This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the pattern is ****.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ulpio m ItalianPerhaps derived from Latin
lupus meaning "wolf". A famous bearer was Ulpio Minucci, father of smooth jazz guitarist Chieli Minucci.
Ulqo'zi m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
ul meaning "son" and
qo'zi meaning "lamb".
Ultime m Literature (Rare)Alias adopted by
Jean Valjean in
Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Miserables. Valjean is posing as the brother of another character, whose real late brother is stated to have been named Ultime.
Ulugbek m KyrgyzFrom Turkic
ulug meaning "great, big" combined with the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master". This was the moniker of Mirza Muhammad Taraghay bin Shahrukh, a 15th-century Timurid mathematician and astronomer, who was better known as Ulugh Beg.
Ulug'berdi m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
ulug' meaning "great, grand" and
berdi meaning "gave".
Ulug'murod m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
ulug' meaning "great, grand" and
murod meaning "aim, wish, desire".
Ulug'nazar m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
ulug' meaning "great, grand" and
nazar meaning "look, glance".
Ulug'qo'zi m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
ulug' meaning "great, grand" and
qo'zi meaning "lamb".
Ululik m & f GreenlandicGreenlandic combination of
Ulo and -lik (suffix that denotes that the the root word is a form of amulet or helper spirit).
Ulus m UzbekFrom an obsolete Uzbek word meaning "nation, state".
Ulwazi m ZuluDerived from Zulu
ulwazi meaning "knowledge".
Ulzhalgas f & m Kazakh (Rare)From Kazakh ұл
(ul) meaning "son, boy" combined with жалғас
(zhalgas) "continuation, prolongation".
Ulziisukh m MongolianFrom Mongolian өлзий
(ölzii) meaning "good luck, blessing" and сүх
(sükh) meaning "axe".
Um m Korean, ChineseUm, also spelled as Uhm, Eom or Om, is a relatively uncommon family name in Korea. It is written using the same character as the Chinese surname, Yan (嚴). It has only one clan, the Yeongwol Eom clan, based in Yeongwol, Gangwon Province.
Umaamaaq m & f GreenlandicFrom a Greenlandic dialectal term of endearment meaning "baby, youngest child".
Umahoshi m & f JapaneseDepending on the kanji can mean 'horse star' or 'star horse'. Uma meaning horse and hoshi meaning star.
Ûmâĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "fresh, green (plant)", from Proto-Eskimo
uŋ-uma meaning "alive, heart".
Uman m SerbianFrom Serbian
уман (uman) meaning "intelligent".
Umanosuke m JapaneseUmanosuke means "horse" (uma, 馬), a possessive article which is the equivalent of "of" (no, 之), and "to concern oneself with" (suke, 介)
Umataro m Japanese (Rare), Popular CultureDerived from Japanese 馬 (uma) "horse", 太 (ta) "thick, big, great", and 郎 (ro) "son". A notable fictional bearer of the name is Dr. Umataro Tenma, a character in the manga Astro Boy and its subsequent anime adaptations... [
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Umayr m ArabicMeans "populous, prosperous, flourishing" in Arabic, from the word عَمَرَ
('amara) meaning "to live long, to thrive". This was the name of a companion of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Umbarra m Indigenous AustralianUmbarra, or King Merriman (died 1904) was an Aboriginal elder of the Djirringanj/Yuin people of the Bermagui area on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Umbriel m LiteratureProbably derived from Latin
umbra meaning "shadow". This name was created by Alexander Pope for a "dusky, melancholy sprite" in his poem 'The Rape of the Lock' (1712). A moon of Uranus bears this name in his honour.
Umehiko m JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Umehito m JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅 (
ume) meaning "plum" combined with 人 (
hito) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Umeji m JapaneseCombination of Japanese 梅, meaning plum, and じ, meaning character. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Umeo m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "plum" combined with 緒 (o) meaning "end of thread" (usually feminine) or 夫 (o) meaning "husband, man, manly" (usually masculine). Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Umesh m Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Punjabi, Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, TamilFrom Sanskrit उमेश
(umeśa) meaning "Uma's lord", derived from name of the Hindu goddess
Uma combined with Sanskrit ईश
(īśa) meaning "ruler, lord, husband"... [
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Umeta m JapaneseFrom Japanese 梅 (
ume) meaning "plum" combined with 太 (
ta) meaning "thick, big". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Umetaro m JapaneseUme means "Plum" and Taro means "Big Son". Notable bearers are Umetaro Nozaki, a fictional character from "Weekly Girl's Nozaki-kun",a shoujo anime. Umetaro Azechi is an artist and mountaineer who lived up until his 90's and has his publications all over the world... [
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Umi m Polynesian MythologyUmi-a-Liloa was a semi-legendary king from Hawaiian Mythology. Umi killed his older brother King
Hākau.
'Umi means "tenth" in Hawaiian.
Umidjon m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
umid meaning "hope" and
jon meaning "spirit, soul".
Umito m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 羽 (u) meaning "feathers", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 巳 (mi) meaning "sign of the snake" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Umitzhan f & m KazakhFrom Kazakh үміт
(ümit) meaning "hope" combined with жан
(zhan) meaning "soul" (both of Persian origin).
Ummon m UzbekDerived from an obsolete Uzbek word meaning "sea, ocean".
Umoh m & f EfikMeans "born during a festival" in Efik.
Umon m JapaneseThis name combines 右 (u, yuu, migi) meaning "right" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, heaven, house, roof" with 門 (mon, kado, to) meaning "gate."... [
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Umrqo'zi m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
umr meaning "life" and
qo'zi meaning "lamb".
Umrsuyun m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
umr meaning "life" and
suyun- meaning "to be delighted".
Umrtoj m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
umr meaning "life" and
toj meaning "crown".
Umrtoy m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
umr meaning "life" and
toy meaning "colt".
Ümürbek m TurkmenFrom Arabic عمر (
ʿumr) meaning "life" and the Turkic military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master".
Un m & f LaoMeans "warm, tranquil" in Lao.
Uẩn m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 蘊 (
uẩn) meaning "to accumulate, to contain, profoundness".
Unako m & f XhosaMeans "ability" or "you can" in Xhosa.
Unalaq m Popular CultureName of Korra's uncle and main antagonist of Book 2 of Legend of Korra, an American animated television series that aired on the Nickelodeon television network from 2012 to 2014.
Unam m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 牛 (u) meaning "cow, heifer, bull", combined with 男 (nam) meaning "male". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
Unas m Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
wnjs, possibly meaning "who exists indeed", derived from
wnn "to exist" and
js, an intensifying particle. This was the throne name of the last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.
Unato m JapaneseFrom Japanese 海 (
una) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 人 (
to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Unatsiaĸ m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "beautiful, precious harpoon". Combination of
Unâĸ and suffix
-tsiaq "beautiful, precious".
Ünenbat m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian үнэн
(ünen) meaning "true, truth" and бат
(batu) meaning "firm, strong".
Ünenbayar m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian үнэн
(ünen) meaning "true, truth" and баяр
(bayar) meaning "joy, celebration".
Ünenbuyan f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian үнэн
(ünen) meaning "true, truth" and буян
(buyan) meaning "good deed, virtue, charity" or "fortune, blessing".
Ünensaikhan m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian үнэн
(ünen) meaning "true, truth" and сайхан
(saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
Üneterdene f & m MongolianMeans "precious jewel" in Mongolian, from үнэт
(ünet) meaning "precious, valuable" and эрдэнэ
(erdene) meaning "jewel, treasure".
Unferð m EnglishUnferth's name can be understood in a number of ways. A common reading, by Morton W. Bloomfield is to see it as
un +
frith, "mar peace": similarly, J. R. R. Tolkien considered the name to mean Unpeace/Quarrel, or perhaps 'Unfriend'... [
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Ungaaq m & f GreenlandicMeans "baby, last-born" in Greenlandic, originally "the wailing one".
Unhuan m & f LaoEtymology uncertain, perhaps from
ອຸ່ນ (un) meaning "warm, tranquil" and
ເຮືອນ (hɨ́aːn) meaning "home, abode".
Uniedrog m PolishDerived from Slavic
unie "better, improved" combined with Polish
drogi "precious, dear" (which was ultimately derived from Slavic
dorgu "precious, dear").
Uniegost m PolishMeans "better guest", from Slavic
unie "better, improved" combined with Slavic
gost "guest".
Uniemir m PolishMeans "better peace", derived from Slavic
unie "better, improved" combined with Slavic
mir "peace".
Uniemysł m PolishMeans "better thought(s)", derived from Slavic
unie "better, improved" combined with Polish
myśl "thought" (which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic
mysliti "to think").
Uniesław m PolishMeans "better glory", derived from Slavic
unie "better, improved" combined with Slavic
slav "glory".
Uniewit m PolishDerived from Slavic
unie "better, improved" combined with Slavic
vit or
wit(o) "lord, master, ruler".
Unkai m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 雲 (un) meaning "cloud" combined with 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" or 界 (kai) meaning "world, border". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Unkulunkulu m Zulu, African MythologyMeans "the old, old one" or "ancestor" in Zulu. This was the name of a mythic first ancestor in early Zulu mythology, who appeared, or was created from, breaking reeds. It may have also been used to denote any significant ancestor... [
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Untamo m Finnish, Finnish MythologyOld Finnish name with unclear origin: possibly derived either from old Germanic name
Undo or Finnish word
uni, meaning "dream". Untamo was a character in Finnish epic Kalevala.
Untoro m JavaneseFrom Javanese
untara meaning "between, among" as well as "north" or "left".
Unuel m EsperantoFrom the Esperanto phrase
Unu el la popolo "One out of the people". Unuel was a pseudonym used by L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
Unulf m GermanicEither derived from Old High German
unnan "to grant, to allow, to yield" and combined with Gothic
vulfs "wolf", or variant of
Hunulf.
Ünver m & f TurkishDerived from
ün meaning "reputation, fame" and
ver meaning "truth".
Unwona m Medieval EnglishDerived from the Old English word
wana, meaning "lack." The name Unwona is interpreted as "not lacking."
Uosis m Lithuanian, Folklore, Popular CultureDerived from the Lithuanian noun
uosis meaning "ash tree". In Lithuanian folklore and popular culture, Uosis is the name of one of the three sons of the titular character of the folk tale
Eglė žalčių karalienė, which translates to English as
Eglė, the Queen of Serpents.
Upadarma m Old PersianMeans "he who is under right conduct, behaving according to law", from Old Persian 𐎢𐎱
(upa) "under, by, with" and
darma "right conduct, law" (compare Sanskrit धर्म
(dharma)).
Upal m Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Nepali, Marathi, Assamese, Indian (Sikh)MEANING - opal; Jewel, precious stone, rock
Upendra m Indian, Hindi, OdiaFrom Sanskrit उप
(upa) meaning "under, below, after" combined with the name of the Hindu god
Indra. This is an epithet of
Vishnu, referring to him being born after Indra.
Upenyu m ShonaUpenyu means "life".
This may be given by a parent meditating over the circumstances of life. Upi m & f FinnishA diminutive of
Urpo, also used as a nickname for other names starting with U.
Upsilon m English (Rare)The 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Y, υ). Only used by Upsilon Phi Lockhart (1908-88), of Texas. His father Thomas had come into possession of a Greek alphabet bible, and decided, on a whim, to name his children after Greek letters... [
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Upul m SinhaleseMeans "water lily, lotus" in Sinhala, ultimately from Sanskrit उत्पल
(utpala).
Ur m BiblicalThe name comes from אור (
'or), meaning "to light".... [
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Ura m & f TahitianFrom Tahitian
'ura meaning "red" or "purple".
Uraatua m & f TahitianDerived from
ura meaning "red" and
atua meaning "god".
U-ram m KoreanMeans "robust, vigorous, imposing" in Korean.
Uranbaatar m MongolianMeans "skilled hero" in Mongolian, from уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and баатар
(baatar) meaning "hero".
Uranbayan m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and баян
(bayan) meaning "rich, wealthy".
Uranbayar m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and баяр
(bayar) meaning "joy, celebration".
Uransaikhan f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and сайхан
(saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
Urantögs f & m MongolianMeans "perfect art" in Mongolian, from уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous"and төгс
(tögs) meaning "perfect".
Urantsog m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and цог
(tsog) meaning "energy, embers, glowing coals" or "splendour, glory".
Urantülkhüür f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and түлхүүр
(tülkhüür) meaning "key".
Uranzhargal f & m MongolianFrom Mongolian уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and жаргал
(jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Uravini m TahitianCombination of Tahitian
'ura meaning "red" or "purple" and
vini meaning "black-fronted parakeet" (a type of bird found on Tahiti).
Urayoán m Spanish (Caribbean), TaínoName of a Taíno chief from the island of Puerto Rico. Chief Urayoán ordered the drowning of conquistador Diego de Salcedo to determine whether the Spanish were gods.