What names have we missed?

Oleksa (b) - Ukrainian variant of [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]

[name_f]Aleksa[/name_f] (b) - only listed as girls’ name on NB while commonly used as boys name in [name_u]South[/name_u] Slavic countries

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Esarosa - U - “white wolf”
Native American/Comanche origin

I used to think it was a male name, but I found out it had also been used for girls and is considered unisex. It has not appeared in the Top 1000 since 1900, and seemingly never has. Esarosa has many trending sounds and various nickname opportunities, and I can see it becoming popular.


Achlys - F - “dark mists”
Greek origin.

Personified spirit of death mists, the clouding of the eyes preceding death. She may have also been a goddess of deadly poisons. I was surprised to know Achlys doesn’t have an entry on Nameberry since I (and many others) mention it on the forums all the time.

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Ifetayo (f)
[name_u]Love[/name_u] Means [name_f]Happiness[/name_f] or [name_u]Love[/name_u] is the source of joy
African-Yoruban origins!!

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Theonoe (g) is a Greek name used on various mythological figures meaning “divine wisdom”. The most famous one is Theonoe of [name_u]Egypt[/name_u], a princess from Eurypides’ play [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. [name_u]Theo[/name_u]- names are very well-loved on NB so the more there are on the database the better!

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Acaste / Akaste (g) - pronounced ah-KAS-tee

One of the Oceanids in Greek mythology!

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Maiju & Meiju, variants of the Finnish Maija (which in turn is a variant of Maya!)

And also Florimond! This was actually featured in a Nameberry article last year, French Flower Names Are Chic and Fresh | Nameberry, saying “Composed of two Latin words, flos and mons, that can be translated as “flowery mount.” In the early 20th century, an average of 40 little boys named Florimond were born each year, but this pretty name has since fallen into disuse.”

Since it was featured on NB news, it makes sense to me that it’d be added to the database!

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Garen!

It’s [name_u]Irish[/name_u] Gaelic (from Garron) and means ‘welding.’ It’s also got history as a Slavic, [name_u]French[/name_u], and Armenian name, but in my personal family tree, it is [name_u]Irish[/name_u] Gaelic. Source: my family is all from [name_u]Ireland[/name_u] and this has been in our history for generations!!

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Corvette :black_heart:
Meaning both “little raven” (French) and “small warship” (Dutch). Most people’s first association will probably be the car or ship, but I think it could still make a cute middle name or guilty pleasure.

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A few Nahuatl names…

Ameyalli(g)- name meaning “spring/fountain”

Yolotl(u)- name meaning “heart/spirit”
A variant is Yolotli which I’ve seen mostly on women

Yolotzin(u)- name meaning “beloved heart” I’ve also seen little heart listed as the meaning on Spanish websites.

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[name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any information on the origin, meaning, or history of the name Deneuve? I would love to add it to the site!

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[name_u]Happy[/name_u] name addition day! I’m tagging the users that suggested these names, and I want to thank you all for your contributions! A few of the name entries I modified after creating and these changes won’t be visible for a few days, but most are finalized!

@clair.de.lune
Ditte (f)
Chlodechilda (f)

@daisymeadows
Harbour (m+f)
Mealla (f)
Themistoclea (f)

@winterlyricalfox
Suveera (m+f)
Daithi (f)
Hadisa (f)
Hadith (m)
Waker (m)
Leodora (f)
Sanouk (f)
[name_m]Stassie[/name_m] (f)
Ifetayo (f)

@Calira
Edo (m)

@Poffin
Siavash (m)
Zubaida (f)
Yasen (m)

@tallemaja
Květa (f)
Lalka (f)
Madlenka (f)
Kateryna (f)
Aistė (f)
Ljiljana (f)
Jasna (f)
Ozren (m)
Boyan and Bojan (m)
Tuomas (m)
Dražen (m)
Marijan and Marianus (m)
Rusnė (f)
Iokaste (f)
Theonoe (f)
Luule (f)
Acaste and Akaste (f)
Maiju and Meiju (f)
Florimond (m)

@Rosebeth
Chanina (m+f)
Ofek (m)
Vikingur (m)
Ber (m)
Dovber (m)
Oded (m)

@sarcasticWaG
Jorune (f)

@coolauntieviolet
Elburn (m)

@kidpix21
Pippen (m+f)

@SimiNova
Inguna (f)
Dovile (f)
Csilla (f)
Sasheya (f)
Ildiko (f)
Radim (m)
Milovan (m)
Branko (m)
Tikhon (m)
Grayer (m)
Meika (f)
Negin (f)
Peyami (m)
Esvet (f)
Sanel (m)
Sneha (f)
Mykola (m)
Ivica (m+f)
Miriana (f)
Elisma (f)
Anisia (f)
Ayça (f)
Marijn (m+f)
Oleksa and [name_f]Aleksa[/name_f] (m)

@snowmaiden
[name_m]Thao[/name_m] (f)
Alisyn (f)
Garen (m)

@NameSearchAccount
Nitzan (m+f)
Raviv (m)

@VEL
Cajetan (m)

@bemiranda
[name_m]Cash[/name_m] and [name_m]Kash[/name_m] (f)

@Elle1
Kaarin (f)

@readingreverie @Luminen
Ruska (m+f)

@ethelmary
[name_m]Loreto[/name_m] (f)

@Insolitus
Constantijn (m)

@GreenEyes375
Asterion (m)

@may.blossom
Evronie (f)
Apronia (f)

@AStudyIn_Scarlet
Esarosa (m+f)
Achlys (f)

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i was so excited to get this notification!! thanks so much for your hard work brynn, can’t wait to see all the new gems on the database :yellow_heart: (:

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Yay this is so nice to see, thank you so much for taking all of our suggestions!! :green_heart:

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thank you so much for all of your work on this, brynn! i really love seeing these names in the database :yellow_heart:

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Eeeek! [name_f]Brynn[/name_f], thanks so much for this update and for all your work! I’m really really excited. :star_struck:

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you are so wonderful! i was so thrilled to get this notification, and glad i could help chlodechilda and ditte get along their ways :two_hearts:

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Yay, what an exciting notification! Thank you for all your hard work [name_f]Brynn[/name_f]!

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Thank you so much Brynn!! This is the best news ever and it literally made my day today!! I am so happy to see so many beautiful names added to the database :white_heart::heart_eyes::tulip:

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I’m ridiculously happy about this, thank you! :grin:

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Yay this is so nice to see, it’s great having all these names finally in the database! Thank You! 🩷 :orange_heart: 🩵 :green_heart: (I tried to use the colours of the Nameberry logo. Didn’t exactly work :joy:)

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