Yeah the term "cisgender" comes from the term "cissexual," which was coined by German sexologist and open pedophile sympathizer Volkmar Sigusch, who passed recently (2023.)
origin + definition. disclaimer - there are some names from Asian languages (Chinese, Korean, etc.) that I may not have posted the proper characters for. you should make sure to look up the actual name and learn more about it that way if you need the characters.
this is not a comprehensive list, but a ton that I thought would be interesting to see in future works! <3 this has taken me well over three hours to create, so please excuse any typos. lol.
female names: 252. male names: 128. gender neutral names: 46.
FEMALE - 252 NAMES
ABEBA – Amharic. “Flower.”
ABILENE – Hebrew. “Meadow, grassy area.”
ACACIA – English. It is a type of tree, but is said to have derived from a Greek rootword meaning “thorn, point.”
ADERYN – Welsh. “Bird.”
ADHARA – Astronomy. This is derived from an Arabic word for “maidens.” This is the name of the second brightest star (after Sirius) in the constellation Canis Major.
ADSILA – Cherokee. From Cherokee ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".
AELIA – Latin. Feminine form of Aelius. Comes from the Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek word helios meaning “sun.”
AELIANA – Latin. Feminine form of Aelianus. A variant of the masculine Aelius.
AERONA – Variant of Aeron.
AERONWEN – Combination of Aeron and the Welsh element gwen which means “white, blessed.”
AFNAN – Arabic. Means “tree branches” in Arabic.
AGHAVNI – Armenian. “Dove.”
AHU – Turkish. “Deer, gazelle.”
AI – Japanese. From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection", 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo", or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
AINA – Japanese. From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", as well as other character combinations.
AIRI – Japanese. From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
AITHNE – Irish. Possibly a variant of “Eithne” which means “kernel, grain.”
AJDA – Slovene. “Buckwheat.”
AKANTHA – Greek. It still means “thorn, prickle,” but in mythology, she was a nymph loved by Apollo.
AKIKO – Japanese. Means “clear, crystal,” “bright, light, clear,” or “autumn,” combined with “child.”
ALBENA – Bulgarian. Created by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov. He may have based it on a type of peony.
ALLI – Finnish. Diminutive of names beginning with Al. Also the word for a type of duck in Finnish.
ALRONDA – Spanish. “Lark.”
ALYSSA – English. This spelling was most likely influenced by the alyssum flower, but it seems to have derived from a Greek name for the flower as it was believed it could cure madness.
AMARANTHA – Greek? Amaranth flower, “unfading.”
AMARYLLIS – Greek. “To sparkle.” The amaryllis flower. Spanish version is “Amarilis.”
ANEMONE – English. From the anemone flower. Greek anemos means “wind.”
ANFISA – Russian. “Flower.”
ANISE – English. Herb, also called aniseed.
APANII – Siksika. “Butterfly.”
APHRODITE – Greek. The Greeks connected Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, with aphros, “foam,” as her birth came from the foam of the sea.
APRIL – English. Probably refers to Latin aperio “to open, to uncover,” referring to the opening of flowers. French variant is “Avril.”
ARACHNE – Greek mythology. “Spider.” She was the mortal woman who was turned into a spider.
ARDEN – Celtic? English. “Great forest,” “valley of eagles.” Looks like part of the name is derived from the Celtic word “ardu” and the Old English “denu.” I would look more if you like this.
AVALON – English. Related to the island paradise to which King Arthur was taken after his death. May have come from Welsh afal meaning “apple.”
AVIS – English? “Bird.”
AZURA – Spanish? “Sky blue” or “blue.”
BAIA – Georgian. Buttercup flower.
BEE – English. Bug?
BERYL – English. The clear or pale green precious stone. Seems to have drived from Sanskrit.
BETONY – English. From the name of the minty herb.
BEVERLY – English. “Beaver” and “stream.”
BIRDIE – English. Bird. Also a diminutive of “Bertha,” and “Bernice.”
BISERA – Bulgarian, Macedonian. “Pearl.”
BITUIN – Tagalog. “Star.”
BJÖRK – Icelandic. “Birch tree.”
BLÁTHNAT – Irish mythology. Means “little flower.” Other forms: Blanid, Bláthíne, Blanid, Bláthnaid.
BLEJAN – Cornish. “Flower.”
BLOSSOM – English. Flower blossom, I assume.
BLUE – English. The color.
BOPHA – Khmer. “Flower.”
BRANWEN – Welsh. “White raven.”
BRIAR – English. “A thorny bush” or “bramble.”
BROOKE – English, German? “Water” or “small stream.”
CALANTHE – English. A type of orchid which means “beautiful flower.” Elaborated form: Calanthia.
CALYPSO – Greek. “Hidden” or “to conceal.” She was the nymph known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island for seven years.
CASSIA – Greek? “Cinnamon.”
CELESTE – Latin. “Heavenly” or “of the sky.”
CENNET – Turkish. “Paradise, garden.”
CEREN – Turkish. “Gazelle.”
CERISE – French. “Cherry.”
CHANNARY – Khmer. “Moon-faced girl.”
CHERRY – English. The fruit, babes. The fruit.
CHLOE – Greek (but multiple uses, promise). “Green shoot.” An epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter.
CHOLPON – Kyrgyz. “Venus (planet).”
CLEMENTINE – English. Fruit. The little orange fruit that are sold as “Halos” or “Cuties” in American grocery stores.
CLODAGH – Celtic? A small river in County Waterford, Ireland.
CLOVER – English. The wild flower.
CORAL – English, Spanish. Coral in coral reefs.
CORIANDER – English. Spice… also called cilantro. Since when was coriander the same as cilantro? Please send help. I wish my high school would have had home-ec classes.
COSIMA – Greek, Italian. “Order,” “harmony,” or “beauty.”
DARYA – Several things. Persian, “possesses” and “good.” Russian, “upholder of the good.” Greek name Darius which means “sea” or “ocean.”
DELPHINE – French, Greek. “Dolphin” or “from Delphi.”
DIWATA – Tagalog. “Goddess.”
DOVE – English. Bird. Seen as a symbol of peace.
EARTHA – English. Earth. It has been used in honour of African-American philanthropist Eartha M. M. White (1876-1974). Another famous bearer was American singer and actress Eartha Kitt (1927-2008).
EDEN – Hebrew. Garden of Eden.
EIRWEN – Welsh. “White snow.”
ELMAS – Turkish. “Diamond.”
ELOWEN – Cornish. “Elm tree.”
EMBLA – Norse mythology. “Elm.”
EMERALD – English. The green gemstone.
ENDZELA – Georgian. “Snowdrop (flower).”
ENFYS – Welsh. “Rainbow.”
ENYA – Irish. “Kernel,” “grain.”
ERA – Albanian. “Wind.”
ERICA – English. “Heather.” Variant: Erika.
EVERLY – English. “Boar” and “woodland, clearing.”
FERN – English. The plant.
FLEUR – French. “Flower.”
FLORA – Latin. “Flower.”
FLORINDA – Spanish, Portuguese. “Flower.”
FLOWER – English. Should I explain this one?
FLUTURA – Albanian. “Butterfly.”
FUYUKO – Japanese. “Winter” and “child.”
GAIA – Greek. “Earth.”
GARDENIA – English. The flower.
GINERVA – Italian. Italian form of Guinevere. “Juniper.”
GINGER – English. Like the spice.
GOL – Persian. “Flower, rose.”
HALA – Arabic. “Halo around the moon.”
HANA – Japanese. “Flower.”
HANAKO – Japanese. “Flower” and “child.”
HASMIK – Armenian. “Jasmine.”
HAZAL – Turkish. “Gazelle, antelope.” Could also mean “autumn.”
HAZEL – English. Light brown color.
HEATHER – English. The variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers. Very pretty.
HELEN – Greek, English? Means “torch” and/or “moon.” You may want to do a bit more research on this. My favorite variants are Helena and Helene.
HOLLY – English. Holly tree.
HONEY – English. Honey. Like from honey bees.
HORTENSIA – Latin, Spanish. “Garden.”
HUHANA – Maori. Form of Susan, meaning “lily,” “rose,” or “lotus.” Depends on the origin for Susan.
ILA – Hindi. “Earth” or “speech.”
ILARGI – Basque. “Moon.”
ILMA – Finnish. “Air.”
IMOLA – Hungarian. Created by the Hungarian author Mór Jókai for a character in his novel Bálványosvár (1883). It means "centaury, knapweed, starthistle" in Hungarian, referring to flowering plants in the genus Centaurea.
INDU – Hindi. “Bright drop.” This is a name for the moon!
INDUMATHI – Tamil. “Full moon.”
INTAN – Indonesian, Malay. “Diamond.”
INZHU – Kazakh. “Pearl.”
IOLE – Greek. “Violet.”
IRATI – Basque. “Fern field.”
ISA – Germanic. “Ice.”
ISLA – English, Scottish, Spanish? “Island.”
ISLWYN – Welsh. “Below the forest.”
IVY – English. The pretty vine plant.
IZUMI – Japanese. “Fountain, spring.”
JAWAHIR – Arabic. “Jewels.”
JELENA – A form of Yelena in several languages (Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Estonian, Lithuanian). “Deer, stag,” “fir tree.”
XOCHITL – Nahuatl. “Flower.” Spanish version is: Xóchilt.
YASMIN – Arabic. “Jasmine.” See: Yasmeen, Yasmina, Yasmine, Yazmin. Be aware that the four listed after may have different origins.
YELENA – Russian. Form of Helen.
YONCA – Turkish. “Clover.”
ZINNIA – English. The flower.
ZITKALA – Sioux. “Bird.”
MALE - 128 NAMES
ADAM – Hebrew. “Man” or “of the earth.”
ADONIS – Greek. From the Phoenician word meaning “lord, master.” In Greek myth Adonis was a handsome young shepherd killed while hunting a wild boar. The anemone flower is said to have sprung from his blood. Because he was loved by Aphrodite, Zeus allowed him to be restored to life for part of each year.
AELIANUS – Latin. Derived from Aelius, which is said to have been derived from the Greek helios.
AELIUS – Latin. Roman family name that was possibly derived from the Greek helios.
AIDAN – Irish/Gaelic. “Little fire.”
ÁKOS – Hungarian. Possibly of Turkic origin meaning “white falcon.”
ALLON – Hebrew. “Oak.”
ALTON – English. “Town at the source of the river.”
ALWYN – Welsh. Name of the River Alwen in northern Wales.
BJÖRN – Swedish, Icelandic, German. From the Old Norse byname meaning “bear.”
BLEDDYN – Welsh. “Wolf.”
BLERIM – Albanian. “Greenery, vegetation.”
BLONG – Hmong. “Leaf.”
BOYCE – English. “Wood.”
BRADÁN – Irish. “Salmon.” Could also mean “thief.”
BRÂN – Welsh. “Raven.” Version “Bran” is Irish, means the same thing.
BRENNUS – Gaulish. Latinized form of a Celtic name or title that possibly meant either “king, prince” or “raven.”
CAILEAN – Scottish Gaelic. “Whelp, young dog.”
CHANDAN – Hindi, Bengali, Odia. “Sandalwood.”
CHANDRAKANT – Marathi, Hindi. “Beloved by the moon.”
CICERO – Latin. “Chickpea.” I love chickpeas.
CLAY – English. Lived near or worked with clay.
CLIVE – English. “Cliff.”
CORBIN – English. From the French surname that derived from corbeau, “raven.” I used to want to have twins when I was younger and I swore to my family I would name them Cora and Corbin.
CRAWFORD – English. “Crow ford.”
CVETKO – Slavic? “Blossom, flower.”
DARNELL – English. From the French darnel, which was a type of grass.
DYLAN – Welsh. “Son of the sea” or “born from the ocean.” Could also mean “great tide” or “great flow.”
ELIO – Spanish, Italian. “Sun,” or “sunshine.”
FINN – Irish. “Fair” or “white.”
FLORIZEL – Latin. “Flower.”
FLORUS – Latin. “Flower.”
FORREST – English. Forest.
GALE – English. “Pleasant” or “merry.” It can also refer to a strong wind.
GALLUS – Latin. “Rooster.”
GARRICK – English. “Oak tree grove.”
GARTH – English. “Garden.”
GEORGE – English. “Farmer, earthworker.” Hurts my heart when I watch Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte. Bye.
GINTARAS – Lithuanian. “Amber.”
GLENN – English. Gaelic? “Valley.”
GRESHAM – English. “Grazing homestead.”
GROVE – English. “Grove of trees.”
HAIDAR – Arabic. “Lion, warrior.”
HARLAN – English. “Hare land.”
HAUL – Welsh. “Sun.”
HAYATO – Japanese. “Falcon” and “person.”
HAYWOOD – English. “Fenced wood.”
HEATH – English. One who lived on a heath. You ever have a Heath bar? Yeah, I haven’t.
HELIOS – Greek. “Sun.”
HIDEKI – Japanese. “Excellent, outstanding” or “excellent, fine,” combined with “tree.”
HORST – German. “Wood, thicket.”
IAH – Egyptian mythology. “Moon.”
IVAAQ – Greenlandic. “Egg.”
IVO – Germanic. “Yew.”
IVOR – Multiple uses… Celtic? Old Norse, English. “Yew tree, bow” and “army, warrior.” Variants: Ivar, Iver.
IZOTZ – Basque. “Ice.”
JAVOR – Croation, Serbian. “Maple tree.”
JUPITER – Latin. The Roman version of Zeus.
KAITO – Japanese. “Sea, ocean” and “soar, fly.” Other possible combinations.
KAURI – Maori. A type of tree in New Zealand.
KEITH – English, Scottish. Wood?
KEKOA – Hawaiian. “The warrior.”
KERR – Scottish. “Thicket, marsh.”
KORBINIAN – German. “Raven.”
LACHLAN – English BUT came from the Gaelic name Lochlainn, which means “Viking, Scandinavian” and “land of the lakes.”
LINUS – Greek. “Flax.”
LYNDON – English. “Linden tree hill.” Variant: Lynton.
MAK – Bosnian. “Poppy.”
MARS – Latin. “Male”? Fourth planet in our solar system.
MAXWELL – Scottish. “Mack’s spring” or “Mack’s stream.”
MILO – Greek? Latin? “Yew tree.”
MORLEY – English. “Marsh clearing.”
NARANBAATAR – Mongolian. “Sun hero.”
NASH – English. “At the ash tree.”
NEIL – Irish. “Champion” or “passionate.” Is the Anglicized form of the Irish name Niall, which could be interpreted as “cloud.”
NEPTUNE – Latin. Roman god of the sea, Neptunus. Also… “moist” or “wet.”
NIALL – Irish. “Champion” or “cloud.”
NILE – Latin? “River.”
NORBU – Tibetan. “Jewel.”
NORWOOD – English. “North wood.”
OAK – English. “Oak tree.”
OCEAN – Greek. “Sea” or “vast body of water.”
OGDEN – English. “Oak valley.”
OIHAN – Basque. “Forest.”
OISÍN – Irish. “Little dear.”
OLIVER – Many, many forms. Old French, possibly Latin for “olive tree.” See: Olivér, Olivier, Oliviero, Oliwer, etc.
ORION – Greek. “Boundary, limit.” “Light of the heavens.”
PAN – Greek. “Shepherd, protect.”
PETER – Greek? “Stone.”
PIERRE – French. “Rock” or “stone.”
RAVINDRA – Sanskirt. “Lord of the sun.” This is another name for the Hindu god Surya.
REED – English. “Red.” See also: Reid.
ROSCOE – English. “Roebuck,” “wood, forest.”
ROSEN – Bulgarian. “Dittany flower.”
ROSS – Gaelic? English? “Promontory, headland.”
SANDALIO – Spanish. “Strong,” “wolf.”
SAVITR – Hinduism. “Rouser, stimulator.” This is the name of the Vedic Hindu sun god.
SEQUOYAH – Cherokee. Probably derived from siqua meaning “hog.”
SILVANUS – Latin. “Of the woods.”
SILVESTER – Latin. “Wooded, wild.”
SIXTEN – Swedish. “Victory” and “stone.”
SORIN – Romanian. “Sun.”
STANDFORD – English. “Stone ford.”
TAIMO – Estonian. “Plant.”
TYE – English. “Pasture.”
VERNON – English. “Alder.”
VESA – Finnish. “Sprout, young tree.”
VIDE – Swedish. “Willow.”
WOLF – German. “Wolf.” Crazy, I know.
YASEN – Bulgarian. Means both “ash tree” and “clear, serene.”
ZEPHYR – Greek. “West wind.”
ZERU – Basque. “Sky.”
ZUHAITZ – Basque. “Tree.”
GENDER NEUTRAL - 46 NAMES
ADA – Turkish. “Island.”
ADI – Hebrew. “Jewel, ornament.”
AERON – Welsh. Named for the Welsh river Aeron. The name could also be taken from the word aeron which in Welsh means “berries.”
ALMAS – Arabic. “Diamond.”
ALMOG – Hebrew. “Coral.”
AOI – Japanese. “Hollycock, althea” or “green, blue.”
AQUILA – Latin. “Eagle.”
ASH – English. A tree or residue of fire.
BAI – Chinese. From bai which “white, pure,” “one hundred, many,” or “cypress tree, cedar.”
BIJOU – French. Means “jewel” in French. BehindTheName says that it is mostly used in French-speaking Africa.
N25
Asahina Mafuyu – Royce and Royce
Shinonome Ena – Agnes Digital
Akiyama Mizuki – K.S. Miracle
Side Characters:
L/N
Yoshizaki Hanano – North Flight
Kousaka Saku – Seeking the Pearl
Shindou Yoshiki – Trainer Okita (Narita Top Road’s trainer, not a horse)
Some will have more than others if I can’t decide or they have a larger catalog of characters. Sorry if I spell names wrong. This actually turned out much longer than I expected, but have you seen my name? I like a lot of them! And this barely scratches the surface of my subscription list. Nothing is in any order.
Nomad Tales and Audio:
Caleb, Deacon, Conner, Caltraxus, Gavin, & the unnamed Werewolf from the Werewolf x Werewolf series
Redacted Audio:
Sam, Porter, David, Caelum, Gavin, Vega, Hush, & Vincent
Joseph Holloway:
Ivan, Grom, MJ Jarrod Tillus, Casper aka The Inquisitor, & the doctor from the Avatar one shot.
Good Boy Audio:
Hades/Tyr, Yargwyn, Devlin, Kalimos, Zed, & Hipswitch (Ok, so I know Devlin and Hipswitch are voiced by Zsaku and Yuurivoice, but they are still GBA characters.)
Reverie Audio:
Law, Desmond, Dion, Kane, & Cyril
MasterMissy: PLEASE COME BACK! 🥺
Ethan, Darrin, Jedidiah, Sammy, & Magnus
Escaped Audio:
Jean, Crow, Ivan, Bash, Ash, & Fletcher
Yuurivoice:
Seth, Alphonse, Charlie, & Aizawa.
Jouska: sadly a lot of his don’t have names, but I’ll come up with something Vampire (Vampire/Cupcake), Morph(eus), & Cosmic from (Stardust and Cosmic)
Siren’s Son:
Thresh, Bek, Bren, Abul, Duke, Colby, & Faceless
Icey ASMR:
Damon, Nico, Tatshiro, & Aiden
Scythe Audio:
Hunter, Dark, Kreed, Marcus, L, V, & Jay Jay (Again, L isn’t voiced by Scythe, but she is one of his characters.)
