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Nuadha m Irish Mythology
Modern Irish form of Nuada.

Nuala f Irish
Short form of Fionnuala.

Núbia f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Nubia.

Nubia f Spanish (Latin American)
From the name of the ancient region and kingdom in Africa, south of Egypt. It possibly derives from the Egyptian word nbw meaning "gold".

Nuha 1 f Arabic
Means "mind, wisdom" in Arabic.

Nuha 2 f Semitic Mythology
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess of the sun, identified with Shams.

Nuka m & f Greenlandic
From Greenlandic nukaa meaning "younger sibling".

Nunzia f Italian
Short form of Annunziata.

Nunziatina f Italian
Diminutive of Nunzia.

Nura f Arabic
Strictly feminine form of Nur.

Núria f Catalan, Portuguese
From a Catalan title of the Virgin Mary, Nostra Senyora de Núria, meaning "Our Lady of Nuria". Nuria is a sanctuary in Spain in which there is a shrine containing a famous statue of Mary.

Nuria f Spanish
Spanish form of Núria.

Nuša f Slovene
Short form of Anuša.

Nüwa f Chinese Mythology
From Chinese 女 (nǚ) meaning "woman, female" and 娲 (wā), a character of uncertain origin that refers to the goddess herself. This is the name of the creator goddess in Chinese mythology, depicted as a snake with a human head. She molded humans from earth or clay with her brother Fuxi.

Nwanneka f Igbo
Means "sibling is greater" in Igbo.

Nyala f Various (Rare)
From the name of a type of African antelope, ultimately derived from the Bantu word nyálà.

Nyambura f Kikuyu
From Kikuyu mbura meaning "rain". This is the name of one of the nine daughters of Mumbi in the Kikuyu origin legend.

Nydia f English (Rare), Spanish, Literature
Used by British author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for a blind flower-seller in his novel The Last Days of Pompeii (1834). He perhaps based it on Latin nidus "nest".

Nyla f English
Probably a feminine form of Niles. It gained popularity in the early 2000s, influenced by similar-sounding names such as Kyla.

Nympha f Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical
Variant of Nymphe (as well as the usual Latinized form). This name is mentioned briefly by Paul in his epistle to the Colossians in the New Testament, though it is uncertain whether it refers to a woman Nympha or a man Nymphas. The name was later borne by an obscure 4th-century saint possibly from Palermo, Sicily.

Nymphodora f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Nymphodoros. This was the name of a 4th-century saint who was martyred with her sisters Menodora and Metrodora.

Nyongesa m Luhya
Means "born on Saturday" in Luhya.

Nyssa f Various (Rare)
From the name of an ancient town of Asia Minor where Saint Gregory was bishop in the 4th century. Nyssa is also the genus name of a type of tree, also called the Tupelo.

Nzinga m & f Mbundu
Variant of Njinga.