It seems a bit hypocritical to me, but I admit, I'm guilty of those sorts of thoughts as well.
And unless noted, these names are feminine.
Clarity:
- Masumi (mah-soo-mee)--Japanese
Patience:
- Subira (soo-bee-rah)--Swahili
Truth:
- Alethea (ah-LEE-thee-ah or ahl-ah-THEE-ah)--Latin
- Minori (mee-noh-ree)--Japanese [unisex]. Masculine is Minoru (mee-noh-roo).
- Sidika (SID-ih-kah)--Turkish
Faith/Trust:
- Imani (ee-MAHN-ee)--Swahili
- Usko (OOS-koh)--Finnish [masculine]
- Vera (VYEHR-ah)--Russian
- Yori (yoh-ree)--Japanese [masculine]
Charity/Kindness:
- Atifa (ah-TEE-fah)--Arabic
- Caridad (kah-ree-DAHD)--Spanish
- Carita (kah-REE-tah)--Swedish
- Cemil (jem-eel)--Turkish [masculine]
- Eun (OON)--Korean [unisex]
Wisdom:
- Dara (dah-rah)--Hebrew
- Hye (hee-ay)--Korean
- Nuha (NOO-hah)--Arabic
- Sophia (soh-FEE-ah)--Greek
- Tomo (toh-moh)--Japanese
- Chesed (kheh-SEHD)--Hebrew [unisex]
- Daya (dah-YAH)--Hindi
- Ebele (eh-BEL-eh)--Igbo
- Eira (AY-rah)--Norse
- Eskarne (ehs-kahr-neh)--Basque
- Hanan (HAN-an)--Arabic
Grace:
- Amara (ah-MAH-rah)--Igbo
- Armo (AHR-mo)--Finnish [masculine]
- Charis (KAH-ris)--Greek. Other forms include Charissa, Karissa, and Chariton (KAH-rih-tahn, masculine).
- Gratian (GRAY-shan)--Latin [masculine]
- Grazia (GRAHTS-yah)--Italian
- Lavanya (LAHV-ahn-yah)--Hindi
- Sulo (SOO-loh)--Finnish [masculine]
- Zayn (ZAYN)--Arabic [masculine]. Feminine is Zayna.
Hope:
- Amal (ah-mahl)--Arabic [unisex]
- Asha (ah-shah)--Hindi
- Elpida (EL-pee-dah)--Greek
- Esperanza (es-pehr-AN-zah)--Spanish
- Espérance (es-peh-RAWNCE)--French
- Itxaro (eet-shah-roh)--Basque
- Nadezhda (nahd-YEZ-dah)--Russian. Other forms include Nadya/Nadia & Nadine.
- Omid (oh-MEED)--Persian [masculine]
- Themba (TEM-bah)--Zulu [unisex]
- Tikva (teek-VAH)--Hebrew
- Toivo (TOY-voh)--Finnish [masculine]
- Ümit (OO-meet)--Turkish [masculine]. Unisex is Umut (OO-mut).
Peace:
- An (AN)--Chinese [usually masculine]
- Aştî (ahsh-tee)--Kurdish [unisex]
- Bariş (bar-ish)--Turkish [masculine]
- Fedde (FED-deh)--Frisian [masculine]
- Frida (FREE-dah)--German. Also spelled Frieda and Friede.
- Irene (eye-REEN or ee-REH-neh)--Greek
- Maluhia (mah-loo-hee-ah)--Hawaiian [unisex]
- Menuha (meh-noo-khah)--Hebrew
- Mira (MEER-ah)--Slavic. Other forms include Miruna (MEER-oo-nah), Mircea (MEER-chah, masculine), Miran (MEER-an, unisex), and Mirek (MEER-ek, masculine).
- Naim (nah-eem)--Arabic [masculine]. Feminine is Naima.
- Pau (POW)--Catalan [unisex]
- Sakina (sah-kee-nah)--Arabic
- Rauha (ROW-hah)--Finnish
- Yasu (yah-soo)--Japanese [unisex]
Love:
- Ahava (ah-hah-VAH)--Hebrew
- Aroha (ar-oh-hah)--Maori
- Carys (KAH-ris)--Welsh. Other forms are Cerys (KEHR-is), Ceri (KEHR-ee, masculine), and Caron (KAH-ron, unisex).
- Cinta (CHEEN-tah)--Indonesian
- Dilan (dee-LAHN)--Turkish
- Kama (kah-mah)--Hindi [masculine]
- Kasih (KAH-see)--Indonesian
- Kerensa (keh-REN-sah)--Cornish
- Libĕna (LIB-yeh-nah)--Czech. Other forms are Libuše (LIB-oo-sheh) and Luboš (LOO-bosh, masculine).
- Lyuben (LYOO-ben)--Bulgarian [masculine]
- Maya (mah-yah)--Nepali [multiple meanings in other languages as well]
- Philo (FYE-loh)--Greek [masculine]
- Prem (PREM)--Hindi [masculine]. Feminine is Prema (preh-mah).
- Sevda (sehv-DAH)--Turkish
- Widad (wee-DAHD)--Arabic
Joy/Happiness:
- Anand (AH-nahd)--Hindi [masculine]. Feminine forms are Anandi and Ananda.
- Añuli (ang-OO-lee)--Igbo
- Aylen (eye-len)--Mapudungun
- Ayo (AH-yoh)--Yoruba [unisex]
- Chara (KAH-rah)--Greek
- Desta (DES-tuh)--Amharic [unisex]
- Farah (fah-rah)--Arabic [unisex]
- Felicity (fel-IH-sih-tee)--English
- Freyde (frye-deh or fray-deh)--Yiddish
- Gil (GEEL)--Hebrew [masculine]. Feminine is Gilah (gee-LAH).
- Hana (hah-nah)--Arabic
- Harshal (har-shahl)--Hindi [masculine]
- Kalea (kah-leh-ah)--Hawaiian [unisex]
- Laetitia (leh-TEE-syah)--Latin
- Levenez (leh-VAY-lehz)--Breton
- Lykke (lewk-eh)--Danish
- Rina (ree-NAH)--Hebrew
- Shadi (shah-DEE)--Persian
- Thabo (TAH-boh)--Tswana [masculine]
- Yuki (yoo-kee)--Japanese [can also mean "snow"]
- Zorion (soh-ree-ohn)--Basque [unisex]. Feminine is Zorione (soh-ree-oh-neh).
Carys is also spelled Charis (Greek), and I've seen it spelled Karis or Karise (probably just for pronunciation's sake). I've always liked it (Charis has ancient biblical/Christian ties), but just can't sell it to my hubby. :)
ReplyDeleteOops... definitely should have read the whole post before commenting... *ahem* You got it. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, Megumi is a common Japanese name that is also used by Japanese Christians to mean "grace."
Von is a masculine Norse name that means 'hope'... makes a nice alternative to Vaughn.
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