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The Name Begins With The Letter V:
VÁCLAV  m  Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of WENCESLAS

VÁCLAVA  f  Czech
Czech feminine form of WENCESLAS

VADIK  m  Russian
Pet form of VADIM

VADIM  m  Russian
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the Slavic element volod "rule", or possibly derived from an Old Norse source.

VAHAN  m  Armenian
Means "shield" in Armenian.

VÄINÄMÖINEN  m  Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish väinä "wide and slow-flowing river"...

VÄINÖ  m  Finnish
Short form of VÄINÄMÖINEN

VAL  m & f  English
Short form of VALENTINE or VALERIE

VALARIE  f  English
Variant of VALERIE

VALARY  f  English
Variant of VALERIE

VALDA  f  English
Derived from Germanic wald meaning "power, rule".

VALDEMAR  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WALDEMAR...

VALDÍS  f  Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Derived from Old Norse valr "the dead" and dís "goddess".

VALENCIA  f  Spanish
From a Late Latin name which was derived from valentia "power"...

VALENTIJN  m  Dutch
Dutch form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE 

VALENTÍN  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE

VALENTIN  m  Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE

VALENTINA  f  Italian, Russian, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE ...

VALENTINE (1)  m  English
From the Roman family name Valentinus which was from Latin valens "strong, vigourous, healthy"...

VALENTINE (2)  f  French
French feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE

VALENTINO  m  Italian
Italian form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE

VALÈRE  m  French
French form of VALERIUS

VALERI  m  Russian
Variant transcription of VALERIY

VALÉRIA  f  Hungarian, Portuguese
Hungarian and Portuguese feminine form of VALERIUS

VALERIA  f  Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VALERIUS... [more]

VALERIAN  m  History
From the Roman cognomen Valerianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name VALERIUS...

VALERIANA  f  Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valerianus (see VALERIAN).

VALÉRIE  f  French
French feminine form of VALERIUS

VALERIE  f  English
Feminine form of VALERIUS

VALERIJA  f  Serbian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VALERIA

VALERIO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of VALERIUS

VALERIU  m  Romanian
Romanian form of VALERIUS

VALERIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin valere "to be strong"...

VALERIY  m  Russian
Russian form of VALERIUS

VALERIYA  f  Russian
Russian feminine form of VALERIUS

VALÉRY  m  French
Derived from the Germanic elements wahl "foreign" and ric "power".

VALERY  m  Russian
Variant transcription of VALERIY

VALESKA  f  German
Pet form of VALERIA

VALI  m  Romanian
Romanian pet form of VALERIU or VALENTIN

VALKO  m  Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian вълк (valk) "wolf".

VALKYRIE  f  Norse Mythology
Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser"...

VALLI  f  Hindu Mythology
Means "creeping plant" in Dravidian...

VALORA  f  Esperanto
Means "valuable" in Esperanto.

VALORIE  f  English
Variant of VALERIE

VALTER  m  Scandinavian, Portuguese, Slovene
Scandinavian, Portuguese and Slovene form of WALTER

VALTO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of WALDEMAR

VALTTERI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of WALTER

VÂN  f & m  Vietnamese
Means "cloud" in Vietnamese.

VĂN  m  Vietnamese
Means "knowledge, literature" in Vietnamese...

VAN  m  English
Short form of IVAN or VANCE

VANAMO  f  Finnish
Means "twinflower" in Finnish.

VANCE  m  English
From a surname meaning "dweller in a fen" in Old English.

VANDA  f  Italian
Form of WANDA

VANESSA  f  English
Invented by author Jonathan Swift...

VANGELIS  m  Greek
Variant of EVANGELOS

VANJA  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine form of VANYA

VANNA (1)  f  Italian
Short form of GIOVANNA.

VANNA (2)  f & m  Khmer
Means "golden" in Khmer.

VANNI  m  Italian
Short form of GIOVANNI.

VANYA  m  Russian
Pet form of IVAN

VAPPU  f  Finnish
Finnish form of WALBURGA

VARDA  f  Jewish
Pet form of VERED

VARDAH  f  Jewish
Variant transcription of VARDA

VARFOLOMEI  m  Russian
Variant transcription of VARFOLOMEY

VARFOLOMEY  m  Russian
Russian form of BARTHOLOMEW

VARG  m  Norwegian
Means "wolf" in Old Norse.

VARINIA  f  Ancient Roman, Spanish
Feminine form of VARINIUS

VARINIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name possibly derived from VARIUS.

VARIUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name which meant "versatile" in Latin...

VARLAAM  m  Russian
Russian form of BARLAAM

VARLAM  m  Russian
Variant of VARLAAM

VARNAVA  m  Russian
Russian form of BARNABAS

VARPU  f  Finnish
From the Finnish name for a type of berry bush.

VARTAN  m  Armenian
Derived from Armenian vart "rose".

VARTOUHI  f  Armenian
Means "rose lady" in Armenian.

VARVARA  f  Russian, Greek, Bulgarian
Russian, Greek and Bulgarian form of BARBARA

VARYA  f  Russian
Pet form of VARVARA

VASANT  m  Indian
Modern transcription of VASANTA

VASANTA  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "brilliant" or "spring" in Sanskrit...

VASANTI  f  Indian
Feminine form of VASANTA

VASCO  m  Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
From the medieval Spanish name Velasco, which came from the Spanish surname Velázquez, which possibly meant "crow" in Basque...

VASHTI  f  Biblical
Possibly means "thread" in Hebrew, but it is most likely of Persian origin...

VASIL  m  Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of BASIL

VASILE  m  Romanian
Romanian form of BASIL

VASILI  m  Russian
Variant transcription of VASILIY

VASILICA  m  Romanian
Pet form of VASILE

VASILIJE  m  Serbian
Serbian form of BASIL

VASILIKI  f  Greek
Modern Greek feminine form of BASIL

VASILIOS  m  Greek
Modern Greek form of BASIL

VASILIS  m  Greek
Modern Greek form of BASIL

VASILISA  f  Russian
Russian feminine form of BASIL

VASILIY  m  Russian
Russian form of BASIL

VASILKA  f  Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine pet form of BASIL

VASILY  m  Russian
Variant transcription of VASILIY

VASSILY  m  Russian
Variant transcription of VASILIY

VASU  m  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "bright, excellent" in Sanskrit...

VASUDA  f  Indian
Means "granting wealth" in Sanskrit. This is another name of the earth.

VASYA  m  Russian
Pet form of VASILIY

VASYL  m  Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of BASIL

VASYLYNA  f  Ukrainian
Ukrainian feminine form of BASIL

VAUGHAN  m  English, Welsh
From a Welsh surname meaning "little".

VAUGHN  m  English, Welsh
Variant of VAUGHAN

VAVRINEC  m  Czech
Czech form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE

VEASNA  m  Khmer
Means "opportunity, good fortune" in Khmer.

VECA  f  Serbian
Pet form of VESNA

VEDRAN  m  Croatian, Serbian
Means "jovial" in Croatian and Serbian.

VEDRANA  f  Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of VEDRAN

VEERA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of VERA (1)

VEGA  f  Astronomy
The name of a star in the constellation Lyra... 

VEIKKO  m  Finnish
Pet form of VELI

VELDA  f  English
Perhaps a variant of VALDA

VELI  m  Finnish
Means "brother" in Finnish.

VELIA  f  Italian
From the Roman family name Velius which possibly means "concealed" in Latin.

VELIMIR  m  Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements vele "great" and mir "peace".

VELLAMO  f  Finnish Mythology
From Finnish velloa "to surge, to swell"...

VELMA  f  English (Modern)
Possibly a form of WILMA

VELVEL  m  Yiddish
Means "wolf" in Yiddish...

VELVELA  f  Yiddish
Feminine form of VELVEL

VENA  f  Indian
Derived from Sanskrit (vena) meaning "yearning".

VENCEL  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of WENCESLAS

VENCESLAO  m  Italian
Italian form of WENCESLAS

VENCESLÁS  m  Spanish
Spanish form of WENCESLAS

VĚNCESLAV  m  Czech
Czech form of WENCESLAS

VENETIA  f  Various
From the name of the city in Italy, called Venice in English...

VENIAMIN  m  Russian
Russian form of BENJAMIN

VENKA  f  Esperanto
Means "victorious" in Esperanto.

VENKAT  m  Indian
Modern transcription of VENKATA

VENKATA  m  Indian
From the name of a sacred hill in southern India.

VENLA  f  Finnish
Finnish feminine form of WENDEL

VENUS  f  Roman Mythology
Means "love, sexual desire" in Latin...

VENYAMIN  m  Russian
Variant transcription of VENIAMIN

VĚRA  f  Czech
Czech form of VERA

VERA (1)  f  Russian, English, German
Means "faith" in Russian, also influenced by the Latin word verus "true".

VERA (2)  f  Albanian
Derived from Albanian verë "summer".

VERCINGETORIX  m  Ancient Celtic
Means "king over warriors" from Gaulish ver "on, over" combined with cingeto "marching men, warriors" and rix "king"...

VERDANDI  f  Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse Verðandi meaning "necessity"...

VERE  m  English
From a Norman surname which was from a French place name meaning "alder" in Gaulish.

VERED  f  Jewish
Means "rose" in Hebrew.

VERENA  f  German
Possibly related to Latin verus "true"...

VÉRÈNE  f  French
French form of VERENA

VERGIL  m  English
Variant of VIRGIL

VERÍSSIMO  m  Portuguese
From the Roman name Verissimus which means "very true" in Latin...

VERITY  f  English
Means "verity, truth" from the English word...

VERN  m  English
Short form of VERNON or VERNER

VERNA  f  English
Either a variant of VERENA or a feminine form of VERNON.

VERNER  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of WERNER

VERNON  m  English
From a surname meaning "alder tree" in French.

VERONA  f  Various
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.

VERÓNICA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of VERONICA

VERÔNICA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of VERONICA

VERONICA  f  English, Italian, Romanian
Latin form of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image"...

VERONIKA  f  Russian, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VERONICA

VÉRONIQUE  f  French
French form of VERONICA

VESA  m  Finnish
Means "sprout, young tree" in Finnish.

VESNA  f  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Means "messenger" in Slavic. This was the name of a Slavic goddess of spring.

VESPASIAN  m  History
From the Roman cognomen Vespasianus, derived either from Latin vesper meaning "west" or "evening" or vespa meaning "wasp"...

VESPASIANO  m  Italian
Italian form of Vespasianus (see VESPASIAN).

VESPASIANUS  m  Ancient Roman
Ancient Roman form of VESPASIAN

VESPASIEN  m  French
French form of Vespasianus (see VESPASIAN).

VESPERA  f  Esperanto
Means "of the evening" in Esperanto.

VESTA  f  Roman Mythology
Latin form of HESTIA...

VESTER  m  German
Short form of SILVESTER

VEVA  f  English
Pet form of GENEVIÈVE

VI  f  English
Short form of VIOLET

VIANNE  f  English
Short form of VIVIANNE

VIBEKE  f  Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of WIBEKE

VIBOL  m  Khmer
Means "abundant" in Khmer.

VIC  m & f  English
Short form of VICTOR or VICTORIA

VICENTE  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of VINCENT

VICKI  f  English
Pet form of VICTORIA

VICKIE  f  English
Pet form of VICTORIA

VICKY  f  English
Pet form of VICTORIA

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