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Airlangga m Javanese
Means "jumping water" or "crossing water", from Indonesian air meaning "water" combined with Sanskrit लङ्घन (langhana) meaning "passing over, jumping, crossing". This was the name of the only raja of the 11th century kingdom of Kahuripan in present-day East Java.

Almus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ἄλμος (Almos), which is possibly derived from Greek ἄλμα (alma) meaning "grove", which in turn is apparently related to Greek ἄλσος (alsos) meaning "sacred grove"... [more]

Byx m Old Norse
Old Norse byname, from Old Norse byxa meaning "to jump".

Çengzêr f Kurdish
From Kurdish çeng meaning "leap" or "handful, palm" and zêr meaning "gold, golden".

Chao-ching m & f Chinese
Chao can mean "surpass, leap over" and ching can mean "pure, clean".

Chaonan f Chinese
From the Chinese 超 (chāo) meaning "jump over, surpass" and 囡 (nān) meaning "daughter".

Ephialtes m Greek Mythology
Means "nightmare" in Greek; said to literally mean "he who jumps upon" due to its association with the verb ἐφάλλομαι (ephallomai) "to jump at, to throw oneself onto somebody" (itself from ἐπι- (epi-) "on, upon" and ἅλλομαι (hallomai) "to leap, to jump"), but possibly related to ἠπίαλος (epialos) meaning "ague, fever"... [more]

Giselaic m Germanic
The meaning and origin of the first element is rather uncertain: we know that it comes from gis (the original form was possibly gîs), but we don't exactly know where gis itself comes from... [more]

Hiei m Japanese, Popular Culture
Means "flying shadow" in Japanese, from 飛 (hi) "jump, fly" and 影 (ei) "shadow".... [more]

Leināʻala f Hawaiian
Means "the fragrances are wafted", from lei meaning "garland, crown of flowers" (with the additional meaning of "a child" as well as "to leap" in verb form), nā which means "the" and ʻala meaning "fragrance".

Mingyue m & f Chinese
From Chinese 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave" combined with 月 (yuè) meaning "moon", 粤 (yuè) referring to Guandong province and the Cantonese people, or 跃 (yuè) meaning "jump, leap"... [more]

Pakuna f Miwok (?)
Allegedly a variant of Pukuna, a Miwok name meaning "deer jumping when running downhill".

Qianyue m & f Chinese
From Chinese 千 (qiān) meaning "thousand", 茜 (qiān) meaning "rubia plant, madder plant", or 骞 (qiān) meaning "soar, fly, rise" combined with 月 (yuè) meaning "moon", 跃 (yuè) meaning "jump, leap", 越 (yuè) referring to the Yue people who inhabited southern China and northern Vietnam or 岳 (yuè) meaning "tall mountain"... [more]

Sallustius m Ancient Roman
Possibly derived from (or otherwise etymologically related to) Latin sallere "to salt, to preserve with salt" or from Latin saliō "to leap, to jump, to spring". There have been several bearers of this name throughout history, such as Gaius Sallustius Crispus, a Roman historian from the 1st century BC.

Touma m Japanese
From Japanese 鉄 (touma) meaning "iron", 顛 (touma) meaning "overturn, summit, origin", 屠 (touma) meaning "slaughter, butcher, slay", 斗 (tou), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 東 (tou) meaning "east", 桃 (tou) meaning "peach", 藤 (tou) meaning "wisteria", 騰 (tou) meaning "leaping up, jumping up, rising, advancing, going", 瞳 (tou) meaning "pupil (of eye)" or 當 (tou) meaning "bear, accept, undertake, just" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 馬 (ma) meaning "horse", 舞 (ma) meaning "dance" combined with 門 (ma) meaning "gate, counter for cannons"... [more]

Ugocsa m Hungarian
An old Hungarian name of Slavic origin, possibly meaning "jump." There was also a county of the Kingdom of Hungary called Ugocsa County, which is today part of Romania.

Wuyue m & f Chinese
From Chinese 五 (wǔ) meaning "five", 武 (wǔ) meaning "military, martial", 吴 (wú) referring to the ancient state of Wu or 舞 (wǔ) meaning "dance" combined with 月 (yuè) meaning "moon", 跃 (yuè) meaning "jump, leap", 越 (yuè) referring to the Yue people who inhabited southern China and northern Vietnam or 岳 (yuè) meaning "tall mountain"... [more]

Xiaoyue f & m Chinese
From Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" or 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" combined with 月 (yuè) meaning "moon", 粤 (yuè) referring to Guandong province and the Cantonese people or 跃 (yuè) meaning "jump, leap"... [more]

You m & f Japanese
From Japanese 洋 (you) meaning "ocean", 耀 (you) meaning "shine, sparkle, dazzle", 遥 (you) meaning "distant, remote", 踊 (you) meaning "leap, jump, dance", or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.

Yue f & m Chinese
From Chinese 月 (yuè) meaning "moon", 粤 (yuè) referring to Guandong province and the Cantonese people, 越 (yuè) referring to the Yue people, 跃 (yuè) meaning "jump, leap", 悦 (yuè) meaning "joy, pleased", 岳 (yuè) meaning "tall mountain" or 玥 (yuè) meaning "pearl", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Zuba m Swahili
Means "jump" in Swahili.