History Behind The Name The Etymology Of First Names

 

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The Name Begins With The Letter U:

UAITHNE  m  Irish
Means "green" in Irish Gaelic.

UALAN  m  Scottish
Scottish form of VALENTINE

UBERTO  m  Italian
Italian form of HUBERT

UDI  m  Jewish
Pet form of EHUD

UDO (1)  m  German
Variant of ODO

UDO (2)  f & m  Igbo
Means "peace" in Igbo.

UDUAK  m & f  African
Means "will, desire" in Ibibio.

UELI  m  German
Swiss short form of ULRICH

UFFE  m  Danish
Variant of ULF

UFUK  m  Turkish
Means "horizon" in Turkish.

UGO  m  Italian
Italian form of HUGH

UILLEAG  m  Irish
Either an Irish form of the Old Norse name Hugleikr, which means "playful heart" from hugr "heart, mind, spirit" and leikr "play", or else a pet form of UILLIAM.

UILLEAM  m  Scottish
Scottish form of WILLIAM

UILLIAM  m  Irish
Irish form of WILLIAM

UINSEANN  m  Irish
Irish form of VINCENT

ÙISDEAN  m  Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of the Old Norse name EYSTEINN.

UJARAK  m  Native American
Means "rock" in Inuktitut.

UKALEQ  f  Native American
Means "hare" in Greenlandic.

UKKO  m  Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Means "old man" in Finnish...

ULAND  m  English
Perhaps from a surname which meant "noble country" in Germanic.

ULDERICO  m  Italian
Italian form of the Germanic name Hulderich which is composed of the elements hultha "merciful, graceful" and ric "power, rule".

ULF  m  Danish, Swedish
Derived from Old Norse úlfr meaning "wolf".

ULIANA  f  Russian
Russian form of JULIANA

ULICK  m  Irish
Anglicized form of UILLEAG

ULISES  m  Spanish
Spanish form of ULYSSES

ULISSE  m  Italian
Italian form of ULYSSES

ULISSES  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of ULYSSES

ULLA  f  Scandinavian, Finnish
Pet form of ULRIKA

ULLORIAQ  f  Native American
Means "star" in Greenlandic.

ULRIC  m  English
Either a medieval form of the Old English name Wulfric meaning "wolf power", or else a variant of ULRICH.

ULRICA  f  Swedish
Feminine form of ULRIC

ULRICH  m  German, French
Means "prosperity and power" from Germanic uodal "prosperity" combined with ric "power"...

ULRIIKKA  f  Finnish
Finnish feminine form of ULRICH

ULRIK  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ULRICH

ULRIKA  f  German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH...

ULRIKE  f  German, Danish
German and Danish feminine form of ULRICH

ULTAN  m  Irish
Means "of Ulster" in Gaelic. Ulster is a region in the north of Ireland.

ULYSSA  f  English
Feminine form of ULYSSES

ULYSSES  m  Roman Mythology, English
Latin form of ODYSSEUS...

UMA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "flax" in Sanskrit...

UMAR  m  Arabic
Means "populous, flourishing", derived from Arabic عمر ('umr) "life"...

UMBERTO  m  Italian
Italian form of HUMBERT

UME  f  Japanese
Means "plum" in Japanese... 

UMEKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 梅 (ume) "plum" and 子 (ko) "child".

UMUT  m & f  Turkish
Means "hope" in Turkish.

ÚNA  f  Irish
Possibly derived from Irish uan meaning "lamb".

ÙNA  f  Scottish
Scottish form of ÚNA

UNAI  m  Basque
Means "shepherd" in Basque.

UNATHI  m & f  African
Means "God is with us" in Xhosa.

UNDINE  f  Literature
Derived from Latin unda meaning "wave"...

UNICE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of EUNICE

UNIQUE  f  English
Means simply "unique" from the English word, ultimately derived from Latin unicus.

UNITY  f  English
Means simply "unity" from the English word, which is ultimately derived from Latin unitas.

UNNUR  f  Icelandic
Means "wave" in Icelandic.

UOLEVI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of OLAF

UPTON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "upper town" in Old English...

URANIA  f  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of OURANIA

URANUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ουρανος (Ouranos), the name of the husband of Gaia and the father of the Titans in Greek mythology...

URBAIN  m  French
French form of Urbanus (see URBAN).

URBAN  m  Danish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene
From the Roman name Urbanus which meant "city dweller" in Latin...

URBANA  f  Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of URBAN

URBANO  m  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Urbanus (see URBAN).

URD  f  Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Urðr meaning "fate"...

URHO  m  Finnish
Means "brave" in Finnish.

URI  m  Biblical, Jewish
Means "my light" in Hebrew...

URIAH  m  Biblical
From the Hebrew name אוּרִיָה ('Uriyah) which meant "YAHWEH is my light"...

URIAS  m  Biblical (Variant)
Greek form of URIAH

URIASZ  m  Polish
Polish form of URIAH

URIEL  m  Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name אוּרִיאֵל ('Uri'el) which meant "God is my light"...

URIEN  m  Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "privileged birth" from Celtic orbo "privileged" and gen "birth"...

UROS  m  Serbian
An old Hungarian name, possibly from úr meaning "man, lord" combined with a diminutive suffix.

UROŠ  m  Serbian, Slovene
Serbian and Slovene form of UROS...

URS  m  German
German form of the Roman name Ursus, which meant "bear" in Latin...

URSEL  f  German
German pet form of URSULA

URSELLA  f  English
Variant of URSULA

URŠKA  f  Slovene
Slovene pet form of URSULA

ÚRSULA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of URSULA

URŠULA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of URSULA

URSULA  f  English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"...

URSZULA  f  Polish
Polish form of URSULA

URVAKHSHA  m  Iranian
Means "joyful, cheerful" in Persian.

USAGI  f  Popular Culture
Means "rabbit" in Japanese...

USAMA  m  Arabic
Means "lion" in Arabic.

USCHI  f  German
Pet form of URSULA

USHA  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "dawn" in Sanskrit...

USHAS  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Variant of USHA

USKO  m  Finnish
Means "faith" in Finnish.

USMAN  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of UTHMAN

USOA  f  Basque
Means "dove" in Basque.

USTINYA  f  Russian
Russian form of JUSTINA

UTARI  f  Indonesian
Means "patient" in Javanese.

UTE  f  German
Feminine form of UDO (1)

UTHMAN  m  Arabic
Means "baby bustard" in Arabic...

UTZ  m  German
Pet form of ULRICH

UWE  m  German
German form of OVE

UXÍA  f  Galician
Galician form of EUGENIA

UXÍO  m  Galician
Galician form of EUGENE

UZI  m  Jewish
Variant of UZZI

UZMA  f  Arabic
Means "supreme, greatest" in Arabic.

UZOCHI  m  Igbo
Means "God's way" in Igbo.

UZOMA  m & f  Igbo
Means "follow the right road" in Igbo.

UZZI  m  Biblical, Jewish
Means "power" in Hebrew...

UZZIAH  m  Biblical
Means "my power is YAHWEH" in Hebrew...

UZZIEL  m  Biblical, Jewish
Means "my power is God" in Hebrew... 

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