Names That Mean Snake
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- Viper
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"snake"Description:
As cool as it is frightening.
- Mitsuki
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"full moon; beautiful moon; moonlight; snake vessel"Description:
Traditionally, this name is written with kanji that give it lovely meanings of "full moon," "moonlight," or similar. The character Mitsuki in Naruto uses kanji that denote the meaning "snake vessel," appropriate given he can summon magical snakes.
- Osman
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"baby bustard"Description:
Its most famous bearer was Prince Osman the First, founder of the Ottoman Empire, the third caliph of the Muslims, and a companion and son-in-law of Muhammad. Osman is sometimes written as Usman.
- Viper
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"snake"Description:
Undeniably frightening and undeniably cool.
- Orm
Origin:
Old Danish and Old SwedishMeaning:
"serpent, snake"Description:
Orm was a common name in the Viking Age, when children were often given names of animals. Animal names were thought to provide protection to those who had them.
- Boa
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"snake"
- Boa
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"snake"
- Quetzalcoatl
Origin:
Nahuatl, Native AmericanMeaning:
"feathered snake"Description:
The creator god of the sky, wind, and knowledge in Aztec mythology, also associated with the morning star. In Mesoamerican myth Quetzalcoatl is also a mythical hero from whom almost all Mesoamerican peoples claim descent.
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