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Tadas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Thaddeus.

Tamara f Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Hungarian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Lithuanian, Georgian
Russian form of Tamar. Russian performers such as Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978), Tamara Drasin (1905-1943), Tamara Geva (1907-1997) and Tamara Toumanova (1919-1996) introduced it to the English-speaking world. It rapidly grew in popularity in the United States starting in 1957. Another famous bearer was the Polish cubist painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980).

Tatjana f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Estonian
Form of Tatiana in several languages, in some cases via Russian Татьяна (Tatyana).

Tauras m Lithuanian
Means "aurochs" in Lithuanian.

Tautvydas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian tauta "people, nation" and the root vyd- "to see".

Teresa f Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Polish, Lithuanian, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Form of Theresa used in several languages. Saint Teresa of Ávila was a 16th-century Spanish nun who reformed the Carmelite monasteries and wrote several spiritual books. It was also borne by the Albanian missionary Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), better known as Mother Teresa, who worked with the poor in India. She adopted the name in honour of the French saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who is the patron of missionaries.

Teresė f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Theresa.

Titas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Titus.

Tomas m Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian
Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of Thomas.

Ugnė f Lithuanian
Derived from Lithuanian ugnis meaning "fire".

Urbonas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Urbanus (see Urban).

Urtė f Lithuanian
Possibly a short form of Dorotėja.

Vaclovas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Václav.

Vaiva f Lithuanian
From Lithuanian vaivorykštė meaning "rainbow".

Vakarė f Lithuanian
Derived from Lithuanian vakaras meaning "evening".

Valdas m Lithuanian
Short form of Valdemaras and other Lithuanian names containing the Baltic/Germanic element vald "rule".

Valdemaras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Valdemar.

Valentina f Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, German, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1). A famous bearer is the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), who in 1963 became the first woman to visit space.

Valentinas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1).

Valerija f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Form of Valeria in several languages.

Vanda f Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Form of Wanda in several languages.

Vasilijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Basil 1.

Veronika f Russian, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Form of Veronica in several languages.

Vida 4 f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Vidas.

Vidas m Lithuanian
Short form of Vidmantas, used independently.

Vidmantas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root vyd- "to see" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Viktoras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Victor.

Viktorija f Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Form of Victoria in several languages.

Vilhelmas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of William.

Vilhelmina f Swedish (Rare), Lithuanian
Swedish and Lithuanian feminine form of William.

Vilma f Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Form of Wilma in several languages.

Vilmantas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian viltis "hope" combined with mantus "intelligent" or manta "property, wealth".

Vilmantė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Vilmantas.

Viltautas m Lithuanian (Rare)
From Lithuanian viltis "hope" and tauta "people, nation".

Viltautė f Lithuanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Viltautas.

Viltė f Lithuanian
Short form of Viltautė.

Vincas m Lithuanian
Short form of Vincentas.

Vincentas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vincent.

Violeta f Romanian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Lithuanian
Form of Violet in several languages.

Virgilijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Virgil.

Virginija f Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Virginia.

Virginijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian masculine form of Virginia.

Visvaldas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian cognate of Visvaldis.

Vita 1 f Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish, Slovene
Feminine form of Vitus.

Vitalija f Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of Vitalis (see Vitale).

Vitalijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vitalis (see Vitale).

Vladas m Lithuanian
Short form of Vladimiras.

Vladimiras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Vladimir.

Voldemaras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian variant of Valdemar.

Vydmantas m Lithuanian
Variant of Vidmantas.

Vygantas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Wigand.

Vytautas m Lithuanian
From the Lithuanian root vyd- "to see" or vyti "to chase, to drive away" combined with tauta "people, nation". This was the name of a 15th-century Grand Duke of Lithuania, revered as a national hero in that country.

Vytautė f Lithuanian
Feminine form of Vytautas.

Žaneta f Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovak and Lithuanian form of Jeannette.

Zenonas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zeno.

Zigmantas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sigmund.

Zinaida f Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian
Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian form of Zenaida.

Zita 1 f Italian, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, Latvian
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian. This was the name of a 13th-century saint, the patron saint of servants.

Zofija f Lithuanian, Slovene
Lithuanian and Slovene form of Sophia.

Zoja f Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Form of Zoe in several languages.

Zuzana f Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovak and Lithuanian form of Susanna.

Žydrė f Lithuanian
From Lithuanian žydra meaning "light blue".

Žydrūnas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian žydra meaning "light blue" (using the patronymic suffix ūnas).