All Elements

hors Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "horse".

hosanna ὡσαννά Biblical Greek
Greek rendering of the Aramaic expression הושע נא (hoshaʿ na) meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew.

hosha' na' הושע נא Ancient Aramaic
Aramaic expression meaning "deliver us" in Hebrew.

hoshi 星 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xīng.

hotaru 蛍 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yíng.

hǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle, combat".

hóu 侯 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lord, nobleman".

hòu 厚 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "thick".

houbit Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head".

houva Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "plot of land, farm".

houwan Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to chop, to cut".

ḥr 𓎛𓂋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "face".

hraban Old High German
Old High German word meaning "raven".

hrabnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "raven".

hrace Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "throat, gorge".

hræfn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "raven".

hrafn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "raven".

hram Old High German, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "raven" (a variant of hraban).

hreiðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nest, home".

hris Old High German
Old High German word meaning "twig, branch, bush".

hriðer Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "cattle, ox".

hrok Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "crow, rook".

hrōkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "crow, rook".

hrōmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fame, glory".

hros Old High German
Old High German word meaning "horse".

hross Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "horse".

hroth Old Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon word meaning "fame, glory".

hroð Anglo-Saxon
Old English element meaning "fame, glory" (as a vocabulary word, it is spelled hreð).

hroþi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "fame, glory".

hrōþiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "fame, glory".

hróðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "praise, fame, glory".

hroþs 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "fame, glory".

hruod Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German word meaning "fame, glory".

hruoh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crow, rook".

hruom Old High German
Old High German word meaning "fame, glory".

hryggr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "ridge".

ḥtp 𓎛𓏏𓊪 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "peace, satisfaction".

hu 1 הוּא Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "he" (third-person pronoun).

hu 2 厚, 후 Korean
Korean reading of hòu.

hú 胡 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beard, whiskers, recklessly, wildly, barbarian".

hǔ 虎 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "tiger".

huá 华, 華 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese".

huā 花 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "flower, blossom".

huán 环, 環 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "circle, ring".

huàn 焕, 煥 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "shining, brilliant, lustrous".

huān 欢, 歡 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "happy, pleased".

huáng 1 煌 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, shining, luminous".

huáng 2 凰 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "female phoenix".

huáng 3 黄, 黃 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "yellow".

huệ 1 慧 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of huì.

huệ 2 蕙 Vietnamese
Vietnamese word meaning "tuberose (flower)", from huì.

hufą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "small hill, estate, house".

hugi Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "mind, thought, spirit".

hugiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mind, thought, understanding".

hugr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "mind, thought, mood".

hugu Old High German
Old High German word meaning "mind, thought, spirit".

hui 1 姬, 희 Korean
Korean reading of jī.

hui 2 嬉, 희 Korean
Korean reading of xī.

hui 3 熙, 희 Korean
Korean reading of xī.

huì 1 慧 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, intelligent".

huì 2 惠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "favour, benefit".

huì 3 蕙 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "orchid".

huì 4 绘, 繪 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "picture, painting".

huī 辉, 輝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "brightness".

hulmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "small island".

hultą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wood".

hulþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "favourable, gracious, graceful".

humbal Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bee".

hun 1 Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German, Old English and Frankish element meaning "bear cub, offspring".

hun 2 勛, 훈 Korean
Korean reading of xūn.

hūnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "knob, swelling, offspring".

hùng 雄 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xióng.

hunig Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "honey".

huntian Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to hunt".

huǒ 火 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "fire".

huoba Old High German
Old High German word meaning "plot of land, farm".

huod Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old Dutch word meaning "hood, hat".

huok Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "hook, corner".

hương 香 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of xiāng.

huot Old High German
Old High German word meaning "hood, hat".

hurną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "horn".

hursą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "horse".

hursaĝ 𒉺𒂅 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "mountain, foothill".

hurst Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "wood, thicket, nest".

hurstiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wood, thicket".

hus Old High German, Old Dutch, Anglo-Saxon
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old English word meaning "house".

hūsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "house".

ḥusn حسْن Arabic
Arabic word meaning "beauty, goodness".

hữu 友 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of yǒu.

hux Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "insult, scorn".

huy 輝 Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of huī.

hvítr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "white".

hwæte Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wheat".

hwan 煥, 환 Korean
Korean reading of huàn.

hware 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 Avestan
Avestan word meaning "sun".

hwit Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon
Old English and Old Saxon word meaning "white".

hwītaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "white".

ḥwt 𓎛𓅱𓏏 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "house, temple, enclosure".

hwyfar Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "phantom, demon, magical being".

hyakinthos ὑάκινθος Ancient Greek
Greek word for the hyacinth flower.

hyang 香, 향 Korean
Korean reading of xiāng.

hye 1 慧, 혜 Korean
Korean reading of huì.

hye 2 惠, 혜 Korean
Korean reading of huì.

hyeon 1 賢, 현 Korean
Korean reading of xián.

hyeon 2 顯, 현 Korean
Korean reading of xiǎn.

hyeon 3 炫, 현 Korean
Korean reading of xuàn.

hyeon 4 鉉, 현 Korean
Korean reading of xuàn.

hyll Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "hill".

hymnos ὕμνος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "song, hymn".

hyrst Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "wood, thicket".

ḥyw Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "to be alive".

ʾi 1 אִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "not".

ʾi 2 אִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "coast, island".

i 1 李, 이 Korean
South Korean reading of lǐ.

i 2 井 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jǐng.

i 3 伊 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of yī.

i 4 生 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of shēng.

i 5 衣 Japanese
Japanese on reading of yī.

i 6 依 Japanese
Japanese on reading of yī.

i 7 י Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew suffix meaning "my".

i 8 五十 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "fifty".

i 9 利, 이 Korean
South Korean reading of lì.

ī ي Arabic
Arabic suffix meaning "my".

ianuarius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "January".

ichi 一 Japanese
Japanese goon reading of yī.

ʿīd عيد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "festival, holiday, feast".

id Old High German (Hypothetical)
Old High German element possibly meaning "work, labour".

ides ἴδης Ancient Greek
Greek patronymic suffix meaning "son of".

idiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "deed, doing".

ieg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "island".

iesin Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "shining, radiant, beautiful".

ìfà Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "good luck".

ífé Igbo
Igbo word meaning "thing, anything" (íhé in Central dialect).

ìfẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "love".

ị́fụnányá Igbo
Igbo word meaning "love", literally "to see in one's eye".

igo Basque
Basque word meaning "to ascend".

igugu Nguni
Nguni word meaning "treasure, pride".

ijada Spanish
Spanish word meaning "flank". It is the root of the word jade.

íjè Igbo
Igbo word meaning "journey".

íké Igbo
Igbo word meaning "strength, power".

ìkẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "fondness, care".

ike 池 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of chí.

ikhtāra اختار Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to choose".

ʾikrām إكرام Arabic
Arabic word meaning "honour, respect".

il 日, 일 Korean
Korean reading of rì.

ʾilah إله Arabic
Arabic word meaning "god, deity".

ʾilan אִילָן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "tree".

ilé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "home".

ilk Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "first".

ilma Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "air".

ʿim עִם Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "with".

im 1 林, 임 Korean
Korean reading of lín.

im 2 任, 임 Korean
Korean reading of rèn or rén.

ima 今 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of jīn.

ʾimām إمام Arabic
Arabic word meaning "leader".

ʾīmān إيمان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "faith".

imbali Nguni
Nguni word meaning "flower".

imeh Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "miracle".

imini Nguni
Nguni word meaning "day".

immaculata Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "immaculate".

impi Medieval Finnic (Hypothetical)
Finnic word meaning "maiden, virgin".

imtāza امتاز Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be distinguished".

in 印, 인 Japanese, Korean
Japanese and Korean reading of yìn.

ina 稲, 稻 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of dào.

ʿināya عناية Arabic
Arabic word meaning "care, concern".

indu इन्दु Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "a drop".

indumat इन्दुमत् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "full moon".

ing Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, Old Dutch
Old High German, Old English and Old Dutch suffix meaning "belonging to".

ingaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic suffix meaning "belonging to".

inis Old Irish
Irish word meaning "island".

inkosi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "king, chief, lord".

intan Malay
Malay word meaning "diamond".

intombi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "girl".

inuk ᐃᓄᒃ Inuit
Inuit word meaning "person, human".

iole ἰόλη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "violet".

ion 1 ἴον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "violet (flower)".

Ion 2 Ἴων Ancient Greek
Greek word for a member of the tribe of the Ionians.

ior Old Welsh
Welsh word meaning "lord".

iphios ἴφιος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "strong, stout".

ipo Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "sweetheart, darling".

iqraʾ اقْرأ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "read" (imperative).

ir Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "trace".

ʾirāda إرادة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "will, determination, decree".

iris ἶρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rainbow". The genitive form is ἴριδος (iridos).

irmin Old High German
Old High German prefix meaning "whole, great, universal".

írú Igbo
Igbo word meaning "front, face" (íhú in Central dialect).

is Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "ice".

īśa ईश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ruler, lord, husband".

īsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ice".

isamu 勇 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yǒng.

isarn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "iron".

īsarną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "iron".

ishi 石 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of shí.

ísí Igbo
Igbo word meaning "head, foremost".

isifiso Nguni
Nguni word meaning "wish".

isipho Nguni
Nguni word meaning "gift, present".

isizwe Nguni
Nguni word meaning "nation".

ʾIslām إسلام Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Islam", referring to the religion.

isos ἴσος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "equal".

iṣṭafā اصطفا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to choose".

īśvara ईश्वर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lord, god".

iʿtadala اعتدل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be balanced, to be moderate".

iʿtamada اعتمد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to depend, to rely on".

ìtàn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "history, story".

iʿtaṣama اعتصم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to hold fast, to adhere".

ithemba Nguni
Nguni word meaning "trust, hope".

ìtọwo Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "taste".

itsuki 樹 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of shù.

itztli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "obsidian".

iudd Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Old Welsh and Old Breton word meaning "lord".

iunius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "June".

iuvenis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "youth, young adult".

iw Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "yew tree".

iwa 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "yew tree".

iwa 2 岩 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yán.

iwájú Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "front, forward, ahead".

īwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "yew tree".

ìyá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "mother".

izana 誘 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of yòu, also meaning "invite".

izumi 泉 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of quán.

ʿizz عزّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "power, strength, glory, honour".

ja 1 ज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born".

ja 2 子, 자 Korean
Korean reading of zǐ.

ja 3 邪 Japanese
Japanese on reading of xié.

ja 4 English
Phonetic element /d͡ʒɑ/ in English names (typically African American, often in an unstressed initial position, as /d͡ʒə/).

ja 5 Swahili
Swahili word meaning "come, arrive".

jabara جبر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to force, to compel, to restore, to console, to set a bone".

jabbār جبّار Arabic
Arabic word meaning "almighty, powerful".

jāda جاد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be excellent, to be generous".

jade French, English
French and English word meaning "jade", ultimately from Spanish ijada.

jae 1 才, 재 Korean
Korean reading of cái.

jae 2 財, 재 Korean
Korean reading of cái.

jae 3 在, 재 Korean
Korean reading of zài.

jae 4 宰, 재 Korean
Korean reading of zǎi.

jagat जगत् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "world, universe".

jagon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to hunt".

jahada جهد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to struggle, to strive".

jahān جهان Persian
Persian word meaning "world".

jaina जैन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "Jain, follower of Jainism".

jair English
Phonetic element /d͡ʒɛɹ/ or /d͡ʒæɹ/ or in English names. It can be realized in spelling as jair, jer or jar.

jalāl جلال Arabic
Arabic word meaning "greatness, splendour".

jalīl جليل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "great, important, exalted".

jalla جلّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be great".

jamāl جمال Arabic
Arabic word meaning "beauty".

jamala جمل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be beautiful".

jamīl جميل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "beautiful".

jān جان Persian
Persian word meaning "soul, life" or "darling".

janna 1 جنّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to cover, to hide".

janna 2 جنّة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "paradise, garden".

jardin Medieval French
Old French word meaning "garden", of Frankish origin.

jargal жаргал Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "happiness, blessing".

jarl Old Norse
Old Norse noble title.

jarŭ ꙗръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bitter, fierce, energetic".

järvi Finnish
Finnish word meaning "lake".

jāta जात Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born, grown".

jats Basque
Basque word meaning "sorghum".

jay English
Phonetic element /d͡ʒeɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as jay, jae, jai, and so on.

jaya जय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victory, conquest".

jayanta जयन्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victorious".

jaz English
Phonetic element /d͡ʒæz/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as jaz or jas.

jenga Swahili
Swahili word meaning "build, construct".

jeong 1 正, 정 Korean
Korean reading of zhèng.

jeong 2 靜, 정 Korean
Korean reading of jìng.

jeong 3 貞, 정 Korean
Korean reading of zhēn.

jeong 4 廷, 정 Korean
Korean reading of tíng.

jeong 5 婷, 정 Korean
Korean reading of tíng.

jeong 6 鄭, 정 Korean
Korean reading of zhèng.

jetë Albanian
Albanian word meaning "life".

ji 1 志, 지 Korean
Korean reading of zhì.

ji 10 児 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of ér.

ji 11 治 Japanese
Japanese on reading of zhì.

ji 2 智, 지 Korean
Korean reading of zhì.

ji 3 知, 지 Korean
Korean reading of zhī.

ji 4 枝, 지 Korean
Korean reading of zhī.

ji 5 芝, 지 Korean
Korean reading of zhī.

ji 6 地, 지 Korean
Korean reading of dì.

ji 7 二 Japanese
Japanese kan'on reading of èr.

ji 8 司 Japanese
Japanese on reading of sī.

ji 9 次 Japanese
Japanese on reading of cì.

jí 1 吉 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lucky, good".

jí 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "awake".

jì 1 结, 結 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "tie, bind, join".

jì 2 纪, 紀 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "record, chronicle".

jì 3 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "forgive".

jì 4 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "hold, take".

jǐ 己 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "self". This is the sixth of the ten heavenly stems.

jī 姬 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beauty".

jiā 1 佳 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "good, auspicious, beautiful".

jiā 2 家 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "home, family".

jiā 3 加 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "add, increase".

jiàn 1 建 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "build, establish".

jiàn 2 健 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "strong, healthy".

jiān 1 坚, 堅 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "hard, firm".

jiān 2 间, 間 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "among, between".

jiàng 匠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "artisan, craftsman".

jiǎng 奖, 獎 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "prize, reward".

jiāng 1 江 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "river, Yangtze".

jiāng 2 姜 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "ginger".

jiǎo 角 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "point, corner".

jié 1 杰, 傑 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "heroic, outstanding".