Browse Names

Teodósio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Theodosius.

Teodozja f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Theodosia.

Teódulo m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Theodulus.

Teofila f Italian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Italian and Polish feminine form of Theophilus.

Teofilo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Theophilus.

Tercero m Spanish (Rare)
Means "third" in Spanish. This name was traditionally given to the third child born.

Tércia f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese feminine form of Tertius.

Tércio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Tertius.

Tevye m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish form of Tobiah. This is the name of the central character in stories written by the Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem in the late 19th century, as well as the later musical adaptation Fiddler on the Roof (1964).

Thane m English (Rare)
From the Scottish and English noble title, which was originally from Old English thegn.

Thecla f Dutch (Rare), Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Thekla.

Thekla f German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek
From the ancient Greek name Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεός (theos) meaning "god" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 1st-century saint, appearing (as Θέκλα) in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. The story tells how Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.

Thelonius m Various (Rare)
Latinized form of Tielo (see Till). A famous bearer was jazz musician Thelonious Monk (1917-1982).

Theobald m English (Rare), Germanic
Means "bold people", derived from the Old German elements theod meaning "people" (Old High German diota, Old Frankish þeoda) and bald meaning "bold, brave". It was borne by a 6th-century Frankish king of Austrasia. The Normans brought the name to England, where it joined an existing Old English cognate. The medieval forms Tibald and Tebald were commonly Latinized as Theobaldus. It was rare by the 20th century.

Theofilus m Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Theophilus.

Theophil m German (Rare)
German form of Theophilus.

Thorborg f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Torborg.

Thorburn m English (Rare)
From a Scottish and English surname that was derived from the Norse name Þórbjǫrn (see Torbjörn).

Thorley m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "thorn clearing" in Old English.

Thurstan m English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the Norse name Þórsteinn (see Torsten).

Thyge m Danish (Rare)
Variant of Tyge.

Thyrza f Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Thirza.

Tiarnach m Irish (Rare)
Modern Irish form of Tighearnach.

Tiborc m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Tiburtius (see Tiburcio).

Tibúrcio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Tiburtius (see Tiburcio).

Tiffiny f English (Rare)
Variant of Tiffany.

Tiger m English (Rare)
From the name of the large striped cat, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek τίγρις (tigris), ultimately of Iranian origin. A famous bearer is American golfer Tiger Woods (1975-).

Tigerlily f English (Rare)
From tiger lily, a name that has been applied to several orange varieties of lily (such as the species Lilium lancifolium). Tiger Lily is also the name of the Native American princess in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904).

Tikhon m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Tychon.

Timotei m Romanian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Romanian and Bulgarian form of Timothy.

Timotha f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Timothy.

Timotheus m Biblical Latin, German (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Latinized form of Timotheos (see Timothy).

Tit m Slovene, Russian (Rare)
Slovene and Russian form of Titus.

Tivoli m & f Various (Rare)
From the name of a picturesque Italian town, used as a summer resort by the ancient Romans.

Toal m Irish (Rare)
Anglicized form of Túathal.

Toiba f Yiddish (Rare)
From Yiddish טויב (toib) meaning "dove".

Toirdhealbhach m Irish (Rare)
From Old Irish Tairdelbach meaning "instigator", derived from tairdelb "prompting". This name was borne by several medieval Irish kings.

Tollak m Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Þórleikr, which meant "Thor's play" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with leikr "play, game (involving weapons)".

Tomila f Russian (Rare)
Possibly from Slavic tomiti meaning "to torment". In some cases communist parents may have derived it from the phrase торжество Маркса и Ленина (torzhestvo Marksa i Lenina) meaning "victory of Marx and Lenin".

Topaz f English (Rare)
From the English word for the yellow precious stone, the traditional birthstone of November, ultimately derived from Greek τόπαζος (topazos).

Topsy f English (Rare)
From a nickname that is of unknown meaning, perhaps deriving from the English word top. This is the name of a young slave in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).

Torborg f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Swedish and Norwegian form of Þórbjǫrg.

Torgils m Norwegian (Rare)
Modern form of Þórgísl.

Torny f Norwegian (Rare)
From the Old Norse name Þórný, which was derived from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see Thor) combined with nýr "new".

Torø f Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian variant of Tora.

Trafford m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "fish-trap ford" in Old English.

Tranter m English (Rare)
From a surname meaning "wagoner" in Old English.

Traugott m German (Rare)
Derived from German trau "trust" and Gott "God". This name was created in the 17th century.

Travers m English (Rare)
From the surname Travers.

Trecia f English (Rare)
Variant of Tricia.

Tresha f English (Rare)
Variant of Tricia.

Tressa f English (Rare)
Contracted form of Theresa. It may also be associated with the English word tress meaning "long lock of hair".

Trevelyan m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a Cornish place name meaning "homestead on the hill".

Tria f English (Rare)
Perhaps a short form of Demetria and other names ending in a similar sound.

Trifon m Bulgarian, Russian (Rare)
Bulgarian and Russian form of Tryphon.

Tristão m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Tristan.

Trofim m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Trophimus.

Trokhym m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Trophimus.

Trueman m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Truman.

Tryggve m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Norwegian variant and Swedish form of Trygve.

Tsetsiliya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Cecilia.

Tsubame f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 燕 (tsubame) meaning "swallow (bird)" or other kanji that have the same pronunciation.

Tudful f Welsh (Rare)
Welsh form of Tydfil.

Tudwal m Welsh (Rare)
From the Old Welsh and Breton name Tutgual, derived from tut "people, country" and gual "ruler, leader". This was the name of a 6th-century Breton saint.

Tuesday f English (Rare)
From the English word for the day of the week, which derives from Old English tiwesdæg meaning "Tiw's day".

Tulio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Tullio.

Tullus m Ancient Roman (Rare)
Roman praenomen, or given name, of unknown meaning. This was a rare praenomen.

Tündér f Hungarian (Rare)
Means "fairy" in Hungarian.

Tuule f Estonian (Rare)
Estonian variant of Tuuli.

Tyberiy m Ukrainian (Rare)
Ukrainian form of Tiberius.

Tyge m Danish (Rare)
Danish form of Tóki, an Old Norse diminutive of names containing the element Þórr, from the name of the Norse god Thor. This was the native name of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601).

Tylar m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Tyler.

Tyrrell m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Terrell.

Tzeitel f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Sarah. This is the name of Tevye's oldest daughter in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on Sholem Aleichem's stories from the late 19th century.

Tzofiya f Hebrew (Rare)
Means "watching" in Hebrew.

Ualan m Scottish Gaelic (Rare)
Scottish Gaelic form of Valentine 1.

Ulric m English (Rare)
Middle English form of the Old English name Wulfric. When it is used in modern times, it is usually as a variant of Ulrich.

Ulriikka f Finnish (Rare)
Finnish feminine form of Ulrich.

Ulyssa f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Ulysses.

Unice f English (Rare)
Variant of Eunice.

Unity f English (Rare)
From the English word unity, which is ultimately derived from Latin unitas.

Upton m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "upper town" in Old English. A famous bearer of this name was the American novelist Upton Sinclair (1878-1968).

Urbonas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Urbanus (see Urban).

Uriasz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Uriah.

Ursella f English (Rare)
Variant of Ursula.

Úrsula f Spanish, Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Ursula.

Ursule f French (Rare)
French form of Ursula.

Ustinya f Russian (Rare)
Russian variant form of Iustina (see Justina).

Uttar m Hindi (Rare)
Modern masculine form of Uttara.

Vadimir m Russian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Vadim, with the addition of the Slavic element mirŭ "peace, world".

Valary f English (Rare)
Variant of Valerie.

Vale f English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "wide river valley".

Valente m Italian, Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Valens.

Valkyrie f Various (Rare)
Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser". In Norse myth the Valkyries were maidens who led heroes killed in battle to Valhalla.

Vancho m Macedonian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Macedonian Ванчо (see Vančo), as well as the usual Bulgarian transcription.

Varfolomei m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Варфоломей (see Varfolomey).

Varfolomey m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Bartholomew.

Varg m Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Means "wolf" in Old Norse.

Varinia f Ancient Roman, Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Varinius.

Varlaam m Russian (Rare), Georgian (Rare)
Russian and Georgian form of Barlaam.

Varlam m Georgian, Russian (Rare)
Variant of Varlaam.

Varnava m Russian (Rare), Old Church Slavic
Russian form of Barnabas.

Vartolomej m Serbian (Rare)
Serbian form of Bartholomew.

Vasuda f Hindi (Rare)
Means "granting wealth" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the earth.

Velvel m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "little wolf" in Yiddish, a diminutive of װאָלףֿ (volf) meaning "wolf". This is a vernacular form of Zeev.

Velvela f Yiddish (Rare)
Feminine form of Velvel.

Venceslao m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

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

Venceslau m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Václav, via the Latinized form Venceslaus.

Venetia f English (Rare), Greek
From the Latin name of the Italian region of Veneto and the city of Venice (see the place name Venetia). This name was borne by the celebrated English beauty Venetia Stanley (1600-1633), though in her case the name may have been a Latinized form of the Welsh name Gwynedd. Benjamin Disraeli used it for the heroine of his novel Venetia (1837).

Verbena f Various (Rare)
From the name of the verbena plant, which is derived from Latin verbena meaning "leaves, twigs".

Vere m English (Rare)
From a Norman surname, which was from a French place name, which was itself derived from a Gaulish word meaning "alder".

Vérène f French (Rare)
French form of Verena.

Vespasiano m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Vespasianus (see Vespasian).

Vespasien m French (Rare)
French form of Vespasianus (see Vespasian).

Vester m Danish (Rare)
Short form of Sylvester.

Vianne f English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.

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

Vienne f Various (Rare)
From the French name for Vienna, the capital city of Austria.

Vieno f & m Finnish (Rare)
Means "gentle" in Finnish.

Vilde 2 m Swedish (Rare)
From Swedish vild meaning "wild, untamed".

Vilfredo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Wilfred.

Vilhelmi m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of William.

Vilhelmina f Swedish (Rare), Lithuanian
Swedish and Lithuanian feminine form of William.

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

Viltautė f Lithuanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Viltautas.

Vinal m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "vine hall" in Middle English.

Vinzent m German (Rare)
German variant form of Vincent.

Viona f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Fiona influenced by Viola.

Vitalia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Vitale.

Viviette f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Vivienne. William John Locke used this name for the title character in his novel Viviette (1910).

Vivyan f English (Rare)
Variant of Vivian.

Vlasi m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Власий (see Vlasiy).

Vlasiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Blaise.

Volkhard m German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements folk "people" and hart "hard, brave".

Volya m Russian (Rare)
Diminutive of Vsevolod. It also means "will, freedom" in Russian.

Wacława f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Wacław.

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.

Warrick m English (Rare)
From a surname that was a variant of Warwick.

Warwick m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from the name of a town in England, itself from Old English wer "weir, dam" and wic "settlement".

Wasylyna f Ukrainian (Polonized, Rare)
Polonized form of Vasylyna.

Wemba m Anglo-Saxon (Rare)
Byname derived from Old English wamb meaning "belly".

Wenda f English (Rare)
Variant of Wendy.

Wendel m Dutch (Rare), German (Rare)
Old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil meaning "a Vandal". The Vandals were a Germanic tribe who invaded Spain and North Africa in the 5th century. Their tribal name, which may mean "wanderer", has often been confused with that of the Wends, a Slavic people living between the Elbe and the Oder.... [more]

Wenona f English (Rare)
Variant of Winona.

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

Werther m German (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements werd "worthy" and heri "army". Goethe used this name in his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774).

Wetzel m German (Rare)
Diminutive of Werner.

Whitaker m English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "white field" in Old English.

Wiegand m German (Rare)
Variant of Wigand.

Wielisław m Polish (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements velĭ "great" and slava "glory".

Wigand m German (Rare), Germanic
Derived from the Old German word wigant meaning "warrior".

Wilfreda f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Wilfred.

Wilhelmina f Dutch, German (Rare), English
Dutch and German feminine form of Wilhelm. This name was borne by a queen of the Netherlands (1880-1962).

Willoughby m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally derived from a place name meaning "willow town" in Old English.

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.

Winslow m & f English (Rare)
From a surname that was derived from an Old English place name meaning "hill belonging to Wine". A famous bearer of this name was American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910).

Winthrop m English (Rare)
From a surname that was originally taken from town names meaning either "Wine's village" or "Wigmund's village" in Old English.

Wisdom f & m English (Rare)
Simply from the English word, a derivative of Old English wis "wise".

Wisław m Polish (Rare)
Contracted form of Witosław.

Wisława f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Witosław.

Wisteria f English (Rare)
From the name of the flowering plant, which was named for the American anatomist Caspar Wistar.

Władysława f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Władysław.

Wojciecha f Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Wojciech.

Wojsław m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Vojislav.

Wolf m German, Jewish, English (Rare), Germanic
Short form of Wolfgang, Wolfram and other names containing the Old German element wolf meaning "wolf" (Proto-Germanic *wulfaz). It can also be simply from the German or English word. As a Jewish name it can be considered a vernacular form of Zeev.

Wolfdietrich m Literature, German (Rare)
Compound of Wolf and Dietrich. Wolfdietrich is the title hero of a 13th-century Middle High German epic poem. By some traditions he is the grandfather of the more famous hero Dietrich von Bern.

Wolfe m English (Rare)
Variant of Wolf, influenced by the spelling of the surname (which is also derived from the animal).

Wynne 2 m & f English (Rare)
From an English surname that was derived from the given name Wine.

Wynonna f English (Rare)
Variant of Winona.

Wystan m English (Rare)
From the Old English name Wigstan, composed of the elements wig "battle" and stan "stone". This was the name of a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon saint. It became rare after the Norman Conquest, and in modern times it is chiefly known as the first name of the British poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973).

Xandinho m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese diminutive of Alexandre.

Xanthia f English (Rare)
Modern elaborated form of Xanthe.

Xavia f English (Rare)
Modern feminine form of Xavier.

Xaviera f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Xavier.

Xavior m English (Rare)
Variant of Xavier.

Yakim m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Joachim.

Yakov m Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Russian and Bulgarian form of Jacob (or James), and an alternate transcription of Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (see Yaakov).

Yale m English (Rare)
From a Welsh surname, which was itself derived from a place name meaning "fertile upland" (from Welsh ial).

Yaropolk m Russian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements jarŭ "fierce, energetic" and pŭlkŭ "people, host". This name was borne by two rulers of Kievan Rus (10th and 12th centuries).

Yefrem m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Ephraim.

Yelisey m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Elisha.

Yemelyan m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).

Yente f Yiddish (Rare)
From French gentille meaning "noble, aristocratic". This is the name of a gossipy matchmaker in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on late 19th-century stories by Sholem Aleichem. Due to the character, this name has also acquired the meaning "gossiper".

Yentl f Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Yente.

Yermolai m Russian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Russian Ермолай (see Yermolay).

Yermolay m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Hermolaos.

Yevdokim m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Eudokimos.

Yevfimiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Euthymius.

Yevfrosiniya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Euphrosyne.

Yevlogiy m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Eulogius.

Yevpraksiya f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Eupraxia. This was the name of a daughter of Vsevolod I, grand prince of Kyiv, who became the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV.

Yidel m Yiddish (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Yiddish יודאל (see Yudel).

Yorath m Welsh (Rare)
Anglicized form of Iorwerth.

Yossel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Joseph.

Yrjänä m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Jurian.

Ysbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of IJsbrand.

Yseult f French (Rare)
French form of Iseult.

Yudel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Judah.

Yudes f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish short form of Judith.

Yudif f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Judith.

Yutke f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Judith.

Zachariasz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zaida f Arabic (Rare), Spanish
Feminine form of Zayd. This was the name of a Muslim princess who took refuge at the court of (and perhaps married) Alfonso VI of León and Castile in the 11th century.

Żaklina f Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Jacqueline.

Zavanna f English (Rare)
Variant of Savannah.

Zavia f English (Rare)
Modern feminine form of Xavier.

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

Zbyhněv m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Zbigniew.

Zdeslav m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Zdzisław. This name was borne by a 9th-century duke of Croatia.

Zelde f Yiddish (Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Zelig.

Zénaïde f French (Rare)
French form of Zenaida.

Zenia f English (Rare)
Variant of Xenia.

Zéphyrine f French (Rare)
French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).

Zhubin m Persian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of چوبین (see Chobin).

Zilla f German (Rare)
Diminutive of Cäcilie.

Zinnia f English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.

Zinoviya f Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Russian and Ukrainian form of Zenobia.

Zisel f Yiddish (Rare)
From Yiddish זיס (zis) meaning "sweet".

Ziyaeddin m Turkish (Rare)
Turkish variant form of Ziya ad-Din.

Zlota f Jewish (Rare)
From Polish złoto "gold", used as a translation of Yiddish Golda.

Zowie f English (Rare)
Variant of Zoe.

Zsazsa f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zsiga m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsigmond.

Zsófika f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsófia.

Zuhra 2 f Arabic (Rare)
Means "brilliancy, light" in Arabic, derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine". This name is written identically to the related name Zahrah, though it is pronounced differently.

Zula 1 f Polish (Rare)
Polish diminutive of Zuzanna.

Zulaykha f Arabic (Rare)
Arabic form of Zuleika.

Zusa f Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.

Zusman m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.

Zuzanna f Polish, Latvian (Rare)
Polish and Latvian form of Susanna.