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Naira m & f Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)Derived from Guanche
*nār(a) meaning "front, guide". It was recorded around 1484 as the name of a Guanche male warrior from Telde, Gran Canaria. It was revived in the Canary Islands in the 1970s as a feminine name.
Naira f JapaneseFrom Japanese 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 衣 (i) meaning "clothing" combined with 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Naira f Portuguese (Brazilian)Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Greek Ναϊάς
(Naias), a type of water nymph in Greek mythology (plural Ναϊάδες).
Nairatmya f MythologyMeans "she who has no self", an embodiment of the Buddhist philosophical concept of anātman.
Nairne f ScottishDerived from the
Burgh of Nairn in Northern Scotland. The place name is taken from the name of a river.
Nairo f JapaneseFrom Japanese 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" combined with 彩 (iro) meaning "colour". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Naïs f Greek Mythology (Gallicized), TheatreFrench form of
Nais. Naïs is the main character of Jean-Philippe Rameau's 1749
Naïs: Opéra pour La Paix, a play about the god Neptune falling in love with the titular nymph.
Nais f Greek MythologyNais was a naiad-nymph of the springs of the town of Pyrrhichus on the Malean peninsular of Lakedaimonia (southern Greece). She was the wife of the old rustic-god
Silenus.
Najaaraq f GreenlandicMeans "little Naja", derived from the popular Greenlandic name
Naja combined with the diminutive suffix
araq.
Najade f DutchDutch form of Naiad. Naiads were characters in Greek mythology, more commonly known as the nymphs of flowing water.
Najah f & m ArabicMeans "success, prosperity" in Arabic.
Najâja f GreenlandicGreenlandic name with the combination of
Naja and affix
-aaja is a Greenlandic affix used for and by children.
Najánguaĸ f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "a boy's sweet little sister". Combination of
Naja and suffix
-nnguaq "sweet, dear".
Najannguaq f GreenlandicCombination of
Naja, meaning "little sister (to a boy)" and
nnguaq, a suffix meaning "sweet" or "dear."
Najarra f Medieval BasqueToponym of medieval origin, linked to repopulation of the lands of Segovia in the 11th century, that describes a gentle descent in a sector of the Guadarrama mountains in the area called the “Espaldar of the Najarra" (massif and peak) in Madrid province, Spain.
Najat f ArabicMeans "salvation, rescue, deliverance" in Arabic.
Najila f Arabic (Egyptian)The name Najila is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "bright eyes". Pretty and feminine Arabic name.
Najotbibi f UzbekDerived from
najot meaning "salvation" and
bibi meaning "learned woman".
Najun f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate" combined with 准 (jun) meaning "to allow; to grant; to permit". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Naka f JapaneseFrom Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Nākai f & m HawaiianFrom the Hawaiian
nā meaning "quieted, pacified" or "the (plural)" and
kai meaning "sea(s)".
Nakai f ShonaFrom Shona
naka meaning "beautiful, good".
Nakajima m & f JapaneseNakajima Means: "Middle Island". The sense of "island" is not necessarily land surrounded by water, but can denote a property surrounded by other holdings.
Nakako f JapaneseFrom Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 七 (na) meaning "seven" or 心 (naka) meaning "heart, mind, soul", 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) which both mean "flower", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 日 (ka) meaning "day, sun, Japan" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [
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Nakheel m & f ArabicPlural form of
Nakhlah, means "date palm," but it also means "something that is purified."
Nakhtmut m & f Ancient EgyptianMeaning “strength of Mut”, Mut being the mother goddess in Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology. Name of a daughter of Djehutyemheb and Bak-Khonsu, found in the Theban Tomb TT45.
Nakia m & f Popular Culture, African AmericanBriefly charted on American popularity lists due to the short-lived television police drama series 'Nakia' (1974), which starred Robert Forster as a Navajo deputy sheriff. Since then, it has been used as an African-American name (both femenine and masculine), interpreted as a combination of the phonetic elements
na,
kee and
ya Nakihat f CircassianEtymology unknown. This was the name of the mother of Suleiman I of Persia.
Nakiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 那 (na) meaning "what", 木 (ki) meaning "tree" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Nakisawame f Japanese MythologyThe name of the Japanese goddess of spring water. Her name is derived from
泣 (naki) meaning "to weep",
啼 (naki) meaning "to wail, cry" or
哭 (naki) meaning "to cry, wail",
沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, swamp, marsh" and
女 (me) meaning "woman".
Nakiso f ShonaMeaning “the beautifier; one who makes things beautiful”.
Nakita f English (Modern)Possibly an English variant form of the Russian masculine name
Nikita 1, which is commonly confused for a feminine name in English-speaking countries.
Nako f JapaneseFrom Japanese 菜 (
na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 南 (
na) meaning "south" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Nakoma f & m Ojibwe, Popular CultureAllegedly means "I do as I promise" in Chippewa (according to another source, "we will stand together"). It was borne by the wife of 19th-century fur trader Peter Abadie Sarpy (a member of the Iowa tribe of Native Americans)... [
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Nakoto f JapaneseFrom Japanese 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" combined with 琴 (koto), which refers to a type of musical instrument similar to a harp. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nakşidil f Ottoman TurkishFrom Ottoman Turkish نقش
(nakş) meaning "painting, embroidery" (of Arabic origin) and دل
(dil) meaning "heart" (of Persian origin).
Nakuset f Mi'kmaqA Mi'kmaq goddess of the Sun, currently a famous bearer is the Mi'kmaq actress, Nakuset "Nikki" Gould.
Nakusha f MarathiMeans "unwanted" in Marathi. This was traditionally given to girls whose parents wanted a boy.... [
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Nala f Sotho“Prosperity” , a Sesotho name used in the motto of Lesotho
Nalain m & f UrduThe name comes directly from the Arabic naal (shoe), nalain being the plural form. In predominately Muslim Southeast Asian countries, it is used on both males and females in honor of the mubarak nalain or nalain pak (blessed Sandals) of the prophet Muhammad... [
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Nalan f TurkishDerived from Persian نالان
(nālān) meaning "lamenting, groaning, sighing".
Nalanzhu f ManchuOf uncertain etymology, this was the personal name of Consort Yi, a consort of the Kangxi emperor.
Naldera f English (Rare)From the name of the town Naldehra in Shimla, India. Borne by Lady Alexandra Naldera Curzon, daughter of the viceroy of India.
Naleigh f ObscureCombination of
Nancy and
Leigh. This name was used by actress Katherine Heigl and her husband Josh Kelley for their daughter, who was born in 2008... [
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Nalla f LiteratureOf uncertain origin and meaning. This is the name of one of the characters in J. R. Ward's ongoing series of paranormal romance books
Black Dagger Brotherhood.
Nalucha m & f LoziMeans "the fierce one" in Lozi, a Zambian language.
Naluo f ChineseFrom the Chinese
娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful" and
罗 (luó) meaning "gauze".
Namaha f IndianSanskrit word which forms an element of sacred Vedic mantras. It means “to surrender with love”, and literally, “to bow (in a gesture of homage and respect)”.
Namam f KurdishThe meaning behind the name Namam is a small tree or a sapling;sapling... [
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Nambitha f XhosaMeans "to savour, to enjoy" in Xhosa, encouraging the child to savour life.
Nam-cheon f Korean (Rare)From Sino-Korean 南天 (nam-cheon) meaning "nandina", which consists of 南 (nam) meaning "south" and 天 (cheon) meaning "heaven, sky".
Namchi f GaroFrom the Garo word নম্ (
nam) meaning "good" and চি (
chi) meaning "water".
Namfon f Thai, LaoMeans "rain water, precipitation" in Thai and Lao.
Namgyal m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan རྣམ་རྒྱལ
(rnam-rgyal) meaning "complete victory", derived from the intensifier རྣམ
(rnam) and རྒྱལ
(rgyal) meaning "conquest, victory".
Nami f Georgian (Rare)Derived from the Georgian noun ნამი
(nami) meaning "dew", which ultimately comes from Persian نم
(nam) meaning "dew, moisture".
Nami f JapaneseFrom Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave". It can also be given as a combination of 奈 (na), a phonetic kanji, 菜 (na) meaning "vegetable, greens" or 成 (na) meaning "to become" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".
Nami f KoreanNami is an archaic word for sea, and nowadays means stranger if used in the right context. It is spelled 나미 in Korean. Also spelled Na-Mi
Namia f JapaneseFrom Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Namie f JapaneseFrom Japanese 波 (
nami) meaning "wave" combined with 絵 (
e) meaning "picture, painting". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Namıka f TurkishNamıka is a Turkish word meaning "printer, writer".
Namiko f JapaneseFrom 波 (
nami) meaning "wave", or 奈/那 (
na) meaning "what" or 七 (
na) meaning "seven" combined with 実 (
mi) meaning "reality, truth, seed, fruit, nut", and 子 (
ko) meaning "child"... [
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Namimi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 奈 (
na) meaning "apple tree" combined with 実 (
mi) meaning "seed; fruit; nut" duplicated. Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
Namino f JapaneseFrom Japanese 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 波 (nami) meaning "wave", 方 (nami) meaning "direction, way, side" or 凡 (nami) meaning "ordinary, common, mediocre", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 稔 (mino) meaning "ripe grain, harvest", 乃 (no), a possessive particle, 望 (no) meaning "hope" or 野 (no) meaning "area, field"... [
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Namiton m & f NahuatlPossibly means "little spouse", from Nahuatl
namictli "wife, husband, spouse" and the diminutive suffix
-ton, in which case it was likely a nickname for a child.
Namiyo f JapaneseFrom Japanese 波
(nami) meaning "wave" combined with 代 (
yo) meaning "generation, era" or 世 (
yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nam-joo f & m KoreanA famous bearier of this name is Nam-joo from the South Korean girl group Apink.
Nam-ju f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 南 "south" and 珠 "precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl".
Namkhang f ThaiNamkhang is Latinized form of “น้ำค้าง” in Thai. Meaning “Dew”.
Namora m & f MandailingThe name literally means "Noble" and can be given to boys and girls who come from one of the Mandailing clans.
Namozgul f UzbekDerived from
namoz meaning "prayer" and
gul meaning "rose, flower".
Nampeyo f Indigenous AmericanDerived from the Tewa word
Num-pa-yu meaning "snake that does not bite". This was borne by the Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo of Hano (1859-1942), the daughter of a Tewa woman and a Hopi man.
Nam-ra f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 南 (
nam) meaning "south" and 路 (
ra) meaning "road, path, street; journey", or 羅 meaning "net for catching birds". Other hanja combinations are also possible.
Nam-seon m & f Koreanvariation of Namsun, means "city" and "first" other combinations can be made on the way of spelling the hanja.
Nam-sun f & m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean
南 (nam) meaning "southern, south" combined with
淳 (sun) meaning "pure, honest, genuine". Other Hanja combinations can form this name as well.
Namthip f ThaiFrom Thai น้ำ
(nam) meaning "water" and ทิพย์
(thip) meaning "heaven, paradise, celestial, divine".
Namuun f MongolianMeans "calm, still, quiet, peaceful" or "modest, meek" in Mongolian.
Namuunaa f MongolianProbably derived from either Mongolian намуу
(namuu) meaning "poppy" or намуун
(namuun) meaning "quiet, calm"
Nam-yun f Korean (Rare)From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south" and 允 (yun) "to grant, to allow, to consent".
Namzhil m & f MongolianMongolian form of Tibetan
Namgyal, meaning "victorious" or "complete victory". Coincides with a Mongolian word meaning "lull".
Nan f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 男
(nán) meaning "man, male, son", 南
(nán) meaning "south" or 楠
(nán) meaning "Chinese cedar", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Nan m & f BurmeseMeans "palace" or "gold thread, metal thread" in Burmese.
Nanaanjueri f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 奈 (
na) meaning "apple tree" duplicated using 々, 安 (
an) meaning "peace, quiet" or 杏 (
an) meaning "apricot", 寿 (
ju) meaning "long life", 恵 (
e) meaning "favour, benefit" or 絵 (
e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch" combined with 里 (
ri) meaning "village"... [
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Nanae f JapaneseFrom Japanese 七 (nana) meaning "seven" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nanagi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 夏 (na) meaning "summer" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" combined with 凪 (nagi) meaning "calm". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nanaha f JapaneseFrom Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji combined with 果 (ha) meaning "fruit". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nanahi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 夏 (
na) meaning "summer", 南 (
na) meaning "south" combined with 陽 (
hi) meaning "light, sun, male". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nanahime f JapaneseFrom Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji combined with 姫 (hime) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are possible.