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The Name Begins With The Letter F:
FAAS  m  Dutch
Dutch short form of BONIFAAS or SERVAAS.

FÁBIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of FABIUS

FABIA  f  Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FABIUS

FÁBIÁN  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIAN  m  German, Dutch, Polish
From the Roman family name Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS.

FABIANA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIANO  m  Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIEN  m  French
French form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIENNE  f  French
French feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FÁBIO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of FABIUS

FABIO  m  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of FABIUS

FABIOLA  f  Italian, French, German
Elaborated form of FABIA... []

FABIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin faba "bean"...

FABÓ  m  Hungarian
Pet form of FÁBIÁN

FABRICE  m  French
French form of the Roman family name Fabricius, which was derived from Latin faber "craftsman".

FABRICIO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).

FABRIZIA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).

FABRIZIO  m  Italian
Italian form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).

FACHTNA  m  Irish, Irish Mythology
Perhaps means "hostile" in Irish Gaelic...

FADDEI  m  Russian
Variant transcription of FADDEY

FADDEY  m  Russian
Russian form of THADDEUS

FADI  m  Arabic
Means "saviour" in Arabic. This is an Arabic name of Jesus.

FADIA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FADI

FADIL  m  Arabic
Means "virtuous, generous" in Arabic.

FADILA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FADIL

FADL  m  Arabic
Means "grace, generosity" in Arabic.

FAE  f  English
Variant of FAY

FÁELÁN  m  Irish
Variant of FAOLÁN

FAHD  m  Arabic
Means "panther" in Arabic.

FAHIM  m  Arabic
Means "intelligent, scholar" in Arabic.

FAHIMA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FAHIM

FAHMIDA  f  Pakistani
Urdu feminine form of FAHIM

FAIGA  f  Yiddish
Variant of FAIGEL

FAIGEL  f  Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish פֵװגֶל (feigel) meaning "bird".

FAINA  f  Russian
Meaning unknown, possibly from the mythological Greek name Φαεννα (Phaenna), which was derived from φαεινος (phaeinos) "shining".

FAIRUZ  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of FAYRUZ

FAIRUZA  f 
Variant of FIRUZA

FAITH  f  English
Simply means "faith" from the English word, ultimately from Latin fidere "to trust"...

FAITHE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of FAITH

FAIVISH  m  Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FAIZ  m  Arabic
Means "victorious" in Arabic.

FAIZA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FAIZ

FAIZEL  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of FAYSAL

FAJRA  f  Esperanto
Means "fiery" in Esperanto.

FAKHRI  m  Arabic
Means "honourary" in Arabic.

FAKHRIYYA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FAKHRI

FALK  m  Yiddish
Means "falcon" in Yiddish.

FALLON  f & m  English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fallamhain meaning "descendent of Fallamhan"...

FANCY  f  English
Perhaps a form of FANNY influenced by the English word fancy.

FANE  m  Romanian
Romanian pet form of STEFAN

FANNI  f  Finnish, Hungarian
Finnish pet form of FRANCES

FANNIE  f  English
Pet form of FRANCES

FANNY  f  English
Pet form of FRANCES...

FANTINE  f  Literature
This name was used by Victor Hugo for the mother of Cosette in his novel 'Les Misérables'...

FAOLÁN  m  Irish
Means "little wolf", derived from Gaelic faol "wolf" combined with a diminutive suffix...

FARAG  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of FARAJ

FARAH  f  Arabic
Means "joy" in Arabic.

FARAI  m & f  African
Means "rejoice" in Shona.

FARAJ  m  Arabic
Means "remedy" or "improvement" in Arabic.

FARAJI  m  African
Means "consolation" in Swahili.

FARAMOND  m  History
Derived from the Germanic elements fara "journey" and mund "protection"...

FAREED  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of FARID

FARID  m  Arabic
Means "unique, precious", derived from Arabic farada "to be unique"...

FARIDA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FARID

FARIDOON  m  Iranian
Means "thrice strong" in Persian. This is the name of a king in Persian legend.

FARIHA  f  Arabic
Means "happy" in Arabic.

FARIS  m  Arabic
Means "knight" in Arabic.

FARLEY  m & f  English
From a surname which was originally from a place name meaning "fern clearing" in Old English...

FARON  m  English
Variant of FARRAN

FAROOQ  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of FARUQ

FAROUK  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of FARUQ

FARQUHAR  m  Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of FEARCHAR

FARRAH  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of FARAH

FARRAN  m  English
From a surname that was derived from the first name FERDINAND.

FARRELL  m  English
From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Fearghail meaning "descendent of FEARGHAL".

FARUQ  m  Arabic
Means "person who can tell right from wrong" in Arabic...

FARVARDIN  f & m  Near Eastern Mythology
Means "guardian spirit" in Persian...

FATHI  m  Arabic
Means "conqueror" in Arabic.

FATHIYYA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FATHI

FATIMA  f  Arabic, Portuguese
Means "to abstain" in Arabic...

FATIN  f  Arabic
Means "charming, seductive, fascinating" in Arabic.

FATMA  f  Arabic
Contracted form of FATIMA

FATMIR  m  Albanian
Derived from Albanian fatmirë "lucky".

FATMIRE  f  Albanian
Feminine form of FATMIR

FAUNA  f  Roman Mythology
Feminine form of FAUNUS...

FAUNUS  m  Roman Mythology
Possibly means "to befriend" from Latin...

FAUSTA  f  Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FAUSTUS

FAUSTINA  f  Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Faustinus (see FAUSTINO).

FAUSTINE  f  French
French feminine form of Faustinus (see FAUSTINO).

FAUSTINO  m  Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Faustinus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FAUSTUS...

FAUSTO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of FAUSTUS

FAUSTUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen meaning "auspicious, lucky" in Latin.

FAWN  f  English
Means simply "fawn" from the English word for a young deer.

FAWZI  m  Arabic
Means "triumph" in Arabic.

FAWZIYYA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FAWZI

FAY  f  English
Derived from Middle English faie meaning "fairy"...

FAYE  f  English
Variant of FAY

FAYIZ  m  Arabic
Means "victor" in Arabic.

FAYRUZ  f  Arabic
Means "turquoise (the gemstone)" in Arabic, ultimately of Persian origin.

FAYSAL  m  Arabic
Means "a judge" in Arabic.

FAYVEL  m  Yiddish
Pet form of FEIBUSH

FAYZA  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of FAIZA

FEARCHAR  m  Irish, Scottish
Means "dear man" from Gaelic fear "man" and char "dear".

FEARDORCHA  m  Irish
Means "dark man" from Gaelic fear "man" and dorcha "dark".

FEARGHAL  m  Irish
Means "man of valour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gal "valour"...

FEARGHAS  m  Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Means "man of vigour", derived from the Gaelic elements fear "man" and gus "vigour"...

FECHÍN  m  Irish
Means "little raven" from Irish fiach "raven" combined with a diminutive suffix...

FEDDE  m  Frisian
Short form of Frisian names beginning with the Germanic element frid "peace".

FEDELE  m  Italian
Italian form of FIDEL

FEDELMA  f  Irish
Variant of FIDELMA

FEDERICA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of FREDERICK

FEDERICO  m  Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of FREDERICK...

FEDERIGO  m  Italian
Archaic Italian form of FREDERICK

FEDIR  m  Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of THEODORE

FEDOR  m  Russian
Variant of FYODOR

FEDORA  f  Russian
Russian form of THEODORA

FEDOT  m  Russian
Russian form of THEODOTUS

FEDYA  m  Russian
Pet form of FYODOR

FEIBUSH  m  Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS

FEICHÍN  m  Irish
Variant of FECHÍN

FEIDHELM  f  Irish
Feminine form of FEIDHLIM...

FEIDHLIM  m  Irish
Possibly means "beauty" or "ever good" in Irish Gaelic...

FEIDHLIMIDH  m  Irish
Variant of FEIDHLIM

FEIGE  f  Yiddish
Variant of FAIGEL

FEIVEL  m  Yiddish
Pet form of FAIVISH

FELICE  m  Italian
Italian form of FELIX

FELÍCIA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian feminine form of FELIX

FELICIA  f  Ancient Roman, English, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Romanian
Feminine form of FELIX

FELICIANA  f  Spanish, Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FELICIANO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Felicianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FELIX.

FELICIDAD  f  Spanish
Spanish form of FELICITAS ...

FELICIDADE  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of FELICITAS ...

FÉLICIE  f  French
French feminine form of FELIX

FELICIE  f  German
German feminine form of FELIX

FELICIEN  m  French
French form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FELICIENNE  f  French
French feminine form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FELÌCITA  f  Italian
Italian form of FELICITAS ...

FELICITÁS  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of FELICITAS 

FELICITAS (1)  f  German, Late Roman
Late Latin name which meant "good luck, fortune"...

FELICITAS (2)  f  Roman Mythology
Means "good luck, fortune" in Latin...

FELICITY  f  English
From the English word that means "happiness", which ultimately derives from Latin felicitas "good luck"...

FELICJA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of FELIX

FELICJAN  m  Polish
Polish form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FELICYTA  f  Polish
Polish form of FELICITAS (1)

FELIKS  m  Russian, Slovene, Polish
Russian, Slovene and Polish form of FELIX

FELIM  m  Irish
Anglicized form of FEIDHLIM

FELINA  f  ?
Derived from Latin felinus meaning "cat-like".

FELIPA  f  Spanish
Spanish feminine form of PHILIP

FELIPE  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of PHILIP

FELIU  m  Catalan
Catalan form of FELIX

FÉLIX  m  French
French form of FELIX

FELIX  m  English, German, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin...

FEMI  m  Yoruba
Short form of OLUFEMI

FEMIE  f  English
Pet form of EUPHEMIA

FEMKE  f  Dutch, Frisian
Pet form of Germanic names beginning with the element frid "peace"...

FENELLA  f  Scottish
Anglicized form of FIONNGHUALA

FENTON  m  English
From a surname which was originally taken from a place name meaning "marsh town" in Old English.

FEODOR  m  Russian
Variant of FYODOR

FEODORA  f  Russian
Russian form of THEODORA

FEODOSIY  m  Russian
Russian form of THEODOSIUS

FEOFAN  m  Russian
Russian form of THEOPHANES

FEOFIL  m  Russian
Russian form of THEOPHILUS

FEOFILAKT  m  Russian
Russian form of THEOPHYLAKTOS

FERAPONT  m  Russian
Russian form of THERAPON

FERDIE  m  English
Pet form of FERDINAND

FERDINAND  m  German, French, Czech
Possibly means "ready to journey" from Gothic fardi "journey" and nand "ready"...

FERDINANDA  f  Italian, German
Feminine form of FERDINAND

FERDINANDO  m  Italian
Italian form of FERDINAND

FERDY  m  English
Pet form of FERDINAND

FERDYNAND  m  Polish
Polish form of FERDINAND

FERENC  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of FRANCIS

FERGAL  m  Irish
Anglicized form of FEARGHAL

FERGIE  m & f  Scottish
Pet form and feminine form of FERGUS

FERGUS  m  Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Anglicized form of FEARGHAS

FERI  m  Hungarian
Pet form of FERENC

FERKÓ  m  Hungarian
Pet form of FERENC

FERMIN  m  Spanish
Spanish form of FIRMIN

FERN  f  English
Short form of FERNANDA...

FERNAND  m  French
French form of FERDINAND

FERNANDA  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of FERDINAND

FERNANDE  f  French
French feminine form of FERDINAND

FERNANDO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of FERDINAND

FERNÃO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of FERDINAND

FERNE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of FERN

FEROZE  m  Iranian
Variant of FIRUZ

FERRAN  m  Catalan
Catalan form of FERDINAND

FERRER  m  Various
From a surname which meant "blacksmith" in Catalan...

FERRUCCIO  m  Italian
Pet form of Ferro, a medieval nickname meaning "iron" in Italian.

FESTER  m  German
Low German short form of SILVESTER

FESTUS  m  Ancient Roman, Biblical
Roman cognomen which possibly meant "festival, holiday" in Latin...

FFION  f  Welsh
Welsh form of FIONA

FFRAID  f  Welsh
Welsh form of BRIDGET

FIACHNA  m  Irish
Derived from Gaelic fiach meaning "raven"...

FIACHRA  m  Irish, Irish Mythology
Derived from Gaelic fiach meaning "raven"...

FIACRE  m  French
French form of FIACHRA

FIAMMETTA  f  Italian
Derived from Italian fiamma "fire" combined with a diminutive suffix.

FIDAN  f  Turkish
Means "sapling" in Turkish.

FIDDA  f  Arabic
Means "silver" in Arabic.

FIDEL  m  Spanish
From the Late Latin name Fidelis which meant "faithful"...

FIDELA  f  Spanish
Feminine form of FIDEL

FIDELIA  f  Spanish
Feminine form of FIDEL

FIDELIS  m  Ancient Roman
Original form of FIDEL

FIDELMA  f  Irish
Anglicized form of FEIDHELM...

FIDO  m  English
Means "I am faithful" in Latin. This name is commonly given to dogs.

FIERA  f  Esperanto
Means "proud" in Esperanto.

FIFE  m  Scottish
From a Scottish place name which was formerly the name of a kingdom in Scotland...

FIFI  f  French
Pet form of JOSÉPHINE

FIHR  m  Arabic
Means "stone pestle" in Arabic... 

FIKRI  m  Arabic
Means "intellectual" in Arabic.

FIKRIYYA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of FIKRI

FILAT  m  Russian
Short form of FEOFILAKT

FILBERT  m  ?
Variant of FILIBERT

FILIB  m  Scottish
Scottish form of PHILIP

FILIBERT  m  German, Dutch
Means "much brightness" from Germanic fila "much" and beraht "bright".

FILIBERTO  m  Italian
Italian form of FILIBERT

FILIP  m  Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FILIPA  f  Portuguese, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, Czech
Feminine form of PHILIP

FILIPE  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of PHILIP

FILIPINA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of FILIP

FILIPP  m  Russian
Russian form of PHILIP

FILIPPA  f  Russian, Swedish
Russian and Swedish feminine form of PHILIP

FILIPPO  m  Italian
Italian form of PHILIP

FILIPPUS  m  Dutch
Dutch form of PHILIP

FILIPS  m  Latvian
Latvian form of PHILIP

FILLIN  m  Irish
Anglicized form of FAOLÁN

FILOMENA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of PHILOMENA

FIMA  m  Russian
Pet form of YEFIM

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