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NubefSouth American Means "cloud" in Spanish, taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Nube and Nuestra Señora de la Nube, meaning "The Virgin of the Cloud" and "Our Lady of the Cloud" respectively.... [more]
NubemiunufAncient Egyptian Probably derived from Egyptian nbw "gold" combined with jwnw "Heliopolis (city)".
NubemweskhetfAncient Egyptian Probably derived from Egyptian nbw "gold" combined with wsḫt "width, breadth" or "wide hall".
NûberfKurdish Derived from Kurdish nû meaning "new" and bera meanining "sprout, shoot".
NubheteptifAncient Egyptian From Egyptian nb-ḥtp.tj meaning "gold is satisfied", derived from nbw "gold" (sometimes an epithet of the goddess Hathor) combined with ḥtp "peace, satisfaction" and the suffix tj.
NubnefermAncient Egyptian Probably from Egyptian nbw-nfr, possibly meaning "beautiful gold", from Egyptian nbw "gold" combined with nfr "beautiful, good". This was the birth name of a pharaoh who may have ruled during the 2nd Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
NudaengfThai From Thai หนู (nu) meaning "mouse, rat" and แดง (daeng) meaning "red".
Nudanm & fTibetan Means "powerful, efficient" in Tibetan.
Nûdemf & mKurdish Derived from the Kurdish words nû meaning "new" and dem meaning "time".
NudgemEnglish (Australian) The use of the name (particularly as a pet name) in Australia is likely due to the character of Gerald "Nudge" Noritis, a character from the Australian sitcom 'Hey Dad..!'.
NudimirmMedieval Slavic The first element of this name is possibly derived from Old Church Slavonic nuditi "to plague, to intimidate, to force", which is closely related to Old Russian nǫditi "to compel". Also compare modern Serbo-Croatian nuditi "to offer, to bid"... [more]
NugzarmAbkhaz, Georgian Georgian sources state that this name is of Iranian origin and comes from the same root as Nodar, which is a Georgian name that is also of Iranian origin.... [more]
NǚháifChinese From Chinese 女孩 (Nǚhái) meaning "girl"
NuimMaori Means "large, abundant, of high rank, important" in Maori.
NuifJapanese the meaning of this name is "Tapestry"
NuianafGreenlandic Greenlandic name of uncertain origin, possibly from nuiaq "cloud" or from the stem nui- "sewing, basket-making", combined with the name suffix na.
NuihaumTahitian From Tahitian nui "great" and hau "peace, reign". A known bearer is Nuihau Laurey (1964-), the vice-president of French Polynesia.
NuitfEnglish (British), Egyptian Mythology Nuit is the Ancient Egyptian goddess of the heavens, with her name meaning "sky." Originally she was only the goddess of the night sky, but gradually she came to represent the sky in general. Nuit also protects people in the afterlife... [more]
Nuivaim & fPolynesian Polynesian name, meaning "great water", "vaste water".
NujakinafGreenlandic Means "horned grebe" in Greenlandic, using the suffix -na.
Nukartâĸm & fGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "newborn younger sibling of speaker's gender".
Nukartâvaf & mGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "his/her new little brother/sister". Combination of Nukartâĸ and suffix -a, possessive-genitive marker.
NükhetsezafOttoman Turkish From Ottoman Turkish nükhet meaning "scent, fragrance" (of Arabic origin) and seza meaning "worthy, fitting" (of Persian origin).
NukifGeorgian Short form of Anuki. Also compare names like Nutsiko, of which Nuki could be a contraction (more or less) in some cases.... [more]
NukrimGeorgian Derived from the Georgian noun ნუკრი (nukri) meaning "fawn", though Georgian sources state that the word is also used for the juveniles of related wild animal species, such as the chamois and the goitered gazelle.... [more]
NullahmPopular Culture The name of the young Australian mixed-Aboriginal boy in Baz Lurhman's epic 2008 film "Australia", played by Brandon Walters.... [more]
NumamHistory Numa Pompilius (753–673 BC; reigned 715–673 BC) was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious and political institutions are attributed to him.... [more]
NumeirafArabic Means little female leopard, a feminine dimutive of Namir
NúmendilmLiterature A fictional character created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Númendil was the father of Amandil and grandson of Eärendur of Andúnië, the fifteenth Lord of Andúnië.
NumeniafEnglish (Rare) Hypothetical feminine form of Numenius which was occasionally used in the English-speaking world.
NumeriafRoman Mythology Derived from Latin numerus meaning "number". In Roman mythology, Numeria is the goddess who grants young children the ability to count.
NunamemAfrican, Ewe Means Gift. Used by the Ewe tribe of Ghana, Togo and Benin of West Africa.
Nun-baršegunufSumerian Mythology Means "lady whose body is the flecked barley", deriving from the Sumerian elements 𒊺 se ("barley, grain") and gùnu ("dappled, spotted, speckled"). This was an alternative name of the Sumerian deity Nisaba, the goddess of grain and writing, that was used specifically in relation to her capacity as an agricultural goddess.
NundinafRoman Mythology Nundina presides over the dies lustricus, the purification day when the child was given a name (praenomen). This occurred on the eighth day for girls and the ninth day for boys, a difference Plutarch explains by noting that 'it is a fact that the female grows up, and attains maturity and perfection before the male.' Until the umbilical cord fell off, typically on the seventh day, the baby was regarded as 'more like a plant than an animal,' as Plutarch expresses it... [more]
NungalfSumerian Mythology Means "great princess", deriving from the Sumerian elements gal ("mighty, great") and nun ("noble, prince"). Nungal was the Sumerian goddess of prisons, who was also associated with the underworld.
NunnafGeorgian (Archaic) Archaic Georgian form of Nino 2, since it was used to refer to saint Nino of Cappadocia (280-332).... [more]
Nunnallym & fEnglish (American, Rare), Popular Culture Transferred use of the surname Nunnally. A notable bearer was the American filmmaker Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977). It was used for a female character in the Japanese anime television series 'Code Geass' (2006-2007) and its sequel (2008).
NunufGeorgian, Literature Meaning uncertain. Georgian sources theorize that the name might be etymologically related to that of the Egyptian water god Nu and his female counterpart Naunet.... [more]
NunziatomItalian could come from the word "Annunciation," for example the "Annunciation of the Lord." Feminine form would be Nunziata. Could also come from the name Nunzio which means "messenger"
NupeldafKurdish A Kurdish word meaning "blossoming (of the trees)"
NupharfHebrew Nuphar is genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae, with a temperate to subarctic Northern Hemisphere distribution. Common names include water-lily (Eurasian species; shared with many other genera in the same family), pond-lily, alligator-bonnet or bonnet lily, and spatterdock (North American species).
Nuphetm & fLao From ໜູ (nu) meaning "mouse", also used as an endearing term meaning "little child", and ເພັດ (phet) meaning "diamond".
NuppufFinnish From the Finnish word meaning "flower bud".
NuptafBabylonian Meaning uncertain, possibly deriving from the Akkadian element nuāru ("singer , musician , poet"). Name borne by the wife of Itti-marduk-balatu.
Nuradin-PridonmLiterature Combination of Nuradin and Pridon. In Georgian literature, Nuradin-Pridon is the name of the king of Mulghazanzar in the 12th-century epic poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin written by the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli.
Nur al-Hudaf & mArabic Means "light of the guidance" in Arabic, from نور (nūr) meaning "light" combined with هدى (hudā) meaning "right guidance, right path".
NurettinmTurkish Turkish form of Nur ad-Din via Nureddin. Known bearers of this name include the Turkish classical musician Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900-1981) and the Turkish politician and minister Nurettin Canikli (b... [more]