The name collection

Names with meaning.

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

Nature

Trees, rivers and wild things

17 names

Nheengatu · Brazilian Portuguese · Persian

Yara

Variant of Iara: lady of the water; Persian Yara is separate

FamiliarRising
Hebrew

Yael

Mountain goat; ibex

Uncommon
Turkish · Turkic

Yağmur

Rain; rainfall

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Quechua

Yaku

Water

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Chinese

Yan

Swallow or beauty with the cited Chinese characters

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Hebrew

Yarden

To flow down; descending

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Persian

Yasaman

Jasmine flower

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Bulgarian

Yasen

Ash tree; also clear or serene

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Bulgarian

Yavor

Maple tree

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Vietnamese

Yến

Swallow, the bird

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Swedish · Old Norse

Ylva

She-wolf

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Japanese

Yuki

Snow or happiness in one Japanese spelling

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Chinese

Yun

Cloud with the cited Chinese characters

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Hebrew

Yuval

Stream

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French · Germanic

Yves

Possibly yew, through Ivo

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