EmilijutėfLithuanian Diminutive of Emilija. Compared to names containing the -utė diminutive suffix, e.g. Birutė, this name hasn't been used as an official given name.
EminefJapanese From Japanese 笑 (emi) meaning "to laugh; laughter" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
EminencefNigerian Means: "Prominence, Royalty, of High Ranking, Intelligently Superior".
EmirefJapanese From Japanese 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 麗 (re) meaning "lovely, beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
EmirgunemHistory Probably from Arabic أَمِير (amir) meaning "prince, commander" and Persian گونه (gune) meaning "kind, type, sort". This was the name of several people from 17th- and 18th-century Iran, including a 17th-century governor of Yerevan after whom the Istanbul neighborhood of Emirgan is named.
Em-jadefEnglish A combination of Em, short for Emma or Emily and Jade.
EnachemRomanian (Rare) Variant of Ienache, which in turn is a variant of Ianache. A known bearer of this name is the Romanian former wrestler Enache Panait (b. 1949).
EnarêmBrazilian (Rare) Indigenous name from Brazil, Enarê means "god of the rivers".
EnaretefGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ἐνάρετος (enaretos) meaning "virtuous, productive", literally "in virtue" from the preposition ἐν (en) "in" and ἀρετή (arete) "virtue"... [more]
Endurancem & fEnglish (African) From the English word endurance, which is ultimately of Old French origin. Known bearers of this name include the Nigerian sprinter Endurance Abinuwa (b. 1987), the Nigerian soccer player Endurance Idahor (1984-2010) and the Nigerian cricketer Endurance Ofem (b... [more]
Endurem & fEnglish (Puritan) Menaing, "to suffer patiently." Referring to enduring the trials and tribulations of life.
EnemWest Frisian, East Frisian A Frisian name of Germanic origin that has been so strongly abbreviated, that one can no longer tell with certainty what the original form and its meaning is. Some scholars think that it may be a short form of names containing the Germanic element agin or egin (like Aginhard), thus making it comparable to Eine.
EpicastefGreek Mythology (Latinized) Possibly derived from Greek ἐπί (epi) meaning "on, upon, over" and κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to surpass, to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κέκαστο (kekasto))... [more]
EpicuremTheatre Form of Epicurus used by Ben Jonson for a character in his play 'The Alchemist' (first performed 1610), perhaps taken directly from the English word epicure meaning "one who gives himself up to sensual pleasure" (literally "follower of Epicurus").
EpionefGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ἤπιος (epios) meaning "soothing". In Greek mythology this was the name of a goddess of healing. She was the wife of the medicine god Asklepios.
ÉpiphaniefFrench (Rare), French (African) French form of Epiphania. It coincides with French épiphanie meaning "realisation, epiphany" and the French form of the Western Christian holiday known as Epiphany in Anglophone countries.
EpipolefGreek Mythology In Greek mythology, Epipole was a daughter of Trachion, of Carystus in Euboea. In the disguise of a man she went with the Greeks against Troy. When Palamedes discovered her sex, she was stoned to death by the Greek army.
EpistemefLate Greek, History (Ecclesiastical) Derived from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη "knowledge, understanding; skill". Saint Episteme was a 3rd-century Syrian Christian martyred under the reign of Decius.
EratsunefBasque 16th-century coinage derived from Basque eraitsi "to decrease, to reduce, to lower". This name was intended as a Basque equivalent of Modesta.
ErengislemOld Swedish Old Swedish form of Old High German Ärngils. It was first documented in 1225 and was most common in Småland and Blekinge, two historical provinces in southern Sweden.
ErganefGreek Mythology From Greek ἐργάνη (ergane) meaning "worker" (or "artisan"), a derivative of ἔργον (ergon) "work". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena.
ErianthefObscure Popularly claimed to mean "lover of flowers" (apparently due to association with Greek eran "to love, to be in love with"), it may actually mean "woolly-haired flower" from the botanical name eriantha, ultimately from Greek ἔριον (erion) "wool" and ανθος (anthos) "flower".
Erief & mEnglish (American, Rare) Possibly a transferred use of the name of Lake Erie or of the famous Erie Canal. In rare use in the US from the late 1800s to the 1910s and again briefly in the 1960s and 1970s.
EriefJapanese From Japanese 絵 (e) meaning "picture", 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
ÉrigemHistory (Ecclesiastical, Gallicized) French form of Arigius. Saint Érige is venerated in the Southern French Alps, in Saint-Etienne de Tinée and in Auron nearby where a chapel to his name is located.
ErigonefGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ἦρι (eri) meaning "early in the morning, at early morn" and γονή (gone) meaning "birth, offspring". This was the name of two characters in Greek mythology, one being the daughter of Icarius (a prominent Athenian), the other the daughter of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.
ErinomefAstronomy Form of Erinoma used for one of Jupiter's moons. In Greek mythology, Erinoma (or Erinona, Erittoma) was a Cypriot woman, daughter of Celes, with whom the god Jupiter fell in love. The story is only known in Latin, and the original Greek name of the character might have been Eurynome.
EriphylefGreek Mythology, Ancient Greek Means "(of a) great nation" in Greek, from the intensive prefix ἐρι- (eri-) "very, much" combined with φυλή (phylê) "race, tribe". In Greek mythology this name was borne by the wife of Amphiaraos and daughter of Lysimache and Talaos, king of Argos.
ErmentildefFrankish Derived from Old High German ermen, Old Saxon irmin meaning "great, strong" together with a meaningless element, influenced by Old High German hiltja "battle".... [more]
ErnelindefTheatre Ernelinde, princesse de Norvège (Ernelinde, Princess of Norway in English; 1767) is a three-act operatic tragédie lyrique, by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor.
ErrosefBasque Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Rosa 1. This name was borne by Errose Bustintza Ozerin (1899-1953), a Basque writer, journalist and ethnographer.
EryxenefTheatre Alteration of Eryxo used by Plutarch in his essay Virtues of Women, perhaps formed using the Greek element ξενος (xenos) "foreigner, guest"... [more]
ErzsiefHungarian It is a nickname of the Hungarian name Erzsebet, which means “god is my oath”. It is almost like Elizabeth and Lizzie.
ErzuliefAfro-American Mythology, Haitian Creole This is the Haitian Voodoo love goddess and goddess of elemental forces. She is personified as a water snake. She is also called Ezili.
EscarlettefSpanish (Latin American, Rare) Variant form of Escarlata, which is predominantly found in the Spanish-speaking countries in South America. This form of the name was probably influenced by its English counterpart Scarlett.
EschivefMedieval French Derived from Old French eschiver "to evade; to avoid", ultimately from Frankish *skiuhjan "to fear".
EsegemMongolian Mythology Esege Malan (Mongolian: Эсеге Малан, Buryat: Эсэгэ, Russian: Эсэгэ Малан), according to Mongol myth and the belief of the Buryats, is the great Creator of all living things... [more]