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AMA   f   Western African
Means "born on Saturday" in Akan.

AMABEL   f   English (Rare)
Medieval feminine form of AMABILIS

AMABILIA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of AMABILIS

AMABILIS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "lovable"... [more]

AMABLE   m   French
French form of AMABILIS

AMADA   f   Spanish
Feminine form of AMADO

AMADEO   m   Italian
Italian variant of AMADEUS... [more]

AMADEUS   m   Late Roman
Means "love of God", derived from Latin amare "to love" and Deus "God"... [more]

AMADI (1)   m   Igbo
Means "free man" in Igbo.

AMADI (2)   m   Yoruba
Means "seemed destined to die at birth" in Yoruba.

AMADO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of AMATUS

AMAIA   f   Basque
Means "the end" in Basque... [more]

AMAKA   f   Igbo
Short form of CHIAMAKA

AMAL (1)   f & m   Arabic
Means "hope, aspiration" in Arabic.

AMAL (2)   m   Biblical
Means "work" in Hebrew. This was the name of an Asherite in the Old Testament.

AMALA   f   Indian
Derived from Sanskrit अमल (amala) meaning "clean, pure".

AMALASUINTHA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of MILLICENT

AMÁLIA   f   Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
Hungarian, Portuguese and Slovak form of AMALIA

AMALIA   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMÁLIE   f   Czech
Czech form of AMALIA

AMALIE   f   German
German variant of AMALIA

AMALIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of AMALIA

AMALRIC   m   Ancient Germanic
Germanic name derived from the elements amal meaning "work, labour" and ric meaning "power"... [more]

AMALTHEA   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Αμαλθεια (Amaltheia), derived from μαλθασσω (malthasso) meaning "to soften, to soothe"... [more]

AMANCIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMANTIUS

AMAND   m   German
German form of AMANDUS

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]

AMANDINE   f   French
French diminutive of AMANDA

AMANDO   m   Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of AMANDUS

AMANDUS   m   Late Roman
Derived from Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love"... [more]

AMANI   f   Arabic
Means "wishes" in Arabic.

AMANTIUS   m   Late Roman
Means "loving" in Latin... [more]

AMAR   m   Indian
Means "immortal" in Sanskrit.

AMARA   f   Igbo
Means "grace" in Igbo.

AMARACHI   f   Igbo
Means "God's grace" in Igbo.

AMARANTA   f   Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of AMARANTHA

AMARANTE   f   French (Rare)
French form of AMARANTHA

AMARANTHA   f   Various
From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek αμαραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading"... [more]

AMARIAH   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has said" in Hebrew... [more]

AMARILIS   f   Spanish
Spanish form of AMARYLLIS

'AMARYAHU   m   Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of AMARIAH

AMARYLLIS   f   Literature
Derived from Greek αμαρυσσω (amarysso) "to sparkle"... [more]

AMATA   f   Late Roman
Feminine form of AMATUS

AMATERASU   f   Far Eastern Mythology
Means "shining over heaven", from Japanese 天 (ama) "heaven, sky" and 照 (terasu) "shine"... [more]

AMATO   m   Italian
Italian form of AMATUS

AMATUS   m   Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "beloved"... [more]

AMAURY   m   French
French form of AMALRIC

AMAYA   f   Basque, Spanish
Variant of AMAIA

AMBER   f   English, Dutch
From the English word amber that denotes either the gemstone, which is formed from fossil resin, or the orange-yellow colour... [more]

AMBRA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of AMBER

AMBRAM   m   Biblical Greek
Biblical Greek form of AMRAM

AMBRE   f   French
French cognate of AMBER

AMBROGINO   m   Italian
Diminutive of AMBROGIO

AMBROGIO   m   Italian
Italian form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMBROISE   m   French
French form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMBROSE   m   English
From the Late Latin name Ambrosius, which was derived from the Greek name Αμβροσιος (Ambrosios) meaning "immortal"... [more]

AMBROSIA   f   Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Ambrosios (see AMBROSE).

AMBROSINE   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of AMBROSE

AMBROSIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMBROSIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of AMBROSE

AMBROSIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of AMBROSIOS

AMBRUS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

AMÉ   m   Medieval French
Old French form of AIMÉ

AMEDEA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of AMADEUS

AMÉDÉE   m   French
French form of AMADEUS

AMEDEO   m   Italian
Italian form of AMADEUS... [more]

AMEDEUS   m  
Variant of AMADEUS

AMÉE   f   Medieval French
Old French form of AIMÉE

AMÉLIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of AMELIA

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin... [more]

AMÉLIE   f   French
French form of AMELIA

AMELIE   f   German
German variant of AMELIA

AMELINA   f   Ancient Germanic
Old Germanic form of EMMELINE

AMEN   m   Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Variant of AMON

AMENEMHET   m   Ancient Egyptian
Means "AMON is foremost" in Egyptian... [more]

AMENHOTEP   m   Ancient Egyptian
From the Egyptian Ymnhtp meaning "peace of Amon", derived from the name of the Egyptian god AMON combined with htp "peace, satisfaction"... [more]

AMERETAT   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "immortality" in Avestan... [more]

AMÉRICA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of AMERIGO

AMERICA   f   English
In the English-speaking world, this name is usually given in reference to the United States of America (see AMERIGO)... [more]

AMÉRICO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMERIGO

AMERIGO   m   Italian
Medieval Italian form of EMMERICH... [more]

AMERY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EMERY

AMETHYST   f   English (Rare)
From the name of the precious stone, which is Greek in origin and means "not drunk", as it was believed to be a remedy against drunkenness.

AMETS   m & f   Basque
Means "dream" in Basque.

AMHLAIDH   m   Scottish
Scottish form of OLAF

AMHLAOIBH   m   Irish
Irish form of OLAF

AMI (1)   m   Biblical
Means "trustworthy, reliable" in Hebrew... [more]

AMI (2)   f   English
Variant of AMY

AMI (3)   f   Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) "second, Asia" and 美 (mi) "beautiful".

AMIAS   m   English (Rare)
Variant of AMYAS

AMICE   f   Medieval English
Medieval name derived from Latin amicus meaning "friend"... [more]

AMIE   f   English
Variant of AMY

AMIKA   f   Esperanto
Means "friendly" in Esperanto.

AMÍLCAR   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of HAMILCAR

AMILCARE   m   Italian
Italian form of HAMILCAR

AMILIA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of either AMALIA or EMILIA

AMIN   m   Arabic
Derived from Arabic امين (amin) meaning "truthful"... [more]

AMINA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of AMIN

AMINAH   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of AMINA

AMINDA   f   Esperanto
Means "lovable" in Esperanto.

AMINTA   m   Literature
Form of AMYNTAS used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his play 'Aminta' (1573)... [more]

AMIR (1)   m   Arabic
Means "commander" or "prince" in Arabic... [more]

AMIR (2)   m   Hebrew
Means "treetop" in Hebrew.

AMIRA (1)   f   Arabic
Variant transcription of AMIRAH

AMIRA (2)   f   Hebrew
Feminine form of AMIR (2)

AMIRAH   f   Arabic
Feminine form of AMIR (1)

AMIS   m   Medieval English, Medieval French
Medieval name, a masculine form of AMICE... [more]

AMIT (1)   m   Indian
Means "immeasurable, infinite" in Sanskrit.

AMIT (2)   m   Hebrew
Means "friend" in Hebrew.

AMITA   f   Indian
Feminine form of AMIT (1)

AMITTAI   m   Biblical
Means "my truth" in Hebrew... [more]

AMITY   f   English (Rare)
From the English word meaning "friendship", ultimately deriving from Latin amicitia.

AMMIEL   m   Biblical
Means "God is my kinsman" in Hebrew... [more]

AMMON   m   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of AMON

AMNA   f   Arabic
Means "safety" in Arabic.

AMON   m   Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
From Αμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of Egyptian Ymn (reconstructed as Yamanu) which meant "the hidden one"... [more]

AMON-RA   m   Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Combination of the names of the gods AMON and RA... [more]

AMORDAD   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Modern Persian form of AMERETAT

AMOS   m   Biblical, English, Hebrew, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Means "to carry" in Hebrew... [more]

AMPARO   f   Spanish
Means "protection, shelter" in Spanish.

AMPELIO   m   Italian
Italian form of Ampelius, the Latin form of the Greek name Αμπελιος (Ampelios), which was derived from αμπελος (ampelos) meaning "vine"... [more]

AMPELIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Orginal Greek form of AMPELIO

AMPELIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ampelios (see AMPELIO).

AMRAM   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew
Means "exalted nation" in Hebrew... [more]

AMRIT   m   Indian
Means "immortal" from Sanskrit (a) "not" and मृत (mrita) "dead"... [more]

AMRITA   f   Indian
Feminine form of AMRIT

AMULIUS   m   Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

AMUN   m   Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Variant of AMON

AMURDAD   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Middle Persian form of AMERETAT

AMY   f   English
English form of the Old French name Amée meaning "beloved" (modern French aimée), a vernacular form of the Latin Amata... [more]

AMYAS   m   English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a derivative of AMIS... [more]

AMYNTAS   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek αμυντωρ (amyntor) meaning "defender"... [more]

AN (1)   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "peace" in Vietnamese.

AN (2)   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "heaven, sky" in Sumerian. An was the Sumerian god of the heavens.

ANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Cognate of ANNA

ANABEL   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ANNABEL

ANABELA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ANNABEL

ANABELLA   f   Spanish
Spanish form of ANNABEL

ANACLETO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANACLETUS

ANACLETUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ανακλητος (Anakletos), derived from ανακλητος (anakletos) meaning "invoked"... [more]

ANAH   f & m   Biblical
Means "answer" in Hebrew... [more]

ANAHERA   f   Maori
Means "angel" in Maori.

ANAHID   f   Armenian
Armenian form of ANAHITA

ANAHIT   f   Armenian
Armenian form of ANAHITA

ANAHITA   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "immaculate, undefiled" from Avestan a "not" and ahit "unclean"... [more]

ANAIAH   m   Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "YAHWEH answers" in Hebrew... [more]

ANAÏS   f   Provençal, Catalan, French
Provençal and Catalan form of ANNA

ANAITIS   f   Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of ANAHITA

ANAKIN   m   Popular Culture
Meaning unknown... [more]

ANAKLETOS   m   Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of ANACLETUS

ANAKONI   m   Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANTHONY

ANAN (1)   m & f   Western African
Means "fourth born child" in Akan.

ANAN (2)   m   Biblical
Means "cloud" in Hebrew... [more]

ANAND   m   Indian
Means "happiness" in Sanskrit.

ANANDA   f   Indian
Feminine form of ANAND

ANANDI   f   Indian
Feminine form of ANAND

ANANI   m   Biblical
Means "my cloud" in Hebrew... [more]

ANANIAS   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin
From ‘Ανανιας (Hananias), the Greek form of HANANIAH... [more]

ANANTA   m & f   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "infinite, endless" in Sanskrit... [more]

ANANTH   m   Indian
Modern transcription of ANANTA

ANANTHA   m & f   Indian
Variant transcription of ANANTA

ANARGUL   f   Kazakh
Means "blooming pomegranate tree" in Kazakh.

ANARGYROS   m   Greek
Means "poor, incorruptible", derived from Greek α, a negative prefix, combined with αργυρος (argyros) "silver".

ANARU   m   Maori
Maori form of ANDREW

ANAS   m   Arabic
Means "friendliness" in Arabic... [more]

ANASS   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of ANAS

ANASTACIA   f   English
Variant of ANASTASIA

ANASTAS   m   Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian
Spanish, Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIA   f   Greek, English, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ANASTASIUS... [more]

ANASTASIE   f   French
French form of ANASTASIA

ANASTASIO   m   Italian
Italian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIOS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αναστασιος (Anastasios) which meant "resurrection" from Greek αναστασις (anastasis) (composed of the elements ανα (ana) "up" and στασις (stasis) "standing")... [more]

ANASTASIY   m   Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Archaic)
Older Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIYA   f   Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIA... [more]

ANASTÁZIA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of ANASTASIA

ANASTÁZIE   f   Czech
Czech form of ANASTASIA

ANASTAZJA   f   Polish
Polish form of ANASTASIA

ANASTAZY   m   Polish
Polish form of ANASTASIUS

ANASZTÁZ   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASZTÁZIA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANASTASIA

ANAT (1)   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Possibly derived from a Semitic root meaning "water spring"... [more]

ANAT (2)   f & m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ANATH (1)... [more]

ANATH (1)   m   Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Means "answer" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Anath was the father of Shamgar.

ANATH (2)   f   Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized)
From Αναθ (Anath), the Greek form of ANAT (1)

ANATOLE   m   French
French form of ANATOLIUS

ANATOLI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of ANATOLIY

ANATOLIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Greek form of ANATOLIUS

ANATOLIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Ανατολιος (Anatolios), derived from ανατολη (anatole) meaning "sunrise"... [more]

ANATOLIY   m   Russian
Russian form of ANATOLIUS

ANATOLY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of ANATOLIY

ANATU   f   Near Eastern Mythology
Form of ANAT (1)

ANAXAGORAS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "master of speech" from Greek αναξ (anax) "master, lord" and αγορευω (agoreuo) "to orate"... [more]

ANCA   f   Romanian
Possibly a diminutive of ANA

ANCHJO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of ANTHONY

ANDĚL   m   Czech
Czech form of ANGEL

ANĐELA   f   Croatian
Croatian form of ANGELA

ANDĚLA   f   Czech
Czech form of ANGELA

ANĐELKO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANGEL

ANDER   m   Basque
Basque form of ANDREW

ANDERS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDERSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of ANDREW".

ANDI   f   English
Diminutive of ANDREA (2)

ANDIE   m & f   English
Diminutive of ANDREW or ANDREA (2)

ANDILE   m   Southern African
Means "they have extended" in Zulu.

ANDJELA   f   Serbian
Serbian form of ANGELA

ANDON   m   Bulgarian
Variant of ANTON

ANDONI   m   Basque
Basque form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANDOR (1)   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Arnþórr, derived from the element arn "eagle" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR).

ANDOR (2)   m   Hungarian
Variant of ANDRÁS

ANDRA   f   English
Feminine form of ANDREW, used only since the 20th century.

ANDRÁS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANDREW

ANDRAS   m   Welsh
Welsh variant of ANDREW

ANDRASTE   f   Celtic Mythology
Possibly means "invincible" in Celtic... [more]

ANDRAŽ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ANDREW

ANDRE   m   English
English form of ANDRÉ

ANDRÉ   m   French, Portuguese
French and Portuguese form of ANDREW

ANDRÉA   f   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREA (1)   m   Italian
Italian form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREA (2)   f   English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREAS   m   German, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDRÉE   f   French
French feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREEA   f   Romanian
Romanian feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREI   m   Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.

ANDRÉIA   f   Portuguese (Brazilian)
Brazilian Portuguese form of ANDREIA

ANDREIA   f   Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREINA   f   Italian
Feminine form of ANDREA (1)

ANDREJ   m   Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Slovene, Czech, Slovak and Croatian form of ANDREW

ANDREJA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of ANDREJ

ANDREJS   m   Latvian
Latvian form of ANDREW

ANDRÉS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ANDREW

ANDRES   m   Estonian
Estonian form of ANDREW

ANDREU   m   Catalan
Catalan form of ANDREW

ANDREW   m   English, Biblical
From the Greek name Ανδρεας (Andreas), which was derived from ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος (andros) "of a man")... [more]

ANDREY   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of ANDREW

ANDRIA   m   Corsican
Corsican form of ANDREW

ANDRIANA   f   English (Rare)
Probably a blend of ANDREA (2) and ADRIANA.

ANDRIES   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ANDREW

ANDRIJA   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of ANDREW

ANDRINA   f   English (Rare)
Feminine form of ANDREW

ANDRIS   m   Latvian, Hungarian
Latvian form and Hungarian diminutive of ANDREW

ANDRIUS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of ANDREW

ANDRIY   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of ANDREW

ANDRO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANDREW

ANDROCLES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Ανδροκλης (Androkles) which meant "glory of a man", derived from ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and κλεος (kleos) "glory"... [more]

ANDROMACHE   f   Greek Mythology
Means "battle of a man" from the Greek elements ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and μαχη (mache) "battle"... [more]

ANDROMEDA   f   Greek Mythology
Means "to think of a man" from the Greek element ανδρος (andros) "of a man" combined with μηδομαι (medomai) "to think, to be mindful of"... [more]

ANDRONIKOS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "victory of a man" from Greek ανδρος (andros) "of a man" and νικη (nike) "victory"... [more]

ANDRUS   m   Estonian
Estonian form of ANDREW

ANDRZEJ   m   Polish
Polish form of ANDREW

ANDY   m & f   English
Diminutive of ANDREW or sometimes ANDREA (2)... [more]

ANDŻELIKA   f   Polish
Polish variant of ANGELIKA

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