Browse Names

Thyra f Swedish, Danish
Variant of Tyra.

Þýri f Old Norse
Old Norse form of Tyra.

Tófa f Old Norse
Short form of Þórfríðr.

Tone 2 f Norwegian
Newer form of Torny.

Tonje f Norwegian
Variant of Torny.

Tora f Swedish, Norwegian
Modern form of Þóra.

Torbjørg f Norwegian
Norwegian form of Þórbjǫrg.

Torborg f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Swedish and Norwegian form of Þórbjǫrg.

Tordis f Norwegian
Modern form of Þórdís.

Torhild f Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Þórhildr, which meant "Thor's battle" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with hildr "battle".

Toril f Norwegian
Variant of Torhild.

Torild f Norwegian
Variant of Torhild.

Torill f Norwegian
Variant of Torhild.

Torny f Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Þórný, which was derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with nýr "new".

Torø f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Tora.

Torunn f Norwegian
Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Þórunn, from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with unnr "wave" or unna "to love".

Tova 2 f Swedish
Swedish variant of Tove.

Tove f Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of Þórfríðr.

Turid f Norwegian
Modern form of Þórfríðr.

Tuva f Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian variant of Tove.

Tyra f Swedish, English, African American
From the Old Norse name Þýri, a variant of the Norse names Þórví or Þórveig. Use of the name in the English-speaking world (especially among African Americans) may be in part from the Swedish name, though it is probably also viewed as a feminine form of Tyrone or Tyree. A famous bearer is the American model and actress Tyra Banks (1973-).

Umm Kulthum f Arabic
Combination of Umm and Kulthum. This was the name of a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad.

Vianne f English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.

Yngvildr f Old Norse
Old Norse form of Ingvild.

Yvelise f French
Feminine form of Yves (or an elaboration using Élise). It was (first?) borne by the title character in the Italian novel Yvelise (1923) by Guido da Verona. It later appeared in the photonovel Yvelise devant l'amour published in the French magazine Nous Deux in 1950.

Zenobia f Ancient Greek
Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of Zeus" and βίος (bios) meaning "life". This was the name of the queen of the Palmyrene Empire, which broke away from Rome in the 3rd-century and began expanding into Roman territory. She was eventually defeated by the emperor Aurelian. Her Greek name was used as an approximation of her native Aramaic name.

Zenovia f Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Ζηνοβία (see Zinovia).

Zinovia f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Zenobia.

Zinoviya f Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Zenobia.