Friendship Names
Names that mean friend, companion, chum, confidant, comrade, partner, buddy.
 
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• UNISEX:

  1. ICNOYOTL: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "friendship."

• MALE:

  1. AELFWINE (Ælfwine): "Elf friend." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements ælf "elf," and wine "friend." 
  2. AKIIKI: Egyptian name meaning "friendly."
  3. ALDEN: English name derived from Old English Aldine, meaning "old friend." 

  4. ALDIN: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."

  5. ALDINE: Old English variant of Anglo-Saxon Ealdwine, meaning "old friend."

  6. ALDON: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."

  7. ALDWEN: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."

  8. ALDWIN: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."

  9. ALUIN: Filipino form of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  10. ALUINO: Filipino form of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  11. ALVEN: Variant of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  12. ALVIE: Nickname for English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  13. ALVIN: Modern English form of Anglo-Saxon Aelfwine, meaning "elf friend."

  14. ALVY: Pet form of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  15. ALVYN: Variant of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  16. ALWIN: Variant of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  17. ALWYN: Variant of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  18. AMILCAR: Spanish form of Phoenician Hamilcar, meaning "friend of Melqart." 

  19. AMIT: Hebrew name meaning "friend.

  20. ANAS: Arabic name meaning "friendliness." 

  21. ANASS: Variant of Arabic Anas, meaning "friendliness."

  22. ARDUINO: Italian form of German Hartwin, meaning "hardy friend." 

  23. ARLUIN: Variant of Old Norman Herluin, meaning "noble/warrior friend."

  24. BALDOVINO: Italian form of English Baldwin, meaning "brave friend."

  25. BALDUÍNO: Portuguese form of English Baldwin, meaning "brave friend."
  26. BALDUINO: Spanish form of English Baldwin, meaning "brave friend."
  27. BALDWIN: "Brave friend." English name of Germanic origin, derived from the elements bald "bold, brave" and wine "friend." 
  28. BAUDOUIN: French form of English Baldwin, meaning "brave friend."
  29. BOUDEWIJN: Dutch form of English Baldwin, meaning "brave friend."
  30. BUD: Nickname for English Buddy, meaning "friend."
  31. BUDDY: Vocabulary word transferred to English forename use, meaning "friend."
  32. DARWIN: "Dear friend." English surname transferred to forename use, itself probably from a Middle English forename composed of the Old English elements deor "dear" and wine "friend."
  33. EALDWINE: "Old friend." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements eald "ancient, old," and wine "friend." 
  34. EDWIN: "Rich friend." English name composed of the Old English elements ead "fortune, rich, prosperity" and wine "friend."
  35. EDWYN: Variant of English Edwin, meaning "rich friend."
  36. ELDAD: Hebrew biblical name of one of the two Israelites whose prophecies Joshua complained about to Moses, meaning "beloved of God" or "friend of God."
  37. ELDEN: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."
  38. ELDIN: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."
  39. ELDWEN: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."
  40. ELDWIN: Variant of English Alden, meaning "old friend."
  41. ELVIN: Variant of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."
  42. ELWIN: Variant of English Alwin, meaning "elf friend."
  43. ELWYN: Variant of English Elwin, meaning "elf friend."
  44. ENYINNAYA: African Igbo name meaning "his father's friend."
  45. EOFORWIN: "Boar friend." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements eofor "boar" and win "friend."
  46. ERVIN: 
      1. Albanian form of German Erwin, meaning "honor friend."
      2. Variant spelling of English Erwin, meaning "boar friend."
  47. ERVINS: Latvian form of German Erwin, meaning "honor friend."
  48. ERWIN: 
      1. English name derived (via a surname) from Anglo-Saxon Eoforwin, meaning "boar friend."
      2. German name composed of the elements era "honor, respect" and win "friend," hence "honor friend."
  49. FEOFIL: Russian form of Latin Theophilus, meaning "God-friend."
  50. GLADWIN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the medieval forename Gladwyn, meaning "bright friend."
  51. GLADWYN: "Bright friend." Medieval name composed of the Old English elements glæd "bright" and wine "friend."
  52. GODWIN: "God's friend." Old English name composed of the elements god "God" and wine "friend."
  53. GOODWIN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the forename Godwin, meaning "God's friend."
  54. HADWIN: "War-friend." English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements hadu "strife, war" and win(e) "friend." 
  55. HAMILCAR: "Friend of Melqart." Phoenician name composed of the word hi "friend" and the name of the god Melqart.
  56. HARDWIN: Variant of German Hartwin, meaning "hardy friend."
  57. HARLIN: Surname transferred to forename use, itself from the old Norman forename Herluin, meaning "noble/warrior friend."
  58. HARTWIN: "Hardy friend." German name composed of the elements hart "brave; hardy, strong" and win "friend."
  59. HERLUIN: "Noble/warrior friend." Old Norman name composed of the Germanic elements erl "nobleman, warrior" and wini "friend."
  60. KALIL: Variant of Arabic Khalil, meaning "friend."
  61. KHALEEL: Variant of Arabic Khalil, meaning "friend."
  62. KHALIL: Arabic name derived from the word khalil, meaning "friend."
  63. LAI: Chamoru name meaning "friend; man; law."

  64. LEOFWINE: "Beloved/dear friend." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements leof "beloved, dear" and wine "friend."

  65. LEWIN: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the Anglo-Saxon forename Leofwine, meaning "beloved/dear friend."

  66. LIAFWIN: Germanic equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Leofwine, meaning "beloved/dear friend."

  67. LIEVEN: Dutch form of Anglo-Saxon Leofwine, meaning "beloved/dear friend."
  68. LIEVIN: Dutch form of Germanic Liafwin, meaning "beloved/dear friend."
  69. MALDWYN: Welsh form of English Baldwin, meaning "brave friend."

  70. MEDAD: Biblical name of a prophet in the time of Moses, meaning "friend, love, object of affection."

  71. MUNGA: Gaelic form of Scottish Mungo, possibly meaning "dear friend."
  72. MUNGO: Scottish name of uncertain derivation, recorded in Latin in the 6th century as carissimus amicus "dearest friend," but etymologists have not found any Gaelic elements to connect the name to this meaning.
  73. ODAKOTA: Native American Sioux name meaning "friend."

  74. ORTWIN: "Point-friend." German name composed of the elements ort "point" and win "friend."

  75. OSWIN: "God-friend." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements os "god" and win "friend."

  76. PAMPHILOS: "Friend of all." Ancient Greek name composed of the elements pan "all" and philos "friend."

  77. PANFILO: Italian form of Greek Pamphilos, meaning "friend of all."

  78. PHILOKRATES: "Friend-power." Greek name composed of the elements philos "friend" and kratos "power."

  79. PHILOTHEOS: "Friend of God." Greek name composed of the elements philos "friend" and theos "god."

  80. RAFIQ: Arabic name meaning "companion, friend."

  81. RAGUEL: Hebrew name meaning "friend of God." This name is listed in the Book of Enoch as the name of one of the seven archangels.

  82. REUEL: Biblical name meaning "friend of God." In Exodus 2:18, this is another name for Jethro.

  83. SAMEER: Variant of Arabic Samir, meaning "companion in evening talk."

  84. SAMIR: Arabic name meaning "companion in evening talk."

  85. SELWYN: "Manor-friend." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements sele "manor" and wine "friend."

  86. SIKIS (Sik'is): Native American Navajo name meaning "friend."

  87. TAKODA: Native American Sioux name meaning "friend to everyone."

  88. TEOFIL: Polish form of Latin Theophilus, meaning "God's friend."
  89. TEÓFILO: Spanish form of Latin Theophilus, meaning "God's friend."
  90. TEOFILO: Italian form of Latin Theophilus, meaning "God's friend."
  91. THEOPHILE (Théophile): French form of Latin Theophilus, meaning "God's friend."
  92. THEOPHILOS: "God's friend." Greek name composed of the elements theos "god" and philos "friend."
  93. THEOPHILUS: Biblical name of the man to whom Luke addressed his gospel in the New Testament. It is the Latin form of Greek Theophilos, meaning "God's friend." 

  94. WINE: Anglo-Saxon name meaning "friend." 

  95. WINFRED: "Friend of peace." Old English name composed of the elements wine "friend" and frið "peace." 
  96. WINFRIED: German form of Old English Winfred, meaning "friend of peace."
  97. YOU: Chinese name meaning "friend."

• FEMALE:

  1. ALVENA: Feminine form of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  2. ALVINA: Feminine form of English Alvin, meaning "elf friend."

  3. AMICA: Variant of Esperanto Amika, meaning "friendly."

  4. AMICE: English name from Latin amicitia, meaning "friendship."

  5. AMIKA: Esperanto name meaning "friendly."

  6. AMITY: English name meaning "friendship." 

  7. ANISA: Arabic name meaning "friendly."

  8. ANISAH: Variant of Arabic Anisa, meaning "friendly."

  9. ANNISSA: Variant of Arabic Anisa, meaning "friendly."

  10. CARA: Modern English name derived from the Italian term of endearment cara, meaning "beloved" or the Irish/Gaelic word cara, meaning "friend."

  11. CARINA: German and Scandinavian elaborated form of Cara, meaning "beloved" or "friend." 

  12. CARITA: Pet form of English Cara, meaning "beloved" or "friend."

  13. EDINA: Variant of English Edwina, meaning "rich friend."

  14. EDWEENA: Variant of English Edwina, meaning "rich friend."
  15. EDWENA: Variant of English Edwina, meaning "rich friend."
  16. EDWINA: Feminine form of English Edwin, meaning "rich friend."
  17. EDWYNA: Variant of English Edwina, meaning "rich friend."

  18. ELFA: Variant of Anglo-Saxon Elva, meaning "elf friend."

  19. ELVA: Abbreviated form of Anglo-Saxon Elvina, meaning "elf friend."
  20. ELVINA: Feminine form of Anglo-Saxon Elvin, meaning "elf friend." 
  21. EOWYN: A Tolkien invention created from Old English, meaning "horse-friend."
  22. INAS: Arabic name meaning "friendly."
  23. KARA: Variant of English Cara, either from the Italian term of endearment cara, meaning "beloved" or the Irish/Gaelic word cara, meaning "friend."
  24. KARAUGH: Variant of English Kara, meaning either "beloved" or "friend."
  25. KHALILAH: Feminine form of Arabic Khalil, meaning "friend."
  26. QUANDA: Old English name meaning "companion."
  27. RAFIQA: Feminine form of Arabic Rafiq, meaning "companion, friend."
  28. REUT: Hebrew name meaning "friend."
  29. RUT: Original Hebrew form of Ruth, meaning "friendship."
  30. RUTE: Portuguese form of Ruth, meaning "friendship."
  31. RUTH: Biblical name of a Moabite who marries Naomi's son, meaning "friendship."
  32. RUTHIE: Pet form of Ruth, meaning "friendship."
  33. SAMEERA: Variant of Arabic Samira, meaning "companion in evening talk."
  34. SAMIRA: Feminine form of Arabic Samir, meaning "companion in evening talk."
  35. TAMIKA: Modern English name, possibly based on Esperanto Amika, meaning "friendly." 
  36. THEOPHILA: Feminine form of Latin Theophilus, meaning "God's friend."
  37. THEOPHILIA: Variant of Latin Theophila, meaning "God's friend."
  38. THUY: Vietnamese name meaning "friendly."
  39. TOMOKO: Japanese name meaning "friendly/wise child."

  40. VENA: Nickname for English Alvena, meaning "elf friend."

  41. WENDI: Variant of English Wendy, meaning "friend."
  42. WENDY: From the J. M. Barrie character name which was derived from a nickname, fwendy, meaning "friend."

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