Names starting with N

From an alternate reading of Chinese 娜 (nuó) "elegant, graceful, delicate", originally used in transcriptions of foreign feminine names.

From a Ga word used as a feminine royal title.

The biblical Hebrew form of Naamah.

The modern Hebrew form of Naamah.

Signifies "pleasant" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, both a daughter of Lamech and a wife of Solomon bear this name. Some later Jewish texts...

Signifies "little flower" in Greenlandic, from naasoq "flower, plant" and the diminutive suffix -nnguaq.

The female form of Nabil.

An alternative transliteration of Arabic ناصرة or نصيرة (see Nasira) chiefly used in North Africa.

The female form of Naci.

Diminutive of Naděžda.

From Arabic نَدًى (nadan) meaning "dew, moisture, generosity", from ندي (nadiya) "to be moist, to be damp".

Signifies "hope" in South Slavic.

The French variant of Nadezhda.

An alternative transliteration of Russian/Bulgarian Надежда (see Nadezhda).

The Czech variant of Nadezhda.

The Slovak, Serbian, and Latvian variant of Nadezhda.

Signifies "hope" in Russian and Bulgarian.

The Portuguese variant of Nadia 1.

The Catalan variant of Nadia 1.

A Western European variation of Nadya 1, as well as an alternative transliteration of the Slavic name. It began to be used in France in the 19th...

An alternative transliteration of Arabic ناديّة (see Nadiyya), and the standard form in several other languages.

Diminutive of Nada 2.

An alternative transliteration of Ukrainian Надія (see Nadiya).

The Bosnian variant of Nadiyya.

A French diminutive of Nadia 1.

The female form of Nadir.

A Turkish and Albanian feminine variant of Nadir.

A Ukrainian cognate of Nadezhda, being the Ukrainian word for "hope".

The Turkish variant of Nadiyya.

Signifies "announcement, call" in Arabic, from نادى (nādā) "to call, to announce, to invite".

The German and Slovene variant of Nadya 1.

Diminutive of Nadezhda.

Signifies "radiance, splendour" in Arabic, from نضر (naḍara) "to shine".

A Russian and Bulgarian diminutive of Nadezhda.

An alternative transliteration of Arabic ناديّة (see Nadiyya).

A Belarusian cognate of Nadezhda, the Belarusian word for "hope".

A Polish cognate of Nadezhda, the Polish word for "hope".

An alternative transliteration of Arabic نعيمة (see Naima), and the usual Urdu form.

The female form of Naël.

Signifies "incantation, dirge" in Latin. This was the Roman goddess of funerals.

From Arabic نفيس (nafīs) meaning "precious, valuable", from نفس (nafusa) "to be precious".

The Circassian variant of Nafisa.

The modern Greek form of Nausicaa.

The female form of Wafula.

From Japanese 凪 (nagi) "calm", or other kanji with the same pronunciation.

From the name of a Basque village with a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Signifies "stream" in Hebrew.

An alternative transliteration of Persian ناهید (see Nahid).

From Basque nahi meaning "desire, wish".

A variation of Naiara.

The modern Persian form of Anahita. This is also the Persian name for the planet Venus.

Signifies "a drink of water" in Arabic [1].

Signifies "wave, sea foam" in Basque.

From the Basque name of the Spanish city of Nájera, of Arabic origin. A reported apparition of the Virgin Mary occurred in a nearby cave in the 12th...

Of uncertain meaning, possibly from Greek Ναϊάς (Naias), a type of water nymph in Greek mythology (plural Ναϊάδες). It might alternatively be linked...

The Azerbaijani variant of Naila.

The female form of Nail. The wife of Uthman, the third caliph, bore this name. She tried unsuccessfully to prevent a mob from murdering her husband...

The Turkish variant of Naila.

An alternative transliteration of Arabic نعيمة (see Naima).

A form of Naima found in North Africa and other French-influenced parts of the continent.