To mark the upcoming Memorial Day, here’s a list of names whose meanings relate to the words “memory” and “remember.” Many of the names I found are Greek and Lithuanian.
Unisex:
Chikumbutso means “memory” in Chewa, a Bantu language spoken in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.
Kumbukani means “remember” in Chewa.
Oluranti, or Oluwaranti, means “God remembers” in Yoruba.
Remember was a Virtue name in the Pilgrim/Puritan era.
Male:
Algminas comes from the Lithuanian alga (reward; salary) and minėti (to remember, to commemorate; to celebrate).
Alminas comes from the Lithuanian al (everything) and minėti.
Almintas comes from the Lithuanian al and mintis (thought). The latter element is related to minti (to remember, to recall).
Arminas, as an independent Lithuanian name instead of the Lithuanian form of the German Armin, comes from ar (also) and minėti.
Darmintas comes from the Lithuanian daryti (to act, to d0, to work) and mintis.
Daugmintas comes from the Lithuanian daug (much) and mintis.
Domintas is a rare Lithuanian name derived from the Old Lithuanian dovis or dotas (present, gift) and mintis.
Ekiye means “remember me” in Ijaw, a language spoken in Nigeria.
Funganayi means “remember each other” in Shona, a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Gailiminas comes from the Old Lithuanian gailas (potent, strong; remorseful, sorrowful, miserable; jagged, sharp; violent, fierce, angry), and the modern Lithuanian galia (force, might, power). The second element is minėti. Mingailas is a flipped form.
Gaudminas comes from the Lithuanian gaudyti (to take, to hunt, to catch) or gaudus (sonorous, echoing, loud, ringing, resonant), and minėti. Mingaudas is a flipped form.
Gedmintas comes from the Old Lithuanian gedauti (to ask) or modern Lithuanian gedėti (to grieve, to mourn, to miss, to long, to yearn, to pine), and mintis. Mingedas is a flipped form.
Gosminas is a rare Lithuanian name derived from the Old Lithuanian gosti or gostis (to crave, to desire; to seek, to strive, to pursue) and minėti.
Ituaton means “remember me” in Ijaw.
Kęsminas is derived from the Lithuanian kęsti (to cope; to suffer, to endure, to undergo) and minėti.
Kujtim means “remembrance” in Albanian.
Liaudminas comes from the Lithuanian liaudis (people, folk) and minėti.
Mantminas comes from the Lithuanian mantus (intelligent), or manta (property, estate, riches, fortune, wealth), and minėti. A flipped form is Minmantas.
Mímir means ” memory” in Old Norse, and was the name of a god with omniscient knowledge and wisdom.
Mimulf is an Ancient Germanic name also derived from the element mímir, coupled with the Gothic vulfs (wolf).
Minalgas comes from minėti or mintis, and alga.
Mingintas comes from mintis or minėti, and ginti (to defend, to protect).
Mingirdas comes from mintis or minėti, and girdas (rumour).
Minjotas comes from mintis or minėti, and joti (to ride horseback).
Mintautus comes from the Baltic tauta (nation, people) and minėti. The flipped form is Tautminas.
Minvaidas is a rare Lithuanian name derived from mintis or minėti, and the Old Lithuanian vaidyti (to appear, to visit). The flipped form is Vaidminas.
Minvainas comes from mintis or minėti, and the Old Lithuanian vaina (fault; cause, reason).
Minvilas comes from mintis or minėti, and the Baltic vil (hope).
Minvydas comes from mintis or minėti, and the Baltic vyd (to see). The flipped form is Vydminas.
Mnemon means “mindful” in Greek, derived from mneme (memory, remembrance), and ultimately from mnaomai (to remember, to be mindful of).
Mnesarchos is derived from the Greek mnesios (of memory), which itself is derived from mnemoneuo (to remember, to call to mind, to think of). In turn, mnemoneuo is derived from mnaomai. The second element may be either archos (leader, master) or arche (source, origin, beginning).
Mnesikles is derived from mnesios (of memory) and kleos (glory).
Mnesitheos is derived from mnesios and theos (God).
Mnesos is also derived from mnesios.
Muninn comes from the Old Norse munr (mind), and is the name of one of Odin’s two ravens. Muninn symbolizes Memory. Every day, he and the other raven, Huginn, fly all over the world to get information and news for Odin.
Normintas comes from the Lithuanian noras (desire, wish) and mintis.
Oroitz means “memory” in Basque.
Tonderai means “remember” in Shona.
Vaimintas is a rare Lithuanian name derived from the Old Lithuanian vajoti (to pursue, to chase), or vajys (courier, messenger), and mintis.
Virminas comes from the Lithuanian vyrauti (to prevail, to dominate) and minėti.
Visminas comes from the Baltic vis (all) and minėti.
Yozachar means “God remembered” in Hebrew.
Žadminas is a rare Lithuanian name derived from žadėti (to promise) and minėti.
Zechariah, or Zachariah, is the Anglicized form of the Hebrew Zecharyah, which means “God remembers.” Other forms include Zacharias (Greek), Zakariás (Hungarian), Zacharie (French), Zachariasz (Polish), Zakaria (Georgian and Arabic), Zaccharias (Latin), Zakariya and Zakariyya (Arabic), Zakhar (Russian), Zahari (Bulgarian), Zacarías (Spanish), Zachary, Zachery, and Zackary (English), Sachairi (Scottish), Sakari (Finnish), Zaharija and Zakarije (Serbian and Croatian), Zakar (Armenian and Mordvin), Zakarija (Croatian), Zaccaria (Italian), Zakaría (Icelandic), and Zekeriya (Turkish).
Zichri means “remembrance” in Hebrew.
Female:
Coventina was a British Celtic goddess of springs and water. Her name derives from Proto–Celtic kom-men (memory) and ti-ni (to melt, to disappear).
Jadyrah, or Zhadyrah, is a Kazakh name possibly derived from jad/zhad (memory).
Khatereh means “memory” in Persian.
Mimigard is an Ancient Germanic name derived from the Old Norse mímir (memory) and gardan (to fence in, to hedge in, to enclose). Mímir was also the name of a god who had omniscient knowledge and wisdom.
Mneme means “memory” in Greek.
Mnemosyne means “remembrance” in Greek. She was the Muse of memory.
Mnesarete roughly means “commemorating virtue.” It comes from the Greek mnesios (of memory), which is in turn derived from mnemoneuo and mnaomai; and arete (goodness, skill, excellence, virtue).
Remembrance was a Virtue name in the Puritan/Pilgrim world.
Smriti means “memory” in Sanskrit.
Tizita means “memory” in Amharic, the language spoken in Ethiopia.
Yeukai means “remember” in Shona.
Zacharine is a rare feminine form of Zachary, found in English, Norwegian, and German.
