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Tythan m English (Rare)

Ultan m English, Irish
Anglicised form of Ultán.

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... [more]

Urian m English (Rare), Welsh
Variant of Urien.

Usain m English, Caribbean
Probably a form of Husayn. Usain Bolt is a Jamaican runner who broke the world record in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Vaden m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Vaden.

Valgean m English (American)
Variant of Valjean.

Vanburen m English (American)
Transferred use of the surname Vanburen. See also Van Buren.

Vann m English (American)
Variant of Van, or transferred from the English surname Vann.

Varian m English
English form of Varianus.

Vashon m English (Rare)

Vayden m English (Rare)
Variant of Vaden.

Ven f & m English
Short form of Vena, Venice, Venicia, Venetia, Vanessa, Veronica, Veronique, Venus, Venustus, Venustian, and other names beginning with or otherwise containing ven-.

Verdon m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Verdon.

Verdun m & f English (British)
From the name of the city in France which derives from the Latin 'Verodunum', meaning "strong fort". This name was first used during the First World War when the city became well-known due to the Battle of Verdun (1916)... [more]

Veron m & f English

Vinson m English
Transferred use of the surname Vinson.

Vinton m English
Transferred use of the surname Vinton.

Virgin f & m English (Puritan)
Simply from the English word virgin, meaning "pure".

Vitalian m English
English form of Vitalianus. This name was borne by a pope from the 7th century AD.

Viven m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly intended as a masculine form of Vivian.

Von m English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Vaughn.

Vonn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Anglised spelling of Vaughn.

Vrian m English (Rare), Welsh
Variant transcription of Urien or Urian, though in some cases it may be a rhyming variant of Brian.

Waelyn m & f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Waylynn. According to the Social Security Administration, Waelyn was given to 5 girls and 10 boys in 2018.

Waldon m English (Rare)
Variant of Walden.

Wanton m English (American, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Wanton. This was used by John Bunyan for a female character in his allegorical novel The Pilgrim's Progress (1678).

Warden m English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Could be from the English word 'warden', or a transferred use of the surname

Warrington m English (American)

Watsyn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Watson.

Wattan m & f English (Rare), Indian (Rare)

Wayden m English (Modern, Rare)
Probably an invented names with the -ayden trend in names such as Jayden, Brayden, and Hayden

Waylan m English
Variant of Wayland.

Waylen m English (Rare)
Variant of Waylon.

Waylin m English (Rare)
Variant of Wayland.

Waylonn m English (Rare)
Variant of Waylon.

Waylyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Wayland using the phonetic element lyn.

Waylynn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant (typically feminine) of Waylon.

Wayman m English
Transferred use of the surname Wayman. A famous bearer is the late NBA basketball player and smooth jazz bassist Wayman Tisdale.

Weedon m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Weedon. This was borne by the English actor and writer Weedon Grossmith (1854-1919), full name Walter Weedon Grossmith... [more]

Wellington m English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Transferred use of the surname Wellington.

Wellman m Louisiana Creole, English (American, Rare, Archaic), American (South)
Transferred use of the surname Wellman.

Welton m English, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Transferred use of the surname Welton.

Wen m English
Short form of Wendell.

Wesson m English
Variant of Weston.

Westen m English (American, Modern)
Variant of Weston.

Westin m English (Modern)
Variant of Weston.

Westlyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of 'West' and the popular name suffix -lyn.

Westyn m English (Modern)
Variant of Weston.

Wharton m English (Archaic)
From the surname Wharton.

Whitten m English (Rare)
Variant of Witten.

Wigan m English (Rare)
A rare personal name from the town so-named in Lancashire, itself apparently derived from a Celtic personal name.... [more]

Wilbern m English (Rare)
Variant of Wilburn.

Wilburton m English
Transferred use of the surname Wilburton.

Wilden m English
Transferred use of the surname Wilden.

Williamson m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Williamson.

Willington m Spanish (Latin American, Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Willington.

Willman m & f English (American, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Willman.

Willson m English (Rare)
Variant of Wilson.

Wilmington m English
Transferred use of the surname Wilmington.

Win m English
Short form of Winston and Edwin.

Winn m & f English (American)
Variant of Wynn.

Winstan m English
Variant of Winston.

Winsten m English
Variant of Winston.

Winstyn m English
Variant of Winston.

Wiseman m English, English (African)
From the English surname Wiseman, commonly used in South Africa.

Wiston m Spanish (Latin American), English (African), French (African), Indonesian (Rare), Malaysian (Rare)
Variant of Winston.

Witten m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the surname Witten.

Wolston m English
Transferred use of the surname Wolston.

Woodson m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Woodson.

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).

Worthington m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Worthington.

Wrennyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaborated form of Wren.

Wylan m English
Probably a variant of Wayland.

Wyman m English
Transferred use of the surname Wyman.

Wynstan m English
Variant of Winston.

Wynsten m English
Variant of Winston.

Wynston m English (Rare)
Variant of Winston.

Wynton m English
Variant of Winton. Two jazz musicians bear this name, Wynton Marsalis and Wynton Kelly.

Wyvern m English

Xan f & m English (Rare)
Short form of Alexandra, Alexander, Xanthe and other names containing xan... [more]

Xavin m English (American)

Xayden m English (Rare)
Variant of Zayden.

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.

Xeyon m English (American)
Xeyon is a masculine given name. It means “the ocean of wisdom people or maesters“. It originates from a masculine or feminine Chinese given name Ziyang (子洋), in which Zi(子) means son/wisdom people/subset, yang(洋) means ocean/fashion/western.

Xion f & m Popular Culture, English
Variant of Zion.

Xylon m English (American, Modern, Rare), African American (Rare)
Derived from Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood, timber", a word used in the New Testament of the cross (for example, Acts of the Apostles 5:30 and 10:39).

Yelberton m English (Rare)
Variant of Yelverton. Yelberton Abraham Tittle Jr. (1926-2017) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback.

Yeshwin m Indian, English (American, Rare)
Variant of Yashwin.

Yuvin m English (Modern, Rare)

Zaden m English (Modern)
Variant of Zayden or Zaiden

Zadyn m English (Modern), English (American, Modern)
Variant of Zayden. Zadyn was given to 27 boys in 2014 according to the SSA.

Zaeden m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zayden.

Zaedyn m English (Modern)
Variant of Zayden or Zaiden

Zaelyn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaelynn.

Zaidenn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaiden. Zaidenn was given to 5 boys in 2018 according to the SSA.

Zaidyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zayden.

Zailyn m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaelynn.

Zanden m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Combination of the sounds present in the name Zander with the phonetic element den.

Zandon m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zanden.

Zandyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zanden.

Zaryn f & m English (American, Rare), Malaysian (Rare)

Zavian m English
Variant of Xavian

Zaydon m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zayden.

Zaylen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
A combination of the phonetic element zay with the popular suffix len, likely inspired by names such as Kaylen, Braylen and Jaylen.

Zaylin f & m English (New Zealand)

Zaylynn f & m English (Modern, Rare)
A recently created name, formed using the popular name suffix lyn.

Zaynn m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zane 1 or Zayn.

Zayven m English (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Xavier or Zavier. According to the SSA, Zayven was given to 13 boys in 2018.

Zebeon m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly an early American variant of Zibeon.

Zeelan m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zealand.

Zen m & f English
This name is derived from either the word that is the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state' or, in the case of U.S. soccer/football defender Zen Luzniak, a shortened form of Zenon.... [more]

Zephan m English (Rare)
Truncated form of Zephaniah.

Zephryn m English
Variant of Zéphyrin.

Zeplynn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zeplyn.

Zeppelin m English (Modern)
Transferred use of the name of the Zeppelin airships; from the surname of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), a German aeronautical pioneer, designer and manufacturer of airships... [more]

Zepplin m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zeppelin

Zeren m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Zeren.

Zeven m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Seven.

Zevin m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zeven, possibly influenced by Kevin.

Zevran m English (Rare)
Variant of Saffron.

Zevyn m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zeven and Sevyn.

Zhayden m English (Modern, Rare)
Either a variant of Zayden or Shayden. Zhayden was given to 11 boys in 2018 according to the SSA.

Zieven m English (American, Rare)

Zildjian m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Possibly from a surname of an anglicized form of Armenian Զիլճյան (Zilčyan) meaning "cymbal-maker". This was the name of Zaijian Godsick Lara Jaranilla and Zymic Demigod Lara Jaranilla's brother, Zildjian Godweevil Lara Jaranilla.

Zillion m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the word zillion, coined in the 1940s to refer to an unspecified large number, itself a blend of the letter Z and million.

Ziyan m & f Muslim, English (Rare)
Variant of Zian.

Zolten m English (Rare)
Variant of Zoltán.

Zorin m English
Variant of Zoran.

Zxavian m English (Modern)
Variant of Xavier.

Zyan m English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Variant of Zion, the spelling probably influenced by that of Ryan.

Zyon m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Zion.

Zyren m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Likely a combination of the phonetic elements zy and ren or a variant of Zyron.