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Khu m & f Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian ḫw, possibly related to khwj "to protect".

Kib m Mormon
Early Jaredite king.

Kid m Medieval English
Medieval variant of Kit.

Kid m & f Swedish
Variant of Kidd.

Kid m Soviet, Russian
Contraction of Russian коммунистический идеал (kommunisticheskiy ideal) meaning "communist ideal". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.

Kie m Chinese
Order, discipline, age, era, period, to chronicle

Kii m Navajo
From Navajo ashkii "boy". A common childhood nickname for boys, as well as a common dog name.

Kii m & f Cook Islands Maori

Kii m & f Japanese

Kim m Hmong
Means "expensive" in Hmong.

Kim m Russian, Soviet
Short form of Akim and Yakim, which are both Russian forms of Joachim.... [more]

Kim f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
From Aramaic origin, derived from the Hebrew word קיים (kayam) which means "exists".

Kim m Mormon
Jaredite king and son of Morianton.

Kim f & m Khmer
Possibly derived from Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold, metal, money".

Kin f & m Japanese
This name can be used as 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane) meaning "gold," 欣 (kin, gon, kon, yoroko.bu) meaning "delight, pleasure," 琴 (kin, koto), referring to the qin, a 7-stringed Chinese zither, 錦 (kin, nishiki) meaning "brocade," 近 (kin, kon, chika.i) meaning "near, close" or 均 (kin, nara.su) meaning "average, level."... [more]

Kîo m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Kio m Astronomy
The ancient Chinese name for Spica, the common name for Alpha Virginis, a blue giant binary star and the brightest in the constellation Virgo. From the Chinese for "horn, spike", as it is seen as "the horn of Jupiter"... [more]

Kio f & m Japanese
From Japanese 貴 (ki) meaning "expensive" combined with 央 (o) meaning "centre, middle". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kiểu m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 矯 (kiểu) meaning "style, manner, model, example".

Kix m American (Rare)
As a nickname the meaning is particular to the bearer. Country music artist Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks III (1955- ), half of the duo 'Brooks and Dunn', received the name before he was born because his feet tapped out a steady beat in his mother's womb... [more]

Kiy m Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian form of Kyy as well as an Ukrainian variant transcription of Kyy.... [more]

Kla m & f Limburgish (Rare)
Short form of Clara and Nicolas (via forms like Nikkela and Nikla).

Koa m Indigenous Australian, English (Australian)
Means "crow" in the Kaurna language.

Koa m Japanese
Multiple meanings depending on Kanji. コア (Koa) means "core". 虎空 (Koa) means brave/tiger sky. 光亜 (Koua) means light, radiance + second.

Koe m Malaysian

Koe m English (Rare)
Variant of Coe.

Koh m & f Japanese
Variant transcription of Kou.

Kok m Indian
Transferred use of surname Kok.

Kok m & f Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Guo.

Kol m & f Popular Culture
Variant of Cole, and short form of Nikolai, Nikola 1, and other names beginning with Nikol.... [more]

Kol m Hebrew
Means "voice" in Hebrew.

Kol m Old Danish, Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare)
Form of Kolr found in Old Danish and Old Swedish, as well as the modern Swedish form.

Kon m Inca Mythology
Kon was the god of rain and wind that came from the North. His name has an unknown meaning.

Kon m Cree
Variant of Kuun.

Ko’o m & f Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "brace, support, prop, helper" in Hawaiian (compare Ko’oko’o).

Kó:r m Mohawk
Mohawk form of Paul.

Kot m Russian
Meaning "cat".

Kou m & f Japanese
This name can be used as 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru) meaning "light, ray," 康 (kou) meaning "ease, peace," 興 (kyou, kou, oko.su, oko.ru) meaning "entertain, interest, pleasure, retrieve, revive," 亘 (kan, kou, moto.meru, wata.ru) meaning "request, span," 孝 (kyou, kou) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, shiawa.se) meaning "happiness, luck," 候 (kou, sourou) meaning "climate, weather, season," 功 (ku, kou, isao) meaning "achievement, credit, honour, merits, success," 好 (kou, i.i, kono.mu, su.ku, yo.i) meaning "fond, like something, pleasing," 鴻 (kou, gou, oogari, ootori, hishikui) meaning "great, large (bird), powerful, prosperous, wild goose" or 浩 (kou, ooki.i, hiro.i) meaning "abundance, vigorous, wide expanse."... [more]

Koy m American (Rare)
Variant of Coy.

Koz m Biblical
Means "thorn". In the Bible, this was the name of a descendant of Judah.

Kru m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Crew.

Kub m & f Hmong
Means "hot", and by extension metaphorically "hot-hearted" or "earnest", or "gold" in Hmong Daw.

Kud m Korean Mythology
In Korean mythology, he is the personification of darkness and evil.

Kun m Korean
Variant transcription of Geon.

Kun m & f Cree
Variant of Kuun.

Kür m Azerbaijani
From the Azerbaijani name for the Kura river.

Kuu f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "moon" in Finnish.

Kuu m & f Japanese
From Japanese 空 (kuu, ku) meaning "sky", 紅 (kuu, ku) meaning "crimson, deep red", 黒 (ku) meaning "black", 咋 (kuu) meaning "shout, chew, eat" or 来 (ku) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become" combined with 羽 (u) meaning "feathers" or 蒼 (u) meaning "blue"... [more]

Kwm f & m Hmong
Means "nurture, care for" in Hmong Daw.

Kyd m English
Transferred use of the surname Kyd.

Kye m English (Australian), English (British)
Variant of Kai 1.

Kye m Chinese
Variant transcription of Kai 4.

Kyi f & m Burmese
Means "clean, clear" as well as "joyous" and "star" in Burmese.

Kym m English (Australian)
Shortened form of the surname Reskymer, which is, most likely, of Cornish origin with the meaning, as of yet, unknown.... [more]

Kyp m English (Rare)
Variant of Kip.

Kyu m & f Korean
This Korean element, in a nutshell, means “fortune, health, spirituality”.

Kyu f & m Burmese
Means "fragrant" or "excessive" in Burmese.

Kyy m Ukrainian (Rare)
Derived from Кий (Kyy), which is the name of one of the three brothers that - according to legend - founded the city of Kiev in early medieval times. The meaning of his name is not wholly certain, but it has been suggested that it might be derived from Proto-Slavic *kyjь meaning "bat, stick, club" or "hammer".

Lae m & f Lao
Means "dark" in Lao.

Lae f & m Polynesian
Means "calm water" in Marshallese.

Lae f & m Korean (Anglicized, Rare)
korean form of "Rae"

Lah m Ogoni
Means "second son" in Khana.

Lah m & f Karen
Means "moon, month" in S'gaw Karen.

Lal m & f Chin
Means "lord" in Hakha Chin.

Lâm m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 林 (lâm) meaning "forest, woods".

Lãm m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 覽 (lãm) meaning "view, inspect, perceive".

Lam m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 藍 (lam) meaning "blue, indigo".

Lam m Dutch, German, West Frisian, East Frisian
Short form of names that have land for a first element, and of which the second element starts with a "b." The name Lambert is a good example of that.

Lân m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 璘 (lân) meaning "lustre of jade" or 麟 (lân) referring to the qilin (a mythical creature in Chinese mythology).

Lao m Chinese
Derived from the surname Lao.

Lập m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 立 (lập) meaning "set up, establish".

Lar m Etruscan

Lat m & f Burmese
Means "middle, medium" or "fresh, fair" in Burmese.

Lâu m & f Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka Chinese form of He.

Lav m Croatian, Serbian
Means "lion" in Croatian and Serbian.

Lav m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Nepali, Hinduism, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Sinhalese, Assamese
Meaning - little piece, fragment , cloves, plucking, moment, half a second, sport, act of cutting or plucking, numerator of fraction, Name of a son of lord Ram

Lay m & f Burmese
From a contraction of Burmese ကလေး (hkale) meaning "small, little, young, child".

Lay m & f English (American, Archaic)
Possibly a short form of Layton.

Lea f & m English
Variant of Lee or short form of Eleanor, Leonora, Leonarda, etc.

Leb m Russian
Means "white" in Russian.

Led m Russian
Means "ice" in Russian.

Lee m & f Chinese (Modern)
Modern variant of Li 1.

Lee m & f Hebrew (Modern)
Modern variant of Li 2.

Lee m & f Hmong
It was a Chinese last name that was given to the Hmong peoples a long time ago. It was the biggest Hmong family that left China.

Leg m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Leikr.

Lek m Albanian

Lek m Old Swedish, Swedish
Old Swedish form of Leikr.

Lek m & f Thai
Means "small, little" in Thai. It is also commonly used as a nickname.

Lél m Hungarian (Archaic)
Derived from Hungarian lélek "soul".

Lel m Romani
Derived from the Romani word lel "to take; to receive".

Lem m English
Diminutive of Lemuel.

Lem m Medieval Dutch
Short form of Lambrecht.

Len m Afrikaans
Variant of Leen.

Len m Hopi
Means "flute" in Hopi.

Len m Popular Culture
Len Kagamine is a Japanese Vocaloid developed by Crypton Vocal Media.

Lèo m Central African
Congolese form of Leo and the French equivalent Léo.

Leó m Icelandic, Hungarian
Icelandic and Hungarian form of Leo. A bearer is Daníel Leó Grétarsson, who is an Icelandic footballer and Leó Weiner who is a Hungarian composer.

Lér m Icelandic
Icelandic variant of Hlér.

Les m Ukrainian
Variant of Oles. A notable bearer is Les Poderevianskyi, modern counter-culture writer and painter, who is famous for his absurdist and obscene dramas.

Leu m French, History (Ecclesiastical), Walloon
French variant and Walloon form of Loup.

Lib f & m English
Short form of names starting in Lib- or of Elizabeth (via Libby).

Lib m Mormon
The name of various Book of Mormon characters.

Lie m Chinese
Liè is Chinese for "ardent". Ardent means either enthusiastic or passionate, or burning or glowing.

Lín m Spanish
Spanish form of Linus.

Lin m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, French, French (Belgian, Rare)
Bulgarian, French, Russian and Ukrainian form of Linus.

Lin m & f Burmese
Means "bright, clear" in Burmese.

Lío m Dutch
Variant of Lio.

Líó m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Lio.

Lir f & m Hebrew
Popular name in Israel, or a diminutive for names like Liron , Liram , Liran and more names starting with "Lir"

Lir m East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Lier.

Lis m Albanian, Kosovar
Derived from Albanian lis "oak; tall tree".

Lîu m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Leo.

Liu f & m Chinese
From the Chinese character 柳 (liǔ) meaning "willow tree".... [more]

Lix m English, French, German, Spanish
Diminutive of Felix and Félix.

Llŷr m Welsh Mythology

Loa m & f Swedish (Modern)
Probably an elaboration of Lo. Usage of this name could be due to the popularity of Lo and the similarity to Noah 1... [more]

Löb m Yiddish
German-Yiddish variant of Leib.

Lộc m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 祿 (lộc) meaning "blessing, prosperity, bud".

Loc m Literature
Little King Loc was a king of the gnomes in a French tale. Ref. Lang, Andrew. The Olive Fairy Book. 1907. "The Story of Little King Loc." & France, Anatole. "Abeille." 1883.

Loe m Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish short form of Ludovicus.

Lói m Icelandic
Masculine form of Lóa.

Lợi m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 利 (lợi) meaning "profit, benefit, advantage".

Loi m & f Vietnamese, Chinese
Means "useful" in Chinese and Vietnamese.

Loi m Medieval Cornish

Loi m Sardinian
Short form of Sarbadori.

Loi m Punjabi
Loi is a Jat surname found amongst Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab region of North India. The Loi clan are only Jat

Loj m Obscure (Rare, Archaic)
Dialectal short form of Elochius found in an inscription on the altar of the St.-Ludwig chapel at Gehweiler (Wadern, Germany).

Lok m Nepali

Lok m & f Chinese (Cantonese)

Lol m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Laurence 1.

Lom m Chechen
Derived from Nakh luom meaning "lion".

Lon m Basque (Rare)
Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of León and Léon.

Lop m Gascon, Lengadocian, Provençal, Medieval Spanish
Gascon, Languedocian and Provençal form of Loup, as well as a medieval Spanish variant of Lope.

Loy m American
Transferred use of the surname Loy.

Loy m East Frisian (Archaic)
Short version of names with the name element liut recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.

Lub m West Frisian
Short form of Lubbe.

Lục m & f Vietnamese
Means "green" in Vietnamese.

Lud m Biblical

Lue f & m English (Rare)
Short form of Lucy or Luella. Also a variation of Lou.

Lug m Breton

Lui m Hawaiian, Albanian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Georgian (Rare), Russian (Rare)
Albanian, Georgian, Hawaiian, and Russian form of Louis as well as a Danish variant of Louie.

Lui m & f Chinese
Means "thunder" in Cantonese.

Lui m Luxembourgish (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Louis.

Lui m Hunsrik
Hunsrik form of Louis

Lui m Italian
Diminutive of Luigi, Luigino.

Luχi m Etruscan
Etruscan form of Lucius

Luk m Dutch
Variant of Luuk.

Luk m Walloon
Walloon form of Luke.

Lul m Albanian
Masculine form of Lule.

Lum m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Lum, that is most likely a variant of Lamb, but can also be a topographical name for someone who lived near a pool.

Lun m & f Lao
Means "last, youngest" in Lao.

Lup m Bulgarian (Archaic), Medieval Romanian, Russian (Archaic), Serbian (Archaic)
Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian and Serbian form of Lupus (see Loup).

Lut m Mongolian
Means "large, immense, very" in Mongolian.

Lux m German (Rare, Archaic), Alsatian (Archaic), Medieval German
Medieval German short form and Alsatian vernacular form of Lukas.

Luz f & m Hebrew (Rare)
Means "hazelnut" in Hebrew. It is another name for the town of Bethel in the Bible.

Lyn m Welsh
Short form of Llywelyn, from its last syllable. A known bearer was the Welsh actor David Llewellyn "Lyn" Harding (1867-1952).

Lyo m Dutch

Maa m & f Finnish
Means "country, land, earth, ground, soil, suit" in Finnish.

Maé m & f French (Modern), French (Belgian, Modern)
Variant of Mahé, also used as a feminine name.

Mah m & f Chinese
Cantonese, meaning "horse" name conferred by Ghengis Kahn on one of his victorious cavalry generals. Mahs in their 50's today represent the 28th generation from this original ancestor.... [more]

Mah m Persian Mythology
Means "month" or "moon" in Old Persian. This was the name of the Zoroastrian deity of the moon.

Mãi m & f Vietnamese
Means "a long time, always" in Vietnamese.

Mai m Dutch (Rare), Limburgish (Rare)
Alternate spelling of May.

Mai m Slovene
Variant of Maj 1.

Mai f & m Hebrew (Modern)
Popular name in Israel (mostly for girls), it is came from the name of the month of May (the fifth).

Mal m & f English
Pet form of names beginning with Mal- such as Malcolm and Mallory.

Mal m Welsh
Diminutive of Maldwyn.

Mal m Ukrainian, Medieval Ukrainian
Derived from contracted form adjective mal (мал), which means "little, small". It could have been as well used as a diminutive of a dithematic name, such as Małomir... [more]

Ma'n m Arabic
Means "benefit; obedience; relief" in Arabic.

Man m Balinese
Short form of Nyoman.

Man m Indian
Meaning "heart, feeling; mind" in Hindi.

Man m American
A short form of Emmanuel.

Man m & f Lao
Means "steady, firm, long-lasting" in Lao.

Man m & f Chinese
From Chinese 曼 (màn) meaning "long, handsome, beautiful, refined", 满 (mǎn) meaning "full", 漫 (màn) meaning "overflow, flood, free, unrestrained" or 蛮 (mán) meaning "savage, rough, rash", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Man m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Wen.

Már m & f Icelandic, Old Norse
Means "seagull" in Old Norse.

Mâr m Jèrriais
Variant of Mar.

Mår m Walloon
Walloon form of Marc.

Mar m Jèrriais
Jèrriais form of Marc. The name coincides with Jèrriais Mar "(month of) March".

Mar m & f Dutch
As a masculine name, this name is a short form of Marinus, Martinus or Marius.... [more]

Mas m Dutch

Mat m Indonesian

Mậu m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 茂 (mậu) meaning "lush, thick, talented".

Mau m Spanish
Diminutive of Mauricio.

Maw f & m Burmese
Means "proud, prominent, distinguished" in Burmese.

Mäx m German
Variant of Max suggesting an English pronunciation.

Mây f & m Vietnamese
Means "cloud" in Vietnamese.

May f & m Hebrew (Modern)
Popular name in Israel (mostly for girls), it is came from the name of the month of May (the fifth).... [more]

Maz m Pakistani (?), Indian

Mbi m & f Kenyang
Means "road" in Kenyang.

Mbo m & f Dagbani
Means "good" in Dagbani.

Mei f & m Indonesian
Means "May (the month)" in Indonesian, typically given to children born in the month of May.

Mej m Gusii, Ibibio (Latinized, Archaic)
Ibibio form of Mike and Gusii form of Matt.

Mek f & m Khmer
From the Sanskrit word मेघ (megha) meaning "sky, cloud".

Mel f & m Catalan (Modern, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish
Means "honey" in Catalan and Portuguese.... [more]

Mel m Soviet, Russian
Acronym of the surnames of Маркс (Marx), Энгельс (Engels) and Ленин (Lenin), which refer to Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)... [more]

Mem f & m English
Short form of various names containing the element -mem-.

Men m Romansh
Short form of Dumeni.

Men m Medieval Spanish

Meo m Medieval Italian
Short form of Bartolomeo, Romeo, and Tolomeo.

Mer m Ancient Egyptian
Derived from the Egyptian root "mr" (𓌨), meaning "to love" or "beloved."

Mex m Dutch (Modern, Rare), German (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Max. The spelling is chosen to suggest an anglicised pronunciation instead of the standard Dutch and German one.

Mgo m Armenian
Short form of Migirdich.

Mic m American (Rare)
Diminutive for Micah or Michael or a variant of Mick.

Mik m Danish
Danish form of Mick.

Mik m Medieval Polish
Diminutive of Mikołaj and Mikoła.

Mil m Flemish
Truncated form of Emil.

Mîm m Literature
Mîm is the name of the last petty-dwarf in the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. His story is also told in The Children of Húrin.

Min m Walloon
Walloon form of Méen.

Min m Egyptian Mythology
From Egpytian mnw literally meaning "established one", from mn "to establish". Min was an ancient Egyptian fertility god, often depicted as a human male with an erect penis and an upheld left arm holding a flail.

Míó m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Mio 2.

Mír m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Meaning unknown.

Mîr m Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish mîrza meaning "prince".

Mir m Russian
From the Russian word mir, "world, universe, peace".

Mir m Korean
Means "dragon" in Korean.

Miś m Polish
Diminutive of Michał.

Mit m English (American)
Mit is derived from the names Mitchell, Matthew, or Michael, mostly as a shorter form or nickname... [more]

Miv m & f Hmong
Means "cat" in Hmong Daw.

Mko m Armenian
Shortened form of Mkrtich.

Mōc m Vilamovian
Variant of Mōca.

Moc m Vilamovian
Variant of Moca.

Moe m & f Burmese
Means "sky" or "rain" in Burmese.

Moi m Welsh
Welsh diminutive of Morris

Moi m Spanish
Short form of Moisés.

Mok m & f Lao
Means "mist, haze, fog" in Lao.

Mon m Bhutanese

Mon m & f Dutch, Flemish, Limburgish, Spanish
Short form of given names that contain mon. In Dutch, Flemish and Limburgish, where the name is strictly masculine, that will often be Edmond and Simon 1... [more]

Mon f & m Burmese
Means "noble, good" in Burmese.

Mo'o m & f Hawaiian
Unisex name meaning “supernatural water lizard" or "lineage; legend”.

Moo f & m Karen
Means "alive" in S'gaw Karen.

Mor m Banat Swabian
Banatswabian borrowing of Mór 2.

Mor f & m English
Short form of Morgan 1, Morris and other names that starting with mor.

Mor m & f Luo (Modern)
"happiness"

Mos m Cree
Means 'Moose' in Cree.

Mou m & f Japanese
From Japanese 望 (mou) meaning "hope", 孟 (mou) meaning "eldest brother", 猛 (mou) meaning "ferociousness", 蒙 (mou) meaning "I, me" or 莽 (mou) meaning "thicket, underbrush". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Moy m Filipino
Diminutive of Guillermo, Felicisimo and similar names.

Mue m & f Thai

Mùi m & f Vietnamese
From a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 未 (wèi) referring to the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches associated with the goat of the Chinese zodiac.

Mui f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Mei.

Mūl m Anglo-Saxon
It's been postulated that it derives from the Latin mulus meaning "mule", a word which is known to have entered the Old English vocabulary; presumably, it was a nickname that became habitual.... [more]

Mya m & f Burmese
Means "emerald" or "keen, sharp" in Burmese.

Myo m & f Burmese
Means "family, kind, lineage" in Burmese.

Mýr m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Maurr.

Myu f & m Burmese
Means "fog" in Burmese.

Myū f & m Japanese (Modern, Rare)
This name is, essentially a variant of Miyū, shifted to be pronounced as a 2-mora name (Miyū, on the other hand, has 3 morae).... [more]

Mzi m Xhosa
Diminutive of Mzingayi.

Nab m Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Abel. It used to be a medieval custom to drop syllables before a first name therefore “mine Abel” led to “Nab”.

Nad m Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism
MEANING : a river (if thought of as a male), thunderer (as cloud), roarer, neigher(as a horse), bellower... [more]

Nae m Romanian
Contracted form of Nicolae.

Naé f & m French (Belgian)

Nag m Literature
An antagonist from Rudyard Kipling's book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Coincides with the English word "nag" meaning "to irritate".

Nah m & f Korean

Naj m Slovene

Nal m Chechen
Means "wild boar" in Chechen.

Năm m & f Vietnamese
Means "five" in Vietnamese.

Nan m & f Dutch, West Frisian
Dutch short form of Johannes or Johanna.... [more]

Nan f & m Chinese
From 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 Burmese
Means "palace" or "gold thread, metal thread" in Burmese.

Nap m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Diminutive of Napoleon. Most notably used by Hall of Fame baseball player Nap Lajoie.

Nár m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Derived from nā ("dead person"). This is the name of a dwarf in Norse mythology.

Nar m Armenian
Meaning unknown.

Nas m Arabic
Diminutive of Nasir and Naseer.

Nay m & f Burmese
Alternate transcription of Burmese နေ (see Ne).

Nel m Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Asturian
Diminutive of Manuel and Manel 1.

Nem m Khmer

Nên m Vietnamese
From Vietnamese nên meaning "to change into" or "should".

Néo m French (Modern)
French form of Neo 2.

Neo m & f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ne) meaning "love, affection", 音 (ne) meaning "sound", 寧 (ne) meaning "rather", 然 (ne), a suffix after nouns to express likeness or 峰 (ne) meaning "peak, ridge" combined with 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" or 央 (o) meaning "centre, middle"... [more]

Ner m Biblical
Means "lamp" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Ner is the father of Abner and uncle of Saul.

Nes m & f Hebrew (Rare)
Means "miracle" in Hebrew.

Nes m Scottish (Rare)
Scottish masculine name meaning headland

Nev m English (British, Rare), Irish (Rare)
Short form of Neville (English), Nevan and Nevin (both Irish). Known bearers of this name include the American former sports broadcaster Nev Chandler (1946-1994) and the Australian former politician Nev Warburton (b... [more]

Nev m Hebrew
Short form of Yaniv. A known bearer of this name is Yaniv "Nev" Schulman (b. 1984), an Israeli-American producer, actor and photographer.

Nex m & f English
Likely from Latin nex, meaning “murder, slaughter, violent death”

Ney m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Maybe from the surname Ney borne by a general in the army of emperor Napoleon I.

Nga f & m Chinese (Cantonese)

Ngi m & f Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka Chinese form of Yi.

Ngọ m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 午 (ngọ) referring to the seventh Earthly Branch (11 AM to 1 PM), which is itself associated with the horse of the Chinese zodiac.

Nhã m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 雅 (nhã) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined".

Nhị m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 二 (nhị) meaning "two".

Nhẫn f & m Vietnamese
Means "patient" in Vietnamese.

Nhựt m Vietnamese

Nhựt m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 日 (nhựt) meaning "sun, day".

Như f & m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 如 (như) meaning "like, as" or 茹 (như) meaning "roots, vegetables".

Nia m Irish

Nia f & m Japanese
From Japanese 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Nib m & f Medieval English
Diminutive of Isabel or John.

Nil m Bashkir
From Нил (Nil), the Bashkir name for the Nile River in Egypt.

Nim m & f English, Literature, Popular Culture
Short form of Nimrod, Nimue or other names containing Nim-.... [more]

Nio m & f Chinese (Hakka), Indonesian
Variant of Liang.

Nio m Indonesian

Nix m Germanic Mythology
This is the name of masculine shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology, who apparently derive their name from Proto-Germanic nikwus or nikwis(i) "wash". See also Nixe for the female counterpart(s).

Nje m & f Dungan
Means "night" in Dungan.

Nóa m Faroese
Faroese form of Noah 1.

Nob m Literature
The name of a J.R.R. Tolkien character.

Nob m Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Robert.

Nod m Literature, Various
The name of a character in Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.

Nóe m Irish
Irish form of Noah 1.

Noe m Alsatian
Alsatian form of Noah 1.

Noé m & f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch variant of Noa 1 or a feminine form of the masculine French name Noé.