This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and a substring is a.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Nūrātūnn f BalochiDerived from
nūr meaning "light" and
(h)ātūnn meaning "lady".
Nurbadan f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
badan meaning "skin, complexion".
Nurbahor f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
bahor meaning "spring".
Nurbakyt m & f KazakhDerived from Kazakh нұр
(nur) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin) combined with бақыт
(baqıt) meaning "happiness".
Nurbanot f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
banot meaning "velvet".
Nurbanu f TurkishCombination of Arabic
nur meaning "light" and Persian
banu meaning "lady". See also
Nur and
Banu.
Nurbaxt f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
baxt meaning "happiness" or "luck, good fortune".
Nurbika f ChechenFrom Arabic نُور
(nūr) meaning "light, illumination" combined with Turkic
bika meaning "lady, girl, mistress".
Nurbüläk f BashkirFrom Arabic
نور (nur) meaning "light" and
бүләк (büläk) meaning "gift, present".
Nurchechak f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
chechak meaning "flower".
Nurdan f TurkishMeans "from the light", ultimately from Arabic نور
(nur) meaning "light" and Turkish
-dan meaning "from".
Nurdavlat f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
davlat meaning "wealth, fortune" or "happiness".
Nurfarahin f MalayFrom Arabic نور
(nur) meaning "light" and فرحين
(farahin) meaning "rejoicing, happy, joyous".
Nurgo'zal f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
nur meaning "divine light" and
go'zal meaning "beautiful".
Nurgulshan f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
gulshan meaning "flower garden".
Nurhan f & m TurkishFrom Arabic نور
(nur) meaning "light" and the Turkic title
han meaning "khan, ruler".
Nurhayot f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
hayot meaning "life".
Nuria f JapaneseFrom Japanese 野 (nu) meaning "area, field", 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nuridə f AzerbaijaniMeans "light of the eyes", from Arabic نور
(nur) meaning "light" and Persian دیده
(dideh) meaning "eye".
Nuridiyda f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
diyda meaning "eye".
Nurjamol f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
jamol meaning "beauty".
Nurjan m & f KazakhMeans "bright soul" in Kazakh. Combination of the Kazakh word
nur, meaning "light" (ultimately derived from Arabic
nūr) and the Kazakh word
jan, meaning "soul" or "dear" (ultimately derived from Persian)... [
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Nurjannat f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
jannat meaning "heaven".
Nurlana f AzerbaijaniA half-calque of the name
Svetlana, with Russian свет
(svet) meaning "light, world" replaced with Azerbaijani
nur meaning "light" (ultimately from Arabic).
Nurlig'oyat f UzbekDerived from
nurli meaning "radiant, shining" and
g'oyat(da) meaning "extremely".
Nurlihayot f UzbekDerived from
nurli meaning "radiant, shining" and
hayot meaning "life".
Nuroniya f UzbekDerived from
nuroniy meaning "shining with light".
Nurposhsha f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
poshsha, an endearing term for a girl or woman.
Nursadaf f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
nur meaning "divine light" and
sadaf meaning "mother-of-pearl".
Nursäsäk f BashkirFrom Arabic
نور (nur) meaning "light" and Bashkir
сәсәк (säsäk) meaning "flower".
Nursaule f KazakhFrom Kazakh нұр
(nur) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin) and сәуле
(saule) meaning "ray, halo".
Nurshoda f UzbekDerived from
nur meaning "divine light" and
shoda meaning "necklace" or
shod meaning "joyful".
Nurta f AssyrianMeans "buttercup (flower)" in Assyrian (genus Ranunculus).
Nurtoza f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
nur meaning "divine light" and
toza meaning "clean, pure".
Nurulain f MalayFrom Arabic نور ال
(nur al) meaning "light of the" and عين
('ayn) meaning "eye".
Nurzada f KyrgyzFrom Arabic نور
(nūr) meaning "light" combined with Persian زاده
(zādeh) meaning "offspring".
Nurzat f & m Kyrgyz, KazakhFrom Kyrgyz нур
(nur) and Kazakh нұр
(nur) both meaning "light" combined with Persian زاده
(zadeh) meaning "offspring". It is more commonly used as a feminine name in Kyrgyzstan while it is used more as a masculine name in Kazakhstan.
Nusaba f BengaliIt means fighter/strong-willed/courageous/warrior
Nusaibah f Arabic (Archaic)It means ‘nurturing’. It is the name of one of the first women to convert to Islam and a companion of Muhammad.
Nushaba f Literature, Urdu, Azerbaijani (Anglicized)Means "water of life", possibly from Persian نوش
(nush) meaning "ambrosia, nectar, elixir" and آب
(ab) meaning "water". This is the name of a queen of Barda in Nizami Ganjavi's
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Nusrat f & m Urdu, Bengali, PersianDerived from Arabic نَصْر
(naṣr) meaning "victory, triumph" or نَصَرَ
(naṣara) meaning "to help, to assist". It is a unisex name in Pakistan and Iran while it is solely feminine in Bangladesh.
Ñusta f SpanishMeans "princess" in Quechua. It was used as a title in the Inca Empire, not as a personal name.
Nutan f IndianMeans "new" in Sanskrit and Sanskrit-derived languages.
Nuʻuanu m & f HawaiianA unisex Hawaiian name derived from the word
nuʻu meaning “height” and
anu meaning “cool”, thus "chilly heights". It is also the name of a cliff, valley, and stream in Honolulu.
Nuvua f InuitAn Inuit name. This is the name of an Inuit woman in the movie: "The Journey Home".
Nuya f MordvinDerived from Erzya
нуема (nuema) meaning "harvest".
Nuzhat f UrduMeans "pleasure, cheerfulness, delight" or "pureness, chastity" in Urdu, ultimately from Arabic نزهة
(nuzhah).
Nwakanma f IgboThis feminine name means "Child is better" in Igbo.
Nwakauba m & f IgboMeans "a child is more valuable than wealth" in Igbo.
Nya f SwahiliDerived from the Swahili word "
Nia," meaning "
purpose."
Nyai Loro Kidul f Far Eastern MythologyThe name of an Indonesia sea goddess, also known as Queen of the Southern Sea. Her name is derived from the honorific
nyai,
loro meaning "two", and
kidul meaning "south, southern"... [
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Nyakeru f Kikuyu (Rare)Yours means someone in the ancestry or kin of those who had lighter complexion "nyamweru" was your first or in some cases little one from the wilderness for the wilderness is known as "werú"
Nyamayarwo m & f NyoroThis name means ‘meat for Death’, indicating the worst of luck.
Nyamjav m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian ням
(nyam) meaning "Sunday" and жав
(jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Nyamsüren f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian ням
(nyam) meaning "Sunday" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Nyanko f Popular CultureName of an antagonist in Sailor Moon. Composed of "nyan", an otomonopoeia and Japanese equivalent to "meow", and "ko", meaning "child".
Nyaring f DinkaLiterally "running" in Dinka. It could be given to a baby whose mother was running (or getting out) while the labour started.
Nyaruai f Kikuyu (Rare)More curious to know what ruai means with that you can get to know the name for it means one who comes from 'the ruai'
Nyashadzashe m & f Shonaits from zimbabwe and is in the shona language it means Gods grace
Nyashanu m & f ShonaMeaning "the fifth one". It was also the name of a Shona historical figure and King, Nyashanu, who was the ruler of a Shona people known as the Hera.
Nyemera f AfricanBantu names by the Bagwere a tribe found in Uganda East Africa.
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
Nyima m & f TibetanFrom Tibetan ཉི་མ
(nyi-ma) meaning "sun, day".
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.
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.
Nyoka f Popular Culture, African American, Jamaican PatoisThe name of a character from two 15-part movie serials in the early 1940s:
Jungle Girl (1941) and
Perils of Nyoka (1942). The serials were based on the novel
Jungle Girl (1932) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, in which the titular character was named
Fou-tan... [
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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.
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.
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.