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Itan m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Means "phleum" in Hebrew, the phleum is a type of grain that looks like a herb or grass. In the Jerusalem Talmud in "Tractate Kala'im", it is mentioned as a grain that can be grown together with wheat without being considered as a hybrid.... [
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Itella f Yiddish(Polish?) Yiddish elaboration of
Itta (via its variant
Ita), found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.
Itgel m & f MongolianMeans "faith, belief, trust, confidence" in Mongolian.
Ithaca f & m English (Rare)This name comes from the name of a Greek island, a legendary home of Odysseus, located in the Ionian Sea.... [
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Ito f & m JapaneseFrom either 糸
(ito) meaning "thread, yarn, string" (絃/弦, meaning "(bow)string," is also used in relation) or the stem of adjective 愛しい
(itoshii) meaning "beloved."... [
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Itoha f JapaneseFrom Japanese 純 (
ito) meaning "innocent, pure" combined with 羽 (
ha) meaning "feathers, plumes". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Itoitz m & f BasqueUsed in reference to a village in Navarre.
Itoka f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, beautiful", 夏 (ka) meaning "summer", 歌 (ka) meaning "song", 花 (ka) and 華 (ka) both meaning "flower" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance"... [
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Itoko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (
ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Itona f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (
ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 夏 (
na) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Itone f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (
ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 音 (
ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Itonia f Greek MythologyMeans "of Iton, Itonian" in Greek. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena originating in the ancient town of Iton (also known as Itonos), south of Phthiotis, in Thessaly. Some ancient sources say that Athena Itonia was given her epithet from a king or priest named
Itonus.
Itori f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (
ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 里 (
ri) meaning "village". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Itose f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (
ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 世 (
se) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Itoshi m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (itoshi) meaning "love, affection", or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.
Itotaki f JapaneseFrom Japanese 糸 (ito) meaning "thread" and 滝 (taki) meaning "waterfall" or “cascade”. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Itsara m & f ThaiMeans "free, independent" in Thai.
Itsari f ThaiDerived from Thai อิศร
(itsara) meaning "great, sovereign".
Itsu f JapaneseFrom Japanese 一 (
itsu) meaning "one" or from Japanese 郁 (
i) meaning "fragrance, perfume" combined with 都 (
tsu) meaning "capital (city)", 津 (
tsu), referring to Tsu city in Mie prefecture or 鶴 (
tsu) meaning "a crane"... [
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Itsuka f JapaneseFrom Japanese 一 (itsu) meaning "one" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) which both mean "flower", 果 (ka) meaning "fruit", 郁 (ka) meaning "fragrance, perfume", 樺 (ka) meaning "birch", 袈 (ka) meaning "Buddhist cassock", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 翔 (ka) meaning "soar, glide"... [
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Itsuko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 慈 (itsu) meaning "mercy", 逸 (itsu) "flee, escape, break loose" or 淑 (itsu) meaning "graceful" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Itsumi f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 逸 (itsu) meaning "superb, great, outstanding", 一 (itsu) meaning "one", 乙 (itsu) meaning "strange" or 五 (itsu) meaning "five" combined with 巳 (mi), referring to the Snake, the sixth of the twelve Earthly Branches... [
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Itzea f Basque (Modern, Rare)Possibly from Basque
itzea meaning "the nail", itself from
itze ("metal nail"). This is the name of a house in the Navarran town of Bera belonging to Spanish writer Pio Baroja (1872-1956).
Itzitery f Mexican (Rare)Meaning uncertain. This is the middle name of Mexican actress and singer Karol Sevilla (1999-), born Karol Itzitery Piña Cisneros.
Ītzpāpālōtl f Aztec and Toltec MythologyDerived from Nahuatl
itztli meaning "obsidian, obsidian knife" and
pāpālōtl "butterfly". This name has been translated as "clawed butterfly", perhaps in effect equal to "bat". In Aztec mythology, Ītzpāpālōtl was a skeletal warrior goddess of infant mortality and women who die in childbirth.
Iuhcan m & f NahuatlMeans "similar place, such a place" in Nahuatl.
Iuna f Tupi"Iuna" is a term derived from the Tupi-Guarani language, meaning "black river", by combining the words' 'y' (water, river) and "un" (black).
Iunit f Egyptian MythologyIunit of Armant means "she of Armant". Armant, also known as Hermonthis, is a town in Egypt whose name is derived from
Montu. In Egyptian mythology she was a minor goddess and a consort of Montu.... [
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Iusaaset f Egyptian MythologyEtymology uncertain, may mean something similar to "she who grows as she comes". This was the name of the feminine counterpart to
Atum, also associated with the acacia tree.
Ivalo f Greenlandic, DanishOlder form of
Ivalu (according to the 1973 spelling reform of Greenlandic) as well as a Danish variant. It is borne by Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark (2011-).
Ivalorssuaĸ f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "big tendon, thread, sinew" with the combination of
Ivalo and -rsuaq meaning "big, great".
Ivditi f Georgian (Rare)Form of
Ivdit with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი
(-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Iverike f Norwegian (Archaic)Feminine form of
Iver as well as a combination of names beginning with the element
Iv-, especially
Ivar, and the Old Norse name element
ríkr "mighty; distinguished; rich"... [
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Ivey f & m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Ivey. In the case of the feminine name, it is also considered a variant of
Ivy.
Ivi f GreekModern Greek form of
Hebe. This is borne by Greek Cypriot singer Ivi Adamou (1993-).
Ividő f HungarianHungarian name which originated from a misreading of the term
jó idő with
jó meaning "good" and
idő meaning "time; weather".
Ivik m & f GreenlandicMeans "(blade of) grass" in Greenlandic. This name is more commonly given to boys.... [
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Ivínguaĸ f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "sweet little grass" with the combination of
Ivik and -nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear".
Ivista f Soviet (Rare)Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin contracted, used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.
Ivriya f Hebrew (Rare)Derived from עִבְרִיָּה meaning "Hebrew (woman)". this name is relatively modern, first appearing in the first half of the 20th century in mandatory Palestine, it was used a few times but died out after the establishment of the Israeli state... [
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Iwa f JapaneseThis name can be used as 岩 (gan, iwa) meaning "rock, crag" or 磐 (han, ban, iwa), with the same meaning as 岩.... [
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'Iwalani f HawaiianThis name means "heavenly frigate bird" or "heavenly man-of-war bird" from
'iwa meaning "frigate bird, man-of-war bird" and
lani meaning "sky, heaven, heavenly, spiritual."
Iwalaye m & f YorubaTHE IWALAYE / IWALAIYE IS THE NAME OF A FAMILY (A ROYAL NAME )IN THE YORUBA LAND,EFFO-AMURO, KOGI STATE.
I-won f Korean (Rare)From Sino-Korean 俐 (i) "smooth; active; clever, sharp" and 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman."
Ixeya f AragoneseTransferred use of
Ixeya (also known as
Ixeia), the name of a Pyrenean mountain located in the province of Huesca, Spain.
Ixlosa f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
ixlos meaning "devotion".
Ixlosbonu f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
ixlos meaning "devotion" and
bonu meaning "lady (title)".
Ixone f BasqueThis name was recorded in Vitoria/Gasteiz in 1513, with its original meaning unknown. However, it has been revived since the 1970's, probably interpreted as a combination of Basque
ixo (meaning "hush") and the modern feminine suffix
-ne.
Ixora f English (American, Modern, Rare)From the name of a tropical flower (and genus) also known as West Indian jasmine. It is derived from Sanskrit ईश्वर
(īśvara), itself derived from ईश्
(īś) meaning "to rule" and वर
(vará) meaning "best".
Ixpanton f & m NahuatlProbably derived from Nahuatl
ixpan, meaning "before, in front of; to present or manifest to someone", combined with the diminutive suffix
-ton.
Ixtab f Mayan MythologyAt the time of the Spanish conquest of Yucatán (1527–1546), Ix Tab or Ixtab ( "Rope Woman", "Hangwoman") was the indigenous Mayan goddess of suicide by hanging. Playing the role of a psychopomp, she would accompany such suicides to heaven.
Ixtli f New World MythologyDiminutive of
Ixtaccihuatl, which means "white woman" in Nahuatl from
iztac "white" and
cihuatl "woman". This was the name of a beautiful princess in Mexican legend who fell in love with the hero
Popo, but died of grief when a messenger falsely reported that her lover had died in war... [
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Iya f LazMeans violet, Laz version of the Greek name
Ia, common also in Georgia.
Iyabode f YorubaYoruba for " mother has returned". When a the first girl child is born after the death of a grandmother, the child is given this name. Iya is the root word,which means mother. Such as Iyaba, wich means Grandmother.
Iyar f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)Iyar is the eighth month in the jewish calendar. The name was brought from the Babylonian exile and originates from the Akkadian word for "light". His name is in the Bible "Yerach Ziv", means "bright moon"... [
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Iyari f & m MexicanPossibly from Huichol
'iyáari meaning "heart, soul".
I-yeong f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 俐 "smooth; active; clever, sharp" and 英 "petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero".
Iymona f UzbekDerived from
iymon meaning "belief in God".