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Alasaya f & m Aymara
Means "north" in Aymara.

Antarctica f English
The name Antarctica is the romanised version of the Greek compound word ἀνταρκτική (antarktiké), feminine of ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), meaning "opposite to the Arctic ", "opposite to the north".

Bắc m Vietnamese
Means "north" in Vietnamese.

Bắc m Vietnamese
Means "north" in Vietnamese.

Beidou f Chinese
From Chinese 北 (běi) meaning "north" and 斗 (dǒu) meaning "dipper". Other character combinations can form this name as well.... [more]

Beirong f Chinese
From the Chinese 北 (běi) meaning "north" and 蓉 (róng) meaning "hibiscus".

Beitong m & f Chinese
From Chinese 北 (běi) meaning "north" combined with 彤 (tóng) meaning "red, vermillion", 统 (tǒng) meaning "command, control, unite, unify", 同 or 仝 (tóng) both meaning "same, identical, together", or 通 (tōng) meaning "pass, travel, go through"... [more]

Bóra f Hungarian (Modern)
Derived from Hungarian bóra "bora (northern to north-eastern katabatic wind in the Adriatic Sea)".

Bore m Swedish
Derived from Greek βορέας (boreas) "north wind". Kung Bore (King Bore) is a Swedish personification of winter.

Danshuo f Chinese
From the Chinese 丹 (dān) meaning "cinnabar, vermilion" and 朔 (shuò) meaning "first day of the lunar month" or "the north".

Elsera f Popular Culture (Rare)
"Elsera Snow is the bastard daughter of Lord Gregor Forrester and the sister of Josera Snow, both of whom live in the North Grove." -Telltale game, Game of thrones.

Escanor m Arthurian Romance
This name seems to be comprised of Irish/Norse.... [more]

Goričč m Balochi
Means "north wind" in Balochi.

Hispania f Obscure
She is the national personification of Spain. It is thought to be derived from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐‎𐤍‎ ‎𐤀𐤉‎‎‎ (ʾiy šapan) meaning "land of hyraxes". Another proposed other possible derivation, which is from Phoenician ‎‎𐤑𐤐𐤍‎‎ ‎𐤀𐤉‎‎‎ (‘i ṣapun) meaning "(is)land to the north".

Hokuto m & f Japanese
As a unisex name, this name combines 北 (hoku, kita) meaning "north" with 斗 (to, tou) meaning "Big Dipper, sake dipper" or 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis."... [more]

Hoonah m Popular Culture
Tlingit word meaning, "protected from the north wind."

Ingnor m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Ing and norðr "north".

Ipar m Basque, Basque Mythology
Derived from Basque ipar "north; north wind". In Basque mythology, Ipar, the north wind, is married to the daughter of the north-easterly wind who calms his anger.

Kaʻākau f & m Hawaiian
From the Hawaiian ka meaning "the" and ʻākau meaning "right" or "north".

Kaskazi f Swahili
Swahili feminine name meaning "north wind" or "hot season, summer".

Kita f Japanese
This name can be used as 北 (hoku, kita) meaning "north" or 喜多 with 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, take pleasure in" and 多 (tak, oo.i, masa.ni, masa.ru) meaning "frequent, many, much."... [more]

Kitara f Japanese
From Japanese 北 (kita), meaning "north" and 刃 (ha), meaning "edge" or "blade."

Lanshuo f Chinese
From the Chinese 斓 (lán) meaning "multicoloured" or 蓝 (lán) meaning "blue" and 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north" or 烁 (shuò) meaning "shine, glitter, sparkle".

Lijanin f Marshallese
Means "the female person from the north" in Marshallese.

Majnor f Swedish (Rare)
Combination of Maj 2 and Old Norse norðr "north", or the suffix -nor from Ellinor.

Meisa f Japanese
From Japanese 冥 (mei) meaning "dark", 銘 (mei) meaning "inscription, signature (of artisan)", 名 (mei) meaning "name", 命 (mei) meaning "fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint", 姫 (mei) meaning "princess", 愛 (mei, me) meaning "love, affection", 明 (mei, me) meaning "bright, light", 生 (mei) meaning "life, genuine, birth", 芽 (mei, me) meaning "bud, sprout", 苺 (me) meaning "strawberry", 萌 (mei, me) meaning "sprout, bud" or 鳴 (mei) meaning "chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk", 依 (i) meaning "reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to", 衣 (i) meaning "garment, clothes, dressing", 偉 (i) meaning "admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent", 生 (i) meaning "life, genuine, birth" or 愛 (i) meaning "love, affection" combined with 沙 (sa) or 砂 (sa) both meaning "sand", 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 冴 (sa) meaning "be clear, serene, cold, skillful", 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 桜 (sa) meaning "cherry blossom", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze", 幸 (sa) meaning "happiness", 朝 (sa) meaning "morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea", 皐 (sa) meaning "swamp, shore", 里 (sa) meaning "village" or 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help"... [more]

Mengshuo f Chinese
From the Chinese 梦 (mèng) meaning "dream" and 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north".

Murlan m Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Albanian murlan, a term denoting a "strong and bitterly cold wind from the north".

Myaukhpet Shinma f Mythology
Name of Burmese goddess, meaning "lady of the north".

Noralf m Norwegian
Combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and alfr "elf". The name was created in the late 19th century.

Norbjørg f Norwegian (Rare)
Relatively modern name (1910) created by combining the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and bjǫrg "help, deliverance".

Norbjørn m Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and bjǫrn "bear".

Nordhild f Old High German
Derived from the Germanic name elements nord "north" and hilta "battle, fight".

Nordine f Norwegian (Archaic), Swedish (Archaic)
Combination of the Old Norse name element norðr "north" and Dina 1. This name was first recorded in the mid-19th century.

Nordis f Norwegian
Late 19th century combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and dís "goddess; woman, lady; sister".

Nordmann m Old High German
Derived from the Germanic name elements nord "north" and man "man".

Nordrun f German (Rare)
Formed from the Germanic name elements nord "north" and run "secret; rune"

Nordwin m German (Rare, Archaic)
From the Germanic name elements nord "north" and wini "friend".

Nore m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Younger form of Nóri, an Old Norse name meaning either "north" (derived from norðr) or "small person" (derived from nóri). Swedish writer Esaias Tegnér used the name in a 1814 poem celebrating the union between Sweden and Norway... [more]

Norfinn m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and finnr "Finn, Lapp".

Norgard f German (Rare, Archaic)
Formed from the Germanic name elements nord "north" and gard "protection; protected enclosure".

Norgunn f Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and gunnr "battle, fight".

Norhild f Norwegian (Rare)
Formed from the Germanic name elements nord "north" and hild "battle, fight".

Norius m Norwegian (Archaic)
Quasi-Latinization of names containing the Old Norse name element norðr "north".

Norleif m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse elements norðr "north" and leifr "heir, descendant".

Normund m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic), Finnish (Rare)
A combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and mundr "protection".

Nórr m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse norðr "north". In Norse mythology Nórr (also called Nór or Nori) was the son of Þorri, and the founder of Norway.

Norstein m Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and steinn "stone".

North m & f Obscure
From the English word "north" referring to the direction north, or "up, above". ... [more]

Norðbjørt f Faroese
Faroese combination of norðr "north" and bjartr "bright".

Norðmaðr m Old Norse
Derived from the Germanic name elements norðr "north" and maðr "man".

Nortraud f Upper German (Rare)
The name is formed from the Germanic name elements nord "north" and drud "strength".

Nortrud f German (Rare)
The name is formed of the Germanic name elements NORD "north" and THRUD "strength"

Norunn f Norwegian
Combination of the Old Norse name elements norðr "north" and unna "to love".

Norvald m Norwegian
Combination of Norwegian nord "north" and the Old Norse name element valdr "ruler".

Norveig f Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Old Norse norðr "north" and veig "power, strength".

Oudone m Lao
Means "north, higher, upper" in Lao.

Purslane f Popular Culture
From the name of the herb ("a small, fleshy-leaved plant that grows in damp habitats or waste places, in particular Portulaca oleracea, a prostrate North American plant with tiny yellow flowers"), the origin of which is uncertain... [more]

Ragnor m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a combination of the Old Norse name elements regin "advice, counsel" and norðr "north", though it could also be a variant of Ragnar.

Saku m & f Japanese
From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 瑳 (sa) meaning "polish, brilliant white luster of a gem, artful smile", 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 咲 (saku, sa) meaning "blossom", 作 (saku) meaning "make, production, prepare, build", 朔 (saku) meaning "conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north", 索 (saku) meaning "cord, rope, searching, inquiring", 桜 (saku, sa) meaning "cherry blossom", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze", 小 (sa) meaning "little, small", 爽 (sa) meaning "refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet, clear", 朝 (sa) meaning "morning", 櫻 (sa) meaning "cherry" or 颯 (sa) meaning "sudden, quick, sound of the wind" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time", 公 (ku) meaning "public, prince, official, governmental", 空 (ku) meaning "sky", 紅 (ku) meaning "crimson, deep red", 玖 (ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine", 矩 (ku) meaning "ruler", 宮 (ku) meaning "Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess" or 丘 (ku) meaning "hill, knoll"... [more]

Sakutarou m Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (saku) meaning "blossom", 作 (saku) meaning "make, production, prepare, build", 朔 (saku) meaning "conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north", 柵 (saku) meaning "stockade, fence, weir, entwine around" or 策 (saku) meaning "scheme, plan, policy, step, means", 多 (ta) meaning "many, much" or 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" combined with 朗 (rou) meaning "bright, clear" or 郎 (rou) meaning "son"... [more]

Sessue m Japanese
(雪洲, Sesshū), meaning "snowy field" (雪 means "snow" and 洲 means "north field")

Shamkhan m Chechen
Either from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" or شمال (shamal) meaning "north" combined with the Turkic title khan meaning "leader, ruler".

Shuo m & f Chinese
From Chinese 硕 (shuò) meaning "large, big, great", 朔 (shuò) meaning "new moon, north", 烁 (shuò) meaning "bright, brilliant, luminous, glisten, glimmer" or 铄 (shuò) meaning "fuse, melt, fine, glorious", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Shuojin f Chinese
From the Chinese 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north" and 瑾 (jǐn) meaning "brilliance of gems, fine jade".

Shuojing f Chinese
From the Chinese 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north" and 静 (jìng) meaning "quiet, still, gentle".

Shuoqi f Chinese
From the Chinese 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north" and 绮 (qǐ) meaning "fine silk".

Shuoyu f Chinese
From the Chinese 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north" or 烁 (shuò) meaning "shine, glitter, sparkle" and 瑜 (yú) meaning "fine jade, virtues", 钰 (yù) meaning "rare treasure" or 玉 (yù) meaning "jade, precious stone".

Šiaurė f Lithuanian (Rare)
Means "north" in Lithuanian.

Şimal m & f Turkish
Means "the north" in Turkish.

Tanimara f Dutch (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Some sources claim this name means "lonely north wind" in Comanche, though no evidence supporting this meaning can be found. The name appears most common in Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch speaking nations, which further suggests the name is not of Comanche origin... [more]

Toʻerau m & f Tahitian
Means "north" or "northeastern wind" in Tahitian.

Ugwu m Igbo
From Igbo Ùgwù meaning "respect; reverence; dignity" or Úgwú meaning "hill, mountain; highland" or also "north". ... [more]

Yingshuo f & m Chinese
From the Chinese 英 (yīng) meaning "brave, hero" or "petal, leaf, flower" and 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north".

Yueshuo f Chinese
From the Chinese 悦 (yuè) meaning "pleased, contented" and 朔 (shuò) meaning "the first day of the lunar month" or "north"