Names starting with the letter I

Here you’ll find all the names beginning with the letter I, followed by the meaning of the name starting with a I. If the name is blue, it is a name normally given to a boy. If the name has a pink color, then it is usually given to a girl. A green name can be given to both boys and girls.

	Name	Meaning
	Illias	The Lord Is My God
	Illinois	Superior Tribe
	Illionya	Trojan
	Illissa	rational
	Illiyeen	High status, or exalted.
	Illona	sun ray
	Illsa	God is my oath
	Illtyd	Abundance Of Land
	Illugi	Name of Aslak's son.
	Illuminata	Filled With Light, Illuminated
	Illya	My God is He
	Illyssa	noble, exalted
	Ilm	Knowledge
	Ilma	Will or desire
	Ilmar	Estonian form of Ilmarinen.
	Ilmari	Air
	Ilmarinen	Air
	Ilmars	Latvian form of Ilmarinen.
	Ilmatar	Derived from Finnish ilma "air" combined with a feminine suffix. In Finnish mythology Ilmatar was a semi-androgynous goddess of the heavens. She was the mother of Ilmarinen, Väinämöinen and Lemminkäinen.
	Ilme	Estonian form of Ilma 1.
	Ilmi	Variant of Ilma 1.
	Ilo	Light, Joyous, Sunshine
	Ilom	My Enemies Are Many
	Ilona	beautiful
	Ilone	sun ray
	Ilonka	oak tree; sun ray
	Ilonna	sun ray
	Iloosha	Lord of the earth
	Ilori	Special Treasure
	Ilozumba	Nigerian term meaning, our distant home is forgotten.
	Ilqar	Means "promise, faithfulness" in Azerbaijani.
	Ilsa	God is my oath. Variant forms: Ellsa, Ellsee, Ellsey
	Ilsae	God is my oath
	Ilsaie	God is my oath
	Ilse	Consecrated To God
	Il-Seong	From Sino-Korean 日 (il) meaning "sun, day" and 成 (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded". Other hanja character combinations are possible. A notable bearer was Kim Il-sung (1912-1994), the first leader of North Korea.
	Ilshat	Tatar form of Elşad.
	Ilsy	Variation of Ilsa
	Ilta	Evening
	Ilu	Akkadian cognate of El, often used to refer to Anu.
	Iluka	Near The Sea
	Iluminada	Spanish form of Illuminata.
	Ilusha	Earth
	Iluuna	Greenlandic variant form of Iluna, meaning moon.
	Ily	Acronym For I Love You
	Ilya	Strength Of God
	Ilyanna	Light
	Ilyapa	Thunder God
	Ilyas	The Lord Is My God
	Ilyes	Alternate transcription of Arabic إلياس (see Ilyas) chiefly used in North Africa.
	Ilys	Acronym For I Love You So
	Ilysa	noble, exalted
	Ilysah	noble, exalted
	Ilyse	God is my oath
	Ilyssa	Rational
	Ilysse	noble, exalted
	Ilze	Short form of Elizabete.
	Im	Name of a mythical giant.
	Ima	entire, universal
	Imaad	Support
	ImaadUdeen	Faith
	Imaan	Of Arabic origins, Imaan means 'faith' and is common in Arabic.
	Imaani	Belief
	Imacolata	without stain
	Imaculada	without stain
	Imad	Pillar, Support
	Imagin	Derived from Celtic origin meaning 'daughter, girl, innocent', is is a variant spelling of the English name Imogen.
	Imagine	To Think, Believe
	Imaging	Creating With Images
	Imajuik	She who is meek and quiet
	Imala	Disciplinarian
	Imalda	universal battle
	Imam	Leader or chief
	Imama	Leadership or command. One with leadership qualities.
	Imamu	Spiritual leader
	Iman	Faith
	Imana	Believer
	Imane	Variation of Iman which means faith
	Imani	Faith
	Imanol	Basque form of Emmanuel.
	Imants	Possibly from Livonian (a Finnic language that was spoken in Latvia) im "miracle" and and "to give".
	Imanuel	God is with us
	Imanuela	God is among us.
	Imara	Strong
	Imaran	Prosperity
	Imari	Faithful or loyal
	Imay	One with an independent nature, one who likes being independent.
	Imber	Ginger
	Imbi	Estonian cognate of Impi.
	Imbiana	Title of a unity song in Nigeria.
	Imdad	Charity
	Ime	A miracle
	Imeda	Hope
	Imelda	Entire Battle
	Imen	Faith or belief
	Imhotep	From Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp meaning "he comes in peace" [1]. This was the name of a 27th-century BC architect, priest, physician and chief minister to the pharaoh Djoser. Imhotep apparently designed the step pyramid at Saqqara, near Memphis.
	Imi	Water
	Iminathi	Means "he stands with us" in Zulu.
	Imka	Universal
	Imke	A form of Imka, meaning Imke.