Directional Names
Names that mean East, West, North, South, left, right,
ascending, descending, rising, falling, ahead, behind, etc. 
 
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• UNISEX:

  1. ASIA: English unisex name derived from the continent name, itself possibly from Assyrian asu, meaning "east."

  2. ASTON: English unisex name derived from a place name meaning "east settlement."

  3. CADENCE: "Flow of rhythm; falling." English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, itself ultimately from Latin cadens, literally meaning "to fall."

• FEMALE:

  1. ALIYAH: Hebrew name meaning "to ascend."

  2. ANATOLA: Feminine form of Latin Anatolius, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  3. ASCENCION (Ascención): Spanish name meaning "ascension."

  4. IGONE: Feminine form of Basque Igon, meaning "ascension."

  5. KADENCE: Feminine variant of English unisex Cadence, meaning "flow of rhythm; falling."

  6. NORMA: Italian name invented by Felice Romani in his libretto for Belini's opera of the same name, from Latin norma, meaning "standard, rule." Now often used as a feminine form of Norman "northman."
  7. NORMANNA: Scottish feminine form of Norman, meaning "northman."
  8. NORMINA: Scottish feminine form of Norman, meaning "northman."

  9. PURVA: Hindi name meaning "east."

  10. RILINDA: Feminine form of Albanian Rilind, derived from the word rilind, meaning "birth, east, rebirth, reincarnation."

  11. ROHAN: Hindi name derived from the Sanskrit element rohana, meaning "ascending."

  12. RUQAYYA: Arabic name meaning "ascent."
  13. RUQAYYAH: Variant of Arabic Ruqayya, meaning "ascent."

  14. SHAWNEE: Named after the Algonquin language, meaning "southern people."

  15. VEGA: English name derived from the name of a star in the constellation Lyra, itself from Arabian al-Waqi, meaning "falling; swooping."

  16. XIFENG: Chinese name meaning "western phoenix."

  17. XINGJUAN: Chinese name meaning "arising grace."

  18. ZEPHYRA: Feminine form of Greek Zephyr, meaning "west wind." 
  19. ZEPHYRINE (Zéphyrine): French feminine form of Roman Zephyrinus, meaning "west wind."

• MALE:

  1. ANATOLE: French form of Latin Anatolius, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  2. ANATOLII: Russian form of Latin Anatolius, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  3. ANATOLIJ: Yugoslavian form of Latin Anatolius, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  4. ANATOLIO: Italian form of Latin Anatolius, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  5. ANATOLIOS: Original Greek form of Latin Anatolius, derived from the word anatole, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  6. ANATOLIUS: Latin form of Greek Anatolios, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  7. ANATOLIY: Variant of Russian Anatolii, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  8. ANATOLY: Variant of Russian Anatolii, meaning "east" and "sunrise."

  9. ASENTZIO: Basque name meaning "ascension."

  10. ATZE: Basque name meaning "behind."

  11. BENIAMIN: Romanian form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  12. BENIAMINO: Italian form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  13. BENJAMIM: Portuguese form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  14. BENJÁMIN: Hungarian form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  15. BENJAMIN: "Son of the south." Biblical name of one of the founders of the twelve tribes of Israel, and the youngest of Jacob's twelve sons. His original Hebrew name was Benoni, given to him by his mother who died giving birth to him. Not wanting his son to bear such an ill-omened name, Jacob changed his name to Benjamin, because he was the only son born in southern Canaan instead of northern Mesopotamia.
  16. BENJI: English pet form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  17. BENJIE: English pet form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  18. BENJY: English pet form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  19. BENNIE: English pet form of Benjamin "son of the south" and Benedict "blessed."
  20. BENNY: English pet form of Benjamin "son of the south" and Benedict "blessed."
  21. BENYAMIN: Hebrew form of biblical Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  22. BINYAMIN: Variant of Hebrew Benyamin, meaning "son of the south."
  23. BITI: Egyptian name meaning "king of the north."

  24. CADMUS: Variant of Greek Kadmos, meaning "the east."

  25. CUAUHTEMOC (Cuauhtémoc): Aztec Nahuatl name meaning "falling eagle."

  26. DONG: Chinese name meaning "east" or "winter."

  27. DONGHAI: Chinese name meaning "eastern sea."

  28. EKIALDE: Basque name meaning "east."

  29. ELI: Hebrew biblical name of a high priest and last of the Judges in the days of Samuel, meaning "ascend."

  30. HELI: Greek form of biblical Eli, meaning "ascend."

  31. HURLEY: Possibly an abbreviated form of the Irish surname Herlihy, itself an English form of Gaelic Ó hIarfhlatha "descendant of Iarfhlaith." If so, the name means "lord of the west."

  32. IARFHLAITH: Irish Gaelic name meaning "lord of the west."

  33. IARLAITH: Variant of Irish Gaelic Iarfhlaith, meaning "lord of the west." 

  34. IGON: Basque name meaning "ascension."

  35. IPAR: Basque name meaning "north."

  36. JARED: Biblical name of a descendant of Adam, meaning "descent."

  37. JARETH: Modern English name, possibly a blend of Jared "descent" and Gareth, possibly meaning "old." 

  38. JARLATH: Modern form of Old Irish Gaelic Iarfhlaith, meaning "lord of the west."

  39. JAROD: English variant of Jared, meaning "descent."

  40. JARRED: English variant of Jared, meaning "descent."

  41. JARROD: English variant of Jared, meaning "descent."

  42. JERRED: English variant of Jared, meaning "descent."

  43. JERROD: English variant of Jared, meaning "descent."

  44. KADMOS: "The east." Greek myth name of the son of the king of Phoenicia and brother of Europa. He was said to have founded the city of Thebes and introduced the alphabet to the Phoenicians.

  45. MENDEBAL: Basque name meaning "west."

  46. MIRAJ: Arabic name meaning "place of ascent."

  47. NOBORU: Japanese name meaning "ascend; climb; virtuous."

  48. NORBERT: English name of Norman origin, composed of the Germanic elements nord "north" and berht "bright, famous," which could be rendered as "northern light," or "famous northman."

  49. NORM: Nickname for English Norman, meaning "northman."
  50. NORMAN: "Northman." English form of Germanic origin, composed of the elements nord "north" and man "man." 
  51. NORMAND: Variant of English Norman, meaning "northman."
  52. NORRIE: Scottish pet form of English Norman, meaning "northman."
  53. NORRIS: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the Old Norman French word norreis, meaning "northerner."
  54. NORTON: "Northern settlement." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from any of numerous place names composed of the Old English elements norð "north" and tun "enclosure, settlement."
  55. NORWOOD: "Northern wood." English surname transferred to forename use, itself from any of numerous place names composed of the Old English elements norð "north" and wudu "wood."

  56. PENI: Hawaiian form of English Ben, meaning "son of the south."

  57. RILIND: Albanian name derived from the word rilind, meaning "birth, east, rebirth, reincarnation."

  58. TEMAN: Biblical name of a place (Yemen) and a descendant of Esau, meaning "right hand, south."

  59. TZAFRIR: Hebrew form of Greek Zephyr, meaning "west wind."

  60. VENIAMIN: Russian form of Benjamin, meaning "son of the south."
  61. VENYAMIN: Variant of Russian Veniamin, meaning "son of the south."
  62. WESLEY: English surname transferred to forename use, meaning "western meadow."
  63. WESTLEY: Variant of English Wesley, meaning "western meadow."
  64. WESTON: "Western settlement." English and Scottish surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements west "west" and tun "enclosure, settlement."
  65. XING: Chinese name meaning "arising."
  66. YERED: Hebrew form of Jared, meaning "descent." 

  67. ZEDONG: Chinese name meaning "east of the marsh."

  68. ZEFERINO: Portuguese form of Roman Zephyrinus, meaning "west wind."

  69. ZEPHYR: Greek myth name of the god of the "west wind." 
  70. ZEPHYROS: Greek name meaning "west wind."
  71. ZEPHYRUS: Latin form of Greek Zephyros, meaning "west wind."
  72. ZEPHYRINUS: Roman form of Greek Zephyros, meaning "west wind."