Behind the Name: Feminine Names Beginning With A

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]

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

ANDŻELIKA f Polish
Polish variant of ANGELIKA

ANE (1) f Danish
Danish diminutive of ANNA

ANELIE f German
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANEMONE f English (Rare)
From the name of the anemone flower, which derives from Greek ανεμος (anemos) "wind".

ANETA f Czech
Czech diminutive of ANNA

ANFISA f Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ανθουσα (Anthousa), which was derived from Greek ανθος (anthos) "flower"... [more]

ANGEL m & f English, Bulgarian
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word αγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger")... [more]

ÁNGELA f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ÂNGELA f Portuguese
Portuguese feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGÈLE f French
French feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELIA f English
Elaborated form of ANGELA

ANGÉLICA f Spanish
Spanish form of ANGELICA

ANGELICA f English, Italian, Romanian, Literature
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger"... [more]

ANGELIEN f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANGELA

ANGELIKA f German, Polish
German and Polish form of ANGELICA

ANGELINA f Italian, English, Russian, German, Polish
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA

ANGELINE f French
French diminutive of ANGELA

ANGELIQUE f French
French form of ANGELICA

ANGELITA f Spanish
Spanish diminutive of ANGELA

ANGELLE f English (Rare)
Feminine variant of ANGEL

ANGERONA f Roman Mythology
Meaning unknown, probably of Etruscan origin... [more]

ANGHARAD f Welsh, Welsh Mythology
Means "more love" in Welsh... [more]

ANGIE f English
Diminutive of ANGELA

ANGYALKA f Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANGELICA

ANIA f Polish, Russian
Polish diminutive of ANNA, and a variant Russian transcription of ANYA.

ANICA f Slovene
Slovene diminutive of ANNA

ANIELA f Polish
Polish form of ANGELA

ANIELKA f Polish
Diminutive of ANIELA

ANIKA f German, Dutch, Danish
German, Dutch and Danish diminutive of ANNA

ANIKÓ f Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of ANNA

ANILA f Indian
Feminine form of ANIL

ANIMA (1) f Indian
Means "minuteness" from Sanskrit अणिमन (animan)... [more]

ANIMA (2) f English (Rare)
Means "soul, spirit" in Latin... [more]

ANINA f German
Diminutive of ANNA

ANISA f Arabic
Means "friendly" in Arabic.

ANISE f English (Rare)
From the English word for the herb, also called aniseed.

ANISSA f English
Combination of ANNA and the popular name suffix issa... [more]

ANITA f Spanish, Finnish, English
Spanish and Finnish diminutive of ANA

ANJA f Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene diminutive of ANNA

ANJALI f Indian
Means "offering" in Sanskrit.

ANJELICA f English (Modern)
Variant of ANGELICA

ANKA f Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of ANNA

ANKE f German, Dutch
Low German diminutive of ANNA

ANKITA f Indian
Means "marked" in Sanskrit.

ANN f English
English form of ANNE (1)... [more]

ANNA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [more]

ANNABEL f English, Dutch
Variant of AMABEL influenced by the name ANNA... [more]

ANNABELLA f Italian, English (Modern)
Latinate form of ANNABEL... [more]

ANNABELLE f English
Variant of ANNABEL... [more]

ANNABETH f English (Rare)
Combination of ANNA and BETH

ANNAG f Scottish
Scottish diminutive of ANNA

ANNALEE f English (Rare)
Combination of ANNA and LEE

ANNA-LIISA f Finnish
Combination of ANNA and LIISA

ANNALISA f Italian
Combination of ANNA and LISA

ANNBJØRG f Norwegian
Variant of ARNBJØRG

ANNE (1) f French, English, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
French form of ANNA... [more]

ANNE (2) m & f Frisian
Short form of names beginning with the Germanic element arn "eagle".

ANNEGRET f German
Combination of ANNA and GRETE

ANNEKA f English (Rare)
Variant of ANNIKA

ANNEKE f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANNELI f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNELIE f German, Scandinavian
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANNELIEN f Dutch
Combination of ANNA and lien (from names such as CAROLIEN).

ANNELIES f German, Dutch
Variant of ANNELIESE

ANNELIESE f German, Dutch
Combination of ANNA and LIESE

ANNELISE f Danish
Danish form of ANNELIESE

ANNEMARIE f Dutch, German
Combination of ANNA and MARIE

ANNETTA f Italian
Latinate diminutive of ANNA

ANNETTE f French, English
French diminutive of ANNE (1)... [more]

ANNI f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNICE f English
Variant of ANNIS

ANNICK f Breton
Breton diminutive of ANNA

ANNIE f English
Diminutive of ANNE (1)

ANNIINA f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNIKA f Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, German, English (Modern)
Swedish diminutive of ANNA

ANNIKEN f Norwegian
Norwegian diminutive of ANNA

ANNIKKI f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNIS f English
Medieval English form of AGNES

ANNMARIE f English
Combination of ANN and MARIE

ANNORA f English (Rare)
Medieval English variant of HONORA

ANNUKKA f Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANNA

ANNUNCIATA f Italian
Variant of ANNUNZIATA

ANNUNZIATA f Italian
Means "annunciation" in Italian, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary of the imminent birth of Jesus.

ANNUSHKA f Russian
Russian diminutive of ANNA

ANNUSKA f Hungarian
Hungarian diminutive of ANNA

ANONA f English
Meaning unknown... [more]

ANOUK f Dutch, French
Dutch and French diminutive of ANNA

ANOUSH f Armenian
Means "sweet" in Armenian.

ANOUSHKA f Various
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANOUSKA f Various
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANS f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANSA f Finnish
Derived from Finnish ansio "virtue" or ansa "trap".

ANSELMA f German, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

ANSLEY f English (Modern)
From a surname which was a variant of AINSLEY.

ANTHEA f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ανθεια (Antheia), derived from ανθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom"... [more]

ANTHOUSA f Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of ANFISA

ANTÍA f Galician
Galician feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTIGONE f Greek Mythology
Means "against birth" from Greek αντι (anti) "against" and γονη (gone) "birth"... [more]

ANTIOPE f Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek elements αντιος (antios) "set against" and οψ (ops) "voice"... [more]

ANTJE f German, Dutch
Low German and Dutch diminutive of ANNA

ANTOINETTE f French
Feminine diminutive of ANTOINE... [more]

ANTONELLA f Italian
Feminine diminutive of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONETTE f English
Diminutive of ANTONIA

ANTÓNIA f Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA f Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIE f & m Czech, Dutch
Czech feminine form of ANTHONY... [more]

ANTONIETTA f Spanish, Italian
Diminutive of ANTONIA

ANTONIJA f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of ANTONIA

ANTONINA f Italian, Polish, Russian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO).

ANU (1) f Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian diminutive of ANNA

ANUJA f Indian
Feminine form of ANUJ

AÑULI f Igbo
Means "joy" in Igbo.

ANUNCIACIÓN f Spanish
Spanish cognate of ANNUNZIATA

ANUSHKA f Russian
Variant of ANNUSHKA

ANWEN f Welsh
Means "very beautiful" in Welsh.

ANYA f Russian
Russian diminutive of ANNA

ANZHELA f Russian
Russian form of ANGELA

ANZHELINA f Russian
Russian form of ANGELINA

AOI f & m Japanese
From Japanese 葵 "hollyhock, althea" or 碧 "blue".

AOIBHE f Irish
Derived from Gaelic aoibh "beauty"... [more]

AOIBHEANN f Irish
Means "beautiful sheen" in Irish Gaelic... [more]

AOIBHÍN f Irish
Variant of AOIBHEANN

AOIDE f Greek Mythology
Means "to sing" in Greek... [more]

AOIFE f Irish, Irish Mythology
Means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh... [more]

APHRA f Various
Meaning uncertain; possibly a variant of AFRA (1), or possibly a variant of Aphrah, a biblical place name meaning "dust"... [more]

APHRODISIA f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of APHRODISIOS

APHRODITE f Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly of Phoenician origin... [more]

APIKALIA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ABIGAIL

APOLENA f Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of APOLLONIA

APOLLINARIYA f Russian
Russian feminine form of APOLLINARIS

APOLLINE f French
French form of APOLLONIA

APOLLONIA f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of APOLLONIOS... [more]

APOLONIA f Polish
Polish form of APOLLONIA

APOLONIJA f Slovene
Slovene form of APOLLONIA

APPHIA f Biblical
Greek form of a Hebrew name which possibly meant "increasing"... [more]

APRIL f English
From the name of the month, probably originally derived from Latin aperire "to open", referring to the opening of flowers... [more]

AQILA f Arabic
Feminine form of AQIL

AQUILA m & f Biblical, Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen which meant "eagle" in Latin... [more]

AQUILINA f Ancient Roman
Feminine form of AQUILINUS... [more]

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