Behind the Name: Feminine Names Beginning With O

OLIVIA f English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]

OLIVIE f French, Czech
French and Czech form of OLIVIA

OLIWIA f Polish
Polish form of OLIVIA

OLLIE m & f English
Diminutive of OLIVER, OLIVE or OLIVIA

OLUBUNMI f Yoruba
Means "gift of God" in Yoruba.

OLUCHI m & f Igbo
Means "God's work" in Igbo.

OLUFUNKE m & f Yoruba
Means "God has cared for" in Yoruba.

OLUFUNMILAYO f & m Yoruba
Means "God gave me joy" in Yoruba.

OLUFUNMILOLA f & m Yoruba
Means "God gives me wealth" in Yoruba.

OLUWAFUNMILAYO f & m Yoruba
Variant of OLUFUNMILAYO

OLUWASEGUN m & f Yoruba
Means "God has been victorious" in Yoruba.

OLUWASEUN m & f Yoruba
Means "we thank God" in Yoruba.

OLUWASEYI f & m Yoruba
Means "God made this" in Yoruba.

OLUWATOYIN m & f Yoruba
Means "God is worthy to be praised" in Yoruba.

OLUWAYEMISI f & m Yoruba
Means "God honours me" in Yoruba.

OLWEN f Welsh
Means "white footprint" from Welsh ol "footprint, track" and gwen "white, fair, blessed"... [more]

OLWIN f Welsh
Variant of OLWEN

OLWYN f Welsh
Variant of OLWEN

OLYA f Russian
Diminutive of OLGA

OLYMPE f French
French form of OLYMPIA

OLYMPIA f Greek, Slovak
Feminine form of OLYMPOS

OLYMPIAS f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of OLYMPOS... [more]

OLYVIA f English (Rare)
Variant of OLIVIA

OMEGA m & f Various
From the name of the last letter in the Greek alphabet, Ω... [more]

OMID m & f Iranian
Means "hope" in Persian.

OMOBOLANLE f & m Yoruba
Means "a child who met wealth at home" in Yoruba.

OMOLARA f Yoruba
Means "a child is family" in Yoruba.

ONA f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of ANNA

ONEIDA f English
From the name of a Native American tribe, perhaps meaning "standing rock".

ONI f Yoruba
Possibly means "born in sacred abode" in Yoruba.

ONÓRA f Irish
Irish form of HONORA

ONYEKA f Igbo
Short form of ONYEKACHI

ONYEKACHI f & m Igbo
Means "who is greater than God?" in Igbo.

ONYEKACHUKWU m & f Igbo
Variant of ONYEKACHI, using Chukwu as the last element, which is the extended form of Chi meaning "God".

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

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

OPHRAH m & f Biblical, Jewish
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 Jewish
Means "light" in Hebrew.

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

ORAH f Jewish
Variant transcription of ORA (2)

ORALEE f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE

ORALIE f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of AURÉLIE

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

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

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]

ORIT f Jewish
Means "light" in Hebrew.

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

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

ORLY f Jewish
Variant transcription of ORLI

ORNA (1) f Irish
Anglicized form of ODHARNAIT

ORNA (2) f Jewish
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]

ORPA f
Variant 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.

ORSINA f Italian
Feminine form of ORSINO

ORSOLA f Italian
Italian form of URSULA

ORSOLYA f Hungarian
Hungarian form of URSULA

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

ORVOKKI f Finnish
Means "pansy flower" in Finnish.

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

OSANNE f & m French
French form of HOSANNA

OSSIA f ?
Feminine form of OSSIAN

OTTAVIA f Italian
Italian form of OCTAVIA

OTTILIA f German (Rare)
Variant of OTTILIE

OTTILIE f German
German form of ODILIA

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]

OWENA f Welsh
Feminine form of OWEN (1)

OXANA f Ukrainian, Russian
Variant transcription of OKSANA

OZANNE f & m French
French form of HOSANNA

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

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

ÖZLEM f Turkish
Means "yearning" in Turkish.

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