- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: “deeply fixed; deeply rooted; standing firm.”
- Gender: feminine
- (NEE-tah-rah)
The name comes directly from the Sanskrit adjective नितर meaning “deeply fixed, rooted” or “standing firm.”
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Nitara
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Nuwair, Nuwairah
- Origin: Arabic نُوَيْر نُوَيْرة
- Meaning: various
- (NWAY-er; NWAY-rah)
Nuwair is an Arabic unisex name which is most likely a diminutive form of the Arabic name Naar, hence “little fire.” It was mainly a male name in Medieval times but is now almost exclusively feminine. Nuwairah is sometimes used as an elaborate form but may possibly also have a different etymology altogether, being a diminutive form of the Arabic Nour (light) or a diminutive form of Nawrah (flower).
Other transliterations include: Nowaira, Nowair, Nowayr, Nuwaira, Nuwayra, Nuwayr & Nwaira.
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Samarvir
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: “heroic battle.”
- Gender: masculine
- (SAH-mar-veer)
The name is composed of the Sanskrit words समर samara (battle) & वीर vira (heroic).
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Nasraa, Nasra
- Origin: Arabic نَصْرَاء
- Meaning: “helper.”
- Gender: feminine
- (nus-RA)
The name is derived from the Arabic word مُنَاصِر ( mُnَāṣِra) meaning “helper.”
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Onome
Urhobo, mother child shrine
- Origin: Urhobo
- Meaning: “this is mine.”
- Gender: unisex
The name is from the Urhobo language meaning, “this is mine.” It is borne by Nigerian hip hop artist, Onome Onokohwomo who goes by the stage name Yung6ix.
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Olwen
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: “white footprint.”
- Gender: feminine
- (OLE-wen)
The name is composed of the Welsh elements ol “footprint, track” and gwen “white, fair, blessed.”
The name is borne in Welsh mythology by the beautiful daughter of the giant Ysbaddaden. Her story appears in Culhwch and Olwen in the Mabinogion. Olwen’s father is cursed to die if she ever marries, so when Culhwch asks to marry Olwen, Ybaddaden makes Culhwch go through 10 impossible tasks. Culhwch is eventually helped by his cousin King Arthur and succeeds, Ybaddaden dies and Culhwch is able to marry Olwen. According to legend, Olwen was so gentle and sweet that flowers or clovers would grow in her footprints.
The name also appears in an early 20th-century love story, Einion & Olwen, in which Einion must travel to the otherworld to rescue his lady love, Olwen.
The name has been relatively common in the U.K. since the early 20th-century.
Other forms are Olwyn & Olwin.
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Parnika
- Origin: Hindi पर्णिका, Sanskrit पर्णिका
- Meaning: “foil, silver foil, leaflet, kind of vegetable .”
- Gender: feminine
- (PAR-nee-kah)
The name comes directly from the Hindi word which can refer to a pamphlet or leaflet or silver foil. In Sanskrit, it is also the name of a type of vegetable.
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Misk
- Origin: Arabic مِسْك
- Meaning: “musk.”
- Gender: masculine
The name is derived from the Arabic المِسْك (al-Misk) meaning, “musk; perfume.”
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Sandip, Sandeep
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: “inflamed; burning.”
- Gender: masculine
- (SAN-deep)
The name is from the Sanskrit सन्दीप्त (sandipta), which means “inflamed; burning.”
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Santosh, Santosa
- Origin: Sanskrit संतोष
- Meaning: “satisfaction; contentment.”
- Gender: masculine
- (SAN-tosh, SAN-to-shah)
The name is from the Sanskrit word for “satisfaction; contentment.”
Sentosa Island is the name of an island in Singapore which gets its name from the Malay word of the same etymology.
Other forms include: Santosa, Santhosa & Santhos.
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