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13,457Nike is a feminine given name of Greek origin, meaning "victory". In Greek mythology, Nike was the goddess of victory, often depicted as a winged figure accompanying Zeus and Athena in battle. The name derives from the G...
Nikeisha is a modern invented name primarily used in African American communities. It is a variant of Nakeisha, which itself combines the phonetic prefix na with the name Keisha. Keisha likely emerged in the 1960s, possi...
Niketa is a feminine given name used in Hindi and Marathi-speaking regions. It is a variant of Nikita 2, which ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word niket (niketa), meaning "house" or "habitation." The name thus carr...
Etymology and MeaningNikhila is a feminine given name of Indian origin, predominantly used in Hindi and Telugu cultures. It is the feminine form of Nikhil, which itself derives from the Sanskrit word निखिल (nikhila), mea...
Niki 1 is a modern Greek feminine name derived from Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory. The name Nike comes from the Greek word níkē (νίκη), meaning "victory." In modern Greek usage, Niki serves as a direct adapt...
Niki 2 is a feminine diminutive of Nicole, commonly used in English-speaking countries. It serves as a shortened, affectionate form of the longer name, reflecting a trend in English naming culture where diminutives like...
Nikisha is a feminine given name of African American origin. It is a variant of Nakisha, which in turn is a combination of the name prefix na and the name Kisha. Kisha itself is a variant of Keisha, a name that may have...
Nikita 2 (also written as Niketa) is a feminine given name used in Hindi and Marathi. It is derived from Sanskrit niketa (निकेत), meaning "house" or "habitation." The name is associated with the concept of home and dwell...
Nikitha is a Southern Indian variant of the name Nikita 2, primarily used in Tamil and Telugu-speaking communities. The name Nikita 2 derives from the Sanskrit word niketa (निकेत), meaning "house, habitation". Notable Be...
Origin and EtymologyNikki is a diminutive of Nicole, the French feminine form of Nicholas. The name Nicholas derives from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), composed of the elements nike meaning "victory" and laos meani...
EtymologyNikkole is a feminine given name of English origin. It is a variant spelling of Nicole, which itself is the French feminine form of Nicholas. The root name Nicholas derives from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos...
Nikol is a feminine given name used in Czech, Bulgarian, and Greek, serving as the form of Nicole in those languages. As with Nicole, it ultimately derives from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), meaning "victory of the...
Nikola 2 is the German, Polish, Czech, and Slovak feminine form of Nicholas. In Czech, however, the name is also used as a masculine form (see Nikola 1), reflecting a common Slavic onomastic pattern where the same name c...
Nikole is a feminine given name used in both Basque and English contexts. In Basque, it is the local form of Nicole, while in English it serves as a variant spelling of Nicole, often employed to achieve a distinctive pho...
Nikoleta is a feminine given name used in Bulgarian, Greek, and Slovak, among other languages. It is a form of Nicolette, which is a Diminutive of Nicole, itself the French feminine form of Nicholas. The name Nicholas ul...
Nikolett is a Hungarian feminine given name, serving as the Hungarian form of Nicolette. Nicolette itself is a diminutive of the French Nicole, which became popular in the English-speaking world in the mid-20th century,...
Nikoletta is a feminine given name used in Hungarian and Greek, derived as a form of Nicoletta. The name ultimately traces back through the Italian masculine name Nicola 1 (the Italian form of Nicholas) to the Greek Niko...
Nikolina is the feminine form of Nicholas used in Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Slovene. The name derives ultimately from the Greek Nikolaos, meaning “victory of the people,” from níkē (victory) and laós...
Nikostrate is the feminine form of Nikostratos, an Ancient Greek name. Its meaning is derived from the elements nike ('victory') and stratos ('army'), translating to 'victory of the army' or 'army of victory'. The name i...
Nila is a feminine given name with deep roots in Sanskrit, where it derives from the word nīla (नील), meaning "dark blue." The name is widely used across several languages and cultures, including Burmese, Indonesian, Hin...
Nilam is a feminine given name of Indian origin, derived from Sanskrit नील (nīla) meaning "dark blue." This name evokes the rich, deep hue of the sapphire and is particularly popular in Hindi and Marathi-speaking regions...
Nilar is a feminine Burmese name, transcribed in the Burmese script as နီလာ (Nila). It is an alternate transliteration of the same Burmese word, which derives from Nila, ultimately from Sanskrit nīla (नील), meaning "dark...
Nilay is a female given name of Turkish and Azerbaijani origin. It is a compound name formed from Nil, the Turkish and Azerbaijani name for the Nile River, and ay, meaning "moon". Thus, Nilay translates to "moon of the N...
Nilda is a short form of the names Brunilda or Leonilda, primarily used in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries. As a feminine given name, it carries connotations of strength and battle, inherited from its Germanic...
Nili is a Hebrew feminine name and acronym that originates from the phrase נצח ישראל לא ישקר (Netzach Yisrael Lo Yishaker), meaning "the eternity of Israel will not lie." This phrase appears in the Hebrew Bible in 1 Samu...
Nilima is a feminine given name widely used in Hindi, Marathi, and Telugu-speaking regions of India. The name is a modern formation derived from Sanskrit नील (nīla), meaning "dark blue" – the color of the vast sky and th...
Nilofar is a variant of the Persian name Niloufar, written in its Indianized form. It is derived from the Persian word nīlūfar, meaning "water lily", a flower associated with purity and beauty in Persian and Indic cultur...
Nilofer is a feminine given name of Indian usage. It serves as the Indian form of Niloufar, or Niloofar in Persian. At its core, the name traces its roots to the Persian word for "water lily" (from Niloufar). The water l...
Niloofar is an alternate transcription of the Persian name Niloufar (نیلوفر), which means "water lily" in Persian. The water lily, known for its beauty and aquatic habitat, holds cultural significance in Persian poetry a...
EtymologyNiloufar is a Persian feminine name meaning "water lily." The name is derived from the Persian word for the water lily, a flower that symbolizes purity, rebirth, and beauty. It is the Persian equivalent of the S...
Nilufar is a feminine given name that serves as the Uzbek and Bengali form of Niloufar. The name ultimately derives from Persian nīlūfar meaning "water lily", which itself traces back to Sanskrit nīlotpala, referring spe...
Nilüfer is a feminine given name of Turkish origin, directly derived from the Turkish word for "water lily." The name ultimately traces back to the Persian Niloufar, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit word nīḷōtpaḷa (...
Nilufər is the Azerbaijani form of Niloufar, a Persian name meaning "water lily". The water lily (Nymphaea) has deep cultural significance across many regions, often symbolizing purity, beauty, and rebirth. In Persian cu...
Nilza is a feminine given name used primarily in Portuguese-speaking countries. It is possibly a feminine form of Nilson, itself a Portuguese variant of Nelson.EtymologyThe root name Nelson is originally an English surna...
Nima 1 (نِعْمَة) is an Arabic feminine given name meaning "blessing". It derives from the Arabic root n-ʿ-m, which denotes grace, bounty, and pleasantness, and is directly related to the noun "blessing". This same root a...
Nimat is a feminine Arabic name meaning "blessings," derived from the plural form of Nima, which means "blessing." Rooted in the Semitic triconsonantal root N-ʻ-M, the name conveys a sense of divine favor and prosperity,...
Nimet is a Turkish feminine given name, derived from the Arabic word niʿma (plural niʿam), meaning "blessings" or "favors." It is the Turkish form of Nimat, which itself is the plural of Nima 1 ("blessing"). The name car...
Nimue is a mysterious sorceress from Arthurian legend, most famous for being the Lady of the Lake who entangles the wizard Merlin with love and traps him with magic. Her name, of uncertain etymology, has been recorded in...
Ņina is the Latvian form of Nina 1. The name Nina itself is a short form of various longer names ending in nina, such as Antonina or Giannina. It was introduced to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century...
Nina is a feminine given name used widely across Europe and beyond, found in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbi...
Nina is a feminine given name meaning "fire" in Quechua and Aymara, indigenous languages spoken primarily in the Andean regions of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. The name reflects a direct connection to the natural element,...
Nina 3 is the Russian form of Nino 2, a name rooted in the Christianization of Georgia in the 4th century. The name Nino, from which Nina derives, is itself of uncertain origin, but it is closely tied to Saint Nino (some...
Nindaanis is an Ojibwe word that translates to "my daughter" in English. It is not a conventional given name but rather a descriptive term of endearment or relationship used within the Ojibwe language. However, in modern...
Nine is a Frisian short form of Katherine, a name with a complex and debated etymology. The root name Katherine ultimately derives from the Greek name Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterine), which may have come from an earlier Greek fo...
Ninel is a given name that arises from a politically charged linguistic invention. It is predominantly feminine in the former Soviet Union, while in Romania it is used as a masculine name. The name is most famously deriv...
Ninette is a French feminine diminutive of Nina 1. The suffix -ette is a common French diminutive, giving the name an affectionate or "little" connotation. This name originated as a pet form of Nina, which itself can be...
Ninfa is the Spanish and Italian form of Nympha, a name with roots in ancient Greek mythology and early Christian tradition. The name derives from nymphe, the Greek word for "nymph"—minor female deities associated with n...
Ning is a Chinese given name that can be written with various characters, most commonly 宁 (níng), meaning "peaceful, calm, serene." Other characters with similar pronunciation may also be used, such as 凝 (níng, meaning...
EtymologyNingal is a Sumerian name meaning "great lady" or "great queen". It is composed of the nin ("lady") and gal ("big, great") elements. In cuneiform, the name was written as dNIN.GAL.MythologyNingal was a goddess o...
Ninhursag is the Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, whose name means "lady of the (sacred) mountain" from the Sumerian elements nin ("lady") and hursaĝ ("mountain" or sacred mountain mountain). She was one of the...
Ninisina is a Sumerian goddess whose name means "lady of Isin," from the Sumerian element nin (𒎏) meaning "lady" combined with the name of the city-state of Isin. She served as the tutelary deity of Isin and was primaril...
Ninlil is a name of Sumerian origin, derived from the elements nin meaning "lady" and lil meaning "wind." In Sumerian mythology, she was a major goddess worshipped from the late 3rd millennium BCE onward. As the consort...
Nino is a feminine name chiefly used in Georgia, of uncertain etymology. It is widely believed to derive from a Greek feminine form of Ninos, likely related to the name of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, or from a...
Ninochka is a Russian diminutive of Nina 1. The suffix -ochka is a common Russian endearment marker, rendering Ninochka an affectionate or informal variant used similarly to "Nina" but with a tender, diminutive connotati...
Ninon is a French diminutive of the name Anne, ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Hannah. While the name itself carries the same meaning as Anne – "grace" or "favor" – Ninon has a distinctly French character, evokin...
Ninoslava is the feminine form of the Slavic male name Ninoslav. It is used primarily in Serbian and other South Slavic communities. The name is composed of two elements: the first element nyně meaning "now" and the seco...
Ninsumun is a variant of Ninsun, a Sumerian goddess whose name means "lady of the wild cow" (from nin "lady" and sumun "wild cow"). In Sumerian mythology, Ninsumun is best known as the mother of the legendary hero Gilgam...
Ninsun is a Sumerian mythological figure whose name derives from the Sumerian elements nin meaning "lady" and the genitive form of sumun meaning "wild cow", giving the overall meaning "lady of the wild cow". The name is...
Ninutsa is a feminine diminutive of Nino 2, a name deeply rooted in Georgian tradition and religion. Etymology and OriginsThe name Nino (sometimes referred to as Nina) is of uncertain etymology, possibly originating from...
Niobe is a name of ancient Greek origin, primarily known from mythology. Its etymology remains unknown, though the name has endured through literature and art for millennia, serving as a cautionary symbol of pride and gr...