Names Categorized "top 10 in Latvia"

Aivars m Latvian
Latvian form of Ivar. The Latvian author Vilis Lācis used it for a character in his novel Uz Jauno Krastu (1952).

Alberts m Latvian
Latvian form of Albert.

Aleksandrs m Latvian
Latvian form of Alexander.

Alise 1 f Latvian
Latvian form of Alice.

Anastasija f Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian
Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian and Serbian form of Anastasia.

Andris m Latvian, Hungarian
Latvian form and Hungarian diminutive of Andrew.

Anita 1 f Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Latvian, Hungarian
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of Ana.

Anna f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Armenian, Icelandic, Faroese, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Form of Hannah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary.... [more]

Artjoms m Latvian
Latvian form of Artyom.

Artūrs m Latvian
Latvian form of Arthur.

Daniels m Latvian
Latvian form of Daniel.

Edgars m Latvian
Latvian form of Edgar.

Elizabete f Latvian, Portuguese
Latvian form of Elizabeth, as well as a Portuguese variant of Elisabete.

Emīlija f Latvian
Latvian feminine form of Aemilius (see Emily).

Emīls m Latvian
Latvian form of Aemilius (see Emil).

Gustavs m Latvian
Latvian form of Gustav.

Inese f Latvian
Latvian form of Inés.

Inga f Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Polish, Russian, Old Norse, Germanic
Strictly feminine form of Inge.

Irēna f Latvian
Latvian form of Irene.

Iveta f Czech, Slovak, Latvian
Czech, Slovak and Latvian form of Yvette.

Jānis m Latvian
Latvian form of John.

Juris m Latvian
Latvian form of George.

Kristers m Latvian
Latvian form of Christer.

Kristīne f Latvian
Latvian form of Christine.

Līga f Latvian
From the Latvian holiday Līgo, celebrated at the summer solstice.

Ludmila f Czech, Latvian, Russian
Means "favour of the people" from the Slavic elements ľudŭ "people" and milŭ "gracious, dear". Saint Ludmila was a 10th-century duchess of Bohemia, the grandmother of Saint Václav. She was murdered on the orders of her daughter-in-law Drahomíra.... [more]

Marija f Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese
Form of Maria in several languages.

Māris m Latvian
Latvian form of Mauritius (see Maurice).

Markuss m Latvian
Latvian form of Marcus (see Mark).

Marta f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic, Latvian, Estonian, Georgian
Form of Martha used in various languages.

Mārtiņš m Latvian
Latvian form of Martinus (see Martin).

Nikolajs m Latvian
Latvian form of Nicholas.

Paula f German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Croatian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see Paul). This was the name of a 4th-century Roman saint who was a companion of Saint Jerome.

Pēteris m Latvian
Latvian form of Peter.

Roberts m Latvian
Latvian form of Robert.

Sofija f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Latvian, Lithuanian
Form of Sophia in several languages.

Valdis m Latvian
Short form of Voldemārs and other Latvian names containing the Baltic/Germanic element vald "rule".

Valentīna f Latvian
Latvian feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1).

Valentina f Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1). A famous bearer is the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.

Viktorija f Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Form of Victoria in several languages.

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