Female English Baby Names N

NADIA:
English form of Russian Nadya, meaning “hope.” Compare with another form of Nadia.

NADINE:
Pet form of French Nâdiya, meaning “hope.”

NAN:
Short form of English Nancy, meaning “favor; grace.”

NANA:
Pet form of English Nancy, meaning “favor; grace.” Compare with other forms of Nana.

NANCY:
English diminutive form of French Anne, meaning “favor; grace.”

NANETTE:
Diminutive form of English Nan (“favor; grace”), hence “little favorable one” or “little graceful one.”

NANNA:
Pet form of English Nancy, meaning “favor; grace.” Compare with another form of Nanna.

NANNIE:
Variant spelling of English Nanny, meaning “favor; grace.”

NANNY:
English pet form of French Anne, meaning “favor; grace.”

NAOMI:
Anglicized form of Hebrew No’omiy, meaning “my delight, my pleasantness.” In the bible, this is the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. Compare with another form of Naomi.

NATALEE:
Variant spelling of English Natalie, meaning “birthday,” or in Church Latin “Christmas day.”

NATALIE:
English form of Latin Natalia, meaning “birthday,” or in Church Latin “Christmas day.”

NATILLE:
Variant spelling of English Natalie, meaning “birthday,” or in Church Latin “Christmas day.”

NATISHA:
English altered form of Russian Natasha, meaning “birthday,” or in Church Latin “Christmas day.”

NEHUSHTA:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Nechushta, meaning “brass.” In the bible, this is the name of the wife of King Jehoiakim, the mother of Jehoiachin.

NEILE:
Feminine form of English Neil, meaning “champion.”

NEILINA:
Pet form of English Neile, meaning “champion.” In use by the Scottish.

NELDA:
Old English name meaning “lives by the alder trees.”

NELL:
Pet form of English Eleanor, meaning “foreign; the other.”

NELLA:
Pet form of English Eleanor, meaning “foreign; the other.”

NELLE:
Pet form of English Eleanor, meaning “foreign; the other.”

NELLIE:
Diminutive form of English Nell, meaning “foreign; the other.”

NELLY:
Variant spelling of English Nellie, meaning “foreign; the other.”

NENA:
English variant spelling of French Nina, meaning “favor; grace.” Compare with other forms of Nena.

NERINE:
Feminine form of Greek Nereus, meaning “daughter of Nereus” or “sea sprite” or “wet one.” It is also the name of a genus of plants native to South Africa but now spread worldwide. It is a bulb plant that produces beautiful pink funnel-shaped flowers in the fall, similar to the Belladonna Lily, though smaller. In use by the English.

NERISSA:
English Shakespeare creation, derived from Greek Nereis, meaning “nymph, sea sprite.”

NESSA:
Short form of English Vanessa, possibly meaning “to appear.” Compare with other forms of Nessa.

NESSIE:
Pet form of English Vanessa, possibly meaning “to appear.”

NETTA:
Pet form of English names ending with the sound of net. Compare with another form of Netta.

NETTIE:
Pet form of English names ending with the sound of net.

NEVA:
Old English name meaning “new.” Compare with other forms of Neva.

NEVADA:
English unisex name derived from the U.S. state name, meaning “snow-capped.”

NEVAEH:
Modern English name created by spelling “heaven” backwards.

NEVE:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Niamh, meaning “beauty, brightness.”

NICHOLA:
Feminine form of English Nicholas, meaning “victor of the people.”

NICHOLE:
English form of French Nicole, meaning “victor of the people.”

NICKY:
Unisex pet form of English Nichola/Nichole and Nicholas, meaning “victor of the people.”

NICOLA:
Feminine form of Italian Nicolò, meaning “victor of the people.”

NICOLE:
Feminine form of French Nicolas, meaning “victor of the people.”

NICOLETTE:
Pet form of French Nicole, meaning “victor of the people.”

NIGELIA:
Feminine form of English Nigel, meaning “champion.”

NIKKI:
Pet form of English Nichole, meaning “victor of the people.”

NIKKOLE:
Variant spelling of English Nichole, meaning “victor of the people.”

NINA (Hebrew: נִינָה):
Hebrew name meaning “granddaughter” or “great-granddaughter.”
Native American Quechua name meaning “fire.”
Pet form of French Anne, meaning “favor; grace.”
Short form of Russian Annina, meaning “favor; grace.”
Spanish word for a “little girl.”

NIRVANA:
Modern English name derived from the Sanskrit word nirvana, meaning “disappearance, extinction (of the soul).”

NOA:
Variant spelling of English Noah, meaning “motion.”

NOAH:
Anglicized form of Hebrew No’ah, meaning “motion.” In the bible, this is the name of a daughter of Zelophehad. Compare with masculine Noah.

NOELE:
English form of French Noële, meaning “day of birth.”

NOELENE:
Pet form of English Noele, meaning “day of birth.”

NOELLA:
Pet form of English Noelle, meaning “day of birth.”

NOELLE:
English form of French Noëlle, meaning “day of birth.”

NOLA:
Feminine form of English Nolan, meaning “little champion” or “little chariot fighter.”

NOLENE:
Feminine form of English Nolan, meaning “little champion” or “little chariot fighter.”

NONA:
Old English name derived from Latin nonus, meaning “ninth.” Usually given to the ninth born child if it is female. Compare with another form of Nona.

NONI:
Variant form of Old English Nona, meaning “ninth.”

NONIE:
Variant spelling of Old English Noni, meaning “ninth.” Compare with another form of Nonie.

NORA:
English form of Irish Nóra, meaning “honor, valor.” Compare with another form of Nora.

NORAH:
Variant spelling of English Nora, meaning “honor, valor.”

NORBERTA:
Feminine form of Old French Norbert, meaning “bright northman” or “famous northman.”

NOREEN:
Pet form of Irish Nóra, meaning “honor, valor.”

NORENE:
Variant spelling of Irish Noreen, meaning “honor, valor.”

NORMA:
Feminine form of English Norman, meaning “northman.” Compare with another form of Norma.

NOVA:
Modern English name derived from Latin novus, meaning “new.” Compare with another form of Nova.

NUBIA:
From the African country name, itself possibly from the Egyptian word nbw, meaning “gold.”

NYDIA:
Created by author Edward Bulwer-Lytton for the heroine of his 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii, possibly derived from the Latin word nidus, meaning “nest.”

NYREE:
English form of Maori Ngaire, possibly meaning “flax.”