Names And Their Meanings

Names And Their Meanings, Baby Girl Names, Name Meanings And Origins For Letters N, O, P, Q And R.

Names And Their Meanings

Name - Origin - Meaning

Nadia - Slavic - Hope.

Nancy - Hebrew - Grace.

Naomi - Hebrew - Delightful.

Narda - Persian - The anointed.

Natalie - Latin - Born at christmas time.

Nathania - Hebrew - Gift of the lord.

Natica - Latin - Christmas child.

Nell - Greek - Light.

Neoma - Greek - New moon.

Nessa - Greek - Pure.

Nevada - Latin - Snowy.

Nicola - Italian - Feminine form of Nicholas, from the Greek, meaning "victory of the people."

Nicolette - Nicole - Greek - People's victory.

Nina - Native American - Mighty.

Noel(le) - French - "birthday of Christ." More properly a masculine name, although it is traditionally given to children born on Christmas day.

Nola - Celtic - Noble or famous.

Norine - Latin - Honor.

Norma - Latin - Model.

Nova - Native American - Butterfly chaser.

Nydia - Latin - Refuge.

Octavia - Latin - "the eight." A very formal name.

Odette - Greek - Melody.

Olethea - Latin - Truth.

Olga - Teutonic - Holy.

Olive - Latin - "olive tree," the symbol of peace. Olivia is the preferred, more elegant form; Livia is a lovely nickname.

Olivia - Latin - Symbol of Peace.

Olympia - Greek - Home of the gods.

Opal - Latin - Gemstone.

Ophelia - Greek - "to help." Shakespeare's Hamlet popularized the name.

Oprah - Hebrew - Fawn.

Oralie - Latin - The golden.

Oriana - Latin - Golden one.

Oriel - Old French-Latin - The golden.

Orlena - Latin - The pretty.

Orva - Anglo Saxon - Courageous friend. Page - English - Attendant.

Paloma - Spanish - Dove.

Pamela - Greek - A distinguished name that was invented by Sir Philip Sidney, courtier to England's Queen Elizabeth I, and used in his Arcadia (1590). Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela brought the name into vogue again in the mid—eighteenth century, and it has rarely been out of favor since.

Pansy - Old French - A thought.

Panthea - Greek - Of all the gods.

Patience - Latin - "patient" or "long-suffering." One of the virtue names, like Charity and Hope.

Patricia - The feminine form of Patrick, from the Latin, meaning "of noble birth." Trish, Patty, and Patsy are common nicknames.

Patty - Variant of Patricia.

Paula - The feminine form of Paul, from the Latin, meaning "small." Pauline is the French variant.

Pearl - Latin - Pearl.

Peggy - Peg - Greek - A pearl.

Penelope - Greek - "weaver." The name of Odysseus' wife in Homer's Odyssey, and anyone who has read this magnificent poem will understand the connotation of the name. The nickname Penny, alas, conveys none of Penelope's grandeur.

Petra - The feminine form of Peter, from the Greek, meaning "rock." An elegant name that to the American ear sounds very English; it is indeed a popular name in Britain, as is Philippa.

Petrina - Greek - A rock.

Philippa - The feminine form of Philip, from the Greek, meaning "lover of horses." The name is less commonly bestowed in the United States than in England.

Phoebe - Greek - "shining one." In Greek myth the goddess of the moon.

Phyllis - Greek - A green bough.

Primavera - Latin - Spring's beginning.

Primrose - Latin - First rose.

Priscilla - Latin - "old." A biblical name whose American roots reach back to the Puritan era, most notably in the figure of Priscilla Alden and her appearance in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Courtship of Miles Stan-dish."

Prudence - Latin - "wise." A virtue name, favored by the Puritan forefathers.

Queen - English - Queen.

Queenie - English - Queen.

Quenby - Scandinavian - Womanly.

Quenna - English - Form of queen.

Quinella - Latin - Form of Quintana.

Quintana - Latin - The fifth.

Rachel - Hebrew - "female sheep." In the Bible the mother of Jacob.

Ramona - Teutonic - Wise protectress.

Randi - Feminine of Randall.

Raphaela - The feminine form of Raphael, from the Hebrew, meaning "God has healed."

Rashida - African righteous.

Rebecca - Hebrew - "yoke." In the Bible Rebecca was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau, and in literature she was the heroine of Sir Walter Scott's Ivan-hoe. William Thackeray's unpleasant heroine in Vanity Fair was named Becky Sharp; he rightly judged the nickname as prickly as his character.

Regina - Latin - Queenly.

Renata - Renee - Latin - Born again.

Renita - Latin - Self-poised.

Reseda - Latin - Healing.

Rhiannon - Welsh - Goddess.

Rhoda - Greek - Rose.

Rita - Greek - A pearl.

Riva - French - Riverbank.

Roberta - The feminine form of Robert, from the Teutonic, meaning "of shining fame." The nickname Bobbi is less suitable.

Rochelle - French - Little rock.

Roderica - Teutonic - Princess.

Rosa - Latin - A rose.

Rosalia - Origin and meaning uncertain. Perhaps from the French, via the Latin, or from the Irish. Rosalie is the French form.

Rosalind - Latin - "pretty rose." A name popularized by the heroine in William Shakespeare's As You Like It. Variant forms include Roselyn and Roslyn.

Rosanne - Hebrew - Rose of grace.

Rosemary - Latin - Dew of the sea.

Rowena - Celtic - White mane.

Roxanne - Persian - Dawn.

Ruby - Latin - Red jewel.

Ruth - Hebrew - Friend to all.

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