Names starting with V

Russian diminutive of Vera 1.

Derived from the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of uncertain meaning, possibly from the Celtic roots *wernā "alder" and *magos "field,...

Spanish, Galician and European Portuguese form of Veronica.

Catalan form of Veronica.

Brazilian Portuguese form of Veronica.

Latin alteration of Berenice, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image". This was the name of a...

Form of Veronica in several languages.

French form of Veronica.

Combination of the Czech name Věra or word víra (both meaning "faith") with the Slavic element slava meaning "glory".

Feminine form of Věroslav.

Finnish diminutive of Ferdinand.

Russian diminutive of Vera 1.

Russian diminutive of Vera 1.

Means "sprout, young tree" in Finnish.

From Albanian vesë meaning "dew".

Derived from Bulgarian весел (vesel) meaning "cheerful".

Derived from South Slavic vesel meaning "cheerful".

Feminine form of Veselin.

Derived from Serbo-Croatian vesel meaning "cheerful".

Diminutive of Vesela or Veselina.

Bulgarian diminutive of Veselin.

Means "little girl" from Norwegian vesle "little" and møy "girl". This name was created by Norwegian writer Arne Garborg for the main character in...

Means "spring" in many Slavic languages. This was the name of a Slavic spirit associated with the springtime. It has been used as a given name only...

From the Roman cognomen Vespasianus, derived either from Latin vesper meaning "west" or "evening" or vespa meaning "wasp". This was the name of a...

Italian form of Vespasianus (see Vespasian).

Latin form of Vespasian.

French form of Vespasianus (see Vespasian).

Latin cognate of Hesperos. This name was used by the British author Ian Fleming for a female character, a love interest of James Bond, in his novel Ca...

Means "of the evening", derived from Esperanto vespero "evening", ultimately from Latin vesper.

Probably a Roman cognate of Hestia. Vesta was the Roman goddess of the hearth. A continuous fire, tended by the Vestal Virgins, was burned in the...

Short form of Sylvester.

Short form of Elisaveta.

Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Veceslav (see Václav).

Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Vetrliði meaning "winter traveller", and by extension "bear cub".

Old Norse form of Vetle.

Short form of Genoveva.

Means "loyalty" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from the Arabic root وفى (wafā) meaning "to fulfill, to live up to a promise".

Short form of Violet.

Variant of Vy.

Belarusian form of Veceslav (see Václav).

Meaning unknown, perhaps a combination of Vi 1 and Anne 1 or a short form of Vivianne.

Derived from the surname of Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859), a French priest and saint. His surname is a derivative of the given name Vivien 1.

Late Latin name (see Beatrix). This was the name of a 4th-century Italian saint.

Earlier form of Beatrix.

Danish form of Wiebke. It was borne by an influential mistress of Christian IV of Denmark (17th century).

Feminine form of Vibianus.

Roman cognomen that was a derivative of Vibius.

Roman praenomen and family name of unknown meaning, probably of Etruscan origin.

Means "abundant, vast" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit विपुल (vipula).

Short form of Victor or Victoria.

Catalan form of Vincent.

Valencian form of Vincent.

Spanish feminine form of Vincent.

The Spanish and Portuguese form of Vincent.

Diminutive of Victoria.

Diminutive of Victoria.

Diminutive of Victoria.

An Italian short form of Lodovico.

French form of Victoria.

A Roman name signifying "victor, conqueror" in Latin. It was common among early Christians and was borne by several early saints and three popes. It...