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OONA   f   Irish
Variant of ÚNA

OONAGH   f   Irish
Variant of ÚNA

OPAL   f   English
From the English word opal for the iridescent gemstone, the birthstone of October... [more]

OPALINE   f   English (Rare)
Elaborated form of OPAL

OPEYEMI   m   Yoruba
Means "I should give praise" in Yoruba.

OPHELIA   f   English
Derived from Greek οφελος (ophelos) meaning "help"... [more]

OPHIR   m   Biblical
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a son of Joktan in the Old Testament.

OPHIUCHUS   m   Astronomy
Means "serpent bearer" in Greek... [more]

OPHRAH   m   Biblical
Means "fawn" in Hebrew... [more]

OPRAH   f   Various
In the case of television personality Oprah Winfrey, it was a childhood mispronunciation of her real name ORPAH that became permanent.

ORA (1)   f & m   English
Perhaps based on Latin oro "to pray"... [more]

ORA (2)   f   Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew.

ORABELA   f   Esperanto
Means "golden-beautiful" in Esperanto.

ORAH   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORA (2)

ORAL   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss form of AURELIUS

ORALEE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE

ORALIE   f   English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE

ORAN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of ODHRÁN

ORAZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of HORATIUS

ORBÁN   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of URBAN

OREL   m   German (Swiss)
Swiss form of AURELIUS

OREN   m   Hebrew
Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.

ORESTES   m   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ορεστιας (orestias) meaning "of the mountains"... [more]

ORFEO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ORPHEUS

ÓRFHLAITH   f   Irish
Means "golden princess" from Irish ór "gold" combined with flaith "princess"... [more]

ORI   m   Hebrew
Means "my light" in Hebrew.

ORIA   f   Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Aurea which was derived from Latin aureus "golden"... [more]

ORIANA   f   Italian
Possibly derived from Spanish oro "gold"... [more]

ORIANE   f   French
French form of ORIANA

ORIANNE   f   French
French form of ORIANA

ORIGEN   m   History
From the Greek name Ωριγενης (Origenes), which was derived from an unknown Greek element combined with the element γενης (genes) "born"... [more]

ORINDA   f   English (Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Spanish oro "gold"... [more]

ORINTHIA   f   Literature
Possibly related to Greek ορινω (orino) meaning "to excite, to agitate"... [more]

ORION   m   Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown, but possibly related to Greek ‘οριον (horion) "boundary, limit"... [more]

ORIT   f   Hebrew
Means "light" in Hebrew.

ÖRJAN   m   Swedish
Medieval Swedish form of JURIAN

ØRJAN   m   Norwegian
Medieval Norwegian form of JURIAN

ORLA   f   Irish
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH

ORLAGH   f   Irish
Anglicized form of ÓRFHLAITH

ÓRLAITH   f   Irish
Variant of ÓRFHLAITH

ORLANDA   f   Italian
Feminine form of ORLANDO

ORLANDO   m   Italian
Italian form of ROLAND... [more]

ORLI   f   Hebrew
Means "light is mine" in Hebrew.

ORLY   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORLI

ORMAZD   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of AHURA MAZDA

ORMOND   m   English (Rare)
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ruaidh meaning "descendent of Ruadh"... [more]

ORMONDE   m   English (Rare)
Variant of ORMOND

ORNA (1)   f   Irish
Anglicized form of ODHARNAIT

ORNA (2)   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of OREN

ORNAT   f   Irish
Anglicized form of ODHARNAIT

ORNELLA   f   Italian
Created by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio for his novel 'La Figlia di Jorio' (1904)... [more]

OROITZ   m   Basque
Means "memory" in Basque.

'ORPAH   f   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ORPAH

ORPAH   f   Biblical
Means "back of the neck" in Hebrew... [more]

ORPHA   f   Biblical (Variant), English
Variant of ORPAH used in some translations of the Bible.

ORPHEUS   m   Greek Mythology
Perhaps related to Greek ορφνη (orphne) meaning "the darkness of night"... [more]

ORRELL   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "ore hill" in Old English.

ORRIN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of ODHRÁN

ORSINA   f   Italian
Feminine form of ORSINO

ORSINO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Roman name Ursinus, itself derived from Ursus (see URS)... [more]

ORSO   m   Italian
Italian form of Ursus (see URS).

ORSOLA   f   Italian
Italian form of URSULA

ORSOLYA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of URSULA

ORSON   m   English
From an English surname which was originally a nickname meaning "bear cub", from a diminutive of Norman French ors "bear", ultimately from Latin ursus... [more]

ORTRUN   f   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ort "point" and rún "secret".

ORTWIN   m   German
Derived from the Germanic elements ort "point" and win "friend".

ORTZI   m   Basque
Means "sky" in Basque.

ORVAL   m   English
Variant of ORVILLE

ORVAR   m   Swedish
Means "arrow" in Old Norse.

ORVILLE   m   English
This name was invented by the 18th-century writer Fanny Burney, who perhaps intended it to mean "golden city" in French... [more]

ORVOKKI   f   Finnish
Means "pansy flower" in Finnish.

OSAMA   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of USAMA

OSAMU   m   Japanese
Means "discipline, study" in Japanese.

OSANE   f   Basque
Means "cure, remedy" in Basque... [more]

OSANNE   f & m   French
French form of HOSANNA

OSBEORN   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of OSBORN

OSBERHT   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of OSBERT

OSBERT   m   English (Rare)
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorht "bright"... [more]

OSBORN   m   English
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and beorn "bear"... [more]

OSBORNE   m   English
From a surname which was a variant of OSBORN.

OSBOURNE   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was a variant of OSBORN.

ÓSCAR   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of OSCAR

ÒSCAR   m   Catalan
Catalan form of OSCAR

OSCAR   m   English, Irish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Scandinavian, Irish Mythology
Possibly means "deer lover", derived from Gaelic os "deer" and cara "lover"... [more]

OSGAR   m   Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and gar "spear".

OSHEA   m   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of HOSHEA used in some versions of the Bible.

OSHEEN   m   Irish
Anglicized form of OISÍN

OSHER   m   Hebrew
Means "happiness" in Hebrew.

OSIP   m   Russian
Russian form of JOSEPH

OSIRIS   m   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of the Egyptian Asar which is of unknown meaning... [more]

ÓSKAR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of OSCAR

OSKAR   m   Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene
Scandinavian, German, Polish and Slovene form of OSCAR

OSKARI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of OSCAR

OSKARS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of OSCAR

OSKU   m   Finnish
Short form of OSKARI

OSMAN   m   Turkish
Turkish form of UTHMAN... [more]

OSMOND   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements os "god" and mund "protector"... [more]

OSMUND   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of OSMOND

OSSIA   f   ?
Feminine form of OSSIAN

OSSIAN   m   Literature
Variant of OISÍN used by James Macpherson in his epic poems, which he claimed to have based on early Irish legends.

OSVALD   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of OSWALD

OSVALDO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of OSWALD

OSWALD   m   English, German, Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and weald "rule"... [more]

OSWIN   m   English (Rare)
From the Old English elements os "god" and wine "friend"... [more]

OSWINE   m   Anglo-Saxon
Old English form of OSWIN

OSZKÁR   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of OSCAR

OTAKAR   m   Czech
Czech form of ODOVACAR

OTÁVIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of OCTAVIUS

OTHELLO   m   Literature
Perhaps an Italian diminutive of OTHO... [more]

OTHNIEL   m   Biblical
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

OTHO   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen of unknown meaning... [more]

OTIENO   m   Eastern African
Means "born at night" in Luo.

OTIS   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from the medieval given name Ode, a cognate of OTTO... [more]

OTOKAR   m   Czech
Czech form of ODOVACAR

OTSO   m   Finnish
Means "bear" in Finnish.

OTTAVIA   f   Italian
Italian form of OCTAVIA

OTTAVIANO   m   Italian
Italian form of Octavianus (see OCTAVIAN).

OTTAVIO   m   Italian
Italian form of OCTAVIUS

OTTILIA   f   German (Rare)
Variant of OTTILIE

OTTILIE   f   German
German form of ODILIA

OTTO   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Later German form of AUDO... [more]

OTTÓ   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of OTTO

OTTOKAR   m   German
German form of ODOVACAR

OTTOLINE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of OTTILIE... [more]

OTYLIA   f   Polish
Polish form of ODILIA

OUIDA   f   Various
Used by the English author Ouida (1839-1908), born Marie Louise Ramé to a French father... [more]

OURANIA   f   Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ουρανιος (ouranios) meaning "heavenly"... [more]

OURANOS   m   Greek Mythology
Original Greek form of URANUS

OURBANOS   m   Biblical Greek
Form of URBAN used in the Greek New Testament.

OURIAS   m   Biblical Greek
Greek form of URIAH

OVADIA   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of OBADIAH

'OVADYAH   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of OBADIAH

OVE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of names that contain the Old Norse element ag "blade".

OVED   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of OBED

OVID   m   History
From the Roman family name Ovidius, which was possibly derived from Latin ovis "a sheep"... [more]

OVÍDIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ovidius (see OVID).

OVIDIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Ovidius (see OVID).

OVIDIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of Ovidius (see OVID).

OVIDIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of OVID

OWAIN   m   Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Probably a Welsh form of EUGENE, though it might be derived from Welsh eoghunn meaning "youth"... [more]

OWEN (1)   m   Welsh, English
Modern form of OWAIN

OWEN (2)   m   Irish
Anglicized form of EOGHAN

OWENA   f   Welsh
Feminine form of OWEN (1)

OXANA   f   Ukrainian, Russian
Variant transcription of OKSANA

ØYSTEIN   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of EYSTEINN

ØYVIND   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Eyvindr, which was derived from ey meaning "island" and vindr possibly meaning "victory" or "wind".

OZ (1)   m   English
Short form of OSWALD, OSBORN, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

OZ (2)   m   Hebrew
Means "strength" in Hebrew.

OZAN   m   Turkish
Means "bard" in Turkish.

OZANNE   f & m   French
French form of HOSANNA

OZAZIAS   m   Biblical Greek
Form of AZAZIAH used in the Greek Bible.

ÖZGE   f   Turkish
Means "other, different" in Turkish.

ÖZGÜR   m & f   Turkish
Means "free" in Turkish.

OZI   m   Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of UZZI used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

OZIAS   m   Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of UZZIAH used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

OZIEL   m   Biblical Greek
Form of UZZIEL used in the Greek Old Testament.

OZIHEL   m   Biblical Latin
Form of UZZIEL used in the Latin Old Testament.

ÖZLEM   f   Turkish
Means "yearning" in Turkish.

OZZIE   m   English
Diminutive of OSWALD, OSBORN, and other names beginning with a similar sound.

OZZY   m   English
Variant of OZZIE

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