ItahisafGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Derived from Guanche *tahighəssah meaning "skeleton" or "bones". This was recorded as the name of a 6-year-old Guanche girl who was sold as a slave in Valencia in 1494. The name was revived in the Canary Islands in the 1970s... [more]
Italia turritafObscure, Italian (?) Means "turreted Italy" in Italian. She is the national personification of Italy, which is represented with a woman wearing a turret crown. She might be a reference to the Greek goddess Cybele, whose represented wearing a wall crown... [more]
ItellafYiddish (Polish?) Yiddish elaboration of Itta (via its variant Ita), found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.
ItokafJapanese From Japanese 愛 (ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, beautiful", 夏 (ka) meaning "summer", 歌 (ka) meaning "song", 花 (ka) and 華 (ka) both meaning "flower" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance"... [more]
ItonafJapanese From Japanese 愛 (ito) meaning "love, affection" combined with 夏 (na) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ItoniafGreek Mythology Means "of Iton, Itonian" in Greek. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena originating in the ancient town of Iton (also known as Itonos), south of Phthiotis, in Thessaly. Some ancient sources say that Athena Itonia was given her epithet from a king or priest named Itonus.
ItsukafJapanese From Japanese 一 (itsu) meaning "one" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) which both mean "flower", 果 (ka) meaning "fruit", 郁 (ka) meaning "fragrance, perfume", 樺 (ka) meaning "birch", 袈 (ka) meaning "Buddhist cassock", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 翔 (ka) meaning "soar, glide"... [more]
ItzeafBasque (Modern, Rare) Possibly from Basque itzea meaning "the nail", itself from itze ("metal nail"). This is the name of a house in the Navarran town of Bera belonging to Spanish writer Pio Baroja (1872-1956).
IvernafEnglish (Rare), Dutch (Rare) Old Latin form of a lost Celtic name which also gave modern Irish Erin and was corrupted to Hibernia. Therefore a rather esoteric reference to Ireland... [more]
IvistafSoviet (Rare) Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin contracted, used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.
IvriyafHebrew (Rare, Archaic) Derived from עִבְרִיָּה meaning "Hebrew (woman)". this name is relatively modern, first appearing in the first half of the 20th century in mandatory Palestine, it was used a few times but died out after the establishment of the Israeli state... [more]
IxlosafUzbek Derived from Uzbek ixlos meaning "devotion".
IxorafEnglish (American, Modern, Rare) From the name of a tropical flower (and genus) also known as West Indian jasmine. It is derived from Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvara), itself derived from ईश् (īś) meaning "to rule" and वर (vará) meaning "best".
Izanam & fJapanese (Rare), Popular Culture From the stem of verb 誘う (izanau) meaning "to invite, ask (someone to do), call (for); to tempt, lure, entice."... [more]
IzarafArabic (Maghrebi) Strictly feminine form of Izar which itself is another name for Mirak, a star in the constellation Boötes. This Izar has its origins in the Arabic word izar "shawl".
IzernafArthurian Cycle (Archaic) The name comes from the account of King Artus: a Hebrew Authurian Romance of 1279. The English version, published by Syracuse University Press in 2003, and was edited and translated by Curt Leviant.... [more]
IzettafAmerican (Rare, Archaic), English (American, Rare) This name was used at least as early as the 1870s in the Appalachian Mountain area of the eastern United States. Notable bearer is New Jersey born actress Izetta Jewel (1883-1978) who advocated for women's legal right to vote in the US.
IzïafFrench (Rare) A famous bearer is Izïa Higelin (b.1990), a French rock singer, guitarist and actress. Her patents claimed to be inspired by Mzia but changed the spelling because it was too complex.
IzildafPortuguese (Brazilian) Variant of Isilda. This was borne by Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro (1897-1911), a Portuguese girl who died aged 13; she is known to Brazilian Catholics as "Menina Izildinha", and is venerated as a Brazilian folk saint.
IžotafBelarusian, Literature, Arthurian Cycle Belarusian form of Iseult that was used in the Old Belarusian translation of Tristan and Iseult called Apoviesć pra Tryščana (translates The Tale of Tristan into English) that was made in the XVI century by an unknown author.
IzunafJapanese (Rare) This name combines 泉 (sei, izumi, izu) meaning "fountain, spring" with 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "wild apple," 菜 (sai, na) meaning "greens, side dish, vegetable" or 名 (myou, mei, na) meaning "name, reputation."... [more]
Izz un-NisafHistory Means "glory of women", derived from Arabic عزّ ('izz) meaning "glory, power" and نساء (nisa) meaning "women". This name was borne by Izz un-Nisa Begum (died 1678), the third wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.