Names Categorized "marathoners"

Lidia is a feminine given name used in several European languages, including Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, and Georgian. It is a regional variant of Lydia, which derives from the Greek name Λυδία (Lydia), meaning "...

Lidiya is a feminine given name widely used in Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian. It is the local form of the ancient name Lydia, which traces its origins to the Greek region of Lydia in Asia Minor. The region itself was...

Lizzy is a diminutive form of Elizabeth, often used as a given name in its own right, particularly in English-speaking countries. The name's popularity spiked in the late 19th century, a trend echoed by its variant Lizzi...

Lowri is a Welsh feminine given name, derived as a form of Laura. Laura itself originates from the Late Latin name Laurus, meaning "laurel", a plant whose leaves were used in ancient Rome to craft victory garlands. The n...

Lungile is a female given name of Zulu and Ndebele origin, meaning "correct, right, good" in both languages. Derived from the root word -lunga (to be good or correct), the name embodies qualities of propriety and virtue....

Mami is a feminine Japanese given name. It is commonly written using various combinations of ma (meaning "real," "genuine," "flax," or "hemp") and mi (meaning "beautiful") kanji, such as 真美 ("true beauty"), 麻美 ("hemp...

Masako is a feminine Japanese given name that can be written with various kanji combinations, most commonly 雅子 (masa, ko). The element masa may mean "elegant, graceful" (雅) or "right, proper" (正), while ko (子) means...

Miho 2 is a Japanese feminine given name composed of two mi meaning "beautiful" and ho meaning "grain" or ho meaning "protect, maintain". A common combination is 美穗 (beautiful rice ear) or 美保 (beautiful protection),...

Mimmi is a feminine given name used primarily in Finland and Sweden, and it also appears as a surname in some cultures. As a given name, it functions as a diminutive of the longer names Vilhelmina (Swedish and Lithuanian...

Mirko is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin, popular in countries such as Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and also found in Italy and Germany. Linguistically, it deriv...

Mizuki is a Japanese name that can be used for both males and females, though it is more commonly given to girls a unisex Japanese given name which means "auspicious hope". It is typically written with the kanji 瑞 (mizu...

Nadezhda (Cyrillic: Надежда) is a Slavic female given name meaning "hope". It is popular in Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and other Slavic countries, as well as in former Soviet states like...

Nao is a common feminine Japanese given name, occasionally used by males. It is also often a short form of names like Naoko, Naomi, Naoto, among others. Etymology and Written Forms The name Nao can be written with variou...

Naoko (なおこ, ナオコ) is a feminine Japanese given name, known for its numerous kanji combinations that yield various meanings. Most commonly, it is composed of elements such as nao (直) meaning "straight, direct" and k...

Etymology and MeaningNobuyuki is a masculine Japanese given name composed of two kanji elements. The first element, nobu, can be written with various characters such as 信 (nobu), meaning "trust," or 伸 (nobu), meaning "...

Etymology and Origins Olesya is a feminine given name used in both Russian and Ukrainian cultures. The name has two possible origins. First, it is commonly considered a diminutive of Oleksandra, the Ukrainian form of Ale...

Olivera is a feminine given name primarily used in Croatian, Macedonian, and Serbian, formed as a feminine equivalent of the male name Oliver. The name Oliver itself has a complex etymology, potentially derived from Lati...

Orlando is the Italian form of Roland, an epic hero whose Christian name means “fame of the land” (from the Frankish stems hrōð “fame” and land). The name was immortalized in the Carolingian cycle of chivalric romances,...

Wilson is an English surname-turned-given name meaning "son of William." It originated as a patronymic surname derived from the medieval nickname Will, itself a short form of William. The earliest recorded instances incl...