Assyrian names, carefully explained

Individual source check pending

Ninwaya

Ninevite — of Nineveh.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninwaia · Ninevaya

Individual source check pending

Ninwayta

Woman of Nineveh.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninwaita · Ninevaita

Individual source check pending

Ninwe

Nineveh — Assyria's greatest city, given to a daughter.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nineveh · Ninveh · Ninve · Ninwa

Individual source check pending

Nisaba

Goddess of grain, and of the writing that first counted it.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nidaba · Nissaba

Individual source check pending

Nishra

Eagle.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nesro · Nishro · Nesher

Individual source check pending

Nisroch

The god in whose temple Sennacherib was killed, named only once in the Bible.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nisrok · Nisrach

Individual source check pending

Nissan

The first month of the Assyrian year, when spring begins.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nisan · Neesan

Lexical word

Nuhra

Light.

Nuhro · Nohra · Noohra

Individual source check pending

Nukh

Rest — the relief a father hoped for from the labour of the cursed ground.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Noah · Nuh · Nokha · Noh

Individual source check pending

Nuri

My light.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Noori · Nouri

Individual source check pending

Nuro

Fire.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nura · Nooro

Individual source check pending

Nusku

God of fire and of the lamp — the light carried ahead of the king at night.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nusk

Individual source check pending

Oannes

The first sage — a man in a fish's skin who came out of the sea to teach writing, law and building.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Uanna · Ouannes

Historical personal name

Odisho

Related to ʿAbdishoʿ, a documented historical name; the precise Odisho form and compound meaning require separate evidence.

Abdisho · Oddisho · Audisho · Odishoo · Abdishu

Individual source check pending

Oshana

Save us now — hosanna, the shout of Palm Sunday.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Aushana · Ushana · Hosanna · Oshanna

Historical personal name

Papa

Papa is historically attested as a personal name; the catalogue's proposed literal meaning is not verified here.

Papai · Papo

Individual source check pending

Parvin

The Pleiades — the cluster of seven stars.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Parveen · Perveen

Individual source check pending

Pethion

A Persian martyr's name of uncertain root.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Pethyon · Petion

Individual source check pending

Petros

Rock — the nickname Christ gave Shimon, kept as a name in its own right.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Pitros · Boutros · Petrus · Bedros

Individual source check pending

Pilipos

Lover of horses.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Philip · Filipos · Filibos

Individual source check pending

Polus

Small — the name Shawel took after Damascus.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Paulos · Boulos · Poulus · Paul

Individual source check pending

Puabi

Word of my father.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Pu-abi · Shubad

Individual source check pending

Purat

The Euphrates — the broad river, the western one.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Prath · Perat · Frat · Furat

Individual source check pending

Puzur

Shelter, protection — a child hidden under a god's cloak.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Puzr

Individual source check pending

Qandida

White, shining — from Latin candida.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Candida · Kandida

Individual source check pending

Qardagh

A Persian noble name of uncertain root, made Assyrian by the man who bore it.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Qardakh · Kardagh · Qardag

Individual source check pending

Qayoma

The steadfast one — from qam, to stand, to rise.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Qayuma · Kayoma

Historical personal name

Qiryaqos

Related to the documented Quryaqos/Kyriakos name; the precise Qiryaqos form and Greek literal meaning remain unverified.

Kuriakos · Cyriacus · Qeryaqos · Kiryakos

Individual source check pending

Raama

Thunder.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Raʿma · Ramo

Historical personal name

Rabbula

Rabbula is an attested historical personal name; the proposed diminutive etymology is not established by this check.

Rabula · Rabbulo

Individual source check pending

Rafael

God heals.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Raphael · Rafayel · Rafail

Individual source check pending

Raima

Beloved.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Raʾimâ · Raimu

Individual source check pending

Rakhel

Ewe.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Rachel · Rahil · Rakhil · Rahel

Individual source check pending

Ramin

Calm, glad — a Persian name long at home among Assyrians of Urmia.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Rameen · Ramine

Individual source check pending

Ramsin

Wild bull of Sin — the strength of the moon god.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ram-Sin · Ramseen · Rimsin

Individual source check pending

Rivqa

Traditionally the one who binds — a tether, a tie that holds.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Rafqa · Rebecca · Rifqa · Rivka

Individual source check pending

Rumana

Pomegranate.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Rummana · Roumana · Romana

Individual source check pending

Rut

Companion, friend — by the traditional reading.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ruth · Ruta

Individual source check pending

Sabra

Hope, expectation.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Sabro · Sawra

Individual source check pending

Sabri

My hope.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Sabry · Sabre

Historical personal name

Sabrisho

Related to the historical personal name Sabrishoʿ; the catalogue's literal compound meaning is not independently verified.

Sabr-Isho · Sabrisho · Sawrisho

Historical personal name

Sahdona

Sahdona is directly documented as a personal name; its proposed literal diminutive meaning is not independently verified here.

Sahdono · Martyrius

Individual source check pending

Samsi

My sun.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Shamsi · Shamshi

Individual source check pending

Samsu-iluna

The sun is our god.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Samsuiluna

Historical personal name

Sanharib

The god Sîn replaced the brothers (ancient Sîn-aḫḫē-erība).

Sennacherib · Sinharib · Senharib · Sanherib

Individual source check pending

Sapra

Morning, daybreak.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Safra · Sapro

Individual source check pending

Sara

Princess.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Sarah · Sarai · Sare · Saro

Historical personal name

Sargis

Sargis is directly attested as a personal name; its Latin-origin etymology is not established in this check.

Sarkis · Sergis · Serkis · Sargiz