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Abzari m Arabic, Urdu
Means "seeds, spice, seedsman, one who sows" in Arabic.

Choerine f Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Χοιρίνη (Choirine), a feminine derivative of Choiros, which was itself derived from χοῖρος (choiros) meaning "young pig"... [more]

Consevius m Roman Mythology
The god of propagation and insemination, from con-serere, "to sow." It is a title of Janus as a creator god or god of beginnings.

Fujio m Japanese
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria", 二 (fu) meaning "two", 不 (fu) meaning "negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy", 富 (fu) meaning "wealth, enrich, abundant", 普 (fu) meaning "universal, wide(ly), generally", 芙 (fu) meaning "lotus, Mt Fuji", 武 (fu) meaning "warrior, military, chivalry, arms", 文 (fu) meaning "sentence", 甫 (fu) meaning "for the first time, not until" or 孚 (fu) meaning "sincere, nourish, encase", 士 (ji) meaning "gentleman, scholar, samurai", 次 (ji) meaning "next, order, sequence", 志 (ji) meaning "intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling", 二 (ji) meaning "two", 治 (ji) meaning "reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve", 仁 (ji) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel", 蒔 (ji) meaning "sow (seeds)" or 滋 (ji) meaning "nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant, planting, turbidity" combined with 生 (o) meaning "raw, live", 男 (o) meaning "male", 暢 (o) meaning "stretch", 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end, counter for fish, lower slope of mountain", 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband", 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly", 郎 (o) meaning "son", 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 朗 (o) meaning "bright, clear"... [more]

Gulsovur f Uzbek
Derived from gul meaning "flower, rose" and sovur meaning "to scatter, to sow".

Gylta f Faroese
Derived from Old Norse gylta "young sow".

Hodge m Medieval English
Medieval diminutive of Roger. The change in the initial consonant is said to have been caused by the way the velar Norman R was pronounced by the English.... [more]

Hợi f Vietnamese
Means "pig" in Vietnamese. This name is given in the year of the pig.

Ígulgæirr m Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse ígull "sea urchin" or "hedge hog" and geirr "spear".

Jezreel m Biblical
The name Jezreel means "God sows," or "planted by God" this was the name of Hosea's first son. It is also a place in Isreal; Jezreel Valley.

Maka f Popular Culture
This is the lead protagonist of the manga and anime series Soul Eater. Her name is written in katakana (the Japanese foreign word writing system), so it has no meaning whatsoever. As a word though, maka means "to scatter, sprinkle, or sow seeds" in Japanese (which has nothing to do with her as far as I know).

Ordoño m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Medieval Latin Ordonius, itself of unknown meaning and origin. Theories include a corruption of Fortunius and a derivation from Basque urde "pig, wild boar".

Porcarius m Ancient Roman, Late Roman
Means "swineherd" in Latin from porcus "pig". Used by a few saints.

Porco m Portuguese
Meaning "pig" or "filthy" in Portuguese. Attack on Titan's Porco Galliard is a bearer of this name.

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]

Saturus m Ancient Roman
Saturus in Latin means: "about to sow", "about to plant", "satisfied".

Sen'ichi m Japanese
From Japanese 仙 (sen) meaning "immortal, transcendent, celestial being, fairy", 千 (sen) meaning "thousand", 宣 (sen) meaning "proclaim, say, announce", 専 (sen) meaning "specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely", 泉 (sen) meaning "spring, fountain", 潜 (sen) meaning "submerge, conceal, hide, lower (voice), hush", 銑 (sen) meaning "pig iron", 仟 (sen) meaning "thousand", 愃 (sen) meaning "abundant, generous" or 沾 (sen) meaning "moisten, wet, soak, touch" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one", 壱 (ichi) meaning "one (in documents)" or 市 (ichi) meaning "market, city, town"... [more]

Shiemi f Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling", 支 (shi) meaning "branch, support, sustain", 詩 (shi) meaning "poem, poetry", 資 (shi) meaning "assets, resources, capital, funds, data, be conducive to, contribute to", 蒔 (shi) meaning "sow (seeds)" or 七 (shi) meaning "seven", 咲 (e) meaning "blossom", 恵 (e) meaning "favor, blessing, grace, kindness", 衣 (e) meaning "garment, clothes, dressing" or 永 (e) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 笑 (emi) meaning "laugh"... [more]

Svinimir m Medieval Slavic
The first element of this name is possibly derived from Proto-Slavic svin'a or svinьja meaning "swine, pig, hog". Also compare Serbo-Croatian svinja, Polish świnia and Slovak sviňa, all of which mean "swine, pig, hog"... [more]

Ti-sái m Taiwanese
This is a name given by Taiwanese fortune tellers to ward off evil spirits, as it means "hog manure." It is often an unofficial given name.

Varaha m Hinduism
Means "boar, hog" in Sanskrit. This is the name of one of the avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu.

Vosegus m Gaulish Mythology
The Gaulish god of the Vosges Forest in France.... [more]