Browse Submitted Names

Agasa f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 芽 (ga) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" combined with 沙 (sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Aiakos m Greek Mythology
Meaning uncertain. One source derives the name from the Greek verb ἀΐσσω (aisso) meaning "to run, to dart, to shoot", whilst another source connects the name to the Greek adjective αἰακτός (aiaktos) meaning "lamentable, wailing, miserable"... [more]

Aime f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" or 夢 (me) meaning "dream". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Ajar m Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish ajda meaning "sprout, shoot".

Ajda f Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish ajda meaning "sprout, shoot".

Ameri f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" combined with 理 (ri) meaning "reason, logic". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Ameria f Japanese
From Japanese 阿 (a) meaning "big mound", 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine, Asian pear" combined with 阿 (a), again meaning "big mound"... [more]

Aome f Japanese
From Japanese 青 (ao) meaning "blue" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" or 女 (me) meaning "female, woman, wife". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Bis f & m Indian
Possibly from Sanskrit बिस (bisa) meaning "(shoot or stalk of a) water lily".

Blasios m Late Greek
This name can be a hellenized form of Blasius (see Blaise), but it can also be a genuine Greek name in its own right. In that case, it is derived from the Greek noun βλαστός (blastos) meaning "young shoot, bud, sprout", which itself is ultimately derived from the Greek verb βλαστέω (blasteo) meaning "to sprout"... [more]

Blaste f Ancient Greek
βλαστος (blastos) "a bud, sprout, shoot"

Blastos m Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Derived from the Greek noun βλαστός (blastos) meaning "sprout, shoot, bud", which ultimately comes from the Greek verb βλαστάνω (blastano) meaning "to bud, to sprout, to grow".

Chio f Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (chi) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" combined with 於 (o) meaning "in". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Chipukizi f Swahili
Means "bud, sprout, shoot" in Swahili.

Citlalmina f Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "arrow stars (meteorites)" in Nahuatl, derived from citlalin "stars" and mina "to shoot, to stab".

Fidan m Albanian
Derived from Albanian fidan "seedling, sapling, shoot; tall and straight".

Fidanka f Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Means "sapling, sprout, shoot" in Macedonian.

Filizten f Ottoman Turkish
From Ottoman Turkish فلز (filiz) meaning "shoot, tendril, young plant" and تن (ten) meaning "skin, body".

Fuyume f Japanese
From Japanese 冬 (fuyu) meaning "winter" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Gulnihol f Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek gul meaning "rose, flower" and nihol meaning "shoots, sprouts, new plant growth".

Haname f Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" combined with 愛 (me) meaning "love, affection" or 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Hatsume f Japanese
From Japanese 極 (hatsu) meaning "very, extremely" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Himena f Japanese
From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Hirome f Japanese
From Japanese 浩 (hiro) meaning "prosperous" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Jong-soo m Korean
From Sino-Korean 宗 (jong) meaning "fundamental knowledge" or "root, ancestry" combined with 秀 (su) meaning "(of plants) to shoot out in ears, to bear fruit, to blossom". Other Hanja combinations can form this name as well.

Kayano f Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (kaya) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot", 茅 (kaya) meaning "miscanthus reed", 香 (kaya) meaning "fragrance", 伽 (ka) meaning "nursing, attending, entertainer", 佳 (ka) meaning "excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled", 加 (ka) meaning "increase", 可 (ka) meaning "passable", 嘉 (ka) meaning "applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious", 夏 (ka) meaning "summer", 歌 (ka) meaning "song, poetry", 火 (ka) meaning "fire", 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) which both mean "flower", 風 (ka) meaning "wind, air, style, manner", 夜 (ya) meaning "night, evening", 也 (ya) meaning "also", 耶 (ya), an interjection, 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly", 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow", 野 (ya) meaning "area, field", 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle or 野 (no) meaning "area, field"... [more]

Kerkko m Finnish
From Finnish kerkko meaning "shoot of a tree".

Kotome f Japanese
From Japanese 琴 (koto), which refers to a type of musical instrument similar to a harp, combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" or 女 (me) meaning "female, woman, wife". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Maime f Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine", 舞 (ma) meaning "dance" or 麻 (ma) meaning "flax", 衣 (i) meaning "clothing" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Meme f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (me) meaning "love, affection", 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" or 海 (me) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji... [more]

Memei f Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot", 女 (me) meaning "woman" combined with 衣 (i) meaning "clothing, garment". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Memeko f Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" duplicated and combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Mena f Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Meranii f Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot", 良 (ra) meaning "good" combined with 新 (ii) meaning "new". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Merina f Japanese
From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot", 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Monâhtseta'e f Cheyenne
Monâhtseta'e is recorded to mean "Shoot Woman" (plant shoots) in the Cheyenne language. Monâhtseta'e, aka Meoohtse'e, was a Cheyenne woman who allegedly had a child with George Custer.

Moscho f Late Greek (?), Greek (Rare)
Derived from Greek μόσχος (moschos), which meant "a young shoot, calf" and "musk". Moscho was one of the Forty Holy Virgin Martyrs who are celebrated on September 1. Bearer Moscho Tzavela (1760-1803) was a Greek-Souliote heroine of the years before the Greek War of Independence.

Moschoula f Greek
Derived from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos) meaning "young shoot; calf" or "musk" (the two senses having differing etymologies) with the diminutive suffix -ούλα (-oula).

Naname f Japanese
From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Nauri f Tahitian
Means "the two young coconut shoots", referring to the southern archipelagos south of French Polynesia.

Nihol f Uzbek
Means "sprout, shoot, young growth" in Uzbek.

Niholbibi f Uzbek
Derived from nihol meaning "sprout, shoot, young growth" and bibi meaning "learned woman".

Niholgul f Uzbek
Derived from nihol meaning "sprout, shoot, young growth" and gul meaning "rose, flower".

Niholjon f Uzbek
Derived from nihol meaning "sprout, shoot, young growth" and jon meaning "spirit, soul".

Niholoy f Uzbek
Derived from nihol meaning "sprout, shoot, young growth" and oy meaning "moon".

Nûber f Kurdish
Derived from Kurdish nû meaning "new" and bera meanining "sprout, shoot".

Nyunt m & f Burmese
Means "shoots, growth" or "apex, summit" in Burmese.

Oras m Finnish
Means "shoots (cereal)" in Finnish.

Osame m & f Japanese
From Japanese 治 (osame) meaning "govern, regulate, administer" or 修 (osame) meaning "discipline, study" or from Japanese 治 (osa) meaning "govern, regulate, administer" or 長 (osa) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" or 女 (me) meaning "female, woman, wife" (for females)... [more]

Pertevniyal f Ottoman Turkish
From Persian پرتو (partow) meaning "ray of light" and نهال (nehal) meaning "sapling, shoot".

Sanae f & m Japanese
From Japanese 早 (sa) meaning "early, fast", 小 (sa) meaning "little, small", 真 (sana) meaning "true, reality", 颯 (sa) meaning "sudden, quick, sound of the wind", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze", 五 (sa) meaning "five", 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 左 (sa) meaning "left", 沙 (sa) or 砂 (sa) both meaning "sand", 彩 (sa) meaning "colour", 采 (sa) meaning "dice, form, appearance, take, gather, colouring", 冴 (sa) meaning "be clear, serene, cold, skillful", 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom", 作 (sa) meaning "make, production, prepare, build", 桜 (sa) meaning "cherry blossom", 皐 (sa) meaning "swamp, shore", 三 (sa) meaning "three" or 実 (sa) meaning "reality, truth", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 奈 (na) meaning "what", 南 (na) meaning "south", 名 (na) meaning "name", 那 (na) meaning "what", 茄 (na) meaning "eggplant", 七 (na) meaning "seven" or 直 (na) meaning "straight" combined with 苗 (nae) meaning "seedling, sapling, shoot", 愛 (e) meaning "love, affection", 絵 (e) meaning "picture, drawing, painting, sketch", 慧 (e) meaning "wise", 得 (e) meaning "gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit", 枝 (e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb", 恵 (e) meaning "favor, blessing, grace, kindness", 江 (e) meaning "creek, inlet, bay" or 依 (e) meaning "reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to"... [more]

Satet f Egyptian Mythology
Derived from the Egyptian word sṯ, meaning "eject", "shoot", "pour" or "throw". It is the name of an Egyptian goddess and her name can be translated as "she who shoots" or "she who pours". As a warrior goddess, she protected Egypt's southern frontier by killing the pharoah's enemies with arrows; as a fertility goddess, she granted the wishes of those who sought love.

Shala f Near Eastern Mythology
The name of a Mesopotamian corn goddess who is also associated with war as well as the name of a Sumerian goddes of grain and the emotion of compassion.... [more]

Skeet m English
Perhaps from the Old Norse "Skotja" Meaning- "To shoot" Also believed to mean "Swift" from English.

Sonome f Japanese
From Japanese 園 (sono) meaning "garden" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" or 女 (me) meaning "woman". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]

Sukyeong f Korean
From 守 (su) meaning "to defend, to protect, to guard" or 秀 (su) meaning "(of plants) to shoot out into ears" and 炅 "brilliance" or 卿 "noble" (gyeong).

Sun m & f Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 孙 (sūn) meaning "grandson/descendant", 笋 (sǔn) meaning "bamboo shoot", 隼 (sǔn) meaning "falcon", 荪 (sūn) meaning "fragrant grass" or any other Chinese character with the same pronunciation.... [more]

Talir f Tamil (Rare)
From Tamil தளிர் (taḷir) meaning "sprout; shoot; tender leaf".

Thallo f Greek Mythology
Ultimately from the same linguistic roots as Thalia, Thallo means "blooming" and by associations "green shoots (of new plants)". This was the name of one of the Horai, goddesses associated with seasons and times... [more]

Toulane f Popular Culture
A fictional bearer is Toulane Thomas from the American Girl novel "McKenna" and the film adaptation "An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars". It is occasionally used as a given name in various countries.

Toxeus m Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek τοξεύς (toxeus) meaning "bowman, archer", which is ultimately derived from Greek τόξον (toxon) meaning "bow". Also compare Greek τοξεύω (toxeuo) "to shoot with the bow" and Greek τοξεία (toxeia) "archery"... [more]

Tsirihanitra m & f Malagasy
From the Malagasy tsiry meaning "bud, shoot" and hanitra meaning "good odour, fragrance, perfume".

Tsiry m & f Malagasy
Means "bud, shoot" in Malagasy.

Wakame f Japanese
From Japanese 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony", 夏 (ka) meaning "summer" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Xiaoya f Chinese
From the Chinese 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak" and 芽 (yá) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot".

Yurime f Japanese
From Japanese 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Zıgıtçı m Karachay-Balkar
From the Karachay-Balkar зыгыт (zıgıt) meaning "sprout, shoot".