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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.

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]

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

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

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.

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

ANANIAS   m   Biblical
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

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

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

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]

ANASTAZY   m   Polish
Polish form of ANASTASIUS

ANASZTÁZ   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANAT (2)   m & f   Jewish
Variant of ANATH (1)

ANATH (1)   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "answer" in Hebrew... [more]

ANATOLE   m   French
French form of ANATOLIUS

ANATOLI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of ANATOLIY

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

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

ANCHJO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto diminutive of ANTHONY

ANDĚL   m   Czech
Czech form of ANGEL

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".

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

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

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

ANDRÁS   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ANDREW

ANDRAS   m   Welsh
Welsh variant of ANDREAS

ANDRAŽ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ANDREW

ANDRE   m   English
English form of ANDRÉ

ANDRÉ   m   French, Portuguese
French and Portuguese form of ANDREW

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

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

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

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

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

ANDRIES   m   Dutch
Dutch form of ANDREW

ANDRIJA   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian 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]

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]

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

ANEIRIN   m   Welsh
Welsh name, originally spelled Neirin, which possibly means "noble".

ANEURIN   m   Welsh
Form of ANEIRIN

ÁNGEL   m   Spanish
Spanish form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ÀNGEL   m   Catalan
Catalan form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

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]

ANGELO   m   Italian
Italian form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGELOS   m   Greek
Greek form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANGRA MAINYU   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "evil spirit" in Avestan... [more]

ANGUS   m   Scottish, Irish, English
Anglicized form of AONGHUS

ANIBAL   m   Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of HANNIBAL

ANICETUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ανικητος (Aniketos), meaning "unconquerable"... [more]

ANIKETOS   m   Greek, Ancient Greek
Greek form of ANICETUS

ANIL   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Derived from Sanskrit अनिल (anila) "air, wind"... [more]

ANIRUDDHA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "unobstructed, ungovernable" in Sanskrit... [more]

ANISH   m   Indian
Means "supreme, paramount" in Sanskrit.

ANISIM   m   Russian
Russian form of ONESIMUS

ANKUR   m   Indian
Means "sapling, sprout, shoot" in Sanskrit.

ANNAS   m   Biblical
Contracted form of ANANIAS... [more]

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

ANRAÍ   m   Irish
Irish form of HENRY

ANSEL   m   English
From a surname which was derived from the given name ANSELM... [more]

ANSELM   m   German, English (Rare)
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and helm "helmet, protection"... [more]

ANSELME   m   French
French form of ANSELM

ANSELMI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ANSELM

ANSELMO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM

ANSGAR   m   German, Scandinavian
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and gar "spear"... [more]

ANSHEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ASHER

ANSON   m   English
From a surname meaning "son of AGNES".

ANSSI   m   Finnish
Finnish diminutive of ANSELM

ANTAL   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTANAS   m   Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTE   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

ANTERO   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ANDREW

ANTHONY   m   English
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin... [more]

ANTIGONUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Αντιγονος (Antigonos) which meant "against the ancestor", from αντι (anti) "against" and γονευς (goneus) "ancestor"... [more]

ANTIMAN   m   Native American
Means "condor of the sun" in Mapuche.

ANTINANCO   m   Native American
Means "eagle of the sun" in Mapuche.

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]

ANTO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

ANTOINE   m   French
French form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTÓN   m   Galician
Galician form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONELLO   m   Italian
Diminutive of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONI   m   Polish, Catalan
Polish and Catalan form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

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

ANTONIJE   m   Serbian
Serbian form of ANTHONY

ANTONÍN   m   Czech
Czech form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO)... [more]

ANTONIN   m   French
French form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO)... [more]

ANTONINO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Roman name Antoninus, which was derived from Antonius (see ANTHONY)... [more]

ANTÓNIO   m   Portuguese
Portuguese form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY)... [more]

ANTONIUS   m   Ancient Roman, Dutch
Ancient Roman form of ANTHONY... [more]

ANTONO   m   Esperanto
Esperanto form of ANTHONY

ANTONY   m   English
Variant of ANTHONY... [more]

ANTTI   m   Finnish
Finnish form of ANDREW

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

ANTUN   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

ANTWAN   m   English (African American)
Variant of ANTOINE, in use since the 1960s.

ANU (2)   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Babylonian form of AN (2)

ANUBIS   m   Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
Greek form of Egyptian Anpu which possibly means "royal child"... [more]

ANUJ   m   Indian
Means "born later, younger" in Sanskrit... [more]

ANUPAM   m   Indian
Means "incomparable, matchless" in Sanskrit.

ANWAR   m   Arabic
Means "brighter" in Arabic... [more]

ANWER   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of ANWAR

ANXO   m   Galician
Galician form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

AODH   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
From the old Irish name Áed, which meant "fire"... [more]

AODHÁN   m   Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
From the old Irish name Áedán, a diminutive of Áed (see AODH)... [more]

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

AONGHAS   m   Scottish, Irish
Variant of AONGHUS

AONGHUS   m   Scottish, Irish, Irish Mythology
Possibly meaning "one strength" derived from Irish óen "one" and gus "force, strength, energy"... [more]

APHRODISIOS   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek personal name which was derived from the name of the Greek goddess APHRODITE.

APOLINAR   m   Spanish
Spanish form of APOLLINARIS

APOLINARY   m   Polish
Polish form of APOLLINARIS

APOLLINAIRE   m   French
French form of APOLLINARIS

APOLLINARIS   m   Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name derived from the name of the god APOLLO... [more]

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

APOLLODOROS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Apollo" from the name of the god APOLLO combined with Greek δωρον (doron) "gift".

APOLLON   m   Greek Mythology
Original Greek form of APOLLO

APOLLONIOS   m   Ancient Greek
From an ancient Greek personal name which was derived from the name of the Greek god APOLLO... [more]

APOSTOL   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of APOSTOLOS

APOSTOLIS   m   Greek
Variant of APOSTOLOS

APOSTOLOS   m   Greek
Means "messenger, apostle" in Greek.

APPIUS   m   Ancient Roman
This was a Roman praenomen, or given name, used only by the clan Claudia... [more]

APUTSIAQ   m   Native American
Means "snowflake" in Greenlandic.

AQIL   m   Arabic
Means "intelligent, wise" in Arabic.

AQISSIAQ   m   Native American
From the Greenlandic word for a type of bird.

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

ARA   m   Armenian, Mythology
Meaning unknown, possibly of Sumerian origin... [more]

ARAGORN   m   Literature
Meaning unknown, though the first element is presumably Sindarin ara "noble, kingly"... [more]

ARAM (1)   m   Kurdish
Means "calm" in Kurdish.

ARAM (2)   m   Armenian
Means "excellence" in Armenian.

ARAMIS   m   Literature
The surname of one of the musketeers in 'The Three Musketeers' (1844) by Alexandre Dumas... [more]

ARAN   f & m   Irish
From the name of the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland.

ARARAT   m   Armenian, Biblical
From the name of a mountain in eastern Turkey (formerly part of Armenia), the place where Noah's Ark came to rest according to the Old Testament.

ARAS   m   Lithuanian
Means "eagle" in Lithuanian.

ARASH   m   Iranian, Mythology
Possibly means either "truthfulness" or "bright" in Persian... [more]

ARASTOO   m   Iranian
Persian form of ARISTOTLE

ARATA   m   Japanese
Means "fresh, new" in Japanese.

ARAVIND   m   Indian
Means "lotus" in Sanskrit.

ARAVINDA   m   Indian
Variant transcription of ARAVIND

ARAWN   m   Welsh Mythology
Meaning unknown... [more]

ARCANGELO   m   Italian
Means "archangel" in Italian.

ARCHELAUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical
Latinized form of the Greek name Αρχελαος (Archelaos), which meant "master of the people" from αρχος (archos) "master" and λαος (laos) "people"... [more]

ARCHIBALD   m   Scottish, English
Derived from the Germanic elements ercan "genuine" and bald "bold"... [more]

ARCHIE   m   Scottish, English
Diminutive of ARCHIBALD... [more]

ARCHIMEDES   m   Ancient Greek
Means "master of thought" from the Greek element αρχος (archos) "master" combined with μηδομαι (medomai) "to think, to be mindful of"... [more]

ARCHIPPOS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "master of horses" from the Greek elements αρχος (archos) "master" and ‘ιππος (hippos) "horse".

ARDAL   m   Irish
Anglicized form of ARDGHAL

ARDASHIR   m   Iranian
Modern form of Artakhshathra (see ARTAXERXES).

ARDEN   m & f   English
From an English surname, originally taken from various place names, which were derived from a Celtic word meaning "high".

ARDGHAL   m   Irish
Means "high valour", derived from the Irish elements ard "high" and gal "valour".

ARDUINO   m   Italian
Italian form of HARTWIN

ARELI   m   Biblical
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

ARES   m   Greek Mythology
Perhaps from either Greek αρη (are) "bane, ruin" or αρσην (arsen) "male"... [more]

ARETAS   m   Biblical
Greek form of an Aramaic name, of unknown meaning... [more]

ARGI   m   Basque
Means "light" in Basque.

ARGIDER   m   Basque
Derived from Basque argi "light" and eder "beautiful".

ARGUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Αργος (Argos), derived from αργος (argos) meaning "glistening, shining"... [more]

ARGYRIS   m   Greek
Modern Greek form of ARGYROS

ARGYROS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "silver" in Greek.

ARI (1)   m   Jewish
Means "lion" in Hebrew.

ARI (2)   m   Ancient Scandinavian
Means "eagle" in Old Norse.

ARI (3)   m   Armenian
Means "brave" in Armenian.

ARIC   m   English
Variant of ERIC

ARIDAI   m   Biblical
Meaning unknown, possibly of Persian origin... [more]

ARIE   m   Dutch
Diminutive of ADRIAAN

ARIEH   m   Biblical, Jewish
Means "lion" in Hebrew... [more]

ARIEL   m & f   Biblical, Jewish, English
Means "lion of God" in Hebrew... [more]

ARIES   m   Roman Mythology
Means "ram" in Latin... [more]

ARIK   m   Jewish
Diminutive of ARIEL

ARISTAEUS   m   Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Αρισταιος (Aristaios), derived from αριστευς (aristeus) "the best"... [more]

ARISTARCHUS   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Αρισταρχος (Aristarchos), derived from αριστος (aristos) "best" and αρχη (arche) "origin, source"... [more]

ARISTARKH   m   Russian
Russian form of ARISTARCHUS

ARISTIDE   m   French
French form of ARISTIDES

ARISTIDES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek Αριστειδης (Aristeides) which meant "the best kind", derived from αριστος (aristos) "best" and ειδος (eidos) "kind, type"... [more]

ARISTOCLES   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αριστοκλης (Aristokles) which meant "the best glory", derived from αριστος (aristos) "best" and κλεος (kleos) "glory"... [more]

ARISTODEMOS   m   Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek elements αριστος (aristos) "best" and δημος (demos) "the people"... [more]

ARISTON   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek αριστος (aristos) meaning "the best".

ARISTOPHANES   m   Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek elements αριστος (aristos) "best" and φανης (phanes) "appearing"... [more]

ARISTOTLE   m   Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Αριστοτελης (Aristoteles) which meant "the best purpose", derived from αριστος (aristos) "best" and τελος (telos) "purpose, aim"... [more]

ARISZTID   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of ARISTIDES

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