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Xun f & m Korean

Xương m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 昌 (xương) meaning "flourish, prosper, good, sunlight".

Yael m American (Modern)
Modern variant of Yale possibly influenced by French Gaël. This name first overtook the feminine popularity in 2003 with 110 boys over 80 girls and then suddenly raised in popularity in the United States in 2008 with 226 boys born over 94 girls... [more]

Yan m & f Balinese
Short form of Wayan.

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.

Yance m English
Variant of Yancy and Yancey.

Yaung m & f Burmese
Means "glow, radiance, colour, tint" in Burmese.

Ye m & f Burmese
Means "bright red" or "brave, daring" in Burmese.

Yee f Burmese
Alternate transcription of Yi.

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

Yen m & f Korean

Yi f & m Burmese
Means "lustre" (ရည်) or "to laugh" (ရယ်) in Burmese.

Yid m Scots
Southern Scots short form of Aidam.

Yin f Burmese
Means "cultured, gentle, charming, graceful" in Burmese.

Yin f & m Korean

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

Ying m & f Korean

Ying f & m Chinese
From Chinese 颖 (yǐng) meaning "clever, skillful, ear of grain, tip", 莹 (yíng) meaning "lustre of gems", 英 (yīng) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", 营 (yíng) meaning "encampment, barracks", 膺 (yīng) meaning "undertake, bear, receive" or 影 (yǐng) meaning "shadow, image", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

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

Yo m & f Korean

Yō m & f Japanese
From Japanese 洋 (yō) meaning ocean, 陽 (yō) meaning sunshine, or other kanji with the same pronunciation.

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

Yon m Hebrew
Short form of Yonah.

Yoon f & m Korean

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 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

Yuan m & f Korean

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

Yule m English
Transferred use of the surname Yule, given for someone who was born on Christmas Day or had some other connection with this time of year, from Middle English yule ‘Christmastide’ (Old English geol, reinforced by the cognate Old Norse term jól).

Yules m & f Chinese

Yun f & m Korean

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

Yuw f & m Korean

Yve m French (Rare)
Variant of Yves.

Yve f English (Archaic), French
Diminutive of Yvonne.

Zaed m English (Modern)
Variant of Zaid.

Zage m English (Modern, Rare)
An invented name, probably based on the sounds found in names such as Zane, Zayden, Sage and Gage... [more]

Zang m & f Chinese

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.

Zaz f French (Modern, Rare)
Diminutive of Isabelle.... [more]

Ze m Occitan
Diminutive of Jausep.

Zeak m English
Shortened form of Ezekiel.

Zeeke m English (Rare, ?)
Variant of Zeke.

Zeest f Persian (Rare), Urdu (Rare)
Means “life” in Persian.

Zeid m Arabic
Variant transcription of Zayd.

Zein f & m Arabic
(Feminine) variant transcription of Zayn. A known bearer is Princess Zein of Jordan (1968-), a daughter of the late King Hussein who was named for his mother, Zein al-Sharaf Talal (1916-1994).

Zell m Hebrew, Popular Culture

Zelle f English
Short form of Giselle and other names ending in the same syllable.

Zelph m Mormon (Rare)
A white Lamanite warrior who served under the prophet-king Onandagus.

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 & 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]

Zeth m English (Modern)
Variant of Seth 1.

Zette f Danish (Rare)
Short form of names ending in -zette, such as Suzette or Lizette.

Zha m & f Chinese

Zhade f Obscure
Variant of Jade.

Zhane m & f Popular Culture, English (Rare), African American (Modern)
Variant of Zane 1. This was the name of the Silver Ranger in the TV series 'Power Rangers in Space'.

Zhang m & f Chinese
From the character 彰 (zhang) meaning "clear, apparent", or any other character pronounced similarly.

Zhao m & f Chinese
The name of a Chinese area in the Zhou dynasty. This was the name of several Chinese emperors, including Empress Wu Zetian.

Zhuo m & f Chinese
Zhuo (Wo) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese given name written 卓 in Chinese character.It means "excellent" or "outstanding". It is romanized Cho in Wade–Giles, Cheuk in Cantonese, and Toh in Minnan.

Ziang m Chinese

Zidartha m Hinduism (Americanized, Rare)
The name Zidartha derives from the name Siddhartha better known as The Buddha, l. c. 563 - c. 483 BCE. He was, according to legend, a Hindu prince who renounced his position and wealth to seek enlightenment as a spiritual ascetic, attained his goal and, in preaching his path to others, founded Buddhism in India in the 6th-5th centuries BCE... [more]

Zilfi f Turkish

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

Zing f & m Chinese (Rare)
Two name beares are Zing Jian-han and Zing Jie-gan, athletes from the National Pei Men Senior High School.

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).

Zoon f Kashmiri
Means "moon" in Kashmiri.... [more]

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

Zou f & m Chinese

Zu f & m Khmer
From Chinese 珠 (zhū) meaning "pearl".

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).

Zun f & m Chinese
Means Kingdom in Chinese

Zyba f Turkmen
Means "beautiful" in Turkmen.

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