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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Xenja f German (Rare)
Variant of Xenia.

Xynthia f German (Modern, Rare)
Modern variant of Cynthia.... [more]

Yannah f German (Rare), Belgian (Rare), American (Rare)
Variant of Yana.

Yela f German (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Jela.

Yelka f German (Modern, Rare), Dutch, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Jelka.

Yella f German (Rare)
Variant of Jella.

Ylvi f German (Modern)
The name was most likely invented for the character of a little girl in the German film "Wickie und die starken Männer", released in 2009. It was probably based on the Scandinavian name Ylva meaning "she-wolf"... [more]

Ylvie f German (Modern)
Variant of Ylvi.

Ylvy f Dutch (Modern), German (Modern)
Variant of Ylvi.

Yolanthe f Dutch, German
Variant form of Yolanda. A known bearer of this name is Dutch-Spanish actress and television presenter Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen (b. 1985), who is married to Dutch soccer player Wesley Sneijder (b... [more]

Yorma m German (Rare)
Variant spelling of the Finnish name Jorma.... [more]

Yorrick m German, Dutch
Variant of Yorick.

Yosephje f German (Archaic)

Yquem f German (Modern, Rare)
Transferred from the famous French vinery Chateau d'Yquem.

Ysentrud f German (Silesian, Archaic), Medieval German
Medieval Silesian German variant of Isentrud.

Yuel f Popular Culture, German (Modern, Rare)
A character from the computer game 'Granblue Fantasy Versus'. The name spilled over to real world usage in Germany 2020/21.

Yürgen m German (Rare)
Variant spelling of Jürgen.

Yuta f German (Archaic)
Variant of Uta.

Yve f German (Rare)
Short form of Yvonne.

Yven m German (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Iven.

Zachaeus m German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Zachäus.

Zacharine f Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), German (Rare, Archaic), English (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zechariah.

Zachäus m German (Archaic)
German form of Zacchaeus.

Zacheus m Medieval English, Medieval German, Swedish (Rare), German (Bessarabian)
Swedish and medieval English form of Zacchaeus, as well as a German variant of Zachäus.

Zäzilia f German (Archaic)
Variant of Cäcilia.

Zäzilie f German (Archaic)
Variant of Cäcilie.

Zazou f German (Modern, Rare)
Probably a French diminutive of Isabelle.... [more]

Zecke m German (Rare)
Derived from the usual German word Zecke "Tick (the animal)".... [more]

Zedekia m German, Dutch
German and older Dutch form of Tzidqiyyahu (see Zedekiah) via its hellenized form Zedekias.

Zeia f Upper German (Rare, Archaic), Romansh (Archaic)
Upper German short form of Luzei and Surselvan Romansh variant of Zia.

Zeitlose f German (Rare, Archaic)
The name of a plant (Colchicum, historically also Crocus).... [more]

Zena f German (Swiss, Archaic), Italian (Swiss, Archaic), Hungarian
Feminine form of Zeno and Zénó.

Zerlina f Literature, Theatre, Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Danish, German (Rare)
The name of a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787), to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was based on the legend of Don Juan.... [more]

Zerline f German (Rare), French (Rare), Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
French form and German and Yiddish variant of Zerlina.... [more]

Zeruja f German (Rare)
German form of the Biblical name Zeruiah

Zevon m German (?)

Zilla f Yiddish, German (Rare), Biblical German
German form of Zillah.

Zippora f Dutch, German, Italian, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Dutch, German, Judeo-Anglo-Norman and Italian form of Zipporah.

Ziriakus m German (Archaic)
Form of Cyriacus.

Zirze f German
Germanised form of the name Circe.... [more]

Zobeslaus m German (Silesian, Archaic)
Germanised form of Sobiesław.

Zölestin m German (Rare, Archaic)
Germanised form of Celestine.

Zölestina f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zölestin.

Zölestine f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine variant of Zölestin.

Zose f German (East Prussian)
Either a short form of Zofija (compare Zosia) or a Germanized spelling of Zosė... [more]

Zwentibald m German (Rare, Archaic), History
Variant of Zwentibold.

Zwentibold m German (Rare, Archaic), History
An Old German rendering of Svatopluk. Zwentibold was the name of a 9th-century Carolingian king of Lotharingia. It may also be interpreted as a variant of Swindebald.

Zybele f German
Germanised form of Cybele.

Zynthia f German, American (Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Germanised spelling of Cynthia.... [more]

Zyprian m Medieval German, German (Rare)
Medieval German form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian), which is still in use today, albeit barely so. The name is more common as a patronymic surname.... [more]

Zypriana f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zyprian.

Zypriane f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zyprian.

Zyrenia f German (Rare, Archaic), English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zyrenius.

Zyrenius m German (Rare, Archaic)
German cognate of Cyrenius.

Zyriak m German (Rare, Archaic)
German form of Cyriak.

Zyriaka f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zyriak.

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