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13,457Irmeli is a Finnish diminutive of Irma, which itself is a shortened form of Germanic names containing the element *ermunaz meaning "whole, great." As such, Irmeli carries the same ancient sense of wholeness and greatness...
Irmengard is the German form of the Germanic name Ermengard, also seen as Irmgard or Irmingard. The name derives from the Old German elements irmin meaning "whole, great" and gart meaning "enclosure, yard". Etymology and...
Etymology and Historical SignificanceIrmentrud is the German form of the Old Germanic name Ermendrud. The name is composed of two elements: irmin, meaning "whole, great" (possibly related to the Germanic war god Irmin),...
Irmgard is a feminine German given name, a contracted form of Ermengard. Ermengard itself derives from the Old German elements irmin meaning "whole, great" and gart meaning "enclosure, yard". Thus, the name can be interp...
Irmhild is a feminine given name of German origin, formed from the Old German elements irmin "great, whole" and hilt "battle". It is a cognate of the Old English name Eormenhild, which shares the same meaning. The name t...
Irmina is a feminine name primarily used in Polish, functioning as a diminutive of Irma.Etymology and Historical ContextThe name Irmina ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic element *ermunaz, meaning "whole, great,"...
Irmingard is a German form of the name Ermengard, historically common among German-speaking peoples including Austrians and Swiss. Built from the Old German elements irmin “whole, great” and gart “enclosure, yard,” the n...
Irmtraud is the German contracted form of Ermendrud, a name of ancient Germanic origin. It is composed from the Old German elements irmin "whole, great" and drud "strength". Thus, the name Irmtraud carries the meaning of...
Irmtraut is a feminine German name, a variant of Irmtraud, which itself derives from Ermendrud. The root name Ermendrud is composed of the Old German elements irmin "whole, great" and drud "strength." This name carries c...
Irmtrud is a German variant of Irmtraud, itself a contracted form of Ermendrud, a name of ancient Germanic origin. The root name combines the elements irmin "whole, great" and drud "strength", thus conveying a meaning li...
Iro is a modern Greek female given name, effectively a transliteration of Hero. In Greek mythology, Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite who lived in a tower at Sestos, on the European side of the Hellespont. Each night, he...
Iroda is a feminine given name of Uzbek origin. It means "will, determination, decree" in Uzbek, derived from the Arabic word ʾirāda (إرادة). The name reflects qualities of strong will and resolve.Notable BearersThe most...
Irune is a Basque feminine name that means "trinity", derived from the Basque word hiru meaning "three". It was coined by the influential Basque nationalist and writer Sabino Arana in 1910 as a Basque equivalent of the S...
Iryna is a Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Irene, ultimately derived from the Greek name Eirene (Εἰρήνη), which means "peace". In Greek mythology, Eirene was the goddess of peace, one of the Horae (the seasons). The nam...
Isa 2 is a feminine short form of Isabella, used in Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Derived from the longer name, Isa 2 serves as an affectionate or casual variant, akin to Bella or Isa. The name Isabell...
Isabeau is a Medieval French variant of Isabel, itself derived from Elizabeth, ultimately from the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning "God is my oath" or "God is abundance." The name Isabeau was used in medieval France and is...
Isabèl is the Occitan form of Isabel, a name with deep historical and royal connections. Occitan is a Romance language once widely spoken in southern France, Monaco, and parts of Italy and Spain, and it retains a distinc...
Isabel is a female given name of Spanish origin, derived as a medieval form of Elizabeth. It arose in the Occitan region of France during the 12th century and quickly spread throughout Spain, Portugal, and France, becomi...
Isabela is a Latinate form of Isabel, the medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth. The name is used in Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish, where it carries the same cascading heritage: from the Hebrew Elisheva meaning “God is...
Isabele is the Portuguese variant of Isabel, a name with deep historical and royal roots. While Isabel is the standard form of Elizabeth in Spanish and Portuguese, Isabele represents a phonetic and orthographic variation...
Isabell is a German variant of Isabel, itself a medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth. The name Elizabeth originates from the Hebrew Elisheba meaning "God is my oath" or "God is abundance" (according to the Bible, Aaron's w...
Ísabella is the Icelandic form of Isabella, itself a Latinate variant of Isabel. The name Isabel ultimately derives from Elisheba, the Hebrew name meaning “my God is an oath” or “God is my abundance,” which appears in th...
Isabella is a feminine given name of Italian origin, the Latinate form of Isabel (from which the French Isabelle also derives), which itself is a variant of Elisabeth, ultimately from the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning “G...
Isabelle is a feminine given name used predominantly in French, English, Dutch, German, and Swedish contexts. It is the French form of Isabel, which itself derives from the medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth.EtymologyThe...
Isadora is a variant of Isidora, the feminine form of Isidore. The name ultimately derives from the Greek name Isidoros, meaning "gift of Isis," from the Egyptian goddess Isis and Greek doron ("gift"). Etymology and Hist...
Isaura is a feminine given name derived from the Late Latin ethnonym meaning "from Isauria". Isauria was a rugged region in ancient Asia Minor (modern-day south-central Turkey), known for its fierce and independent inhab...
Isaure is the French form of Isaura, a name of Late Latin origin meaning "from Isauria." Isauria was a rugged region in southern Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey. During the Roman Empire, the Isaurian people were known...
Isbel is a variant of Isabel, itself a medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth. The name Isabel spread throughout Spain, Portugal, and France, becoming common among royalty by the 12th century. It gained popularity in England...
Iscah is the Anglicized form of the Hebrew name Yiska (יִסְכָּה). In the Old Testament, Iscah is mentioned only briefly in Genesis 11:29 as the daughter of Haran and the niece of Abraham. The meaning of Iscah is given as...
Iseabail is the Scottish Gaelic form of Isabel, a name with deep historical roots in medieval Europe. The name Isabel itself developed as the Medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth, ultimately deriving from the Hebrew name E...
Isebel is the German form of Jezebel. It also appears in Finnish and Swedish as a biblical name, directly derived from the Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל (ʾIzevel). In these languages, the spelling is typically Isebel (with alternate f...
Isebella is an English variant of Isabella, itself a Latinate form of Isabel, with roots ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Elisheba (also rendered as Elizabeth) meaning "God is my oath" or "God is abundance." The n...
Iselin is a Norwegian feminine given name whose etymology is uncertain, but it is believed to derive from German short forms or pet forms of Old High German names containing the element isarn, meaning "iron". Alternative...
Iset (also Aset) is the reconstructed Ancient Egyptian form of the name of the goddess more famously known by her Greek name Isis. Derived from the Egyptian word st, meaning 'throne', Iset translates as '(She) of the thr...
Iseul is a Korean given name that directly translates to the word for "dew" (이슬) in the Korean language. As a native Korean name, it is used for both girls and boys, although it is more frequently given to females. The...
Iseult (also spelled Isolde) is the name of several female characters in the Arthurian legend of Tristan and Iseult, most famously Iseult the Blonde (or Iseult of Ireland), the wife of King Mark of Cornwall and the lover...
Etymology and MeaningIseut is a variant of the Old French name Yseut, which appears in the earliest known version of the story of Tristan and Iseult, a 12th-century Norman French poem by Béroul. The root name Iseult is o...
Isha is a unisex name of Sanskrit origin, meaning "master, lord, ruler". It is a transcription of both the feminine form ईशा and the masculine form ईश, the latter of which serves as an epithet for the Hindu god Shiva. Th...
Ishani is a feminine given name of Sanskrit origin, derived from the word īśānī (ईशानी), meaning "ruling" or "possessing." In Hindu mythology, Ishani is an epithet of the goddess Parvati, the consort of Shiva, and also r...
Išḫara was a goddess originally worshipped in Ebla and other nearby settlements in the north of modern Syria in the third millennium BCE. The origin of her name is disputed, and due to lack of evidence supporting Hurrian...
Ishbel is a Scottish Anglicized form of the name Iseabail, which itself is the Scottish Gaelic version of Isabel. Ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Elisheba (meaning "God is my oath"), the name Isabel emerged in me...
Ishild is a reconstructed Germanic name, considered the hypothetical early form of Iseult. It is believed to derive from the elements is meaning "ice" and hilt meaning "battle," thus the name could be interpreted as "ice...
Ishita is a feminine given name of Hindi origin, meaning "supremacy" in Sanskrit. It is derived from the Sanskrit root īś (ईश), which connotes lordship, dominion, or control. The name is widely used in India, particularl...
Ishtar is the Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian goddess of love, war, and fertility, whose name derives from the Semitic root ʿṯtr, possibly related to the Evening Star. In the ancient Mesopotamian pantheon, Ishtar was...
Isibéal is the Irish form of Isabel. Derived from the Spanish Isabel, the name traces its ultimate origin to the Hebrew name Elizabeth, meaning "my God is an oath" or "God is my abundance." The linguistic journey from He...
Iside is the Italian form of Isis, the ancient Egyptian goddess whose name, via Greek, derives from the Egyptian ꜣst (reconstructed as Iset, Aset, or Ueset), possibly meaning "throne". The name Iside is used primarily in...
Isidora is a feminine form of the name Isidore, deriving ultimately from the Greek name Ἰσίδωρος (Isidoros), which means "gift of Isis," from the name of the Egyptian goddess Isis and the Greek element δῶρον (doron) mean...
Isidra is a Spanish variant of the name Isidora, the feminine form of Isidore. The name ultimately derives from the Greek name Ἰσίδωρος (Isidoros), meaning "gift of Isis" – a combination of the name of the Egyptian godde...
Ísis is the Portuguese form of the name Isis, derived from the Greek rendering of the ancient Egyptian ꜣst (reconstructed as Iset, Aset, or Ueset), which possibly originates from a word meaning "throne". In Egyptian myth...
Isis is the Greek form of the Egyptian name ꜣst (reconstructed as Iset, Aset, or Ueset), which may derive from the root st meaning "throne." In mythology, Isis was a prominent goddess of the sky and nature in ancient Egy...
Iskra is a South Slavic feminine name meaning "spark" in languages such as Bulgarian, Croatian, and Macedonian. The term derives from the common Slavic word for a small fiery particle, evoking brightness, energy, and ini...
Isla is a feminine given name traditionally of primarily Scottish usage, derived from Islay, the name of an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is also the name of two Scottish rivers. The root word itself has no k...
Islay is a feminine name derived from the Scottish island of Islay, which lies off the west coast of Scotland. The island's name is Ìle in Scottish Gaelic and is of uncertain etymology. The name Islay gained popularity a...
Ismat is a given name of Arabic origin, primarily used for females in Arabic, Bengali, and Urdu-speaking cultures. The name is derived from the Arabic word ʿiṣma (عصمة), meaning "safeguarding, protection, chastity, virtu...
Ismene is a female name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word ἰσμή (ismē), meaning “knowledge.” In Greek mythology, Ismene was a Theban princess, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta (or, in some versions, of Euryg...
Ismini is a modern Greek feminine given name, directly adapted from the ancient Greek name Ismene. While Ismene is the classical form familiar from Greek mythology and literature, Ismini represents a contemporary variati...
Isobel is the Scottish form of the female given name Isabel. It originated from the medieval form of the name Elizabeth, tracing its roots through the Occitan Isabel to the Hebrew Elizabeth, meaning "God is my oath." The...
Isolda is a Latinate form of the name Iseult, best known from the tragic medieval romance of Tristan and Iseult. The name gained literary prominence through Richard Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan und Isolde, which uses the...
Isolde is the German form of Iseult, best known through the 13th-century German poem Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg and Richard Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan und Isolde. Wagner also named his first daughter Isolde. Th...
Isotta is the Italian form of Iseult, a name of uncertain origin from Arthurian legend. While the roots of Iseult are debated—with some scholars suggesting a Germanic derivation from elements meaning "ice" and "battle"—i...