Submitted Names with "return" in Meaning

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Amleset f Tigrinya
Means "she made it return" in Tigrinya.

Anabia f Urdu (Modern), Indian (Muslim, Modern)
Many websites falsely claim that this is a word found in the Quran. The accurate Quranic word is أناب (anaba) meaning "to turn", with the implied meaning "to repent and return to Allah". According to the website QuranicNames: 'Anaba can be used as a name, though it is more common to use its noun version of Muneeb for boys and Muneebah for girls'... [more]

Antiphanes m Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ἀντί (anti) "against, in return" and φανής (phanes) "appearing". This was the name of a 4th-century BCE comic playwright of Middle Comedy.

Antiphonus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ἀντίφονόν (Antiphonon), derived from Greek ἀντίφονος (antiphonos) meaning "in return for slaughter" or "in revenge for blood", from ἀντί (anti) "in return for; for the sake of, for" and φόνος (phonos) "murder, slaughter; blood shed in murder, gore"... [more]

Avio m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name related to aviorpoq "sound", "ring", "twitter", "buzzing" (in the ears), "whistle". The notion that buzzing in the ears (aviutitsineq or avequllattaaneq) as a plea for food from a deceased is known thoughout most of Greenland... [more]

Balik m & f Balinese
Means "turn, return, again" in Balinese. This name is traditionally added to the end of first, second, third, and fourth-born names (for example, Wayan Balik would be the name given to a fifth-born child, followed by Made Balik, Nyoman Balik, and Ketut Balik for the sixth, seventh, and eighth-born child, respectively).

Eliashib m Biblical
Means "El restores" or "El causes to return." The name of multiple men in the Bible, including three men who were forced to divorce their foreign wives after the Ezrahite return to Jerusalem... [more]

Fan f & m Chinese
Derived from the Chinese character 凡 (fán) meaning "every, all, in general" or 繁 (fán) meaning "numerous; many" or 帆 (fān) meaning "sail; sailboat" or 番 (fān) meaning "to repeat" or 范 (fàn) meaning "model, pattern" or 返 (fǎn) meaning "to return, to go back".... [more]

Fanfan f Chinese (Rare)
From chinese 返 (fǎn) meaning "to return, to go back" doubled. Other character is possible.

Fudong m Chinese
From Chinese 福 (fú) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing", 复 (fù) meaning "return, resume, recover", 扶 (fú) meaning "help, support" or 富 (fù) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy" combined with 东 (dōng) meaning "east" or 栋 (dòng) meaning "pillar, beam"... [more]

Fukujirou m Japanese
From Japanese 冨 (fu) meaning "rich, wealthy", 久 (ku) meaning "long time" or 復 (fuku) meaning "return", 福 (fuku) meaning "good luck, good fortune" combined with 二 (ji) meaning "two", 次 (ji) meaning "next" or 治 (ji) meaning "govern, regulate, administer" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son"... [more]

Guizhong f Chinese
From Chinese 歸, 归 (guī) meaning "to return" and 終, 终 (zhōng) meaning "to end". Other character combinations can form this name as well.... [more]

Herintahina m & f Malagasy
From the Malagasy herina meaning "return" and tahina meaning "blessed".

Herintsoa m & f Malagasy
From the Malagasy herina meaning "return" and soa meaning "good".

Hokianga f & m Maori
Means "return, origin" in Māori.

Hongrae m Korean
From Sino-Korean 弘 "enlarge, expand; liberal, great", 洪 "vast, immense; flood, deluge" or 泓 meaning "clear, deep pool of water" (hong) and 來 "come, coming; return, returning".

Huiliang m Chinese
From Chinese 惠 (huì) meaning "favour, benefit" or 回 (huí) meaning "return, go back" combined with 良 (liáng) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 两 (liǎng) meaning "both, two"... [more]

Iuseneb m Ancient Egyptian
From Egyptian jw-snb meaning "(the one) coming healthy", derived from jj "to come, to return" and snb "health; to heal, be healthy".

Izaso m & f Tumbuka
Means "come again, return" in Tumbuka, a plea for deceased relatives to come back.

Jashobeam m Biblical
The name is comprised of two parts: שוב (shub), meaning "to return" and עם ('am), meaning "people" or "kin". Together, it is said to mean "Let the people return".... [more]

Jelda f East Frisian
Short form of names that contained the Old Frisian name elements jelda "to pay; to return; to yield; to repay; to owe a dept" or gelda/hjeld "money". The name Jelda was most commonly used in the 16th and 17th centuries and finally revived in the 20th century.

Khải Hoàn m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 凱還 (khải hoàn) meaning "to return from victory".

Kichō f Japanese
Derived from 帰 (ki) meaning "to return, come back" and 蝶 (chō) meaning "butterfly".

Kolade m Yoruba
Means "brings lots of wealth" in Yoruba, derived from kó meaning "gather" combined with ọlá meaning "honour, wealth, success, notability" and dé meaning "arrive, return".

Meguru m Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (megu) meaning "love, affection", 運 (meguru) meaning "carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance", 円 (meguru) meaning "circle, yen, round", 廻 (meguru) meaning "round, game, revolve, go around, circumference", 還 (meguru) meaning "send back, return", 恵 (meguru) meaning "favor, blessing, grace, kindness", 周 (meguru, megu) meaning "circumference, circuit, lap", 巡 (meguru) meaning "patrol, go around, circumference", 舞 (meguru) meaning "dance" or 流 (meguru) meaning "current, a sink, flow, forfeit" combined with 来 (ru) meaning "come, due, next, cause, become", 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" or 琉 (ru) meaning "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli"... [more]

Mengfu m Chinese
From Chinese 孟 (mèng) meaning "eldest brother, first month of a season, rude, rough" combined with 頫 (fǔ) meaning "bow, look down, stoop", 復 (fù) meaning "return, repeat", 斧 (fǔ) meaning "axe, hatchet", or 复 (fù) meaning "complex, repeat, go back"... [more]

Munib m Arabic, Urdu, Bosnian
Means "repentant, penitent, turning (back to God)" in Arabic, from the root أناب (ʾanāba) meaning "to return".

Niwat m Thai
Means "return" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit निवृत्ति (nivritti).

Qızqayıt f Azerbaijani
From 'qız' meaning "girl" and 'qayıtmaq' meaning "return." Qızqayıt Salman qızı Həsənova is a well-known bearer.

Restore m & f English (Puritan)
Meaning, "return (someone or something) to a former condition, place, or position." Referring to a restoration of faith.

Return m English (Puritan, Rare, Archaic)
From the English word meaning "to come back" (itself from Old French re- "back" and torner "to turn"), which was given to a boy born in 1708 in Guilford, Connecticut, supposedly in memory of an incident from his parents' courtship; it is popularly claimed that his mother, Hannah Willard (1674-1749) - after repeatedly rejecting his father, Janna Meigs (1672-1739) - finally relented, crying to him as he rode away "Return, Janna, return!" The name has since been borne by more than a dozen of Return Meigs' descendants, including his son, Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823), and grandson, Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr... [more]

Revival m & f English
Meaning, "return to consciousness; restore to health," from Middle French revivre, from Latin revivere "to live again," from re- "again" + vivere "to live."

Shear-jashub m Biblical Hebrew
Meaning "the remnant shall return."

Siqinnaatchiaq f & m Inuit
In Iñupiaq (also known as Inupiat), this name means "the return of the sun after the long darkness." In the TV series True Detective: Night Country, this is the cultural name bestowed on co-protagonist Evangeline Navarro by her deceased mother in a vision.

Tlailotlac m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl tlailoa "to become dirty, to humble oneself; to damage or ruin something", or alternately from a combination of the prefix tla-, iloti "to turn back, to return", and tlacatl "person, human", roughly translating as "person who returns".

Veger m Kurdish
Means "return, comeback" in Kurdish.

Wrocsława f Polish
Derived from wrócić meaning "to return, restore" and sława meaning "fame, glory".

Yeong-rae m & f Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 "petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero" and 來 "come, coming; return, returning".

Žemyna f Lithuanian (Modern), Baltic Mythology
Lithuanian goddess of the earth, her name deriving from Lithuanian žemė "earth".... [more]

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