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IO   f   Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

IOAN   m   Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Romanian and Welsh form of JOHN... [more]

IOANA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN... [more]

IOANN   m   Russian
Older Russian form of JOHN

IOANNA   f   Greek
Greek feminine form of Ioannes (see JOHN).

IOANNES   m   Greek
Greek form of JOHN

IOANNIS   m   Greek
Greek form of JOHN

IOKUA   m   Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of JOSHUA

IOLA   f  
Variant of IOLE

IOLANA   f   Hawaiian
Means "to soar" in Hawaiian... [more]

IOLANDA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of YOLANDA

IOLANTHE   f   Various
Probably a variant of YOLANDA influenced by the Greek words ιολη (iole) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower"... [more]

IOLE   f   Greek Mythology
Means "violet" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a woman beloved by Herakles.

IOLO   m   Welsh
Diminutive of IORWERTH

IOLYN   m   Welsh
Diminutive of IORWERTH

ÍOMHAR   m   Irish
Irish form of IVOR

IOMHAR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of IVOR

ION   m   Basque, Romanian
Basque and Romanian form of JOHN

IONA   f   English, Scottish
From the name of the island off Scotland where Saint Columba founded a monastery... [more]

IONATÁN   m   Irish
Irish form of JONATHAN

IONE   f   Greek Mythology, English
From Greek ιον (ion) meaning "violet flower"... [more]

IONEL   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of JOHN

IONELA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN

IONUȚ   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of JOHN

IORDAN   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of YORDAN

IORWERTH   m   Welsh
Means "handsome lord" from Welsh ior "lord" and berth "handsome"... [more]

IOSIF   m   Russian, Romanian, Greek
Russian, Romanian and Greek form of JOSEPH

IPATI   m   Russian
Russian form of the Greek name ‘Υπατιος (Hypatios), which was the masculine form of HYPATIA.

İPEK   f   Turkish
Means "silk" in Turkish.

IPHIGENIA   f   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ιφιος (iphios) "strong, stout" and γενης (genes) "born"... [more]

IPPOLIT   m   Russian
Russian form of HIPPOLYTOS

IPPOLITO   m   Italian
Italian form of HIPPOLYTOS

IQBAL   m   Arabic
Means "fortunate" in Arabic... [more]

IRA (1)   m   Biblical, English, Jewish
Means "watchful" in Hebrew... [more]

IRA (2)   f   Russian
Short form of IRINA

IRATI   f   Basque
Means "fern field" in Basque.

IRELAND   f   English (Modern)
From the name of the European island country, derived from Irish Gaelic Éire.

IRÉN   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of IRENE

IRENA   f   Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, Lithuanian
Latinate form of IRENE

IRÈNE   f   French
French form of IRENE

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRÉNÉE   m   French
French form of IRENEUS

IRENEUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ειρηναιος (Eirenaios) which meant "peaceful"... [more]

IRENEUSZ   m   Polish
Polish form of IRENEUS

IRENKA   f   Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech diminutive of IRENA

IRFAN   m   Arabic
Means "knowledge, learning" in Arabic.

IRIA   f   Portuguese, Galician
Possibly a Portuguese and Galician form of IRENE

IRINA   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of IRENE

IRINEI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of IRINEY

IRINEY   m   Russian
Russian form of IRENEUS

IRINUSHKA   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of IRINA

ÍRIS   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of IRIS

IRIS   f   Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, French
Means "rainbow" in Greek... [more]

IRIT   f   Jewish
Means "asphodel" in Hebrew. The asphodel is a type of flower.

IRJA   f   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of IRINA

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal"... [more]

İRMAK   f   Turkish
Means "river" in Turkish.

IRMENTRUD   f   German (Archaic)
German form of ERMINTRUDE

IRMGARD   f   German
Contracted form of IRMINGARD

IRMHILD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and hild "battle".

IRMINGARD   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen meaning "whole, universal" and gard meaning "enclosure".

IRMTRAUD   f   German
Contracted form of IRMENTRUD

IRMTRUD   f   German
Variant of IRMTRAUD

IRMUSKA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of IRMA

IRUNE   f   Basque
Variant of HIRUNE

IRVIN   m   English, Scottish
From a surname which was a variant of either IRVING or IRWIN.

IRVINE   m   English, Scottish
Variant of IRVING

IRVING   m   English, Scottish
From a Scottish surname which was in turn derived from a Scottish place name... [more]

IRWIN   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine, a cognate of ERWIN.

IRYNA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of IRENE

ISA (1)   m   Arabic
Arabic form of JESUS

ISA (2)   f   German, Dutch, Italian
Short form of ISABELLA

ISAAC   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִצְחָק (Yitzchaq) which meant "he laughs"... [more]

ISAAK   m   Russian, German
Russian and German form of ISAAC

ISABEL   f   Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German
Medieval Provençal form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ISABELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL

ISABELL   f   German
German variant of ISABEL

ISABELLA   f   Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

ISABELLE   f   French, English, German
French form of ISABEL

ISADOR   m   English (Rare)
Variant of ISIDORE

ISADORA   f   English
Variant of ISIDORA... [more]

ISADORE   m   English
Variant of ISIDORE

ISAIA   m   Italian
Italian form of ISAIAH

ISAIAH   m   English, Jewish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yesha'yahu) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation"... [more]

ISAIAS   m   Biblical
Late Latin form of ISAIAH used in some versions of the Bible.

ISAK   m   Swedish
Swedish form of ISAAC

'ISAM   m   Arabic
Means "security, pledge" in Arabic.

ISAMU   m   Japanese
Means "courage, bravery" in Japanese.

ISANDRO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of LYSANDER

ISAURA   f   Portuguese, Spanish
Late Latin name which meant "from Isauria"... [more]

ISAY   m   Russian
Russian form of ISAIAH

ISBEL   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ISABEL

ISCAH   f   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִסְכָּה (Yiskah) which meant "to behold"... [more]

ISEABAIL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ISABEL

ISEBELLA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ISABELLA

ISER   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ISEUL   f & m   Korean
Means "dew" in Korean.

ISEULT   f   Celtic Mythology
Variant of ISOLDE

ISHA   m   Indian
Means "master, lord" in Sanskrit... [more]

ISHBEL   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of ISEABAIL

ISHMAEL   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yishma'el) meaning "God will hear"... [more]

ISHMERAI   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH guards" in Hebrew... [more]

ISHTAR   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

ISHVI   m   Biblical
Means "he resembles me" in Hebrew... [more]

ISI   m & f   Native American
Means "deer" in Choctaw.

ISIAH   m   English
Variant of ISAIAH

ISIBÉAL   f   Irish
Irish form of ISABEL

ISIDOR   m   German, Russian
German and Russian form of ISIDORE

ISIDORA   f   Serbian, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Rare)
Feminine form of ISIDORE... [more]

ISIDORE   m   English, French, Jewish
From the Greek name Ισιδωρος (Isidoros) which meant "gift of Isis", from the name of the Egyptian goddess ISIS combined with Greek δωρον (doron) "gift"... [more]

ISIDORO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of ISIDORE

ISIDRO   m   Spanish
Spanish variant of ISIDORE

ISINGOMA   m   Eastern African
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

ISIS   f   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of Egyptian Aset, which possibly meant "the throne"... [more]

İSKENDER   m   Turkish
Turkish form of ALEXANDER

ISKRA   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
From a south Slavic word meaning "spark".

ISLA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of ISLAY

ISLAY   m   Scottish
From the name of the island Islay, which lies off of the west coast of Scotland.

ISLEEN   f  
Variant of AISLING

ISLWYN   m   Welsh
From the name of a mountain in Wales which means "below the grove" from Welsh is "below" and llwyn "grove".

ISMAEL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ISHMAEL

ISMA'IL   m   Arabic
Arabic form of ISHMAEL

'ISMAT   m & f   Arabic
Derived from Arabic عصم ('Isma) meaning "safeguarding".

ISMENE   f   Greek Mythology
Possibly from Greek ισμη (isme) "knowledge"... [more]

ISMO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ISHMAEL

ISOBEL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ISABEL

ISOCRATES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ισοκρατης (Isokrates) which meant "equal power", derived from ισος (isos) "equal" and κρατος (kratos) "power"... [more]

ISOLDA   f   English (Rare)
Latinate form of ISOLDE

ISOLDE   f   English (Rare), German, Celtic Mythology
Possibly derived from a Welsh root meaning "beautiful"... [more]

ISOTTA   f   Italian
Italian form of ISOLDE

ISRA   f   Arabic
Means "nocturnal journey", derived from Arabic سرى (sara) "to travel at night".

ISRAEL   m   Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra'el) meaning "God contended"... [more]

ISRAFIL   m   Judeo-Christian Legend
Meaning unknown... [more]

ISSA   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of ISA (1)

ISSAC   m   English
Variant of ISAAC

ISSACHAR   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "hireling" in Hebrew... [more]

ISSUR   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL

ISSY   m   English
Diminutive of ISIDORE and other names beginning with Is.

ISTVÁN   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of STEPHEN... [more]

ITA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of ÍDE

ITALA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of ITALUS

ITALIA   f   Italian
From the Italian name of the country of Italy, Italia (see ITALUS).

ITALO   m   Italian
Italian form of ITALUS

ITALUS   m   Roman Mythology
Means "of Italy" in Latin... [more]

ITAMAR   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of ITHAMAR

ITHAI   m   Biblical
Possibly means "with me" in Hebrew... [more]

ITHAMAR   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "palm island" in Hebrew... [more]

ITHEL   m   Welsh
Means "generous lord" from the Welsh elements iud "lord, prince" and hael "generous".

ITHIEL   m   Biblical
Means "God is with me" in Hebrew... [more]

I'TIDAL   f   Arabic
Means "temperance, moderation" in Arabic.

I'TIMAD   f & m   Arabic
Means "reliance" in Arabic.

ITSASNE   f   Basque
Variant of ITSASO

ITSASO   f   Basque
Means "ocean" in Basque.

ITSUKI   m   Japanese
Means "tree" in Japanese... [more]

ITUMELENG   m & f   Southern African
Means "joy" in Tswana.

ITXARO   f   Basque
Means "hope" in Basque.

ITXASO   f   Basque
Pet form of ITSASO

ITZAL   m   Basque
Means "shadow" in Basque.

ITZEL   f   Native American
Possibly a variant of IXCHEL

ITZHAK   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of YITZHAK

ITZIAR   f   Basque, Spanish
From the name of a Basque village, which contains an important shrine to the Virgin Mary, possibly meaning "old stone".

IÚILE   f   Irish
Irish form of JULIA

IULIA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of JULIA

IULIAN   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).

IULIANA   f   Romanian
Romanian form of JULIANA

IULIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of JULIUS

IVA   f   Czech, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of IVANA

IVAH   f   Biblical
From the name of a district of Babylon, mentioned in the Old Testament.

IVAILO   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of IVAYLO

IVÁN   m   Spanish
Spanish form of IVAN

IVAN   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Newer form of the old Slavic name Ioan, which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

IVANA   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Feminine form of IVAN

IVANKA   f   Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Diminutive of IVANA

IVANNA   f   Russian (Rare)
Russian feminine form of IVAN

IVAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of IVOR

IVAYLO   m   Bulgarian
Perhaps derived from an old Bulgar name meaning "wolf"... [more]

IVES   m   History
English form of YVES, used to refer to Saint Yves.

IVET   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of YVETTE

IVETA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of YVETTE

IVETTE   f   Spanish
Spanish form of YVETTE

IVO   m   German, Dutch
German form of YVES or YVON

IVONA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of YVONNE

IVONETTE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of YVONNE

IVONNE   f   German
German form of YVONNE

IVOR   m   Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
From the Old Norse name Ívarr, which was derived from the elements yr "yew, bow" and arr "warrior"... [more]

IVORY   m & f   English (African American)
From the English word for the hard, creamy-white substance which makes up the tusks of elephants.

IVY   f   English
From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers... [more]

IWAN   m   Welsh, Polish
Welsh form of JOHN and a Polish form of IVAN

IWO   m   Polish
Polish form of YVES

IWONA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of YVON

IXCHEL   f   New World Mythology
Means "rainbow lady" in Mayan... [more]

IYOV   m   Jewish, Biblical (Original)
Hebrew form of JOB

IZAAK   m   Polish
Polish form of ISAAC

IZABELA   f   Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech form of ISABELLA

IZABELLA   f   Hungarian, Polish
Hungarian and Polish form of ISABELLA

IZABELLE   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ISABEL

IZANAGI   m   Far Eastern Mythology
Means "male who invites" in Japanese... [more]

IZANAMI   f   Far Eastern Mythology
Means "female who invites" in Japanese... [more]

IZAR   f   Basque
Means "star" in Basque.

IZDIHAR   f   Arabic
Means "blossoming" in Arabic.

IZIDOR   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ISIDORE

IZOLDA   f   Polish
Polish form of ISOLDE

IZOTZ   m   Basque
Means "ice" in Basque.

IZSÁK   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ISAAC

IZUMI   f   Japanese
Means "fountain, spring" in Japanese.

IZYDOR   m   Polish
Polish form of ISIDORE

IZZ-AL-DIN   m   Arabic
Means "glory of religion", derived from Arabic عزّ ('izz) "glory, power" and دين (din) "religion"... [more]

IZZ-UD-DIN   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of IZZ-AL-DIN

IZZY   m & f   English
Short form of ISIDORE, ISABEL, ISRAEL, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

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