Names starting with V

Short form of Vasilija.

Modern form of Vasanta.

Means "spring" in Sanskrit. This is the name of a Hindu personification of the springtime.

Southern Indian form of Vasanta.

Feminine form of Vasanta.

From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque. A famous bearer was the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (c....

A diminutive of Václav.

Probably of Persian origin, possibly a superlative form of 𐎺𐎢 (vahu) meaning "good". According to the Old Testament this was the name of the first...

Diminutive of Vasiliki.

Form of Basil 1 in several languages.

The Romanian form of Basil 1.

Modern Greek form of Basileia.

Alternate transcription of Greek Βασίλειος (see Vasilios).

Alternate transcription of Russian Василий (see Vasiliy).

Feminine form of Vasile.

Diminutive of Vasile.

Medieval Slavic form of Basil 1.

Serbian and Macedonian feminine form of Basil 1.

Serbian form of Basil 1.

Latvian borrowing of Vasiliy.

Lithuanian form of Basil 1.

Modern Greek feminine form of Basil 1.

Russian feminine form of Basil 1.

Modern Greek form of Basil 1.

Modern Greek form of Basil 1.

Russian feminine form of Basil 1.

Russian form of Basil 1.

Bulgarian and Macedonian feminine diminutive of Basil 1.

Alternate transcription of Russian Василий (see Vasiliy).

Means "best, most excellent" in Sanskrit, a superlative form of वसु (vasu) meaning "good, excellent". This is the name of one of the Saptarshis, or...

Russian diminutive of Vasiliy (masculine) or a Macedonian and Bulgarian diminutive of Vasilija (feminine).

Diminutive of Vasil.

Diminutive of Vasil or Vasilije.

Diminutive of Vasiliki or Vasileia.

Alternate transcription of Greek Βασιλική (see Vasiliki).

Alternate transcription of Greek Βασίλης (see Vasilis).

Alternate transcription of Russian Василий (see Vasiliy).

Alternate transcription of Greek Βάσω (see Vaso 2).

Means "excellent, good, wealthy, bright" in Sanskrit. This is a name for the Hindu gods, in particular the eight elemental deities who are attendants...

Means "granting wealth" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the earth.

From Sanskrit वसु (vasu) meaning "excellent, good, wealthy" and देव (deva) meaning "god". This was the name of the father of Krishna. Krishna is also...

Means "holding wealth" in Sanskrit, used to refer to the earth.

Means "possessor of wealth" in Sanskrit, used to refer to the earth.

Diminutive of Vasiliy, Vasilisa, Vasyl, and similar names.

Ukrainian form of Basil 1.

Ukrainian feminine form of Basil 1.

Means "wind" in Avestan. This was the name of a Yazata (a holy being) associated with the wind in Zoroastrianism. He is also called 𐬬𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬎 (Vaiiu).

Derived from Croatian vatra "fire" combined with the Slavic element slava "glory". It was coined (or revived from an unattested name) in the 19th...

Russian and Ukrainian form of Václav or Wacław.

Derived from a Welsh surname that comes from bychan (mutated to fychan) signifying "little".

Derived from a Welsh surname, a variant of Vaughan.

Old French form of the Norman name Walchelin, derived from Old Frankish walh or Old High German walah meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman" (Proto-Germanic...

Czech form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Slovak form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1).

Means "air, wind" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Vedic Hindu god of the air and wind. In the Ramayana he is the father of Hanuman, while in the ...

Possibly from Persian وزغ (vazagh) meaning "frog, toad" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Derived from Georgian ვაჟი (vazhi) meaning "son".

Romanian form of Vyacheslav.

Means "fate, destiny" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit वासना (vāsanā) meaning "imagination, impression".

Old Norse form of Vebjørn.