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Varduhi f Armenian
Means "rose lady", from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose" and the feminine suffix ուհի (uhi).

Varlaam m Russian (Rare), Georgian (Rare)
Russian and Georgian form of Barlaam.

Varlam m Georgian, Russian (Rare)
Variant of Varlaam.

Vartan m Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Վարդան (see Vardan).

Vartouhi f Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Վարդուհի (see Varduhi).

Vasil m Bulgarian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Georgian, Albanian
Form of Basil 1 in several languages.

Vaso 1 m Georgian, Serbian
Diminutive of Vasil or Vasilije.

Vazgen m Armenian
Meaning unknown, possibly of Persian origin.

Vazha m Georgian
Derived from Georgian ვაჟი (vazhi) meaning "son".

Vepkhia m Georgian
Derived from Old Georgian ვეფხი (vepkhi) meaning "tiger".

Vera 1 f Russian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Georgian
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

Veriko f Georgian
Georgian diminutive of Vera 1.

Viktoria f German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Greek, Georgian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Belarusian
German, Scandinavian and Greek variant of Victoria. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Виктория or Ukrainian Вікторія (see Viktoriya) or Belarusian Вікторыя (see Viktoryia), as well as the usual Georgian transcription.

Viktorya f Armenian
Armenian form of Victoria.

Vladimer m Georgian
Georgian form of Vladimir.

Vosgi f & m Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Ոսկի (see Voski).

Voski f & m Armenian
Means "gold" in Armenian.

Vugar m Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Vüqar.

Vüqar m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Waqar.

Vüsal m Azerbaijani
Means "meeting, joining" in Azerbaijani.

Vüsala f Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Vüsalə.

Vüsalə f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Vüsal.

Xədicə f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Khadija.

Yağmur f & m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Yeva f Russian, Ukrainian, Armenian
Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of Eve.

Yunis m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Jonah.

Yusif m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yusuf.

Zaal m Georgian
Georgian form of Zal.

Zabel f Armenian
Armenian form of Isabel. A 13th-century ruling queen of Cilician Armenia bore this name.

Zəhra f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zahra.

Zakaria m Georgian, Malay, Indonesian, Arabic
Georgian, Malay and Indonesian form of Zechariah and Zacharias, as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic زَكَرِيّا (see Zakariyya).

Zərifə f Azerbaijani
Means "gentle, pleasant" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Arabic ظريف (zarif).

Zaur m Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Georgian
Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen and Georgian form of Zawar.

Zaurbek m Ossetian, Chechen
Derived from Arabic زوار (zawar) meaning "pilgrim" combined with the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Zelimkhan m Chechen
Combination of the name Salim and the Turkic title khan meaning "ruler, leader".

Zemfira f Azerbaijani, Tatar, Bashkir, Literature
Meaning unknown, possibly of Romani origin. This name was (first?) used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem The Gypsies (1827).

Zeyd m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zayd.

Zeynəb f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zaynab.

Zeynab f Persian, Azerbaijani
Alternate transcription of Persian زینب (see Zeinab) or Azerbaijani Zeynəb.

Zhirayr m Armenian
Means "strong, active" in Armenian.

Züleyxa f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zuleika.

Zümrüd f Azerbaijani
Means "emerald" in Azerbaijani, of Persian origin.

Zurab m Georgian
Georgian form of Sohrab.

Zviad m Georgian
Derived from Georgian ზვიადი (zviadi) meaning "proud, arrogant".

Zviadi m Georgian
Form of Zviad with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.