OrofrisafSpanish (European, Rare), Literature Possibly elaboration of Orosia. The famous bearer of this name was Doña Orofrisa (Orofrisia) de Mendoza y Castilla, married to Don Francisco de Cepeda y Guzmán, who was a nephew of Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515 - 1582)... [more]
OrohenafPolynesian Name of Polynesian origin, meaning "embrace of the heights".
OromafUrhobo The name Oroma originates from Nigeria, specifically from the Urhobo or sometimes the Isoko ethnic groups in the southern Niger Delta region.... [more]
OromeafPolynesian Polynesian name, composed by "oro", meaning "heights" and "mea", short for "alamea", meaning "precious", or from "mea"; hence the meaning is "precious heights", or "high one".
OrorafJapanese From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "beginning", 露 (ro) meaning "naked, bare" combined with 良 (ra) meaning "good". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
OrovidafJudeo-Spanish Means "golden life" from Spanish oro "gold" combined with vida "life". This name was used by Jewish women in the medieval kingdom of Navarre.
OrreagafBasque The Basque Orreaga, composed of orre (juniper) and aga (a common Basque ending that indicates abundance), means "place full of junipers, juniper grove". ... [more]
OrsenafAmerican (Rare, Archaic) In the case of Orsena Fowler (1838-1918), it appears to be a feminine form of Orson, the name of her father - the American phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler.
OrthiafGreek Mythology Meaning uncertain, possibly of pre-Greek origin, but perhaps related to Greek ὄρθιος (orthios) which meant "straight up, steep, uphill" as well as "setting straight". This was the name of a pre-Greek goddess worshipped in the central Peloponnese and later identified with Artemis (called Artemis Orthia).
OrthosiafGreek Mythology Derived from Greek ὄρθωσις (orthosis) meaning "prosperity". Orthosia or Orthosie was one of the Horae (Greek goddesses associated with times and seasons).
Oryzaf & mIndonesian Literally taken from the genus of plants in the grasses' family. This name is being used in reference to Oryza sativa, the Asian rice.
OsafEnglish Meaning unknown. This was the name of American explorer and documentary filmmaker Osa Johnson (1894-1953). In the case of Danish actress Osa Massen (1914-2006) it was apparently an Anglicized form of Aase, her birth name, a variant of Åse.
OsafJapanese From Japanese 緒 (o) meaning "thread" combined with 沙 (sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations are possible.
OsafDanish (Rare) Short form of names beginning with the element Os-, itself derived from Old Norse óss "god" or ǫss "heathen god".
OsabamMedieval Basque Derived from Basque osaba "uncle". As a given name, Osaba was recorded from the 10th century onwards.
OsakafJapanese From Japanese 修 (osa) meaning "discipline, study" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
OsanafMedieval Basque Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories include a derivation from Basque otzan "tame" or a derivation from Basque otso "wolf".
OsanafAnglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical) Derived from the Old English elements os "god" and āna "sole, alone". This name was borne by Saint Osana, a Northumbrian princess whose local following as a saint developed informally after her death, though she was never officially canonised... [more]
OsatamJapanese From Japanese 長 (osa) meaning "chief, head, leader" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big". Other kanji combinations are possible.
OsatakamJapanese From Japanese 魁 (osa) meaning "chief" combined with 岳 (taka) meaning "mountain peak". Other kanji combinations are possible.
OsayamJapanese From Japanese 修 (osa) meaning "study, discipline" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". This name can be formed with other kanji combinations as well.
OsazuwamBini, African Origin from Edo State of Nigeria, West Africa..it means God has chosen wealth for me
OsceolamHistory, Creek (Anglicized) Anglicized form of Creek Asi Yahola meaning "black drink singer" from asi, the name of a ritual beverage, and yahola "shouter". It was borne by a 19th-century Seminole leader.
OssawamEnglish (Modern) Derived from the town of Osawatomie, Kansas. A famous bearer was the artist Henry Ossawa Tanner.
OssiafObscure Feminine form of Ossian. A typhoon in 1950 was named Ossia.
OssinissamGuanche Derived from Guanche *ussiniẓẓa, meaning "he who makes fair reasoning". This was the name of a king from the island of El Hierro in the mid-15th century.
OstarafGermanic Mythology (Hypothetical) Hypothetical Old High German form of the name of a Germanic goddess of fertility and spring (probably originally of sunrise, whose feast was celebrated at the spring equinox), reconstructed by linguist Jacob Grimm... [more]
OstrogothamGothic Ostrogotha was a leader of the eastern Goths in the Ukraine, who invaded Roman Moesia during the Crisis of the Third Century, mentioned by the 6th-century historian Jordanes. Jordanes' account differs from those of Zosimus and Joannes Zonaras, who do not mention Ostrogotha, and therefore his existence was questioned... [more]
ŌtamJapanese (Modern) This name combines 桜 (ou, you, sakura) meaning "cherry (blossom) tree" with 太 (ta, tai, futo.i, futo.ru) meaning "big around, plump, thick" or 大 (tai, dai, oo-, -oo.ini, oo.kii, ta) meaning "big, large."... [more]
OtamRussian (Archaic), Uzbek (Rare) As a Russian name, this name is ultimately derived from the genitive of the Russian noun отец (otets) meaning "father".... [more]
OtacíliafPortuguese (Brazilian), Literature Portuguese form of Otacilia. Otacília is the love interest of the main character in João Guimarães Rosa's 1956 novel Grande Sertão: Veredas (The Devil to Pay in the Backlands in English), an adaptation of the faustian motif to the sertão.
OtaciliafLate Roman, History Feminine form of Otacilius. Marcia Otacilia Severa was the Empress of Rome and wife of Emperor Philip the Arab, who reigned over the Roman Empire from 244 to 249.
OthagwendamNew World Mythology Sapling, the older twin brother of Juskaha, culture heroes of the Seneca. They were born to a young woman magically impregnated by the West Wind. Flint was cast out by his grandmother who hated him, but Juskaha went looking for him and found him in a hollow tree, and took him back home where they grew up together... [more]
Óðin-DísafOld Norse (Rare) From the name of the Norse god Óðinn (see Odin; possibly via an Old West Norse byname) combined with the feminine name Disa, a short form of other names containing the element dís "goddess".
OtiamGeorgian When written as ოთია, this name is a diminutive of Otar. But when written as ოტია, it is an independent name with likely a different etymology (possibly Kartvelian).... [more]
OtohafJapanese From 乙 (oto) meaning "maiden" or 音 (oto) meaning "sound" combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feather, plume" or 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.
OtokafJapanese From Japanese 音 (oto) meaning "sound" combined with 風 (ka) meaning "wind", 奏 (ka) meaning "play music, complete", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 華 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
OtoyamJapanese From Japanese 二 (oto) meaning "two" combined with 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
OtrerafGreek Mythology (Latinized) Queen of the Amazons in Greek mythology, Otrera is sometimes considered the mythological founder of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, which was closely connected with Amazons. She is also sometimes considered the founder of the Amazon nation, though many myths place the first Amazons much earlier.
OukafJapanese From Japanese 桜花 (ouka) meaning "cherry blossom". It is spelled with 桜 (ou) meaning "cherry blossom" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower, blossom"... [more]
OulamSami, Finnish Oula is originally a Sami variant of Ola and Ovlá, thus related to Olaf. It's nowadays used by Finns as well.
OulafArabic (Maghrebi) It means the first or a high place depending on the way it is pronounced
OureafGreek Mythology Perhaps from οὐρεύς (oureus), the Ionic Greek form of ὀρεύς (oreus) meaning "mule", which in turn is a derivative of ὄρος (oros) "mountain" (mules being much used in mountainous countries)... [more]
OychehrafUzbek Derived from oy meaning "moon" and chehra meaning "face".
OychillafUzbek Derived from oy meaning "moon" and chilla refering to specific days in the year or a person's life - the forty hottest or coldest days of the year, the forty days following a child's birth, the forty days following a person's marriage, or a religious rite involving forty days of seclusion and prayer.
OydinafUzbek Derived from Uzbek oydin meaning "moonlit".