Browse Names

Thurstan m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the Norse name Þórsteinn (see Torsten).

Thyge m Danish (Rare)
Variant of Tyge.

Tiarnach m Irish (Rare)
Modern Irish form of Tighearnach.

Tiborc m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Tiburtius (see Tiburcio).

Tibúrcio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Tiburtius (see Tiburcio).

Tiger m English (Rare)
From the name of the large striped cat, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek τίγρις (tigris), ultimately of Iranian origin. A famous bearer is American golfer Tiger Woods (1975-).

Tikhon m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Tychon.

Timotei m Romanian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Romanian and Bulgarian form of Timothy.

Timotheus m Biblical Latin, German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Latinized form of Timotheos (see Timothy).

Tit m Slovene, Russian (Rare)
Slovene and Russian form of Titus.

Tivoli m & f Various (Rare)
From the name of a picturesque Italian town, used as a summer resort by the ancient Romans.

Toal m Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Túathal.

Toirdhealbhach m Irish (Rare)
From Old Irish Tairdelbach meaning "instigator", derived from tairdelb "prompting". This name was borne by several medieval Irish kings.

Tollak m Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Þórleikr, which meant "Thor's play" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with leikr "play, game (involving weapons)".

Torgils m Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Þórgísl.

Trafford m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "fish-trap ford" in Old English.

Tranter m English (Rare)
From a surname meaning "wagoner" in Old English.

Traugott m German (Rare)
Derived from German trau "trust" and Gott "God". This name was created in the 17th century.

Travers m English (Rare)
From the surname Travers.

Trevelyan m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a Cornish place name meaning "homestead on the hill".

Trifon m Bulgarian, Russian (Rare)
Bulgarian and Russian form of Tryphon.

Tristão m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Tristan.

Trofim m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Trophimus.

Trokhym m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Trophimus.

Trueman m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Truman.

Tryggve m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Norwegian variant and Swedish form of Trygve.

Tudwal m Welsh (Rare)
From the Old Welsh and Breton name Tutgual, derived from tut "people, country" and gual "ruler, leader". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton saint.

Tulio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Tullio.

Tullus m Ancient Roman (Rare)
Roman praenomen, or given name, of unknown meaning. This was a rare praenomen.

Tyberiy m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Tiberius.

Tyge m Danish (Rare)
Danish form of Tóki, an Old Norse diminutive of names containing the element Þórr, from the name of the Norse god Thor. This was the native name of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).

Tylar m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Tyler.

Tyrrell m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Terrell.

Ualan m Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Valentine 1.

Ulric m English (Rare)
Middle English form of the Old English name Wulfric. When it is used in modern times, it is usually as a variant of Ulrich.

Upton m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "upper town" in Old English. A famous bearer of this name was the American novelist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968).

Urbonas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Urbanus (see Urban).

Uriasz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Uriah.

Uttar m Hindi (Rare)
Modern masculine form of Uttara.

Vadimir m Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Vadim, with the addition of the Slavic element mirŭ "peace, world".

Valente m Italian, Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Valens.

Vancho m Macedonian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Macedonian Ванчо (see Vančo), as well as the usual Bulgarian transcription.

Varfolomei m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Варфоломей (see Varfolomey).

Varfolomey m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Bartholomew.

Varg m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Means "wolf" in Old Norse.

Varlaam m Russian (Rare), Georgian (Rare)
Russian and Georgian form of Barlaam.

Varlam m Georgian, Russian (Rare)
Variant of Varlaam.

Varnava m Russian (Rare), Old Church Slavic
Russian form of Barnabas.

Vartolomej m Serbian (Rare)
Serbian form of Bartholomew.

Velvel m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "little wolf" in Yiddish, a diminutive of װאָלףֿ (volf) meaning "wolf". This is a vernacular form of Zeev.

Venceslao m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Venceslas m French (Rare)
French form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Venceslau m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Vere m English (Rare)
From a Norman surname, which was from a French place name, which was itself derived from a Gaulish word meaning "alder".

Vespasiano m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Vespasianus (see Vespasian).

Vespasien m French (Rare)
French form of Vespasianus (see Vespasian).

Vester m Danish (Rare)
Short form of Sylvester.

Vibius m Ancient Roman (Rare)
Roman praenomen and family name of unknown meaning, probably of Etruscan origin.

Vieno f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "gentle" in Finnish.

Vilde 2 m Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish vild meaning "wild, untamed".

Vilfredo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Wilfred.

Vilhelmi m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of William.

Viltautas m Lithuanian (Rare)
From Lithuanian viltis "hope" and tauta "people, nation".

Vinal m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "vine hall" in Middle English.

Vinzent m German (Rare)
German variant form of Vincent.

Vlasi m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Власий (see Vlasiy).

Vlasiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Blaise.

Volkhard m German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements folk "people" and hart "hard, brave".

Volya m Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Vsevolod. It also means "will, freedom" in Russian.

Wallis m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Wallace. Wallis Simpson (1895-1986) was the divorced woman whom Edward VIII married, which forced him to abdicate the British throne.

Warrick m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Warwick.

Warwick m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from the name of a town in England, itself from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "settlement".

Wemba m Anglo-Saxon (Rare)
Byname derived from Old English wamb meaning "belly".

Wendel m Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil meaning "a Vandal". The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and North Africa in the 5th century. Their tribal name, which may mean "wanderer", has often been confused with that of the Wends, a Slavic people living between the Elbe and the Oder.... [more]

Wenzeslaus m German (Rare)
German form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Werther m German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements werd "worthy" and heri "army". Goethe used this name in his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).

Wetzel m German (Rare)
Diminutive of Werner.

Whitaker m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "white field" in Old English.

Wiegand m German (Rare)
Variant of Wigand.

Wielisław m Polish (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements velĭ "great" and slava "glory".

Wigand m German (Rare), Germanic
Derived from the Old German word wigant meaning "warrior".

Willoughby m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow town" in Old English.

Windsor m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was from a place name meaning "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English (a windlass is a lifting apparatus). This has been the surname of the royal family of the United Kingdom since 1917.

Winslow m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine". A famous bearer of this name was American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910).

Winthrop m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally taken from town names meaning either "Wine's village" or "Wigmund's village" in Old English.

Wisdom f & m English (Rare)
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".

Wisław m Polish (Rare)
Contracted form of Witosław.

Wojsław m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Vojislav.

Wolf m German, Jewish, English (Rare), Germanic
Short form of Wolfgang, Wolfram and other names containing the Old German element wolf meaning "wolf" (Proto-Germanic *wulfaz). It can also be simply from the German or English word. As a Jewish name it can be considered a vernacular form of Zeev.

Wolfdietrich m Literature, German (Rare)
Compound of Wolf and Dietrich. Wolfdietrich is the title hero of a 13th-century Middle High German epic poem. By some traditions he is the grandfather of the more famous hero Dietrich von Bern.

Wolfe m English (Rare)
Variant of Wolf, influenced by the spelling of the surname (which is also derived from the animal).

Wynne 2 m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Wine.

Wystan m English (Rare)
From the Old English name Wigstan, composed of the elements wig "battle" and stan "stone". This was the name of a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon saint. It became rare after the Norman Conquest, and in modern times it is chiefly known as the first name of the British poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973).

Xandinho m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese diminutive of Alexandre.

Xavior m English (Rare)
Variant of Xavier.

Yakim m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Joachim.

Yakov m Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Russian and Bulgarian form of Jacob (or James), and an alternate transcription of Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (see Yaakov).

Yale m English (Rare)
From a Welsh surname, which was itself derived from a place name meaning "fertile upland" (from Welsh ial).

Yaropolk m Russian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements jarŭ "fierce, energetic" and pŭlkŭ "people, host". This name was borne by two rulers of Kievan Rus (10th and 12th centuries).

Yefrem m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Ephraim.

Yelisey m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Elisha.

Yemelyan m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).

Yermolai m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Ермолай (see Yermolay).

Yermolay m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Hermolaos.

Yevdokim m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Eudokimos.

Yevfimiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Euthymius.

Yevlogiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Eulogius.

Yidel m Yiddish (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Yiddish יודאל (see Yudel).

Yorath m Welsh (Rare)
Anglicized form of Iorwerth.

Yossel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Joseph.

Yrjänä m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Jurian.

Ysbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of IJsbrand.

Yudel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Judah.

Zachariasz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Záviš m Czech (Rare)
Derived from Czech závist meaning "envy".

Zbyhněv m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Zbigniew.

Zdeslav m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Zdzisław. This name was borne by a 9th-century duke of Croatia.

Zhubin m Persian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of چوبین (see Chobin).

Ziyaeddin m Turkish (Rare)
Turkish variant form of Ziya ad-Din.

Zsiga m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsigmond.

Zusman m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.