Submitted Names Containing v

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Hvít f Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Feminine form of Hvítr, a by-name meaning "white". Hvít appears in the 'Hrólfs saga kraka' as the queen of Norway and the mother of legendary hero Bödvar (Bǫðvarr) Bjarki.
Hvit m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Hvítr.
Hvítaský m Old Norse
Byname derived from Old Norse hvítaský meaning "white cloud".
Hvítr m Old Norse
Byname derived from Old Norse hvítr meaning "white".
Hvitserk m Norse Mythology (Anglicized)
From the Old Norse Hvítserkr, from the elements hvítr "white" and serkr "shirt". In Norse legend this name belonged to one of the sons of the 9th-century king Ragnar Lodbrok and his wife Kráka.
Hvönn f Icelandic (Rare)
From the Icelandic name for a type of flower (species Angelica archangelica).
Iacov m Moldovan
Variant of Iacob.
Iahve m Theology, Romanian (Rare)
Romanian form of Yahweh.
Iáivé m Theology
Irish form of Yahweh or Jehovah.
Iakov m Russian
Older Russian form of Yakov via Old Church Slavic Iakovu, which in turn came from Biblical Greek Iakobos.
Iakovina f Greek (Rare)
Feminine form of Iakovos.
Iakovoula f Greek (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Iakovos.
Ianvara m Georgian (Rare)
Derived from Georgian იანვარი (ianvari) meaning "January", which is ultimately derived from Latin Ianuarius.... [more]
Iárnvidia f Norse Mythology
Means "she of Iron-wood" in Old Norse. In the Prose Edda Iárnvidia is a female troll who lives in Járnvid ("the iron wood"). She is sometimes identified with Angrboða.
Iaroslav m Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian
Romanian form of Yaroslav used in Moldova. Also alternate transcription in Ukrainian and Russian, generally outdated.
Icovellauna f Celtic Mythology
meaning is unknown, name of a Celtic water goddess
Iechova m Theology (Hellenized)
Modern Greek form of Jehovah.
Iehova m Theology
Georgian, Latin and Romanian form of Jehovah.
Ielizaveta f Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Елизавета (see Yelizaveta).
Ielyzaveta f Russian
Variant transcription of Yelizaveta.
Ieova m Theology
Samoan form of Yahweh.
Ievgeniia f Ukrainian (Rare)
Alternate transcription of Євгенія (see Yevheniya)
Ieviņa f Latvian
Diminutive of Ieva.
Ievutė f Lithuanian
Diminutive of Ieva, since this name contains the feminine diminutive suffix -utė.
Iezavel f Biblical Russian
Biblical Russian form of Jezebel.
Igiklav m Koryak
Means "wolf man" in Koryak.
Ihanvi f Indian
Wish or desire
Ihbarhasvad m Mongolian
Possibly derives from Mongolian их (ikh) meaning "great, large, many" and бархасбадь (barkhasbadi) meaning "Jupiter (the planet)".
Iivalti m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Îvâlte.
Iivana m Finnish
Finnish Karelian dialectal form of Ivan.
Iivanni m Greenlandic
Greenlandic younger form of Îváne.
Iivi f Estonian
Variant of Ivi.
Iivika f Estonian
Diminutive of Iivi, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
Ikrombuvish f Uzbek
Derived from ikrom meaning "honour, respect" and buvish meaning "lady".
Ilaheva f Polynesian Mythology
The god Eitumatupua climbed down from the sky on a great tree, and took a worm descendant, Ilaheva, as his wife.
Iloilovatu m Fijian
Diminutive of Iloilo.
Il-shvai f Assyrian
Aramaic form of Elizabeth.
Ilúvatar m Literature
The creator god in Tolkien's mythology. ... [more]
Ilva f Latvian
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include a feminine form of Ilvars and a purely phonetic coinage.
Ilva f Italian, German (Modern)
Adoption of Ilva, the Latin name of the island of Elba. The island's name has been speculated to be of Etruscan origin and as such to be derived from a word meaning "iron".
Ilvars m Latvian
Derived from Latvian ilgas "longing, yearning" and either varēt "to be able to" or vara "power, force; reign".
Ilve f Estonian
Possibly a borrowing of Latvian Ilva.
Ilvi f Estonian
Variant of Ilve.
Ilvy f German (Modern), Dutch (Modern)
Variant of Ylvi. This is the most commonly used spelling in the Netherlands.
Ilyasviel f Popular Culture
This is the name of a character from the 'Fate/stay night' Japanese visual novel; Ilyasviel 'Ilya' von Einzbern is a German aristocrat.
Inavel m Georgian (Rare)
Anagram of ლევანი (Levani), which is the Georgian nominative case form of Levan.
Ingálvur m Faroese
Combination of Ing and Faroese álvur "elf".
Ingivaldr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Ingvald.
Ingivaldur m Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese younger form of Ingivaldr.
Ingiveig f Icelandic (Rare)
Icelandic form of Ingveig.
Ingvá f Faroese
Faroese form of Ingveig.
Ingvald m Norwegian, Swedish, Finland Swedish
Combination of Ing and Old Norse valdr "power, might, ruler".
Ingvaldur m Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese variant of Ingivaldur.
Ingvard m Norwegian, Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with the Old Norse element vardr "guardian", though it could also be a variant of Ingvar.
Ingvarr m Old Norse
Variant of Yngvarr (see Ingvar).
Ingvars m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Ingvar.
Ingve m Norwegian
Variant of Yngve.
Ingveig f Norwegian
Combination of Ing and the Old Norse name element veig "power; strength", first used in 1895.
Ingvelde f German (Rare), Literature
The name is probably an invention by the Austrian writer Joseph Christian Von Zedlitz (1790–1862) who wrote a novel titled "Ingvelde Schönwang".... [more]
Ingveldur f Icelandic
Icelandic form of Yngvildr.
Ingvi m Icelandic, Danish
Variant of Yngvi.
Ingvilda f Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Ingvild.
Ingvør f Faroese
Faroese form of Yngvǫr.
Ingvor f Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)
Combination of Ing and the Old Norse name element vǫr "vigilant, cautious".
Inoslav m Croatian
Variant form of Ninoslav.
Inoslava f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Inoslav.
Invaneĸ m Greenlandic
Means "the one who has brooded" or "the one who has been brooded on" in Greenlandic.
Inverno m English
From the Italian word for "winter"
Invi f Indonesian
Short form of "Inviony".
Invicta f English (American, Rare)
From the Latin word meaning “unconquered”.
Invictus m Medieval Latin
Latin for “unconquerable”. Also the name of a poem by William Ernest Henley. Female variant Invicta
Invidius m Ancient Roman
Masculine form of Invidia.
Ioav m Russian
Russian form of Yoav (see Joab) via its Biblical Greek form Ioab.
Iouventios m Late Roman (Hellenized), Late Greek, Greek
Late Greek and modern Greek form of Iououentios, which is the ancient Greek form of Juventius.
Iov m Russian (Archaic), Ukrainian (Archaic), Romanian (Rare), Moldovan (Rare), Biblical Romanian
Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian form of 'Iyyov (see Job).
Iovane m Medieval Georgian, Georgian (Rare)
Medieval Georgian form of Iohannes (see John), which is still in use today, but rarely so.
Iovanny m Spanish (Italianized, Rare)
Variant of Giovanni using an English-flavored spelling.
Iovel m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Yo'el (see Joel). This name was borne by a 5th-century archbishop of Mtskheta and a 7th-century Catholicus of Iberia.
Iovel m Soviet, Russian
Contraction of Russian исполняющий обязанности Владимира Ленина (ispolnyayushchiy obyazannosti Vladimira Lenina) meaning "fulfilling the obligations of Vladimir Lenin"... [more]
Ioveta f History
Ioveta (c. 1120 - after 1161, before 1178) was a princess of Jerusalem and an abbess of the Sisters of Bethany. She was the fourth and youngest daughter of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Morphia of Melitene.
Iovian m Romanian
Romanian form of Jovian.
Ipaksuluv f Uzbek
Derived from ipak meaning "silk" and sulu(v) meaning "beautiful".
Iravan m Hinduism
Derived from Sanskrit इरावत् (irāvat) meaning "satiating, comfortable, endowed with provisions", from इरा (irā) meaning "food, refreshment". This is the name of a minor Hindu deity and a character in the Mahabharata... [more]
Iravati f Hinduism
Means "possessing refreshment" in Sanskrit, from इरा (ira) meaning "water, refreshment" and वती (vati) meaning "having". This is the name of a figure in Hindu mythology who is associated with the Ravi River in northwestern India... [more]
Irdlirvirisissong m & f Inuit Mythology, Inuit
Means "demon cousin of the moon"
Irisdavlat f Uzbek
The given name Iris followed by davlat meaning "wealth" or "fortune, happiness".
Irv m English
Short form of Irving.
Irva f English
Either a feminine form of Irving or Irvin.
Irven m English
Variant of Irvin.
Irvette f English (Rare)
Probably a combination of Irva, Irving or Irvine with the suffix -ette.
Irvin m Bosnian, Indonesian
Bosnian and Indonesian form of the Persian name Arvin.
Isav m Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of 'Esaw (see Esau).
Isave f Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Isabel.
Isavell f Medieval Irish
Medieval Anglicisation of Isibéal.
Ishvari f Hinduism
Means "queen, mistress, goddess" in Sanskrit, the feminine form of ईश्वर (īśvará) which is both an adjective meaning "able to do, capable of" and a noun meaning "lord, king, God"... [more]
Iskroslav m Croatian
The first element of this name is derived from the Serbo-Croatian noun iskra "spark". Also see Iskra, which is of the same etymology. The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory".
Ísleivur m Faroese
Faroese modern form of Ísleifr.
Istevània f Sardinian
Sardinian cognate of Stefania.
Istèvanu m Sardinian
Gallurese form of Stephen.
Istèvene m Sardinian
Sardinian form of Stephen.
Ísveig f Icelandic (Rare)
Combination of the Old Norse name elements íss "ice" (compare Icelandic ís) and veig "power; strength".
Îtivik f Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Hedvig.
Iuval m & f Hebrew (Rare)
Variant of Yuval.
Iuvur m Old Swedish
Old Swedish form of Jǫfurr.
Íva f Icelandic
Icelandic form Iva.
Iva f English
Feminine form of Ivor.
Iva m Old Frisian
Variant of Iwerik.
Ivã m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Ivan.
Ivaanjav m Mongolian
Combination of Ivan and жав (jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Ivaaraq f Greenlandic
Greenlandic feminine diminutive form of Ivaaq.
Ivaasaq f Greenlandic
Means "the one having been brooded" in Greenlandic.
Ivaila f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Ивайла (see Ivayla).
Ivain m Picard
Picard form of Yvain.
Ivâĸ m Greenlandic (Archaic)
Old (Kleinschmidt orthography) spelling of Ivaaq.
Ival m English (American)
Of unknown meaning or origin.... [more]
Ívaldi m Old Norse, Norse Mythology
Meaning unknown; possibly an Old Norse form of Iwawaldan or Inhu-waldan. In Norse mythology Ívaldi was the father of a dwarfs... [more]
Ivalene f English
Elaborated form of Iva with the suffix -lene, or variant of Evaline.
Ivalimaaq f Greenlandic
Means "the adept brooder" in Greenlandic.
Ivalo f Greenlandic, Danish
Older form of Ivalu (according to the 1973 spelling reform of Greenlandic) as well as a Danish variant. It is borne by Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda of Denmark (2011-).
Ivalorssuaĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "big tendon, thread, sinew" with the combination of Ivalo and -rsuaq meaning "big, great".
Îvâlte m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Evald.
Ivalú f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Combination of Ivanna (which is used as a feminine form of Iván) or another name beginning with the same sound (such as Ivelisse) with Lourdes (compare Lulú), Luisa or Lucía.
Ivaly f English (American), American (Hispanic)
Of uncertain origin and meaning.... [more]
Ivalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Ivy, using the name suffix -lyn.
Ívan m Icelandic
Icelandic form of Ivan.
Ivan m Turkish (Rare)
Turkish form of Ivan.
Ivána f Hungarian
Feminine form of Iván.
Ivanajko m Mari
Mari form of Ivan.
Ivanas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Ivan.
Ivanda f Norwegian (Archaic), Latvian (Rare)
Early 19th-century Norwegian coinage intended as a feminine form of Ivan.
Îváne m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Ivan.
Ivanei m Russian
Variant of Ivan.
Ivánek m Czech
Diminutive of Ivan.
Ivaneq m Greenlandic
Greenlandic ivaneq meaning ''the one who has brooded'' or ''the one who has been brooded on''.
Ivanette f English (Rare), Central American
Combination of Ivana with the suffix -ette.
Ivanhoe m Jamaican Patois, Literature
Invented by Scottish novelist Walter Scott for a character in his historical romance Ivanhoe: A Romance (1819), which concerns the life of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a fictional Saxon knight. The name was possibly inspired by the place name Ivinghoe, belonging to a village in east Buckinghamshire, England.
Ivani f Sanskrit
Godess of forest ("vana" in sanskrit)
Ivani f & m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Ivan, mostly feminine but also used for men. It peaked in popularity in Brazil in the 1960's.
Ivania f Italian
Italian feminine form of both Ivan and Yvain.
Ivaniisaq m Greenlandic
Means "the one resembling Ivaneĸ".
Ivanija f Vlach
Vlach feminine form of John.
Ivanik m Russian
Diminutive of Ivan.
Ivanilson m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Combination of Ivanildo and the suffix -son.
Ivanir f & m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine variant and masculine form of Ivani.
Ivanne f French, French (Belgian)
Feminine form of Ivan.
Ivanoe m Italian
Variant of Ivanhoe; a famous bearer was Ivanoe Bonomi, that was Prime Minister of Italy three times (one in 1921-1922, and other two, short lived, in 1944 and 1945).
Ivanu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Ivano.
Ivanusa f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Meaning unknown. This is the given name of boxer Ivanusa "Nancy" Moreira.
Ivão m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Ivan.
Ívar m Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese younger form of Ívarr.
Îvare m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Ivar.
Ivárë m Literature
Meaning unknown. In Tolkien's Legendarium this is the name of a character mentioned briefly as the "most magical" of Elven minstrels.
Ivari m Estonian
Variant of Ivar.
Ivaška m Belarusian
Diminutive of Ivan.
Ivasyk m Ukrainian
Diminutive of Ivan.
Ivdit f Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Yehudit (see Judith).
Ivditi f Georgian (Rare)
Form of Ivdit with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი (-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Ive m & f West Frisian (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Frisian form of Ivo 1 (masculine) and Dutch short form of Ivonne (feminine).
Ive f Cornish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Ia (see second user-submitted name).
Ive m Medieval English
Anglicized form of Ivo 1.
Ive m Provençal
Provençal form of Yves.
Ivee f English (American)
Variant of Ivy that was given to 34 girls in 2017.
Ivek m Croatian
Diminutive of Ivan.
Ivelin m Bulgarian
Masculine form of Ivelina.
Ivelina f Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a variant of Evelina, an elaboration of Iva 1, a feminine form of Ivo 2 and a feminine form of Ivan.
Ivelys f Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Variant of Ivelise using the suffix -lys, found in Marlys, Coralys and similar names.
Iven m German, Literature, Low German
Iven is a variant of the Gemanic name Ivo 1 which is traced to a word meaning "yew" (the wood of the yew was used for building good bows).... [more]
Ivena f Bulgarian
Elaboration of Iva 1.
Iveri m Georgian
Derived from the name of the Georgian kingdom of Iberia, which existed from about 302 BC to 580 AD. The name of the kingdom is an exonym, meaning: it was not created by the Georgians themselves. The inhabitants of the kingdom referred to it as ქართლი (Kartli).... [more]
Iverike f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Iver as well as a combination of names beginning with the element Iv-, especially Ivar, and the Old Norse name element ríkr "mighty; distinguished; rich"... [more]
Iveriko m Georgian (Rare)
Diminutive of Iveri.
Iverise f Norwegian (Archaic)
Norwegian feminine form of Iver, used in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Iverna f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Old Latin form of a lost Celtic name which also gave modern Irish Erin and was corrupted to Hibernia. Therefore a rather esoteric reference to Ireland... [more]
Iverson m American
From a Scandinavian origin meaning "son of Iver".
Iverta f Norwegian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Ivert.
Ivessa f West Frisian (Rare)
West Frisian feminine form of Ive.
Ivèta f Provençal
Provençal form of Yvette.
Ivete f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Yvette.
Iveth f Spanish, Central American
Possibly a variant of Yvette.
Iveto f Provençal
Provençal form of Yvette.
Ivetta f Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian Latinization of Ivett and Slovak variant of Iveta.
Ivey f & m English
Transferred use of the surname Ivey. In the case of the feminine name, it is also considered a variant of Ivy.
Îvfa m Greenlandic
Greenlandic form of Ephraim.
Ivi f Estonian (Rare)
Allegedly a variant of Evi.
Ivi m Spanish
Spanish diminutive of Iván. This is borne by Spanish soccer players Iván 'Ivi' López (1994-) and Iván 'Ivi' Alejo (1995-).
Ivi f Greek
Modern Greek form of Hebe. This is borne by Greek Cypriot singer Ivi Adamou (1993-).
Ivi m Breton
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *iwos "yew" or a variant of Devi 1.
Ivia f Corsican (Rare)
Feminine form of Iviu.
Ivian f Spanish (Latin American)
Ivian Sarcos (born 1989) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who won Miss World 2011.
Ivica f Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak feminine form of Ivána.
Ividő f Hungarian
Hungarian name which originated from a misreading of the term jó idő with jó meaning "good" and idő meaning "time; weather".
Ivie f English
Variant of Ivy.
Ivietta f English
Combination of Ivy and Etta.
Ivik m & f Greenlandic
Means "(blade of) grass" in Greenlandic. This name is more commonly given to boys.... [more]
Ivika f Estonian
Diminutive of Ivi.
Iviko m Georgian
Diminutive of Ivane and Iveri.
Ivin m Breton
Breton name of debated origin and meaning.
Ivínguaĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "sweet little grass" with the combination of Ivik and -nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear".
Ivinnguaq f Greenlandic
Younger form of Ivínguaĸ.
Ivista f Soviet (Rare)
Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin contracted, used by communists in the Soviet Union who wanted to use non-traditional names for their children.
Iviu m Corsican
Corsican form of Ivo 1.
Ivkica f Croatian
Croatian diminutive form of Ivka.
Ivko m Croatian, Bulgarian
Male form of Ivka.
Ivliane m Georgian (Rare)
Modern Georgian form of Iulianus (see Julian). The older Georgian form of the name is Iuliane.
Ivlita f Georgian
Georgian form of Julitta.
Ivnâlik f Greenlandic
Meaning unknown.
Ivo m Estonian
Variant of Iivo.
Ivó m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Ivo 1.
Ivoire f English (American, Rare), French (African, Rare)
Derived from French ivoire meaning "ivory", which makes this name a cognate of Ivory.
Ivola f Hungarian (Rare)
Older form of Ibolya and Viola.
Ivón m Spanish
Spanish variant of Ivo 1
Ivon m Medieval Breton, French, Provençal
Provençal and Medieval Breton form and French variant of Yvon.
Ivon f Literature
Sindarin (Common Elvish) form of Yavanna.
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