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Wilmǣr m Anglo-Saxon
From the Old English elements willa "will, desire" and mære "famous".

Wilmar m Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Wilmer.

Wilmer m English, Spanish (Latin American), Swedish
From the Old English name Wilmǣr, likely via a surname that was derived from it. In some cases it might be regarded as a masculine form of Wilma.

Windsor m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was from a place name meaning "riverbank with a windlass" in Old English (a windlass is a lifting apparatus). This has been the surname of the royal family of the United Kingdom since 1917.

Winter f English (Modern)
From the English word for the season, derived from Old English winter.

Wolodymyr m Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Володимир (see Volodymyr).

Wolter m Dutch
Dutch variant form of Walter.

Wouter m Dutch
Dutch form of Walter.

Wynter f English (Modern)
Variant of Winter.

Xabier m Basque, Galician
Basque and Galician form of Xavier.

Xander m Dutch, English (Modern)
Short form of Alexander. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by a character on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003).

Xaver m German
German form of Xavier.

Xavier m English, French, Portuguese, Catalan, Spanish
Derived from the Basque place name Etxeberria meaning "the new house". This was the surname of the Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) who was born in a village by this name. He was a missionary to India, Japan, China, and other areas in East Asia, and he is the patron saint of the Orient and missionaries. His surname has since been adopted as a given name in his honour, chiefly among Catholics.

Xavior m English (Rare)
Variant of Xavier.

Xhafer m Albanian
Albanian form of Jafar.

Xzavier m English (Modern)
Variant of Xavier.

Yağmur f & m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Yair m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Spanish (Latin American)
Hebrew form of Jair, as well as a Spanish variant.

Yaşar m Turkish
Means "lives, inhabits" in Turkish.

Yaser m Persian, Turkish, Arabic
Persian and Turkish form of Yasir, as well as an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Yasir m Arabic, Urdu
Means "easy, wealthy" in Arabic, derived from the root يسر (yasira) meaning "to be easy, to be rich". This was the name of an early Islamic martyr. It was also borne by Yasir Arafat (1929-2004), a leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Yasser m Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسر (see Yasir) or Persian یاسر (see Yaser).

Yassir m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسر (see Yasir).

Yavor m Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Javor.

Yegor m Russian
Russian form of George.

Yénifer f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish variant of Jennifer.

Yénnifer f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish variant of Jennifer.

Yesfir f Russian
Russian form of Esther.

Yeter f Turkish
Means "enough, sufficient" in Turkish.

Yewubdar f Amharic
Means "beautiful beyond limits" from Amharic ውብ (wb) meaning "beautiful" and ዳር (dar) meaning "limit, horizon, frontier, shore".

Yissakhar m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Issachar.

Yngvar m Norwegian
Variant of Ingvar.

Yngvarr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Ingvar.

Yngvildr f Old Norse
Old Norse form of Ingvild.

Zaahir 1 m Arabic
Means "shining, brilliant, radiant" in Arabic, derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Zaahir 2 m Arabic
Means "clear, evident, manifest, outward" in Arabic, a derivative of ظهر (ẓahara) meaning "to be visible, to be clear". In Islamic tradition الظاهر (al-Ẓāhir) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Zafar m Arabic, Urdu, Persian
Means "victory" in Arabic, from the root ظفر (ẓafira) meaning "to be victorious".

Zafer m Turkish
Turkish form of Zafar.

Zaheer m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ظهير or Urdu ظہیر (see Zahir).

Zaher m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ظاهر (see Zaahir 2).

Zahir m Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali
Means "helper, supporter" in Arabic, related to ظهر (ẓahara) meaning "to be visible, to be clear". This can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic زاهر (see Zaahir 1) or ظاهر (see Zaahir 2).

Zakhar m Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian
Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian form of Zacharias.

Zamir 1 m Arabic, Urdu, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Means "mind, heart, conscience" in Arabic.

Zamir 2 m Albanian
Means "good voice", from Albanian zë "voice" and mirë "good".

Zander m English (Modern)
Variant of Xander.

Zaur m Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Georgian
Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen and Georgian form of Zawar.

Zavier m English (Modern)
Variant of Xavier.

Zawar m Arabic, Urdu
Means "pilgrim, visitor" in Arabic.

Želimir m Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian želeti "to wish, to desire" combined with the Slavic element mirŭ "peace, world".

Zephyr m Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
From the Greek Ζέφυρος (Zephyros) meaning "west wind". Zephyros was the Greek god of the west wind.

Zhirayr m Armenian
Means "strong, active" in Armenian.

Zigor m Basque
Means "rod, staff" or "punishment" in Basque.

Zohar m & f Hebrew
Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

Zoroaster m History
English form of Zarathustra, via the Greek form Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).

Zsombor m Hungarian
Possibly of Turkic origin meaning "bison, wisent".

Zubair m Arabic, Urdu
Derived from Arabic زبر (zubar) meaning "pieces of iron". Zubair ibn al-Awwam was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and an early Muslim military commander.

Zuhair m Arabic
Means "small flower" in Arabic, from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine, to blossom".

Zulfaqar m Arabic, Urdu
Variant of Zulfiqar.

Zülfikar m Turkish
Turkish form of Zulfiqar.

Zulfikar m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic/Urdu ذو الفقار (see Zulfiqar), as well as the Indonesian form.

Zulfiqar m Arabic, Urdu
From Arabic ذو الفقار (Dhū al-Faqār) interpreted as meaning "cleaver of the spine", derived from ذو (dhū) meaning "possessor, holder" and فقار (faqār) meaning "spine, vertebra". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's sword, also used by his son-in-law Ali.

Zvonimir m Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements zvonŭ "sound, chime" and mirŭ "peace, world". Dmitar Zvonimir was an 11th-century Croatian king.