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Girls' names beginning with N

Names official statistics record as used for girls, whose recorded spelling begins with this letter.

Usage is read from official statistics — which of a registrar's lists published the name — never from an opinion about the name and never as a statement about any child. A name published on both lists is recorded as used for both and is not in either of these pages.

395 names beginning with "N"

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Nora

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A short form of the names Honora (linked to Latin 'honor') or Eleanor — not an independently rooted name; Behind the Name does not specify which is the 'true' source for any given historical bearer.

English/Irish, short form of Honora or Eleanor
Nicole

female

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The French feminine form of Nicholas, from the Greek elements 'nike' (victory) and 'laos' (people).

Greek, via French transmission
Nicola

female

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The feminine form of Nicholas, from the Greek elements 'nike' (victory) and 'laos' (people).

Greek, feminine form
Niamh

female

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Traditionally interpreted as 'bright' or 'radiant'. In Irish mythology, Niamh was daughter of the sea god Manannán mac Lir, who fell in love with the poet Oisín.

Irish (mythological)
Nina

female

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A short form of names ending in '-nina', such as Antonina or Giannina; imported to Western Europe from Russia and Italy in the 19th century.

Various (Russian/Italian short-form tradition)
Natasha

female

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Natalie

female

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From the Roman names Natalis/Natalia, from Latin 'natalis' ('relating to birth, birthday') — connecting the name to Christmas Day as Jesus's traditional birthday.

Latin
Naomi

female

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Commonly interpreted as 'my pleasantness' or 'my delight'.

Biblical Hebrew
Narelle

female

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Nevaeh

female

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Nathalie

female

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Noreen

female

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Nancy

female

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Nadine

female

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Nuala

female

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Natalia

female

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Nikki

female

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Ngaire

female

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Nellie

female

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Noeleen

female

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Nicoline

female

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Nikoline

female

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Noelle

female

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Nell

female

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