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This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is rare.
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A f & m Korean (Rare)
Variant of Ah.
Aabel m Estonian (Archaic), Finnish (Rare)
Estonian form and Finnish variant of Abel.
Aadish m Indian, Hindi (Rare), Marathi (Rare)
Derived from Sanskrit आदिश् (aadiś) meaning "design, intention, aim".
Aadiv m Hindi (Rare)
Means "delicate" in Hindi.
Aadrik m Sanskrit (Rare)
Masculine variant of Aadrika.
Aahlad m Indian (Rare), Telugu (Rare)
Possibly from Sanskrit आह्लाद (aahlaad) meaning "exultancy, hilarity, rejoicing".
Aalf m Dutch (Rare), West Frisian (Rare), East Frisian
Dutch short form of Adolf and West Frisian short form of Alef and Alof, which are both Frisian variants of Adolf.
Aalijah m & f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Elijah perhaps influenced by Aaliyah.... [more]
Aane m Norwegian (Rare)
Form of Åne, a variant of either Ånund, Ånje, or Áni.
Äänis m & f Finnish (Rare)
From Äänisjärvi, the Finnish name for Lake Onega, a lake in East Karelia Russia.
Aanjjan m Indian (Rare)
Variant of Anjan. A known bearer is Aanjjan Srivastav (1976-), an Indian actor.
Aanka m Greenlandic (Rare)
Younger form of Ãngka.
Aanngiiuk f & m Greenlandic (Rare)
Younger form of Ãngîjuk.
Aapel m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Abel.
Aaraya f & m Indian (Rare)
Variant of Arya 1.
Aaric m American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Eric influenced by Aaron.
Aaró m Catalan (Rare)
Catalan form of Aaron.
Aaronas m Lithuanian (Rare), Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek variant and Lithuanian form of Aaron.
Aarsheya m & f Indian (Rare)
Derived from Sanskrit आर्षेय (arśeya) meaning "of sacred descent" or "respectable, venerable".
Aasia f & m Finnish (Modern, Rare)
Means "Asia" in Finnish.
Aassem m Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Asim 1.
Aasulv m Norwegian (Rare)
Norwegian form of Ásulfr.
Aatish m Indian, Hindi (Rare), Marathi (Rare), Punjabi (Rare)
From Hindi आतिश (ātiś) meaning "fire, flame", of Persian origin.
Aatrey m Hindi (Rare)
Meaning unknown.
Aayush m Indian (Christian, Rare)
Indian: ((Good Destiny))
Aba m Georgian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare)
Georgian and Hungarian form of the Semitic name Abba.
Abaco m Italian (Rare)
Variant of Abacucco. It concides with the Italian word for abacus, a calculating tool that was in use in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu–Arabic numeral system.
Abbir m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "knight; strong, mighty" in Hebrew. It is also a variant transcription of Abir.
Abdal m Pashto (Rare, Archaic)
Means "strong" in archaic Pashto.
Abdal m Armenian (Rare, Archaic)
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish abdal, meaning "careless man", which in turn is derived from Arabic أَبْدَال‎, abdal, meaning "hermit". Nowadays the name is rare.
Abdalaati m Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Means "servant of the giver" from Arabic عبد ال (ʿabd al) meaning "servant of the" combined with Aati "giver, bestower".
Abdero m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Modern, Rare)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Abderos.
Abdia m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Obadiah via its latinized form Abdias.
Abdías m Biblical Spanish, Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Spanish and Galician form of Obadiah via Biblicas Latin Abdias.
Abdjlos m Medieval Arabic (Rare, Archaic)
The Man Who is Loyal to Creation
Abdón m Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Kashubian
Spanish, Galician and Kashubian form of Abdon.
Abdon m Biblical Hebrew, Hungarian, Catalan (Rare), French
Means "servant" in Hebrew. This is the name of four characters in the Old Testament including one of the ruling judges of the Israelites.
Abdonas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Abdon.
Abdulatip m Filipino, Maguindanao, Dagestani, Avar, Kumyk, Indonesian (Rare)
Maguindanao, Dagestani and Indonesian form of Abd al-Latif.
Abdulkareem m Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Abd al-Karim.
Abe m Georgian (Rare)
Short form of Abesalom.
Abejundio m Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly from Spanish abeja (meaning "bee"), ending in a similar fashion to Abundio.
Abeli m Georgian (Rare)
Form of Abel with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Abelle m French (African, Rare)
Possibly a variation of Abel.
Ābels m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Abel.
Abercrombie m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Abercrombie.
Aberu f & m Japanese (Modern, Rare)
Transliterated form of Abel (for boys), in use among the Japanese in recent years.... [more]
Abga m Abkhaz (Rare)
Derived from Abkhaz абгаду (ābgādú) meaning "wolf".
Abharan m Indian (Rare)
Derived from Sanskrit आभरण (ābharaṇa) meaning "ornament, decoration".
Abiatar m Georgian (Archaic), Romanian (Rare)
Georgian and Romanian form of Abiathar.
Abide f & m English (Rare)
From Old English ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan.
Abile m Italian (Rare)
Means "abile; skilled" in Italian.
Abimelik m Armenian (Rare, Archaic)
Armenian form of Abimelech. Rarely used nowadays.
Abis m Lithuanian (Rare)
Short form of names beginning with Ab, such as Abdonas, Abromas and Abelis.
Åbjørn m Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Archaic)
Danish and Norwegian form of Ábiǫrn, common in 17th century Norway.
Abney f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Abney.
Abnie f & m English (Rare)
Diminutive of names beginning with Abn, such as Abner.
Abnody m Russian (Rare, Archaic)
Abnody (Russian: Абно́дий) is an old and rare Russian male first name. The patronymics derived from this first name are "Абно́диевич" (Abnodiyevich), "Абно́дьевич" (Abnodyevich; both masculine); and "Абно́диевна" (Abnodiyevna), "Абнодьевна" (Abnodyevna; both feminine).
Abo m Georgian (Rare)
The usage of this name started in honour of the 8th-century saint Abo of Tiflis, who was of Arab origin and martyred for having converted from Islam to Christianity.... [more]
Aboutboul m Jewish (Rare)
Meaning "drummer" or "drum maker/seller."
Abraami m Georgian (Rare)
Form of Abraam with the Georgian nominative suffix -ი (-i). It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Abrama f & m English (Rare), Indonesian (Rare), Italian (Archaic)
Variant or feminine form of Abram 1 and Abramo.
Abrami m Georgian (Rare)
Form of Abram 2 with the nominative suffix, used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Abrán m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Abram 1.
Abraomas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Abraham.
Abromas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Abraham.
Abruy m Kazakh (Rare), Uzbek (Rare)
Probably derived from the Persian noun آبروی (aberuy) meaning "reputation, standing" as well as "honour, prestige". A more literal meaning would be "the face of honour", since the word consists of the Persian noun آب (ab) meaning "honour, reputation, standing" combined with the Persian noun روی (roy) meaning "face" as well as "copper, brass, bronze"... [more]
Absalon m Danish (Rare), Faroese, Norwegian (Rare), Polish, Gascon, French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic), Haitian Creole
Polish, French, Gascon, Haitian Creole, Danish, Faroese and Norwegian form of Absalom.
Absolom m English (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Absalom, possibly influenced by its French form Absolon. A known bearer of this name was Absolom M. West (1818-1894), an American Confederate general and state politician.
Abudi m Arabic (Rare)
Means "devoted worshiper of God" in Arabic, ultimately from Arabic عَبَدَ (ʿabada) meaning "to worship, to venerate".
A-byeol f & m Korean (Rare)
Varaint of Ah-byeol.
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".
Acardio m Spanish (Rare)
Spanish form of Archibald.
Acario m Italian (Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical, Italianized), Theatre, Spanish (Rare, Archaic)
Italian and Spanish form of Acharius. The 7th-century Frankish saint Acharius, bishop of Noyon-Tournai, is known as Acario in Italian and Spanish. This was used by Gigio Artemio Giancarli for a character in his play La Zingana (1545)... [more]
Accursio m Sicilian (Rare)
Italian name derived from Accorso and short form of Bonaccurso.
Acerbus m English (American, Rare)
Means "Sarcastic, sardonic" in Latin.
Achacjusz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Akakios via Acacius.
Achacy m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Akakios via Acacius.
Achi m Hebrew (Rare)
Means "my brother" in Hebrew.
Achidan m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "my brother judged" in Hebrew.
Achiel m Dutch (Rare), Flemish
Dutch form of Achilles via its French form Achille.... [more]
Achill m German (Rare)
German cognate of Achilles.
Achilo m Occitan (Rare)
Occitan form of Achilles.
Achiram m Hebrew (Rare)
Means "my brother is exalted" in Hebrew.
Achishalom f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the names Achi and Shalom, meaning "my brother is a peace" or "my brother will bring peace" in Hebrew.
Achmed m Arabic, Indonesian, German (Rare)
Variant transcription of Ahmad.
Acilio m Italian (Rare, Archaic), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian and Portuguese form of Acilius.
Aćim m Serbian (Rare)
Serbian short form of Joachim.
Aclehar m Medieval French (Rare)
Derived from Proto-Germanic *agio "blade" and Old High German heri "host, army".
Acteu m Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Catalan and Portuguese form of Actaeus.
Acton m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Acton.
Ad f & m Hebrew (Rare)
Means "forever, eternal, eternity" in Hebrew.
Adagio m English (Modern, Rare)
From the Italian adagio meaning "slowly, at ease", a word to indicate a musical composition should be played slowly.
Adamastor m Literature, Portuguese (Rare)
Derived from Greek ἀδάμαστος (adamastos) meaning "untamed" or "untameable" (also see Adamastos). The giant Adamastor is a personification of the Cape of Good Hope in the 16th-century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões' epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads)... [more]
Adami m Greenlandic (Rare)
Greenlandic form of Adam.
Adamir m Bosnian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian politician Adamir Jerković (b. 1958).
Addam m English (Rare), Popular Culture
Variant of Adam. Possibly influcenced by the TV show "The Addams Family" in which the surname of the family is Addams... [more]
Addar m & f Hebrew (Rare)
Variant of Adar.
Adelchi m Italian (Rare), Lombardic (Italianized), Theatre
Italian form of Adelgis. Adelchi was an associate king of the Lombards from August 759, reigning with his father, Desiderius, until their deposition in June 774... [more]
Adeliso m Italian (Rare)
Masculine form of Adelisa.
Adelphe m French (Rare)
French form of Adelphus.
Adeodát m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Adeodatus.
Aderfi m Berber (Rare)
Means "freed" in Berber.
Adí m & f Icelandic (Modern, Rare)
Icelandic form of Adi 1, or short form of names beginning with Ad.
Adick m West Frisian (Rare)
Pet form of Ade 2. Also compare Addick, which is a pet form of the related name Adde.... [more]
Adigheji m Isoko (Rare)
Means "pillar of the house" in Isoko.
Adils m Old Norse, Old Danish, Swedish (Rare)
Younger version of Aðils. From the Proto-Norse Aþagīslaz. Aþa, short for aþala, meaning "noble", "foremost". And gīslaz meaning "arrow shaft".
Adin m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Adina 1.... [more]
Adior m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "jewel of light" in Hebrew, from a combination of Adi 1 and Or.
Adipaz f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Adi 1 and Paz 2 means "golden jewel" in Hebrew.
Adiram m Hebrew (Rare)
Combination of Adir, meaning "strong, mighty", and Ram 1, meanings "exalted" in Hebrew.
Adiță m Romanian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Adrian.
Adityawarman m History, Indonesian (Rare)
Derived from Sanskrit आदित्यवर्मन् (adityavarman) meaning "protection of Aditya" or "protection of the sun", from the name of the Hindu god Aditya combined with Sanskrit वर्मन् (varman) meaning "armour, protection, shield"... [more]
Adiuto m Italian (Rare)
From the Latin adiutus meaning "help", in this case referring to divine assistance in a Christian context. ... [more]
Adiv m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "kind, gracious, polite" in Hebrew.
Admeto m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (African, Rare), Theatre
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Admetus.
Admiel m Hebrew, Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Means "man of God" in Hebrew.
Admiral m American (Rare), Medieval English
From the English word admiral meaning "a commander of a fleet or naval squadron, or a naval officer of very high rank".
Admire f & m English (American, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Admire, or directly from the English word admire.
Admitos m Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Modern Greek form of Admetos.
Adnis m African American (Rare)
Meaning unknown, perhaps a contracted form of Adonis. It was the name of American rapper Jay-Z's father, about whom he wrote a song.
Adólf m Icelandic (Rare), Kashubian
Icelandic and Kashubian form of Adolf.
Adolfek m Czech (Rare)
Czech diminutive of Adolf, as it contains the Czech diminutive suffix -ek.
Adolfos m Greek (Rare)
Greek form of Adolf, mainly used to render the name of foreigners in Greek.
Ādolfs m Latvian (Rare)
Latvian form of Adolf.
Adolt m East Frisian, German (Rare, Archaic)
A dithematic name formed from the Germanic name elements adal "noble" and walt "to rule".
Adragon m English (Rare)
Combination of the prefix a and the English word dragon, a legendary serpentine or reptilian creature. Child prodigy Adragon De Mello was given the name because he was born in the Chinese year of the dragon.
Adrán m Galician (Rare)
Contracted form of Adrián.
Adrao m Galician (Rare)
Variant of Adrián via the form Adriano.
Adreal m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Adriel.
Adriane m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of Hadrianus (see Hadrian).
Adrio m Italian (Tuscan, Rare)
Masculine form of Adria.
Adser m Old Danish, Danish (Rare), Icelandic (Archaic)
Danish and Icelandic form of Asher.
Aduuchin m Mongolian (Rare)
Means "horse herder, horse wrangler" in Mongolian.
Advaidh m Indian (Rare)
Derived from Sanskrit अद्वैध (advaidha) meaning "united, unified" (literally "not divided into two parts, not disunited").
Adylet m & f Kyrgyz (Rare), Kazakh (Rare)
Variant transcription of Adilet.
Aegis m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the mythological device called the Aegis. In the Iliad, the Aegis is a device worn by Greek gods Athena and Zeus, resembling an animal skin or a shield and sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon.
Aendir m Old Norse (Rare)
From Old Norse endir. Meaning “end”, “ending”, “conclusion”.
Aero m English (American, Modern, Rare)
From the English word, ultimately from Greek ἀήρ āer- "air".
Aerynn f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Aaron.
Afako m Ossetian (Rare)
Derived from Persian آفاق (afagh) meaning "horizons, world". Alternately, it may be a form of Athanasius via Russian Афанасий (Afanasiy).
Əfəndi m Azerbaijani (Rare)
Azerbaijani form of Effendi.
Afareu m Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Catalan and Portuguese form of Aphareus.
Afrasiab m Persian Mythology, Pashto (Rare)
Possibly means “fearsome” from Middle Persian plʾsy̲d̲ʾp̄. In Persian mythology, Afrasiab was the mythical king of Turan (a region in Central Asia). He was the main antagonist of the epic poem 'Shahnameh'.
Áfrico m Spanish (Rare)
Masculine form of África.
Afrikan m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Africanus. A known bearer was the 19th-century Russian philosopher Afrikan Spir (1837-1890), who was of German-Greek descent, and whose father reportedly chose the name from an old Greek calendar of saints.
Afton f & m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Afton. It is also the name of a river in Scotland, and it coincides with the Swedish noun afton meaning "evening".... [more]
Afuru f & m Japanese (Rare)
From 溢る (afuru), modern afureru, meaning "to flood, overflow, brim over," written as 感, from kan meaning "feeling, emotion, sensation," and 洸, from 洸洸 (kōkō) meaning "surge (of water), valiant, brave."... [more]
Afxentios m Greek (Rare)
Modern Greek form of Auxentios.
Agapeetus m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish variant of Agapetus.
Agápio m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Agapios.
Agapio m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Agapios.
Agaton m Swedish, Norwegian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Polish and Swedish form of Agathon.
Agatonas m Lithuanian (Rare)
Lithuanian form of Agathon.
Agdar m Norwegian (Rare, Archaic)
Norwegian masculine form of Agda.
Agemo m Yoruba Mythology, Yoruba (Rare)
In Yoruba mythology, Agemo is a chameleon who is the messenger of the gods. He is the main deity of the Ijebu people, as he is believed to protect children and safeguard the future of Ijebu people through his blessing.
Aggeus m Hungarian (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Hungarian and Slovak form of Haggai.
Ággi m Sami (Rare)
Possibly a Sami form of Aggi.
Aggi f & m Danish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Icelandic, Swedish (Rare), Old Danish, Old Swedish
Diminutive of Ágúst, Angelica and other names containing Ag.
Aghajan m Armenian (Rare)
Derived from Persian aga ("master") and jan ("dear").
Ägid m German (Rare)
German form of Aegidius (see Giles).
Ägir m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Ægir.
Agmund m Germanic, Medieval Scandinavian, Norwegian (Rare)
Form of Agmundr. The first element of this name is derived from ag, an uncertain element for which a few possible origins exist. The accepted explanation is that it comes from Proto-Germanic *agjo, which means "sharp, pointed." Because of that, it also means "edge", as in the sharp cutting side of a sword - which is why the meaning of the element has ultimately come to be "sword"... [more]
Ågne m Norwegian (Rare)
Dialectal variant of Hogne.
Agnellus m Polish (Rare)
Derived from Latin agnus "lamb" and the diminutive suffix -ellus.
Agnijus m Lithuanian (Rare)
Masculine form of Agnija.
Ago m German (Rare, Archaic)
In the case of the most famous bearer of the name, the German diplomat Ago von Maltzan, it is a nickname based on the initials of his three given names Adolf Georg Otto.
Agricola m & f Ancient Roman, Italian (Rare)
Means "farmer; grower" in Latin from ager; agri meaning "field, land" combined with the verb colere meaning "to cultivate; to grow".... [more]
Aguinaldo m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African), Italian (Archaic)
Possibly a form of Aginald. It coincides with a Spanish vocabulary word which refers to the thirteenth salary or end-of-year bonus in Latin America, as well as a folk genre of Christmas carols (also called villancicos); the earlier form was aguilando, allegedly from the Latin phrase hoc in anno meaning "during this year"... [more]
Ahashdah m Mormon (Rare)
An alias used by Newel K. Whitney in a few chapters of Mormon scripture.
Ahasver m German (Rare, Archaic)
German form of the Biblical name Ahasueros.... [more]
Ah-byeol f & m Korean (Rare)
A combined with Byeol.
Ahd m & f Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
From Arabic عَهْد (ʿahd) meaning "knowledge, fulfillment, observance".
Ahil m Slovene (Rare)
Slovene form of Achilles.
Ahilej m Bosnian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Bosnian and Croatian form of Achilles.
Ahmadkhan m Avar, Dargin, Ingush (Rare)
Combination of the given name Ahmad and the Turkic title khan meaning "ruler, leader".
Ahmel m Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
Means "I bring" or "I carry" in Arabic.
Ahmer m Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Amir 1.
Ahuitzotl m Aztec, Mexican (Rare)
Means "otter" in Nahuatl, derived from atl "water" and huitzotl "porcupine". ... [more]
Ahvo m Finnish (Rare)
Finnish form of Agabus or Afanasi.
Aiasz m Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Ajax.
Aibhne m & f Irish (Rare)
From Irish abhainn meaning "river".
Aichi m Japanese (Rare)
Ai means "indigo" and chi means "wisdom, knowledge".
Aichiyo f & m Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Ai 1 and Chiyo.... [more]
Aid m Bosnian (Rare)
From Arabic عِيد (ʿīd) meaning "festival, holiday, feast".