Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ABE (2)
Variant of ABBE.
ADELBERT
German and Dutch variant of ADALBERT.
ADRIAAN
Dutch form of ADRIAN.
AAFJE
Short form of names beginning with the Germanic element alf "elf".
AART
Dutch short form of ARNOLD.
ABRAHAM
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (...
AD
Short form of ADRIAAN.
ADAM
This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם ('adam) meaning "to be red", referring...
ADELHEID
German and Dutch form of ADELAIDE.
ADOLF
From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf. It was borne...
ADRIANUS
Official Dutch form of ADRIAN, used on birth certificates but not commonly in daily life.
AGNES
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste". Saint Agnes was a v...
ALBERT
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was comm...
ALBERTUS
Latinized form of Adalbert (see ALBERT).
ALDEGONDA
Dutch form of ALDEGUND.
ALDERT
Dutch form of a Germanic name, either ALDHARD or ADALHARD.
ALEID
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE.
ALFONS
German, Dutch and Polish form of ALFONSO.
ALFRED
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel". Alfred the Great was a 9...
ALIDA
Diminutive of ADELAIDE.
ALMA (1)
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a ...
ALBERTINA
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT.
ALEIDA
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE.
ALEX
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
ALEXANDER
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defen...
ALEXANDRA
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name o...
ALLARD
Dutch form of ADALHARD.
ALWIN
From either of the two Germanic names ALFWIN or ADALWIN.
AMALIA
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".
AMANDA
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS. However, it was not used during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century it was ...
AMBER
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow co...
AMBROOS
Dutch form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).
AMELIA
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin. The name became popular in...
ANDREAS
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW. It is also the form used in modern Greek, German and Welsh.
ANDRIES
Dutch form of ANDREW.
ANGELIEN
Dutch diminutive of ANGELA.
ANITA (1)
Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian and Slovene diminutive of ANA.
ANJA
Form of ANYA.
ANKE
Low German and Dutch diminutive of ANNA and other names beginning with An.
ANNA
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including...
ANNE (1)
French form of ANNA. In the 13th-century it was imported to England, where it was also commonly spelled Ann. The name wa...
ANNEKE
Dutch diminutive of ANNA.
ANNELIES
Variant of ANNELIESE.
ANNET
Dutch variant of ANNETTE.
ANNIE
Diminutive of ANNE (1).
ANNIKA
Swedish diminutive of ANNA.
ANTJE
Frisian, Dutch and Low German diminutive of ANNA.
ANTOON
Dutch and Limburgish form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANDREA (2)
Feminine form of ANDREW. As an English name, it has been used since the 17th century, though it was not common until the...
ANGELA
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL). As an English name, it came into use in the 18th century.
ANGELINA
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
ANGELIQUE
Dutch form of ANGÉLIQUE.
ANIKA (1)
German, Dutch, Danish and Slovene diminutive of ANNA or ANA.
ANNABEL
Variant of AMABEL influenced by the name ANNA. This name appears to have arisen in Scotland in the Middle Ages.
ANNELIEN
Combination of ANNA and lien (from names such as CAROLIEN).
ANNELIESE
Combination of ANNA and LIESE.
ANNEMARIE
Combination of ANNA and MARIE.
ANNETTE
French diminutive of ANNE (1). It has also been widely used in the English-speaking world, and it became popular in Ame...
ANOUK
Dutch and French diminutive of ANNA.
ANS
Dutch diminutive of ANNA.
ANTON
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIA
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIE (2)
Dutch form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIUS
Ancient Roman form of ANTHONY. This is also the official Dutch form of the name, used on birth certificates but commonly...
ARIS (2)
Diminutive of ADRIAAN.
ARJAN
Dutch form of ADRIAN.
ARNO
Short form of ARNOUD or ARNOLD.
ARNOUT
Dutch form of ARNOLD.
AREND
Dutch and German variant of ARNOLD. This is also the Dutch word for "eagle".
ARIANE
French form of ARIADNE.
ARIE (1)
Diminutive of ADRIAAN.
ARNOUD
Dutch form of ARNOLD.
ARTHUR
The meaning of this name is unknown. It could be derived from the Celtic elements artos "bear" combined with viros "man"...
AUGUSTA
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS. It was introduced to Britain when king George III, a member of the German House of Hanover, g...
AUGUSTIJN
Dutch form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AUGUSTUS
Means "great" or "venerable", derived from Latin augere "to increase". Augustus was the title given to Octavian, the fir...
BAREND
Variant of BERNHARD.
BARTHOLOMEUS
Dutch and Latin form of BARTHOLOMEW.
BASTIAAN
Short form of SEBASTIAAN.
BART
Short form of BARTHOLOMEW. This name is borne by a cartoon boy on the television series 'The Simpsons'.
BARTEL
Dutch diminutive of BARTHOLOMEW.
BAS
Short form of SEBASTIAAN.
BEATRIX
Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller". It was a common n...
BEN (2)
Short form of BERNHARD and other Germanic names beginning with the element bern meaning "bear".
BENJAMIN
From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin) which means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand". Benjamin in the O...
BENTE
Danish feminine form of BENEDICT.
BEN (1)
Short form of BENJAMIN or BENEDICT. A notable bearer was Ben Jonson (1572-1637), an English poet and playwright.
BENEDICTUS
Original Latin form of BENEDICT, as well as the modern Dutch form.
BERNARD
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England, wher...
BERNHARD
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of BERNARD.
BERT
Short form of ALBERT and other names containing the element bert, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning...
BETJE
Dutch and Limburgish diminutive of ELISABETH.
BRAAM
Dutch and Limburgish short form of ABRAHAM.
BRAM
Short form of ABRAHAM. This name was borne by Bram Stoker (1847-1912), the Irish author who wrote 'Dracula'.
BRECHT
Short form of names containing brecht, often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning "bright".
BOB
Short form of ROBERT. It arose later than Dob, Hob and Nob, which were medieval rhyming nicknames of Robert. It was born...
BOELE
Possibly a Dutch form of BALDO.
BONIFAAS
Dutch form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).
BOUDEWIJN
Dutch form of BALDWIN.
BRECHTJE
Feminine form of BRECHT.
BRIGITTA
German, Dutch and Hungarian form of BRIDGET.
BROOS
Dutch and Limburgish short form of AMBROOS.
CARLA
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL.
CAROLINE
French feminine form of CAROLUS.
CATHARINA
Dutch and Swedish form of KATHERINE.
CATO (2)
Diminutive of CATHARINA.
CÉCILE
French form of CECILIA.
CECILIA
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia wa...
CEES
Variant of KEES.
CHANTAL
From a French surname which was derived from a place name meaning "stony". It was originally given in honour of Saint Je...
CHARLOTTE
French feminine diminutive of CHARLES. It was introduced to Britain in the 17th century. A notable bearer was Charlotte ...
CAROLA
Feminine form of CAROLUS.
CAROLIEN
Dutch feminine form of CAROLUS.
CAS
Short form of CASPER.
CASPER
Dutch and Scandinavian form of JASPER. This is the name of a friendly ghost in a series of comic books.
CEEL
Dutch diminutive of MARCELLUS.
CHRIS
Short form of CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTINE, and other names that begin with Chris.
CHRISTINA
From Christiana, the Latin feminine form of CHRISTIAN. This was the name of an early, possibly legendary, saint who was ...
CHRISTOFFEL
Dutch form of KRISTOFFER.
CHRISTIAAN
Dutch form of CHRISTIAN.
CHRISTINE
French form of CHRISTINA, as well as a variant in other languages.
CILLA
Diminutive of CECILIA.
CLAUDIA
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the ...
CLEMENS
Original Latin form of CLEMENT, as well as the German, Dutch and Scandinavian form.
COBA
Short form of JACOBA.
COENRAAD
Dutch form of CONRAD.
CONSTANTIJN
Dutch form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).
CORNÉ
Diminutive of CORNELIS.
COBUS
Short form of JACOBUS.
COEN
Short form of COENRAAD.
COKKIE
Dutch diminutive of CORNELIA.
COOS
Diminutive of JACOB.
CORNELIA
Feminine form of CORNELIUS. In the 2nd century BC it was borne by Cornelia Scipionis Africana (the daughter of the milit...
CORNELIS
Dutch form of CORNELIUS.
CORNELIUS
Roman family name which possibly derives from the Latin element cornu "horn". In Acts in the New Testament Cornelius is ...
CORRIE
Diminutive of CORINNA, CORA, CORNELIA and other names starting with Cor. Since the 1970s it has also been used as a femi...
DAAN
Short form of DANIËL.
DAMIAN
From the Greek name Δαμιανος (Damianos) which was derived from Greek δαμαζω (damazo) "to tame". Saint Damian was martyre...
DANIËL
Dutch form of DANIEL.
DAPHNE
Means "laurel" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a nymph turned into a laurel tree by her father in order that she mi...
DEBORA
Italian, German and Dutch form of DEBORAH.
DAMIAAN
Dutch form of DAMIAN.
DANIËLLE
Dutch feminine form of DANIEL.
DAVID
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved". David was the s...
DIANA
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS). Diana was a Rom...
DIEDERIK
Dutch form of THEODORIC.
DENISE
French feminine form of DENIS.
DENNIS
Usual English, German and Dutch form of DENIS.
DIANTHA
From dianthus, the name of a type of flower (ultimately from Greek meaning "heavenly flower").
DICK (2)
Short form of DIEDERIK.
DIEDE
Short form of DIEDERIK and other names beginning with the same element, originally from Germanic theud meaning "people".
DIEDERICK
Dutch variant of DIEDERIK.
DIRK
Short form of DIEDERIK. The name was popularized in the English-speaking world by actor Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), who ha...
DOROTHEA
Feminine form of the Late Greek name Δωροθεος (Dorotheos), which meant "gift of God" from Greek δωρον (doron) "gift" and...
DRIES
Short form of ANDRIES.
DOMINICUS
Original Latin form of DOMINIC, as well as the modern Dutch form.
DORA
Short form of DOROTHY, ISIDORA or THEODORA.
DRIKA
Short form of HENDRIKA.
ED
Short form of EDWARD, EDMUND, and other names beginning with Ed.
EDITH
From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead "wealth, fortune" and gyð "war". It was popular among An...
EDUARD
Form of EDWARD.
EDWIN
Means "rich friend" from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and wine "friend". This was the name of a 7th-ce...
EGBERT
Means "bright edge" from the Old English elements ecg "edge of a sword" and beorht "bright". This was the name of kings ...
ELBERT
Dutch variant of ADELBERT.
ELEONORA
Cognate of ELEANOR.
ELIA
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH.
ELISABETH
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH. It is also a variant English form, reflecting the spelling used in the Authorized Ve...
ELLY
Dutch diminutive of ELISABETH or an English variant of ELLIE.
EMERENS
Dutch form of EMERENTIUS.
EMMA
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". It was intro...
ELIAN
Dutch variant of names beginning with Eli, such as ELIJAH or ELISABETH.
ELISE
Short form of ELIZABETH.
ELKE (1)
Frisian diminutive of ADELHEID.
ELLEN (2)
Short form of ELEONORA.
ELMA
Short form of WILHELMINE or names ending in elma, such as ANSELMA.
ELS
Short form of ELISABETH.
ELSE
Short form of ELISABETH.
ELSJE
Diminutive of ELISABETH.
ELVIRA
Spanish form of a Visigothic name, possibly composed of the Germanic elements ala "all" and wer "true". This is the name...
EMMY
Diminutive of EMMA or EMILY.
ERIK
Scandinavian form of ERIC. This was the name of kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. King Erik IX of Sweden (12th centur...
ERNST
German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of ERNEST.
ERWIN
Derived from the Germanic name Hariwini, composed of the elements hari "army" and win "friend". It may have merged somew...
ESMÉE
Feminine form of ESMÉ.
ERNA (1)
Feminine form of ERNEST.
ESMÉ
Means "esteemed" or "loved" in Old French. It was first recorded in Scotland, being borne by the first Duke of Lennox in...
ESTHER
Possibly means "star" in Persian. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess ISHTAR....
EVELIEN
Dutch form of EVELINA.
EVELINE
Variant of EVELINA.
EWALD
From a Germanic name which was composed of the elements ewa "law, custom" and wald "rule".
EWOUT
Dutch form of EWALD.
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...
EVERT
Dutch form of EVERARD.
EWOUD
Dutch form of EWALD.
FABIAN
From the Roman cognomen Fabianus, which was derived from FABIUS. Saint Fabian was a 3rd-century pope.
FELICIA
Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX. In England, it has occasionally been used since the Mid...
FAAS
Dutch short form of BONIFAAS or SERVAAS.
FEBE
Dutch, Spanish and Italian form of PHOEBE.
FELINE
Dutch feminine form of FELINUS.
FELIX
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-centu...