Names starting with V

Form of Walter used in several languages.

Latvian form of Walter.

Old Norse name, possibly derived from the elements valr meaning "the dead, the slain" and þjófr meaning "thief" [2].

Finnish short form of Valdemar and other names containing vald.

Finnish form of Walter.

Diminutive of Valentina or Valentin.

Derived from Sino-Vietnamese 文 (văn) signifying "literature, culture, writing". This is a common middle name for Vietnamese boys.

From Sino-Vietnamese 雲 (vân) meaning "cloud".

Short form of names containing van, such as Vance or Ivan.

Short form of Ivana or Jovana.

Means "goddess of the Vanir" in Old Norse. This was an epithet of the Norse goddess Freya, given because she was a member of the Vanir (as opposed to...

Means "sage woman" in Cheyenne [1].

Means "twinflower" in Finnish.

Derived from an English surname that originates from Old English fenn signifying "marsh, fen".

Alternate transcription of Macedonian Ванчо (see Vančo), as well as the usual Bulgarian transcription.

Macedonian diminutive of Ivan.

Form of Wanda in several languages.

Derived from the surname Vanderlei, itself a Brazilian adaptation of the Dutch surname Van Der Leij.

Form of Vanessa in several languages.

Invented by author Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa [1]. He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first name...

Hungarian form of Vanessa.

Macedonian form of Evangelos.

Short form of Evangelija.

Variant of Evangelos.

Portuguese form of Vanya.

Croatian, Serbian and Slovene (masculine and feminine) form of Vanya. It is also used in Scandinavia, where it is primarily feminine.

Short form of Giovanna.

From Khmer វណ្ណ (von) meaning "colour", ultimately from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa).

Short form of Giovanni.

Diminutive of Ivane.

Diminutive of Ivan (Russian, masculine) or Ivana (Bulgarian, feminine).

Diminutive of Ivan.

Diminutive of Valpuri.

From Persian واقف (vāqef) meaning "informed, knowledgeable, aware", a derivative of Arabic وقف (waqafa) meaning "to stop, to inquire" [1]. This was...

Means "boar, hog" in Sanskrit. This is the name of one of the avatars of the Hindu god Vishnu, who appears as a wild boar to slay the demon...

Variant of Vered.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew וַרְדָה (see Varda).

Derived from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language.

From Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose" and գես (ges) meaning "hair".

Derived from Georgian ვარდი (vardi) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language via Armenian.

Means "rose lady", from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose" and the feminine suffix ուհի (uhi).

Alternate transcription of Russian Варфоломей (see Varfolomey).

Russian form of Bartholomew.

Means "wolf" in Old Norse.

Short form of Geevarghese, used independently.

Feminine form of Varinius.

Roman family name possibly derived from Varius.

Roman family name meaning "versatile" in Latin. Varius Rufus was a Roman epic poet of the 1st century BC.

Russian and Georgian form of Barlaam.

Variant of Varlaam.

Russian form of Barnabas.

From the Finnish name for a type of berry bush.

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa) meaning "rain".

Western Armenian transcription of Vardan.

Serbian form of Bartholomew.

Alternate transcription of Armenian Վարդուհի (see Varduhi).

Modern form of Varuna.

Probably from Sanskrit वृ (vṛ) meaning "to surround, to encompass". In Hindu mythology Varuna is a god of water and the ocean, also associated with...

Russian, Greek, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Barbara.

Diminutive of Varvara.