This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is Ancient.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Xenochares m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with either the Greek noun χαρά
(chara) meaning "joy, delight, happiness" or the Greek noun χάρις
(charis) meaning "grace, kindness" (see
Chares).
Xenocharis m & f Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with the Greek noun χάρις
(charis) meaning "grace, kindness".
Xenodoros m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with the Greek noun δῶρον
(doron) meaning "gift".
Xenokles m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with the Greek noun κλέος
(kleos) meaning "glory".
Xenophanes m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with the Greek adjective φάνης
(phanes) meaning "appearing".... [
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Xenophilos m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with the Greek noun φίλος
(philos) meaning "friend, lover".
Xenothemis m Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with the Greek noun θέμις
(themis) meaning "law of nature, divinely ordained justice, that which is laid down" (see
Themis).... [
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Xocoyotzin m Aztec, Mexican (Rare)Means "honored young one" from Classical Nahuatl
xocoyotl "youngest child" and the honorific suffix -
tzin. The Nahuatl name of Montezuma II was Motecuhzuma Xocoyotzin meaning "Motecuhzuma the Younger".
Xystus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)Latinized form of the Greek name Ξυστος (
Xystos), which meant "scraped (smooth), polished" (from
xyein "to scrape"). This was the birth name of the pope Saint
Sixtus I. It was also borne by a Kemetian martyr saint.
Yaldabaoth m Ancient HebrewThe name of the Demiurge according to Gnosticism. Possibly from ילדא (yaldā, “begetter”) and Abaoth from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צבאות (tsabāʾōθ), plural of צבא (tsābāʾ).
Yashovarman m Sanskrit, HistoryFrom Sanskrit
यशस् (
yáśas) "glory, fame, renown" and
वर्मन् (
varman) "armor, protection". This was the name of a medieval Indian ruler of Kannauj who founded the Varman dynasty of Northern India.
Yidya m Ancient SemiticOf uncertain etymology. Name borne by the Canaanite mayor of Ascalon, attested from several of the Amarna letters.
Ymar m Anglo-SaxonPossibly an Old English name in which the second element is
mære "famous". Saint Ymar was a 9th-century Benedictine monk at Reculver Abbey in Kent, England, who was killed by marauding Danes... [
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Yuvaraja m SanskritMeans "young king" in Sanskrit. From युवन् (yuvan) meaning (young) and राज (raja) meaning (king)
Ywerit f & m Old Celtic, Welsh MythologyPossibly means either "Ireland" or "the Atlantic Ocean" (which lies in the direction of Ireland from Wales), both meanings derived from Proto-Celtic
*ɸīweriyū meaning "earth, soil". This was the name of a parent of
Brân in Welsh mythology, either being a variant name of
Llŷr (which means "the sea") or the name of his wife.
Ywi m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)Perhaps from the Old English elements
íw "yew tree" (see
īwaz) and
wig "war". Ywi (or Iwig) was an Anglo-Saxon saint venerated in the English county of Wiltshire in the Middle Ages, where his relics were enshrined (at the county town, Wilton, near Salisbury)... [
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Zenodoros m Ancient GreekMeans "gift of Zeus", derived from Greek
Zeno (a prefix form of the name of
Zeus) combined with Greek δωρον
(doron) meaning "gift."
Zeuxidamos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek noun ζεῦξις
(zeuxis) meaning "a yoking together" (which comes from the verb ζεύγνυμι
(zeugnymi) "to yoke, saddle a beast of burden; to join, link together; to join in wedlock") and δᾶμος
(damos), the Doric Greek form of δῆμος
(demos) "the people".
Zeuxippos m Ancient Greek, Greek MythologyMeans "desultor, someone who can leap from one horse or chariot to another", from Greek ζεύγνυμι
(zeugnumi) meaning "to yoke, saddle; to join, link together" and ἵππος
(hippos) meaning "horse".
Zeuxis m Ancient GreekMeans "to yoke together" or "to bridge", ultimately derived from Greek ζεύγνυμι
(zeugnymi) meaning "to yoke, saddle; to join, link together".
Ziusudra m Near Eastern Mythology, SumerianMeaning, "life of long days." The name of a king listed in the Sumerian king list; listed as the last king of Sumer prior to the deluge and subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian flood epic... [
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Zontikos m Ancient Greek (Rare)Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be derived from Greek ζώντως
(zontos) meaning "vivid" combined with the Greek adjectival suffix -ικός
(-ikos). Also compare the similar name
Zotikos, which might possibly be related.... [
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