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Liduina f Spanish (Rare), Italian, Corsican, Dutch (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Spanish, Italian and Corsican form and Dutch variant of Lidwina.

Lillita f English
Possibly an elaboration of Lillie. This was the real name of Lita Grey.

Lillo m Sicilian
Masculine form of Lilla.... [more]

Loukia f Ancient Roman (Hellenized), Greek
Hellenized form of Lucia.

Luci f Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish diminutive of Lucía and Portuguese diminutive of Lúcia.

Lucijana f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of Luciana.

Lucylla f Polish
Polish form of Lucilla.

Ludgarda f Polish
Polish form of Luitgard.

Luretta f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Loretta.

Mahyar m Persian
Means "friend of the moon" from Persian ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and یار (yâr) meaning "friend, companion".

Makary m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Macarius.

Marziale m Italian (Rare), Corsican (Rare)
Italian and Corsican form of Martial.

Massenzia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Maxentia.

Materna f Ancient Roman, Polish, Medieval Baltic
Feminine form of Maternus.

Maur m Polish, French, Provençal, Estonian (Rare)
French, Provençal and Polish form of Maurus and Estonian short form of Maurits and Mauri.

Mauricia f Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician feminine form of Mauricio.

Maury m English
Diminutive of Maurice. This is the name of talk show host Maury Povich.

Maxentia f Ancient Roman, German (Swiss, Archaic)
Feminine form of Maxentius.

Melchora f Spanish, Filipino, Galician
Feminine form of Melchor.

Melkor m Literature
Means "he who rises in might" in Quenya. In 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954) by J. R. R. Tolkien, this was an earlier name of Morgoth; his original name in Valarin was not recorded.

Mercuria f History (Ecclesiastical)
Feminine form of Mercurius. This was the name of a 3rd-century Christian martyr who was beheaded in Alexandria, along with two women named Ammonaria and another named Dionysia.

Meymune f Turkish (Rare)
Turkish form of Maimuna.

Moesha f Popular Culture, African American (Modern), Jamaican Patois, Antillean Creole, South African
Invented name. It was used for the title character of the American television show Moesha (1996-2001), played by singer Brandy.

Muzia f Italian
Feminine form of Muzio.

Muzio m Italian
Derived from Latin mutus "silent, mute". A famous bearer was the composer Muzio Clementi.

Nacha f Spanish
Diminutive of Ignacia.

Nagako f Japanese
From Japanese 良 (naga) meaning "good" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations. This name was borne by Japanese empress Nagako, the wife of Emperor Hirohito.

Nannerl f German (Austrian)
Diminutive of Anna, usually not used as a given name in its own right.... [more]

Nariman m Persian Mythology, Persian, Georgian (Rare), Kazakh, Kumyk, Lezgin, Tatar
From the Avestan name Nairemanah which meant "manly mind" or "heroic minded", derived Avestan from nairiia meaning "heroic, manly" and manah meaning "mind, thought".... [more]

Natalis m Ancient Roman, Polish
Means "birth" in Latin. It's also the Polish masculine form of Natalia.

Natascia f Italian
Italian form of Natasha.

Nativité f French (African, Rare)
Means "nativity" in French. It is mostly used in French-speaking countries in Africa and apparently predominantly so in Cote d'Ivoire.

Nazaria f Spanish
Feminine form of Nazarius.

Nepomucena f Spanish (Archaic), Polish, Portuguese (Archaic), German (Silesian)
Feminine form of Nepomuceno and Nepomuk.

Netice f Turkish

Niceto m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Niketas. This name was borne by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, president of Spain from 1931 to 1936.

Nienor f Literature
Means "mourning" in Sindarin. This was the name of the sister and wife of Túrin in 'The Silmarillion'.

Nilla f Italian (Rare), Swedish, Norwegian (Archaic), Hungarian
Truncated form of names ending in -nilla.... [more]

Nimfa f Spanish, Polish
Spanish and Polish form of Nympha.

Níniel f Literature
Means "maiden of tears", composed of Sindarin nîn "tear" and the suffix -iel "daughter, maiden". In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, this was a byname (or epessë) of Niënor given by her brother Túrin in Brethil.

Nurbanu f Turkish
Combination of Arabic nur meaning "light" and Persian banu meaning "lady". See also Nur and Banu.

Nurdzhamal f Tatar
Tatar name of Arabic origin meaning "light of beauty".

Obedience f English (Puritan), Romani (Archaic)
From the English word obedience, the act of obeying.

Octaviana f Ancient Roman, Romanian, Provençal
Anciant Roman feminine form of Octavianus and Romanian and Provençal feminine form of Octavian.

Oktavia f Indonesian, German (Rare)
Indonesian and German form of Octavia.

Onorata f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Honorata.

Onorato m Italian, Medieval Spanish
Italian and medieval Spanish form of Honoratus.

Onufry m Polish, Russian
Polish form of Onouphrios via Onuphrius, as well as a Russian variant transcription of Onufriy... [more]

Orazia f Sicilian (Rare)
Italian form of Horatia.

Orsolo m Italian
Italian masculine form of Ursula.

Ortensio m Italian
Italian masculine form of Hortense.

Oruç m Turkish
Means "fast" in Turkish. A famous bearer of this name is Oruç Reis (c. 1474–1518), a Barbary pirate.

Osvalda f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of Oswalda.

Oswalda f German (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Oswald.

Ottaviana f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Octaviana.

Oya f Turkish
Means "lace" in Turkish.

Pace f & m Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare)
Derived from Italian pace "peace", ultimately from Latin Pax.

Palmyre f French, Norman
French form of Palmira. This also coincides with the French name of the ancient oasis city of Syria, known in English as Palmyra.

Pancrazia f Italian, Corsican
Italian feminine form of Pancratius and Corsican feminine form of Pancraziu.

Panfila f Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Panfilo.

Pankracy m Polish
Polish form of Pancratius.

Papatya f Turkish
Directly taken from Turkish papatya "daisy".

Pascasia f Late Roman, Dutch (Rare), Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Paschasia.

Pascasio m Italian (Archaic), Galician (Rare), Spanish
Italian, Galician and Spanish form of Pascasius, which is a variant of Paschasius.

Paulin f German (Modern)
German variant of Pauline, intended to reflect a bona fide French pronunciation.

Pecolia f American (South, Rare)

Pélagie f French (Rare), Louisiana Creole, French (African), History (Ecclesiastical)
French form of Pelagia.

Pelagio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Pelagios via Pelagius.

Pericle m Italian
Italian form of Pericles.

Persida f Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Slovene
Serbian, Croatian, and Romanian form of Persis. This was the name of the wife of Alexander Karadordevic, Prince of Serbia and ancestor to the monarchs of Yugoslavia.

Pervane f Azerbaijani
Variant of Pərvanə.

Petronio m Italian, Galician, Venetian
Italian, Venetian and Galician form of Petronius.

Petroniusz m Polish (Rare), Kashubian
Polish and Kashubian form of Petronius.

Pharazôn m Literature
Derived from the Adûnaic word pharaz, meaning "gold". In The Silmarillion, Ar-Pharazôn (King Pharazôn) was the name of the last king of Númenor and the husband and usurper of Miriel... [more]

Pompea f Italian
Italian form of Pompeia.

Pompilia f Ancient Roman, Italian, Romanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Pompilius.

Pompilio m Italian
Italian form of Pompilius.

Porfiria f Italian (Archaic), Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Galician, Dutch (Antillean, Archaic), Portuguese (Indian, Archaic)
Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Porphyria (see Porfirio) as well as a variant of Porfíria used in former Portuguese India.

Porzia f Italian
Italian form of Portia.

Praxedes f & m History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (Philippines), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), English (African, Rare)
Derived from Greek πρᾶξῐς (praxis), meaning "action, work, success". This was the name of a 2nd-century saint.

Preet m & f Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
Probably a variant of Priti or a short form of names ending in -preet such as Manpreet or those beginning with preet- such as Preetinder.

Preziosa f Italian, Judeo-Spanish
Italian form of Precious, possibly via the Medieval Spanish name Preciosa.

Prima f Late Roman, Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Primus (see Primo).

Prospera f Late Roman, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of Prosperus.

Providence f English (Puritan), English (African), Romani (Archaic)
Derived from the English word denoting "a manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention".

Providencia f Spanish
Spanish form of Providence.

Provvidenza f Italian
Italian cognate of Providence.

Prudenciana f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Elaboration of Prudencia.

Prudenciano m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Elaboration of Prudencio.

Pulcheria f Late Greek, History (Ecclesiastical), German (Bessarabian)
Derived from Latin pulcher meaning "beautiful, noble". This name was borne by Saint Pulcheria, elder sister of the Byzantine emperor Theodosius II. It was also the name of a character in 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Pulchérie f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Pulcheria.

Pulkheriya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Pulcheria.

Pulqueria f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Pulcheria.

Queturà f Biblical Catalan
Catalan form of Keturah.

Quieta f Ancient Roman, Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), English (Rare), German (Swiss, Rare), Caribbean (Rare)
Derived from Latin quietus, -a, -um "quiet". This was the name of a saint.

Quintilia f Ancient Roman, Dutch (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Feminine form of Quintilius.

Quintiliana f Ancient Roman, Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Feminine form of Quintilianus (see Quintilian).

Rachela f Italian (Rare), Polish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Italian variant of Rachele, Polish form of Rachel as well as a Latinate form of Rachel.

Rajmunda f Polish (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Hungarian
Feminine form of Rajmund.

Ramire m History (Gallicized)
French form of Ramiro.

Rebbie f English
Can be a nickname for Rebecca, but in the case of singer Rebbie Jackson, it is derived from her name Maureen Reilette.

Rigoberta f Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Rigoberto. A famous bearer is the Guatemalan human rights activist Rigoberta Menchú (1959-).

Rigoberto m Spanish
Spanish form of Rigobert.

Rocca f Sicilian
Feminine form of Rocco.

Rodriga f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Roderick.

Rolanda f English, Slovene, Albanian
Feminine form of Roland.

Romula f Ancient Roman, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, German (Bessarabian)
Feminine form of Romulus.

Rosalbina f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Diminutive of Rosalba.

Rosemond f English
Variant of Rosamund.

Rozyna f Polish
Polish form of Rosina.

Rudolfina f Polish, Slovene, Hungarian
Feminine form of Rudolf.

Rufin m Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare), French, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Provençal
Bulgarian, Croatian, French, Provençal, Polish, Russian and Serbian form of Rufinus.

Safran f Turkish
Means "saffron" in Turkish.

Salme f Arabic
Variant of Salma. Sayyida Salme was a princess of Zanzibar and a writer. She changed her name to Emily Ruete after converting to Christianity and moving to Europe.

Scholastyka f Polish
Polish form of Scholastica.

Scolastica f History (Ecclesiastical), Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Italian and Romanian form of Scholastica.

Scribonia f Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Scribonius. Scribonia was the name of the second wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and the mother of his daughter Julia.

Seconda f Italian
Italian form of Secunda.

Septimia f Romanian (Rare), English
Variant of Septima.

Septimio m Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Septimius.

Settimia f Italian
Italian form of Septimia.

Severa f Ancient Roman, Late Greek, Italian, Russian (Rare), Spanish, Portuguese, Sardinian, Galician
Feminine form of Severus. This name was borne by Aquilia Severa, the second and fourth wife of the Roman emperor Elagabalus (3rd century AD).

Sewera f Polish
Polish form of Severa.

Sibila f Spanish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Gascon, Occitan, Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Slovene, Romansh
Cognate of Sibylla.

Sichelgaita f Lombardic
Possibly derived from Old High German sigu "victory" and Langobardic gaida "sharp point (of a spear)". This was the name of a medieval duchess of Apulia (now part of Italy) and warrior.

Simplicia f Late Roman, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Simplicius.

Simplicio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Simplicius.

Simplicius m Late Roman
Derived from Latin simplicius, which is the comparative form of simpliciter meaning "simply, plainly". It is ultimately derived from Latin simplex "simple, plain". This name was borne by a Christian martyr from the 2nd century AD, as well as by a Roman Catholic Pope from the 5th century AD.

Sisi f Upper German, German (Austrian)
Upper German diminutive of Elisabeth. This was the nickname of Elisabeth of Bavaria, empress of Austria.

Sistine f English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the Sistine Chapel, which is derived from Sisto and named for Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built. This is borne by Sistine Stallone (1998-), a daughter of the actor Sylvester Stallone.

Smeralda f Italian (Rare), Medieval Italian, Albanian
Derived from Albanian smerald and Italian smeraldo "emerald", making it a cognate of Esmeralda. This name was borne by the mother of Botticelli.

Sobeida f Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Zubaida.

Sofonisba f Italian
Italian form of Sophonisba. This name was borne by painter Sofonisba Anguissola.

Sofronia f Spanish, Italian, Polish
Spanish, Italian, and Polish form of Sophronia.

Sofroniusz m Polish
Polish form of Sophronius.

Sotero m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Soter.

Stamatina f Greek
Diminutive of Stamatia.

Sümeyya f Turkish
Turkish form of Sumayya.

Sylwan m Polish
Polish form of Silvanus.

Sylwana f Polish
Polish form of Silvana.

Sylwiusz m Polish
Polish form of Silvius.

Tane f Japanese
Means "seed" in Japanese.

Tash m Literature
Possibly from the Turkic word for stone, tash. This was the name of a demon in The Chronicles of Narnia. He is the chief god of the Calormenes.

Teobald m Polish, Croatian (Rare), Gascon
Polish, Croatian and Gascon form of Theobald.

Teodosia f Spanish, Galician (Rare), Italian, Romansh, Romanian
Spanish, Galician, Romansh, Romanian and Italian form of Theodosia.

Teofania f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish form of Theophania.

Tequila f English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word tequila for the alcoholic drink. It is ultimately from Spanish, the name of a town in Mexico where the drink was made.

Thècle f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Thecla.

Théodosie f French (Rare), French (African), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Theodosia.

Théodwyn f Literature
Means "joy of the people" in Old English, a combination of the elements thiod meaning "people" and wynn meaning "joy" (compare Éowyn)... [more]

Tiberia f Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Medieval Italian, Romanian
Feminine form of Tiberius.

Timer m Tatar
Tatar form of Timur.

Tita f Ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Galician
Feminine form of Titus.

Tommasina f Italian
Italian form of Thomasina.

Toribia f Spanish
Feminine form of Toribio.

Track m English (Rare)
From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac, from a Germanic source akin to Old Norse traðk (“a track; path; trodden spot”).

Tranquilla f Italian (Rare, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Feminine form of Tranquillo.

Tranquillo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tranquillus.

Trifena f Russian (Rare), Italian
Russian and Italian form of Tryphena.

Tryphose f Biblical French
French form of Tryphosa.

Tullie f French (Rare)
French form of Tullia.

Tuna m & f Turkish
Turkish name for the Danube River.

Turhan m & f Turkish, Albanian
Turkish masculine name; meaning unknown. It is also occasionally used as a feminine name, as was the case of Turhan Hatice, wife of Sultan Ibrahim I of the Ottoman Empire.

Ubalda f Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ubaldo.

Ubaldo m Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Galician, Portuguese and Italian form of Hugbald.

Ugolina f Italian
Feminine form of Ugolino.

Ulrico m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician
Spanish, Portuguese, Galician and Italian form of Ulrich.

Ulryk m Polish
Polish form of Ulrich.

Ulryka f Polish
Feminine form of Ulryk.

Ultima f Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Ultimo.

Ultimo m Italian (Rare)
Means "last" in Italian.

Umbelina f Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese and Italian form of Ombeline.

Uria m Dutch (Rare), Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
Dutch, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish form of 'Uriyah (see Uriah) via its latinized form Urias.

Úrsulo m Spanish
Spanish masculine form of Ursula.

Vânia f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Vanja.

Vefa m Turkish
Means "loyalty" in Turkish.

Venancia f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Venantia.

Venanzia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Venantia.

Veneranda f Latvian, Italian, Spanish (Philippines), Galician, English (African), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Albanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Venerando. It belonged to a semi-legendary saint of the early Christian era, also known as Venera... [more]

Venerando m Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician form of Venerandus.

Venturino m Italian
Italian name derived from the name Bonaventura. This name was borne by Italian preacher Venturino of Bergamo.

Verda f Turkish
Turkish form of Warda.

Veruca f Literature, Popular Culture
Created by Roald Dahl for a character in his book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, published in 1964. He based the name on the Italian and Latin word verruca, meaning "wart", used in English to refer to the plantar wart.

Victorian m History (Ecclesiastical), Provençal
English and Provençal form of Victorianus. This name was borne by two obscure saints, from the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

Vitaline f French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
French form of Vitalina.

Vittoriana f Italian
Italian form of Victoriana.

Waleriana f Polish
Polish form of Valeriana.

Wiktoryn m Polish
Polish form of Victorinus.

Wiktoryna f Polish
Polish form of Victorina.

Winnefred f English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Winifred.

Wirginia f Polish
Polish form of Virginia.

Witalis m Polish
Polish form of Vitalis.

Xandir m Popular Culture, American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xander. This is the name of one of the housemates on the cartoon Drawn Together.

Xavière f French
French feminine form of Xavier.

Xenara f Galician (Rare)
Galician form of Genara.

Xenu m Mythology
Possibly based on Greek ξενος (xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest, stranger". This is the name of an alien that appears in Scientology.

Xhemil m Albanian
Albamian form of Jamil.

Xuxa f Portuguese (Brazilian), Popular Culture
Meaning unknown. The stage name of famous Brazilian singer Xuxa.

Yakut f Turkish
Means "ruby" in Turkish.

Yosun f Turkish
Means "moss" in Turkish.

Yücel m & f Turkish
Means "sublime" in Turkish.

Yulka f Russian
Russian diminutive of Yulia.

Yuridia f Spanish (Mexican)
Meaning unknown. This is borne by Mexican singer Yuridia Gaxiola (1986-).

Zeferina f Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Zephyrine.

Zefira f Italian (Rare)
Variant of Zeffira.

Zefirina f Italian (Rare), Gascon, Provençal
Italian, Gascon and Provençal form of Zéphyrine.

Zefiro m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Zephyr.

Zefiryna f Polish
Feminine form of Zefiryn.

Zejneba f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zaynab.

Zelmire f Louisiana Creole (Rare, Archaic)
French form of Zelmira.

Zenaide f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian form of Zenaida.

Zénobe m French (Archaic)
French form of Zenobios.

Zénobie f French (Archaic)
French form of Zenobia.

Zenobio m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian masculine form of Zenobia.

Zenobiusz m Polish, Kashubian
Polish and Kashubian form of Zenobios.

Zenona f Polish, Kashubian, Latvian, Spanish (Rare, ?)
Feminine form of Zenon.

Zühre f Turkish
Turkish form of Zuhra 2.