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The Name Begins With The Letter I:
IACCHUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ιακχος (Iakchos), derived from ιαχω (iacho) meaning "to shout"...

IAGAN  m  Scottish
Modern form of the Scottish name Aodhagán, a pet form of AODH.

IAGO  m  Welsh, Galician
Welsh and Galician form of JACOB...

IAH  m  Egyptian Mythology
Means "moon" in Egyptian...

IAIN  m  Scottish
Scottish form of JOHN

IAKOPA  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of JACOB

IAN  m  Scottish, English
Modern Scottish form of JOHN

IANCU  m  Romanian
Romanian pet form of JOHN

IANTHA  f  English
Variant of IANTHE

IANTHE  f  Greek Mythology
Means "violet flower", derived from Greek ιον (ion) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower"...

IANTO  m  Welsh
Pet form of IFAN

IAPETOS  m  Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek ιαπτω (iapto) "to wound, to pierce"... 

IARFHLAITH  m  Irish
Composed of the Irish elements ior, of unknown meaning, and flaith "lord"...

IARLAITH  m  Irish
Variant of IARFHLAITH

IASON  m  Greek Mythology, Greek
Ancient Greek form of JASON

IB  m  Danish
Danish pet form of JACOB

IBBIE  f  English
Pet form of ISABEL

IBOLYA  f  Hungarian
Means "violet" in Hungarian.

IBRAHEEM  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of IBRAHIM

IBRAHIM  m  Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of ABRAHAM

IBTIHAJ  f  Arabic
Means "joy" in Arabic.

IBTISAM  f  Arabic
Means "smile" in Arabic.

ICARUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ικαρος (Ikaros), perhaps meaning "follower"...

ICHABOD  m  Biblical
Means "no glory" in Hebrew...

ICHIRO  m  Japanese
Variant transcription of ICHIROU

ICHIROU  m  Japanese
From Japanese 一 (ichi) "one" and 郎 (rou) "son"... 

IDA  f  English, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"...

IDAN  m  Jewish
Means "era" in Hebrew.

ÍDE  f  Irish
Possibly derived from Old Irish ítu "thirst"...

IDELLE  f  English
Elaboration of IDA

IDESTA  f  ?
The first element is probably from Germanic id "work".

IDETTA  f  ?
Elaboration of IDA

IDONEA  f  English
Latinized form of IDONY

IDONY  f  English
English form of the Old Norse name Iðunnr, which was probably derived from Old Norse ið "again" and unna "to love"...

IDOWU  m & f  Yoruba
Means "born after twins" in Yoruba.

IDOYA  f  Spanish
From the Spanish place name Idoia, possibly meaning "pond" in Basque, an important place of worship of the Virgin Mary.

IDRIL  f  Literature
Means "sparkle brilliance" in Sindarin...

IDRIS  m  Welsh
Means "ardent lord" from Welsh iud "lord, prince" combined with ris "ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive".

IDRIYA  f  Jewish
Means "duck" in Hebrew.

IDUNN  f  Germanic Mythology
Germanic form of Iðunnr (see IDONY).

IDWAL  m  Welsh
Means "lord of the wall", derived from Welsh iud "lord, prince" combined with gwal "wall, rampart".

IEFAN  m  Welsh
Welsh form of JOHN

IEKIKA  f  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of JESSICA

IESHA  f  English
Variant of 'AISHA

IESTYN  m  Welsh
Welsh form of JUSTIN

IEUAN  m  Welsh
Old Welsh form of JOHN

IFAN  m  Welsh
Welsh form of JOHN

IFE  f  Yoruba
Means "love" in Yoruba.

IGE  f  Yoruba
Means "born feet first" in Yoruba.

IGNAAS  m  Dutch
Dutch form of IGNATIUS

IGNÁC  m  Hungarian, Czech
Hungarian and Czech form of IGNATIUS

IGNAC  m  Slovene
Slovene form of IGNATIUS

IGNACE  m  French
French form of IGNATIUS

IGNACIJ  m  Slovene
Slovene form of IGNATIUS

IGNACIO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of IGNATIUS

IGNACY  m  Polish
Polish form of IGNATIUS

IGNASI  m  Catalan
Catalan form of IGNATIUS

IGNATIUS  m  Late Roman
From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin...

IGNATZ  m  German
German form of IGNATIUS

IGNAZIO  m  Italian
Italian form of IGNATIUS

IGON  m  Basque
Means "ascension" in Basque.

IGONE  f  Basque
Feminine form of IGON

IGOR  m  Russian, Polish
Russian form of IVOR...

IGRAINE  f  Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown, from the Welsh Eigyr...

IHAB  m & f  Arabic
Means "gift" in Arabic.

IHINTZA  f  Basque
Means "dew" in Basque.

IHSAN  m & f  Arabic
Means "charity" in Arabic.

IIDA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of IDA

IIKKA  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ISAAC

IINES  f  Finnish
Finnish form of AGNES

IIRO  m  Finnish
Finnish pet form of ISAAC

IISAKKI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of ISAAC

IKAIA  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ISAIAH

IKAIKA  m  Hawaiian
Means "strong" in Hawaiian.

IKE  m  English
Pet form of ISAAC

IKER  m  Basque
Means "visitation" in Basque.

IKRAAM  f & m  Arabic
Variant transcription of IKRAM

IKRAM  f & m  Arabic
Means "honour" in Arabic.

ILA  f  Indian
Means "earth" or "speech" in Sanskrit.

ILAN  m  Jewish
Means "tree" in Hebrew.

ILANA  f  Jewish
Feminine form of ILAN

ILANIT  f  Jewish
Feminine form of ILAN

ILAR  m  Welsh
Welsh form of HILARIUS

ILARI  m  Russian, Finnish
Russian and Finnish form of HILARIUS

ILARIA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of HILARIUS

ILARIO  m  Italian
Italian form of HILARIUS

ILBERT  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the Norman given name HILBERT.

ILDEFONSO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of the Visigothic Germanic name Hildefons, which meant "battle ready", derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and funs "ready"...

ILDI  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of ILDIKÓ

ILDIKÓ  f  Hungarian
Possibly a form of HILDA...

ILDÓ  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of ILDIKÓ

ILEAN  f  English
Variant of EILEEN

ILEANA  f  Romanian, Spanish
Traditional Romanian form of HELEN

ILEEN  f  English
Variant of EILEEN

ILENE  f  English
Variant of EILEEN

ILHAMI  m  Turkish
Means "inspiration" in Turkish.

ILI  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of HELEN

ILIA  m  Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of ILYA or ILIYA

ILIANA  f  Spanish
Variant of ILEANA

ILIE  m  Romanian
Romanian form of ELIAS

ILIJA  m  Macedonian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Macedonian and Serbian form of ELIJAH, and a Bulgarian variant transcription of ILIYA.

ILINCA  f  Romanian
Feminine form of ILIE

ILITHYIA  f  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ειλειθυια (Eileithyia), which was derived from ειληλυθυια (eilelythyia) "the readycomer"...

ILIYA  m  Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ELIJAH

ILKA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of HELEN

ILKAY  f & m  Turkish
Means "new moon" in Turkish, derived from ilk "first" and ay "moon".

ILKER  m  Turkish
Means "first man" in Turkish.

ILKIN  m  Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "first" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

ILLARION  m  Russian
Russian form of HILARION

ILLÉS  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of ELIJAH

ILLIAM  m  Manx
Manx form of WILLIAM

ILLTYD  m  Welsh
Means "multitude of land" from Welsh il "multitude" and tud "land, people"...

ILMA  f  Finnish
Means "air" in Finnish.

ILMARI  m  Finnish
Short form of ILMARINEN

ILMARINEN  m  Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish ilma "air"...

ILMATAR  f  Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish ilma "air"...

ILONA  f  Hungarian, Finnish, Latvian
Hungarian, Finnish and Latvian form of HELEN

ILONKA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of HELEN

ILSA  f  German
Variant of ILSE

ILSE  f  German
German short form of ELIZABETH

ILTA  f  Finnish
Means "evening" in Finnish.

ILYA  m  Russian
Russian form of ELIJAH

ILYAS  m  Arabic
Arabic form of ELIJAH

IMA  f  Dutch
Possibly a Dutch variant of IRMA

IMACULADA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese cognate of INMACULADA

IMAD  m  Arabic
Means "support" or "pillar" in Arabic.

IMAM  m  Arabic
Means "leader" in Arabic.

IMAMU  m  African
Means "spiritual leader" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic إمام (Imam).

IMAN  m & f  Arabic
Means "faith", derived from Arabic amana "to believe".

IMANI  f  African
Means "faith" in Swahili.

IMANOL  m  Basque
Basque form of EMMANUEL

IME  m & f  African
Means "patience" in Ibibio.

IMELDA  f  Italian, Spanish
Derived from the Germanic elements irmen "entire" and hild "battle"...

IMEN  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of IMAN

IMHOTEP  m  Ancient Egyptian
Means "he comes in peace" in Egyptian...

IMKE  f  German
Pet form of IMMA

IMMA  f  German
Low German form of IRMA

IMMACOLATA  f  Italian
Italian cognate of INMACULADA

IMMACULATA  f  Irish
Latin form of INMACULADA

IMMANUEL  m  German, Jewish, Biblical
Form of EMMANUEL used in some translations of the Old Testament...

IMOGEN  f  English
The name of a princess in the play 'Cymbeline' by Shakespeare...

IMOGENE  f  English
Variant of IMOGEN

IMPI  f  Finnish
Means "virgin" in Finnish.

IMRAN  m  Arabic
Arabic form of AMRAM

IMRE  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of Amalric (see EMMERICH)...

IMRUS  m  Hungarian
Pet form of IMRE

IMTIYAZ  m  Arabic
Means "distinction" in Arabic.

INA  f  English
Short form of names ending with ina.

INÁCIO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of IGNATIUS

IÑAKI  m  Basque
Basque form of IGNATIUS

IN'AM  f  Arabic
Means "giving, bestowal" in Arabic.

INANNA  f  Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from Sumerian (n)in-an-na "lady of the sky"...

INAS  f  Arabic
Means "friendliness" in Arabic.

INBAL  f  Jewish
Means "tongue of a bell" in Hebrew.

INDAH  f  Indonesian
Means "beautiful" in Indonesian.

INDERJIT  m & f  Indian (Sikh)
Variant of INDRAJIT

INDERPAL  m  Indian (Sikh)
Means "protector of Indra" from the name of the god INDRA combined with Sanskrit पाल (pala) "protector".

INDIA  f  English
From the name of the country, which itself derives from the name of the Indus River.

INDIANA  f & m  English
From the name of the American state, which means "land of the Indians"...

INDIGO  m & f  English
Means simply "indigo" from the English word for the purplish-blue dye or the colour...

INDIRA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "beauty" in Sanskrit...

INDRA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "possessing drops of rain" from Sanskrit इन्दु (indu) "a drop" and र (ra) "possessing"...

INDRAJIT  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "conqueror of Indra" from the name of the god INDRA combined with Sanskrit जित (jit) "conquering"... 

INDRANI  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "queen of INDRA" in Sanskrit...

INDU  f  Indian
Means "bright drop" in Sanskrit. This is a name for the moon.

INDY  f & m  English
Pet form of INDIANA

INÉS  f  Spanish
Spanish form of AGNES

INÈS  f  French
French form of INÉS

INÊS  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of AGNES

INES  f  Italian
Italian form of INÉS

INEZ  f  Spanish
Spanish form of AGNES

ING  m  Germanic Mythology, Norse Mythology
From old Germanic Ingwaz, which possibly means "he who is foremost"...

INGA  f  Scandinavian, German, Russian
Strictly feminine form of INGE

INGE  m & f  Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Norse god ING...

INGEBJØRG  f  Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish variant of INGEBORG

INGEBORG  f  Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with björg meaning "protection, help".

INGEGÄRD  f  Swedish
Swedish form of INGEGERD

INGEGERD  f  Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingigerðr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".

INGEMAR  m  Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingimárr, derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with mærr "famous".

INGER  f  Swedish
Variant of INGRID or INGEGERD

INGLEBERT  m  ?
Variant of ENGELBERT

INGMAR  m  Scandinavian
Short form of INGEMAR... 

INGO  m  German
German masculine form of INGE

INGOLF  m  Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingólfr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with úlfr meaning "wolf".

INGRAM  m  English
From a surname which was derived from the Germanic name Engelram...

INGRID  f  Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful"...

INGVAR  m  Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingvarr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with arr meaning "warrior".

INGVARR  m  Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of INGVAR

INGVILD  f  Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ingvildr, derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with vald "might, power".

IÑIGO  m  Spanish
Medieval Spanish form of ENEKO...

INIGO  m  English
English form of IÑIGO...

INKA  f  Frisian, Finnish
Frisian and Finnish feminine form of INGE

INKERI  f  Finnish
Finnish form of INGRID

INMACULADA  f  Spanish
Means "immaculate" in Spanish...

INNA  f  Russian
Meaning unknown, perhaps originally a short form of names ending in ина (ina).

INNES  m & f  Scottish
Anglicized form of AONGHUS, also used as a feminine name.

INNOCENT  m  English
From the Late Latin name Innocentius which was derived from innocens "innocent"...

INNOCENZO  m  Italian
Italian form of Innocentius (see INNOCENT).

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