Names starting with U
227 Names found
Portuguese form of Ulysses.
Means "the Pleiades" in Azerbaijani.
Scandinavian diminutive of Ulrika or Hulda 1, or a German diminutive of Ursula.
Diminutive of Ulrich or Ulrike.
Means "star" in Greenlandic [1].
From the Livonian name Ilo or Ylo meaning "joy", a name appearing in the 13th-century Livonian Chronicle of Henry. It is now associated with the...
Middle English form of the Old English name Wulfric. When it is used in modern times, it is usually as a variant of Ulrich.
From the Old German name Odalric, derived from the element uodil "heritage" combined with rih "ruler, king". This was the name of two German saints. A...
Means "of Ulster" in Irish. Ulster is a region in the north of Ireland. This name was borne by two 7th-century Irish saints.
From Turkic ulug meaning "great, big" combined with the military title beg meaning "chieftain, master". This was another name of Mirza Muhammad...
Azerbaijani form of Ulvi.
Azerbaijani feminine form of Ulvi.
Diminutive of Ulyana.
Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Juliana.
Latin form of Odysseus. It was borne by Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the commander of the Union forces during the American Civil War, who went on to...
Means "flax" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the Hindu goddess Parvati. In Hindu texts it is said to derive from the Sanskrit exclamation उ मा (u...
Signifies "flourishing, living long" in Arabic, related to Arabic عمر (ʿumr) meaning "life". Umar was a companion and staunch supporter of the...
From a Turkic word meaning "womb" or "placenta". This was the name of a Turkic and Mongolian goddess associated with childbirth.
Means "little mother" in Arabic, from a diminutive of أمّ (ʾumm) "mother". This was the name of an aunt of the Prophet Muhammad.
Diminutive of Umar. This was the name of two companions of the Prophet Muhammad, Umayr ibn Sa'd and Umayr ibn Wahb.
Italian form of Humbert. A famous bearer was Italian author Umberto Eco (1932-2016).
Derived from Latin umbra meaning "shadow". This name was created by Alexander Pope for a gloomy gnome in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1712). A moon...
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "Japanese apricot, plum" (refers specifically to the species Prunus mume). In Japan the ume blossom is regarded as a...
From Japanese 梅 (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" (referring to the species Prunus mume) and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are...
Means "hope" in Azerbaijani, ultimately from Persian امید (omīd).
Means "mother" in Arabic. This is often used in a kunya, a type of Arabic nickname (see the masculine counterpart Abu).
Combination of Umm and Kulthum. This was the name of a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad who married Uthman.
Turkish and Azerbaijani form of Umm Kulthum.
Means "flourishing, thriving" in Arabic, derived from the root عمر (ʿamara) meaning "to live long, to thrive".
Azerbaijani form of Umut.
Probably derived from Old Irish úan meaning "lamb". This was a common name in medieval Ireland.