The House of Plumblossom

 

 

Updated 2002-10-30

Names from newspapers, famous authors, friends, from the net ("top 100 name-lists in a country") and sent in by email. On the links ther are lots of more names and meanings. I want to thank Yoshi (aka Alien), Patxi and Anna Andersson especially! If you want to print everything, go here....

Names from Africa
Female: Ayana, Azinza, Iman, Latasha, Makena, Shani More
Male: Akello, Amari, Ghedi, Kwesi, Themba More

Arabic
Female: Aisha, Ameera, Azza, Firyal, Nadia, Noor, Thuraya More
Male: Abdul-Razaaq, Faisal, Ghaalib, Hashim, Jamaal, Khaleel, Ramiz, Samir More

Arthurian

Aztec

Chinese
Female: Fei, Ling, Mei-li, Ting-ting, Xiao-ling More
Male: Chang, Jin-song, Shou-ren, Zhi-jian More

Elizabethan names

English names
Female: Catherine, Emily, Melissa, Penelope More
Male: Andrew, Edward, Nicholas, Samuel More
Surnames*

Finnish
Female: Pirjo, Tarja, Tuula More
Male: Ari, Martti, Viljo More

French
Female: Camille, Gabrielle, Isabeaux, Michelle More
Male: Alain, Francois, Jacques, Marcel More

Gaelic:

Cornish
Female: Demelza, Elowen, Melyor, Tamsin More
Male: Gerens, Jory, Meriasek, Talek, Ythel More
Irish

Female: Ailish, Brianagh, Deidre, Nuala, Sorcha More
Male: Ciaran, Liam, Seamus More
Manx
Female: Affrica, Calyvorra, Fenella, Jinn, Lilee More
Male: Alistryn, Alured, Molmore, Thomlyn More
Scottish
Female: Catriona, Mairi, Osla, Sionad More
Male: Aidan, Alistair, Angus, Ewan, Graeme, Hamish, Neil/ Neal, Thom More
Welsh
Female: Arianwen, Cerridwyn, Eiriol, Rhiannon, More
Male: Aneirin, Cadfael, Elystan, More

German
Female: Ilse, Renate, More
Male: Friedrich, Heinrich, Mauritz More

Greek
Female: Anastasia, Elena More
Male: Alexandr, Ioannis, Nikos More

Gypsy
Female: Athalia, Dyula, Lyalya, Mizelli, Taliya, Yoza, Zuza More
Male: Amberline, Gilderoy, Nehemiah, Shadrack More

Indian
Female: Ananya, Anjuli, Chaya, Chaitali, Dharini, Shefali More
Male: Abhilash, Akhilesh, Amir, Dhimant, Rakesh, Rasul, Tanvir, Tarendra More

Italian
Female: Bianca, Giulia More
Male: Lorenzo, Marco, Paolo, Riccardo More

Japanese
Female: Ayame, Emi, Noriko More
Male: Akira, Hiroshi, Takeshi, Yorito More

Korean
Female: Mi-cha, Soo-kyung, Sun, More
Male: Chin, Hyong-kim, Jung More

Norwegian
Female: Jorun, Sigrun, Unn, Åse More
Male: Ambjörn, Odd, Öistein More

Persian
Female: Daria, Shirin, Yasmin More
Male: Ashtad, Hormazed, Khorshed More

Rome
Female: Aelia, Basilia, Flavia, Nereida, Viviana More
Male: Andronicus, Iulianus, Marcellinus More

Russian
Female: Illyana, Natalja, Tatjana, Vassilissa More
Male: Dmitrij, Ivan, Sergei, Vasilij More

Saxon

Shakespearean

Southern

Spanish
Female: Alicia, Blanca, Francisca, Graciela More
Male: Casimior, Felipe, Flavio, Ramiro More

Swedish
Female: Anna, Emelie More
Male: Anders, Gunnar, Mattias More

Turkish
Female: Meral, Pinar, Sibel More
Male: Ahmet, Ismet, Kemal More

Vietnamese
Female: Lan, Linh, Mai More
Male: Dinh, Tai More

If you have more names please write to me!

*On english surnames I recommend The Wordsworth Dictionary of Surnames by Terry Freedman and Isebail MacLeod.