Names that Starts With "V"

Vail is a very popular skiing community in Colorado.

Vance Brand is a former American astronaut.

Pet form of Vernon.

The Spanish and Portuguese cognate of Vincent.

There have been three Popes named Victor. It was also a name used by the House of Savoy, which later became the family that ruled Italy following its unification in 1860 - Victor Emmanuel II was the first king of Italy.

Other famous Victor

St Vincent of Saragossa is the patron saint of Lisbon.

St Vincent and the Grenadines is an island chain in the Lesser Antilles, with St Vincent being the largest island.

Famous bearers include artist Vincent van Gogh and ac

Virgil is the more commonly known form of the name Vergilius. It belonged most famously to a first century AD poet, author of the Roman epic poem 'The Aeneid'. In popular culture Virgil Tracy is the pilot of the (sadly fictional) Thunderbird 2.

A number of early Christian saints were named Valeria. Valeria is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's "Coriolanus." Many Americans became familiar with this name through the TV show "A Model Life," in which one of the contestants was named Val

This name was coined by Jonathan Swift for his friend Esther Vanhomrigh. Other famous bearers include actress Vanessa Redgrave, singer Vanessa Carlton and actress and singer Vanessa Williams.

Vanessa is also the name of a genus of butterfly

Veronica is a genus of plants, the common name being speedwell.

Though not mentioned in any of the four Gospels, St Veronica was supposed to have given a handkerchief to Jesus as he carried the cross. The face of Jesus later appeared on th

Victoria was the Roman goddess of victory, the equivalent of the Greek Nike.

A notable bearer of this name is Queen Victoria who reigned between 1819 - 1901 and is the longest reigning British monarch. Victoria was not a common name when Qu

Violets are small plants, whose flowers are usually violet or purple in colour.

There are several fictional characters named Violet: in the comic 'Peanuts', Violet Beauregarde is a chewing-gum addict golden ticket winner in Roald Dahl's 'C

The American state of Virginia was named after English Queen Elizabeth I - known as the 'Virgin Queen' because she never married.

Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and Virginia Wade is a Wimbledon winning tennis player.

Can also be a nickname for Valentine.

English masculine form of the Latin 'Valentinus', meaning "strong, healthy".
It is also the French feminine form of the name (pronounced [val en TEEN]).

Valentine's Day is a conventional holiday to celebrate sweethearts and love and

Alternate spelling of Valerie.

A Russian male name.

Vivien is the Old French masculine form of Vivian.

Vivien was a hero of several French Medieval tales, the model of the young Christian warrior, dying for his faith.