Browse Names

Adi 2 m Indonesian, Javanese
Means "first" in Indonesian and "beautiful, good, valuable" in Javanese, both ultimately from Sanskrit आदि (ādi) meaning "first, prime".

Akpan m Ibibio
Means "first-born son" in Ibibio.

Ankhbayar m & f Mongolian
Means "first joy" in Mongolian, from анх (ankh) meaning "first" and баяр (bayar) meaning "joy".

Baako m & f Akan
Means "first born child" in Akan.

Babirye f Ganda
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Berko m Akan
Means "first born" in Akan.

Bora 2 f Albanian
Derived from Albanian borë meaning "snow".

Boris m Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Georgian, German, French
From a Bulgar Turkic name, also recorded as Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf" or "snow leopard". It was borne by the 9th-century Boris I of Bulgaria, who converted his realm to Christianity and is thus regarded as a saint in the Orthodox Church. To the north in Kievan Rus it was the name of another saint, a son of Vladimir the Great who was murdered with his brother Gleb in the 11th century. His mother may have been Bulgarian.... [more]

Bragi m Norse Mythology, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse bragr meaning "first, foremost" or "poetry". In Norse mythology Bragi is the god of poetry and the husband of Iðunn.

Chae-Won f Korean
From Sino-Korean 采 (chae) meaning "collect, gather, pluck" or 彩 (chae) meaning "colour" combined with 原 (won) meaning "source, origin, beginning". Other hanja combinations can also form this name.

Chione f Greek Mythology
From Greek χιών (chion) meaning "snow". In Greek mythology this is the name of a daughter of the north wind Boreas. Another figure by this name is the daughter of the naiad Callirrhoe who was transformed into a snow cloud.

Cynwrig m Old Welsh
Derived from Old Welsh cynt meaning "first, chief" and gur meaning "man", plus the suffix ig indicating "has the quality of".

Edi 2 m Javanese
Variant of Adi 2.

Edur m Basque (Rare)
Masculine form of Edurne.

Edurne f Basque
Means "snow" in Basque, from edur, a variant of elur "snow". It is an equivalent of Nieves, proposed by the writer Sabino Arana in his 1910 list of Basque saints names.

Eira 1 f Welsh
Means "snow" in Welsh. This is a recently created name.

Eirlys f Welsh
Means "snowdrop (flower)" in Welsh, a compound of eira "snow" and llys "plant".

Eirwen f Welsh
Means "white snow" from the Welsh elements eira "snow" and gwen "white, blessed". This name was created in the early 20th century.

Eirwyn m Welsh
Masculine form of Eirwen.

Eka 1 m & f Indonesian
Means "one, first" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit एक (eka).

Ensio m Finnish
Derived from Finnish ensi meaning "first".

Fannar m Icelandic
Possibly derived from Old Norse fǫnn meaning "snow drift".

Fjolla f Albanian
From Albanian fjollë meaning "fine snow".

Gwyneira f Welsh
Means "white snow" from the Welsh element gwyn meaning "white, blessed" combined with eira meaning "snow". This is a recently created Welsh name.

Hatsue f Japanese
From Japanese 初 (hatsu) meaning "first, original, beginning" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Haukea f Hawaiian
Means "white snow" from Hawaiian hau "snow" and kea "white".

Haunani f Hawaiian
Means "beautiful snow" from Hawaiian hau "snow" and nani "beauty, glory".

Ige f & m Yoruba
Means "born feet first" in Yoruba.

İlkay f & m Turkish
Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

İlker m Turkish
Means "first man" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and er "man, hero, brave".

İlkin m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "first" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

İlknur f Turkish
Means "first light", from Turkish ilk meaning "first" combined with Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light".

Isingoma m Ganda
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Ji-Won f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" combined with 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman" or 元 (won) meaning "first, origin". This name can also be formed from many other hanja combinations.

Ju-Won m & f Korean
From Sino-Korean 周 (ju) meaning "circumference" combined with 元 (won) meaning "first, origin" or 媛 (won) meaning "beautiful woman". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

Kaniehtiio f Mohawk
Means "she is good snow" in Mohawk, from ka- "she", óniehte "snow" and the suffix -iio "good".

Kentigern m History (Ecclesiastical)
From a Brythonic name in which the second element is Celtic *tigernos "lord, ruler". The first element may be *kentus "first" or *kū "dog, hound" (genitive *kunos). This was the name of a 6th-century saint from the Kingdom of Strathclyde. He is the patron saint of Glasgow.

Lawal m Hausa
From Arabic أوّل (ʾawwal) meaning "first". It is sometimes added to the name of the first of multiple siblings who share the same given name.

Lumi f Finnish
Means "snow" in Finnish.

Miyuki f Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Mosi f & m Swahili
Means "first (child)" in Swahili.

Nevada f & m English
From the name of the American state, which means "snow-capped" in Spanish.

Nguyên m Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 元 (nguyên) meaning "original, first".

Oghenekaro m & f Urhobo
Means "God first" in Urhobo.

Parvan m Bulgarian
From Bulgarian първи (parvi) meaning "first".

Preben m Danish, Norwegian
Modern Danish form of the name Pridbjørn, which was an old Scandinavian form of the Slavic (Wendish) name Predbor or Pridbor, which was possibly derived from Slavic perdŭ "first, in front of" and borti "to fight". It was imported into Danish via the medieval Putbus family, who were Slavic nobles from Rügen in Pomerania.

Primitivus m Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "first formed". Saint Primitivus was a 3rd-century Spanish martyr.

Primo m Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Primus, which meant "first". This was the name of three early saints, each of whom was martyred.

Primula f English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the name of a genus of several species of flowers, including the primrose. It is derived from the Latin word primulus meaning "very first".

Proteus m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek πρῶτος (protos) meaning "first". In Greek mythology this was the name of a prophetic god of the sea. Shakespeare later utilized it for a character in his play The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594).

Prvoslav m Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements pĭrvŭ "first" and slava "glory, fame".

Schneeweißchen f Literature
Means "snow white" in High German, thus a cognate of Low German Sneewittchen (see Snow White). This is the name of a peasant girl in the German folktale Snow-White and Rose-Red, recorded by the Brothers Grimm in 1837. Her sister is Rosenrot, translated into English as Rose-Red. This story is distinct from the Grimms' earlier tale Snow White.

Schneewittchen f Literature
German form of Snow White.

Snædís f Icelandic
Means "snow goddess", derived from the Old Norse elements snær "snow" and dís "goddess".

Sneewittchen f Literature
Older form of Schneewittchen (see Snow White). This was the Low German form originally used by the Brothers Grimm for their adaptation of the folktale Snow White.

Snežana f Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene
Serbian, Macedonian and Slovene form of Snježana.

Snezhana f Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Russian and Bulgarian form of Snježana, as well as an alternate transcription of Macedonian Снежана (see Snežana).

Snieguolė f Lithuanian
From Lithuanian sniegas meaning "snow" and a diminutive suffix. As a word, snieguolė can also mean "snowdrop flower", while Snieguolė is also the Lithuanian name for Snow White.

Snow f English (Rare)
From the English word, derived from Old English snāw.

Snow White f Literature
English translation of German Sneewittchen, derived from Low German Snee "snow" and witt "white" combined with the diminutive suffix -chen. This is the name of a girl who escapes her evil stepmother and takes refuge with seven dwarfs in an 1812 story recorded by the Brothers Grimm, who based it on earlier European folktales. The High German translation would be Schneeweißchen, but this was used by the Grimms for an unrelated character in another story (Snow-White and Rose-Red). The modern German form is typically the hybrid Schneewittchen. The story was adapted into a film by Walt Disney in 1937.

Tushar m Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
From Sanskrit तुषार (tuṣāra) meaning "cold, frost, snow".

Tuyết f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 雪 (tuyết) meaning "snow".

Wasswa m Ganda
Means "first of twins" in Luganda.

Xue f & m Chinese
From Chinese 雪 (xuě) meaning "snow" or 学 (xué) meaning "study, learning, school", besides other characters pronounced similarly.

Yuan m & f Chinese
From Chinese 元 (yuán) meaning "first, origin", 原 (yuán) meaning "source, origin", or 媛 (yuàn) meaning "beautiful woman" (which is usually only feminine). Other characters are also possible.

Yuki f & m Japanese
From Japanese 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow". It can also come from 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" combined with 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable" or 紀 (ki) meaning "chronicle". Other kanji or kanji combinations are also possible.

Yukiko f Japanese
From Japanese 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Alternatively, it can come from 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" with 喜 (ki) meaning "joy" or 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Zelophehad m Biblical
Possibly means either "first born" or "shadow from terror" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Zelophehad is a man who dies while the Israelites are wandering in the wilderness, leaving five daughters as heirs.