Names with "father" in Meaning

ABIDAN   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Means "my father is judge" in Hebrew... [more]

ABIDEMI   m   Western African, Yoruba
Means "born during father's absence" in Yoruba.

ABIEL   m   Biblical
Means "God is my father" in Hebrew... [more]

ABIGAIL   f   English, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy"... [more]

ABIHU   m   Biblical
Means "he is my father" in Hebrew... [more]

ABIJAH   m & f   Biblical
Means "my father is YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

ABIMAEL   m   Biblical
Means "my father is God" in Hebrew... [more]

ABIMELECH   m   Biblical
Means "my father is king" in Hebrew... [more]

ABIRAM   m   Biblical
Means "my father is exalted" in Hebrew... [more]

ABISHAG   f   Biblical
Means "my father strays" in Hebrew... [more]

ABISHAI   m   Biblical
Means "my father is a gift" in Hebrew... [more]

ABITAL   f   Biblical
Means "my father is the night dew" in Hebrew... [more]

ABNER   m   English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "my father is a light" in Hebrew... [more]

ABRAHAM   m   English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical, Biblical Latin
This name may be viewed either as meaning "father of many" in Hebrew or else as a contraction of ABRAM (1) and הָמוֹן (hamon) "many, multitude"... [more]

ABRAM (1)   m   English, Biblical
Means "high father" in Hebrew... [more]

ABSALOM   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name אַבְשָׁלוֹם ('Avshalom) which meant "my father is peace"... [more]

ABU   m   Arabic
Means "father of" in Arabic... [more]

ADANNA   f   Western African, Igbo
Means "father's daughter" in Igbo.

ADANNAYA   f   Western African, Igbo
Means "her father's daughter" in Igbo.

AHAB   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin
Means "uncle", from Hebrew אָח ('ach) "brother" and אֲב ('av) "father"... [more]

AITOR   m   Basque
Possibly means "good fathers" from Basque aita "father" and on "good"... [more]

ÁKI   m   Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Old Norse diminutive of names containing the element anu "ancestor, father".

ANTIPATER   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Αντιπατρος (Antipatros), which meant "like the father" from Greek αντι (anti) "against, compared to, like" and πατηρ (pater) "father" (genitive πατρος)... [more]

APOLLO   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Απολλων (Apollon), which is of unknown meaning, though perhaps related to Indo-European *apelo "strength"... [more]

ATHAULF   m   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name derived from atta "father" and wulf "wolf"... [more]

ATTILA   m   History, Hungarian
Means "little father" from Gothic atta "father" combined with a diminutive suffix... [more]

AVI   m   Hebrew
Means "my father" in Hebrew... [more]

BABAJIDE   m   Western African, Yoruba
Means "father has returned" in Yoruba.

BABAK   m   Persian, Ancient Persian
Means "little father" in Persian... [more]

BABATUNDE   m   Western African, Yoruba
Means "father has returned" in Yoruba.

CLEOPATRA   f   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Κλεοπατρα (Kleopatra) which meant "glory of the father", derived from κλεος (kleos) "glory" combined with πατηρ (pater) "father" (genitive πατρος), This was the name of queens of Egypt from the Ptolemaic royal family, including Cleopatra VII, the mistress of both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony... [more]

ENYINNAYA   m   Western African, Igbo
Means "his father's friend" in Igbo.

FU   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese 富 (fù) meaning "abundant, rich, wealthy", 芙 (fú) meaning "hibiscus, lotus" or 甫 (fǔ) meaning "begin, man, father", in addition to other characters with a similar pronunciation... [more]

IKENNA   m   Western African, Igbo
Means "father's power" in Igbo.

JOAB   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH is father" in Hebrew... [more]

JUPITER   m   Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
From Latin Iuppiter, which was ultimately derived from the Indo-European *Dyeu-pater, composed of the elements Dyeus (see ZEUS) and pater "father"... [more]

MAMUKA   m   Georgian
Means "little father" in Georgian.

MOAB   m   Biblical
Means "of his father" in Hebrew... [more]

NNAMDI   m   Western African, Igbo
Means "my father is alive" in Igbo... [more]

NNENNA   f   Western African, Igbo
Means "father's mother" in Igbo... [more]

ODILIA   f   Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element odal meaning "fatherland" or aud meaning "wealth, fortune"... [more]

PATROCLUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Πατροκλος (Patroklos) which meant "glory of the father", derived from πατηρ (pater) "father" (genitive πατρος) and κλεος (kleos) "glory"... [more]