AlgminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from Lithuanian alga meaning "salary, wage, pay" as well as "reward". The second element is derived from the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".
AlminafEnglish Possibly a diminutive form of Alma 1 or a variant form of Elmina. This name was borne by the English aristocrat Almina, Countess of Carnarvon (1876-1969) - she was the wife of George Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), who was involved in the discovery and excavation of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.
AlminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from Lithuanian al meaning "everything, every last one". The second element is derived from the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".
AminafJapanese From 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia, sub-", 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful", and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can be used.
AminadabmEnglish (Puritan), Mormon Variant of Amminadab. According to the Book of Mormon this was the name of a Nephite who fell away from the church and became associated with the Lamanites... [more]
AminattafWestern African (Rare) Variant of Aminata. This is borne by Aminatta Forna (1964-), a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean descent.
AmminadabmBiblical Means "my people are generous" or "my kinsman is noble" in Hebrew, from עַם (ʿam) "people, nation, kinsman" combined with the suffix י (i) "my" and the verb נָדַב (nadav) "to willingly give" (by implication "to be noble"; also see Nadab)... [more]
AmminadibmBiblical Occurs once in the Old Testament, in Song of Solomon 6:12, where it is probably a variant form of Amminadab. However, there is uncertainty as to whether it should be interpreted as a proper name at all; the verse could be translated as 'the chariots of Amminadib' or as 'the chariots of my willing people' (or 'the chariots of my princely people').
AmminayafHittite Meaning unknown. Name borne by a Hittite queen, who is known only from a mention in a single document (KBo XIX 84,7). Her spouse is unknown, however some historians theorize that she was married to Arnuwanda II.
ArminasmLithuanian This name can be the Lithuanian form of the German name Armin as well as be an independent, authentic Lithuanian name. In the case of the latter, the name consists of Lithuanian ar meaning "also, too, as well (as)" combined with the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".... [more]
AsiminafGreek Derived from Greek ασήμι (asemi) meaning "silver", literally "without mark" from α (a), a negative prefix, combined with σῆμα (sema) "sign, mark, token"... [more]
AyasminafArabic Can be interpreted as a combination of Aya 2 and Yasmina, or simply as Yasmina with the prefix a-
AzeminafBosnian, Turkish It probably has its origins from the Arabic language. Az coming from the word عز meaning strength or might and amin coming from the word أمين meaning trustworthy.
BrighaminafEnglish (American, Rare) Feminine form of Brigham. This name was mostly used by Mormon parents who wanted to honor Brigham Young, who was the 2nd president of the LDS Church.
EminafJapanese From Japanese 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch" or 恵 (e) meaning "favour, blessing", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 未 (mi) meaning "sign of the Sheep in the Chinese zodiac" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "Nara, what?, apple tree"... [more]
FuminafJapanese From Japanese 文 (fumi) meaning "writing, sentence" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na) meaning "what?, Nara, apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
GailiminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from old Lithuanian gailas, which usually means "strong, potent" but has also been found to mean "sharp, jagged" as well as "angry, fierce, violent" and "miserable, sorrowful, remorseful"... [more]
GaudminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is either derived from the Lithuanian verb gaudyti meaning "to take" as well as "to catch, to hunt" or from the Lithuanian adjective gaudus meaning "sonorous, resonant, ringing, loud, echoing"... [more]
GedminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is either derived from the old Lithuanian verb gedauti "to ask" or from the more modern Lithuanian verb gedėti "to mourn, to grieve" as well as "to miss" and "to long for, to yearn, to pine"... [more]
GerminalmFrench, Spanish (Rare) From the name of the seventh month in the French Republican Calendar. The month was named after the Latin word germen, meaning "germination". In Spain, this name came to be used by anarchist parents who were eager to reject traditional names during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939).
GliminafArabic (Maghrebi, Rare), Dutch (Rare) Meaning unknown. The best known bearer of this name is the Dutch politician Glimina Chakor (b. 1976), who is of Moroccan descent.
GosminasmLithuanian (Rare) Derived from the old Lithuanian verb gosti or gostis meaning "to desire, to crave" as well as "to seek, to pursue, to strive" combined with the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".
GuayarminafGuanche, Spanish (Canarian) Derived from Guanche *wayya-har-mənda (mutated to wayya-ar-mənna), literally meaning "guard, reserve, protection until prolonged drought", also figuratively referring to the Canopus star... [more]
IluminaciónfSpanish (Rare, Archaic) From Spanish iluminación meaning "illumination, enlightenment". In Spain, it was specially used during the Second Spanish Republic by republican parents who were eager to choose names related to republican values.
KaminafJapanese From Japanese 樺 (ka) meaning "birch", 実 (mi) meaning "reality, truth" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KaminafUzbek Means "your humble servant" in Uzbek, referring to a self-deprecating and humble way of referring to oneself in writing.
KęsminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from Lithuanian kęsti meaning "to cope" as well as "to suffer, to endure, to undergo" (see Kęstutis)... [more]
KiminafJapanese From Japanese 君 (kimi) meaning "lord, noble" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
KiminarimJapanese From 君 (kimi) meaning "lord, noble" or 公 (kimi) meaning "prince" combined with 城 (nari) meaning "castle" or 成 (nari) meaning "to become, to do something". Other kanji combinations can be used.
KiminarumJapanese From 仁 (kimi) meaning "benevolence" or 公 (kimi) meaning "European sovereign prince" combined 徳 (naru) meaning "virtue". Other kanji combinations can be used.
KuminafJapanese From Japanese 久 (ku) meaning "long time", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
LeeloominaïfPopular Culture Main character in "The Fifth Element" (1997). The name is revealed to mean "precious stones" in the characters fictional language, the Divine Language. She goes by Leeloo... [more]
LiaudminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from the Lithuanian noun liaudis meaning "people, folk", which is etymologically related to the Germanic element leud meaning "people" (see Leopold and Leutwin)... [more]
LuminafEnglish (Archaic) Derived from Latin lumina "lights", ultimately from Latin lumen "light". In the English-speaking world, this name was first recorded in the 1800s.
ManaminafJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 愛 (mana) meaning "love, affection" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 奈 (na) meaning "why, how, what, endure".
MantminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is either derived from Lithuanian mantus meaning "intelligent" (see Daumantas) or from Lithuanian manta meaning "property, estate" as well as "wealth, riches, fortune"... [more]
Manuminaf & mGreenlandic Means "small piece of fur under the chin" in Greenlandic.
MiminafJapanese From Japanese 夢 (mi) meaning "dream", 望 (mi) meaning "hope" combined with 愛 (na) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mi-NafKorean From Sino-Korean 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 娜 (na) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.
Min-AfKorean From Sino-Korean 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", 珉 (min) meaning "jade, stone resembling jade", 慜 (min) meaning "quick, agile, smart, clever" or 旻 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" combined with 兒 (a) meaning "child", 雅 (a) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" or 娥 (a) meaning "pretty, lovely, good, beautiful"... [more]
MinafJapanese From 水 (mi) meaning "water" and 奈 or 那 (na) meaning "what", or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can be used.
MinafYiddish Derived from Old High German minne "love".
MinagomGeorgian (Rare) Meaning uncertain. According to a Georgian source, the name is of Greek origin and means something along the lines of "according to the moon" or "spoken by the moon". The closest Greek name with that kind of meaning would be Menagoras, which is properly transcribed as Minagoras when you follow the transcription rules for modern Greek.... [more]
MinahimefJapanese From Japanese 魅 (mi) meaning "charm", 那 (na) meaning "what" combined with 姫 (hime) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MinalgasmLithuanian The first element of this name is either derived from the Lithuanian noun mintis meaning "thought" or from the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate"... [more]
Minamif & mJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" or 海 (nami) meaning "ocean". It is most commonly written as 美波 (beautiful + wave) but it can also be written as 南 (minami) meaning "south" and is popular written in hiragana as well.
MinamikofJapanese From Japanese 南 (minami) meaning "south" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
MinamofJapanese (Modern, Rare) This name means "water's surface," made up of 水 (sui, mizu, mizu-, mi) meaning "water" and 面 (ben, men, omo, omote, tsura, mo) meaning "face, surface." The word originally came about from a combination of 水 (mi), な (na), the Old Japanese equivalent of の (no) meaning "of" and 面 (mo) with the meaning of "surface."... [more]
MinamotomJapanese (Rare) From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.... [more]
MinanofJapanese From Japanese 皆 (mina) meaning "everything, all" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.... [more]
MinarfBatak Means "bright, clear, shining" in Batak.
MinarifKorean (Rare) Coming from Mina; in Korean meaning: "beautiful, elegant and graceful woman/girl." Minari means: "water parsley" in Korean. Minari is a kind of vegetable that's used in dishes. This can also be an unique name.
MinatiusmMedieval Latin Likely derived from the Latin root word "minatus", meaning "threatened" or "menacing". Minatius was a Roman family name (nomen) used by members of the gens Minatia, an ancient Roman family.
MinatokofJapanese From Japanese 湊 (minato) meaning "assemble" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MinatsufJapanese From 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful, beauty" and 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer". This name can have other meanings, depending on the kanji it is written with.
MiskweminanocsquafAlgonquian Means "raspberry star woman" in Mohegan-Pequot, an extinct Eastern Algonquian language; derived from the Mohegan-Pequot cognate words of Ojibwe miskomin meaning "raspberry" and anang "star", combined with Mohegan-Pequot sqá "woman"... [more]
NeminathamSanskrit From Sanskrit नेमि (nemí) meaning "rim, felly (of a wheel)" and नाथ (nātha) meaning "protector, patron, lord, master". This was the name of the 22nd of the 24 tirthankaras (enlightened spiritual teachers and saviours) in Jain belief.
RaminafJapanese From Japanese 羅 (ra) meaning "lightweight fabric", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 那 (na) meaning "what". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ReminafJapanese From Japanese 麗 (re) meaning "lovely, beautiful", 実 (mi) meaning "fruit" combined with 那 (na) meaning "what". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
RuminafJapanese From Japanese 流 (ru) meaning "to flow", 水 (mi) meaning "water" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
RuminafRoman Mythology Derived from Latin rūma "udder". This name belonged to a goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers and possibly nursing infants. Her domain extended to protecting animal mothers, not just human ones... [more]
TautminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from Baltic tauta meaning "people, nation" (see Vytautas). The second element is derived from the Lithuanian verb minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".
UminafJapanese From Japanese 海 (umi) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "Nara(?)" or 那 (na), meaning "what" or 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house; heaven" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" and 菜 (na), meaning "vegetable, greens; side dish" . Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
VaidminasmLithuanian The first element of this name is derived from the old Lithuanian verb vaidyti meaning "to visit, to appear", which is related to the modern Lithuanian verb vaidentis meaning "to haunt" as well as "to appear, to see"... [more]