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AAREN   m & f   English (Rare)
Variant or feminine form of AARON

ABIAH   m & f   Biblical
Variant of ABIJAH

ABIJAH   m & f   Biblical
Means "my father is YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

ABIMBOLA   m & f   Yoruba
Means "born wealthy" in Yoruba.

ABIODUN   m & f   Yoruba
Means "born on a festival" in Yoruba.

ADDISON   m & f   English
From an English surname meaning "son of ADAM".

ADEBOWALE   m & f   Yoruba
Means "my crown has come home" in Yoruba.

ADETOKUNBO   m & f   Yoruba
Means "the crown came from over the sea" in Yoruba.

ADI   f & m   Jewish
Means "jewel" or "ornament" in Hebrew.

ADILET   m & f   Kyrgyz
Means "justice" in Kyrgyz.

ADINA   m & f   Biblical, Jewish
Means "slender, delicate" in Hebrew... [more]

AERON (1)   m & f   Welsh
Either derived from Welsh aeron meaning "berry" or else from the name the river in Wales.

AERON (2)   f & m   Welsh Mythology
Welsh form of AGRONA... [more]

AFON   f & m   Welsh
Means "river" in Welsh. This is a Welsh name of recent origin.

AH   m & f   Chinese
From the Chinese character which has no distinct meaning... [more]

AILBHE   m & f   Irish
Possibly derived from the old Gaelic root albho meaning "white"... [more]

AINSLEY   f & m   Scottish, English (Modern)
From a surname which was from a place name: either Annesley in Nottinghamshire or Ansley in Warwickshire... [more]

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ANANTHA   m & f   Indian
Variant transcription of ANANTA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARLIE   f & m   English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "eagle wood" in Old English... [more]

ARYA   m & f   Indian
Means "honourable, noble" in Sanskrit... [more]

ASH   m & f   English
Short form of ASHLEY... [more]

ASHLEY   f & m   English
From an English surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "ash tree clearing" in Old English... [more]

ASHTON   m & f   English
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name which meant "ash tree town" in Old English.

ASTON   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name which meant "east town" in Old English.

ATHOL   m & f   Scottish
From the name of a district in Scotland which was derived from Gaelic ath Fodhla "new Ireland".

AUBREY   m & f   English
Norman French form of the Germanic name ALBERICH... [more]

AVERILL   m & f   English (Rare)
From a surname which was originally derived from the feminine given name EOFORHILD.

AVERY   m & f   English
From a surname which was itself derived from the Norman French form of the given names ALBERICH or ALFRED.

AVIYA   m & f   Jewish
Hebrew form of ABIJAH

AWOTWI   m & f   Western African
Means "eighth born child" in Akan.

AYO   f & m   Yoruba
Means "joy" in Yoruba.

AYODELE   m & f   Yoruba
Means "joy has come home" in Yoruba.

AYOMIDE   f & m   Yoruba
Means "my joy has arrived" in Yoruba.

AYOTUNDE   m & f   Yoruba
Means "joy has returned" in Yoruba.

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