Baby boy names beginning with V – with origins and meanings
Searching for baby name ideas for a boy that start with the 22nd letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some vibrant suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
Use our list of good baby boy names beginning with V and their origin and meaning to see whether your newborn could be a Vada, Vikesh or Volley
1. Vada
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: ford or shallow water
2. Vail
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: valley
3. Val
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: strong and powerful
- Also: Valentine
4. Valdemar
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- Origin: Scandinavian
- Meaning: ruler
- Also: Waldemar
5. Valentine
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: healthy and strong
- Also: Val, Valentino (Italian form)
6. Valerian
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Roman family name used as a first name
7. Vance
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: young
8. Vandwon
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: covert
9. Vashon
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: God is gracious, merciful
10. Vaughan
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: little one
- Also: Vaughn
11. Veer
- Origin: Hindi
- Meaning: brave
12. Veltry
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: hopeful
13. Vere
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: alder trees; also used as a girl’s name
14. Verlyn
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: growing
15. Vernon
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: place of alder trees
16. Vian
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: full of life
17. Victor
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: conqueror
- Also: Vic
18. Vidal
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: of life
19. Vihaan
- Origin: Sanskrit, Hindu
- Meaning: dawn
20. Vijay
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: victory
21. Vikesh
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: moon
22. Vincent
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: conquering
- Also: Vince, Vinnie, Vinny
23. Viral
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: beyond value
24. Viren
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: leader of heroes
25. Virgil
- Origin: Roman
- Meaning: name of the Roman poet
- Also: Vergil
26. Vishal
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: vast
27. Vivian
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: vivacious; also used as a girl’s name
- Also: Vivyan, Vyvyan, Viv.
28. Vivaan
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: full of life, first rays of sun,
29. Volley
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: derived from volare, meaning to fly
30. Voshon
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: God’s grace
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
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