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AADAfFinnishFinnish short form of
ADELE and other names beginning with the same sound.
AALImArabicMeans "high, lofty, sublime" in Arabic.
ABBEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
adal meaning "noble".
ABELmEnglish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical GreekFrom the Hebrew name
הֶבֶל (Hevel) meaning "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of
Adam and
Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother
Cain. In England, this name came into use during the Middle Ages, and it was common during the Puritan era.
'ABLAfArabicMeans "full-figured" in Arabic. The 7th-century Arabic poet Antara dedicated much of his poetry to a woman named Abla.
ADAHfBiblicalMeans "adornment" in Hebrew. This was the name of the wives of both Lamech and Esau in the Old Testament.
ADAMmEnglish, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Catalan, Hebrew, Arabic, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical HebrewThis is the Hebrew word for "man". It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew
אדם ('adam) meaning "to be red", referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Akkadian
adamu meaning "to make".
... [more] ADDEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
adal meaning "noble".
ADILmArabic, Urdu, UyghurMeans "fair, honest, just" from Arabic
عدل ('adala) "to act justly". This name was borne by several sultans of Bijapur.
ADIRmHebrewMeans "strong, mighty" in Hebrew. This word is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe God.
ÆSCmAnglo-SaxonMeans "ash tree" in Old English. This was the nickname of a 5th-century king of Kent, whose birth name was Oeric.
AFONf & mWelshMeans "river" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.
AFRA (1)fLate RomanOriginally used by the Romans as a nickname for a woman from Africa. This was the name of two early saints.
AGNImHinduism, Indian, HindiMeans "fire" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the ancient Hindu fire god, usually depicted as red-skinned with three legs, seven arms, and two faces.
AHABmBiblical, Biblical LatinMeans "uncle", from Hebrew
אָח ('ach) "brother" and
אֲב ('av) "father". This was the name of a king of Israel, the husband of
Jezebel, as told in the Old Testament. He was admonished by
Elijah for his sinful behaviour. This name was later used by Herman Melville in his novel 'Moby-Dick' (1851), where it belongs to a sea captain obsessively hunting for a white whale.
AIDAfArabic, LiteratureVariant of
AYDA. This name was used in Verdi's opera 'Aida' (1871), where it belongs to an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt.
AIKEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
agil meaning "edge (of a sword), blade".
AIKOfJapaneseFrom Japanese
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and
子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other character combinations.
AIMÉmFrenchFrom Old French
Amé, the masculine form of
Amée (see
AMY).
AIMIfJapaneseFrom Japanese
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
AINA (3)fJapaneseFrom Japanese
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and
菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", as well as other character combinations.
ÁINEfIrishMeans "radiance" in Gaelic. This was the name of the queen of the fairies in Celtic mythology. It is also taken as an Irish form of
Anne.
AINOfFinnish, Finnish MythologyMeans "the only one" in Finnish. In the Finnish epic the 'Kalevala' this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man
Väinämöinen.
AIRIfJapaneseFrom Japanese
愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with
莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or
梨 (ri) meaning "pear". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
AJAXmGreek Mythology (Latinized)From the Greek name
Αιας (Aias), perhaps deriving from Greek
αιαστης (aiastes) "mourner" or
αια (aia) "earth, land". In Greek mythology this was the name of two of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War, the son of Telamon and the son of Oileus. When the armour of the slain hero
Achilles was not given to Ajax Telamonian, he became mad with jealousy and killed himself.
AJAYmIndian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, TamilMeans "unconquered", from Sanskrit
अ (a) meaning "not" and
जय (jaya) meaning "victory, conquest".
AKIOmJapaneseFrom Japanese
昭 (aki) meaning "bright, luminous" combined with
夫 (o) meaning "man, husband",
男 (o) meaning "male" or
雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly". Other kanji combinations are possible.
ÁKOSmHungarianPossibly of Turkic origin meaning "white falcon". This was the name of a medieval Hungarian clan.
ALANmEnglish, Scottish, Breton, FrenchThe meaning of this name is not known for certain. It was used in Brittany at least as early as the 6th century, and it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton. Alternatively, it may derive from the tribal name of the Alans, an Iranian people who migrated into Europe in the 4th and 5th centuries.
... [more] ALBA (1)fItalian, Spanish, CatalanThis name is derived from two distinct names,
ALBA (2) and
ALBA (3), with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over time these names have become confused with one another. To further complicate the matter,
alba means "dawn" in Italian, Spanish and Catalan. This may be the main inspiration behind its use in Italy and Spain.
ALEDmWelshFrom the name of a Welsh river, of uncertain meaning.
ALEXm & fEnglish, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, RussianShort form of
ALEXANDER,
ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with
Alex.
ALINmRomanianPossibly a Romanian masculine form of
ALINA. Alternatively it may derive from Romanian
alina "to soothe".
ALKEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
adal meaning "noble".
ALLEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
adal meaning "noble".
ALLIfFinnishFinnish diminutive of names beginning with
Al. This is also the Finnish word for a type of duck.
ALMA (1)fEnglish, Spanish, Italian, DutchThis name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a victory for Britain and France. However, the name was in rare use before the battle; it was probably inspired by Latin
almus "nourishing". It also coincides with the Spanish word meaning "the soul".
ALTAfVariousPossibly from Latin
altus or Italian/Spanish
alto meaning "high".
ALTE (2)mFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
ald meaning "old".
ALUNmWelshWelsh form of
ALAN. This name appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth.
ALVA (2)mEnglishVariant of
ALVAH. A famous bearer of this name was the inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).
AMAL (2)mBiblicalMeans "work" in Hebrew. This was the name of an Asherite in the Old Testament.
AMIT (1)mIndian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, NepaliMeans "immeasurable, infinite" in Sanskrit.
AMONmEgyptian Mythology (Anglicized)From
Αμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian
Ymn (reconstructed as
Yamanu) which meant "the hidden one". In early Egyptian mythology he was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the god
Ra and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deity
Amon-Ra.
AMOSmEnglish, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical HebrewFrom Hebrew
עָמַס ('amas) meaning "load, burden". Amos is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Amos, which speaks against greed, corruption and oppression of the poor. Written about the 8th century BC, it is among the oldest of the prophetic books. As an English name,
Amos has been used since the Protestant Reformation, and was popular among the Puritans.
ANAHf & mBiblical, Biblical HebrewMeans "answer" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name belongs to one female character and two male characters.
ANASmArabicMeans "friendliness" in Arabic. This was the name of one of the Prophet
Muhammad's companions.
ANAT (1)fSemitic MythologyPossibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring". Anat was a goddess of fertility, hunting and war worshipped by the Semitic peoples of the Levant. She was the sister and consort of the god
Hadad.
ANDYm & fEnglishDiminutive of
ANDREW or sometimes
ANDREA (2). American pop artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a famous bearer of this name.
ANILmHinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, NepaliDerived from Sanskrit
अनिल (anila) "air, wind". This is another name of
Vayu, the Hindu god of the wind.
ANNAfEnglish, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Faroese, Catalan, Occitan, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical GreekForm of
Channah (see
HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the
Hannah spelling instead of
Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized
Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin
Mary. In the English-speaking world, this form came into general use in the 18th century, joining
Ann and
Anne.
... [more] ANNE (1)fFrench, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, BasqueFrench form of
ANNA. In the 13th-century it was imported to England, where it was also commonly spelled
Ann. The name was borne by a 17th-century English queen and also by the second wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn (the mother of Queen Elizabeth I), who was eventually beheaded in the Tower of London. This is also the name of the heroine in 'Anne of Green Gables' (1908) by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery.
ANSAfFinnishDerived from Finnish
ansio "virtue" or
ansa "trap".
ANTE (2)mFrisianShort form of names beginning with the Germanic element
and "wrath, zeal".
ANUJmIndian, Hindi, MarathiMeans "born later, younger" in Sanskrit. This name is sometimes given to the younger sibling of an older child.
AODHmIrish, Scottish, Irish MythologyFrom the old Irish name
Áed, which meant "fire". This was a very popular name in early Ireland, being borne by numerous figures in Irish mythology and several high kings. It has been traditionally Anglicized as
Hugh.
AQILmArabicMeans "intelligent, wise" in Arabic. This transcription represents two different Arabic names.
ARAN (1)f & mIrishFrom the name of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.
ARAXfArmenianFrom the name of a river (also called the Aras) which flows through Armenia.
ARESmGreek MythologyPerhaps from either Greek
αρη (are) "bane, ruin" or
αρσην (arsen) "male". The name first appears as
a-re in Mycenaean Greek writing. Ares was the blood-thirsty god of war in Greek mythology, a son of
Zeus and
Hera.
ARIA (1)fEnglishMeans "song, melody" in Italian (literally means "air"). An aria is an elaborate vocal solo, the type usually performed in operas. As an English name, it has only been in use since the 20th century. It is not common in Italy.
ARJAfFinnishVariant of
IRJA. The Finnish poet Eino Leino used it in his poem 'Arja and Selinä' (1916), though belonging to a male character.
ARKEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
arn meaning "eagle".
ARLOmEnglishMeaning uncertain. It was perhaps inspired by the fictional place name Arlo Hill from the poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1590) by Edmund Spenser. Spenser probably got Arlo by altering the real Irish place name Aherlow, which is Gaelic meaning "between two highlands".
ARWAfArabicPossibly means "mountain goats" in Arabic. This was the name of a 12th-century queen of Yemen.
ARYAm & fPersian, Indian, Hindi, MalayalamFrom an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form
आर्य and the feminine form
आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.
ASENmBulgarianMeaning unknown, probably of Turkic origin. This was the name of a 12th-century Bulgarian emperor (Ivan Asen I) and several of his successors.
ASIFmArabicPossibly means "forgiveness" in Arabic.
ASSEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
asc meaning "ash tree" or
ans meaning "god".
ATONmEgyptian MythologyMeans "solar disk" in Egyptian. Aton was an Egyptian god of the sun, depicted as a solar disk with long rays extending downwards. The worship of Aton was especially extensive during the reign of the pharaoh
Akhenaton, who proclaimed Aton was the only god.
ATSEmFrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
adal meaning "noble".
ATUMmEgyptian MythologyMeans "completion" in Egyptian. This was the name of an Egyptian creator god. He was first prominently worshipped in Heliopolis during the Old Kingdom.
AVISfEnglishProbably a Latinized form of the Germanic name
Aveza, which was derived from the element
avi, of unknown meaning, possibly "desired". The Normans introduced this name to England and it became moderately common during the Middle Ages, at which time it was associated with Latin
avis "bird".
AYLA (3)fLiteratureCreated for the novel 'Clan of the Cave Bear' (1980) by author Jean M. Auel. In the novel Ayla is an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl adopted by Neanderthals.
Ayla is the Neanderthal pronunciation of her real name, which is not given.
AÝNAfTurkmenMeans "mirror" in Turkmen, ultimately from Persian
آینه (ayneh).
AZELmBiblicalMeans "reserved" in Hebrew. This is both the name of a minor character and a place name in the Old Testament.
AZIZmArabic, Persian, Urdu, UzbekMeans "powerful, respected, beloved", derived from Arabic
عزّ ('azza) meaning "to be powerful" or "to be cherished". In Islamic tradition
العزيز (al-'Aziz) is one of the 99 names of Allah. A notable bearer of the name was Al-'Aziz, a 10th-century Fatimid caliph.
BAAKmFrisianOriginally a short form of names starting with the Germanic element
badu "fight, struggle".
BA'ALmSemitic Mythology, Biblical HebrewHebrew form of Semitic
ba'l meaning "lord, master, possessor". This was the title of various deities, often associated with storms and fertility, who were worshipped by the Canaanites, Phoenicians, and other peoples of the ancient Near East. It was particularly applied to the god
Hadad.
BAERmLimburgishShort form of
ALBAER and other Limburgish names ending in
baer, often derived from the Germanic element
beraht meaning "bright".