Browse Names

Veles m Slavic Mythology
Possibly derived from Old Slavic volŭ meaning "ox" or velĭ meaning "great". Veles or Volos was the Slavic god of cattle, also associated with the earth, wealth and the underworld.

Venantius m Late Roman
Derived from Latin venans meaning "hunting, chasing, pursuing". This name was borne by several early saints, including a 6th-century bishop of Poitiers who was a noted poet.

Venceslas m French (Rare)
French form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Venceslaus m Medieval Slavic (Latinized)
Medieval Latinized form of Veceslav (see Václav).

Vergilius m Ancient Roman
Latin form of Virgil.

Verginius m Ancient Roman
Masculine form of Virginia.

Verissimus m Late Roman
Latin form of Veríssimo.

Vespasianus m Ancient Roman
Latin form of Vespasian.

Vibianus m Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Vibius.

Vibius m Ancient Roman (Rare)
Roman praenomen and family name of unknown meaning, probably of Etruscan origin.

Victorianus m Late Roman
Roman name that was derived from Victor. This was the name of two early saints.

Victorinus m Late Roman
Roman name that was derived from Victor. This was the name of a ruler of the Gallic Empire in the 3rd century. It was also borne by the 4th-century Roman grammarian and philosopher Victorinus Afer as well as a few early saints.

Victorius m Late Roman
Roman name that was derived from Victor. This was the name of two early saints.

Vidas m Lithuanian
Short form of Vidmantas, used independently.

Vidmantas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root vyd- "to see" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Viktoras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Victor.

Viktors m Latvian
Latvian form of Victor.

Vilhelmas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of William.

Vilhelms m Latvian
Latvian form of William.

Vilis m Latvian
Latvian form of William.

Villads m Danish
Danish form of Willehad.

Vilmantas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian viltis "hope" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Vilmos m Hungarian
Hungarian form of William.

Vilnis m Latvian
Means "wave" in Latvian.

Viltautas m Lithuanian (Rare)
From Lithuanian viltis "hope" and tauta "people, nation".

Vincas m Lithuanian
Short form of Vincentas.

Vincentas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vincent.

Vincentius m Late Roman
Original Latin form of Vincent.

Vinícios m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Vinícius.

Vinícius m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Vinicius (see Vinicio). It gained popularity in Brazil due to the poet and musician Vinícius de Moraes (1913-1980).

Vinicius m Ancient Roman
Latin form of Vinicio.

Virgilijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Virgil.

Virgilius m Late Roman
Medieval Latin form of Vergilius, altered by association with Latin virgo "maiden" or virga "wand".

Virginijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian masculine form of Virginia.

Visvaldas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian cognate of Visvaldis.

Visvaldis m Latvian
From Latvian viss "all" and valdīt "to rule". It is thus a cognate of the Slavic name Vsevolod.

Vitalianus m Late Roman
Roman cognomen that was derived from Vitalis. This was the name of a 7th-century pope who is considered a saint.

Vitālijs m Latvian
Latvian form of Vitalis (see Vitale).

Vitalijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vitalis (see Vitale).

Vitalis m Late Roman
Latin form of Vitale.

Vitus m Ancient Roman
Roman name that was derived from Latin vita "life". Saint Vitus was a child martyred in Sicily in the early 4th century. From an early date this name was confused with the Germanic name Wido.

Vivianus m Late Roman
Latin form of Vivian.

Vladas m Lithuanian
Short form of Vladimiras.

Vladimiras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vladimir.

Vladimirs m Latvian
Latvian form of Vladimir.

Vladislavs m Latvian
Latvian form of Vladislav.

Vlas m Russian
Russian form of Blaise.

Vlasis m Greek
Greek form of Blaise.

Vlassis m Greek
Greek form of Blaise.

Voldemaras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian variant of Valdemar.

Voldemārs m Latvian
Latvian form of Valdemar.

Volos m Slavic Mythology
Variant of Veles.

Vulcanus m Roman Mythology
Latin form of Vulcan.

Vydmantas m Lithuanian
Variant of Vidmantas.

Vygantas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Wigand.

Vytautas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root vyd- "to see" or vyti "to chase, to drive away" combined with tauta "people, nation". This was the name of a 15th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania, revered as a national hero in that country.

Walganus m Arthurian Cycle
Latin variant of Gualguainus.

Wallis m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Wallace. Wallis Simpson (1895-1986) was the divorced woman whom Edward VIII married, which forced him to abdicate the British throne.

Wells m English
From an English surname that originally denoted a person who lived near a well or spring, from Middle English wille.

Wenceslas m History
English form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Wenceslaus m History
English form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Wenzeslaus m German (Rare)
German form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Wes m English
Short form of Wesley and other names beginning with Wes.

Wilhelmus m Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Latinized form of Wilhelm. This is also the official Dutch form of the name, used on birth certificates but commonly rendered Willem in daily life.

Willis m English
From an English surname that was derived from Will, a diminutive of William.

Xanthippos m Ancient Greek
From the Greek elements ξανθός (xanthos) meaning "yellow" and ἵππος (hippos) meaning "horse". This was the name of a 5th-century BC Athenian general.

Xanthos m Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
From Greek ξανθός (xanthos) meaning "yellow". This is the name of several minor figures in Greek mythology, including kings of Pelasgia and Thebes.

Xanthus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Xanthos.

Xenagoras m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" and ἀγορά (agora) meaning "assembly, marketplace". This was the name of a 2nd-century BC Greek historian.

Xenocrates m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Ξενοκράτης (Xenokrates), which was derived from ξένος (xenos) meaning "foreigner, guest" and κράτος (kratos) meaning "power". This was the name of a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher.

Xenokrates m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Xenocrates.

Xerxes m Old Persian (Hellenized), History
Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (Xšayarša), which meant "ruler over heroes". This was the name of a 5th-century BC king of Persia, the son of Darius the Great. He attempted an invasion of Greece, which ended unsuccessfully at the battle of Salamis.

Xesús m Galician
Galician form of Jesus, used as a personal name.

Xystos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Sixtus.

Yanis m Greek, French
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάνης (see Gianis). It is also used in France, in part inspired by the Breton names Yann and Yannic.

Yannis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννης (see Giannis).

Yiannis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννης (see Giannis).

Yiorgos m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιώργος (see Giorgos).

Yohanes m Indonesian
Indonesian form of John.

Yohannes m Amharic
Amharic form of John.

Yonas m Tigrinya, Amharic
Tigrinya and Amharic form of Jonah.

Yorgos m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιώργος (see Giorgos).

Younes m Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
North African and Persian form of Yunus.

Younis m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic يونس (see Yunus).

Younus m Urdu
Usual Urdu transcription of Yunus.

Yunis m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Jonah.

Yunus m Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic form of Yona (see Jonah). It appears in the Quran.

Yves m French
Medieval French form of Ivo 1. This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.

Zacarías m Spanish
Spanish form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zacarias m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zacchaeus m Biblical
From Ζακχαῖος (Zakchaios), the Greek form of Zaccai. According to the New Testament, Zacchaeus was a tax collector who climbed a tree in order to catch a glimpse of Jesus, then gave half of his possessions to charity.

Zaccharias m Biblical Latin
Form of Zacharias used in the Latin Bible.

Zaccheus m Biblical Latin
Latin form of Zakchaios (see Zacchaeus) used in the Vulgate.

Zacharias m Biblical, Biblical Greek, Greek
Greek form of Zechariah. This form of the name is used in most English translations of the New Testament to refer to the father of John the Baptist. It was also borne by an 8th-century pope (called Zachary in English).

Zakchaios m Biblical Greek
Form of Zacchaeus used in the Greek New Testament.

Žanis m Latvian
Latvian form of Jean 1.

Záviš m Czech (Rare)
Derived from Czech závist meaning "envy".

Zebedaios m Biblical Greek
New Testament Greek form of Zebedee.

Zenobios m Ancient Greek
Masculine form of Zenobia.

Zenonas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zeno.

Zephyrinus m Late Roman
Latin form of Zeferino.

Zephyros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Zephyr.

Zephyrus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Zephyros (see Zephyr).

Zeus m Greek Mythology
The name of a Greek god, related to the old Indo-European god *Dyēws, from the root *dyew- meaning "sky" or "shine". In Greek mythology he was the highest of the gods. After he and his siblings defeated the Titans, Zeus ruled over the earth and humankind from atop Mount Olympus. He had control over the weather and his weapon was a thunderbolt.... [more]

Zhalgas m Kazakh
Means "continuation, prolongation" in Kazakh.

Zhandos m Kazakh
From Kazakh жан (zhan) meaning "soul" and дос (dos) meaning "friend" (both words of Persian origin).

Zigmantas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sigmund.

Zigmārs m Latvian
Latvian form of Siegmar.

Zoilos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zoilus.

Zoilus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ζωΐλος (Zoilos), derived from ζωή (zoe) meaning "life". This name was borne by a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher known as a critic of Homer, and also by two Indo-Greek kings. Saint Zoilus was martyred at Córdoba, Spain during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.

Zopyros m Ancient Greek
Means "glowing" in Greek. This was the name of a Persian nobleman who aided his king Darius in the capture of Babylon. He did this by mutilating himself and then going to the Babylonians claiming that it had been Darius who did it to him. After gaining their trust he betrayed them.

Zoroastres m Avestan (Hellenized)
Greek form of Zarathustra.

Zosimos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zosimus.

Zosimus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ζώσιμος (Zosimos), a Greek name derived from ζώσιμος (zosimos) meaning "viable" or "likely to survive". This was the name of several early saints and a pope.

Zoticus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ζωτικός (Zotikos), derived from ζωτικός (zotikos) meaning "full of life". This was the name of several early saints.

Zotikos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zoticus.

Žydrūnas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian žydra meaning "light blue" (using the patronymic suffix ūnas).