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VÁCLAV   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of WENCESLAS

VADIK   m   Russian
Diminutive of VADIM

VADIM   m   Russian
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Slavic element volod "rule", or possibly derived from an Old Norse source.

VAHAN   m   Armenian
Means "shield" in Armenian.

VÄINÄMÖINEN   m   Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish väinä "wide and slow-flowing river"... [more]

VÄINÖ   m   Finnish
Short form of VÄINÄMÖINEN

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

VALDEMAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WALDEMAR... [more]

VALENTIJN   m   Dutch
Dutch form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALENTÍN   m   Spanish, Slovak
Spanish and Slovak form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALENTIN   m   Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALENTINE (1)   m   English
From the Roman family name Valentinus which was from Latin valens "strong, vigourous, healthy"... [more]

VALENTINO   m   Italian
Italian form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALENTINUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original form of VALENTINE (1)

VALÈRE   m   French
French form of VALERIUS

VALERI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VALERIY

VALERIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Valerianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name VALERIUS... [more]

VALERIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Original Latin form of VALERIAN

VALERIO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of VALERIUS

VALERIU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of VALERIUS

VALERIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin valere "to be strong"... [more]

VALERIY   m   Russian
Russian form of VALERIUS

VALÉRY   m   French
Derived from the Germanic elements walha "foreign" and ric "power"... [more]

VALERY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VALERIY

VALI   m   Romanian
Romanian diminutive of VALERIU or VALENTIN

VALKO   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian вълк (valk) "wolf".

VALTER   m   Scandinavian, Portuguese, Slovene
Scandinavian, Portuguese and Slovene form of WALTER

VALTO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of WALDEMAR

VALTTERI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of WALTER

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

VĂN   m   Vietnamese
Means "knowledge, literature" in Vietnamese... [more]

VAN   m   English
Short form of IVAN or VANCE

VANCE   m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Old English fenn meaning "marsh, fen".

VANGELIS   m   Greek
Variant of EVANGELOS

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

VANNI   m   Italian
Short form of GIOVANNI.

VANYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of IVAN

VARFOLOMEI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VARFOLOMEY

VARFOLOMEY   m   Russian
Russian form of BARTHOLOMEW

VARG   m   Norwegian
Means "wolf" in Old Norse.

VARINIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name possibly derived from VARIUS.

VARIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "versatile" in Latin... [more]

VARLAAM   m   Russian
Russian form of BARLAAM

VARLAM   m   Russian
Variant of VARLAAM

VARNAVA   m   Russian, Old Church Slavic
Russian form of BARNABAS

VARTAN   m   Armenian
Derived from Armenian vart "rose".

VASANT   m   Indian
Modern transcription of VASANTA

VASANTA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "brilliant" or "spring" in Sanskrit... [more]

VASCO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which came from the Spanish surname Velázquez, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque... [more]

VASIL   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of BASIL (1)

VASILE   m   Romanian
Romanian form of BASIL (1)

VASILI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VASILIY

VASILICA   m   Romanian
Diminutive of VASILE

VASILII   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of BASIL (1)

VASILIJE   m   Serbian
Serbian form of BASIL (1)

VASILIOS   m   Greek
Modern Greek form of BASIL (1)

VASILIS   m   Greek
Modern Greek form of BASIL (1)

VASILIY   m   Russian
Russian form of BASIL (1)

VASILY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VASILIY

VASKA   m   Russian
Diminutive of VASILIY

VASSILIS   m   Greek
Variant transcription of VASILIS

VASSILY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VASILIY

VASU   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "bright, excellent" in Sanskrit... [more]

VASYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of VASILIY

VASYL   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of BASIL (1)

VAUGHAN   m   Welsh
From a surname which was a variant of VAUGHN.

VAUGHN   m   Welsh, English
From a Welsh surname which was derived from Welsh bychan meaning "little".

VAVŘINEC   m   Czech
Czech form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

VAVRINEC   m   Slovak
Slovak form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

VEASNA   m   Khmer
Means "opportunity, good fortune" in Khmer.

VEDRAN   m   Croatian, Serbian
Means "jovial" in Croatian and Serbian.

VEIKKO   m   Finnish
Diminutive of VELI

VEIT   m   German
German form of VITUS or WIDO

VELI   m   Finnish
Means "brother" in Finnish.

VELIMIR   m   Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements vele "great" and mir "peace".

VELVEL   m   Yiddish
Means "wolf" in Yiddish... [more]

VENCEL   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of WENCESLAS

VENCESLAO   m   Italian
Italian form of WENCESLAS

VENCESLÁS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of WENCESLAS

VĚNCESLAV   m   Czech
Czech form of WENCESLAS

VENDELÍN   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of WENDELIN

VENIAMIN   m   Russian
Russian form of BENJAMIN

VENKAT   m   Indian
Modern transcription of VENKATA

VENKATA   m   Indian
From the name of a sacred hill in southern India.

VENYAMIN   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VENIAMIN

VERCINGETORIX   m   Ancient Celtic
Means "king over warriors" from Gaulish ver "on, over" combined with cingeto "marching men, warriors" and rix "king"... [more]

VERE   m   English
From a Norman surname which was from a French place name, which was itself derived from a Gaulish word meaning "alder".

VERGIL   m   English
Variant of VIRGIL

VERGILIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Latin form of VIRGIL

VERÍSSIMO   m   Portuguese
From the Latin name Verissimus which meant "very true"... [more]

VERISSIMUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of VERÍSSIMO

VERN   m   English
Short form of VERNON

VERNER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WERNER

VERNON   m   English
From a Norman surname which was from a French place name, ultimately derived from the Gaulish word vern meaning "alder".

VESA   m   Finnish
Means "sprout, young tree" in Finnish.

VESPASIAN   m   History
From the Roman cognomen Vespasianus, derived either from Latin vesper meaning "west" or "evening" or vespa meaning "wasp"... [more]

VESPASIANO   m   Italian
Italian form of Vespasianus (see VESPASIAN).

VESPASIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of VESPASIAN

VESPASIEN   m   French
French form of Vespasianus (see VESPASIAN).

VESTER   m   German
Short form of SILVESTER

VIATOR   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name (see BEATRIX)... [more]

VIBIANUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen which was a derivative of VIBIUS.

VIBIUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman family name of unknown meaning, probably of Etruscan origin.

VIBOL   m   Khmer
Means "abundant" in Khmer.

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

VICENÇ   m   Catalan
Catalan form of VINCENT

VICENT   m   Catalan
Catalan form of VINCENT

VICENTE   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of VINCENT

VICO   m   Italian
Italian short form of LODOVICO

VÍCTOR   m   Spanish, Catalan
Spanish and Catalan form of VICTOR

VICTOR   m   English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Roman name meaning "victor" in Latin... [more]

VICTORINO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of VICTORINUS

VICTORINUS   m   Late Roman
Roman name which was derived from VICTOR... [more]

VICTORIUS   m   Late Roman
Roman name which was derived from VICTOR... [more]

VID   m   Slovene, Hungarian
Slovene and Hungarian form of WIDO or VITUS

VIDA (1)   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of WIDO or VITUS

VIDAL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Vitalis (see VITALE).

VIDAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Víðarr, which is possibly derived from víðr "forest" and arr "warrior"... [more]

VIEN   m   Vietnamese
Means "completion" in Vietnamese.

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

VIGGO   m   Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Scandinavian element víg "war".

VIJAY   m   Indian
Modern transcription of VIJAYA

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

VIKENTI   m   Russian
Russian form of VINCENT

VIKRAM   m   Indian
Modern transcription of VIKRAMA

VIKRAMA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "stride, pace" or "valour" in Sanskrit... [more]

VIKTOR   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Cognate of VICTOR

VIKTORAS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of VICTOR

VILCHJO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of WILLIAM

VILÉM   m   Czech
Czech form of WILLIAM

VILEN   m   Russian
Abbreviation of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the name of the founder of the former Soviet state.

VILFRED   m   Danish
Danish form of WILFRED

VILFREDO   m   Italian
Italian form of WILFRED

VILHELM   m   Scandinavian, Hungarian
Scandinavian and Hungarian form of WILLIAM

VILHELMAS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of WILLIAM

VILHELMI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of WILLIAM

VILHELMO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto form of WILLIAM

VILHELMS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of WILLIAM

VILHJÁLMUR   m   Icelandic
Icelandic form of WILLIAM

VILHO   m   Finnish
Finnish short form of WILLIAM

VILI   m   Hungarian, Slovene
Hungarian and Slovene diminutive of WILLIAM

VILIAM   m   Slovak
Slovak form of WILLIAM

VILIS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of WILLIAM

VILJAMI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of WILLIAM

VILJEM   m   Slovene
Slovene form of WILLIAM

VILJO   m   Finnish
Finnish short form of WILLIAM

VILKO   m   Slovene
Diminutive of VILJEM

VILLE   m   Finnish
Finnish short form of WILLIAM

VILMAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WILMER

VILMOS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of WILLIAM

VILPPU   m   Finnish
Finnish form of PHILIP

VIMAL   m   Indian
Means "clean, pure, spotless" in Sanskrit.

VIN   m   English
Short form of VINCENT

VINAL   m   English (Rare)
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "vine hall" in Middle English.

VINAY   m   Indian
Means "leading, guidance, modesty" in Sanskrit.

VINCE   m   English, Hungarian
English short form and Hungarian normal form of VINCENT

VINCENC   m   Czech, Slovene
Czech and Slovene form of VINCENT

VINCENT   m   English, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Slovak
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was from Latin vincere "to conquer"... [more]

VINCENTAS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of VINCENT

VINCENTE   m   Italian
Italian variant form of VINCENT

VINCENTIUS   m   Late Roman
Original Latin form of VINCENT

VINCENZO   m   Italian
Italian form of VINCENT

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

VINICIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Roman name Vinicius, which was possibly derived from Latin vinum "wine".

VINÍCIUS   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Vinicius (see VINICIO).

VINKO   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of VINCENT

VINNIE   m   English
Diminutive of VINCENT

VINNY   m   English
Diminutive of VINCENT

VINZENT   m   German
German form of VINCENT

VINZENZ   m   German
German form of VINCENT

VIOREL   m   Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea meaning "bluebell".

VIPIN   m   Indian
Means "the forest" in Sanskrit.

VIPUL   m   Indian
Means "large, extensive, plenty" in Sanskrit.

VIRGIL   m   English, Romanian
From the Roman family name Vergilius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

VIRGILIJUS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of VIRGIL

VIRGÍLIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of VIRGIL

VIRGILIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of VIRGIL

VIRGILIU   m   Romanian
Romanian variant of VIRGIL

VIRGILIUS   m   Late Roman
Medieval Latin form of VERGILIUS, altered by association with Latin virgo "maiden" or virga "wand".

VIRIATO   m   Portuguese
From the Latin name Viriathus or Viriatus, which was derived from viriae "bracelets" (of Celtic origin)... [more]

VISHAL   m   Indian
Means "wide, broad, spacious" in Sanskrit.

VISHNU   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Probably means "all-pervasive" in Sanskrit... [more]

VÍT   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of VITUS or WIDO

VITALE   m   Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Vitalis, which was derived from Latin vitalis "of life, vital"... [more]

VITALI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VITALIY

VITALIY   m   Russian
Russian form of Vitalis (see VITALE).

VITALY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of VITALIY

VITO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of VITUS

VÍTOR   m   Portuguese
Portuguese variant of VICTOR

VITOR   m   Galician
Galician form of VICTOR

VITTORE   m   Italian
Italian form of VICTOR

VITTORINO   m   Italian
Italian form of VICTORINUS

VITTORIO   m   Italian
Italian form of VICTORIUS

VITUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name which was derived from Latin vita "life"... [more]

VITYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of VITALIY or VIKTOR

VIVEK   m   Indian
Means "distinction, discrimination" in Sanskrit.

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

VIVIANUS   m   Late Roman
Latin form of VIVIAN

VIVIEN (1)   m   French
French form of Vivianus (see VIVIAN).

VJEKO   m   Croatian
Short form of VJEKOSLAV

VJEKOSLAV   m   Croatian
Means "age and glory" from the Slavic elements vek "age" and slav "glory".

VLAD   m   Russian, Romanian
Old short form of Slavic names beginning with the element volod meaning "rule"... [more]

VLADAN   m   Serbian
Short form of Slavic names beginning with the element volod meaning "rule".

VLADILEN   m   Russian
Contraction of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the name of the founder of the former Soviet state.

VLADIMERU   m   Old Slavic
Church Slavic form of VLADIMIR

VLADIMÍR   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of VLADIMIR

VLADIMIR   m   Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "to rule with greatness", derived from the Slavic element volod "rule" combined with mer "great, famous"... [more]

VLADISLAV   m   Russian, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Means "to rule with glory", derived from the Slavic elements volod "rule" and slav "glory".

VLADLEN   m   Russian
Contraction of Vladimir Lenin, the name of the founder of the former Soviet state.

VLAHO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of Blasius (see BLAISE).

VLASI   m   Russian
Russian form of BLAISE

VLASIS   m   Greek
Greek form of BLAISE

VLASSIS   m   Greek
Greek form of BLAISE

VLASTIMIL   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements vlast "homeland" and mil "favour".

VLASTISLAV   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements vlast "homeland" and slav "glory".

VLATKO   m   Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Diminutive of VLADIMIR

VOITTO   m   Finnish
Means "victory" in Finnish.

VOJTĚCH   m   Czech
Czech form of WOJCIECH

VOJTECH   m   Slovak
Slovak form of WOJCIECH

VOLKAN   m   Turkish
Means "volcano" in Turkish.

VOLKER   m   German
Derived from the Germanic element folk "people" combined with hari "army".

VOLODIMERU   m   Old Slavic
Old East Slavic form of VLADIMIR

VOLODISLAVU   m   Old Slavic
Old Slavic form of VLADISLAV

VOLODYA   m   Russian
Diminutive of VLADIMIR

VOLODYMYR   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of VLADIMIR

VOLOS   m   Slavic Mythology
Derived from Slavic volu meaning "ox"... [more]

VÖLUND   m   Norse Mythology
Old Norse cognate of WIELAND

VOLYA   m   Russian (Rare)
Means "will, freedom" in Russian.

VORTIGERN   m   History
English form of GWRTHEYRN

VOVA   m   Russian
Diminutive of VLADIMIR

VSEVOLOD   m   Russian
Means "to rule all" from the Slavic elements vse "all" and volod "rule".

VUK   m   Serbian
Means "wolf" in Serbian.

VUKASIN   m   Serbian
Derived from Serbian vuk "wolf"... [more]

VULCAN   m   Roman Mythology
Possibly related to Latin fulgere "to flash"... [more]

VULFERAM   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WOLFRAM

VULFGANG   m   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of WOLFGANG

VYACHESLAV   m   Russian
Russian form of WENCESLAS

VYTAUTAS   m   Lithuanian
From Lithuanian vyti- "chase, drive away" or vyd- "see" combined with tauta "people, nation"... [more]

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