ADERYN f WelshMeans
"bird" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.
AETIUS m Ancient RomanRoman cognomen that was probably derived from Greek
ἀετός (aetos) meaning
"eagle". A famous bearer was the 5th-century Roman general Flavius Aetius, who defeated
Attila the Hun at the Battle of Chalons.
ANDOR (1) m NorwegianFrom the Old Norse name
Arnþórr, derived from the element
arn "eagle" combined with the name of the Norse god
Þórr (see
THOR).
ANE (2) m FrisianShort form of names beginning with the Germanic element
arn "eagle".
ARKE m FrisianOriginally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
arn meaning
"eagle".
ARNFINN m NorwegianNorwegian form of
Arnfinnr, which was derived from the elements
arn "eagle" and
finnr "Sámi, person from Finland".
ARNOLD m English, German, Dutch, Polish, Ancient GermanicFrom a Germanic name meaning
"eagle power", derived from the elements
arn "eagle" and
wald "power". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate
Earnweald. It died out as an English name after the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century.
... [more] ARŪNAS m LithuanianDerived from poetic Lithuanian
aras meaning "eagle" combined with the patronymic suffix
ūnas.
ASUKA f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese
明日 (asu) meaning "tomorrow" and
香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", or from
飛 (asu) meaning "to fly" and
鳥 (ka) meaning "bird". Other kanji combinations can be possible as well.
AVIS f EnglishProbably a Latinized form of the Germanic name
Aveza, which was derived from the element
avi, of unknown meaning, possibly
"desired". The Normans introduced this name to England and it became moderately common during the Middle Ages, at which time it was associated with Latin
avis "bird".
BERTRAM m English, German, Ancient GermanicMeans
"bright raven", derived from the Germanic element
beraht "bright" combined with
hramn "raven". The Normans introduced this name to England. Shakespeare used it in his play
All's Well That Ends Well (1603).
BIRDIE f EnglishDiminutive of
BERTHA,
BERNICE or other names with a similar sound, or sometimes simply from the English word
bird.
BRAN (2) m Welsh, Welsh MythologyMeans
"raven" in Welsh. In Welsh legend Bran the Blessed (called also Bendigeid Vran) was the son of the god
Llyr. Later Welsh legends describe him as a king of Britain who was killed attacking Ireland.
BRANWEN f Welsh, Welsh MythologyMeans
"beautiful raven" from Welsh
brân "raven" and
gwen "fair, white, blessed". In the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth, she is the sister of the British king
Bran and the wife of the Irish king Matholwch.
BRENNUS m Gaulish (Latinized)Latinized form of a Celtic name (or title) that possibly meant either
"king, prince" or
"raven". Brennus was a Gallic leader of the 4th century BC who attacked and sacked Rome.
CIRCE f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek
Κίρκη (Kirke), possibly from
κίρκος (kirkos) meaning
"hawk". In Greek mythology Circe was a sorceress who changed
Odysseus's crew into hogs, as told in Homer's
Odyssey. Odysseus forced her to change them back, then stayed with her for a year before continuing his voyage.
CORBIN m EnglishFrom a French surname that was derived from
corbeau "raven", originally denoting a person who had dark hair. The name was probably popularized in America by actor Corbin Bernsen (1954-).
CORMAC m IrishPossibly derived from Irish Gaelic
corb "raven" or "wheel" and
mac "son". This was the name of a 3rd-century king of Ireland.
CRAWFORD m EnglishFrom a surname that was derived from a place name meaning
"crow ford" in Old English.
CUAUHTÉMOC m Indigenous American, NahuatlMeans
"descending eagle" in Nahuatl. This was the name of the last Aztec emperor, ruling until he was captured and executed by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in the year 1525.
DERYN f WelshPossibly from Welsh
aderyn meaning
"bird".
DROR m HebrewMeans
"freedom" or
"sparrow" in Hebrew.
ENGUERRAND m Medieval FrenchMedieval French form of the Germanic name
Engilram, which was composed of the elements
angil, the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, and
hramn "raven". This was the name of several French nobles from Picardy.
ÉNNA m IrishPossibly means
"bird-like" in Irish. This was the name of several Irish kings and heroes. It was also borne by a 6th-century saint who built the monastery of Killeany.
FECHÍN m IrishMeans
"little raven" from Irish
fiach "raven" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of an Irish saint of the 7th century who died of the yellow plague.
FIACHNA m IrishDerived from Irish
fiach meaning
"raven". This was the name of a king in Irish legend.
FIACHRA m Irish, Irish MythologyDerived from Irish
fiach meaning
"raven". In Irish legend Fiachra was one of the four children of
Lir transformed into swans for a period of 900 years. This is also the name of the patron saint of gardeners, a 7th-century Irish abbot who settled in France.
FULTON m EnglishFrom a surname that was derived from the name of the town of Foulden in Norfolk, itself meaning
"bird hill" in Old English.
GUNTRAM m GermanMeans
"war raven" from the Germanic elements
gund "war" and
hramn "raven". This was the name of a 6th-century Frankish king.
GWALCHMEI m Welsh MythologyDerived from Welsh
gwalch "hawk", possibly combined with
mei "May (the month)". This is the name of a character in Welsh legend. He is probably the antecedent of
Gawain from Arthurian romance.
KORBINIAN m GermanDerived from Latin
corvus meaning
"raven". This was the name of an 8th-century Frankish saint who was sent by Pope Gregory II to evangelize in Bavaria. His real name may have been
Hraban (see
RABAN).
RAVEN f & m EnglishFrom the name of the bird, ultimately from Old English
hræfn. The raven is revered by several Native American groups of the west coast. It is also associated with the Norse god
Odin.
RONNE m FrisianFrisian short form of Germanic names beginning with the element
hraban meaning
"raven".
SACAGAWEA f Indigenous AmericanProbably from Hidatsa
tsakáka wía meaning
"bird woman". Alternatively it could originate from the Shoshone language and mean "boat puller". This name was borne by a Native American woman who guided the explorers Lewis and Clark. She was of Shoshone ancestry but had been abducted in her youth and raised by a Hidatsa tribe.
SHAKUNTALA f Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, MarathiDerived from Sanskrit
शकुन्त (shakunta) meaning
"bird". This is the name of a character in Hindu legend, her story adapted by Kalidasa for the 5th-century play
Abhijnanashakuntalam. It tells how Shakuntala, who was raised in the forest by birds, meets and marries the king
Dushyanta. After a curse is laid upon them Dushyanta loses his memory and they are separated, but eventually the curse is broken after the king sees the signet ring he gave her.
SHQIPE f AlbanianFrom Albanian
shqip meaning
"Albanian". Additionally, the word
shqipe means
"eagle" in modern Albanian, a variant of older
shkabë. These interrelated words are often the subject of competing claims that the one is derived from the other. The ultimate origin of
shqip "Albanian" is uncertain, but it may be from
shqipoj meaning "to say clearly".
SUZUME f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese
雀 (suzume) meaning "sparrow", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations that are pronounced the same way.
VASCO m Portuguese, Spanish, ItalianFrom the medieval Spanish name
Velasco, which possibly meant
"crow" in Basque. A famous bearer was the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the first person to sail from Europe around Africa to India.
VEGA f AstronomyThe name of a star in the constellation Lyra. Its name is from Arabic
الواقع (al-Waqi') meaning "the swooping (eagle)".
WREN f English (Modern)From the English word for the small songbird. It is ultimately derived from Old English
wrenna.