character had been created earlier by the Italian writer Matteo Bandello, whose story Giulietta e Romeo (1554) was one of Shakespeare's sources.

Medieval variant of Boudicca, possibly arising from a scribal error.

Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian form of Bogdan, as well as a Polish variant.

Derived from Gaulish boudi- "victory; advantage, profit; loot".

Transferred use from the surname Bowden.

Of debated origin and meaning. While some scholars consider this name a Manx form of Brendan, others derive it from Manx braddan "salmon" (ultimately via Irish bradán).

Variant of Brecken.

Transferred use of the surname Brecken.

Manx form of Bridget.

Brennos, chieftain of the Senones, led an army of Cisalpine Gauls in their attack on Rome in the Battle of the Allia, in 387 BC. Another Brennos was one of the leaders of the army of Gauls who attempted to invade and settle in the Greek mainland in 278 BC. After a looting spree and after managing to pass Thermopylae by encircling the Greek army and forcing it to retreat he made his way to the rich treasury at Delphi but he was defeated by the re-assembled Greek army.
It has been debated whether Brenno was an actual given name or rather a title.

Feminine form of Briag, this name is occasionally also considered a Breton cognate of Cornish Breaca.

Means "beautiful" in Irish.

Most likely a masculine form of Caledonia. In medieval tales about King Arthur, this is the name of a forest in southern Scotland and northern England. It is probably best known from the 1997 film Titanic, where it belonged to one of the main characters (namely Caledon Hockley, who went by Cal in daily life).

Means "beautiful and holy". From the Greek kalos (καλή) 'beautiful' and adnos (αδνος) 'holy'. In Greek mythology she is a naiad of the river Nile in Egypt, a daughter of the god of the Nile, Neilus. She was one of the wives of Aegyptus, and bore him twelve sons.

Modern name taken from the Latin word calix meaning "wine cup, chalice".

From an Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Ó Cathaláin, derived from the given name Cathalán.

From Greek Καλυψώ (Kalypso), which probably meant "she that conceals", derived from καλύπτω (kalypto) meaning "to cover, to conceal". In Greek myth this was the name of the nymph who fell in love with Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on her island of Ogygia. When he refused to stay with her she detained him for seven years until Zeus ordered her to release him.

Variant of Carolina.

Variant of Carter.

Derived from Latin caritas meaning "dearness, esteem, love".

Italian masculine form of Carmen.

Romanian form of Cassian.

Spanish, Galician and Romanian form of Cassiana.

Spanish and Galician form of Cassian.

Variant of Cassius.

Possibly a variant of Caspian or Casper.

Feminine form of Cassian.

Original Latin form of Cassian.

Feminine form of Cassien.

The daughter of Circe.

Latinized form of the Greek Κασταλία (Kastalia), which is of uncertain origin, possibly related to Greek καθαρός (katharos) meaning "clean, spotless, pure" or κασσύω (kassuô) "to stitch". This was the name of a nymph of the prophetic springs of the Delphic oracle on Mount Parnassos. She may be the same as the nymph Κασσωτίς (Kassôtis) (see Cassotis).

Possibly means "jeweled helmet" in Quenya. In Tolkien's legendarium this is the name of the evil King of Gondor who usurps the throne form Eldacar, the rightful king.

From the Greek name Κάστωρ (Kastor), possibly related to κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κέκαστο). Alternatively it could be derived from the Greek word κάστωρ (kastor) meaning "beaver", though the legends about Castor do not mention beavers, which were foreign animals to the Greeks. In Greek myth Castor was a son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.

Norman form of Cateline.

Norman form of Catherine.

From the name of a flower, literally "wax-flower" from Greek κηρος (keros) "beeswax" combined with ανθος (anthos) "flower".

From the English word meaning "personal magnetism", ultimately derived from Greek χάρις (charis) meaning "grace, kindness".

Portuguese elaborated from Claudia.

From the name of a bay and seaside town in Conwy, Wales.

Variant of Coraline.

Diminutive of Cora. It was borne by Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

Italian feminine form of Coriolanus.

Italian and Portuguese form of Coriolanus.

Diminutive of Cornélie, as it contains the French feminine diminutive suffix -ine.

Variant of Courtland.

Transferred use of the surname Cregan.

Meaning unknown. Saint Cyra was a 5th-century Syrian hermit who was martyred with her companion Marana.

Means "fruitful, fertile" in Irish. This name is borne by many figures in Irish legend, including the Ulster chief Dáire mac Fiachna who reneged on his promise to loan the Brown Bull of Cooley to Medb, starting the war between Connacht and Ulster as told in the Irish epic The Cattle Raid of Cooley.

Anglicized form of Dáire or Darach.

Variant of Darlene using the popular name suffix lee.

Diminutive of Darlene.

Anglicized form of Dáire or Darach.

Original Gaelic form of Declan.

Transferred use of the surname Delancey.

Variant of Delancey.

Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Drusus. In Acts in the New Testament Drusilla is the wife of Felix.

Transferred use of the surname Dryden.

A famous namesake is English poet, playwright and critic John Dryden (1631-1700).

Feminine form of Einar.

English form of Ælfwig.

Variant of Eleanor. This name was, among others, recorded in late medieval Ireland on women born into English and Anglo-Norman families.

Derived from the English surname Ellington.

Transferred use of the surname Ellison.

From the Uzbek el meaning "people, nation, country" and yor meaning "friend, lover".

Either a variant of Aemilius (see Emil) or a masculine form of Emelia.

Derived from Latin emereo meaning "to fully deserve".

Italian form of Emerentius. A notable bearer of this name is the Italian politician Emerenzio Barbieri (b. 1946).

Variant of Émeric.

Medieval German contracted form of Emmerich. Known bearers of this name include count Emich IV of Leiningen (c. 1215-1279), bishop Emich I of Worms (born long before 1294, died in 1299) and count Emich I of Nassau-Hadamar (born before 1289, died in 1334).

From the name of a biblical town, Ἐμμαούς (Emmaous) in Greek, which is probably from Aramaic hammat meaning "hot spring". In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus appears to two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus after his death, burial and resurrection.

Germanic name, in which the second element is hramn meaning "raven". The first element is often said to be heim meaning "home" (which would thus make this name a relative of Heimeran), but it could also be amal meaning "work, labour" or ermen meaning "whole, universal". Also compare the similar-looking name Emmerich, where the first element is similarly ambiguous.

This name was borne by a saint from the 7th century AD.

Variant of Emery.

French Canadian form of Émeric.

Anglicized form of Éireann. It was initially used by people of Irish heritage in America, Canada and Australia. It was rare until the mid-1950s.

Erinna was a poet (poetess) on the island of Telos near Rhodes, said to have been a friend and contemporary of Sappho (600 BC), but she probably belonged to the earlier Alexandrian Period. Her poems have been compared to Homer's, but only fragments remain. They were reproduced in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Graeci (published in 1900).

Her name is of equally debated origin and meaning. Some scholars link Erinna to Greek êrinos "spring" while others base their theory on "Herinna", a form reconstructed by Italian scholar Camillo Neri, and derive the name from Greek hêrôs "hero" in combination with the feminine suffix -inna.

Variant of Esmé.

Elaboration of Esme

Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), in which Esmeralda is the Romani girl who is loved by Quasimodo. It has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world since that time.

Corruption of Esmeralda. Esmerelda "Esme" Weatherwax (also Granny Weatherwax or Mistress Weatherwax) is a fictional character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (1983–2015).

Contracted form of Ethelyn.

Feminine form of Everett.

Variant of Everly.

Icelandic form of Evgenia.

Variant of Esme.

Refers to the rank of ‘Second Lieutenant’ in the Norwegian military.

Old Irish form of Fionn, as well as the usual Anglicized spelling (with the Irish hero's name Anglicized as Finn McCool). As a surname it is borne by Huckleberry Finn, a character in Mark Twain's novels.

Derived from Irish fíon meaning "wine".

Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as Fióna.

From an English surname meaning "fisherman".

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Floinn, which was derived from the given name or byname Flann. A famous bearer of the surname was American actor Errol Flynn (1909-1959). As a given name, it grew in popularity after it was featured as a character in the Disney movie Tangled in 2010.

Greek form of Galatea.

Medieval German and English form of Galianus / Galienus. As a German name, it was recorded in German-speaking Switzerland in the 1400s.

Variant of Galvin.

Anglicized form of Ó Gealbháin.

Possibly derived from Welsh garan meaning "heron, crane" and gwyn meaning "white".

Short form of Garegin.

From the Roman name Gratianus, which meant "grace" from Latin gratus. Saint Gratian was the first bishop of Tours (4th century). This was also the name of a Roman emperor.

German, Scottish, Slovak and Slovene form of Gregorius (see Gregory). A famous bearer was Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a Czech monk and scientist who did experiments in genetics.

Variant of Helena, the spelling possibly influenced by Alaina.

Old Swedish variant of Halfdan.

Icelandic variant of Hálfdan.

Faroese form of Hálfdan.

Alternate transcription of Arabic هنيّة (see Haniyya).

Variant of Halen.

Polish feminine form of Heladiusz and Galician feminine form of Heladio.

Latinized form of Heinrich. As a Dutch name, it is used on birth certificates though a vernacular form such as Hendrik is typically used in daily life.

Variant of Hærmóðr. This is the name of one of Odin's sons.

Derived from the Old German elements hilt "battle" and rih "ruler, king". Hilderic was a 6th-century king of the Vandals. This name was also borne by three early Merovingian Frankish kings, though their name is usually spelled as Childeric.

Transferred use of the surname Hylan.

Name of a goddess in the video game saga The Legend of Zelda. This name has been given to at least 45 women in the United States since 2017, when the game 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' was released.

Diminutive of Ifan.

Means "ardent lord" from Old Welsh iudd "lord" combined with ris "ardent, enthusiastic". This name was borne by Idris the Giant, a 7th-century king of Meirionnydd.

Meaning unknown, possibly an elaborated variant of Elena.

Georgian form of Elijah. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Илья or Belarusian Ілья (see Ilya) or Bulgarian Илия (see Iliya).

Feminine form of Ilias (Greek) or Iliya (Bulgarian).

Russian and Belarusian form of Elijah.

Possibly a medieval diminutive of various names beginning with Old High German, Old Saxon irmin "strong, whole, universal".

From the Hebrew name יִץְחָק (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).

From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yeshaʿyahu) meaning "Yahweh is salvation", from the roots יָשַׁע (yashaʿ) meaning "to save" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. Isaiah is one of the four major prophets of the Old Testament, supposedly the author of the Book of Isaiah. He was from Jerusalem and probably lived in the 8th century BC, at a time when Assyria threatened the Kingdom of Judah. As an English Christian name, Isaiah was first used after the Protestant Reformation.

Means "alone, unique, only", from Nahuatl icel.

Elaborated form of Isel as well as a truncated form of Marisela and Gisela. This was borne by Mexican actress Isela Vega (1939-2021).

Variant of Iselin and Iselina.

Italian diminutive of Isa 2 as well as a Latin American variant of Isela.

Means "he guards me" in Hebrew, derived from שָׁמַר (shamar) meaning "to guard". This name is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament.

From the name of a mountain in Wales that means "below the forest" from Welsh is "below" and llwyn "forest, grove".

Either a feminine form of Ismar or a contraction of Isamara.

Possibly from Greek ἰσμή (isme) meaning "knowledge". This was the name of the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek legend.

Albanian form of Ismena.

Etymology unknown. This was the name of a queen regent of the Medang Kingdom, in modern day East Java.

Feminine form of Ithel.

Old Norse form of Ivor.

Variant of Isel.

Variant of Jane.

Means "God will live" in Hebrew, from חָיָה (ḥaya) meaning "to live" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This is the name of several people in the Old Testament, including one of King David's lute players.

Apparently means "God establishes" in Hebrew. In the bible, this was the name of a Simeonite.

Feminine form of Jestin.

From the Hebrew name יֶ֫תֶר (Yeter) which meant "abundance" (see Jethro).

Variant of Jesiah.

Latinate form of Greek Ioanna (see Joanna).

Variant of Georgia.

A variant of Jocelyn

Feminine form of Iulianus (see Julian). This was the name of a 4th-century saint and martyr from Nicomedia, and also of the Blessed Juliana of Norwich, also called Julian, a 14th-century mystic and author. The name was also borne by a 20th-century queen of the Netherlands. In England, this form has been in use since the 18th century, alongside the older form Gillian.

Spanish and Portuguese form of Juliet.

From Latin Iustina, the feminine form of Iustinus (see Justin). This name was borne by several early saints and martyrs.

Means "beautiful woman" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit कल्याणी (kalyani).

Means "tiger" in Turkish.

German form of Casimir.

Feminine form of Kasimir.

From Esperanto katido meaning "kitten", ultimately from Latin cattus.

Feminine form of Ketil.

Means "the fire" from Hawaiian ke, a definite article, and ahi "fire".

Variant of Kellen. This particular spelling jumped in popularity after actor Kellan Lutz (1985-) appeared in the Twilight series of movies beginning 2008.

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.

From a surname that was a variant of Kendall.

Likely an invented name, an elaboration of Ken 1, or any name starting with Ken-.

This english name was found in real life.

Latvian boworring of Caitlin.

German form of Crescentia.

Polish form of Crispin.

Means "cooper, barrel maker" in Dutch.

A Lord of Kydonia in Krete (in the Greek Aegean), a son of Hermes and the Kretan princess Akalle.

Variant of Lennon.

Norman form of Eleanor.

Dutch adaptation of the French name Lélie.

This form of the name coincides with the Dutch word for "lily".

Vernacular form of Leonore.

From a surname that was a variant of Lennox.

Feminine form of Liun.

Elaboration of Livija through its short form Liva. This name was popularised, beginning in 1993 and 1994, by pop singer and politician Liveta Kazlauskienė (1964-).

Possibly from Lloegyr, the medieval Welsh name for a region of southeastern Britain, which is of unknown meaning. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the historical realm (which he Latinized as Loegria) was named after Locrinus, the eldest son of Brutus of Troy and Innogen.

Variant of Lorraine.

Variant of Lorraine.

Feminine form of Lucidius.

Feminine form of Lucilianus.

Latin diminutive of Lucia. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint martyred in Rome.

Variant of Lina 2.

Feminine form of Lysius as well as an epithet of both Artemis and Demeter.

Variant of May. A famous bearer was the American actress Mae West (1893-1980), whose birth name was Mary.

Old Norse feminine form of Már.

Variant of Magdalene.

From the Hebrew name מַחְלָה (Maḥla), derived from חָלָה (ḥala) meaning "weak, sick". This name is used in the Old Testament as both a feminine and masculine name. In some versions of the Bible the masculine name is spelled Mahalah.

Anglicized form of Máel Sechnaill or Máel Máedóc, influenced by the spelling of Malachi. Saint Malachy (in Irish, Máel Máedóc) was a 12th-century archbishop of Armagh renowned for his miracles.

Combination of the names Mary and Elizabeth

East Frisian diminutive of Maria.

Combination of María and Estela.

Norwegian feminine form of Mathias.

Variant of Matthias.

Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a feminine form of Maginus and a corruption of Maxima. 'Maxina ou a filla espúrea' (also published under the titles 'Magina ou a filla espúrea' and 'Majina ou a filla espúrea', 1870) by Marcial Valladares is considered the first novel written in the Galician language.

From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Fhionnlaigh, from the given name Fionnlagh. A famous bearer of the surname was the American president William McKinley (1843-1901).

As a given name in America, it was mainly masculine in the late 19th century and the majority of the 20th, being most common around the times of the president's election and assassination. During the 1990s it began growing in popularity for girls, probably inspired by other feminine names beginning with Mac or Mc such as Mackenzie and McKenna.

Meaning unknown, perhaps a form of Millicent. It was borne by the Irish writer and socialite Melesina Trench (1768-1827).

Feminine form of Meletios.

From the name of an important city of ancient Egypt, or the city in Tennessee that was named after it. It is derived from a Greek form of Egyptian mn-nfr meaning "enduring beauty".

Variant of Mariah.

Means "sweet" in Esperanto, derived from mielo "honey", ultimately from Latin mel.

Diminutive of Mignon, as -ette is a French feminine diminutive suffix. As such, this given name literally means "little darling" in French.

In the Anglosphere, Mignonette is the name of a flower (genus Reseda). As a given name, Mignonette was especially popular in Victorian times, as that is when more floral names began to be used as given names.

Last but not least, in literature, Mignonette is the middle name of Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis, the main character of the book The Princess Diaries written by the American author Meg Cabot (b. 1967). The book was later adapted into a film with the same title and starred American actress Anne Hathaway (b. 1982) as Mia.

Hebrew diminutive of Miriam.

Slovak variant of Miriam.

Spanish, Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Anglo-Norman variant of Miriam.

Latinization of Mirian.

Italian variant of Miriam.

Icelandic form of Muirgel.

Anglicized form of Muirne used by James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is borne by the mother of the hero Fingal.

Derived from the Greek ìõñïí (myron) meaning "myrrh". In Greek mythology, Myrina was the Queen of the Amazons.

Feminine form of Nadin.

From Greenlandic najaa meaning "his younger sister" [1]. It was popularized in Denmark by the writer B. S. Ingemann, who used it in his novel Kunnuk and Naja, or the Greenlanders (1842).

Feminine form of Nektarios.

Probably a feminized form of Welsh nêr meaning "lord".

Alternate transcription of Hebrew נטעלי (see Netali). This is the birth name of Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman (1981-), born Neta-Lee Hershlag.

Means "my seedling" from Hebrew נֶטַע (neta) "seedling, plant" (see Neta) combined with לִי (li) "for me, to me" or "I have". This is a modern Hebrew name often given to girls born on Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day or Holiday of Trees.

Latinized form of Nikandros.

Danish and Norwegian variant form of Nicholas.

Derived from Greek νίκη (nike) meaning "victory". This was the name of an Athenian general who fought in the Peloponnesian war.

Variant of Nina 1.

Means "absence of". Nirṛti is the Hindu goddess of deathly hidden realms, sorrows, death and corruption and one of the dikpāla (guardians of the directions), representing the southwest.

Either derived from the flower of the same name or else intended as a feminine form of Nolan.

Feminine form of Nonius. A bearer of this name was Nonia Celsa, the wife of Roman Emperor Macrinus as well as the mother of Roman Emperor Diadumenian.

Medieval Latin, from Latin novem meaning ‘nine.’

Variant of Oakley using the popular name suffix lyn.

Anciant Roman feminine form of Octavianus and Romanian and Provençal feminine form of Octavian.

Derived from óa-sk ("to be frightened"). In Norse mythology this is the name of a dwarf and a kenning for "snake".

From Old French Olivier, which was possibly derived from Latin oliva "olive tree" [1]. Alternatively there could be an underlying Germanic name, such as Old Norse Áleifr (see Olaf) or Frankish Alawar (see Álvaro), with the spelling altered by association with the Latin word. In the Middle Ages the name became well-known in Western Europe because of the French epic La Chanson de Roland, in which Olivier is a friend and advisor to the hero Roland.

In England Oliver was a common medieval name, however it became rare after the 17th century because of the military commander Oliver Cromwell, who ruled the country following the civil war. The name was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due in part to the title character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838), about a poor orphan living on the streets of London. It became very popular at the beginning of the 21st century, reaching the top rank for boys in England and Wales in 2009 and entering the top ten in the United States in 2017.

Faroese variant of Olivia.

Olvin was a king of Archenland who won the hand of the Lady Liln in a tale alluded to in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C.S. Lewis

Derived from Latin oriens meaning "rising; east; daybreak, dawn, sunrise".

Diminutive of Oria.

Transferred use of the surname Orrick.

Ötzi was the name given to a neolithic mummy found in a glacier in 1991. The name derives from the location Ötztaler Alpen where he was found.

DJ Ötzi is the stage name of an Austrian singer and entertainer.

Means "dove, pigeon" in Spanish.

Originally a short form of a Greek name beginning with the element φίλος (philos) meaning "lover, friend". This was the name of an early Christian saint, a 3rd-century bishop of the Egyptian city of Thmuis. This name has been in rare use in the English-speaking world from as early as the late 17th century, used primarily by Catholics in honour of the saint. Jules Verne used it for the protagonist (Phileas Fogg, an Englishman) in his novel Around the World in 80 Days (1873).

Variant of Phinehas used in some English versions of the Old Testament.

Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek φίνις (phinis), a variant of φήνη (phene) meaning "vulture". According to Greek mythology this was the name of a king of Thrace visited by Jason and the Argonauts.

Means "pillar" in Spanish. It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, María del Pilar, meaning "Mary of the Pillar". According to legend, when Saint James the Greater was in Saragossa in Spain, the Virgin Mary appeared on a pillar.

From Latin pomus "fruit tree". This was the name of the Roman goddess of fruit trees.

Means "she, who is asking the spirits" in Greenlandic.

Derived from Old English cwén "woman", this name was originally a diminutive of names containing said element.
The name's usage in modern times is more than likely influenced by the use of Queen as a name.

Medieval form of Cwenhild, documented in 1332.

Latinized form of Cwengifu.

Diminutive of Aquilla.

From the English word "quill" referring to a "pen made from a feather". From the Middle English quil 'fragment of reed' or 'shaft of feather'.

Spanish form of Quintia and (American) English feminization of Quincy.

Feminine elaboration of Quinn.

Feminine form of Quintus.

Feminine form of Quintius.

Feminine form of Quintianus.

Feminine form of Quintilius.

Feminine form of Quintinus.

Feminine form of Quintinianus (see also Quintinian).

Italian and Emilian form of Quintia.

Feminine form of Quirinus.

Derived from Slavic radovati meaning "to make happy, to gladden".

From a Scottish surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "stream where deer drink" (from Scots rae "roe deer" and burn "stream"). A famous bearer of the surname was Scottish portrait painter Henry Raeburn (1756-1823).

Means "archer, marksman" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name for the constellation Sagittarius.

Alternate transcription of Arabic رامي (see Rami).

Either a Bulgarian form of Regina or a feminine form of Rayno.

Anglicized form of Rhys.

Either a variant of Risa or an elaboration of Reese. Reesa was given to 11 girls in 2015 according to the SSA.

Anglicized form of Rhys. It is also used as a feminine name, popularized by the American actress Reese Witherspoon (1976-).

Transferred use of the surname Renwick.

Variant of Rhea.

Variant of Rhea.

Variant spelling of Roderick. A known bearer of this name was Sir Rhoderick McGrigor (1893-1959), a senior officer of the British Royal Navy.

Variant of Riwanon. This was the name of the mother of Saint Hervé.

Variant of Rohese.

From an English surname that was derived from the name of various Norman towns, themselves from the given name Romilius.

Breton and Anglicized form of Rónán.

I found it on a Dutch baby name site claiming it is a Dutch Medieval name, possibly from the Late Latin meaning fiery rose.

Possibly a diminutive of Rosalía or a combination of Rosa 1 and Lita. This is the title of a 1943 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. It was also used by Bruce Springsteen in his song Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973).

Either a variant of Rosalyn or a combination of Rosa 1 and Lynn.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a contraction of Rose and Aimée via the form Amée.

Perhaps a diminutive of Rosamund (compare Annemie, Rosemay), though it is claimed to be a combination of Rose with French amie "friend".

Combination of Rosa 1 and the popular suffix -mina.

Combination of Rosa 1 and the common suffix -mira.

From the French name Rosanie, which is probably an elaboration of Rose. This is the titular character of the French fairy tale 'Rosanella'. Rosanella is a princess who is split into twelve identical forms, each with an aspect of her personality.

Means "golden rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and aurea "golden". This name was (first?) used by Pedro Calderón de la Barca for a character in his play Life Is a Dream (1635).

Name of Rosebud Denovo, street activist, and Rosebud the Basselope, a character in the comic strip Bloom County.

Means "dew" in French, presumably a French equivalent of Rocío.

Manx cognate of Róisín (compare Rosheen).

Variant of Rosella.

Variant of Rosalette.

Variant of Rosália.

Variant of Rosalia.

French form of Rosalind. Saint Roseline of Villeneuve was a 13th-century nun from Provence.

Variant of Roselyn.

Variant of Rosemay.

Variant of Rosina.

Feminine form of Rosianus. A bearer of this name was Rosiana Coleners, a Belgian poet from the 16th century AD.

French form of Rosiana.

Variant form of Rosabel.

Estonian form of Roshild.

Diminutive of Rosa 1.

Feminine form of Rósinkar.

Probably means "great provider" from Gaulish ro, an intensive prefix (hence "very, most, great"), combined with smert "purveyor, carer" and the feminine name suffix a. This was the name of an obscure Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility, abundance and prosperity. The author J. K. Rowling borrowed the name for a witch in her 'Harry Potter' series.

Possibly a variant of Rosmunda or Romina. This name was used by Francesco Cavalli for a character in his opera Giasone (1649).

Variant of Rosalia.

Variant of Rowan.

Meaning uncertain. According to the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth, this was the name of a daughter of the Saxon chief Hengist. It is possible (but unsupported) that Geoffrey based it on the Old English elements hroð "fame" and wynn "joy", or alternatively on the Old Welsh elements ron "spear" and gwen "white". It was popularized by Walter Scott, who used it for a character in his novel Ivanhoe (1819).

Variant of Rowena.

Hungarian form of Rosina.

Simply from the name of the precious stone (which ultimately derives from Latin ruber "red"), which is the traditional birthstone of July. It came into use as a given name in the 16th century [1].

Derived from Old Norse rún meaning "secret lore, rune".

Persian form of Sidra.

Hausa and Kazakh form of Safiyya. It is also an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Arabic alternte transcription of Safiyyah as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.

Directly taken from Latvian salna "frost, frostiness".

Norwegian dialectal variant of Samuline recorded in Austlandet.

Alternate transcription of Arabic سامية (see Samiya), as well as the usual Bengali transcription.

Alternate transcription of Arabic ثمينة (see Thamina), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Derived from Old High German saro "armor" combined with Old Norse hildr "battle."

From a Sanskrit word referring to a type of thrush (species Turdus salica) or myna bird (species Gracula religiosa).

Elaboration of Sara.

Means "rose" in Mongolian.

Italian variant of Sabina.

Variant of Sabine.

From the name of the patron saint of Zennor, a village in Cornwall, which is of obscure origin. Conceivably it may be derived from the Breton name Azenor or the old Celtic Senovara. According to local legend Saint Senara was originally Princess Azenor of Brest in Lower Brittany, the mother of Saint Budoc. She is also said to have been a mermaid before her conversion (though even after becoming a Christian, "she continued to pine for the sea"). This name was given to 52 girls born in England and Wales in the years 1916-2005.

Variant of Saphira.

Feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, derived from the biblical word seraphim, which was Hebrew in origin and meant "fiery ones". The seraphim were an order of angels, described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each.

This was the name of a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor. As an English name, it has never been common.

French form of Seraphina.

This was used as a Welsh translation of Stellaluna (for a 2000 Welsh adaptation of the children's book 'Stellaluna'). It is derived in part from Welsh seren "star" (cf. Seren).

Means "love" in Uzbek.

Anglicized form of Séaghdha, sometimes used as a feminine name.

From an English occupational surname meaning "sheep herder, shepherd".

Means "singing" in Hebrew.

Modern Hebrew form of Susanna.

Biblical Hebrew form of Susanna.

From Sanskrit श्रेयस् (śreyas) meaning "superior, better".

Turkish feminine form of Siddiq.

Feminine form of Sidonius. This is the name of a legendary saint from Georgia. She and her father Abiathar were supposedly converted by Saint Nino from Judaism to Christianity.

Feminine form of Sidonius. This name was in use in the Middle Ages, when it became associated with the word sindon (of Greek origin) meaning "linen", a reference to the Shroud of Turin.

From the Old Norse name Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved".

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).

Italian feminine form of Silvanus.

Elaborated form of Silvana.

Feminine form of Silvester.

Romanian, Italian, Provençal, Spanish and Portuguese form of Silvianus.

Feminine form of Simon 1.

Variant of Skaði.

Persian feminine form of Suhail.

Latvian and Lithuanian form of Solveig.

Means "gold" in Hindi, derived from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) meaning literally "good colour".

Means "radiant, bright" in Irish. It has been in use since late medieval times [2]. It is sometimes Anglicized as Sarah (in Ireland) and Clara (in Scotland).

Feminine form of Sorin.

Variant of Sovann.

From the Old Norse byname Sveinn meaning "boy". This was the name of kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Short form of Svetlana.

Derived from Russian свет (svet) meaning "light, world". It was popularized by the poem Svetlana (1813) by the poet Vasily Zhukovsky. It is sometimes used as a translation of Photine.

Either a variant of Silvanus or directly from the Latin word silva meaning "wood, forest".

From an English surname that referred to a person who thatched roofs by attaching straw to them, derived from Old English þæc "thatch". The surname was borne by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013).

Variant of Télio.

Means "king, ruler" in Old English, probably from þeud "people" and þegen "thane, warrior" This name was invented by J. R. R. Tolkien who used Old English to represent the Rohirric language. In his novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) Théoden is the king of Rohan.

French form of Theodwin.

From the Greek name Θεόδωρος (Theodoros), which meant "gift of god" from Greek θεός (theos) meaning "god" and δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". The name Dorothea is derived from the same roots in reverse order. This was the name of several saints, including Theodore of Amasea, a 4th-century Greek soldier; Theodore of Tarsus, a 7th-century archbishop of Canterbury; and Theodore the Studite, a 9th-century Byzantine monk. It was also borne by two popes.

This was a common name in classical Greece, and, due to both the saints who carried it and the favourable meaning, it came into general use in the Christian world, being especially popular among Eastern Christians. It was however rare in Britain before the 19th century. Famous bearers include three tsars of Russia (in the Russian form Fyodor) and American president Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919).

Feminine form of Theodosius.

Latinized form of Greek Θηραιφόνη (Theraiphone), which probably means "slayer of wild beasts" from Greek θήρ (ther) "a wild beast, beast of prey" or θήρα (thera) meaning "the hunting of wild beasts, the chase", which is ultimately derived from θηράω (therao) "to hunt, to chase", combined with φόνος (phonos) "murder, slaughter". In Greek mythology, Theraephone and Theronice were the twin daughters of Dexamenus, king at Olenus. She married Eurytus and was the mother of Thalpius.

Variant of Therinus.

Modern Greek variant of Thetis.

Old Norse form of Torkel.

Transferred use of the surname Thorn.

Transferred use of the surname Thorne. Derived from the Old English word for "thorn." This was the name of a letter in the Old English alphabet, as well as the name of a character from the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Feminine form of Þorsteinn.

Possibly derived from Old Norse þrá meaning "obstinacy, stubbornness". Noted bearer is Þráinn Bertelsson, an Icelandic film director, writer, politician, journalist and newspaper editor.

Modern Irish form of Tighearnán.

Old Irish form of Tighearnán.

From Old Irish Tigernán meaning "little lord", from tigerna "lord" combined with a diminutive suffix. It was borne by a 6th-century saint who founded a monastery at Errew. It was also the name of a 12th-century king of Breifne.

Means "little lamb" in Irish.

Derived from Irish uall meaning "pride". Uallach ingen Muinechain (died 934) was an Irish woman poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland.

Derived from Old Norse úlfr "wolf" combined with Old Norse dís "goddess, priestess".

Icelandic form of Ulf.

Scandinavian diminutive of Ulrika or Hulda 1, or a German diminutive of Ursula.