This is a list of submitted names in which the person who added the name is
LMS.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Wiro m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical), Dutch (Rare)Meaning uncertain. According to one Dutch source, the name might possibly be related to the Old English verb
werian meaning "to defend, to protect". Also compare Old English
wer meaning "man, husband" as well as "hero, warrior".... [
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Wojgniew m PolishDerived from the Slavic elements
voji "soldier" and
gniew "anger".
Wonnow m History (Ecclesiastical)Variant or corruption of
Winwaloe, in the case of St Wonnow's Church, the parish church of Wonastow in South East Wales, which is dedicated to Saint Wonnow or Winwaloe, a 6th-century saint in Brittany.
Worldly m LiteratureFrom Old English
woruldlic. A character in the novel, "The Pilgrim's Progress."
Wrestling m English (Puritan)Old English, frequentative of
wrǣstan ‘wrest’. Meaning, "The sport or activity of grappling with an opponent and trying to throw or hold them down on the ground, typically according to a code of rules." Referring to Genesis 32:22-32 in which Jacob wrestles with God... [
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Wulmar m Frankish, History (Ecclesiastical)A Benedictine abbott born near Boulogne, Picardy, France, he was actually married but was separated from his wife and entered the Benedictines as a lay brother at Haumont, in Hainault. He was eventually ordained and was the founder of the rnonastery of Samer near Boulogne, which he served as abbot... [
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Xay m LaoMeans "victory" in Lao, ultimately from Sanskrit जय
(jaya).
Xelas m New World Mythology, SalishanName used by the Lummi people of northwest Washington state for the Transformer, a being that appears in the mythologies of many indigenous peoples who inhabited the Pacific Northwest Coast. This legendary figure (or figures) is also known as
Xáays in Squamish and
Xa:ls in Halkomelem.
Xi f & m ChineseMeaning "careful" or "happiness."
Xilonen f Aztec and Toltec Mythology, NahuatlProbably means "doll made of maize", from Nahuatl
xilotl "green ear of maize, young corncob" and
nenetl "doll, idol". This was an aspect of
Chicomecōātl, an Aztec goddess of agriculture, also called "the hairy one" in reference to the hair-like tassels of the corn.
Xinghua m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 兴
(xīng) meaning "rise, flourish, prosper" combined with 华
(huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Xinlin f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 新
(xīn) meaning "new, fresh", 昕
(xīn) meaning "dawn, early morning", 鑫
(xīn) meaning "wealthy, prosperous", or 心
(xīn) meaning "heart, mind" combined with 林
(lín) meaning "forest"... [
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Xiuhtecuhtli m Aztec and Toltec MythologyMeans "turquoise lord" or "lord of fire", from Nahuatl
xihuitl, which can mean "turquoise, grass, green/blue thing" or "year, comet" or "flame, fire", and
tecuhtli "lord". This was the name of the Aztec god of fire, daytime, and heat, one of the oldest known Mesoamerican deities.
Xiwen m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 曦
(xī) meaning "sunlight, sunshine", 锡
(xī) meaning "tin", 希
(xī) meaning "hope, strive, expect", or 喜
(xǐ) meaning "like, love" combined with 文
(wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing"... [
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Xocotl m Aztec and Toltec MythologyMeans "fruit" in Nahuatl, referring specifically to sour or acidic fruits such as hog plums. This was the name of the Aztec god of fire and the planet Venus.
Xuan m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 璇
(xuán) meaning "beautiful jade", 选
(xuǎn) meaning "choose, pick, select", 轩
(xuān) meaning "tall, high, lofty, pavilion", 玄
(xuán) meaning "deep, profound, mysterious, dark, black" or 萱
(xuān) meaning "day lily"... [
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Xuanye m & f ChineseDerived from the Chinese hanzi 璇 (
xuán) meaning "beautiful star, jade" or 绚 (
xuàn) meaning "gorgeous, variegated, adorned, brilliant" combined with 烨 (
yè) meaning "bright, glorious, splendid, firelight, flame".... [
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Xueliang m ChineseFrom Chinese 学
(xué) meaning "study, learning, school" combined with 良
(liáng) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable"... [
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Xystus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)Latinized form of the Greek name Ξυστος (
Xystos), which meant "scraped (smooth), polished" (from
xyein "to scrape"). This was the birth name of the pope Saint
Sixtus I. It was also borne by a Kemetian martyr saint.
Yacatecuhtli m Aztec and Toltec MythologyMeans "nose lord" or "lord of those who go" in Nahuatl, from
yacatl "nose, point; something in the lead" and
tecuhtli "lord". This was the Aztec god of travelling merchants.
Yafei f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 雅
(yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" or 亚
(yà) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 菲
(fēi) meaning "fragrant, rich, luxurious", 非
(fēi) meaning "not, wrong" or 飞
(fēi) meaning "to fly"... [
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Yakym m UkrainianUkrainian form of
Yakim. This was borne by the Blessed Yakym Senkivskyi (1896-1941), a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest martyred under Soviet regime.
Yambo m Western AfricanA famous bearer was Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017) a Malian writer. Possibly from the Dogon language.
Yanauluha m New World MythologyThe great medicine man of the Zuni. He is associated with civilization, agriculture, animal husbandry, social life, healing and knowledge.
Yanming m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 彦
(yàn) meaning "elegant, handsome, learned", 燕
(yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)", 衍
(yán) meaning "overflow, spill over", or 岩
(yán) meaning "cliff, rocks" combined with 明
(míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 鸣
(míng) "sing, call, cry"... [
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Yehl m New World Mythology, TlingitThe Tlingit creator-god, the bringer of culture as well as a trickster. He stole fire and gave it to humankind. Assuming the shape of a large raven, he flew over the primal fog and dissipated it with his wings until the first lands emerged... [
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Yelm m EnglishA modification of the native word
Shelm applied to the shimmering heat waves which arose from the earth when the summer sun shone hot.
Yeslam m ArabicMeans "to deliver", "to bless", or "to protect" in Arabic.
Yezo m Fula, Western AfricanA name used by the Fula people, who are the largest ethnic group in Western Africa and the Sahel.
Yimantuwingyai m New World MythologyA culture hero of the Hupa (California) and the one who established world order. He was the leader of the beings (the Kihunai) who inhabited the world before the Hupa. He combined trickiness and eroticism with heroic qualities... [
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Yingxue f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 瑩
(yíng) meaning "lustrous, lustre of gems" or 影
(yǐng) meaning "shadow, picture, image" combined with 雪
(xuě) meaning "snow"... [
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Ymar m Anglo-SaxonPossibly an Old English name in which the second element is
mære "famous". Saint Ymar was a 9th-century Benedictine monk at Reculver Abbey in Kent, England, who was killed by marauding Danes... [
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Yōji m JapaneseFrom the Japanese kanji 洋 (
yō) meaning "ocean" or 陽 (
yō) meaning "sun; sunlight" or 燿 (
yō) meaning "shine, sparkle" combined with 二 (
ji) meaning "two; second" or 次 (
ji) meaning "sequence" or 司 (
ji) meaning "an official, a director, a boss".... [
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Yolly f Haitian Creole, FilipinoA famous bearer of this name is Yolly Roberson (Haiti, 1955-) a Miami attorney and Democratic politician who serves as the representative for District 104 of the Florida House of Representatives.
Yongfeng m ChineseFrom Chinese 永
(yǒng) meaning "perpetual, eternal" or 勇
(yǒng) meaning "courage, bravery" combined with 锋
(fēng) meaning "pointed edge" or 峰
(fēng) meaning "peak, summit", as well as other character combinations.
Yongming m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 永
(yǒng) meaning "perpetual, eternal" combined with 明
(míng) meaning "bright, light, clear"... [
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Yongzhi m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 永
(yǒng) meaning "perpetual, eternal" or 用
(yòng) meaning "to use, to employ" combined with 志
(zhì) meaning "will, determination, aspiration", 之
(zhī) denoting possession or modification of a word, or 治
(zhì) meaning "to govern, to administer", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Yostima f EthiopianBuried at Daza, virgin daughter of a King. Saint in the Ethiopian/Abyssinian Church's Coptic Calendar.
Youping m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 幼
(yòu) meaning "young, child" or "to protect, to care for" combined with 平
(píng) meaning "level, even, flat", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Youyou f Chinese (Rare)Adapted from the sentence "呦呦鹿鸣, 食野之蒿" translated as ‘Deer bleat “youyou” while they are eating the wild Hao’ in the Chinese Book of Odes.
Yoyo f & m ChineseDerived from Chinese 友
(yǒu) meaning "friend, companion" combined with itself, as well as other character combinations.
Ypres m English (Rare)From the name of the town and municipality in Belgium's West Flanders province (see
Ieper), the name first used and peaked during the Battles of Ypres in 1914 and 1915.
Yrieix m French (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)Possibly a Gallicized form of
Aredius. This was the name of a 6th-century Catholic saint born at Limoges, France, also known as Saint Aredius, who served for a time in the court of the Franks and then founded the monastery of Atane in Limousin... [
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Ysarn m Occitan, GasconFrom Old High German
īsarn meaing "iron". Saint Ysarn of Toulouse was an abbot at St.
Victor's, Marseilles, France, after serving there as a Benedictine monk... [
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Ysbaddaden m Welsh MythologyThe name of a giant and father of
Olwen in the
Mabinogion, a collection of eleven prose stories collated from medieval Welsh manuscripts.... [
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Yuejun m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 粤
(yuè), a meaningless particle used in sentences also used to refer to the city of Guangdong, or 悦
(yuè) meaning "pleased, contented, gratified" combined with 军
(jūn) meaning "army, military", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Yuhui f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 宇
(yǔ) meaning "house, building" combined with 慧
(huì) meaning "bright, intelligent", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Yuna m BrazilianIn Brazilian Portuguese, it means "dark river", and is derived from
Tupi 'y, water, +
un, black.
Yvenson m Haitian CreoleTransferred use of the surname
Yvenson. A famous bearer of this name is Yvenson Bernard (1984-) a former professional Canadian football running back.
Ywi m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)Perhaps from the Old English elements
íw "yew tree" (see
īwaz) and
wig "war". Ywi (or Iwig) was an Anglo-Saxon saint venerated in the English county of Wiltshire in the Middle Ages, where his relics were enshrined (at the county town, Wilton, near Salisbury)... [
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Zabad m BiblicalZabad is the name of seven men in the Hebrew Bible. Zabad means "gift" or "endowment."
Zaccur m BiblicalZaccur of the house of
Reuben was the father of
Shammua, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:4.
Żdan m Polish, SlavicAllegedly derived from Russian ждать "to await, to expect; to look forward".
Zdziemił m PolishOld Polish male name, composed of two parts:
Zdzie originating from
jьzděti "put, do, make" and
mil "nice". It could mean "the one who makes others kinder".
Zdziwoj m PolishOld Polish male name, composed of two parts -
Zdzi "make, give name" and
woj "warrior".
Zeal-for-god m English (Puritan)A name used in reference to Romans 10:2, "For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge."
Zealous m English (African, Rare)From the English word
zealous meaning "full of zeal, ardent", perhaps intended to be an English form of
Zelotes. This was the name of a Union general in the American Civil War: Zealous Bates Tower (1819-1900).
Zebra f ObscureFrom the name of the African animal with black and white stripes. An English girl born in Southampton in 1875 was given the name Zebra Lynes apparently in reference to the phrase
zebra lines, i.e., the stripes of a zebra.... [
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Zeezrom m MormonNephite lawyer, Converted by Alma² and Amulek, later Nephite missionary (c. 82 BC)
Żelibrat m PolishDerived from
Żeli ''desire, want'' and
brat ''brother''.
Zenas m BiblicalContracted form of
Zenodoros. In the New Testament it belonged to one of the 70 apostles whom Jesus appointed to do ministries.
Zenora f English (Rare), LiteratureThe name of a woman in 'A genuine account of the life and transactions of H. ap D. Price ... Written by himself' (1752).
Zephathi m Biblical, JewishThe name might mean "one born on Sabbath", but more probably is a modification of the ethnic Zephathi (Zephathite), from Zarephathi (Zarephathite).