Diccionario de nombres
95 nombres con significado y origen verificados
AIDA
Variant of AYDA. This name was used in Verdi's opera 'Aida' (1871), where it belongs to an Ethiopian princess held capti...
ALADDIN
Anglicized form of ALA AL-DIN. This is the name of a mischievous boy in one of the tales of 'The 1001 Nights'. He is tra...
ALMIRA (1)
Variant of ELMIRA. Handel used it for the title character in his opera 'Almira' (1705).
AMARYLLIS
Derived from Greek αμαρυσσω (amarysso) "to sparkle". This was the name of a heroine in Virgil's epic poem 'Eclogues'. Th...
AMINTA
Form of AMYNTAS used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his play 'Aminta' (1573). In the play Aminta is a shepherd w...
AMIRAN
Variant of AMIRANI. This is the name of the central character in the medieval Georgian romance 'Amiran-Darejaniani' by M...
ANGELICA
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger". The poets Boi...
ARAMIS
The surname of one of the musketeers in 'The Three Musketeers' (1844) by Alexandre Dumas. Dumas based the character on H...
ARAGORN
Meaning unexplained, though the first element is presumably Sindarin ara "noble, kingly". This is the name of a characte...
ARMIDE
French form of ARMIDA. This is the name of operas by Jean-Baptiste Lully (in 1686) and Christoph Willibald Gluck (in 177...
ARWEN
Means "noble maiden" in Sindarin. In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Arwen was the daughter of Elron...
ASTAROTH
From Ashtaroth, the plural form of ASHTORETH used in the bible to refer to Phoenician idols. This spelling was used in l...
ASTROPHEL
Probably intended to mean "star lover", from Greek αστηρ (aster) "star" and φιλος (philos) "lover, friend". This name wa...
ATTICUS
From a Roman name meaning "from Attica" in Latin. Attica is the region surrounding Athens in Greece. The author Harper L...
AVTANDIL
Created by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for his 12th-century epic 'The Knight in the Panther's Skin'. Rustaveli bas...
AYLA (3)
Created for the novel 'Clan of the Cave Bear' (1980) by author Jean M. Auel. In the novel Ayla is an orphaned Cro-Magnon...
BAYARD
Derived from Old French baiart meaning "bay coloured". In medieval French poetry Bayard was a bay horse owned by Renaud ...
BELPHOEBE
Combination of belle "beautiful" and the name PHOEBE. This name was first used by Edmund Spenser in his poem 'The Faerie...
BILBO
This was the name of the hero of 'The Hobbit' (1937) by J. R. R. Tolkien. His real hobbit name was Bilba, which is of un...
BRISEIDA
Form of BRISEIS used in medieval tales about the Trojan War.
CASPIAN
Used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his 'Chronicles of Narnia' series, first appearing in 1950. Prince Caspian...
CINDERELLA
From the French name Cendrillon which means "little ashes". This is best known as the main character in the fairy tale '...
COSETTE
From French chosette meaning "little thing". This is the nickname of the illegitimate daughter of Fantine in Victor Hugo...
CRESSIDA
Medieval form of CHRYSEIS. Various medieval tales describe her as a woman of Troy, daughter of Calchus, who leaves her T...
CYMBELINE
Form of CUNOBELINUS used by Shakespeare in his play 'Cymbeline' (1609).
CYRANO
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene, which was located in North Africa. Edmond Rostand us...
D'ARTAGNAN
Means "from Artagnan" in French, Artagnan being a town in southwest France. This was the name of a character in the nove...
DESDEMONA
Derived from Greek δυσδαιμων (dysdaimon) meaning "ill-fated". This was the name of the murdered wife of Othello in Shake...
DULCINEA
Derived from Spanish dulce meaning "sweet". This name was (first?) used by Miguel de Cervantes in his novel 'Don Quixote...
ELANOR
Means "star sun" in Sindarin. In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien this is Sam's eldest daughter, named...
ELMIRA
Shortened form of EDELMIRA. It appears in the play 'Tartuffe' (1664) by the French playwright Molière (often spelled in ...
ELROND
Means "star dome" in Sindarin. In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Elrond was the elven ruler of Rive...
ENOBARBUS
Form of AHENOBARBUS used by Shakespeare in his play 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606).
EPONINE
Meaning unknown. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel 'Les Misérables' (1862) for a daughter of the Thénardiers. Her ...
ESMERALDA
Means "emerald" in Spanish and Portuguese. Victor Hugo used this name in his novel 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (1831),...
FANTINE
This name was used by Victor Hugo for the mother of Cosette in his novel 'Les Misérables' (1862). The name was given to ...
FAUST
From a German surname which was derived from the Latin name FAUSTUS. This is the name of a character in German legends a...
FIGARO
Created by playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais for the central character in his plays 'The Barber of Sevill...
FRODO
Derived from the Germanic element frod "wise". This was the name of the hobbit hero in 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by...
GALADRIEL
Means "maiden crowned with a radiant garland" in Sindarin. Galadriel was a Noldorin elf princess renowned for her beauty...
GANDALF
Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, cane" and álfr "elf". This name belongs to a dwarf ...
GRISELDA
Possibly derived from the Germanic elements gris "grey" and hild "battle". It is not attested as a Germanic name. This w...
GYNETH
Perhaps a variant of GWYNETH. Sir Walter Scott used this name for the daughter of King Arthur in his work 'The Bridal of...
HAIDEE
Perhaps intended to derive from Greek αιδοιος (aidoios) "modest, reverent". This name was created by Byron for a charact...
HAMLET
Anglicized form of the Danish name Amleth. Shakespeare used this name for the Prince of Denmark in his play 'Hamlet' (16...
HERMIA
Feminine form of HERMES. Shakespeare used this name in his comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595).
IDRIL
Means "sparkle brilliance" in Sindarin. In the 'Silmarillion' (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Idril was the daughter of Turg...
LALAGE
Derived from Greek λαλαγεω (lalageo) meaning "to babble, to prattle". The Roman poet Horace used this name in one of his...
LALLA
Derived from Persian لاله (laleh) meaning "tulip". This was the name of the heroine of Thomas Moore's poem 'Lalla Rookh'...
LAUNCE
Short form of Launcelot, a variant of LANCELOT. This was the name of a clownish character in Shakespeare's play 'The Two...
LEGOLAS
Means "green leaves" in Sindarin, from laeg "green" combined with go-lass "collection of leaves". In 'The Lord of the Ri...
LESTAT
Name used by author Anne Rice for a character in her 'Vampire Chronicles' series of novels, first released in 1976, wher...
LUCASTA
This name was first used by the poet Richard Lovelace for a collection of poems called 'Lucasta' (1649). The poems were ...
LUCINDA
An elaboration of LUCIA created by Cervantes for his novel 'Don Quixote' (1605). It was subsequently used by Molière in ...
MALVINA
Created by the poet James MacPherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossian poems. He probably intended it to...
MALVOLIO
Means "ill will" in Italian. This name was invented by Shakespeare for a character in his play 'Twelfth Night' (1602).
MEHRAB
From مهر (Mehr), the Persian word for MITHRA, combined with Persian آب (ab) "water". This is the name of a character in ...
MERRY (2)
The name of a hobbit in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954). His full given name was Meriadoc, a sem...
MIGNON
Means "cute, darling" in French. This is the name of a character in Ambroise Thomas's opera 'Mignon' (1866), which was b...
NEMO
Means "nobody" in Latin. This was the name used by author Jules Verne for the captain of the Nautilus in his novel 'Twen...
NERISSA
Created by Shakespeare for a character in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596). He possibly took it from Greek Νηρει...
NESTAN-DAREJAN
Created by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for a character in his 12th-century epic 'The Knight in the Panther's Skin'...
NÉLIDA
Created by French author Marie d'Agoult for her semi-autobiographical novel 'Nélida' (1846), written under the name Dani...
NORMA
Created by Felice Romani for the main character in the opera 'Norma' (1831). He may have based it on Latin norma "rule"....
NYDIA
Used by British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his novel 'The Last Days of Pompeii' (1834). He...
OBERON
Variant of AUBERON. Oberon was the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595). A moo...
OLIVETTE
Feminine form of OLIVER. This was the name of the title character in the French opera 'Les noces d'Olivette' (1879) by E...
OPHELIA
Derived from Greek οφελος (ophelos) meaning "help". This name was probably created by the 15th-century poet Jacopo Sanna...
OSSIAN
Variant of OISÍN used by James Macpherson in his epic poems, which he claimed to have based on early Irish legends.
OTHELLO
Perhaps an Italian diminutive of OTHO. Shakespeare used this name in his tragedy 'Othello' (1603), where it belongs to a...
ORINTHIA
Possibly related to Greek ορινω (orino) meaning "to excite, to agitate". George Bernard Shaw used this name in his play ...
PHARAMOND
French form of FARAMUND used by Shakespeare in 'Henry V' (1599).
PHILOMEL
From an English word meaning "nightingale" (ultimately from PHILOMELA). It has been used frequently in poetry to denote ...
PERDITA
Derived from Latin perditus meaning "lost". Shakespeare created this name for the daughter of Hermione in his play 'The ...
POLLYANNA
Combination of POLLY and ANNA. This was the name of the main character in Eleanor H. Porter's novel 'Pollyanna' (1913).
PIPPIN (2)
The name of a hobbit in 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien. His full given name was Peregrin, a semi-tra...
ROHAN (2)
From the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, where it is a place name meaning "horse country" in S...
SAM (3)
The name of a hobbit in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954). His full given name was Samwise meaning...
SCHEHERAZADE
Anglicized form of SHAHRAZAD.
SHERLOCK
Used by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for his character Sherlock Holmes, who was a detective in Doyle's mystery...
SHEHERAZADE
Anglicized form of SHAHRAZAD.
SOPHRONIA
Feminine form of SOPHRONIUS. Torquato Tasso used it in his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580), in which it is borne ...
TINUVIEL
Means "nightingale" in Sindarin. In the 'Silmarillion' (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Tinuviel was the daughter of Thingol ...
TINATIN
Possibly related to Georgian სინათლე (sinatle) "light". The name was devised by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for hi...
TITANIA
Perhaps based on Latin Titanius meaning "of the Titans". This name was (first?) used by Shakespeare in his comedy 'A Mid...
TUOR
Means "strength vigour" in Sindarin. In the 'Silmarillion' (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Tuor was the mortal man who came ...
TURIN
Means "victory mood" in Sindarin. In the 'Silmarillion' (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien, Turin was a cursed hero, the slayer ...
TYBALT
Medieval form of THEOBALD. This is the name of a cousin of Juliet killed by Romeo in Shakespeare's drama 'Romeo and Juli...
UNDINE
Derived from Latin unda meaning "wave". The word undine was created by the medieval author Paracelsus, who used it for f...
VIVIEN (2)
Used by Alfred Lord Tennyson as the name of the Lady of the Lake in his Arthurian epic 'Idylls of the King' (1859). Tenn...
YORICK
Altered form of JØRG. Shakespeare used this name for a deceased court jester in his play 'Hamlet' (1600).
ZEMFIRA
Meaning unknown, possibly of Romani origin. This name was (first?) used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem 'The Gypsies' (...
ZAÏRE
Used by Voltaire for the heroine of his tragic play 'Zaïre' (1732), about a Christian woman enslaved by Muslims. The her...
ZULEIKA
Possibly means "brilliant beauty" in Persian. According to medieval legends this was the name of Potiphar's wife in the ...
ÉOWYN
Means "horse joy" in Old English. This name was invented by J. R. R. Tolkien who used Old English to represent the Rohir...