TugmEnglish (Rare) From the naval expression. Famous bearers include: Tug Dumbly (1965-), the pseudonym of Australian performance poet and musician Geoff Forrester and Tug McGraw (1944-2004), a Major League Baseball pitcher.
TurafAmerican Noted bearer is American actress Tura Satana (1938-2011), born Suvaki to a Japanese-Filipino father and Cheyenne-Scots-Irish mother. She said of her names: 'Suvaki means "white chameleon" or "white flower" in Japanese, but in Cheyenne it's Tura'... [more]
UnasmAncient Egyptian From Egyptian wnjs, possibly meaning "who exists indeed", derived from wnn "to exist" and js, an intensifying particle. This was the throne name of the last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom.
VaclaŭmBelarusian Belarusian form of Václav, variant of native Viačaslaŭ inherited from Old Belarusian. Derived from Slavic element *vęťe meaning "more" combined with *slava meaning "fame, glory".
VacunafRoman Mythology Derived from Latin vaco, meaning "to be at leisure". Vacuna was the goddess of rest after harvest in Roman mythology.
VadermPopular Culture Originally from the English word "invader", but later associated with the Dutch word vader ("father"). This is the pseudonym of Darth Vader (real name AnakinSkywalker), antagonist in the Star Wars original trilogy by George Lucas.
ValenafNorth Frisian Seibicke thinks this name is an elaborate form of Vahle which he further links via Volle with names including the Germanic name element folk "people, folk".
ValerisfPopular Culture Created by adding the prefix Val to the name Eris. Valeris is a major character in 'Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country' (1991). English actress Kim Cattrall portrayed Valeris as well as helping to create aspects of the character including the name.
ValetudofRoman Mythology From the name of the Roman goddess of Health. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Hygieia.
Valfridm & fSwedish, Finnish Swedish and Finnish form of Walafrid and Waldfrid, much more common as a male name. Valfrid Palmgren (1877-1967), a Swedish politician and teacher, was a famous female bearer of the name.
VallefSpanish Means "valley" in Spanish, taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Valle and Nuestra Señora de la Valle, meaning "The Virgin of the Valley" and "Our Lady of the Valley" respectively.... [more]
VallivanafCatalan, Catalan (Valencian) From the Valencian title of the Virgin Mary, Mare de Déu de Vallivana, meaning "Mother of God of Vallivana."... [more]
ValmafFinnish 19th-century coinage derived from Finnish valmu meaning "poppy".
ValmikimSanskrit From Sanskrit वल्मीक (valmīka) meaning "anthill". This is the name of a legendary poet believed to have authored the Hindu epic the Ramayana.
ValvanerafSpanish From Latin Vallis Venaria meaning "valley of water veins". This is the name of a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora de Valvanera, venerated in the monastery of Valvanera as the patron saint of La Rioja, Spain.
ValvanuzfSpanish (European) From the Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de Valvanuz and Nuestra Señora de Valvanuz, meaning "The Virgin of Valvanuz" and "Our Lady of Valvanuz," venerated at the sanctuary in Selaya in Cantabria, northern Spain... [more]
VamanamHinduism Means "dwarfish, small, short-statured" in Sanskrit. This is the name of one of the avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu, who appears as a dwarf man to recover the three worlds (earth, heaven and the netherworld) from the demon king Bali.
VambolamEstonian From a character in a novel with the same name by Estonian writer Andres Saal (1861-1931). Possibly derived from the name of Varbola castle or from the old Estonian word vambas, which means "mace".
VaminifHinduism This name (not to be confused with Bamini, Padmini, Yamini, Jamini, or Kamini) was a very much in use in India before 1700’s. It was a name only taken by female babies in royal families or women of highest status and caste.... [more]
Vạnm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 萬 (vạn) meaning "ten thousand, myriad".
VandermAmerican, Brazilian Probably a contraction of the two words van der "from the" occurring as part of Dutch surnames like Van Der Waal promoted to a given name.
Vandym & fLao From Lao ວັນ (van) meaning "day" and ດີ (dy) meaning "good, fine, nice".
VanellopefPopular Culture, English (Rare) Coined in the Disney animated film 'Wreck-It Ralph' (2013), telling the story of the eponymous arcade game villain who rebels against his role and dreams of becoming a hero. He travels between games in the arcade and eventually meets Vanellope von Schweetz (the second protagonist), a glitchy character from the in-universe video game 'Sugar Rush', a candy themed kart-racing game... [more]
VanesfEnglish Nickname for "Vanessa" Not commonly used. The name 'Vanessa' was invented by the Anglo-Irish Jonathan Swift in 1708.
VanillefPopular Culture Means "vanilla" in French. A famous bearer is the character Vanille in the Final Fantasy video games.
VanityfEnglish (American) From the English word vanity. This name surged in 1983 coinciding with the revival of the magazine 'Vanity Fair'.
VanjiefPopular Culture Variant of Vangie, which is a diminutive of Evangeline. Miss Vanjie is the stage name of José Cancel, an American drag performer known for competing on the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race.
VarenkafRussian Pet form of Varvara. It is the name a heroine in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Poor Folk' and a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina'.
VarlenmSoviet (Rare) Means "great army of Lenin", from великая армия Ленина (velikaya armiya Lenina). This name was used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.
Varmaf & mFinnish Means "sure, certain, reliable" in Finnish.
VarricmPopular Culture In the Dragon Age video game series, Varric Tethras is a "surfacer" dwarf (who traditionally live underground), merchant, and best-selling novelist. His most notable traits are his loyalty, sense of humor, gravelly voice, chest hair, and a one-of-a-kind semi-automatic crossbow named Bianca... [more]
VarysmLiterature, Popular Culture Varys is the name of an eunuch character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former. ... [more]
VasoulafGreek Diminutive of Vasiliki (formed of Vaso 2 and the Greek feminine diminutive suffix -ούλα (-oula)).
Vassarm & fAmerican (Rare) Transferred use of the surname Vassar. Notable namesakes are Vassar CarltonClements (1928 - 2005) American folk musician known as the Father of Hillbilly Jazz and female poet Vassar Miller (1924 - 1998).
VazulmHungarian (Rare) Variant of Vászoly via the Old Hungarian form Wazul. Vazul, (before 997–1031 or 1032) was a member of the House of Árpád, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians.
Vệm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 衞 (vệ) meaning "to protect".
VeyselmTurkish The name is derived from Arabic Uwais al-Qarani, the name of the first Islamic mystic. His name is rendered in Turkish as Veysel Karani.
VolburgmMedieval German Derived from Old High German folk meaning "people, nation" and burg meaning "castle, city".
Waadf & mArabic Means "promise" or "covenant" in Arabic.
WaalkemEast Frisian An East Frisian short form of names beginning in Wal- (derived from the Germanic name element walt "to rule").... [more]
WabemWest Frisian Frisian short form of names that have Gothic valdan for a first element, and of which the second element starts with a "b." The names Waldebert and Waldebrand are good examples of that.
WærburgfAnglo-Saxon From Old English wær "aware, cautious" and burg "fortress". Alternatively, the first element could be from wær "true" or "truth, faith, fidelity" (from wēraz).
WærnoðmAnglo-Saxon Derived from either Old English wær "aware, cautious" or wǣr "true, correct; faith, fidelity" and noð "boldness, daring".
WærstanmAnglo-Saxon Meaning uncertain. The first element may derive from either Old English wær "aware, cautious" or wær "truth, faith, fidelity" (compare Old High German war "aware" and war "true") and the second element from stan 1 "stone".
WahabmArabic, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu Means "giver, bestower" in Arabic, from the root وَهَبَ (wahaba) meaning "to give, to bestow". In Islamic tradition الوهاب (al-Wahab) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
WahonomJavanese From Javanese wahana meaning "vehicle, carriage" or "omen, meaning, interpretation", ultimately from Sanskrit वाहन (vāhana).
WahyomJavanese From Javanese wahya meaning "to come out, to appear (as in a revelation)".
WahyonomJavanese From Javanese wahya meaning "to come out, to appear (as in a revelation)" combined with either the masculine suffix -na or the word ana meaning "being, having, holding".
WaikofJapanese From Japanese 倭 (wai) meaning "Japanese" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
WaimifJapanese From Japanese 羽 (wa) meaning "feathers", 維 (i) meaning "to tie; to fasten; to tie up" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see". Other kanji combinations are possible.