Here you will find the meaning of names belonging to some of the most intellectual and sophisticated people who ever lived, winners of the famous Nobel Prize. These names bare a historic tradition of success, honor and intelligence.

Jean  (boy)
The name Jean is of a French origin. The meaning of the name Jean is: Variant of John. Jean is sometimes hyphenated with a second name and the French pronunciation may be used as in Jean-Luc and Jean-Paul. Belongs to Nobel Prize winner: Jean Henry Dunant, founder of the international committee of the Red Cross. Won the first Nobel Prize for peace, in 1901.

Frederic (boy)
The name Frederic is of a French origin. In French The meaning of the name Frederic is: Peaceful ruler. Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Frederic Passy, founder and president of first French peace society. Won a Nobel Prize for peace on 1901.

Marie (girl)
The name Marie is of a French origin. The meaning of the name Marie is: Variant of Latin Mary: bitter. Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Marie Curie. Won two Nobel prises in the fields of physics and chemistry.

Jan (boy)
The name Jan is of a Dutch origin. The meaning of the name Jan is: Variant of short for Johannes, derived from ancient word for "god is gracious". Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Jan Tinbergen. Won a Nobel prize for Economic Sciences for 1969.

Nikolaas (boy)
The name Nikolaas is of a Dutch origin.  The meaning of the name Nikolaas is: variant of Nicholas,, meaning Victorious; conquerer of the people. Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Nikolaas Tinberg. Won a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine. 1973. Brother of Nobel Prize winner Jan Tinberg.

Niels (boy)
The name Niels is of a Dutch origin.  The meaning of the name Niels is: short from Cornelius. in the New Testament Cornelius was a centurion who was directed by an angel to seek Peter. Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Niels Henrik. Won a Nobel Prize in 1922, for discovering the structure of the atom and radiation.

William  (boy)
The name William is of an English origin. The meaning of the name William is: Resolute protector; will. For a long time after the Norman Conquest in A.D. 1066 many English boys were given some form of William the Conquers name. The firstborn son of Prince Charles is named William. Belongs to Nobel Prize winners: William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg. William Lawrence Bragg was the youngest Nobel Prize winner. Won a Nobel Prize for physics in 1915, when he was only 25 years old. He won the prize along with his father.

Linda (girl)
The name Linda is of an English origin. The meaning of the name Linda is: Lime tree; linden tree.Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Linda B. Buck. Won the Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine for 2004.

Andrew (boy)
The name Andrew is of an English origin. The meaning of the name Andrew is: Manly; brave. In the bible the first of the twelve apostles chosen. Andrew is patron saint of Scotland and Russia. See also Jedrick and Kendrick. Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Andrew Z. Fire. Won the Nobel Prize for medicine on 2006.

Craig (boy)
The name is of a Scottish origin. The meaning of the name Craig is: Dwells at the crag. From the Celtic word meaning rock or crag. Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Craig C. Mello. Won the Nobel Prize for medicine on 2006.

Steven (boy)
The name Steven is of an English origin. The meaning of the name Steven is: Variant of Stephen 'Crown; wreath.' Belongs to Nobel prize winner: Steven Chu. Won the Nobel Prize for Physics on 1997.

Nelly (girl)
The name Nelly is is of an English origin. The meaning of the name Nelly is: Diminutive of Ellen or Eleanor: A variant of the Greek Helen, meaning shining light, or most beautiful woman. Belongs to Nobel Prize winner: Nelly Sachs. Won the Nobel prize for Literature on 1966.