Names beginning with V

Vai

Water

Polynesian/Maori

Vasanthi

Spring

Sanskrit/Tamil

Vasilisa

Queen (Russian fairy-tale heroine)

Russian/Greek

Vega

Falling star, meadow

Arabic/Spanish

Velma

Determined protector (Velma Dinkley, Scooby-Doo + Chicago)

English/Germanic

Verena

True / sacred (Saint Verena of Zurzach)

Latin/Germanic

Veronika

True image (Czech Veronica)

Czech/Latin

Vida

Visible, beloved (Persian); life (Spanish)

Persian/Spanish

Vigdis

War-goddess (first elected female head of state)

Old Norse/Icelandic

Vilma

Resolute protector (Vilma Bánky, silent-film star)

Germanic/Hungarian

Vira

Faith

Ukrainian/Slavic

Viveca

Alive / lively (Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress)

Swedish/Latin

Viviane

Arthurian Lady of the Lake + Merlin's lover

Celtic/Other

Vivica

Alive (Vivica A. Fox, Set It Off; Kill Bill)

Latin/English

Vivien

Alive (Vivien Leigh — Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois)

English/Latin

Vlasta

Power, homeland

Czech/Slavic