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Wybo m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Wibo.

Wyborne m Popular Culture, Literature
Derived from the English phrase "why were you born?". Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat is a character in the stop-motion animated movie "Coraline", based on Neil Gaiman's novella of the same name. A variant, Whyborne, is used (as a surname) in Jordan L. Hawk's "Whyborne and Griffin" series.

Wybrand m West Frisian, East Frisian
Frisian form of Wibrand.

Wybren m West Frisian, East Frisian
Variant of Wibren.

Wychman m West Frisian, East Frisian
Variant of Wichman.

Wyclef m English (Modern), Haitian Creole (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wyclef. A known bearer of this name is the Haitian-American artist Wyclef Jean.

Wyeth m & f American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wyeth.

Wyett m & f English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of Wyatt or variant of Wyette and Wyetta.

Wyette m English
Variant of Wyatt.

Wygnan m Slavic

Wylan m English
Probably a variant of Wayland.

Wylbur m English
Variant of Wilbur.

Wylder m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wylder.

Wyldon m Literature
A character in the Protector of the Small book series (author Tamora Pierce). Presumably it is a variant of Weldon.

Wylee m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Wiley.

Wyleigh f & m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Wiley.

Wylem m Sorbian
Sorbian form of Wilhelm. Wylem Šybaŕ (German: Wilhelm Schieber), born 1887, was a Sorbian artist.

Wyler m & f English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Wyler.

Wylfred m English (Rare)
Variant of Wilfred.

Wyli m Sorbian
Short form of Wylem.

Wylie m & f English
Variant of Wiley.

Wyll m English (Archaic), English (American, Rare)
Short form of the archaic name Wylliam. In other words, you could say that this name is an older form of Will.

Wylla f & m English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
In the United States, this name is a variant spelling of the feminine name Willa.... [more]

Wyllan m Germanic
An old English derivative of the word will. Meaning Wish/Will

Wylliam m English (Archaic), English (American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Modern, Rare)
In the English-speaking world, this is an archaic spelling of William, which is sometimes understandably perceived as a modern spelling of the name, due to the current trend of spelling traditional names differently.... [more]

Wyllow m Cornish
The name of a 6th Century Cornish saint.

Wyllys m English (American)
Variant of Willis.

Wyman m English
Transferred use of the surname Wyman.

Wymark f & m Medieval English
Anglicized form of the Old Breton name Wiuhomarch, which is made up of the elements wiu "worthy, noble" and march "horse".

Wynand m Medieval Dutch, Dutch (Rare), West Frisian (Rare), East Frisian (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare)
Medieval Dutch form of Wijnand, Frisian variant of Winand and South African form of Winand.... [more]

Wyndham m English
Transferred use of the surname Wyndham.

Wynford m Welsh, English (British, Rare)
Variant of Gwynfor.

Wynkyn m History (Rare), Literature
Wynkyn de Worde (originally Jan van Wynkyn) was William Caxton's journeyman, after whose death he became the first printer to set up his shop in Fleet Street, "which was for centuries perhaps the world's most famous centre of printing." It was used in the popular children's poem Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Dutch Lullaby) (1889).

Wynnhelm m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and helm "helmet, protection".

Wynnhere m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and here "army".

Wynnogene m & f Oneida

Wynnsige m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements wynn "joy" and sige "victory".

Wynnwulf m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from wynn "joy, delight" and wulf "wolf". The Wulfwynn is the same but in the reverse order.

Wynstan m English
Variant of Winston.

Wynsten m English
Variant of Winston.

Wynston m English (Rare)
Variant of Winston.

Wynte m Dutch (Archaic)

Wynton m English
Variant of Winton. Two jazz musicians bear this name, Wynton Marsalis and Wynton Kelly.

Wynwallow m Medieval Cornish (?)
Cornish form of Breton Gwenole. St Wynwallow's Church, the parish church of Landewednack in Cornwall, England, is dedicated to Saint Gwenole or Winwaloe... [more]

Wyoming f & m American
Transferred use of surname Wyoming

Wyott m English (American)
Alternate spelling of Wyatt, or possibly Wyot.

Wyre m Welsh
The name is derived from the the name of the rivers Afon Wyre in Wales and Wyre in Lancashire. It means "winding river". It is bourne by the BBC journalist Wyre Davies.

Wysław m Polish (Archaic)

Wytamas m Medieval Baltic

Wythe m English
Transferred use of the surname Wythe.

Wytse m West Frisian
Variant form of Wide.

Wyvern m English

Xydias m French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Xydias.

Xyler m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Zyler.

Xylo m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly based on the Greek word ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood". This name was used by American rapper and television personality Lil Scrappy (real name Darryl Raynard Richardson III) for his daughter born 2020.

Xylon m English (American, Modern, Rare), African American (Rare)
Derived from Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber", a word used in the New Testament of the cross (for example, Acts of the Apostles 5:30 and 10:39).

Xyoob m Hmong
Means "bamboo" in Hmong.

Xystus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ξυστος (Xystos), which meant "scraped (smooth), polished" (from xyein "to scrape"). This was the birth name of the pope Saint Sixtus I. It was also borne by a Kemetian martyr saint.

Xyzaac m Obscure

Ýyldyrym m Turkmen
Means "lightning" in Turkmen.

Yyvag m Mari
Mari form of Ivan.

Zya m Arabic
Varient of Ziya.

Zyair m English (American)
Variant of Zaire.

Zyan m & f English (Rare), Muslim
Variant of Zian.

Zybert m Medieval Polish
Medieval Polish form of Siegbert.

Życiesław m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish życie "life, existence, lifetime", which is derived from Polish żyć "to live, to be alive, to exist". Also compare Croatian živjeti and Czech žít, both of which mean "to live, to exist"... [more]

Życiomierz m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish życie "life, existence, lifetime", which is derived from Polish żyć "to live, to be alive, to exist". Also compare Croatian živjeti and Czech žít, both of which mean "to live, to exist"... [more]

Zydn m African American
Variant of Zayden.

Zydór m Kashubian
Short form of Jizydór.

Zyeth m English
Possibly used in reference to Zyeth Atham, or the eighth day of the bright half of Jyeshtha (May–June), a Brahmin festival. For example, the usage Bodhi.

Zygfrid m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Siegfried.

Zygfridas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Siegfried.

Žygimantas m Lithuanian
The first element of this name is derived from the Lithuanian noun žygis meaning "march" as well as "hike, trip", which is ultimately derived from the Lithuanian verb žygiuoti meaning "to march, to parade" as well as "to hike"... [more]

Žygimont m Belarusian
Taraškievica spelling of Žyhimont.

Zygmond m Polish (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Zygmunt.

Zygmont m Polish
Variant of Zygmunt

Zygmùnd m Kashubian
Kashubian form of Sigmund.

Zygmund m Polish
Polish variant of Sigmund.

Zygmuntas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Zygmunt, which is the Polish form of Sigmund. Also compare Zigmantas and Žygimantas.... [more]

Zygmuś m Polish
Diminutive of Zygmunt.

Zygùszk m Kashubian
Diminutive of Zygmùnd.

Žyhimont m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Žygimantas.

Zyion m & f African American
Variant of Zion.

Zykeem m African American (Rare)

Zylas m American (Americanized, Rare)

Zyler m English (Rare)
Modern invention based on similar-sounding names such as Tyler, Skyler and Kyler.

Zylo m Albanian

Zymak m Polish
Diminutive form of Zygmunt.

Zymen m History
In the case of the Barbary corsair Zymen Danseker (c.1579-c.1611), it is an anglicized form of the Dutch name Siemen.

Zymon m Filipino (Anglicized, Rare)
Variant of Simon 1 primarily used in the Philippines.

Zymprian m Medieval German
Late medieval German form of Symphorian, possibly via its rare variant spelling Zymphorian.... [more]

Zyn f & m Obscure (Rare)

Zyndel m Yiddish
Variant of Zindel

Zyndram m Medieval Polish

Zyon m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Zion.

Zypheera f & m Obscure

Zyppolt m Medieval German

Zyprian m Medieval German, German (Rare)
Medieval German form of Cyprianus (see Cyprian), which is still in use today, albeit barely so. The name is more common as a patronymic surname.... [more]

Zyquan m African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Quan with the popular prefix Zy-.

Zyquez m American (Modern, Rare)
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Zyrell m English (Modern, Rare)
Rhyming variant of Tyrell.

Zyrenius m German (Rare, Archaic)
German cognate of Cyrenius.

Zyriah f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zyria.

Zyriak m German (Rare, Archaic)
German form of Cyriak.

Zyron m African American (Modern)
Possibly an invented name formed using the same sounds found in names such as Zion, Byron and Tyron.

Żyrosław m Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements żyro meaning "endorsement" and slava meaning "fame, glory".

Zyrus m Filipino
Probably a variant of Cyrus.

Zyshawn m African American (Rare)
Combination of the prefix zy with Shawn.

Zyshone m African American (Rare)
Variant of Zyshawn.

Zyshonne m African American (Rare)
Variant of Zyshawn.

Żytomir m Polish
Polish form of Žitomir.

Żywimir m Polish
Variant of Żywomir.

Żywisław m Polish
Variant of Żywosław.

Żywomił m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish żywy "alive, living, lively" or żywot "life", both of which are ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic živъ "alive". The second element of this name is derived from Slavic mil "gracious, dear".

Żywomir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish żywy "alive, living, lively" or żywot "life", both of which are ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic živъ "alive". The second element of this name is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]

Żywosław m Polish
Derived from the Polish element żywy "alive, living, lively" or żywot "life" and the Slavic element slav "glory". Compare Życiesław.

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).

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