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IAEL   f   Biblical Greek
Form of JAEL used in the Greek Old Testament.

IAHEL   f   Biblical Latin
Form of JAEL used in the Latin Old Testament.

IANTHA   f   Various
Variant of IANTHE

IANTHE   f   Greek Mythology
Means "violet flower", derived from Greek ιον (ion) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower"... [more]

IBBIE   f   English
Diminutive of ISABEL

IBOLYA   f   Hungarian
Means "violet" in Hungarian.

IBTIHAJ   f   Arabic
Means "joy" in Arabic.

IBTISAM   f   Arabic
Means "smile" in Arabic.

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

ÍDE   f   Irish
Possibly derived from Old Irish ítu "thirst"... [more]

IDELLA   f   English
Elaboration of IDA

IDELLE   f   English (Rare)
Elaboration of IDA

IDIDA   f   Biblical Latin
Form of JEDIDAH used in the Latin Old Testament.

IDONEA   f   English (Archaic)
Latinized form of IDONY

IDONY   f   English (Archaic)
Medieval English form of IÐUNN

IDOWU   m & f   Yoruba
Means "born after twins" in Yoruba.

IDOYA   f   Spanish
From the Spanish place name Idoia, possibly meaning "pond" in Basque, an important place of worship of the Virgin Mary.

IDRIL   f   Literature
Means "sparkle brilliance" in Sindarin... [more]

IDRIYA   f   Hebrew
Means "duck" in Hebrew.

IDUN   f   Norse Mythology
Modern Scandinavian form of IÐUNN

IEDIDA   f   Biblical Greek
Form of JEDIDAH used in the Greek Old Testament.

IEKIKA   f   Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of JESSICA

IESHA   f   English (African American, Modern)
Variant of 'AISHA... [more]

IFE   f   Yoruba
Means "love" in Yoruba.

IGA   f   Polish
Diminutive of JADWIGA or IGNACJA

IGE   f   Yoruba
Means "born feet first" in Yoruba.

IGNACJA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of IGNATIUS

IGONE   f   Basque
Feminine form of IGON... [more]

IGRAINE   f   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, from the Welsh Eigyr... [more]

IHAB   m & f   Arabic
Means "gift" in Arabic.

IHINTZA   f   Basque
Means "dew" in Basque... [more]

IHSAN   m & f   Arabic
Means "charity" in Arabic.

IIDA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of IDA

IINES   f   Finnish
Finnish form of AGNES

IKRAAM   f & m   Arabic
Variant transcription of IKRAM

IKRAM   f & m   Arabic
Means "honour" in Arabic.

ILA   f   Indian
Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

ILANA   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ILAN

ILANIT   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of ILAN

ILARIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HILARIUS

ILDA   f   Italian
Italian form of HILDA

ILDI   f   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of ILDIKÓ

ILDIKÓ   f   Hungarian
Possibly a form of HILDA... [more]

ILDÓ   f   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of ILDIKÓ

ILEAN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EILEEN

ILEANA   f   Romanian, Spanish
Traditional Romanian form of HELEN

ILEEN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of EILEEN

ILENE   f   English
Variant of EILEEN, probably inspired by the spelling of Irene.

ILI   f   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of HELEN

ILIANA   f   Spanish
Variant of ILEANA

ILINCA   f   Romanian
Feminine form of ILIE

ILITHYIA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ειλειθυια (Eileithyia), which was derived from ειληλυθυια (eilelythyia) "the readycomer"... [more]

ILKA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of HELEN

İLKAY   f & m   Turkish
Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

ILMA   f   Finnish
Means "air" in Finnish.

ILMATAR   f   Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish ilma "air"... [more]

ILONA   f   Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Hungarian form of HELEN

ILONKA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of HELEN

ILSA   f   German
Variant of ILSE

ILSE   f   German, Dutch
German and Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH

ILTA   f   Finnish
Means "evening" in Finnish.

IMA   f   Dutch
Possibly a Dutch variant of IRMA

IMACULADA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of INMACULADA

IMAN   m & f   Arabic
Means "faith", derived from Arabic امن (amuna) "to be faithful".

IMANI   f   Eastern African
Means "faith" in Swahili.

IME   m & f   Western African
Means "patience" in Ibibio.

IMELDA   f   Italian, Spanish
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "entire" and hild "battle"... [more]

IMKE   f   German
Diminutive of IMMA

IMMA   f   German
Low German form of IRMA

IMMACOLATA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of INMACULADA

IMMACULATA   f   Irish
Latin form of INMACULADA

IMOGEN   f   English (British)
The name of a princess in the play 'Cymbeline' (1609) by Shakespeare... [more]

IMOGENE   f   English
Variant of IMOGEN

IMPI   f   Finnish
Means "virgin" in Finnish.

INA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Short form of names ending with ina.

IN'AM   f   Arabic
Means "giving, bestowal" in Arabic.

INANNA   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from Sumerian (n)in-an-na "lady of the sky"... [more]

INAS   f   Arabic
Means "friendliness" in Arabic.

INBAL   f   Hebrew
Means "tongue of a bell" in Hebrew.

INDAH   f   Indonesian
Means "beautiful" in Indonesian.

INDERJIT   m & f   Indian (Sikh)
Variant of INDRAJIT

INDIA   f   English
From the name of the country, which itself derives from the name of the Indus River.

INDIANA   f & m   English
From the name of the American state, which means "land of the Indians"... [more]

INDIGO   f & m   English (Rare)
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour... [more]

INDIRA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit... [more]

INDRANI   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "queen of INDRA" in Sanskrit... [more]

INDU   f   Indian
Means "bright drop" in Sanskrit. This is a name for the moon.

INÉS   f   Spanish
Spanish form of AGNES

INÈS   f   French
French form of INÉS

INÊS   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of AGNES

INES   f   Italian
Italian form of INÉS

INEZ   f   Spanish
Older Spanish form of AGNES

INGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian
Strictly feminine form of INGE

INGE   m & f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Germanic god ING... [more]

INGEBJØRG   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish variant of INGEBORG

INGEBORG   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with björg meaning "protection, help".

INGEGÄRD   f   Swedish
Swedish form of INGEGERD

INGEGERD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingigerðr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".

INGER   f   Swedish
Variant of INGRID or INGEGERD

INGIBJÖRG   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGEBORG

INGIGERÐR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGEGERD

INGRID   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful"... [more]

INGRÍÐR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGRID

INGVILD   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ingvildr, derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with vald "might, power".

INGVILDR   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGVILD

INKA   f   Frisian, Finnish
Frisian and Finnish feminine form of INGE

INKERI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of INGRID

INMACULADA   f   Spanish
Means "immaculate" in Spanish... [more]

INNA   f   Russian
Meaning unknown, perhaps originally a short form of names ending in ина (ina).

INNES   m & f   Scottish
Anglicized form of AONGHUS, also used as a feminine name.

INTAN   f   Indonesian
Means "diamond" in Indonesian.

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

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

IOANNA   f   Greek, Biblical Greek
Greek form of JOANNA

IOHANNA   f   Biblical Latin
Latin form of Ioanna (see JOANNA).

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.

IONA (1)   f   English, Scottish
From the name of the island off Scotland where Saint Columba founded a monastery... [more]

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

IONELA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of JOHN

IOUDITH   f   Biblical Greek
Greek form of JUDITH

İPEK   f   Turkish
Means "silk" in Turkish.

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

IPHIGENIA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of IPHIGENEIA

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, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRENKA   f   Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech diminutive of IRENA

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

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

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   Hebrew
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, Ancient Germanic
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 ERMENDRUD

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

IRYNA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of IRENE

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

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

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

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

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

ISET   f   Egyptian Mythology
Reconstructed Egyptian form of ISIS

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

ISEULT   f   Celtic Mythology
Medieval variant of ISOLDE

ISEUT   f   Medieval English
Medieval form of ISOLDE

ISHBEL   f   Scottish
Anglicized form of ISEABAIL

ISHILD   f   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, a hypothetical early form of ISOLDE.

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

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

ISIBÉAL   f   Irish
Irish form of ISABEL

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

ISIS   f   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of Egyptian Ist (reconstructed as Iset or Ueset), which possibly meant "the throne"... [more]

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

ISLA   f   Scottish
Feminine form of ISLAY

ISLEEN   f  
Variant of AISLING

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

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

ISOBEL   f   Scottish
Scottish form of ISABEL

ISOLDA   f   Celtic Mythology
Latinate form of ISOLDE

ISOLDE   f   English (Rare), German, Celtic Mythology
The origins of this name are uncertain, though some Celtic roots have been suggested... [more]

ISOTTA   f   Italian
Italian form of ISOLDE

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

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).

IÐUNN   f   Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
Probably derived from Old Norse "again" and unna "to love"... [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.

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

ITXARO   f   Basque
Means "hope" in Basque.

ITXASO   f   Basque
Diminutive of ITSASO

ITZEL   f   Native American
Possibly a variant of IXCHEL

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

IUDITH   f   Biblical Latin
Latin form of JUDITH

IÚILE   f   Irish
Irish form of JULIA

IULIA   f   Romanian, Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman and Romanian form of JULIA

IULIANA   f   Romanian, Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman and Romanian form of JULIANA

IUSTINA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

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.

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

IVET   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of YVETTE

IVETA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of YVETTE

IVETTE   f   Spanish
Spanish form of YVETTE

IVONA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of YVONNE

IVONETTE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of YVONNE

IVONNE   f   German
German form of YVONNE

IVORY   m & f   English (African American)
From the English word for the hard, creamy-white substance which makes up the tusks of elephants and was formerly used to produce piano keys.

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

IWONA   f   Polish
Polish feminine form of YVON

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

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

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.

IZOLDA   f   Polish
Polish form of ISOLDE

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

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

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