This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is rare.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aigustas m Lithuanian (Rare)Derived from the old Lithuanian verb
aiti meaning "to go, to walk" combined with the old Lithuanian verb
gusti meaning "to get used to, to inure, to accustom oneself" as well as "to learn"... [
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Aijalon m & f Biblical, English (American, Rare), African American (Rare)From an Old Testament place name meaning "place of gazelles" in Hebrew (compare
Ayala). Aijalon or Ajalon was the name of several biblical locations, including the valley in Dan where the Israelites defeated the Amorites while the sun and moon stood still in answer to their leader Joshua's prayer.
Aijiro m Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 藍 (
ai) meaning "indigo" or 愛 (
ai) meaning "love, affection", and 二 (
ji) meaning "two" or 次 (
ji) meaning "next, second", and 郎 (
ro) meaning "son"... [
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Aikamieli m & f Finnish (Rare)Old Finnish name according to Kustaa Vilkuna (a Finnish ethnologist, linguist and historian).
Aitmukhambet m Kazakh (Rare)Combination of Kazakh айт
(ayt) meaning "holiday, festival, feast" (also referring to Eid, a Muslim festival), ultimately of Arabic origin, and the given name
Mukhambet.
Aiyy Sien m Yakut (Rare)Means "grandson of
Aiyy" from Yakut сиэн
(sien) meaning "grandson" combined with the name of the Yakut Aiyy deities.
Aizheng m & f Chinese (Rare)From the Chinese 爱 (ài) meaning "love" combined with 峥 (zhēng) meaning "high, noble". Other character combinations are possible.
Ajee f & m African American (Rare)From the brand of perfume called Ajee, which was introduced by Revlon in 1994. A known bearer is American runner Ajeé Wilson (1994-).
Akebono m & f Japanese (Rare)From 曙
(akebono) meaning "dawn, daybreak," derived from a combination of 明け
(ake) meaning "daybreak" and 仄
(hono) meaning "faint."... [
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Akeno m & f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 明
(ake) meaning "bright" and 乃
(no), a possessive particle. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Akeru m & f Japanese (Rare)From verbs 明ける
(akeru) meaning "to dawn, grow light," 開ける
(akeru) meaning "to open, unwrap, unlock" or 空ける
(akeru) meaning "to empty, remove, make room; to move/clear out," also written as 朱, from
ake meaning "scarlet, red," or 暁, from
Akatsuki.... [
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Akifusa m Japanese (Rare)Aki means "bright","autumn","crystal ball","clear","rising sun",and possibly more. Fusa means "house,building,room". Manabe Akifusa was a daimyo in the Meiji period.
Akiji f & m Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal" and 慈 (ji) meaning "affection, charity". Other kanji can be used. It can be spelled as
Myeong-eun in Korean.
Akindynos m Greek (Rare), Late GreekFrom Greek ἀκίνδυνος
(akindynos) meaning "free from danger, without danger", composed of the negative prefix ἀ
(a) and κίνδυνος
(kindynos) "danger, hazard, venture".
Akinfiy m Russian (Rare)Variant form of
Akinf, which itself is a variant form of
Iakinf. A known bearer of this name was the Russian industrialist Akinfiy Demidov (1678-1745).
Akrom m Tajik (Rare), UzbekTajik and Uzbek form of
Akram. In Tajikistan, the name is rare because it is too reminiscent of the Tajik noun аҳром
(aqrom) meaning "pyramid".
Albon m American (Rare)Variant of
Alban. A notable namesake is American attorney, scientist and inventor Albon
Man (1826-1905) who experimented with early forms of photography and in the development of the incandescent light bulb, an invention later famously perfected by
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 -1931).
Albwin m Polish (Rare)Derived from Old High German
alb (which comes from Old Norse
âlfr) "elf" combined with Old High German
wini "friend".
Aldarbadrakh m & f Mongolian (Rare)From Mongolian алдар
(aldar) meaning "fame, glory" and бадрах
(badrakh) meaning "thrive, grow" or "blaze, shine".
Aldarnemekh m & f Mongolian (Rare)From Mongolian алдар
(aldar) meaning "fame, glory" and нэмэх
(nemekh) meaning "to add, to increase; to enhance".
Alde m & f Dutch (Rare)Dutch short form of Germanic given names that begin with the element
ald meaning "old" as well as (via metathesis) the element
adal meaning "noble". Also compare
Aldo and
Alda 1.
Aldonas m Lithuanian (Rare)Derived from the Lithuanian name
Aldonis, which consists of two elements. The first element is either derived from the old Lithuanian verb
aldėti meaning "to echo, to (re)sound" (see
Aidas) or from the related old Lithuanian verb
aldoti meaning "to shout, to scream" as well as "to make noise"... [
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Alealani f & m Hawaiian (Rare)Means "the sweet voice of the heavens", from the Hawaiian
'ale'a, meaning "sweet voiced" and
lani, meaning "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".
Alén m Galician, Spanish (Rare)Of toponymic origin, it gives its name to various places in Ourense and Pontevedra. It comes from the adverb beyond "on the other side of", "from the part beyond", "beyond"; it is also a noun, with the meaning "the beyond"... [
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Algol m Astronomy (Rare, Archaic)Name of a star in the constellation Perseus. Derived from Arabic, meaning "Head of the Ghoul", direct translation in English is "Demon Star"
Alidor m French (Rare)An old and obscure French given name of unknown meaning, which may possibly ultimately be of Occitan origin (compare
Aliénor) or even Basque origin. It seems that it was mostly used in the 19th century, not just in France but also in (the French-speaking part of) Belgium and the Canadian province Quebec... [
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Aliʻikoa m Hawaiian (Rare)Means "brave king" or "warrior king," from
aliʻi meaning "chief, officer, ruler, monarch, peer, headman, king, commander" and
koa meaning "soldier, warrior, fighter."
Alirio m & f Spanish (Rare)Origin uncertain, though it could be derived from the Roman name
Hilarius or the Greek
Hilarion, as suggested by Hanks and Hodges in 'A Dictionary of First Names' (they also go on to note a possible connection with
Allyre, the name of a Gallo-Roman saint)... [
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Alisier m French (Rare)From "alisier", meaning "whitebeam tree" in French. This name has been authorised in France since 1966, alongside its feminine form, Alise.
Alku m Finnish (Rare)Means "start, beginning, inception, incipience" in Finnish. The name may also be a variant form of
Algot.
Allyre m French (Rare, Archaic), History (Ecclesiastical)Possibly of Germanic origin. This was the name of a 4th-century Gallo-Roman saint praised by Gregory of Tours. Also known as Illidius, he was a bishop of Clermont in Auvergne, France, which he worked to establish as a center of religious teaching and devotion... [
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Aloé m & f French (Rare)French version of
Aloe, his name is originally masculine but began to become feminine, influenced by the English name
Al-razi m Old Persian (Rare)Razi (Persian: رازی) or al-Razi (Arabic: الرازی) is a name that was historically used to indicate a person coming from Ray, Iran.A person described as being superior to everyone in every stat possible... [
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Altynbay m Kazakh (Rare)Derived from Kazakh алтын
(altyn) meaning "gold" combined with бай
(bay) meaning "rich, wealthy".
Alvaidas m Lithuanian (Rare)The first element of this name is derived from Lithuanian
al meaning "everything, every last one". The second element is derived from the old Lithuanian verb
vaidyti meaning "to visit, to appear", which is related to the modern Lithuanian verb
vaidentis meaning "to haunt" as well as "to appear, to see"... [
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Alyssum f & m English (Rare)From the flowering plant native to the Mediterranean. The name alyssum actually comes from the Greek word 'lyssa', meaning “rage” or “madness” and the 'a', meaning “against” giving it its meaning today, “without madness”, since it was believed to cure madness.
Amaru f & m Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 天 (
ama) meaning "heavens; sky" combined with 琉 (
ru), 瑠 (
ru), both meaning "precious stone; gem, lapis lazuli", 流 (
ru) meaning "flow", or 留 (
ru) meaning "to detain; to fasten; to stop"... [
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Amasja m & f Dutch (Rare)Dutch form of
Amaziah. This name has always been extremely rare in the Netherlands and was also an exclusively masculine name until around the '60s of the 20th century... [
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Amazing f & m English (Rare)From the English word
amazing, which is derived from Old English
āmasian meaning "to confound". This name is chiefly used in countries that has English as their secondary language, such as African countries or the Philippines.
Amazon m English (Rare)After the Amazon River and/or Rainforest, which is known as the "Rio Amazonas" in Spanish and Portuguese. "Amazonas" is derived from an ancient Greek myth about a tribe of mighty female warriors.
Amen m & f English (Rare)From the English word
amen, uttered at the end of a prayer or hymn, meaning "so be it".
Amfilochios m Greek (Rare)Modern Greek form of
Amphilochios. A notable bearer of this name is the Greek saint Amfilochios of Patmos (1889-1970), whose name is usually written as Amphilochios in non-Greek sources.