the etymology and history of first names
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NEA f Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA
NEACEL m Scottish
Scottish form of NICHOLAS
NEASA f Irish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [more]
NEASSA f Irish
Variant of NEASA
NEBOJSA m Serbian
Means "fearless" in Serbian.
NECULAI m Romanian
Romanian variant form of NICHOLAS
NED m English
Diminutive of EDWARD or EDMUND... [more]
NEDELCHO m Bulgarian
Masculine form of NEDELYA
NEDELYA f Bulgarian
Means "Sunday" in Bulgarian.
NEELA f Indian
Variant transcription of NILA
NEELAM m & f Indian
Variant transcription of NILAM
NEELY m English
From a Scottish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac an Fhilidh meaning "son of the poet" in Gaelic.
NEFERTARI f Ancient Egyptian
Means "the most beautiful" in Egyptian... [more]
NEFERTITI f Ancient Egyptian
Means "the beautiful one has come" in Egyptian... [more]
NEHA f Indian
Means "loving" in Sanskrit.
NEHEMIAH m Biblical
Means "comforted by YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]
NEIFION m Welsh
Welsh form of NEPTUNE
NEIL m Irish, Scottish, English
From the Gaelic name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly meaning "champion" or "cloud"... [more]
NEILINA f Scottish
Feminine form of NEIL
NEIRIN m Welsh
Older form of ANEIRIN
NEJC m Slovene
Diminutive of JERNEJ
NEKANE f Basque
Means "sorrows" in Basque... [more]
NEKODA m Biblical
Means "marked" in Hebrew... [more]
NELDA f English
Possibly an elaboration of NELL using the popular name suffix da.
NELE f German
Diminutive of CORNELIA
NELL f English
Medieval diminutive of ELEANOR, ELLEN (1) or HELEN... [more]
NELLA f English
Elaborated form of NELL
NELLE f English
Variant of NELL
NELLIE f English
Diminutive of NELL
NELLY f English
Diminutive of NELL
NELSON m English
From an English surname meaning "son of NEIL"... [more]
NELU m Romanian
Romanian diminutive of ION
NEMANJA m Serbian
Possibly means "without possessions", derived from Serbo-Croatian nemati "have not"... [more]
NEMESIS f Greek Mythology
Means "retribution, righteous anger" in Greek... [more]
NEMO m Literature
Means "nobody" in Latin... [more]
NENA f English
Variant of NINA (1)
NENAD m Serbian, Croatian
Means "unexpected" in Serbian and Croatian.
NEO (1) f & m Southern African
Means "gift" in Tswana.
NEO (2) m Various
From the prefix meaning "new", ultimately derived from Greek νεος (neos).
NEOPTOLEMUS m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Νεοπτολεμος (Neoptolemos) which meant "new war", derived from νεος (neos) "new" and πολεμος (polemos) "war"... [more]
NEPHELE f Greek Mythology
Means "cloudy" in Greek... [more]
NEPHTHYS f Egyptian Mythology
Greek form of Egyptian Nebt-Het meaning "lady of the house", derived from Egyptian nbt "lady" and hwt "house"... [more]
NEPTUNE m Roman Mythology
From the Latin Neptunus, which is of unknown meaning... [more]
NERE f Basque
Means "mine" in Basque.
NEREIDA f Spanish
Derived from Greek Νηρεις (Nereis) meaning "nymph, sea sprite", ultimately derived from the name of the Greek sea god NEREUS, who supposedly fathered them.
NEREUS m Greek Mythology, Biblical
Derived from Greek νηρος (neros) meaning "water"... [more]
NERGİS f Turkish
Means "daffodil" in Turkish.
NERIAH m Biblical
Means "lamp of YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]
NERIDA f Indigenous Australian
Possibly means "water lily" in an Australian Aboriginal language.
NERINA f Italian
Feminine form of NERIO
NERIO m Italian
Italian form of NEREUS
NERISSA f Literature
Created by Shakespeare for a character in his play 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596)... [more]
NERO (1) m Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen, which was probably of Sabine origin meaning "strong, vigourous"... [more]
NERO (2) m Italian
Short form of RANIERO
NERTHUS f Germanic Mythology
Latinized form of Nerþuz, the Germanic (feminine) equivalent of Njörðr (see NJORD)... [more]
NERVA m Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from Latin nervus "strength"... [more]
NERYS f Welsh
Perhaps an elaboration of Welsh ner "lord", with the intended meaning of "lady".
NESRİN f Turkish
Turkish form of NASRIN
NESSA (1) f English
Short form of VANESSA and other names ending in nessa.
NESSA (2) f Jewish
Means "miracle" in Hebrew.
NESSA (3) f Irish
Variant of NEASA
NESTA f Welsh
Welsh diminutive of AGNES
NESTOR m Greek Mythology, Russian
Means "homecoming" in Greek... [more]
NESTORE m Italian
Italian form of NESTOR
NETA f Jewish
Means "plant, shrub" in Hebrew.
NETHANIAH m Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has given" in Hebrew... [more]
NETTA f English
Short form of names ending in netta.
NETTIE f English
Diminutive of names ending in nette, such as ANNETTE and JEANETTE.
NETUNO m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of NEPTUNE
NEUS f Catalan
Means "snows" in Catalan... [more]
NEVA f English
Short form of GENEVA
NEVADA f English
From the name of the American state, which means "snow-capped" in Spanish.
NEVAEH f English (Modern)
The word heaven spelled backwards... [more]
NEVAN m Irish
Anglicized form of NAOMHÁN
NEVE f Irish
Anglicized form of NIAMH
NEVENA f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from Bulgarian and Macedonian невен (neven) meaning "marigold".
NEVES f Portuguese
Portuguese form of NIEVES
NEVIL m English (Rare)
Variant of NEVILLE
NEVILLE m English (Rare)
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Norman French.
NEVIO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Naevius, which was derived from Latin naevus "mole (on the body)"... [more]
NEWT m English
Short form of NEWTON
NEWTON m English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "new town" in Old English... [more]
NEŽA f Slovene
Slovene form of AGNES
NGAI m Vietnamese
Means "herb" in Vietnamese.
NGAIO f Maori
Maori name which is derived from the name of a type of tree, also called the mousehole tree.
NGAIRE f Maori
Possibly means "flaxen" in Maori.
NGOC f Vietnamese
Means "precious stone" or "jade" in Vietnamese.
NGOZI f & m Igbo
Means "blessing" in Igbo.
NGUYEN m Vietnamese
Means "origin" in Vietnamese.
NGUYET f Vietnamese
Means "moon" in Vietnamese.
NHUNG f & m Vietnamese
Means "velvet" in Vietnamese.
NIA (1) f Welsh
Welsh form of NIAMH
NIA (2) f Eastern African
Means "purpose" in Swahili.
NIALL m Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic spelling of NEIL
NIAMH f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "bright" in Irish... [more]
NIC m English
Short form of NICHOLAS, or sometimes DOMINIC.
NICCOLÒ m Italian
Italian form of NICHOLAS... [more]
NICÉPHORE m French
French form of NIKEPHOROS
NICHJO m Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of NICHOLAS
NICHOL m Scottish
Variant of NICOL
NICHOLA f English (British)
Feminine form of NICHOLAS
NICHOLAS m English, French
From the Greek name Νικολαος (Nikolaos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and λαος (laos) "people"... [more]
NICHOLE f English
Variant of NICOLE
NICK m English, Dutch
Short form of NICHOLAS
NICKOLAS m English
Variant of NICHOLAS
NICKOLAUS m German
Variant of NIKOLAUS
NICKY m & f English
Diminutive of NICHOLAS or NICOLE
NICO m Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch short form of NICHOLAS or NICODEMUS
NICODÈME m French
French form of NICODEMUS
NICODEMO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NICODEMUS
NICODEMUS m Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Νικοδημος (Nikodemos) which meant "victory of the people" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and δημος (demos) "the people"... [more]
NICOL m Scottish
Scottish form of NICHOLAS... [more]
NICOLA (1) m Italian
Italian form of NICHOLAS
NICOLA (2) f English (British)
Latinate feminine form of NICHOLAS
NICOLAAS m Dutch
Dutch form of NICHOLAS
NICOLAE m Romanian
Romanian form of NICHOLAS
NICOLAO m Spanish
Spanish form of NICHOLAS
NICOLAOS m Greek
Variant transcription of NIKOLAOS
NICOLÁS m Spanish
Spanish form of NICHOLAS
NICOLAS m French
French form of NICHOLAS
NICOLASA f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of NICHOLAS
NICOLAU m Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of NICHOLAS
NICOLAUS m German
German form of NICHOLAS
NICOLE f French, English, Dutch
French feminine form of NICHOLAS, commonly used in the English-speaking world since the middle of the 20th century.
NICOLET f Dutch
Dutch feminine form of NICHOLAS
NICOLETA f Romanian
Romanian feminine form of NICHOLAS
NICOLETTA f Italian
Feminine diminutive of NICOLA (1)
NICOLETTE f French
Diminutive of NICOLE
NICOLINA f Italian
Feminine diminutive of NICOLA (1)
NICOLINE f French, Dutch
Diminutive of NICOLE
NICOLÒ m Italian
Italian form of NICHOLAS
NICOMEDO m Italian
Italian form of NIKOMEDES
NICOSTRATO m Italian
Italian form of NIKOSTRATOS
NICU m Romanian
Diminutive of NICOLAE
NICUȘOR m Romanian
Diminutive of NICOLAE
NIDIA f English (Rare), Spanish
Variant of NYDIA
NIEK m Dutch
Diminutive of NICOLAAS
NIELS (1) m Danish
Danish form of NICHOLAS... [more]
NIELS (2) m Dutch
Dutch short form of CORNELIUS
NIENKE f Frisian
Frisian diminutive of KATHERINE
NIEVE f Spanish
Variant of NIEVES
NIEVES f Spanish
Means "snows" in Spanish, derived from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves meaning "Our Lady of the Snows".
NÎGA f Kurdish
Means "sight" in Kurdish.
NIGEL m English
From Nigellus, a medieval Latinized form of NEIL... [more]
NIGELLA f English (Rare)
Feminine form of NIGEL
NIGUL m Estonian
Estonian form of NICHOLAS
NIILO m Finnish
Finnish form of NICHOLAS
NIINA f Finnish
Short form of ANNIINA
NIKA (1) f & m Russian
Short form of VERONIKA and other names ending in nika... [more]
NIKA (2) f Slovene
Feminine form of NIKOLA (1)
NIKANDROS m Ancient Greek
Means "victory of a man" from the Greek elements νικη (nike) "victory" and ανδρος (andros) "of a man"... [more]
NIKE f Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Means "victory" in Greek. Nike was the Greek goddess of victory.
NIKEISHA f English (African American, Rare)
Combination of the name prefix Ni and the name KEISHA.
NIKEPHOROS m & f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Means "carrying victory" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and φορεω (phoreo) "to carry, to bear"... [more]
NIKHIL m Indian
Means "whole, entire" in Sanskrit.
NIKHILA f Indian
Feminine form of NIKHIL
NIKIAS m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek νικη (nike) meaning "victory"... [more]
NIKIFOR m Russian, Bulgarian, Polish
Russian, Bulgarian and Polish form of NIKEPHOROS
NIKITA m Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Aniketos (see ANICETUS).
NIKKI f English
Diminutive of NICOLE
NIKKOLE f English (Rare)
Variant of NICOLE
NIKLAS m Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish form of NICHOLAS
NIKLAUS m German
Swiss German form of NICHOLAS
NIKO m Finnish, Croatian
Finnish form of NICHOLAS, and a Croatian and Slovene short form of NIKOLA (1)
NIKODEM m Polish
Polish form of NICODEMUS
NIKODEMOS m Ancient Greek, Greek
Original Greek form of NICODEMUS
NIKODIM m Russian
Russian form of NICODEMUS
NIKOLA (1) m Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Basque
Cognate of NICHOLAS
NIKOLA (2) f German, Czech, Slovak
German, Czech and Slovak feminine form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLAAS m Dutch
Dutch form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLAI m Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of NICHOLAS... [more]
NIKOLAJ m Danish, Slovene
Danish and Slovene form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLAJS m Latvian
Latvian form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLAO m Esperanto
Esperanto form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLAOS m Ancient Greek, Greek
Original Greek form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLAS m English, Greek
Variant of NICHOLAS or NIKOLAOS
NIKOLAUS m German
German form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLE f English
Variant of NICOLE
NIKOLETA f Greek
Greek feminine form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLETT f Hungarian
Hungarian feminine form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLINA f Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of NICHOLAS
NIKOLOZ m Georgian
Georgian form of NICHOLAS
NIKOMACHOS m Ancient Greek
Means "battle of victory" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and μαχη (mache) "battle".
NIKOMEDES m Ancient Greek
Means "to think of victory", derived from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and μηδομαι (medomai) "to think"... [more]
NIKON m Ancient Greek, Russian
Derived from Greek νικη (nike) meaning "victory".
NIKOSTRATOS m Ancient Greek
Means "army of victory" from Greek νικη (nike) "victory" and στρατος (stratos) "army"... [more]
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