This is a list of submitted names in which the person who added the name is
elbowin.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Sheboygan m AmericanThe name was given to the 14th son (no daughters!) of an American family living in Michigan. According to the press the name the name means "She's a boy again" and goes back to a native American legend... [
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Shelob f LiteratureAn evil spider in
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The name was created by Tolkien from the English words "she" and "lob", an archaic word from the Old English "loppe" meaning
spider Sherko m KurdishA Kurdish masculine name, borne by the Kurdish-German writer Sherko Fatah.
Shevah m HebrewFrom the Hebrew word שֶׁבַח (shévakh) "Praise; appreciation, raise in value".
Silesia f GermanThe name Silesia is derived from the former Prussian province
Silesia (in German:
Schlesien).... [
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Smartypants f LiteraturePrincess Smartypants is the title of a children's book by Babette Cole. The book won the British Library Association award.
Solar m LiteratureSolar Pons is a fictional detective created by the writer August Derleth.
Spīdala f Baltic MythologyThe name of a witch and antagonist in the Latvian epic poem 'Lāčplēsis' but she turns good towards the end of the story.
Stalin m Indian, Spanish (Latin American), Haitian CreoleFrom the name of the Russian revolutionist and secretary general of the Communist party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin. Despite the controversial character of the politician, the name is used as a given name in India and (more rarely) in Latin America.
Sukhram m HindiFrom Sanskrit सुख (sukha) "happiness, pleasure" and राम (rāma), the name of the Hindu god
Rama 1.
Svetlozara f BulgarianA dithematic name composed from the Slavic name element
světŭ "light" and an unidentified second part.
Sylidio m Eastern AfricanThe given name of the Rwandian politician Sylidio Dusabumuremyi who was stabbed to death in September 2019.
Sylta f North Frisian, German (Modern, Rare)Derived from the name of the North Frisian island of
Sylt whose name is a corruption of the Old Frisian name
Silendi "sea-land" and thus ultimately derived from Proto-West Germanic
*saiwi and
*land... [
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Tabo m East Frisian, DutchFrisian short form of names that have Gothic
thiuda or Middle High German
diet (both of which mean "people") for a first element, and of which the second element starts with a "b." The names
Dietbald and
Theudebert are good examples of that.
Talander m LiteratureTalander was the pen name of the galant writer August Bohse (1661-1740)
Tanjev m German (Modern, Rare)Despite its Russian sound, the name originated in Germany in the 1970's. According to the journalist Tanjev Schultz his parents have heard the name in an unidentified Russian film.... [
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Tarita f Polynesian, English (American), Popular CultureThe name was borne by the native Polynesian actress Tarita Teriipia who became the third wife of Marlon Brando. Initial research indicates its a Sanskrit name meaning, "to overcome obstacles" but this needs further research.
Tessibel f Literature, English (American, Rare, Archaic)From the fictional character Tessibel Skinner, occurring in the books 'Tess of the Storm Country' (1909) and 'Tess, The Secret of the Storm Country' (1917) by Grace Miller White. There were also four films where Tessibel appears.
Thressa f EnglishThe given name of the American biochemist Thressa Campbell Stadtman (1920–2016), notable for the discovery of selenocysteine.
Tiba f East FrisianEast Frisian short form of names starting with the Germanic name element
þeudō "people" followed by a name element containing the letter
b, e.g.
burg "protection; protected place".
Tida f East FrisianEast Frisian short form of names starting with the Germanic name element
þeudō "people".
Timna f & m Biblical Hebrew (Rare), German (Austrian)From a Biblical place name. In the Bible, this name is borne by a concubine of Eliphaz son of Esau, and mother of Amalek ( Genesis 36:12 ) (it may be presumed that she was the same as Timna sister of Lotan... [
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Titurel m Arthurian RomanceThe name of the Grail King in Wolfram von Eschenbach's 'Parzival'. Also the title of another work by Wolfram von Eschenbach (preserved only fragmentary).
Trenk m LiteratureThe title hero in the series of children's books by Kirsten Boie 'Der kleine Ritter Trenk'.... [
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Tuisto m Germanic MythologyThe name of a Germanic Earth god mentioned once in the work of Tacitus. One manuscript of Tacitus provides the alternate name form
Tuisco.
Üffes m Popular CultureThis name started as a joke about the mispronounciation of the foreign name
Yves by some people in Germany. Due to the proliferation of the joke, it has become a nickname for Yves.
Ukari f African AmericanThe name was popular in the year 1999 in the USA for the women college basketball player Ukari Figgs.
Umbarra m Indigenous AustralianUmbarra, or King Merriman (died 1904) was an Aboriginal elder of the Djirringanj/Yuin people of the Bermagui area on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Unuel m EsperantoFrom the Esperanto phrase
Unu el la popolo "One out of the people". Unuel was a pseudonym used by L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
Valena f North FrisianSeibicke thinks this name is an elaborate form of
Vahle which he further links via
Volle with names including the Germanic name element
folk "people, folk".
Ved m Popular CultureA character appearing in the 4th series of 'The Tribe', a British TV series.
Veysel m TurkishThe name is derived from Arabic
Uwais al-Qarani, the name of the first Islamic mystic. His name is rendered in Turkish as
Veysel Karani.
Viribunda f FolkloreFrom a Swedish fairy tale by Anna Maria Roos 'Prins Florestan eller sagan om jätten Bam-Bam och feen Viribunda' "Prince Florestan or the saga of he giant Bam Bam and the fairy Viribunda" that inspired Astrid Lindgren's novel 'Mio, my son'.... [
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Voltemand m TheatreA character in 'Hamlet' by Shakespeare. Voltemand is sent together with
Cornelius as an ambassador to the King of Norway.
Waalke m East FrisianAn East Frisian short form of names beginning in
Wal- (derived from the Germanic name element
walt "to rule").... [
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Waasila f South AfricanProbably derived from Arabic وَسِيلَة (wasīla) "means, medium; tool, instrument; measure, step provision".
Wanona f LiteratureThe name of the sister of
Kullervo in Tolkien's retelling of the story of Kullervo. She's nameless in the original Kalevala.
Wendelmoed f Dutch (Rare)Modernized spelling of
Wendelmoet, as it is in line with the modern Dutch word
moed meaning "courage". This word was written as
moet in Middle Dutch, which was spoken and written in the Late Middle Ages.
Wenliang m ChineseFrom Chinese 文
(wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing" combined with 亮
(liàng) meaning "brilliant, bright, clear", 良
(liáng) meaning "good", or 樑
(liáng) meaning "bridge", as well as other character combinations.
Williamina f ScottishScottish feminine form of
William. A known bearer of this name was Williamina Fleming (1857-1911), a Scottish astronomer.