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Diminutive of Alexandra, Greek
"defending men"
Cool, gender-neutral short form of Alexandra and company.
Japanese; Finnish
"born in the autumn; ancestor"
Aki is a simple international name from two wildly divergent cultures.
Maitê is a feminine name of Tupi-Guarani origin, indigenous to South America, particularly Brazil. It means 'loved one' or 'beloved,' derived from the elements 'ma'e' (thing) and 'ete' (truly). The…
Burmese
"snow, dew"
Catalan variation of Nieves, Spanish
"snow"
Eloá is a feminine name of Hebrew origin that carries profound spiritual significance. Derived from 'Elohim,' one of the names for God in Hebrew scripture, it can be interpreted as meaning 'God' or…
Hebrew
"to cry out"
A heroic figure in Exodus, Puah was a midwife during the Egyptian captivity who disobeyed Pharaoh's order to kill all male Jews at birth.
Arabic, possibly "adoration, life"
"adoration, life"
Hiam is best known as the name of Hiam Abbass — a Palestinian actress and director currently in Succession . It make come from the Arabic word haya meaning "life" or from hiam meaning "adoration,…
Hawaiian
"sweetheart"
A lovely and lovable Hawaiian word meaning "sweetheart," Ipo is sometimes used as a given name or found as an element of names, as in Kaipo.
Ota is a feminine name with Japanese origins, though it also appears in Czech, Hungarian, and Finnish naming traditions with different etymologies. In Japanese, it can mean 'large field' or carry…
Chinese
One of the few truly unisex names that start with X .
Maori
"girl"
Would be the Maori equivalent of Cora or any other name meaning maiden.
Akan, Fante, Ghanaian
"born on Thursday"
The traditional West African name for a daughter born on a Thursday.
Estonian variation of Anne, English
"grace"
Although the origins of Ene aren't entirely certain, it is likely to have ultimately derived from Anne, meaning "grace."
Estonian variation of Lumi, Finnish
English word name
"freeze"
An icy weather name that was surprisingly used for both sexes among enslaved people in 19th-century America.
German and Catalan
"blue"
Feminization of Ülo, Estonian
"joy; noble"
A popular Estonian name connected to the word ülev , meaning "noble."
Mapuche
Welsh
"charm, magic spell"
Swyn is one of the vocabulary word names that has seen more use in Wales in recent years, though it's not quite a shoo-in elsewhere.