About World Names

World Names is a comprehensive name dictionary that provides information about first names and last names from countries around the world.

The site is created and maintained by a team passionate about onomastics — the study of names. Our goal is to build the most useful and accurate resource for exploring name meanings, origins, and cultural significance across all languages and countries.

Data Quality

We use publicly available, authoritative data sources including government statistics agencies and academic research. All sources are listed on our Data Sources page.