AlawfWelsh Derived from Welsh alaw "melody, tune; lily, water lily".
AlawnmWelsh Derived from Welsh alaw meaning "melody, harmony" (see Alaw). This was the name of an early bard, said to be one of the three founders of druidism.
AriodantemCarolingian Cycle, Literature, Theatre, Italian (Rare) This is the name of an Italian knight from canto V of the 16th-century epic poem Orlando furioso written by the Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533). Two centuries later, the character became the subject of George Frideric Handel's opera seria Ariodante (1735).... [more]
AttenyafGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Means "here is the melody" in Guanche (compare Atteneri). This name was borne by a 12-year-old Guanche girl sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1495.
Awazm & fKurdish Means "music, melody" in Kurdish.
Egshigf & mMongolian Means "melody, musical sound; vowel" in Mongolian.
EgshiglenfMongolian Means "beautiful melody, crisp sound" in Mongolian, derived from эгшиг (egshig) meaning "melody, musical sound, vowel".
HañaguafSpanish (Canarian, Rare) From Guanche ⴰⵐⴰⵓⴰ (añawa), derived (through palatalisation) from aniawa, from *ha-nya-wa "this one is melody". This was the name of the wife of Bencomo, a 15th-century mencey (aboriginal Guanche leader) of the kingdom of Taoro on the island of Tenerife... [more]
HavogulfUzbek Derived from havo which can mean "sky", "weather" or "melody" and gul meaning "rose, flower".
HavojonfUzbek Derived from havo which can mean "sky", "weather" or "melody" and jon meaning "spirit, soul".
KanishkamTocharian Of uncertain etymology. Possible name elements include the Tocharian elements kän ("to fulfill, to come to pass") and kene ("melody, tune"), and the Indo-Iranian element *kanH ("to love, to take pleasure in, to dig")... [more]
MinonafLiterature, Theatre, German (Rare, Archaic) Coined by Scottish poet James Macpherson for his 18th-century Ossian poems where the name is borne by Minona, a singer who sings before the king the song of the unfortunate Colma. Macpherson names the alleged Scottish Gaelic words Min-ónn "gentle air" as an etymological explanation of the name (compare Scottish Gaelic mìn "gentle; soft (of a sound)" and fonn "tune, melody").... [more]
Setsum & fJapanese From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody", though it is often written せつ using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from せ (se) meaning "world" combined with 津 (tsu), a place name, such as Tsu city in Mie prefecture... [more]
SetsukafJapanese From Japanese 節 (setsu) meaning "section, period, verse, melody" and 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase". Other kanji combinations can be used.
ShabahangfPersian Means "nightingale", or literally "night melody", in Persian, this is also the Persian name for the brightest star in the southern constellation, known as Canopus in English, or alternatively the name of the star Sirius.
Shirabef & mJapanese (Rare) From 調べ (shirabe) meaning "investigation, inspection; tune, note, melody."... [more]
Tiếtm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 節 (tiết) meaning "section, period, verse, melody".
UtanamOld Persian Possibly derived from Old Persian 𐎢- (u-) meaning "good" and tāna meaning "tone, melody". It has been suggested that the second element may be tana "offspring", but this apparently doesn’t account for the long vowel.
WajiafPashto, Urdu Possibly means "melody" in Pashto or derived from Arabic وَجِيه (wajīh) meaning "eminent, distinguished".
XushnavofUzbek Derived from Uzbek xush meaning "good" and navo meaning "melody" or xushnavo meaning "having a pleasant voice".
YangdonfTibetan, Bhutanese From Tibetan དབྱངས་སྒྲོན (dbyangs-sgron) meaning "kindler of song", derived from དབྱངས (dbyangs) meaning "song, melody, voice" and སྒྲོན (sgron) meaning "to light, to kindle".
YangkyifTibetan From Tibetan དབྱངས་སྐྱིད (dbyangs-skyid) meaning "pleasant melody", derived from དབྱངས (dbyangs) meaning "melody, voice, tone" and སྐྱིད (skyid) meaning "pleased, delighted".
YangtsofTibetan From Tibetan དབྱངས་མཚོ (dbyangs-mtsho) meaning "song of the ocean", derived from དབྱངས (dbyangs) meaning "song, melody, voice" and མཚོ (mtso) meaning "lake, ocean".
YangzomfTibetan, Bhutanese From Tibetan དབྱངས་འཛོམས (dbyangs-dzoms) meaning "endowed with melody", derived from དབྱངས (dbyangs) meaning "melody, voice, tone, vowel" and འཛོམས (dzoms) meaning "abundant, plentiful".
Zhijiem & fChinese From Chinese 志 (zhì) meaning "will, purpose, ambition", 之 (zhī), a possessive marker, 芝 (zhī) meaning "sesame", 智 (zhì) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 知 (zhī) meaning "know, perceive, comprehend" combined with 杰 (jié) meaning "heroic, outstanding", 洁 (jié) meaning "clean, pure" or 節 (jié) meaning "section, period, verse, melody"... [more]
ZimranmBiblical Hebrew, Hebrew Meaning uncertain. Some sources say that the name means "musical" or "musician" and is ultimately derived from Hebrew zimrah meaning "melody, song (in praise of God)". If this is true, then the name is etymologically related to Zimri... [more]