Vanja

Vanja (nominative singular)
Vanje (nominative plural)
Vanje (genitive singular)
Vanja (genitive plural)
Vanji (dative singular)
Vanjama (dative plural)
Vanju (accusative singular)
Vanje (accusative plural)
Vanjo (singular vocative)
Vanje (plural vocative)
Vanji (locative singular)
Vanjama (locative plural)
Vanjom (instrumental singular)
Vanjama (instrumental plural)


Ricki

From Richard. As a female name also from Erica.

A diminutive of the male given name Richard, more often spelled Rickie or Ricky.

A female given name from the Germanic languages and a nickname of modern usage, also spelled Rikki.


Morley

en-prop

Morley (countable and uncountable, plural Morleys)

From Old English mor (“moor”) + leah (“wood”). Equivalent to moor + -ley (“lea”).

Morley Kamen, Morley Safer

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Sutton

en-proper noun

Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname


Kourtney

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Courtney.


Teagan

* (male): A diminutive of the Irish male name Tadhg, from tadhg (“poet”)
* (female): A variant of Tegan, from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”)

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Tegan

* (female): 20th-century coinage from Welsh tegan (“pet, darling”).
* (surname): Transferred use of Irish Ó Tadhgáin, a surname.
* (male): From Teagan, from a diminutive of Irish Tadhg.

Janet Fielding's Tegan also says goodbye to Doctor Who in "Resurrection of the Daleks," and her farewell has an abrupt air to it.[…]Tegan simply has a temper tantrum and says she has seen too much violence. She then runs off into a warehouse and disappears.

1999, John Kenneth Muir, A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television, page 339:

The lad felt most honoured when Tegan called him her best friend.

2007, Christine Jones, Mariard, Volume 1: The Gifting, page 68

Canadian indie-rock duo Tegan and Sara Quin have spent a lifetime answering the question: "So which one of you is which?"

2007 August, Barry Walters, “How To Tell Tegan From Sara”, in Spin, page 44:

Following a restless and difficult day, Tegan, who is 11 weeks old, falls asleep cuddled up with her mother Carys on the sofa.

2011, Catherine Powell, Safeguarding And Child Protection For Nurses, Midwives And Health Visitors, page 126:

'But,' Tegan prompted, pulling Elise toward him like he wanted something firm to hold onto. 'But it was empty.'

2008, Lara Adrian, Midnight Awakening, published 2013, unnumbered page:

A male given name from Irish. Alternative form of Teagan.


Kimothy

An American 20th century coinage. Blend of Kim + Timothy?

(rare) A unisex given name originating as a coinage.


Kayden

A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden.

(rare) A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden.


Staci

"Giselle? That's not the name on the documents — "
"Oh no." Bob gave her a sad smile. "Her real name was Staci, but she once studied ballet, and Jeb thought she was so graceful, with her big brown eyes. Like Bambi. So the pet name went from Gazelle to Giselle. - - -

1995, Sharyn McCrumb, If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him, page 85:

A unisex given name from Ancient Greek, a 20th-century spelling variant of Stacy.


Deniz

Deniz (nominative singular)
Denizler (nominative plural)
Deniz'i (accusative singular)
Denizleri (accusative plural)
Deniz'e (dative singular)
Denizlere (dative plural)
Deniz'de (locative singular)
Denizlerde (locative plural)
Deniz'den (ablative singular)
Denizlerden (ablative plural)
Deniz'in (genitive singular)
Denizlerin (genitive plural)


Sheba

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 20:1:

(very rare outside the Bible) A male given name from Hebrew.


Sheba

(dated, slang) A flapper (daring young woman of the Jazz Age).


Sheba

'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.'

1996, Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, →ISBN, page 172:


Blaine

Blaine (countable and uncountable, plural Blaines)

A male or unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Wren

Originally a nickname from Middle English wrenne (“wren”).

"What's ironic," Alexandra said, "is that Mother named her Wren because as a newborn she reminded Mother of a shy bird. Little did she know."

2000, Rebecca Wade, A Wanted Woman, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 53:

(rare) A male or female given name from English from the noun wren.


Eylül

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایلول (eylul), from Arabic أَيْلُول (ʔaylūl, “September”).

inh+

a unisex given name meaning “September”.


Güney

Güney (nominative singular)
Güneyler (nominative plural)
Güney'i (accusative singular)
Güneyleri (accusative plural)
Güney'e (dative singular)
Güneylere (dative plural)
Güney'de (locative singular)
Güneylerde (locative plural)
Güney'den (ablative singular)
Güneylerden (ablative plural)
Güney'in (genitive singular)
Güneylerin (genitive plural)
Güney'im (first-person singular)
Güneylerim (first-person singular)
Güney'lerim (first-person singular)
Güney'in (second-person singular)
Güneylerin (second-person singular)
Güney'lerin (second-person singular)
Güney'i (singular third-person)
Güneyleri (singular third-person)
Güney'leri (singular third-person)
Güney'imiz (first-person plural)
Güneylerimiz (first-person plural)
Güney'lerimiz (first-person plural)
Güney'iniz (plural second-person)
Güneyleriniz (plural second-person)
Güney'leriniz (plural second-person)
Güney'i (plural third-person)
Güneyleri (plural third-person)
Güney'leri (plural third-person)


Audie

The Haney Lees, the Snow Warrens, and the Jake Bowens always referred to him by his middle name. He had asked the Haney Lees to call him "Leon", as he thought that "Audie sounded like a girl's name".

1975 Harold B. Simpson, Audie Murphy, American Soldier, Hill Jr. College Press, page 22


Ρομπέν

A transliteration of the English unisex given name Robin


កែវ

From Old Khmer កេវ (kēva, “crystal; glass; jewelry”). Cognate with Thai แก้ว (gɛ̂ɛo).


နေ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔnəj¹/³, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun; day”). Cognate with Old Chinese 日 (OC *njiɡ), Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma).

a unisex given name from Proto-Sino-Tibetan or Sino-Tibetan


Frankie

Before arriving in Miami, he was known by his real name of Frankie King. Not Frank but Frankie; his mother had named him after the singer Frankie Laine.

1991, Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, Knopf, →ISBN, page 62:

A diminutive of the male given name Frank, Francisco, Francis or Franklin.

A diminutive of the female given name Frances or Francesca.

(humorous) A diminutive of the surname Frankenstein, used as a given name for a similar monster or mad scientist.


真澄

真澄 (canonical)
Masumi (romanization)
真澄 (canonical)
Mazumi (romanization)

Compound of 真(ま) (ma, “true”) + 澄(すみ) (sumi, “lucidity”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 澄む (sumu, “to become clear or transparent”).


真澄

ja-pos

真(しん)澄(ちょう) or 真(まさ)澄(すみ) or 真(まさ)澄(ずみ) • (Shinchō or Masasumi or Masazumi)

真澄 (canonical)
真澄 (canonical)
真澄 (canonical)
Shinchō (romanization)
Masasumi (romanization)
Masazumi (romanization)


Blair

en-proper noun

Blair (countable and uncountable, plural Blairs)

From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).

(countable) A unisex given name
A male given name

(countable) A unisex given name
A female given name


雅美

ja-pos

雅(まさ)美(み) or 雅(ま)美(み) or 雅(まさ)美(え) or 雅(もと)美(み) or 雅(みや)美(び) or 雅(が)美(び) • (Masami or Mami or Masae or Motomi or Miyabi or Gabi)

雅(まさ)美(よし) or 雅(つね)美(よし) • (Masayoshi or Tsuneyoshi)

雅美 (canonical)
雅美 (canonical)
雅美 (canonical)
雅美 (canonical)
雅美 (canonical)
雅美 (canonical)
Masami (romanization)
Mami (romanization)
Masae (romanization)
Motomi (romanization)
Miyabi (romanization)
Gabi (romanization)
雅美 (canonical)
Masami (romanization)
雅美 (canonical)
雅美 (canonical)
Masayoshi (romanization)
Tsuneyoshi (romanization)


水尾

水(みずの)尾(お) • (Mizunoo) ^(←みづのを (Midunowo)?)

水尾 (canonical)
Suibi (romanization)
水尾 (canonical)
Mizuo (romanization)
Midwo (romanization)
みづを (hiragana historical)
水尾 (canonical)
Mizunoo (romanization)
Midunowo (romanization)
みづのを (hiragana historical)


Akira

A female given name from Japanese (uncommon)


あきら

あきら (canonical)
アキラ (canonical)
Akira (romanization)


Izumi

Borrowed from Japanese 泉 (izumi, “spring; fountain”).


Katsura

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (Katsura) or かつら (Katsura).


Takaki

Borrowed from Japanese 高木 (Takaki) or たかき (Takaki).


Marley

From several different places in England, from Old English mære (“boundary”) or myrig (“pleasant”) or mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). In the first case, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + -ley (“lea”).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.

(chiefly British) A male given name transferred from the surname.

(chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.


Bond

en-proper noun

Bond (countable and uncountable, plural Bonds)

An occupational surname, from Old Norse bóndi ("peasant," "farmer").


Emmett

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.


ܐܬܪܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ • (aṯrā) m or f

From Aramaic אַתְרָא (ʾaṯrā, “country; idem”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-; cognate to Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ashér, relative pronoun), אֲתָר (atár, “site”), Ge'ez አሰር (ʾäsär), አሠር (ʾäśär, “trace, vestige; way, road; relic”), Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar, “trace, vestige, impression, relic”) and Akkadian 𒆠 (ašrum, “place, site”). Also related to the preposition ܒܵܬ݇ܪ (bār, “behind, after”).


Isa

Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.

1885, Arthur's Home Magazine, volume 53, page 165:

It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.

2010, Margaret Forster, Isa & May, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 5:

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.


Isa

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.


Isa

a unisex given name or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name


Adie

The journalist Kate Adie was born in 1945.

A surname transferred from the given name derived from Adam.


真弓

→ English: Mayumi

Compound of 真(ま) (ma-, “pure, genuine; beautiful”) + 弓(ゆみ) (yumi, “bow”).


友紀

ja-pos

友(とも)紀(き) or 友(とも)紀(のり) • (Tomoki or Tomonori)

友紀 (canonical)
Yuki (romanization)
友紀 (canonical)
Yūki (romanization)
友紀 (canonical)
友紀 (canonical)
Tomoki (romanization)
Tomonori (romanization)


瑞紀

瑞(みず)紀(き) or 瑞(たま)紀(き) • (Mizuki or Tamaki)

瑞紀 (canonical)
瑞紀 (canonical)
Mizuki (romanization)
Tamaki (romanization)


Yağmur

From yağmur (“rain”), from Ottoman Turkish یاغمور (yağmur, “rain”).


Tay

en-proper noun

Tay (countable and uncountable, plural Tays)

A diminutive of the unisex given name Taylor.


Gediz

Gediz (nominative singular)
Gedizler (nominative plural)
Gediz'i (accusative singular)
Gedizleri (accusative plural)
Gediz'e (dative singular)
Gedizlere (dative plural)
Gediz'de (locative singular)
Gedizlerde (locative plural)
Gediz'den (ablative singular)
Gedizlerden (ablative plural)
Gediz'in (genitive singular)
Gedizlerin (genitive plural)
Gediz'im (first-person singular)
Gedizlerim (first-person singular)
Gediz'lerim (first-person singular)
Gediz'in (second-person singular)
Gedizlerin (second-person singular)
Gediz'lerin (second-person singular)
Gediz'i (singular third-person)
Gedizleri (singular third-person)
Gediz'leri (singular third-person)
Gediz'imiz (first-person plural)
Gedizlerimiz (first-person plural)
Gediz'lerimiz (first-person plural)
Gediz'iniz (plural second-person)
Gedizleriniz (plural second-person)
Gediz'leriniz (plural second-person)
Gediz'i (plural third-person)
Gedizleri (plural third-person)
Gediz'leri (plural third-person)


Sams

A diminutive of the female given name Samantha, variant of Sam.

A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, variant of Sam.


ちまき

千馬木, 千牧, 千万騎, 千万亀, 千万城: a unisex given name


ܟܠܝܠܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܟܠܝܼܠܵܐ • (klīlā) m or f

ܟܠܝܼܠܵܐ (canonical)
klīlā (romanization)

[t͡ʃəliːlɑː]

Root
 ܟ ܠ ܠ (k l l)
 0 terms
From Aramaic כלילא (kəlīlā), from Akkadian 𒄃 (GILIM /kilīlu/); from which also borrowed into Hebrew כְּלִיל (kəlîl) and Arabic إِكْلِيل (ʔiklīl).


Nobby

Nobby Stiles
Norbert is a moniker one normally doesn't associate with one of the game's most intimidating midfielders, but "Nobby" provided the steel for the England side that prevailed in the 1966 World Cup, and his gap-toothed visage would have earned him a guest spot in the movie Halloween.

2009, Jeff Carlisle, Soccer's Most Wanted II, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 234:

A diminutive of the male given name Norbert.


優美

優美 (canonical)
Yumi (romanization)
優美 (canonical)
Masami (romanization)
優美 (canonical)
Yoshimi (romanization)
優美 (canonical)
Yūbi (romanization)
優美 (canonical)
Yūmi (romanization)


醍醐

From Middle Chinese 醍醐 (MC dej hu), itself a translation of Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, literally “cream of milk”).


Ceyhan

Ceyhan (nominative singular)
Ceyhanlar (nominative plural)
Ceyhan'ı (accusative singular)
Ceyhanları (accusative plural)
Ceyhan'a (dative singular)
Ceyhanlara (dative plural)
Ceyhan'da (locative singular)
Ceyhanlarda (locative plural)
Ceyhan'dan (ablative singular)
Ceyhanlardan (ablative plural)
Ceyhan'ın (genitive singular)
Ceyhanların (genitive plural)
Ceyhan'ım (first-person singular)
Ceyhanlarım (first-person singular)
Ceyhan'larım (first-person singular)
Ceyhan'ın (second-person singular)
Ceyhanların (second-person singular)
Ceyhan'ların (second-person singular)
Ceyhan'ı (singular third-person)
Ceyhanları (singular third-person)
Ceyhan'ları (singular third-person)
Ceyhan'ımız (first-person plural)
Ceyhanlarımız (first-person plural)
Ceyhan'larımız (first-person plural)
Ceyhan'ınız (plural second-person)
Ceyhanlarınız (plural second-person)
Ceyhan'larınız (plural second-person)
Ceyhan'ı (plural third-person)
Ceyhanları (plural third-person)
Ceyhan'ları (plural third-person)


Berry

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry.

1930 P. G. Wodehouse, Big Money, Colliers' Weekly, Vol.86, page 110

Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name.

1979, Berry Gordy, Movin' Up. Pop Gordy Tells His Story, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 9:

A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.


Berry

From berry; also a pet form of Beryl, Berenice, or Berinthia.

"I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said.

2002, James Hadley Chase, Not My Thing, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 152:

"What's with your dad calling you 'Berry' anyway? What kind of name is 'Berry'?" "Oh, it's short for Huckleberry," she replied, as if that explained everything.

2005, Sandra-Kay Austin, The Old Man's Secret, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:

(rare) A female given name from English.


Ellison

en-proper noun

Ellison (countable and uncountable, plural Ellisons)

Ellison D. Smith

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Ellison Barber


Parry

Anglicised from Welsh ap Harri, "son of Henry".


Addy

"Let be, Addy, let be. Ben will be joking. Why, he's i' the right to laugh at me--I canna help laughing at myself." "I shan't loose him till he promises to let the door alone," said Adam.

1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Adam Bede/Chapter I”, in Adam Bede […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

A diminutive of the male given name Adam, from Hebrew.


ཉི་མ

xsr-proper noun

ཉི་མ (nyi ma) (Devanagari spelling ञि म)


ཉི་མ

ཉི (nyi) is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”).


Angelos

From Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Doublet of Angel.


Yaya

The male name is ultimately from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā); likely throughout a West African language.


Lavern

(chiefly US) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Philomène

From Ancient Greek Φιλομένα (Philoména).


Loulou

From the first syllable of Louis, Louise and thence reduplicated

a diminutive of the female given name Louise, equivalent to English Lulu

a diminutive of the male given name Louis


Porter

en-proper noun

Porter (countable and uncountable, plural Porters)

French: Porter

From Middle English Porter, from porter (“porter”),
* From Old French portier (“doorman”), from porte (“door”)
* From Old French portour (“bearer”), from porter (“to carry”)

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">doorman</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">bearer</i>


Sloan

en-proper noun

Sloan (countable and uncountable, plural Sloans)


Tate

From Middle English *Tate, partially from Old English Tāta, from Proto-West Germanic *tait, from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“radiant, glad, cheerful, tender”); and partially from Old Norse Táta, a personal name of unknown meaning. Doublet of Tait and Zeiss.

der

A surname transferred from the given name.

A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.


Brogan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).

A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.


Golden

en-proper noun

Golden (countable and uncountable, plural Goldens)

* As an English surname, from the adjective golden.
* As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.


ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ

desc

→ Chinese: → 尼堪 (Níkān) (transliteration)

The etymology is "conventionally dismiss[ed] as indecipherable on the basis of available documentation". It was not used in fifteenth-century Jurchen. Speculative suggestions include:
* Related to Classical Mongolian ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ (kitad, “China”).
* Corrupted from Classical Mongolian [script needed] (nanggiyad, “Chinese, Ming Chinese”), from Chinese 南家 (“southern households”).
* Corrupted from unknown element ni- + Chinese 漢 /汉 (hàn, “Han Chinese”), perhaps 明漢 (“Ming Han, Han of the Ming dynasty”), as Manchu transcriptions of foreign words sometimes conflate the initial nasals.
* Related to native Manchu verbs such as ᠨᡳᡴᡝᠮᠪᡳ (nikembi, “to lean on, to rely on”) and ᠨᡳᡴᡝᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (nikebumbi, “to prop up, to support”) with the original meaning of "servant", the meaning of which transferred to "Han Chinese" upon Jurchen/Manchu expansion, during which the conquered Han became subservient to the Manchus. Alexander Vovin considers this sort of semantic shift from a derogatory Proto-Tungusic root most likely, citing Negidal [script needed] (nikan, “Chinese, bandit, robber”), Udihe [script needed] (ningka, “Chinese, laborer, worker”), Oroch [script needed] (n'ingka, “slave, servant”), and other Tungusic forms, and says:
*: "Regardless of the phonetic details, the semantic fit seems to be almost perfect: 'robber, slave, servant'—what could be more offensive to an enemy?"

unk

"conventionally dismiss􂀿ed􂁀 as indecipherable on the basis of available documentation"


Shiloh

From Biblical Hebrew שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה (shiló).

bor

שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה

Shiloh
Shiloh (biblical city)
Shiloh (given name)


Clair

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Ratna

From Sanskrit रत्न (rátna, “jewel, gem”).

A unisex given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.


Vijaya

A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Vijaya

A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Temple

The two known human AIDS viruses are evolving at a rapid rate equivalent to that of influenza viruses, said Dr. Temple F. Smith of Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, an author of a new report on the AIDS virus family tree.

1988 June 9, Harold M. Schmeck Jr., “Family Tree of AIDS Viruses Is Viewed as 37 to 80 Years Old”, in The New York Times:

Temple Dickson, D-Sweetwater, in a broad attack against cigarette companies, said the bill was needed so that taxpayers will not be paying for diseases caused by cigarettes.

1992 July 11, “Sweetwater senator wants tobacco industry to pay”, in The Victoria Advocate:

Bud Abernathy was 10 years old and Temple Abernathy 6 when the brothers from Cross Roads, Okla., decided they wanted to take a trip to New York — by themselves, on horseback — to see ex-President Theodore Roosevelt.

2002 March, Tom Fleming, “A Wild Ride”, in Boys' Life:

With evident pleasure Temple Hauptfleisch presents the variety of theatrical forms to be found in the 'new' South Africa: […] He distinguishes eight categories of forms on the theatrical menu in South Africa: […]

2003, Joost Smiers, Arts Under Pressure: Protecting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalisation, Zed Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 94:

In the 1840s, astronomer Temple Chevallier (1794-1873) experimented with placing a small metal disc in the focus of his telescope's eyepiece to produce an artificial eclipse that would make the protuberances visible on any clear day.

2011, Barbara J. Becker, Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy, Cambridge University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 91:

Temple Hayes, 35, a minister with the Church of Religious Science of West Palm Beach, told the survivors that support and a positive attitude are important in fighting any type of disease.
"In today's times, it is essential that people come together and support each other with like-minded experiences," she said.

1994, Tracy Bertman, "Cancer survivors celebrate life, dreams, The News, 6 June 1994

Dr. Temple Grandin, a university professor who has autism, has plenty of expertise and personal experience with autism, which gives her a unique perspective on the information available.

2006, Stephen M. Shore, Linda G. Rastelli, Understanding Autism for Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., published 2006, →ISBN, page 346:

[…] including the 1925 silent film Peacock Feathers, based on the bestselling novel of the same name written by Temple Bailey (1885-1953).

2007, Kathryn Morris, Debora Richey, & Cathy Thomas, Fullerton, Arcadia Publishing (2007), page 6 (image caption)

A city in Carroll County and Haralson County, Georgia.

An unincorporated community in Clare County, Michigan.


Lake

en-proper noun

Lake (countable and uncountable, plural Lakes)

Lake Bell, Lake Chambers Speed


لقاء

ar-proper noun

لِقَاء • (liqāʔ) m or f

لِقَاء (canonical)
liqāʔ (romanization)
لِقَاء (definite informal singular triptote)
لِقَاءٌ (definite nominative singular triptote)
لِقَاءً (accusative definite singular triptote)
لِقَاءٍ (definite genitive singular triptote)
لِقَاء (definite diptote informal singular)
لِقَاءُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
لِقَاءَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
لِقَاءَ (definite diptote genitive singular)


အေး

och-l

凜 (OC *b·rɯmʔ, *ɡrɯm, “freezing cold, solemn”)


ထင်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *taŋ¹ ~ *m-daŋ² (“to think, feel an emotion”); cognate with Lahu [script needed] (dɔ³, “to think”) (STEDT). Luce apparently compares Old Chinese 呈 (OC *rleŋ, *l'eŋs, “to manifest”), though the phonetics of the Old Chinese reconstruction make a relation uncertain.


Berner

Diminutives
* From Bern(ard) (“m”), Bern(adette) (“f”), Bern(ice) (“f”), and -er

A diminutive of the male given name Bernard, variant of Bernie

A diminutive of the female given names Bernadette or Bernice, variant of Bernie


ကြယ်

Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo gie (“star”), Naxi geeq (“star”), Japhug ʑŋgri (“star”).


မိုး

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-məw (“sky, clouds, fog”). Doublet of မြူ (mru, “fog”).
The "roof, hold over, tower" senses are considered equivalent to the "sky" sense by MED, but possibly different by STEDT (amui: "roof"). They appear to be semantic extensions from "sky" > "what lies above" > "roof, hold over".


ဖြူ

Inherited from Old Burmese ဖ္လူ (phlu), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *plu¹ (“white, silver, money”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *plu (“idem”). Cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (hpraw, “white”) (STEDT).


キム

A transliteration of the English unisex given name Kim


Arden

Derived from the Brythonic ardu meaning "high"

An unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina.


Hadley

From Old English hæð (“heath”) + Old English leah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to heath (compare Heath) + -ley.

suf

compare <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Heath</i>

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


မြင့်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-raŋ (“high; long”). Cognate with Nuosu ꀊꂥ (a hmu, “tall, high”), Lolopo mu (“high, tall”) and Drung mrvng (“long, tall”), Mongsen Ao tə́-hláŋ, Old Chinese 陵 (OC *rɯŋ, “mound, hill”) (STEDT).


စိန်

head

စိန် • (cin)

my-proper noun

စိန် • (cin)


Channing

en-proper noun

Channing (countable and uncountable, plural Channings)


Joss

Angel (TV series)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly (TV series)
Joss Whedon

Verb usage evolved from the name of Joss Whedon, creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.

A diminutive of the female given name Jocelyn.

A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.


Yeardley

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.


བརྩོན་འགྲུས

/t͡sỹ˥˥.ʈ͡ʂyː˥˨/


ルー

A transliteration of the English unisex given name Lou


Mosi

a unisex given name (traditionally used for the eldest child)


Kotus

desctree

→ Ancient Greek: Κότυς (Kótus)
Greek: Κότυς (Kótys)
→ Latin: Cotys

Cotys
Kotys
Vladimir I. Georgiev
Vladimir Orel

Loanword from a Phrygian cognate of Ancient Greek κοτήεις (kotḗeis, “angry, vengeful”), κοτέω (kotéō, “I am angry, I am incensed”), κότος (kótos, “anger, spite”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”), from whence also Hittite 𒃰𒁺 (kattu-), Proto-Celtic *katus, and Proto-Germanic *haþuz.

cog

a unisex given name:
A goddess of the Edoni

Cotys, the name of several kings of the Sapaei and the Odrysae


ܕܫܢܐ

aii-proper-noun

ܕܵܫܢܵܐ • (dāšnā) m or f

Root
 ܕ ܫ ܢ (d š n)
 0 terms
Inherited from Aramaic [Term?], from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾšn' /dāšn/).


Simi

Likely formed with -i (suffix forming diminutives of given names).

affix

A diminutive of the unisex given name Simran


Tatum

From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.

A habitational surname from Old English.

By the time a letter from Marcy finally came, explaining that the entire time she had been living on the South Side in a Negro neighborhood near the university, and that she had a son whom she'd named Tatum Kubiac—"Tatum" after a famous jazz pianist—it seemed to make little difference.

c. 1988 Stuart Dybek, Chopin in Winter, The Graywolf Short Stories, Vol.45, Graywolf Press (1988), page 82

A male given name transferred from the surname.

The youngest ever Oscar-winner is an actress called Tatum O'Neal, who was ten when she won Best Supporting Act for the film Paper Moon (1973).

2009, Jan Payne, The World's Best Book, Running Press, →ISBN, page 114:

A female given name transferred from the surname.

A city in Panola County and Rusk County, Texas, named after settlers Albert and Mary Tatum.


River

en-proper noun

River (countable and uncountable, plural Rivers)

Wash: Little River gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next?
Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up.
Wash: I hope she does the soup thing, it's always a hoot and we don't all die from it.

2002 December 13, Joss Whedon, Firefly, season 1, episode 14, Objects in Space

The Doctor: Oh, this is my friend River. Nice hair, clever, and has her own gun. And unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kinda do, a bit.

2011 April 30, Steven Moffat, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 2, Day of the Moon

Apparently, early in the day, a journalist had decided to bring up his brother River Phoenix's death in his interview, which threw him off and trainwrecked the day for everyone, including me.

2017, Carrie Keagan, Dibs Baer, Everybody Curses, I Swear!: Uncensored Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 131:


Wynn

From the Welsh surname, from the name Gwyn. Also spelled as Wynne.


རྒྱ་མཚོ

Compound of རྒྱ (rgya, “vast, broad”) + མཚོ (mtsho, “lake”).

com+

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Gyatso. It is the second word in the personal names of each Dalai Lama except for the first.


Jet

en-proper noun

Jet (countable and uncountable, plural Jets)


Justice

Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.

1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 1995, →ISBN, page 21:

A male or female given name from English from the abstract noun justice.


Ember

This conversation took place at an advertising agency between an American copywriter named Ember (E), and one of his Japanese co-workers named Nakada (N).

1993, Journal of Asian Pacific Communication:

In this section, a straightforward and attractive character named Ember, an academic colleague of Krug, is trying to distract his friend from brooding upon the death of his wife.

2014, Samuel Schuman, Nabokov's Shakespeare, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 48:

Brigdha had hoped that she would have a chance to speak with this red headed woman, named Ember, who now approached. She seemed to also be from somewhere else. Maybe you will help me, Ember? she wondered.

2016, Tom Watson, Ember of a New World, →ISBN, page 258:

A serene smile curved her mouth, and soft strands of her dark hair swayed around her, softening the sharp edges that had once been on her face. “She's named Ember because that's what she is,” Ashrynn said, “she's a single burning ember ...”

2016, Cressa Rose, Book 3: Night Ashes (a Night City Novel), →ISBN:


Harmony

Following this formula, Harmony Hammond chose an exhibition of her dark, potent, meaning-layered paintings to be complemented by the work of Haleh Niazmand.

2005 April 13, “SFR PICKS; ARTS AND CULTURE; Everything worth seeing, reading, hearing, eating & thinking about in Santa Fe”, in Santa Fe Reporter:

Growing up in a family that included 12 brothers and sisters, Harmony James needed to find something that set her apart from the crowd. And boy did she succeed in that one.

2009, Ana Vlastaras, "'Raw' talent of Harmony James", Daily Examiner (Grafton, New South Wales), 19 November 2009

For someone whose only acting experience was playing a Boy George lookalike in a high school production of the musical “The Wedding Singer,” Harmony Santana is having an incredible year. Ms. Santana is making her big-screen debut in Rashaad Ernesto Green’s coming-out drama “Gun Hill Road,” which had its premiere in January at the Sundance Film Festival.

2011 July 28, Erik Piepenburg, “When They Play Women, It’s Not Just an Act”, in The New York Times:

In other transfer news, Betar Jerusalem added Eran Levy, Haim Megrelashvili and Nigerian Harmony Ikande to its squad on Tuesday.

2012 January 31, Allon Sinai, “Tamuz changes mind, remains with Reds”, in The Jerusalem Post:

Indie filmmaker Harmony Korine is no stranger to the weird. He's built an outsider-cool reputation thanks to his early script for the '90s drama "Kids" and his later increasingly bizarre films "Gummo" (about trailer park Americana), […]

2012 May 3, Romeo San Vincente, “Brittany S. Pierce meets Harmony Korine”, in Between the Lines:

Michelle worked with producer Harmony Samuels on most of the songs on the album.

2013 April 22, “Williams to release new solo album”, in Belfast Telegraph:


Laci

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey

A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey.


Sửu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 丑. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦔᧁᧉ (ṗaw²), Isan เป้า, Lao ເປົ້າ (pao).

cog

Lü ᦔᧁᧉ (ṗaw²)

(dated) a unisex given name from Chinese


Mão

Sino-Vietnamese word from 卯. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦖᧁᧉ (ṁaw²), Isan เหม้า, Lao ເໝົ້າ (mao).

Lü ᦖᧁᧉ (ṁaw²)


Dần

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寅. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩦ᩵, Lü ᦍᦲ (yii), Isan ยี่, Lao ຍີ່ (nyī).


Thìn

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 辰 (“fifth earthly branch”, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one /-ən/ in thần. See also Tí, Mẹo, Ngọ, Mùi.
Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩦ, Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Isan สี, Lao ສີ (sī), which /-n/ is lost.

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">thần</i>


Tị

Sino-Vietnamese word from 巳. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦉᧉ (ṡay²), Isan ใส้, Lao ໃສ້ (sai).

cog

Lü ᦺᦉᧉ (ṡay²)


Ngọ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 午. Regular reading should be Ngỗ; compare regular reading ngỗ of 仵 (MC nguX), homophone of 午 (MC nguX) in Middle Chinese.
Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᨦ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦉᦇ (ṡng), Isan ชะง้า, Lao ສະງ້າ (sa ngā).


Mùi

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 未 (SV: vị). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but the huyền tone is unlikely to be derived from the Middle Chinese departing tone and ui is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely tone and rhyme in vị. See also Tí, Mẹo, Thìn, Ngọ.
Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ or ᨾᩮ᩠ᨯ, Lü ᦵᦙᧆ (med), Isan มด, Lao ມົດ (mot).

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">vị</i>


Thân

Sino-Vietnamese word from 申. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩢ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦉᧃ (ṡan), Isan สัน, Lao ສັນ (san).


Dậu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 酉. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦣᧁᧉ (haw²), Isan เฮ้า, Lao ເຮົ້າ (hao).


Tuất

Sino-Vietnamese word from 戌. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩮ᩠ᨯ or ᩈᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ, Lü ᦵᦉᧆ (ṡed), Isan เส็ด, Lao ເສັດ (set).

cog

Lü ᦵᦉᧆ (ṡed)


Hợi

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亥. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦅᧉ (kay²), Isan ไค้, Lao ໄຄ້ (khai).


Tân

Cao Wei
Chen dynasty
Eastern Han dynasty
Eastern Wei
Eastern Wu
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Han dynasty
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Jin dynasty (266–420)
Liang dynasty
Liao dynasty
Liu Song dynasty
Ming dynasty
Northern Qi
Northern Wei
Northern Zhou
Northern and Southern dynasties
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Shang dynasty
Shu Han
Song dynasty
Southern Qi
Southern and Northern dynasties
Spring and Autumn period
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Warring States period
Western Han dynasty
Western Liao
Western Wei
Western Xia
Western Zhou dynasty
Xia dynasty
Xin dynasty
Yuan dynasty
Zhou dynasty


Abcde

From the first five letters of the English alphabet.

(US, Philippines, uncommon) A unisex given name originating as a coinage.


Rafa

A diminutive of the female given name Raphaela, variant of Raffa

A diminutive of the male given name Raphael, variant of Rafe


Greer

en-proper noun

Greer (countable and uncountable, plural Greers)

(rare) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Merrill

A unisex given name.
A female given name.


Merritt

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th and 20th century usage.

A female given name from surname, of 1970s and later usage.


إلهام

ar-proper noun

إِلْهَام • (ʔilhām) m or f

إِلْهَام (canonical)
ʔilhām (romanization)
إِلْهَام (definite diptote informal singular)
إِلْهَامُ (definite diptote nominative singular)
إِلْهَامَ (accusative definite diptote singular)
إِلْهَامَ (definite diptote genitive singular)

→ Armenian: Իլհամ (Ilham)

→ Azerbaijani: İlham

→ Gujarati: ઇલહામ (ilahām)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: इलहाम (ilhām)

Urdu: الہام (ilhām)

→ Bengali: ইলহাম (iloham)

→ Indonesian: Ilham

→ Kurdish:

Northern Kurdish: îlham

→ Persian: الهام

→ Uyghur: ئىلھام (ilham)


정은

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɯn]

김정은 ― gimjeong'eun ― Kim Jong-un (金正恩)


Ripley

en-proper noun

Ripley (countable and uncountable, plural Ripleys)

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, Hrype, genitive case Hrypa + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).


សំណាង

From សាង (saang, “to build”) with infixed -VN-.


သိန်း

head

သိန်း • (sin:)

my-proper noun

သိန်း • (sin:)


Lục

[lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]

[lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]

[lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]


Thuỷ

[tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]


လှ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-hla (“soul, demon, god; beautiful”) (STEDT).


ညို

cog

Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ŋow (“white, green, yellow, blue”)


Tris

A diminutive of the male given name Tristram or Tristan.


Tris

“This is Tris Prior. Her brother, Caleb. And their friend Susan Black.” “Prior,” she says. “I know of several Priors, but none of them are named Tris. Beatrice, however..."

2012, Veronica Roth, Insurgent, eclub40, →ISBN:

I said, 'Are you Isabel or Tris?'

2009, Gregg Hurwitz, We Know, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

I'm Tris. Patricia.' She was back to her hair, eyes crammed to the side, snapping off dry split ends and flicking them to the floor.

A diminutive of the female given name Patricia or Beatrice.


Chaz

From Chas.; Originally an abbreviation of Charles.

A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte.


尼瑪

/ni³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ni³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Borrowed from Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun”).

ཉི་མ ཉི་མ#Tibetan

A transliteration of the Tibetan unisex given name ཉི་མ (nyi ma), Nyima


Murph

A diminutive of the unisex given name Murphy


Gwyn

A diminutive of the female given name Gwyneth.


Roddie

A diminutive of the male given name Roderick


Thắng

Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân Võ Thị Thắng

Võ Thị Thắng, Heroine of the People's Armed Forces

Tôn Đức Thắng là chủ tịch cuối cùng của nước Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa và cũng là chủ tịch đầu tiên của nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
Tôn Đức Thắng was the last President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as well as the first President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

a unisex given name from Chinese (though predominantly male)


Jaycee

(US) A member of the United States Junior Chamber.


Ngọc

[ŋawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]

[ŋawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]

[ŋawk͡p̚˨˩˨]


Eike

de-proper noun

Eike m (proper noun, strong, genitive Eikes)


Shiv

Variant of Shiva, from Sanskrit शिव (Śivá, “the auspicious one”).

der

A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.


Shiv

From Siobhan and its other anglicised spellings.

'Hiya, Shiv. It's Bobby Hogan here.' Detective Inspector Bobby Hogan. She'd asked him before not to call her Shiv. A lot of people tried it. Siobhan, pronounced Shi-vawn, shortened to Shiv. When people wrote her name down, it turned into all sorts of erroneous spellings. She remembered that Fairstone had called her 'Shiv' a few times, attempting familiarity. She hated it, and knew she should correct Hogan, but she didn't.

2003, Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, Orion, →ISBN, page 19:

A diminutive of the female given name Siobhan.


မျိုး

→ Shan: မဵဝ်း (máeo) / မျူဝ်း (mjó)

→ Lü: ᦙᦷᦍ (myo)

→ S'gaw Karen: မၠိ (myoh)

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT), whence Old Chinese 物 (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”); see there for more cognates.


Gwynne

en-prop

Gwynne (countable and uncountable, plural Gwynnes)

(less common) A female given name from Welsh.

A hamlet in the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, central Alberta, Canada.


Adell

A male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Adel.


အောင်

head

အောင် • (aung)

my-proper noun

အောင် • (aung)

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔoŋ¹ (“win, complete”); forms outside Lolo-Burmese, like Jingpho [script needed] (ʔōŋ, “to conquer, overcome”), are probably borrowed from Burmese (STEDT). Note also similarities to Old Chinese 贏 (OC *leŋ, “to win”) (which is constructed with a uvular *ɢ by Baxter and Sagart; uvulars in Proto-Sino-Tibetan seem to be dropped in Burmese).


བཀྲ་ཤིས

/ʈ͡ʂə˥˥.ɕi˥˨/


शीतल

hi-prop

शीतल • (śītal) f or m (Urdu spelling شیتل)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शीतल (śītala).


བདེ་ལེགས

head

བདེ་ལེགས • (bde legs)


Sherrill

Sherrill Robinson

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Sherrill Cheda

A female given name transferred from the surname.


ཡེ་ཤེས

From ཡེ (ye, “primordial”) + ཤེས (shes, “to know, understand, realise, cognise”).


བསྟན་འཛིན

→ Chinese: 丹增 (Dānzēng)

→ English: Tenzin

/tɛ̃˥˥.t͡sĩ˥˥/

From བསྟན (bstan, “teaching”) + འཛིན ('dzin, “take hold of, adhere to”).


Tenzin

Borrowed from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin).


Briar

As a surname Middle English brere (“briar”).


Haiden

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Jaylin

20th-century coinage, variant of Jaylen and Jaylynn.

A unisex given name originating as a coinage.


Kiley

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage; compare Kylie.


Azariah

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲזַרְיָה (“Yahweh has helped”).

In the twenty and seuenth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, began Azariah sonne of Amaziah king of Iudah to reigne. Sixteene yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and he reigned two aud fifty yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 15:1–2:

A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.


Sky

From sky. As a surname, a translation of German Himmel and an anglicization of Ashkenazic surnames ending in -sky.

The bad thing was she took my son Skiff with her. It's a dumb name I know, but at the time he was born all the kids were being called things like Sky and Saffron and Powie, and I was really sold on sailing.

1981, William Boyd, On the Yankee Station, Hamilton,, →ISBN, page 17:


Ivory

The surname is habitational from Ivry in Normandy, and in some cases patronymic from a diminutive of Ivor. The modern given name is associated with ivory.

Charlie Parrott wasn't fooled and told Linny to walk softly. The girl's name had been picked from a baby-name book which reflected a brief fashion of naming girls for expensive wedding gifts of an earlier time—Linen, Silver, Crystal, Ivory.

2004, Annie Proulx, Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, HarperCollins UK, published 2010, →ISBN:


Tristen

A male or female given name of modern usage.


Saylor

From Old French sailleor (“dancer, acrobat”).


Liberty

en-proper noun

Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)

Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.

1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 171:

A unisex given name
A female given name from English.

A unisex given name
A male given name from English.

A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky, United States.

A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi, United States.


Amari

The surname is of multiple origins, including:
* A variant of Amaro, from Italian Amaro.
* A variant of Amar, from Arabic عَمَّار (ʕammār). See also Umari, Umar, Omar, and Amar.
* A Japanese surname ultimately deriving from Japanese 余り (amari, “remainder, surplus”).


Cason

As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”).

I named him Cason; it was my grandfather's middle name and the second that he was born, I could see that it suited him.

2016, Verna Lloyd, Within Sight, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:


Zuri

A female given name from Swahili of modern African American usage.

A male given name from Swahili of modern African American usage.


Juniper

A topographic surname from juniper. In some cases matronymic from an equivalent of Jennifer influenced by folk etymology.

A unisex given name from English.
A female given name from English.

A unisex given name from English.
A male given name from English.


Harlow

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).


Ainsley

en-proper noun

Ainsley (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsleys)

Habitational surname for someone from Annesley, Nottinghamshire or Ansley, Warwickshire, both from Old English anne (“alone, solitary”) or ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).


Jaiden

A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.


Cammie

A diminutive of the female given name Camilla.

A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.


Cleo

Shortened from Cleopatra or a variant of Clio. The rare male name derives from names of Ancient Greek origin such as Cleon and Cleopas.

“You're shy...too shy. Of course, with “friends” like Ellie and a name like Cleo, what do you expect? Why couldn't your mother have named you something normal, like Ann or Beth or Melissa? Why did she have to be all into ancient Egyptian history and name you after Queen Cleopatra? Who does that to a baby? A normal name would've saved you a lot of teasing growing up.”

2016, Leanna Sain, Red Curtains, The Wild Rose Press Inc, →ISBN:


Vernie

A diminutive of the male given name Vernon.

A diminutive of the female given names Laverne, Verna, or Veronica.


རིན་ཆེན

zh-l

仁欽／仁钦 (Rénqīn)

→ Chinese: 仁欽／仁钦 (Rénqīn)

/ʐĩ˩˨.t͡ɕʰẽ˥˥/

From རིན (rin, “value, worth”) + ཆེན (chen, “big”).


Mavuto

From mavuto (“problems”), reflecting a problematic birth.

Mabvuto

obsolete spelling, still commonly used for the name


ခင်

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *kaŋ (“father, grandfather, honorific”). See also Old Chinese 翁 (OC *qloːŋ, “old man”) and 公 (OC *kloːŋ, “duke, high-ranked male”) for further discussion of possible cognates (STEDT).


Maddie

A diminutive of the unisex given name Madison.


Devan

A unisex given name, alternative spelling of Devin


Cris

Clipping of Christopher, Christian, Christine, and their variants.


Sunny

A diminutive of the unisex given name Sundeep


Wynne

A city, the county seat of Cross County, Arkansas, United States. Derived from the surname.


Tristin

A male or female given name of modern usage.


དཔལ་ལྡན

From དཔལ (dpal, “glory; splendor; abundance; magnificence”) + ལྡན (ldan, “to possess”).


དབང་ཕྱུག

/wəŋ˥˥.t͡ɕʰu˥˨/


அன்பு

ta-proper noun

அன்பு • (aṉpu)


Kamuzu

From ka- + muzu, meaning "little root"; the name was originally given in honour of the roots given by a medicine man to cure infertility.

a unisex given name, most famously borne by Kamuzu Banda.


Poundmaker

Capitalization of poundmaker; translated from synonyms terms in native languages of North America.

A male or female given name. An occupational given name found in Plains Amerindian cultures.


နှင်း

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ŋar (“frost, ice”); cognate with Akha [script needed] (ŋɛ́, “ice”) (STEDT). Luce gives Old Chinese 瀼 (OC *njaŋ, “dewy”) as a cognate; this is supported by Coblin.


Selby

en-proper noun

Selby (countable and uncountable, plural Selbys)

From Old Norse selja (“willow, sallow”) + býr (“settlement, farm”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Yu

Transliteration:
* (Mandarin): From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin (for: ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˊ) (余, 于, 由 (yóu), 魚 /鱼 (yú) / 鱼 (yú), 漁, /渔, 渔 (yú), 楀 (yǔ), 俞, 喻, 兪, 於 /于, 遇 (yù), 虞 (yú), 郁 (yù), 尉, 禹 (yǔ), 游 (yóu), 尤 (yóu), 庾 (yǔ), 娛 /娱, 娱, 茹)
* (Korean): From Korean 유 (yu) or 류 (ryu) (柳, 劉, 兪, 庾)
* (Japanese): From Japanese ゆう or ユウ (優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

gloss

優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑

(優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

Synonym of Yuu; A unisex given name from Japanese.


McKinley

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)".

A male given name transferred from the surname, briefly popular in the US when William McKinley was President (1897-1901).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.

An unorganized territory in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States.


တင်

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“top; to rise”). Luce gives Old Chinese 置 (OC *tɯɡs, “to place”) as a cognate, though this comparison seems outdated.


Larkin

en-proper noun

Larkin (countable and uncountable, plural Larkins)


香農

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ nʊŋ³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ nʊŋ³⁵/

A transliteration of the English surname and unisex given name Shannon


Routh

Routh (countable and uncountable, plural Rouths)

A unisex given name
A female given name, variant of Ruth


Calixte

English: Calixte

From Latin Callistus.
* (surname): Historically most prevalent in Martinique.


Ajayi

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + yí (“to turn”), literally “One we fight to turn right side up”.

af

orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá
orukọ amutọrunwa#Yoruba

a unisex given name meaning “One we fight to turn”, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to a child born sideways or facing downwards

A unisex oríkì name, meaning "One we fight to turn"., given to a child born facing downwards.


ચંદન

a unisex given name, Chandan, from Sanskrit


슬기

First attested in the Gyechuk ilgi (癸丑日記 / 계축일기), c. 1600 , as Early Modern Korean 슬긔 (Yale: sulkuy). Compare Manchu ᠰᡠᡵᡝ (sure, “intelligent”).


किरण

a unisex given name from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Kiran


ལྷ་མོ

→ Chinese: 拉姆

From ལྷ (lha, “god”) + མོ (mo, “female”).


Pili

a unisex given name (given to the second born)


མིག་དམར

→ Mongolian: ᠮᠢᠭᠮᠠᠷ (miɣmar) / мягмар (mjagmar)

→ Kalmyk: Мигмр (Migmr)

From མིག (mig, “eye”) + དམར (dmar, “red”).


ལྷག་པ

→ Mongolian: ᡀᠠᠭᠪᠠ (lhaɣba) / лхагва (lxagva)


ཕུར་བུ

→ Mongolian: ᠫᠦᠷᠪᠦ (pürbü) / пүрэв (pürev)


པ་སངས

→ Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠰᠠᠩ (basang) / баасан (baasan)


སྤེན་པ

→ Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠮᠪᠠ (bimba) / бямба (bjamba)


Pay

en-proper noun

Pay (countable and uncountable, plural Pays)

A diminutive of the unisex given name Payton.


Nalani

Borrowing (or misspelling) from Hawaiian Nālani.


Tsering

Borrowed from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring).


ཚེ་རིང

/t͡sʰi˥˥.ʐiŋ˥˨/

From ཚེ (tshe, “life”) + རིང (ring, “long”).


Alabi

àlà (“white cloth of Ọbàtálá, purity”) + bí (“to give birth to”), "'One born of purity", "One born of the white cloth."

compound

A unisex oríkì name, meaning "One born of purity, One born of the white cloth".


Nila

From Sanskrit नील (nīla, “of a dark colour; blue; black”), Bengali নীলা (nila, “blue”), or related words in other Indian subcontinent languages.

der

The father, Raja Sangsapurba, after visiting various countries, at length proceeded to Menangkabau, to the throne of which country, the principal seat of the Malays, he was elected. An illustrious princess of renowned beauty, named Nila Panchadi, was affianced to his son, […]

1872, J. T. Thomson, “The Whence of the Maori”, in Transactions, Royal Society of New Zealand, page 32:

... with the assistance of two men named Nila and Sakya. The body could not be found, as in the meantime the water in the river had risen. Nila confessed that he assisted in disposing of the body. He was therefore arrested and committed to ...

1876, Police Reports of the Bombay Presidency including Sind, page 40:

... by a king from the north named Nila Sekhara, son of Raja Paramesvara Raya, who gave it the name of Nilavati-patna.

1876, Benjamin Lewis Rice, Mysore and Coorg: Mysore, by districts, page 499:

Ajamidha had a son named Nila by his wife known as Nalini, and the son of Nila was Sänti.

1977, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto: Liberation, The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, →ISBN:

The mighty-armed lord of Pañcalas named Nila, who was the grandfather of Prsata, was killed by him (Ugrâyudha) (and thereby) he exhibited his valour.

2013, Dr. G.P. Bhatt, Dr. G.V. Tagare, Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 38: The Vayu Purana Part 2, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 805:

The above conversation takes place between Krishna and his five-year-old daughter Nila in Deiva Thirumagal, a Tamil film […]

2015, Vipul Mudgal, Claiming India from Below: Activism and democratic transformation, Routledge, →ISBN:

A unisex given name borne by people in or from India.


Goody

From Middle English Godeve (female given name), from Old English Godġifu (female given name), from god + ġifu. Doublet of Godiva.

inh

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage


Teruya

Borrowed from Japanese 照屋 (Teruya) or てるや (Teruya).


Cammy

Alternative form of Cammie; A male given name


Dwi

From Javanese Dwi, ultimately from Sanskrit द्वि (dvi).


Bạch

[ʔɓajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]


ဌေး

Borrowed from Pali seṭṭhi (“millionaire”), from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn).

der

Sanskrit श्रेष्ठीन् (śreṣṭhīn)


希拉里

/ɕi⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

A transliteration of the English unisex given name Hillary or Hilary


Cathain

Cathán, from Old Irish cath, combined with a diminutive suffix.


ဘုန်း

Said by the Myanmar–English Dictionary to have been borrowed from Pali bhaga (“luck, fortune”), but this is phonologically unlikely. Rather, more like to be from Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya, “virtue, purity”) or Pali puñña (“merit”).


Masiye

From masiye (“orphan”, literally “that which is left behind by a deceased person”).


てふ

(The following entries are uncreated: 牒, 貼.)


Hermie

a diminutive of the male given name Herminigildo

a diminutive of the female given name Herminigilda


とせ

とせ (canonical)
トセ (canonical)
Tose (romanization)


ဉာဏ်

From Pali ñāṇa. Doublet of ဉာဏ (nyana.) and Doublet of ဉာဉ် (nyany).


Cyd

Often short for Cydney, a variant of Sydney/Sidney.

"It's all about getting laid," Cyd explained. It was easier for the young Were, because if he ever got out of his moon craze, he could mate.

2012, Stephanie Tyler, Dire Warning, →ISBN:

And with that, Otto began dancing in front of Cyd. His gyrations were absolutely comical. Cyd wanted to laugh but at the same time, he was aggravated with Otto for not listening. Cyd finally had had enough. He tried a few more times ...

2017, Phil Wigfall, A Sol in the Life of Otto Fink, →ISBN:

Frank crawled into the bed with Cyd, his eyes puffy, no more tears in him to cry anymore. Cyd stared at the painted portrait of Mercades that she painted on her first birthday. Frank put him arm around her and rubbed his face into her arm.

2010, Alexis Allee, I Don't Love You, →ISBN:

"It just blew my mind," Cyd said as she continued to dial. [...] Cyd rushed home that evening, [...] and completed her other tasks [...]


Kennie

1951, Kennie Macpherson, Mothercraft in the tropics

1970, Kennie L. Howard, Yesterday in Florida

1996, Kennie Benner, The Volunteer Blueprint for Success: The Reference Manual and Workbook for Long Term Care Volunteers

2008, Kennie H. Jones, Biology-inspired Approach for Communal Behavior in Massively Deployed Sensor Networks

But Kennie robbed me even of that. As I came out of the back door, he came out of the front, smoothly covering me the whole way. Then he surprised me.

2015, Kennie Ting, The Romance of the Grand Tour: 100 Years of Travel in South East Asia (→ISBN)


Taye

From tọ́ (“to taste”) + ayé (“the world, life”) + wò (“to try”), literally “To taste life first”.

compound

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the first child in a set of twins


བདེ་འབྱུང

From བདེ (bde, “bliss”) + འབྱུང ('byung, “to arise, happen, take place”).


Кыдат

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Кыдат • (Kïdat)

Borrowed from Written Oirat ᡍᡅᡐᠠᡑ (kitad).

a unisex given name from Oirat, meaning “Chinese”


Hồng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅, 洪, 鴻 and so on. Doublet of Hường.


Lysandre

Borrowed from Latin Lysander, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Λύσανδρος (Lúsandros).


ဝင်း

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“shine; bright; yellow”). Cognate with 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “yellow”); more distant cognates include ဝါ (wa, “yellow”) (STEDT).


Leyton

en-proper noun

Leyton (countable and uncountable, plural Leytons)

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

der

(countable) A unisex given name, sometimes regarded as a variant of Leighton.


อนันต์

th-proper noun

อนันต์ • (à-nan)

From Pali ananta. Compare Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta) or अनन्त्य (anantya).


Tamaki

Borrowed from Japanese 玉城 (Tamaki), 玉木 (Tamaki) or たまき (Tamaki).


Kuni

Borrowed from Japanese 国 (Kuni), 久邇 (Kuni) or くに (Kuni).


Jaidyn

A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.


Afan

a unisex given name from afon (“river”) or afan (“raspberries”)


丹增

/tän⁵⁵ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/

/tän⁵⁵ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/

བསྟན་འཛིན བསྟན་འཛིན#Tibetan

A transliteration of the Tibetan unisex given name བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin), Tenzin


Yarden

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan”). Doublet of Jordan.


จตุพล

From Pali catu (“four”) + Pali bala (“strength”).

af

a unisex given name from Pali; Chatuphon


อารี

Compare Khmer អរ (ʼɑɑ, “happy; pleased; joyful”).


Quế

Tôi đã nói với cụ nghị Quế ở thôn Đoài…

1937, Ngô Tất Tố, chapter IV, in Tắt đèn, Việt nữ:


Sáng

From sáng (“bright”). Compare Minh and Quang with the same meanings.


Հազարդեղ

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Հազարդեղ • (Hazardeġ)

From հազար (hazar, “thousand”) + դեղ (deġ, “medicine”), i.e. a medicine for a thousand pains.

af

ԱՅՍ Է ՀԱՆԳԻՍՏ ՀԱԶԱՅՐԴԵՂԻՆ ԵՒ ՀԱՍԱՆՊՈՒՂԻՆ ԹՎ ՉԾԲ ԱԾ ՈՂՈ/ՐՄԻ ՆՋ
AYS Ē HANGIST HAZAYRDEĠIN EW HASANPUĠIN TʻV ČʻCB AC OĠO/RMI NJ̌
This is the tomb of Hazayrdeġ and Hasanpuġa. Date 752 [AE = 1303 CE]. God have mercy [on the asleep?]

1303, Inscription (Tombstone 10 in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia)


Flann

Flann (nominative singular)
Flainn (singular vocative)
Flann (accusative singular)
Flainn (genitive singular)
Flaunn (dative singular)
Flann (nominative singular)
Flann (singular vocative)
Flainn (accusative singular)
Flainne (genitive singular)
Flainn (dative singular)
Flann
Ḟlann
Flann


Tri

From Javanese Tri, ultimately from Sanskrit [Term?].


Արշալույս

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Արշալույս • (Aršaluys)

hy-proper noun

Արշալույս • (Aršaluys)

Aršaluys (romanization)
Արշալույս (nominative singular)
Արշալույսներ (nominative plural)
Արշալույսի (dative singular)
Արշալույսների (dative plural)
Արշալույսից (ablative singular)
Արշալույսներից (ablative plural)
Արշալույսով (instrumental singular)
Արշալույսներով (instrumental plural)
Արշալույսը (definite nominative singular)
Արշալույսն (definite nominative singular)
Արշալույսները (definite nominative plural)
Արշալույսներն (definite nominative plural)
Արշալույսին (dative definite singular)
Արշալույսներին (dative definite plural)
Արշալույսս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
Արշալույսներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
Արշալույսիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
Արշալույսներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
Արշալույսիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
Արշալույսներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
Արշալույսովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
Արշալույսներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
Արշալույսդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
Արշալույսներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
Արշալույսիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
Արշալույսներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
Արշալույսիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
Արշալույսներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
Արշալույսովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
Արշալույսներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

Արշալույսը/Արշալույսն

Արշալույսներ

Արշալույսները/Արշալույսներն

Արշալույսների

Արշալույսներին

Արշալույսներից

Արշալույսներով

Արշալույսներս

Արշալույսներիս

Արշալույսիցս

Արշալույսներիցս

Արշալույսովս

Արշալույսներովս

Արշալույսներդ

Արշալույսներիդ

Արշալույսիցդ

Արշալույսներիցդ

Արշալույսովդ

Արշալույսներովդ

From արշալույս (aršaluys, “dawn”). Invented in the 19th century.

a unisex given name, Arshaluys or Arshaluis


নূর

Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr), from Proto-Semitic *nūr-. Cognate with Hindi नूर (nūr).

a unisex given name, Nur or Noor, from Arabic


Kacey

A male given name transferred from the surname

A female given name transferred from the surname


Shri

From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).


Darci

a unisex given name of Brazilian usage, equivalent to English Darcy


དངོས་གྲུབ

From དངོས (dngos, “true, real”) + གྲུབ (grub, “accomplishment”).


𐨐𐨨𐨂𐨁𐨀

From Proto-Saka *Kāmauya (“who looks down upon the lust”), composed of Proto-Saka *kāma (“lust”) + a cognate of Khotanese uy (“to survey, look down upon”).

cog

(Epigraphic Gandhari) a unisex given name from Scythian: Kamuia, an Indo-Scythian name borne by Kharahostes and Ayasi Kamuia


मितुल

hi-proper noun

मितुल • (mitul) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling مِتُل)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (mitta) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-ulla-), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra).


Putih

From Proto-Malayic *putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

A unisex given name meaning “white” or “pure”.


R̥tastūnā

→ Elamite:

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Achaemenid Elamite: 𒅕𒆪𒆜𒁺𒈾 (ir-da-iš-du-na /Irdaišduna/), 𒅕𒌨𒁺𒈾 (ir-taš-du-na /Irtašduna/)

→ Ancient Greek: Ἀρτυστώνη (Artustṓnē)

→ Latin: Artystōnē

From 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (a-r-t /artaʰ/, “Asha; truth”) + 𐎿𐎬𐎢𐎴𐎠 (stūnā, “pillar, column”).


Gwenn

Gwenn (unmutated)
Wenn (mutation-soft)
Kwenn (mutation-hard)

From Old Breton gwenn. Compare Welsh gwyn.


Jords

A diminutive of the unisex given name Jordan and similar.


Ақжан

From ақ (aq, “white”) + жан (jan, “soul”).


Джослин

bg-proper noun

Джо́слин • (Džóslin)

Джо́слин (canonical)
Džóslin (romanization)

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Jocelyn


Koulm

French: Coulm


Koulmig

a diminutive of the unisex given name Koulm


Mica

A unisex given name from Hebrew, variant of Micah


Idowu

→ Yoruba: Idowu

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to a child born directly after a set of twins


ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས

/t͡sʰyː˥˥.ʈ͡ʂʰim˥˥/


សុភា

From Middle Khmer សុភា (subhā), សូភា (sūbhā, “court; court of justice; member of a court: justice, judge”), ultimately from Pali sabhā (“assembly; congregation; convention”) or Sanskrit सभा (sabhā, “assembly; meeting”). Doublet of សភា (saʼphiə). Cognate with Thai สภา (sà-paa), สุภา (sù-paa).


হুদা

Borrowed from Arabic هُدًى (hudan, “guidance”).

bor+

a unisex given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Huda


Abiọdun

Blend of a- (“agent prefix”) + bí (“to be born”) + ní (“on”) + ọdún (“festival, holiday”), literally “One who was born on a festival”

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Born a festival”


Blayre

A unisex given name from Scottish Gaelic


Abimbọla

From a (“we”) + bí (“to give birth to”) + mi (“me”) + bí (“with”) + ọlá (“wealth”), "I was born with wealth".


Ọlọfin

/ɔ̄.lɔ́.ꜜfĩ̄/

From oní- (“owner of”) + ọ̀fin (“palace”), literally “Owner of the palace”, compare with Aláàfin

affix

the title of a king or ruler; equivalent to the title Aláàfin, most commonly used as in reference to Odùduwà when he was the Ọ̀ọ̀ni of Ile-Ife, also known as Ọlọ́fin Àdìmúlà

(Idanre) a unisex given name, used by worshippers of the deity Ọlọ́fin. It also serves as a prefix for or shortening for longer given names


Ajari

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jà (“to fight”) + rí (“to see”), literally “One who fought to be seen”, compare with Àjàyí

af

(Ekiti) a unisex given name given to children born facing downwards

(Ekiti) A unisex oríkì name given to children born facing downwards


Taiwo

From tọ́ (“to taste”) + ayé (“the world, life”) + wò (“to try”), literally “To taste life first”
*This comes from a Yoruba story in which it is believed the first twin is sent to the world first by its older sibling (Kẹ́hìndé) to see if the world is good to enter.

compound

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the first child in a set of twins or triplet


Alaba

Possibly from à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + là (“to be wealthy, rich”) + bá (“to meet, to come with, to fit”), literally “That who is wealthy has met the rest of the children” or à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + là (“to overtake”) + bá (“to meet, to come with, to fit”), literally “Someone who is overtaken or overtakes after some pursuit”. Both of these refer to the fact that Àlàbá is the second child after a set of twins.

af

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the second child born after twins, born after a child named Ìdòwú


Atanda

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + tàn (“to brighten”) + dá (“to create”), literally “One who was created to brighten (the world)”

A unisex oríkì name, meaning "One who was created to brighten (the world)".


Adubi

à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dù (“to fight, to struggle”) + bí (“to give birth to”), literally “One we struggled to give birth to”

A unisex oríkì name., given to children named Ìgè


Ayanfẹ

à (“one who”) + yàn (“to choose, to select”) + fẹ́ (“to love”), "One that we specifically chose to love."

compound

A unisex oríkì name, meaning "One that we specifically chose to love".


Adunni

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) + dùn (“to be sweet, to be pleasant”) + ní (“to have”), literally “"One that is pleasant to have" or "a sweet one that is mine"”

af

A unisex oríkì name, meaning "One that is pleasant to have".


Aṣamu

à (“one who”) + ṣà (“to select, to choose”) + mú (“to pick”), "The one we specially chose."

compound

A unisex oríkì name, meaning "The one we specially chose".


Kẹhinde

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the second child in a set of twins or triplet


Suma

A unisex given name from the South Asian languages


Idogbe

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the third child born after twins, born after a child named Àlàbá


Idoha

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the fourth child born after twins, born after a child named Ìdògbé


크리스

A transliteration of the English unisex given name Chris


Ọlọfịnmẹyẹ

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Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ

Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ

yo-pos

Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ

Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ

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Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ

Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ

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Ọlọ́fị́nmẹ̀yẹ

Ọlọ́fị́nmẹ̀yẹ

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Ọlọ́fị́nmẹ̀yẹ

Ọlọ́fị́nmẹ̀yẹ

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Ọlọ́fị́nmẹ̀yẹ

Ọlọ́fị́nmẹ̀yẹ

Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ (canonical)
Ọlọ́fị́nmẹ̀yẹ (canonical)

/ɔ̄.lɔ́.fɪ̃̄.mɛ̀.jɛ̄/

/ɔ̄.lɔ́.fɪ̃́.mɛ̀.jɛ̄/

From Blend of Ọlọ́fịn (“the deity Ọlọ́fin”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + ẹ̀yẹ (“honor, dignity”), literally “Ọlọ́fin knows honor”.

blend

(Ekiti) (Àkúrẹ́) a unisex given name meaning “Ọlọ́fin knows honor”


Kẹyinde

From Clipping of Ọmọ́kẹ́yìndé, ultimately from ọmọ (“child”) + kẹ́yìn (“to come from behind, to come last”) + dé (“to arrive”), literally “The child who comes from behind, the one who comes second”.

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Ọmọ́kẹ́yìndé


Jẹbutu

(Ekiti) a unisex given name; a nickname, usually given to a chubby child or person


Adedire

From Blend of adé (“crown, royalty”) + di (“to become”) + ire (“goodness, good fortune”), literally “Royalty has become good fortune”.

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Royalty has become good fortune”


Adedure

From Blend of adé (“crown, royalty”) + di (“to become”) + ure (“goodness, good fortune”), literally “Royalty has become good fortune”.

(Ekiti) a unisex given name meaning “Royalty has become good fortune”


Olubọde

*From Blend of olú (“warrior, prominent one”) + bọ̀ (“to come”) + dé (“to arrive”), literally “The warrior has come”
*Clipping of Olúwabọ̀dé (literally “The Lord has come”)

clipping

a unisex given name meaning “The warrior has come or the Lord has come”


Oke

It is given to a child who is believed to have come to life through the power of the odù Ifá chapter Ìrẹtẹ̀ Àáyá (Ìrẹtẹ̀-Ògùndá).

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá


Kofoworọla

From Blend of kò (“not, negation marker”) + fi (“to use”) + owó (“money”) + rà (“to buy”) + ọlá (“honor”), literally “They did not use money to buy honor”.

blend

a unisex given name meaning “They did not use money to buy honor”


ܒܒܠ

aii-proper-noun

ܒܵܒ݂ܸܠ • (bāḇil) m or f

From Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim). More at Babylon.


Adegbemibu

From Blend of adé (“royalty, crown”) + è (“negation prefix”) + gbébú (“to insult”) + mi (“me”), literally “The crown did not insult me”
* gbébú is a splitting verb (ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ẹlẹ́là) that is split by the pronoun 'mi'

blend

(Ekiti) a unisex given name meaning “The crown did not insult me”


Ọmọlẹyẹ

/ɔ̄.mɔ̃̄.lɛ̀.jɛ̄/

From Blend of ọmọ (“child”) + ni (“to be”) + ẹ̀yẹ (“honor, dignity”), literally “The child is honor; Children are honor”.

a unisex given name meaning “The child is honor; Children are honor”


Sherley

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


கயல்

kayal (romanization)
கயல் (nominative singular)
கயற்கள் (nominative plural)
கயலே (singular vocative)
கயற்களே (plural vocative)
கயலை (accusative singular)
கயற்களை (accusative plural)
கயலுக்கு (dative singular)
கயற்களுக்கு (dative plural)
கயலுக்காக (benefactive singular)
கயற்களுக்காக (benefactive plural)
கயலுடைய (genitive genitive-i singular)
கயற்களுடைய (genitive genitive-i plural)
கயலின் (genitive genitive-ii singular)
கயற்களின் (genitive genitive-ii plural)
கயலில் (locative locative-i singular)
கயற்களில் (locative locative-i plural)
கயலிடம் (locative locative-ii singular)
கயற்களிடம் (locative locative-ii plural)
கயலோடு (singular sociative sociative-i)
கயற்களோடு (plural sociative sociative-i)
கயலுடன் (singular sociative sociative-ii)
கயற்களுடன் (plural sociative sociative-ii)
கயலால் (instrumental singular)
கயற்களால் (instrumental plural)
கயலிலிருந்து (ablative singular)
கயற்களிலிருந்து (ablative plural)

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kayVl (“fish”). Cognate with Malayalam കയൽ (kayal) and Telugu కెక్క (kekka).


எழில்

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எழில் • (eḻil)

Cognate with Malayalam എഴിൽ (eḻil), Kannada ಎಡ್ಡ (eḍḍa) and Tulu ಎಡ್ಡೆ (eḍḍe).


Elham

Borrowed from Persian الهام (elhâm), itself borrowed from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”). Related to Ilham.

A unisex given name from Persian or Arabic.


Adeyẹmi

→ English: Adeyemi

From Blend of adé (“crown, royalty”) + yẹ (“to befit”) + mí (“me”), literally “Royalty befits me”.

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Royalty befits me”


Adeyẹmi

From a- (“agent prefix”) + dé (“to arrive”) + yẹ (“to befit”) + mí (“me”), literally “One who arrives and befits me”.

af

a unisex given name meaning “One who arrives me befits me”


Ọlayiwọla

From Blend of ọlá (“honor”) + yí (“to roll”) + wọ̀ (“into”) + ọlá (“honor”), literally “Honor has rolled into honor”.

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Honor has rolled into honor”


Vui

From vui (“merry, joyful”). Compare Hạnh and Phúc with the same meanings.


Keto

de-proper noun

Keto m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Ketos or Keto)


湯米

/tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

A transliteration of the English unisex given name Tommie


強巴

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pä⁵⁵/

བྱམས་པ བྱམས་པ#Tibetan

A transliteration of the Tibetan unisex given name བྱམས་པ (byams pa), Jampa


Yanny

Then, in that gravelly voice I loved, he said, “Yanny asked me to come see if you were ready to go.”

2020, Ellie Isaacson, The Ghost: A Mafia Romance:

Turning his full attention toward a rather tall, attractive middle-aged woman seated to his right, the Prime Minister smiled and said, “Yanny, I want to thank you once again for coming.”

2021, Neill G. Russell, Wiles of the Devil 2020, page 184:


Nikica

Nikica (nominative singular)
Nikice (nominative plural)
Nikice (genitive singular)
Nikica (genitive plural)
Nikici (dative singular)
Nikicama (dative plural)
Nikicu (accusative singular)
Nikice (accusative plural)
Nikico (singular vocative)
Nikice (plural vocative)
Nikici (locative singular)
Nikicama (locative plural)
Nikicom (instrumental singular)
Nikicama (instrumental plural)

As a masculine name, hypocoristic from Nikola, as a feminine name, hypocoristic from Nikolina, both from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).


Aeron

a unisex given name from aer (“battle”) or aeron (“berries”)


ジャッキー

ja-pos

ジャッキー • (Jakkī)

[d͡ʑa̠k̚ʲkʲiː]

A transliteration of the English unisex given name Jacky or Jackie


Ọlọlade

From oní- (“one who has”) + ọlá (“honor, prestige, notability”) + dé (“to arrive”), literally “The honorable one has arrived”.

af

a unisex given name meaning “The honorable one has arrived”


Iyanda

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yàn (“to choose”) + dá (“to make, to create”).

a unisex given name meaning “One who was specially chosen to be made”


Деңиз

Deŋiz (romanization)
دەڭىز (Arabic)
Деңиз (nominative singular)
Деңиздин (genitive singular)
Деңизге (dative singular)
Деңизди (accusative singular)
Деңизде (locative singular)
Деңизден (ablative singular)
Деңизим (first-person nominative singular)
Деңизимдин (first-person genitive singular)
Деңизиме (dative first-person singular)
Деңизимди (accusative first-person singular)
Деңизимде (first-person locative singular)
Деңизимден (ablative first-person singular)
Деңизиң (informal nominative second-person singular)
Деңизиңдин (genitive informal second-person singular)
Деңизиңе (dative informal second-person singular)
Деңизиңди (accusative informal second-person singular)
Деңизиңде (informal locative second-person singular)
Деңизиңден (ablative informal second-person singular)
Деңизиңиз (formal nominative second-person singular)
Деңизиңиздин (formal genitive second-person singular)
Деңизиңизге (dative formal second-person singular)
Деңизиңизди (accusative formal second-person singular)
Деңизиңизде (formal locative second-person singular)
Деңизиңизден (ablative formal second-person singular)


Аза

А́за (canonical)
Áza (romanization)
А́зы (genitive)
А́за (nominative singular)
А́зы (nominative plural)
А́зы (genitive singular)
А́з (genitive plural)
А́зе (dative singular)
А́зам (dative plural)
А́зу (accusative singular)
А́з (accusative plural)
А́зой (instrumental singular)
А́зою (instrumental singular)
А́зами (instrumental plural)
А́зе (prepositional singular)
А́зах (plural prepositional)

Probably from Arabic عَزَاء (ʕazāʔ, “solace”).

ru:Аза (имя)


Andie

A diminutive of the unisex given names Andrew or Andrea, from Ancient Greek.


Andie

a diminutive of the unisex given names André or Andrea, from Ancient Greek.


Bevo

A diminutive of the unisex given name Beverly/Beverley


རྒྱལ་མོ

From རྒྱལ (rgyal, “to be victorious”) + མོ (mo, “female”)


Жолжақсы

From жол (jol, “road, way”) + жақсы (jaqsy, “good”).


泰勒

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹/

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹/

A transliteration of the English surname and unisex given name Taylor or Tayler


佐敦

/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³⁵ tɵn⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³³ tɵn⁵⁵/

/t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ən⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³⁵ tɵn⁵⁵/

/t͡sɔː³³ tɵn⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) A transliteration of the English surname and unisex given name Jordan


Pọsii

From pọ̀ sí i (“to augment; to increase”).

a unisex given name meaning “to increase”, it is a shortened form or nickname for much longer names, ex. Ayọ̀mipọ̀síi


កុសល

km-proper noun

កុសល • (kosɑl)


សុផល

សុផល • (sophɑɑl)

Borrowed from Pali suphala, Sanskrit सुफल (suphala)


Simran

Derived from Punjabi ਸਿਮਰਨ (simran). Doublet of simran.

I was in high school when I watched DDLJ for the first time, it was enticing to watch you open your arms and Simran running into them.

2023, Lubaina Najmi, “An Open Letter to SRK”, in Prerna Agrawal, editor, Dust of Love, Suvidhi Publication, page 146:


ঈমান

Etymology tree
Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)
Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.
Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān)bor.
Bengali ঈমান (iman)
Borrowed from Classical Persian اِیمَان (īmān), borrowed from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān), from آمَنَ (ʔāmana).


Merril

Merril Hoge

Merril Bainbridge

A unisex given name.
A female given name.


Helon

A unisex given name
A male given name
A male given name from Hebrew

A female given name from Greek, variant of Helen


Misɛnmawu

From mi (“I”) + sɛ̀n (“to worship”) + Máwú (“god”), literally “I worship Mawu, I worship God”


Mawuyọn

/mã́.wú.ɲɔ̃́/

From Máwú (“god”) + yọ́n (“to be good”), literally “God is good”.

a unisex given name meaning “God is good”


Cålisse

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Calixte


Oriṣabinu

From Blend of Òrìṣà (“the supreme sky deity also known as Òrìṣàńlá”) + à (“negation particle”) + bínú (“to become upset”), literally “Òrìṣà was not upset”, likely a name given after good favour was restored in the family with the birth of a child, signifying that the cause of previous difficult was not because of the anger of Òrìṣà

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Òrìṣà was not upset”


Ifajẹmileyin

From Blend of Ifá (“Ifa”) + jẹ́ (“to allow”) + mi (“me”) + ní (“to have”) + èyìn (“behind; something that comes behind someone; legacy”), literally “Ifa allowed me to have a legacy”

(Ekiti) a unisex given name meaning “Ifa allowed me to have a legacy”


Kym

en-proper-noun

Kym (countable and uncountable, plural Kyms)


Ọyagbọla

/ɔ̄.já.ɡ͡bɔ̄.lá/

From Blend of Ọya (“the orisha Ọya”) + gba (“to receive”) + ọlá (“honor”), literally “Ọya has received honor”

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Ọya has received honor”


Ọlaifa

From blend of ọlá (“honor”) + Ifá (“Ifa”), literally “The honor of Ifa; the grace or benefit of Ifa”

a unisex given name meaning “The honor of Ifa; the grace of Ifa”


ឈួន

From Old Khmer jvāra (“fever and other illnesses”), ultimately from Sanskrit ज्वर (jvara, “pain; grief”).


ណារី

Borrowed from Pali ṇārī, Sanskrit णारी (ṇārī)


សុខា

Borrowed from Pali sukhā, Sanskrit सुखा (sukhā)


Ազնիվ

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Ազնիվ • (Azniv) (traditional orthography spelling Ազնիւ)

Azniv (romanization)
orthography spelling Ազնիւ (traditional)
Ազնիվ (nominative singular)
Ազնիվներ (nominative plural)
Ազնիվի (dative singular)
Ազնիվների (dative plural)
Ազնիվից (ablative singular)
Ազնիվներից (ablative plural)
Ազնիվով (instrumental singular)
Ազնիվներով (instrumental plural)
Ազնիվը (definite nominative singular)
Ազնիվն (definite nominative singular)
Ազնիվները (definite nominative plural)
Ազնիվներն (definite nominative plural)
Ազնիվին (dative definite singular)
Ազնիվներին (dative definite plural)
Ազնիվս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
Ազնիվներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
Ազնիվիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
Ազնիվներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
Ազնիվիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
Ազնիվներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
Ազնիվովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
Ազնիվներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
Ազնիվդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
Ազնիվներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
Ազնիվիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
Ազնիվներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
Ազնիվիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
Ազնիվներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
Ազնիվովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
Ազնիվներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

Ազնիվը/Ազնիվն

Ազնիվները/Ազնիվներն


Adekiitẹ

From adé (“royalty/crown”) + kìí (“does not”) + tẹ̀ (“to crush/fall”)

compound

a unisex given name meaning “The crown does not fall”


Самал

Borrowed from Arabic شَمَال (šamāl, “north wind”).


কিরণ

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa).

lbor

a unisex given name from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Kiran


Ծովակ

Covak (romanization)
Ծովակ (nominative singular)
Ծովակներ (nominative plural)
Ծովակի (dative singular)
Ծովակների (dative plural)
Ծովակից (ablative singular)
Ծովակներից (ablative plural)
Ծովակով (instrumental singular)
Ծովակներով (instrumental plural)
Ծովակը (definite nominative singular)
Ծովակն (definite nominative singular)
Ծովակները (definite nominative plural)
Ծովակներն (definite nominative plural)
Ծովակին (dative definite singular)
Ծովակներին (dative definite plural)
Ծովակս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
Ծովակներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
Ծովակիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
Ծովակներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
Ծովակիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
Ծովակներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
Ծովակովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
Ծովակներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
Ծովակդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
Ծովակիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
Ծովակիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
Ծովակովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
Ծովակ (nominative singular)
Ծովակներ (nominative plural)
Ծովակի (dative singular)
Ծովակներու (dative plural)
Ծովակէ (ablative singular)
Ծովակներէ (ablative plural)
Ծովակով (instrumental singular)
Ծովակներով (instrumental plural)
Ծովակը (definite nominative singular)
Ծովակն (definite nominative singular)
Ծովակները (definite nominative plural)
Ծովակներն (definite nominative plural)
Ծովակին (dative definite singular)
Ծովակներուն (dative definite plural)
Ծովակէն (ablative definite singular)
Ծովակներէն (ablative definite plural)
Ծովակովը (definite instrumental singular)
Ծովակովն (definite instrumental singular)
Ծովակներովը (definite instrumental plural)
Ծովակներովն (definite instrumental plural)
Ծովակս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
Ծովակներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
Ծովակիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
Ծովակներուս (dative first-person plural possessive)
Ծովակէս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
Ծովակներէս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
Ծովակովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
Ծովակներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
Ծովակդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
Ծովակիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներուդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
Ծովակէդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներէդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
Ծովակովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
Ծովակներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

Ծովակը/Ծովակն

Ծովակները/Ծովակներն

hyw-decl-noun

Ծովակը/Ծովակն

Ծովակները/Ծովակներն

Ծովակովը/Ծովակովն

Ծովակներովը/Ծովակներովն

a unisex given name, Tsovak or Dzovag, transferred from the common noun


Muyiwa

→ English: Muyiwa

From mú (“to bring”) + iyì or uyì (“honor, dignity”) + wá (“to come”), literally “To bring honour”

compound

a unisex given name meaning “brings honour”, usually a shortening of a longer name such as Olúwamúyìwá (“The Lord brings honour”), Oyèmúyìwá (“Chieftaincy brings honour”), Ògúnmúyìwá (“Ogun brings honour”), Adémúyìwá (“Royalty brings honour”), Ifámúyìwá (“Ifa brings honour”) etc.


Muyiiwa

→ English: Muyiwa

From mú (“to bring”) + èyí (“this”) + wá (“to come”), literally “To bring this one [the child]”

a unisex given name meaning “brings this one”, usually a shortening of a longer name such as Olúwamúyìíwá (“The Lord has brought this one”), Ògúnmúyìíwá (“Ogun has brought this one”), Adémúyìíwá (“Royalty has brought this one”) etc.


শাহতাজ

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শাহতাজ • (śahotaj)

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শাহতাজ • (śahotaj)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاه تاج (šāh-tāj, “royal crown”). Equivalent to শাহ (śah) + তাজ (taj).

bor+

a unisex given name, Shahtaj or Shahtaz, from Persian


Süreyya

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ثریا (Süreyya), from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).


Salakọ

From sọ (“tie”) + àlà (“white cloth”) + kọ́ (“hang”), literally “to a hang a white cloth on one's shoulder”. Children with this name are usually associated with the deity Ọbàtálá

compound

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to children who were born with a nuchal cord that wraps around their body and shoulder so that it resembles a white sash


Talabi

From ti (“of”) + àlà (“white cloth”) + bí (“to be born”), literally “That which is born with white cloth”. Children with this name are usually associated with the deity Ọbàtálá

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to children who were born with a nuchal cord that wraps around their body and waist so that it resembles a white banner. This is extremely similar to the circumstances for the name Sàlàkọ́


Olugbodi

Probably from olú (“main one, prominent person”) + gbé (“to carry”) + odi (“bunch (usually of fruit)”), literally “The one that carries a bunch”

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to children born with six fingers (polydactyly)


Ọkẹ

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born via an en caul birth, in which its amniotic sac is still intact


Ọmọpẹ

/ɔ̄.mɔ̃́.k͡pɛ́/

From ọmọ (“child”) + pẹ́ (“to be late; to be delayed”), literally “The child stayed late”

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born past their mother's due date


Abiọna

From a- (“agent prefix”) + bí (“to be born”) + sí (“to, on”) + ọ̀nà (“road”), literally “One who is born on the road”

af

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born before a mother could reach the hospital, or traditionally, born at the farm, before a mother can make it back home


Oni

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child who cries incessantly


Ilọri

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + lọ̀ (“to grind”) + rí (“to see”), literally “Grinding of something resulting in the finding of something else”

a unisex given name, orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá (“predestined name”), given to a child born while their mother was not menstruating


ফেরদৌস

Borrowed from Classical Persian فردوس (firdaws), from Arabic فِرْدَوْس (firdaws), back-formed as the singular for فَرَادِيس (farādīs), from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Old Iranian *paridayza, from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah (“garden”, literally “walled area”), from *pari- (“around”) + *dayjah (“wall”); thus, it is an etymological match of পরিদেহ (porideho, “body”). Cognate with Hindustani فردوس / फ़िरदौस (firdaus), English paradise.

der

a unisex given name, Ferdous or Firdous, from Arabic


杭特

/xɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/hɔːŋ²¹ tɐk̚²/

/xɑŋ³⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹/

/hɔːŋ²¹ tɐk̚²/

(Taiwan) A transliteration of the English unisex given name and surname Hunter


মমতাজ

Borrowed from Classical Persian ممتاز (mumtāz), from Arabic مُمْتَاز (mumtāz, “excellent; distinguished; privileged”). Compare Hindi मुमताज़ (mumtāz).

der

a unisex given name, Momtaz, Momtaj, or Momotaj, from Arabic


Akuẹmahọ

From àkuẹ́ (“money”) + má (“negative particle”) + họ̀ (“to buy”), literally “Money doesn't buy a child”.

compound

a unisex given name meaning “Money doesn't buy a child”


Gbẹnayọn

/ɡ͡bɛ̀.nã́.ɲɔ̃́/

/ɡ͡bɛ̀.nã́.jɔ̃́/

From gbẹ̀ (“life”) + ná (“will”) + yọ́n (“to be good”), literally “life will be good”.


Sẹlọmẹ

/sɛ́.lɔ̀.mɛ̃̀/

From Sẹ́ (“god”) + àlọ̀ (“hand”) + mẹ̀ (“in”), literally “In God's hand”.

a unisex given name meaning “In God's hand”


Viyọn

From ví (“child”) + yọ́n (“to be good”), literally “The child is good”.

a unisex given name meaning “The child is good”


Gbɛnanyɔ

→ French: Gbenagnon, Gbènagnon

/ɡ͡bɛ̀.nã́.ɲɔ̃́/

/ɡ͡bɛ̀.nã́.jɔ̃́/

From gbɛ̀ (“life”) + ná (“will”) + nyɔ́ (“to be good”), literally “life will be good”.

a unisex given name meaning “Life will be good”


Sɔnanyɔ

→ French: Sonagnon

/sɔ̀.nã́.ɲɔ̃́/

/sɔ̀.nã́.jɔ̃́/

From sɔ̀ (“tomorrow, future”) + ná (“will”) + nyɔ́ (“to be good”), literally “the future will be good”.


Alademọmi

From Blend of aládé (“king, royalty”) + mọ̀ (“to know”) + mí (“me”), literally “The king knows me”

blend

a unisex given name meaning “The king knows me”


Adegbamigbe

/ā.dé.ɡ͡bà.mĩ́.ɡ͡bé/

From adé (“royalty”) + è (“negation prefix”) + gbàgbé (“to forget”) + mí (“me”), literally “The crown did not forget me”. Evidence that the verb gbàgbé originally acted as a splitting verb in at least some Yoruba dialects

compound

(CY) a unisex given name meaning “The crown did not forget me”


Ọmọrẹmilẹkun

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Ọmọ́rẹ̀mílẹ́kún

Ọmọ́rẹ̀mílẹ́kún

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Ọmọ́rẹ̀mílẹ́kún

Ọmọ́rẹ̀mílẹ́kún

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Ọmọ́rẹ̀mílẹ́kún

Ọmọ́rẹ̀mílẹ́kún

/ɔ̄.mɔ̃́.ɾɛ̀.mĩ́.lɛ́.kṹ/

From ọmọ (“child”) + rẹ̀ (“to console”) + mí (“me”) + ní (“in”) + ẹkún (“tears”), literally “The child consoled my tears”

compound

a unisex given name meaning “The child has consoled my tears”


Sọnayọn

→ English: Sonayon

/sɔ̀.nã́.ɲɔ̃́/

/sɔ̀.nã́.jɔ̃́/

From sọ̀ (“tomorrow, future”) + ná (“will”) + yọ́n (“to be good”), literally “the future will be good”.

a unisex given name meaning “The future will be good”


શીતલ

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શીતલ • (śītal)

gu-proper noun

શીતલ • (śītal)


फ़िरदौस

firdaus (romanization)
फ़िरदौस (direct singular)
फ़िरदौस (direct plural)
फ़िरदौस (oblique singular)
फ़िरदौसों (oblique plural)
फ़िरदौस (singular vocative)
फ़िरदौसो (plural vocative)
फ़िरदौस (direct singular)
फ़िरदौसें (direct plural)
फ़िरदौस (oblique singular)
फ़िरदौसों (oblique plural)
फ़िरदौस (singular vocative)
फ़िरदौसो (plural vocative)

/pʰɪɾ.d̪ɔːs/

Borrowed from Classical Persian فردوس (firdaws), from Arabic فِرْدَوْس (firdaws).

a unisex given name, Firdaus or Firdaws, from Arabic


मुमताज़

hi-proper noun

मुमताज़ • (mumtāz) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling ممتاز)

mumtāz (romanization)
ممتاز (Urdu)
मुमताज़ (direct singular)
मुमताज़ (direct plural)
मुमताज़ (oblique singular)
मुमताज़ों (oblique plural)
मुमताज़ (singular vocative)
मुमताज़ो (plural vocative)
मुमताज़ (direct singular)
मुमताज़ें (direct plural)
मुमताज़ (oblique singular)
मुमताज़ों (oblique plural)
मुमताज़ (singular vocative)
मुमताज़ो (plural vocative)

[mʊ̃m.t̪äːd͡ʒ]

Borrowed from Classical Persian ممتاز (mumtāz), from Arabic مُمْتَاز (mumtāz). Compare Bengali মমতাজ (momotaj).

मुमताज़ महल ― mumtāz mahal ― Mumtaz Mahal

a unisex given name, Mumtaz, from Arabic


Ṣọlagbade

/ʃɔ̄.lá.ɡ͡bā.dé/

From Blend of ṣe (“to make”) + ọlá (“honor”) + gba (“to receive”) + adé (“royalty, crown”), literally “Make nobility to receive royalty”

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Make nobility to receive royalty”


Omidiran

/ō.mĩ́.dì.ɾã̄/

From Blend of omi (“water, the worship of any various water deity; river”) + dì (“to become”) + ìran (“generational”), literally “The worship of water has become generational”, used by the worshippers of various water deities such as Olókun, Ọya, Ọ̀ṣun, Yemọja, Ògbòó, etc

a unisex given name meaning “The worship of water has become generational”


卡梅倫

ㄎㄚˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄣˊ

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

/kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵ lu̯ən³⁵/

A transliteration of the English unisex given name and surname Cameron


Iroyinogunkiitan

/ì.ɾò.jĩ̀.ō.ɡũ̄.kìí.tã́/

From ìròyìn (“news”) + ogun (“war”) + kìí (“does not”) + tán (“to end”), literally “News of war never ends”.

compound

a unisex given name meaning “News of war never ends”


Aarinọla

/àá.ɾí.nɔ̄.lá/

From àárín (“in the middle”) + ọlá (“honor”), literally “One who is amongst honor”

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to the third child in a set of triplet

a unisex given name meaning “One who is amongst honor”


ફિરદોસ

bor+

Borrowed from Classical Persian فردوس (firdaws)

a unisex given name, Firdaus, Firdous, or Firdaws, from Arabic


Clém

a unisex given name, equivalent to English Clem


Bankẹ

From bá (“together, with”) + mi (“me”) + kẹ́ (“to care for”) + ilé, literally “Help me take care of (the child)”

compound

a unisex given name meaning “Help me take care (of the child”, it is a shortened form or nickname for much longer names, ex. Adébánkẹ́ and Ọlákúnlé, see below for more longer names. It is a traditionally female name, but may be used in a unisex form

Adébánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Royalty will help me care of them"

Awóbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Ifa worship will help me take care of them"

Ayọ̀bánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Joy will help me take care of them"

Ejíbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Rain will help me take care of them"

Ẹfúnbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Purity will help me take care of them

Ifábánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Ifa will help me take care of them"

Jésùbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Jesus will help me take care of them"

Olúbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "The warrior will help me take care of them; the Lord will help me take care of them"

Olúwabánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "God will help me care of them"

Oyèébánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Honor will help me take care of them"

Ọdẹ́bánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "The deity of hunting will help me take care of them"

Ọlábánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Honor will help me care of them"

Ọ̀jẹ́bánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Egúngún will help me take care of them

Ọ̀ṣúnbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Osun will help me take care of them"

Ṣàngóbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Sango will help me take care of them"

Ṣóbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Orisaoko will help me take care of them; The sorcerer will help me take care of them"

Àyánbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "The deity of drumming will help me take care of them"

Ìbíbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Family will help me take care of them"

Ògúnbánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "Ogun will help me take care of them"

Òkébánkẹ́

Yoruba name meaning "The hill deity will help me take care of them"


Bukayọ

From Blend of bù (“to scoop”) + kún (“to fill”) + ayọ̀ (“joy”), literally “That which adds to fill joy”

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Add to fill (my) joy”, it is a shortened form or nickname for much longer names, ex. Olúwabùkáyọ̀


Ọlọfịn

/ɔ̄.lɔ́.ꜜfɪ̃̄/

Ọlọ́fịndípẹ̀

Yoruba name, "Ọlọ́fin paid my request, Ọlọ́fin paid me back"

Ọlọ́fịnlụ́à

Yoruba name, "Ọlọ́fin has good character"

Ọlọ́fị́ndáhunsi

Yoruba name, "Ọlọ́fin has answered my prayers'"

(Ekiti) a legendary king and warrior from Ifẹ̀ who founded many Ekiti towns, he is worshipped as an ancestral deity (ụmọlẹ̀) as well as a fertility deity. He is sometimes regarded as being the deified form of the mythical king Odùduwà. He is associated with ọdún Ìjẹṣu and the yam harvest

(Ekiti) a unisex given name, used by worshippers of Ọlọ́fịn. It also serves as a prefix for or shortening for longer given names, ex. Ọlọ́fịnmẹ̀yẹ


Ọlayinminu

From ọlá (“honor”) + à (“did not”) + yìnnù (“to ignore”) + mí (“me”), literally “Honor did not ignore me”

compound

(Ekiti) a unisex given name meaning “Honor did not ignore”, largely used as a female name


નૂર

a unisex given name, Nur or Noor, from Arabic


મુમતાજ

Borrowed from Classical Persian ممتاز (mumtāz), from Arabic مُمْتَاز (mumtāz).

bor+

a unisex given name, Mumtaj or Mumtaz, from Arabic


કલા

a unisex given name, Kala, from Sanskrit


শাহীন

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শাহীন • (śahin)

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শাহীন • (śahin)

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهین (šāhīn, literally “majestic, kingly”). Compare Hindi शाहीन (śāhīn).

bor+

a unisex given name, Shahin or Shaheen, from Persian


Atannẹyẹ

/ā.tã́.ꜜnɛ̃́.jɛ̄/

From Blend of Atan (“Yoruba water deity”) + ní (“to have”) + ẹ̀yẹ (“notability, prestige”), literally “Atan has honor”, given to a child who's mother was an Atan priestess.

blend

(Ọwọ) a unisex given name meaning “Atan has honor”


કિરણ

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa).

lbor

a unisex given name, Kiran, from Sanskrit


Barn

* Clipping of Barney.
* Clipping of Barnett.
* Clipping of Barnabas.
* Clipping of Barnaby.
* Clipping of Barnard.

A unisex given name transferred from the surname diminutive of Barnard (“surname”)


Igisanrin

/ī.ɡí.sã̄.ɾĩ́/

Alternative form of Gísanrín (“a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to a child born with a coiled or twisted umbilical cord (ìwọ́)”)


Gisanrin

/ɡí.sã̄.ɾĩ́/

a unisex given name, an orúkọ àmútọ̀runwá given to a child born with a coiled or twisted umbilical cord (ìwọ́)


Ogunyẹmi

/ò.ɡṹ.jɛ̄.mĩ́/

From Blend of Ògún (“the deity Ogun”) + yẹ (“to befit”) + mí (“me”), literally “Ògún befits me”

blend

a unisex given name meaning “Ògún befits me”


Ogunlẹyẹ

/ò.ɡṹ.lɛ́.ꜜjɛ̄/

From Blend of Ògún (“the deity Ogun”) + ní (“to have”) + ẹ̀yẹ (“honor, prestige”), literally “Ògún has honor; the worship of Ogun is honorable”

a unisex given name meaning “Ògún has honor; the worship of Ogun is honorable”


Ọṣuntuyi

From Blend of Ọ̀ṣun (“the river goddess Osun”) + tó (“to be worthy of”) + uyì (“honor”), literally “Osun is worthy of honor”

(Ekiti) a unisex given name meaning “Ọ̀ṣun is worthy of honor”


Ọṣuntokun

/ɔ̀.ʃṹ.tó.ꜜkũ̄/

From Blend of Ọ̀ṣun (“the river goddess Osun”) + tó (“to be equal to”) + òkun (“uyì”), literally “Osun is as powerful as the ocean”

a unisex given name meaning “Ọ̀ṣun is as powerful as the ocean”


Sunkanmi

From sún (“move”) + kàn (“to touch”) + mí (“me”)

compound

a unisex given name meaning “Move towards me”, usually a shortened form of a name such as Fásúnkànmí or Ọlásúnkànmí

Ọlásúnkànmí

Yoruba name meaning "Honor has moved towards me"

Fásúnkànmí

Yoruba name meaning "Ifa has moved towards me"

Adésúnkànmí

Yoruba name meaning "Royalty has moved towards me"

Olúwasúnkànmí

Yoruba name meaning "God has moved towards me"


זיסל

From זיס (zis, “sweet, cute”) + ־ל (-l, diminutive).


Adedẹwẹ

From adé (“royalty, crown”) + dì (“to become”) + ẹ̀wẹ́ (“small, thin”), literally “The crown has become small”, or a- (“agent prefix”) + dé (“to arrive”) + dì (“small, thin”) + ẹ̀wẹ́, literally “The one arrives in a small form”

af

a unisex given name meaning “The crown has taken a small thin form” or "The one arrives in a small form."


Киран

ru-proper noun+

Ки́ран • (Kíran) m anim or f anim (genitive Ки́рана)

Ки́ран (canonical)
Kíran (romanization)
Ки́рана (genitive)

A transliteration of the Sanskrit unisex given name किरण (kiraṇa)


Gerrie

A unisex given name from Afrikaans or Dutch.


શશી

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शशी (śaśī, “moon”), from शश (śaśa, “rabbit; lunar maria (resembling a rabbit)”) + -ई (-ī, “possessing”).

com

a unisex given name, Shashi, from Sanskrit


Чандра

ru-proper noun+

Ча́ндра • (Čándra) m anim or f anim (genitive Ча́ндры)

Ча́ндра (canonical)
Čándra (romanization)
Ча́ндры (genitive)

चन्द्र चन्द्र#Sanskrit

A transliteration of the Sanskrit unisex given name चन्द्र (candra)


Alaw

a unisex given name from alaw (“melody”) or alaw (“water lily”) or transferred from the place name


सिमरण

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿਮਰਨ (simran), borrowed from Sanskrit स्मरण (smaraṇa).

a unisex given name, Simran, from Punjabi


Phinny

A diminutive of the male given name Phineas.


মাহীন

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَاهِین (māhīn). Compare Sanskrit মাসীন (māsīna, “monthly, one month old, of a month”, adjective).

cog

a unisex given name, Mahin or Maheen, from Persian


إيناس

ar-proper noun

إِينَاس • (ʔīnās) m or f

إِينَاس (canonical)
ʔīnās (romanization)


Ramie

Ramie Dowling, b. 1921