The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

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Nature

Trees, rivers and wild things

97–144 of 189 names

Irish · Gaelic

Faolán

Little wolf

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Chinese

Feng

Peak; summit with the cited Chinese characters

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English

Fenton

Marsh settlement

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Irish

Fiachra

Possibly raven, or battle and king

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Javanese · Sundanese · Indonesian

Galih

Heart; mind; essence

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Hebrew

Gilad

Heap of witness

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Croatian · Serbian

Goran

From a South Slavic word for mountain

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Korean

Hae-chan

Meaning depends on the intended written form

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Vietnamese · Chinese

Hai

Sea; ocean

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Japanese

Haruki

Sunlight and brightness in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Hayate

Wind-associated; depends on kanji

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Japanese

Hayato

Falcon and person in one Japanese spelling

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Basque

Ibai

River

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Old German · Croatian · Czech · Bulgarian

Ivo

Yew; other name families have separate roots

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Basque

Izei

Fir tree

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Sanskrit · Hindi

Kailash

Sacred mountain name; possibly crystal

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Tamil

Kathir

Ray of light; ear of grain

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Māori

Kauri

The New Zealand kauri tree

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Tagalog · Filipino

Kidlat

Lightning

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Turkish

Kuzey

North

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Zulu

Langa

Sun; day

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Mapuche · Spanish

Lautaro

Swift hawk

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Chinese

Lei

Upright; a pile of stones with the cited Chinese characters

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Irish · Gaelic

Lochlann

Scandinavian; from the land of the lakes

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Marathi · Hindi

Malhar

A monsoon raga

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Māori · Hawaiian · Samoan · Sanskrit

Manu

Bird in Polynesian languages; wise in Sanskrit

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Japanese

Minato

Harbor in one Japanese spelling

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Japanese

Naoki

Upright tree in one Japanese spelling

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Croatian · Serbian

Neven

Masculine form of Nevena: marigold

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Māori

Nikau

The nīkau palm

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Catalan

Nil

Nile River

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Irish

Odhrán

Little dun-colored one

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Basque

Oihan

Forest

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Irish

Oisín

Little deer

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Catalan

Oriol

Golden

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Finnish

Otso

Bear

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Sanskrit

Pallav

New leaf; shoot

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Sanskrit

Pavan

Wind; purification

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Vietnamese

Phong

Wind

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Bulgarian · Serbian

Plamen

Flame

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