This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the first letter is N.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Nýbjörg f Icelandic (Rare)Icelandic name with the combination of
nýr "new, newly, recently" and
bjǫrg "help, deliverance".
Nyctimene f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek νύξ (nyx) meaning "night" and μενω (meno) "to last, to withstand". A daughter of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, or, according to others, of Nycteus. Pursued and dishonored by her amorous father, she hid herself in the shade of forests, where she was metamorphosed by Athena into an owl.
Nyemera f AfricanBantu names by the Bagwere a tribe found in Uganda East Africa.
Nyeste f HungarianOld Hungarian name derived from Hungarian
nyest "marten".
Nyfrid f Norwegian (Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
nýr "new" and
friðr "fair, beautiful". This name was coined in the late 19th century.
Nygvik f NivkhMeans "dark"; from the Nivkh word
nyd meaning "dark". This name was given to baby girls born when it was getting dark (for example, at night).
Nyibbu m & f YiMeans "many cattle" in Yi.
Nyijjo m & f YiMeans "cattle owner" in Yi.
Nyikairah f African AmericanIT was first used by queen Elizibeth what she wanted Princess Kate to name her baby but she found out it was a boy
Nyimenka f NigerianNyimenka is used in Nigeria, particularly in Eleme, and means 'good mother.'
Nyina f AkanFrom the Akan
onyina meaning "kapok tree".
Nymbulda f Indigenous Australian, NgarrindjeriOf Australian Aboriginal origin (Ngarrindjeri, to be precise), the meaning of this name is not yet known to me at the moment. This was the name of the mother of David Unaipon (1872-1967), an Australian Aboriginal preacher, inventor and writer.
Nymeria f LiteratureNymeria is a feminine name that is used several times in the book series, 'A song of Ice and Fire' by George R R Martin. Queen Nymeria of the Rhoynar was a great warrior. Later Arya Stark names her direwolf Nymeria after Queen Nymeria... [
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Nymphadora f LiteratureVariant of
Nymphodora used by J. K. Rowling in her 'Harry Potter' series of books, where it belongs to a minor character, a Metamorphmagus who despises her name.
Nymphidia f Late Greek, LiteratureFeminine form of
Nymphidios (see
Nymphidius). A bearer of this name was the mother of Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus, a Prefect of the Roman Praetorian Guard from the 1st century AD... [
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Nynaeve f LiteratureVariant of
Nyneve used by Robert Jordan for a character in his 'Wheel of Time' series of fantasy novels.
Nyneve f Arthurian CycleForm of
Ninniane used by Thomas Malory for one of the Ladies of the Lake in his 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends 'Le Morte d'Arthur' (as she is called
Ninniane in Malory's source, the continuation to the Vulgate 'Merlin', known as the 'Suite du Merlin')... [
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Nyok m & f LaoMeans "raise, lift" in Lao.
Nyokabi f Kikuyu (Archaic)Kikuyus call the maasai "ukabi" this was for girls born from this intermarriage meaning she who came from maasai land
Nyrah f HindiSanskrit, meaning-Rose and beauty of Godess Saraswati
Nyrcia f Etruscan MythologyThe Etruscan goddess of fate and chance, who changes the inevitable and rewrites the past and future.
Nyri f English (Rare)Anglicization of
Nairi, derived from the Assyrian name for a confederation of tribes in the Armenian Highlands.
Nysa f Greek MythologyPossibly from an archaic Greek word meaning "tree". In Greek mythology Nysa was a daughter of Aristaeus, who was believed to have brought up the infant god
Dionysus, and from whom one of the many towns of the name of Nysa was believed to have derived its name.
Nyszka f SilesianSilesian diminutive of
Agnys, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
Nyunt m & f BurmeseMeans "shoots, growth" or "apex, summit" in Burmese.
Nyurapayia f Indigenous Australian, PintupiOf Australian Aboriginal origin (Pintupi, to be precise), the meaning of this name is not yet known to me at the moment. A known bearer is Nyurapayia Nampitjinpa (b. circa 1935), an Australian Aboriginal painter.
Nyurguyana f YakutMeans "Pulsatilla" in Yakut. A Pulsatilla, or Pasqueflower, is a type of flower that can be found in cold areas.
Nywan m & f BurmeseMeans "tendril" or "spring (growth)" in Burmese or from the Burmese verb meaning "to taper upwards" or "to be the best".
Nzuzi m & f KongoMeans "second born twin" in Kikongo.