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Names with meaning.

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

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38 names

Korean

I-seo

Benefit; auspiciousness (利瑞 example)

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Greek

Ianthe

Violet flower

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Nheengatu · Brazilian Portuguese

Iara

Lady of the water

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Danish · Norwegian

Iben

Uncertain origin; associated with ebony

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Japanese

Ichika

One and flower in one Japanese spelling

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Turkish · Turkic

İdil

The Volga River

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Old Norse · Norwegian

Idun

Modern form of Iðunn

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Igbo

Ijeoma

Good journey

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Turkish

Ilgın

Tamarisk tree

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Quechua

Illari

Radiance; lightning, in the RENIEC Quechua account

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German · Dutch

Imke

Whole or great, through Ime

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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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Tamil

Iniya

Sweet; pleasant

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Malay · Indonesian

Intan

Diamond

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Greek

Ione

Violet flower

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Brazilian Portuguese · Nheengatu

Iracema

Brazilian literary name; original interpretation debated

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Basque

Irati

Fern field

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Galician · Portuguese

Iria

Possibly a form of Irene

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Turkish

Irmak

River

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Japanese

Iroha

Color and leaf in one Japanese spelling

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Tamil

Isai

Music; melody

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Norwegian

Iselin

Possibly iron-associated

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Scottish

Ishbel

My God is an oath, through Isabel

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Sanskrit

Ishita

Supremacy

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Bulgarian · Macedonian · Croatian

Iskra

Spark

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Basque

Itxaso

Sea; ocean, through Itsaso

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Spanish

Itzia

Meaning uncertain

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Basque

Itziar

Basque village and Marian shrine name

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Maya

Ixchel

Possibly “rainbow lady”

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Basque

Izar

Star

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