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AKACHI   m & f   Igbo
Means "the hand of God" in Igbo.

AKAKIOS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Means "innocent, not evil" from Greek α, a negative prefix, combined with κακη (kake) "evil"... [more]

AKAMU   m   Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ADAM

AKASH   m   Indian
Means "open space, sky" in Sanskrit.

ÅKE   m   Swedish
Possibly from the medieval Germanic name Anicho which was derived from ano "ancestor".

AKEEM   m   Arabic
Perhaps a variant of HAKIM

AKHENATEN   m   Ancient Egyptian
Variant of AKHENATON

AKHENATON   m   Ancient Egyptian
Possibly means "spirit of ATON" in Egyptian... [more]

AKHIL   m   Indian
Means "whole, complete" in Sanskrit.

AKI (1)   m   Finnish
Short form of JOAKIM

AKIM   m   Russian
Russian form of JOACHIM

AKIO   m   Japanese
From Japanese 昭 (aki) "bright" combined with 夫 (o) "husband, man", 男 (o) "male" or 雄 (o) "hero, manly".

AKIRA   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese "bright", "bright" or "clear".

AKIVA   m   Jewish
Variant of YAKOV... [more]

AKONI   m   Hawaiian
Short form of ANAKONI

ÁKOS   m   Hungarian
Possibly of Turkish origin meaning "white falcon".

AKSEL   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of AXEL

AKSELI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of AXEL

AKU   m   Finnish
Short form of AUKUSTI

AKUCHI   m & f   Igbo
Means "wealth from God" in Igbo.

AL   m   English
Short form of ALBERT and other names beginning with Al.

ALA   m   Arabic
Means "excellence, elevation" in Arabic.

ALA AL-DIN   m   Arabic
Means "excellence of religion" from Arabic علاء ('ala) "excellence, elevation" combined with دين (din) "religion, faith"... [more]

ALADDIN   m   Literature
Anglicized form of ALA AL-DIN... [more]

ALAIN   m   French
French form of ALAN

ALAN   m   English, Scottish, Breton
The meaning of this name is not known for certain, though it possibly means either "little rock" or "handsome" in Breton... [more]

ALAOIS   m   Irish
Irish form of ALOYSIUS

ALARIC   m   Ancient Germanic
From the Gothic name Alareiks which meant either "ruler of all" or "noble ruler", derived from the Germanic element ala "all" or adal "noble" combined with ric "ruler, power"... [more]

ALASDAIR   m   Scottish
Scottish form of ALEXANDER

ALASTAIR   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR

ALASTAR   m   Irish
Irish form of ALEXANDER

ALBAN   m   German, French, English (Rare)
From the Latin name Albanus which meant "from Alba"... [more]

ALBERIC   m   Germanic Mythology
Variant of ALBERICH

ALBERICH   m   Germanic Mythology
Derived from the Germanic elements alb "elf" and ric "power"... [more]

ALBERT   m   English, French, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBERTE (1)   m   Galician
Galician form of ALBERT

ALBERTO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALBERT

ALBIN   m   Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
From the Roman cognomen Albinus, which was derived from Latin albus "white, bright"... [more]

ALBORZ   m   Iranian
From the name of a mountain range (of unknown etymology) in northern Iran.

ALBRECHT   m   German
German cognate of ALBERT

ALBY   m   Irish
Anglicized masculine form of AILBHE

ALCAEUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλκαιος (Alkaios), derived from αλκη (alke) "strength"... [more]

ALDEN   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name Ealdwine meaning "old friend".

ALDÉRIC   m   French
Variant of ALDRIC

ALDO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Originally an Italian short form of Germanic names beginning with the elements ald "old" or adal "noble".

ALDOUS   m   English (Rare)
Possibly a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ald "old"... [more]

ALDRIC   m   French
From a Germanic name, derived from the elements ald "old" and ric "ruler, power"... [more]

ALE   m   Finnish
Finnish short form of ALEKSANTERI or ALEKSI

ALEC   m   English
Diminutive of ALEXANDER

ALECHJO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of ALEXANDER

ALED   m   Welsh
Means "offspring" in Welsh.

ALEIX   m   Catalan
Catalan form of ALEXIS

ALEIXO   m   Galician
Galician form of ALEXIS

ALEJANDRO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ALEXANDER

ALEJO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ALEXIS

ALEKSANDAR   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of ALEXANDER

ALEKSANDER   m   Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian
Cognate of ALEXANDER

ALEKSANDR   m   Russian
Russian form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEKSANDRO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto form of ALEXANDER

ALEKSANTERI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ALEXANDER

ALEKSEI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of ALEKSEY

ALEKSEY   m   Russian
Russian form of ALEXIS... [more]

ALEKSI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ALEXIS

ALEKSY   m   Polish
Polish form of ALEXIS

ALEŠ   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Diminutive of ALEXEJ or ALEKSANDER

ALESANDER   m   Basque
Basque form of ALEXANDER

ALESSANDRO   m   Italian
Italian form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALESSIO   m   Italian
Italian form of ALEXIS

ALEX   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

ALEXANDR   m   Czech
Czech form of ALEXANDER

ALEXANDRE   m   French, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan
Cognate of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXANDROS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Ancient and modern Greek form of ALEXANDER

ALEXANDRU   m   Romanian
Romanian form of ALEXANDER

ALEXEI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of ALEKSEY

ALEXEJ   m   Czech
Czech form of ALEXIS

ALEXEY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of ALEKSEY

ALEXIS   m & f   German, French, English, Ancient Greek
From the Greek name Αλεξις (Alexis), which meant "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, to help"... [more]

ALEXIUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξιος (Alexios), a derivative of Alexis (see ALEXIS)... [more]

ALF (1)   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse alfr "elf"... [more]

ALF (2)   m   English
Short form of ALFRED

ALFEO   m   Italian
Italian form of ALPHAEUS

ALFIE   m   English
Diminutive of ALFRED

ALFONS   m   German, Dutch, Polish
German, Dutch and Polish form of ALFONSO

ALFONSO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of a Visigothic Germanic name, probably meaning "noble and ready", from the element adal "noble" combined with funs "ready"... [more]

ALFONZ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ALFONSO

ALFRÉD   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ALFRED

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Dutch
Derived from the Old English name Ælfræd, composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALFREDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALFRED

ALGAR   m   English (Rare)
Means "elf spear" from Old English ælf "elf" and gar "spear"... [more]

ALGER   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name ALGAR.

ALGERNON   m   English
Originally a Norman French nickname, derived from aux gernons "having a moustache", which was applied to William de Percy, a companion of William the Conqueror... [more]

ALI   m   Arabic
Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic... [more]

ALIM   m   Arabic
Means "learned, expert, scholar" in Arabic.

ALIN   m   Romanian
Possibly a Romanian masculine form of ALINA (2)... [more]

ALISTAIR   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR

ALISTER   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of ALASDAIR

ALLAH   m   Theology
Derived from the Arabic الإله (al-ilah) meaning "the deity"... [more]

ALLAN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALLEN   m   English, Scottish
Variant of ALAN... [more]

ALLON   m   Biblical
Means "oak" in Hebrew. This name is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament.

ALLYN   m   English
Variant of ALAN

ÁLMOS   m   Hungarian
Means "sleepy, dreamy" in Hungarian... [more]

ALOIS   m   German, Czech
German and Czech form of ALOYSIUS

ALOISIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZ   m   Slovene, Slovak
Slovene and Slovak form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZY   m   Polish
Polish form of ALOYSIUS

ALON   m   Jewish
Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.

ALONSO   m   Spanish
Spanish variant of ALFONSO

ALONZO   m   Italian
Italian variant of ALFONSO

ALOYSIUS   m   English, German, Dutch
Latinized form of Aloys, a Provençal form of LOUIS... [more]

ALP   m   Turkish
Means "brave" in Turkish.

ALPERTTI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ALBERT

ALPHA   f & m   English
From the name of the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Α.

ALPHAEUS   m   Biblical
From Αλφαιος (Alphaios), the Greek form of a Hebrew name that meant "changing"... [more]

ALPHEGE   m   History
Medieval form of ÆLFHEAH

ALPHONSE   m   French
French form of ALFONSO

ALPHONSO   m   Italian
Variant of ALFONSO

ALPHONSUS   m   History
Latinized form of ALFONSO... [more]

ALPHONZO   m   English (Rare)
Uncommon variant of ALFONSO

ALPIN   m   Scottish
Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ailpein, possibly derived from a Pictish word meaning "white"... [more]

ALTAIR   m   Astronomy
Means "the flyer" in Arabic... [more]

ALTAN   m   Turkish
Means "dawn" in Turkish.

ALTER   m   Yiddish
Means either "old" in Yiddish or "the other" in Latin... [more]

ALTON   m   English
From an Old English surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town at the source of the river".

ALTTI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ALBERT

ALUN   m   Welsh
Welsh form of ALAN... [more]

ALVA (2)   m   English
Variant of ALVAH... [more]

ALVAH   m   Biblical
Means "his highness" in Hebrew... [more]

ALVAR   m   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Alfarr meaning "elf army", formed of the elements alfr "elf" and arr "warrior".

ÁLVARO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish form of the Visigothic Germanic name Alewar, which meant "guard of all" from al "all" and war "guard"... [more]

ALVIN   m   English
From a medieval form of both the Old English names ÆLFWINE and ÆÐELWINE... [more]

ALVIS   m   Norse Mythology
Means "all wise" in Old Norse... [more]

ALVISE   m   Italian
Venetian form of LOUIS

ALWIN   m   German, Dutch
From either of the two Germanic names Albwin (a cognate of ÆLFWINE) or Adelwin (composed of the elements adal "noble" and win "friend").

ALWYN   m   Welsh
From the name of the River Alwen in Wales.

ALYOSHA   m   Russian
Diminutive of ALEKSEY

AMABLE   m   French
French masculine form of AMABEL

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 (see AMATO).

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.

AMALRIC   m   Ancient Germanic
Older form of EMMERICH... [more]

AMANCIO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Amantius which meant "loving" in Latin... [more]

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

AMANDUS   m   Ancient Roman
Roman name derived from Latin amanda meaning "lovable, worthy of love"... [more]

AMAR   m   Indian
Means "immortal" in Sanskrit.

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

AMATO   m   Italian
From the Late Latin name Amatus which meant "beloved"... [more]

AMAURY   m   French
French form of AMALRIC

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]

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

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

AMÉDÉE   m   French
French form of AMADEUS

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

AMEDEUS   m  
Variant of AMADEUS

AMEN   m   Egyptian Mythology
Variant of AMON

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

AMENHOTEP   m   Ancient Egyptian
Means "peace of Amon" from the name of the Egyptian god AMON combined with hotep "peace, satisfaction"... [more]

AMÉRICO   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of AMERIGO

AMERIGO   m   Italian
Medieval Italian form of Amalric (see EMMERICH) or Heimiric (see HENRY)... [more]

AMERY   m   English (Rare)
Variant of EMERY

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]

AMIAS   m   English (Rare)
Variant of AMYAS

AMILCAR   m   Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of HAMILCAR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AMMON   m   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of AMON

AMON   m   Egyptian Mythology
Possibly means "the hidden one" in Egyptian... [more]

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

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]

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

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

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

AMYAS   m   English (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a derivative of Amis, a medieval masculine form of AMICE... [more]

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