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Tav f & m Hebrew (Rare)
Means "musical note" in Hebrew.

Tav m English
Diminutive of Gustav or Gustavo. Bearers include musician Gustavo Antonio "Tav" Falco (1945-).

Tay f & m English (Modern)
Short form of Taylor.

Taz m & f English
A diminutive of Tasmin or other names containing similar sounds. Also a British diminutive of Terry 1 or Theresa or Terrence... [more]

Tee f & m African American
Variant of Tea.

Tee m & f East Frisian (Archaic)
Variant of Tehe coincidentally also the german word for tea.

Tei m Dutch (Rare)
Short form of Mattheus.

Teó m Hungarian
Cognate of Theo, meaning "gift of God".

Ter f & m English
Diminutive of Theresa, Terri, and sometimes Terence.

Tet m & f Burmese
Means "ascend, rise, soar" or "advance, increase, improve" in Burmese.

Tev m Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Tevye.

Tez m Sanskrit
It's originally an Indian name, but I don't think its used there anymore. It's more of a modern name used in the US and Canada now.

Tha f & m Chin
Means "good; well" in Chin.

Thé m Dutch
Short form of both Matheus and Mattheus as well as Theodorus.... [more]

Thế m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 世 (thế) meaning "era, time, generation".

Thi f & m Burmese
Means "string" in Burmese.

Thọ m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 壽 (thọ) meaning "long life, longevity, lifepsan".

Thơ f & m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 書 (thơ) meaning "book".

Thu f & m Burmese
Means "person" in Burmese.

Tià m Catalan
Short form of Sebastià.

Tib f & m Medieval English
Short form of Theobalda/Theobald and Tabitha. (See also Tibbot).

Tig m & f English (Rare)
Pet form of names beginning with T

Til m German (Modern, Rare)
Spelling variant of Till.... [more]

Tim m & f Vietnamese
Means "heart" in Vietnamese.

Tín m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 信 (tín) meaning "trust, believe".

Tin m & f Burmese
Means "survive, remain" in Burmese.

Tio m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Teo.

Tio m Maori
Means "freezing cold" in Māori. Also Māori form of Joe

Tip m English (Rare)

Tir m Persian Mythology

Toa m & f Japanese
From Japanese 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation combined with 有 (a) meaning "exist", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 吾 (a) meaning "I, me" or 彩 (a) meaning "colour"... [more]

Toa m Maori
Means "warrior" in Maori.

Tob m Hebrew, Jewish
Possibly a variant transcription of Tov.

Toe m & f Burmese
Means "soft, gentle" in Burmese.

Tof m Dutch (Rare), Limburgish (Rare)
Short form of Christoffel and Christophorus. This name is not to be confused with the Dutch word tof meaning "cool" as well as "nice, pleasant", which is ultimately derived from Hebrew טוֹב‎ (tov) meaning "good".... [more]

Tói m Icelandic (Modern, Rare)

Tói m Portuguese
Diminutive of António.

Tön m Romansh
Short form of Antoni, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.

Tor m Tiv
Means "king" in Tiv.

Tor m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "turtle-dove" in Hebrew. The turtledove is a type of pigeon bird of small medium size. There are 16 species for this bird. The upper part is light brown and the lower part is in shades of pink-red... [more]

Tou m & f Japanese
From Japanese 塔 (tou) meaning "pagoda, tower, steeple", 冬 (tou) meaning "winter", 涛, 濤 (tou) both meaning "large waves", 祷 (tou) meaning "pray", 陶 (tou) meaning "pottery, ceramics" or from 縢 (tou) meaning "bind, tie up, restrain"... [more]

Tou m Vietnamese

Tov m Norwegian
Norwegian dialectal variant of Tolv.

Tov m Hebrew
Masculine form of Tova 1.

Toy m English

Trà f & m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 茶 (trà) meaning "tea".

Tre m African American (Rare)
Variant of Trey.

Tru f & m English (Modern)
Either a variant of True or a short form of Trudy, Truman and other names beginning with Tru... [more]

Tub m Hmong
Means "son, male" in Hmong.

Tûe m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Tue.

Tuệ m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 慧 (tuệ) meaning "bright, intelligent".

Tug m English (Rare)
From the naval expression. Famous bearers include: Tug Dumbly (1965-), the pseudonym of Australian performance poet and musician Geoff Forrester and Tug McGraw (1944-2004), a Major League Baseball pitcher.

Tui f & m Maori
Tui is the Maori name for the bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), which are easily identified for their small tuft of white feathers at the neck.... [more]

Tuk m Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism
MEANING - a boy, swift... [more]

Tun m & f Burmese
Alternate transcription of Htun.

Tus m Old Persian
Origin is Parsi... [more]

Tut m & f Balinese
Short form of Ketut.

Tut m & f Burmese
Means "topmost, crowning, supreme" in Burmese.

Tùy f & m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 隨 (tùy) meaning "follow, listen, submit".

Tym m English (Rare, Modern)
English variant of Tim.

Tys m Dutch (Rare), West Frisian
Dutch variant spelling of Thijs, probably via its other variant spelling Tijs or even the medieval Thys.... [more]

Tyt m Ukrainian, Belarusian
Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Titus.

Tzi m Hebrew
Means 'Navy'

Uan m & f Lao
Means "younger brother or sister, beloved" in Lao. If written ອ້ວນ (uan) it means "stout, fat, large".

Ucu m Sicilian
Variant of Ugu.

Udd m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Oddr.

Udo m Efik
Means "second son" in Efik.

Uel m English
Short form of Samuel used in Northern Ireland.

Uel m Biblical
In Ezra 10:34 : "Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel."

Uga m Latvian
Latvian form of Hugo.

Ûge m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Åge.

Ugg m Popular Culture
A character in Q*bert.

Ugi m & f Korean (Americanized, Modern, Rare, Archaic)
The literal translation in Hangul (Koreas modern written language) for Ugi (우기) is Monsoon or Rainy season. Ugi (우기) is derived from the Hanja character 雨 (Yǔ meaning rain). Although it is possible that 雨 (Yǔ) was first used/ invented by a Korean during the Gojoseon period (likely established somewhere between 2333bce - 1101bce) as certain regions of modern china were technically considered parts of Ancient Korea (control of these regions switched and evolved over many years many times), it is still most likely the first use of 雨 was in a Chinese dynasty during the use of Old Chinese (Roughly 1766BCE - 256BCE)... [more]

Ugo m & f Igbo
Means "eagle" in Igbo. It is also a short form of names containing the element ùgó.

Ugu m Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Hugo.

Ujk m Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian ujk "wolf" and, figuratively, "very strong person; extremely able person".

Uka m East Frisian

Uke m & f Igbo
Short form of names beginning with or containing Uke-.

Ukë m Albanian

Ûko m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Hugo.

Uko m Estonian
Variant of Uku.

Uku m Estonian, Baltic Mythology
Estonian cognate of Finnish Ukko. This name is borne by the god of weather and lightning in Estonian mythology.

Ûle m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Ole.

Ule m West Frisian (Rare)
Variant form of Oele.

Uli m & f Hawaiian
Masculine form and feminine short form of Uliuli.

Uli m Uzbek
Means "to howl" in Uzbek.

Ulu m & f Greenlandic
Younger form of Ulo.

Ulv m Old Swedish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Ulf.

Uly m English
Short form of Ulysses.

Umi m Polynesian Mythology
A king has this name in Hawaiian Mythology

Upa m Chuvash
Means "bear" in Chuvash.

Upi m & f Finnish
A diminutive of Urpo, also used as a nickname for other names starting with U.

Ura m & f Tahitian
From Tahitian 'ura meaning "red" or "purple".

Uri f & m Korean
Means "we, us, our" in Korean.

Uri m Biblical
Variant transcription of Hurai.... [more]

Uri m Aymara
Means "untamed" in Aymara.

Ury m Medieval English, Medieval German
Medieval English and medieval German form of Uriah.

Ush m Sanskrit, Indian, Hinduism, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati
MEANING : early morning, dawn, daybreak, lover, bdellium, saline earth, fossile salt ... [more]

Uto m German (Rare)
Variant of Udo 1 or masculine form of Ute.

Utr m Old Norse
Variant of Otr.

Uve m Frisian, Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Frisian form of Ove.

Uwa m Filipino, Cebuano
Variant of Owa.

Uxi m Old Norse, Icelandic (Rare)
Old Norse byname and given name meaning "ox".

Uya f & m Indonesian

Uyӑp m Chuvash
Means "bullfinch" in Chuvash.

Uys m Afrikaans
Transferred use of the surname Uys. The Uys family played a significant role in South African history during the nineteenth century and made distinguished contributions to South African culture, politics and sports during the course of the twentieth.

Uzo f & m Nigerian
Short form of Uzoamaka.

Vah m History (Ecclesiastical)
Romanian form of Bacchus.

Vam m & f Hmong
Means "rely on, trust" in Hmong Daw.

Van m & f Chin
Means "heaven; sky" in Chin.

Väʹsǩǩ m Sami (Skolt)
Diminutive of Vaaʹssel.

Ved m Popular Culture
A character appearing in the 4th series of 'The Tribe', a British TV series.

Vee f & m English (American)
Short form of names beginning with V.

Vel m Etruscan

Vem m Armenian
Means "stone, rock" in Armenian.

Ven f & m English
Short form of Vena, Venice, Venicia, Venetia, Vanessa, Veronica, Veronique, Venus, Venustus, Venustian, and other names beginning with or otherwise containing ven-.

Ver m Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian
Bosnian, Catalan and Croatian form of Verus.

Ves m Limburgish
Limburgish short form of Silvester.

Via m Norwegian (Archaic)
Dialectal (Nordmøre) form of Vidar.

Vic m Romansh
Short form of Ludivic.

Vik m & f Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of Viktor or Viktoria.

Vil m Soviet, Russian
Derived from the initials of the Russian politician and communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), who founded the former Soviet state. This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.... [more]

Vim m Indian

Vio m Breton (Rare)

Vir m Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Modern form of Vira.

Vis m Spanish
Diminutive of Victor or Victorio.

Vît m Friulian
Friulian form of Vitus.

Vit m Alsatian (Archaic)
Vernacular form of Vitus (compare Veit).

Viv f & m English
Diminutive of Vivian and other names beginning with Viv.

Vlf m Old Swedish (Rare)
Rare spelling of Ulf possibly used in a time when the letters V and U were used interchangeably.

Von m English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Vaughn.

Vox m American (South, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Vox.

Vùn m & f Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka Chinese form of Wén .

Wah f & m Chinese
Chinese variant of Hua, meaning neat, or good looking.

Wai m & f Chinese
It means "great"

Wai f & m Polynesian, Hawaiian
From the proto-Polynesian root *waiʀ meaning "water" in most Polynesian languages.

Wai m & f Burmese
Means "profuse, abound, abundant" in Burmese.

Wal m American (Rare)
Short Form of Wallace.

Way m English
Transferred use of the surname Way.

Web m American (South, Rare)

Wen m English
Short form of Wendell.

Wez m Adyghe (Rare), Kabardian (Rare), Circassian (Rare)
From Turkic "Öz" (source, pure)

Why f & m Indonesian (Rare)

Win m Chinese

Win m English
Short form of Winston and Edwin.

Win m African American
From win (n.) Old English winn "labor, toil; strife, conflict; profit, gain,." Modern sense of "a victory in a game or contest" is first attested 1862, from the verb.

Wok m Medieval Czech
A medieval Czech name meaning "wolf" (see also Vuk).

Won m & f Korean
Derived from 元 (won) meaning "first, origin".

Woo m & f Korean
Derived from the Korean Hangul 우 (woo/u) that can be the Korean Hanja 瑀 (woo/u) meaning "agate" or 俁 (woo/u) meaning "big; great" or 宇 (woo/u) meaning "whole world; universe; house" or 佑 (woo/u) meaning "help" or 又 (woo/u) meaning "again; also (affix)"... [more]

Wuk m Serbian (Latinized, Archaic)
Rare German rendering of the Serbian name Vuk (using an obsolete transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet).

Xab m Hmong
Means "third" in Hmong Daw.

Xai m Hebrew
alternate spelling of Chai

Xak m American
Variant of Zak.

Xán m Galician
Variant of Xoán.

Xan f & m English (Rare)
Short form of Alexandra, Alexander, Xanthe and other names containing xan... [more]

Xav m English, French, Spanish
Probably a short form of Xavier.

Xay m Lao
Means "victory" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit जय (jaya).

Xco m Armenian
Diminutive of Xacatur.

Xem m Dutch

Xen m & f English (Modern)
Variant of Zen. This name was used by American actors Tisha Campbell and Duane Martin for their son born 2001.

Xes m Galician, Medieval Galician
Variant of Xenxo. It was revived in the 2010's.

Xil m Medieval Galician
Galician form of Giles.

Xin f & m Chinese
Derived from the Chinese character 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul", 信 (xìn) meaning "trust, believe", 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted", 昕 (xīn) meaning "dawn, early morning", 鑫 (xīn) meaning "prosperous, wealthy", 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant" or 新 (xīn) meaning "fresh, new", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Xis f & m Hmong

Xob m Hmong
Means "lightning, thunder" in Hmong.

Xok m Lao

Xub m & f Hmong
Means "precious" or "arrow" in Hmong Daw.

Xun f & m Korean

Xus m Spanish
Diminutive of Jesus.

Xuy m American (Hispanic)
Diminutive form of Jesús

Yai m Thai
Means "big, large" in Thai.

Yam f & m Hebrew
Means "sea, ocean" in Hebrew. Known bearers include Yam Kaspers Anshel (1998-), an Israeli beauty pageant winner, and Yam Madar (2000-), an Israeli basketball player.

Yan m & f Balinese
Short form of Wayan.

Yan m French, Breton
Variant of Yann.

Yan m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yan) meaning "brave", 顔 (yan) meaning "face, expression" or 岩 (yan) meaning "rock" or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.

Yan m & f Khmer
Possibly derived from Chinese 严 (yán) meaning "solemn, stately, majestic".

Yan m Burmese
Means "quarrel" in Burmese.

Yao f & m Chinese
Chinese unisex given name written with the Hanzi 瑤 (yáo) and meaning "jade" or "mother of pearl".

Yao m Baoulé
Derived from Baoulé ya "Friday", referring to the day of the week on which the child was born and hence to be understood as "born on Friday".

Yat m Thai
Means "relative, relation" in Thai.

Yaz f & m Various
Short form of various names, including Yazmin.

Yến f & m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 燕 (yến) meaning "swallow (the bird)".

Yen m & f Korean

Yeu m Chinese

Yid m Scots
Southern Scots short form of Aidam.

Yin m & f Burmese
Derived from the Burmese ယဉ် (yin) meaning "cultured, gentle" or ရင် (yin) meaning "prepare, create".

Yin f & m Korean

Yin m & f Burmese
Means "prepare, create" in Burmese.

Yis m Hmong
Means "cowlick, tuft of hair" in Hmong Daw.

Yll m Literature
Yll is the name of a Martian in the story Ylla in the Martian Chronicles written by Ray Bradbury.

Yll m Albanian
Derived from Albanian yll "star".

Ylo m Livonian, Medieval Baltic
Variant of Ilo.

Yme m & f West Frisian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Ime 2. This given name is more commonly found on males than on females.

Yoh m Japanese, Chinese
It comes from the name of a strong and wise shaman.... [more]

Yoi m & f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "say" in Shipibo.

Yok f & m Thai
Means "jade" in Thai.

Yon m Gascon

Yon m Hebrew
Short form of Yonah.

Yor m Literature
In Michael Ende's novel 'Die unendiche Geschichte' ("The neverending story") Yor is a blind miner that helps the main protagonist mining a picture that helps him getting back to the place he came from.

You m & f Chinese
From the Chinese 友 (yǒu) which means "friendly or friendship."

You m & f Japanese
From Japanese 洋 (you) meaning "ocean", 耀 (you) meaning "shine, sparkle, dazzle", 遥 (you) meaning "distant, remote", 踊 (you) meaning "leap, jump, dance", or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.

You f & m Korean

Yov m Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Job.

Ype m Frisian (Rare)
Variant of Ibe, a Frisian name of uncertain etymology.

Ytu f & m Punu, African
Means "hope" in Punu.

Yue f & m Chinese
From Chinese 月 (yuè) meaning "moon", 粤 (yuè) referring to Guandong province and the Cantonese people, 越 (yuè) referring to the Yue people, 跃 (yuè) meaning "jump, leap", 悦 (yuè) meaning "joy, pleased", 岳 (yuè) meaning "tall mountain" or 玥 (yuè) meaning "pearl", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Yug m Indian
The word yug means "linking or joining something together" in Sanskrit. The word yug in hindi means "world." There are 4 yugs according to Hinduism. it is derived from the word yugam.

Yuk m & f Chinese (Hakka)
It means real in Chinese

Yul m Russian
Diminutive of Yuliy.

Yul f & m Korean

Yul f & m Nahuatl
Derived from Yolotl.

Yún f & m Chinese

Yun f & m Korean

Yuo m Japanese
From the Japanese 由 (yu) "free," "means," "way," "reason" and 悟 (o) "enlightenment," "perceive," "discern."

Yuo f & m Korean
From Korean it means Lotus Flower

Yur f & m Korean
From Korean Yur meaning cloud or Yur... [more]

Yuw f & m Korean

Yve m French (Rare)
Variant of Yves.

Ywi m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)
Perhaps from the Old English elements íw "yew tree" (see īwaz) and wig "war". Ywi (or Iwig) was an Anglo-Saxon saint venerated in the English county of Wiltshire in the Middle Ages, where his relics were enshrined (at the county town, Wilton, near Salisbury)... [more]

Žac m Croatian
Short form of Željko.

Zae m English, African American

Zai m & f English

Zaj m Hmong
Means "dragon" in Hmong Daw.

Žak m Slovene
Slovene variant of Jakob.

Zal m Kurdish
Means "triumphant" in Kurdish.

Zao m & f Chinese
This name is used as either 造 (zào, cào, cāo) for males meaning "construct, build, begin, prepare" or 早 (zǎo) for females meaning "early, soon, morning."... [more]

Zar f & m Burmese
Means "lace" in Burmese.

Zaw m Burmese
Means "preeminent, supreme" in Burmese.

Zay m English (American, Modern)
Short form of Isaiah, Xavier, Zayden and other names containing the popular phonetic element zay.

Zea f & m English (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Variant of Zia.

Zeb m Hmong
Means "rock, stone" in Hmong Daw.

Zee m & f English (American)
Short form of names beginning with Z.

Zen m & f English
This name is derived from either the word that is the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state' or, in the case of U.S. soccer/football defender Zen Luzniak, a shortened form of Zenon.... [more]

Zen m Japanese
This name can be used as 然 (zen, nen, sa, shika, shika.shi, shika.ri) meaning "if so, in that case, so, sort of thing, well," 善 (zen, i.i, yo.i, yo.ku, yoshi.tosuru) meaning "good(ness), virtuous" or 禅 (sen, zen, shizuka, yuzu.ru) meaning "silent meditation, Zen," the latter being the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state.'... [more]

Zen m Venetian
Venetian form of Zeno.

Zeo m Germanic Mythology
Old High German variant of Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz (compare Tyr and Cisa).

Zha m & f Chinese

Zhe m & f Chinese
Derived from the Chinese character 哲 or 喆 (zhé) both meaning "wise; sagacious".... [more]

Zhu m & f Chinese
From Chinese 朱 "vermillion, red".

Zia m Biblical, Hebrew
Possibly means "sweat, swelling" in Hebrew. Hebrew name of a man mentioned in the Old Testament, 1 Chronicles 5:13, in a genealogical list. This 'has been used as a first name in Britain since the 1960s, but is likely to be mistaken for a girl's name' (Dunkling & Gosling, 1986)... [more]

Zig m English (Rare)
Diminutive of Ziglar.

Zil m & f Arabic
Meaning: “Shadow”

Zim m English (Rare)
Of unknown origin, maybe a short form of Zimri.

Zin f & m Burmese
Means "orchid" in Burmese.

Zip m Afro-American (Slavery-era)
English diminutive of Scipio.

Zîv m & f Kurdish
Means "silver" in Kurdish.

Zog m Albanian
Derived from Albanian zog "bird; chick, nestling; dialectal) animal young; (dialectal) son". This name was borne by Zog I (1895 – 1961). He first served as Albania's youngest ever prime minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as king (1928–1939).

Zot m Russian
Short form of Izot. ... [more]

Zou f & m Chinese

Zul m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with ذو ال (Dhu al) meaning "possessor of the, owner of the" (such as Dhu al-Kifl or Dhu al-Qarnayn).

Zul f & m Mongolian
Means "light" or "torch, oil lamp" in Mongolian.

Zun f & m Chinese
Means Kingdom in Chinese

Zuo m & f Ijaw
Means "protection" in Ijaw.

Zwi m Hebrew
Variant transliteration of צְבִי (see Tzvi).

Zya m Arabic
Varient of Ziya.

Zyn f & m Obscure (Rare)

Zyx m & f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of the surname Zick, meaning "descendant of Sigo", or a diminutive of Isaac. It may also simply from the last three letters of the English alphabet (compare Abcde).