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Sovan m & f Khmer
Alternate transcription of Khmer សុវណ្ណ (see Sovann).

Sroda f Western African
Means "respect".

Stáza f Czech (Rare), Slovak
Czech diminutive of Anastázie and Slovak diminutive of Anastázia. While Czech Stáza is occasionally used as a given name in its own right, Slovak Stáza is strictly a diminutive.

Stefy f English
Diminutive of Stefanie.

Stevi f & m English
Variant of Stevie.

Stige f Greek Mythology (Italianized)
Italian form of Styx.

Stori f American (Modern)
Variant of Story.

Story f & m English (Modern)
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Late Latin storia meaning "history."

Stuti f Sanskrit
Origin: Indian, Sanskrit... [more]

Suchi f Indian
Indic name meaning "pure", or "virtuous".

Su-eun f Korean
From Sino-Korean 秀 "refined, elegant, graceful" and 恩 "kindness, mercy, charity".

Sugar m & f English
Nickname derived from the English word, usually referring to someone with a sweet personality.

Sugar m & f Mongolian
Means "Venus (planet)" or "Friday" in Mongolian.

Sugey f Spanish (Latin American)
Supposedly popularised by the Venezuelan telenovela Una muchacha llamada Milagros, which first aired in September of 1973 in Venezuela and was already airing in the United States by June of 1976, the year the name and its variants entered the SSA data for the first time (there may have been rare uses of this name before 1973)... [more]

Suglo m & f Dagbani
Means "patience" in Dagbani.

Suhad f Arabic
Means "insomnia; sleep disease" in Arabic.

Suhye f Korean
From Sino-Korean(Hanja) 秀(su) meaning "Excellent, Great, Beautiful" and 惠(hye) meaning "Love, Grace, Intelligent, Beautiful" or 慧(hye) meaning "Wisdom, Intelligent, Ability".... [more]

Sujey f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Sugey.

Sulei f Chinese
A combination of Su 2 and Lei 2. A rough translation is "pure flower bud". It is a traditionally feminine name.

Sulin f & m Chinese
Combination of Su 2 and Lin.

Sulis f Celtic Mythology (Anglicized, Archaic)
The name of a deity worshipped at the thermal spring in Bath as a part of localised Celtic polytheism. She was then worshipped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva.

Sulka m & f Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Means "feather" in Finnish.

Sumud m & f Arabic
Sumud (Arabic: صمود) meaning "steadfastness" or "steadfast perseverance". This noun is derived from a verb meaning "arrange, adorn, lay up, save". Those who are steadfast - that is, those who exhibit sumud - are referred to as samidin, the singular forms of which are samid (m.) and samida (f.).

Sun-ae f Korean
From Sino-Korean 順 "obey, submit to, go along with" and 愛 "love".

Sun-ah f Korean
Variant transcription of Seon-a.

Sunee f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai สุนีย์ (see Suni).

Sun-ja f Korean
From Sino-Korean 順 "obey, submit to, go along with" and 子 "child". Sun-ja was the seventh-most popular name for Korean girls born in 1940. The same characters correspond to a number of Japanese female given names, including Junko... [more]

Sun-mi f Korean
Variant transcription of Seon-mi.

Sunmy f Korean
Korean Origin: Sunmi means "Heaven and sky or gift from the gods" and is of Korean origin.... [more]

Supat m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Suphat.

Supha f Thai
Means "judge, arbiter" in Thai.

Surat m & f Thai
From Thai สุ (su) meaning "good" and รัตน์ (rat) meaning "gem, jewel".

Suree m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Suri.

Surin m & f Thai
Thai form of Surendra, also used as a feminine name.

Susan f Filipino
Diminutive of Jesusa. This pet name likely came about due to Jesusa's similarity to the name Susan.

Susha f Thai
A variant of Sushar.

Suson f Occitan (Rare)
Occitan form of Suzon.

Sussi f Danish, Swedish
Diminutive of Susanne.

Sutee m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Suthi.

Suthi m & f Thai
Means "sage, scholar" in Thai.

Suwan f Japanese
From Japanese 白鳥 (suwan) meaning "swan". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Suwan m & f Thai
Means "gold" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarna).

Su-won m & f Korean
From Sino-Korean 守 "defend, protect, guard, conserve" and 元 "first; dollar; origin; head".

Suyin f Chinese
From Chinese 素 (sù) meaning "plain, simple" combined with 音 (yīn) meaning "sound, tone"... [more]

Svale f Norwegian
the Norwegian word for a bird part of the Hirundinidae family the swallow.

Svila f Serbian
From Serbian свила (svila) meaning "silk".

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... [more]

Syndi f English (Rare)
Variant of Cyndi.

Syune f Armenian
It derives from the Sunik Province in Armenia that took its name from the Siunia Dynasty (also called Syunik or Siak) whose legendary ancestor was Sisak.

Tacha f Spanish
Spanish. A diminutive of Natacha or Anastacia. As a word by itself, not a name, Tacha could mean "stain," "chip" or "mark."

Tae-ri f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 泰 (tae) meaning "big, large, great; easy, calm" and 梨 (ri) meaning "pear (tree)" or 利 (ri) meaning "benefit, advantage," along with other hanja combinations.... [more]

Tagel f Hebrew
She will rejoice

Tagil f Hebrew
Means "(she) will rejoice", making it relative to Yagil.

Tähte f Estonian (Rare)
From Estonian täht, cognate with Finnish Tähti.

Taiga f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "taiga" in Finnish.

Taija f Finnish
Finnish variant of Taina as well as a Finnish diminutive of Tarja and Taimi.

Taiko m & f Japanese
Taiko are an expansive range of Japanese percussion instruments and is sometimes used as a given name in and outside of Japan. In Japanese, the term refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums called wadaiko (和太鼓 "Japanese drums") and to the form of ensemble taiko drumming more specifically called kumi-daiko (組太鼓 "set of drums")... [more]

Taima f Arabic (Rare)
Taima means deep and sincere love. It is also a city in Mecca.

Taina f Tupi, Brazilian
Variant of Tainá.

Tainá f Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from Old Tupi tainã "star, morning star".

Tairo m & f Arabic
Arabic meaning little bird from the word "Ta'ir" meaning bird

Taisy f English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant form of Daisy. Also see Taísy.

Tajna f Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian тајна, tajna, meaning "a secret".

Takae f Japanese
From Japanese 孝 (taka) "filial piety, obedience" and 江 (e) "large river".

Talai f Tamil (Rare)
Variant transcription of Tamil தாழை (see Tazhai).

Talar f Armenian

Talei f Indigenous Australian (?)

Talir f Tamil (Rare)
From Tamil தளிர் (taḷir) meaning "sprout; shoot; tender leaf".

Tally f Hebrew, English
Diminutive of Tallulah, Talia 1 and other names that begin with or contain the element "Tal-".

Talya f Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano
Diminutive of Natalia.

Tambu f South African

Tamie f English (American)
Variant of Tammy.

Tamir m & f Mongolian
Means "strength, vigour" in Mongolian.

Tamla f African American (Modern, Rare)
Contracted form of Tamela.

Tamuz m & f Hebrew (Rare)
Possibly means "hot, warm" in Hebrew. This is the tenth month in the jewish calendar.

Tanee f English (Rare)
Diminutive of various names starting with Tan-, such as Tanya and Tanisha.

Tango f & m English
Vocabulary name referring to a South American dance style that utilises an embracing hold. Its name may come from the Latin tangere, meaning "touch".... [more]

Tanji f Arabic
Tanji is a reference to the sleek, fast coursing hounds of Arabia and Persia.

Tanne f & m West Frisian (Rare), East Frisian (Rare)
Variant form of Tane, which is a Frisian short form of names that contain the Germanic element thanc "thought", such as Thancmar.

Tansu m & f Turkish
From Turkish tan meaning "dawn, daybreak" and su meaning "water".

Tanya f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thanya.

Tanzy f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tansy.

Tao-yi f Taiwanese
The name Tao-yi has several meanings: 道宜, meaning “suitable and proper way,” 道怡, meaning “joyful and harmonious way,” 道儀 meaning “ceremonious way,” 道毅, meaning “resolute and decisive way,” 道義, meaning “righteous way,” 道益, meaning “way of benefit and profit,” 道伊, meaning “his or her way.”

Taren f & m English
Variant of Taryn or Taron.

Tarin f & m Japanese
From Japanese 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" and 凛 (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other Kanji combinations are possible.

Tarka m & f English (Rare), Literature
Name of the title character in Henry Williamson's novel 'Tarka the Otter' (1927) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1979). In the book the (male) character's name is said to mean "wandering as water"; perhaps the author based it on Welsh dwrgi "otter", literally "water dog", or on its Cornish cognate dowrgi.... [more]

Tarni f Indigenous Australian
Means "surf, wave, breaker" in Kaurna. The original form of Tahnee.

Tashy f English (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Natasha.

Tasma f English (Australian)
Originated as the pen name of distinguished Australian novelist, journalist and feminist Jessie Couvreur (1848-1897), who was raised and educated in Tasmania, and took her pen name from the name of the island state... [more]

Tatsu m & f Japanese
From Japanese 起 (tatsu) meaning "rouse, wake up, get up", 健 (tatsu) meaning "healthy, strong", 建 (tatsu) meaning "build", 多 (ta) meaning "many, much", 達 (tatsu) meaning "accomplished, reach, arrive, attain", 辰 (tatsu) meaning "sign of the dragon", 立 (tatsu) meaning "stand up, rise, set up, erect" or 竜 (tatsu) and 龍 (tatsu) both meaning "dragon" combined with 津 (tsu) meaning "haven, port, harbor, ferry"... [more]

Tatya f Russian (Rare), English (American, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Short form of Tatyana.

Taven m & f Kurdish, Uzbek
Means "spring rain" in Kurdish and/or "healthy, strong" in Uzbek.

Tavus f Turkmen, Turkish
Alternate transcription of Tawus.

Tawan m & f Thai
Means "sun" in Thai.

Tawee m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Thawi.

Tawni f English (Modern)
Variant of Tawny.

Tayna f Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Tayná.

Tayná f Brazilian, Tupi
Variant of Tainá.

Teala f American (South, Rare)

Teang f Filipino
Diminutive of Dorotea, Matea, and other names with a similar sound.

Techy f Spanish
Diminutive of Esther.

Tedha f History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval Cornish
Cornish form of Tedda. This name was borne by a 5th-century virgin and saint in Wales and Cornwall. Early Latin records, however, mention the saint by the name Tecla (itself a form of the name Thecla borne by the first female martyr in Christianity) and consider her a companion of Breaca, while in Cornish sources, she was listed among the daughters of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog in Wales... [more]

Teela f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tila.

Teena f English (Modern)
Variant of Tina.

Teeny f English
Diminutive of Tina.

Teesa f Newar
Variant transcription of Devanagari तिसा (see Tisa).

Tefta f Albanian
Tosk Albanian form of Teuta.

Tehya f English (American)
Probably an invented name based on similar-sounding names such as Taya. Though many questionable websites claim this is a Native American name meaning "precious", there is as yet no evidence that it is an authentic name or word in any Native American language.

Teifi f & m Welsh
From the name of a river in Wales.

Teiko f Japanese
Means 'upright child' in Japanese.

Teira m & f Maori
Maori form of Taylor.

Teisi f Estonian
Variant of Teesi.

Telie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tayley or Telly.

Tempe f English (Rare)
From the name of the Vale of Tempe, a gorge in Thessaly (located south of Mount Olympus) which was celebrated by the ancient Greeks for its beauty.... [more]

Tenae f English (Modern)
An invented name that sounds like Renae, but then with a 't' instead.

Tenko f & m Japanese
From Japanese 典 (ten) meaning "ceremony, rule", 天 (ten) meaning "heavens, sky" or 展 (ten) meaning "exhibition" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child", 恋 (ko) meaning "love" (for females) or 鼓 (ko) meaning "drum" (for males)... [more]

Tenku m & f Japanese
Means "erupting fire" or "heaven".

Tenri f Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky" with 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" or 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth."... [more]

Teryl f & m English
Variant of Terrell.

Teryn f English
Variant of Taryn.

Tesia f Polish
Diminutive of Teresa.

Tesla m & f English
Transferred use of the surname Tesla. This was the surname of Serbian-American inventor, physicist, and engineer Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)... [more]

Tesse f Danish (Modern), Norwegian (Rare)
Danish and Norwegian diminutive of Theresa.

Tessi f English
Variant of Tessie.

Tessy f English, Various
Variant of Tessie.

Tevel m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare), Yiddish
Means "world", "universe" or "macrocosm" in Hebrew.

Texas m & f English
Caddo word meaning "Friend", referring to the larger Caddo nation (in opposition to enemy tribes). The name was borrowed into Spanish as texa, plural texas, and used to refer to the Caddo Nation... [more]

Thara m & f Thai
Means "water, stream" in Thai.

Thawi m & f Thai
Means "increase, add" in Thai.

Théia f Greek Mythology (Gallicized)
French form of Theia.

Thela f German (Modern, Rare)
Not available.... [more]

Thesi f German (Austrian, Rare)
Abbreviation of Theresa mostly used in Austria

Thida f Thai, Khmer
Means "daughter, girl" in Thai and Khmer.

Thida f Burmese
Burmese form of Sita.

Thula f Zulu
Means "peace" in Zulu.

Tiahn f English (Australian)
Variation of Tiana used infrequently but consistently in Australia.

Tiane f English
Short form of Christiane. Not as popular as the related name Tiana, but has roughly followed its popularity curve in much smaller numbers.

Tiaša f Slovene, Croatian
Diminutive of Tatjana.

Tiffi f English
Diminutive of Tiffany.

Tiffy f English
Diminutive of Tiffany.

Tigra f Popular Culture
Possibly deriving from the word "tiger", with the feminine -ra suffix added. Name borne by a Marvel character.

Tiida m & f Popular Culture
The Japanese name of the Final Fantasy character X Tidus, which means “Sun” in Okinawan.

Tiivi f & m Finnish (Rare)
Tiivi is an alternative name for such birds as the broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus, more commonly used Finnish name is "jänkäsirriäinen") and the Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii, "lapinsirri")... [more]

Tildy f English (Modern)
Diminutive of Matilda.

Tiler m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Tyler.

Tilhi f & m Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Means "(Bohemian) waxwing" (Bombycilla garrulus) in Finnish.

Tilke f Limburgish
Limburgish diminutive form of Mathilde (see also Til).

Tilla f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tehila.

Tilma f Finnish, Swedish (Modern)
Perhaps a blend of Thelma with either Vilma, Hilma or Ilma 1.

Tilta f Finnish
Finnish form of Tilda.

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... [more]

Timor m & f Hebrew
Means "palm branches" in Hebrew.

Tiney f English
Either from the English tiny meaning "small," or a diminutive of Christina, Valentina, Martina, and other names ending in -tina.

Tinja f Finnish
Possibly a variant of Tiina. It may have been influenced by other feminine names ending nja, such as Tanja and Sonja.

Tinku f Pet
Japanese pet name. Borrowed from English tink or twink.

Tirah f English (Rare)
unknown

Tiran m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
This name has several meanings: the first is a type of songbird, the second meaning is an island in the Suez Canal in the northern Red Sea. ... [more]

Tisja f Dutch (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. It could perhaps be the Dutch form of Tisha, but it is also possible that it is actually a variant form of Tiesje and perhaps even a short form of Patricia.

Titsa f Greek
Short form of Panagiotitsa and other names ending in the same sound.

Titta f Finnish
Diminutive of Kristiina.

Tobey m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Toby. A famous bearer of this name is American actor Tobey Maguire (1975-), born Tobias Vincent Maguire.

Tohar m & f Hebrew (Modern)
Means "pureness", "cleanness", "brightness" in Hebrew.

Toiva m & f Finnish (Rare)
A variant of Toivo.

Tokyo f & m Popular Culture, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Transferred usage of the Japanese capital city Tokyo as a given name. Its usage as a feminine given name is popularized by the TV show Money Heist, where Tokyo is one of the nine robbers featured there.

Tomma f English (American, Rare)
A feminine form of Thomas, Tom 1 or Tommy

Tomya f English (Rare)
Probably a variant of Tonya, influenced by Tom 1.

Tonia f Polish
Diminutive of Antonina.

Tonke f & m Dutch (Rare)
A Dutch hypochoristic form of Antonia or Antonius.... [more]

Tonta f Bamileke
Bagangte, Cameroon

Tonye m & f Ijaw
Short form of Ayibatonye.

Torah f & m English (Modern, Rare)

Torey m & f English
Variant of Tori and Tory.

Tosel f Jewish, Yiddish
Diminutive of Toltsa.

Tosha m & f Russian
Diminutive of Anton and Antonina.

Toshi m & f Japanese
Either from classical adjectives 利し (toshi) meaning "sharp" and 敏し (toshi) meaning "keen, clever" (where 俊 shares a similar meaning) or noun 年/歳/才 (toshi) meaning "year; age." Other kanji in relation to these derivations include, from the adjectives, 慧 meaning "wisdom," 淑 meaning "graceful, ladylike, modest, well-mannered" or, from the noun, 寿 meaning "congratulations; longevity," among others... [more]

Totit f Amharic
Means "monkey" in Amharic. It is used as a nickname in Ethiopia.

Touen f Japanese
From Japanese 桃園 (touen) meaning "peach orchard".

Touko f Japanese
Variant transcription of Tōko.

Toyah f English, Dutch (Rare)
Variant spelling of Toya.... [more]

Traja f Serbian
From Serbian трајати (trajati) meaning "to last", "to endure".

Trecy f English
Diminutive of Theresa.

Treva f American (Archaic)
Feminine of Trevor.

Trevi f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive or feminine form of Trevor.

Trevy m & f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Trevor.

Trina f Spanish, Asturian
Diminutive of Trinidad.

Trixi f Hungarian, German
Short form of Beatrix or Beatrice, parallel to english Trixie

Troja f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Swedish form of Troy, the name of the ancient city in Turkey that appears in Homer's 'Iliad'.

Troja f Serbian
From Serbian троје (troje) meaning "three people" thus denoting a "trinity". "Trinity" in Serbian is тројство (trojstvo), itself from троје (troje).

Trula f English (American, Rare)
Perhaps an invented name, using the ula suffix sound found in such names as Beulah, Eula, Lula 1 and Zula 2, and possibly influenced by Trudie or the English word truly.

Truly f English (Modern), Popular Culture, Theatre
From Old English trēowlīce meaning ‘faithfully’.

Tsion m & f Hebrew (Modern)
Variant of Tzion, used for both males and females.

Tsira f Mingrelian, Georgian
Derived from Mingrelian ცირა (cira) meaning "girl" or "daughter".

Tsugu m & f Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Tsugu means "inherit, succession".... [more]

Tsuka f Japanese
From Japanese 摘 (tsu) meaning "to pluck; to pick" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Tsuki f Japanese
Means "moon" in Japanese.

Tsume f & m Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Means "claw" in Japanese.... [more]

Tsuyo f Japanese
From Japanese 津 (tsu) meaning "haven, port, harbor, ferry" or 都 (tsu) meaning "capital (city)" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Tuane f Tupi, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Tauane.

Tuike f Finnish (Rare)
Means "twinkle, glimmer" in Finnish.

Tulan m & f Chinese (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Tu and Lan 1.

Tulga f German (Austrian, Modern, Rare)
Maybe from Gothic tulgus "firm, steady, solid".

Tulip f English (Rare)
From the name of the flower. Ultimately from Persian dulband, "turban", from the shape of the opened flower.... [more]

Tulsa f English (American, Rare)
From the name of the city and county in the US state of Oklahoma which comes from Tallasi, meaning "old town" in the Creek.

Tulsi f & m Hinduism, Indian, Bengali, Hindi, Nepali
From Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī) meaning "holy basil (a type of plant)". The plant is considered sacred in Hinduism, and it is sometimes personified as an avatar of Lakshmi.

Tunya f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Thai ธัญญา (see Thanya).

Tuovi f & m Finnish
Derived from the place name Tuovila "village of Tove", a village in Finland. It was invented by the Finnish author Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen for a character of his novel "Pohjan-Piltti" (1859).

Tuulo m & f Finnish, Estonian
Variant or masculine form of Tuuli and Tuulikki.

Tybee f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Allegedly from the name of an island off the Georgia (U.S. state) coast, which is said to mean "salt" in Yuchi.

Tyjae m & f African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the phonetic elements ty and jay. It can be spelled Tyjae or with a capitalized third letter as TyJae.

Tyjah m & f African, African American (Modern)
Apparently means "smart" in one of the languages on the African continent. However, the name can also be derived from the name abbreviation (or initials) T.J., which is typically pronounced as "tee-jay" and its pronunciation henceforth developed into a first name of its own right (Teejay).

Tylat f Popular Culture
It was borne by a side character of the "Avatar: the Last Airbender" franchise, for one of Ty Lee's six identical sisters.

Tylie f English (Modern, Rare)
Perhaps a rhyming variant of Kylie blending it with Ty or a variant of Tylee.

Tyliu f Popular Culture
This name was borne by a side character in the "Avatar: the Last Airbender" franchise, for one of Ty Lee's six identical sisters. Her chosen hobby was playing the harp.

Tylum f Popular Culture
This name was borne by a side character in the "Avatar: the Last Airbender" franchise, for one of Ty Lee's six identical sisters. Her chosen hobby was origami.

Typha f American (Rare, Archaic)
Genus of the cattail plant. Derived from Greek typhos, meaning "marsh".

Tyrah f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Tyra.

Tyrie m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Tyree.

Tysha f African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular phonetic elements ty and sha, possibly modelled on Tasha... [more]

Tywoo f Popular Culture
This name was borne by a side character in the "Avatar: the Last Airbender" franchise, for one of Ty Lee's six identical sisters. Her chosen hobby was insulting people and was shown to have an opposite personality from Ty Lee's bubbly and cheerful ways.

Tyyni f Finnish
A rarer variant on Tyyne, means "calm". Nameday on September 18th.

Tyyra f Finnish
Finnish spelling of Tyra

Tzeni f Greek
Greek form of Jenny, used as a diminutive of Evgenia.

Tzlil f & m Hebrew
Variant of the name Tslil which means "sound; voice" in Hebrew.

Tzuri m & f English (Rare), Hebrew (Rare)
Variant of Zuri or Zurie influenced by the Hebrew name Tzuri'el

Uchka f Mongolian
Possibly a nickname.

Udval f Mongolian
Means "aquilegia, columbine" in Mongolian. Can also refer to chrysanthemum flowers.

Ugbad f Somali
The meaning is a "Bouquet of Roses". It is a new name, people used it as a very advanced language term of the meaning.

U-Hwan m & f Korean (Rare)
From Korean 宇 (u) meaning "house, roof", 旴 (u) meaning "sunrise", 雨 (u) meaning "rain", 佑 (u), 祐 (u), both meaning "to help", 瑀 (u), 玗 (u), both meaning "jade", 友 (u) meaning "friend", 昱 (u) meaning "sunlight", 煜 (u) meaning "shining; brilliant", 優 (u) meaning "generous; soft", 羽 (u) meaning "feather, wing", or 禹 (U) meaning "Yu the Great", the legendary king of the Xia Dynasty combined with 桓 (hwan) meaning "sapling", 奐 (hwan) meaning "to be numerous, brilliant", 煥 (hwan) meaning "brilliant; shining, lustrous", 晥 (hwan) meaning "bright, morning star", or 歡 (hwan) meaning "happy".... [more]

Uisce f Scottish Gaelic

Ulduz f & m Azerbaijani
Means "star" in Azerbaijani.

Unchi f Japanese
From Japanese 雲 (un) meaning "cloud" combined with 智 (chi) meaning "knowledge, wisdom". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Unday f Filipino
Diminutive of Segunda. A bearer of this nickname was Segunda Katigbak, the first love of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal.

Unhei f Korean
Means "grace" in Korean.

Upeng f Filipino
Diminitive of Cleofe, Eufemia, and other names containing a similar sound.

Urmil f & m Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Odia
Variant and masculine form of Urmila.

Urooj f & m Persian
Urooj is a Persian unisex name, meaning "rising, mounting, exaltation, ascension".

Urwen f Literature
The name means "Fire Maiden", it comes from the Sindarin words ur "fire" and -wen "maiden". ... [more]

Uthai m & f Thai
Means "sunrise, dawn" in Thai.

Vaeda f English (Modern)
Variant of Vada.

Vahxe m & f Yi
Means "surrounding cliff" in Yi.

Vaida f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Vada.

Vaila f Scottish, Norwegian (Rare)
Taken from the name of a small island off the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is a traditional Shetlandic girls' name.

Vajèn f Dutch

Valle f Spanish
Means "valley" in Spanish, taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Valle and Nuestra Señora de la Valle, meaning "The Virgin of the Valley" and "Our Lady of the Valley" respectively.... [more]

Valma f Finnish
19th-century coinage derived from Finnish valmu meaning "poppy".

Vandy m & f Lao
From Lao ວັນ (van) meaning "day" and ດີ (dy) meaning "good, fine, nice".

Vanee f Sanskrit

Vanes f English
Nickname for "Vanessa" Not commonly used. The name 'Vanessa' was invented by the Anglo-Irish Jonathan Swift in 1708.

Vanka f & m Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Bulgarian and Macedonian feminine diminutive of Ivana and Russian masculine diminutive of Ivan (rare for Russian girls).

Várbu f Sami
Sami form of Valborg.

Varga f Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Varg.

Varma f & m Finnish
Means "sure, certain, reliable" in Finnish.

Vasti f Biblical Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Biblical Dutch, Afrikaans, Biblical Spanish, Biblical Italian, Biblical Finnish
Finnish, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Vashti and Dutch variant of Wasti.

Vaula f Finnish (Rare)
Vaula is both a flower/flowering plant genus ("Asarina" in Latin) and in old Finnish language a little wooden ring that kept a bunch of silver birch branches together in a sauna.

Vayda f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Vada.

Veeya f Tamil (Rare)
Variant transcription of Tamil வீயா (see Viya).

Vella f American, English
Diminutive of Velvet.

Velva f American (South)
Diminutive of Velvet but has been used as a name in its own right for decades.

Venie f American
Diminutive of Lavinia or names containing the element ven, such as Ravenna.

Venna f English
Possibly a nickname for names like Venice, Vanessa, Veronica and other names that begin with the letter V.

Venni m & f Finnish
A diminutive of Verner and Vendela.

Venny f Swedish, Finland Swedish, Finnish
Diminutive form of Vendela.

Verdi m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Verdi. A famous person with the surname is Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. A famous namesake is Australian Olympic weightlifter Verdi "Vern" Barberis, who is in the AWF Hall of Fame.

Verla f American (South, Rare)
Possibly feminine of Verl.

Versa f American (South)
This name sporadically appears outside the U.S. top 1000 in the American South in the early 20th-century. It is most likely inspired by the Latin word "versus" (verse; line) probably used by Southern Baptists in reference to the verses of the Bible... [more]

Vessa f English
Possibly a shortened form of Vanessa or a variant of Vesa 2.

Vėtra f Lithuanian (Rare)
Derived from Lithuanian vėtra "storm, tempest".

Veyda f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Vada.

Viann f English (American)
the name Viann dates back to 1880s, the meaning for this name isn't well known/it has multiple meanings "violet" which could either mean the colour violet, this name could also mean "violet and power in the earth element", it could be of greek origin meaning "vivid", or it could mean "popular"... [more]

Viena f Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Derived from place name Viena, which is the Spanish name for the city of Vienna.

Viima m & f Finnish (Modern, Rare)
From a Finnish word meaning "strong wind".

Viire f Estonian

Vilai f & m Thai, Lao
Thai alternate transcription of Wilai as well as the Lao cognate. In Thailand it is solely used as a feminine name while it is unisex (more commonly masculine) in Laos.

Vilda f Swedish, Finland Swedish
Originally a short form of Alvilda. Nowadays mostly associated with the Swedish vocabulary word meaning "wild".

Villy m & f Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Scandinavian form of Willy, predominantly used by men.

Vilnė f Lithuanian
The name may either come directly from the Lithuanian word vilna meaning "wool" or vilnis "to surge." The name may also be used in reference to the Vilnia river as well as the name of the city, Vilnius which both share the same etymological root with vilnis.

Vimol f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Wimon.

Vimon f & m Thai
Alternate transcription of Wimon.

Viney f American
Diminutive of Lavinia.

Vinit m & f Thai
Alternate transcription of Winit.

Vinni f & m English
Variant of Vinnie.

Violy f Filipino
Diminutive of Violeta.

Viran f Swedish (Rare)
Diminutive of Elvira.

Viran m & f Hindi
Means "heroic" and "brave" in Sanskrit.

Virga f Esperanto
Means "virginal" in Esperanto.

Virgy f English
Variant of Virgie, which itself is a diminutive of Virginia.

Virpi f Finnish
Means "sapling" in Finnish, a Finnish equivalent of Virve. It was coined in the early 20th century.

Virta f & m Finnish
Means "river"

Vitka f Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Diminutive of Vita 1.

Vivan f Swedish
Diminutive of Viveka and Vivianne.

Vjosa f Albanian
From Vjosa, the name of a river in southwestern Albania.

Vlada f & m Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Vlad and a female and male short form of names starting with this element, like Vladimira, Vladimir, Vladan or Vladislava.

Vonka f Croatian
Diminutive of Ivona.

Vonni f Czech, Slovak, English (American)
Diminutive of Vondra and Yvonne.

Vylet f English
Variant of Violet.

Wadha f Arabic
From Arabic وَضَح (waḍaḥ) meaning "light, brightness, clarity".

Wafia f Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
Feminine form of Wafi.

Walaa f & m Arabic
Means "friendship, loyalty, devotion" in Arabic.

Walda f German (Rare), Dutch
Short form of names with the name element walt "to rule".

Waldi m & f German, Dutch (Rare)
German and Dutch diminutive of given names that contain the Germanic element walt meaning "rule", such as Ewald and Waldemar for men and Waltraud for women.... [more]