KauldimBasque Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of Claudio and Claude.
KaumudifIndian From Sanskrit कौमुदी (kaumudī) meaning "moonlight". This is another name for Sharad Purnima, a harvest festival celebrated on the full moon of late September or early October.
LazhvardimGeorgian (Rare) Derived from the Georgian word ლაჟვარდი (lazhvardi) meaning "azure", which is primarily used in Georgian poetry and literature in order to describe the colour of the sky. However, there are also sources that say that the word means "lapis lazuli" in Georgian, which makes sense, since the word is most likely derived from Persian لاجورد (lajvard) meaning "lapis lazuli" via Arabic لازوردي (lazuwardiyy) meaning "azure-coloured".
LazuardimIndonesian Means "lapis lazuli" or "sky blue" in Indonesian, ultimately from Persian لاجورد (lājvard).
Ludim & fGerman, Dutch (Rare) German and Dutch diminutive of given names that contain the Germanic element hlut meaning "famous" (such as Ludwig) as well as of given names that contain the Germanic element liut meaning "people" (such as Ludger, Ludwina and Luitgard).
Maradim & fGeorgian Derived from the Georgian adjective მარადი (maradi) meaning "eternal, everlasting". For men, this name can also be the nominative case form of Marad.... [more]
MaudifLiterature The female protagonist in Die Luftgängerin by Robert Schneider has the name Maudi.
MawardimIndonesian From the name of 11th-century Islamic jurist Al-Mawardi, who was the chief judge of the Abbasid dynasty. His name is derived from Arabic ماء ورد (ma' ward) meaning "rosewater", given to him because his father sold rosewater.
Merodi-fJapanese From Japanese 奏 (merodi-) meaning "play music, complete" or from 美 (me) meaning "beautiful" or 和 (me) meaning "harmony" combined with 音 (rodi) meaning "sound".... [more]
MuniandimHinduism, Tamil Possibly from Tamil முனி (muni) meaning "sage" combined with ஆண்டவர் (antavar) meaning "lord". This is the name of a Tamil folk deity who guards plantations and estates.
MuradimGeorgian Form of Murad with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი (-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
MyratgeldimTurkmen From the given name Myrat combined with the past tense of Turkmen gelmek meaning "to come".
NahundimNear Eastern Mythology, Elamite Mythology In the Elamite pantheon, Nahundi was the god of the sun, but also the god of justice and law. His name - spelled Nahiti in earlier times - was apparently the same as the word for 'sun' in Elamite, although the literal meaning of that word is said to be "creator of the day"... [more]
Nakedim & fTswana Means "striped polecat" in Setswana.
NandifZulu Means "sweet" in Zulu. This was the name of the mother of Shaka, famed warrior king of the Zulus in colonial South Africa (though her grave is marked Nindi).
NandimHinduism Means "joy, pleasure, delight" in Sanskrit. In Hindu mythology this is the name of the bull mount (vahana) of the god Shiva.
NarundifNear Eastern Mythology, Elamite Mythology In the Elamite pantheon, Narundi was the goddess of victory and thus we can consider her to be a war goddess. It is uncertain what the meaning of her name was in the Elamite language. She, along with the goddesses Shiashum and Niarzina, was said to be a sister of the 'great goddess', namely Kiririsha... [more]
NasudimIlocano, Filipino From Ilocano nasudi meaning "illustrious, renowned, famous, celebrated".
PatthamawadifThai From Thai ปัทมา (patthama) meaning "lotus" and วดี (wadi) meaning "possessing, having".
PerëndimAlbanian Mythology Perëndi is the Albanian word for "God", "the sky" and "heaven". Perëndi is thought to have been a sky and thunder god in the Albanian pagan mythology, and to have been worshiped by the Illyrians in antiquity.
Phakdim & fThai Means "devotion, loyalty" in Thai.
PremwadifThai From Thai เปรม (prem) meaning "content, happy, delighted" and วดี (wadi) meaning "possessing, having".
PriyadimJavanese, Indonesian From Javanese priya meaning "man, boy" combined with adi meaning "first" in Indonesian or "beautiful, good, valuable" in Javanese.
RaindimGeorgian Derived from the Georgian noun რაინდი (raindi) meaning "knight". This is a relatively modern name, which might possibly have been inspired by the Georgian rock band რკინის რაინდი (Rkinis Raindi), whose name means "Iron Knight"... [more]
RushdimArabic Means "well-guided, following the right course" in Arabic, from the root رشد (rashada) meaning "to be on the right path, to be rightly guided".
SetiadimIndonesian From Indonesian setia meaning "loyal, obedient, faithful" combined with adi meaning "first" in Indonesian or "beautiful, good, valuable" in Javanese.
ShangdimChinese Mythology Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝; pinyin: Shàngdì; Wade–Giles: Shang Ti), also written simply, "Emperor" (Chinese: 帝; pinyin: Dì), is the Chinese term for "Supreme Deity" or "Highest Deity" in the theology of the classical texts, especially deriving from Shang theology and finding an equivalent in the later Tian ("Heaven" or "Great Whole") of Zhou theology.
SodimBiblical Sodi of the house of Zebulun was the father of Gaddiel, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:10.
SupriyadimJavanese, Indonesian From the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" combined with Javanese priya meaning "man, boy" and adi meaning "beautiful, good, valuable".
Taamash-yerdimCaucasian Mythology Means "lord of wonder". Taamash-Yerdi was the god of fate in Vainakh mythology who could grow in size when angered.
TäçberdimTurkmen From Arabic تاج (tāj) meaning "crown" and bermek meaning "given".
TaidifEstonian (Archaic) Meaning unknown. Compare this name with the similar-looking names Taida and Taidas, both of which are in use in Estonia's fellow Baltic country Lithuania.
TodimFaroese The first name of Faroese soccer/football player Todi Jónsson (1972 - ), who is arguably regarded in the Faroe Islands as the most successful football player of all time.... [more]
To'qberdimUzbek Derived from the Uzbek to'q meaning "full, satiated, comfortable, prosperous" and berdi meaning "gave".
To'raberdimUzbek Derived from the Uzbek to'ra meaning "lord" and berdi meaning "gave".
ToregeldimKyrgyz From төре (töre) meaning "morals" and combined with гелди (geldi) meaning "came, arrived"
To'yberdimUzbek Derived from the Uzbek to'y meaning "feast, celebration" and berdi meaning "gave".
UsdimCherokee From the Cherokee word ᎤᏍᏗ (usdi) which is both a noun meaning "baby" and an adjective meaning "little, small". Wil Usdi ("little Will") was the Cherokee name of William Holland Thomas (1805-1893), an American lawyer, politician and soldier who had been adopted into the Cherokee tribe as a teenager.