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Vadius m Theatre
Meaning unknown. It was used by Molière for a character in his play 'Les Femmes Savantes'.

Vagor m Arthurian Cycle
King of the Ille Estrange in the Vulgate Lancelot.

Valaris m Gothic
Valaris was a Gothic soldier who fought for the Ostrogoths against the Eastern Roman Empire in the Gothic War.

Vanadey f Sanskrit

Vandalis m Arthurian Cycle
A Saxon warrior slain by Gawain in a skirmish at Roestoc.

Vargon m Arthurian Cycle
A heathen duke who, under King Oriel, fought Kings Urien and Angusel at the battle of Coranges.

Varuch m Arthurian Cycle
A Syrian knight present at the tournament of Sorgarda, which Gawain won.

Vaspariano m Arthurian Cycle
Son of the famous knight named Guiron the Courteous. Vaspariano guarded the castle of Crudele, at which he was slain in combat by Sir Lamorat, who had to assume his post.

Vassago m Literature
Vassago is a demon described in demonological grimoires such as the Lesser Key of Solomon and the Book of the Office of Spirits. He is the third demon in the Lesser Key (including Thomas Rudd's variant) and is referred to as a prince "of a good nature" and of the "same nature as Agares"... [more]

Vayla f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements vay and la.

Vëannë f Literature
Vëannë (named Melinir by Eriol) was a child who resided at the Cottage of Lost Play in Tol Eressëa.... [more]

Venelas f Arthurian Cycle
Gawain’s lover.

Venissa f Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Venissa, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century Historia Regum Britanniae, was a daughter of the Roman Emperor Claudius, whom he gave in marriage to the British king Arvirargus once he had submitted to Rome.... [more]

Verandi f Arthurian Cycle
In Norse mythology, one of the three Fatal Sisters – the others were Urd and Schulda – who presided over the past, present, and future.... [more]

Verdoana f Arthurian Cycle
The lady of the castle Aspetta Ventura in La Tavola Ritonda. She suffered from leprosy and could only be cured by the blood of a royal virgin. In the quest to heal her, her knights bled hundreds of virgins, most of whom perished... [more]

Verineide f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Vermiglia f Arthurian Cycle
The wife of King Amoroldo of Ireland, a friend of Tristan.

Vernalisa f English (American, Rare)
Combination of Verna and Lisa, perhaps inspired by the name of Italian actress Virna Lisi (1936-2014).

Verrine f Arthurian Cycle
A high-born damsel, of Guenevere’s court was mute until the arrival of Sir Percival, when at last she spoke. Greeting him, she led him to his seat at the left of the Siege Perilous and predicted his future greatness... [more]

Versaria f Arthurian Cycle
Foster-mother of Elyabel, Tristan’s mother.

Veteris m Celtic Mythology
Veteris was a Celtic god attested from many inscriptions in Roman Britain. The dedicants were usually private individuals and were exclusively male. During the 3rd Century AD the cult was particularly popular among the ranks of the Roman army.

Viamundus m Arthurian Cycle
Gawain’s foster-father, a poor but nobly-born fisherman living near the city of Narbonne in Gaul.... [more]

Vidigoia m Gothic
Vidigoia was a Thervingian Gothic warrior. His name means either "the man from the forest zone" or "the forest-barker/wolf". Vidigoia figured during the campaigns of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great across the Danube around 330 AD... [more]

Vigletus m History (Latinized)
Latinized form of Wihtlæg.

Viriathus m Ancient (Latinized)
Viriathus was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of western Hispania (as the Romans called it) or western Iberia (as the Greeks called it), where the Roman province of Lusitania would be finally established after the conquest.

Vodinus m Arthurian Cycle
The Bishop of London who reproved King Vortigern for his marriage to the Saxon princess Rowena. Hengist, father of Rowena and leader of the Saxons, killed Vodinus for this insult.

Vortimer m Arthurian Cycle
In Nennius’s Historia Brittonum, Vortigern’s eldest son, brother of Catigern, Faustas, and Pascentius.... [more]

Vridget f Spanish (Philippines)
Variant of Bridget.

Vulganus m Arthurian Cycle
A hideous half-man, half-horse sea demon that terrorized the land of Averre. He carried a Gorgon’s head that turned people to stone.... [more]

Wadeline f African American
Wadeline Jonathas is an American track and field athlete

Walban m Arthurian Cycle
A Knight of the Round Table.

Waldin m Arthurian Cycle
A strong knight who assisted his cousin or uncle, King Angusel of Scotland, in repelling an invasion of Saxons.... [more]

Waldomer m Arthurian Cycle
The brother-in-law of the Emperor of the Alemanni. He served as a commander for King Meriadoc of Wales when Meriadoc served the Emperor.

Wellgunde f Theatre
The name is made up from the German word Welle "wave" and the name element gunda "battle".... [more]

Willeris m Arthurian Cycle
An enchanted parrot from Rigomer castle, owned by Queen Dionise. Dionise sent the bird to help Gawain find his way to the castle, which he was destined to conquer.

Wilman m American (Hispanic)

Wimund m Medieval English
Possibly a variant of Wigmund. Wimund was a bishop who became a seafaring warlord adventurer in the 1100s. His story was passed down by 12th-century English historian William of Newburgh in his Historia rerum anglicarum.

Winlogee f Arthurian Cycle
On the Modena Archivolt, the name of a lady apparently held in a tower by a lord named Mardoc and his knight, Caradoc. Arthur and his knights, including Yder and Gawain, are embroiled in an attempt to rescue her.... [more]

Woglinde f Theatre
The name is made up from the poetic German word Woge "wave" and the name element lind "linden tree, lime; soft, flexible; shield (made of lime wood)".... [more]

Wuluwaid m Indigenous Australian Mythology
A boatman who ferries the souls of the dead to Purelko, the afterlife in Australian Aboriginal mythology.

Yadathan m Mandaean Mythology
In Mandaeism, Yadathan is an uthra who stands with Adathan at the Gate of Life in the World of Light, praising and worshipping Hayyi Rabbi.

Yatha m Near Eastern Mythology
Yatha is a pre-Islamic god worshiped by the Sabaeans and Hemyarites of Yemen. Nine kings have a theophoric name prefixed by Yathaʾ.

Yaudheya m Sanskrit, Hinduism
In the Mahabharata, when Yudhishthira was married to Devika in a self-choice marriage ceremony, arranged by her father Govasena, the king of Sivi Kingdom, they had a son, Yaudheya... [more]

Yávien f Literature
A fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Yávien was the first child and only daughter of Nolondil, the youngest son of the short-reigning King Vardamir Nólimon. She was born somewhere in Númenor... [more]

Yblis f Arthurian Cycle
In an Arthurian legend in Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's late 12th-century German poem Lanzelet, the loving fairy mistress of Prince Lancelot is named Yblis an anagram for Sibil/Sybil.

Ydanis m Spanish (Caribbean)

Ydgrun f Literature
The incomprehensible goddess of the Erewhonians in Samuel Butler's "Erewhon". Her name is an anagram of Grundy (from Mrs. Grundy, a character in Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough

Ydonas m Arthurian Cycle
A proud Saxon warrior slain by Gawain at the battle of Cambenic.

Ydone f Arthurian Cycle
A lady met by Gawain in a forest pavilion.... [more]

Ydraus m Arthurian Cycle
A king of the Saxons.

Yeliza f Spanish (Latin American)

Yglais f Arthurian Cycle
Perceval’s mother in Perlesvaus.... [more]

Yolara f Literature
A beautiful and evil woman who serves the Shining One in "The Moon Pool" by Abraham Merritt.

Yolas m Arthurian Cycle
A king of the Saxons.

Yolinia f Filipino (Rare)

Youjin f Korean
Alternate transcription of Yujin.

Yrlande f Arthurian Cycle
A lady in the history of the Brown Family. She was the daughter of Brun and his wife Pamphille. Her sister was named Gialle.

Ysberin m Arthurian Cycle
A warrior in the service of King Arthur who was the son of King Fflergant of Armorica. He is thought by many scholars to be equal to Duke Alan Fyrgan (1084-1112)... [more]

Ysores m Arthurian Cycle
A Saxon warrior.

Yudeli f Spanish (Latin American)

Yudelia f Spanish (Latin American)

Yudelin f Spanish (Latin American)

Yudelina f Spanish (Latin American)

Yudelis f Spanish (Latin American)

Ywerit f & m Old Celtic, Welsh Mythology
Possibly means either "Ireland" or "the Atlantic Ocean" (which lies in the direction of Ireland from Wales), both meanings derived from Proto-Celtic *ɸīweriyū meaning "earth, soil". This was the name of a parent of Brân in Welsh mythology, either being a variant name of Llŷr (which means "the sea") or the name of his wife.

Zacqueline f African American (Rare)

Zaleucus m Ancient Greek
Means "very white", derived from Greek ζά (za) meaning "very" and (leukos) meaning "white, bright", possibly an older Aeolian form of Seleukos... [more]

Zaradech m Arthurian Cycle
An Asian lord in "Wigalois" by Wirnt von Grafenberg, early 13th century. His sister Japhite died from heartbreak when Wigalois, Gawaine’s son, killed King Roaz of Glois, Japhite’s husband. Zaradech and Panschavar came to Glois to retrieve Japhite’s body... [more]

Zazel m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
The darker spirit (demon) of Saturn, mentioned as a spirit in such works as the Key of Solomon.

Zebuleon m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Zebuleon is an angel mentioned in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra whose name was revealed to Esdras as one of the nine angels who will govern "at the end of the world".

Zenolia f African American

Zuheilyn f Central American (Rare)
Probably an invented name, perhaps an elaboration of Suhaila or Sujey using the English name suffix lyn... [more]

Zulora f Literature
A character in "Erewhon" by Samuel Butler.

Zyrolan m Arthurian Cycle
A king once defeated in combat by Perceval in "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1200–1210.