VidafEnglish The name Vida became fashionable around the mid-19th century, and is a diminutive of Davida.
VidicafSlovene Diminutive of Vida 2, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
VidkafSlovene Diminutive of Vida 2, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
VieirinhamPortuguese Portuguese diminutive of the surname Vieira. A famous bearer is Portuguese soccer player Adelino André Vieira de Freitas (1986-), who is better known as Vieirinha.
ViggemDanish (Rare), Swedish (Rare) Derived from the Old (West) Norse name Vígi, a short form of other masculine names containing the element víg "war, battle". (The name Vígi belonged to one of King Ólafr Tryggvasson's hounds.) As a Swedish name it is sometimes used as a diminutive of Viktor, and can also be inspired by the word vigg meaning "lightning".
VinniefEnglish (American) Diminutive of Lavinia. A notable bearer was the American sculptor Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie (1847-1914), known professionally as Vinnie Ream, who is most well known for her statue of President Abraham Lincoln on display in the United States Capitol rotunda... [more]
VixeyfPopular Culture Diminutive of Vixen, referring to a female fox. This name was used on a character in Disney's 1981 animated film 'The Fox and the Hound'.
VoichițafRomanian Diminutive of Voica. This name was borne by Doamna Maria Voichița (Lady Maria Voichița in English), the wife of Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great in English).
VonettafEnglish (American), African American Possibly a feminine form of Von 3, using the Italian feminine diminutive suffix -etta. It had a little burst of popularity in the United States in the 1970s, when the actress Vonetta McGee (1945-2010) was active.
VovochkamRussian Diminutive of Vladimir via Vova. Vovochka is also a joke in Russia equivalent to Little Johnny in the West, that was recently banned due to Putin getting offended.
VratkomSlovak Originally a diminutive of Vratislav, now used as a given name in its own right.
VrenelifGerman (Swiss), Dutch (Rare) Swiss German diminutive of Verena, which has also been used as an official name in the Netherlands. Vreneli is also the informal name for a range of legal tender gold coins produced in Switzerland.... [more]
VydotasmLithuanian Derived from Vydotis, which could be considered to be a diminutive of masculine names that start with Vyd- (such as Vydgailas and Vydmantas) or end in -vydas (such as Tautvydas), because it contains the masculine suffix -otis, which is sometimes listed as a diminutive suffix and other times as a derivative suffix... [more]
VydotėfLithuanian This name could be considered to be a diminutive of feminine names that start with Vyd- (such as Vydgailė and Vydmantė) or end in -vydė (such as Žadvydė), because it contains the feminine suffix -otė, which is sometimes listed as a diminutive suffix and other times as a derivative suffix... [more]
VydutėfLithuanian Diminutive of feminine given names that start with Vyd- (such as Vydgailė and Vydmantė) or end in -vydė (such as Žadvydė), since this name contains the feminine diminutive suffix -utė.
VydutismLithuanian Diminutive of masculine given names that start with Vyd- (such as Vydgailas and Vydmantas) or end in -vydas (such as Tautvydas), since this name contains the masculine diminutive suffix -utis.
WallemSwedish Variant of Valle, a diminutive of names beginning with Val- or Wal-.
WallyfGerman, Literature Diminutive of Walburga. Walburga Stromminger is the protagonist of the the novel Die Geier-Wally (1873) by Wilhelmine von Hillern, an early example of feminist literature.
Wanjaf & mScandinavian, German German variant of Vanya, a Russian diminutive of either Ivan or Ivanna. This is also used in Scandinavia (see Vanja), where it is primarily feminine.
WidewutomPrussian, Baltic Mythology Derived from the Old Prussian adjective videvis meaning "aware, informed" as well as "known" combined with an Old Prussian diminutive suffix that is the equivalent of the modern Lithuanian masculine diminutive suffix -utis... [more]
WijntjefDutch, Flemish Dutch diminutive of names that contain the element wijn or win, both of which ultimately come from Old High German wini "friend".
Winkiem & fEnglish (Rare) Either a diminutive for names starting with W or ending with the -ine sound, or its transferred use of the surname Winkie.
WinkymEnglish, Literature Winky's origin is English. Winky is a diminutive form of the name Wink.This is the name of Winky Crocket, a character in the "Harry Potter" series written by J.K. Rowling.
WinryfPopular Culture, English (Modern) Possibly a diminutive of Winifred. Winry Rockbell is a character in the Full Metal Alchemist anime and manga, though in that case, the etymology is unknown.
WivinafMedieval, Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Spanish (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical) This name is best known for being the name of the Franco-Flemish abbess and saint Wivina of Groot-Bijgaarden (c. 1103-1170). She is known in modern French as Wivine de Grand-Bigard. After her lifetime, the usage of this name has mainly been in her honour.... [more]
WuffamAnglo-Saxon Diminutive form of the Old English name element wulf "wolf". This was the name of an early king of East Anglia, as recorded in the Anglo-Saxon genealogies.
XiuhcanahualtzinfNahuatl Meaning unknown, although the first element is probably "xihuitl" or "xiuh", meaning "turquoise, grass, green/blue thing" or "year, comet" or "flame, fire". The last element is probably "-tzin", a diminutive or reverential suffix... [more]
XiuhcuetzinfAztec, Nahuatl Possibly derived from Nahuatl xihuitl, which can mean "turquoise, grass, greenish thing", "year, comet", or "flame, fire", cuēitl "skirt", and -tzin, a diminutive or reverential suffix... [more]
XiuhtlaltzinfNahuatl From Nahuatl xiuhtlalli "turquoise lands, jade land", itself derived from xihuitl (xiuh-) "turquoise, grass, greenish thing" and tlālli "earth, land, soil", and the diminutive or reverential suffix -tzin.