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VÁCLAVA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of WENCESLAS

VAL   m & f   English
Short form of VALENTINE (1), VALERIE, and other names beginning with Val.

VALARIE   f   English
Variant of VALERIE

VALARY   f   English (Rare)
Variant of VALERIE

VALDA   f   English (Rare)
Modern coinage from Germanic wald meaning "power, rule"... [more]

VALDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse valr "the dead" and dís "goddess".

VALENCIA   f   Spanish
From a Late Latin name which was derived from valentia "power"... [more]

VALENTÍNA   f   Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALENTINA   f   Italian, Russian, Slovene, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1))... [more]

VALENTINE (2)   f   French
French feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALÉRIA   f   Hungarian, Portuguese
Hungarian and Portuguese feminine form of VALERIUS

VALERIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VALERIUS... [more]

VALERIANA   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valerianus (see VALERIAN).

VALÉRIE   f   French
French form of VALERIA

VALERIE   f   English
English form of VALERIA

VALERIJA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VALERIA

VALERIYA   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of VALERIUS

VALESKA   f   German
Diminutive of VALERIA

VALKYRIE   f   Various
Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser"... [more]

VALLI   f   Hindu Mythology
Means "creeping plant" in Dravidian... [more]

VALORA   f   Esperanto
Means "valuable" in Esperanto.

VALORIE   f   English
Variant of VALERIE

VÂN   f & m   Vietnamese
Means "cloud" in Vietnamese.

VANAMO   f   Finnish
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.

VANDA   f   Italian
Form of WANDA

VANESSA   f   English
Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his peom 'Cadenus and Vanessa' (1726)... [more]

VANJA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine form of VANYA

VANNA (1)   f   Italian
Short form of GIOVANNA.

VANNA (2)   f & m   Khmer
Means "golden" in Khmer.

VAPPU   f   Finnish
Finnish form of WALBURGA

VARDA   f   Jewish
Diminutive of VERED

VARDAH   f   Jewish
Variant transcription of VARDA

VARDO   f   Georgian
Means "rose" in Georgian.

VARINIA   f   Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of VARINIUS

VARPU   f   Finnish
From the Finnish name for a type of berry bush.

VARTOUHI   f   Armenian
Means "rose lady" in Armenian.

VARVARA   f   Russian, Greek, Bulgarian
Russian, Greek and Bulgarian form of BARBARA

VARYA   f   Russian
Diminutive of VARVARA

VASANTI   f   Indian
Feminine form of VASANTA

VASHTI   f   Biblical
Possibly means "thread" in Hebrew, but it is most likely of Persian origin... [more]

VASILIKI   f   Greek
Modern Greek feminine form of BASIL (1)

VASILISA   f   Russian
Russian feminine form of BASIL (1)

VASILKA   f   Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine diminutive of BASIL (1)

VASUDA   f   Indian
Means "granting wealth" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the earth.

VASYLYNA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian feminine form of BASIL (1)

VECA   f   Serbian
Diminutive of VESNA

VEDA   f   Indian
Means "knowledge" in Sanskrit.

VEDRANA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of VEDRAN

VEERA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of VERA (1)

VEGA   f   Astronomy
The name of a star in the constellation Lyra... [more]

VELDA   f   English
Meaning unknown, possibly a variant of VALDA.

VELIA   f   Italian
From the Roman family name Velius which possibly means "concealed" in Latin.

VELLAMO   f   Finnish Mythology
From Finnish velloa "to surge, to swell"... [more]

VELMA   f   English
Probably a variant of WILMA, based on the German pronunciation of that name... [more]

VELVELA   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of VELVEL

VELVET   f   English
From the English word for the soft fabric... [more]

VENA   f   Indian
Derived from Sanskrit वेन (vena) meaning "yearning".

VENDELA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of WENDEL

VENDULA   f   Czech
Diminutive of VÁCLAVA

VENETIA   f   Various
From the name of the city in Italy, called Venice in English... [more]

VENKA   f   Esperanto
Means "victorious" in Esperanto.

VENLA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of WENDEL

VENUS   f   Roman Mythology
Means "love, sexual desire" in Latin... [more]

VĚRA   f   Czech
Czech form of VERA (1)

VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERA (2)   f   Albanian
Derived from Albanian verë "summer".

VERDANDI   f   Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Verðandi meaning "necessity"... [more]

VERED   f   Jewish
Means "rose" in Hebrew.

VERENA   f   German
Possibly related to Latin verus "true"... [more]

VÉRÈNE   f   French
French form of VERENA

VERITY   f   English (Archaic)
From the English word meaning "verity, truth"... [more]

VERNA   f   English
Feminine form of VERNON, sometimes associated with the Latin word vernus "spring"... [more]

VEROCHKA   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of VERA (1)

VERONA   f   Various
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.

VERÓNICA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of VERONICA

VERÔNICA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of VERONICA

VERONICA   f   English, Italian, Romanian
Latin form of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image"... [more]

VERONIKA   f   Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VERONICA

VÉRONIQUE   f   French
French form of VERONICA

VERUSHA   f   Russian
Russian diminutive of VERA (1)

VESLEMØY   f   Norwegian
Means "little girl" from Norwegian vesle "little" and møy "girl"... [more]

VESNA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Means "messenger" in Slavic... [more]

VESPERA   f   Esperanto
Means "of the evening" in Esperanto.

VESTA   f   Roman Mythology
Probably a Roman cognate of HESTIA... [more]

VEVA   f   English
Diminutive of GENEVIÈVE or GENOVEVA

VI   f   English
Short form of VIOLET

VIANNE   f   English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of VI and ANNE (1) or a short form of VIVIANNE.

VIBEKE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of WIBEKE

VIC   m & f   English
Short form of VICTOR or VICTORIA (1)

VICKI   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICKIE   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICKY   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VICTOIRE   f   French
French form of VICTORIA (1)

VICTORIA (1)   f   English, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VICTORIUS, though later it was regarded as coming directly from Latin victoria meaning "victory"... [more]

VICTORIA (2)   f   Roman Mythology
Means "victory" in Latin. Victoria was the Roman goddess of victory.

VICTORINE   f   French
French feminine form of Victorinus (see VICTORINO).

VIDA (2)   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of WIDO or VITUS

VIDYA   f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "knowledge, science, learning" in Sanskrit... [more]

VIENNE   f   French
From the French name of the capital city of Austria, known in English as Vienna.

VIENO   f & m   Finnish
Means "gentle" in Finnish.

VIGDÍS   f   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from the Old Norse elements vig "war" and dís "goddess".

VIIVI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of VIVIAN

VIJAYA   m & f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "victory" in Sanskrit... [more]

VIKKI   f   English
Diminutive of VICTORIA (1)

VIKTÓRIA   f   Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of VICTORIA (1)

VIKTORIA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of VICTORIA (1)

VIKTORIE   f   Czech
Czech form of VICTORIA (1)

VIKTORIJA   f   Lithuanian, Slovene
Lithuanian and Slovene form of VICTORIA (1)

VIKTORIYA   f   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian form of VICTORIA (1)

VILHELMIINA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM

VILHELMINA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM

VILMA   f   Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of WILMA

VIMALA   f   Indian
Feminine form of VIMAL

VINA   f   Indian
Means "lute" in Sanskrit.

VINCENZA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of VINCENT

VINH   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "bay, gulf" in Vietnamese.

VIOLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]

VIOLET   f   English
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola... [more]

VIOLETA   f   Romanian, Bulgarian, Spanish
Romanian, Bulgarian and Spanish form of VIOLET

VIOLETTA   f   Italian, Russian
Italian and Russian form of VIOLET

VIOLETTE   f   French
French form of VIOLET

VIONA   f   Dutch
Dutch form of FIONA

VIORICA   f   Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea meaning "bluebell".

VIRA   f   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of VERA (1)

VIRÁG   f   Hungarian
Means "flower" in Hungarian.

VIRGEE   f   English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

VIRGIE   f   English
Diminutive of VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VIRGINIE   f   French
French form of VIRGINIA

VIRVA   f   Finnish
Possibly derived from Finnish virvatuli meaning "will o' the wisp"... [more]

VISITACIÓN   f   Spanish
Means "visitation" in Spanish... [more]

VIŠNJA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Means "sour cherry" in Croatian and Serbian.

VITA (1)   f   Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VITUS

VITA (2)   f   Danish
Danish feminine form of VITUS or WIDO

VITALIA   f   Italian
Feminine form of Vitalis (see VITALE).

VITALIJA   f   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of VITALIA

VITÓRIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of VICTORIA (1)

VITTORIA   f   Italian
Italian form of VICTORIA (1)

VIVEKA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of WIBEKE

VIVIAN   m & f   English
From the Roman name Vivianus which was derived from Latin vivus "alive"... [more]

VIVIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Vivianus (see VIVIAN)... [more]

VIVIANNE   f   French
Variant of VIVIENNE

VIVIEN (2)   f   Literature
Used by Alfred Lord Tennyson as the name of the Lady of the Lake in his Arthurian epic 'Idylls of the King' (1859)... [more]

VIVIENNE   f   French
Feminine form of VIVIEN (1)

VIVIETTE   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of VIVIENNE... [more]

VIVYAN   f   English (Rare)
Variant of VIVIAN

VJEKOSLAVA   f   Croatian
Feminine form of VJEKOSLAV

VLADIMÍRA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of VLADIMIRA

VLADIMIRA   f   Russian, Slovene
Feminine form of VLADIMIR

VLADISLAVA   f   Russian, Czech
Feminine form of VLADISLAV

VLASTA   f   Czech
Short form of names beginning with the Slavic element vlast "homeland".

VOIRREY   f   Manx
Vocative form of MOIRREY

VONDA   f   English
Variant of WANDA, reflecting the Polish pronunciation.

VOSGI   f   Armenian
Means "gold" in Armenian.

VRENI   f   German
Diminutive of VERENA

VUOKKO   f   Finnish
Means "anemone flower" in Finnish.

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