jocatchi's Personal Name List

Ababuo means a child that keeps coming back. This name is mainly used in Ghana

Derived from the Greek adjective ἀβάσκαντος (abaskantos) meaning "protected against enchantments, free from harm", which consists of the Greek negative prefix ἀ (a) and the Greek verb βασκαίνω (baskaino) meaning "to bewitch, to cast an evil spell upon".

Means "he came to bring me joy and happiness" or "I would have been mocked" in Yoruba. It is a name given to a child born after a number of unfortunate or near unfortunate circumstances. It is often called in full as Àbáyòmí Olúwaniòjé meaning "I would have been mocked, if not for God".

Means "one begged to care for" in Yoruba.

Has its origins in the Moroccan language and means "first child born after the grandmother has died."

Means "stranger" in Chichewa.

From Guanche *adis-uda, meaning "satisfied belly" (stopped giving birth). This was recorded as the name of a 30-year-old Guanche woman who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

Means "one (people) struggle(d) to care for" in Yoruba.

Means "she/he gets buried around" in Bandial. This is considered a death prevention name.

Means "trouble making" in Akan.

Means "may my name not be lost" in Igbo.

Means "immortal, something that does not die" in Nahuatl, derived from the negative prefix a- and micqui "corpse, dead body".

Means "may he not die" in Amharic.

Means "not to be beaten" in Yoruba, from the negative prefix àì- combined with nà "to beat, hit, flagellate; to defeat". Given to children born with an umbilical cord around their neck; compare Ojo.

Means "one (we) fought to have" in Yoruba.

Means "life is good" in Ijaw.

Means "the world is not as you think of it" in Ijaw.

Means "how long" in Ijaw.

From Yiddish אַלט (alt) meaning "old". This name was traditionally given to a sickly newborn by Jewish parents in order to confuse the Angel of Death, in the hopes that he would go looking for somebody younger or somebody else.

Possibly means "seemed destined to die at birth" in Yoruba.

Means "he has many graves" in Bandial.

Means "life" in Arabic, from عمر (ʿamara) meaning "to live long, to thrive". The final و is generally not pronounced in this name.

Derived from Arabic عمر ('amara) meaning "to live long, to thrive".

Means "she/he has no hope" in Wolof. This is considered a 'death prevention' name.

South Greenlandic name meaning "she who has returned home", originally used as a nickname for someone named after a deceased family member, due to ritual name avoidance (taboos in mentioning names of deceased relatives, even when newborns had been named for them).

Means "posthumous child" in Fante. It is typically given to a child whose father died before they were born.

Means "the land is finished" in Akan. The implication of this name is that there is no more land for the dead to be buried - so the child is encouraged to live as there will be no more space for his/her burial.

Means "one selected for birth" in Yoruba.

Derived from Haitian Creole ase "enough" and fi "daughter; girl" and therefore meaning "enough girls". Now rare, this name was traditionally given after having many daughters, in hopes that the next child would be a boy.

Derived from Haitian Creole ase "enough" and lòm "man" and therefore meaning "enough men". Now rare, this name was traditionally given after having many sons, in hopes that the next child would be a girl.

Derived from Provençal astruc "lucky", ultimately from Greek aster "star" and thus having the extended meaning of "born under a good star".
It was generally given as an amuletic name and sometimes used as a translation of Hebrew Mazel Tov and/or Gad.

"someone delivered with the face down or through the caesarean process"

Means "thrown away" in Luo, possibly used for a child born prematurely.

"someone birthed after a misfortune, such as a difficult birth process"

Means "the greedy one" in Luo.

Can also mean born around, exact state midnight. Awuor is the ‘She’ pronoun and Owuor or Odi-wuor is the ‘He’ one.

This name is comprised of two parts: עזז ('azaz) meaning "to be strong" and מות (mut) meaning "to kill". Some sources claim the combined meaning of this name is "Death is Strong".

This name is used many times in the Bible. It is also the name a town mentioned in Nehemiah 12:29.

Means "let them do as they please" in Tumbuka.

Means "they have no home" in Tumbuka.

Means "where will they go?" in Tumbuka.

The name BEDUNA is from plateau state Nigeria which means "is it bad?" It's a question name, when someone utter a word that is not good and didn't come to pass then you can ask him BEDUNA "is it bad?"

Means "Bel, keep him alive", deriving from the Akkadian element balāṭu ("to revive ; to keep alive, healthy").

Means "stay and witness" in Dagbani.

Means "grandmother" in Yiddish. This is the feminine equivalent of Zeyde.

Means "she likes to come to the world" in Ijaw.

Means "old age" in Kikongo

From Kazakh бота (bota) meaning "camel calf, colt" and көз (koz) meaning "eye". The name was traditionally given to girls who were believed to possess the "evil eye" due to the appearance of their eyes at birth.

Means "enough" in Kyrgyz. It was traditionally given to girls when her parents had "enough girls" in hopes of a male child.

A name that means "replacement." A family may give the name to a male whose father or older brother has died.

Means "died coming" in Bandial. This is considered a 'death prevention' name.

Derived from Belarusian хацець (chacieć) meaning "to want, to desire". This name was given to a long-desired child.

English translation of Latin Creatura Christi (see Creature), a name typically given to children expected to die during birth or immediately afterwards.

Means "the one who is lost" in Bemba.

After miscarriage(s), family would use traditional medicine (herbs, roots, barks) to prevent a potential next miscarriage. Kumika means "to stop, halt, prevent". Chimika is what you use to stop, prevent, halt. The child would be named Chimika to refer to the fact that the family used chimika to carry the pregnancy full term and deliver a healthy baby

Means "death" in Yao.

Derived from Belarusian хацець (chacieć) meaning "to want, to desire". This name was given to a long-desired child.

Means "comforted" in Latin. This was an augurative name given to a child born after the death of another one.

Derived from Latin consolatus "consoled, comforted". Augurative names such as this were often given to a child born after the death of another.

From the English word meaning "living being", ultimately deriving from Late Latin creatura. In the parish registers of 16th-century England this was used to refer to infants, both male and female, who survived birth only just long enough to be baptized. (In the case of one Creature Cheseman, she survived infancy and bore the name for the rest of her life.)

Means "troublesome" in Tumbuka, often given to babies whose mothers were unwell during pregnancy.

Derived from Old French deu "god" and Old French and Norman garder "to protect; to guard", this name ultimately means "May God protect him" or "God protects him".

Means "is going nowhere" in Manjak. This name is given to protect the child from an early death.

Derived from di meaning "eat" and nkyene meaning "salt". In Akan culture, the idea of 'eating salt' symbolises being alive, and this name acts as a mean of encouraging the child to live.

Medieval name given to foundlings or infants with precarious health, probably at the basis of the Italian surname Diotallevi, in turn given to foundlings.

Means "not this one" in Mongolian, from энэ (ene) meaning "this, that" combined with биш (bish) meaning "not, isn’t" or "other, different".

Means "ugly" in Karachay-Balkar, originally intended as a protective name to ward off evil spirits. A historical bearer of the name was Ershi Kulchaeva, a member of the Central Executive Committee.

Latinized form of the Greek name Εὔτυχος (Eutychos), which was derived from Greek εὐτυχής (eutyches) meaning "fortunate". The word was formed of the elements εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and τύχη (tyche) meaning "chance, luck, fortune". In the New Testament this is the name of a young man who went to sleep while Paul was preaching and fell from the third story of the building. He was believed to be dead, but later turned out to be alive.

Means "death has ended" in Ijaw.

This name is given to a child who marks the end of premature death in a family.

Means "death has not reached me" in Ijaw.

Variant of Fundinn meaning "foundling" in Old Norse.

Genubath, meaning "Stolen," is mentioned in I Kings 11:20 as the son born to Hadad the Edomite and the sister of Queen Tahpenes, Pharaoh's wife.

Diminutive of Gneshe.

Referring to a prayer for help if the life of the child or mother was endangered.

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “gorgos (γοργώ)”, meaning “dreadful, terrible, terrifying, very ugly, like a gorgon, relating to Gorgon”.
In Greek mythology, a Gorgon is a female creature. While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature and occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair made of living, venomous snakes, as well as a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone. Used by various saints.

Means "masked person" or "shape-changer" in Old Norse (derived from gríma "mask, helmet"). This was a byname of the god Odin, perhaps given to boys in an attempt to secure the protection of the god.

Means "they inter you there" in Bandial. This is considered a 'death prevention' name.

Latinized form of Γουρίας (Gourias), which is a hellenization of a name that was of Aramaic or Hebrew origin. It was derived from either Aramaic גורי‎ (gure) or Hebrew גוּר (gur), which both mean "lion cub, young lion". Also compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܽܪܝܳܐ‎ (gurya) meaning "young animal, cub".

The first notable bearer of this name was the Syrian saint Gurias of Edessa (died in 305 AD). Many centuries later, in the 16th century, the name Gurias was the monastic name of an archbishop of Kazan in Tatarstan (now part of Russia). This man went on to become a saint himself and is known as Gurias in English, but as Guriy in Russian.

Means "graves" in Bandial, originally a short form of Ammenguyyah. This is considered a 'death prevention' name.

Derived from the adjective gvozden, meaning "iron-like". Notable bearer is Gvozden Flego, Croatian former Minister of Science and Technology.

Means "alive" or "living" in Hebrew.

Hamunyari means "Have you no shame". This name is given in a feuding situation.

Referring to a prayer for mercy if the life of the child or mother was endangered.

"It does not end". Situational name given in circumstances where family faced unending troubles or trials.

Means "abandoned" in Navajo.

Means "stay" in Esan.

It is given to a baby who stays alive after many of his siblings died during infancy or soon after birth.

Variant of Izaso.

From the Slavic elements, izby meaning "to get rid of", "to dispose of", "to rid", "to do away with", "to clear out", "to dispense with", "to divest", "to choke off", "to bundle off", "to bundle out", "to deliver oneself of" and lut meaning "dour", "sharp", "acute", "pungent", "nipping", "strident", "with an edge", "clarion". Thus it may mean "the one who got rid of sternness".

Short form of names that contained the Old Frisian name elements jelda "to pay; to return; to yield; to repay; to owe a dept" or gelda/hjeld "money". The name Jelda was most commonly used in the 16th and 17th centuries and finally revived in the 20th century.

Means "rear yourself" or "be self reliant" in Tumbuka. Can be given to orphans, or to children expected to be independent early in life.

Diminutive of Jolán.

Referencing a birth after a previous loss.

Given to a child after a pregnancy or infant loss.

This is one of the death prevention names among the Dagbamba. When a woman gave birth up to three to four times and each time she give birth the children die. To prevent this names like this is given to a child to prevent it from dying.

Nature name derived from the word kamen, meaning "stone" or "rock", therefore denoting a baby whose parents wished for him to be as strong and tough as a stone.The name is nowadays mostly associated with Kamenko Katić, a famous Serbian journalist and TV personality.

Derived from the Luba word kàtùmà meaning "last-born of triplets", ultimately from the word tùmà meaning "to send". Superstition suggests that third-born children with this name, because of their name, should not be sent on errands or deliveries.

Means "rock, cliff" in Turkish.

Means "the one who dies" or "the dead one" in Manjak. This name is given to protect the child from an early death.

Means "Die till you get tired of it" in Jola. This name is given to an infant who is believed to be a spirit child who has been coming and going between life and death.

Literally means "a fearsome dog". The main sense of this is to refer to a guard dog who terrifies evil spirits and drives them off from the tomb sites of important people. The Chinese 'stone lions' or 'lions of Buddha' (shíshī) are probably a related concept.

Alternatively, some people say that Khasar means "archer". Since there is not just one dialect in the Mongolian language group, but several, it is difficult to be sure.

Means "nobody" or "who is not" in Mongolian, from хэн (khen) meaning "who" and биш (bish) meaning "not, isn’t" or "other, different". This name was traditionally given in order to mislead bad spirits.

Name given to girls whose mothers could not bear children for a period of time and suffered through a difficult birth.

Means "not human", from Mongolian хүн (hün) meaning "person, man, human" combined with биш (biš) meaning "odd, weird" or "not, isn't". The name was traditionally given to children to protect against and confuse evil spirits.

Means "he will not die anymore" in Yoruba, typically given to an Abiku child. Abiku are spirits that are believed to enter a pregnant woman and move in a constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Giving a child an Abiku name is believed to keep the child alive.

Kuchinei means "What more is left to do, to see or to say" This name may be given by a parent who is at their wit's end. The Zimbabwean singer of the 1970-80s Kuchinei Chikupo was one well known bearer of this name.

Means "to come back" in Shona.

Means "let me live long" in Igbo.

Derived from Romanian lepădat, the past participle of a lepăda "to renounce, to abandon". This was an amuletic name.

Means "eager to live" or "willing to live", composed of Old Norse líf meaning "life" and gjarn meaning "eager, desirous" (related to English yearn).

Means "do not destroy joy" in Yoruba.

Means "what you want" in Shona.

Means "do not let it be a thing of pain" in Yoruba.

Means "orphan" in Chichewa, literally translating as "leavings", as in something left behind by a dead person.

Means "ignorant, unknowing" in Mongolian, from мэдэх (medekh) meaning "to know, to understand" and the suffix -гүй (güi) meaning "without, -less".

Derived from Judeo-Spanish merkado or Spanish mercado, both meaning "market". This name literally refers to the fact that the child in question was sold by its parents.

Derived from Judeo-Spanish merkado or Spanish mercado, both meaning "market". This name literally refers to the fact that the child in question was sold by its parents. Masculine form of Merkada.

Means "friend, ally" in Hebrew, derived from שָׁלַם (shalam) meaning "to be complete, to be at peace". This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament.

Means "who are you going to?" in Tswana.

Means "what have you to do with it" in Shona.

comes from term tunga which means to return, replace, put back in kamba. Used to name people born after the death of a person in a family. They are taken to be replacements for the departed. the feminine form is mutungwa. musyoka also plays same role. Comes from word syoka which means come back. Musyoka is used for both sexes among the Kamba community of Kenya.

Means "bad dog, vicious dog" in Mongolian, from муу (muu) meaning "bad" and нохой (nokhoi) meaning "dog".

Means "unwanted" in Marathi. This was traditionally given to girls whose parents wanted a boy.

This name's usage has become controversial in recent years.

Derived from the archaic Georgian adjective ნასყიდი (nasqidi) meaning "purchased, bought".

Derived from Polish naj, a superlative particle, and Old Polish woj "warrior". This used to be an amuletic name, wishing the bearer to become "the (very) best warrior".

Means "found", derived from Bulgarian найда (nayda) meaning "to find".

Means "let life not be lost" in Igbo.

Means "leather, sheepskin" in Mongolian.

Means "nobody" in Latin. This was the name used by author Jules Verne for the captain of the Nautilus in his novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870). It was later used for the title character (a fish) in the 2003 animated movie Finding Nemo.

Means "no name" in Mongolian. This name was traditionally given in order to mislead bad spirits.

From Shona netsa meaning "trouble, annoy, bother" [1].

Name given to a woman who has had many children, all which died with her.

Meaning admire for a while. Name given to a baby after his/her siblings die as babies.

"I have learnt my lesson"

Possibly means "not a man" in Shawnee. This was the name of an 18th-century Shawnee chief, the sister of Hokolesqua.

Possibly a variant transcription of Nogai.

This name means ‘meat for Death’, indicating the worst of luck.

Recorded in 1350 in Silesia and in the Rhineland region of what is today Germany, this name is basically a Latinization of the German word niemand "nobody".

During the Middle Ages it was common practice to give orphans, especially orphaned infants, the name Nemo as either their given name or a byname, signifying that they "belonged to nobody".
Nymandus could thus be considered a cognate of Nemo.

The name Obulor mean "Peace filled mind" or "I am now relaxed" from all worries.
The name dates back to 1901 - 1912 When a man from the community of Ede town in Ogba Land, who later died in the early 1980, and another in Obite Town who hailed from the Family of Elemele household of Ohali Royal kindred. However, my mother named me Obulor, she delivered off her pregnancy few months after the burial of her father.

From Nivkh otgan meaning "garbage, waste".

Ogbodo is an ancient name. It is used/ popularly heard in the Eastern part of Nigeria.
Ogbodo means the Entrance/Gates. When you describe it as; Ogbo/Ugbo Obodo: The Entrance of the Compound. So the name can be pronounced together in a simple term as; Ogbodo.

In Ogbodo you can also find descriptions like;

Ogbo: Sponge for washing

Odo: or Aka-odo, which means the handle of pestle.

Ogbodos’ are always associated with popularity, fame and are always very intellectual. They have a common trait of “never give up,” and they will always like to take risks. Ogbodos’ are great thinkers. They are always brainstorming issues before making decision. Sometimes, they tend to be slow, but that is because they are thinking about the issue in all dimensions, before they can reach a conclusion.

Means "next time a boy".

Means "not at all" in Mongolian, from огт (ogt) meaning "completely, at all" and биш (biš) "not, isn’t" or "other, different"

This name is given when a child is born with the umbilical cord around their neck.

"survived despite being neglected"

Means "accompanied" or "protected" in Malagasy.

Means "the child has returned" in Yoruba, typically given to an Abiku child. Abiku are spirits that are believed to enter a pregnant woman and move in a constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Giving a child an Abiku name is believed to keep the child alive.

Name given to a male who survives childhood after successive deaths of infants to the parents. This name suggests strength and determination to survive. Ondiek is also the Hyena in the Luo language. Thus such child's determination for survival is likened to that of the hyena.

Means "let death not kill me" in Igbo.

Means "death has eaten the kingdom", a shortened form of the sentence I ga adi makana onwu talu obi, roughly translating as "you will endure as death has claimed our entire family".

Derived from Romanian a opri "to stop". This name was given to a child in the hopes that it would be the last child born into the family.

The name is bear by the ijebu speaking people of western nigeria.
the meaning;idol paid my debt.

Means "to live, inhabit, exist" in Mongolian.

From the archaic Finnish word orvo meaning "orphan".

This name means a hard stone can not die. In Ijebu land, which a part of the "Yoruba" race, a fine polished hard stone commonly found in the bed of rivers is called Ota.

The origin of the name. There was a particular woman who was always giving birth to a male child and each time the baby dies.So, when she gave birth to the child who eventually survived, she consulted oracle and she was told that the child would live and not die because he had a destiny like that of a stone (Ota)

"born after a misfortune like a difficult birthing process"

Means "maybe", given after the death of the first born to say maybe he will grow.

Derived from the Greek adjective παυσίλυπος (pausilypos) meaning "ending pain", which consists of the Greek noun παῦσις (pausis) meaning "stopping, ceasing" and the Greek noun λύπη (lype) meaning "pain, suffering" as well as "grief, sadness".

Medicine or herb. Ussually medicine used for protection

Means "to live" or "get well, be healthy" in Nguni languages.

Derived from the Persian adjective پیر (pir) meaning "old, aged, ancient" combined with the Persian suffix ان (-an).

In literature, Piran is the name of a Turanian army chief from the 11th-century Persian epic poem Shahnameh.

Other notable bearers of this name include the 6th-century Persian governor Piran Gushnasp and the Georgian nobleman Piran Cherkezishvili (died in 1804).

Means "night cough", from Tahitian pō "night" and mare "cough". This name was borne by four kings and a queen of Tahiti. The first king adopted the name after his child died of a cough in the night.

Name given to a child when spared from certain death during childbirth.

Feminine form of Prodan. Like its masculine counterpart, it is derived from the verb prodati, "to sell", literally meaning "sold". It was once given to divert evil spirits by telling them the child has already been " sold away ".

Regai means "Let it be, leave it alone"

From the Latin word meaning "abandoned, forsaken, relinquished". This was given to various foundling children presumed orphans.

Derived from dialectal Albanian rronj "to stay alive, to survive".

From the Chukot рытгэватъё (rytgėvatʺjo) meaning "forgotten" or "unremembered". This was the birth name of Chukchi writer Yuri Rytkheu.

Means "unknown" in Chukchi. A bearer is Yuri Rytkheu, born Rytkheu, a Chukchi-Russian writer.

A name given to children when expected that they would die, in reference to being safe with God in heaven.

Often given to children expected to perish. References the safety of a child in Heaven versus earth.

Means "sold" in Turkish.

From the Karachay-Balkar сау (sau) meaning "alive, healthy" and бар (bar) meaning "to go", idiomatically "go (through life) in good health".

From Zulu uShaka, apparently from ishaka, a stomach cramp caused by an intestinal parasite. This was the name of a Zulu warrior king (1787-1828), supposedly given because his unmarried mother Nandi and/or his father Senzangakhona blamed her pregnancy symptoms on the parasite.

A name that means "see no evil" or "protect from evil." The prefix shar- means "evil."

From Sino-Vietnamese 生 (sinh) meaning "living, alive".

From the Danish word skyldfri meaning "innocent, guiltless", derived from skyld "guilt" (cf. Old Norse Skuld, name of one of the Norns, possibly meaning "debt") and fri "free". This was formerly given to foundlings and girls born out of wedlock.

Possibly deriving in part from the Mongolian element ᠦᢈᠢᠨ okhin ("girl"). Name borne by a powerful Mongol noblewoman, who was posthumously honoured as an empress of the Yuan dynasty.

Diminutive of Stanislav.

Derived from Greek stamata "to stop", this name was historically given to a girl with older sisters whose parents desperately hoped for a son. They "were literally praying for the curse of daughters to stop".

Means "taste the world, taste life" in Yoruba.

From Shona tambudza meaning "make trouble, frustrate" [1].

From the Garo word তঙ্ (tang) meaning "living" and মঁ (man) meaning "person".

Means "we have been consoled", "we have found comfort" in Shona, often bestowed upon a girl born after a tragedy or difficulty, she being the source of consolation or comfort; the implied meaning is "blessing, godsend".

Means "what wrong have we done?" in Shona.

Derived from Turkic таймас (taymas) meaning "a child whose life's path does not die" combined with the Turkic title Khan meaning "ruler, leader".

Means "hear my plea" in Ijaw.

Means "just stay at a place" in Akan.

Means "not that one" in Mongolian, from тэр (ter) meaning "that; he, she, it" and биш (bish) meaning "not, isn’t" or "other, different".

Means "we will see" from Shona ticha "we will" and ona "see".

Means "to survive, to remain" in Burmese.

This is a name given by Taiwanese fortune tellers to ward off evil spirits, as it means "hog manure." It is often an unofficial given name.

Means "What shall we do?". This is a name of exclamation or questioning given by a parent who is lost regarding what to do in their circumstances

From the Malagasy toky meaning "confidence, assurance" and aina meaning "life", promising that one will recover from illness.

Means "let it stay" derived from Kazakh тұру (turu) meaning "to stay". It was traditionally given in families whose newborns often died.

Means "paid" in Kazakh, from төлеу (toleu) meaning "to pay". This name was traditionally given to a newborn son after the death of another male relative (as in, the parents were "paid" with a son in return for the family member's passing).

Means "What shall we say?". This is a name of exclamation or questioning given by a parent who is a lost for words regards the situation they are in

Means "beauty" or "beautiful". Traditionally the name was given to a child born after death(s) of a preceding sibling. The belief was that this new born is beautiful for death or beautiful for the soil.

Variant of Trajan 2.

From the Malagasy tsy meaning "not" and afoy meaning "abandoned, forsaken".

Means "will live", derived from Kazakh тірі (tiri) meaning "survive" or "alive, lively". This name was traditionally given when a child (usually a son) was not expected to live.

It means "Being Alive" or "Stay", from the Uyghur language.

Means "let him live" in Karakalpak.

From Kazakh тұрсын (tursyn) meaning "remaining, staying, standing", from тұру (turu) meaning "to stand, to live", combined with the Turkish military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".

Means "after" in Chukchi. This name was given to children as a reference the spirits or souls of deceased ancestors or family members.

Old Norse combination of ú "un-" (negative prefix) and feigr "fey", "doomed to die" or from Old Norse úfeigr "not fey, not doomed to die, one who will live a long life".

Means "give birth to boys" derived from Kazakh ұл (ul) meaning "son, boy" combined with туу (tuu) meaning "be born, to give birth". This name was traditionally given to girls in hopes that the next child of the family would be male.

Means "unwanted" in Mingrelian.

Means "deceased" in Chukchi. This name was given to children as a reference the spirits or souls of deceased ancestors or family members.

Uncommon Roman praenomen of obscure origin. Gaius Plinius Secundus suggested that it was given to a child whose twin was stillborn, but this etymology is often rejected and widely contested.

Means "has returned again" in Ijaw.

Wolof 'death prevention' name meaning "s/he has not reached the afternoon".

Means "be with us" in Zulu and Xhosa.

From Chinese 越 (yuè) meaning "cross, surpass", also referring to the Yue people, or 月 (yuè) meaning "moon". Other characters can form this name as well.

Canarian Spanish name of recent origin, derived from the Guanche word yruene meaning "demon, evil spirit". This word was first recorded incorrectly as yurena by the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1803.

Derived from the verb zavideti, meaning "to envy".
It was once used to divert evil forces from a child, since it was believed it would prevent envy towards the child.
Nowadays used only in its related form Zaviša. The most famous Zavida was a 12th-century Serbian ruler of Zachumlia and Ribnica and father of Stefan Nemanja.

Derived from the old name Zavida, which itself was derived from the verb zavideti, meaning "to envy". It was once used to divert evil forces from a child, since it was believed it would prevent envy towards the child.

From the elements zby, meaning "to renounce, to get rid of" and woj, meaning "fighter, soldier".

Means "grandfather" in Yiddish.
This is a so-called amuletic name which was given to a child who was ill, or one whose parents had lost children before. It was chosen in the hope that the child would live to be a grandfather.

Means "despise, look down upon" in Shona.