VADIM (m) Russian; meaning unknown. Perhaps a form of VLADIMIR

VALDEMAR (m) Scandinavian form of VLADIMIR

VALDIS (f) "ruling" (Teutonic)

VALENCIA (f) "healthy" or "strong" from Latin valens.

VALENTINA (f) Feminine form of VALENTINE

VALENTINE (m) "strong" or "healthy" (Latin), from the Roman family name Valentinus, which is from Latin valens "strong".

VALERIE (f) "strong" (Latin), from the Roman family name Valerius, which is from Latin valere "to be strong".

VALERY (m) "foreign power" from Teutonic wahl "foreign" and ric "power".

VALESKA (f) "glorious ruler" (Slavic)

VANDA (f) Form of WANDA

VANESSA (f) The name was invented by English author Jonathan Swift. He arrived at it by rearranging the initial syllables of the first and last names of Esther Vanhomrigh, his close friend.

VAUGHAN (m) "little" (Celtic). From a Welsh surame.

VAUGHN (m) Form of VAUGHAN

VELDA (f) Short feminine form of VALDEMAR

VELIA (f) Meaning unknown (Latin).

VENUS (f) "loved" (Latin).

VERA (f) Either "truth" (Latin) or "faith" (Slavic)

VERE (m) "alder" (Gaulish).

VERENA (f) Possibly a pet form of VERA.

VERGIL (m) Variant of VIRGIL

VERITY (f) "verity" (English). Verity means truth.

VERN (m) Short form of VERNON or VERNER or a form of WARREN

VERNA (f) Either a variant of VERENA or a feminine form of VERNON

VERNER (m) Form of WERNER

VERNON (m) "alder tree" (French). From a surname.

VERONICA (f) Latin form of BERNICE. Sometimes said to mean "true image" from Latin verus iconicus.

VICENTE (m) Spanish form of VINCENT

VICKI (f) Short form of VICTORIA

VICKY (f) Short form of VICTORIA

VICO (m) Italian short form of VICTOR

VICTOIRE (f) French form of VICTORIA

VICTOR (m) "victor" (Latin).

VICTORIA (f) "victory" (Latin).

VICTORINE (f) French elaborated form of VICTORIA

VICTORINO (m) Elaborated form of VICTOR

VICTORIUS (m) Latin; From the Roman family name Victorius, which was derived from the name VICTOR.

VIDYA (f) "knowledge" (Sanskrit)

VIGGO (m) A short form of names containing the Scandinavian element vig "war".

VILMA (f) Hungarian form of WILMA

VILMAR (m) Form of WILMER

VINAL (m) "vine hall" (Middle English). From a surname.

VINCENT (m) "conquering" from Latin vincere "to conquer".

VIOLA (f) "violet" (Latin).

VIOLET (f) "violet" (English) from the name of the purple flower.

VIRGEE (f) Pet form of VIRGINIA

VIRGIL (m) Meaning unknown (Latin).

VIRGINIA (f) "chaste" (Latin).

VITTORE (m) Italian form of VICTOR

VITTORIO (m) Italian form of VICTORIUS

VIVIAN (m,f) "alive" (Laint) from the Roman name Vivianus, which was from Latin vivus.

VIVIEN (f,m) French form of VIVIAN

VLADILEN (m) A contraction of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

VLADIMIR (m) "to rule with peace" (Slavic

VLADISLAV (m) "to rule with glory" (Slavic).

VOLKER (m) "people army" (Teutonic)

VOLODYMYR (m) Form of VLADIMIR

VONDA (f) Russian form of WANDA

VRENI (f) Pet form of VERENA

VYACHESLAV (m) Russian form of WENCESLAS