Shaymin's Personal Name List

Polish form of Abital.

Medieval Polish feminine form of Abraham.

Created by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy for his science fiction novel Aelita (1923), where it belongs to a Martian princess. In the book, the name is said to mean "starlight seen for the last time" in the Martian language.

Variant of Aglaia.

Probably a variant of Eija.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from Latvian airene "ryegrass, darnel", a contracted form of Airisa and a modern coinage with no set meaning.

Adaption and phonetic approximation to English Iris.

Diminutive of Airi 2.

Of unknown meaning.

Variant of Aila and Ayla.

Direct adoption of the Dutch and German name for the flower Aquilegia vulgaris "columbine".

Aleferna was Prioress of the Hohenholte monastery in Northern Germany (attested 1237–1240). The name is only partially explained ALA means "all", but the FERNA part is obscure.

Seibicke derives the modern northern German given name Fenna from Aleferna,

Latvian adaptation of Amber.

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

Lithuanian form of Amethyst.

Derived from Latin amoenus, -a, -um "charming; delightful; pleasant", this name was occasionally used in German-speaking countries from the 1500s onward. It is, however, all but extinct in this day and age.

The name is derived from the Mordvin anelis, meaning "to pamper, indulge, treat, caress."

Diminutive of Annemarie.

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.

Diminutive of Anna, inspired by the Russian form Annushka.

Vernacular form of Apollonia.

Variant of Apollonia.

Recorded in Lithuania on a Muslim Tatar female in the 16th-century.

Polish form of Asenath.

Derived from Erzya ашо (ašo) "white" and ава (ava) "woman".

Means "blond, light", related to Erzya ашо (ašo) "white".

Means "beauty" in Mari.

Possibly a Polish Medieval form of Astrid.

Polish form of Astrid.

Variant of Atalia.

From the word aura (derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek αὔρα meaning "breeze") for a distinctive atmosphere or illumination.

Means "sun" in Finnish.

Derived from Aušra with the feminine adjectival suffix -inė, referring to something made from or pertaining to a noun, ultimately meaning something along the lines of "auroral; pertaining to the dawn."

This name belongs to a Lithuanian goddess of the morning star and sister to Vakarinė, known as Auseklis in Latvia. Some scholars believe that she was also the goddess of youth, beauty and health and as such was referred to as "the Queen of the Stars."
In Lithuanian folklore, she became the moon's love interest when the moon divorced the sun.

Feminine form of Avel.

Combination of Ave and the syllable -li- (most commonly derived from Eliisabet).

German form of Azalea.

Czech and Slovak form of Babette.

Variant of Beyle.

Feminine form of Balandis.

Literally means "little wave", derived from the Lithuanian noun banga meaning "wave, billow" combined with the feminine diminutive suffix -(u)olė. As such, one could consider this name to be a diminutive of the name Banga.

The latinised name of the German state of Bayern.

Officially admitted as a name in Germany.

Variant of Belaset.

Combination of Italian bel "beautiful" and colore "colour". The Italian novelist Boccaccio used this name in his work 'The Decameron' (1350).

From the Latin bellule (pretty, nice, well-formed), this is found in a Jewish catacomb in Rome as the name of a woman. It is possibly the precursor to such names as the Sephardic Bela and the Yiddish Shayna

Derived from Proto-Germanic *beran or *bernu "bear" (bero and bern in Old High German) combined with Old High German lind or lindi "soft, tender."

The allegoric personification of the German city Berlin. Extremely rarely used as a given name.

This is found in the Jewish catacombs of Rome as the name of a woman.

See Baila

French, German and Dutch form of Bibiana.

Low German diminutive of Names starting in Bil- (from the Germanic name element BILI "gentleness").

The name is composed of the elements bliz (close, near) and bor (fight; struggle). The designated nameday in Poland is January 28 and March 12.

Coined from the German phrase Bring Friede "bring peace!". The name was given to girls in Germany during and after the two world wars to express the desire for peace.

A notable bearer of the name is the German politician Bringfiede Kahrs who served as Senator in Bremen.

Variant of Brynja.

Allegoric personification of the city (and the fromer state) of Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany. Very rarely used as a given name.

Derived from German Burgunden (or Burgunder) "Burgundians", a Germanic tribe that finally settled in Burgundy.

The name was the subject of a 1971 eponymous French pop song by Yves Heuzé. Since then, the name has experienced sporadic usage in France.

German and Dutch variant of Karlina and Sicilian, Romansh and English feminine diminutive of Carl.

French form of Casaria.

Feminine form of Cassian.

Feminine form of Celeryn.

Croatian and Lithuanian form of Ceres.

From a combination of the present determiner form of verb 차다 (chada) meaning "to fill" and Sol.

Feminine form of Chayan as well as a Tatar and Tuvan variant transcription of Çayana.

Alemannic variant of Christiana recorded in medieval German-speaking Switzerland. This name was occasionally used in honor of Saint Chrischona, particularly in the Swiss city of Basel.
According to legend, Saint Chrischona accompanied Saint Ursula and the bishop Saint Pantalus on a pilgrimage to Rome. One version of the legend has her fall ill and die upon her return to Switzerland; she was then buried on the hill Dinkelberg, known today as "St. Chrischona", not far from Basel.
In another version, the pilgrims are attacked by the Huns on their way home. When Saint Pantalus is killed, Chrischona and her sisters Margaretha and Ottilia escape. Each of the sisters moves on one of the three hills bordering Basel and builds a chapel on the hilltop. They preach the gospel and convert the pagan townsfolk to Christianity, leading by example by living virtuous lives.

Feminine form of Christoph.

Elaboration of Clara.

Swiss German and Romansh diminutive of Clara.

A rare feminine form of Clemens.

It is used as a monastic name by nuns in Germany.

Feminine form of Cordius. In the English-speaking world, this name can sometimes be a short form of Cordelia. A known bearer of this name is the American entrepreneur Cordia Harrington (b. 1954).

Feminine form of Corvinus.

Derived from the Roman gentile name Curius.

Feminine form of Cyprian and Cyprianus.

Polish form of Cyriaca.

Derived from Latvian daile "beauty".

Recorded in medieval Pomerania and Kashubia, this name is of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a Kashubian dialectical form of Dąbrówka. The name was borne by a semi-legendary princess of the Sobieslaw dynasty (13th-century).

Feminine form of Dangius.

This name is also encountered as a short form of its diminutive Danguolė, but that tends to be when Danguolė is the official given name of the person in question, rather than an informal pet name.

The name is most likely composed of the Lithuanian elements daug (many) and ger (good). However, in modern Lithuanian, the first element has come to be associated more often with the Lithuanian word dangus "sky."

From Lithuanian dangus meaning "sky, heaven" and a diminutive suffix.

English variant and Polish borrowing of Darlene.

Variant transcription of Dasha (for Russia and the Ukraine) as well as the main form of Dasha in Germany and the Netherlands.

A known bearer of this name is the Dominican-American actress Dascha Polanco (b. 1982).

From Lithuanian deimantas meaning "diamond".

Feminine form of Dekabrin. A known bearer of this name was the Russian chess player Dekabrina Kazatsker (1913-1983).

Lithuanian and Portuguese form of the Italian Diletta

Derived from the Slavic element dobru "good".
It was used in Medieval Poland among Christians, then by the beginning of the 20th-century was mainly used by Polish Jews. In Poland, it may also occur as a hypochoristic form of any name beginning with the dobr- element. Among Eastern-European Jews, this was used as a vernacular Slavic form of the Latin Bona and the Germanic Gittel.

Derived from Gaulish druto "strong, vigorous".

Derived from Latvian dzidrs meaning "clear".

Feminine form of Dzintars.

Feminine form of Dzintars.

Means "star" in Macedonian.

Contracted form of Edela.

This name is derived from the Germanic name stem agil "edge (of a sword)".

Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.

Means "life" in Finnish.

Possibly a Lithuanian feminine form of Erling

Blend of Elisabeth and Alexandra.

Czech and Slovak diminutive of Elizabeth.

Diminutive of Ella 2.

Meaning uncertain, perhaps related to Old Norse almr "elm". In Norse mythology Embla and her husband Ask were the first humans. They were created by three of the gods from two trees.

Provençal form of Eunomia.

Eastern Yiddish form of Jentl.

Anglicized form of Eithne.

English form of Éponine.

Derived from Lithuanian erdmė "space".

Latinized form of Greek Εὐρώπη (Europe), which meant "wide face" from εὐρύς (eurys) meaning "wide" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". In Greek mythology Europa was a Phoenician princess who was abducted and taken to Crete by Zeus in the guise of a bull. She became the first queen of Crete, and later fathered Minos by Zeus. The continent of Europe said to be named for her, though it is more likely her name is from that of the continent. This is also the name of a moon of Jupiter.

Combination of Eva and Lotte. The variant Eva-Lotta was used by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren in her Kalle Blomkvist series of books (1946, 1951, 1953), where it belongs to a friend of the central character.

French form of Apronia.

Variant of Fenenna.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. The most common theory sees this name as a quasi-feminine form of Felix.

In the German version of the Films 'Bambi' and 'Bambi 2', Feline is used for Faline, the love interest of Bambi.

Form of Peninnah used in the Latin Old Testament.

This name was borne by the 13th-century Polish princess Fenenna of Kuyavia, who married king Andrew III of Hungary.

Derived from Old Norse fen meaning "moor, marsh, swamp". Also compare Fenrir, which is etymologically related.

This was the name of one of two giantess sisters from the Old Norse poem "Grottasöngr", whose tale is considered to be part of Norse mythology.

A combination of the Germanic name element runa "rune" with a less secure first part. The first part could be the German word Fee "fay, fairy" indicating a rather new coinage in the 19th century or later, or a worn down form of the name element fridu "peace".

A German diminutive of Josefine.

Rarely, if ever, used as an official given name.

Meaning unknown, possibly a form of Finya.

It is unclear whether this name was actually inspired by the same-sounding Russian nickname Finya or whether it was invented independently in Germany, by combining the popular masculine name Finn 1 or Finn 2 with the popular suffix ja.

The name does not have a Scandinavian etymology and is not popular in any Scandinavian country.

Feminine form of Flaminius.

Spelling variant of Frosina. The spelling shows a contamination from the German word Frohsinn "cheerfulness".

Russian form of Hera.

Formed from the Germanic name elements gisal "pledge, hostage" and linta "linden tree, lime tree, shield".

Derived from Latvian glīts "pretty, good-looking, beautiful; neat."

Derived from Lithuanian gluosnis "willow."

Swiss German diminutive of Margaret. It is rarely used as a given name.

Means "buttercup (flower)" in Latvian. This name was used by the Latvian playwright Anna Brigadere in her play Princese Gundega un Karalis Brusubārda (1923).

Hamamelis is the botanical name of a shrub known as "Witch-hazel" or "winterbloom".

It was officially admitted as a given name for girls in Dresden (Germany) in 2003.

The allegoric personification of the city of Hamburg. Extremely rare as a given name for persons.

From the German word for "heart sorrow, heartache". Herzeloyde was its original form, created by Wolfram von Eschenbach for the Queen of Wales and mother of Perceval in his Middle High German romance Parzival (1200–1210), probably to express the queen’s sorrow for losing her husband and later her son (when Perceval leaves her lands for King Arthur's court, she dies from a broken heart).
Herzeleide was the form used by Richard Wagner for his opera 'Parsifal', loosely based on Wolfram's epic poem.

This was the name of a granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II by his son, Oskar: Princess Herzeleide Ina Marie Sophie Charlotte Else (1918-1989), named "heart's sorrow" because she was born shortly after the fall of the German Empire and collapse of the monarchy.

"Aura" "glow"

Means "silver" in Finnish.

Diminutive of Hobbe.

Höpke Voß was a participant in the casting show Germany's next Top Model (8th season, 2013).

Feminine form of Humbelin, which in turn is a double diminutive of Humbert. Folk etymology connects it to Latin umbria meaning "shadow". The modern French form of this name is Ombeline.

Means "fig tree" in Aramaic.

Variant form of Ihanelma.

Apparently derived from Illyricum, an ancient region conquered by the Romans. It is etymologically related to Illyria (see Illyrios).

An elaboration of Ilsabe. The name was used in Northern Germany and the Netherlands in the 18th and 19th century.

Of uncertain origin and meaning. It has been suggested to be a blend of Imanta and Andra 1.

Feminine form of Imants.

In Hittite–Hurrian mythology, Inara was the goddess of the wild animals of the steppe and daughter of the Storm-god Teshub.

Meaning unknown.

The name of a lake, municipality, and village in Finland (Aanaar in the Inari Sami language). Their names are derived from the name of the Inari Sami people who live in the area around Lake Inari.

Borrowed from the name of a lake and river in the Utena district municipality of north-eastern Lithuania, derived from Eastern Aukštaitian Lithuanian indrė (standard Lithuanian nendrė) meaning "reed."
This was also the name of the personification of the planet Jupiter in Lithuanian mythology, sometimes attributed as meaning "water witch" and probably related to Indra. She was a daughter of the sun goddess Saulė. Originally a water spirit, she was meant to marry the god of thunder, Perkunas, on a Thursday; when she was taken away from her wedding, she turned into the planet Jupiter.

Either a short form of Indraja or a direct borrowing from Eastern Aukštaitian Lithuanian indrė (standard Lithuanian nendrė) meaning "reed."

Latvian name which has only been used since the middle or latter part of the 20th century (first recorded during 1950-1975), possibly a variant of Inta (feminine form of Ints, itself from Indriķis), Inita (which is either from Latin initus "a beginning, an entrance" or a diminutive of Ina) or Inese (variant of Agnesa, Agneta).

As a medieval German name, some academics consider this name to be derived from a Latin dative form of Isla.

Georgian form of Julitta.

Feminine form of Iwajlo. The German film director Iwajla Klinke bears this name.

Lithuanian form of Isis.

Means "emerald" in Russian.

Short form of (now extinct) names whose first element was derived from Proto-Germanic *gailan meaning "jovial".

Also compare its masculine counterparts Gale (West Frisian) and Gale 2 (English).

Name of a feminine household god who protects grains and barns.

This goddess is documented in the works of Jakob Brodowski (published in 1730) and Philipp Ruhig who both derive her name from Lithuanian javai "grain; crop".

German form of Jerusha occurring in older bible translations as well as the Portuguese form of this name occuring in some bible translations.

German form of the biblical name Jerusha.

Form of Iscah used in the Dutch, Danish, Finnish, and German translations of the Bible.

Germanised spelling of Jodoca.

Feminine form of Joel.

Contraction of names starting with the element Jo-, such as Johanna, and any name ending in -lina. The German pronunciation makes it likely that its use in Germany was also inspired by the English name Jolene.

Diminutive of Jolanta.

Feminine form of Jorin.

This name is a blend of Jorina with Linde. A known bearer of this name is Jorinde Moll (b. 1971), a Dutch actress and television presenter.

In literature, Jorinde is the female protagonist in Grimm's fairy tale "Jorinde and Joringel".

Elaboration of Jorė (compare Raminta).

German form of the Biblical name Jehosheba used in the Luther Bible before 1984.

Polish form of Jovita.

Latin "judge!" (imperative).

Judica is the name of the fifth Sunday of lent, after first word of the antiphon used on that Sunday. It is occasionally used as a given name in Germany.

Medieval Polish name derived from Polish jutro "tomorrow" and the Slavic name element gost guest".

Based off of the Spanish word lluvia "rain".

Latvian name which was first recorded in the 1500s and later revived in the late 1800s. It is generally as much considered a borrowing of the Finnish name Kaija as an indigenous Latvian name derived from Latvian kaija "seagull".

Finnish name meaning "reed" -a sort of a plant found on river banks and shallow waters.
Popularity of this name has increased dramatically in the 21st. century.

Polish form of Candelaria, as well as a Spanish variant.

Kantorka is a Sorbian word meaning "cantoress, chorister". The---otherwise unnamed---Kantorka is the female hero in Otfried Preußler's novel Krabat who finally breaks the bad spell over the mill and saves the life of Krabat.

Kantorka is officially admitted as a given name in Germany.

A fictional Mixtec woman in the works of the German writer Karl May. She occurs in two books and two films.

Meaning "plant" in Finnish.

Means "season" in Finnish.

Means "summer" in Finnish.

Polish form of Keziah.

Feminine form of Kirsan.

Nickname and diminutive for Alexandra. Rarely---if ever---used as an official given name in Germany.

Derived from the participle form of Polish kochać "to love".

Truncated form of Nikoleta as well as a borrowing of French Colette.

Danish form of Concordia.

Coined by Polish writer Juliusz Słowacki for the title character of his drama Kordian (1833). Słowacki likely based the name on Latin cor "heart" (genitive cordis).

Derived from the Slavic element krasa "beauty, adornment".

An old Polish name composed of the elements krasna (beauty) and uroda (charm).

Means "moon" in Finnish.

Meaning "moonlight" in Finnish.

Polish form of Quiteria.

Means "teardrop" in Finnish.

from the Mordvin word ljama meaning "peace; concord".

Derived from Latin Latina "woman (descended) from Latium, a Latin woman".

A feminine form of Ladislaus.

Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a truncated form of Ilaria.

French form of Latona.

Means 'song' in Finnish. This name has been used in Finland less than 20 times since 2000.

Means "live piously" from German lebe "live" and fromm "pious". This name was created in the 17th century.

In the case of the East Prussian German name, Lelija is not a derivative of Ancient Roman Laelia.
The name is derived from either Old Prussian lelija, lėlijates "lily" or else from Prussian-Lithuanian lelius "buttercup".

Danish and Norwegian variant and German form of Lærke.

Invented name based on Lesia.

Feminine form of Liaudas as well as a short form of feminine compound names that start with Liaud- (such as Liaudmina and Liaudvilė) or end in -liaudė, such as Vyliaudė.

However, it should be noted that Liaudė is also the name of a river in Lithuania, which is located in the county of Šiauliai. As such, it is possible that in some cases, bearers of the given name Liaudė were named directly after the river, rather than (for example) their name being a short form of their full name. With that said, the etymology of the river's name is uncertain. A common theory is that it is derived from the Lithuanian noun liaudis meaning "people, folk". Other theories propose a derivation from old Latvian ļaude meaning "people, nation" and old Estonian laud meaning "wet, moist, damp" as well as "humid".

Medieval Silesian German diminutive of Liphilt.

German borrowing of Libuše.

Feminine variant of Liel.

Means "linden tree" or "July" in Lithuanian.

A blend of Elisabeth and either Helene or Magdalene.

Diminutive form of Elisabeth. Supposedly, the name of Albert Einstein's speculated illegitimate daughter.

This name is usually not used as a full formal given name in German-speaking countries.

Directly taken from Latvian liesma "flame, blaze". This name was used by the Latvian poet and playwright Aspazija in her play Ragana (1895).

Possibly a derivative of Līga.

Means "violet" in Finnish.

Meaning uncertain, perhaps derived from Navajo łį́į́ʼ "horse" and łigaii "white". It was borne by Lilakai "Lily" Neil (1900-1961), the first woman to be elected to the Navajo Tribal Council (served 1946-1951).

Entymology unknown. This was the name of an ancient Syrian goddess of mountains.

Diminutive of Eliza.

Feminine form of Liutauras.

Feminine form of Lollius. Famous bearer Lollia Paulina (d. 49 CE) was briefly the wife of the Roman emperor Caligula. She was charged with sorcery in 49 CE and exiled without trial. Once in exile, she was forced to commit suicide.

Feminization of Lorenz influenced by names such as Florentine and Leontine.

Diminutive of Lotte, Lotta, or Charlotte. Rarely (if ever) used as an official given name.

Das doppelte Lottchen (English title "Lottie and Lisa") is a well-known children's book by Erich Kästner.

Derived from Finnish lounas "southwest" or lounatuuli "southwest wind".

Derived from Proto-Germanic *leubh- or *lubh- "to like; to love; to desire; love". Lubina Hajduk-Veljkovićowa (German: Lubina Hajduk-Veljković), born 1976, is a Sorbian writer and translator.

Diminutive of Ludosław, as well as other Slavic names with the element lud.

Lüfthildis is a variant of the Germanic name Liuthild.

Lüfthildis is a local saint venerated in the vicinity of Bonn (Germany).

Archaic Polish form of Luitgard.

Possibly from the name of a Lithuanian river.

Derived from the Finnish lumi meaning "snow".

Combination of Lumi and Anna. The name was first used in the 1990s.

Feminine form of Lumír.

Possibly derived from the illative singular form of lumi "snow".

Means "nature, wildlife, scenery, outdoors" in Finnish.

Feminine form of Lupus (Late Roman) and Lup (Medieval Romanian).

In Esperanto, the name means "lupine, wolfish" and is therefore etymologically related to the aforementioned two names.

Means "plum" in Finnish.

Old Upper German variant of Lucia.

Created as a German equivalent of Madicken for the German translation of Astrid Lindgren's books.

Means "strawberry" in Finnish.

Combination of Maria and Lies.

This was assumed as a surname by the 19th-century German writer Eugenie John, who used the pen name E. Marlitt. She may have invented it, perhaps basing it on Marlene or Marlies.
This name has been in occasional use in German-speaking countries since the 1920s.

Variant of Marloes.

Variant of Marola.

German form of Μαρουλα Maroula a Greek pet form of Maria.

Feminine form of Marzell.

A contraction of Maria and Josephine (or Josepha).

The name of Mordvin Earth goddess. Her name is derived from mastor meaning "earth" and ava meaning "woman, mother".

Feminine form of Maximianus.

Possibly a Latinized (or Anglicized) spelling of Lithuanian Mažena.

The name might possibly be related to Marzana.

Feminine form of Mažrimas.

Lithuanian goddess of the forest and the hunt, her name deriving from either Lithuanian medis "tree; wood" or Lithuanian medė "forest".

Medeina was first recorded in the form Měiděina (Мѣидѣина) in Russian chronicles dating back to the 13th century, such as the so-called Hypatian Codex. This Codex, which described the events of 1252, mentioned the gods and goddesses worshipped by King Mindaugas, among them Medeina and an unnamed hare goddess.
Ever since, there has been a vivid discussion among scholars and academics whether Medeina and said hare goddess are two different deities or one and the same goddess, with advocators of the latter hypothesis supporting their notion with the fact that the hare is an animal sacred to Medeina.
Her function, however, seems to be largely agreed upon: she is a ruler of forests, trees and animals.

Influential research done by Algirdas Julius Greimas discovered that Medeina was thought of as a "vilkmergė", a she-wolf goddess with an escort of wolves, and a young, beautiful huntress who was unwilling to get married. Her duty was not to help the hunters, but to protect the forest and every creature living in it (which seems to be corroborated by folk tales mentioning that King Mindaugas wouldn't dare entering a forest for hunting purposes whenever he saw a hare).

Some scholars argue, however, that Medeina was, much like Žvoruna, not a goddess herself, but simply an epithet (or a "euphemism") of the actual goddess of the hunt whose name might be lost. They further conclude that Medeina seems to have been worshipped mainly by peasants.

In Lithuania, her designated name day is August 21.

Feminine form of Mercurius. This was the name of a 3rd-century Christian martyr who was beheaded in Alexandria, along with two women named Ammonaria and another named Dionysia.

Roman cognomen derived from Latin merula "blackbird".

Derived from Latvian mētra "mint (the herb)". Mētra is also one of the Latvian names for the Estonian river Emajõgi.

German variant of Mette and Meta and Low German short form of Mechthild as well as a Hungarian borrowing of this name.

Derived from Lithuanian migla meaning "mist".

Variant of Meglena.

Originally a diminutive of Milivoj, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

German diminutive of Wilhelmina and other feminine names that contain -min- (such as Jasmin 1), as it has the German diminutive suffix -chen.

This diminutive, which is typically only used informally, is rather old-fashioned and is now rarely used.

Anglicized form of Menfre, which is of unknown meaning. Saint Menfre, born c.471, was one of the many holy daughters of King Brychan Brycheiniog. 'St. Menfre appears to have been active in Wales, around Minwear, near Haverfordwest, in Dyfed but, later, left her native land in order to evangelise the Cornish.' The early use of the name was in Cornwall where it appears to be a regional form of Guinevere. In Cornwall there is a story of Saint Miniver who, while combing her hair by a well, was tempted by the devil himself.

Diminutive of Milena or Milana.

Diminutive of Mina 1, a short form of Vilhelmina, Wilhelmina, Hermine, Romina and other names containing mina or mine. In Sweden its earliest documented usage is 1799. Finnish name day is on April 11.

Derived from Latvian mirdzēt meaning "to shine, to glitter". This is the name of a tragic character in the play Vaidelote (1894) by the Latvian poet and playwright Aspazija.

Means "lotuses" in Hindi.

Means "blueberry" in Finnish.

Means "storm" in Finnish.

Derived from the Surselvan Romansh word nair (ner in other Romansh variants) "black; dark".

Possibly derived from Old Prussian neria "to dive (like a swimmer)".

From Lithuanian legends about Neringa and Naglis. The exact origin and meaning of the name are uncertain, however some scholars believe that it is derived from Old Prussian neria "to dive (like a swimmer)."

In Lithuanian folklore, Neringa is a beautiful, gentle giantess who built a mound of sand to keep the stormy waves of the Baltic sea at bay and protect the village and the people who live in it. One day, she catches the eye of Naglis, a dragon (some legends call him a sea serpent) living nearby, who madly falls in love with her. When Naglis realizes that his love is unrequited, in his wrath and his grief, he starts eating the fishermen living in Neringa's village one by one. Neringa is greatly saddened by these occurences, and so she creates a strip of sand between the bay and the Baltic sea, which would seperate her and her subjects from the dragon forever.

Its designated name day is August 20.

A very rare name, it appears on the Polish calendar, seems to be a pre-Christian name, derived from niebo (heaven; sky) or niebieskie (blue).

Variant of Noétte.

Feminine form of Nojus, which is the Lithuanian form of Noah 1.

The name is composed of the Lithuanian elements no (from) and medžio (woods, forest), hence: "from the woods."

Noreia used to be considered the epithet of an unidentified pre-Roman mother goddess who left her name in inscriptions throughout the Roman province Noricum (present-day Austria and Slovenia). Current theories suggest, however, that she might have been a Roman "creation" to gain the loyalty of the Norici (ever since Vespasian's time, she was associated with the goddess Isis and referred to as Isisi-Noreia). It has been claimed that she was a goddess of fate and fortune, life's happiness, fertility, mining and healing waters. The origin and meaning of her name are lost to time.

Means "lithe" in Finnish, though the word is not commonly used. Also the Finnish word for Norway. Compare to more common Sorja.

Feminine form of Oceanus. As an English name, this was coined in the early 19th century.

Lithuanian form of Odette.

Means "apple" in Finnish.

A Polonized, albeit rare form of Ondine.

Variant form of Onnia. This is a common word to casually congratulate someone or wish them good luck.

Feminine form of Oppius. Oppia was a Vestal Virign; in 483 BC, she was found guilty of a breach of chastity and punished.

Variant form of Oranna.

Variant form of Oranna, also the standard French form of the same name.

A contemporary namesake is the French film director Oranne Mounition.

Allegedly derived from ori "prideful; proud" and rami "calm".

Probably derived from an Old Germanic name beginning in os-.

A rare Polish form of Otylia.

Elaboration of Ottilia.

Polish form of Osanna.

Germanised form of Oceana.

Derived from the Polish word for "scent" or "aroma"; compare Polish pachnąć "to smell of". This was used as a feminine given name in medieval Poland.

East Prussian German short form of Apollonia.

Pamina is a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte in German, 1791).

Taken directly from Latvian pārsla "flake" (as in a snowflake).

Means "precious stone, pearl" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the wives of Elkanah, the other being Hannah.

From Old Slavic perunŭ meaning "thunder". In Slavic mythology Perun was the god of lightning and the sky, sometimes considered to be the supreme god. Oak trees were sacred to him.

Means "reindeer" in Finnish.

Historical Alsatian form of Deborah.

Feminine form of Philinos. In Germany it was brought to public attention when Johann Wolfgang von Goethe used it for a character in his novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795-96).

This is either a medieval Polish vernacular form of Bella, being derived from piekna "beautiful", or a medieval Polish contraction of Petronela. This name is now obsolete in Poland.

Derived from Old Italian pieta (pietà in Modern Italian) "piety; pity, compassion, godliness".

Derived from the Lithuanian noun pieva meaning "meadow, grassland".

Polish form of Pilar.

Diminutive of Pirkko, Pirjo and other feminine names beginning with p. This is also the Finnish name of Peppa Pig (Pipsa Possu) and Peppermint Patty from Peanuts (Piparminttu-Pipsa).

Short form of Apolonia.

Derived from Old Czech word pomníti meaning "memorable". It is the Czech name for the flower forget-me-not.

Feminine form of Pompeius.

Feminine form of Poppaeus. Poppaea Sabina was the second wife of Nero.

Feminine form of Potitus.

Feminine form of Pranas.

French feminine form of Priel.

Derived from Latin quietus, -a, -um "quiet". This was the name of a saint.

Most likely a combination of a name starting with Qui- (such as Quinn and Quirijn) with a name that ends in -lene, such as Helene and Marlene.

However, it is also possible that this name is a short form of Aquilene, which is a variant form of Aquilina. Another possibility is that this name is a variant form of Queline, which is a rare short form of Jacqueline.

Feminine form of Quintilianus (see Quintilian).

Feminine form of Quirinius.

Derived from Czech rád meaning "happy, glad". The Czech author Julius Zeyer probably created it for a character in his play Radúz and Mahulena (1898).

Probably a variant of Raisa 1.

Variant of Raili, though folk etymology likes to connect this name with Finnish railakas "lively".

Feminine form of Rapolas, which is the Lithuanian form of Raphael.

Derived from Hebrew rekhah "soft; tender; velvety; silky".

Recha Freier (1892-1984) was a German-born Jewish teacher and poet who founded the Youth Aliyah organization in 1933. The organization saved the lives of 22,000 Jewish children by helping them to leave Nazi Germany for Palestine.

Recha is also a prominent character in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's play Nathan the Wise, a fervent plea for religious tolerance published in 1779.

Low German and Frisian short form of names beginning with the element ric.

From the name of a lake in Häme, Finland. There are theories on the origin of this name, it could've come from Germanic hreini meaning "clean, clear" or from Pre-Germanic/Baltic *kroinis meaning "clean". This name was originally intended for females but nowadays is used more often among males.

Feminine form of Romulus.

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

Means "rosary" in French.

Feminine form of Roscius.

German short form of Euphrosina, common in the 1700s and 1800s, then almost forgotten and now being revived in recent years.

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.

Derived from the Old German elements hruod "fame" and swind "strong". This was the name of a 10th-century nun from Saxony who wrote several notable poems and dramas.

Czech form of Rosaria.

Diminutive of Roze.

Diminutive of Rusudan.

From the name of an island in the Neman River delta in southwestern Lithuania.

Feminine form of Saarfried.

Short form of Elisabeth. Max Frisch used this name on one of his characters in the novel "Homo Faber" (published in English in 1959).

Means "rain" in Finnish.

Venetic name meaning "the healer", an epithet of the goddess Reitia.

Meaning uncertain. Possibly inspired by names such as Aila, Laila 2 and Saima 2.

Means "lightning" in Finnish.

Probably a feminisation of the surname Sales borne by the Roman Catholic saint Francis de Sales.

Means "lovely, righteous" in Mari.

From the Lithuanian word Šalna meaning "frost."

Feminine form of Sandis.

Originally a diminutive of Sane and Zane 2, now used as a given name in its own right.

Feminine form of Santo.

English variant and Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Sapphira. This is the name of Eragon's dragon in Christopher Paolini's 'Inheritance Cycle' series of books.

Diminutive of Sara.

Means "rainbow" in Finnish.

Derived from Latvian saule "sun" and cerēt "to hope".

Wars and Sawa are legendary characters from the origin myth of the founding and etymology of the city of Warsaw, capital of Poland. There are several versions of the legend with their appearance.
According to one version of the legend, Sawa was a mermaid living in the Vistula river with whom a fisherman named Wars fell in love.

German form of Snow White.

Maybe related to the German word Sternschnuppe "shooting star, falling star".

20th century coinage from the usual German word schön "beautiful" and the name element traud (related to the Old High German name element drud "strength").

Schöntraud is extremely rare as a given name, despite its constant presence in reliable German name books.

A Lithuanian form of the Yiddish Shayna, a notable bearer was Polish-Lithuanian artist, Šeina Efron (1909-1983)

Silesian German diminutive of Seraphia.

Combination of Shai and Li 2; means "gift for me" from Hebrew שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" and לִי (li) meaning "to me, for me".

From Navajo sháńdíín meaning "sunshine" [1].

Variant of Shandiin.

Alternate transcription of Yiddish שיינאַ (see Shayna).

Means "smooth" in Mari.

Lithuanian feminine form of Sigitas which also got adopted into Latvian usage.

The name Silesia is derived from the former Prussian province Silesia (in German: Schlesien).

It is officially admitted in Germany.

Archaic German diminutive of Silvia.

Recently coined feminine form of Simon 1 and Simeon.

In the "King Laurin Legend" Similde is the princess whom the dwarf king falls in love with and eventually abducts to his magical rose garden.

Her name is a contracted form of Sigmilde, which is derived from Middle High German sige "victory" and milte "grace; clemency; kindness; endearment; tenderness; love".

Variant of Sirje.

Modern coinage taken from the word siviä, a dialectal form of siveä, meaning "chaste".

Feminine form of Sixtinus.

Derived from Bulgarian сияние (siyanie) meaning "glow, shine, light".

A new short form of Franziska.

The German politician Ska Keller (Alliance90/The Greens) goes by this name.

Derived from Latvian skaidrs "clear, bright; pure".

Means "pure, chaste" in Lithuanian.

From the Serbo-Croatian word smilje, a type of plant, known as everlasting or immortelle in English (genus Helichrysum).

Invented by the Danish author Peter Høeg for the heroine of his novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1992). In the book the name is explained as a short form of Smillaaraq, a blend of Danish smil "smile" and the Greenlandic name Miillaaraq.

Means "sandwort" in Lithuanian, referring to flowering plants from the genus Arenaria.

Either directly taken from Latvian sniedze "snow bunting (bird)" or derived from Latvian sniegs "snow". This name was used by Latvian playwright Anna Brigadere in her play Princese Gundega un karalis Brusubārda.

Derived from the Lithuanian noun sniegas meaning "snow". In some cases, this name can also be a short form of Snieguolė.

From Lithuanian sniegas meaning "snow" and a diminutive suffix. As a word, snieguolė can also mean "snowdrop flower", while Snieguolė is also the Lithuanian name for Snow White.

Archaic Polish name meaning "snow," now obsolete. It is the Polish name for Snow White as well.

Variant of Soledad, or a diminutive of Sol 1. Bearers include the German flutist Solita Cornelis (1949-2016), the American expatriate writer Solita Solano (1888-1975), and the Filipino television journalist Solita "Mareng Winnie" Monsod (1940-).

Female variant of archaic Finnish masculine name Sotia, meaning unknown.

Popularly viewed as a combination of Latin sol "sun" and vita "life", it may have originated as a variant of Solveiga formed using a diminutive suffix. This was first documented in 1926 (Solveiga: 1922).

From a musical term for a musical composition for one or a few instruments (piano frequently being one of them) in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo, derived from the feminine past participle of Italian verb sonare (modern suonare) meaning "to play (an instrument); to sound."

Derived from Finnish sorea "graceful".

Variant Sorea, meaning "graceful" in Finnish.

Meaning unknown. In the Latvian national epic Lāčplēsis this is the name of a witch enslaved by the devil, but eventually rescued by the hero Koknesis (whom she then marries).

Derived from Latvian spodrs "shiny; bright; clean".

Low German and East Frisian diminutive form of Sünne.

Derived from Old High German and Old Norse sunna meaning "sun". This was the name of the Germanic goddess who personified the sun. In Scandinavia it has also been used as a short form of Sunniva and Susanna. Use of the name in Iceland has been influenced by a character (Sunna Angelíka) from Margit Sandemo's Ísfólkið series of books (known in English as The Legend of the Ice People), first published in 1982.

Finnish name meaning "summer wind". Combination of Suvi and Tuuli.

Derived from the Lithuanian noun svaja meaning "dream, daydream". Also see Svajonė.

Feminine form of Svetozar.

Short form of names beginning with the element Swan-, such as Swanhild.

Pet form of names that contain the Old High Germanic element suan meaning "swan", such as Swanhild and Swanaburg.

Feminine form of Symphorianus.

Polonized form of Shayna. This was one of the most popular feminine names among Polish Jews in the 1920s and 1930s.

Mari variant of Tatiana.

Means "sky, heaven" in Finnish.

19th-century elaboration of Tale.

Feminine form of Tamino. Tamina is a character in Milan Kundera's 'The Book of Laughter and Forgetting' (1979).

Latinized form of the Etruscan name Thanchvil which meant "gift of Thana 1", composed of the name of the goddess Thana and cvil meaning "gift". This was the name of the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome in the 7th century BC. In modern times it was borne by prima ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq (1929-2000).

Means "story" in Finnish.

Derived from Erzya телень (telenʹ) meaning "of winter", itself a derivative of теле (tele) "winter".

Low German form of Dietberta or Trudberta.

Means "wish" in Finnish.

Danish and Low German form of Thorger.

Probably an elaboration of the name Toke.

The name is borne by the German actress Tokessa Martinius.

Means "October" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit तुल (tula), referring to the constellation Libra.

This name was popularized by Puccini's opera Tosca (1900) and its main character Floria Tosca.
It is said to be derived from the Late Roman byname Tusca, the feminine form of Tuscus, meaning "from Tuscia" or "Etruscan". Nowadays, however, it is often interpreted to mean "from Tuscany", although historical Tuscia comprised a much larger area, including a great part of Umbria and the northern parts of Lazio.

There is also an obscure Saint Tosca who is claimed to have been a virign hermit from Verona. Her feast day is May 5.

Late medieval variant of Toussainte recorded up until the 17th century.

Feminine form of Toussaint.

From the name of a neighbourhood in the city of Seville, of uncertain meaning.

Short form of Beatrix or Beatrice, parallel to english Trixie

Combination of Trude and Liese.

Feminine form of Tuccius, a name of Oscan derivation. This was the name of one of the Vestal Virgins.

Directly taken from German Tugend "virtue". This is one of the so-called pietistic names coined in the 18th century.

Directly taken from German tugendreich "full of virtue". This is one of the so-called pietistic names coined in the 18th century.

From Finnish tuisku meaning "snowstorm".

French form of Tullia.

Means "wind" in Finnish and Estonian.

Derived from the Lithuanian noun upė meaning "river, stream".

French form of Urania.

Feminine form of Uriel.

Directly taken from Finnish usva "mist; haze".

Of debated origin and meaning. While the derivation from Latvian vairot "to add; to increase; to enhance" is commonly accepted, a derivation from Latvian vairīties "to avoid, to shirk" has been suggested.

Feminine form of Valérien.

Derived from the Lithuanian noun vandenė meaning "mermaid", which is derived from the Lithuanian adjective vandens meaning "aqueous, aquatic", itself ultimately derived from the Lithuanian noun vanduo meaning "water". Also compare Undinė, which is etymologically related.

Corsican short form of Ghjuvannina. The name was borne by 16th-century Corsican noblewoman Giovannina "Vannina" d'Ornano (also known as "Vanina").
This was used by the French writer Stendhal in his novella Vanina Vanini (1829), where it belongs to a Roman princess. It is borne by Italian fashion photographer Vanina Sorrenti (1973-). The name received a boost in popularity in France due to the song Vanina (1974) by Dutch Francophone singer Dave.

Variant form of Vasara as well as the feminine form of Vasaris.

French variant of Vashti.

A French form of Waldrada. It was borne by a 7th-century saint, the first abbess of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnais in Metz, France.

Vaula is both a flower/flowering plant genus ("Asarina" in Latin) and in old Finnish language a little wooden ring that kept a bunch of silver birch branches together in a sauna.

From the Lithuanian word vėjas meaning, "wind."

Contracted form of Vendela.

Presumably a feminized form of Vesper. It was used in 'Le Désespoir du singe' (2006-), a series of French-language graphic novels.

Derived from Lithuanian vėtra "storm, tempest".

A local diminutive of an unidentified name found in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France up until the 1700s.

When borne by a female, this name is the French form of Victorica, which is the original feminine form of Victoricus. When borne by a male, this name is a variant spelling of Victoric.

Extremely rare feminine form of Victurnien.

Means "gentle" in Finnish.

Ijekavian form of Vesna. Borne by Vijessna Ferkic (b. 1987), a German actress of Croatian descent.

The name may either come directly from the Lithuanian word vilna meaning "wool" or vilnis "to surge." The name may also be used in reference to the Vilnia river as well as the name of the city, Vilnius which both share the same etymological root with vilnis.

Derived from vinca, the Latin name for the "periwinkle", ultimately from Latin vincio "to bind". This name has been in use since the 20th century.

French feminine form of Vincianus.

Feminine form of Viridianus.

From Estonian virves meaning "sprout, shoot" or virve meaning "ripple, shimmer".

French form of Vitalia.

Directly taken from Latvian vizbulīte "anemone". This name was used by Latvian poet and playwright Rainis in his play Indulis un Ārija (1911).

Derived from either Latvian vizmot or vizēt which both mean "to glimmer". Vizma Belševica was a Latvian poet, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nickname for Valerie.

Not used as an official given name.

Feminine form of Wendel.

Contracted form of Wendela. This was used by German dramatist Frank Wedekind for the heroine of his play 'Spring Awakening' (1891).

This particular spelling of the given name Wilhelmina originated in older times, when people had varying degrees of literacy and when the Dutch and German languages were not yet standardized to the degree that they are today. Because of this, it could be considered a misspelling or a corruption of the name. However, the spelling could also simply have been influenced by the related name Gulielmus, which was sometimes written as Ghulielmus in older times, just like many other words and names starting with g- or G-.

However it came about, one thing is for certain: this particular spelling of the name has always been very rare and little known. The dominant and most widespread form and spelling has always been Wilhelmina.

Feminine form of Winand.

French form of Wivina. A known bearer of this name is the Congolese poet and political figure Kavidi Wivine N'Landu.

Variant of Sainte. A notable bearer was Xainte Dupont (1595-1680), an early settler of New France, the wife of settler Zacharie Cloutier (1590-1677), and an ancestress to the Cloutier family of Quebec.

Means "my God", from Hebrew יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God combined with לִי (li) meaning "to me, for me" (compare Li 2).

Used by Paul Claudel for a character in his play 'Partage de midi' (1906). Perhaps it is derivative of Yseult.

Feminine form of Zahir.

Derived from Latvian zaigot "to glisten, to glimmer".

Of uncertain origin and meaning, although it is generally considered a variant of Sanda 1.

From Lithuanian žara meaning "glow."

The name comes directly from the Lithuanian word žavinti (admired).

Allegedly derived from Russian ждать "to await, to expect; to look forward".

Upper German short form of Luzei and Surselvan Romansh variant of Zia.

The name of a plant (Colchicum, historically also Crocus).

The name was used in Hesse around 1500.

Slovak feminine form of Želimir.

Derived from the Lithuanian noun Žemė meaning "Earth" (as in, the planet), which is ultimately derived from the Lithuanian noun žemė meaning "land, earth".

French form of Zenobia.

Feminine name possibly invented by Molière for his play Les Fourberies de Scapin.

The name of a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787), to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was based on the legend of Don Juan.

It is not entirely clear where Mozart found this name: either he (thought he) invented it (possibly based on the Italian surname Zerla) or he adopted and adapted the old Yiddish name Zerline and Zerlina.
Zerline and Zerlina themselves are elaborated forms and diminutives of the Yiddish names Zerle and Zaerle, all of which have first been recorded, in the German-speaking world, between the late 1300s and early 1500s. They have been occasionally used up until the late 1800s and early 1900s, although their later uses might have been inspired by the opera.

French form and German and Yiddish variant of Zerlina.

This name was also used on a character in Daniel Auber's opera Fra Diavolo (1830).

German form of the Biblical name Zeruiah

Possibly from the Old Slavic root zętĭ meaning "son-in-law".

Derived from the Lithuanian noun žiedas meaning "blossom, flower" as well as "ring, collar".

Derived from either Latvian zieds "blossom; flower" or from Latvian ziedēt "to blossom, to bloom, to flower".

Derived from Latvian zinte "magic, charms, witchcraft".

Germanised form of the name Circe.

The name is mostly used for the mythological figure. It is rarely, if ever, used as a given name.

Variant of Zoelle.

Form of Zoe in several languages.

Feminine form of Zölestin.

Means "girdle, belt" in Greek. This name was made popular by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet Zona Gale (1874-1938).

Either a short form of Zofija (compare Zosia) or a Germanized spelling of Zosė. In some cases probably both.

Lithuanian cognate of Zoe.

Possibly means "forever, always" in Zapotec. It appears in the novel Aztec (1980) by the American author Gary Jennings.

Feminine form of Zyprian.

Feminine form of Zyrenius.

Feminine form of Zyriak.