Diccionario de nombres
65 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ALTA
Possibly from Latin altus or Italian/Spanish alto meaning "high".
AMARANTHA
From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek αμαραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading". Αμαραντος (A...
ANOUSKA
Variant of ANNUSHKA.
ANOUSHKA
Variant of ANNUSHKA.
APHRA
Meaning uncertain; possibly a variant of AFRA (1), or possibly a variant of Aphrah, a biblical place name meaning "dust...
ARCADIA
Feminine form of ARCADIUS. This is the name of a region on the Greek Peloponnese, long idealized for its natural beauty.
ASHANTI
From the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana. It possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.
AYN
This name was assumed by Ayn Rand (1905-1982), originally named Alice Rosenbaum, a Russian-American writer and philosoph...
BERLIN
From the name of the city in Germany, which is of uncertain meaning.
BIJOU
Means "jewel" in French.
CAPRINA
From the name of the Italian island of Capri.
CAMBRIA
Latin form of the Welsh Cymru, the Welsh name for the country of Wales, derived from cymry meaning "the people". It is o...
CARAMIA
From the Italian phrase cara mia meaning "my beloved".
CHARITA
Latinate form of CHARITY.
CIEL
Means "sky" in French. It is not used as a given name in France itself.
CONDOLEEZZA
In the case of American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it is derived from the Italian musical term con dolcezza mea...
COCO
Diminutive of names beginning with Co, influenced by the word cocoa. However, this was not the case for French fashion d...
DAGNEY
Variant of DAGNY.
DEJA
Means "already" from the French phrase deja vu meaning "already seen".
DIAMANDA
Variant of DIAMOND.
EDSEL
Variant of ETZEL notably borne by Edsel Ford (1893-1943), the son of the American industrialist Henry Ford.
ELIÁN
In the case of Elian Gonzalez it is a combination of ELIZABETH and JUAN (1), the names of his parents.
ELIDI
Meaning unknown, possibly of Greek or Welsh origin. It may have been inspired by the name of the Ηληδα (Ilida) Valley in...
ELYSIA
From Elysium, the name of the realm of the dead in Greek and Roman mythology, which means "blissful".
FERRER
From a surname which meant "blacksmith" in Catalan. This name is often given in honour of Saint Vicente Ferrer, a 14th-c...
FIRENZE
From the name of an Italian city, commonly called Florence in English.
GENEVRA
Variant of GINEVRA.
GENISTA
From the Latin name of the broom plant.
GORETTI
From the surname of Maria Goretti, a 20th-century Italian saint who forgave her murderer on her deathbed. Her surname wa...
HALCYON
From the name of a genus of kingfisher birds, derived from Greek αλκυων (from the same source as Alcyone).
HERK
Short form of HERCULES.
IANTHA
Variant of IANTHE.
IOLANTHE
Probably a variant of YOLANDA influenced by the Greek words ιολη (iole) "violet" and ανθος (anthos) "flower". This name ...
JEUNESSE
Means "youth" in French. It is not used as a given name in France itself.
JUNÍPERO
This was the name assumed by the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan monk Miguel José Serra, a missionary to California. He ...
KAISER
German form of the Roman title Caesar (see CAESAR). It is not used as a given name in Germany itself.
KOHINOOR
From Koh-i-noor, the name of a famous gemstone, meaning "mountain of light" in Persian.
KOBE (2)
From the name of the city in Japan. The parents of basketball player Kobe Bryant (1978-) chose this name after seeing Ko...
LUX
Derived from Latin lux meaning "light".
MÄDCHEN
Means "girl" in German. It is not used as a name in Germany itself.
MELITA
From Melita, the Latin name of the island country of Malta.
MELIORA
Derived from Latin melior meaning "better".
MONET
From a French surname which was derived from either HAMON or EDMOND. This was the surname of the French impressionist pa...
NEO (2)
From the prefix meaning "new", ultimately derived from Greek νεος (neos).
NUBIA
From the name of the ancient region and kingdom in Africa, south of Egypt. It possibly derives from the Egyptian word nb...
NYALA
From the name of a type of African antelope, ultimately derived from the Bantu word nyálà.
NYSSA
From the name of an ancient town of Asia Minor where Saint Gregory was bishop. Nyssa is also the genus name of a type of...
OMEGA
From the name of the last letter in the Greek alphabet, Ω. It is often seen as a symbol of completion.
ODESSA
From the name of a Ukrainian city that sits on the north coast of the Black Sea. This name can also be used as a feminin...
OPRAH
In the case of television personality Oprah Winfrey, it was a childhood mispronunciation of her real name ORPAH that bec...
OUIDA
Used by the English author Ouida (1839-1908), born Marie Louise Ramé to a French father. Ouida was a pseudonym that aros...
PARIS (2)
From the name of the capital city of France, which got its name from the ancient Celtic tribe known as the Parisii.
RIO (1)
Means "river" in Spanish or Portuguese. A city in Brazil bears this name. Its full name is Rio de Janeiro, which means "...
ROMA (2)
From the name of the Italian city, commonly called Rome in English.
SARAVA
From a phrase used by members of the Candomblé religion (an African religion which was taken to Brazil by African slaves...
SHEKINAH
From the Hebrew word שׁכִינה (shekhinah) which means "God's manifested glory" or "God's presence". This word does not ap...
SOLEIL
Means "sun" in French. It is not commonly used as a name in France itself.
SYLVANA
Variant of SILVANA.
THELONIUS
Latinized form of Tielo (see TILO). A famous bearer was jazz musician Thelonious Monk (1917-1982).
TIERRA
Means "earth" in Spanish.
TIVOLI
From the name of a picturesque Italian town, used as a summer resort by the ancient Romans.
VALENCIA
From the name of cities in Spain and Venezuela, both derived from Latin valentia meaning "strength, vigour".
VALKYRIE
Means "chooser of the slain", derived from Old Norse valr "the slain" and kyrja "chooser". In Norse myth the Valkyries w...
VERONA
From the name of the city in Italy, which is itself of unknown meaning.
ZONA
Means "girdle, belt" in Greek. This name was made popular by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet Zona Gale.