Your favorite names with my favorite letter

Alrighty. Let me be the first to admit that I am in the midst of a little love affair with the letter “V.” It seems that the majority of my favorite girl and boy names all seem to either contain or begin with v…a pattern I just realized while looking through my lists!

[name_f]My[/name_f] husband and I really love less familiar/unusual first names paired with slightly more familiar middle names (since that’s what we picked for our daughter)…right now my newest crush is [name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Graham[/name_m] :slight_smile:

Satiate my curiousity creative berries! What are your favorite v names?

[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u] - but I prefer this for a girl
[name_m]Vallis[/name_m]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]

[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Davis[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_m]Severus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]

[name_f]My[/name_f] personal faves…

[name_m]Davis[/name_m]
Devran
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
Gavric
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_u]Reeve[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_m]Salvatore[/name_m]/[name_m]Salvador[/name_m] “[name_u]Sal[/name_u]”
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] “[name_u]Sully[/name_u]”
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]
[name_m]Viktor[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m] “[name_m]Vin[/name_m]”

Here are some suggestions. Most of them are pretty out there though.

[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]/[name_m]Valentino[/name_m]/[name_m]Valentin[/name_m] (and love Russian diminutive [name_f]Valya[/name_f])
[name_m]Viridian[/name_m]
[name_f]Vermillion[/name_f]
[name_u]Vernon[/name_u]
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]

[name_m]Ludovic[/name_m]/[name_m]Ludovico[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvain[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]/[name_m]Olivier[/name_m]
[name_m]Octavian[/name_m]/[name_m]Octavius[/name_m]

[name_f]My[/name_f] personal favorites are…
Revere
[name_m]Valor[/name_m]
[name_m]Gulliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Clive[/name_m]
[name_m]Lev[/name_m]

Vivek is the only V- name on my long list for a boy. Other than that, the only other v-inclusive name I like a lot is [name_m]Dov[/name_m].

[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]
[name_m]Trevor[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_u]Devin[/name_u]
[name_m]Travis[/name_m]
[name_m]Kevin[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]

[name_m]Cove[/name_m] (middle name only)

I love [name_m]Evander[/name_m], one of my faves. I also love (I’m into boys virtue names atm)

Valour
[name_m]Valiant[/name_m]
[name_m]Valencio[/name_m]
[name_m]Veren[/name_m]

[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Bravery[/name_m]

Oh. Apparently I have fewer V names than I first thought. :stuck_out_tongue:

[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Valor[/name_m]
[name_u]Van[/name_u]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]

[name_u]Evan[/name_u]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Levi[/name_m]

Girls: [name_u]Vesper[/name_u], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], [name_f]Valencia[/name_f], [name_f]Venetia[/name_f], [name_f]Verena[/name_f], [name_f]Vesta[/name_f], [name_f]Verona[/name_f], [name_f]Viveca[/name_f], [name_u]Vinnie[/name_u], [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] / [name_u]Vivien[/name_u] / [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m] (yes, for girl), [name_f]Valley[/name_f], [name_f]Venice[/name_f] (I know a little girl with this name, it is utterly adorable on her), [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Violetta[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_f]Vibiana[/name_f] (I don’t know why, I just think it is very sweet), [name_f]Vincenza[/name_f], [name_f]Victory[/name_f] (I can see a sassy action hero with this name), Virgo, Vivvie, [name_u]Vrai[/name_u].

Boys: [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_m]Viggo[/name_m], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_u]Vinnie[/name_u], [name_m]Venetio[/name_m], [name_m]Vester[/name_m], [name_u]Van[/name_u], [name_m]Von[/name_m], [name_u]Vrai[/name_u].

Wow! Thank you all…now I have some fantastic new options!

Thank you all again!

Braven
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]*
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Reeve[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]*
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]*

[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
Evolet
[name_u]Navy[/name_u]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Vienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]*
[name_f]Vada[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] and [name_f]Vera[/name_f] for girls and [name_u]Vernon[/name_u] for boys. Can’t think of too many others.

Vees are great, I think I’m attached because I had a babysitter who went by Vee, many moons ago. I wonder what that was short for?

For boys I like:
[name_m]Vidal[/name_m]
[name_m]Vance[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]
Revere

For girls:
[name_f]Vienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_u]Dove[/name_u]
[name_f]Deva[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Vera[/name_f] as well!

And I prefer [name_f]Vivia[/name_f] over the [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] varieties, although my husband prefers [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]. Maybe [name_u]Vivian[/name_u]/[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] could be a contender with the potential nn [name_f]Vivia[/name_f]?

[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Avram[/name_m]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u]

…not many coming to mind right now.

Girls:
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Evanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]
[name_f]Nova[/name_f]
[name_u]November[/name_u]
Séverine
Tovia
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Varya[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]

Boys:
[name_u]Devin[/name_u]
[name_u]Everest[/name_u]
[name_m]Ivor[/name_m]
[name_m]Severin[/name_m]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Val[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]

[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Calvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Ava[/name_f]

[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_u]Vega[/name_u] (Arabic origin… ?)
[name_u]Vida[/name_u] / [name_f]Veda[/name_f] / [name_f]Vita[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u] / [name_u]Vivien[/name_u] / [name_f]Viviana[/name_f] / [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] / Viona
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f] (starts singing The Zutons song)
[name_f]Vivi[/name_f] (Scandinavian, could be a good nickname for [name_f]Olivia[/name_f])
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]
Vimala (I’m guessing its Hindi in origin)
[name_f]Verde[/name_f] (“green” in Spanish - Not sure I’d ever be brave enough to use it, but I like the sound.)

[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludovic[/name_m] / [name_m]Ludovico[/name_m] / Vico
Vuk (“wolf” in Serbo-Croatian)

Sorry for any repeats.

Start with V:
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]

Containing V (all happened to be girls):
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]