Character Trait Names
Names that describe a person's character. Names that
mean brave, gentle, generous, honorable, selfish, conceited, etc.
 
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CONCEITED, NARCISSISTIC, SELFISH, SELF-CONCERNED:

• MALE:

  1. MELKEDOODUM: Native American Algonquin name meaning "conceited."

  2. NARCISSUS: Latin form of Greek Narkissos, myth name of a vain youth who fell in love with his own reflection and eventually was turned into a kind of lily or daffodil flower known as the narkissos. The name may have been derived from the word narke, meaning "numbness; sleep."

  3. NARKISSOS: Original Greek form of Latin Narcissus, possibly meaning "numbness; sleep."

• FEMALE:

  1. NARCISSA: Feminine form of Latin Narcissus, myth name of a vain youth, possibly meaning "numbness; sleep." 

GENEROUS, GIVING:

• UNISEX:

  1. KARAM: Arabic unisex name meaning "generosity."

• MALE:

  1. AIMO: Finnish name meaning "generous amount." 

  2. AL-KARIM: Arabic name meaning "the generous."

  3. AMINADAB: Variant of biblical Amminadab, meaning "my people are generous."

  4. AMMINADAB: Hebrew biblical name of several characters: a son of Kohath; a descendant of Uzziel the Levite; a king of Ammon; and a father-in-law of Aaron, meaning "my people are generous."

  5. AMMINADAV: Variant of biblical Amminadab, meaning "my people are generous."

  6. BUJAR: Albanian name meaning "generous."

  7. FADIL: Arabic name meaning "generous, virtuous."
  8. FADL: Variant of Arabic Fadil, meaning "generous, virtuous."

  9. FISNIK: Albanian name meaning "gallant; noble; generous."

  10. GWENAEL (Gwenaël): "Holy and generous." French name composed of the Breton elements gwenn "fair, holy, white" and hael "generous."

  11. HESHAM: Variant of Arabic Hisham, meaning "generous."

  12. HISHAM: Arabic name meaning "generous."

  13. ITHEL: "Generous master." Welsh name composed of the elements iud "lord, master" and hael "generous."

  14. KAREEM: Variant of Arabic Karim, meaning "noble, generous."

  15. KARIM: Arabic name meaning "noble, generous."

  16. MAKRAM: Arabic name meaning "generous."

  17. NADAB: Biblical name of a son of Aaron, meaning "generous." Nadab and his brother Abihu were killed by God for offering him unauthorized fire. God caused them to be consumed by the flames.
  18. NADAV: Original Hebrew form of biblical Nadab, meaning "generous."

  19. PROINNTEACH: Irish name, composed of the elements proinn "banquet" and teach "hall, house," denoting a "generous person." 

• FEMALE:

  1. BUJARE: Albanian name meaning "generous."

  2. FADILA: Feminine form of Arabic Fadil, meaning "generous, virtuous."

  3. GAELLE (Gaëlle): Possibly a nickname for French Gwenaëlle, meaning "holy and generous."

  4. GWENAELLE (Gwenaëlle): Feminine form of French Gwenaël, meaning "holy and generous."

  5. HIROKO: Japanese name meaning "generous child."

  6. KARIMA: Feminine form of Arabic Karim, meaning "noble, generous."

  7. LILO: Hawaiian name meaning "generous one."

  8. MACAWI: Native American Sioux name meaning "generous."

  9. ZABAL: Basque name meaning "generous."

  10. ZABALETA: Basque name meaning "generous."
  11. ZABALLA: Basque name meaning "generous."

INDEPENDENT, MASTERLESS, SELF-CONTROLLED:

• MALE:

  1. LIRIDON: Albanian name meaning "free-willed," from liri "freedom," and don "will; desire."

  2. MAVERICK: Surname derived from a vocabulary word, originally meaning "unbranded range animal," transferred to forename use. It was the surname of Samuel Maverick (1803-1870), a Texas cattleman who refused to brand his cattle. The word's use as a forename first began in the early 1990s after the release of the movie "Maverick" starring Mel Gibson. The sense of "unconventional person," is first recorded in 1886, and seems to have developed by way of the notion of being "independent, masterless."

  3. SOFRONIO: Spanish form of Latin Sophronius, meaning "self-controlled."

  4. SOPHRONIOS: Greek name derived from the element sophron, meaning "self-controlled."

  5. SOPHRONIUS: Latin form of Greek Sophronios, meaning "self-controlled."

  6. WILHEARD: "Strong-willed." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements will "desire, will" and heard "brave, hardy, strong."

• FEMALE:

  1. ALSOOMSE: Native American Algonquin name meaning "independent." 

  2. FRONA: Nickname for Greek Sophronia, meaning "self-controlled."

  3. SOPHRONIA: Feminine form of Greek Sophronios, meaning "self-controlled."

JUST, FAIR, HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY:

• UNISEX:

  1. JUSTICE: English unisex name derived from the Middle English and Old French nickname Justice, for a fair-minded person, meaning "equity, justice."
  2. JUSTY: Unisex pet name for Justin and Justine, both meaning "fair; just."
  3. NAO: Japanese unisex name meaning "honest."
  4. NAOKI: Japanese unisex name meaning "honest tree."
• MALE:
  1. AMEEN: Variant of Arabic Amin, meaning "trustworthy."
  2. AMI: Hebrew biblical name of a servant of King Solomon, meaning "reliable and trustworthy." 
  3. AMIN: Arabic name meaning "trustworthy." 
  4. EMIN: Armenian and Turkish name meaning "honest."
  5. FANG: Chinese unisex name meaning "fragrance" for girls and "honest and upright" for boys.
  6. GIUSTINO: Italian form of English Justin, meaning "fair, just."
  7. IESTYN: Welsh form of English Justin, meaning "fair, just." 
  8. JOOST: Dutch pet form of Justus "fair, just." 
  9. JUSTE: French form of Latin Justus, meaning "fair, just."
  10. JUSTIN: English form of Latin Justinus, meaning "fair; just." 
  11. JUSTINAS: Lithuanian form of Justin, meaning "fair; just." 
  12. JUSTINUS: Latin name derived from Justus, meaning "fair, just."
  13. JUSTUS: Latin name meaning "fair, just."
  14. JUSTYN: Polish form of Latin Justinus, meaning "fair; just." 
  15. MAGAHET: Chamoru name meaning "honest; truthful."
  16. NAZIH: Arabic name meaning "honest."
  17. TRUMAN: "True man." English surname transferred to forename use, itself originally a nickname composed of the Old English elements treowe "true, trustworthy" and mann "man."
  18. TRYGGVE: Variant of Scandinavian Trygve, meaning "trustworthy."
  19. TRYGGVI: Icelandic form of Scandinavian Trygve, meaning "trustworthy."
  20. TRYGVE: Scandinavian name derived from the Old Norse word tryggr, meaning "trustworthy."
  21. YASUHIRO: Japanese name meaning "abundant honesty; widespread peace."
  22. YASUO: Japanese name meaning "honest/peaceful man."
  23. YASUSHI: Japanese name meaning "honest and peaceful."
  24. ZUZEN: Basque name meaning "fair, just."
• FEMALE:
  1. AMEENA: Variant of Arabic Amina, meaning "trustworthy."

  2. AMINA: Feminine form of Arabic Amin, meaning "trustworthy."

  3. AMINAH: Variant of Arabic Amina, meaning "trustworthy."

  4. EMINE: Feminine form of Turkish Emin, meaning "reliable, trustworthy."

  5. GIUSTINA: Feminine form of Italian Giustino, meaning "fair, just."
  6. HAQIKAH: Egyptian name meaning "honest."
  7. JUSTINA: Feminine form of Latin Justinus and Lithuanian Justinas, both meaning "fair, just."
  8. JUSTINE: French feminine form of Latin Justinus, meaning "fair, just."
  9. JUSTYNA: Feminine form of Polish Justyn, meaning "fair, just."
  10. NAOKO: Japanese name meaning "honest child."
  11. USTINYA: Russian form of Latin Justina, meaning "fair, just."
  12. YASUKO: Japanese name meaning "honest child; peaceful child."
  13. YUSTINA: Russian form of Justina, meaning "fair, just."

KIND, GENTLE:

• UNISEX:

  1. HIEN: Vietnamese unisex name meaning "gentle, quiet."

  2. SIGI: German unisex pet form of masculine Siegfried "victory-peace" and feminine Sieglinde "gentle battle." 

  3. SOPHEAP: Cambodian Khmer unisex name meaning "gentle."

  4. VIENO: Finnish unisex name meaning "gentle."

• MALE:

  1. BLAGOJA: Serbian name meaning "gentle."
  2. CLEM: Nickname for English Clement, meaning "gentle and merciful."
  3. CLEMENS: Latin name meaning "gentle and merciful."
  4. CLÉMENT: French form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."
  5. CLEMENT: English form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."
  6. CLEMENTE: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."
  7. CLEMMIE: Pet form of English Clem, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  8. CLIAMAIN: Scottish/Gaelic form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  9. KELEMEN: Hungarian form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  10. KLEMEN: Slovene form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  11. KLEMENS: Danish, German, Polish and Swedish form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  12. KLIMEK: Polish nickname for Klemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  13. KLIMENT: Russian form of English Clement, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  14. LATIF: Arabic name meaning "gentle, kind."

  15. LUTFI: Arabic name meaning "gentle, kind."

  16. MAOILMHIN: Old Irish Gaelic name meaning "gentle chieftain."

  17. MELVIN: Probably an English form of Irish/Gaelic Maoilmhin, meaning "gentle chieftain." 

  18. MELVYN: Variant of English Melvin, probably meaning "gentle chieftain." 

• FEMALE:

  1. ADIVA: Arabic name meaning "agreeable; gentle."

  2. AZNIV: Armenian name meaning "gentle."

  3. CLEMENCY: English name derived from the vocabulary word, clemency, itself from Latin clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  4. CLEMENCE (Cleménce): French feminine form of Latin Clemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  5. CLEMENTINA: Feminine form of English Clement, meaning "gentle and merciful."
  6. CLEMENTINE: Feminine form of English Clement, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  7. EIDEL: Yiddish name meaning "delicate, gentle."

  8. HALIMA: Egyptian name meaning "gentle."

  9. HELLÄ: Finnish name meaning "gentle."

  10. KLEMENTYNA: Polish feminine form of Klemens, meaning "gentle and merciful."

  11. KYUNG-SOON: Korean name meaning "gentle and honorable."

  12. LATEEFAH: Variant of Arabic Latifa, meaning "gentle, kind."
  13. LATIFA: Feminine form of Arabic Latif, meaning "gentle, kind."
  14. LATIFAH: Variant of Arabic Latifa, meaning "gentle, kind."

  15. MELVA: Feminine form of Melvin, possibly meaning "gentle chieftain." 

  16. MILBURGA: "Gentle fortress." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements milde "gentle" and burg "fortress." 

  17. MILDRED: English form of Anglo-Saxon Mildryth, meaning "gentle strength."
  18. MILDREDD: Old form of Mildred, meaning "gentle strength."
  19. MILDRETH: Variant of Anglo-Saxon Mildryth, meaning "gentle strength."
  20. MILDRYTH: "Gentle strength." Original Anglo-Saxon form of Mildred, composed of the Old English elements milde "gentle" and þryð "strength."
  21. MILIANI: Hawaiian name meaning "gentle caress."
  22. MIU: Egyptian name meaning "gentleness."
  23. ROU: Chinese name meaning "gentle; mild."
  24. SHIKA: Japanese name meaning "gentle deer."
  25. SIEGLINDE: "Gentle battle." German name composed of the elements sige "victory" and linde "gentle, soft." 
  26. XOCHIYOTL: Nahuatl name meaning "heart of a gentle flower."

LOYAL, FAITHFUL, RELIABLE, STEADFAST:

• MALE:
  1. ABELARD: From an old Germanic surname, meaning "noble and steadfast." 
  2. AMI: Hebrew biblical name of a servant of King Solomon, meaning "reliable and trustworthy." 
  3. BESNIK: Albanian name meaning "faithful; loyal."
  4. COISEAM (Còiseam): Scottish/Gaelic form of Constantine, meaning "steadfast."
  5. CONSTANS: Latin name meaning "steadfast."
  6. CONSTANT: Latin named derived from Latin Constans, meaning "steadfast." 
  7. CONSTANTIJN: Dutch form of Roman Constantinus, meaning "steadfast."
  8. CONSTANTINE: Medieval form of Roman Constantinus, meaning "steadfast."
  9. CONSTANTINUS: Roman name derived from the Latin word constans, meaning "steadfast."
  10. CONSTANTIUS: Latin named derived from Constans, meaning "steadfast." 
  11. COSTANTINO: Italian form of Roman Constantinus, meaning "steadfast."
  12. COSTANZO: Italian form of Latin Constans, meaning "steadfast." 
  13. COSTEL: Romanian pet form of Constantine, meaning "steadfast."
  14. COSTICA: Romanian pet form of Constantine, meaning "steadfast."
  15. COSTIN: Romanian nickname for Constantine, meaning "steadfast." 
  16. CYSTENIAN: Welsh form of Roman Constantine, meaning "steadfast."
  17. DANTE: Nickname for Italian Durante, meaning "steadfast."
  18. DEONTE: Modern English creation, blending Deon "Zeus" and Dante "steadfast."
  19. DURANTE: Italian name derived from Latin durantis, meaning "steadfast."
  20. FEDELE: Italian form of Spanish Fidel, meaning "faithful."
  21. FERMIN: Spanish name derived from Latin Firminus, meaning "firm, steadfast."
  22. FIDEL: Spanish form of Latin Fidelis, meaning "faithful."
  23. FIDELIS: Latin name meaning "faithful."
  24. FIRMINUS: Latin name derived from the word firmus, meaning "firm, steadfast."
  25. KONSTANDIN: Variant of Albanian Konstandini, meaning "steadfast."
  26. KONSTANDINI: Albanian form of Roman Constantine, meaning "steadfast." 
  27. KONSTANTIN: Czech, German, Hungarian, Russian and Scandinavian form of Roman Constantine, meaning "steadfast."
  28. KONSTANTINOS: Greek form of Roman Constantinus, meaning "steadfast."
  29. KONSTANTY: Polish form of Latin Constans, meaning "steadfast."
  30. KONSTANTYN: Polish form of Roman Constantine, meaning "steadfast."
  31. KOSTANDIN: Variant of Albanian Konstandini, meaning "steadfast."
  32. KOSTYA: Russian pet form of Konstantin, meaning "steadfast."
  33. MU'TASIM: Arabic name meaning "faithful to God."
  34. NOBUO: Japanese name meaning "faithful man."
  35. NOBUYUKI: Japanese name meaning "faithful happiness."
  36. SADIKI: Egyptian name meaning "faithful."
  37. SHIN'ICHI: Japanese name meaning "faithful first (son)."
  38. SHINJI: Japanese name meaning "faithful second (son)."
  39. STIJN: Nickname for Dutch Augustijn "venerable" and Constantijn "steadfast." 
  40. TADAO: Japanese name meaning "loyal man."
  41. TADASHI: Japanese name meaning "correct; loyal; righteous."
  42. TRUNG: Vietnamese name meaning "loyal."
  43. UBAID: Egyptian name meaning "faithful."
  44. WAFAI: Arabic name meaning "loyalty."
  45. WAFI: Arabic name meaning "reliable."
  46. ZHENGZHONG: Chinese name meaning "upright and loyal."
  47. ZHONG: Chinese name meaning "loyal; steadfast."
• FEMALE:
  1. AMISTA: Chamoru name meaning "fidelity; loyalty."
  2. CONNIE: English pet form of Constance, meaning "steadfast."
  3. CONSTANCE: English and French form of Latin Constantia, meaning "steadfast." 
  4. CONSTANCIA: Portuguese form of Latin Constantia, meaning "steadfast."
  5. CONSTANTA: Romanian form of Latin Constantia, meaning "steadfast."
  6. CONSTANTIA: Feminine form of Latin Constantius, meaning "steadfast."
  7. CONSTANTINA: Feminine form of Roman Constantinus, meaning "steadfast."
  8. CONSTANZA: Spanish form of Latin Constantia, meaning "steadfast."
  9. DILYS: Welsh name derived from the word dilys, meaning "genuine, steadfast, true."
  10. DYLIS: Variant of Welsh Dilys, meaning "genuine, steadfast, true."
  11. EMINE: Feminine form of Turkish Emin, meaning "reliable, trustworthy."
  12. FIDELIA: Feminine form of Spanish Fidel, meaning "faithful."
  13. HANTAYWEE: Native American Sioux name meaning "faithful."
  14. HUIZHONG: Chinese name meaning "wise and loyal."
  15. KONSTANCJA: Feminine form of Polish Konstanty, meaning "steadfast."
  16. NOBUKO: Japanese name meaning "faithful child."
  17. WAFIYA: Feminine form of Arabic Wafi, meaning "reliable."

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