Names starting with N

Signifies "wide-eyed" in Arabic.

Signifies "star" in Arabic.

The female form of Najm.

Signifies "star of the faith" from Arabic نجم (najm) "star" and دين (dīn) "religion, faith".

The Persian variant of Najma.

An alternative transliteration of Arabic نجوى (see Najwa) chiefly used in North Africa.

Signifies "secret, whisper, confidential talk" in Arabic, from نجا (najā) "to save, to entrust, to confide in".

Signifies "second of twins" in Luganda.

A combination of the phonetic prefix na and the name Keisha.

A combination of the name prefix na and the name Kisha.

Signifies "needle" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology, this is another name for Loki's mother Laufey.

Signifies "stem" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, this is a king of the Nishadha people.

The name of a lion in the animated film The Lion King (1994). Though many sources claim it means "gift" or "beloved" in Swahili, it does not appear...

Signifies "the heavens" or "the chiefs" from Hawaiian nā (a definite article) and lani "heaven, sky, chief".

A shortened form of names ending in naldo, such as Rinaldo or Arnaldo.

Signifies "star" in Tswana and Sotho.

Signifies "born during the weeding season", from Luhya liliaka "weeding".

From Sanskrit नलिनी (nalinī) meaning "lotus".

From Sino-Vietnamese 南 (nam) meaning "south".

From Persian نامی (nāmī) meaning "famous".

From Sanskrit नमित (namita) meaning "bowed, bent down".

From Sanskrit नम्रता (namratā) meaning "bowing, humility".

Originally a diminutive of Ann. It may have originated from the affectionate phrase mine Ann, later reinterpreted as my Nan. It is now also used as a...

From Chinese 楠 (nán) "camphor tree" or 男 (nán) "man, son", as well as other similarly pronounced characters.

Diminutive of Ioanna.

From Japanese 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens" and/or 奈 (na), a phonetic character. The characters may appear in either order or be duplicated, as shown...

Of unknown meaning. A 4th-century queen consort of Georgia bore this name, venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church.

From an Akan word used as a title of a monarch.

Signifies "returning warrior" in Navajo, from nááná "again" and baa' "warrior, heroine, raid, battle".

Signifies "my rabbit" in Ojibwe, from waabooz "rabbit". In Anishinaabe legend, Nanabozho (also called Wenabozho) is a trickster spirit.

A variation of Nanabozho.

The Latinized form of Nanaya.

The Greek variant of Nanaya.

From Japanese 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens" duplicated and 子 (ko) "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

From Japanese 七 (nana) "seven" and 海 (mi) "sea". It can also come from 菜 (na) "vegetables, greens" duplicated and 美 (mi) "beautiful". Other kanji...

Of unknown meaning, possibly related to Inanna. This was a goddess worshipped by the Sumerians and Akkadians. She was later merged with the goddesses ...

A shortened form of Nancy.

A variation of Nancy, and the most common form in Brazil.

Previously a medieval diminutive of Annis, though since the 18th century it has been a diminutive of Ann. Now usually regarded as independent. It...

A northern Indian masculine form of Nanda.

Signifies "joy" in Sanskrit. This transcribes both the masculine नन्द and the feminine नन्दा (with a long final vowel).

A Scottish Gaelic diminutive of Anna.

An alternative transliteration of Burmese နန္ဒ or နန္ဒာ (see Nanda).

From Sanskrit नन्द (nanda) meaning "joy".

A shortened form of Fernando or Ferdinando.

Originally a Hungarian word for a Bulgarian people along the Danube. Since the 19th century, it has been used as a Hungarian short form of Ferdinand.

Of uncertain meaning, possibly related to Nanaya. This was an Armenian goddess associated with Anahit.

Diminutive of Anne 1.

Has the meaning "beauty, glory" in the Hawaiian language.

The female form of Wanjala.

Possibly from Old Norse nanþ meaning "daring, brave". In Norse mythology, she was a goddess who died of grief when her husband Balder was killed.

Of unknown meaning. This was the Sumerian god of the moon, son of Enlil and husband of Ningal.

Diminutive form of Anne 1.

A diminutive of Anne 1.

A variation of Nanuq. This was the (fictional) name of the subject of Robert Flaherty's documentary Nanook of the North (1922).

A variation of Nanuq.

Diminutive of Nana 3.

Signifies "polar bear" in Inuktitut.

From Japanese 直 (nao) "straight, direct" or from 奈 (na) (a phonetic character) and 央 (o) "center". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Of unknown meaning, presumably Irish in origin. In Irish legend, he was the young man who fled to Scotland with Deirdre, who was due to marry Conchoba...