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Nader ♂ Rare, through the Arabic Nadir name ☆ Nadia ♀ Hope in the Russian route; a separate Arabic name also exists ☆ Nadine ♀ French familiar form of Nadia; hope ☆ Naim ♂ Tranquil, happy or at ease in the Arabic name account ☆ Naima ♀ Tranquil; happy; at ease ☆ Namli ♂ Historical Albanian word: renowned or illustrious ☆ Nana ♀ Cebuano familiar form of Ana or Belina; Japanese use also recorded ☆ Nancy ♀ Traditional familiar form of Ann ☆ Nando ♂ Short form of Fernando or Hernando ☆ Nanette ♀ French affectionate form of Anne; grace ☆ Naoko ♀ Straight or direct with child in an illustrated Japanese spelling ☆ Naome ♀ Documented Setswana biblical form of Naomi ☆ Naomi ♀ My pleasantness in the biblical Hebrew tradition ☆ Napoleon ♂ French form of Italian Napoleone ☆ Napoleon Mauro ♂ Napoleon: French form of Italian Napoleone; Mauro: North African or Moorish, from Latin Maurus ☆ Narcisa ♀ Feminine of Narcissus, also associated with the flower ☆ Narcisita ♀ A documented familiar form of Narcisa ☆ Narciso ♂ Form of Narcissus; also the narcissus flower ☆ Narding ♂ Bernardo familiar form through Nardo ☆ Nardo ♂ Short form of Bernardo or Menardo ☆ Nash ♂ At the ash tree ☆ Nasib ♂ Noble, in the Arabic نسيب name account ☆ Nasif ♂ Just or equitable, in the published Arabic name account ☆ Nasser ♂ Helper ☆ Nassib ♂ Arabic-name accounts: noble or destiny, with different roots ☆ Natalia ♀ Of birth; traditionally associated with Christmas ☆ Natalie ♀ Christmas or the birthday of Christ ☆ Natalio ♂ Masculine Natalia, from the Christmas birthday-name family ☆ Natasha ♀ Russian diminutive of Natalya ☆ Nathalia ♀ Variant of Natalia, in the Latin birthday-name family ☆ Nathalie ♀ Related to birth or a birthday; traditionally associated with Christmas ☆ Nathan ♂ He gave ☆ Nathanael ♂ God has given ☆ Nathaniel ♂ God has given ☆ Nathaniel Ruben ♂ Nathaniel: God has given; Ruben: See, a son ☆ Natividad ♀ Nativity or birth, in a Marian title ☆ Natoy ♂ Familiar form of Renato; reborn-name family ☆ Natsu ♂♀ Summer when written 夏 in Japanese ☆ Natsuko ♀ Summer and child in the Japanese spelling 夏子 ☆ Naty ♀ Respelling of Nati, familiar form of Natalia or Natividad ☆ Naya ♀ Nia variant or independently recorded Naja spelling ☆ Nazar ♂ Different name histories: from Nazareth, or a vow ☆ Nazareno ♂ Nazareth-related name through Nazzareno ☆ Nazaria ♀ Name associated with Nazareth ☆ Nazario ♂ From Nazareth ☆ Nazif Ahmad ♂ Nazif: clean or innocent; Ahmad: more praiseworthy ☆ Neal ♂ Variant of Neil; its older root is disputed ☆ Nectar Precious Hope ♀ Nectar: a sweet drink; Precious: cherished; Hope: expectation ☆ Nedra ♀ Fictional island name in McCutcheon’s 1905 novel ☆ Nehemías ♂ Yahweh comforts ☆ Neil ♂ English form of Irish Niall ☆ Neil Francis ♂ Neil: English form of Irish Niall; Francis: Frenchman or Frankish man ☆ Nela ♀ Short form of names containing nel ☆ Nelia ♀ Familiar form in the Cornelis/Cornelia family ☆ Nelida ♀ Literary name documented as an anagram of Daniel ☆ Nelita ♀ A published familiar form of Helena ☆ Nello ♂ Italian short form of names ending in -nello ☆ Nelly ♂♀ Familiar form of Nell and other nel names ☆ Nelson ♂ Son of Neil; originally a surname ☆ Nema ♀ Sun in Nema Williams’s Tibetan naming account ☆ No matches Try fewer filters or another spelling.
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More than a list of spellings 166 meaning and editorial entries
65 with dictionary IPA readings
18 recorded compound forms
Rare, through the Arabic Nadir name
Name researcher Gulbrand Alhaug explains Nader in Store norske leksikon as a variant of Arabic Nadir, rare. The personal-name reference also identifies Nader as the usual Persian transcription of the same written name.
Read the meaning and history → Hope in the Russian route; a separate Arabic name also exists
Nadia has independently documented Russian and Arabic routes. The Russian account passes through Nadya, a familiar form of Nadezhda, meaning hope, with French spelling helping transmit Nadia.
Read the meaning and history → French familiar form of Nadia; hope
Nadine is a French diminutive of Nadia. In the Slavic name tradition Nadia shortens Nadezhda, hope.
Read the meaning and history → Tranquil, happy or at ease in the Arabic name account
Naim is explained through an Arabic root associated with living comfortably or taking delight. The given-name account offers tranquil, happy and at ease as related senses.
Read the meaning and history → Where these forms come from 83 Dictionary evidence74 Wikidata107 Philippine source recordsA name can have more than one evidence layer, so these counts overlap. An exact spelling record supports its use in that source; the meaning and pronunciation need their own evidence. How we research names →