NADA (f) Form of NADIA

NADEZHDA (f) "hope" (Russian)

NADIA (f) French and English form of NADYA

NADIM (m) "drinking companion" from Arabic nadama "to drink".

NADINE (f) French form of NADIA

NADYA (f) Short form of NADEZHDA

NANCY (f) Pet form of ANN. A city in France bears this name, though it derives from a different source.

NANETTE (f) Pet form of ANN

NAOMI (f) "pleasant" from the Hebrew root naam.

NARCA (f) Perhaps a short form of NARCISSA

NARCISSA (f) Feminine form of NARCISSUS

NARCISSUS (m) "sleep, numbness" from Greek narke. Narkissos was a beautiful youth in Greek mythology who stared at his own reflection for so long that he eventually turned into the narcissus flower.

NAT (m) Short form of NATHAN or NATHANIEL

NATALIE (f) "Christmas Day" from Latin natale domini.

NATASHA (f) Russian pet form of NATALIE.

NATHALIE (f) French form of NATALIE

NATHAN (m) Either "gift" (Hebrew), or a short form of JONATHAN or NATHANIEL.

NATHANAEL (m) Form of NATHANIEL

NATHANIEL (m) "gift of God" (Hebrew).

NATILLE (f) Form of NATALIE

NAVEED (m) "good news" (Persian)

NEAL (m) Variant of NEIL

NED (m) Short form of EDWARD or EDMUND

NEELAM (m,f) "sapphire" (Sanskrit)

NEELY (m) Pet form of NEIL

NEIL (m) From the Gaelic name Niall. Origin disputed. Possibly "champion" or "cloud" or "passionate".

NELL (f) Short form of HELEN

NELSON (m) "son of NEIL" (Teutonic), from a surname

NEREZA (f) Form of NERISSA

NERIAH (f) "lamp of the Lord" (Hebrew)

NERISSA (f) "nymph" or "sea sprite" (Greek).

NESSA (f) This name can be derived from several sources: a Scottish pet form of AGNES; "miracle" (Hebrew); or a Gaelic name of unknown meaning.

NESTOR (m) "homecoming" (Greek).

NETTIE (f) Short form of names ending in -nette

NEVA (f) "snow" (Latin)

NEVE (f) Anglicized form of NIAMH

NEVILLE (m) "new town" (Norman French).

NGAI (m) "herb" (Vietnamese)

NIAMH (f) "bright" (Irish).

NICHOLAS (m) "victory people" (Greek).

NICHOLE (f) French feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICK (m) Short form of NICHOLAS

NICKOLAUS (m) German form of NICHOLAS

NICKY (m) Short form of VERONICA or NICHOLAS

NICO (m) Italian short form of NICHOLAS or NICODEMUS

NICODEMUS (m) "victory of the people" (Greek).

NICOLA (f,m) Latinate feminine form of NICHOLAS or an Italian form of NICHOLAS

NICOLAS (m) Spanish and French form of NICHOLAS

NICOLE (f) French feminine form of NICHOLAS

NICOLETTE (f) Feminine pet form of NICHOLAS

NIELS (m) Danish form of NICHOLAS or a Dutch short form of CORNELIUS

NIGEL (m) Latinized form of NEIL or "black" from Latin niger

NIKITA (m) "unconquerable" (Greek). This is the Russian form of the Greek name Aniketos.

NIKKI (f) Short form of NICOLE or NICOLA

NIKOLAAS (m) Dutch form of NICHOLAS

NIKOLAI (m) Russian form of NICHOLAS.

NILS (m) Swedish form of NICHOLAS

NIMBUS (m) "rain cloud" or "halo" (Latin)

NINA (f) Either a Russian pet form of ANN or "mighty" (American Indian).

NINEL (f) A reversal of the name Lenin.

NINETTE (f) Pet form of NINA

NITA (f) Possibly "bear" (American Indian) or short form of names ending in nita.

NIVEK (m) The name KEVIN spelled backwards.

NIVEN (m) "servant of the saint" from the name Naoimhean, which is from Gaelic Gille Naomh.

NOAH (m) "a ceasing" (Hebrew).

NOAM (m) "pleasant" (Hebrew).

NOEL (m) "Christmas" (French)

NOELLE (f) Feminine form of NOEL

NOLA (f) Pet form of FINOLA or feminine form of NOLAN

NOLAN (m) From the Irish surname Ó Nuallain, which means "descendent of Nuallan". Nuallan means "champion" or "chariot fighter".

NOMUSA (f) "merciful" (African)

NONA (f) "ninth" from Latin nonus.

NORA (f) "honour" (Latin) or pet form of ELEANOR

NORBERT (m) "north bright" (Teutonic)

NOREEN (f) Pet form of NORA

NORINA (f) Italian pet form of NORA

NORMA (f) The name was invented by Felice Romani for the opera 'Norma'. It can also be used as a feminine form of NORMAN

NORMAN (m) "northman" or "from Normandy" (Old English).

NORWOOD (m) "[of the] north wood" (Old English). From a surname or a place name.

NOVA (f) "new" (Latin) or "butterfly chaser" (American Indian)

NOVIA (f) Form of NOVA

NUALA (f) Short form of FIONNUALA

NYDIA (f) Perhaps "nest" from Latin nidus.

NYSSA (f) "goal" (Greek)