Browse Submitted Names

Akintunde m Yoruba
Means "bravery returns" in Yoruba.

Amleset f Tigrinya
Means "she made it return" in Tigrinya.

Anabia f Urdu (Modern), Indian (Muslim, Modern)
Many websites falsely claim that this is a word found in the Quran. The accurate Quranic word is أناب (anaba) meaning "to turn", with the implied meaning "to repent and return to Allah". According to the website QuranicNames: 'Anaba can be used as a name, though it is more common to use its noun version of Muneeb for boys and Muneebah for girls'... [more]

Angerdlánguaĸ f & m Greenlandic
Means "the dear one who has returned home" in Greenlandic.

Angerdlartoĸ m & f Greenlandic
Means "the one returning back home" in Greenlandic.

Angerlarneq f Greenlandic
South Greenlandic name meaning "she who has returned home", originally used as a nickname for someone named after a deceased family member, due to ritual name avoidance (taboos in mentioning names of deceased relatives, even when newborns had been named for them).

Antiphonus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ἀντίφονόν (Antiphonon), derived from Greek ἀντίφονος (antiphonos) meaning "in return for slaughter" or "in revenge for blood", from ἀντί (anti) "in return for; for the sake of, for" and φόνος (phonos) "murder, slaughter; blood shed in murder, gore"... [more]

Avio m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name related to aviorpoq "sound", "ring", "twitter", "buzzing" (in the ears), "whistle". The notion that buzzing in the ears (aviutitsineq or avequllattaaneq) as a plea for food from a deceased is known thoughout most of Greenland... [more]

Balik m & f Balinese
Means "turn, return, again" in Balinese. This name is traditionally added to the end of first, second, third, and fourth-born names (for example, Wayan Balik would be the name given to a fifth-born child, followed by Made Balik, Nyoman Balik, and Ketut Balik for the sixth, seventh, and eighth-born child, respectively).

Daubode m Ijaw
Means "father has returned" in Ijaw.

Döndi f Turkmen
Means "returned" in Turkmen

Döndü f Turkish
Directly taken from Turkish döndü meaning "returned".

Fan f & m Chinese
Derived from the Chinese character 凡 (fán) meaning "every, all, in general" or 繁 (fán) meaning "numerous; many" or 帆 (fān) meaning "sail; sailboat" or 番 (fān) meaning "to repeat" or 范 (fàn) meaning "model, pattern" or 返 (fǎn) meaning "to return, to go back".... [more]

Fanfan f Chinese
From chinese 返 (fǎn) meaning "to return, to go back" doubled. Other character is possible.

Fukujirou m Japanese
From Japanese 冨 (fu) meaning "rich, wealthy", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" or 復 (fuku) meaning "return", 福 (fuku) meaning "good luck, good fortune" combined with 二 (ji) meaning "two", 次 (ji) meaning "next" or 治 (ji) meaning "govern, regulate, administer" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son"... [more]

Gbadebo m Nigerian, Yoruba
Means "returns with the crown" in Yoruba.

Guizhong f Chinese
From Chinese 歸, 归 (guī) meaning "to return" and 終, 终 (zhōng) meaning "to end". Other character combinations can form this name as well.... [more]

Gwalajori m Kassena
Means "the slave raider has returned" in Kasem.

Herintahina m & f Malagasy
From the Malagasy herina meaning "return" and tahina meaning "blessed".

Herintsoa m & f Malagasy
From the Malagasy herina meaning "return" and soa meaning "good".

Hjúki m Norse Mythology
Is said to mean "the one returning to health". In Norse Mythology, Hjúki and his sister Bil follow Máni, the personification of the moon, across the heavens.

Hongrae m Korean
From Sino-Korean 弘 "enlarge, expand; liberal, great", 洪 "vast, immense; flood, deluge" or 泓 meaning "clear, deep pool of water" (hong) and 來 "come, coming; return, returning".

Huiliang m Chinese
From Chinese 惠 (huì) meaning "favour, benefit" or 回 (huí) meaning "return, go back" combined with 良 (liáng) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 两 (liǎng) meaning "both, two"... [more]

Iyabode f Yoruba
Yoruba for " mother has returned". When a the first girl child is born after the death of a grandmother, the child is given this name. Iya is the root word,which means mother. Such as Iyaba, wich means Grandmother.

Izaso m & f Tumbuka
Means "come again, return" in Tumbuka, a plea for deceased relatives to come back.

Jashobeam m Biblical
The name is comprised of two parts: שוב (shub), meaning "to return" and עם ('am), meaning "people" or "kin". Together, it is said to mean "Let the people return".... [more]

Jelda f East Frisian
Short form of names that contained the Old Frisian name elements jelda "to pay; to return; to yield; to repay; to owe a dept" or gelda/hjeld "money". The name Jelda was most commonly used in the 16th and 17th centuries and finally revived in the 20th century.

Jibbanno m & f Bandial
Means "we have returned" in Bandial.

Kichō f Japanese
Derived from 帰 (ki) meaning "to return, come back" and 蝶 (chō) meaning "butterfly".

Kolade m Yoruba
Means "brings lots of wealth" in Yoruba, derived from kó meaning "gather" combined with ọlá meaning "honour, wealth, success, notability" and dé meaning "arrive, return".

Lektyne f Koryak
Means "returning" in Koryak.

Mbuyiseli m Xhosa
Means "one who returns or restores" in Xhosa.

Meguru m Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (megu) meaning "love, affection", 運 (meguru) meaning "carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance", 円 (meguru) meaning "circle, yen, round", 廻 (meguru) meaning "round, game, revolve, go around, circumference", 還 (meguru) meaning "send back, return", 恵 (meguru) meaning "favor, blessing, grace, kindness", 月 (meguru) meaning "moon", 周 (meguru, megu) meaning "circumference, circuit, lap", 巡 (meguru) meaning "patrol, go around, circumference", 舞 (meguru) meaning "dance" or 流 (meguru) meaning "current, a sink, flow, forfeit" combined with 来 (ru) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become", 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" or 琉 (ru) meaning "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli"... [more]

Mengfu m Chinese
From Chinese 孟 (mèng) meaning "eldest brother, first month of a season, rude, rough" combined with 頫 (fǔ) meaning "bow, look down, stoop", 復 (fù) meaning "return, repeat", 斧 (fǔ) meaning "axe, hatchet", or 复 (fù) meaning "complex, repeat, go back"... [more]

Migina f Omaha-Ponca
Means "returning moon", from the Omaha miⁿ "moon, sun", ginóⁿ "grow, flourish".

Niwat m Thai
Means "return" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit निवृत्ति (nivritti).

Olatokunbo m & f Yoruba
Means "wealth or nobility returns from overseas" in Yoruba. It is typically given to a child born abroad and later brought home.

Olatunde m Yoruba
Means "honour returns" or "wealth returns" in Yoruba.

Omotunde m Yoruba
Means "the child has returned" in Yoruba, typically given to an Abiku child. Abiku are spirits that are believed to enter a pregnant woman and move in a constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth... [more]

Oyetunde m Yoruba
Means "honour has returned" in Yoruba.

Oyinbodei f Ijaw
OYINBODEI is an ijaw tribe name of west africa meaning "OUR MOTHER HAS RETURNED" A name given to children believed to have #REINCARNITATED

Qızqayıt f Azerbaijani
From 'qız' meaning "girl" and 'qayıtmaq' meaning "return." Qızqayıt Salman qızı Həsənova is a well-known bearer.

Raad m Arabic
Means "return, give back" or "oppose, fight" in Arabic.

Restore m & f English (Puritan)
Meaning, "return (someone or something) to a former condition, place, or position." Referring to a restoration of faith.

Return m English (Puritan, Rare, Archaic)
From the English word meaning "to come back" (itself from Old French re- "back" and torner "to turn"), which was given to a boy born in 1708 in Guilford, Connecticut, supposedly in memory of an incident from his parents' courtship; it is popularly claimed that his mother, Hannah Willard (1674-1749) - after repeatedly rejecting his father, Janna Meigs (1672-1739) - finally relented, crying to him as he rode away "Return, Janna, return!" The name has since been borne by more than a dozen of Return Meigs' descendants, including his son, Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823), and grandson, Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr... [more]

Revival m & f English
Meaning, "return to consciousness; restore to health," from Middle French revivre, from Latin revivere "to live again," from re- "again" + vivere "to live."

Shear-jashub m Biblical Hebrew
Meaning "the remnant shall return."

Siqinnaatchiaq f & m Inuit
In Iñupiaq (also known as Inupiat), this name means "the return of the sun after the long darkness." In the TV series True Detective: Night Country, this is the cultural name bestowed on co-protagonist Evangeline Navarro by her deceased mother in a vision.

Tlailotlac m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl tlailoa "to become dirty, to humble oneself; to damage or ruin something", or alternately from a combination of the prefix tla-, iloti "to turn back, to return", and tlacatl "person, human", roughly translating as "person who returns".

Tokunbo m & f Yoruba
Means "returned from overseas". It is often given to children born abroad and brought home.

Utertoĸ f & m Greenlandic
Means "the returned one (the family member who has come home again)" in Greenlandic.

Veger m Kurdish
Means "return, comeback" in Kurdish.

Waibodei m & f Ijaw
Means "has returned again" in Ijaw.

Wrocsława f Polish
Derived from wrócić meaning "to return, restore" and sława meaning "fame, glory".

Xiangru m Chinese
From a combination of the characters 相 (xiàng, meaning “visage” or “chancellor”) and 如 (rú, meaning “like, resemblance”). This is the name of Lin Xiangru (蔺相如), a famous statesman and diplomat during the Chinese Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)... [more]

Yeong-rae m & f Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 "petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero" and 來 "come, coming; return, returning".

Žemyna f Lithuanian (Modern), Baltic Mythology
Lithuanian goddess of the earth, her name deriving from Lithuanian žemė "earth".... [more]