This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the first letter is A.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Abayomi m & f YorubaMeans "he came to bring me joy and happiness" or "I would have been mocked" in Yoruba. It is a name given to a child born after a number of unfortunate or near unfortunate circumstances. It is often called in full as Àbáyòmí Olúwaniòjé meaning "I would have been mocked, if not for God".
Abbatissa f Medieval English (Latinized, Rare)From Latin
abbatissa meaning "abbess". While this was more usually found as a title, there are a handful of English occurrences of it used as a given name. Also compare the Old English masculine name
Abbud.
Abcke m & f East FrisianVariant of
Abbe with the diminutive suffix -cke recorded from the 16th to 18th centuries for men and in the 18th century for women in East Frisia.
Abedabun f OjibwePossibly means "she/he sees in the distance" in Ojibwe, from Ojibwe
waabi "she/he has vision, sees" and
debaabam "see at a distance". It also means "seen at dawn; dawn" in Chippewa.
Abedikani m & f AlurMeans "Where do I stay?" in Alur language. It is given to someone who is born to a parent or parents who are disliked by, or in conflict with, their familymembers or community.
Abegunde m & f YorubaMeans "The one who came with the masquerade" in Yoruba.
Abeira f ArabicFrom the Arabic
عَبِير (ʕabīr) meaning "scent, perfume".
Abeke f YorubaMeans "one begged to care for" in Yoruba.
Abelia f Spanish (Rare), Catalan (Rare)Feminine form of
Abel. Abelia is also a type of flowering shrub in the honeysuckle family, named after British surgeon and naturalist Clarke Abel (1780-1826).
Abella f SpanishFrom the Spanish surname, which originated in the region of Galicia. The name was originally a Catalan nickname for a bee-keeper or person with bee-like behaviors. It is derived from the Spanish word ‘abeja,’ meaning "bee," which itself is derived from Latin apicula.
Abenanka f AinuProbably from
アベ (abe) meaning "fire" and
ナンカ (nanka), combined from
ナン (nan) meaning "face" and
カ (ka) meaning "top."
Abenchara f Spanish (Canarian, Rare)Of Guanche origin, possibly from *
abănăšar(a) meaning "great tear" or "great separation". This was the name of the wife of
Tenesor, the last
guanarteme or king of Gáldar on the island of Gran Canaria, during the European conquest of the Canary Islands in the late 15th century... [
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Abeque f OjibwePossibly means "she stays at home" in Ojibwe, from Ojibwe
abi "s/he is at home, sits in a certain place" and
ishkwii "s/he stays behind" or
nazhikewabi/
anzhikewabi "s/he lives alone, is home alone, sits alone".
Aber f & m AlurMeans "I'm better" or "I'm good" in Alur language.
Aberdeen f & m EnglishMeans "mouth of the Don (river)" in Scottish Gaelic. This is the name of the name of a city in northern Scotland, as well as several other cities worldwide named after the Scottish city.
Aberfa f WelshMeans "from the mouth of the river" in Welsh.
Aberria f Basque (Archaic)Coined in the 19th century by Sabino Arana Goiri who based it on Basque
aberri "fatherland; homeland" (ultimately derived from Basque
aba "father" and
herri "country; village; people, nation")... [
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Aberuagba m & f YorubaMeans "the one who respects elders" in Yoruba, derived from
a meaning "one person",
bẹrù meaning "fear, be afraid" and
àgbà meaning "elder".
Abesti f Basque (Rare)Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri who based the name on Basque
abes "to sing" and the suffix
-ti. According to R. M. Azkue, by 1927
abesti had acquired the meaning "song" and has been in everyday use as a synonym for the older
kanta ever since.
Abhayankari f Sanskrit (Rare)The name Abhayankari is of Sanskrit origin, and is used mostly in Hindi speaking countries but also in a few other countries and languages of the world.... [
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Abiba f Northern AfricanHas its origins in the Moroccan language and means "first child born after the grandmother has died."
Abide f TurkishDirectly taken from Turkish
abide meaning "monument".
Abigaile f EnglishVariant of
Abigail. This name was given to 35 girls born in the United States in the year 2010.
Abiha f PakistaniMeans "her father" in Arabic, from the kunya (nickname or byname) of
Fatimah bint Muhammad أمّ أبیها
(Umm Abiha), literally "the mother of her father"... [
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Abihail m & f Biblical HebrewMeans "my father is might" or "my father is strength" in Hebrew, from אָבִי
('avi) "my father" and חיל
(khayil), which is related to the word חייל
(khayal) "soldier"... [
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Abileyza f Popular Culture, Spanish (Rare, ?)The name of a character (played by actress Geraldine Chaplin) in the 2011 movie
There Be Dragons, a period drama set during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.
Abnātu f BabylonianMeans "precious stone", deriving from the Akkadian word
aban nisiqtu ("a choice stone, a precious stone, a gem").
Abnoba f Celtic MythologyThe name of an obscure Gaulish goddess, thought to be connected to Celtic
abona "river" (source of
Avon). The second element may be derived from either Proto-Indo-European
nogʷo-, meaning "naked, nude" or "tree", or the verbal root *
nebh- "burst out, be damp".
Aboyo f LuoMeans "one who saunters" in Luo.
Abra f EweMeans "Tuesday-born girl" in Ewe.
Abra f History, LiteraturePossibly a feminine form of
Abraham. It coincides with a Latin word meaning "maid". A known bearer was Saint Abra of Poitiers, a Gallo-Roman nun of the 4th century.
Abricotine f FolkloreMeans "apricot-plum" in French. This is the name of a character in Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tale "The Imp Prince" (1697). Abricotine is a fairy who is the beloved of the protagonist,
Léandre.
Abruna f GaulishDerived from Gaulish
*bronnio- /
*brunnio- "breast, bosom".
Abs f EnglishA shortening that derives from Abigail.
Abuk f African Mythology, DinkaIn Dinka mythology (south Sudan), the first woman. She is the patron goddess of women and gardens. Her emblem is a little snake. She is the mother of
Deng (
Danka).
Abundance f English (Puritan, Rare)From the English word, ultimately from Latin
abundantia "fullness, plenty". This name was used in the 17th century by Puritans, referring to the abundance of God's blessings.
Abuse-not f English (Puritan)In reference to 1 Corinthians 9:18, "What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my right in the gospel."
Abuto f LuoMeans "I have hidden" in Luo.
Abyssinia f English (American, Rare)Transferred used of the former name of Ethiopian Empire as a given name. Cited from Wiktionary, it is derived from New Latin
Abissini, of
Abissīnus (“Abyssinian, Ethiopian”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša), and from حَبَش (ḥabaš), means "to collect, to earn, to reap".
Abyzbikä f BashkirFrom the Bashkir
абыз (abyz) meaning "educated" and feminine name element
бикә (bikä). Abyzou f Near Eastern MythologyAppears to be a corrupted form of the Greek
ἄβυσσος ábyssos "abyss", the Greek itself was borrowed from Akkadian
Apsu or Sumerian
Abzu.
Abzyan f UdmurtDerived from Arabic
أَب (ab) meaning "father" and Persian
جان (jan) meaning "soul".
Acacallis f Greek Mythology (Latinized)This was a word for the narcissus flower used in Crete. It is said to mean "unwalled" in Greek, possibly from the Greek negative prefix α
(a) with an element related to ἀκή
(ake) "point, edge"... [
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Acai m & f English (Modern, Rare)From the name of the Açaí palm; derived from Old Tupi
asa'y or
ybasa'y, meaning "fruit that expels water".
Acamar m & f AstronomyDerived from Arabic
Ākhir an-nahr, meaning "end of the river". This is the traditional name of the star Theta Eridani in the constellation
Eridanus.
Acan f & m AlurMeans "I suffer" in Alur language. The name may be given to a child born when the parents were experiencing poverty or suffering.
Acar f & m TurkishMeans "fearless" or "clever" in Turkish.
Acatl m & f Nahuatl, MexicanMeans "reed, cane" in Nahuatl. This is the thirteenth day-sign of the tonalpohualli.
Acaxoch f NahuatlFrom
acaxochitl "reed flower", the name of an aquatic plant with red or white flowers.
Accalia f Roman Mythology (?), English (Rare)According to questionable sources, such as baby name books and websites, this was another name for Acca, the human foster-mother of Romulus and Remus in Roman legend, also known as Acca Larentia (see
Acca)... [
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Acebuche m & f SpanishFrom Andalusia, the name means “wild olive tree.” It is used to refer to an olive tree that grew from seed instead of being grafted for cultivation. Also used to refer to a breed of olive trees used for rootstock in the region... [
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Acel f FilipinoThe name of the Philippine singer Acel Bisa-Van Ommen. It was probably created from her full given name Maria Cecilia.
Aceso f Greek Mythology (Latinized)From the Greek Ἀκεσώ
(Akeso), derived from ἄκεσις
(akesis) meaning "healing, curing". She was the Greek goddess of healing (wounds) and curing (illness); unlike her sister Panakeia (
Panacea), Aceso personified the process of a curing rather than the cure itself.