Browse Names

Naaji m Arabic
Means "saved, safe" in Arabic, a derivative of نجا (najā) meaning "to save, to entrust, to confide in".

Naci m Turkish
Turkish form of Naaji.

Naftali m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Naphtali.

Nagi m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجيّ (see Naji).

Nainsí f Irish
Irish form of Nancy.

Nairobi f African American (Modern)
From the name of the capital city of Kenya, derived from Maasai enkare nyrobi meaning "cold water".

Naji m Arabic
Means "intimate friend" in Arabic, a derivative of نجا (najā) meaning "to save, to entrust, to confide in". This can also be another way of transcribing the name ناجي (see Naaji).

Nālani f & m Hawaiian
Means "the heavens" or "the chiefs" from Hawaiian nā, a definite article, and lani "heaven, sky, chief".

Nalini f Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi
From Sanskrit नलिनी (nalinī) meaning "lotus".

Nanami f Japanese
From Japanese 七 (nana) meaning "seven" and 海 (mi) meaning "sea". It can also come from 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" duplicated and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Nani f Hawaiian
Means "beauty, glory" in Hawaiian.

Nanuli f Georgian
Diminutive of Nana 3.

Naoki m Japanese
From Japanese 直 (nao) meaning "straight, direct" and 樹 (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of different kanji with the same pronunciations.

Na'omi f Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew form of Naomi 1.

Naomi 1 f English, Hebrew, Biblical
From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Naʿomi) meaning "my pleasantness", a derivative of נָעַם (naʿam) meaning "to be pleasant". In the Old Testament this is the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. After the death of her husband and sons, she returned to Bethlehem with Ruth. There she declared that her name should be Mara because of her misfortune (see Ruth 1:20).... [more]

Naomi 2 f & m Japanese
From Japanese 直 (nao) meaning "straight, direct" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" (usually feminine) or 己 (mi) meaning "self" (usually masculine). Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Naphtali m Biblical
Means "my struggle, my strife" in Hebrew, a derivative of פָּתַל (paṯal) meaning "to twist, to struggle, to wrestle". In the Old Testament he is a son of Jacob by Rachel's servant Bilhah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

Naqi m Arabic
Means "pure, clean" in Arabic.

Nari f Korean
Means "lily" in Korean.

Natali f Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of Natalie.

Natsuki f Japanese
From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon". Alternatively, it can come from 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer" and 希 (ki) meaning "hope". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Natsumi f Japanese
From Japanese 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". It can also come from 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and 摘 (tsumi) meaning "pick, pluck". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Nayeli f Zapotec (Hispanicized), Spanish (Mexican)
Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".

Nazli f Persian
Means "delicate, beautiful, coy" in Persian.

Nazlı f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Nazli.

Ndidi f & m Igbo
Means "patience" in Igbo.

Ndubuisi m Igbo
Means "life is foremost" in Igbo.

Neculai m Romanian
Romanian variant form of Nicholas.

Nefeli f Greek
Modern Greek transcription of Nephele.

Nefertari f Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian nfrt-jrj meaning "the most beautiful". This was the name of an Egyptian queen of the New Kingdom (13th century BC), the favourite wife of Ramesses II.

Nefertiti f Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian nfrt-jjtj meaning "the beautiful one has come". Nefertiti was a powerful Egyptian queen of the New Kingdom (14th century BC), the principal wife of Akhenaton, the pharaoh that briefly imposed a monotheistic religion centered around the sun god Aton.

Neli f Bulgarian
Diminutive of Nedelya or Aneliya.

Nelli f Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, Hungarian
Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish and Hungarian form of Nellie.

Nensi f Croatian
Croatian form of Nancy.

Nephi m Mormon
Meaning unknown. This name is used in the Book of Mormon as the name of a prophet, the son of Lehi and Sariah. He was supposedly the founder of the Nephite people in the Americas.

Nergüi m & f Mongolian
Means "no name" in Mongolian. This name was traditionally given in order to mislead bad spirits.

Nestani f Georgian
Form of Nestan with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.

Nestori m Finnish
Finnish form of Nestor.

Netsai f Shona
From Shona netsa meaning "trouble, annoy, bother".

Ngải m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 艾 (ngải) meaning "sagebrush, wormwood".

Ngozi f Igbo
Means "blessing" in Igbo.

Nicki f English
Diminutive of Nicole.

Nicolai m Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian variant form of Nicholas.

Nii m Ga
From a Ga word used as a masculine royal title.

Niki 1 f Greek
Modern Greek form of Nike.

Niki 2 f English
Diminutive of Nicole.

Nikki f English
Diminutive of Nicole.

Nikolai m Russian, Bulgarian
Alternate transcription of Russian/Bulgarian Николай (see Nikolay).

Nili f Hebrew
Acronym of the phrase נצח ישׂראל לא ישׁקר (Netzach Yisrael Lo Yishaker) meaning "the eternity of Israel will not lie". This phrase appears in the Old Testament in 1 Samuel 15:29. It was used as the name of a Jewish spy network in Palestine during World War I.

Nivi f Greenlandic
Short form of Greenlandic niviarsiaq meaning "young girl".

Nizhóní f Navajo
From Navajo nizhóní meaning "beautiful".

Njeri f Kikuyu
Means "travelling one" in Kikuyu. Njeri (or Wanjeri) is the name of one of the nine daughters of Mumbi in the Kikuyu origin legend.

Nkechi f Igbo
Short form of Nkechinyere.

Nnamdi m Igbo
Means "my father is alive" in Igbo. This name is given to a child when it is believed that he is a reincarnation of his grandfather.

Nobutoshi m Japanese
From Japanese 信 (nobu) meaning "trust" and 敏 (toshi) meaning "quick, clever, sharp". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Nobuyuki m Japanese
From Japanese 信 (nobu) meaning "trust" or 伸 (nobu) meaning "extend, stretch, open" combined with 行 (yuki) meaning "row, line" or 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.

Noelani f Hawaiian
Means "heavenly mist" from Hawaiian noe "mist" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Noémi f Hungarian, French
Hungarian form and French variant of Naomi 1.

Noemi f Italian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, German, Biblical Latin
Form of Naomi 1 in several languages.

Noemí f Spanish
Spanish form of Naomi 1.

Nohemi f Spanish
Spanish variant form of Naomi 1.

Nomiki f Greek
Derived from Greek νομικός (nomikos) meaning "relating to the law".

Noor-Ali m Persian
From Persian نور (nūr) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin) combined with the name Ali 1. Though usually transcribed into Latin characters with a dash or a space, it is not written with a space in Persian.

Nori m Japanese
From Japanese 儀 (nori) meaning "ceremony, rites" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

Noriaki m Japanese
From Japanese 憲 (nori) meaning "law" or 典 (nori) meaning "rule, ceremony" combined with 明 (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Ntombi f Zulu
Means "girl" in Zulu.

Ntombifuthi f Zulu
Means "a girl again" in Zulu.

Nurhayati f Indonesian, Malay
Combination of Nur and Hayati 2.

Nuri m Arabic, Turkish
Means "my light" in Arabic.

Nyarai f Shona
From Shona nyara meaning "be shy, be quiet, be humble".

Nyyrikki m Finnish Mythology
Meaning unknown. This was the name of a Finnish god of the hunt, the son of Tapio.