Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ADELA
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble". Saint Adela was a 7th-century...
ADI (3)
Diminutive of ADOLF (German) or ADRIAN (Romanian) as well as other names beginning with the same sound.
ADRIAN
Form of Hadrianus (see HADRIAN). Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adr...
ADAM
This is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew אדם ('adam) meaning "to be red", referring...
ADELINA
Latinate diminutive of ADELA.
ADINA (2)
Meaning uncertain, possibly a short form of ADELINA.
ADRIANA
Feminine form of ADRIAN.
ALBERT
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright". This name was comm...
ALINA
Short form of ADELINA and names that end in alina.
ALEX
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
ALEXANDRA
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name o...
ALEXANDRU
Romanian form of ALEXANDER.
ALIN
Possibly a Romanian masculine form of ALINA. Alternatively it may derive from Romanian alina "to soothe".
ANA
Form of ANNA.
ANAMARIA
Combination of ANA and MARIA.
AMALIA
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".
ANCA
Possibly a diminutive of ANA.
ANDRA
Feminine form of ANDREI or ANDREW. As an English name it has only been used since the 20th century.
ANDRADA
Possibly a feminine form of ANDREI.
ANDREEA
Romanian feminine form of ANDREW.
ANDREI
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.
ANGELA
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL). As an English name, it came into use in the 18th century.
ANGELICA
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger". The poets Boi...
ANGHEL
Romanian form of Angelus (see ANGEL).
ANI
Diminutive of ANA.
ANTON
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIA
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ARTUR
Form of ARTHUR.
ATANASE
Romanian form of ATHANASIUS.
AUGUSTIN
Form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AURELIA
Feminine form of AURELIUS.
AURORA
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since ...
AUREL
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of AURELIUS.
BENIAMIN
Romanian form of BENJAMIN, as well as the form used in the Greek and Latin Bibles.
BIANCA
Italian cognate of BLANCHE. Shakespeare used characters named Bianca in 'Taming of the Shrew' (1593) and 'Othello' (1603...
BOGDAN
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bogu "god" and dan "given".
BRÂNDUȘA
Means "crocus" in Romanian.
BOGDANA
Feminine form of BOGDAN.
CAMELIA
From camelie, the Romanian spelling of camellia (see CAMELLIA).
CARMEN
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song". This was the name of the main character in G...
CAROL (2)
Romanian form of CAROLUS. This was the name of two Romanian kings.
CĂTĂLINA
Romanian form of KATHERINE.
CATINA
Contracted form of CĂTĂLINA.
CECILIA
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia wa...
CĂTĂLIN
Romanian masculine form of KATHERINE.
CEZAR
Romanian form of CAESAR, as well as a Brazilian Portuguese variant of CÉSAR.
CLARA
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". The name Clarus was borne by a few earl...
CLAUDIU
Romanian form of CLAUDIUS.
CIPRIAN
Romanian form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).
CLAUDIA
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS. It is mentioned briefly in the New Testament. As a Christian name it was very rare until the ...
CONSTANȚA
Romanian form of CONSTANTIA.
CORINA
Variant of CORINNA.
CORNEL
Romanian form of CORNELIUS.
CORNELIU
Romanian form of CORNELIUS.
COSMINA
Feminine form of COSMIN.
COSTACHE
Romanian variant of CONSTANTIN.
COSTICĂ
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTIN.
CRISTINA
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA.
CONSTANTIN
Romanian and French form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).
CORNELIA
Feminine form of CORNELIUS. In the 2nd century BC it was borne by Cornelia Scipionis Africana (the daughter of the milit...
COSMIN
Romanian form of COSMAS.
COSTEL
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTIN.
COSTIN
Romanian short form of CONSTANTIN.
CRINA
Derived from Romanian crin meaning "lily".
CRISTI
Diminutive of CRISTIAN.
CRISTIAN
Romanian form of CHRISTIAN.
DACIANA
Derived from Dacia, the old Roman name for the region which is now Romania and Moldova.
DAN (2)
Short form of DANIEL.
DANA (1)
Feminine form of DANIEL or DAN (1).
DANIELA
Feminine form of DANIEL.
DĂNUȚ
Romanian diminutive of DAN (2).
DARIUS
Roman form of Δαρειος (Dareios), which was the Greek form of the Persian name Dārayavahush, which was composed of the el...
DANIEL
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge". Daniel was a Hebrew prophet whose story is told in...
DARIA
Feminine form of DARIUS. Saint Daria was a 3rd-century Greek woman who was martyred with her husband Chrysanthus under t...
DAVID
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved". David was the s...
DECEBAL
Means "powerful, brave" in Dacian. This was the name adopted by Diurpaneus, a 1st-century king of Dacia. For many years ...
DENISA
Feminine form of DENIS.
DIANA
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS). Diana was a Rom...
DINU
Romanian diminutive of CONSTANTIN.
DELIA (1)
Means "of Delos" in Greek. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, given because she and her twin brother Apol...
DEMETRA
Italian and Romanian form of DEMETER (1), as well as a variant transcription of Greek DIMITRA.
DENIS
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS. Saint Denis was a 3rd-century missionary to Gaul and the fi...
DIONISIE
Romanian form of DIONYSIUS.
DORIN
Romanian, possibly a form of DORIAN or a diminutive of TEODOR.
DORU
Derived from Romanian dor meaning "longing".
DRAGOMIR
Derived from the Slavic element dragu meaning "precious" combined with miru meaning "peace, world".
DRAGOȘ
Originally a short form of Slavic names beginning with the element dragu "precious", such as DRAGOMIR. This was the name...
DUMITRU
Romanian form of DEMETRIUS.
DOINA
Means "folk song", from Romanian doină.
DORINA (1)
Feminine form of DORIN.
DRAGOS
Variant of DRAGOȘ.
ECATERINA
Romanian form of KATHERINE.
EDUARD
Form of EDWARD.
ELENA
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant transcription of Russian YELENA.
EMANUELA
Italian and Romanian feminine form of EMMANUEL.
EMIL
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".
EMILIAN
Romanian form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).
ELISABETA
Romanian form of ELIZABETH.
EMANUEL
Form of EMMANUEL.
EMILIA
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).
EUGENIA
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE). It was borne by a semi-legendary 3rd-century saint who escaped persecution by di...
EUGEN
Form of Eugenius (see EUGENE).
FELICIA
Feminine form of the Latin name Felicius, a derivative of FELIX. In England, it has occasionally been used since the Mid...
FANE
Diminutive of ȘTEFAN.
FELIX
From a Roman cognomen meaning "lucky, successful" in Latin. It was acquired as an agnomen, or nickname, by the 1st-centu...
FILIP
Cognate of PHILIP.
FLORIN
Romanian form of FLORINUS.
FLAVIA
Feminine form of FLAVIUS.
FLAVIU
Romanian form of FLAVIUS.
FLORINA
Feminine form of FLORINUS.
GABI
German diminutive of GABRIELE (2) (feminine), Romanian diminutive of GABRIEL (masculine) or GABRIELA (feminine), and Hu...
GABRIEL
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "God is my strong man", derived from גֶּבֶר (gever) "strong man, hero...
GAVRILA
Romanian feminine form of GABRIEL.
GABRIELA
Feminine form of GABRIEL.
GAVRIL
Bulgarian, Macedonian and Romanian form of GABRIEL.
GEORGE
From the Greek name Γεωργιος (Georgios) which was derived from the Greek word γεωργος (georgos) meaning "farmer, earthwo...
GHENADIE
Romanian form of GENNADIUS.
GEORGETA
Romanian feminine form of GEORGE.
GEORGIANA
Feminine form of GEORGE. This form of the name has been in use in the English-speaking world since the 18th century.
GHEORGHE
Romanian form of GEORGE.
GRIGORE
Romanian form of GREGORY.
HARALAMB
Romanian form of CHARALAMPOS.
HORAȚIU
Romanian form of HORATIUS.
HOREA
From Romanian horă, a type of circle dance. This was the nickname of Vasile Ursu Nicola (1731-1785), a leader of a peasa...
HORIA
Variant of HOREA.
IANCU
Romanian diminutive of JOHN.
ILEANA
Possibly a Romanian variant of ELENA. In Romanian folklore this is the name of a princess kidnapped by monsters and resc...
ILIE
Romanian form of ELIAS.
ILINCA
Romanian diminutive of ELENA.
IOAN
Romanian and Welsh form of JOHN. This is also a variant transcription of the Bulgarian name YOAN.
IOLANDA
Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of YOLANDA.
IONELA
Romanian feminine form of JOHN.
IULIA
Ancient Roman and Romanian form of JULIA.
IULIANA
Ancient Roman and Romanian form of JULIANA.
IULIU
Romanian form of JULIUS.
IOANA
Romanian feminine form of JOHN. This is also a variant transcription of the Bulgarian name YOANA.
ION (1)
Basque and Romanian form of JOHN.
IONEL
Romanian diminutive of JOHN.
IONUȚ
Romanian diminutive of JOHN.
IOSIF
Russian, Romanian and Greek form of JOSEPH.
IRINA
Cognate of IRENE.
ISABELA
Latinate form of ISABEL.
ISABELLA
Latinate form of ISABEL. This name was borne by many medieval royals, including queen consorts of England, France, Portu...
IULIAN
Romanian form of Iulianus (see JULIAN).
LARISA
Possibly derived from the name of the ancient city of Larisa in Thessaly, which meant "citadel". In Greek legends, the n...
LAURENȚIU
Romanian form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).
LAVINIA
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In Roman legend Lavinia was the daughter of King Latinus, the wife of Aene...
LAURA
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel". This meaning was favourable, since in ancient Rome th...
LENUȚA
Romanian diminutive of ELENA.
LIANA
Short form of JULIANA, LILIANA, and other names that end in liana. This is also the word for a type of vine that grows i...
LIDIA
Polish, Italian, Spanish and Romanian form of LYDIA.
LILIANA
Latinate form of LILLIAN.
LOREDANA
Created by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel 'Mattea' (1833) and later used by the Italian auth...
LUCA (1)
Italian and Romanian form of LUKE. This name was borne by Luca della Robbia, a Renaissance sculptor from Florence.
LUCIAN
Romanian and English form of LUCIANUS. Lucian is the usual name of Lucianus of Samosata in English.
LIVIA (1)
Feminine form of LIVIUS. This was the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus.
LIVIU
Romanian form of LIVIUS.
LUCIA
Feminine form of LUCIUS. Saint Lucia was a 4th-century martyr from Syracuse. She was said to have had her eyes gouged ou...
LUMINIȚA
Means "little light", derived from Romanian lumina "light" combined with a diminutive suffix.
LUIZA
Polish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine form of LOUIS.
MAGDA
Short form of MAGDALENA.
MĂDĂLINA
Romanian form of MAGDALENE.
MAGDALENA
Latinate form of MAGDALENE.
MANUELA
Feminine form of MANUEL.
MARCEL
Form of MARCELLUS. A notable bearer was the French author Marcel Proust (1871-1922).
MARIANA
Roman feminine form of MARIANUS. After the classical era it was frequently interpreted as a combination of MARIA and ANA...
MANUEL
Spanish and Portuguese form of EMMANUEL. In the spelling Μανουηλ (Manouel) it was also used in the Byzantine Empire, not...
MARCELA
Feminine form of MARCELLUS.
MARGARETA
Cognate of MARGARET.
MARIA
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European language...
MARIAN (2)
Polish, Czech and Romanian form of MARIANUS. It is sometimes used as a masculine form of MARIA.
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 ...
MARILENA
Combination of MARIA and ELENA.
MARINA
Feminine form of MARINUS.
MARIUS
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas,...
MARTA
Cognate of MARTHA.
MATEI
Romanian form of MATTHEW.
MIHAELA
Romanian, Slovene, Croatian and Macedonian feminine form of MICHAEL.
MIHAI
Romanian form of MICHAEL. Mihai the Brave was a prince of Wallachia who united Romania in the early 17th century.
MINODORA
Romanian form of MENODORA.
MIRUNA
Possibly derived from the Slavic word mir meaning "peace".
MITICĂ
Diminutive of DUMITRU. This is the name of a character in early 20th-century stories by the Romanian author Ion Luca Car...
MIHAIL
Romanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of MICHAEL. This is also a variant transcription of the Greek name MICHAIL.
MIHĂIȚĂ
Romanian diminutive of MICHAEL.
MIRCEA
Romanian form of MIRCHE. This name was borne by a 14th-century ruler of Wallachia.
MIRELA
Romanian and Croatian form of MIREILLE.
MIRON (1)
Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian and Polish form of MYRON.
MONICA
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin. In the 4th century this name was borne by the North ...
NATALIA
Latinate form of Natalia (see NATALIE).
NARCISA
Feminine form of NARCISSUS.
NECULAI
Romanian variant form of NICHOLAS.
NELU
Romanian diminutive of ION (1).
NICOLAE
Romanian form of NICHOLAS.
NICOLETA
Romanian feminine form of NICHOLAS.
NICU
Diminutive of NICOLAE.
NICUȘOR
Diminutive of NICOLAE.
OCTAVIAN
From the Roman name Octavianus, which was derived from the name OCTAVIUS. After Gaius Octavius (later Roman emperor Augu...
OLGA
Russian form of HELGA. The Varangians brought it from Scandinavia to Russia. The 10th-century Saint Olga was the wife of...
OLIMPIA
Form of OLYMPIAS.