Browse Names - Behind the Name

Abd al-Fattah m Arabic
Means "servant of the conqueror" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with فتّاح (fattāḥ) meaning "conqueror".

Abd al-Rahman m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman).

Abd al-Rashid m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرشيد (see Abd ar-Rashid).

Abd ar-Rahman m Arabic
Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with رحْمن (raḥman) meaning "merciful". This was the name of two early caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.

Abd ar-Rashid m Arabic
Means "servant of the rightly guided" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with رشيد (rashīd) meaning "rightly guided".

Abdastartos m Phoenician (Hellenized)
Greek form of Abdastartus.

Abdastartus m Phoenician (Latinized)
From the Greek form Ἀβδάσταρτος (Abdastartos) of the Phoenician name 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAbdʿashtart) meaning "servant of Ashtoreth", derived from 𐤏𐤁𐤃 (ʿabd) meaning "servant, slave" combined with the name of the goddess Ashtoreth. This was the name of a 10th-century BC king of Tyre, as recorded by the historian Josephus.

Abdelfattah m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الفتّاح (see Abd al-Fattah) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdul Rahman m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman), as well as the regular Malay and Indonesian form.

Abdulrahman m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman).

Abdurakhman m Chechen
Chechen form of Abd ar-Rahman.

Abdur Rahman m Arabic, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman), as well as the usual Bengali transcription.

Abdurrahman m Arabic, Turkish
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman), as well as the usual Turkish form.

Abdur Rashid m Arabic, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرشيد (see Abd ar-Rashid), as well as the usual Bengali transcription.

Aesculapius m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Asklepios.

Æðelberht m Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Æþelbeorht.

Æðelflæd f Anglo-Saxon
Old English name composed of the elements æðele "noble" and flæd, possibly meaning "beauty". This was the name of a 10th-century ruler of Mercia (a daughter of Alfred the Great).

Æthelflæd f Anglo-Saxon
Variant of Æðelflæd.

Æðelfrið m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and friþ "peace". The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.

Æthelweald m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements æðele "noble" and weald "powerful, mighty".

Æthelweard m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English element æðele "noble" combined with weard "guardian".

Ahenobarbus m Ancient Roman
From a Roman cognomen meaning "bronze beard" in Latin. This name was borne by a series of consuls of the late Roman Republic.

Ahtahkakoop m Cree (Anglicized)
From Cree ᐊᑖᐦᑲᑯᐦᑊ (Atâhkakohp) meaning "star blanket", derived from ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star" and ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (akohp) "blanket". This was the name of an early 19th-century chief of a Plains Cree people.

Airmanagild m Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic form of Hermenegildo.

Aleksandras m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Alexander.

Aleksanteri m Finnish
Finnish form of Alexander.

Alexandrina f Portuguese, Romanian, English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Alexandra. This was the first name of Queen Victoria; her middle name was Victoria.

Alexandrine f French
French diminutive of Alexandra. This was the name of a Danish queen, the wife of King Christian X.

Aliaksandra f Belarusian
Belarusian form of Alexandra.

Altansarnai f Mongolian
Means "golden rose" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and сарнай (sarnai) meaning "rose".

Amalabairga f Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic form of Amalaberga.

Angra Mainyu m Persian Mythology
Means "evil spirit", from Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 (angra) meaning "evil, destructive" and 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (mainiiu) meaning "spirit, mind". In Zoroastrianism Angra Mainyu was the god of darkness, death and destruction, the enemy of Ahura Mazda.

Anunciación f Spanish
Means "annunciation" in Spanish, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to Jesus.

Aphrodisios m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek personal name that was derived from the name of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Apollinaire m French (Rare)
French form of Apollinaris. It was adopted as a surname by the Polish-French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), who based it on his Polish middle name Apolinary.

Apollinaris m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name derived from the name of the god Apollo. This was the name of several early saints and martyrs, including a bishop of Ravenna and a bishop of Hierapolis.

Apollodoros m Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Apollo" from the name of the god Apollo combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

Apollonides m Ancient Greek
Means "son of Apollo" in Greek, derived from the name of the god Apollo combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides).

Aristarchos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Aristarchus.

Aristarchus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Ἀρίσταρχος (Aristarchos), derived from ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and ἀρχός (archos) meaning "master". This name was borne by Aristarchus of Samos, a 3rd-century BC Greek astronomer and mathematician.

Aristodemos m Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Derived from the Greek elements ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people". This was the name of a descendant of Herakles in Greek legend.

Aristomache f Ancient Greek
Derived from the Greek elements ἄριστος (aristos) meaning "best" and μάχη (mache) meaning "battle".

Aristoteles m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of Aristotle.

Aristotelis m Greek
Modern Greek form of Aristotle.

Artemidoros m Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Artemis" from the name of the goddess Artemis combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift". This was the name of a Greek author of the 2nd century who wrote about the interpretation of dreams.

Asclepiades m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Asklepiades.

Asklepiades m Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek personal name that was derived from the name of the Greek god Asklepios combined with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). It was borne by several Greek physicians.

Aðalsteinn m Icelandic, Old Norse
Derived from the Old Norse elements aðal "noble" and steinn "stone".

Aþanareiks m Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic form of Athanaric.

Athenodoros m Ancient Greek
Means "gift of Athena" from the name of the god Athena combined with Greek δῶρον (doron) meaning "gift".

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