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Naad-e-Ali m Pakistani, Muslim
Derived from the Arabic ناد (nād) meaning "call" and Ali 1, one of The 99 Names of Allah. Naad-e-Ali is a praise suggested by the angel Jibril to Prophet Muhammad in order to conquer a town.

Naadkym m Tlingit

Naad-o m Sidamo
Means "appreciation" in Sidama.

Naag-raaj m Indian
Means "king of serpents".

Naaleeye m Somali
Means "anyway" in Somali.

Naalnish m Navajo
Means "he works" in Navajo.

Naamaaq m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Naimâĸ.

Naaman m Biblical
The Hebrew meaning of the boy's name Naaman is "pleasant; pleasantness" or even "beautiful; agreeable; delightful." ... [more]

Naani f & m Dagbani
Means "trust" or "confidence" in Dagbani.

Na'arai m Biblical
Variant transcription of Naarai.... [more]

Naarai m Biblical
This name comes from the root נער (na'ar), which has three meanings. The meaning that is most likely is "youth" or "child", but it can also mean "to growl" and "to shake loose". The second part of the name, י (yod), is also of uncertain meaning... [more]

Naari m Biblical
Variant transcription of Naarai.... [more]

Naas m Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans
Short form of Athanaas, Donaas and Ignaas.... [more]

Naasif m South African

Naatat m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Nâtat.

Naatowohkito'pi m Siksika

Naʻauao f & m Hawaiian
Hawaiian unisex name meaning "daylight mind" or "knowledge".

Naawakamig m Ojibwe
Means "in the center of the universe" in Ojibwe.

Nab m Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Abel. It used to be a medieval custom to drop syllables before a first name therefore “mine Abel” led to “Nab”.

Nabadip m Assamese
Meaning "New Light".

Nabai m & f Chinese
Combination of the names Na and Bai.

Nabal m Biblical Hebrew
Means "fool; senseless; failure". This was the name of a rich Calebite who was the first husband of Abigail.

Nabar m Medieval Basque
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from the place name Navarre and a derivation from Basque nabar "multicolored".

Nabeel m Arabic, Urdu
Variant transcription of Nabil.

Nabh m Indian, Gujarati
Indian masculine name derived from the Gujarati word નભ (nabh) meaning "sky".

Nabhah m Indian
Variant of Nabha.

Nabhjeet m Indian
Winner of sky

Nəbi m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Nabi 2.

Nabi m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Persian
Means "prophet" in Arabic.

Nabih m Arabic
Derived from Arabic نَبِيه (nabīh) meaning "righteous, noble" or "clever, intelligent, sharp-eyed".

Nabis m Ancient Greek, History
The name of the last king of an independent Sparta, who reigned from 207 BC until his assassination in 192 BC.

Na-bit f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
From Bit prefixed with the first-person singular plain pronoun 나 (na).

Nabiyat m Ge'ez
Means "prophets" in Ge'ez.

Nabo m Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish Nabo meaning "Turnip"

Na-bom f & m Korean (Modern, Rare)
From Bom prefixed with the first-person singular plain pronoun 나 (na).

Nabor m Galician

Naboradong f & m Korean
I purple u ~ bts army

Nabou m Biblical Greek
Greek form of Nabu (see Nebo), as it first appeared in the Septuagint.

Nabuccodonosor m Biblical Italian
Italian rare form for Nebuchadnezzar.... [more]

Nabuchodonozor m Biblical Polish
Polish form of Nebuchadnezzar.

Nabucodonosor m Biblical Portuguese, Biblical Italian, Biblical Spanish
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Nebuchadnezzar.

Nabuliu m Corsican (Rare, Archaic)

Nacanieli m Fijian
Fijian form of Nathanael.

Nacazitztoc m Nahuatl
Means "he lies looking sideways", derived from Nahuatl nacazitta "to look at someone with fondness, to cast a sidelong glance" and the suffix -toc "to be lying down".

Nácek m Czech
Diminutive of Ignác, not used as a given name in its own right.

Nacek m Croatian
Diminutive of Ignac.

Nacer m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Nasir used in Algeria.

Nacereddine m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Nasir al-Din (chiefly Algerian).

Nachiketha m Indian

Nachin f & m Mongolian
Means "falcon" in Mongolian.

Nachito m Spanish
Diminutive of Nacho; in other words, a double diminutive of Ignacio.

Nachman m Hebrew
Means "comforter, consoler" in Hebrew.

Nachor m Biblical (Hellenized)
Variant transcription of Naharai.... [more]

Nachrai m Biblical
Variant transcription of Naharai.... [more]

Nachshon m Biblical, Hebrew
Apparently means "diviner" in Hebrew. However, I found a source that claims it is derived from Hebrew nachash "serpent, snake". Nachshon appears in the Bible as the brother-in-law of Aaron, and the prince of the tribe of Judah, who was the first Jew to enter the Red Sea before it split (Exodus 6:23).

Nachyn m Tuvan
Derived from Mongolian начин (nachin) meaning "falcon".

Nacim m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Nasim chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Näcip m Tatar
Tatar form of Najib.

Nəcməddin m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Najm al-Din.

Naco m Spanish (Rare)
Diminutive of Ignacio. In Mexican Spanish, this coincides with an ethnic slur for a man of indigenous descent who is deemed to be low-class or uncultured, derived from a short form of totonaco "Totonac (an indigenous group)".

Nacor m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Nahor.

Nacxich m & f Nahuatl
Variant form of Nacxitl.

Nacxitl m & f Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Mexican
Means "walker, traveller", from Nahuatl nahui "four" and icxitl "foot". This was also the name of a brother of the Aztec god of travellers, Yacatecuhtli, and sometimes used as an epithet of Quetzalcoatl.

Nad m Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism
MEANING : a river (if thought of as a male), thunderer (as cloud), roarer, neigher(as a horse), bellower... [more]

Nadal m Galician, Catalan (Rare), Lengadocian
Derived from Catalan, Galician and Languedocian Nadal "Christmas" (compare Noël).

Nadalbert m Medieval, Old High German, Old Saxon, Medieval French
Latin natalis "natal, of birth" + Old High German beraht, Old Saxon berht "bright" from Proto-Germanic berhtaz.

Nadalfrid m Medieval, Old High German, Old Saxon, Medieval French
Latin natalis "natal, of birth" + Old High German fridu, Old Saxon frithu "peace".

Nadalger m Medieval, Old High German, Old Saxon, Medieval French
Latin natalis "natal, of birth" + Old High German, Old Saxon gēr "spear".

Nadalrad m Old Saxon, Old High German, Medieval, Medieval French
Latin natalis "natal, of birth" + Old Saxon rād, Old High German rāt "counsel, advice".

Nadan m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism
MEANING : sounding, roaring ... [more]

Nadan m Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the verb nadati se meaning ''to hope''.

Nadare f & m Japanese
Means "avalanche" in Japanese.

Nadau m Provençal, Gascon
Provençal and Gascon cognate of Nadal.

Naddoddr m Old Norse
Variant of Naddoðr.

Naddoðr m Old Norse
Derived from the Old Norse name elements naddr "stud, nail, small man" and oddr "point of a sword". Naddoðr was a Norwegian-born Faroese viking who discovered Iceland in the 9th century.

Naddr m Old Norse
From Old Norse naddr "stud, nail", indicating a little person.

Nadech m Thai

Nadeen m Indian
Name - Nadeen नदीन ... [more]

Nadeer m Arabic
Variant transcription of Nadir

Nadeera f & m Arabic (Rare)
Variant of Nadira.

Nadhim m Arabic, Kurdish
Likely a variant of Nadim.... [more]

Nadi m Indigenous Australian
Meaning unknown.

Nadiel m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Nadier m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Nadif m Bengali (Muslim), Arabic
Probably derived from Arabic نَظِيف (naẓīf) meaning "clean".

Nadimir m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from Croatian nada meaning ''hope'' and mir meaning ''peace''.

Nadin m Bosnian
Means "noble, generous" in Bosnian.

Nadirbek m Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek
Combination of Nadir with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".... [more]

Nadislav m Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Derived from Serbian and Croatian nada "hope" combined with slava "glory".

Nadiv m Hebrew
Means "generous" in Hebrew.

Nadjib m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Najib (chiefly Algerian).

Nadomir m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Nadimir.

Nadoslav m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Nadislav.

Nadson m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Nady m Arabic
Variant of Nadie.

Nadyr m Turkmen
Turkmen form of Nadir.

Nadyrbek m Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz form of Nadirbek. A known bearer of this name is the Kyrgyz freestyle wrestler Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu (b. 1981).

Nae m Romanian
Contracted form of Nicolae.

Naeem m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Arabic alternate transcription of Na'im as well as the Urdu and Bengali form.

Næfgæirr m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements nef "nostril, nose" and geirr "spear".

Næfi m Old Norse
Variant of Næfr.

Næfr m Old Norse
Derived from nef ("nose, beak").

Naehu m & f Tahitian
Contracted form of Tahitian nā ehu fānau maeha'a tapu nui meaning "consecrated blonde newborn twins".

Næjla m Sami (Rare)
Southern Sami form of Nils.

Náel m Hungarian
Shortened version of Nátánael.

Naemar m American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Neymar.

Naemia m Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Contracted form of Nahemiah.

Naen m Khmer
Means "full, solid, firm" in Khmer.

Naep m & f Thai
Means "be close to" in Thai.

Nærfir m Old Norse

Næriðr m Old Norse
A variant spelling of Neriðr.

Næsbernus m Old Swedish
Latinized form of Näsbiorn.

Næsbiörn m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Næsbiǫrn.

Næsbiǫrn m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements nes "ness, spit of land" and bjǫrn "bear".

Næskonung m Old Swedish
Old Swedish from of Næskunungr used up until the late medieval period.

Næskunungr m Old Norse, Medieval Scandinavian
Originally a byname meaning "king over a small area", from Old Norse nės "ness, promontory, spit of land" and konungr "king". The name appears on at least one runestone (as niskunukʀ) and was later used sparingly (as Næskonung) up until the late middle ages.

Næve m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Nefi.

Næwe m Old Danish
Old Danish form of Nefi.

Nafan m Russian
Russian form of Nathan.

Nafanail m Russian
Russian form of Nathaniel.

Nafis m Arabic (Rare), Bengali, Tatar
Means "precious, valuable" in Arabic.

Nafne m Old Danish, Old Swedish
Old Swedish and Old Danish form of Nafni.

Nafni m Old Norse, Old Danish
Old Norse name and byname, from Old Norse nafni meaning "namesake" or from Old Norse nafn meaning "name".

Nafsin m & f Arabic

Nag m Literature
An antagonist from Rudyard Kipling's book, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Coincides with the English word "nag" meaning "to irritate".

Naga m & f Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá) meaning "snake, serpent".

Nagaharu m Japanese
From Japanese 長 (naga) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 治 (haru) meaning "govern, regulate, administer". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Nagaie m Japanese
Name that was given during the Hēan Period, to a Nobleman and Waka Poet, "藤原 長家" FUJIWARANONAGAIE. The Kanji Character "長" meaning "Long" with the Kanji Character "家" meaning "House".

Nagaprasad m Indian

Nagaraj m Indian, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu
Means "king of snakes" from Sanskrit नाग (nāgá) meaning "snake" combined with राज (rāja) meaning "king, chief, sovereign".

Nagaru m Japanese (Rare)
From nagaru an archaic verb that means "to flow", nowadays the verb is 'nagaeru'. ... [more]

Nagaswamy m & f Indian
Nagaswamy means lord of the snakes

Nagato m Japanese
meaning long lasting gate

Nagatoshi m Japanese
Naga means "chief, long" and toshi can mean "agile" or "talented".

Nagdligssaĸ m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Naged m Arabic (Egyptian)
The “rescuer” a person who saves, rescues, or delivers. Arabic spelling: ناجد

Nagemi f & m Japanese
The name Nagemi written in Kanji means "throwing oneself". With "投" meaning "to throw; discard" and "身" meaning "self; body."

Nagendran m Tamil, Indian
Tamil variant of Nagendra.

Nagesh m Tamil

Naggai m Biblical
Meaning "clearness; brightness; light."

Nagge m Biblical
Meaning "clearness; brightness; light."

Naghash m Armenian
from Arabic "artist"

Nagi f & m Japanese
Most commonly spelled as 凪 (nagi) which is derived directly from the Japanese word for "calm (at sea), lull". It is sometimes spelled in hiragana or katakana. Other kanji combinations are possible but rather uncommon.

Nagim m Bashkir
Means "living in prosperity" in Bashkir.

Nagio m Japanese
From Japanese 凪 (nagi) meaning "calm" combined with 男 (o) meaning "male" or 郎 (o) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Nagisa f & m Japanese
This name can be used for both sexes as 渚 (sho, nagisa) meaning "beach, shore."... [more]

Nagita f & m Indonesian

Nagito m Japanese
From Japanese 凪 (nagi) meaning "calm", 和 (nagi) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan", 渚 (nagi) meaning "strand, beach, shore" or 成 (na) meaning "turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach", 銀 (gi) meaning "silver" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 冬 (to) meaning "winter", 叶 (to) meaning "grant, answer", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 杜 (to) meaning "woods, grove", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly", 音 (to) meaning "sound", 十 (to) meaning "ten", 仁 (to) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel" or 士 (to) meaning "samurai"... [more]

Naglfar m Norse Mythology
Means "ship of the dead", derived from nagl ("dead person") and far ("ship; passage on a ship"). In Norse mythology this is the name of a ship helmed by Hymir (or Loki, depending on the text), which will put to sea at Ragnarǫk and take the inhabitants of Múpellsheimr to fight the gods... [more]

Naglfari m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Combination of nagl ("dead person") and fara ("to move, to travel"). In Norse mythology this is the name of Nótt's first husband, with whom she had two sons, both named Auðr.

Naglis m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian legends about Neringa and Naglis.... [more]

Nagomi f & m Japanese
From 和み (nagomi), referring to a feeling of calmness and relaxation (compare Nagomu).... [more]

Nagomu m & f Japanese
From the verb 和む (nagomu) meaning "to be softened, calm down​" (compare Nagomi).... [more]

Nagor m Malaysian (Rare)

Nagtoralik m Greenlandic
Means "white-tailed sea-eagle" in Greenlandic.

Naguib m Arabic (Egyptian)
Egyptian transcription of Najib.

Nah m & f Korean

Naha m & f Sotho
Means "land" or "world".

Naha m Sotho
land or country

Nahaap m Yakut
Yakut form of Nazar.

Nahabed m Armenian
Means "patriarch" in Armenian.

Nahaje m Western African (Modern, Rare, ?)

Naham m & f Biblical
From the Hebrew verb נָחַם (nacham) meaning "to comfort". This name occurs in a biblical passage where it is unclear whether the bearer of the name is male or female, although most scholars agree that this person was likely male.

Nahan m Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism
MEANING : binding, tying round, fetter, bolt, bond... [more]

Nahanni f & m Indigenous American
From naha, meaning "river of the land of the Naha people" in Na-Dene (Athabaskan) languages, spoken by indigenous cultures in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory... [more]

Nahapāna m Scythian
From Saka *Nahapāna meaning "protector of the clan". Name borne by a Western Satrap who reigned in either the first or second century CE.

Nahar f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "river" in Hebrew.

Na'harai m Biblical
Variant transcription of Naharai.... [more]

Naharai m Biblical
The name comes from נחר (nhr), meaning "to snort vigorously". It comes from the root חרר (harar), meaning "heat source". It also comes from נחר (nahar), which describes a horse's snorting noise.... [more]

Nahary m & f Malagasy
Means "created" in Malagasy.

Nahash m & f Jewish, Ancient Hebrew
Means "snake" in Hebrew, from the vocabulary noun נָחָשׁ (nachash or nāḥāš).... [more]

Nahasr m Sanskrit, Hinduism, Hindi, Indian
MEANING : putting on, crotchet, fetter, bond, girding round... [more]

Nahb m Classic Mayan
Means "lake", deriving from the Classic Maya element nab ("lake, pool").

Nahbi m Biblical
Nahbi, the son of Vophsi of the house of Naphtali, was a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:14.

Nahcomence m Cheyenne
Means "bark" in Cheyenne.

Nahel m Muslim
Variant of Nahil.

Nahele f & m Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "forest" in Hawaiian.

Nahemiah m Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Judeo-Anglo-Norman form of Nehemiah.

Nahi m Basque
From Basque meaning "wish".

Nahian m & f Bengali (Rare)

Nahïl m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi form of Nahil.

Nahil m & f Muslim

Náhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯheamēhne m Cheyenne
Means "Walking Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhehēsta m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Heart" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯheho'ēsta m Cheyenne
Means "Fire Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhemȧhta'sóoma m Cheyenne
Means "Spirit Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhéméó'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Fighting Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhemēō'o m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Trail, Bear Road" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯheóse m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Claws" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhéso m Cheyenne
Means "Little Bear, Bear Cub" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhno'kaestse m Cheyenne
Means "One Bear, Lone Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhtameōhtsėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Walking Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯhtsévo'soo'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Playing Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkol m Sami
Sami diminutive of Andreas.

Náhkȯxháaestse m Cheyenne
Means "Brave Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯxheóvaestse m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Bear" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯxho'óxeóó'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Stands Last, Last Bear Standing" in Cheyenne.

Náhkȯxhovéo'eóó'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Stands in the Shade" in Cheyenne.

Nahman m Jewish
Variant of Nachman.

Naho f & m Japanese, Popular Culture
From Japanese 夏 (na) meaning "summer" combined with 帆 (ho) "sailboat". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Nahom m Eastern African
East African form of Nahum.

Nahshon m Hebrew
Nahshon (Hebrew: נַחְשׁוֹן) or Naḥshon ben ʿAmminadabh (נחשון בן עמינדב; "Nahshon son of Aminadav") was a prominent leader of the ancient Israelites during the The Exodus. He was, according to the Book of Exodus, the son of Amminadab; descendant in the fifth generation of Judah, brother-in-law of Aaron and an important figure in the Hebrew's Passage of the Red Sea which according to the Jewish Midrash he initiated by walking in head-deep until the sea split... [more]

Nahuacatl m Nahuatl
Means "four reed" in Nahuatl, from nahui "four" and acatl "reed, cane".

Nahualquizqui f & m Nahuatl
Probably means "to emerge from trickery" or "to be born from magic", derived from Nahuatl nahual "to transform, trick, disguise, conceal; to do magic" combined with quizqui "to divide, separate from, take out of".

Nahuell m & f Mapuche, Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Nahuel.

Naħum m Maltese (Biblical)
Maltese form of Nahum.

Nahúm m Spanish, Biblical Spanish
Spanish form of Nahum.

Nahundi m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite Mythology
In the Elamite pantheon, Nahundi was the god of the sun, but also the god of justice and law. His name - spelled Nahiti in earlier times - was apparently the same as the word for 'sun' in Elamite, although the literal meaning of that word is said to be "creator of the day"... [more]

Nai'a f & m Hawaiian
Means "dolphin" in Hawaiian.

Naian m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Naibai m Romani (Archaic)

Naidan m Mongolian
Possibly derived from Mongolian найдах (naidakh) meaning "to hope, trust, rely on".

Naiden m Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Найден (see Nayden).

Naidu m Indian

Naidvar m & f Mongolian
Means "hope" in Mongolian.

Naiem m Bengali (Anglicized, Modern)

Naif m Arabic, Turkish
Means "exceeding, surpassing" in Arabic, from the root ناف (nafa) meaning "to exceed, to surpass, to go over".

Naiki m & f Japanese
From Japanese 乃 (nai), a possessive particle, 夢 (nai) meaning "dream", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 流 (nai) meaning "current, a sink, flow, forfeit", 那 (na) meaning "what", 夏 (na) meaning "summer", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 成 (nai) meaning "turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach" combined with 妃 (ki) meaning "queen, princess", 樹 (ki) meaning "tree", 輝 (ki) meaning "radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle", 騎 (ki) meaning "equestrian, riding on horses", 希 (ki) meaning "hope, beg, request, rare", 息 (iki) meaning "breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)", 暉 (ki) meaning "shine, light", 行 (iki) meaning "going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank", 生 (iki) meaning "life, genuine, birth" or 寿 (ki) meaning "longevity, congratulations, one's natural life"... [more]

Naïl m Arabic (Gallicized)
French form of Nail.

Nailson m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a rhyming variant of Mailson or Ailson.

Nailton m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Naïm m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi variant of Na'im.

Naimâĸ m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Naimittik m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Indian (Sikh)
MEANING - Occassional, special, accidental, Fortune-teller

Náin m & f Literature
From the dwarves of the same name from The Lord of the Rings, which in turn derive from the name of a dwarf in the Dvergatal (whose name means 'corpselike').

Nainik m Hinduism
One with beautiful eyes... [more]

Náinn m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Derived from nā ("dead person"). This is the name of a dwarf in Norse mythology.

Nāinoa m Hawaiian
Originally given as the third name of a child who was named after two relatives or friends, meaning "the namesakes" from the Hawaiian plural definite article, nā, with inoa "name"... [more]

Naiquan m African American (Modern, Rare)

Nair m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "we will light up" in Hebrew, making it relative to Yair.

Naira f & m Spanish (Canarian)
Recorded ca. 1484 by Pedro Gómez Escudero as the name of a Guanche (male) warrior from Telde. According to the scholar Ignacio Reyes García, the name means "front" or "to guide" in the Guanche language.... [more]

Nairamdal m & f Mongolian
Means "fellowship, friendship" in Mongolian.

Nairciseas m Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Narcissus.

Nairi m Armenian
Derived from the Assyrian name for a confederation of tribes in the Armenian Highlands.

Nairn m & f Scottish, English
Transferred use of the surname Nairn.

Nairo m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
A known bearer of this name is Colombian racing cyclist Nairo Quintana (1990-).

Naish m English (Archaic)
Diminutive of Ignatius.

Naiterukop m Eastern African

Naito m Japanese
From Japanese 乃 (nai), a possessive particle, 夏 (na) meaning "summer", 夜 (nai, naito) meaning "night", 夢 (nai) meaning "dream", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 星 (na) meaning "star", 那 (na), an interjection or 騎 (nai) meaning "equestrian, riding on horses", 生 (i) meaning "life, genuine, birth" or 依 (i) meaning "reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 愛 (ito) meaning "love, affection", 智 (to) meaning "wisdom, intellect, reason", 月 (to) meaning "moon", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly", 十 (to) meaning "ten" or 士 (to) meaning "gentleman, scholar, samurai"... [more]

Naiton m Pictish
Naiton (Naiton in Bede) II.E. Pict mentioned in the Ulster annals -8th c.

Naj m Slovene

Najae f & m English (Rare)
Elaboration of Jae 2.

Najai f & m African American (Rare)
Variant of Najae.

Najam m Arabic
Means "Morning Star"

Najdan m Serbian
Serbian form of Nayden.

Najdin m Bosnian (Rare)
Variant of Najdan.

Najee m Arabic
means good friend

Najeebullah m Arabic, Pakistani, Urdu
Urdu form of Najibullah as well as an Arabic variant transcription of the name.... [more]

Najeemuddin m Arabic
Means "brilliance of the faith, radiance of religion", derived from Arabic نَجْم (najm) "star, luminary" and دين (din) "religion, faith".

Najenda m American

Najibullo m Tajik, Uzbek (Rare)
Tajik and Uzbek form of Najibullah.

Najih m Arabic
Means "successful, prosperous, fortunate" in Arabic.

Najm al-Din m Arabic
Means "star of the religion" in Arabic, from the combination of the names Najm meaning "star" and al-Din meaning "of the religion".

Najme m Arabic, Indian (Muslim)

Najmul m Arabic (Archaic)
Famous monnikers include Najmul Millat, an Islamic jurist, and Najmul Hoda, a writer and scholar.

Najor m Biblical Spanish
Spanish form of Nahor.

Najun f & m Chinese
From Chinese 娜 (nà) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate" combined with 准 (jun) meaning "to allow; to grant; to permit". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.

Naka m African Mythology
A creator-deity of the Sonjo people of Tanzania.

Nakaba m & f Japanese (Rare)
From 半ば (nakaba) meaning "middle, half."... [more]

Nākai f & m Hawaiian
From the Hawaiian nā meaning "quieted, pacified" or "the (plural)" and kai meaning "sea(s)".

Nakaidoklini m Apache

Nakajima m & f Japanese
Nakajima Means: "Middle Island". The sense of "island" is not necessarily land surrounded by water, but can denote a property surrounded by other holdings.

Nakang m Mizo, Manipuri
Means "gift from God" in Mizo and Manipuri.

Nakashu m Japanese

Nakedi m & f Tswana
Means "striped polecat" in Setswana.

Nakhchir m Lezgin
Means "wolf" in Lezgin.

Nakheel m & f Arabic
Plural form of Nakhlah, means "date palm," but it also means "something that is purified."

Nakhimov m Russian

Nakhon m Thai
Means "city, town" in Thai.

Nakhonchai m Thai
From Thai นคร (nakhon) meaning "city, town" and ชัย (chai) meaning "victory".

Nakhorn m Thai
Alternate transcription of Nakhon.

Nakhoslav m Medieval Russian
Meaning "impudent glory".

Nakht m Ancient Egyptian
Nakht was an ancient Egyptian official who held the position of a scribe and astronomer of Amun, probably during the reign of Thutmose IV of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Nakhtmut m & f Ancient Egyptian
Meaning “strength of Mut”, Mut being the mother goddess in Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology. Name of a daughter of Djehutyemheb and Bak-Khonsu, found in the Theban Tomb TT45.

Nakhtre m Ancient Egyptian
A name with orgigins in Egypt, Nakhtre means "Strength of Ra". Ra was the god of the sun in Ancient Egyptian Mythology.

Nakia m & f Popular Culture, African American
Briefly charted on American popularity lists due to the short-lived television police drama series 'Nakia' (1974), which starred Robert Forster as a Navajo deputy sheriff, "who was often in conflict with his people's customs and white man's law"... [more]

Nakili m & f New World Mythology, Indigenous American
Nakili is a character From Miskito mythology, who appears in a Miskito folktale. His/her name has no known meaning.

Nakir m Arabic

Nakis m Greek
Short form of diminutives such as Antonakis and Stefanakis.

Nakkeeran m Tamil

Nākoa m Hawaiian
Means "the warriors," from plural definite article nā and koa meaning "soldier, warrior, fighter."

Nakoma f & m Ojibwe, Popular Culture
Allegedly means "I do as I promise" in Chippewa (according to another source, "we will stand together"). It was borne by the wife of 19th-century fur trader Peter Abadie Sarpy (a member of the Iowa tribe of Native Americans)... [more]

Nakon m Thai
Alternate transcription of Nakhon.

Nakon f & m Mayan Mythology

Nakor m Basque (Modern)
Basque form of Nahor.

Nakorn m Thai
Alternate transcription of Nakhon.

Nakornchai m Thai
Alternate transcription of Nakhonchai.

Nakota m & f English (Modern, Rare)
From the name of the Indigenous Nakota peoples.

Naksh m Hindi

Nakshatra m & f Indian (Rare), Hindi (Rare), Astronomy
From Sanskrit नक्षत्र (nákṣatra) meaning "star," used as a term for a lunar mansion in Hindu astrology.

Nakuartaĸ m Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.

Nakuartaq m Greenlandic
Younger form of Nakuartaĸ.

Nakul m Indian
Nakul was one of the Pandavas from the Mahabharat.

Nakula m Hinduism
Sanskrit, name of the twin brother, the youngest of the 5 brothers born by king Pandu as recorded in the Mahabharata, younger brothers to Arjuna, great heroes in their own right, Nakula was tall and handsome, Sahadeva spoke eloquently and possessed great filial piety.

Na-kyung f & m Korean

Nal m Chechen
Means "wild boar" in Chechen.

Nalado m Hausa
Means "born on a Sunday" in Hausa.

Nalane f & m Sotho
it means history in sesotho

Nalbert m Brazilian (Rare)