All Elements

vatra Croatian
Croatian word meaning "fire" (of Persian origin).

vatsa वत्स Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beloved, dear".

vé Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "holy, sanctuary".

veda वेद Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "knowledge".

vedrŭ ведръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "clear, cheerful".

vee English
Phonetic element /vi/ in English names.

vega Spanish
Spanish word meaning "meadow" (of Basque origin).

vegr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "way, path, road".

veig Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "strength".

věkŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "age".

velĭ вель Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "great".

velji Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "brother".

veneti Ancient Roman
Latin word referring to a people who lived in northeastern Italy.

venturus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "the things that will come, the future".

věra вѣра Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "faith".

verus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "true, real".

veselŭ веселъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "cheerful".

vesper Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "evening, west".

věstĭ вѣсть Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "message, news".

vestr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "west".

vęťĭjĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "more, greater", a comparative form of velĭ.

vibhava विभव Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "power, majesty".

vicarius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "substitute, deputy".

victor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "victor, conqueror".

vicus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "village".

vidŭ видъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sight, view".

viện 院 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yuàn.

việt 越 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yuè.

víg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "war, battle".

vík Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "cove, inlet".

víkingr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "viking".

vili Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "will, desire".

vilja Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "grain, cereal".

vĭlkŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "wolf".

villa Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "country house, estate".

ville Medieval French
Old French word meaning "town, city".

villr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

viltis Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian word meaning "hope".

vimala विमल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clean, pure, spotless".

vinaya विनय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "leading, guidance, modesty".

vincere Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to win, to defeat".

vinda विन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "finding".

vindr 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wind".

vindr 2 Old Norse (Hypothetical)
Old Norse element possibly meaning "victor, winner".

vinh 榮 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of róng.

vinr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "friend".

vintr Old Norse
Old East Norse word meaning "winter".

vinum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "wine".

viola Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "violet (flower)".

viorea Romanian
Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata).

vipina विपिन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "forest, thicket".

vipula विपुल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "large, extensive, plenty".

vir Old Norse
Old Norse element, probably meaning either "warrior, fighter" (related to wīgą) or "holy man" (related to wīhaz).

vira वीर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "hero, man, brave".

viridis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "green, young".

vishala विशाल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wide, broad, spacious".

vĭśĭ вьсь Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "all".

višĭňa Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sour cherry".

vitati витати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to welcome, to greet".

vitędzĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hero, knight".

víðir Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "willow".

víðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wide, large".

viðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "tree, wood".

vitŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic affix meaning "master, lord, hero".

viveka विवेक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wisdom, distinction, discrimination".

vivere Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to live".

vizkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wise".

vlaming Medieval Dutch
Middle Dutch word meaning "Fleming, person from Flanders".

vohu 𐬬𐬊𐬵𐬎 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "good".

vojevoda Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic title meaning "warlord, chief".

vojĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "warrior, soldier".

volděti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to rule, to control".

vǫllr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "field, meadow".

volstĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "power, rule, sovereignty".

volxŭ волхъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman", ultimately of Germanic origin.

von English
Phonetic element /vɑn/ in English names.

vǫr Old Norse
Feminine form of varr.

vorbĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "sparrow".

vorna Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "crow".

vörös Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "red".

vǫrðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "guard, guardian".

vortiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to return, to turn".

vrá Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "corner, nook".

vrda Old Persian (Hypothetical)
Old Persian word meaning "flower, rose".

vrome Medieval Dutch
Middle Dutch word meaning "pious, devout".

vrume Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "noble, honourable".

vũ 武 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of wǔ.

wa 和 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of hé.

wá 1 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "come".

wá 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "seek, search".

wā 娲, 媧 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the goddess Nüwa.

wacu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wake, vigil".

waddi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "pledge".

wadją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "pledge".

wægn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wagon".

wær Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "aware, cautious".

wæter Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "water".

wagan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wagon".

wagnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wagon".

wai Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "water".

waigō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "strength".

wakkar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "awake, vigilant".

wakraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "awake, vigilant".

wakrs 𐍅𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "awake, vigilant".

walah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman".

walaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "the dead, the slain (of battle)".

wald 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "forest".

wald 2 Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "ruler" or "power, authority".

waldą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "power, authority".

waldaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to rule".

waldaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "powerful, mighty, ruler".

waleis Medieval French
Norman French word meaning "foreigner, Celt", ultimately of Germanic origin.

walh Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman".

walhaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "foreigner, Celt, Roman" (probably derived from the name of the Celtic tribe of the Volcae).

wali ولي Arabic
Arabic word meaning "guardian, friend".

walos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "chief".

walt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "power, authority".

walþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "field, forest".

wán 丸 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "ball, pellet".

wan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hope, expectation".

waŋblí Sioux
Sioux word meaning "eagle".

wandilaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "a Vandal", referring to a member of the Germanic tribe.

wáng 王 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "king, monarch".

wàng 望 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "gaze, hope".

wang Old High German
Old High German word meaning "meadow".

wanga Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "cheek".

wangaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "meadow".

wangi Malay
Malay word meaning "fragrant".

wangô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "cheek".

wani Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frankish word meaning "hope, expectation".

war 1 Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "aware, cautious".

war 2 Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "true".

wara 原 Japanese
Means "meadow, field, plain", from a Japanese nanori reading of yuán.

waraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "aware, cautious".

ward Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "guard, guardian".

warda Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "guard, guardian", of Germanic origin.

wardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "guard, guardian".

warderobe Medieval French
Old French word meaning "wardrobe".

wards 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "guard, guardian".

warjaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to ward off, to prevent".

wark ወርቅ Amharic
Amharic word meaning "gold".

warnon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to warn".

warnōną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to warn".

wars 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "aware, cautious".

wart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "guard, guardian".

waru 悪, 惡 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of è.

wastos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "servant".

wata 渡 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of dù.

watar Old Germanic (Hypothetical), Old Dutch
Germanic and Old Dutch word meaning "water".

wazana وزن Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to weigh, to balance".

wazzar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "water".

wealcan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to move".

weald 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "powerful, mighty" or "power, authority".

weald 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "forest".

wealh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "foreigner, Celt".

weall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wall" (of Latin origin).

weard Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "guard, guardian".

weban Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to weave".

webaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to weave".

wefan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to weave".

weg Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "way, path, road".

wegaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "way, path, road".

wehi Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "adornment".

wehsal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to change".

wehtiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "thing".

wèi 1 卫, 衛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "guard, protect".

wèi 2 魏 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the ancient state of Wei.

wěi 伟, 偉 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "great, robust, extraordinary".

wēi 1 威 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "power, pomp".

wēi 2 巍 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "high, lofty, towering".

wēi 3 微 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "small".

wēi 4 薇 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "fern".

weidetei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to see".

welig Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "willow".

weligaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "willow".

weljô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "will, desire".

welþjaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

wén 1 文 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "literature, culture, writing".

wén 2 雯 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "cloud patterns".

wēn 温, 溫 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "warm".

wēniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hope, expectation".

weniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "friend".

wentil Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a Vandal", referring to the Germanic tribe.

weoh Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "idol, image".

weosule Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "weasel".

wer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "dam, weir".

wēraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "true, reliable, friendly".

werd Old High German
Old High German word meaning "worthy".

werien Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to defend, to protect".

werra Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "war", of Germanic origin.

wers 𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "friendly, agreeable, true".

werþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "worthy".

west Anglo-Saxon, Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "west".

westeraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "west".

wetti Old High German
Old High German word meaning "pledge".

wib Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wife, woman".

wībą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wife, woman".

wic Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old English and Old Dutch word meaning "village, town", ultimately from Latin vicus.

wid Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "wide, large".

wīdaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wide, large".

widu Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "tree, wood".

widuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "tree, wood".

wig Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish word meaning "war, battle".

wīgą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "war, battle".

wīhaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "holy, sacred".

wiht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "creature, being, wight, thing".

wīlą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "craft, cunning, wile".

wilde Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

wildi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wild, untamed, uncontrolled".

wilga Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "willow".

willa Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "will, desire".

wille Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "well (for water), water hole, stream".

willio Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "will, desire".

willo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "will, desire".

windos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "white".

wine Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "friend".

wingart Old High German
Old High German word meaning "vineyard".

wini Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "friend".

winn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "meadow, pasture".

winnaną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "labour, strive, win, gain".

wintar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "winter".

winter Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "winter".

winþuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word (possibly) meaning "victor, winner".

wintruz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "winter".

wiros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "man".

wirt Old High German
Old High German word meaning "host".

wisos Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "all".

wit 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wide, large".

wit 2 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "white".

witei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to drive away, to chase".

witu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tree, wood".

wiz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "white".

wja 𓅱𓇋𓄿 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "sacred barque".

wlatis Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "sovereignty".

wō 挝, 撾 Chinese
Alternate reading of zhūa.

woldatei Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "to rule".

wolf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wolf".

womb Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "belly, womb, hollow".

won 1 元, 원 Korean
Korean reading of yuán.

won 2 媛, 원 Korean
Korean reading of yuàn.

won 3 原, 원 Korean
Korean reading of yuán.

worþ Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "enclosure".

wrisjǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "giant".

wú 1 吴, 吳 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the ancient state of Wu, which existed from the 11th to 5th centuries BC in what is now Jiangsu province.

wú 2 吾 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "I, me".

wù 1 务, 務 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "affairs, business".

wù 2 悟 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "enlightenment, awakening".

wǔ 1 五 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "five".

wǔ 2 武 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "military, martial".

wǔ 3 舞 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "dance".

wudu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "tree, wood".

wulf Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "wolf".

wulfaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wolf".

wulfs 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "wolf".

wunjō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "joy, bliss".

wunna Old High German
Old High German word meaning "joy, bliss".

wurhtijô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "maker, worker, wright".

wurhto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "maker, worker, wright".

wynn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "joy, bliss".

wyrhta Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "maker, worker, wright".

xalupa Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "hut, cottage".

xanthos ξανθός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "yellow".

xenia ξενία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "hospitality".

xenos ξένος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "foreigner, guest, stranger".

xì 细, 細 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "small, slender".

xǐ 喜 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "like, love".

xī 1 锡, 錫 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "tin".

xī 2 嬉 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "enjoy, play".

xī 3 熙 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, splendid, glorious".

xī 4 西 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "west".

xī 5 希 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "hope, expect, strive".

xī 6 夕 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "evening".

xī 7 羲 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the god Fuxi.

xiá 霞 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "rosy clouds, mist".

xià 1 夏 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "summer, great, grand".

xià 2 下 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "under, below, down".

xián 贤, 賢 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "virtuous, worthy, wise".

xiàn 1 线, 線 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "thread, line, ray".

xiàn 2 宪, 憲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "law".

xiǎn 显, 顯 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "manifest, clear".

xiān 1 仙 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "immortal, transcendent, celestial being, fairy", used in Daoist philosophy.

xiān 2 鲜, 鮮 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "new, fresh".

xiáng 1 翔 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "soar, glide".

xiáng 2 祥 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "good luck, good omen".

xiǎng 响, 響 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sound, echo".

xiāng 1 香 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "fragrant".

xiāng 2 湘 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the Xiang River.

xiāng 3 郷 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "village".

xiào 1 咲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "smile, laugh, bloom".

xiào 2 孝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "filial piety, obedience".

xiǎo 1 小 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "small".

xiǎo 2 篠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "dwarf bamboo".

xiāo 蕭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "mournful, dejected", also referring to a region in Anhui.

xié 1 协, 協 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "unite, cooperate".

xié 2 邪 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wrong, evil".

xiè 谢, 謝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "refuse, decline", also referring to the ancient state of Xie.

xìn 信 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "trust, believe".

xīn 1 欣 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "happy, joyous, delighted".

xīn 2 心 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "heart, mind, soul".

xīn 3 新 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "fresh, new".