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Tymir m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Portmanteau of Tyler and Amir 1.

Ugranfir m Guanche

Ujmir m Albanian (Rare)

Umair m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic عمير (see Umayr), as well as the Urdu form.

Uniemir m Polish
Means "better peace", derived from Slavic unie "better, improved" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Unimir m Polish
Variant of Uniemir.

Utkir m Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek oʻtkir meaning "sharp, keen" (cf. Utkirbek).

Uwaymir m Arabic

Uzair m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic عزير (see Uzayr), as well as the Urdu form.

Üzeir m Crimean Tatar
Crimean Tatar form of Uzair.

Uzeir m Karachay-Balkar
Karachay-Balkar form of Üzeir.

Üzeyir m Turkish, Azerbaijani
Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Uzair.

Uzeyir m Azerbaijani
Variant transcription of Üzeyir.

Vadzimir m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Vadimir.

Vafþrúðnir m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Means "the mightily entangling one". This is the name of a wise giant in Norse mythology.

Valamir m Germanic, History
Variant spelling of Valamar. But with this spelling it is also possible that the second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace." Valamir was the name of a 5th-century king of the Ostrogoths.

Valdecir m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Valdemir, replaced by the suffix -cir, taken from names ending with that pattern, e.g. Moacir.

Valdeir m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Valdir.

Valdemir m Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Variant of Valdemiro.

Valdenir m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Valdir m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Means "son of Valdemar" or "little Valdemar". The -ir indicates that it's a diminutive form.

Valdonir m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Valmir m Albanian
Masculine form of Valmira.

Valmir m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Walmir.

Vanir m & f Old Norse, Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology, the Vanir are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future. The Vanir are one of two groups of gods (the other being the Æsir) and are the namesake of the location Vanaheim... [more]

Vardamir m Literature
Means "jewel of Varda". In Tolkien's Legendarium this is the name of the second King of Númenor. He was the son of Elros, nephew of Elrond, and grandson of Earendil.

Vatromir m Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
From Serbian ватра (vatra) meaning "fire" and мир (mir) meaning "peace" or "glory". Thus the name means "vigorous or passionate for glory/peace".

Velemir m Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare), Serbian, Slovene
Variant of Velimir.

Velir m Soviet, Russian
Contraction of Russian великий рабочий (velikiy rabochiy) meaning "great worker" as well as of Владимир Ленин и революция (Vladimir Lenin i revolyutsiya) meaning "Vladimir Lenin and the revolution"... [more]

Velmir m Bulgarian
Cognate of Velimir.

Vesemir m Literature

Veðrfölnir m Norse Mythology
Possibly meaning "storm pale," "wind bleached" or "wind-witherer", veđrfölnir is a hawk that sits between the eyes of the unnamed eagle that is perched atop the world tree Yggdrasil.

Vidomir m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is probably derived from Serbo-Croatian videti or vidjeti "to see, to sight, to look, to behold", which is derived from Proto-Slavic viděti "to see"... [more]

Vígnir m Old Norse
Derived from the Old Norse element víg "war".

Vignir m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Vígnir.

Vir m Indian, Hindi, Punjabi
Modern form of Vira.

Vizimír m Czech (Rare, Archaic)

Vladzimir m Soviet, Belarusian (Rare), Russian (Belarusianized)
Russian influenced dialectal variant of Uladzimir most common in the Soviet era. Today, it is also often used as a Belarusianisation of Russian Vladimir opposed to standard Belarusian form Uladzimir.

Vlagyimir m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Vladimir.

Vojimir m Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Variant form of Vojmir

Vojmír m Czech, Slovak
Variant form of Vojmir.

Vojmir m Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic elements voi "soldier" and mir meaning "peace" or "world"..

Vojnomir m Croatian, Slovene
Means "war and peace", derived from Slavic vojna meaning "war" combined with Slavic mir meaning "peace".

Volimir m Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian
Means "peaceful will", derived from Proto-Slavic volja "will, volition" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Vukmir m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the elements vuk meaning"wolf" and mir meaning "peace".

Vukomir m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from Serbo-Croatian vuk "wolf", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ "wolf". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]

Vushmgir m Gilaki
from Gilaki 'vushm' meaning quail and the suffix '-gir' meaning to catch. so in short it means quail catcher.

Waldir m Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Walter, more commonly used in Brazil

Walkir m Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Likely a variant of Walker.

Walmir m Brazilian

Wazir m Arabic
Means "helper, assistant" in Arabic.

Weztemir m Adyghe, Kabardian, Circassian
From Turkic "Öz" (source) + "Demir" (iron)

Wielimir m Polish (Archaic)

Wierzymir m Polish
Means "to believe in peace", derived from Polish wierzyć "to believe, to trust, to rely" (which is probably ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic věra "faith, belief") combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Wilkomir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish wilk "wolf", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ "wolf". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]

Winthir m History (Ecclesiastical)
Blessed Winthir was probably a traveling preacher who Christianized the Upper Bavarian region west of the river Isar in the 8th or 12th century. He is venerated in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Germany... [more]

Witomir m Polish
Polish form of Vitomir.

Wladimir m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Владимир (see Vladimir).

Włodzimir m Medieval Polish
Older form of Włodzimierz.

Wojmir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish wojak "soldier", which is ultimately derived from Slavic voi "soldier". Also compare Polish wojna "war", which is ultimately derived from Slavic vojna "war"... [more]

Wolemir m Polish
Variant of Wolimir.

Wolimir m Polish
The first element of this name has two possible explanations for its etymology. One explanation is that it is derived from Polish woleć "to prefer". The other explanation is that it is derived from Polish wola "will, volition"... [more]

Wszemir m Medieval Polish
Derived from Slavic wsze "all, always" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Xäbir m Bashkir, Tatar

Xandir m Popular Culture, American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xander. This is the name of one of the housemates on the cartoon Drawn Together.

Xhabir m Albanian
Albanian form of Jabir.

Xhevahir m Albanian
Derived from Albanian xhevahir meaning "diamond; gem, jewel" and figuratively meaning "very nice; goodhearted; precious". It is a cognate of Turkish Cevahir.

Xhevair m Albanian
Variant of Xhevahir.

Xıdır m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Khidr.

Xotšir m Ubykh
Etymology unknown.

Yadir m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Possibly a masculine form of Yadira.

Yahir m Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic, Modern)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a variant of Yair. A known bearer of this name is Mexican singer and actor Yahir Othón Parra (1979-), commonly known as Yahir, whose career began on the music reality show La Academia in 2002, the first year Yahir appeared in the top 1000 names in the United States.

Yakir m Hebrew
Masculine form of Yakira.

Yamir m Indian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Hinduism
Means "moon" in Sanskrit.

Yangir m Mongolian (Rare)
Means "ibex, wild goat" in Mongolian.

Yashfir m Caribbean (Rare)

Yassir m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسر (see Yasir).

Yeskendir m Kazakh
Variant transcription of Eskendir.

Yidir m Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Idir.

Yllmir m Albanian (Rare)
Masculine form of Yllmira.

Ýmir m Icelandic
Icelandic younger form of Ymir.

Ymir m Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology Ymir was a primeval giant and the first living creature. His grandsons Odin, Vili and Ve used Ymir's slain body to create the world

Yo'ltemir m Uzbek
Derived from the Uzbek yo'l meaning "road, path" or "journey" and temir meaning "iron".

Yomg'ir m Uzbek
Means "rain" in Uzbek.

Yudhishthir m Hindi, Bengali
Modern form of Yudhishthira.

Yusufkabir m Uzbek
Derived from the given name Yusuf and kabir meaning "great, large".

Yzeir m Albanian
Albanian form of Uzair.

Zaakir m South African
Form of Zakir used especially in South Africa.

Zabir m Arabic
From Arabic “zabara” meaning “one who praises”.

Zafir m Arabic
Means "winner, victor" in Arabic.

Zafrir m Hebrew
Variant of Tzafrir.

Zagir m Bashkir (Russified), Dagestani (Russified)
Russian form of Zaahir 1 or Zaahir 2, used particularly in Bashkortostan and Dagestan.

Zaïr m Literature
Appears in medieval legends of the knight-errant Amadis, perhaps related to Zaïre or a place name mentioned in the Old Testament (2 Kings 8:21), Za'ir meaning "little".

Zakhir m Tatar, Bashkir, Chechen
Tatar, Bashkie and Chechen form of Zahir

Zakir m Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Tatar
From Arabic ذَاكَرَ (ḏākara) meaning "to memorise, to remember, to study".

Zalair m African American
Alair

Zamaair m & f Arabic
Means "hearts, minds, consciouses" or "secrets of the mind" in Arabic.

Zamfir m Romanian (Rare), Old Church Slavic
From the archaic Old Church Slavonic word самфиръ (samfirŭ) meaning "sapphire".

Zamir m Hebrew
Means "nightingale" in Hebrew.

Zamir m Albanian
Means "good voice" or "sweet voice" from Albanian zë meaning "voice" and mirë meaning "good".

Zanjir m Uzbek
Means "chain, chains" in Uzbek.

Zavair m Arabic
Bright

Zdobymir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish zdobyć, which can mean "to get, to acquire, to obtain, to gain" as well as "to win, to earn". Also compare Croatian dobiti "to get, to acquire" and Czech dobýt "to gain, to conquer"... [more]

Zdravomir m Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from Bulgarian zdráve or Serbo-Croatian zdravlje "health", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic sъdorvъ "healthy". The second element is derived from either Slavic mir "peace" or Slavic mer "great, famous".

Zdzimir m Polish
Composed of the Polish elements -zdzi meaning 'do' and -mir meaning 'peace', means one who brings peace.

Zećir m Bosnian
Variant of Zekir.

Zefir m Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Bulgarian form of Zephyr.

Zekir m Turkish
Variant of Zakir.

Żelimir m Polish
Polish form of Želimir.

Zéphir m French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Zéphyr.

Zeqir m Albanian

Zhahangir m Kazakh
Kazakh form of Jahangir.

Zhakhongir m Uzbek
Uzbek form of Jahangir.

Zhangir m Kazakh
Short form of Zhahangir (see Jahangir).

Zhitomir m Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Žitomir.

Zhivomir m Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Živomir.

Žitomir m Croatian, Serbian
Means "to live in peace", derived from Proto-Slavic žiti "to live" combined with Slavic mir "peace". In other words, this name is more or less the Croatian and Serbian cognate of the Polish name Życiomierz.

Živomir m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from the Serbo-Croatian adjective živ "alive, live, living", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic živъ "live, alive". Also compare the Serbo-Croatian noun život "life, living, lifetime"... [more]

Zlatimir m Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Variant of Zlatomir.

Zlatomir m Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Derived from Slavic zlato "gold" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Zobair m Bengali
Bengali form of Zubair.

Zohair m Pakistani
Pakistani form of Zuhayr.

Zoheïr m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant of Zoheir influenced by French orthography.

Zoheir m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Zuhayr (chiefly Algerian).

Zohir m Tajik, Uzbek
Tajik and Uzbek form of both Zaahir 1 and Zaahir 2 via their variant transcription Zahir.

Zokir m Uzbek, Tajik
Uzbek and Tajik form of Zakir.

Zoubair m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zubair chiefly used in Northern Africa (particularly Morocco).

Zoubeir m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zubair chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Zoubir m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi transcription of Zubair (chiefly Algerian).

Zouhair m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zuhair chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Zouheir m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Zuhair chiefly used in Northern Africa.

Zouhir m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Maghrebi form of Zahir.

Zubir m Malay, Indonesian
Malay and Indonesian form of Zubair.

Zunair m Pakistani, Urdu
Means "moonlight, shine of the moon" in Urdu.

Zvezdomir m Bulgarian
The first element of this name is derived from Bulgarian zvezda "star", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic gvězda "star". Also compare Czech hvězda and Slovak hviezda, both of which mean "star"... [more]

Zvinimir m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Svinimir.

Zvonomir m Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Zvonimir.

Zyair m African American (Modern)
Variant of Zyaire.

Zymir m African American
A variant of Zamir used by African Americans.

Żytomir m Polish
Polish form of Žitomir.

Żywimir m Polish
Variant of Żywomir.

Żywomir m Polish
The first element of this name is derived from Polish żywy "alive, living, lively" or żywot "life", both of which are ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic živъ "alive". The second element of this name is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]