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OANA   f   Romanian
Romanian short form of IOANA

OANEZ   f   Breton
Breton diminutive of AGNES

OBDULIA   f   Spanish
Meaning unknown... [more]

OCEAN   m & f   English (Rare)
Simply from the English word ocean for a large body of water... [more]

OCÉANE   f   French
Derived from French océan meaning "ocean".

OCTAVIA   f   English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of OCTAVIUS... [more]

ODA   f   German, Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of AUDO

ODALIS   f & m   Spanish
Spanish form of ODILIA

ODALYS   f   Spanish
Variant of ODALIS

ODE   f   French (Rare)
French form of ODA

ODELIA   f   English
Form of ODILIA

ODELL   m & f   English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "woad hill" in Old English... [more]

ODESSA   f   Various
From the name of a Ukrainian city which sits on the north coast of the Black Sea... [more]

ODETTA   f   English (Rare)
Latinate form of ODETTE

ODETTE   f   French
French diminutive of ODA or ODILIA... [more]

ODHARNAIT   f   Irish
Means "little pale green one", derived from Irish odhra "pale green, sallow" combined with a diminutive suffix.

ODILA   f   Ancient Germanic
Variant of ODILIA

ODILE   f   French
French form of ODILIA

ODILIA   f   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name, possibly a feminine form of AUDO... [more]

ODILIE   f   German (Archaic)
Variant of ODILIA

OENONE   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Οινωνε (Oinone), derived from οινος (oinos) meaning "wine"... [more]

OFÉLIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of OPHELIA

OFELIA   f   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of OPHELIA

OFRA   m & f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of OPHRAH... [more]

OGECHI   f   Igbo
Short form of OGECHUKWUKAMA

OGECHUKWUKAMA   f   Igbo
Means "God's time is the best" in Igbo.

OIGHRIG   f   Scottish
Means "new speckled one" in Scottish Gaelic.

OIHANA   f   Basque
Means "forest" in Basque.

OILI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of OLGA

OINONE   f   Greek Mythology
Greek form of OENONE

OKSANA   f   Ukrainian, Russian
Ukrainian form of XENIA

OLA (2)   f   Polish
Polish short form of ALEKSANDRA

OLALLA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of EULALIA... [more]

OLAMIDE   f   Yoruba
Means "wealth has arrived" in Yoruba.

OLAYINKA   f   Yoruba
Means "wealth surrounds me" in Yoruba.

OLEKSANDRA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ALEXANDRA

OLENA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of HELEN

OLGA   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

OLIMPIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Form of OLYMPIAS

OLIVA   f   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "olive"... [more]

OLIVE   f   English
From the English word for the type of tree, ultimately derived from Latin oliva.

OLIVERA   f   Serbian
Feminine form of OLIVER

OLIVETTE   f   Literature
Feminine form of OLIVER... [more]

OLÍVIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of OLIVIA

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, OLIVIA or OLIVE

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 OLYMPIAS

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]

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)

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   Hebrew
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   Hebrew
Means "light is mine" in Hebrew.

ORLY   f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of ORLI

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]

'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.

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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