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YvancafDutch (Rare) Variant spelling of Ivanka. In some cases, the name might be a combination of Yvonne or Yvette with Bianca, as these names used to be very popular in the Netherlands (the former primarily in the 1960s and the latter two chiefly in the 1970s).
YvensonmHaitian Creole Transferred use of the surname Yvenson. A famous bearer of this name is Yvenson Bernard (1984-) a former professional Canadian football running back.
Yweritf & mOld Celtic, Welsh Mythology Possibly 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.
YwimAnglo-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)... [more]
ZafChinese Derived from the Chinese character 扎 (zā) meaning "tie" or 匝 (zā) meaning "circle, round, whole, thick" or 杂 (zá) meaning "variety, to mix".... [more]
ZaavanmBiblical Derived from the Hebrew noun זועה (zewa'a) or זעוה (za'awa) meaning "a trembling", from the verb זוע (zua') meaning "to tremble, to quake". In the Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of Seir.
ZabibefAncient Semitic, History Old Arabic name, possibly related to the modern Arabic noun زَبِيبَة (zabība) meaning "raisin". This was the name of an 8th-century BC queen of Qedar, an ancient Arab nomadic tribe. She was a vassal of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III.
ZabibufSwahili Swahili name meaning "grapes" which comes originally from Arabic word zabīb meaning 'raisins', given to five girls in the US in 2023
ZabihullahmArabic, Afghan, Pashto Alternate transcription of Dhabihullah. A known bearer of this name is the Afghan politician Zabihullah Mojaddidy (b. 1946).
ZabivakamPopular Culture, Pet From a blend of the Russian noun собака (sobaka) "dog" and the verb забивать (zabivat') "to strike". This name was used for the 2018 FIFA World Cup official mascot, Zabivaka the Wolf, designed by 22-year-old student designer Ekaterina Bocharova.
ZaccurmBiblical Zaccur of the house of Reuben was the father of Shammua, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:4.
ZachareniafGreek Greek feminine form of Zacharias. This coincides with the Greek vocabulary word ζαχαρένια (zacharenia) meaning "sugary", from ζάχαρη (zachari) "sugar, sucrose".
ZaddockmEnglish (Rare) (Anglicized) variant of Zadok. A bearer of the variant Zadock was Congressman Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
ZadenimGeorgian Mythology Most likely derived from Persian یزدان (yazdân) meaning "god, divinity, angel". Zadeni (also transcribed as Zaden) was a pagan god of fruitfulness and the harvest in pre-Christian Georgian mythology.
ŽadgailasmLithuanian Derived from the Lithuanian verb žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with old Lithuanian gailas, which usually means "strong, potent" but has also been found to mean "sharp, jagged" as well as "angry, fierce, violent" and "miserable, sorrowful, remorseful"... [more]
ŽadmantasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from the Lithuanian verb žadėti meaning "to promise". The second element is either derived from Lithuanian mantus meaning "intelligent" (see Daumantas) or from Lithuanian manta meaning "property, estate" as well as "wealth, riches, fortune".
ŽadminasmLithuanian (Rare) Derived from the Lithuanian verb žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".
ŽadvainasmLithuanian Derived from the Lithuanian verb žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with the old Lithuanian noun vaina meaning "cause, reason" as well as "fault".
ŽadvydasmLithuanian Derived from the Lithuanian verb žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with Baltic vyd meaning "to see" (see Vytautas). Also compare other names that end in -vydas, such as Alvydas and Tautvydas.
ZafeirismGreek From Greek ζαφείρι (zafeíri), derived via Italian from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros) (see Sapphire) through Latin (compare Zafeiro).
ZafeirofGreek From Greek ζαφείρι (zafeíri), derived via Italian from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros) (see Sapphire) through Latin (compare Zafeiris).
ZaganmJudeo-Christian-Islamic Legend In The Lesser Key of Solomon, this is the name of a Great King and President of Hell, commanding over thirty-three legions of demons. Zagan is depicted as a griffin-winged bull that turns into a man after a while.
ZaghloulmArabic (Egyptian) From Arabic زُغْلُول (zuḡlūl) which is both a noun meaning "a young infant, boy" and an adjective meaning "young and active, quick". In Egyptian Arabic it also means "squab, young dove"... [more]
ZagnutmObscure, Pet The name of an American candy bar made with coconut and peanut butter, presumably composed of zag (from the word zig-zag) and nut. This name was used by American physician Hunter 'Patch' Adams (1945-) for his son Atomic Zagnut 'Zag' Adams.
ZagorkafSerbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare) From Croatian and Serbian загорје (zagorye) meaning "up behind the mountains, plains". It may also designate an inhabitant of Hrvatsko Zagorje, an area of Croatia.
ZagreusmGreek Mythology Possibly derived from Greek ζαγρεύς (zagreus), which was a term used to refer to a hunter that catches live animals. The term would technically mean "great hunter", as it was derived from the Greek prefix ζα (za) meaning "very" combined with Greek αγρεύς (agreus) meaning "hunter"... [more]
ZahafHebrew, Arabic Means "clear; pure" in Hebrew from the root צ־ח־ח (ts-kh-kh). It also means "bright; shine" in Arabic.... [more]