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Sanskrit

Hira

Diamond

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Sanskrit · Marathi

Hrishikesh

Lord of the senses

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Old German

Hubert

Bright mind or spirit

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Arabic

Husayn

Diminutive of Hasan, meaning handsome or good

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Korean

Hye-jin

Wisdom; preciousness (慧珍 example)

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Korean

Hyun-woo

Worthiness; protection (賢祐 example)

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Welsh

Hywel

Eminent; prominent

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Japanese

Ichiro

First son in one Japanese spelling

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Urdu · Arabic

Inayat

Care; concern

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Turkish · Azerbaijani

İnci

Pearl

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Sanskrit

Indira

Beauty; a name of Lakshmi

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Old Norse · Swedish

Inga

Feminine form of Inge

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Welsh · Romanian · Hebrew

Ioan

God is gracious

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Japanese

Iori

Weaving in 伊織; hermitage in 庵

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Brazilian Portuguese · Nheengatu

Iracema

Brazilian literary name; original interpretation debated

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Galician · Portuguese

Iria

Possibly a form of Irene

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Swedish · Norwegian · Danish

Isak

He will laugh

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Norwegian

Iselin

Possibly iron-associated

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Welsh

Iwan

God is gracious

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Arabic

Jabir

Comforter; one who mends

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Arabic · Urdu

Jamil

Beautiful

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French

Jeanne

The Lord is gracious

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Punjabi · Hindi · Sanskrit

Jeevan

Life

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Serbian · Croatian

Jelena

Form of Helen; the ultimate Greek meaning is uncertain

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Danish · Norwegian · Swedish

Jens

God is gracious

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Korean

Ji-hoon

Wisdom; merit (智勛 example)

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Chinese

Jiahao

Family and heroism with the cited Chinese characters

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Chinese

Jian

Health or establishment with the cited Chinese characters

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Chinese

Jie

Outstanding; heroic with the cited Chinese characters

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Portuguese

Joaquim

God establishes or raises up, through Joachim

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Norwegian · Danish · French

Johanne

God is gracious

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Javanese · Indonesian

Joko

Young man

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Dutch · Frisian · Greek

Joris

Farmer; earthworker

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Serbian · Macedonian

Jovana

God is gracious

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Chinese

Jun

Ruler or talent with the cited Chinese characters

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Korean

Jun-ho

Talent; sky (俊昊 example)

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Chinese

Junjie

Talented and outstanding with the cited Chinese characters

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Sanskrit

Jyoti

Light; flame

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Thai

Kaeo

Crystal; glass; diamond

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Sanskrit

Kalyan

Auspicious; beautiful

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Sanskrit

Kalyani

Auspicious; lovely

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Arabic · Sanskrit

Kamal

Perfection; completeness

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