Ab - baby; precious
Ci - to shine; shining
Cua - wind
Dawb/Dlawb - white
Dib/Dlib - cucumber
DuabNtxoo - shadow
Hli - moon
Hnub - sun
HnubCi - shining sun
HnubKaj - Sunday; bright day
HnubTshiab - new day
Huab/Fuab - cloud; fog
Iab/Ab - bitter
Kab/Kaab - insect
KabNpauj - moth
KabZuag - praying mantis
Kaj - clear (as in a clear sky) or peaceful
KajLug - peaceful
KajSiab - at peace
Kawm - basket
Kiab - cheerful; happy
LamLug - (to shine) clearly or brightly
Lias/Liag - triangular silver ornament (used on Hmong clothes/jewelry); field
Lig - youngest daughter
Lug - words; poem
Luv - sparrow
Maim - to avoid
Maiv - girl; daughter
Me - small; petite
Mim -
Mos/Mog - tender
Nag/Naag - rain
Nkauj - song; girl; female
NkaujHli - song/girl of the moon
NkaujSuab - music; (of) fern
NkaujZuagPaj - a mermaid (a specific mermaid in popular folk tales)
Npaim - butterfly, shortened form of NpaujNpaim
Npauj - earring; moth/butterfly
NpaujNpaim - butterfly
Nplhaib - ring
Nplias/Nplas -
Ntaub - cloth
Ntsa Iab - (to shine) brightly
Ntsais - to twinkle
Ntsuab - green
Ntxawm - youngest daughter
Ntxhais - daughter; girl
Ntxheb -
NtxheeYees -
Ntxhi - whisper
Ntxhiav -
Ntxhoo -
Oo -
Paj/Paaj - flower
PajDib - cucumber flower
Pajhnubhli - sunflower
Pajlug - poetry
Pajntaub/Paajntaub - flower cloth; embroidery
PajNyiag -
PajTshiab - a bright or a new flower
PajYeeb - opium flower
PajZaub - the flower of greens
Phuab -
Saw - necklace
See -
Seevyees - a longing for
Sua - female form of Suav
Suab - sound, voice
Taub - pumpkin
Tawb - basket
Tshaus - gray
Tshiab/Tshab - new
Tsu -
Txiab/Txab - scissors
W - quail; bobwhite
Xia - from Chinese name meaning glory of the sunrise
Xis -
XivXi -
Xov - thread
Yeeb - pertaining to the opium plant/flower
Yeev -
Yiv -
Zeb - rock/stone (usually a masculine name)
Zuag - a comb/brush; also shortened form of KabZuag
Note: These are more traditional names. There are a lot of varied names in modern Hmong society as young couples today try to be more creative in naming their children.
*A lot of times, names are created by combining two or more names. Ie: NkaujNtxawm, PajLig, AbNag, KabNpauj, etc.
**A masculine name can also be used for a girl by adding 'Maiv' as the prefix. Ie: MaivTooj, MaivNyiaj, MaivHuas, MaivYias, MaivKub, etc.
https://hmongnames.webs.com/nameindexgirls.htm