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Nansi f & m Various (Rare)
Modern Hebrew and Arabic form of Nancy. ... [more]

Nara f Japanese (Rare)
This name can be used as 楢, 奈良, 那良 or 名良 with 楢 (shuu, yuu, nara) meaning "oak", 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "Nara, what?", 那 (na, da, nani, nanzo, ikan) meaning "what?", 名 (myou, mei, na, -na) meaning "distinguished, name, noted, reputation" and 良 (ryou, i.i, -i.i, yo.i, -yo.i, ra) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled."... [more]

Nareh f Armenian
Alternate transcription of Nare.

Narineh f Armenian
Alternate transcription of Narine.

Nasha f Hebrew, Russian

Nasha f Urdu

Nastassya f Belarusian
Belarusian form of Anastasiya.

Nataaha f Yakut
Yakut form of Natasha.

Nataliia f Russian, Ukrainian
Variant transliteration of Наталия (Russian) or Наталія (Ukrainian) (see Nataliya).

Natallya f Belarusian
Belarusian form of Natalya.

Natka f Polish, Kashubian, Slovene, Russian, Ukrainian
Polish diminutive of Natalia, Kashubian diminutive of Nataliô, Slovene diminutive of Nataša, and Russian and Ukrainian diminutive of Nataliya or Natalya.

Nemiza f Slavic Mythology
Nemiza is the Slavic god of the wind.

Nexhmije f Albanian
Feminine form of Nexhmi.

Nezhka f Medieval Russian
Derived form the Russian нежная (nezhnaya) meaning "tender". Found in the Novgorod Birch-Bark Letters.

Niyozqul m Uzbek

Norzita f Malay
From the name element nūr "light" and an unknown name element.

Nurshat f & m Kazakh, Bashkir, Tatar
From the name elements nūr "light" and shād "happy, glad".

Nurzita f Malay (Rare), Central Asian (Rare)
Malay variant and Central Asian form of Norzita.

Nyurochka f Russian
Diminutive of Anastasiya or Anna.

Odesa f Various
Variant of Odessa. This is the Ukrainian spelling of the name of the city.

Odynets m Medieval Ukrainian
From Ukrainian один (odyn), meaning "one". Denoted to the eldest child in a family.

Oleksa m & f Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian variant of Oleksiy, more common in the past (but still in use today). It is usually masculine, but occasionally in the modern day, it is a feminine name.

Ołeksandr m Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Oleksandr.

Oleksasha m & f Ukrainian, Russian (Rare)
Ukrainian form and Russian variant of Aleksasha.

Olenka f Ukrainian
Diminutive of Olena.

Oliviia f Ukrainian, Russian
Variant transliteration of Оливия (Russian) or Олівія (Ukrainian) (see Oliviya).

Omelyan m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Emilian.

Onysiya f Ukrainian
Variant of Anisiya.

Özdemir m Turkish
Probably means "pure iron" and is related to Demir. It's also a surname and a village in Turkey.

Paghul m Yukaghir

Pajza f Rusyn
Alternate transcription of Payza.

Panko m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Panteleimon.

Pashka m Russian
Variant of Pasha.

Paŭlina f Belarusian
A Belarusian form of Paulina and variant of Palina.

Payza f Rusyn
Rusyn diminutive of Pelagiya (Пелаґія) or Paraskeva (Параскева).

Perîgul f Kurdish
From the Kurdish words perî, meaning "fairy" and gul meaning "flower".

Petrunko m Bulgarian
Diminutive of Petar.

Phaw f Karen
Alternate transcription of S'gaw Karen ဖီ (see Paw 3).

Prerna f Hindi, Sanskrit
A Hindi/Sanskrit name derived from the word "Prernah". Meaning inspiration. Very popular name in Nepal.

Prove m Slavic Mythology, Baltic Mythology
Prove is a god in the old Slavic religion. He is a fertility god and has relations with Perun.

Purple ? Obscure
From the English word for the color purple.

Pushkin m Indian (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Pushkin. A famous bearer of this surname was the Russian poet and playwright Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837)... [more]

Radvány m Medieval Hungarian
Medieval Hungarian form of Radován.

Railya f Tatar, Bashkir

Raina f Ukrainian (Archaic), Moldovan (Archaic)
Old Ukrainian and Moldovan form of Regina.

Raina m & f Urdu, Arabic (Rare)
Means beautiful, princess-like in Urdu, In Arabic this is an other version of Rayna.

Ralina f Tatar, Bashkir, Indonesian (?)

Rasimya f Tatar (Rare)

Rauza f Kazakh, Tatar
Kazakh and Tatar form of Rawda.

Raychka f Russian
Diminutive of Raisa 1.

Rema f Soviet, Russian
Feminine form of Rem 4.

Renata f Russian, Soviet
Feminine form of Renat.

Reva f Russian (Rare), Soviet (Rare)
Diminutive of Revolyutsiya, or also a standalone name derived from Russian революция (revolyutsiya), meaning "revolution".

Revo m & f Soviet
Unisex variant of Reva 2.

Rieke f German, Dutch
Diminutive of feminine names that contain the sound "ree" (such as Henrike or Marieke). It is also a diminutive of Rie in Dutch.

Rogheyeh f Iranian

Roki m Serbian (Rare)
Diminutive of Rodoljub used by Bosnian Serb singer Roki Vulović.

Rossiya f Russian (Rare)
Means "Russia" in Russian. Used by patriotic parents.

Ruiza f Kazakh, Uzbek

Runi f Indian

Ruxshona f Uzbek
Probably a form of Roxana. Compare Urdu Rukhsana or Old Persian Rauxshna.

Ruzal m Tatar
Masculine form of Ruzaliya.

Ruzaliya f Central Asian
Probably related to Rozaliya.

Ruzhena f Ukrainian (Rare)
Cognate of Ružena.

Šájinka f Czech
Diminutive of Šarlota.

Saniyat f Lak, Rutul
Lak and Rutul form of Saniya 2.

Sanyok m Russian
Diminutive of Aleksandr.

Schönwip f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Recorded in 13th-century Germany, it is possibly composed of the elements schön meaning "beautiful" and Wipfel meaning "peak, top, head, treetop", the meaning might imply the peak of beauty, or a beautiful face or head.

Sekleta f Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Syncletica. Sekleta Lymerykha is a character in comedy film "Chasing Two Hares" based on a play by Mykhailo Starytsky.

Selvedin m Bosnian

Seman m Rusyn
Rusyn form of Simon 1.

Serhiyko m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Serhiy.

Sevilya f Crimean Tatar
Possibly from Crimean Tatar севил (sevil) meaning "be loved" or from the name for the city of Seville.

Sherian f African American
Likely an elaboration of Sheri.

Sherrian f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Sherian.

Shital f & m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Indian
Alternate transcription of Sheetal.

Silyan m Macedonian
Silyan was a character in the Macedonian folk tale "Silyan the Stork".

Simya f & m Muslim, Hebrew
Means "precious thing, limit".

Sirgiy m Ukrainian, Russian
Russian transcription of Syrhiy or Sirhiy.

Sirhiy m Ukrainian (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Variant of Syrhiy.

Sof'ya f Belarusian
Belarusian form of Sofya.

Solace f & m English (American, Rare), English (African, Rare)
From the English word, solace.

Sol-ju f Korean
Ri Sol-ju is the first lady of North Korea.

Souyoung f Korean
Souyoung Park is a Korean author.

Stańczyk m Polish, History
Diminutive form of Stanisław. Stańczyk was the most famous Polish court jester. He was employed by three Polish kings: Alexander, Sigismund the Old, and Sigismund Augustus... [more]

Stefaniia f Ukrainian
Variant transliteration of Стефанія (see Stefaniya).

Stepanida f Russian
Feminine form of Stepan.

Stepanyda f Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Stepanida.

Stetsko m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Stepan.

Stricha f Slavic Mythology
Stricha (or Dolya) is the ancient Ukrainian pagan goddess of good fate, an incarnation of Rozhanytsa... [more]

Stsiapan m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Stepan.

Svet f Russian (Anglicized, Rare)
Diminutive of Svetlana that people in the English-speaking world sometimes use. It also means "light" in Russian.

Swaróg m Slavic Mythology
Polish spelling of Svarog.

Syrhiy m Ukrainian, Russian
Variant of Serhiy used mostly by Surzhyk speakers. See Sirgiy for the Russian transcription.

Szaweł m Polish (Archaic), Biblical Polish
Polish form of Saul.

Tallinn m & f Obscure
From the city in Estonia.

Tatiyana f Uzbek
Variant of Tatyana.

Tatjána f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Tatiana.

Tatyjana f Russian (Magyarized)
Magyarised form of Tatyana. This is used exclusively as a spelling from Russian, and is not the form Hungarians use. For the Hungarian form of Tatyana, see Tatjána.

Tayisa f Ukrainian
Ukrainian alternate transcription of Taisa.

Thuvaraka f Indian, Tamil

Tikhan m Russian (Rare)
Variant of Tikhon.

Tjaš m Slovene
Masculine form of Tjaša or a variant spelling of Tjaž.

Topal m Ottoman Turkish
Topal is a Turkish word meaning "lame".

Tretyak m Medieval Ukrainian
Means "third (person)" in Ukrainian. Denoted to the third child in a family.

Trifko m South Slavic
Short form of Trifun.

Trvanda m Armenian (Rare)

Tsikhan m Belarusian (Rare), Russian (Belarusianized)
Belarusian form of Tikhon.

Türker m Turkish (Modern, Rare)
Means "a valiant, brave Turk".

Tuyaaryma Kuo f Yakut
Combination of the Yakut name Tuyaaryma and the Yakut word куо (kuo) meaning "beautiful".

Tykhomyr m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Tikhomir.

Uladzimier m Belarusian (Rare)
Variant of Uladzimir.

Uładzisłaŭ m Belarusian
Łacinka spelling of Уладзіслаў (see Uladzislau).

Ulatimӗr m Chuvash
Chuvash form of Vladimir.

Usopp m Popular Culture (Modern)
The name Usopp is a blend of two elements. ‘U’ likely derives from 嘘 (uso) meaning "lie" or "falsehood" in Japanese, while ‘Sopp’ could be a variation of the sound soppu (ソップ), which is linked to "soup" or "soft," though in the context of One Piece, it's more of a unique character construction... [more]

Uzeir m Karachay-Balkar
Karachay-Balkar form of Üzeir.

Vagiz m Tatar
Possibly a Tatar form of Waqid or from Arabic واعظ (wā'iẓ) meaning "preacher".

Vaivorykštė f Lithuanian (Modern, Rare)
Derived from the Lithuanian noun vaivorykštė meaning "rainbow".

Valjancina f Belarusian
Belarusian Latin transcription of Valiantsina.

Valodźka m Belarusian
Diminutive of Uladzimir.

Valodzya m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Volodya.

Valyantsin m Belarusian
Alternate transcription of Valiantsin.

Van' m Komi
Komi form of Ivan.

Vanka f & m Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Diminutive of Ivana (Bulgarian, Macedonian) or Ivan (Russian).

Vanyok m Russian
Diminutive of Ivan.

Varka f Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Folk form of Varvara.

Varlen m Soviet (Rare)
Means "great army of Lenin", from великая армия Ленина (velikaya armiya Lenina). This name was used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.

Vatslava f Belarusian, Ukrainian (Rare)
Feminine form of Vatslau (Belarusian) or Vatslav (Ukrainian).

Vektor m Soviet
Revolutionary name created in the early period of the Soviet Union. Contraction of великий коммунизм торжествует (velikiy kommunizm torzhestvuyet) meaning "great communism triumphs".

Vella f Ukrainian (Modern, Rare)
Form of Bella.

Veronya f Russian
Diminutive of Veronika.

Vilayət m Azerbaijani
Means "governorate, province" in Azerbaijani, ultimately deriving from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya).

Vintovka f Russian (Rare)
Means "rifle" in Russian. Probably used by militarist parents.

Vladymyr m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainian transcription of Vladimir.

Vladzimir m Belarusian (Rare)
Russian influenced variant of Uladzimir.

Vlodzyo m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Volodymyr, a cognate of Polish Władzio.

Vohnedar m Ukrainian
From Ukrainian вогень (vohen), meaning "light, fire" and the Slavic name element darŭ, meaning "gift".

Volodymyra f Ukrainian (Rare)
Feminine form of Volodymyr.

Vovka m Russian
A diminutive of Vladimir via Vova.

Vovochka m Russian
Diminutive of Vladimir via Vova. Vovochka is also a joke in Russia equivalent to Little Johnny in the West, that was recently banned due to Putin getting offended.

Voyenmor m Soviet
From a contraction of военный моряк (voyennyy moryak). meaning "war sailor".

Voyshelk m Lithuanian (Russified)
It was the name of a Lithuanian Grand Duke.

Vukol m Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian and Russian form of Boukolos. Vukol Lavrov was a Russian journalist and translator.

Weles m Slavic Mythology
Polish spelling of Veles.

Wenli f & m Chinese
From Chinese 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing" or 雯 (wén) meaning "cloud patterns" combined with 立 (lì) meaning "stand, establish", 莉 (lì) meaning "white jasmine", 礼 (lǐ) meaning "ceremony" or 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely"... [more]

Wenxing m & f Chinese
Zhong Wenxing is a Web editor for the People's Daily.

Wiaam f & m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic وئام (see Wiam).

Władzio m Polish
Diminutive of Władysław.

Wołodymyr m Ukrainian (Polonized)
Polonised form of Volodymyr. Used as a Polish transcription of Володимир or sometimes by Ukrainians in Poland.

Xuan Mai f Vietnamese
From Vietnamese xuan, meaning "spring", and mai, meaning "flower".

Yanzhima f Buryat

Yarina f Russian
Variant of Irina, perhaps influenced by the Slavic element yaru meaning "energetic".

Yarkın m & f Turkish

Yarmil m Czech (Archaic), Folklore
Yarmil was the name of a character in the Czech folk tale "The Mouse-Hole and the Underground Kingdom".

Yaryk m Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Yarik.

Yasina f Indonesian (Rare), Arabic, Urdu, Kazakh
Feminine form of Yasin.

Yatsentiy m Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Hyacinthus.

Yatzi f Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Invented name inspired by similar names like Yatziri and Yaretzi.

Yehor m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Yegor, used by Russian speaking Ukrainians.

Yelevfery m Russian (Archaic)
Russian form of Eleutherius.

Ye-Na f Korean
From Sino-Korean 藝 (ye) meaning "art, talent, craft" or 叡 (ye) meaning "shrewd, astute, clever, keen" combined with 娜 (na) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate"... [more]

Yerusalem f & m Obscure
Variant of Jerusalem based on the Hebrew pronounciation.

Yesudas m Indian (Christian)
From യേശു (Yēśu), the Malayalam name for Jesus, combined with Sanskrit दास (dāsa) meaning "servant, slave".

Yevraziya f Soviet (Rare)
From the continent Yevraziya.

Yivha f Ukrainian (Archaic)
Masculine form of Yivhen.

Yivhen m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Folk form of Yevhen.

Yivzhen m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Variant of Yivhen.

Yudke m Yiddish (Rare)
A diminutive of Yehudah, making it a masculine equivalent of Yutke.

Yukhym m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Euthymius.

Yüksel m & f Turkish
Means "rise!" in Turkish.

Yulechka f Russian
Diminutive of Yuliya.

Yulianiya f Medieval Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Medieval Ukrainian feminine form of Yulian also used rarely in the modern day.

Yulik m Russian
Diminutive of Yuliy or Yulian.

Yulka f Russian
Russian diminutive of Yulia.

Yulyan m Belarusian, Ukrainian
Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Julian.

Yulyana f Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian (Modern, Rare)
Belarusian and Ukrainian feminine form of Yulyan. It is also a Russian variant of Yuliana.

Yulyasha f Russian
Affectionate diminutive of Yuliya.

Yulyk m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Yulik used by Russian speaking Ukrainians that live in Ukrainian langauge dominated cities.

Yurdan f & m Turkish, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar

Yurik m Russian
Diminutive of Yuriy.

Yuriyko m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Yuriy.

Yurko m Rusyn
A diminutive of the Rusyn form of Yuriy.

Yurtsyo m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Yuriy.

Yvo f Obscure
Diminutive of Yvonne.

Zakhariy m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian variant of Zakhar.

Zaryana f Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant of Zoryana influenced by Russian and dialectal Ukrainian заря (zarya) "dawn", or simply deriving from it. It can also be an elaboration of Soviet Zarya 2.

Zera f Russian

Zhdan m Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic)
From жданий (zhdanyy), meaning "waited for".

Zheka m & f Russian
Diminutive of Yevgeniy or Yevgeniya.

Zheko m Bulgarian
Short form of Zhelyazko.

Zhytomyr m Medieval Ukrainian
From Ukrainian життя (zhyttya), meaning "life", and мир (myr), meaning "peace". This was the name of a Kyivan knyaz, whom the city and region Zhytomyr was named after.

Zirka f Ukrainian (Modern)
Means "star".

Zirka f Slavic Mythology
Zirka is the Slavic god of happiness.

Ziskind m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Means "sweet kid" in Yiddish, derived from Süsskind.

Zmiter m Belarusian (Russified)
Russified form of Zmitser.

Zoreslava f Ukrainian
Feminine form of Zoreslav.

Zori m Armenian
From Armenian զոր (zor) meaning "strength" or "mighty".

Zulejha f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zuleika.

Zuleykha f Azerbaijani, Tatar
Azerbaijani and Tatar form of Zulaykha. Used in the novel "Zuleykha opens her eyes" by Guzel Yakhina.

Zvezda f Macedonian, Bulgarian, Soviet (Rare)
Derived from звезда (zvezda) meaning "star". In Russia, this name was used mostly during the Soviet era as a communist name referencing the red star.