- Origin: Mordvin
- Meaning: “beaver.”
- Gender: Female
The name is derived from the Mordvin word mijal, meaning, “beaver.”
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Miyanza
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Aputsiaq
- Origin: Greenlandic
- Meaning: “snowflake; ice crystal.”
- Gender: Unisex, mostly male
The name comes from the Greenlandic word for snowflake or ice crystal.
An older form is Aputsiak.
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Tendai
- Origin: Shona
- Meaning: “to be thankful.”
- Gender: Unisex
- TEN-dye
From the Shona word tenda or kutenda (to give thanks), it is technically unisex but slightly more common for boys.
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Ayotzin
- Origin: Nahuatl
- Meaning: “pumpkin, gourd, squash; or “turtle, tortoise.”
- Variant: Aiotzin.
- Gender: unisex
From the Nahuatl word ayotli (pumpkin, gourd, squash) or directly from the Nahuatl word, ayotzin (turtle, tortoise).
It was borne by a Chichimec ruler but modern use in Mexico is exclusively feminine.
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- Wood, Stephanie, editor. “Ayotzin.” Online Nahuatl Dictionary, Wired Humanities Projects, College of Education, University of Oregon, 2000–present, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayotzin. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ayotzin
Gwenllwyfo
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: “white elm.”
- Gender: Female
- Pron: (GWEN-SHOY-VO)
The name is composed of the Welsh words, gwyn (white, fair, blessed) and llwyf (elm tree). The name was borne by a 7th-century Welsh saint of whom very little is known. Her feast day is November 30th.
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Cheymarina
- Origin: Mordvin Чеймарина
- Meaning: “cranberry.”
- Gender: Female
A Pre-Christian Mordvin female name meaning, “cranberry.”
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Tebogo
- Origin: Tswana
- Meaning: “gratitude.”
- Gender: Unisex
The name comes from the Tswana word for gratitude.
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Thance, Tanco
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: “thanks.”
- Gender: Male
- Eng Pron: (THANTZ); Germ pron: (TAHN-seh; TAHN-ko)
A popular Old Germanic name element, derived from the Old High German “thanc,” meaning “to thank.” Some early records list Thance as a male name, more likely pronounced the German way, it may make a unique alternative to Vance when pronounced the English way.
The name later evolved into Tanco, Tanko, Danco and Danko.
Female forms include: Tenca and Thenca.
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- Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1105
Kilyava
- Origin: Mordvin Килява
- Meaning: “birch tree.”
- Gender: Female
The name is derived from the Mordvin word, kile (birch tree).
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Kimmernaq
- Origin: Greenlandic
- Meaning: “cowberry; lingonberry.”
- Gender: Female
The name is from the Greenlandic and means “cowberry; lingonberry.”
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