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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.

Florian

Meaning: flowering

Origin:Latin
473
Bram

Meaning: father of multitudes

Origin:Dutch variation of Abraham
482
Zeno The meaning of Zeno is ‘gift of Zeus’ or ‘gu...
Origin: Anglicized form of Greek Zenon, related to Zeus, king of the gods
493
Odin

Meaning: god of frenzy; poetic fury

Origin:Variation of Óðinn, Old Norse
229
Wolf

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, German
382
Vito

Meaning: alive, life

Origin:Latin
830
Oisin

Meaning: little deer

Origin:Irish
300
Lowie

Meaning: famous warrior

Origin:Dutch
302
Lars

Meaning: crowned with laurel

Origin:Scandinavian from Latin Laurentius
357
Yves

Meaning: yew wood

Origin:French
355
Eero

Meaning: eternal ruler

Origin:Finnish variation of Eric
477
Lev

Meaning: heart; lion

Origin:Hebrew, Russian
188
Lucien

Meaning: light

Origin:French form of Lucian
189
Dante

Meaning: enduring

Origin:Latin diminutive of Durant
103
Fabian

Meaning: bean grower

Origin:Latin clan name
342
Ruben

Meaning: behold, a son

Origin:Hebrew
662
Sven

Meaning: youth

Origin:Scandinavian
667
Olivier

Meaning: olive tree

Origin:French
930
Maxim

Meaning: greatest

Origin:French variation of Maximus
1028
Stellan

Meaning: calm

Origin:Swedish, meaning unknown , possibly "calm"
214