This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is English or American.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Wave f English (Rare)From Old English
wafian (verb), from the Germanic base of
waver; the noun by alteration (influenced by the verb) of Middle English
wawe ‘(sea) wave’.
Wealthy m & f English (Puritan), American (Rare), English (Canadian, Rare), English (African, Rare)Meaning, "having a great deal of money, resources, or assets; rich." In this case, spiritual blessings from God. From Middle English
welthy,
welþi, equivalent to
wealth + -
y.
Weeko f & m American (Rare)Many sites list is as meaning "pretty" in Sioux, when in fact it's a slang form of
wikoska meaning "venereal disease". It's likely an invented name.
Weep-not m & f English (Puritan)In reference to Luke 7:13, "And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not."
Welcome m & f English, English (Puritan)The origin of Welcome is the English language. Derived literally from the common word 'welcome'. It represents the transferred use of the vocabulary word as a given name.
West m & f EnglishFrom the English word, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European
*wes-pero- "evening, night". It may also be considered transferred use of the surname
West or a short form of
Weston.
Whit m & f EnglishPossibly from the English word "white" or a diminutive of
Whitney or other names beginning with
Whit.
Winkie m & f English (Rare)Either a diminutive for names starting with W or ending with the -ine sound, or its transferred use of the surname
Winkie.
Wish m & f EnglishMeaning "a desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen". From Middle English
wisshen, from Old English
wȳscan "to wish", from Proto-Germanic
*wunskijaną "to wish", from Proto-Indo-European
*wun-,
*wenh₁- "to wish, love"... [
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Woodnut m & f American (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Woodnut. Famous bearer is Woodnut S.
Burr (1861-1952) who fought for women's legal right to vote in the US.
Worden m & f English (Rare)Variant of
Warden and rarely used as a feminine form. A known bearer was the American painter Worden Day (1912-1986).
Xanadu f English (Modern), LiteratureAnglicized form of
Shangdu (meaning "Upper Capital"), the summer capital of Kublai, the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. The city, famously visited by Marco Polo in 1275, came into Western popular culture in the early 19th century via the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem "Kubla Khan."
Xanthene f American (Rare)Modern elaborated form of
Xanthe. It coincides with the name of a yellow organic heterocyclic compound; xanthene dyes tend to be fluorescent and brilliant, yellow to pink to bluish-red.
Xen m & f English (Modern)Variant of
Zen. This name was used by American actors Tisha Campbell and Duane Martin for their son born 2001.
Xosha f African American (Rare)Variant of the word
Xhosa, the name of a ethnic group in southern Africa, which means "fierce" or "angry" in Khoisan languages. American actress Xosha Roquemore (born 1984) bears this name.
Xylina f English (Rare), African American (Rare)Modern name coined in the early 20th century either as a variant of
Xylia or directly from Greek ξύλινος
(xylinos) meaning "wooden; of wood" (a derivative of ξύλον
(xylon) "wood", a word used in the New Testament to mean "the Cross")... [
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Xylo m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)Possibly based on the Greek word ξύλον
(xylon) meaning "wood". This name was used by American rapper and television personality Lil Scrappy (real name Darryl Raynard Richardson III) for his daughter born 2020.