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, Dutch, 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) "like" and πατηρ (pater) "father"... [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, Turkish
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   Iranian, 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 πατρος (patros) "of the father"... [more]

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

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]

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
Germanic name, possibly a feminine form of Odo (see OTTO)... [more]

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