Names starting with V

Scandinavian diminutive of names beginning with Vi, as well as Olivia and Sofia.

From the Latin name Vivianus, which was derived from Latin vivus "alive". Saint Vivian was a French bishop who provided protection during the...

Feminine form of Vivianus (see Vivian). Saint Viviana (also known as Bibiana) was a Roman saint and martyr of the 4th century.

French form of Viviana, as well as a Portuguese variant. It is also the French form of Vivien 2.

Variant of Viviane.

Italian form of Vivianus (see Vivian).

Latin form of Vivian.

French form of Vivianus (see Vivian).

Used by Alfred Tennyson as the name of the Lady of the Lake in his Arthurian epic Idylls of the King (1859). Tennyson may have based it on Vivienne, b...

French form of Viviana.

Diminutive of Vivienne. William John Locke used this name for the title character in his novel Viviette (1910).

Variant of Vivian.

Means "desire" in Kurdish.

Latvian form of Vyacheslav.

Short form of Vjekoslav.

Derived from the Slavic elements věkŭ "age" and slava "glory".

Feminine form of Vjekoslav.

Croatian and Serbian cognate of Vera 1.

Derived from Albanian vjollcë meaning "violet", referring to both the flower and the colour.

An old short form of Vladislav and other names beginning with the Slavic element volděti (Church Slavic vladati) signifying "to rule, to control". Thi...

Short form of Vladimir and other names beginning with the Slavic element volděti (Church Slavic vladati) meaning "to rule, to control". It is typicall...

From the Slavic element volděti meaning "to rule, to control", originally a diminutive of names containing that element.

Feminine form of Vladan.

Short form of Vladimiras.

Feminine form of Vladan.

Diminutive of Vladislav.

Contraction of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the name of the founder of the former Soviet state (see Vladimir and Lenin).

Georgian form of Vladimir.

Old Church Slavic form of Vladimir.

Czech and Slovak form of Vladimir.

From the Old Slavic name *Voldiměrŭ, derived from the elements volděti meaning "to rule" and měrŭ meaning "great, famous". The second element has...

Czech and Slovak form of Vladimira.

Feminine form of Vladimir.

Lithuanian form of Vladimir.

Latvian form of Vladimir.

From the Old Slavic name *Voldislavŭ, derived from the elements volděti "to rule" and slava "glory". This name has been borne by kings, princes and...

Feminine form of Vladislav.

Latvian form of Vladislav.

Contraction of Vladimir Lenin, the name of the founder of the former Soviet state (see Vladimir and Lenin).

Feminine form of Vladlen.

Short form of Vladimir and other names beginning with the Slavic element volděti (South Slavic vladati) meaning "to rule, to control".

Ukrainian form of Vladislav.

Ukrainian feminine form of Vladislav.

Croatian form of Blasius (see Blaise).

Russian form of Blaise.

Alternate transcription of Russian Власий (see Vlasiy).

Greek form of Blaise.

Russian form of Blaise.

Greek form of Blaise.

Originally a short form of names beginning with the Slavic element volstĭ meaning "power, rule, sovereignty". Descendants of this word include Czech v...

Derived from the Slavic elements volstĭ "power, rule, sovereignty" (Czech vlast "homeland") and milŭ "gracious, dear".

Feminine form of Vlastimil.

Czech form of Vlastimir.

Derived from the Slavic element volstĭ (Serbian vlast) meaning "power, rule, sovereignty" combined with mirŭ meaning "peace, world". This was the...

Derived from the Slavic elements volstĭ "power, rule, sovereignty" (Czech vlast "homeland") and slava "glory".

Feminine form of Vlatko.

Originally a diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element volděti (South Slavic vladati) meaning "to rule, to control".

Means "white bison calf woman" in Cheyenne, derived from vóésta "white bison calf" and the feminine suffix -e'é. Because white bison calves were rare...

Avestan form of Bahman.

Vocative form of Moirrey.