This is a list of submitted names in which the pattern is *s* or v*.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ikuska f Basque1920s coinage based on Basque
ikusi "to see, to look, to watch" and the suffix
-ka (which usually indicates repetition), intended as an equivalent to Spanish
Visitación.
Ilaisaane f PolynesianA familiar name in Tonga, Ilaisaane is of Polynesian origin and is said to mean "blooming flower."
Ilasiaq m Greenlandic, Inuit MythologyMeans "a companion acquired (through magic)" in Greenlandic. This occurs in a legend from the Upernavik region of northern Greenland.
Ildus m Tatar, BashkirMeaning "friend of the motherland", derived from Turkic
el or
il meaning "country, homeland" combined with Persian دوست
(dôst) meaning "friend".
Ilgonis m LatvianDerived from Latvian
ilgoties, meaning "to long for".
Iliostalakti f Greek (Rare)Derived from Greek ἥλιος
(helios) meaning "sun" and the verb
stalazo meaning "to drip down slowly", taken from a word used in the Greek Orthodox religion to describe God's throne... [
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Illesgaleron m Arthurian CycleA prince of Wales who joined Arthur’s battle against the Saxons at Vambieres. He is found exclusively in the Livre d’Artus.... [
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Illinois m & f American (Archaic)The state is named for the French adaptation of an Algonquian language (perhaps Miami) word apparently meaning "speaks normally" (cf. Miami
ilenweewa, Old Ottawa
ilinoüek, Proto-Algonquian
elen-, "ordinary" and
-we·, "to speak"), referring to the Illiniwek (Illinois) people... [
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Illus m Late RomanA Roman cognomen of unknown meaning. It could mean "he" in Latin. Flavius Illus was a Roman general, who played an important role in the reigns of the eastern emperors Zeno and Basiliscus.
Illusia f FinnishFrom Yrjö Kokko's 1944 fairytale classic Pessi and Illusia. Illusia is the name of a small fairy who lives by the rainbow. Illusia is described to be naive, but optimistic and care free. The tale is about Pessi the troll and Illusia the fairy, who, despite all the differences between them and their worlds, fall in love... [
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Ilmedous m Livonian, Medieval BalticOf uncertain origin and meaning. Some modern-day academics link this name to Livonian
ilma "joy; light", while others see a connection to Finnish
ilma "air".
Ilsat m TatarMeans "gladness of the motherland" in Tatar.
Ilsia f TatarDerived from
ил (il) meaning "motherland" and
cиярга (siyarga) meaning "to love".
Ilsiaĸ m GreenlandicMeans "child acquired through magic". This is the name of a character in a legend from Greenland's Upernavik region.
İltimas m AzerbaijaniMeaning "request, appeal" in Azerbaijani, from Persian التماس
(eltemâs) "supplication".
Iltutmish m & f Medieval TurkicMeans "maintainer of the kingdom" in Turkic, from
el or
il meaning "realm" and
tut- meaning "to grasp, hold".
Ilvars m LatvianDerived from Latvian
ilgas "longing, yearning" and either
varēt "to be able to" or
vara "power, force; reign".
Ilyasviel f Popular CultureThis is the name of a character from the 'Fate/stay night' Japanese visual novel; Ilyasviel 'Ilya' von Einzbern is a German aristocrat.
Imastuhi f ArmenianDerived from
իմաստ (imast) meaning "sense, meaning, understanding, judgement, knowledge, thought".
Imeraarsuk m GreenlandicSaid to mean "nice little water", derived from Greenlandic
imeq "water" (cf.
Imi) and a diminutive suffix.
Imis f LiteratureMeaning unknown. This is the name of the protagonist of the fairy tale "The Palace of Revenge" by Henriette-Julie de Murat. Imis is a princess who is beloved and captured by the evil enchanter Pagan.
Imisława f PolishDerived from the Slavic name element
imi meaning "seize, take" or "begin" and
sława meaning "fame, glory".
Imsety m Egyptian MythologyIn Egyptian mythology he was a funerary deity, one of the four sons of
Horus tasked with protecting his throne in the underworld. His image was depicted on the canopic jar that held the liver of the deceased.
Inachus m Greek MythologyIn Greek mythology, Inachus was the first king of Argos after whom a river was called Inachus River, the modern Panitsa that drains the western margin of the Argive plain. Most modern mythologists however understand Inachus as one of the river gods, all sons of
Oceanus and
Tethys and thus to the Greeks part of the pre-Olympian or "Pelasgian" mythic landscape.
Ina-ṣilli-esabad f BabylonianMeans "In the protection of Esabad" (the temple of the medicine goddess
Gula), from the Akkadian
ina ṣilli ("under the aegis of, in shadow, in the shade").
İncəsu f AzerbaijaniFrom the Azerbaijani
incə meaning "artful, high quality" or "delicate, gentle, fine, soft" and
su meaning "water".
Increase m & f English (Puritan)Derives from Middle English 'encrease' with the meaning "to turn greater in number". A famous bearer was Increase Mather, the president of Harvard University in 1685, who was a Puritan minister involved with the Salem witch trials... [
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Indaletius m History (Ecclesiastical)Meaning uncertain, though allegedly derived from
indal eccius which is said to mean "messenger of the gods" in a language of pre-Roman Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal). This is the name of the patron saint of Almería, Spain - a 1st-century Christian martyr.
Indiasa f AmericanSpanish and Indonesian meaning-waters of healing or blessings of salvation
Indiges m Roman MythologyMeaning uncertain. It is used as an epithet of certain deities, such as the deified Trojan hero
Aeneas under the title
Jupiter Indiges.
Indis f LiteratureMeans "bride" in Quenya. This was the name of an Elf mentioned in Tolkien's the Silmarillion. Indis was the second wife of Finwë and the grandmother of Galadriel.
Indulis m Latvian, TheatreOriginally a diminutive of
Indriķis, now used as a given name in its own right. Latvian poet and playwright Rainis used this name on the titular character of his play
Indulis un Ārija (1911).
Indus f & m English (Rare)Derived from
Indus, the name of a river in Asia. It starts in Tibet and flows through India and Pakistan, where it ends in the Arabian Sea.
Industrializatsiya f Soviet, Russian (Archaic)Derived from the Russian noun индустриализация
(industrializatsiya) meaning "industrialization". This name was used by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names, in reference to the rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union, which at the beginning was predominantly agricultural.
Ineqaglas m Old IrishPrimitive Irish name derived from the Proto-Celtic
*enekʷom meaning "face" and
*glastos (see
glas) meaning "green, blue".
Ingalsinde f Medieval FrenchAn elongation of Old Icelandic
ing(i), of uncertain origin but perhaps identical with the god name
Ing or
Yngvi, also of uncertain origin + Old Saxon
swīth, Gothic
swinþs from Proto-Germanic
swinþaz "strong".
Ingeles m Arthurian CycleThis is the name of a character appearing in Syre Gawene and the Carle of Carlyle, a Middle English tail-rhyme romance who is one of King Arthur’s knights.
Inias m Judeo-Christian-Islamic LegendOne of the 7 angels reprobated by the church council in Rome (745 C.E.) The others were Uriel, Raquel, Simiel (Semibiel), Tubuel, Tubuas, and Saboac.... [
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Ínisaĸ m GreenlandicEither a variant of
Ínarik or means "one who was given life through the aid of
innersuit (the fire beings; helper spirits)". According to legends a powerful shaman could mention this name in the ear of a deceased person and they would come back to life.
Inkasisa f QuechuaMeans "royal flower" in Quechua from
inka meaning "royal, king", and
sisa meaning "flower".
Inosuke m JapaneseInosuke means growing or old child inosuke is the name for inosuke Hashibira form demon slayer:Kimetsu no yaiba
Insaf f & m Arabic, Tatar, BashkirMeans "fairness, impartiality, justice, equity" in Arabic, from the root أنصف
(ʿanṣafa) meaning "to act justly, to be fair".
Insan m IndonesianMeans "human, man" in Indonesian, ultimately from Arabic إنسان
(ʾinsān).
Inseon f KoreanDeriving from the Sino-Korean elements 仁 (
in), meaning "benevolence, kindness, humaneness", and 善 (
seon) meaning "good, virtuous, charitable, kind" or 仙 (
seon) meaning "immortal, transcendent, Taoist super-being"... [
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Inshushinak m Near Eastern Mythology, Elamite MythologyInshushinak was the name of one of the major gods of the Elamite pantheon. He started out as a mere local god, in which capacity he was the patron deity of the city of Susa. This is also reflected in his name, as it is derived from Sumerian
nin-shushinak meaning "lord of Susa"... [
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In-Sik m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 仁
(in) meaning "compassionate" or 寅
(in) referring to the third of the twelve Earthly Branches (itself associated with the tiger of the Chinese zodiac) combined with 植
(sik) meaning "plant, tree, to plant, to grow"... [
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In-soo m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 仁 (
in) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel" combined with 秀 (
soo) meaning "excellent, outstanding". Other hanja combinations are possible. ... [
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Inspektor m EnglishSwedish for inspector, meaning "overseer, superintendent," from Latin
inspector "one who views or observes," agent noun from past participle stem of
inspicere "look at, observe, view; look into, inspect, examine,"
In-suk f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 仁 "humaneness, benevolence, kindness" and 淑 "good, pure, virtuous, charming".
Intars m LatvianOf uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from
Dzintars and a purely phonetic coinage.
Intisar f & m Arabic, UrduMeans "victory, triumph, conquest" in Arabic, from the root انتصر
(intaṣara) meaning "to gain victory, to triumph". It is typically masculine in Pakistan and feminine elsewhere.
Iñuksuk m Yupik, Greenlandic, InuitMeans "that which acts in the capacity of a human" in Inuktitut. An inuksuk is a human-made stone landmark, used as a point of navigation and reference in the Arctic circle, where few natural landmarks exist.
Inuyasha m Popular CultureFrom 犬 (
inu) meaning "dog", 夜 (
ya) meaning "night", and 叉 (
sha) meaning "fork, to insert, to fold". The Japanese word 夜叉 (
yasha) means "Yaksha". A yaksha is a spirit that is usually friendly... [
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Iolaos m Greek MythologyThe first element of this name is derived from Greek ἰός
(ios), which can mean "arrow" as well as "poison" and "rust". The second element is derived from Greek λαος
(laos) meaning "people".
Iombonantsoa m & f MalagasyFrom the Malagasy
iombona meaning "object of joint ownership or joint effort" and
soa meaning "good".
Iorlas m LiteratureA character in JRR Tolkien's works. The name means either "old leaf" or "old joy" in the fictional Sindarin language, derived from
ior meaning "old" and either
las meaning "leaf" or
glas meaning "joy".
Iosebi m GeorgianForm of
Ioseb with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Iostha f MohawkName of Allyson Pratt's character on Mohawk Girls.