A Dictionary of Names with Name Meanings and Name Origins
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Name Origin Tree

Please find below a list of name origins grouped by language families and geographic areas where the languages are used. The origins can also be sorted alphabetically. This tree will help you select the name origin you're interested in, find out more details about the selected language(s) and browse names by alphabetical order.

Sort Alphabetically     Group By Language Families and Geographic Areas

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|- Africa and Southwest Asia
| |- Afro-Asiatic languages
| | |- Cushitic
| | |- Egyptian
| | |_ Semitic languages & names
| | |- Akkadian
| | |- Arabic
| | |- Aramaic
| | |_ Hebrew
| | |- Phoenician
| |_ Niger-Congo languages
| |_ Atlantic-Congo languages
| |- Igbo
| |_ Yoruba
|- Europe and North, West and South Asia
| |- Indo-European languages
| | |- Indo-Iranian languages
| | | |- Indo-Aryan languages
| | | | |_ Sanskrit
| | | |_ Iranian languages
| | | |_ Persian
| | |- Italic languages
| | | |- French
| | | |- Italian
| | | |- Latin
| | | |- Portuguese
| | | |_ Spanish
| | |- Germanic languages
| | | |- Dutch
| | | |- English
| | | |- German
| | | |- Old Norse
| | | |_ Yiddish
| | |- Celtic languages & names
| | | |- Insular Celtic languages
| | | | |- Goidelic (Gaelic) languages
| | | | | |- Irish
| | | | | |_ Scottish Gaelic
| | | | |_ Brythonic languages
| | | | |- Breton
| | | | |- Cornish
| | | | |_ Welsh
| | | |_ Continental Celtic languages
| | | |_ Gaulish
| | |- Slavic languages & names
| | | |- Polish
| | | |- Russian
| | | |_ Serbian
| | |- Baltic languages
| | | |_ Lithuanian
| | |_ Other languages
| | |- Albanian
| | |- Armenian
| | |- Basque
| | |_ Etruscan
| | |_ Greek
| | |_ Illyrian
| |- Altaic languages
| | |- Turkic languages
| | | |_ Turkish
| | |_ Korean
| |_ Uralic languages
| |_ Finnish
|- East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific
| |- Austro-Asiatic languages
| | |_ Vietnamese
| |- Austronesian languages
| | |- Hawaiian
| | |_ Māori
| |- Sino-Tibetan languages
| | |_ Chinese
| |_ Japonic languages
| |_ Japanese
|- Australia
| |_ Native Australian
|- North America
| |_ Native American
|- Undefined
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