Names starting with V

Means "victory" in Finnish.

Derived from the Slavic elements vojĭ "warrior, soldier" and slava "glory, fame". Stefan Vojislav was an 11th-century ruler of Serbia.

Feminine form of Vojislav.

Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Wojciech.

Diminutive of Vojtěch.

Czech form of Wojciech.

Slovak form of Wojciech.

Lithuanian variant of Valdemar.

Latvian form of Valdemar.

Invented by author J.K. Rowling, apparently based on French vol de mort meaning "flight of death" or "theft of death". This is the name of the...

Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Vladimir.

Proto-Slavic reconstruction of Vladislav.

Belarusian form of Olga.

Means "volcano" in Turkish.

Derived from the Old German element folk "people" combined with heri "army".

Derived from the Old German elements folk "people" and hart "hard, brave".

Derived from the Old German element folk "people" combined with mari "famous".

Old East Slavic form of Vladimir.

Diminutive of Vladimir.

Ukrainian form of Vladimir.

Variant of Veles.

Pen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), a French philosopher and writer, the author of Candide. It is not known how Arouet devised his name....

Scandinavian cognate of Wayland, found in the poem Völundarkviða in the Poetic Edda.

Old Norse form of Völund.

Diminutive of Vsevolod. It also means "will, freedom" in Russian.

Means "medicine bundle woman" in Cheyenne. A medicine bundle is a collection of sacred items used in religious ceremonies [1].

Variant of Wanda, reflecting the Polish pronunciation.

English form of Gwrtheyrn.

Western Armenian transcription of Voski.

Means "gold" in Armenian.

Diminutive of Paraskevi.

Diminutive of Vladimir.

Old Norse byname possibly meaning "mooring post".

Derived from the Slavic elements vortiti (Czech vrátit) meaning "to return" and slava meaning "glory". This was the name of two dukes of Bohemia (the...

Feminine form of Vratislav.

Swiss diminutive of Verena.

Derived from the Slavic elements vĭśĭ "all" and volděti "to rule". This was the name of an 11th-century grand prince of Kyiv.

Derived from Sino-Vietnamese 武 (vũ) meaning "military, martial", 雨 (vũ) meaning "rain" or 羽 (vũ) meaning "feather".

Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Vüqar.

Means "wolf" in Serbian.

Derived from Serbian vuk meaning "wolf". This was the name of a 14th-century Serbian ruler.

From the Latin Vulcanus, possibly related to fulgeo meaning "to flash", but more likely of pre-Latin origin. In Roman mythology Vulcan was the god of...

Latin form of Vulcan.

Means "anemone (flower)" in Finnish.

Azerbaijani form of Waqar [1].

Possibly from Turkish vur meaning "strike, hit".

Means "meeting, joining" in Azerbaijani.

Feminine form of Vüsal.

Alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Vüsalə.

Means "prosperity, abundance" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit वृद्धि (vṛddhi).

From the Sino-Vietnamese character 薇 (vi) meaning "royal fern", which occurs most commonly in the Vietnamese compound word tường vi meaning "multiflor...

Russian and Ukrainian form of Veceslav (see Václav).

Bulgarian cognate of Vera 1.

Means "arranger, compiler" in Sanskrit. In Hindu belief this is the name of a sage who is the traditional author of the Mahabharata and the Puranas. A...

Variant of Vidmantas.

Lithuanian form of Wigand.

From the Lithuanian root vyd- "to see" or vyti "to chase, to drive away" combined with tauta "people, nation". This was the name of a 15th-century...

Feminine form of Vytautas.

Variant of Vivian. This was the name of one of Oscar Wilde's sons.