Victim Names
Names that mean anguish, captive, cursed, hostage, kidnapped, luckless,
orphaned, pained, persecuted, stabbed, troubled, unfortunate, unlucky, wounded, etc.
 
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• MALE:

  1. MALLORY: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself originally a Norman French nickname for an unfortunate person, derived from Old French malheure, meaning "unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky."

• MALE:

  1. ACHRAN: Hebrew biblical name of a member of the tribe of Asher, meaning "disturbed, troubled."

  2. ASNA: Biblical name of the head of a family of Temple workers, meaning "luckless, unfortunate" if Egyptian, or "thornbush" if Aramaic or Hebrew.

  3. ASNAH: Variant of biblical Asna, meaning "luckless, unfortunate" if Egyptian, or "thornbush" if Aramaic or Hebrew.

  4. CULHWCH: Welsh Arthurian legend name of a cousin of King Arthur and hero of the story Culhwch and Olwen, composed of the elements cul "something narrow and straight" and hwch "pig, sow," hence "pig's run." While still pregnant with Culhwch, Goleuddydd went mad after being frightened by a herd of swine. Culhwch was found in the pigs' run by the swineherd and taken to his father. Years later, his stepmother wanted him to marry her daughter; angered by his refusal, she cursed him so that he could never marry anyone but the beautiful Olwen, daughter of Ysbaddaden, a fierce giant who was cursed to die if his daughter ever married. 

  5. DEVLIN: Scottish surname transferred to forename use, itself an Anglicized form of Gaelic � Dobhail�in "descendant of Dobhail�an," hence "little unfortunate/unlucky one."

  6. DOBHAIL�AN: Gaelic name thought to probably be a diminutive of the word dobhail "unfortunate, unlucky," hence "little unfortunate one."

  7. GILMAR: Medieval German name, possibly composed of the elements gisil "hostage, noble offspring, pledge" and maer "noble," hence "noble hostage" or "noble pledge."

  8. GISIL: Old Germanic name derived from the element gisel/gisil, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."

  9. HANUMAN: Hindi myth name of a monkey-god, meaning "broken chin." 

  10. HLATSHWAYO: African Zulu name meaning "the stabbed one."

  11. HOMER: English form of Greek Homeros, meaning "hostage." 
  12. HOMEROS: Greek name of disputed etymology, but probably from the Greek vocabulary word homeros, meaning "hostage."
  13. HOMERUS: Latin form of Greek Homeros, meaning "hostage."
  14. IYOV: Hebrew form of English Job, meaning "persecuted."
  15. IYYOV: Variant of Hebrew Iyov, meaning "persecuted."
  16. JABEZ: Variant of Hebrew Yabetz, meaning "pain." 
  17. JOB: Anglicized form of Hebrew Iyov, meaning "persecuted." In the bible, this is the name of a patient man who was severely tested by God. 
  18. JOBY: English pet form of Hebrew Job, meaning "persecuted."
  19. JOTHAM: English form of Hebrew Yotam, the biblical name of the youngest of Gideon's seventy sons, meaning "God is perfect" or "orphan."

  20. KILMER: German surname transferred to English forename use, itself a variant of the surname Gilmer which was derived from the medieval personal name Gilmar, possibly meaning "noble hostage" or "noble pledge."

  21. MENW: Welsh Arthurian legend name from Culhwch and Olwen. He was the son of Teirgwaedd, and was wounded by Twrch's venom. The name is equated with the Irish word ownh, meaning "little."

  22. NEFEG: Hebrew biblical name of a Levite, meaning "casualty, wounded."

  23. ONAN: Hebrew biblical name of the second son of Judah, meaning "iniquity" or "pain."

  24. SHEVAYA: Hebrew name meaning "captivity."

  25. TAVOR: Aramaic name meaning "fracture" or "misfortune." This is the name of a mountain in northern Israel.

  26. T�RIN: Name of the cursed hero and slayer of the dragon Glaurung, in Tolkien's Silmarillion. The name means "victory mood" in the Sindarin language created by the author.

  27. YABETZ: Hebrew biblical name of a place and a member of Caleb's family, meaning "pain." 

  28. YAVETZ: Variant of Hebrew Yabetz, meaning "pain." 

  29. YITMA: Hebrew biblical name of one of King David's warriors, meaning "orphaned."

  30. YOTAM: Hebrew biblical name of the youngest of Gideon's seventy sons, meaning "God is perfect" or "orphan."

  31. YSBADDADEN: Welsh Arthurian legend name of the giant father of the beautiful Olwen. He was cursed to die if his daughter ever married. Of unknown meaning.

• FEMALE:

  1. ANDROMACHE: Greek myth name of the kidnapped wife of Hector, composed of the elements andros "of a man/warrior" and mache "battle," hence "man/warrior battle."
  2. ANTIOPE: Greek myth name of a daughter of Ares and Hippolyte (a queen of the Amazons) who was kidnapped and married by Theseus, making her the first Amazon ever to marry. The meaning of her name is uncertain. The first half, Anti-, could have derived from anti "against; counter," or antios "set against." The second half, -ope, could have derived from ope "hole," ops "voice," or opsis "face, a sight, a view."
  3. ASENATH: Variant of biblical Asnat, meaning "belonging to the goddess Neith" in Egyptian, "thornbush" in Aramaic" and "luckless, unfortunate" in Hebrew.
  4. ASNAT: Biblical name of Joseph's Egyptian wife, the mother of Ephraim and Manasseh, meaning "belonging to the goddess Neith" in Egyptian, "thornbush" in Aramaic" and "luckless, unfortunate" in Hebrew.
  5. AZENETH: Variant of biblical Asnat, meaning "belonging to the goddess Neith" in Egyptian, "thornbush" in Aramaic" and "luckless, unfortunate" in Hebrew.
  6. BAILA: Variant of Yiddish Baile, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  7. BAILE: Yiddish form of Hebrew Bilha, meaning "bashful" or "troubled." 
  8. BAYLA: Variant of Yiddish Baile, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  9. BAYLE: Variant of Yiddish Bayla, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  10. BEYLA: Variant of Yiddish Baile, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  11. BEYLAH: Variant of Yiddish Beyla, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  12. BEYLKE: Pet form of Yiddish Baile, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  13. BILHA: Hebrew biblical name of a handmaid given to Jacob by his wife Rachel, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  14. BILHAH: Variant of Hebrew Bilha, meaning "bashful" or "troubled."
  15. CHILA: Hebrew name meaning "anguish, pain" or "army, warrior."
  16. DAMBUDZO: African Zulu name given to a child born during troubled times, meaning "trouble."
  17. GHISLAIN: Modern English name derived from Old French Giselle, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."
  18. GHISLAINE: Variant of English Ghislain, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."

  19. GISA: Pet form of Germanic Gisela, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring." Compare with Anglo-Saxon Gisa.

  20. GISELA: Feminine form of Germanic Gisil, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring." 
  21. GIS�LE: Variant of French Giselle, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."
  22. GISELLA: Italian form of Germanic Gisela, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."
  23. GISELLE: French form of Germanic Gisela, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."
  24. GISSELLE: Variant of French Giselle, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."
  25. GIZELA: Hungarian form of Germanic Gisela, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."
  26. GIZELLA: Variant of Hungarian Gizela, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."

  27. GIZI: Pet form of Hungarian Gizela, meaning "pledge, hostage, noble offspring."

  28. HELEN: Greek myth name of the most beautiful mortal woman ever to exist whose abduction by Paris caused the Trojan war, of uncertain etymology, possibly from the Greek element helene, meaning "torch." In use by the English.

  29. HILA: Variant of Hebrew Chila, meaning "anguish, pain" or "army, warrior." Also used as a feminine form of Hebrew Hillel, meaning "he praised."
  30. HILANA: Variant of Hebrew Hila, meaning "anguish, pain."
  31. HILLA: Variant of Hebrew Hila, meaning "anguish, pain" or "army, warrior."
  32. HILLAH: Variant of Hebrew Hilla, meaning "anguish, pain" or "army, warrior."
  33. JOBINA: Feminine form of English Job, meaning "persecuted."
  34. JOBYNA: Variant of English Jobina, meaning "persecuted."
  35. KESI: Egyptian name meaning "born of a troubled father."
  36. OINAZE: Basque name meaning "pain."
  37. OSNAT: Variant of Asnat, meaning "belonging to the goddess Neith" in Egyptian, "thornbush" in Aramaic" and "luckless, unfortunate" in Hebrew.
  38. SITA: Hindi myth name of the wife of Rama who was kidnapped by Ravana, meaning "furrow."
  39. TZARA: Hebrew name meaning "anguish, trouble."
  40. TZERUA: Hebrew biblical name of the mother of King Jeroboam, meaning "sick" or "wounded."

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