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Nekayah f American (Rare), LiteratureThe name of a princess of Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia) in Samuel Johnson's novella 'The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia' (1759). Its origins are uncertain, though it may be a derivative of
Nicaula, the Habesha name for the queen of Sheba... [
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Neoma f English (Rare)Altered form of
Naomi 1 (compare
Naoma), though it is popularly claimed to mean "new moon" in Greek (apparently by association with the prefix
neo "new, young" and
mene "moon").
Newell m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Newell of various meanings such as a location name "new hall" where
hall refers to a communal building or a variant of
Neville or of
Noel... [
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Nex m & f EnglishLikely from Latin
nex, meaning “murder, slaughter, violent death”
Niagara f EnglishFrom the massive waterfall located between Ontario Canada and the state of New York.
Nicomaine f English (Rare)Combination of
Nico and
Maine. Nicomaine Dei Capili Mendoza-Atayde (1995-), known professionally as Maine Medoza, is a Filipina actress and television personality.
Niff m American (Rare)Short for
Kenneth. Popularized in the SNL Firing Skits with Dana and Niff. Used more as a comical kind of nickname because of this.
Nightshade f & m English (Rare)From the common name for plants in the Solanaceae, especially
Atropa belladonna, a highly toxic perennial also known as deadly nightshade and belladonna. Ultimately from Old English
niht "night" and
sceadu "shadow, shade".
Nikky f EnglishVariant of
Nikki. This is borne by the American poet Nikky Finney (1957-), born Lynn Carol Finney.
Nikuyah f African AmericanUnknown meaning. Nikuyah Walker is the first Black female mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.
Nineveh f & m Biblical, English (Rare)Named after the ancient city in Assyria, which is said to derive from Latin
Ninive and Septuagint Greek
Nineyḗ (Νινευή) under influence of Biblical Hebrew
Nīnewēh (נִינְוֶה)... [
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Nini f & m EnglishDiminutive of names beginning with or containing the sound N. It is also a short form or diminutive of the Scottish name
Ninian.
Ninja f EnglishAn elaboration of
Nina 1 intended to reflect the pronunciation of Spanish
niña "little girl".
Nion m & f EnglishPossibly from the Irish name of the fifth letter of the Ogham alphabet, an Early Medieval alphabet used to write the early Irish language and later the Old Irish language.
Nirvana f English (Rare), Arabic (Egyptian)Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण
(nirvana), meaning "blown out, extinguished" and referring to a state of paradise or heightened pleasure. Its use in the United States started sporadically in the 1970s and the rock band Nirvana (1987-1994) may have helped it to rise further in later years.
Nixie f English (Modern, Rare)From the English word
nixie meaning "water fairy, water sprite", which is related to German
Nixe. Alternatively in some cases it could be an invented name using the sounds present in
Dixie,
Trixie and
Pixie, or possibly an elaboration of
Nix.
Niyan m Sanskrit, Indian, Hinduism, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Fijian, Nepali, Sinhalese, AmericanMEANING : a way, access, arrival... [
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Nolly m & f EnglishA nickname for Oliver or Olivia. It is a form of the nickname Noll, arisen from the pet name "Mine Ol" that became contracted with the "n" sound added.... [
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Norita f English (American)In the year 1935, a contest for naming an orphaned baby girl was held in the radio show 'Betty and Bob' with a price money of $10,000.... [
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Northern m EnglishSimply means "northern" from the English word. This name was used briefly in the middle of the twentieth century. Five males were given it in 1955, the last year in which it qualified to be counted by SSA data... [
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Norval m EnglishDerived from the surname
Norval, which is an Anglo-Scottish variant of
Norville, a Norman French surname that was brought to Great Britain during or after the Norman Conquest... [
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Nouvel f English (Rare)Variant of
Nouvelle, although in the instance of the daughter of Brad and Angelina Jolie-Pitt it is transferred use of the surname
Nouvel in homage to architect Jean Nouvel.
November f & m English (Rare)From the Latin word
novem, meaning "nine". November was the ninth month of the Roman calendar before January and February were added around 713 BC. It is now the eleventh month of the year.... [
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