Names starting with U

Possibly from Old Irish úaine meaning "green". Alternatively, it may come from the name of the Irish tribe the Uaithni [2].

Scottish Gaelic form of Valentine 1.

From the Old German name Hugbald, derived from the elements hugu "mind, spirit, thought" and bald "bold, brave". This name was borne by a...

Means "little servant" in Arabic, a diminutive form of عبد (ʿabd).

Italian form of Hubert.

Means "lord of the spear" in Tupi, from ybyrá "wood, stick, spear" and îara "lord, master". This is the name of an 1874 novel by José de Alencar.

Means "strong spear" in Tupi, from ybyrá "wood, stick, spear" and atã "strong, hard".

Means "lotus" in Thai, derived from Sanskrit उत्पल (utpala).

Means "wisdom, sense, mind" in Igbo.

Means "wisdom of the father, sense of the father" in Igbo.

Derived from Basque uda meaning "summer".

Diminutive of Ehud.

Variant of Otto.

Means "peace" in Igbo.

Means "highest, best, supreme" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit उत्तम (uttama).

Means "will, desire" in Ibibio.

Means "God's will" in Ibibio.

Swiss diminutive of Ulrich.

Variant of Ulf.

Means "horizon" in Turkish, of Arabic origin.

Means "peace of mind" in Urhobo.

Norman form of Eugenius (see Eugene).

Latvian variant of Hugo.

Derived from Lithuanian ugnis meaning "fire".

Italian form of Hugh.

Means "eagle" in Igbo. It can also be a short form names beginning with that element, such as Ugochukwu.

Means "eagle of God" in Igbo, from ùgó meaning "eagle, honour" and Chi 2, referring to God.

Means "eagle of God" in Igbo.

Means "luck, fortune" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Derived from the Old English elements uhta "pre-dawn" and ric "ruler, king" [1].

Means "freedom" in Swahili.

Variant of Iara.

Means "heavenly beauty" or "royal beauty" from Hawaiian uʻi "youth, beauty" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Either an Irish form of the Old Norse name Hugleikr, or else a diminutive of Uilliam.

Scottish Gaelic form of William.

Irish form of William.

Irish form of Vincent.

Scottish Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Eysteinn.

Means "stone" in Greenlandic [1].

Means "stone" in Inuktitut.

From Sino-Korean 宇 (u) meaning "house, universe" or 佑 (u) meaning "help, protect, bless" combined with 眞 (jin) meaning "real, genuine" or 鎭 (jin) mean...

Means "fullness, plenty" in Igbo.

Means "hare" in Greenlandic [1].

Means "old man" in Finnish. In Finnish mythology Ukko is the god of the sky and thunder.

Diminutive of Urszula (Polish) or Uršula (Slovene).

Belarusian form of Vladimir.

Belarusian form of Vladislav.

Possibly from Latin ululare "to wail" or lumen "light". It is borne by the lost love of the narrator in Edgar Allen Poe's poem Ulalume (1847).

Means "young man, boy" in Kazakh.

Means "young man, boy" in Kyrgyz.

Italian form of Odalric (see Ulrich).

Diminutive of Ulrihs, now used independently. This is the name of a character in the play Pūt, vējiņi! (1913) by the Latvian playwright Rainis.

From the Old Norse byname Úlfr meaning "wolf".

Latinized form of Wulfila.

Old Norse form of Ulf.

Icelandic form of Ulf.

Diminutive of Ulrich or Ulrike.

Alternate transcription of Russian Ульяна or Ukrainian Уляна (see Ulyana).

Anglicized form of Uilleag.

Spanish form of Ulysses.