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European Names

European names, meaning names drawn from European languages and countries, are among the most fashionable in the English-speaking world. Names with their origins in France and Spain, Germany and Italy, Russia and Scandinavia can all be considered European.

Linnea

Meaning: twinflower, lime tree

Origin:Swedish
363
Colette

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:French, short form of Nicole, feminine variation of Nicholas, Greek
210
Zora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Serbo-Croatian
365
Salome

Meaning: peace

Origin:Hebrew
629
Sunniva

Meaning: sun gift

Origin:Scandinavian
716
Magnus

Meaning: greatest

Origin:Scandinavian from Latin
34
Linus

Meaning: flax

Origin:Greek
162
Cosmo

Meaning: order, beauty, universe

Origin:Greek, Italian, English
82
Nico

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
85
Bo

Meaning: to live

Origin:Norse nickname ; "to live"
2518
Elio

Meaning: sun

Origin:Italian, Spanish
37
Ivo

Meaning: yew wood, archer

Origin:German
155
Viggo

Meaning: war

Origin:Scandinavian
329
Cillian

Meaning: war strife or church

Origin:Irish
81
Ronan

Meaning: little seal

Origin:Irish
51
Lorcan

Meaning: little, fierce

Origin:Irish
233
Cormac

Meaning: charioteer

Origin:Irish
257
Corentin

Meaning: tempest, hurricane

Origin:French, Breton
1444
Aubin

Meaning: white, blond

Origin:French form of Alban
1755
Laszlo

Meaning: glorious ruler

Origin:Hungarian
424