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This is a list of adjectives, formed from names, which mean "pertaining to [bearers of the name]" or reference a particular attribute of a bearer of the name.
English, German and French : first names or mononyms[edit]
A[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Achilles : Achillean | ||
| Adam : Adamic, Adamical, Adamite (primordial) | ||
| Adonis : Adonean, Adonic (exceptionally handsome) | ||
| Aglaia : Aglaian (rare: beautiful and graceful) | ||
| Agnes : Agnesian (rare) | ||
| Ahab : Ahabian (tyrannically monomaniacal) | ||
| Alexander : Alexandrine | ||
| Alexandra : Alexandran | ||
| Althea : Althean | ||
| Anastasia : Anastasian | ||
| Anselm : Anselmian | ||
| Antaeus : Antaean (exceptionally strong) | ||
| Antony (Anthony), Antonius : Antonine | ||
| Apicius : Apician (of food or people: (eating only what is) choice) | ||
| Apollo : Apollonian (clear, harmonious, restrained) | Apollon, Apoll : apollinisch (clear, beautiful, harmonius, rational) | Apollon : apollinien |
| Apollonius : Apollonian | ||
| Appius : Appian | ||
| Archilochus : Archilochian | ||
| Archimedes : Archimedean | Archimedes : archimedisch | |
| Ariadne : Ariadnean | ||
| Aristarch : Aristarchian (exceptionally critical) | ||
| Aristotle : Aristotelean, Aristotelian | ||
| Arthur : Arthurian | ||
| Artemis : Artemisian (natural; chaste) | ||
| Athanasius : Athanasian (obsolete: sexually loose) | ||
| Atlas : Atlantean (exceptionally strong; of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas), Atlantic | ||
| Augustus : Augustan (of any classical literary period), Augustine | ||
| Augustine : Augustinian, Augustine(?) |
B[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
C[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Cassandra : Cassandran, Cassandraic (prophesying doom) | ||
| Cleopatra : Cleopatran (commandingly beautiful) | ||
| Cynthia : Cynthian |
D[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Daphne : Daphnean (obsolete: marked by licentiousness), Daphnian | ||
| Dionysius : Dionysian (wild, irrational, unrestrained) | Dionysos : dionysisch (wild) | Dionysos : dionysiaque |
E[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth : Elizabethan | Elisabeth : elisabethanisch | Élisabeth : élisabéthain |
| Epicurus : Epicurean (devoted to sensual pleasure, especially good food) |
F[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick, Fredrick : Frederician | Friedrich : friderizianisch |
G[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
H[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Hercules : Herculean (extraordinarily strong; extraordinarily difficult) | Herakles, Herkules : herakleisch, herkulisch | Hercule : herculéen (extraordinarily strong) |
I[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
J[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Jocasta : Jocastan (incestuous) |
K[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
L[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
M[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
N[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas : Nicholine |
O[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Ophelia : Ophelian (frantic; tragically insane) |
P[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Prometheus : Promethean (boldly inventive, defiantly creative; extraordinarily strong) | Prometheus : prometheisch (extraordinarily large or strong) | Prométhée : prométhéen |
Q[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
R[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
S[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
T[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas : Thomasine |
U[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
V[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria : Victorian (prudish, like people in Victoria's time; of architecture: massive and highly ornamented) | Viktoria : viktorianisch | Victoria : victorien |
W[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
X[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
Y[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
Z[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
English, German and French : last names[edit]
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Addison : Addisonian | ||
| Theodor Adorno : Adornoan, Adornoian | ||
| Louis Althusser : Althusserian | ||
| Thomas Aquinas : Aquinian | ||
| John Arbuthnot : Arbuthnotian | ||
| Hannah Arendt : Arendtian | ||
| Matthew Arnold : Arnoldian | ||
| Emil Artin : Artinian | ||
| Elias Ashmole : Ashmolean | ||
| Isaac Asimov : Asimovian | ||
| Margaret Atwood : Atwoodian | ||
| Jane Austen : Austenite (adj? or only a noun?) | ||
| Joseph Goebbels : Goebbelsian |
Sonderfälle[edit]
These are mostly nouns which have two meanings, only one of which is a name but only the other of which has an associated adjective.
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria : Alexandrian (only of the place ‘Alexandria’) | ||
| (Andrea,) Andreas : Andrean (chiefly of the ‘San Andreas Fault’) | ||
| August : (could use the same forms as Augustus, or perhaps August) | ||
| Florence : Florentine (only of the place ‘Florence’) | ||
| Georgia : Georgian (only of the place ‘Georgia’) | ||
| Hermione : Hermionic (only of the tribe ‘the Hermiones’) | ||
| Lydia : Lydian (only of the place ‘Lydia’) | ||
| Sibyl : (sibyl :) Sibylline (double-l; prophetic, divinatory; having secret meaning) | Sibylle : sibyllinisch (mysterious, enigmatic; prophetic), sibyllisch (rarer synonym) | Sibylle : (sibylle :) sibyllin (mysterious, obscure, difficult to comprehend) |
These are names which derive from common nouns which have associated adjectives.
| English | German | French |
|---|---|---|
| Angel : (angel :) angelic | ||
| April : Aprillian (possibly too rare to meet CFI) | ||
| Autumn : (autumn :) autumnal | ||
| Bliss : (bliss :) blissful | ||
| Crystal : (crystal :) crystalline |
sandbox[edit]
Arian Arminian
Category:English eponyms Category:English male given names, Category:English female given names Appendix:Archetypal names