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NEA   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA

NEACEL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of NICHOLAS

NEAL   m   English
Variant of NEIL

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

NELS   m   Swedish
Variant of NILS

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.

NEREA   f   Basque
Variant of NERE

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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