Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ADELINA
Latinate diminutive of ADELA.
ALBENA
Created by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov for the heroine in his drama 'Albena' (1930). He may have based it on ablen, t...
ALEKSANDRA
Form of ALEXANDRA.
ALEKSANDAR
Cognate of ALEXANDER.
ALEKSANDRINA
Diminutive of ALEKSANDRA.
ANA
Form of ANNA.
ANASTAS
Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS.
ANASTASIYA
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIA. This name was borne by the wife of the Russian czar Ivan the Terribl...
ANASTASIY
Older Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS.
ANDON
Variant of ANTON.
ANNA
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including...
ANDREI
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.
ANDREY
Russian and Bulgarian form of ANDREW.
ANGEL
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived ...
ANI
Diminutive of ANA.
ANKA
Diminutive of ANNA.
ANTON
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
APOSTOL
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of APOSTOLOS.
ASEN
Meaning unknown, probably of Turkic origin. This was the name of a 12th-century Bulgarian emperor (Ivan Asen I) and seve...
ATANAS
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of ATHANASIUS.
BILYANA
Bulgarian form of BILJANA.
BISTRA
Means "clean, pure" in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
BLAGORODNA
Means "noble" in Macedonian and Bulgarian.
BLAGUN
Derived from South Slavic благ (blag) meaning "sweet, pleasant, blessed".
BOGDAN
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bogu "god" and dan "given".
BOJIDAR
Variant transcription of BOZHIDAR.
BORIS
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf" or "snow leopard". It was borne by the 9th-century king ...
BORISLAVA
Feminine form of BORISLAV.
BOYANA
Bulgarian form of BOJANA.
BOYKO
Originally a diminutive of names containing the Slavic element boji meaning "battle".
BOZHIDARA
Bulgarian feminine form of BOŽIDAR.
BRANIMIR
Derived from the Slavic element borna "protection" combined with miru meaning "peace, world".
BISERA
Derived from the South Slavic word бисер (biser) "pearl".
BLAGA
Feminine form of BLAGOY.
BLAGOY
Derived from South Slavic благ (blag) meaning "sweet, pleasant, blessed".
BLAGUNA
Feminine form of BLAGUN.
BOGDANA
Feminine form of BOGDAN.
BOGOMIL
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of BOGUMIŁ.
BORISLAV
Derived from the Slavic element borti "battle" combined with slava "glory".
BOYAN
Bulgarian form of BOJAN.
BOYKA
Feminine form of BOYKO.
BOZHIDAR
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of BOŽIDAR.
BRANIMIRA
Feminine form of BRANIMIR.
CHAVDAR
Derived from a Persian word meaning "leader, dignitary".
DAMYAN
Bulgarian form of DAMIAN.
DANA (3)
Short form of BOGDANA, YORDANA or GORDANA.
DANCHO
Diminutive of DANAIL.
DANIELA
Feminine form of DANIEL.
DANAIL
Bulgarian form of DANIEL.
DANIEL
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge". Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in...
DARINA (2)
Derived from the Slavic word dar meaning "gift". It can also be used as a diminutive of DARIA.
DESISLAVA
Feminine form of DESISLAV.
DESSISLAVA
Variant transcription of DESISLAVA.
DEYAN
Bulgarian form of DEJAN.
DIANA
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS). Diana was a Rom...
DIMO
Diminutive of DIMITAR.
DENICA
Bulgarian form and Macedonian variant of DANICA.
DESISLAV
Derived from Slavic elements, possibly deseti meaning "ten", combined with slava "glory".
DIMITAR
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of DEMETRIUS.
DONCHO
Diminutive of ANDON.
DRAGAN
Derived from the Slavic element dragu meaning "precious".
DRAGOMIR
Derived from the Slavic element dragu meaning "precious" combined with miru meaning "peace, world".
DOBRI
Diminutive of DOBROSLAV.
DOBROSLAV
Derived from the Slavic elements dobru "good" and slava "glory".
DONKA
Feminine diminutive of ANDON.
DRAGO
Derived from the Slavic element dragu meaning "precious". It is also a short form of other Slavic names beginning with t...
EKATERINA
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of KATHERINE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEKATERINA.
ELENA
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant transcription of Russian YELENA.
ELEONORA
Cognate of ELEANOR.
EMIL
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
EMILIYA
Bulgarian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
ELISAVETA
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of ELIZABETH.
EVANGELIYA
Bulgarian feminine form of EVANGELOS.
EVGENIA
Modern Greek form of EUGENIA. It is also a variant transcription of Russian YEVGENIYA and Bulgarian EVGENIYA.
EVGENIYA
Bulgarian form of EUGENIA and a variant Russian transcription of YEVGENIYA.
EVA
Latinate form of EVE. This form is used in the Latin translation of the New Testament, while Hava is used in the Latin O...
EVDOKIYA
Bulgarian form of EUDOCIA, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVDOKIYA.
EVGENI
Bulgarian form of EUGENE and a variant Russian transcription of YEVGENIY.
FILIP
Cognate of PHILIP.
GALINA
Russian and Bulgarian feminine form of Galenos (see GALEN).
GAVRAIL
Bulgarian form of GABRIEL.
GABRIELA
Feminine form of GABRIEL.
GALENA
Bulgarian and Macedonian feminine form of Galenos (see GALEN).
GAVRIL
Bulgarian, Macedonian and Romanian form of GABRIEL.
GENADI
Bulgarian and Georgian form of GENNADIUS.
GEORGI
Bulgarian form of GEORGE.
GERGANA
Bulgarian feminine form of GEORGE.
GRIGOR
Welsh, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Armenian form of GREGORY. This is the name of the patron saint of Armenia (known as Sai...
GROZDAN
Derived from Bulgarian or Macedonian грозде (grozde) meaning "grapes".
GROZDA
Feminine form of GROZDAN.
GROZDANA
Feminine form of GROZDAN.
HARALAMBI
Bulgarian form of CHARALAMPOS.
HRISTINA
Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian form of CHRISTINA.
HRISTOFOR
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of CHRISTOPHER.
HRISTO
Bulgarian and Macedonian short form of CHRISTOPHER.
ILIA
Georgian form of ELIJAH. It is also a variant transcription of Russian ILYA or Bulgarian ILIYA.
ILIJA
Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian form of ELIJAH, and a Bulgarian variant transcription of ILIYA.
ILINA
Feminine form of ILIYA.
ILIYA
Bulgarian form of ELIJAH.
ILARION
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of HILARION.
ILIANA
Feminine form of ILIAS (Greek) or ILIYA (Bulgarian).
ILIYANA
Feminine form of ILIYA.
IOAN
Romanian and Welsh form of JOHN. This is also a variant transcription of the Bulgarian name YOAN.
IRENA
Latinate form of IRENE.
ISKRA
From a South Slavic word meaning "spark".
IOANA
Romanian feminine form of JOHN. This is also a variant transcription of the Bulgarian name YOANA.
IORDAN
Variant transcription of YORDAN.
IRINA
Cognate of IRENE.
IVA (1)
Means "willow tree" in South Slavic.
IVAILO
Variant transcription of IVAYLO.
IVAN
Newer form of the old Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannu), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN). This was the name of...
IVANKA
Diminutive of IVANA.
IVANA
Feminine form of IVAN.
IVAYLO
Perhaps derived from an old Bulgar name meaning "wolf". This was the name of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. It is p...
IVET
Bulgarian form of YVETTE.
IVKA
Diminutive of IVA (1), IVA (2) or IVA (3).
IVO (2)
Diminutive of IVAN.
KALINA
Means "viburnum tree" in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Polish.
KALIN
Masculine form of KALINA.
KALOYAN
From Greek καλος Ιωαννης (kalos Ioannes) meaning "handsome JOHN", the nickname of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria. He...
KAMEN
Means "stone" in Bulgarian. This is a translation of the Greek name Petros.
KATERINA
Macedonian form of KATHERINE, a Russian short form of YEKATERINA, a Bulgarian short form of EKATERINA, and a Greek varia...
KLIMENT
Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).
KOSTA
Bulgarian diminutive of KONSTANTIN.
KRASIMIRA
Feminine form of KRASIMIR.
KRASTYO
Derived from Bulgarian кръст (krast) meaning "cross". This is a translation of the Greek name Stavros.
KRISTIYAN
Bulgarian form of CHRISTIAN.
KIRIL
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of CYRIL.
KLAVDIYA
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian feminine form of CLAUDIUS.
KONSTANTIN
Cognate of CONSTANTINE.
KOSTADIN
Bulgarian and Macedonian variant of KONSTANTIN.
KRASIMIR
Derived from the Slavic elements krasa "beauty, adornment" and miru "peace, world".
KRASTIO
Variant transcription of KRASTYO.
KRASTYU
Variant of KRASTYO.
KRISTINA
Form of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.
KUZMAN
Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian form of COSMAS.
LAZAR
Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian form of LAZARUS.
LALA
From a South Slavic word meaning "tulip". It is derived via Turkish from Persian لاله (laleh).
LILYANA
Bulgarian form of LILLIAN.
LIDIYA
Russian and Bulgarian form of LYDIA.
LILIYA
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of LILY.
LUBEN
Variant transcription of LYUBEN.
LUBOMIR
Variant transcription of LYUBOMIR.
LYUBOV
Derived from the Slavic element lyuby meaning "love".
LYUDMILA
Russian and Bulgarian form of LUDMILA. This was the name of a character in Aleksandr Pushkin's poem 'Ruslan and Lyudmila...
LUDMILLA
Variant transcription of LYUDMILA.
LYUBEN
Derived from the Slavic element lyuby meaning "love".
LYUBOMIR
Bulgarian form of LUBOMÍR.
LYUDMIL
Bulgarian masculine form of LUDMILA.
MAGDALENA
Latinate form of MAGDALENE.
MAGDALINA
Old Slavic form of MAGDALENE, as well as a Bulgarian variant form.
MALINA (2)
Means "raspberry" in several Slavic languages.
MARGARITA
Latinate form of MARGARET. This is also a Latin word meaning "pearl" and a Spanish word meaning "daisy flower" (species ...
MARIA
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European language...
MARIN
French, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of MARINUS.
MARTIN
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS. Saint ...
MATEY
Bulgarian form of MATTHEW.
MARINA
Feminine form of MARINUS.
MARIYA
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of MARIA.
MARKO
Cognate of MARK.
MARTA
Cognate of MARTHA.
MILEN
Variant of MILAN.
MILENA
Feminine form of MILAN. It began to be used in Italy in honour of Milena Vukotić (1847-1923), mother of Helen of Montene...
MILKA (1)
Diminutive of Slavic names containing the element milu "gracious, dear".
MILKO
Diminutive of Slavic names containing the element milu "gracious, dear".
MISHO
Georgian diminutive of MIKHEIL and a Bulgarian diminutive of MIHAIL.
MITRE
Short form of DIMITAR.
MLADEN
Derived from the Slavic word младъ (mladu) meaning "young".
MIHAIL
Romanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of MICHAEL. This is also a variant transcription of the Greek name MICHAIL.
MILA
Originally a diminutive of Slavic names containing the element milu "gracious, dear".
MILAN
From the Slavic element milu meaning "gracious, dear", originally a short form of names that began with that element. A ...
MIRA (2)
Short form of names containing the Slavic element miru meaning "peace" or "world".
MIROSLAV
Derived from the Slavic elements miru "peace, world" and slava "glory". This was the name of a 10th-century king of Croa...
MOMCHIL
Derived from Bulgarian момче (momche) "boy".
NADIA (1)
Variant of NADYA (1) used in the Western world, as well as a variant transcription of the Slavic name. It began to be u...
NADYA (1)
Diminutive of NADEZHDA.
NADEJDA
Variant transcription of NADEZHDA.
NADEZHDA
Means "hope" in Slavic.
NAUM
Russian and Bulgarian form of NAHUM.
NEDELYA
Means "Sunday" in Bulgarian.
NEDYALKA
Bulgarian feminine form of NEDELJKO.
NATANAIL
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of NATHANAEL.
NAYDEN
Means "found" in Bulgarian.
NEDA (1)
Short form of NEDELJKA.
NEDELCHO
Masculine form of NEDELYA.
NEDYALKO
Bulgarian form of NEDELJKO.
NEOFIT
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of NEOPHYTOS.
NIKIFOR
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of NIKEPHOROS.
NIKOL
Czech and Bulgarian form of NICOLE.
NIKOLAI
Variant transcription of NIKOLAY.
NEVENA
Derived from South Slavic neven meaning "marigold".
NIKOLA (1)
Cognate of NICHOLAS.
NIKOLAY
Russian and Bulgarian form of NICHOLAS. A notable bearer was the Russian novelist Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852).
NIKOLINA
Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian feminine form of NICHOLAS.
OGNIAN
Variant transcription of OGNYAN.
OGNYANA
Feminine form of OGNYAN.
OLGA
Russian form of HELGA. The Varangians brought it from Scandinavia to Russia. The 10th-century Saint Olga was the wife of...
OGNYAN
Derived from Bulgarian огнен (ognen) "fiery".
PARASKEVA
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of PARASKEVE.
PENKA
Bulgarian feminine diminutive of PETAR.