Kate Monk's Onomastikon

(Dictionary of Names)


Names of Foreign Origin

 

Persian

Male

Cyrus 'kuru' throne?'

Ciro Cy Cyel?
Cyris Cyruz Kir?

Darius

Adarius Daiirus Daray
Dareus Darieus Dario
Darious Darioush Darrias
Darris Darrius Darrus
Derrious Derris Dyrus
Jarius    

Xerxes 'ruler?'

Zerk

Female

Roxana 'Roschana' - 'dawn'

Rocsana Rocxann Roxane
Roxann Roxanna Roxanne
Roxette Roxi Roxianne
Roxie Roxy  

Vashti 'beautiful'

Vashtee Vashtie  

Arabic

Female

Farah 'Farihah' - 'joyful'?

Fara Fare Farra
Farrah Fayre  

Leila/Layla 'dark beauty

Laila Laili Lailie
Lailonnie Lalah Layla
Layli Laylie Leala
Lealia Leara Leela
Leelah Leial Leilah
Leilani Leilia Leilua
Lejla Lela Lelah
Leland Lelayna Lelia
Lelie Lelika Lelita
Lella Lellia Lellie
Lellisse Leyda Leyla
Lila Lilah Lilia
Lyla Lylah  

Japanese

Female

Chika 'dear'

Chikaka Chikako Chikara
Chikona    

Miki 'tree trunk'

Mikia Mikiala Mikie
Mikita Mikiyo Mikka
Mikki Mikkie Mikkiya
Mikko Miko  

Miyo 'beautiful child'

Miyoko Miyuki Miyuko

Shizuko 'quiet child'

Shizu Shizue Shizuka
Shizuyo    

Toshi mirror image'?

Toshie Toshiko Toshikyo

Nara 'oak'?

Narayana Narelle Nariah
Narith Narra  

Toshiko Japanese, 'mirror image child'?

Tosha Toshea Toshi
Toshia Toshie Toshiea
Toshikyo Toshka Tosia
Toska    

Native American

Female

Halina 'fortunate'?

Haleen Halena Halona
Haloona Haona  

Mansi Hopi 'plucked flower'?

Mancey Manci Mancie
Mansey Mansie Mansy

Tallulah Choctaw leaping water?

Tallou Talula  

Wakanda Dakota 'magical power'

Wakana Wakeena Wakenda

Waneta 'charger'

Waneeta Wanetta Wanette
Wanita Wanite Wanneta
Wannetta Wannette Waunita
Wonita Wonnita Wyanet
Wyaneta Wyanita Wynette
Wynita    

Hungarian

Male

Attila Tartar 'ata' - 'father'

Atalik Atiya  

Imre Germanic 'irmen' - 'strength' or 'Emeric', a from of Heinrich

Emrah Emre Emreson

Female

Malika Hungarian, 'industrious'

Malaika Maleeka Maleka
Maliaka Maliasha  

Other

Male

Jan Dutch, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech cognate of John

Jaan Jaenda? Jahn
Janak Janne Jano
Jenda? Jhan Jhanick
Yan    

Jurian Dutch, God will uplift?

Juron Jurre Jurrian
Jurrien    

Keanu Hawai'ian

Ceanu Kian Kiani
Kiaunu    

Oxiris

Asiris

Ramses

Tamerlaine Mongolian

Tamlane

Thys

Tyce Tychar? Tyse
Tyus    

Female

Tosca

Toshka Toska  

Tula/Tullia Hindi 'born under Capricorn' or Irish 'peaceful'?

Tulah Tulana Tulia
Tulie Tulla Tullah
Tulliah Tuula  

Twila

Twilla Twyla  

Tyra from Tyrone or the Norse god Tyr?

Tira Tirah Tirea
Tirena Tyraa Tyrae
Tyrah Tyran Tyree
Tyrekia Tyrell Tyrelle
Tyrena Tyrene Tyreneisha
Tyresa Tyresia Tyri
Tyria Tyrice Tyricia
Tyricka Tyrikka Tyrina
Tyrona Tyronica Tyrra

Yara

Yaraly

Yareli

Yarely

Yarha

Zelda

Selda Seldah Selde
Sellda Selldah Zelde
Zella Zellda  


This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.

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