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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Nurymov m Kazakh
Means "son of Nurym".

Nurymova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurymov.

Nurzhanov Kazakh
Means "son of Nurzhan".

Nurzhanova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nurzhanov.

Nushi Albanian

Nushiro Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 主代 (nushiro), a contraction of 主代 (nushishiro), from 主 (nushi), a variant reading of 主 (shu), a clipping of 主人 (shujin) meaning "master, owner, host" and 代 (shiro), a variant reading of 代 (dai), a clipping of 代理 (dairi) meaning "surrogation; proxy", referring to someone who would represent their master.

Nushishiro Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Nushiyo Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 主代 (see Nushiro).

Nusi Gorontalo

Nuss German
from Middle High German nuz ‘nut’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a gatherer and seller of nuts, or a nickname for a man thought to resemble a nut in some way

Nussrallah Arabic
Nasrallah (Arabic: نصرالله‎) is a male Arabic given name, meaning "Victory of God", and is used by Muslims and Christians alike. It may also be transliterated as Nasralla, Nasrollah, Nasrullah and Al-Nasrallah... [more]

Nusuku Okinawan (Rare, Archaic)
From Okinawan 野底 (Nusuku) meaning "Nosoko", an area in the city of Ishigaki in the prefecture of Okinawa in Japan.

Nute English
Possibly derived from the given name Cnute, or be a variant of Newitt. Alternatively, it may be from Old English hnutu "brown", a nickname for someone with a brown complexion or hair.

Nutli Romansh
Variant of Nuttli.

Nutt Estonian
Nutt is an Estonian surname meaning "nut" and also "crying" or "weeping".

Nutt Romansh
Derived from Janutt, a medieval diminutive of the given name Johannes.

Nutt Northern Irish
Variant of Mcnutt.

Nuttall English
English: habitational name from some place named with Old English hnutu ‘nut’ + h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘recess’. In some cases this may be Nuthall in Nottinghamshire, but the surname is common mainly in Lancashire, and a Lancashire origin is therefore more likely... [more]

Nutter English
Means either (i) "scribe, clerk" (from Middle English notere, ultimately from Latin notārius); or (ii) "person who keeps or tends oxen" (from a derivative of Middle English nowt "ox")... [more]

Nutti Sami
Derived from the given name Knut via its Finnish form Nuutti.

Nuttli Romansh
Variant of Nutt combined with the diminutive suffix -li.

Nutty English (British)

Nüüd Estonian
Nüüd is an Estonian surname meaning "now" or "at present".

Nuur Arabic, Somali
From the given name Nuur.

Nuut Estonian
Nuut is an an Estonian surname meaning "whip". Also, a masculine given name derived form the Scandinavian name "Knut".

Nuyen Vietnamese
Variant of Nguyen.

Nuzzi Italian

Nwachukwu Nigerian

Nwaloka Nigerian

Nwankwo Igbo
From the given name Nwankwo.

Nwaoloko Nigerian

Nworgu Nigerian

Nwude Igbo
The surname Nwude is likely of Igbo origin, a major ethnic group in Nigeria. In the Igbo language, Nwude (or Nwodi) can be a combination of two elements:... [more]

Ny Malagasy

Nyadzvedski m Belarusian

Nyaklyayeŭ m Belarusian
Belarusian form of Nikolayev.

Nyambayar Mongolian

Nyandeng African

Nyasi Swahili
From Swahili meaning "grass, grassland".

Nyaua Indonesian (Rare)
Originally descended from the Pamona tribe, Central Sulawesi which means stinging like a hornet.

Nyblom Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" and blom "bloom".

Nyce English
Variant of Nice.

Nygaard Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian variant of Nygård.

Nygard English (American), Norwegian (Rare)
Form of Nygård mostly used outside Scandinavia, as well as a (rare) Norwegian variant.

Nygma Popular Culture
The surname of Edward Nygma, also known as the Riddler in DC Comics. The name comes from the term enigma, meaning something that is difficult to understand.

Nygmetov m Kazakh
Means "son of Nygmet".

Nygmetova f Kazakh
Feminine form of Nygmetov.

Nyholm Swedish, Danish, Finland Swedish
Derived from Swedish and Danish ny "new" and holme "islet".

Nyhuis Dutch
Variant of Nijhuis

Nyideon Tibetan

Nyirambarushimana Rwandan

Nyiraneza Rwandan

Nyiranshimiyimana Rwandan

Nyirenda African

Nykolaev Ukrainian
Means "son of Nykolai."

Nykytenko Ukrainian
Variant of Mykytenko.

Nykytyn m Russian (Ukrainianized)
Ukrainianised form of Nikitin.

Nyland Norwegian
Combination of Norwegian ny "new" and land "land, yard".

Nylander Swedish
Combination of Swedish ny "new" (possibly a habitational name from a place named with this element) and the common surname suffix -ander (a combination of land "land" and the habitational suffix -er).

Nymann Danish
Danish form of Neumann.

Nyona African

Nyong’o Luo
Best known as the surname of a certain Lupita.

Nyoo Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Yang via Dutch

Nys Belgian
common surname in belgium and wisonsin

Nystraum Swedish

Nystrøm Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of Nyström.

Nyýazow Turkmen (Rare)
Turkmen form of Niyazov.

Nzuyen Vietnamese
Variant of Nguyễn.

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