What Does the Name Ninian Mean

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Ninian Name Meaning

Scottish, Irish, Ancient CelticMeaning unknown. It appears in a Latinized form Niniavus, which could be from the Welsh name NYNNIAW. This was the name of a 5th-century British saint who was apparently responsible for...

Origin: ScottishGender: Boy
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1 Nasim
2 Neculai
3 Narses
4 Novak
5 Nurullah
6 Nirmal
7 Nunzio
8 Nels
9 Nirav
10 Nikolaus
11 Nathan
12 Nikolao
13 Ninad
14 Norm
15 Noam
16 Nadav
17 Nelson
18 Nkruma
19 Nikodem
20 Narcisse
21 Nezi̇h
22 Nai̇m
23 Nuño
24 Noll
25 Noël
26 Nazih
27 Niven
28 Naveed
29 Nguyên
30 Norberto
31 Nand
32 Nedyalko
33 Nevio
34 Nevan
35 Niall
36 Nick
37 Nikhil
38 Nyyrikki
39 Navneet
40 Neil
41 Norman
42 Nemo
43 Nurul
44 Nadim
45 Nicolaos
46 Nithin
47 Nanda
48 Nejc
49 Nerva
50 Nereus
51 Nimrod
52 Nedelko
53 Nuka
54 Neofit
55 Nuadha
56 Natanael
57 Natan
58 Njáll
59 Nicu
60 Nizar
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