1165 Girl Names That Start With N (with Meanings and Popularity)

  1. Nadine
    • Origin:

      French variation of Nadia, Russian
    • Meaning:

      "hope"
  2. Nola
    • Origin:

      Gaelic
    • Meaning:

      "white shoulder"
  3. Noah
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "motion"
  4. Norah
    • Origin:

      English, Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "woman of honor, light"
  5. Nerissa
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "from the sea"
  6. Nayeli
    • Origin:

      Zapotec
    • Meaning:

      "I love you"
  7. Nikita
    • Origin:

      Russian, Sanskrit
    • Meaning:

      "victor; house"
  8. Noemi
    • Origin:

      Italian and Spanish variation of Naomi
    • Meaning:

      "my delight"
  9. Nessa
    • Origin:

      Scandinavian
    • Meaning:

      "headlands, promontory"
  10. Nicola
    • Origin:

      German; English, from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "people of victory"
  11. Nia
    • Origin:

      Swahili; Welsh form of the Irish Niamh
    • Meaning:

      "resolve; brilliance"
  12. Nori
    • Origin:

      Japanese, English short form or Eleanor, Leonora, Nora, Honora, or North, form of Nor or Nuri, Arabic, Turkish
    • Meaning:

      "ceremonial rites, doctrine, seaweed; unknown, honor, north; my light"
  13. Nuala
    • Origin:

      Irish, short form of Fionnuala
    • Meaning:

      "white shoulders"
  14. Nuna
    • Origin:

      Ewe, Inuit, Greenlandic, Jewish, Akkadian
    • Meaning:

      "gift; earth, land, country; fish"
  15. Neriah
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "light of Jehovah"
  16. Nila
    • Origin:

      Indian, Tamil, Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "dark blue; moon"
  17. Naira
    • Origin:

      Aymara
    • Meaning:

      "beauty of Saraswati"
  18. Navy
    • Origin:

      English, word name
    • Meaning:

      "fleet of ships; sea-based branch of the armed forces; dark blue"
  19. Naia
    • Origin:

      Hawaiian, Greek, Basque
    • Meaning:

      "dolphin; to flow; wave, sea foam"
  20. Nelly
    • Origin:

      Variation of Nellie and Nell
    • Meaning:

      "light"

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