Names with "first" in Meaning

Adi 2 m Indonesian, Javanese
Means "first" in Indonesian and "beautiful, good, valuable" in Javanese, both ultimately from Sanskrit आदि (ādi) meaning "first, prime".

Akpan m Ibibio
Means "first-born son" in Ibibio.

Ankhbayar m & f Mongolian
Means "first joy" in Mongolian, from анх (ankh) meaning "first" and баяр (bayar) meaning "joy".

Baako m & f Akan
Means "first born child" in Akan.

Babirye f Ganda
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Berko m Akan
Means "first born" in Akan.

Bragi m Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse bragr meaning "first, foremost" or "poetry". In Norse mythology Bragi is the god of poetry and the husband of Iðunn.

Chae-Won f Korean
From Sino-Korean 采 (chae) meaning "collect, gather, pluck" or 彩 (chae) meaning "colour" combined with 原 (won) meaning "source, origin, beginning". Other hanja combinations can also form this name.

Cynwrig m Old Welsh
Derived from Old Welsh cynt meaning "first, chief" and gur meaning "man", plus the suffix ig indicating "has the quality of".

Edi 2 m Javanese
Variant of Adi 2.

Eka 1 m & f Indonesian
Means "one, first" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit एक (eka).

Ensio m Finnish
Derived from Finnish ensi meaning "first".

Hatsue f Japanese
From Japanese 初 (hatsu) meaning "first, original, beginning" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Ige f & m Yoruba
Means "born feet first" in Yoruba.

İlkay f & m Turkish
Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

İlker m Turkish
Means "first man" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and er "man, hero, brave".

İlkin m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "first" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

İlknur f Turkish
Means "first light", from Turkish ilk meaning "first" combined with Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light".

Isingoma m Ganda
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Ji-Won f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" combined with 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman" or 元 (won) meaning "first, origin". This name can also be formed from many other hanja combinations.

Ju-Won m & f Korean
From Sino-Korean 周 (ju) meaning "circumference" combined with 元 (won) meaning "first, origin" or 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

Kentigern m History (Ecclesiastical)
From a Brythonic name in which the second element is Celtic *tigernos "lord, ruler". The first element may be *kentus "first" or *kū "dog, hound" (genitive *kunos). This was the name of a 6th-century saint from the Kingdom of Strathclyde. He is the patron saint of Glasgow.

Lawal m Hausa
From Arabic أوّل (ʾawwal) meaning "first". It is sometimes added to the name of the first of multiple siblings who share the same given name.

Mosi f & m Swahili
Means "first (child)" in Swahili.

Nguyên m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 元 (nguyên) meaning "original, first".

Oghenekaro m & f Urhobo
Means "God first" in Urhobo.

Parvan m Bulgarian
From Bulgarian първи (parvi) meaning "first".

Preben m Danish, Norwegian
Modern Danish form of the name Pridbjørn, which was an old Scandinavian form of the Slavic (Wendish) name Predbor or Pridbor, which was possibly derived from Slavic perdŭ "first, in front of" and borti "to fight". It was imported into Danish via the medieval Putbus family, who were Slavic nobles from Rügen in Pomerania.

Primitivus m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "first formed". Saint Primitivus was a 3rd-century Spanish martyr.

Primo m Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Primus, which meant "first". This was the name of three early saints, each of whom was martyred.

Primula f English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the name of a genus of several species of flowers, including the primrose. It is derived from the Latin word primulus meaning "very first".

Proteus m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek πρῶτος (protos) meaning "first". In Greek mythology this was the name of a prophetic god of the sea. Shakespeare later utilized it for a character in his play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594).

Prvoslav m Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements pĭrvŭ "first" and slava "glory, fame".

Wasswa m Ganda
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Yuan m & f Chinese
From Chinese 元 (yuán) meaning "first, origin", 原 (yuán) meaning "source, origin", or 媛 (yuàn) meaning "beautiful woman" (which is usually only feminine). Other characters are also possible.

Zelophehad m Biblical
Possibly means either "first born" or "shadow from terror" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Zelophehad is a man who dies while the Israelites are wandering in the wilderness, leaving five daughters as heirs.