Names starting with V
779 Names found
From Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā) meaning "lute".
From a surname that was derived from a place name meaning "vine hall" in Middle English.
Short form of Vincentas.
From the Roman name Vincentius, which was derived from Latin vinco meaning "to conquer". This name was popular among early Christians, and it was...
Lithuanian form of Vincent.
Original Latin form of Vincent.
Diminutive of Vincenza.
From Sino-Vietnamese 榮 (vinh) meaning "glory".
Italian and Spanish form of the Roman family name Vinicius, which was possibly derived from Latin vinum "wine".
Variant of Vinícius.
Portuguese form of Vinicius (see Vinicio). It gained popularity in Brazil due to the poet and musician Vinícius de Moraes (1913-1980).
Diminutive of Vincent and other names containing vin.
Diminutive of Vincent.
Means "vineyard" in Catalan. It is from a devotional title of the Virgin Mary, Mare de Déu del Vinyet, meaning "Mother of God of the Vineyard". This...
Signifies "violet" in Latin. This is the name of the heroine in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1602). In the play she is the survivor of...
Invented by Paul Claudel for the heroine of his play L'Annonce faite à Marie (1912). Earlier versions of the play were titled La Jeune Fille Violaine....
Latin form of Yolanda.
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola. It was common in Scotland from the 16th century, and it came...
Form of Violet in several languages.
Italian, Russian, Ukrainian and Hungarian form of Violet.
Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It...
Possibly from Quechua wira "fat, thick" and qucha "lake". This is the name of the creator god in Inca mythology.
Means "ruling, sovereign" in Sanskrit. According to some Hindu texts this was the name of an offspring of Brahma.
Diminutive of Virginia.
Diminutive of Virginia.
From the Roman family name Vergilius, which is of unknown meaning. This name was borne by the 1st-century BC Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro,...
Lithuanian form of Virgil.
Portuguese form of Virgil.
Medieval Latin form of Vergilius, altered by association with Latin virgo "maiden" or virga "wand".
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius or Virginius, which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin". Accor...
Lithuanian form of Virginia.