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NABIL   m   Arabic
Means "noble" in Arabic.

NACHO   m   Spanish
Diminutive of IGNACIO

NACIO   m   Spanish
Short form of IGNACIO

NADAB   m   Biblical
Means "generous" in Hebrew... [more]

NADAV   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of NADAB

NADER   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of NADIR

NADIM   m   Arabic
Means "drinking companion", derived from Arabic ندم (nadima) "to drink together".

NADIR   m   Arabic
Means "rare" in Arabic.

NAGENDRA   m   Indian
Means "lord of snakes" from Sanskrit नाग (naga) meaning "snake" (also "elephant") combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA, used here to mean "lord"... [more]

NAGI   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of NAJI

NAGIB   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of NAJIB

NAHOR   m   Biblical
Means "snorting" in Hebrew... [more]

NAHUEL   m   Native American
Means "jaguar" in Mapuche.

NAHUM   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "comforter" in Hebrew... [more]

NAIL   m   Arabic
Means "attainer" in Arabic.

NA'IM   m   Arabic
Means "tranquil, at ease" in Arabic.

NAJI   m   Arabic
Means "safe" in Arabic.

NAJIB   m   Arabic
Means "noble" or "intelligent" in Arabic.

NALA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "stem" in Sanskrit... [more]

NALDO   m   Italian
Short form of names ending in naldo.

NANDA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "joy" in Sanskrit... [more]

NÁNDOR   m   Hungarian
Hungarian short form of FERDINAND

NANOOK   m   Native American
Variant of NANUQ... [more]

NANUK   m   Native American
Variant of NANOOK

NANUQ   m   Native American
Means "polar bear" in Inuktitut.

NAOISE   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Meaning unknown, presumably of Gaelic origin... [more]

NAOKI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 直 (nao) "honest, straight" and 樹 (ki) "tree".

NAOMHÁN   m   Irish
Means "little holy one", derived from Irish naomh "holy" combined with a diminutive suffix.

NAPHTALI   m   Biblical
Means "wrestling" in Hebrew... [more]

NAPIER   m   English (Rare)
From an English surname which meant "linen keeper" in Middle English, from Old French nappe "table cloth".

NAPOLEON   m   History
This was an old Italian name, used most notably by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who was born on Corsica... [more]

NARAYAN   m   Indian
Modern transcription of NARAYANA

NARAYANA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "path of man" in Sanskrit... [more]

NARCÍS   m   Catalan
Catalan form of NARCISSUS

NARCISO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NARCISSUS

NARCISSE   m   French
French form of NARCISSUS

NARCISSUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Roman, Biblical
Latinized form of Greek Ναρκισσος (Narkissos), possibly derived from ναρκη (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness"... [more]

NARCYZ   m   Polish
Polish form of NARCISSUS

NAREK   m   Armenian
From the name of a 10th-century Armenian saint, Grigor of Narek, who came from the town of Narek (formerly in Armenia, now in eastern Turkey).

NARENDRA   m   Indian
Means "lord of men" from Sanskrit नर (nara) "man" combined with the name of the Hindu god INDRA, used here to mean "lord".

NARINDER   m   Indian (Sikh)
Variant of NARENDRA

NASEER   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of NASIR

NASH   m   English (Modern)
From a surname which was derived from the Middle English phrase atten ash "at the ash tree"... [more]

NASIB   m   Arabic
Means "noble" in Arabic.

NASIR   m   Arabic
Means "helper" in Arabic.

NASSER   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of NASIR

NAT   m   English
Short form of NATHAN or NATHANIEL

NATALE   m   Italian
Italian masculine form of NATALIE

NATALIO   m   Spanish
Masculine form of NATALIA

NATAN   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of NATHAN

NATANAEL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of NATHANAEL

NATANAELE   m   Italian
Italian form of NATHANAEL

NATE   m   English
Short form of NATHAN or NATHANIEL

NATHAN   m   English, French, Biblical
Means "giver" in Hebrew... [more]

NATHANAEL   m   Biblical
From the Hebrew name נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el) which meant "God has given"... [more]

NATHANIEL   m   English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of NATHANAEL... [more]

NAUM   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of NAHUM

NAVEED   m   Iranian, Arabic
Means "good news" in Persian.

NAVEEN   m   Indian
Variant transcription of NAVIN

NAVID   m   Iranian, Arabic
Variant of NAVEED

NAVIN   m   Indian
Means "new" in Sanskrit.

NAZAIRE   m   French
French form of Nazarius (see NAZARIO).

NAZAR   m   Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Nazarius (see NAZARIO).

NAZARIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Late Latin name Nazarius, which meant "from Nazareth"... [more]

NAZARIY   m   Russian
Russian form of Nazarius (see NAZARIO).

NAZIH   m   Arabic
Means "honest, virtuous" in Arabic.

NAZZARENO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Nazarenus, which meant "from Nazareth"... [more]

NDIDI   m & f   Igbo
Means "patience" in Igbo.

NEACEL   m   Scottish
Scottish form of NICHOLAS

NEAL   m   English
Variant of NEIL

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

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.

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]

NEIRIN   m   Welsh
Older form of ANEIRIN

NEJC   m   Slovene
Diminutive of JERNEJ

NEKODA   m   Biblical
Means "marked" in Hebrew... [more]

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]

NEMO   m   Literature
Means "nobody" in Latin... [more]

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]

NEPTUNE   m   Roman Mythology
From the Latin Neptunus, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

NEREUS   m   Greek Mythology, Biblical
Derived from Greek νηρος (neros) meaning "water"... [more]

NERIAH   m   Biblical
Means "lamp of YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

NERIO   m   Italian
Italian form of NEREUS

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

NERVA   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen derived from Latin nervus "strength"... [more]

NESTOR   m   Greek Mythology, Russian
Means "homecoming" in Greek... [more]

NESTORE   m   Italian
Italian form of NESTOR

NETHANIAH   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has given" in Hebrew... [more]

NETUNO   m   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of NEPTUNE

NEVAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of NAOMHÁN

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]

NGAI   m   Vietnamese
Means "herb" in Vietnamese.

NGOZI   f & m   Igbo
Means "blessing" in Igbo.

NGUYEN   m   Vietnamese
Means "origin" in Vietnamese.

NHUNG   f & m   Vietnamese
Means "velvet" in Vietnamese.

NIALL   m   Irish, Scottish
Original Gaelic spelling of NEIL

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

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]

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

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

NICOLAU   m   Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Portuguese, Galician and Catalan form of NICHOLAS

NICOLAUS   m   German
German form of NICHOLAS

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

NIEK   m   Dutch
Diminutive of NICOLAAS

NIELS (1)   m   Danish
Danish form of NICHOLAS... [more]

NIELS (2)   m   Dutch
Dutch short form of CORNELIUS

NIGEL   m   English
From Nigellus, a medieval Latinized form of NEIL... [more]

NIGUL   m   Estonian
Estonian form of NICHOLAS

NIILO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of NICHOLAS

NIKA (1)   f & m   Russian
Short form of VERONIKA and other names ending in nika... [more]

NIKANDROS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "victory of a man" from the Greek elements νικη (nike) "victory" and ανδρος (andros) "of a man"... [more]

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.

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).

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

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

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]

NILAM   m & f   Indian
Means "sapphire" in Sanskrit.

NILES   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name NEIL.

NILS   m   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of NICHOLAS

NIMA (1)   f & m   Arabic
Means "blessing" in Arabic.

NIMA (2)   m   Iranian
Possibly means "just, fair" in Persian.

NIMROD   m   Biblical
Meaning unknown, possibly of Babylonian origin or possibly meaning "rebel" in Hebrew... [more]

NINAD   m   Indian
Means "sound, hum" in Sanskrit.

NING   f & m   Chinese
Means "peaceful, tranquil" in Chinese.

NINIAN   m   Scottish, Irish
Meaning unknown, perhaps a Latinized form of the Welsh name Nynnyaw... [more]

NINO (1)   m   Italian
Short form of GIANNINO, ANTONINO, and other names ending in nino.

NIOCLÁS   m   Irish
Irish form of NICHOLAS

NIR   m   Jewish
Means "plowed field" in Hebrew.

NIRAJ   m   Indian
Means "illuminate" in Sanskrit.

NIRAV   m   Indian
Means "quiet, calm" in Sanskrit.

NISHANT   m   Indian
Means "night's end, dawn" in Sanskrit.

NITHYA   m & f   Indian
Variant transcription of NITYA

NITIN   m   Indian
Means "ethical, moral" in Sanskrit.

NITYA   m & f   Indian
Means "always, eternal" in Sanskrit... [more]

NIV   m   Jewish
Means "speech, expression" in Aramaic.

NIVEN   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of NAOMHÁN

NIZAR   m   Arabic
Perhaps from Arabic نزير (nazir) "little".

NJÅL   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of Niall (see NEIL).

NJORD   m   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
From the Old Norse Njörðr, which was possibly derived from the Indo-European root *ner meaning "strong, vigourous"... [more]

NKEMDILIM   m & f   Igbo
Means "let mine be mine" in Igbo.

NKOSANA   m   Southern African
Means "prince" in Xhosa.

NKRUMA   m & f   Western African
Means "ninth born child" in Akan.

NNAMDI   m   Igbo
Means "my father is alive" in Igbo... [more]

NOACH   m   Jewish
Hebrew form of NOAH (1)

NOAH (1)   m   English, Biblical
Derived from the Hebrew name נוֹחַ (Noach) meaning "rest, comfort"... [more]

NOAK   m   Swedish
Swedish form of NOAH (1)

NOAM   m & f   Jewish
Means "pleasantness" in Hebrew... [more]

NOBLE   m   English
From an English surname meaning "noble, notable"... [more]

NOBORU   m   Japanese
Means "rise, ascend" in Japanese.

NOBU   m   Japanese
Means "prolong, stretch" in Japanese.

NOBURU   m   Japanese
Means "expand" in Japanese.

NOBUYUKI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 信 (nobu) "truth" and 幸 (yuki) "happiness".

NOÉ   m   French, Spanish, Portuguese
French, Spanish and Portuguese form of NOAH (1)

NOËL   m   French
Means "Christmas" in French... [more]

NOEL   m   English
English form of NOËL

NOGA   f & m   Jewish
Variant transcription of NOGAH

NOGAH   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "brightness" in Hebrew... [more]

NOLAN   m   Irish, English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Nualláin meaning "descendent of Nuallán"... [more]

NOLL   m   English (Archaic)
Medieval diminutive of OLIVER

NOMIKI   m   Greek
Derived from Greek νομικος (nomikos) "relating to the law".

NOOA   m   Finnish
Finnish form of NOAH (1)

NOOR   f & m   Arabic
Variant transcription of NUR

NORBERT   m   German, English, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements nord "north" and beraht "bright"... [more]

NORI   m   Japanese
Means "rule, ceremony" in Japanese.

NORM   m   English
Short form of NORMAN

NORMAN   m   English
From an old Germanic byname meaning "northman", referring to a Viking... [more]

NORMAND   m   English
From a surname which was dervived from the given name NORMAN.

NORRIS   m   English
From an English surname which meant "northerner" in Old French.

NORTON   m   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "north town" in Old English.

NORWOOD   m   English
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "north wood" in Old English.

NOWELL   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was dervived from the given name NOEL.

NSIA   m & f   Western African
Means "sixth born child" in Akan.

NSONOWA   m & f   Western African
Means "seventh born child" in Akan.

NTHANDA   m & f   Southern African
Means "star" in Tumbuka.

NUADA   m   Irish Mythology
Possibly means "protector" in Celtic... [more]

NUADHA   m   Irish Mythology
Variant of NUADA

NUDD   m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh cognate of NUADA

NUKA   m & f   Native American
Means "younger sibling" in Greenlandic.

NUMITOR   m   Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

NUNO   m   Portuguese
Possibly from the Latin nonus meaning "ninth".

NUNZIO   m   Italian
Means "messenger" in Italian.

NUR   f & m   Arabic
Means "light" in Arabic.

NURZHAN   m   Kazakh
Means "light soul" in Kazakh.

NYE   m   Welsh
Diminutive of ANEIRIN

NYYRIKKI   m   Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

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